28 September: Surrey Country Fair
Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS
Celebrating rural life and activities that include everything from Terrier racing to fly casting, clay shooting and falconry. There is also a ploughing match, featuring vintage and modern tractor classes as well as horse drawn ploughing.
Further details visit the Surrey County Show website

3 October: Oh La La the French market
9am-5pm, High Street, Redhill
Browse and buy from the range of continental specialities available from this popular market in Redhill’s pedestrianised town centre.

4 October: East Surrey College Open Day
10am-2pm, East Surrey College, Gatton Point, London Road, RH1 2JZ
Visit the college and see the facilities, speak to tutors and enrol on courses.
For more information visit East Surrey College website.

4 October: Tattenhams Indoor Market
10am-2pm, The United Church of St Mark, Great Tattenhams, Epsom Downs, KT18 5RD
Lots of stalls to browse including cards, jewellery, gifts, homemade crafts and many more.
Visit St Marks Church website

3-5 October: Polesden Lacey Food Festival
10am-5pm, Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, RH5 6BD
The National Trust property will open its gates for a British Food Festival including artisan bakers and local micro breweries, along with a range of cookery demonstrations and children's cookery workshops.
Cost:Free
Visit the Fantastic British Food Festivals website to find out more.

8 October: 'Over by Christmas' talk
Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Quadrant, Redhill, RH1 1NN
An event for Reigate & Banstead Remembers WWI. An illustrated lecture by WWI expert Andy Thompson. In August 1914 no one could have foreseen the catastrophe that would unfold, the only thought was to get to the front before it was all over.
Tickets free but please book in advance at the Harlequin Box Office.

10 October: WWI on the Home Front
7.30pm, Banstead Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead, SM7 3AJ
TV Historian Kate Williams looks at the Home Front and how it impacted on women and also the 100s of people from abroad living in Britain at the time.
Tickets: £10 including refreshments.
For further details email banstead.history@ntlworld.com

11 October: Banstead Arts Festival Society presents a concert by Benjamin Baker on violin and Petr Limonov on piano
7.30pm, The Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead, SM7 3AJ
Cost: Adults £12, School pupils £3
Further details are available from the Banstead Arts website

11 October: WWI Roadshow (show and tell)
1pm onwards, Harlequin Theatre
An event for Reigate & Banstead Remembers WWI. Ian Chatfield the curator of Surrey Infantry Museum and other experts will be on hand to provide background information on any artefacts brought in. There will also be guidance available to help you research your own family war dead.

12 October: Film War Requiem
Harlequin Theatre and Cinema, Redhill
An event for Reigate & Banstead Remembers.
Derek Jarman's film combining images of war throughout history and dramatic sequences of people caught up in the First World War, set to a soundtrack of the poetry of Wilfred Owen and Benjamin Britten's oratorio.
Book your free ticket from the Harlequin Booking Office.

14 October: Surrey Opportunities Fair
4pm-7pm, Epsom Downs Race Course
Run by Surrey County Council to assist young people considering their next steps, whether applying for further education or starting out in their chosen career.
Cost: Free
Further info contact rachel.greenaway@surreycc.gov.uk

16-18 October: The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
The Archway Theatre, Horley
Further details visit the Borough of Reigate and Banstead Arts Council website

18 October: Family History Course
10am-11.30am East Surrey College
A free session as a taster for five two hour sessions on consecutive Saturdays led by an experienced, professional genealogist to discover your families history.To book visit the East Surrey College website

22-24 October: Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn
Merstham Village Hall
Further details visit the Borough of Reigate and Banstead Arts Council website

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If you are aged 55 or over and looking for a new past time or sport you might be interested in our Living & Ageing Well Week, running 29 September – 3 October. The action-packed week offers a programme of over 50 different activities for residents to take part in.

Sports, films, pampering and more...

On offer are:

• two film screenings at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
• sports including swimming, gym, aqua classes, badminton, short tennis, Pilates, walking basketball, table tennis, badminton and aerotone 
• taster sessions in art, bridge, tea dancing and line dancing, yoga and French 
• many other sessions on subjects from computers to Tai Chi, beauty and pamper treatments to special lunches.  

For the full programme with details of all the activities on offer visit our Ageing Well webpage or contact Helen Dredge on 01737 276430.

With so many different things going on, there’s something for everyone. Come along and try things you might not have thought of doing before.

Taking place soon at the Harlequin, both events are part of Reigate & Banstead Remembers, the Council's First World War Centenary commemorations.   

World War I Roadshow

This free event is a unique opportunity to find out about the family heirlooms you may have at home linked to the First World War. Find out more about those medals passed down through the family or other wartime memorabilia at our World War I Roadshow at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill on Saturday 11 October from 1-4pm. Surrey Infantry Museum will also be there, with weapons and equipment from the Great War and happy to share their wealth of knowledge about Surrey's contribution to the war effort.  

Cllr Joan Spiers, Community and Special Projects Group Chairman, says: "This will be a thoroughly fascinating event. Please come along if you're interested in local or military history or just want to find out more about the part your family may have played in the Great War." She continues: "We're very lucky to have Ian Chatfield from Surrey Infantry Museum bring along examples of equipment from the Great War and to talk about how our local infantry prepared for and contributed to the early days of the war.”

"It’s surprising what interesting war-related items people have at home that have been passed down through their family," says Ian Chatfield, Curator of Surrey Infantry Museum, who will be taking part in the event along with other local historians. "As historians, we love to hear about the stories behind these artefacts and we hope to be able to give people more information about these important items in history."

If you’re interested in finding out more about your family war heroes, there will be an opportunity to learn how to get started in your research.


'Over by Christmas': lecture by former head of Oakwood School

Also coming soon is a lecture about the early part of the First World War by military historian Andy Thompson. Andy, a former head teacher of Oakwood School in Horley, will talk about, among other key events, the background to the war, the First Battle of Ypres, the famous Christmas Truce and planning for 1915.

Taking place at the Harlequin Theatre at 7pm, Wednesday 8 October, tickets are £5 and available to buy online from the Harlequin Theatre box office.

Find out more 

For more information about Reigate & Banstead Remembers, including downloading a copy of our booklet about the part local people played in the early days of the war, where you can sign one of our Books of Remembrance and for a list of commemorative events taking place, visit the First World War Centerary page of our website.

Working in partnership with Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Action Surrey provides independent energy advice for residents and manages a trusted installer network. They provide advice on a whole range of energy related issues, from finding grants to assist with installing loft, cavity or solid wall insulation, to helping home owners get the best quote for a new energy efficient boiler.

They can also help you through the Green Deal grant funding maze and explain about the different ways available to home owners of generating renewable energy. “The whole experience from start to finish was very efficient, everyone was very pleasant. Cannot think of any way that it could be improved. Thank you," says one of their customers.

Visit their website to find out how Action Surey can help you.

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Prize draw

As a thank you for taking the time to respond, you can enter a prize draw when you fill in the survey. The winner can choose between a month's free gym membership or tickets to the Harlequin Theatre.

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