Ad Vincula Magazine September 2015

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September 2015

Charity Hot Air Balloon Festival Sun 6 September See p25 for details

Wisborough Green Parish Magazine

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AD VINCULA Wisborough Green Church and Community News

Highlights September 2015 St Peter ad Vincula Calendar .................................... 4 Pastoral Letter / Bishop Martin writes ........................ 5 Church Notices .......................................................... 6 From the Registers / Prayer ...................................... 7 Regular Church Activities ....................................7 & 9 From the Editor ........................................................ 9 WGYC News / From the Distribution Coordinator ... 11 Classrooms for Kenya ............................................. 12 Nature Notes ........................................................... 13 LEJOG 2015 ........................................................... 15 Hort Soc Visit to Sussex Prairie Gardens ................ 17 Minibus Mystery Tour Report .................................. 21 12 Hour Lawnmower Race Report .......................... 22 KKWG Update on Boxal Bridge............................... 23 Notice Board .................................................... 24 - 25 Recipe of the Month / PACT News .......................... 27 WG Minibus Page / Table Tennis Report ................ 29 Wisborough Green History ............................... 30 - 31 Neighbourhood Watch - Crime News & Advice ....... 33 Village Organisations - News & Notices ........... 35 - 40 The Gardener’s Calendar ........................................ 41 Weather Watch / Cyber Tips / Village Hall 50 Draw 43 Teddy Bear Weekend Thankyou ............................. 43 Church Cleaning / Flower Rosters / Directory ......... 44 Village Organisations Directory ............................... 45 What’s Happening ................................................... 46

Ad Vincula Team Roland Zilz Editor Marion Jenkins Asst. Editor Fran Wallace Advertising Roger Moody 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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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Parochial Church Council.

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Cover picture - WG Balloon Festival 2012 (Roland Zilz) 3

St Peter ad Vincula Calendar for September Tuesday

1 September

4.30pm to 5.00pm

Wednesday

2 September

10.00am

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road) Holy Communion

Sunday 6 September 8.00am 14th Sunday after Trinity 10.30am

Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist

Tuesday

8 September

4.30pm to 5.00pm

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road)

Wednesday

9 September

10.00am

Saturday

12 September

All Day

Holy Communion (BCP) Sussex Historic Churches Ride & Stride

Sunday 13 September 8.00am 15th Sunday after Trinity 10.30am

Holy Communion Time for God

Tuesday

15 September

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road)

Wednesday

16 September 10.00am 7.30pm

Holy Communion PCC Meeting

Thursday

17 September 12.30pm

St Peter’s Lunch Club in the Village Hall

Saturday

19 September 8.30am to 10.00am

Men’s Breakfast at The Cricketers

4.30pm to 5.00pm

Sunday 20 September 8.00am 16th Sunday after Trinity 10.30am 6.00pm

Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist Digging Deeper

Tuesday

22 September

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road)

Wednesday

23 September 10.00am

Holy Communion

Friday

25 September

First Alpha Supper. Tel. 700339

Sunday Harvest Festival

27 September 8.00am 10.30am 7.30pm

Holy Communion (BCP) All Age Eucharist Harvest Auction at The Cricketers

Tuesday

29 September

Prayer Group (at 2 Clockhouse, Billingshurst Road)

Wednesday

30 September 10.00am

Holy Communion

Saturday

3 October

7.00pm

Harvest Supper in Village Hall

Sunday 4 October 18th Sunday after Trinity

8.00am 10.30am

4.30pm to 5.00pm 7.00pm

4.30pm to 5.00pm

Holy Communion (BCP) Sung Eucharist

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

Pastoral Letter Colossians Chapter 4 verse 5b: ‘Make the most of every opportunity’ Bishop Martin has asked parishes to include his reflections on the Autumn Term, which you will find below.

I don’t know whether or not you are intending to take on an evening class or a daytime activity to stretch your mind or improve your skills.

There seem to be so many opportunities to learn everything from basket weaving to French A Level! Whatever you may be thinking of doing, may I encourage you to explore the meaning of life as presented in the Alpha Course. This is a twelve week course, run on Fridays from 7-9.30pm. The evening begins with supper followed by a presentation on video by Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, London and then an open discussion on the issues raised. If you are interested and would like to know more, I can put you in contact with those who have done the course previously, just ring the Vicarage (700339) for more information, to make the most of this opportunity.

Clive and Marion

The balance between work and rest Bishop Martin writes....

September and the return to school or college suggests that the holiday season is over and it's back to work.

For many people that is indeed the reality. And for students of all ages the return from holiday will also present questions about the future.

Going into a new class, starting a new school or even the first day at school, these are all things that direct our attention to this aspect of our lives - the future.

One of the things that I hope does not get left behind, however, is the experience of the school holidays as an important part of the rhythm of our life.

I was recently reading the outline in Leviticus 23 of the instruction God gives to the people of Israel for their festival times. This outline is shaped by the experience of a settled community that is dependent on the routines of agricultural life. What struck me most was the emphasis on proper rest as part of the routine of human labour.

As with all the regulations of the holiness codes that the Old Testament details for us, the regulations are not ends in themselves. For this reason, they can still be a source of wisdom to our modern, global, technologically precocious age.

The regulations God gives to Israel are intended to build good relationships between us as human beings and God as our creator. But no less important are the relationships that we build with each other in society, and with those who are the stranger or alien in our midst.

Looking to the future, I hope that all of us, whatever stage of life we have reached, (Continued on page 6)

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will be mindful of the balance between labour and rest that is God's intention for us.

The times of rest are not "nothing time"; they are opportunities for social and spiritual expansion.

Building the social capital of a community, sustaining the strength and emotional intelligence of our family relationships, learning to know ourselves, exploring the scope of our spiritual health and wisdom in relation to God - practising the call to know, love, follow Jesus: these are all symptoms of what a balanced life should look like for the Christian person of any age.

So as a new academic year prompts us all to consider the future, take the opportunity to consider what balance you will have in the future you face. Seek to ensure space of the festivity of time for God, family, yourself, and your neighbour, and thereby allow the joy of the gospel to determine the image of Jesus Christ that others see in you. +Martin

Church Notices DATES FOR THE DIARY September  Friday 4th - Canon Mark Gilbert will be licensed at 7pm by The Bishop of Chichester at St. Mary’s, Petworth. Please remember Canon Mark and his family in your prayers as they begin their ministry in Petworth.  Saturday 19th - Men’s Breakfast 8.30am-10am at The Cricketers. Come and join us for a hearty breakfast. Cost £5.00. Andy Beattie will be sharing something of how his Christian faith impacts his working and personal life. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend along, but please help us by putting your name on the list at the back of St. Peter’s Church .  Sunday 20th - ‘Digging Deeper!’ 6pm at St. Peter’s. This is the title for our new Sunday evening informal worship service and an opportunity to ‘dig deeper’ into God’s Word, the Bible. We will begin at 6pm and finish at 7pm with a hot drink.

The dates so far this autumn will be 20th September, 18th October and 15th November. We shall be looking at Paul’s letter to the Galatians, so please bring a Bible with you and tell your friends. All Welcome!  Friday 25th - Alpha Supper 7pm ‘Church Gates’, School Road, Wisborough Green. You are invited to our first Alpha Supper at Andy and Juliet Beattie’s home.

We shall have a light supper followed by the introductory session of the Alpha Course ‘Christianity – Dull, Boring and Irrelevant?’ Please come and join us, bring a friend and ring Clive or Marion at The Vicarage on 700339 for catering purposes.  Sunday 27th - Harvest Thanksgiving Service 10.30am at St Peter’s.

Harvest Auction 7.30pm at The Cricketers

October  Saturday 3rd - Harvest Supper 7pm Village Hall.

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From the Registers (July) Funerals:

Wedding:

Baptism:

We give thanks for the life of Avro Twelvetrees whose funeral took place at St Peter’s on Thursday 16th July.

We give thanks for the life of Biddy (Helen) Fletcher whose Memorial Service took place on Friday 31st July.

We celebrate the marriage of Ross Brunger and Sarah Amey at St Peter’s on Friday 17th July We celebrate the marriage of Aaron Isaac and Kerry Redmond at St Peter’s on Saturday 18th July We welcome into the Lord’s family through baptism on Sunday 26th July, Dylan James Duthie

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 September 13 September 20 September 27 September

Newpound Lane Newpound & Roundstreet Common School Road Thornton Meadow

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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ST PETER’S LUNCHEON CLUB St Peter’s Luncheon Club is open to anyone who lives in the village and their guests are welcome. We have a two-course lunch, accompanied by a glass of wine and coffee or tea. The cost is £5.00 payable at the door. If you are not already on the list and would like to join, please ring Hilary Edmonds on 700623.

This month we meet on Thursday 17th September at 12.15 for 12.45 in the Village Hall.

WIZZY TOTS Wizzy Tots, Wisborough Green’s baby and toddler group meets at the Village Hall from 10.00 to 11.45 am every Friday during term time.

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.

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From the Editor Welcome to a packed September edition of Ad Vincula. I’m very pleased to announce that Fran Wallace has agreed to take on the role of Advertising Coordinator. A warm welcome to the Team, Fran.

It’s great to see the Annual Balloon Festival is returning this month (see p25) organised

by Airworks, a Wisborough Green company led by Jamie Palmer and Brian Smith. I hope this will be the first of many Annual events. In addition to the usual articles, this month we have a plea for a new secretary for the Youth Club (p11), an insight into the problems of Ad Vincula distribution (p11), a pictorial report by Jamie on “LeJog” (p15), a report on “Classrooms for Kenya” by Alice Warwick (p12), two reports by Wendy Duff - Hort Soc visit to Sussex Prairie Gardens (p17) and Minibus Mystery Tour (p21), a plea by The Cinnamon Trust for volunteers (p19), a report on the 12 Hour Lawnmower Race (p22) and update on Boxal Bridge by KKWG (p23).

Best wishes, Roland Zilz 9

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Wisborough Green Youth Club - New Secretary Needed I am resigning from my post as Secretary of Wisborough Green Youth Club Management Committee at the end of this academic term. I have held this position since the current Youth Club opened its doors in May 2010 and have enjoyed my involvement with this successful club, including regularly volunteering at sessions for the first few years.

I feel it is now time to move on and make way for someone new to take up this rewarding role. It doesn’t need to take up too much of your time and I am happy to guide the new secretary through the initial stages. The role mainly involves organising Management Committee meetings about once every two/three months, taking the Minutes at these meetings and then distributing them to the other Committee members. The meetings are held at the house of one of the Committee members and are generally low-key and involve wine and nibbles! Occasionally documents need updating and letters sent out, together with organising publicity about the Club and ensuring the details on the Village website are kept up to date.

This voluntary role would suit someone with an interest in the welfare of our local youth, possibly a parent or grandparent of one of our Youth Club members, who is keen to be involved in providing a safe and entertaining place for our young people to regularly meet. It is essential a new Secretary is found as soon as possible as without this important role on the Management Committee, our Youth Club cannot function and will have to close. If you are interested, please contact me (Judie Donovan) on 700480 or email me at judie.donovan@btinternet.com or speak to our Chairman, Mike King, on 700713.

From the Distribution Coordinator There are approximately 630 homes and a little over 1,400 residents, according to the latest census, living in Wisborough Green. Through nearly 30 volunteers, who each month and in all weather give up their time to deliver your free Ad Vincula to you, we try to ensure that each house and every resident sees the parish magazine. Approximately 200 more magazines are either posted out to people or left in places like the church, village shop, cafe, Bellmans, The Works, The Cricketers, The Three Crowns, The Wisborough etc.

From time to time someone, somewhere in the parish may not receive the magazine and for that we are really sorry but we do our best to deliver to you. Maybe a house is simply too remote, too difficult to get to, too hazardous because of traffic or a volunteer is away and it has been a problem finding a replacement "postman or woman" - so if you don't get your Ad Vincula, please pick one up from one of the places where copies are left. And, of course, the magazine is "on-line" at: www.wisboroughgreenparishchurch.org.uk, so the potential readership I leave to your imagination!

Ad Vincula, we like to think, provides an invaluable source of local information for residents and represents fantastic value for our advertisers to whom we are very grateful. We do aim to please all of the people all of the time - but sometimes we do come a cropper!

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Classrooms for Kenya 2015 This summer I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to Kenya with around 40 other students from The Weald School Sixth Form with the school’s charity, Classrooms for Kenya.

As the name suggests, almost every year since 2006 a group of Sixth Form students has gone out to the country to help build classrooms in schools in a rural area of Kenya, around the town of Kitale. This year I was helping to build in Kiboino primary school, which also included drawing and painting a mural for the outside wall of the classroom.

As well as building, the trip included many other opportunities such as teaching English to some of the pupils, entertaining children at a local orphanage, climbing Mount Elgon and a safari trip at the end.

It was a very big commitment and I was fundraising for over a year before I went, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and I am very glad that I had such an amazing opportunity.

Thank you to everyone who supported my fundraising as the classrooms we have built make a huge difference to the lives of the children.

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Nature Notes There were 18 swallows sitting on the telegraph wires opposite the school a couple of days ago. Mostly youngsters, judging by the short tail feathers. They’ll be feeding up in preparation for the long flight back, though it’s hard to believe that time has come round again. We once again had a visit from a couple of them earlier this summer.

They sat on the aerial and then swooped down over where our stables used to be, and where three generations of swallows were reared above the backs of two small scruffy ponies. Somewhere in their genes is a physical memory and I always feel a twinge of regret that we have no suitable accommodation to offer them these days. The old shed just won’t do, it seems.

Our buzzards are still doing well, and up in Bedham two more have fledged. One of those is almost white, and a few days ago, the parent was seen barging it off its perch, as if to say, ‘go and get your own food now, you’re big enough!’ More little owls are calling here. We’ve not seen one yet, but it’s great to hear them again. And last night I think I heard a fox bark. Is that a bit early for mating? I’m not sure. Down in the fields behind us there is at least one roe deer fawn. Now the grass has been cut we can sometimes see it, hunkered down at the edge of the woods, quite still, waiting for the mother to return. I can’t really begrudge them the odd rose!

And an unusual sighting this month was an egret on a pond in Kirdford Rd. The slightly startled homeowners were unsure which one, but we’re assuming it was a little egret and not a great white, as there are still some fish left in the pond! Apparently they all dived to the bottom to hide, but are now gradually re-emerging.

Egrets are very much at home in the UK nowadays, but this is the first I’ve heard of one in a garden.

Less unusual, but equally delightful, there is at least one moorhen chick still paddling about on Carters Pond. They are endearing little bundles of fluff when they hatch, and still retain a few amusing tufts for the first month or so as they get more adventurous and independent. Sadly, less happy news of the moorhen family at the old Bat and Ball. They’ve been seen on the road quite often, possibly due to activity around the pond up there, and a youngster has been run over. It was sad to see the parent wandering nearby. As always, a gentle reminder to go slowly along our lanes when you can, especially during the breeding season.

Finally, there’ve been two fascinating outings recently – a bat and moth evening at the newly regenerated South Pond in Midhurst, and a Meadows Workshop at Wakehurst Place - both very interesting and inspiring. More on these next month – with pictures, I hope!

And lovely late news! Hedgehog youngsters are thriving in a Kirdford Rd garden (photo left).

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Hort Soc Visit to Sussex Prairie Gardens on August 5th On Wednesday 5th August a group of Hort. Soc. enthusiasts met in the Village Hall Car Park and bundled into 5 cars for the half-hour trip to Henfield. Parking in a field and crossing over a wooden bridge into the small back garden of the farm house gave us no clue whatsoever to the surprises that lay ahead. We were met by Pauline, who explained that the garden was fairly new, only 7 years old, and she and her husband Paul had designed the 6 acre field in a prairie naturalistic style, and had planted it, all 30,000 plants, with help of friends and volunteers, a mind-boggling undertaking.

Initially the field was so boggy that the first job had been to lay drainage pipes and then ‘tame’ the wide sweeps of grass paths which flow between the curves of the wide Sshaped borders on either side of a vast central avenue.

Through the borders there are smaller wood-chip paths, and we were encouraged to walk through the beds, where some of the plants were waist and even shoulder high, and encouraged to run our fingers through the grasses and feel part of the garden. Bees and butterflies abounded.

The plants were arranged in large blocks according to colour and texture. For instance – tall, silvery, feathery grasses were next to a patch of purple phlox, jostling with a clump of pale pink Echinacea daisies surrounding some low spiky bronze grasses, and further on, some pale yellow Knifophia (red hot pokers to the unhorticultural), each batch of planting leading you on to the next.

At the far end of the garden, the last two beds had been raised into mounds, from where you could sit and survey the whole area of sweeping colours, and then the paths led you past a bulrush-edged, frog and newt-filled pond back to the starting point.

Here, joy of joys, was the tearoom where wonderful home-made cakes beckoned (as well as swarms of wasps – sometimes you can have too much nature!)

As with all good garden visits, there was a nursery and plant sales area with all sorts of rare goodies that you don’t usually find in garden centres – quite a few of us succumbed to temptation. Another bonus to this garden was that interspersed throughout the planting were sculptures of fascinating diversity, from Maori-looking totem poles to simple metal umbels, and a beautiful garden bench created from a halved beech trunk, so silky smooth (but at £4000 plus I decided against buying it for my tiny courtyard.)

The gardens close in mid-October for their winter maintenance, which involves leaving the plants to seed and die down, then burning and mulching the whole area. So do go and visit before then – it is a really inspiring place, is easy to get to and is open every afternoon (except Tuesdays) from 1 – 5pm.

Thank you Philip for discovering and organising this trip.

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‘Go to laugh and be moved’ – (City Limits) Directed by: Richard Parish with: David Webb and Karen Brooks Tickets for the performance are £13.00 and the Minibus fare will be £4.00 (+£2.00 Visitor’s membership, to cover insurance, if you are not already a member of the Minibus Association) Please ring: RICHARD PARISH (700628) as soon as possible to book both your ticket and your seat on the bus

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What happens if illness, injury or just the fact that we all get older eventually affects our ability to look after our four legged companions? A large number of elderly or ill pet owners become very worried about their ability to care for their pets, feeling that their only option is to rehome them, this is where our national network of dedicated volunteers steps in to offer support enabling them to stay together.

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Minibus Mystery Tour on Friday 24 July The first mystery is this. Why, when an exciting day has been planned, involving beautiful gardens, does it rain? Not just your gentle drizzle but heavy stair-rods, and the weather forecast showing a solid band of blue over the country for the whole day!

However, undaunted, a full car-load of minibus users, belted up and cheerful in all conditions, in their inimitable British way, set off into the unknown.

Soon, we were all sitting and drinking coffee in the warm dry of the wonderful Aladdin’s Cave of antiques and treasures at Pulborough. What a tempting hour! How can one resist all that gorgeous coloured glass, sparkling silver jewellery – mirrors, pottery jars, garden urns and statues? Back to the bus for the next mystery, driving through miles of lovely open parkland, we now arrive at Parham House. Of course, the gardens are a no-no, but we decamp over the slippery cobbles into the vast kitchen and have a delicious home-made lunch, surrounded by shelves of shining copper pots and pans and rows of bells on springs, reminding us of Downton Abbey.

Parham House was built in 1577 and is one of the country’s finest Elizabethan houses, complete with Great Hall, very light and airy with HUGE floor to ceiling windows on one side, and a Long Gallery, running the length of the building at the top of the house. This was where the ladies would take their exercise promenades in inclement weather (as today!).

Simon Jenkins in his book ”England’s Thousand Best Houses” awards Parham 5 stars and places it in his ‘Top Twenty’ houses. He captured the essence of it perfectly when he said “Nothing is superfluous, nothing unloved, it is a house of magic.”

One of the pictures in the Long Gallery that fascinated me was a group of family portraits, in small oval frames, of the descendants of James I. The couples who were married had their picture frames joined by a painted pair of clasped hands. Nice Touch! Beautiful carved furniture abounded, and also tapestries, and bed hangings embroidered in crewel wool work - intertwining flowers and leaves in amazing colours of shades of blue and green, hardly faded at all – of course, the ladies had plenty of time to sit at their needlework – they didn’t have to peel the potatoes!

The whole house was enhanced by huge bowls of fresh flowers in every room, chosen and arranged to fit in with the colour scheme of the furnishings. The whole visit was an absolute joy.

How fortunate we are in Wisborough Green to have the Mini Bus Association – for as well as providing shopping excursions for those without their own transport, they provide all these extra journeys as well. Such good value at only £5 per annum membership!

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IT’S A 12 HOUR MOWING RECORD A great crowd, some thrilling racing and the distance record smashed yet again: the BLMRA 12 Hour Lawn Mower Race, held Saturday/Sunday 8/9 August 2015, proved a huge success, with “Northerners Kick Grass” once again taking the winner’s laurels.

This is the second time in succession that the Lancashire-based trio of father and son Andy and Mark Rostron plus Daz Whitehead have been victorious despite the best efforts of local teams and overseas competition.

They also managed to cover 354 miles, beating their own 2013 record by six miles. In second place were the CKB outfit from Luxembourg, and in third place West Sussex-based “Who’s Racing” comprising Colin Clegg, Dean Fuller and Dan Jones.

Flat out, unrelenting and tough on both mowers and drivers, the overnight race at speeds of over 50 mph requires mental and physical resilience. Although the track is carefully prepared, inevitably the punishing conditions take their toll on the race-prepared machines and as dusk descends, the pits become scenes of brightly-lit, feverish activity.

Night time racing has an atmosphere all of its own, and out on the track the darkness is constantly punctuated by streaks of light as the drivers push for racing honours. This year the weather gods were clearly smiling and apart from some thick overnight mist, both the start and finish of the race were bathed in warm sunshine to provide ideal track conditions.

All profits from the event are going to our local charity, Ingfield Manor School for children with cerebral palsy in Five Oaks.

“We had plenty of people through the gate which means we have raised a substantial sum for our charity, we had some very competitive, accident-free racing and the event was generously supported by Worthing-based Winner Group, so we are very pleased with the way things went,” commented BLMRA chairman Ian Ratcliffe. “We’d also like to thank all the local residents of Five Oaks for their forbearance and understanding!”

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KKWG Update on Boxal Bridge Following the very successful petition - over 3,500 signatures - launched to save Boxal Bridge from possible demolition and to ensure the local communities were involved in any decision making KKWG was offered three alternatives:  a meeting with John O'Brien, Cabinet lead for WSCC on transport and highways who represents E Grinstead South and Ashurst Wood  discussions with a small subset of WSCC, or,  a meeting of the full WSCC KKWG chose the latter and the issue of Boxal Bridge will be on the agenda for a full meeting of the Council on October 16th in County Hall, Chichester starting at 10.30 am.

We would urge anyone who can attend the meeting to come along and demonstrate the clear support the bridge has.

The brief issued by WSCC Highways Dept referred to the bridge as Stopham Bridge(!) and asked for options for “widening and strengthening the bridge” – rather than “What do we need to do to make the bridge safe and improve road safety” This would then have included consideration of the width, traffic management, signage, reinforcement of the bridge etc.

If anyone has any questions or wishes to comment please contact me.

Best wishes, Jill Dr Jill Sutcliffe, Chair KKWG, 01403 700395 23

NOTICE SCARY HALLOWEEN BOAT TRIPS ON THE WEY & ARUN CANAL! On Saturday 31st October there will be two themed Halloween trips on the spacious electric narrowboat, Wiggonholt, with a storyteller on board and Halloween ‘happenings’ along the towpath.

Fancy dress is encouraged (but not compulsory) for all participants.

Trip 1 will depart at 4.30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. Tickets cost £9.00 per person to include a mug of hot chocolate and chocolate brownies for adults and fruit drinks and spooky cookies for children.

Trip 2 will depart at 7.00pm and will last approximately 1½ hours. Tickets cost £14 for adults and £10 for children under 18 years of age to include a hot dog for everyone, a glass of hot punch for adults and a fruit drink for children.

Bookings are also being taken for the extremely popular Santa Cruises which will be running on 6th, 13th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd December. Trips depart at 11am, 12noon and 2.00pm and cost £9 per person to include festive refreshments and a gift from Santa for all children under 12 years of age.

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please call the Trust Office on 01403 752403 (Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 1.30pm) or email office@weyandarun.co.uk.

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ON THE IDLE HILLS OF SUMMER

PRESENTED BY ROY FLOGDELL Songs and music from Ralph Vaughan Williams; Eric Coates; Hugo Alfen; Aexander Borodin; Tchaikovsky; and Franz Schubert.

Music from England, Sweden, Russia, and Austria

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We are delighted to be able to invite you to hear Mahua Sur Ray give a talk about the work of SCRIPT, (Securing Childhood, Restoring Innocence, Preventing Trafficking) based in Kolkata, India.

Wednesday 23rd September at the church of St. Peter Ad Vincula Wisborough Green at 7.30pm.

Mahua, director of Divine Script is coming over from India to explain how the funding from our little charity shop in Wisborough Green is used. Mahua will speak from 7.40 pm for half an hour. You may like to stay for questions followed by refreshments and a chance to meet Mahua and see some of the latest SCRIPT products.

For more information on the work of SCRIPT go to.....www.divinescript.com Stephen and Sarah Nunn 01403 700929

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Recipe of the Month Poulet Grandmere Ingredients  4 Chicken breast fillets, skinless and boneless  1 onion finely chopped  1oz butter plus a dash of oil to stop butter burning  8 med sized mushrooms finely chopped  1 teaspoon cornflour  1 small glass dry sherry  6fl oz single cream  salt and pepper to season.

Method 1. Sauté the onion in the butter until softened but not coloured, add the chopped mushrooms and place the chicken fillets on top. Cover the pan and cook for 5mins.on a low heat to simmer.

2. Remove the fillets and drain off the liquid into a basin, mix in the cornflour and sherry and cook in pan with the onion and mushrooms to a smooth sauce, gradually add the cream and heat carefully, so as not to curdle the sauce.

3. Return the chicken to the pan and allow to heat through.

Serve with new potatoes, runner beans or other green vegetable.

I have had this recipe for years and enjoy making it as the chicken will keep in the warm sauce over a low heat, for up to 30mins, great for entertaining.

Gillian Gough

PACT News Petworth Area Churches Together (PACT) - working together in harmony

 Autumn Lecture - Friday Oct.30th 2015, at 7.30pm, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Petworth GU28 0AD - James Ewins, a leading barrister, who was a Specialist Adviser to the Joint Select Committee on the Modern Day Slavery Act 2015.

James is a committed Christian with a personal interest and involvement in modern anti-slavery and human trafficking campaigns. He worked with bonded labourers in India for International Justice Mission during a sabbatical year 2009-10.

He has four children and married to Tiffany-Alice who is an ordained Anglican minister working in Brixton, South London.

All details from our new Website www.petworthareachurchestogether.com or Gerald Gresham Cooke 01798 342151 27

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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 £5 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 September 2015 Wed 2nd Fri 4th Mon 7th Fri 11th Mon 14th Fri 18th Mon 21st Wed 23rd Fri 25th Mon 28th

Horsham & Sainsbury Midhurst & Pub Lunch Horsham & Sainsbury Worthing & Morrisons Cranleigh & Notcutts Horsham & Sainsbury Horsham & Sainsbury Portsmouth Cranleigh & Notcutts Horsham & Sainsbury

Depart 9.30 am Depart 10.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 2.00 pm Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 9.30 am Depart 2.00 pm

In view of the very wet weather on 24th July the planned mystery tour (to West Dean) was re-directed on the day to Parham House and proved a great success (see report on page 21). Thank you to Roger Moody for organising and driving. We will once again be taking the minibus to Guildford Theatre for the matinée performance on Saturday 24th October – see page 19 for booking details. .

Best wishes Pat Farmer

Early October 2015 Dates Fri 2nd Mon 5th Fri 9th

Chichester & Sainsbury Depart 9.30 am Worthing & Morrisons Depart 9.30 am Horsham & Sainsbury Depart 9.30 am

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Wisborough Green H In 1990 or thereabouts, Bill Puttick was interviewed by Grace Stewart. She covered a wide range of topics and the details here are extracted from the transcription; the biographic details were provided by his son Tony. Firstly though, a correction to last issue where I misspelt the name of Earnest Farhall, the foreman carpenter at Carter Brothers. Apologies.

Bill was born in Green Bridge House in May 1901. He was just too young to be called up to fight in the First World War when conscription started in 1916 for men aged 18 to 40 and so started a lifetime of working in agriculture. The only exception was a spell in the 1920s where he worked with Harry Puttick, a carrier. He was also the leading fireman in the village during the Second World War and was stationed in the fire station in School Road. He retired in 1966 and died 1992 aged 92, soon after the interview.

The interview took the nature of a series of interesting subjects. The first one was the village workhouse (now the village hall - RB). Bill said that his earliest memory of the workhouse was in 1910. He said “At the top were two rows along where the women were. The women were up there and the men down the bottom. And the kitchens and the wash house. And the women used to do the washing and hang it out where the garden is down there.” He referred to the waste from the kitchens, "There was a big tank on wheels, you see them for water carts. They used to take all of the swill down to the allotments. The allotments belonged to the parish council, they used to belong to the workhouse then. And they used to boil it all up. They kept their pigs, the pig sties are still there. They used to go down every morning in their old truck and boil it up in the copper down there for the pigs.”

He talked about the occupants saying "The men always had corduroy clothes on. They went out for a walk, but not until the afternoon. They had to do their work in the morning. But I don’t remember the women going out at all, all that washing and ironing and cooking." He said that he knew that it was a hard life. Some used to walk from Cuckfield, there was a workhouse there, and get to Wisborough Green and then they had to do one or two days work for their night’s lodging and then they used to walk on to Petworth. They had no money to pay, they had to work their time there.”

During the First World War it ceased to be a workhouse and was used to house German prisoners of war. Bill expanded on this, "This was after it was a workhouse.

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History - Bill Puttick gardening. Well, the war came and I was 13 and 11 months, and I left this school and went to Lowfold to Basil Osmasterson who was churchwarden for years and the war was on and the workhouse housed German prisoners of war. And there was guards and all there but I used to walk up in the morning and get one, well I got two, sign the line for them and they were quite harmless, I had take them down to Lowfold, then take them back at night. They were two good men to work. One of them came from Bavaria, I’ve got his photo somewhere”.

After the war, when the building was still considerably larger than it is today, part of it was converted to four almshouses for local people three of which were in the now demolished part. From a list of tenants for 1949, Bill added “Mr Cheesman was in no.

1, Mr Nobby Clark in 2, Cheeseman in no 3. Coopers in no. 4. They were all given closure notice on 28th November 1949 because part of the building (the southern extension - RB) was condemned as unfit. Referring to the ground level archway by the gate, Bill said “There used to be three arches through there but what they were for I can’t remember. But you say that the mortuary’s still there (the hut in the north east corner - RB), see that’s when they died, they used to put them in the mortuary, so there must be a lot of workhouse people buried in the churchyard. We had one case of that; he lived up at Skiff, there used to be some sandpits up at Skiff, he drowned himself in there and Mr Newton was the parson there, wonderful parson, he wouldn’t take the body into church. Apparently, that a Church of England ruling. Grace thought it was a matter of not being christened. "Ah" said Bill "he took his own life, see".

“The car park was raised up a lot because they put that extension on a long time after the village hall. You see, it wasn’t supposed to be a village hall. It was supposed to be where the canteen is (a hut in School Road - RB) , but you see where the car park is now, it’s been raised up so we see that they put the extension on. They kept bringing the rubble in and filling it up. In those days, it’s difficult for me to explain, nobody had a motor car, they all cycled or walked to church. I counted(?) the wall up to the maisonette up to the church gate, there’s a wooden top over where they used to put their bicycles while they went to church. You see, Mr Wyatt didn’t have a car, his coachman used to drive him up, Basil Osmasterson used to cycle, well, when the old sexton died, I did the sexton’s work for one winter. It’s not like the sexton’s work is now, you had to fill the oil lamps and go and light them all and put them out. There was one, two, three coke stoves. You had to wheel the coke up (from where it was stored at the north east corner of the churchyard - RB). That’s all there was to heat the church.

The old pipe used to get red hot, but it was still cold in church. Old Mrs Matthews used to live opposite the garage, her husband was caretaker for the whole part and he worked at the vicarage, she used to go to church with her old bonnet on and any children in the church during the service playing about, she’d take someone and put them down by the side of her, oh those days. In the service, only the churchwardens would read the lessons and I was a server for years. You take the epistle on one side and you put it over for the gospel, but it’s all so different today, so different. Nobody really knows these things except the vicar or the churchwardens and I don’t hear half of what they say these days". More of Bill's stories next month, including road making, the Three Crowns and the vicars .

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Neighbourhood Watch - Crime News & Advice Doorstep caller’s advice There have been a number of reports in the Chichester district where roof repairs have been carried out on vulnerable resident’s properties.

The repairs that were carried out were unnecessary and over priced. Please take the time to read the points to remember when answering the door to callers.

Doorstep callers come in various forms. The difficulty at the door is knowing whether or not they are genuine.  Always report bogus callers to the police.  Always put the chain on before you open the door, or use a door viewer.  Bogus 'officials' may claim to be from gas/water/electricity board, health authority or other organisations but all 'officials' have a company identity card. Ask to see it and take hold of it to read it.  Keep asking questions until you are absolutely sure they are who they say they are.

If they are genuine they will have no objections to this.  If you are in any doubt call their head office, but close the door first and do not call a number they give to you, look it up in a telephone directory.  Keep your account numbers for services such as gas, water, electric, telephone provider so that you can ask the caller what your account number is to ensure they are genuine.  Some companies operate a password scheme and some have Braille on their ID cards. If you are still in doubt, do not let them in, but call the police.  Bogus 'workmen', like tree loppers, tarmaccers, will sometimes offer to carry out work at a low price but when it is completed the price increases. Often they will ask for money in advance, they may even offer to drive (Continued on page 37)

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The Cricketers Arms The Heart of Wisborough Green 01403 700369

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 Bridge Club The club usually meets on a Tuesday evening, at a member’s house, 7.30 pm-9.30pm.

We are a small friendly group, and welcome bridge players of all standards, on a social basis. Phone Kay Wooldridge on 01403 700464 for more details.

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 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.

Sue Killingbeck, Secretary

Wisborough Green Table Tennis Club The Wisborough Green Table Tennis Club meets every Wednesday in The Village Hall from 4 to 6pm.

Contact Philip Midwinter on 01403 700402 for more details.

Wisborough Green Short Mat Bowls Club In our only recent match which was against Pulborough, we had comfortable six shot victory overall. Jane Adsett, David Luxford, Bernard Adsett and Monica Enticknap winning 26 - 10 on mat 1, although on mat 2 Pauline Shipway, Reg Snelgar, Tony Broughton and George Shipway lost out 23 - 13.

For anyone interested in a bit of little known bowls history, evidence has been found indicating that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, there were no league records amongst the find, therefore experts believe that we will never know 'For Whom the Tells Bowled'.

All our matches are played on a friendly basis, they are played in the best spirit and thoroughly enjoyed by all. We meet in the Village Hall on a Monday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30pm and Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 8:30pm. New members of all ages always welcome. See Village Directory at back of magazine for contact details.

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Wisborough Green Farmers’ and Village Market News

Next Market - Thursday 10th September 2015 Wisborough Green Village Hall 9 am – 12.30 pm What a surprise to find a bit of Sicily at the Market.

Carlo and Felicia of Flashy Food brought real Sicilian flavours: chopped tomato (San Marzano plum tomatoes, most flavoursome) and garlic in oil; three sorts of chilli relish, hot (Scotch Bonnet), medium and gentle (as English mustard), oils and arancini – like little mini volcanoes with a stuffing inside only needing to be heated up for lunch or supper for one.

These were totally sold out.

What a surprise as well to find an array of little girls dresses, aprons and bags all handmade in Petworth by David Wicks.

BIG NEWS WE are finalists in the Sussex Farmers Market of the Year 2015/16.

We are not joking!

Voting closes on 21 September. Web site www.sussexfoodawards.biz This organisation is run by Natural Partnerships Community Interest Company in East Sussex to encourage and support local food and drink businesses throughout the county.

One of our stallholders Durwin of The Linseed Farm near Horsham is a finalist in the Sussex Producer of the Year category. Congratulations to him. You may wish to vote for him as well.

We may have a formal visit or a mystery shopper in September or October.

So we will be in our best bibs and tuckers.

The Wisborough Green Farmers’ and Village Market Committee

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you to the bank or building society to withdraw money to pay them.

They could then simply disappear or do a poor job very expensively.

If you need any building work done, get three written quotes from reputable firms, and then decide which one is the best.  Bogus 'dealers' may offer to buy antiques, furniture or jewellery at what seems to be a good price. They may be trying to trick you into selling something for a lot less than it is worth. If you want to sell something choose one or two genuine dealers to value the item or ask a friend or relative for advice. Ask them for ID and a calling card.  If callers become intimidating, ask a neighbour for help or call the police. You are quite entitled to say no and ask them to leave.

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Wisborough Green Horticultural Society September 2015 Break but

Saturday 3 October Autumn Plant Sale rd

Monday 5th October Talk by Patricia Howell on “Less Well Known Gardens” Yet again the Show has been and gone but the Ad Vincula is put together before this happens. So results and tales in print are to come next month as are thanks and congratulations.

Our foray into The Prairie Garden as our summer garden visit. Quite a different experience. Wendy Duff writes about it on page 17.

Next event is the Autumn Plant Sale on the little Green at 10.30am on Saturday 3rd October. Old Hands know the form – divide and repot, dig up spares, and bring to the Sale. House plants too are welcome. Extra welcome to accompanying plant name labels. New Hands are MOST WELCOME. Come and join the fun.

Sussex Prairie Gardens

It is a bit of a Bring and Buy Sale. Surprising plants and things turn up. If you are clearing out a garden shed or a garage do pass on any horticulturally useful items.

They may be surplus to you but just the thing for someone else.

Our Autumn Special is the return of Helen Yemm, who engrossed all who heard her talk four years ago. She will be giving a talk on Monday 2 nd November called “Questions and Answers” Helen has run a very long standing questions and answers page in Saturday's Telegraph.

November's talk will be based on OUR QUESTIONS. She will be given these before hand so that a balanced programme can be created.

PLEASE write your question/s NOW and drop them into our chairman Philip Midwinter or ring 700402 or email pandamid@btinternet.com We need the questions as soon as possible. Thanks to all who do. The talk needs to cover the cost of expenses and so the charge will be £5.

If you did not get your ticket at the Show then please come to the next Plant Sale/Talk or contact the above links to our chairman or Sue Appleton our Treasurer on 700197.

Payment at the time of booking please, as we only have seating for 100. The demand for tickets will be great.

Everyone is welcome at the talks, members and visitors. Join us for refreshments afterwards (no charge).

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Decorative & Fine Arts Society Meetings WEST SUSSEX DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY On Tuesday September 1st, Frank Woodgate will give a talk on

‘Marc Chagall's Poetic Vision’ Chagall's style had a childlike innocence about it while incorporating elements of avant-guard movements such as Cubism and Expressionism.

The lecture is followed on September 24th by a visit to see 12 Chagall windows at All Saints Church, Tudeley, Kent.

The lecture on Tuesday October 6th, given by Rupert Willoughby is

'Threads of History: The World of the Bayeux Tapestry' Executed by English craftsmen, the tapestry - depicting events leading up to The Norman Conquest - is the last survivor of a vanished art form.

Meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall at 2pm. Coffee is available from 1.20pm.

For membership details please contact Beth Dugan on 01730 815339 Visitors are welcome for a fee of £5

SOUTH DOWNS DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Inspiring, Dynamic and Fun On Wednesday 2 September, the lecture will be: Art & Architecture of Shanghai: Paris of the East Speaker: Anne Haworth On Wednesday 7 October, the lecture will be: Imperial Purple to Denim Blue Speaker: Dr Susan Kay-Williams All meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall at 10.30am. Coffee from 9.50am.

New members warmly welcomed. Please call 01403 783359

WI Report On the 6th August about 28 members & friends went to the’ Fox Goes Free’ at Charlton, and had a lovely celebratory meal to mark the Women’s Institute centenary which actually started in Anglesey but the first meeting in England was held here. It was a lovely evening and views across the fields were wonderful. It’s certainly worth a visit.

On Sunday 2nd August we again catered for the Canadian Veterans after the Dieppe Service. There didn’t seem quite as many followers as before but those that attended enjoyed meeting up again.

Our next meeting is on Thursday 3rd September were we will be treated to a humorous talk on ‘Animals in History’ by Susan Howe. See you there.

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The Gardener’s Calendar

by Ian Clemens

 Continue to feed and dead-head your hanging baskets and container plants, they will often keep going until the first frosts.  Start to divide herbaceous perennials as the weather cools.  Plant spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils, crocus and hyacinths now.  Keep dead-heading your Penstemons, Dahlias and Roses to prolong flowering.  Cut off the foliage of maincrop potatoes at ground level 3 weeks before lifting them to prevent blight spores infecting the tubers as you lift them.

This will also help to firm the skins of the potatoes improving their storage qualities.  Keep feeding and watering French and runner beans to make the most of them. When beans and peas finish cropping simply cut the plant away at ground level, leaving the roots in the soil. These crops fix nitrogen which is slowly released into the soil as the roots break down.  Start planting overwinter onions and garlic, including elephant garlic, for early crops the following year.  Cover your brassicas with netting to prevent birds making a meal out of them.  Pot up strawberry runners to make extra plants for next year. Plant out any rooted runners of strawberries for a good crop next year.  Mow long grass under fruit trees to make it easier to spot windfall fruits.  Look out for rotting fruits on your pear, apple and plum trees. Pick them off as they will spread disease if left on the tree.  Take hardwood cuttings to increase your stock of currants, gooseberries & figs.

Neighbourhood Watch (Concluded) (Continued from page 37)

If you have information about any crime call 101, email: 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

If you see a crime taking place call 999.

Regards, Priscilla Pinkham This magazine can also be viewed on line at: http://www.wisboroughgreenparishchurch.org.uk/index.php/parish-magazine 41

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Weather Watch Wisborough Green Rainfall for July was 45mm (last year 34mm – 7 yr average is 58mm).

July 1st saw a new record high for the UK – the mercury hit 36.7°C at Heathrow.

Regrettably not a sunny July in the South-East with sunshine levels 70% of the norm.

Weathervane

CYBER TIPS Safety Last!

I have recently bought a new desk top computer. The question arose – what should I do with the old one? It still works and I know someone who sends secondhand computers and other data collection devices to thirdworld countries. But did you know that even if you wipe your disk before parting with the machine, your data can still be retrieved? There is only one surefire way of preventing that, and that is to remove the hard drive and smash it to pieces, permanently separating the disk from the drive. Even then a determined person could possibly read what’s on the disk, but only if they can marry the original bits again.

I’ve still got my old computer this time, but I have thrown a previous one away at the tip having only returned to the factory settings. That was some years ago and, as far as I know, no evil came from that!

Take care of your data at the last!

Peter Edmonds

Village Hall 50 Club Draw The winner of the August draw is John Grengs who wins £50 the winner of the second prize of £20 is Peter Corthine The September draw will be at the Cricketers at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 9 September and if' any member or prospective member would like to attend they will be very welcome. Please come to join us with a chance to win monthly prizes and support your Village Hall at the same time.

Ruth Andrews, 01403 700671

TEDDY BEAR WEEKEND A huge thank you to all who came to the Xpresso Coffee Morning and to those who donated towards the Teddy Bear Weekend. We were able to make a donation to FSW of £100.

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Church Cleaning Roster (Saturdays) 5 September

Mrs Nicholls & Mrs Daniell

12 September

Mrs Holt & Mrs Zilz

19 September

Mrs Lewis & Mr Preston-Jones

26 September

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.

Church Flower Arranging Roster (Fridays) 4 September

Caroline Cullinan

11 September

WEDDING

18 September

Juliet Beattie

26 September (Sat) Harvest Festival

ALL THE TEAM

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 Mrs Liz Atkinson 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

700339 700793 700567 700089 700462 700445 700262 01730 816101 823361 700350 700944 700089 700793 700157 752846

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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Mr Roland Zilz Mrs Marion Jenkins Mrs Fran Wallace Mr Roger Moody 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 September Tue 01

West Sussex Decorative & Fine Arts Society (p 40) Fittleworth Village Hall

2.00 pm

Wed 02

South Downs Decorative & Fine Arts Society (p 40) Fittleworth Village Hall

10.30 am

Thur 03

WI Meeting (p 40)

WG Village Hall

Fri 04

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 9) Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 9)

WG Parish Church WG Village Hall

Sun 06

WG Charity Hot Air Balloon Festival (p 25)

The Green

Wed 09

Village Hall 50 Club Draw (p 43)

The Cricketers

Thur 10

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

WG Village Hall 9.00 am - 12.30 pm The Pavilion WG 2.55 - 3.15 pm WG Village Hall 6.30 pm

Fri 11

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 9) Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 9)

WG Parish Church WG Village Hall

Mon 14

Probus Club Meeting

WG Village Hall

Tue 15

Parish Council Meeting

WG Village Hall, Comm Rm

Thur 17

St Peter’s Luncheon Club (p 9) Youth Club

WG Village Hall WG Village Hall

Fri 18

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 9) Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 9) Annual Fun Fair

WG Parish Church WG Village Hall The Green

Sat 19

Annual Fun Fair

The Green

Wed 23

Mobile Skip Talk on the work of SCRIPT (p 24)

The Pavilion WG 8.30 am - 1.30 pm WG Parish Church 7.30 pm

Thur 24

Mobile Library Youth Club

The Pavilion WG WG Village Hall

Fri 25

Xpresso Coffee Morning (p 9) Wizzy Tots Baby & Toddler Group (p 9)

WG Parish Church WG Village Hall

9.00 - 11.30 am 10.00 - 11.45 am

Sun 27

Harvest Thanksgiving Service Harvest Auction

WG Parish Church The Cricketers

10.30 am 7.30 pm

8.00 pm 9.00 - 11.30 am 10.00 - 11.45 am Dawn & Dusk 6.30 pm

9.00 - 11.30 am 10.00 - 11.45 am 10.30 am 12.15 for 12.45 pm 6.30 pm 9.00 - 11.30 am 10.00 - 11.45 am 3.30 - 10.30 pm 3.30 - 10.30 pm

2.55 - 3.15 pm 6.30 pm

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