Ad Vincula Magazine March 2016

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March 2016

Easter Edition For details of Services and Events see Calendar p4 and March Highlights p6

Wisborough Green Parish Magazine

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AD VINCULA Wisborough Green Church and Community News

Highlights March 2016 St Peter ad Vincula Calendar .................................... 4 Pastoral Letter / Easter Lilies .................................... 5 Church Notices / Regular Church Activities ............... 6 Regular Church Activities / Prayer............................. 7 From the Editor / St Peters, Barbados ....................... 9 WG Primary School News / From the Registers ...... 11 Goodbye Snoop ...................................................... 12 Women’s World Day of Prayer / PACT News .......... 13 Nature Notes ........................................................... 15 The Gardener’s Calendar ........................................ 17 Time for God - Valentine Special............................. 19 Zoar Chapel / Parish Giving Scheme ...................... 21 Notice Boards ................................................... 22 - 25 Recipe of the Month / Advent Tree Fest Update ..... 27 WG Minibus Page ................................................... 29 Wisborough Green History ............................... 30 - 31 Minibus Theatre Trip ............................................... 33 Village Organisations - News & Notices ........... 35 - 41 WG Fete Society - 2016 Donations ......................... 37 Proposed Visit to Poppy Factory ............................. 40 Weather Watch / Cyber Tips / Village Hall 50 Draw 43 Flag Raising Dates .................................................. 43 Church Cleaning / Flower Rosters / Directory ......... 44 Village Organisations Directory ............................... 45 What’s Happening ................................................... 46

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Parochial Church Council.

Please note, it is not always possible to check the credentials and claims of all those advertising, so please ensure that you get references and check any claims before entering into business with them.

Ad Vincula Team Roland Zilz Editor Marion Jenkins Asst. Editor Fran Wallace Advertising John Gough Distribution Rev. Clive Jenkins Vicar Dr Graham Parr Churchwarden Helen Vause Churchwarden

If you have articles, photos, letters, etc that you think we may like to feature in the next issue, please email the Editor on: editor@stpeterswg.org.uk but, please note, publication will always be subject to space and at the discretion of the Editor.

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Cover picture - A Quiet Corner of St Peter’s Churchyard by Annette Olney 3

St Peter ad Vincula Calendar for March Tuesday

1 March

Wednesday 2 March Sunday 6 March Mothering Sunday Tuesday 8 March Wednesday 9 March Sunday 13 March 5th Sunday of Lent Tuesday 15 March Wednesday 16 March Sunday 20 March Palm Sunday Monday Tuesday

21 March 22 March

Wednesday

23 March

Thursday 24 March Maundy Thursday Friday 25 March Good Friday

4.30pm to 5.00pm 10.00am 8.00am 10.30am 4.30pm to 5.00pm 10.00am 8.00am 10.30am 4.30pm to 5.00pm 10.00am 8.00am 10.30am 6.00pm 7.30pm 4.30pm to 5.00pm 7.30pm 10.00am 7.30pm 7.30pm 9.30am 12 noon

Sunday Easter Day Tuesday

27 March

29 March

Wednesday 30 March Sunday 3 April 2nd Sunday of Easter

8.00am 10.30am 4.30pm to 5.00pm 10.00am 8.00am 10.30am

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Holy Communion Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Holy Communion Holy Communion (BCP) Time for God with activities Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Holy Communion Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist Digging Deeper Compline with address Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Compline with address Holy Communion Compline with address Celebration of the Lord’s Supper with foot washing All Age Worship followed by Hot Cross Buns At the Foot of the Cross (a service of reflection) Holy Communion (BCP) and lighting of Easter Fire.

All Age Eucharist for Easter Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Holy Communion Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist

For More Details of Services and Events see CHURCH WEBSITE http://www.wisboroughgreenparishchurch.org.uk/ 4

Pastoral Letter You may recall an amazing feat of airmanship on 15th January 2009, when the pilot of U.S. Airways flight 1549 landed the Airbus A320 on the Hudson River after taking off from New York’s La Guardia Airport.

Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, the pilot, was able to use his skills and experience to glide the aircraft onto the river after hitting a flock of geese. It was a miracle that no one was killed. The pilot himself attributed the amazing landing also to the fact that it was a cloudless sky, there was very little wind, no ice on the river and very few boats. It would be almost impossible to replicate that very unusual situation on that January day.

On that first Easter, when it was still dark, some of the female disciples of Jesus had decided to go to his tomb and anoint his body for burial after the crucifixion on Friday.

However, there were to be Roman guards posted, a stone rolled across the entrance, and the probability that the women would be beaten and abused for attempting such a foolish act. Yet the guards were asleep and the stone rolled clear of the entrance!

When Mary Magdalene, who was distraught after finding no body in the tomb, asked a person she thought was the gardener, “Tell me please, where you have put the body, and I will get him.” (John 20:15), the gardener said her name, “Mary”, she knew it was Jesus! Mary Magdalene now went and told Jesus’ apostles the Good News, that she had seen the Lord. This now began an amazing sequence of events that would transform the lives of these ordinary men and women, into the ones who would be empowered by God’s Holy Spirit to share the life changing experience of meeting with Jesus.

Corrie ten Boon, a Dutch Christian who survived the experience of a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” Many on flight 1549 that day, thought they would not survive, they believed their future and fate were sealed. None of us knows what tomorrow may bring. Mary and her companions expected to pray prayers of mourning over a dead corpse, yet encountered the living Lord who saves. Easter is God’s promise that tomorrow has already dawned for those who trust in Him. Have a Happy and Joyous Easter.

Clive and Marion

EASTER LILIES If you would like to give a donation for the lilies, which will be used to decorate the church at Easter and to sign a card in remembrance of a loved one, a card and a donation box will be at the back of church on Sundays. Alternatively you can give the money to Maggie Edwards (01403 700944) or one of the Churchwardens. Thank you.

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Church Notices MARCH HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 5th

10.00am 3.30pm

Friday 4th

7.30pm

Sunday 6th

10.30am

Saturday 12 Sunday 13

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7.30pm 10.30am

Parish Quiet Day at the Palace, Chichester led by Archdeacon Fiona. Packed lunch needed, otherwise lunch can be bought in the Cathedral cafe. Sign up at the back of Church to book your place.

Women's World Day of Prayer service (see p 13) Kirdford Chapel, Plaistow Road, Kirdford, RH14 0NG Mothering Sunday Service with posies.

Roger Moorey Memorial Concert (see p 23 for details) Time for God with activities. (also see p 19)

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9.30am

Church and Churchyard Spring tidy-up.

Refreshments provided – plenty of jobs, inside and out!

Sunday 20th Palm Sunday

10.30am

Sung Eucharist Start at the village pond, where palm crosses will be distributed, and process up to church.

Digging Deeper into God’s Word

Saturday 19

6.00pm th

Thursday 24 7.30pm Maundy Thursday

Celebration of the Lord’s Supper with foot washing

Friday 25th Good Friday

All Age Worship for Good Friday, followed by hot cross buns in church.

At the Foot of the Cross (a service of reflection)

9.30am 12 noon

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Sunday 27 Easter Sunday

8.00am 10.30am

Holy Communion with lighting of the Easter Fire.

All Age Eucharist for Easter followed by Easter Egg rolling down the church path!

DATES FOR THE DIARY April  Saturday 23rd - UNLOCK walk No 33 “Around the Orbit” - Olympic Park in Stratford and Hackney. See poster in church. More details next month.  Sunday 24th - APCM 12.00 pm in church

Regular Church Activities PRAYER GROUP AND QUIET MORNINGS If anyone would like to spend half an hour in fellowship and prayer then they are most welcome on a Tuesday at 4.30, when prayers are said for the life of the Parish.

Contact Wendy Duff on 700295 for details of venue.

On the third Friday of every month Quiet Mornings are held at the home of Wendy Duff at 10.30am. It is a peaceful time when you can relax, recharge your batteries and listen to music, poetry, readings and prayers. You will come away refreshed and ready to carry on! Please contact Wendy Duff on 700295 for details.

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Regular Church Activities (Cont) WIZZY TOTS - PLEASE NOTE new day and time Wizzy Tots, Wisborough Green’s baby and toddler group, meets at the Village Hall every Tuesday during term time from 9.30 to 11.30 am.

Please join us for a coffee, catch up and a play in the Village Hall, all children and parents/carers welcome. It would be lovely to see you all. If you want to find out more about Wizzy Tots, please call Tory on 01403 700809 or Marion on 01403 700339.

DON’T FORGET………

If you haven’t yet experienced the delights of Xpresso, come and enjoy freshly ground Fairtrade coffee or tea with a delectable homemade cake!

Xpresso is open every Friday during term time from 9am ‘til 11.30am in church and EVERYONE is welcome!

Special Offer - buy 6 coffees and get the 7th one FREE!! Full details from Xpresso.

Prayer Chain of Prayer Worried about a loved one, a friend or yourself and would like prayers to be said by a chain of people? Contact Wendy 700295 or Gillian 700157 and they will start the chain by contacting the person next to them on the list and so it goes all the way round. A copy of the chain is on the notice board at the back of church.

Prayer is a powerful and important part of life and one should never under estimate its effect. You don't need to give any details of the problem just ask for prayers to be said and it will happen. Please note that it will be treated with total confidentiality.

Prayers are offered for parishioners who are in special need, especially the sick and frail. Please advise either of the churchwardens of any persons or situations you would like remembered in this way.

All those living in particular roads are prayed for regularly, the whole parish being covered over a 12-week cycle: Week beginning:

6 March 13 March 20 March 27 March

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From the Editor Welcome to the March 2016 edition of Ad Vincula. We were in Barbados recently on holiday and, although we have been a few times before and always stayed in the same location, it only dawned on us this time that we were staying in the Parish of St Peter! I thought you might be interested to learn a little bit about another St Peter’s Parish Church below.

On Friday 12 February, we celebrated the life of June Clark in the funeral service held in St Peter ad Vincula. I cannot remember the church ever being as full. There were people standing in every possible corner and was a testimony to the love and respect felt for June. I hope to have an obituary in a future edition.

In addition to the usual articles this month, we have a moving story about Suzanne’s dog, Snoop (p12), a look at the “Time for God” services (p19), some news about the Zoar Chapel and information about the Parish Giving Scheme (p21) amongst others.

Finally, I have had a very good response to my request for potential magazine cover photos and the first one appears on this month’s cover. Please keep them coming as I will need photos suitable for different months of the year. Some, unfortunately, were too low a resolution to be used. Whatever device you use to take photographs, please ensure the picture quality setting is set to maximum size and finest quality.

Best Wishes, Roland Zilz This magazine can also be viewed on line at: http://www.wisboroughgreenparishchurch.org.uk/index.php/parish-magazine

St Peters Parish Church, Barbados Although Barbados is a relatively small island (21 miles long by 14 miles wide), there are over 100 religious groups and their places of worship range from the majestic coral stone structures to the simple chattel house. The bulk of the early white settlers were Anglican and this became the faith of most Black Barbadians. St Peter’s Parish Church is one of the oldest Anglican churches. A church, possibly a timber structure, was built in 1629 as the parish church for the north. The second building was built in 1665 and rebuilt in 1837 in an essential early Georgian style. In 1980, a fire destroyed the church leaving the walls and tower and damaging the original east window, pulpit and font, but the church was rebuilt in 1983 using the original walls.

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Wisborough Green Primary School News It seems hard to believe we have completed half of the school year already and our plans for the next half of the year continue to be full of fun learning opportunities for the children.

It has been lovely to welcome so many parents and carers to our class assemblies this half term which have all been thoroughly enjoyable. There have been Chinese dragons, ukuleles, poetry, maths rhymes, problem solving and a touch of Greek history to name a few things presented.

A new visitor was welcomed to school in the last week of term and the children were excited to introduce Elliot the dragon to me. The eggs finally hatched in the classroom and Elliot made many new friends. Our adventures continue after half term with a banquet for the Royal Prince to be planned and a visit to Leeds Castle.

'Going Green' has been an ongoing project for our Wisborough Eco Warriors too and our Eco-Greenhouse build has started. We are so lucky to have a brilliant team of parents who have designed and started to build a plastic bottle greenhouse. Securing sponsorship from Covers Timber and Building Merchants has been fantastic as they supplied us with the wood and materials to build the frame. Our plans are to develop a growing and cooking programme for all the children to be part of so we look forward to seeing this project blossom further!

As the population of the school has grown considerably over the past few years we are finding there are increasing issues with the traffic around the school in the mornings and at the end of the day. A 'Travel Committee' has been formed to develop plans to improve the situation. We are looking in to the possibility of having a 'Lollypop Person' to help with crossing Durbans Road at both ends of the day. This would hopefully help encourage more families to walk to school. If you are interested in contributing any ideas to the group then please contact the school office on 01403 700280.

Next term we are looking forward to installing our new library and developing the perfect place to relax and enjoy reading. Our brilliant PTA have raised an amazing amount to fund the project and I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for supporting the events to raise such an amazing amount.

We promise to bring you more exciting news from WGPS next term but in the meantime please watch out for any unusual low flying, fire breathing creatures around the village!

Warm regards, Amanda Harrison Head Teacher 01403 700280

From the Registers (January) Baptisms: We welcome into the Lord’s Family Nathaniel Meanock, baptised on Sunday 24th January 2016 at St. Peter’s Funerals:

We give thanks for the life of Helen Blatch, whose funeral took place on Thursday 21st January 2016 at St Peter’s.

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Goodbye Snoop The first time I met him he rolled on his back exposing his tummy looked me in the eyes and said I love you, how can you not love me too? There was no going back.

The vet thought he was about 3years old. I soon discovered Snoop’s (he came with the name!) gentle, biddable nature. Happy, uncomplicated, loyal, not a dog to write home about you might say, and yet, .......the memories.

On many adventures together, walking the South Downs, with other doggie friends, he had only a mild interest in sheep, but would walk through a field of them to heel, off his lead. I had not trained him. His natural overbiding passion, discounting food and his ball, was to please and be loved. Being on my own I felt so blessed to have this friend to share my life with, made so easy by his never running off in the manner of many terriers, but always keeping me in sight, and coming on call. He just wanted to be close.

Chris and Snoop became best friends. Ears pricked, Snoop always recognising the sound of his car turning in at the top of the lane, as he sat waiting by the door for his master’s return. Snuggling between us on the sofa at night never came soon enough for him.

Snoop adored his ball, but would always bring it back to drop at Chris’ feet, until he became older and too tired for more and would hold onto it and wander back over the green for home.

He loved camping, and the minute we started to pack our van would sit inside not budging till our adventure began and he could relax and curl up in his bed between us. Snoop adored the beach, it beckoned him as a child, as he raced across the sand, ears pricked, towards the sea splashing through the waves after his beloved ball, exuding the joy of being alive. It lifted our hearts to see him.

Grandchildren came along, and Snoop grew with them, accepting second place, as long as he was included, could join in the story on the sofa, help build the bricks, cavort and play games on the green too.

He was probably about 11 or 12 years old when all too suddenly it was over for him. Our home feels so different now.

Snoop, I believe, was a gift. Undeserved, and special. He taught us a lot about life: devotion, loyalty, simplicity, joy, purity, a kind of innocence and trust.

I often told Snoop he was the best white dog in the whole wide world. Well I believe he is now in heaven, where I suspect there are many many more.

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WOMEN'S WORLD DAY of PRAYER Friday 4th March at 7.30pm Kirdford Chapel, Plaistow Road, Kirdford Women’s World Day of Prayer is an international, ecumenical, prayer movement that invites women, from a different part of the world each year, to prepare a worship service through which their hopes and fears for their country may be brought before the whole world in prayer.

On Friday 4 March an estimated 3 million people in over 170 countries and islands will gather to observe the day of prayer, using an order of service written by Christian women in Cuba and translated into over 60 languages and 1000 dialects. In the British Isles alone over 6,000 services will be held. The day begins as the sun rises over the island of Samoa and continues until it sets off the coast of American Samoa, some 35 hours later.

The theme ‘Receive children. Receive me’ reflects St Mark’s Gospel, chapter 10 verses 13-16, which is the focus of the service and a reminder that everyone is a child of God and equally worthy of our love and respect.

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This is not a day of prayer just for women everyone is welcome to attend the service.

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Palm Sunday Procession – Sunday 20th March 3pm from the Sacred Heart Church in Petworth. A great Walk of Witness through the town with the Town Band, with Mr Darcy the Donkey leading the way. Do join the Procession and sing some rousing hymns as well as hearing a short resume of the Gospel story at three different points around the town.

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Nature Notes This month’s Notes have kindly been provided by Peter Edmonds due to Sue Jameson’s heavy work commitments currently. Ed Hilary and I paid a visit to Pulborough Brooks the other day. It was a beautiful afternoon and the sunlight was just perfect as we settled down in Nettley’s Hide with a view across the reserve to the north. The water level was high so many birds were feeding close by, and there were truly thousands of them, mostly ducks and waders of every kind. To the left of the hide there is a large willow tree, favourite perch of raptors, in particular the spectacular Peregrine, the fastest living creature on earth.

The view from there must be very exciting if you are a bird of prey.

We were about to leave the hide when about 1000 Black-tailed Godwits rose suddenly, signalling trouble. In came a juvenile female Peregrine exercising her right to a meal. With one extended reach of her talons, she took a Godwit right in front of us and settled to eat not 200 metres from the hide. As she fed she was continually harried by two jealous crows until after about 10 minutes she flew off with her prey. A really magic moment!

The Godwits continued to mumurate for some time flashing their brown and white winter colours in the bright sunshine.

The collective noun, incidentally, for these resident waders is “prayer”. The name is from Old English meaning Good Creature, acknowledging that it once made a popular dish!

What an extraordinary winter we are experiencing! Some spectacular weather, sadly causing heartbreaking problems in the north of the country. Daffodils before Christmas, blackbirds and sparrows nesting early, primroses and bluebells out in January. Thankfully record temperatures are helping to keep our fuel bills down. But then, have you noted that snowdrops are sticking to their traditional schedule?

The warm weather has brought forth early blossom and many delicate plants continued to flourish until a couple of hard frosts put paid to their brave endurance. My guess is, though, that unless we get any really severe cold over the next few weeks, when the real Spring arrives, everything will soon be back to normal.

And to cap it all, today, for the very first time, we welcomed a Firecrest to our garden, the 57th species to have visited us in 43 years!

Looking forward to reading Sue’s column next time.

Black-tailed Godwit

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The Gardener’s Calendar

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 Finish cutting back any dead foliage left on your perennials

and ornamental grasses to make way for new growth.

 Prune overwintered fuchsias back to one or two buds on each shoot.  Deadhead daffodils as the flowers finish and let the foliage die back

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 Dead-head Hydrangeas before new growth appears.  Cut off the old leaves of Hellebores to remove any foliar diseases and

make the spring flowers more visible.

 Towards the end of the month plant your chitted early potatoes

outside in the ground.

 Plant onions, shallots and garlic provided the soil isn't frozen or

waterlogged. Alternatively plant into individual pots for transplanting outdoors later on when soil conditions are more favourable.

 Start to sow vegetable seeds such as carrots, radishes and lettuce in

greenhouse borders or outside under cloches.

 Plant fruit trees and raspberry canes now.  Cut autumn-fruiting raspberry canes to the ground to stimulate new

cane growth. Cut the tips of summer-fruiting raspberry canes that have grown beyond the top of their supports; cut just above a bud.

 Protect the blossoms of apricots, peaches and nectarines from frost

with horticultural fleece.

 Mulch rhubarb with a thick layer of well-rotted manure to keep it

healthy and reduce moisture loss through the soil. Take care not to cover the crown. You can also plant fresh rhubarb crowns now.

 Cover your strawberries with a cloche to encourage earlier fruiting.

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Time for God - Valentine Special Time for God is a service on the second Sunday morning of each month to engage with those who are not used to the traditional forms of worship that we offer here at St. Peter’s. It is hoped that this service will expand and develop so that all ages will enjoy exploring the joy of what it means to be a Christian.

Surprises were promised for this service and were delivered to old and young alike!

Dan and Nina delighted everyone with juggling and balloon modelling. There was painted hand printing, sugar roses and hearts to create and take home, or place on the cake to be eaten at the end of the service. Valentine cards to make and a ‘Valentine’ banner focussed our attention on how much God loves us through the verse from John 3:16.

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Zoar Chapel, Wisborough Green Saturday the 5th February saw ZOAR CHAPEL very full with seats occupied in the balcony, this was due to the invitation of Pastor Chase Whitten, who is soon hoping to take over the Chapel and occupy the Chapel House with his lovely wife Joy, Personal invitations were delivered by hand to just about every house in Wisborough Green.

Chase and Joy have already been accepted by visitors to the luncheon held on Thursday 21st January in the village hall, and Chase hopes to work happily with the Rev. Clive Jenkins in conjunction with the church. The entertainment provided by the young choir was a delight to listen to and we thank them most sincerely, and hope they will come again. Tea biscuits and apple pies were offered afterwards.

We wish Chase and Joy every happiness in their future at Wisborough Green.

Dudley Conway

Parish Giving Scheme Following my note in the November issue of Ad Vincula I have obtained a supply of the necessary forms to be able to contribute to the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) which are on the table at the back of the church. If you already contribute through a direct debit (DD) and you wish to join PGS you can fill out the form and when active cancel your existing DD. If you do not currently contribute through DD and would like to do so please also take a form. There are also booklets with the forms which clearly explain the scheme. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have about the scheme.

St Peter's, the Diocese and the National Church depend on the generosity of its parishioners like you to share our faith and serve our community. As well as our own Parish needs, St Peter's supports programmes which benefit the community at large in which we are able to share with it our fellowship and help to serve it's concerns and needs.

Thank you for your continued vital financial support.

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NOTICE B Special Cruises on the Wey & Arun Canal, Loxwood Special cruises will be running on the canal on Mothering Sunday, 6th March 2016. A ‘Coffee & Danish Pastry Cruise’ will depart at 11.00am and Cream Tea Cruises will depart at 2.30pm and 4.30pm. Black tie service will enhance the relaxing treat for Mums! The trips take 1½ hours. Tickets cost £14 for adults and £10 for children and must be booked in advance.

Our themed Easter Cruises will be running on all four days of the Easter weekend from Good Friday, 25th March to Monday 28th March. Plenty of Easter characters will be on the canal to entertain you – come along and join in the fun! The trips take 40 minutes and depart at 11.00am, 12.00 and 2.00pm.

Children will receive a chocolate gift from the Easter Bunny while adults enjoy refreshments and the chance to unwind and enjoy the scenery. Tickets cost £10.00 per person and booking in advance is advisable.

The boat departs from the wharf beside the Onslow Arms on the B2133 in Loxwood and travels along the decorated canal and through a restored lock. If you would like to book seats on one of the Mothering Sunday or Easter cruises (or enquire about private charters) please call The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Office on 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. www.weyandarun.co.uk

Digging Deeper Taking a closer look at Bible passages. 6 - 7pm followed by hot drink and cake.

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Sundays 20th March 17th April 15th May 6pm

BOARD 1 The Wildlife of Kirdford and Wisborough Green A talk by Michael Blencowe People and Wildlife Officer for the Sussex Wildlife Trust

Friday 11th March, 2016 at 7.30 pm Wisborough Green Village Hall, School Road, RH14 0DU Doors open from 7 pm.

Everyone welcome Supported by ARC, Arun and Rother Connections

Roger Moorey Memorial Concert 2016 Saturday 12th March, 7.00 pm St Peter Ad Vincula Church, W Green Those of you who attended the last “sell-out” concert will know you are in for a treat. Join us in celebrating the life of Roger Moorey through the music he loved. Among the many taking part will be:

The Riverboat Shuffle (Roger’s Jazz Group)

WG Glee Singers St Peter’s Music Group St Peter’s Choir and, of course - Roger’s very talented Family & Friends Wine and other refreshments will be served. The event is free but there will be a retiring collection to be divided between St Peter's building fund and Family Support Work. For more information contact Judy (01403 700700) 23

NOTICE B The Wisborough Green Sideshows Society AGM on Wednesday 16th March at the Three Crowns starting at 7-30pm.

We will be reviewing the last 12 months, and appointing the committee to consider opportunities for the next year.

Everybody welcome - come along and get involved!

We are a vibrant organisation responsible for hosting the annual New Year Dinner for the retired people of Wisborough Green. Our invite list is now open so if you know anyone who would like to be invited or you would like further information please call 01403 700495 Christopher Stride Chairman

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Thread & Treadle A beautiful collection of individual hand-crafted gifts for you & your home. at

Wyatt House on Thurs 24th March 10.30am Everyone welcome Take your purchases home with you on the day or commission an order In aid of Wyatt House funds

Fish ‘n’ Chips lunch at Wyatt House Weds 30th March at 12.30 All welcome.

Please phone Cathy on 700673 to place your order (ordered from Jack Fullers, Billingshurst)

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Recipe of the Month Bun & butter pudding Like classic bread and butter pudding? Try this twist that uses hot cross buns instead Ingredients  300ml pot double cream  600ml milk  4 eggs  100g golden caster sugar  1½ tsp vanilla essence  8 hot cross buns  40g soft butter  100g marzipan, cubed  3 tbsp chunky marmalade  icing sugar, for dusting Method 1. Heat oven to 170C/150C fan / gas 3. Warm the cream and milk in a pan over a gentle heat. Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla together with a fork in a large bowl, then gradually add the warm cream mixture.

2. Halve the buns and spread with the butter. Arrange in a large shallow ovenproof dish (approx 25 x 32cm), dot with the marzipan and brush the marmalade on top.

3. Pour over the cream mixture and set aside to soak for 15 mins. Press the buns down into the custard mixture as they soften.

4. Bake for 50 mins until set, then remove and allow to stand for 10 mins. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve while still warm.

You can make this pud a day ahead. Warm it gently in the just-turned-off oven covered with foil, while you eat your Sunday roast.

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Advent Christmas Tree Festival Update on the final sum raised We are delighted to be able to announce that the final total sum raised during the recent festival came to the most amazing figure of £3,700 which will now be divided between Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice and our Church building fund. This is a wonderful achievement and we are extremely grateful to all those who gave generously of their time, skills and money to make this event so successful.

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Community Minibus Association (W Sussex) - Wisborough Green Village Organiser: Pat Farmer (700492)

Registered Charity No 275787

To use the minibus you need to be a member of the Minibus Association The annual membership fee is ÂŁ5 payable to the escort on your first trip on the bus MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL

For bookings ring: BRENDA KARN-SMITH (701076)

Destinations for March 2016 Fri 4th Mon 7th Fri 11th Mon 14th Fri 18th Mon 21st Wed 23rd Fri 25th Mon 28th Tues 29th

Chichester & Sainsbury Horsham & Sainsbury Cranleigh & Notcutts Horsham & Sainsbury Guildford Horsham & Sainsbury Horsham & Sainsbury Good Friday Easter Monday Horsham & Sainsbury

Depart 9.30 am Depart 2.00 pm Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 2.00 pm Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am

Exciting news – we have a new-to-us larger minibus, which will take 10 passengers and all seats are forward facing. So, we are hoping for more members to use our service in 2016! Please do come along to our AGM which takes place on Wednesday 9th March 6.30pm at Wyatt House and learn more about our work.

We will, once again, be taking the minibus to Guildford for a production by the Lighted Fools Theatre Company in the Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Saturday 16th April for the 4 pm matinee performance. Please see poster on page 33 for full details.

Pat Farmer Village Organiser

Early April 2016 Dates Fri 1st Mon 4th Fri 8th

Chichester & Sainsbury 9.30 am Horsham & Sainsbury 9.30 am Cranleigh & Notcutts 9.30 am

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Wisborough Green History - FROM The workhouse continued its operation throughout the 19th century. Unfortunately information of the period post 1834 is scarcer than earlier and there're only a few pieces of information to go on.

The Union was expanded in 1869 to include the workhouses in Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, North Chapel, Coates, Duncton, Egdean, Fittleworth, Stopham and Sutton. The number of inmates gradually declined. The 1851 census showed that there were 67 children living there. By 1871 the number had dropped to 30. The details of the 1881 census showed that there were 27 residents in the workhouse. These were the master Thomas Melville aged 66 and his wife Mary aged 44. There were three staff employed; these were Harriet Mann an unmarried imbecile aged 21 who was employed as a domestic cleaner, Eliza Phayre aged 26, also an unmarried imbecile who was employed as a domestic scrubber and Elizabeth Puttock aged 76 who was unmarried and deaf and who was employed as a needlewoman. The other inmates were just 22 children whose ages ranged from 4 to 16, of whom 14 were boys. The workhouse must have seemed rather empty as Kelly's Directory of 1887 states that Wisborough Green workhouse could house 150 inmates.

At some stage after 1881 the workhouse ceased to accommodate just children as it is known that in 1910 there were adults of both sexes living there. Fortunately we know how the accommodation was arranged. The ground floor of the south wing had (starting from the north end) a board-room, and two school rooms, the men's dormitory was on the first floor and the women's was on the second floor.

The third, i.e. the top floor with dormer windows that was built into the roof space, seems to have been unoccupied.

These floors were accessed by a central staircase that started roughly where the bar is located. There was an outside staircase on the eastern wall for emergencies.

Children, if only the offspring of the adult inmates, must have been housed somewhere, though I have no idea where. I have attached a photo showing the south wing taken from the churchyard shortly before its demolition in 1955.

The older (and still extant) portion was on three floors, though today it appears to be (Continued on page 31)

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only one. Starting from the west wing there was a wash-house (now the Vine Room), the Master's room, the main hall and the kitchen. The dormitories were on the first and second floors and access was gained by an internal staircase at the western end as well as an external staircase on the south side. I have a list of the 27 rooms in the whole building, but frustratingly there's no indication of their location! Among them are some interestingly named rooms, viz. Dead Room, Mad Room, Women's Room, Apple Room and a room curiously named the Room Opposite. Their usage is usually apparent from their names; living next the dead or mad shows how sanguine people were over a hundred years ago.

The lot of workhouse inmates improved throughout the nineteenth century. In the matter of diet so much so that In 1901, an official workhouse cookery book was produced by the National Training School of Cookery. It included dishes such as batter and bread puddings, dumplings, haricot, lentil and pea soups, gruel, pease pudding, pasties, fish, potato and sea pies, shepherd’s pie, plain and seed cake and many different types of pudding, fruit, rice, roly-poly, sage and semolina - all a lot more substantial than current eating styles.

Earlier, inmates typically slept in simple wooden or metal framed beds with straw mattresses and covers although blankets and sheets were introduced from the midnineteenth century. Again, earlier, the inmates' toilet facilities were a simple privy that was a cess-pit with a simple cover having a hole in it on which to sit. Dormitories were provided with chamber pots or, after 1860, earth closets that were boxes containing dry soil which could afterwards be used as fertiliser.

Use as a workhouse ceased around the time of the First World War. During this time German prisoners of war and their guards were housed in the building though there's no record of how many there were and where they were billeted. It's also not known if their imprisonment was concurrent with any poor inmates still living there. The reduced numbers of poor inmates would certainly have provided plenty of room for the PoWs. They worked on the land where there was a shortage of male workers due to the callup even though the growing emancipation of women was resulting in some of them being drafted to working on farms. The PoWs were taken in pairs to their place of work either under the control of a guard or a responsible adult who had to sign for them (see Bill Puttock's account in the September issue) and marched back to the workhouse at night. Although there were some accounts of resistance or even violence by the PoWs locally in the two world wars, I've not heard of any in Wisborough.

The period immediately after the war is not very well documented. It was no longer occupied so stood empty for the first time in two hundred years. Things began to change; the WI started using the first floor of the south wing for their meetings soon after they were formed in 1918 and they continued using the room that became known by everyone as the Women’s Institute Room in the twenties and thirties until that part of the building was condemned in 1953.

In 1920, more dramatically, the parish council became involved and planned other uses for the building. More next month.

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Minibus Theatre Trip

Saturday 16th April (4.00pm matinee performance) at The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford We shall be taking the Minibus to this performance of ‘Quartermaine’s Terms’ by Simon Gray Set in the 1960’s, Simon Gray’s quintessentially British drama is a sparklingly witty but ultimately moving account of several years in the lives of seven teachers at a small school in Cambridge which teaches English to foreigners. Never has the celebrated author been more amusing and more touching than in this thoroughly delightful portrait of a mediocre but lovable English schoolteacher St. John Quartermaine and his fellow faculty members. ‘….though the jokes are excellent, the piece cuts deep.’ (Daily Telegraph) Directed by: David Hemsley-Brown with: Caroline Dooley, Paul Halliwell, Polly King, Nick Lund, Richard Parish, Derek Watts and David Webb Tickets for the performance are £15.00 and the Minibus fare will be £5.00 Please ring: RICHARD PARISH (01403 700628) as soon as possible to book both your ticket and your seat on the bus 33

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Internal & external including stairs, doors, windows sliding, sash and casement.

Trade enquiries welcome.

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A beautiful 16th century pub located in a beautiful Sussex village.

All fresh home cooked food.

Good quality beer.

Live music Friday/Saturday evenings from 9pm.

Theme food evenings.

Check website for dates.

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Local Club and Society News Wisborough Green Spitfire Simulator Club Why not join the Spitfire Simulator Club? The prime purpose of our simulator project is to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and to that end, simulator flights are normally charged for. However, with the Simulator Club, members make a small donation to the RAFBF (ÂŁ5 per year) and their name goes into a hat every month and the winner gets a flight for free. To join the group, contact Brian Smith on 01403 700346 or briansmithair@uwclub.net

Wisborough Green Table Tennis Club The Wisborough Green Table Tennis Club meets in The Village Hall every Wednesday from 4 to 6pm. Contact Philip Midwinter on 01403 700402 for more details.

Wisborough Green History Society Wisborough Green Village History Society is a small group of people who enjoy talking about and researching the history of the village.

Several of our members are life-long residents of the village, others have lived here for many years and all have interesting memories and anecdotes to relate. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the village hall committee room at 10.30 am - new members are always welcome.

Sue Killingbeck, Secretary

Wisborough Green Short Mat Bowls Club Firstly I am pleased to say we are still going from strength to strength as a club with the playing membership now rising to 28. We are also in the process of confirming our affiliation to the West Sussex County Short Mat Bowls Association and the English Short Mat Bowls Association, this will enable us to play in County and National competitions.

We have had four matches since I last wrote, the first was home against Pulborough with Jane Adsett, Marilyn Knight, Shirley Bundy and Bernard Adsett winning 24 - 9 on mat 1. Then on mat 2, Evelyn Ringrose, Pauline Shipway, Tony Broughton and Reg Snelgar lost 11 - 20, even so we still won the match by 4 shots overall. The next match was home to a strong Lavant side, on mat 1 Jane Adsett, David Luxford, Bernard Adsett and Monica Enticknap lost 13 - 19, with Pauline Shipway, Shirley Bundy, George Shipway and Reg Snelgar having a good win on mat 2 giving us a 1 shot win overall. Next we welcomed a new team called Reprobates with Jane Adsett, Shirley Bundy, David Luxford and Monica Enticknap losing 14 - 21 on mat 1 and Jean Head, Marilyn Knight, Pauline Shipway and George Shipway also losing 14 - 23 on mat 2 for an overall defeat. Finally we went to Ewhurst with Carol Cuthbert, Tony Broughton, David Luxford and Monica Enticknap having a good win 29 - 14. Evelyn Ringrose, Jean Head, Marilyn Knight and Reg Snelgar lost 13 - 30 and on the 3rd mat Sue Taber, Eileen Warrington, Joan Goodchild and Shirley Bundy losing a close fought game 14 - 18 for an overall defeat in the match by 6 shots.

Our March fixtures are: 2nd - Fittleworth (home), 20th - West Chiltington (away), 29th Alfold (home).

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Wisborough Green Farmers’ and Village Market News

Next Market - Thursday 10th March 2016 Wisborough Green Village Hall 9 am – 12.30 pm Easter Day in seventeen days time.

A time for celebrating the renewal of life, religiously and that of the coming of Spring.

Extra long weekend too, so visiting or having visitors is likely.

Time for treats and specially tasty foods. Pop in, browse and see what tickles your taste buds or your fancy.

The stallholders are expecting people to casually browse so do not feel any pressure to buy. They are happy to chat and pass the time of day.

If you are eating fish on Good Friday do discuss with the stall holder about freezing his extremely fresh fish. The quality is super. Personally I favour the prepared crab. Must ask him about buckling - hot smoked herring. He will seek out fish that customers request.

For roasts we are spoilt for choice of all local; chickens, guinea fowls, pork and traditional Easter lamb.

Pop in just for a cup of Fairtrade coffee or tea (decaffeinated is on offer too) and a piece of cake if you are feeling naughty.

Enjoy Eastertide.

The Wisborough Green Farmers’ and Village Market Committee

Wisborough Green Fete Society – 2016 Donations Are you involved with, or do you know, a local good cause that would benefit from some additional funding?

Every year the Wisborough Green Fete Society aims to support a variety of local good causes. If you would like to be considered for a donation in 2016 please get in touch – we would love to hear from you.

If you are interested in your organisation being considered or would like to find out more please contact Kate Perry on 01403 700099.

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Wisborough Green Horticultural Society Monday, 7th March 2016 - 8pm Village Hall A.G.M. Everyone is welcome to the AGM - a necessary formality that keeps our Society in good health, so that it continues to bring enjoyment throughout the year.

The new schedule and membership card will be available with details and dates of outings, plant sales, the two Shows and next winter’s talks.

Once the business is done we have a quiz and refreshments. It is all very social so do come and become a member for the coming year..

On April 4th we will be “Singing the Blues”, or more correctly be listening to Simon White speaking about using blue in the garden. Simon was with us back in 2013 when he spoke about Peter Beale's roses. Remarkably knowledgeable.

In May, on Saturday 7th, the Spring Plant Sale will be on the little Green with the Millennium sundial.

Please look out for spare plants, possibly ones you had divided earlier. You may be sowing, so some extra to sell here would be great. It is a good time to clear out what did not suit your garden, but might well be just the thing for a different setting. Any hardware no longer needed could be brought here as well.. This is a big fund raiser as well as being a money saver for those who come to buy, plus it's very sociable AND with refreshments!

In June, on Tuesday 14th our outing to Polesden Lacey is due to take place. Please ring Kate 01798 813357 to book or put your name down at the AGM. In June, on Sunday 19th we have our Horticultural Show, so bear in mind what does well with you and give it extra love and attention!

The Table Top competition.

The theme will be the same each month to allow scope for as many as possible: “From your own garden/allotment, five preferably flowering or evergreen stems displayed to best effect – of one or more variety.”

Points will be awarded each month, accumulating for a prize at the June Show.

The Committee looks forward to meeting with as many of you as possible at the A.G.M. Your involvement is the life sap of our Society.

From all the WGHS committee

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Wealden Trefoil Guild It was with great sadness that the Guild learnt of the death of one of its founder members Mrs June Clark who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 12th January. June had been at our Guild meeting the previous week and had seemed her usual cheerful and enthusiastic self, so it was a considerable shock for us all.

June had been both a Brownie and a Guide as a child and had become Guide Leader in 1972. She ran both Brownie and Guide Units in Wisborough Green bringing her units to various District camps, World Thinking Day celebrations and many other District, Division and County activities. June was always very caring and on one camp, many years ago at Dounhurst, took a sick girl home to sleep in her house and returned her feeling much better the next day!

In 2001 she took on the position of County International Adviser for the Trefoil Guild, a post that she held until very recently. She attended all the International conferences and was an ardent supporter of Guide Twinning. She was one of the founder members of Wealden Trefoil Guild and had been both Chairman and Secretary more than once over the years. She was always ready to open her home to the Guild for special meetings and hosted the County Guilds for their charity day each summer in her beautifully kept garden in Wisborough Green on numerous occasions. Petworth Park Scout and Guide camp saw her in the craft tent every year since its beginning in 1979, she also attended the WS Camps to give help where needed. Every spare moment she had found her knitting garments for The Queen Mother's Clothing Guild, for Link to Hope and the premature baby units in our county.

June was a great support to her husband Eric in his Rotary work, his skiing, walking and cycling activities and they both maintained their fabulous garden in Wisborough Green until last year, when they moved to Billingshurst.

St Peter ad Vincula Church was packed to bursting with friends and family who all came to say goodbye at her funeral in February. June will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by us all.

Teri Maher

PROPOSED VISIT TO THE POPPY FACTORY OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, RICHMOND. The Billingshurst branch of the RBL is exploring interest in a possible visit to the poppy factory in Richmond which produces the millions of emblems for use each year.

It would be in March/April at a date and time yet to be determined, according to numbers interested. Please let me know if you would like to be included and I will pass details to the branch secretary.

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Decorative & Fine Arts Society Meetings WEST SUSSEX DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY The lecture on Tuesday March 1st, given by Toby Faber, is

The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé - Before the Revolution The talk will be preceded by the Ploughman's Lunch at 12.30. Members and visitors are welcome - please contact a committee member for tickets.

On Tuesday April 5th the talk will be

Pompeii - A Product of its Time Given by Gillan Hovell Meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall at 2pm. Coffee from 1.20pm on April 5th.

For membership details please contact Jackie Buckler on 01903 411086 Visitors are welcome for a fee of £8

SOUTH DOWNS DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Inspiring, Dynamic and Fun On Wednesday 2 March, the lecture will be

Discovering Women Artists 1600 -1900s

by Bernard Allan On Wednesday 6 April, the lecture will be

The World of William Shakespeare

by Nicole Mezey All meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall at 10.30am. Coffee from 9.50am.

New members warmly welcomed (guests only £5). Please call 01403 783359

WI Report Our February meeting found us all trying to be a little “crafty”.

Ruth Isaacs, one of our members, provided the materials, instructions and encouragement necessary for us all to make a large flower: the results were impressive! We had a lively, social evening despite the double-sided tape having a mind of its own at times.

On Thursday, 3rd March at 8 pm our meeting will be a talk by Ben Cross of Crosslands Flower Nursery. He will enlighten us on their production of Alstroemarias: and for the September meeting a visit to see the Nursery is planned.

Visitors are most welcome to our meetings.

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Weather Watch No snow......yet!!

Wisborough Green Rainfall for January was 175mm (128mm last year – my 8 yr average is 126mm). The wet weather has continued for three months now. (No good for digging yet!)

Strangely the lowest and highest temperatures in January were in Scotland. Lowest was -12.4°C at Kimbrace in Sutherland and the highest was 16.5°C at Achnagaart in Ross and Cromarty.

The Met Office and NASA confirm record global temperatures for the second year running and predicting 2016 will be warmer still.

Weathervane

CYBER TIPS iTip 2 Someone asked me the other day, when I was showing off my new iPad Air 2, about maximizing battery life. I have discovered several ways to avoid having to charge my battery more than once a day (normally). Here is one way: I soon realized that every page I find on the internet stays working away in the background using power unless I delete it when I have finished with it. I use Google mostly for searching but similar methods apply to other search engines. Tap on Google on your Home Page and find and tap the little icon This will bring up a pile of all the websites you have visited over the past two days. You can then gently swipe them off to the right until you get the message “No recent pages”. If you use Safari the icon looks like this and instead of swiping just tap the cross in the top left corner of each unwanted page.

More power to your iPad! Peter Edmonds

Village Hall 50 Club Draw The winner of the February draw is Peter Edmonds who wins £50 The winner of the second prize of £20 is Robert Armistead The March draw will be at the Cricketers at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 9 March 2016 and if any members or prospective members would like to attend they will be very welcome.

Ruth Andrews, 01403 700671

Flag Raising Dates 10 March

Birthday of the Earl of Wessex

14 March

Commonwealth Day (2nd Monday in March)

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Church Cleaning Roster (Saturdays) 5 March

Mrs Holt & Mrs Zilz

12 March

Mrs Lewis & Mr Preston-Jones

19 March

EASTER CLEANING 9.30am ALL PLEASE

26 March

Mr & Mrs Armistead

If you are unable to clean on the day allocated to you, please arrange to change with someone or let Jill Brett know – 700350.

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CLEANERS & FLOWER ARRANGERS PLEASE NOTE: Xpresso is held in the church Fridays from 9.00 to 11.30am.

Church of St Peter ad Vincula The Vicar Churchwardens PCC Secretary PCC Treasurer Church Electoral Roll Officer Covenant Secretary Director of Music

Rev. Clive Jenkins Dr Graham Parr Mrs Helen Vause Mrs Val Mourilyan Mr Tony Cook Mrs Tricia Howarth Mr David Warwick Mr Malcolm Brinson

Ministry Support Team Co-ordinators Bell Ringers Mr Robin Miles Cleaners Mrs Jill Brett Flowers Mrs Maggie Edwards Readers & Intercessors Mrs Val Mourilyan Chalice & Sacristans Mrs Andrea Parr Healing Mrs Gillian Gough St Peter’s Links Mrs Annie Daniell

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Website: www.wisboroughgreenparishchurch.org.uk For baptism or wedding enquiries, please contact the Vicar ASAP or, if unavailable, one of the churchwardens.

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Wisborough Green Village Directory Ad Vincula Magazine :

Editorial

Advertising Distribution Balloon Club of Wisborough Green Climbing Bears Pre-school Cricket Club Chairman Farmers’ & Village Market Football Club Chairman History Society Horticultural Society Chairman Lawnmower Racing Minibus Association Minibus Bookings Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator Parish Council Chairman Parish Council Clerk Police (non-emergency) Primary School Business Manager Primary School PTA Secretary Scouting Groups: Scouts (10½+ yrs) Cubs (8-10½ yrs) Beavers (6-8 yrs) Sports Clubs Association (Pavilion) St Peter’s Luncheon Club Short Mat Bowls Club Spitfire Simulator Group Stoolball Club Table Tennis Club Village Hall Bookings Village Hall Committee Chairman Village Car Service Village Care Team & Library Service Wisborough Green Arts Wisborough Green Bridge Club Wisborough Green Conservative Association Wisborough Green Fete Society Wisborough Green Sideshows Society Wisborough Green Trust Wisborough Green Website WG Website Editor Wisborough Green Youth Club Women’s Institute

Mr Roland Zilz Mrs Marion Jenkins Mrs Fran Wallace Mr John Gough Mr Brian Smith Nina Lambkin Mr Steve Calder-Smith Mrs Aija Hamilton Mr Craig Vit Mrs Pam Warburton Philip Midwinter Mr Jim Gavin Mrs Pat Farmer Mrs Brenda Karn-Smith Mrs Priscilla Pinkham Mr Keith Charman Mrs Louise Davies

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What’s Happening in March Tue 01

Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 7) WG Village Hall 9.30 - 11.30 am West Sussex Decorative & Fine Arts Society (p 41) Fittleworth Village Hall 12.30 pm Parish Council Planning Meeting (if required) Vine Rm, WG Village Hall 8.00 pm

Wed 02

South Downs Decorative & Fine Arts Society (p 41) Fittleworth Village Hall

Thur 03

WI Meeting (p 41)

WG Village Hall

Fri 04

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 7)

WG Parish Church

Mon 07

Horticultural Society Talk (P 39)

WG Village Hall

8.00 pm

Tue 08

Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 7)

WG Village Hall

9.30 - 11.30 am

Wed 09

Mobile Skip Minibus Association AGM (p 29) Village Hall 50 Club Draw (p 43)

The Pavilion WG Wyatt House The Cricketers

Thur 10

Farmer’s & Village Market (p 37) Mobile Library

WG Village Hall 9.00 am - 12.30 pm The Pavilion WG 2.55 - 3.15 pm

Fri 11

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 7) WG Parish Church The Wildlife of Kirdford & Wisborough Green (p 23) WG Village Hall

Sat 12

Roger Moorey Memorial Concert (p 23)

WG Parish Church

Tue 15

Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 7) Parish Council Meeting

WG Village Hall 9.30 - 11.30 am Comm Rm, WG Village Hall 7.45 pm

Wed 16

WG Sideshows Society AGM (p 24)

The Three Crowns

7.30 pm

Fri 18

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 7)

WG Parish Church

9.00 - 11.30 am

Sat 19

Church & Churchyard Spring Tidy-up (p 6) Billingshurst Choral Society Concert (p 24)

WG Parish Church Billingshurst Leisure Centre

Tue 22

Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 7)

WG Village Hall

9.30 - 11.30 am

Thur 24

“Thread & Treadle” - All Welcome (p 25) Mobile Library

Wyatt House The Pavilion WG

10.30 am 2.55 - 3.15 pm

Wed 30

Fish ’n’ Chips Lunch (p 25)

Wyatt House

12.30 pm

Thur 31

Easter Egg Hunt (p 25)

Ingfield Manor Drive

11.00 am

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8.30 am - 1.30 pm 6.30 pm 6.30 pm

9.00 - 11.30 am 7.30 pm 7.00 pm

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