A raffle held by the locally-based Village Spirit Collective to raise funds for the Community Foundation for Surrey’s Coronavirus Response Fund achieved a remarkable £1,108 – a fantastic result.
The raffle, with a prize of a bottle of hand-crafted gin made by the Collective, ended on Saturday evening with the draw shown live on Facebook. With just a few hours to go the total stood at £760 as Alpa Jasani Cox, from the Collective, posted a reminder of the draw.
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John Anderson, chairman of Hambledon Parish Council, contributes this week’s Sunday Reflection.
Under normal circumstances, at this time of year, the Parish Council would be welcoming Hambledonians to the Annual Parish Assembly and listening to updates from all the Village organisations. However, this is not a normal year. This year is very different, and yet, somehow it is the same, in the sense that our Village organisations are, as ever, delivering exemplary services to the Parish.
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A few Hambledon residents have recently reported scam phone calls and suspicious emails.
Here are a few common ones and what to be wary of:
Suspicious phone calls:
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“The Shop must be doing well” is often the cry from villagers I meet on my daily walk. Well we hope so, but in these strange times, how do we measure the success of the shop?
I can, and will, bore you with statistics on the shop business but, most importantly, every delivery we do to those isolating and every time we prevent an unnecessary trip from home is a success for the shop.
If you’d like more data on the shop keep reading.
It’s amazing how quickly the unusual can become the norm. Just a few weeks ago we were welcoming all to the shop, for a natter, a coffee, a paper, a fishing license and even some to do a bit of shopping. Dogs got free biscuits; now we find ourselves occasionally barking at people to keep their distance as they approach the shop, for our safety and theirs. But we’re all adapting.
Here is a challenge and maybe a slight relief from the lockdown – a photography competition. It is open to all Hambledonians, young or old. The photographic subject categories are broad but offer a creative challenge within the constraints of living in a lockdown world. So be creative and submit your best photographs to our competition.
For full details of the rules, how to submit and how to vote for your favourites, simply follow this link.
A reminder of the various funds and support that is now available for those households that find themselves struggling during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Hambledon Shop’s very own Bron from the Deli (she’s so much more than that, but that’s where you are most likely to find her when the shop is open!) has cooked up some delicious recipes to make sure we ‘Eat the Rainbow’ during our time at home.
Recipes below (and you can find all the ingredients in the shop!)
Find the full recipes here.
We are only operating a delivery service at this time -so do not come to the shop. The delivery service operates on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There is no delivery service on Tuesday or Sunday.
Please place your order by email to [email protected] Only call us if you must. Shop: 01428 682176
Here is the list of products available to order.
Witley and Milford Surgery are in the early stages of arranging for deliveries of prescriptions for those patients of the practices who are over 65 and would normally collect their medicines from the Wheeler Lane Pharmacy within the Doctor’s Surgery. More details to follow. https://www.witleyandmilforddrs.co.uk/
An early-flowering bluebell on Hydon’s Ball, caught on camera this week by Mary Grove. Many more will follow in the glades and woodlands in and around Hambledon in the next few weeks.
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When speaking to anyone (and yes, we still are – whether talking on the phone or shouting, at a social distance, of course, across the road or over the garden fence), the first comment is always “Isn’t the Shop doing a fantastic job!”. What an understatement. On any one day, up to 50 households, which is well over 10 per cent of Hambledon, are now taking advantage of the on-line delivery service. This doesn’t just involve the volunteers who put the orders together and deliver them. Suppliers that are still in business have to be sourced; goods have to be taken in and categorised; methods of remote payment (including from all of us shoppers) have had to be devised. And, on top of all that and the many other behind-the-scenes tasks, there’s a detailed (and regularly up-dated) on-line Shop Product List on the website. Does any other village have it so good?
Several villagers have responded to the challenge set by the web team to take our minds off lock-down. Various videos have been posted during the past week, ranging from how not to waste food to a live quiz. Plus a to-do list to remind us of the chores that need doing (and which most of us continue to put off).
Continue readingMany thanks to all of you who have used the shop for your deliveries. Whether you are using the shop because you are unable to leave your home or are simply avoiding a trip from your home by using the shop, you are doing the right thing.
30 years ago there was the foresight to support the village shop – well before the concept of crowd-funded had been devised. It was such a unique story that TV’s London Tonight paid a visit. Here’s a short time warp back to a simpler time.
The Hambledon Village Hall Quizes have been stopped for the forseable future but there is a way to keep your quiz brain active. How about a live quiz? Nick Heath has started running live quizes from his home in Tooting and streaming them live on YouTube. Anyone can play along and there is no need to sign up to play. If you watch on the Youtube site there is an interactive chat function. It has become a 8pm ritual for families to virtually join Nick of a Wednesday evening. You can play along with this recording of his second Quiz from a few day’s back. Or Subscribe to his channel to be notified when his next live stream is scheduled.
If you like the thought of live quizzes then there is an idea to run a Hambledon Quiz Night in similar style. The plan would be to run it live on YouTube and invite Hambledon residents to form family teams and play along live. Or maybe we could also make it North Hambledon versus South Hambledon, with a Vann faction. After each round the family scores can be tabulated via the YouTube chat function. The winners would be crowned champions of the Parish. We could entitle it “Quiz of Thrones”. If you think this would be a good event and you could muster a team then do post a comment or send me an email and I’ll work on the logistics. Paul Osborne