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News and Diary
Good news. During April, this site received 99,100 hits. Could this be a
reflection of the interest in housing development and the Green Belt issue?.
More news and pictures of the Jarrett family. This has been sent to
me by somebody who unearthed pictures and information from the top of her mother’s loft. Can you give the contributor any information?. more
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 Chatterbox has been restored but in a form different from before. The big problem has been that
of excluding obscenities. However, security is offered at a high level so you will now have to Register before you can log in. Please take a look, take part, add a subject ... Start on
Limpsfield (general). You can read the entries without needing to register but I hope you will decide to contribute. It has taken a lot of time to set it up.
Information from the previous board will be
retrieved and the contents published elsewhere on this site.
New page added on Amos, Jarrett and Limpsfield Chart under History & Genealogy. We have a new contribution from Len Fleckney. Read here
New War Memorial page from information researched by John Hamblin. Click here
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The next meeting of the Limpsfield & Decorative & Fine Arts Society will be held at St. Peter's Hall, Limpsfield on Wednesday
30th April at 2.30pm and 8pm. Edward Saunders will give a lecture entitled 'History of Kew Palace, Gardens and Greenhouses'. At the last meeting, Elizabeth Gordon gave a
lecture entitled 'The Genius of Mozart with Music'..
Read a synopsis of past lectures here
Are you interested in joining LDFAS? more->
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Saturday 10th May 10am Limpsfield & Oxted District Horticultural Society.
Sale of Flowers, Vegetables, Shrubs etc. all locally grown by enthusiastic gardeners with in the district! No air miles to these purchases so you can indulge without guilt
and still mitigate your carbon footprint. Venue: Red Cross Hall opposite Tandridge Leisure Centre. More info Malcolm Young 01883 730032 lodhsgardens@live.co.uk
Saturday 19th July 2.00pm Limpsfield & Oxted District Horticultural Society.
Exhibition and Sale of Flowers, Vegetables, Shrubs etc. all locally grown by enthusiastic
gardeners within the district! Everyone is invited to enter; not necessary to be a member of the society but let them tell you all about the exciting things to encourage you to join! Venue: St Peters, Church Hall,
Limpsfield. More info Malcolm Young 01883 730032 lodhsgardens@live.co.uk
Saturday 20th September 2.00pm Limpsfield & Oxted District Horticultural Society. Exhibition and Sale of Flowers,
Vegetables, Shrubs etc. all locally grown by enthusiastic gardeners within the district! Everyone is invited to enter only 50p per exhibit! It is not necessary to be a member
of the society. Venue: Oxted Community Hall, adjacent to St Mary's Church, Oxted. More info Malcolm Young 01883 730032 lodhsgardens@live.co.uk
First Wednesday every month 7.45pm Limpsfield & Oxted District Horticultural Society. Find out everything from starting off your seeds to pruning established trees in
your garden. Every month will have you entertained with an experienced and qualified speaker on an abundance on topics! There is a raffle, monthly competition i.e. cut
flowers, tea & coffee break with a gardeners questions time! Membership £7 for the year - saving £5. Venue: Red Cross Hall opposite Tandridge Leisure Centre. More info Mrs Jenny Deakin 01883 715496 lodhsgardens@live.co.uk
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Have you heard of the Furzedown Auxiliary Hospital which existed in Limpsfield during World War One. A reader has sent in a photograph and would like
more information. Can you help? more
Can you identify the house? Start a topic in Chatterbox.
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Are you a Limpsfield Bloomer?
Limpsfield in Bloom 2008 is well under way. Get dug in with the maintenance. A series of pages for Limpsfield in Bloom 2008
is under construction. ‘Til then, more here. The LiB 2008 colour scheme is taken from the new stained glass window in St. Peter’s.
Look at it in the feature on this page. Save a pic to print out yourself by right-clicking.
See Stephen Mills’ LiB 2007 pics here.
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Read about Canadian Servicemen in Limpsfield click here. Was this house Platoon 10’s HQ?
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Read the account of a lady who spent some time working at Manor House School from 1938 to 1939, together with pictures. more
Photographed 1938/9 at Manor House School. May Griffin (left) and friends and
Ms. Gribble Housekeeper (third from left).
Roll your mouse over to see Manor House Then and Now
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Limpsfield Home Guard. What do you know about it? More here soon.
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The Oxted & Limpsfield Music Society  has its own page on this site. Go there now to see the programme for Spring 2008 (can’t be far
away!). Additions will be made during the next few months.
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 I (Webmaster) read the recent article in CBN about Margaret Steinitz. I had no idea that
Oxted & Limpsfield had yet another musical connection.
Having spent a short time at Shorncliffe Camp, I was interested when the Garrison's organ was reconstructed by
Peter Collins in St. Peter's Church, Limpsfield in 2002. This is a very fine example of 'the King of instruments' but is it only played at church services in the weekend?
It is an organ which Bach would have loved. Why doesn't the village consider a concert linking the London Bach Society, the St. Cecilia stained glass window and the musicians commemorated? Ideas to the
Webmaster
Left-click the pic to see a bigger image of John Hayward’s design. Right-click to save.
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 Is the
Memorial Stores getting enough of your custom? Remember that you can pay most of your utility bills there. You won’t have to worry whether your payments have been
received in the post. You will be given a receipt to prove you’ve paid. There are several branches in the district and if you want to ensure their survival, you must use them. Click here to go to the Limpsfield Memorial Stores PO.You can also buy Premium Bonds, do your banking and order Foreign Currency. If there is something
missing which you would like to see there then say the SAY SO. The store is there for your benefit. Help to keep a smile on the faces of the workers!
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Did you see Limpsfield under snow at Easter? Click on the pic to see a panorama.
You can donate money to the Marie Curie Hospice at any time. Contact Colin Fisher, Ebbutt Funeral Service, High Street,
Limpsfield, Surrey RH8 0DR. Tel: 01883 713767
Ebbutt has a Charity Fairground Organ (click for pic) which will be raising money at the
following locations -
- 5th May: Lower Kingswood Village Fete
- 10th May: Crofton School Fair, Orpington.
- 11th May: Harris Hospicecare, Bluebell Walk, Cudham Rec Ground.
- 17th May: St. Mary Magdalene Church Fair, Canning Rd, Addiscombe.
- 21st May: Oakhurst Nursing Home, Godstone, Activity Session.
- 14th June: Tatsfield Primary School Fair.
- 21st June: Limpsfield Village Fete.
- 5th July: Biggin Hill Festival
- 22nd November: Limpsfield Traders’ Association Christmas shopping fun day.
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Support local music! Saturday June 7th at 7.30pm. Oxted & Limpsfield Choral Society presents excerpts from the Schubert Mass in
A flat and Psalm 23, Hear My Prayer by Mendelssohn and excerpts from John Rutter’s. Magnificat. Conductor Michael Burbidge
Venue: Oxted United Reformed Church.
£8, on the door, from any choir member, or 01883 714724. www.olcs.org.uk
Sunday 11th May 7.30pm. Hurst Green Singers with Shoreham Singers present
Vaughan Williams' ‘Benedicite’, two hymns for audience, chorus and orchestra and two choruses. ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves’ &
‘Prelude on Rhosymedre’ for orchestra, Haydn's 'Mass in Time of War'.
Conductor: Michael Barlow.
Venue: St John's Church, Hurst Green.
Tickets from Choir members or 01883 715763.
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Saturday 17th May White House Naturist Club Open Day, Caterham Valley. Meet some members, try the facilities, have a barbecue
lunch and enjoy a relaxing day. Please contact Bronwen info@whitehouseclub.org.uk to book your place and get more information.
www.whitehouseclub.org.uk
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Tuesday 15th to Sunday 20th July 10am to 4pm. (Tues, Wed, Thurs to 8pm)
Lingfield Art 2008.
500+ exhibits from artists based in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Painting, sculpture and ceramics most of which is for sale.
Demonstrations. Exhibition is organised and run by community volunteers. Refreshments and parking available. Venue: Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield
More info from lingfieldart@btinternet.com 01342 870365 www.lingfieldart.org._
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The Oxted & District History Society
Lectures and meeting will recommence in October. Click here to read the lectures which you missed in 2008. The Society is keen to increase membership. It meets in the OURC, Bluehouse Lane. Annual membership is £12 which covers all lectures. Or just visit for £3 a lecture. Contact Patrick Alderton (Chairman)
01883 730976
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An Event to put here?
This site attracts about 2,300 hits a day so it is obviously of interest to many readers.
To tell people about your event, click here. See recent additions to Tandridge Events on www.tandridge.info Add your
own. Discover the wide range of things to do for people who live in Tandridge, There is also a list of societies and groups which are active in the area; music, history, architecture, genealogy,
art & crafts, drama & dance, photography
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Have you looked at tandridge-dot-info? This tells you What’s On in Tandridge
with an opportunity to add your own event.
Local groups are listed covering choirs, theatrical and operatic groups, art, design, ceramics, history and archaeology.
If you are running a
group, there is a lot of information which could help you - and keep you out of trouble!
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Monday 14thApril 1.45pm
. Tandridge Handicraft Society presents 'Knitting & Crochet with Beads’, a talk by Pat Trott, author, teacher, and needle-crafter. Visitors welcome. £3 at the door (includes tea and
biscuits).
Contact: 01883 714658
Venue: The Woodhouse Centre, Opposite Tandridge Leisure Centre, Oxted
Tandridge Handicraft Society now has its own page on this web-site. Click here to open it in a new window
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St. Peter’s Limpsfield Parish News. This is published quarterly and produced by a local team. You’ll find it a useful
complement to this site. It is free so don’t be shy to ask for a copy. Contributions (money or articles) are always welcomed. Contact the editor
Editor 01883 713116 or snail-mail
Editor, 47 Bluehouse Lane, Limpsfield RH8 0AJ
Spring issue is out now.
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 What did Limpsfield look like in 1915?Click the pic to see
the view then and now. There are more past and present pictures to come. Keep looking!
Read about the Limpsfield War Memorial. Have you seen the other at Limpsfield British
Legion?
Many more pictures to come.
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Many readers are interested in cycling. Interested in Family Bikes Rides? Send an
e-mail from here giving your name and address and
any other comments, requests or suggestions for next year. Cycle rides
In 2005 the Riders on our events covered a total of 2000 miles around Tandridge.
Does anybody know what the opportunities are now we have reached Spring?
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Do you need somewhere for weddings,  events, concerts, conferences etc? Hire Oxted United Reformed Church. Click here to see the wonderful facilities.
More information from
Chris Bruce-Jones, 722171
chris.bruce-jones@virgin.net
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Serious business.
Here are some items which affect you directly. Click on each for more.
Housing affordability & homelessness.
Scams
Crimeware: viruses,Trojans and Spyware. Your computer could be distributing it to your friends. Read how YOU can stop it.
Scam alerts, Phishing
You might be e-mailed to update your PayPal details. This is almost
certainly a Scam so just delete the message. Don’t answer it in any way because that just confirms that you are the intended recipient! Similarly, Nationwide, Lloyds TSB and Abbey customers
are under attack.
Here’s another real stinker!
“This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note,
the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it.Click here to read all about it in another window.
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What about some feedback
on this web-site? Great interest has been shown in the history of the district. Also the web-master has received many enquiries from people who used to live in the area Some lived in Limpsfield during the World War II, others had relatives who lived here centuries ago. An E-mail has been received from as far away as Australia. Consequently you now have a History page. One visitor to this site has offered to help gather information. Please contribute if you can. If the page looks blank it is because nothing has been received You can contact the webmaster in many ways. Either e-mail
Webmaster or use Feedback or Response. If you have
something for everybody to read you have the choice of Have Your Say or Chatterbox
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LEGAL and STUFF
Please note! The material on this web-site is copyright. If you want to borrow
bits then please e-mail the
Webmaster who will usually grant permission. The Copyright of
some items is not owned by the originator of this web-site. In this case, the Webmaster will put you in touch with the copyright owner. We want to know where things are going so
PLEASE DON’T NICK ANYTHING
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Tandridge Voluntary Service
Council (TVSC) is a collection of voluntary members who provide support of many kinds. They include firms, individuals, societies, clubs. On offer are car service, disability advice, care for the
elderly. You can get cheap photocopying, laminating, security cards, word processing, OHP equipment hire etc.
01883 722593 tvsc@btconnect.com
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What do you know about Crabwood?
It is a Charitable Housing Association which offers SELF
CONTAINED FLATS FOR INDEPENDENT ELDERLY PEOPLE TO RENT.
Oxted, Limpsfield and District Housing Association Limited, more popularly known as Crabwood, owes its existence to Mrs Georgette
Parry. Read more->
Even more on their site!
www.crabwood.co.uk
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 Chalkpit lorry problem. There is a meeting at Oxted School on 7th May at 7pm. Anyone concerned about the problem should attend.
The attack on the Green Belt is something which affects all of Tandridge, not just Oxted. If you want to secure it
then you must act NOW!
Concerned about housing development?
Then consider joining the
Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group.
This has been formed to collect residents’ views regarding housing development and to present them to the authorities. The Group is
not designed to replace individuals’ submissions but rather to discover the facts relating to developers’ Applications, the position of Tandridge District Council and the
position of other bodies involved in local planning decisions such as The Planning Inspectorate. Sometimes the official
documents require expert interpretation.
www.oxtedlimpsfieldresidents.co.uk
Read about current issues on this site here.
1.0 Building on the Green Belt
Read what you can do. Click here to read or restore the panel on the left.
What did you learn at the first meeting? Tell the
Webmaster or make your comments on CHATTERBOX. See pictures of the public turnout at TDC offices here
Under discussion are
1.1 250 Homes Development for
Bluehouse Lane?
An application has been made to Tandridge District Council for a new development of 250 housing units on 15.8 acres of Greenbelt land
to the north of Laverock School. This application takes the form of a Scoping Report on behalf of Village Developments plc, which has to be considered by the planners within a
statutory period. The report was submitted in February 2008. You can view the Apppendix 2 as a web page (minus maps and pics) by clicking here. To see or download the pdf, click here.
1.2 400 Homes Development for
Wheeler Avenue?
A similar application to the above has been made in respect of the 26.4 acres of farming land between Wheeler Avenue, Barrow Green
Road and St. Mary’s Church graveyard. 400 affordable and low cost housing units are proposed. You can view Appendix 1 as a web page (minus maps and pics) by clicking here.
To see or download the pdf, click here. If these are only Appendices, where are the parent documents? Can anybody help?
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2.0 Demolition and erection of flat complexes.
2.1 Tandridge Council approved the scheme for demolition of two houses in Church Lane to be replaced by two
blocks of 19 flats on 3 levels. Does this give the green light for demolition of more houses in Church Lane to be replaced by 55 flats?
On the evening of Thursday 21st February 2008, the public area of the Council Chamber in Oxted was filled to overflowing.
Despite strong objections to the scheme by local residents, Tandridge Council has decided to approve the Wren Homes planning
application subject to the developers meeting one condition. The condition being that Wren Homes provide safe pedestrian crossing before the scheme commences.
Did you hear the interview with Danny Nickson and Bob Evans TDC Director of Planning on Southern Counties Radio?
Does this decision suggest that the Appeal will succeed in respect of the following application?
2.2 Application 2007/1449, 23-27a, Church Lane, Oxted
"Demolition of dwellings. erection of 2/3 storey block comprising 55 flats (48 x 1 bed and 7 x 2
bed) with staff accommodation for extra care housing with refuse and buggy store, formation of vehicular access and parking."?
Read full details by clicking this link. Church Lane
Wren Homes has appealed against the refusal
of their Application. If this is not what you’d like to see, you have until 27th March to object to this development. Read more
2.3 Application to demolish the house at 20 Church Lane, Oxted and to build a block of 5 flats on three storeys.
2.4 Application for demolition of 41 Bluehouse Lane and building of two blocks of flats.
2.5 Developers also have plans for more extensive development in Bluehouse Lane and Granville Road.
2.6 Another scheme is for 14 town houses in another part of Bluehouse Lane.
Is the Council out of step with the wants and needs of Oxted & Limpsfield residents
Have your say on CHATTERBOX.
It is not just Oxted & Limpsfield which are under threat. Read the Press Release from Peter Ainsworth MP.
You will see who has made the Applications and for where. Click here
Most difficult to find on the Tandridge DC site is planning application. Click this link for a direct line TDC Planning
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Wolfs Hill development.
News from WHAC
(Wolfs Hill Action Committee)
There is still interest by developers, with some property understood to have made agreements with developers. Please see their web-site for more details
www.whac.me.uk
If you have something to say, air your views on Chatterbox. Info from 01883 714625
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Glebe Fields Housing Development?
This issue is not dead. If there is anything new it
will be posted here. Read more to see if it concerns you. Have your say on Chatterbox. If you are concerned with the degree of development in the area, say so.
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Are you a walker?
There is a Tandridge Border Path comprising 50 miles around the boundary of Tandridge. A booklet sponsored by Tandridge DC is available from the
library. It details six paths around Tatsfield, Staffhurst Wood, Dormans, Burstow, South Nutfield, Whyteleafe. It is hoped that permission can be obtained to include details on this web-site.
You might also be interested in the North Downs Ridge Circular Walks. There are six of them. Details from 01737 780176 which is a Reigate &
Banstead Borough Council Help Shop.
Ramblers’ Association
There are over 140,000 miles of footpaths in England and Wales. The RA has worked to see that these paths are recorded, open and usable.
Occasionally a walker might encounter an obstruction and the RA will sort it out if you send them precise information. Why not join? Go to www.ramblers.org.ukz
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 CAN YOU RECEIVE DIGITAL TV AND WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WHEN THE CURRENT ANALOGUE TRANSMISSIONS CEASE?
Which way does your TV aerial point? Have
you a Freeview box or built-in tuner? This doesn’t guarantee reception.
Satellite is an alternative but you will need a Sat receiver with a card if you want to
receive Five and Channel 4. Free-to-air still requires a one-off payment of £150 to Sky if you want to get these FREE.
Oxted and Limpsfield are on the edge of
several transmission areas. However, the chances are that you receive the London signal but when did you last see anything about Limpsfield in local news?
Take a look at BBC London and the Home Counties web-site This site has the single aim of encouraging the BBC to include
more stories and features from outside Greater London in its BBC London Television News Programme. The BBC appears to be unaware that the London TV Region extends 15 miles beyond the
Greater London Border. BBC LDN has a link to Limpsfield-dot-Net.
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TraidCraft. Every Tuesday (in term time)
from 10.30-12.30 and 2-4pm, there is a selection of Fairly Traded Goods on sale at the
Oxted United Reformed Church. These include coffee, tea, biscuits, muesli and delicious organic chocolate. Go there and have a look. Buy or just have a cuppa.
See the page for Oxted Fairtrade
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Want to give something which won’t cost you a penny? SSAFA is a charity which helps serving and ex-Service men, women and their families. 1-in-4 in our community would welcome some help; very often just a chat over a cup of tea. If you can spare a few hours a week and would like to know more
‘phone ROSEMARY 01737 555369 and please mention Limpsfield-dot-Net
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