14th November 2025 It was an early start for Christmas with the Ashtead Seniors Christmas tea party at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall.   Fifty local seniors attended the party which featured Bertie Pearce, magician extraordinaire, who beguiled us with his trickery and kept us laughing throughout with his humorous commentaries whilst dragging in unsuspecting victims to help with his show.   Magic was followed by the serving of the traditional Christmas Tea, comprising large helpings of...

It's that time of year, with the Christmas season fast approaching, for Ashtead Rotary Club to invite the Ashtead Senior Citizens to a Christmas Tea.  This year, at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, on Friday 14th November , the Downsmen barbershop choir will be entertaining us with a selection of well-known tunes and Bertie the Magician will enthral us with his conjuring.  Order of play will be:- 14:30 Arrival tea/coffee 15:00 Barbershop Choir 15:30 Tea/sandwiches plus a surprise visitor 16:00...

Ashtead Rotary Club and Yehudi Menuhin School raised £2,300 for the children of Ukraine at a concert at the Menuhin Hall in Cobham on October 11, 2024. The concert featured dazzling performances by students from the Menuhin School and from City of London Freemen’s, Cranmore, Howard of Effingham and The Weydon School. The Lord Lieutenant for Surrey, Michael More-Molynieux praised their performances and encouraged the audience to support Rotary’s cause. “We were really thrilled to participate...