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Enjoy a Summer Games Evening on Friday July 21st
Horley Summer Fete and Dog Show – 24th June
DOG SHOW
Dogs needed to parade around arena and have a go at the Musical Sits and Ball pool competition.
Six different categories to enter including Cutest Puppy and Best Paw Shaker!
Download your entry form here Horley Summer Fete Dog Show 2017
FETE
Used Toys still needed.
Please leave donations at the Old School from 10.00 onwards or contact Helen Moss on 01295 738490.
On the Loss of Beverley
Movingly , On June 11th Johnny (Beverley’s husband and soul mate) wrote:
‘Dear Family and Friends
I am so sorry to deliver this shocking and deeply saddening news by email.
Beverley passed away…..
As some of you will know, Beverley has been fighting pancreatic cancer for the last 19 months. She has kept it quiet and private so many of you may be particularly shocked to hear this news. I am sorry.
We will be planning a small gathering to remember her in a couple weeks.
Details will follow.
As you know, Beverley and I have been soul mates for the best part of two decades. I’ve been battling with her through every step of this illness, but it is the worst of all cancers, and there was nothing more we could do. Her mother passed away due to the same cancer 4 years ago.
Beverley celebrated her 50th birthday quietly on 3rd May.
Since her first diagnosis in October 2015 she has been positive, brave and got the most out of her remaining life.
After a whipple operation in January 2016 to remove part of her pancreas, we thought she had the “all clear”. She worked hard on her diet and exercise to become as fit and outgoing as I have ever seen her. We went for long (10+ miles) county walks from our Oxfordshire village to other villages and visited the pubs along the way. Beverley set a blistering pace up and down the rolling valleys.
She had a second diagnosis in October 2016. The pancreatic cancer had metastasised to her liver and lungs. We tried, unsuccessfully, to join a clinical trial at Cambridge University and made the most of the local restaurants on our frequent visits. Unfortunately, however, we couldn’t get her blood results to meet the minimum requirements of the trial.
Still feeling fit through February 2017, we took a vacation in Dubai with great friends. Unfortunately, that was when the symptoms of the new tumours also began to present themselves. Since then we have been managing pain and trying other home remedies, like sea cucumber, which may have helped her the last month or so.
By late April Beverley was getting quite frail as the tumours grew and multiplied (one the size of a tennis ball in her liver). We had been afraid of the words “palliative care”, thinking it was where you went when all other options were lots…while we were in the mind-set to keep fighting. However, to our pleasant surprise, palliative care is awesome! They really know how to make people feel better – controlling things like pain and nausea that GPs are not equipped to cope with. Moreover, you don’t have to give up the fight with palliative care. We continued down the avenues we were pursuing but more comfortably for Beverley.
We checked her in to a charitable palliative care centre called Katherine House Hospice near where we live. She stayed 10 days and they got her eating and the pain under control and then she came home shortly after her birthday. She spent 5 weeks back at home and showed many sings of improvement and recovery in the first few weeks (possibly down to the sea cucumber).
In the last week or so, however, things started to deteriorate. It’s been a roller coaster and we thank our friends and neighbours for their support.
We admitted Beverley back into Katherine House last Thursday afternoon after a couple seriously bad days at home. Beverley said she was “ready to die” and “at peace with death” before we made the decision for her to spend her last days in the hospice’s experienced hands.
I’ve been at her bedside since we moved in and they have treated us like guests at a 5 star resort. We had a huge private room, full board and wine with dinner (for me – she was on stronger stuff).
Her family and I are planning to celebrate her life in the next couple weeks (details to follow).
Meanwhile, please do not send any flowers. Beverley would like donations to go to Katherine House Hospice instead.
Look forward to seeing or being in touch with you soon.
All the best.’
Johnny Lynn
Over £1700 Raised on Behalf of Beverley and Pancreatic Cancer UK
On Tuesday 6th June Beverley wrote about her friend Rozalind:
‘On the 3rd of June my beautiful friend Rozalind Beresford ran long and hard, through ponds, enduring the cold and mud and jumped over obstacle for 1 hour and 34 minutes. Her endeavours raise funds £1,512.36 + £193.75 gift aid for the devastating disease of pancreatic cancer that has sadly afflicted my family not only once, but twice within a matter of four years.
Roz did a remarkable job of coming 7th out of 250 women.
It has taken me over two years before I could actually even say the word “cancer”. It was too difficult to say without having an emotional reaction. My heart was so broken, just the word cancer had an overwhelming powerful negative effect.
I replaced it with the word “condition”. I felt the word cancer had such negative connotations that it would hinder me and replace my strong need for a positive outlook. I had to learn fast to train my mind to respond to ‘incoming data’ without fear. So I had to step into tomorrow without apprehension and not waste time with worry. Rather fill the time with creative thinking about how to move forward no matter what happens, no matter how the odds are stacked against you.
Anyway I digress, back to the cause,
This post was always about the huge thank you to everybody who made such wonderful generous donations to Roz. John, myself and Rozalined have been blown away by the generosity.
Thank you for from the deepest part of us.
Beverley Williams-Lynn
Here are some pictures of Roz doing the Wolf Run to raise funds for the Pancreatic Cancer Uk charity earlier this month.
Fancy Fostering a Hedgehog…?
Your Chance to Support Pancreatic Cancer UK and Beverley
CANCER RESEARCH CHARITY RUN
As some of our Horley villagers may know, Beverley Williams has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Her mother died of the same disease 4 years ago, in the same year that Beverley & Johnny moved to Horley.
Beverley has been stoic in her fight with the condition which started with an initial diagnosis in October 2015. The couple are grateful for the discreet support offered by many of their friends here in Horley.
A friend of Beverley’s, Rosalind Beresford, is taking part in a “Wolf Run” on 3rd June to raise awareness and for charity donations for Pancreatic Cancer UK through the following link on the JustGiving website.
If you would like to contribute to Rosalind’s cause, please go to the link.
Visit the Open Gardens at Katherine House Sunday June 4th
Have your say at the Annual Parish Meeting this Thursday…
Let you Parish councillors know what you think at the Annual Parish Meeting on Thursday May 18th at 7.30
The parish council will be there to give an update on their priorities. They have arranged for updates from the cricket club, who will presenting details of progress on their new pavilion scheme, Michael Hardinge Trust, PCC and the Ladies Guild.
This is an open meeting at which you are invited to raise any issues of concern. It’s your opportunity to tell the Parish Council what you think they could do for the village.
The agenda is:
- Introduction of Parish Councillors
- Michael Hardinge Trust Annual Report – Mike Patching to report
- Cricket Club – David Beck to report on the club’s activities, and progress on the new pavilion scheme.
- Parochial Church Council – David Kyle to report
- Ladies Guild – Alison Tite to report
- Parish Council – Chairman of the Parish Council to report
- Any other business – Any questions or issues raised by members of the public
Annual General Meeting – Thursday May 18th 7:00 pm
The Parish Council AGM will start at 7:00pm in the Old School Hall, villagers are invited to attend as observers only and will get the opportunity to ask questions later at the Annual Parish Meeting at 7.30pm (see above).
The AGM agenda is :
1) Apologies
2) Declaration of Interests
3) Nomination and election of the Chairman for the year
4) Nomination and election of the Vice-Chairman for the year
5) Allocation of responsibilities
a. Finance and general purposes b. Highways and footpaths c. Proposed children’s play area d. Planning e. Cricket club liaison f. School liaison g. Michael Hardinge Trust liaison h. Ironstone and scout camp liaison i. Communications and Notice Board j. Any other roles?
6) Dates for Future meetings – 3rd August 2017, 16th November 2017, 15th February 2018, 12th April 2018, 17th May 2018.
7) Minutes of the meetings held on 13 April 2017 (see 17 04 13 minutes 13 April)
8) Matters Arising
9) Cricket Club
10) Date of next meeting
To be agreed at item 6 above.
11) Any other urgent business
See the full agenda here 17 05 18 AGM agenda
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