On Sunday May 10 Brookwood Club will be celebrating its centenary with music, food, drink and some special guests.
John Orriss, the club's President, said: "we would like people in and around Brookwood to join us in celebrating the fact that the club has been in the village for 100 years, find out more about the club and help us raise money for charity".
Are you new to the area or looking to make some new friends? If so there is a social group in the area that may be just right for you.
Groups have been established thanks to the Dear Dilys agony column which is published in editions of the Informer newspaper, and they've been going strong for 18 months.
The Woking Informer has been inundated with entries for the Let's Do It Community Awards, where one lucky group or charity will be better off to the tune of £1,000.
Homebuyers are getting ready this week to snap up former Ministry of Defence homes in Annington Crescent, Brookwood which are due to go on sale on Friday. (October 3)
The first sales phase are 14 two and three-bedroom homes at Cowshot Crescent but before being opened up to the public, service personnel were given the priority of up to 50% from Tuesday.
Families turned out in force for the opening of a Surestart Children's Centre at St John's Primary School in Knaphill on September 12.
The ceremony was performed by Woking Mayor Cllr Peter Ankers in front of several official guests but the ethos of the day was fun for the children, who enjoyed trying out a new slide and climbing area and entertainment.
A 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' at Knaphill Baptist Church has raised £143 for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity.
Ruth Moore and Larrie Sherlock hosted the event and Knaphill councillor Melanie Whitehand was among the guests enjoying a cuppa at the church in High Street.
RADIO WEY goes FM across the local area on 87.9 . . .
The regulator OFCOM have granted the hard working volunteers of Hospital Radio Wey an FM channel to broadcast their superb variety of music & local information programmes. With a strong commitment to the local community and a passion to broadcast information that is relevant to listeners across the area the Chertsey based radio station will be pulling out all the stops from 16 October through to 12 November. The Restricted Service Licence is the latest step taken by this fast growing radio station towards a full Community Radio Licence. Radio Wey is constantly updating its facilities to meet its increasing listener base and this special broadcasting period will be a powerful mix of entertainment. There will be 'Live' acoustic 'local' bands & musicians in the studios and a live link up's with local events. Celebrity phone-ins and visits and input from your local newspaper to provide up to date news from across the region. You will be able to hear live commentary and up-dates from your local teams and phone in for the chance to win some of the many CD's and prizes on offer. Watch out for the flyers and posters. If you wish to get involved in this great occasion, either by coming in for a chat about your organization, or to promote your club or business, call Keith Tunnicliffe on 01784 464234 or visit www.radiowey.co.uk
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More than £4 million will be spent to make Woking a fully fledged bicycle-friendly town.
The scheme, being carried out by Woking Council alongside Surrey County Council, will build on the present cycle network from Brookwood to Byfleet, borough councillors were told on September 4.
A multi-faith burial ground is to be built by Woking Council on land it is buying at Brookwood Cemetery.
The 10-acre site, which is not part of the main cemetery and has been used for burials in the long-distant past, will we bought for £600,000 and cost £1m to develop.
It will help to meet the burial needs of the Muslim community, which has sought its own burial ground for some years, as well as those of other faiths.

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