The council’s first net zero carbon homes are about to be completed. These six new homes at Auckland Road and Windmill Close in Caterham on the Hill are a step towards reducing the council’s carbon footprint and promoting environmentally friendly…
By Roger Easter, Caterham Rotary Club The winners of The Caterham Rotary Club Young Writer Competition have been announced. The competition was based on submission of stories or poetry focusing on the environment. The three independent judges were impressed with…
As part of the Caterham Festival, the popular Caterham Carnival will be taking place in June, and that got me digging into the museum’s archives to discover the origins of the event. It would appear that in the early part…
By Peter Drysdale We wondered if it would work again, but it did! Abba Chique returned to Caterham School for another stupendous Lions Club fundraising evening. The Frida and Agnetha lookalikes opened with ‘Hello Caterham!’, and the audience of around…
By Peter Drysdale One of the joys of fundraising is, of course, being able to give money to those in need, or maybe buy things that would be appreciated. The club has provided Wild Tribe Heroes books to five local…
Countryside management volunteer Martin DeFreitas, who goes by the name ‘Urban Countryman’ online, has produced a series of photographs of the local area to raise money for East Surrey Museum in Caterham. Every picture is mounted on card ready for…
By Peter Drysdale The social aspect of Caterham, Oxted & Godstone Lions Club has been slightly more to the fore this month. Members enjoyed an informal fish & chips supper social recently, with a speaker from Oxted-based charity Clockwork. These…
My name is Hakeem Anjorin, and I am the managing director of Right at Home Croydon to Caterham. Right at Home is a provider of care in the home services, sometimes known as domiciliary care. I spent many years in…
Watching Nick Ponting’s debut on automobile adventure show Lovecars: On the Road, you might be surprised to discover that he has had no formal presenting training at all. Such is his easy, charismatic style on the Amazon Prime series, which…
In 1965, Harold Blanchard, the chair of the Vocational Services Committee of the Rotary Club of Caterham, put forward the idea for a new initiative: a place for the retired professional and businessmen of the town to come together for…
