Skillway News 2010

SKILLWAY OFFICE - DECEMBER

Our main Skillway Office will be moving from its present site in Crown Court, Godalming to the Workshops' site in Deanery Road after the end of term. Our new address will be: Skillway Office, Skillway Workshops, The Old Chapels, Deanery Road, Godalming, Surrey GU7 2HP. Tel: 07780 029486. However, the office will be closed over the Christmas holidays and re-open on Tuesday 4 January 2011. Should you need to contact Humphrey Davis Tel: 01428 654602 or Vivien Gillman Tel:01428 608261.

Snow Conditions - December

We hope to keep the Workshops open and fully operational during this period of cold weather and snow. However, should you rquire further information, please do not hesitate to contact Greg Bleach on 07958 040815.

Half Term - October

The Workshops will be closed for Half Term from Monday 25 October and will re-open on Monday 1 November.

Crispin Hill Award - July

Presentation Sam Booker was awarded Skillway's prestigious Crispin Hill Progress Award 2010 by Mrs Christine Hill on Open Day. Sam, from Unsted Park, was in the Masterclass group and has been attending Skillway for the past two years. He has impressed his tutors with his hard work, enthusiasm and skill at the bench and has thoroughly deserved this outstanding achievement.

Photograph courtesy of Phil Kemp

The Round House Gardens - July

The Round House Gardens, Hascombe, were opened to the public in early July under the National Garden Scheme.

Owner and Landscape desingner, Mrs Sue Lawson invited friends and gusets for drinks and canapé on the opening evening in aid of Skillway. On a bright, sunny evening nothing could have been more wonderful than, with drinks in hand, strolling along lavender fringed paths, chatting to friends and admiring the beautiful walled garden where she has merged traditional features with modern, thus providing some dynamic combinations.

We are enormously grateful to Sue for a memorable evening and to all her guests for their extremely generous donations.

Should the gardens be open next year, this is one place that has to be on the 'must visit' list if you have not already done so.