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BUT GOOD NEWS IN SHALFORD More positively, it is wonderful to see Shalford War Memorial rebuilt and restored in time for Remembrance Sunday after it was badly damaged by a car a few years ago. Well done to Shalford Community Council and to all involved in the rebuild - and especially for the massive fundraising effort. The rededication service will be at 10am on Remembrance Sunday with the memorial service afterwards at 11am. I will be at the service in Ash so sadly can’t be there but I know it will be a very special occasion.
AND FOR ONCE IN BRAMLEY TOO… Two positive dates for Bramley residents: first Bramley High Street is going to be feeling very festive this year with the inaugural Xmas lights being switched on - after a terrible year the village is fighting back which is brilliant. Head down to Bramley Library for mulled wine and celebrations on Thursday 14th December 6pm, library car park. Also please save the date for a fuel leak update meeting with Asda and other stakeholders at 6pm, Friday 29th November. It’s taken a while but there will be lots of positive progress to report on.
CRANLEIGH MEET Thank you to Rosemary French and all at Cranleigh Chamber of Commerce for a productive lunch. We discussed the high street, mobile phone reception, infrastructure, health facilities and of course the damaging rise in employers national insurance in the budget.
SURGERY CALLS My first call today was to a Godalming resident called Gemma Taylor who has two children at Busbridge Junior School. She has been leading the local campaign for smartphone-free childhoods for which over 34 schools in Godalming & Ash now have some kind of pact. She wants all schools to ban smartphones for children under 16 which I wholeheartedly support. In the meantime, as the government has not yet agreed to do this, she is encouraging as many parents as possible to sign up to the Parent Pact which - in order to reduce peer pressure - commits parents not to give smartphones to children before the end of year 9. This is the link for Surrey - if you agree, please sign (as I have). Smartphones are addictive and - in my opinion - deprive children of a healthy childhood which should involve as much human contact with friends and family as possible. I will do all I can to support this brilliant campaign in parliament. I then spoke to an 83 year old lady from Shalford about the difficulty of getting a nurse appointment to dress her leg and the time it took for police to respond when she was knocked over by a cyclist, something I will raise with the Chief Constable when I see him shortly.
LAST TEA CALL There are a few tickets left for this Friday’s afternoon tea to raise funds for the Cancer & Surgical Innovation campaign. The event takes place from 2.15pm on 8th November at Elstead Village Hall and will include magician Jared Gale plus a delicious tea with homemade cakes. Tickets cost £22 and are available to book on: ticketsource.co.uk/royal-surrey-charity or by calling 07932 411108.
JOIN ME Want to get more involved with my brilliant election-winning team locally? Email me at [email protected] to help support our work in our community.
AND FINALLY ... Very sad to learn of the passing of music legend Quincy Jones who created too many hits to mention so I will leave you with his fantastic Soul Bossa Nova made famous to a whole new generation because of Austin Powers!
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