January 2016
www.barnsgreen.com Published by Barns Green Community Publications
QUEEN’S HEAD TURNED New management for village pub in 2016 Full story on page 17
Plus: Important news about a meeting to discuss the Barns Green & Itchingfield Neighbourhood Plan Details on page 6 The BIG Mag is delivered free to all households in Barns Green, Itchingfield and Christ’s Hospital. Email: bigmag@barnsgreen.com . To advertise email: advertising@barnsgreen.com Sports pages; sports@barnsgreen.com
Barns Green Playgroup A small village playgroup set on the green with spaces available for 2-5yr olds Ofsted registered. Professional, DBS checked, trained staff. Fun activities for all children. Warm welcoming staff. Safe environment. New opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs 9am-1pm Wed, Fri 9am-3pm For details please contact either: Barns Green Village Hall, Muntham Drive, Barns Green, Horsham, RH13 0PT Tel: 01403 730093 (Village Hall) or Bev Liley 07881 728007 / 01403 732831 Charities No : 1033658
MCVC is a veterinary clinic in Slinfold near Horsham formed by local veterinary surgeons Mark Maltman and Josie Cosham. ∗ ∗ ∗
Newly refurbished premises Modern diagnostic facilities Personal out of hours service
Call 01403 791011 for registration or an appointment Lyons Farm Estate, Lyons Road, Slinfold, Nr Horsham, RH13 OQP
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BIG Mag Editorial column.
Happy New Year from the BIG Mag team ! Queens Head turned. Our front page story this month is about some interesting changes happening at the village pub. The Queen’s Head is under new management; for details see page 17 . An important date for your diary. There will be an opportunity for you to have your say about the Barns Green & Itchingfield Neighbourhood Plan on Saturday 6th February 2016 at 10.30-12.00noon at the Village Hall. In order to attend you will need to pre-register. See page 6 for details. WANTED: Advertising Co-ordinator for the BIG Mag. Could you bring in more advertising for the BIG Mag? Are you the sort of person who can offer a good service to our existing advertisers and encourage new advertisers to join us? This is a voluntary position and a very interesting role with the magazine. For details contact the Treasurer, Alan Lambkin on 01403 731182 or email advertising@barnsgreen.com Guidelines for submitting articles to the BIG Mag. When writing articles for the BIG Mag please keep to a maximum of 450 words using Microsoft Word. Deadline for submitting copy and advertisements is the 17th day of each month. Thank you. Roger Stamp. Editor. The BIG Mag.
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St Nicolas Church, Itchingfield.
January 2016 Sunday Services 3rd January 11am Holy Communion 10th January 8am Holy Communion 10am Morning Prayer 17th January 11am Holy Communion 24th January 8am Holy Communion 10am All Age Worship (In Church) 31st January 10am Holy Communion Shared Service at St Nicolas Every Wednesday Evening Prayer please ring Reverend Sandra or Carol for venue. For Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals Please contact Revd Sandra Hall, the vicar of St Nicolas Telephone: 01403 790197 email: sandra.richard@tiscali.co.uk 4
St Nicolas Church - Thoughts from your Vicar. In January we celebrate the Epiphany when we remember the presentation of gifts by the 3 wise men, kings, or Magi to the infant Jesus. But who are these people who have given us such a magnificent example of faith? Just looking at the map we can see that the distance from Babylon to Bethlehem is about 600 miles. Such a distance by camel must have taken many months, and that’s without any preparation, and pondering on the reason for the star appearing. Matthew is the only writer that tells us of the visit of the Magi, although he doesn’t tell how many they were, we assume the number three from the gifts. The Magi are popularly referred to as wise men and kings. They Rev. Sandra Hall were actually the priestly caste of Zoroastrianism. As part of their religion, these priests paid particular attention to the stars, and gained an international reputation for astrology, which was at that time highly regarded as a science. Their religious practices and use of astrology caused derivatives of the term Magi to be applied to the occult in general and led to the English term magic. The King James Version of the Bible names them as wise men. Their identification as kings is often linked to the Old Testament prophesies such as that in Isaiah which describe the Messiah being worshipped by kings. Traditions identify a variety of different names for the Magi. We commonly know them as Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar, from the carol. These names are apparently derived from a Greek manuscript. But what of those strange gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh? There are a number of theories to their meaning and symbolism. The first is that all three of the gifts are ordinary offerings and gifts given to a king. Myrrh being commonly used as anointing oil, frankincense as a perfume, and gold as a valuable. However alternative theories give the three gifts a more spiritual meaning: gold is stated as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense as a symbol of priesthood, and myrrh (embalming oil) as a symbol of death. An alternative eluded to in the carol "We Three Kings", is that gold symbolises virtue, frankincense symbolises prayer and myrrh symbolises suffering. We can only marvel at the Magi’s faith and at the sight that they travelled so far to see. I pray that we may gain faith like that in the year ahead. Epiphany falls on the 6th January, but we will celebrate it on the 3rd, the nearest Sunday. Do join us for our celebration, it would be great to see you. I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year. Please do contact me if you would like a chat or a visit. Telephone: 01403 790197 or email: sandra.richard@tiscali.co.uk With love in Christ, Revd Sandra Hall 5
Barns Green & Itchingfield Neighbourhood Plan As you may be aware, Itchingfield Parish Council is developing a Neighbourhood Plan. This is a major task that will take time and money to complete but it is important that we do it in an effort to give ourselves as much protection as possible from unwanted future developments. So what is Neighbourhood Planning? Essentially it is a relatively new scheme designed to give local communities the chance to decide the future of the places where they live and work by giving them the opportunity to
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Choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built Have their say on what those new buildings should look like Grant permission for any new buildings they want to see go ahead
Following on from the Annual Village Meeting, a steering group of 12 people has now been established consisting of 4 Parish Councillors and 8 local volunteers. They are being advised by AIRS (Action in Rural Sussex) and have been having regular meetings. Minutes from these meetings are available on the Parish council website.
There will be an opportunity for you to have your say on Saturday 6th February 2016 at 10.30-12.00noon at the Village Hall. In order to attend you will need to pre-register. Once you’ve pre-registered, please come along and tell us what you think and how you would like Barns Green and Itchingfield to develop in the future. We need your opinions and ideas and there will be a chance to join a focus group if you are interested in any particular aspect of the future of our parish. (refreshments will be provided at the meeting) You can pre register your interest in attending this meeting by logging on to our newly revamped website; www.itchingfieldparishcouncil.org.uk Click on “Contact the Clerk” and leave a message indicating your interest in attending the meeting, or contact the Parish Clerk, Jan Critchley; jan.critchley@itchpc.freeserve.co.uk (refreshments will be provided) Attendance will be limited to those who have pre-registered. 6
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS Contact our Sports Editor, Barry Hearnshaw by email: sports@barnsgreen.com
Darts The Monday night darts team continue their fine league form with away wins at The Shelley and Kings Arms 'B' both ending 6- 2 to Barns Green. Jason Cooper is currently fourth in the league totals of most singles wins for Division Two. The team currently sit top of Division Two. The Friday night Division One team had a narrow 4 - 5 away loss to league leaders Broadbridge Heath Victory club despite the Green recording a 110 check out. They followed this with a worthy 5-4 away win at the Kings Arms who are currently third. Most recently they recorded a 6-3 home win against Roffey Cricket Club with a 102 check out by Alan Wyatt. The team currently sit second in Division One. John Coxen.
Horsham 5s Darts League - Monday Night Team
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Barns Green Social Club
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12
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The Cock Inn
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Kings Arms Billingshurst C
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The Shelley Arms
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The Malt Shovel
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The White Horse
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The Jolly Tanners
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Barns Green Half Marathon – Junior Runs A beautiful sunny Sunday December morning saw Barns Green juniors participate in the yearly Barns Green Half Marathon at Muntham House School, U10 and U16 runs. The event was managed by the Barns Green Half Marathon committee who have the organisation off to a fine art. The young runners turned up and extremely enthusiastic, this always makes for a real spectacle at the start. Under 10s results 1.3km 1 lap Girls
1st Lexi Gross
2nd Libby Gross
Boys
1st James Potten 2nd Henry Hallett rd 3 Jack Clayton Turner Under 16s results 2.4km 2 laps Boys
1st William Hallett 13.37min 2nd Toby Asthana 16.04min 3rd Nick Cooper 17.05 min
New Year Sports Quiz Name the original 12 football clubs in the original 1st Division (1888) known as The Football League. Who was the youngest when they won the Davis Cup for Great Britain, Fred Perry in 1933 or Andy Murray in 2015? Which jockey holds the record for winning the most “Derbys” and how many times? Which Coolham resident has been capped over 100 times by England and Great Britain at hockey, ranked fifth in the world at squash and represented Great Britain in both at the Olympics? Who finished his cricket career after playing 78 Test matches for England, with 17 centuries at an average of 50.06 and also played football for Arsenal as a winger and won the 1st Division in 1948? Which boxer who fought Muhamad Ali, admitted later in life that he weights were put in his boots so that he made the fighting weight at the official weigh in? Britain's Roger Bannister was the first to break the fabled four-minute mile barrier on May 6, 1954, How many days did he hold the record 46, 146 or 246 days? Who won The Open Championship in 1979, winning by three strokes, beating Ben Crenshaw and Jack Nicklaus? Who was the first Briton to win the Formula 1 Grand Prix World Championship? 8
Vernon Jennings, BEM
December 2016 saw Vernon Jennings presented with his British Empire Medal by Mrs Susan Piper, the Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex. Friends and colleagues joined Vernon for the investiture at Muntham House School. The award was announced in the Queen’s Honours List in June, 2015 and was for his work with the Barns Green Half Marathon and the community. Vernon has been involved with the Barns Green Half Marathon since it began in 1982, organising the funnel and acting as Race Recorder, until 1998 when he took over as Chairman of the Barns Green Half Marathon Organising Committee and has in that period also acted as Race Director. Since he has become Chairman, the race has gone from strength to strength and has raised thousands of pounds for charity and other good causes. Everybody involved in the race, the organising committee, the runners, the volunteers, the charities, the local social and sports clubs who benefit from the race owe Vernon a huge debt of thanks. Congratulations Vernon on your very well deserved honour. Article by Nigel Currie and photograph by Philip Jennings
Turn to the BIG Mag for all the best local sports news. Contact our Sports Editor, Barry Hearnshaw by email: sports@barnsgreen.com 9
Barns Green Sports and Social Club Our New Year’s Eve Party will ring in 2016 and we have a HAPPY HOUR (s)!! on New Years Day from 6-8pm Our first BINGO for 2016 is on Thursday 7th January at 8.00pm. Come in - Eyes Down On Saturday 23rd January at 8.00pm we have live music with our one of our great local favourites JUKEBOX. The club holds many social events throughout the year. Subject to approval, members can also use the Club for personal events. A great bonus is that the club will contribute up to £100 towards the entertainment. The club will still be open to all members. Contact us for availability. We are always glad to welcome new members and our membership rates are very reasonable; to join the club now will cost you just £10 per person and OAP membership is just £3. Come in and see us, give us a ring or drop us a line, contact details below. Telephone: 01403 730473. E-mail: barnsgreenclub@hotmail.com
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Barns Green School Christmas Concert Carol Shepherd writes: I, along with the members of the Monday Club, W.I., Farm Close and Grandparents of children at the school were invited to a very emotional and well acted and sung story of Babushka, a Russian lady who was very house-proud, which made her unhappy and unfriendly. Until that is, she met different needy people whom she felt she could help. They were all going to see the new baby King. Her life was changed from sadness to joy, because all those she had helped were aspects of the Christ who came to give new life. As it says in the Bible, “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ A story with a twist, but still with great meaning-peace and love came down at Christmas in the form of a baby born to be our Saviour. Thank you so much to all staff and children. 10
Merve Goddard 01403 734408 merve.goddard@btinternet.com Mary Hallett ww1@barnsgreen.com Conscription Britain, unlike its European neighbours, had no history of compulsory military service and the idea of such a thing was simply not British! But voluntary enlistment into the services was simply not high enough tosustain the war effort, and many people were annoyed at the reluctance of single men to “do their bit”. National Registration in 1915 had shown that only half of the 5 million men eligible for military service had volunteered. Desperate to avoid conscription, the Government launched a special scheme to encourage men to enlist. The basis of the scheme was that if a man volunteered he would categorised according to his marital status and occupation and only called up when all higher grouped men had already been called. The idea was to ensure that single men were enlisted before married men. Men who signed up were given an armband and certificate as proof of their commitment. This was an important feature of the scheme as the white feather campaign was gaining momentum and no man wanted to be accosted in the street and publicly handed a white feather as evidence of his perceived cowardice! The scheme met with limited success, but for several local men it enabled them to enlist and show they were willing to do their bit. For one man, Henry Knight, a married bricklayer living in Cross Lane, there was a problem. He enlisted in December 1915 but by January 1916 had still not received his armband or papers, so he wrote to the Recruiting office querying why he had not been contacted and by February Henry had received his armlet to wear pending his actual call up (which arrived in June 1916.)
Henry Knight’s letter to the military (Image courtesy of TNA).
While Henry Knight was receiving his certificate and armband, his neighbour Henry Bennett received his call up. As a 23 year old single man Henry Bennett was called up just one month after he enlisted. In March 1916 compulsory military service was introduced. For local families who still had single men of military age at home they now knew that it was certain they would be called up to serve, whether they wanted to or not. 11
1ST BARNS GREEN AND ITCHINGFIELD RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES Christmas crafts; an evening of chatting, sitting on camp blankets and creating beautiful Christmas wreaths. We were lucky enough to have a few extra pairs of hands from some parents, and the girls all managed to produce lovely decorations to go home. Rainbows, Brownies and Guides received their pottery painting back and have been proudly displaying it. Rainbows finished the term by passing another badge.
CHRISTMAS WREATHS
POTTERY PANTING
We had a fantastic trip to see Jack and the Beanstalk at The Hawth with the District units was a noisy and funny event. We took a group of 32 to see the panto, and the girls joined in with enthusiasm, plenty of audience participation, dancing and singing. A good warm up for our planned trip in January to Not Quite the Three Musketeers, being put on by the BG Players. The Brownies have linked up with a unit in New Zealand and are starting to get to know them by sending emails, photographs and pictures. All the girls made a Christmas card for one of the brownies in New Zealand. They have been lucky enough to receive cards in return, covered in glitter!
GUIDES AT THE CHRSITMAS PARTY
DESTINATION NEW ZEALAND
The Christmas party was a great hit, and we have to say a massive thank you to Miranda Mitchell from Stress Free Parties for giving her time for free to put on parties for the Rainbows followed by the Brownies. Lots of games, a bit of dancing ensured the girls had a fantastic night. The evening was topped off with a party tea, crackers and cake decorating. Where did the autumn term go? The Brownies have a challenge starting 13/1/16, to get all 32 girls to knit! If you are a knitter, and could spare an hour on Wednesday night in January or first week in February please get in touch. We need all the help we can get, please ring Fiona 738806. 12
BARNS GREEN & ITCHINGFIELD W.I. In November we were entertained by Christopher Beaumont, a talented musician, who gave us a stunning performance of xylophone virtuosity. He played a variety of popular classics, marches, polkas and theme tunes and was accompanied on the keyboard by his father. In December fifteen of us had Christmas lunch at Random Hall. We raised just over £100 from our raffle and donations which has been given to Horsham Night Shelter. You may be interested to see our programme for the coming year. We meet on the third Thursday each month in the village hall at 2.30pm unless stated otherwise. Our meetings are followed by tea and visitors are always made very welcome. JANUARY. FEBRUARY. MARCH. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUGUST. SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER. NOVEMBER. DECEMBER.
Prose and poetry readings at Sandra Morfey's Talk by Rev. Sandra Hall W.I. Craft The Tesco Effect, a talk by Sue Walker Resolutions meeting Garden Party at Joan Cameron's Recycle, Renew, a talk by Jackie Fry Programme Planning meeting Outing on the Wey and Arun Canal AGM The Queen's Knickers an amusing talk from Douglas Eaton Christmas lunch
Barns Green, Itchingfield and Christ’s Hospital Calendar 2016 By the time you read this article it will be 2016 BUT HAVE YOU GOT YOUR 2016 CALENDAR YET to painstakingly transfer all of your birthdays and other key dates across from your 2015 calendar? Westons Farm Shop and Barns Green Village Store still have plenty in stock so grab yours now! To date we have sold over 250 calendars which has raised over £2,000 for local clubs and societies. A big ‘thank you’ to all of you who supported this venture – in particular to our distributors and retail outlets who are continuing to hold stock for those last minute purchases, and to the advertisers who financed the artwork and printing. To the clubs and societies involved in this project there is still time to earn more money by selling additional calendars.
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Barns Green Baby & Toddler Groups Are you a parent or carer? Looking for something to entertain your baby or toddler? Why not pop along to Barns Green Baby & Toddler Groups? We are a very friendly, welcoming group and we'd love to see you (school term time) Baby & Toddler fun - Wednesdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm We have lots of fun activities: including: toys, weekly craft table, story time and rhyme time with instruments. And we also have: Baby & Toddler Rhyme Time - Mondays 9.00am - 11.00am Pay-as-you-go: £2.50 per family (£1.50 first visit). Refreshments included. Barns Green Village Hall, Muntham Drive, Barns Green RH13 0PT
Just turn up or call Laura 01403 738804 or Anne-Marie on 01403 731192
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This year’s Panto from the Barns Green Players is;
(not quite) THE THREE MUSKETEERS
One for All…….And All for One…….Set in Paris, this year’s Pantomime has everything…A dashing Hero, a Princess, a Dame, a Baron and his henchmen and Three Musketeers who seem to prefer food to fighting!!!! The Kingdom of Malodeurs is under threat from the Baron who has also been capturing the children. The Queen turns to her old and trusted friend D’Artagnan for help. He arrives and with a little help from a Magic Pigeon called Basil concocts a plan to save the day. Will the plan work? Will the children be rescued? Will the Queen keep her Kingdom, Will D’Artagnan get the Princess? And who will win Masterchef?!!!!!! Tickets are selling very fast for this year’s Panto (not quite) The Three Musketeers. Three of the six performances are virtually sold out so if you still haven’t got your tickets you will need to book soon. There are still tickets available for Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Friday 22nd January The shows are aimed at all ages although the afternoon performances are particularly suitable for the very youngest children. There are singalongs and sweets for the kids and opportunities for the audience to join in with the fun. For the evening performances there is a licensed bar serving a variety of alcoholic and soft drinks as well as sweets. The afternoon performances begin at 2pm and evening performances at 7.30pm. If you are regulars at the Barns Green Players Panto you will know just what a terrific show they put on and if you haven’t been before you are in for a real treat. Tickets cost just £11 for adults and £8 for children. There is a special price of just £7 for all tickets on Friday 15th January.
Tickets are available from the box office – 01403 731566 or through the website – www.barnsgreenplayers.co.uk
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Barns Green Half Marathon: news
Photograph by Ian McBean Photography
From left to right: Pauline Muncer, Kenney Jones, Alan Lambkin, Brian Muncer, Paul Toms and Vernon Jennings (Chairman & Race Director)
26 November saw the Barns Green Half Marathon Committee pass a cheque for £3,500 to Kenney Jones. Kenney, who is an Ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK kindly started the 2015 Half Marathon, is the owner of Hurtwood Polo Club near Ewhurst in Surrey. His first group was the Outcasts and subsequently played with the Small Faces, The Faces and The Who. Kenney was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2013 following a routine health check and has been urging men to get tested for the disease by having a simple PSA blood test. The money donated was achieved by on-line donations from race entries, donations from individuals, bucket collections on Race Day organised by Brian and Pauline Muncer and money donated by the Barns Green Half Marathon fund. The organisation for the 2016 Race is already under way with the date for this year’s race being Sunday, 25 January, starting at 10:00am. The Charity of choice for 2016 will be St Catherine’s Hospice.
Church news: New Venture Bible Study for 2016 The New Venture Bible Study will restart on Tuesday, January 12th, in Slinfold Chapel. 10-30am. Pauline and Ian will give a talk on their trip to Nepal and visiting a leper hospital. It is a charity they been involved with for many years and witnessed amazing answers to prayer. Please come along to hear all about the work they are involved with. Refreshments on arrival.
Contact Carol 730001, carol_shepherd46@hotmail.co.uk if you can come or want to know more details. 16
BIG Mag front page story...
QUEEN’S HEAD TURNED Village pub under new management for 2016. Now that we’re into 2016 it’s not just the year that’s changed. The village pub has been changing, slowly, too. The Queen’s Head is under new management and they want to welcome everyone. You won’t notice too many changes at first; they’ll still hold quiz nights, music and rugby club events. The new manager, David Cunliffe, told the BIG Mag “We’re the heart of Barns Green; part of the village. We want to reassure our regular customers that we’re not going to change everything at once, but we also want to encourage new customers to join us”. David and his chef have introduced a new menu. The BIG Mag team wish them every success in 2016.
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Computer safety and Security Workshop @ The village hall This is not a technical workshop it’s open to everyone no technical knowledge necessary.
By Simon Gale Monday February 8th 2016 @ 07:30pm to 09:30pm Open Forum covering:Microsoft Windows Versions, Microsoft Windows basics, Using Passwords, Internet shopping / 7 year rule, Anti-Virus, Malware, SPAM / Email, Home networking / Wireless - Home / Your Router - Security Broadband/Super-Fast Broadband explained. Public Wi-Fi, Mobile Phones / Tablets Security, Old equipment what to do with it Questions taken at any point. Tea / Coffee Free session, but any donations welcome to cover the cost of the hall. SCG Consultants, Tele +442081235806 or +441403731003 Mobile - +44 (0)7500 665083 Email - simon@scg-consultants.co.uk Skype - simongale
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Sports Massage, Hot Stone Massage, Pregnancy Massage, Baby Massage, Relaxation Massage and Thai Foot Massage. HOLISTIC FACIALS using Neal’s Yard Products and Anti Aging Facial Massage techniques. Neal’s Yard Products and Pamper Parties also available. Contact Gemma on 07500934286 / www.ontargetmassage.co.uk
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Christ’s Hospital School Performing Arts Events Thurs 22nd Jan - Poetry Aloud: Patience Agbabi The latest in our series in which we bring the best contemporary poets to CH.
Riding Lessons
Fri 23rd Jan - Court Room Classic – Alex Hughes A recital of the later music of Franz Liszt, the most celebrated piano virtuoso of the nineteenth century.
We offer riding instruction for children and adults on privately owned, confidence giving horses at our yard in Barns Green.
Tues 2nd Feb – Grecians Performance Lunchtime Concert The Grecians will be performing a lunchtime concert to raise funds towards the end of the year Grecians gift.
We also offer fantastic hacking.
Fri 5h Feb – Jazz & Blues Night This hugely popular cabaret style evening in CH’s own ‘jazz club’ includes performances by some of our finest jazz musicians led by Steve Titchener, Andy Crompton, Mornington Lockett, Rachel Taylor & others.
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Sun 7th Feb – Piano Masterclass – Ian Jones Ian will lead a series of Piano masterclasses for CH Piano pupils of all ages & abilities.
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Tues 23rd Feb – Transitions Dance Company: The Triple Bill A deeply affecting performance by this company of twelve remarkable dancers.
For tickets, pricing or information please visit our website or call the Box Office 01403 247434 (Mon– (Mon–Fri 9.30am9.30am-12pm, Term Time Only) Website: www.christs-hospital.org.uk Email: boxoffice@christsboxoffice@christs-hospital.org.uk
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Muntham House School’s Local Offer to the Community
Muntham House School, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex. Is a specialist boarding and day school for boys aged 8-18 with emo onal and social difficul es which affect their learning and behaviour. The School has an excellent reputa on and has been judged by OFSTED as Outstanding or Good for the last 15 years. Muntham has also picked up interna onal awards from the Bri sh Council.
Muntham House has a history of successful partnership working with local schools, Care services, other public services and Further Educa on colleges. Muntham House School has an excellent reputa on with local and na onal employers, Further Educa on colleges and universi es where our young people con nue to thrive and become successful ci zens and taxpayers. Muntham House is a non-maintained boarding and day specialist school set up by the Ministry of Educa on in 1953 and has a long tradi on of partnership working with all of the local authori es in the South and South East of England. We welcome the New Children and Families Act and the a4endant SEND Code of Prac ce and in par cular the new development of a Local Offer to Parents and others for the support of young people with Special Educa"onal Needs and Disabili"es. Please call us for free advice on any challenging behaviour you may be experiencing with your child. Muntham House School, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 0NJ Tel: 01403 730302 Email: office@muntham.org.uk Web: www.muntham.org.uk
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Richard Lamb DipPFS Independent Financial Consultant. Based in Christ’s Hospital. Are your pensions and investments performing as you’d like? Have they been reviewed in full within the last 12 months? If the answer is NO we need to talk!
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rlamb@coreifa.co.uk Core Financial Services are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
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P.F. Brown Building contractor - New homes, Extensions, Renovations, Patio’s, Drives and Roofing. Local builder for over 30 years, NHBC registered
Phone - 01403 741479 Mobile - 07870 842 216 Email- pbrown116@sky.com
Coms Maintenance Telephone - PC - Broadband Engineer
Ex BT engineer with 21 years experience PC & Broadband Problems - Extensions - Relocating - Network Cabling Systems - Fault finding Contact Paul
Tel: 01403 823201 Mobile: 07989 836857 www.comsmaintenance.co.uk
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Useful Numbers AGE UK General enquiries 01403 260560 Visiting service 01403 260560 Pensions & benefits 01403 274495 www.ageuk.org.uk/horshamdistrict CHILDLINE 0800 1111 CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 0844 477 1171 COMPASS BUSES 01903 690025 www.compass-travel.co.uk ELECTRICITY (EMERGENCIES) 0845 770 8090 www.southern-electric.co.uk ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FLOODLINE 0845 988 1188 www.environment-agency.co.uk GAS (EMERGENCIES) - SMELL GAS? 0800 111 999 HANDYVAN SERVICE 01403 226005 www.handyvanservice.co.uk HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL 01403 215100 www.horsham.gov.uk NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE 0808 2000247 NHS (NON EMERGENCY) 111 (calls are free) www.nhs.uk/111
PENSIONS SERVICE 0845 606 0265 www.thepensionservice.gov.uk POLICE (NON EMERGENCY) 101 (calls cost 15p) www.sussex.police.uk www.operationcrackdown.org SAMARITANS 0845 790 9090 or 01403 276276 www.samaritans.org SOUTHERN WATER 0845 278 0845 www.southernwater.co.uk TRADING STANDARDS 08454 040506 Approved Businesses 01243 642124 or www.westsussex.gov.uk/tradingstandards TRAINS (National Rail Enquiries) 0845 748 4950 www.nationalrail.co.uk WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL 01243 777100 HIGHWAYS – 01243 642105 www.westsussex.gov.uk WEST SUSSEX SOCIAL SERVICES 01243 777100
For recycling and waste collection dates go to the Horsham District Council website www.horsham.gov.uk/bins/bin_calendars
Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators Name Tony West David Redston & Diana Hewlett John Taylor Lin Dark Tish Scragg Dr Roger Smith Sharon Stahlberger Elleanor Wallis David Liley Rob & Nicola Fryatt Peter Carpenter Roger Corry
Area of Responsibility Sandhills Road, Muntham Drive. Trout Lane, Cross Lane & Two Mile Ash. Brooks Green Itchingfield Baystone Corner Bashurst Hill Emms Lane The Hordens Smugglers Way Chapel Road Area Co-ordinator Valewood Lane 30
Tel No. 730493 732293 730222 741249 791729 791370 790533 730478 732762 732831 732703 730627 730676
Village Contacts.
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BARNS GREEN TRANSPORT HELP SCHEME Joyce Groves 01403 730165 BARNS GREEN HALF MARATHON Sue Thomas 01403 249470 racesecbghm@btinternet.com BARNS GREEN PLAYERS Bridget Tidey 01403 730339 bridget.tidey@gmail.com BELLRINGERS Carol Clarke 01403 730047 tim@barnsgreen.plus.com BIG MAG bigmag@barnsgreen.com Commercial Ads 01403 731182 advertising@barnsgreen.com Magazine distribution 01403 731722 distribution@barnsgreen.com Sports Editor sports@barnsgreen.com BROWNIES Fiona Christer 01403 738806 markchrister@btinternet.com GUIDES Karen Jordan 01403 252270 karenasthana@live.co.uk CHURCH - Lay Reader Carol Shepherd 01403 730001 carol@shepherdbg.plus.com CHURCH WARDEN Wendy Dorkings 07761 983635 enquiries@stnicolas.uk.net COUNTY COUNCILLOR Amanda Jupp 01403 741542 amanda.jupp@westsussex.gov.uk CRICKET CLUB Martin Hennock 01403 730462 martin@hennock1.plus.com CRICKET CLUB - COLTS Will Haynes 01403 730682 WHaynes68@aol.com DISTRICT COUNCILLORS Stuart Ritchie 01403 270988 Stuart.Ritchie@horsham.gov.uk Tricia Youtan 01403 790669 Tricia.Youtan@horsham.gov.uk FOOTBALL CLUB Pete Walker 07783 442 1033 piwibond007@yahoo.co.uk BARNS GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL Simon Simmons 01403 730614 office@barnsgreen.org.uk LOCAL VOCALS Jenny Bailey 07792049721 jenniferalicebailey@gmail.com MONDAY CLUB Eve Barrett 01403 730182 evebarrett@talktalk.net
MOTHERS’ UNION Margaret Bailey 01403 790866 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Peter Carpenter 01403 730627 pcarpenter@nhs.net PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Anne-Marie Hobbs 01403 731192 anne_marie_hobbs@hotmail.com PARISH COUNCIL - CHAIRMAN Penny Simpson 01403 731019 AppleTuppy@aol.com PARISH COUNCIL CLERK Jan Critchley 01403 731596 : jancritchley@itchpc.freeserve.co.uk PLAYGROUP Bev Liley 01403 732831 playgroup@barnsgreen.com RAINBOWS Fiona Christer 01403 738806 markchrister@btinternet.com RUGBY CLUB Bill Bailey 01403 730068 fiveelmtrees@btopenworld.com SCOUTS Paul Cooper 01403 588632 shipleyscouts@gmail.com SHORT MAT BOWLS Eve Barrett 01403 730182 evebarrett@talktalk.net SOCIAL CLUB Trevor Courquin 01403 731745 barnsgreenclub@hotmail.com STOOLBALL (Ladies) Ann Tingley 01403 730236 TENNIS CLUB Monica Hargrave 01403 730024 monica.hargrave@btinternet.com VILLAGE HALL - BOOKINGS www.barnsgreenvillagehall.co.uk bookings@bgvillagehall.plus.com 01403 731003 VILLAGE TRUST & FIELD COMMITTEE Martin Hargrave 01403 730024 martin.hargrave3@btinternet.com WI Daphne Lindfield 01403 791258 YOUTH CLUB Ian Lea 01403 732277 ianlea@bgyc.co.uk
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Julian Francis Carpenter and Joiner For all that’s good in wood
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