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Staff, residents and families at Barchester’s Windmill Manor care home in Hurst Green marked Alzheimer’s Awareness Month which is took place throughout September by joining together to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Research UK  Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia, the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, reasoning – which can affect…

Get Ready for a “Hoot” of a Halloween at Godstone Farm! The popular family farm park in the Surrey hills is encouraging young families to hold onto their broomsticks and embrace a spellbinding Halloween extravaganza like no udder! The farm is turning into a hauntingly happy haven this October, with a dairy-frightful line-up of activities…

A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Clem Burke is a true American rock legend, having played drums for US giants Blondie since 1975. Away from his time with Debbie Harry and co, which included an appearance on the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury, Burke also plays drums for US rock…

The parade will march-off  from Oxted RBL on Church Lane at 08.45 for a service at St Mary’s Church at 09.15.  On completion, the parade will march-off from the church at 10.40 to be at the  Oxted Memorial (Master Park, bottom of Station Road West) in time for the  2-minute silence at 11.00.  There will…

August Bank Holiday – is it a British Tradition that it always rains on a Bank Holiday?  In the 30 or more years that Caterham, Oxted & Godstone Lions have had a presence on Godstone Green on Bank Holiday Monday they’ve seen it all – pouring rain, blazing heat, ferocious winds and even more ferocious…

In the church’s year the months of October and November are ones of contrast. October is a month of mellow fruitfulness when we continue September’s theme of celebrating harvest and all the good things that we have been given. It is a time to give thanks for the efforts of farmers and for all the…

The Blues is a musical form and genre, originating in the Deep South of the United States around the mid 19th century, which has since influenced much of contemporary music permeating almost every style of modern western music. Its evolution from the field hollers, chants and spirituals of its roots has brought many different Blues…

Moor House School & College has been an integral part of the Hurst Green community for 75 years! We are situated at the top end of Mill Lane, with wonderful views of the green from our first-floor offices and classrooms. The school is one of very few in the country specialising in supporting children and…

Limpsfield Memorial Stores would like to announce that after 11 years as our well known, hard working Memorial Stores Post Office mistress and Shop Manager, Kerry Daniels has decided that it is time to move on to pastures new. Kerry has been the linchpin of this vital community hub for everyone involved with the stores…

Windmill Manor care home in Holland Village, Oxted marked Dementia Action Week which took place from 15 – 21 May. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, reasoning – which can affect a person’s day to day life and activities.  Functions that can be impacted are memory, language skills, visual perception, problem…