C
NEWS
Number 298 – January 2015
Village Website: www.compton-surrey.co.uk
PUBLISHED BY COMPTON VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
Editor: Jane Turner, Inwood House, Hog’s Back, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1HE
Telephone & Fax: 01483 810789. Email: [email protected]
A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS, ADAPTED BY NICKY FORD
THURSDAY 15TH, FRIDAY 16TH, SATURDAY 17TH JANUARY 2015
This well-known and much loved show is coming to Compton Village Hall very soon! You may have heard the story
on the radio or seen it on the television over Christmas but now is your chance to see it live on our own Compton stage,
performed by many of your favourite CLT actors, along with some welcome newcomers. It is a homegrown production,
having originally been adapted by Nicky Ford and first performed by CLT in 1992. Emma Harding will direct this year’s
show, supported by Catherine Clark, with a little touch of Alison Hough’s magic on some of the ensemble numbers! There
is still time to get your tickets so don’t delay. Performances are at 8pm each evening, and also at 3pm on the Saturday.
If you have a good-quality Christmas present, or two, which you can’t use, they would be most welcome for the raffle.
Contact Jo Ayshford who will be happy to arrange collection.
Tickets are £10 for all seats for the evenings and £8 for the Saturday matinee, available as follows: On line from
www.ticketsource.co.uk/clt; From the Box Office on 07964 515103; By post from CLT Box Office, 49 The Oval,
Godalming GU7 3JZ. Please send your requirements, cheque payable to “Compton Little Theatre” and a stamped selfaddressed envelope. The Harrow is once again offering Theatre Suppers at 6.30pm, either before the evening
performances or after the matinée on the Saturday. Choose from the main menu. Booking is essential on 810594.
If booking for the Saturday, please indicate whether it’s for after the matinée or before the evening.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION – DRIVE COMPO!
For the new year, why not drive Compo, the village minibus? Duties are not onerous.
They involve mainly a monthly trip to Godalming and occasional other drives for
private hirers. Enjoy the experience of a six-wheeler turbo-charged diesel engine
minibus! A standard driving licence is all that is required and full training is given.
Contact Jon Maslin on 01483 429461, [email protected] or Peter Barnett on
01483 419601, [email protected].
BURNS NIGHT SUPPER – IN AID OF THE POPPY APPEAL
Saturday 24th January, 7.30pm, Compton Club
Come along and enjoy a traditional haggis with neeps and tatties and share a wee dram. Join in the lively
Scottish dancing, led by Compton’s own Highland Lassie Rhona Wilkie. Tickets are £25, which includes a
three-course meal. They are available from Jo Ayshford on 07791 209408, [email protected].
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND POSTAGE STAMPS FOR GOOD CAUSES
There are lots of ways of recycling used CHRISTMAS CARDS, one of which is by giving them to the Woodland
Trust through one of their recycling bins in High Street shops and supermarkets. Closer to home, however, Caroline
Yarnold in Puttenham collects them to be used again. She prepares them for sticking on to specially produced blank
cards, which are then sold to raise funds for the English Church in Hamburg. If you would like to donate your cards
for this cause, contact Jane Turner who will collect them.
At the same time, if you’ve kept your used POSTAGE STAMPS from all that Christmas mail, please let Jane have
them for the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
COMPTON CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Members are reminded of the AGM to be held in the Club Function Room on Friday 9th January at 7.30pm and are
urged to attend. It is very important that you know how your Club is progressing and your help and support are
crucial for its future. If you have not yet renewed your membership, please do so as soon as possible. New members
are welcome so if you are new to the village, contact the Club on [email protected] for details. If you have
some time to spare, perhaps you would consider joining the Committee.
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WATTS GALLERY NEWS
   EXHIBITIONS   
A RUSSIAN FAIRYTALE:
THE ART AND CRAFT OF ELENA POLENOVA
Until Sunday 8th February in Watts Gallery
THE ART OF LUSTREWARE – JONATHAN CHISWELL JONES
Until Thursday 15th January in The Old Kiln Gallery
 FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Book online at www.wattsgallery.org.uk or call 01483 810235, 11am-5pm 
FILM – RUSSIAN ARK (PG)
Thursday 8th January, 7pm
Founder of Russian Art & Culture, Theodora Clarke introduces Russian
Ark. Discover 300 years of Russian history through this critically
acclaimed film shot at the Russian State Hermitage Museum. Tickets are
£5.50 and there will be a cash bar.
BREAKFAST TOUR:
A RUSSIAN FAIRYTALE
Thursday 22nd January, 10am to 11.30am
£15 (£12 Friends), including refreshments.
Enjoy a tour of the exhibition led by a Curator, before the
Gallery opens to visitors for the day. Booking essential.
WATTS AT NIGHT
Thursday 30th January, until 9pm
2 for 1 admission. Friends, Volunteers & Under 16s FREE.
Late night opening with music and a cash bar. Experience exciting performances and get
involved with creative workshops for all ages.
Delight in Russian cuisine by enjoying a three-course banquet, provided by Russian Revels.
Dinner must be booked in advance at £27 per person.
GODALMING MUSEUM - LECTURE
Martin Lutyens, Chairman of the Lutyens Trust and great nephew of
Edwin Lutyens, will be giving a lecture on Wednesday 28th January,
7.30pm for 8pm, at the Octagon, Godalming Parish Church, entitled
Architecture: From Surrey to New Delhi. A Journey with Sir Edwin
Lutyens OM. Tickets are £5 each from the Museum, or on the door.
ELECTRIC THEATRE JAZZ CAFÉ
SONGS FOR MODERN LOVERS - Tuesday 6th January
Acclaimed jazz singer Laura Zakian performs
material from her latest album, with renowned
pianist Steve Lodder, Guildford jazz favourite
Martin Pyne on drums and Marianne Windham
on double bass.
Supper from 6pm. Music from 7.30pm. Tickets £12.
Electric Theatre Box Office: 01483 444789.
DISCOVER! FAIRYTALES
Saturday 10th January, 2pm to 3pm
Recommended for children aged 3+.
FREE. Collect your ticket from
the Visitor Centre.
Uncover well-known stories and help
create a fairytale.
WANTED!
Do you have a chest of drawers and bedside unit which
you don’t need and would like to send to a good home?
Vicki, whose parents live in Compton, has just bought
her first house and these items would be a bonus for her.
Contact Vicki on 07968 016224 and she will collect.
JAZZ AT THE PAVILION
Wednesday 14th January
Tenor saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos is a favourite in Guildford and for this New
Year’s celebration gig he is joined by Steve Fishwick, widely considered to be one
of the best jazz trumpet players ever to come from the UK, Leon Greening on
piano and Matt Home on drums, with Marianne Windham guesting on double
bass. The band will be playing music from the classic jazz era of the 1960s.
The Pavilion, Guildford & Godalming Rugby Club. Tickets £12 in advance from
www.guildfordjazz.org.uk. Doors open 7.30pm, Music from 8pm
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH SERVICES FOR JANUARY
TH
SUNDAY 4 – 10.30am All Age Communion; 6pm Choral Evensong
SUNDAY 11TH – 8am Holy Communion; 9.30am Holy Communion with hymns
SUNDAY 18TH – 10.30am Sung Holy Communion;
SUNDAY 25TH – 8am Holy Communion; 9.30am Holy Communion with hymns
DIARY DATES
TUESDAYS – 2nd & 16th – Martin’s Choice Guitar Group,
The Harrow, 8.30pm
TUESDAYS – Bell Ringing Practice, St Nicholas Church, 8pm
WEDNESDAYS –Traditional Folk Music, The Harrow, 8.30pm
FRIDAYS – Choir Practice, St Nicholas Church, 10am-11am
Mon 5th – Coffee Morning, Old Barn, 10am
Tues 6th – Electric Theatre Jazz Café, 6pm & 7.30pm
Thurs 8th – Film: Russian Ark. Watts Gallery, 7pm-9pm
Fri 9th – Compton Club AGM, 7.30pm
Saturday 10th – Discover! Fairytales, Watts Gallery, 2pm-3pm
Wed 14th – Tower Café, Puttenham Church, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Wed 14th – Jazz at the Pavilion, 7.30pm
Mon 19th – Coffee Morning, Old Barn, 10am
Wed 21st – Parish Council Meeting, Puck’s Oak Barn, 7pm
Thurs 22nd – Breakfast Tour, Russian Fairytale, Watts Gallery,
10am-11.30am
Tues 20th – Deadline for the February NEWS
Sat 24th – Burns Night Supper, Compton Club, 7.30pm
Wed 28th – Edwin Lutyens Lecture, Octagon, Godalming, 7.30pm for
8pm
Thurs 30th – Watts at Night until 9pm, and Russian Banquet at 7.30pm,
Watts Gallery.
This Voucher entitles two people to FREE entry to Watts Gallery
from 1st January to 31st December 2015. Voucher to be
redeemed at the Visitor Centre and only valid for one use.