Before setting off trick or treating this Saturday come along to the Horley Children’s Halloween party for spooky games and scary dancing plus hot-dogs, pizza and donuts. The party will run from 5 till 6.30 pm on Saturday 31st October 2015 at The Old School.
Come if you dare.
FRIENDS of MUSIC in ADDERBURY
Dear Friends, I am pleased to give notice of a rather special concert to be given by the Adderbury Ensemble Chamber Orchestra on (this) Sunday November 1st at 4.00 pm in St Mary’s Church, Adderbury.
The principal work will be the ever popular work Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev but they will also play other pieces including Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens. The orchestra is conducted by Steven Bell, who lives locally, has conducted many of the major British Orchestras and is also principal Horn in the BBC Concert Orchestra. The narration for Peter and the Wolf will be given by Tom Redmond (also principal Horn with the Halle Orchestra) and Testimonials follow:-
“Tom Redmond is a horn player, broadcaster, presenter and animator. He has performed throughout Europe, South East Asia, Japan, Russia, North and South America with orchestras including the Philharmonia, CBSO, LSO and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He has been a member of the Hallé Orchestra since 2003.”
“Tom Redmond has the rare ability to present sophisticated and challenging music to less experienced audiences (especially children) in a way that captivates them on the day and inspires them into the future. Tom’s ability to make historical music relevant to the lives of youngsters is unsurpassed. His animated, charismatic and amusing presentation style is key to this success and combined with his vast experience as a working professional player, thorough understanding of the material and the need to resist diluting the integrity of the audience experience, Tom has in our view established himself as the best in the business.”
So although this has been billed as a Children’s Concert, it would seem that this will be a rather special concert and not one to miss even for Grown-ups! Last day of Half-Term and at a good time of day-and under 18’s are Free. Please make this a must for the whole family as I am sure that you will all enjoy this concert!
Chris Howell, Membership Secretary
The photograph on the front cover of Horley from the Wroxton Hill is by Clare Marchant
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People have been very generous with their photographs – taking time to search them out from lofts, boxes and cupboards – often bringing back happy times, but also difficult or tragic times and half-forgotten events. Not everyone would have chosen to share these records of their lives. For me it put together parts of a jigsaw about a way of life that no longer exists, and puts flesh on the ghosts of my memories.
I have a long list of people to thank: You will see that I give many people a formal title – which is because that was how they were known in the 1940s-1960s – first names were only used between very close friends – usually those that had been to school together.
The late – Mrs Gladys Barcock, Honor (Morgan) Berry, Mrs Florrie Dunwoody, Miss Joan Pearson, Mr Robert Pearson, Mrs Mary (Astell) Riley, Mr Eric Turner
A – Edward Allington, Eileen (Barcock) Alexander
B – Carol (Dunwoody) Baker, Alice (Saunders) Bowmaker for allowing free range of John Saunders’ photographs, Maureen (Eeles) Banks, Ann (Saunders) Barrett, Roy Bayliss, Mrs Kathleen Betteridge for information and photographs of the Maybury family, Mrs Harry Bishop, Jane (Tustian) Blake of Hanwell, Christopher Blythe and Richard Blythe, Betty (Hirons) Burns and her daughter Marolyn Burns.
C – Mary (Bayliss) Callow, Gwenda Cliff (for information about the Roylance family), Charles Cozens, Eleanor Cozens,
D – Barry Dunwoody
G – Reg and Elizabeth Green, William Griffin for material about the Bagnall family, William Gunn
H – Stanley and Wendy Hamer, Peter Hart of Hornton, Pat (Shawyer) Hassan-Jan, Doreen (Green) Hemmings, Victor and Joy Hillman, Shân (Morgan) Hoy, Mrs Dorothy Humphris for material about the Viggers and Hamer family
J – Mary (Hemmings) Jarvis, Alison (Jelfs) Intravia, Hazel (Jelfs) Collaby, Martyn Jelfs, Jane (Kay) Jones,
K – Channy Kennard for material about the Maul family, Anthony Meadows, Stephen Oliver for material about the Howe and Oliver family
P – Mike Patching, Hugh and Anna Pearson, John Plumbe for Allington photographs, Monica (Simmonds) Powell, Anthony Pratt
R – Rose (Kettle) Rawlings, Joan Robinson
S – Mrs Barbara Standish, Brian Standish, Mrs Stanley, David Stanley, Roger Sumner,
T- Daphne (Bullock) Thomas, Linda (Rose) Twistleton, Christine Upton for material about Horley Children’s Home
V – Phillipa (Varney) Walker, Timothy Varney
There are people for whom I have been unable to trace any photographic record: William and Sarah Saul, the Misses Barrett, Dorothy Varney and her mother Laura, May Cripps and others from Horley Home, Mrs West, Edwin Walden, Mr and Mrs Percy Matthews and their son Billy, Mrs Lizzie and Miss Bessie Chapman of Park House, the Baillies of The Manor, Mr William Astell of Bramshill Park Farm, Mr and Mrs Partridge of Brook Cottage, the Misses Godson of Horley Cottage, Mr Tom Allington, The Clarks and their son Paul, Mr William and Mrs Hicks Snr, Mrs Campbell of the Firs, Mr and Mrs Turner, and others who peopled our life between 1941 and 1965.
If you have a photograph of any of them, or know someone who may, please let me know. My email address is at the front of this book. ( marchantclare@hotmail.com )
On the other hand there has been a huge treasure trove of photographs of people that might otherwise have remained ghostly images in the mind: including one of Mrs Herbert, another of Mrs Edwin Walden, and one of Fanny Walden, all strong characters in our childhood, who seemed to come from a different age.
I am grateful that my sisters Shân and Honor allowed me to plunder their earlier writing about Horley life which they had written for their children. I was lucky to have ready access to Honor’s quite remarkable and detailed memory. She was deeply interested in this volume about people, and I grieve that she died just before its completion. I owe a debt to my parents, Glyn and Elma Morgan, Horley’s Vicar and his wife during the period of this book. I hope something of their affection for Horley and its people emerges and that I reveal something of the active part they played in village life.
It is only now I fully understand why writers always thank their partners for their contribution. Harold has been exceptionally patient and tolerant: papers have covered the floors and tables, meals have been forgotten, of my alternating fury and despair when a computer virus destroyed material (thank you to everyone who went up into their lofts again) and things have been neglected or forgotten. He must now consider he knows as much about Horley and Horley people as anyone who lived there. He has checked what I have written, offered insights and made helpful comments. Thank you Harold for supporting this absorbing and time-consuming work.
Clare Marchant, June 2015
The is an extract from A Vanished Past Volume 1, each Volume is £15 +P&P or you can buy both for £33 incl. p&p.
They are available directly from Clare , Shaftesbury House, 15 Circus Street, Greenwich, London SE10 8SN or marchantclare@hotmail or call on 020 8858 8529. Cheques payable to Clare Marchant.
Clare Marchant was born in Horley Vicarage, Oxfordshire in 1941 and spent her formative years there until 1965. She now lives in Greenwich, London
First published in 2015. All rights reserved. The rights of Clare Marchant to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the consent of © Clare Marchant. Copyright for each image rests with the contributor.
A big thank you to everyone who came and those who helped with the coffee morning last Saturday. We raised £260 for Breast Cancer Care so along with a matched funding pledge generate another £200. Not bad for a raining Saturday. Ladies Guild
Source: The Big Pink – Coffee Morning – Today Saturday 24th!
Life as lived in a North Oxfordshire village in the mid-twentieth century is depicted with skill and honesty, and illustrated by absorbingly interesting photographs. The residents give remarkably honest insights into their lives – their successes, joys and sadness over time.
These were the last days of an agricultural village. It is a story about the structure of village life, and its changes over several decades, seen through the eyes of the residents, drawn together by a sensitive author and illustrated by 500 or so amateur and professional photographs.
Volume 1 (in print)
Clare Marchant, June 2015
These table of contents are extract from volumes of A Vanished Past, each Volume is £15 +P&P or you can buy both Volumes 1 & 2 for £33 incl. p&p.
They are available directly from Clare , Shaftesbury House, 15 Circus Street, Greenwich, London SE10 8SN or marchantclare@hotmail or call on 020 8858 8529. Cheques payable to Clare Marchant.
Clare Marchant was born in Horley Vicarage, Oxfordshire in 1941 and spent her formative years there until 1965. She now lives in Greenwich, London
First published in 2015. All rights reserved. The rights of Clare Marchant to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the consent of © Clare Marchant. Copyright for each image rests with the contributor.
It’s our first “Contact Us” email and shows an outsiders perspective:
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 > To: HorleyViews@outlook.com > Subject: Your Website
Hello. I was actually looking for Planning information at Horley, Surrey having been a previous resident there. Thinking this may be a new site within the Parish, I clicked on. WOW… how I wish I had lived in your Horley! This is magnificent. You actually cater for all of the village with films and all the other interests.
I have passed through the village on the main through route several times and often wondered what it would have been like to live there, now I know. You have a great village and a wonderful village life.
Long may it continue. John Potts , Former Horley (Surrey) resident.
Yes it is on this Saturday 24th October from 10.30 to 12.30 . Please come along to The Old School Hall , Horley and help support this Coffee Morning event to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care. Everyone is very welcome, even if pink isn’t your colour!
Yes its an October special “2 for the price of 1” – Friday 16th October – Far from the Madding Crowd (£5) and Friday 30th October (FoC)- Laurence of Arabia
Due to a last minute surge in events we thought you might like to see what’s on next week and also remind you that you can sync your calendar with Horley Views , so that you will never miss a reminder of what’s on. Remember if you have a event or something you want to promote just email us at horleyviews@outlook.com or point us to the online resource you would like to share, and please let’s us know how you got on, just like Tash and Dave did at the Harvest Auction. Regards Deb
JUDAISM IN BRITAIN TODAY – On Monday the 12th of October we are delighted to have secured Penny Faust from the Oxford Synagogue she is coming to outline aspects of Jewish Life . Penny did research in child psychology before stopping to have 4 children and then went into broadcasting/journalism including being a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s – Thought for the Day for 12 years and to World Service religious broadcasting. She has also worked in education and currently contributes to the Oxford Mail on an ad hoc basis. This event will be held at St John the Baptist Church Hornton, at 7.30pm and refreshments will be on offer beforehand and during the interval, as they were in Wroxton. So please do come along as the Church can seat 114 people and this will be a fascinating insightful evening.
3H’s GARDENING CLUB – On Tuesday 13th October at 7:30pm in the Pavilion at Hornton there will be a slide show and talk given by Howard Drury, a Lincolnshire Lad, trained Edinburgh Botanics, 610 Gardening Programmes for Central TV Gardener and gives talks on almost 100 subjects and also into computers! The topic is a surprise, always informative and entertaining as he is a regular presenter at the club. All welcome Thanks Brian A
BELL RINGING PRACTICE – Friday 16th Oct from 1815 to 1945 – practice in St Etheldreda’s Church Horley
IRONSTONE BENEFICE CAFE CHURCH – Sunday 18th October – St Etheldreda’s Church Horley , 10:30am Harvest around the world, Refreshments and activities for all ages
Who would have thought that all those home-grown apples, vegetables and flowers, as well as those home made cakes would have raised so much money at the Harvest Auction. Last Friday 2nd October, Dave and Natasha hosted the ever popular Harvest Festival Auction in The Red Lion. See the fireplace photo showing all the flowers, there was also a table and surrounding area full of beautifully displayed donated produce . The evening raised an amazing £675.50 that will be split between Save the Children – Syria Refuge Crisis and The Banbury Young Homeless Project. Dave and Natasha would like to thank everyone who donated and bought the produce, and made it such a successful event.
Special thanks to Tash and Dave for all their efforts in once again putting their pub at the heart our village.
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