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Sept. 2017

Editorial Services and Contacts 2

Letter from the Vicar 3

WW1 Roll of Honour 4

KNA:- Companionship Project 5

Taking Note of Jane

The Mayoralty 7

Avenue Club news 9

Services and Events 10

St Luke’s Events details

The Barn Events details 12

Kew for You 13

WW1— the Forgotten Front

15

Inside this issue:

T h e m a ga z i n e fo r t h e Ke w p a r i s h e s o f S t L u ke ’s a n d t h e B a r n

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Vicar: Rev. Peter Hart Parish Office: 8332 1324 ISSUE 56

New astro pitch at The Queen’s School It’s been a busy year at The Queen’s School, with the move into the new building last September, the achievement of both OFSTED and SIAMS Outstanding rankings shortly thereafter, and the continued development of the

School’s wonderful outside space. A key feature of that development has been the installation of a large 3G astro pitch at the front of the School to complement the existing outside play areas, netball and basketball courts and grass field. The pitch was installed in late Spring and since then has been used on a daily basis by all year groups for PE lessons and after school clubs. Reception - Year 2 also made great use of the pitch during their recent Sports Day and it

hosted a range of exciting activities during the School’s Summer Fair, including kids v parents football matches, beat the goalie competitions and zorb football. The large size of the pitch will also enable the older children to play proper football and rugby matches and allow the School to host Borough Sports events, something it has been unable to do until now. For now, the pitch will only be used

by the School. The School and Governors are working with the Local Authority regarding the hours of permitted community use, and once that is agreed, the School will ideally also be able to hire the pitch out for use by other local schools, holiday clubs, individuals and local community groups. It is hoped that the pitch will provide a valuable resource on our doorsteps, and in doing so raise important revenue for the School. The pitch is the result of the concerted efforts of the staff, parents, children, PSA and Governors of The Queen’s School during a 2 year fundraising initiative, without which the School’s fabulous new pitch could not have happened.

Zorb football at the summer fair

After-school hockey club in action

Vicar: Rev. Peter Hart The Vicarage 70 Marksbury Avenue Kew TW9 4JF 8392 1425 [email protected]

Lay Reader: Richard Austen [email protected]

Parish Office Administrators Guinevere Duff and Irene Stephens St Luke’s, The Avenue, Kew TW9 2AJ Tel: 8332 1324 [email protected]

ST LUKE’S

www.stlukeskew.org Sunday Services: 8am Holy Communion 11am Parish Communion (Junior Church and Crèche in term-time) 11am Parish Communion with Junior Church participation (First Sunday in the month — All-age Worship)

Every Thursday 10am Holy Communion

THE BARN www.barnchurchkew.uk Sunday Services: 9.30am Parish Communion (Junior Church and Crèche in term-time) 9.30am Parish Communion with Junior Church participation (First Sunday in the month — All-age Worship)

Churches Together in Kew journeying together in faith... www.kewchurches.org.uk

BARN CONTACTS Church Wardens Robin Hancock [email protected] Sarah Ball [email protected] Church Leadership Team Felice Oxborrow, Lydia Elstone, Alison Bantick Treasurers Nigel and Susan Barton 8878 8184 Organist Alban Clarke 8878 2856 Choir Conductor Mike Oxborrow 8876 2085 Planned Giving Co-ordinator Alison Rankin [email protected] Flower Rota Ann Jeffries 8876 1746 Junior Church contact: [email protected] Church and Hall Bookings Richard Wright 8878 2716 Youth Group Judi Braddock [email protected] Brownies and Guides Charlotte Kemp [email protected] Vineyard Lunches Clare Vollum PCC Representative on Governing Body of Queen’s School Luci Mitchell-Fry [email protected] Safeguarding Officers: Children: Andrew Rankin [email protected] Vulnerable adults: Claire Vollum 07708 064935

ST. LUKE’S CONTACTS Church Wardens Jayne Armstrong [email protected] Irene Stephens [email protected] Deputy Church Warden Frankie Pinner [email protected] Treasurer Judi Braddock [email protected] PCC Secretary Liz Tippett 8940 7485 Director of Music Mary Noyes [email protected] Planned Giving Co-ordinator Robert McKeag 07769 830486 Junior Church Paula Brackenridge 8940 2358 Flower Rota Irene Stephens 8940 9614 Coffee Rota Jayne Armstrong [email protected] Brownie Leader Mary Noyes 8255 6924 Traidcraft Sue Murray 8940 0565 Vineyard Lunches Alison Kemp 07711 747857 PCC Representative on Governing Body of Queen’s School Laura Coughtrie 8876 3202 Safeguarding Officers Children: Vulnerable adults: Alice Coddington [email protected]

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Services and Contacts

Hello from The Link team As usual, a lot of interesting articles for you. We are very sorry to be losing John Elstone, who is moving to pastures new, although not that far away. He has been one of the mainstays of the team, and we would welcome a volunteer or two to replace him — do please contact the editor if you are interested!

Link 57, the annual Kew Sparkle edition, will be published on 26th November. All copy to the Editor by email — including photographs — by 5th November, please.

Editor: Charlie Grace: 8876 8853 [email protected]

Barn news: Anna Pannett: [email protected] St. Luke’s news: Louise Frankiss: 8274 9703 Advertising: Hilary Sims: [email protected] Profiles: Harriet Grace: [email protected]

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services and Contacts

Vicar: Rev. Peter Hart The Vicarage 70 Marksbury Avenue Kew TW9 4JF 8392 1425 [email protected]

Lay Reader: Richard Austen [email protected]

Parish Office Administrators Guinevere Duff and Irene Stephens St Luke’s, The Avenue, Kew TW9 2AJ Tel: 8332 1324 [email protected]

ST LUKE’S

www.stlukeskew.org Sunday Services: 8am Holy Communion 11am Parish Communion (Junior Church and Crèche in term-time) 11am Parish Communion with Junior Church participation (First Sunday in the month — All-age Worship)

Every Thursday 10am Holy Communion

THE BARN www.barnchurchkew.uk Sunday Services: 9.30am Parish Communion (Junior Church and Crèche in term-time) 9.30am Parish Communion with Junior Church participation (First Sunday in the month — All-age Worship)

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BARN CONTACTS Church Wardens Robin Hancock [email protected] Sarah Ball [email protected] Church Leadership Team Felice Oxborrow, Lydia Elstone, Alison Bantick Treasurers Nigel and Susan Barton 8878 8184 Organist Alban Clarke 8878 2856 Choir Conductor Mike Oxborrow 8876 2085 Planned Giving Co-ordinator Alison Rankin [email protected] Flower Rota Ann Jeffries 8876 1746 Junior Church contact: [email protected] Church and Hall Bookings Richard Wright 8878 2716 Youth Group Judi Braddock [email protected] Brownies and Guides Charlotte Kemp [email protected] Vineyard Lunches Clare Vollum PCC Representative on Governing Body of Queen’s School Luci Mitchell-Fry [email protected] Safeguarding Officers: Children: Andrew Rankin [email protected] Vulnerable adults: Claire Vollum 07708 064935

ST. LUKE’S CONTACTS Church Wardens Jayne Armstrong [email protected] Irene Stephens [email protected] Deputy Church Warden Frankie Pinner [email protected] Treasurer Judi Braddock [email protected] PCC Secretary Liz Tippett 8940 7485 Director of Music Mary Noyes [email protected] Planned Giving Co-ordinator Robert McKeag 07769 830486 Junior Church Paula Brackenridge 8940 2358 Flower Rota Irene Stephens 8940 9614 Coffee Rota Jayne Armstrong [email protected] Brownie Leader Mary Noyes 8255 6924 Traidcraft Sue Murray 8940 0565 Vineyard Lunches Alison Kemp 07711 747857 PCC Representative on Governing Body of Queen’s School Laura Coughtrie 8876 3202 Safeguarding Officers Children: Vulnerable adults: Alice Coddington [email protected]

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Services and Contacts

Hello from The Link team As usual, a lot of interesting articles for you. We are very sorry to be losing John Elstone, who is moving to pastures new, although not that far away. He has been one of the mainstays of the team, and we would welcome a volunteer or two to replace him — do please contact the editor if you are interested!

Link 57, the annual Kew Sparkle edition, will be published on 26th November. All copy to the Editor by email — including photographs — by 5th November, please.

Editor: Charlie Grace: 8876 8853 [email protected]

Barn news: Anna Pannett: [email protected] St. Luke’s news: Louise Frankiss: 8274 9703 Advertising: Hilary Sims: [email protected] Profiles: Harriet Grace: [email protected]

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LETTER FROM THE VICAR

One of the pleasures of the summer is to potter around North Sheen Rec with the dog, listening to birdsong. In theory, that ought not to be possible, as July and August are known in the birding world as the quiet months – broods are fully reared, territories do not need to be defended, fledging for the winter is under way in many species – but no one told the parakeets, or the green woodpecker, or the crows, or the chaffinch who were hammering away in the clear morning air the other day. The dog was luxuriating in early day smells amongst the dewy tussocks, and all seemed well with the world. However, hanging over these late summer mornings are thoughts of autumn, of Kipling’s “muddied oafs” shattering the stillness with shouts of “pass it down the wing!”, of frost and dark nights. These are such stuff as nostalgia is made of, as Shakespeare almost wrote.

The gathering in of the days coincides in our country with harvest, with celebrations of plenty, with song and oversized marrows. It is a time of rejoicing in the goodness of God, his generosity towards us in placing us in a world that can provide enough for every creature’s need, and to spare. We know that, but continue to live as if it does not matter that if we carry on keeping the lion’s share of all nature’s bounty then our future will be compromised, as well as that of endangered species, low-lying land and vulnerable communities. Harvest is therefore a yearly reminder of our need to be very strict with ourselves in how we use the plenty that surrounds us. Harvest is a yearly check on consumerism. Harvest is a yearly opportunity to look around and see who locally is not sharing in all the benefits of God’s world, and how we can put that right.

So join us, please, to sing “We plough the fields and scatter” on the first day of October. Join us as we decorate our churches with all the beauty and fruitfulness of the earth. And join us as we reflect together on ensuring that all God’s people get a fair share of his glorious creation.

Peter

Baptisms:

The Barn:

11th June William Robert Morgan Strong 2nd July Oliver Muir and Isabel Muir 6th August Paris Haio Maciver

St Luke’s: 11th June Lola Beasley and Isabella Beasley 9th July Toby Cowling 6th August Olivia Catherine Marie Price and Annabella Charlotte Price

Weddings: 6th May Sacha Herring and Verity Simpson 27th May James Nicholas and Jennifer Page Marriage blessing:

21st May Ermal and Claire Gray

Funerals: 30th March Brian Ohlson 23rd June Susan Stearn 29th June Janet Robertson 27th July Alec Murray 9th August Vera Ford

The Barn Church gardens Although the Skinner family have now left Kew for a more rural home in Berkshire, Ben is continuing to donate a session each month from a team of gardeners to help with the Barn Church Gardens. This is provided by his Gardening firm Town and Country Gardens based in Fulham - email [email protected].

Over the past years this contribution has been invaluable in maintaining acceptable standards for the Church and we are very grateful.

Richard Jeffries

and this is an ideal opportunity to add that the whole congregation is very grateful to Richard for all that he has done to maintain the Church and its gardens over many years, a task from which he has mostly retired, although he is still organising gardening parties to keep the place looking spic and span!

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St Luke's WW1

Roll of Honour Board:

those who died July—Sept. 1917

Tyne Cot Memorial

Information on all the cemeteries of the Ypres salient can be found on The Great War website (see link below*)

The third battle of Ypres (also known as Passchendaele — above) commenced on the 31st of July 1917, and stretched on until November 10th, 1917. South west of the village is the large cemetery and Memorial to the missing at Tyne Cot. There are 6 names remembered on the Roll of honour board: 1 Private Frederick [Victor] Thomas BRISTOW 70062, 16th Battalion, Notts. & Derby Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters), 39th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 22nd August 1917, aged 20. Born in Tottenham and enlisted in Richmond. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium MR. 30. 2 Lance Corporal Charles Henry COOK 373421, 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment (The Post Office Rifles), 56th London Division. Killed in action 14th July 1917, aged 27. Husband of Mrs R. F. E. Cook of 12, Garfield Road, Twickenham. Born in Mortlake and enlisted in Richmond. Formerly with East Surreys. Buried in Oak Dump Cemetery, Voormezeele. Belgium B. 118 3 Guardsman George James DILLOWAY 25905, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, Guards Division. Killed in action at Ypres 31st July 1917, aged 19. Son of Walter Henry & Jane Dilloway of 60 Alexandra Road, Richmond. Born in Richmond and enlisted in Kingston on Thames. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. Belgium MR. 29 4 Private Montague Pickett JAMES 706076, 102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), 11th Brigade, 4th Canadian Division. Died of wounds 22nd August 1917, aged 30. Son of William Crossley & Sarah Jane James of 359, Sandycombe Road, Kew Gardens, Richmond. Buried in Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium B. 241 5 Sergeant William Ernest TURNER 28054, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 26th September 1917. Next of kin residents of Richmond. Born in Richmond and enlisted in London. Formerly with the Devonshire Regiment. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. MR. 30 6 Second Lieutenant Henry Joseph WATLINGTON, General list, at-tached to No 70 Squadron (Sopwith Camels), Royal Flying Corps., Western Front. Killed in action 6th July 1917. Commemorated on Arras Memorial. MR. 20

* for the full list of Ypres salient cemeteries go to: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm

Research is ongoing; please contact me to correct any inaccuracies: [email protected]

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KNA COMPANIONSHIP PROJECT Most people at some time in their lives have experienced loneliness, probably several or many times. It is a word that is associated with sadness and sometimes shame. We may not want to admit to it. It may feel like a lingering condition, or something that happens to us suddenly – we move house to somewhere new, grow older and more infirm, lose a partner, retire. We may feel trapped, physically unable or no longer confident to pursue outside activities we took for granted. We may take part in many activities and have numerous interests but there are still hours alone when life loses its meaning or purpose.

In Kew we are very lucky because help is at hand. In 2014 the Borough of Richmond on Thames’ Public Health Strategy identified loneliness and isolation as a priority issue and commissioned ‘peer research’ to understand the problem. The report was published in April 2016 and on 6th June Kew Neighbourhood Association appointed Christine Evans Appleyard to become Companionship Coordinator to work with the KNA Coordinator, Abi Palmer, to develop a companionship programme. Up to now KNA have provided a transport, shopping, light gardening and befriending service, the latter involving volunteers visiting people in their homes. But the research showed that what people living on their own really missed was going out. This could be seeing a film, going to the theatre, visiting an art gallery or museum, watching cricket, or just, say, walking to the shops at the end of the road confident they wouldn’t fall because they were accompanied by someone. In short, they missed a companion to do things with. One of Christine’s key messages is that there is no shame in loneliness - it can be alleviated - and her first main aim in the new role is to recruit a new generation of volunteers, doing this through the website, other forms of publicity and, I would guess, through the effective force of her sensitive, empathetic personality. She will be looking for people of all ages, including young people over 18, who have time to spare, as much or as little as they can offer. The companion could be someone to go to the theatre with, say once every six weeks, or to do something with on a more regular basis, say once a week to drive to Richmond Park or have a cup of tea in a café. Volunteers can do this in the evenings or the weekends but the need is greatest during the day. The people they will be seeing could be elderly or recent retirees, or someone who has moved to be nearer their children who are out at work all day. Once accepted on the scheme Christine will match the volunteers to their ‘companion’, and a common experience in this kind of relationship is that both sides of the companionship benefit: the volunteer gains from being able to give; the ‘companion’ shares the enjoyment of their interests with someone who is not trying to advise or influence or tell them what to do. Christine started life in journalism and public relations working for newspapers and magazines, and halfway through her career took on the communication role for the former Adoption and Fostering team with Kingston Council. Her role was to publicise the service and to recruit foster carers. After 5 years she joined ‘Action for Carers’ (Surrey) who give carers a voice, including the often forgotten ‘young carers’ looking after a parent or siblings. She rebranded their name, updating its image and website, and lobbied organisations to find out what carers needed to be kept in the public eye. The two strands of her career – communications and an understanding of social care – make her the ideal candidate to develop and promote this new service in Kew. We wish her all the best of luck in this important and innovative community work. Interested in volunteering? Please contact: [email protected]

Harriet Grace

Christine Evans Appleyard

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Taking note of Jane It makes me most uncomfortable to see An English spinster of the middle-class

Describe the amorous effects of ‘brass’, Reveal so frankly and with such sobriety

The economic basis of society. W.H. Auden, Letter to Lord Byron

The ten pound note, currently featuring Charles Darwin, is evolving. The new tenner

unveiled by the Bank of England in July marks the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death. The struggle to smuggle more female faces on to banknotes notoriously generated death threats in the Twitter-sphere. There has been rather more polite outrage about the sentimentalised makeover of her chosen likeness, and the out-of-context quotation accompanying it. As it’s a polymer note it will withstand the wet shirt treatment, but best not to iron it.

Born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon Rectory this clergy daughter would eventually see two of her brothers ordained (you have to wonder at the inconvenience of an Advent baby to a clerical household). Jane lived at Steventon until she was 25, when the Reverend George Austen retired and the family moved to Bath until her father’s death four years later. After a spell in Southampton came the move to Chawton in 1809. In the spring of 1817 Jane travelled to Winchester with her sister Cassandra, taking up lodgings near the cathedral, in the hope of receiving medical help for the illness from which she would shortly die. Her grave in the north aisle of the cathedral neglects to mention that she was a writer.

Her novels, in line with contemporary convention, were attributed to ‘A Lady’. At best her writing may have been a furtive affair: according to Austen family lore a creaking door warned her of impending company, though revisionists have more recently taken an oilcan to the hinges of this theory.

Her appearance on a banknote seems especially apt since she knows the financial worth of her characters. Mr Darcy’s £10,000 a year has been calculated at roughly £800,000 in today’s money; hardly superbanker level, but not exactly leaving him on his uppers either. The French economist Thomas Piketty’s work on inequality of income examines Darcy’s fortune in the light of average wages in Austen’s day of around £30 per annum.

One measure of an author’s enduring success is the continuing stream of adaptations and parodies pouring out of television, film, and the Web. The supposed bonnets-and-breeches gentility of Austen’s world has always attracted satirists. I treasure a Punch cartoon in which a publisher tells a demure figure “we like the plot Miss Austen but the effing and blinding will have to go”. Youtube offers Jane Austen’s Fight Club, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has become a bestseller: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.

If zombies aren’t to your taste there is Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

The Austen industry itself feeds this. You can decorate your home with a replica of Jane’s wallpaper, fill your garden with the Jane Austen rose (a jazzy orange floribunda), or tame your hair with an implement engraved with a suitable quotation, though it looks depressingly like a nit-comb. However, if you can restrain these impulses, or simply confine your indulgence to reading the novels, Jane Austen will soon be coming to a pocket near you, right on the money.

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The Mayoralty I was honoured and privileged to serve as the Mayor of Richmond up until May of this year. Being the Mayor is a great way to get to know this very special borough and meet many delightful people who, without exception, were hospitable and welcoming wherever I went. The Mayor is an ambassador for the Council and I attended some 350 events of all kinds, most of which were in borough, but I also attended some memorable events further afield, for instance representing the Council at Westminster Abbey several times, the last of which, was to honour those caught up in recent terror attacks. As the Mayor, I was also the guest of honour at the regular Citizenship ceremonies at York House in Twickenham, welcoming newcomers to the borough. The Mayor is part of a dedicated team at Richmond Council. My deputy, Cllr Kate Howard, and I were given excellent support by officers whose job it was to schedule our diaries and make sure we were always on-time and in the right place.

I chose INS (Integrated Neurological Services) as my chosen charity to support. This Twickenham based group supports families coping with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson‘s, Stroke and other neurological traumas and I was delighted to raise over £20,000 for them via a number of fund-raising events and generous donations. Whilst I was sad to hand over the responsibility and regalia at the end of my term, I know that the Mayoralty is in the good hands of the new Mayor, Cllr Lisa Blakemore. I wish her well and I know she will have lots of fun.

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Activities for the Autumn

Art History – 10.00 a.m – 12.00 p.m - Weekly classes start Tuesday, 3rd October 2017. Cost: £7.00. In 19th-century art, classical styles competed with modern ones, often opposing tradition and novelty. Starting with Manet, we will study one artist each week (such as Ingres, Courbet, and Seurat), enriching our understanding of the emergence of modern art.

Intelligent Ageing – 10.00 – 11.30 a.m. – Monthly Workshops start on Thursday, 5th October 2017 – thereafter on 2nd November and 7th December. Cost per session £7.00 Are you really prepared to take responsibility for your health? Do you want to reduce the risk of reduced mobility and chronic disease in later life? Would you like to disrupt the stereotypical image of ageing? If your answer is yes to at least one of these questions then this may well be the class for you. The meetings will feature a guest speaker on specialist topics including, diet, nutrition, exercise, posture, pain management, relationships, projects and overcoming limiting beliefs. Do come along to find out what it’s all about.

Spanish Conversation – 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.- Weekly classes start Monday, 9th October 2017. Cost: £5.00.

Do call to express your interest, so we can gauge likely numbers. Gracias

Ukelele Classes – 12.00 – 1.00 p.m. – 7 week course starts on Friday 3rd November. Cost : £5.00

Having enjoyed our Ukelele Concert on 12th October (see below) – we’re sure some of you will be itching to have a go. Do give us a call.

Up-coming Special Events

UKELELE CONCERT – THURSDAY, 12TH OCTOBER 2017 – 2.00 P.M. – BY DONATION We are delighted to welcome back “Stompin’ At The Saveloy” with their timeless mix of classic and favourite songs from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Sing-a-longs, foot tapping and infectious music will whisk you back on a nostalgic journey. Everybody very welcome. Give us a call to let us know you’re coming so we can make sure we have enough chairs and tea and biscuits. Don’t forget, having wetted your appetite for the Ukelele, classes will be starting on Friday, 3rd November.

ILLUSTRATED TALK ABOUT RICHMOND PARK BY MAX LANKESTER OF THE FRIENDS OF RICHMOND PARK – WEDNESDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 2017 – 12 NOON – BY DONATION TO THE FRIENDS OF RICHMOND PARK The Talk will highlight some of the key periods in the Park’s history since its creation in the 1630s, and will describe some of its current features, including the deer, veteran trees and invertebrates. He will also address some of the current threats to the Park’s well-being. Call to put your name down please, so we can gauge numbers. Many Thanks.

FLAMENCO – THURSDAY, 26TH OCTOBER 2017 – 2.00 P.M. – BY DONATION Spanish Flamenco Dancer, Rosandra makes a welcome return to The Avenue Club with her guitarist, Juan. Re-live your Spanish holiday memories listening to the sound of the Spanish guitar. Enjoy the spectacle of vibrant costumes and lively dancing and be mesmerised by the rapid foot stamping and castanet playing. Clap and sing along to familiar tunes. Do Not Miss this fabulous afternoon of dancing and songs. Please call to put your name – we were very busy last time! FREDERIC CHOPIN – An Intimate Portrait in Music & Words – MONDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2 pm – Cost : £10.00 with Stephen Baron (piano) and Marguerite Duncan–Sutherland (narrator). Tickets on Sale in the Office.

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Diary of Events & Services at St Luke’s & The Barn September Sunday 17th noon St Luke’s – Vineyard Lunch Wednesday 20th 8pm Barn PCC Meeting Saturday 30 th 7.30pm St Luke’s Beetle Drive October Sunday 1st 9.30 & 11am Harvest Festival Wednesday 11th 8pm St Luke’s PCC Thursday 12th 8pm Baptism Preparation at The Barn Saturday 14th 7pm Barn Dance/Disco at The Barn (see below) Sunday 15th 11am St Luke’s Patronal Festival November Sunday 5 th 9.30 & 11am Remembering those from the parishes who died during the past year Sunday 5th 3pm Community Concert with tea in St Luke’s Hall (Mary Noyes) Sunday 5th Last date for submitting Link 57 copy (see p2) Sunday 12th 9.30 & 11am Remembrance Sunday Saturday 18th 10.30am-1.30pm St Luke’s Christmas Fair Saturday 25th 11am-2pm Barn Christmas Fair Sunday 26th Link 57 — Kew Sparkle edition — published

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Events at St Luke’s Church in the Avenue The Beetle Drive

Saturday 30th September at 7pm Fun for all ages from 6 years to 106 years! Lots of fast and furious games of beetle, and a delicious baked potato, chilli, tuna, cheese, beans, salad supper then ice-creams. Cash bar. Prizes for the best adult and child beetler. Teaching given if you’ve not played before. Tickets only £12 adult or £6 child, contact [email protected] or visit www.stlukeskew.org or purchase in Church on Sundays (11.00am.) In aid of St Luke’s Church and Off the Record (otrtwickenham.com), a dedicated young person's service, providing counselling and walk-in information, free and confidential, to young people aged 11-24 in Richmond.

Come on your own or come with a group – all welcome!

The Christmas Fair Saturday 18th November at 10.30am-1.30pm

A perfect opportunity to go gift shopping, with music, entertainment and added festive fun for the family. Entry on the day, no tickets needed.

Great Christmas gifts Home-cooked produce Bric-a-brac galore Visit Santa in his grotto Toy stall and games to play Books and CDs Bottle tombola – win a prize Raffle with lovely gift baskets Delicious soup, bread & cheese lunches Tea, coffee, mince pies and cakes

….whilst at the Barn there’s the Barn Dance - see opposite - and

The Christmas Fair

on Saturday 25th November, from 11am till 2pm

Bring family and friends along, and you’ll find

A Craft market

plenty of other stalls

mulled wine and mince pies (of course)

and lots of entertainment for children



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KEW FOR YOU FRIENDS OF KEW: As I sit down to write this, the rain is pouring down, so let’s hope for some better weather. However, do make use of the fact that Friends of Kew and their family guests may enjoy early access to Kew Gardens from 8am to 10am every morning till the 30th September. ORIGINS OF FLOWERS: It is now reckoned that all living flowers have been derived from one ancestor that lived about 140 million years ago. Studies in flower evolution are still going on, but their origins are a mystery, mainly due to the lack of fossil flowers. For instance, it is not known if the oldest flowers were unisexual or bisexual, or whether they were pollinated by wind or insects. UNLOCKING WHY PLANTS AND FUNGI MATTER: Kew’s mission is to be the global resource for plant and fungal knowledge, so that we can understand the plants and fungi upon which all our lives depend. For instance, Kew Scientists have recently started working in Guinea, West Africa, and made some interesting discoveries, for example, a new species of Gladiolus and a shrubby perennial called Melastomastrum. THE TEMPERATE HOUSE: Just to keep you up to date with the restoration of this iconic building, before the re-opening in May 2018. The framework will have been repaired together with thousands of panes of glass and the urns and sculptures restored. Also, a new heating system will have been installed. Most of the plants were potted up and moved. Others remain in place, including the extremely rare cycad Encephalartos woodii, which is no longer found in the wild and is too fragile to move. The focus of the plants in the Temperate House will be Rare and Endangered. TEMPLE OF AEOLUS: The Temple of Aeolus, opposite the Palm House, is situated in the Woodland Garden on Cumberland Mount, an artificial mound created using spoil from the nearby lake. It offers views northwest across the surrounding woodland. Whilst pottering in the Gardens near this Temple, I came across some rather strange green bags called Treegators. I then realised that they contain water for several different types of plants, including Stag’s Horn Sumach, Cratagus, Sorbus, Osage Orange, Sweet Birch and White Oak. I later realised that Treegators can also be found in many other parts of the Gardens. WATER LILY HOUSE: This is by the north end of the Palm House and is my favourite building in the whole Gardens. It is really beautiful and not to be missed. This small, square glasshouse was completed in 1852 and is now a listed building. It houses many colourful water lilies, ferns, papyrus and hanging gourds and encloses a circular pond spanning over 10 metres. It contains fish and the water is dyed black (using a harmless food dye) to stop algae growth - it also makes pretty reflections! MEET KEW’S BEE EXPERTS: Until the 27th October, you will have the chance to learn about Kew’s work with bees, plants and pollination. This will be on Fridays only, at the beehives by the Plant Family Beds. You will meet some of Kew’s experts, including Dr. Hauke Koch. The talks will last 30-45 minutes and there is no need to book, just turn up. There will also be time to ask questions. KEW AUTUMN FESTIVAL: From the7th -29th October, a massive programme of events has been prepared. You will be inspired by the science, artistic elements and workshops. These include Environmental Art, Sculpture, Exhibitions, and a weekend programme of 20 minute talks in the Marianne North Gallery (Saturdays and Sundays 7th to 29th October). The following treats are also in store for you: Woody Fox Willow, a sculptor who uses natural materials. Nigel Ross, six wooden seating sculptures. Claudia Wegner, four large reproduction paintings. Julia Clarke, five large wicker pieces. Other activities await you including: Tree Spotting Walks, Nature Yoga, Willow Weaving, Lines on the Leaves: Creative Writing. Daily Tours about Trees and also ones about Fungi on Tuesdays only. Free Guided Walking Tours, Discovery Bus Tour (essential to book: 020 8332 5643). Free Dementia Friendly Health Walks (essential to book: 020 8332 5643). AND FINALLY A SPECIAL TREAT: KEW THE FIZZ: The Royal Botanic Gardens have teamed up with the Bolney Estate in West Sussex to produce two new sparkling wines: a white 100% Chardonnay and a rosé 100% Pinot Noir.

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GENERAL

NOTICE BOARD St. Luke’s House Debbie Fife 8940 2791 The Kew Society Conserves and enhances the ethos of Kew, environmentally and topically. New residents welcome. Sue May 8940 8724 [email protected] Kew Sinfonia High standard chamber orchestra, 3-4 concerts p.a. at St Anne’s, rehearsals at the Barn. 8876 9318 Kew Horticultural Society Annual show August Bank Holiday Saturday. Outings and talks. 8948 7254 Kew Wind Orchestra King’s House School, King’s Rd, Richmond. All ages, Thurs, 8pm. 8876 2192 Tea & Art Club for over 50s Thurs 11-12 Pensford Field. Pam: 07500 178578

Kew Neighbourhood Assn offers help with transport to medical appointments and the Avenue Club, together with befriending and shopping. 8948 8054 weekdays 10-12 for help and offers of help. Kew Community Trust runs Avenue Club - social activities for older people. Nicola Patel 8948 8806 Rotary Club of Kew Coach & Horses, Kew Green. Wed, 7.30 for 8pm. 8894 9958 Richmond and Kew Quilters every 2nd Monday of the month. 7.30—9.30pm, St Winefride’s Church Hall. www.richmondandkewquilters.org.uk

Kew Community Choir Thurs. 7.30 — 8.30, St Luke’s in the Avenue [email protected]

Q2 Players Kew Scouts HQ, Station Ave, Presents three full-length plays each season, with performances at St Luke’s. 8940 2053 North Sheen Bowling Club Marksbury Avenue, Kew. All levels from 12 plus. 8891 1541 Kew Studio Art courses and studio space to let. 270 Sandycombe Road TW9 3NP. 8332 2122 www.kewstudio.org Richmond Chamber of Commerce 1-3 Richmond Rd Twickenham TW1 3AB [email protected] Arts Richmond Unit 6, Upper Deck, Phoenix Wharf, Eel Pie Island, TW1 3DY. Over 80 affiliated societies. 8892 9446 [email protected] Kew Residents Assn. Caring about the community environment by promoting sensitive and appropriate local development www.savekew.org.uk

Priory Park Club Bowls, Bridge and Tennis Forest Road, Kew www.prioryparkclub.org.uk Bowls 8400 1963 St. John Ambulance 8948 8852 For events coverage: [email protected] Probus Club Third Wed monthly, lunch for retired professionals, Richmond Golf Club. 8785 6718 or 8994 0396 Richmond Local History Society Talks, usually 2nd Mon. monthly Oct/May, 8pm. Duke Street Church, Richmond TW9 1DH. Elizabeth Velluet 8891 3825; [email protected] www.richmondhistory.org.uk. Facebook and Twitter (@RLHS1985)


Girl Guiding Brownies (7-10 yrs) Tuesdays: St. Paul’s, Raleigh Road; Thursdays: St. Luke’s House, Sandycombe Road and the Barn Church. Guides (10-14 yrs) Thursdays: the Barn Church. [email protected]

Kew Scout Group HQ Station Avenue by Kew Gardens Station (rear of Pether’s Butchers Shop). Beavers (6-7 yrs) Thur 6 pm Cubs (8-10yrs) Thur 7 pm Scouts and Explorer Scouts (11+ yrs) Fri 7 pm 8940 2484

Kew Youth Club Barn Church (entry Marksbury Ave): Friday nights during term time, secondary school years 7-9. Entry £2.50. [email protected]

Kew Park Rangers Football North Road Recreation Ground. Ages 5-11, boys and girls. Sat morning (training), Sun morning (matches). 07770 755 538 or 8940 9882

Kew Young Musicians Saturday morning music school for 5-18s. Drums, bass, electric and classical guitar, saxophone, clarinet, flute, recorder and singing. [email protected]

8401 6950

Toddler Groups Barn Church Mondays 9.30 –11.00 and Fri. 9.15 -11. Windham Rd. Tues 9-11 termtime

Toy Library The Old Court House, Sheen Lane, Mortlake. £1 membership, plus 30p per toy for 2 wks, plus family drop-in. Thurs. 9.30-11.45. 8876 7294

Richmond Gymnastics Association Townmead Rd, Kew. Pre-school for mothers and toddlers (18 mths-4 yrs). Gymnastics 5 plus, classes, competitive squads in sports acrobatics and tumbling. Special needs catered for. Skills for all levels. 8878 8682

Project for Children with Special Needs The Three Wings Trust, 16 Windham Road, Richmond. Mon-Fri, 9-5. Girls Art & Nature Club Drawing, photography, 7 and up, Sats 11-12 Pensford Field & Studio. Pam on 07500 178578

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The Forgotten Front In all the German colonies, though but a few decades old, a life full of promise was discernible

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck As for many of us, my awareness of the events of WWI was awakened by the onset of the Centenary Remembrances three years ago. My interest became more personal when I looked at WWI in East Africa, where my great-uncle, Claude Oldfield, was a young officer with the Colonial Service, based at Abercorn in Northern Rhodesia, close to the border with German East Africa. Today the names are changed: Abercorn is now known as Mbala, in Zambia; German East Africa is mainland Tanzania.

The longest campaign of the First World War was actually fought not in Europe, but over the vast area of German East Africa (G.E.A.). The history revolves around one dominant personality, the colony's military commander, General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, who spent the war harrying the forces of the British Empire, tying down with his band of 3,500 Europeans and 12,000 native askaris and porters, a British/Imperial army 40,000 strong.

How had this now enemy territory, whose southern border lay so dangerously close to Claude’s post at Abercorn, come into being? G.E.A. had developed under the impetus of Carl Peters, its protectorate status confirmed by the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890. Lake Tanganyika formed a western border with the Belgian Congo, while to the north Lake Victoria bordered British East Africa near Nairobi. To the south, Nyasaland and Lake Nyasa bordered the territory of a third imperial power, Portuguese East Africa. The Agreement of 1890 also provided that Heligoland should belong to Germany but Britain would gain control of Zanzibar. This began the extraordinary process by which

territories were blocked out with lines drawn on maps far away in Europe. Only later were the boundaries actually tested on the ground, with the War effectively becoming the last stage in the “Scramble for Africa”.

G.E.A. was a big country, three times the area of present-day Germany, with two significant ports, Dar-es-Salaam and Tanga, and two railways: the Usambara Line from Tanga to Moshi, where coffee is grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Central Line running west from Dar-es-Salaam, via Morogoro and Tabora, to reach Lake Tanganyika at Kigoma. Agricultural plantations had been developed, based on sisal, rubber and cotton, but never achieved a profit. Nevertheless, the colony was a possession that the Germans could be expected to defend fiercely and, if they got the chance, enlarge.

Hew Strachan has explained that at the beginning of the War, Britain and Germany had opposing objectives. Germany wanted to open up the war in order to divert Britain’s attention away from Europe. From their colonies, the Germans could effect this strategy on several fronts – on land, sea (in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean) and the inland lakes (Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa). However, it was in Britain’s interest to try to close the down the war so that it could concentrate its efforts in France and Belgium. While Britain and her allies were working on a strategy to conduct the war in Africa, the Governor of British East Africa, Sir Henry Belfield, stated that the colony had no interest in the war. There were also severe tensions in G.E.A., where the Governor, Dr Heinrich Schnee, ordered that no hostile action should be taken. The colonial governors, who had often met in the pre-war years, had discussed these matters and wished to adhere to the Congo Act of 1885, which called for overseas possessions to remain neutral in the event of a European war; and neither colony had many troops. The commander of the German Schutzruppe, General von Lettow-Vorbeck, appointed in January 1914, saw things differently and was prepared to disobey his legal superior, initially being “seen as lacking judgement and being dangerously aggressive”. By the end of the campaign, he was admired by many, with Bernard Montgomery, a close contemporary of Claude’s at St. Paul’s School, taking the view that he had caused “a nuisance to the Allies out of all proportion to the size of his force.” The first substantive action of the campaign in east Africa was an amphibious landing at Tanga in early November 1914, by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" under Major Aitken, which was wholly and unexpectedly repulsed by the Germans. So comprehensive was the debacle, even a song was composed, ‘Steaming Down to Tanga’. The German victory raised their morale and after witnessing such a miserable British performance, they realised that value might indeed exist in confronting the British in Africa. Space doesn’t permit a full account of the many campaigns, tragic loss of life and suffering that took place over the next four years, but in future articles, we will look further at the naval activities on Lake Tanganyika and how von Lettow-Vorbeck eventually surrendered. Malcolm Alexander

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