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November in Limpsfield brings time for reflection, community spirit and the first sparkle of Christmas with Fairs, Christmas parties and Festive Pub Menus all starting this month!
Continue reading “Limpsfield Life – A Month of Remembrance and Christmas Spirit”
A year or so ago, I received a call from a lovely lady named Helen Goldsworthy from Farningham in Kent. Helen had been sorting through the belongings of her late husband, Malcolm Goldsworthy, when she discovered a remarkable treasure—a book of photographs capturing Limpsfield and the surrounding areas in the late 1800s.
Continue reading “A Victorian Photo Album and the Goldsworthy Legacy in Limpsfield”
During the Second World War, civilians across Britain played a vital role in supporting the war effort through ingenuity, cooperation, and sacrifice. Government campaigns encouraged people to collect and donate everyday items—many of which had surprisingly important military uses.
Continue reading “Salvage and Secrecy: Everyday Contributions to Britain’s War Effort”
On August 18th, 1940—later known as The Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain—17-year-old probationer nurse J.H. Allen (née Banks) was just 18 days into her first posting at Oxted and Limpsfield Cottage Hospital when the sky above Surrey erupted into combat. She watched as a German Dornier and a British Hurricane clashed overhead, their fates sealed above Titsey Hill and Hurst Green. What followed was a vivid baptism into wartime nursing that would shape her early adult life and remain etched in memory forever.
In this deeply personal and richly detailed account, Allen recalls the extraordinary experiences of nursing during one of Britain’s most perilous times—treating Dunkirk survivors, civilian air raid casualties, and even a captured German pilot who offered her his Iron Cross and a chilling warning of gas attacks to come. Life at the hospital, nestled at the foot of the North Downs, brought moments of quiet heroism, close calls during bombing raids, and even a chance encounter with King George VI as he reviewed troops before their departure.
Continue reading “Nursing on the Frontline: Wartime Memories from Oxted & Limpsfield Cottage Hospital”
June is the month of fairs, fetes and markets in Limpsfield with lots going on, including a bumper weekend in the village on June 29th and 30th.
Continue reading “Looking forward to a blooming great June in Limpsfield!”
As part of their 100th Anniversary Celebrations, the Oxted Rotary Club is running its first ever online prize-giving youth competition – a Futuristic Essay on how you, the youth of Oxted and Limpsfield would like to shape the Rotary and your community for a kinder future…
Open to all students who are at school and/or live in the Oxted & Limpsfield area, you have the chance to win a fantastic prize by writing an essay on how you would like to see the Rotary in your town evolve in the future using the strapline: Fun, Friendship and Fundraising in our Rotary Club.
Continue reading “Take Part in Oxted Rotary’s Futuristic Essay Competition this Summer”
A lovely new business is about to launch in Limpsfield, and it will hopefully whet your palette and get your taste buds going! The Limpsfield Cookery School, founded by former stockbroker, Jacqueline Derbyshire, launches on February 8th and aims to bring out the inner chef in everyone.
We chat with Jacqui about the new business and have a nose round the beautifully refurbished “Old Printworks” (opposite Memorial Stores) that the Limpsfield Cookery School will be calling home.
Continue reading “Service! The Limpsfield Cookery School launches this weekend!”
This Monday, 28th May, 2-6pm the One World Group, Oxted is hosting open gardens in six beautiful locations around Limpsfield and Oxted. Teas will be available at two of the gardens and you’ll also be able to buy plants and tickets for a raffle.
Continue reading “Don’t Miss: One World Group’s Open Gardens tomorrow”
Panda Nursery will be hosting an Ultimate Quiz Night to raise funds on 18 May, from 7:30pm for an 8pm start. The event will be hosted by one of the UK’s most prolific professional quizmasters – who also happens to be a Panda dad! All proceeds are going to Friends of Panda (Panda Nursery) to help fund activities and equipment. Continue reading “Don’t Miss: Panda Nursery’s Ultimate Quiz Night 18 May (Adults only!)”
Many of you will know that after a decade, much-loved owner of The Bull Inn, Sue Dickens, has decided to move on to pastures and opportunities new. Exciting news is that The Bull is being bought by Enterprising Limpsfield, a local initiative, formed of community-minded individuals, that aims to create a community hub, based at The Bull, to help promote local food and drink and other like-minded, quality local businesses.
A very exciting part of this new enterprise is that there is an opportunity for local residents to get involved, become shareholders and play a part in this new venture. Continue reading “An enterprising new era for The Bull”