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Regular Surrey Mirror contributor SIMON EDMANDS gives a round-up of community news from in and around Mole Valley

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If you happen to be in Reigate between 11am and 12.30pm tomorrow (Friday, June 20), do please pop into Reigate Library, where local author, Katrina Millard, will be signing copies of her new children's book, 'Charlie and the Spitfire'.

'Charlie and the Spitfire' is a children's history of the Second World War but told in a fictional style, in which Katrina's son goes back in time and experiences for himself all the major events of the Second World War, with his great-grandfather as his guide.

Katrina has lived in Reigate for 25 years and the town features quite heavily in her book, with South East High Command having been based there during the war.

Leatherhead swings to Big Band sound!

On the afternoon of Sunday, June 8, over 400 music lovers of all ages attended Leatherhead Rotary Club's sixth Big Band Concert at Leatherhead Theatre, in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and the Mary Frances Trust.

Headline act at the event was the amazing BPO Big Band, an offshoot of the British Philharmonic Orchestra, who entertained everyone present with a wide range of swinging numbers from the giants of the big band era, such as Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich. The band features some of the leading players on the UK jazz scene and is led by trombonist Andy Crompton, a huge supporter of Prostate Cancer UK, having been diagnosed with the disease himself in 2014.