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Audiences received an excellent evening’s entertainment with the Ewhurst Players’ production of “Quartet” by Ronald Harwood in the penultimate week of May.   Elderly opera singers pottering out their days in a retirement home might not seem to offer the most promising plot for a play but ...

Ewhurst, near Cranleigh, Surrey Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June 2017 2.00pm to 6.00pm   Once again the annual tour of Ewhurst’s Secret Gardens allows visitors to enjoy gardens that are usually hidden behind walls, fences or hedges. We are focusing on the southern end of the village ...

During WWII a ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign was set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture.   Men and women across the country were encouraged to grow their own food in times of harsh rationing. Open spaces everywhere were transformed into allotments, from domestic gardens to public ...

On June 13th 1917, the nation was appalled when 162 people were killed in a German air-raid on London, including 18 children (most of them under six) at an elementary school in Poplar. It was the resumption of the German air campaign against the capital, only now they had abandoned Zeppelins and ...

When we need food to eat these days, we just take a trip to the local shop or supermarket where the choice is both vast and instant. During the war years in Great Britain food was scarce and rationing was enforced. Here’s an Italian who tells how food or the lack of it shaped his future. ...

Come and join us! This is a friendly, supportive club, where members aim to encourage each other. No matter how much or how little experience you have, you can always learn to improve your images. The weekly programme for the present session runs until 8 June. You can join at any time or attend ...