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And this Sunday the 8th, it's their first home league game versus Cranley, kicking off at 3.30, which is fantastic. It's free. And they're trying to get an historic crowd at the game as well. They'll have some pre-match and half-time things going on for the kids. Penalty shootout, crossbar challenge, nearest to the centre spot, that kind of thing. And Spencer says,

Our thanks to Spencer for passing that on and our hopes that Reigate women and Zoe's team as well joining together as South Park Reigate FC women's first team are going to win their first match and continue to win matches this coming weekend certainly against Cranley.

friday the 6th so if you're listening to this it's today as it is published but friday the 6th at seven o'clock spots and stripes opens in red hill yeah we've spoken about this on the program before if you don't get to see them today friday then perhaps sometime over the weekend or if

forthcoming weeks particularly as the as the knights draw in they're at the queen's way well just uh near the sun pub just near sainsbury's there in red hill and it's going to be opened on friday at 7 p.m and including an exhibition by ultimate pool player and former world champ carl morris It is Surrey's largest pool hall, snooker and darts venue, 37 tables, 10 dartboards.

So it's going to be 16 eight-ball pool tables, 16 nine-ball tables, 4 snooker tables, a Chinese eight-ball table, 10 dartboards. And this is what they say. There's been a pool hall and snooker club in the centre of Redhill for several decades now. And as you may have known, it was Colours, Riley's, Q's and Brooklyn's before us.

Sadly, in 2023, they all closed their doors, but now Spots and Stripes is there. And it's going to be great stuff. I remember Q's, certainly. Yeah, very distinctive logo, as I recall there, passing by. And so good luck to them. Hope that opening goes really, really well. I think Carl is known as Houdini, isn't he, in the pool and snooker world? I think so.

We're happy to announce the new basketball club for both boys and girls in school years 7 to 11 in Redhill, Reigate and surrounding areas. Our goal is to provide an inclusive, enjoyable and professional basketball session, including learning by fun and match play. Cara, meet us at Carrington School, Tuesday, September 10th. All levels welcome.

So it's going to be every Tuesday, 6 till 7, £5 to play a session. And as I say, that's going to be at Carrington. And it's run Rygate later on this month on the 22nd. And we thought here at the Planet Rygate podcast, we'd bring you some helpful thoughts from some of those who've conquered the course before.

So we asked Linda from Rygate Priory Athletics Club to speak with some of her friends there at this week's training session to get their advice.

We've got our Planet Reigate stars in a few moments' time. We'll continue Sam's story, the story of Samuel Palmer, who was an artist who lived locally in Reigate, one of his most famous creations. I was going to say painting, not a painting. One of his most famous creations is actually of a scene that you still know today, more than 100 years later.

And so I'm going to be continuing that story about Samuel Palmer in a few moments' time. Also, we've got our good time guide for the week ahead. I'm going to tell you a little bit more about our anniversary. And run down the top ten most listened to episodes, courtesy of you and your support over the last 12 months. And also our 60-second soundscape before we go at the end of the show.

Natural sounds from a place you know.

Don't forget, if you would like a facilitator for your club, your business, your group, your organisation, or maybe an emcee for your event, maybe you're after someone to be interviewed on stage or a judge, then speak to me and I may be able to help you out. Hello at theplanetreigatepodcast.com. OK, here comes this week's Planet Reigate Star Award. From Red Hill, Katie says... Thank you again.

It was such a lovely thing to do and I'll make sure I pay for your good deed going forward. So if you were that lady in the Sainsbury's car park who paid for someone else's parking, thank you from me and from them as well. And hopefully you will accept this week's sprinkle of stardust in our Planet Reigate Star Award.

From the Planet Reigate podcast, a new exhibition at Adams Gallery in Reigate celebrates the work of Samuel Palmer and William Blake and commemorates their first meeting exactly 200 years ago. Yeah, I said 100 years ago, didn't I? Twice as long. It's even more significant. But who was Samuel Palmer, and what were his links with the Planet Reigate area? Now, last week I started off the story.

Next week I'll conclude it. Next week. Oh, next week. Boy, oh boy. Last week I told you about his early career, his love of a young girl who became his wife, and his extravagant honeymoon. Now, the story continues on the Planet Reigate podcast. In 1861, the Palmer family moved out of London to a small cottage in Reigate. Why?

Well, their oldest son Thomas was ill and it was thought that the country air would be good for him. But it didn't do the trick, and 19-year-old Thomas died just a few months later. Samuel Palmer was devastated and never fully recovered from his grief. However, the loss did inspire him to create his perhaps best-known picture, and it's a scene you will know more of that in a moment.

By now, a small measure of financial security had come Samuel's way. And in 1862, he was able to move the family to a small villa close to his wife's parents. Now, they had just built a large mansion just outside Reigate, and the Palmers moved to a Gothic villa called Furze Hill House, not far from where Donata School is today.

But some research shows that it was provided for, the painter, by his father-in-law. who also paid some of his bills. One story is that Palmer couldn't even afford to have a daily newspaper delivered, suggesting that money was still pretty tight. Palmer was having a rough time emotionally as well as financially. He felt as though his work was not being truly appreciated.

And not only was he still weighed down by the death of his mother when he was a boy, now his son... who Samuel had hoped would go to Oxford, had died after 18 months of a long and painful illness. The artist was trying to make sense of the world, and he had many discussions with a Redhill clerical family called the Wrights about theology and morals,