Eastbourne Old Town Crier December & January 2017 by Eastbourne Old Town Crier

EASTBOURNE Old Town Crier Issue 49

December & January 2018

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What’s On in Eastbourne – Dec & Jan?

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December 2017 / January 2018– Issue 49

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...and welcome to the December and January issue of the Eastbourne Old Town Crier. I can’t believe it’s December already, this year has just flown by! In this Christmas and New Year issue we have news from Eastbourne Storytellers on page 7 and Community Wise on page 6. There are choral concerts from Concentus on page 19, Bourne Chorus on page 28 and the Downland singers on page 14, and if you’ve ever wondered why we hang wreaths at Christmas, then A View From The Potting Shed on page 22 will explain why, along with gardening tips for December and January. We also have an article on the history of Christmas Decorations on page 26 and if you still haven’t bought your Christmas cards, then turn to page 5 for details of where you can buy your Christmas cards in support of local charities. May I take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported the Eastbourne Old Town Crier magazine this year, and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year. Fran Tegg, Editor T: 01273 710793 E: fran@theoldtowncrier.co.uk www.theoldtowncrier.co.uk Facebook: eastbourneoldtowncrier

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5 Charity Christmas Card Shop Opens in Eastbourne 6 Community Wise 7 Eastbourne Storytellers 11 Lushington Chiropractic 12 Holistic Core Restore 14 Downland Singers 15 Christmas Party Time – The Blockheads 19 Concentus Concert – A Christmas Cracker! 21 Ginger & Sanders Launch an Estate Agency 22 A View From The Potting Shed 24 Local Writer Wins Award in International Competition 26 A History of Christmas Decorations 28 Bourne ‘With Love’ at Christmas 31 What’s On at the Under Ground Theatre 31 What’s On in December and January? 35 What’s On Weekly? 39 Important Local Numbers 39 Index of Businesses Eastbourne Old Town Crier is a completely independent small business. All rights are reserved over the content and design of Eastbourne Old Town Crier unless agreed otherwise. The opinions expressed in editorial matter are not necessarily those of the publisher. Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of entries. Eastbourne Old Town Crier cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions or alterations and assumes no risk or liability for articles or adverts or the accuracy of the facts within them, that are provided by contributors. Eastbourne Old Town Crier does not endorse companies, products, services or religious or political organisations that appear in this magazine. Notice: This issue of Eastbourne Old Town Crier has been distributed by an independent delivery company. Please note that Eastbourne Old Town Crier is not responsible for any other publicity material that is delivered at the same time as the magazine. If you have any issues regarding the delivery of Eastbourne Old Town Crier please contact MA Distribution www.madistribution.co.uk

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community wise This year both Christmas and New Year’s Day land on a Monday. Tuesday 26th is a bank holiday. No doubt many people who work Monday-Friday will want to plan a full ten days away from work, and will be able to by taking only three days of holiday leave. Even if you’re working, the time between Christmas and New Year seems to be a truly in-between time. Offices are quiet, phone calls and emails fewer. We don’t have a name for this, or for what we do with those days between Christmas and New Year, but the Norwegians call this time of quiet Romjul. Traditionally, people plan their New Year resolutions, and relax, and visit friends and family that may live some way away. There’s no need to do anything, because people have spent vast amounts of money on presents and there’s usually plenty of left-over food and drink in the home. No wonder the shops plan sales for this time, just to get the cash tills ringing again. This in-between time is often an opportunity to take

stock of your situation. To review the past and look forward to the future, to make plans for the future. This is traditionally when people contemplate diets, make plans to join an exercise class, update a CV, give up smoking, and try a month (or more) without alcohol. Though no one wants to move over Christmas, plenty of people decide to sell their home in January. They, literally, want to move on. We live in between the past and the future, and often it can be difficult to be satisfied with what we’ve got and where we are. Perhaps part of grasping contentment arises from understanding that life itself is temporary, and fleeting; every circumstance – good and bad – is temporary. Things might change overnight, for any of us. For many people suddenly on their own, Christmas can be a painful time of year. A study by Shelter found that, of working families in England, nearly 40% of them would not be able to cover housing costs for more than a month in the event of job loss. As we get older one Christmas seems to follow fast on the heels of the last. One of the things we can do in this in-between time this year is to be grateful for whatever it is we do have, and to choose what is important and what is not. This is a time to realise that our most valuable commodity is not our money, but our time. Unlike a bank statement, we can never know exactly how much time we’ve got left, so it’s a good idea to spend it wisely on things that are everlasting – for example, building a legacy of good will and kindness to others, and investing time in relationships with friends and family. There are plenty of opportunities at Community Wise for you to enlarge your life in 2018: three different regular exercise groups, dance groups, singing, meals, creative activities, learning opportunities, and friendship opportunities – spending time with people. This year the shop Wise Buys at Community Wise closes from 22nd December until 2nd January. The break allows the dedicated team of volunteers a well-deserved rest. The people of Old Town and Eastbourne give generously to Wise Buys all year round and, even though the shop is shut, donations will still be accepted during this period. The in-between time might be a good opportunity to clear out old toys and clothing to make way for the new, and, as they are recycled at very low cost to new individuals and families, to invest in the community by passing on your no-longer-needed but pre-loved goods to others. Thank you.

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EASTBOURNE STORYTELLERS

We are now meeting in our new venue, The Old Parsonage Barn, Ocklynge Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1PW (behind St Mary’s Church), at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. We break for refreshments (tea or coffee and biscuits) around half way through the evening, and aim to finish each session around 9.30pm. There is parking space in the courtyard. Stagecoach buses (service number 1) stop outside the Lamb in the High Street, as do Brighton buses (service numbers 12, 12A and 12X). We welcome listeners as well as anyone who wishes to tell a story. There is no meeting in December. Our first meeting of 2018 is on Wednesday 24th January, and the theme for the first part of the evening is ‘Time and Tide’. After the break any story, poetry or song can be shared. Contact Lynne Goddard, tel: 01323 644206, email: lynnegoddard@uwclub.net or Gillian Grimmond, tel: 01323 726092, email: gillian.grimmond@btopenworld. com

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Lushington Chiropractic is delighted to introduce their newest member to the team, Dr Carran Lefever DC, LRCC, McChiro, BSc(Hons), NLSSM, Dip SMRT, MMCA. Dr Lefever has this to say about her short time at the clinic: ‘I love being here at Lushington Chiropractic, working with such a fantastic team and meeting wonderful guests’.

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I think we can all agree, Winter is here!

This winter, why not make the decision to tackle those common problems that affect our quality of life, those little aches and pains we get. Maybe you have picked up a back injury gardening or maybe you have some achy muscles from a new sport you have embarked on. Increasingly, people are taking their health into their own hands. After all – it’s your life, so why not make sure you’re getting the best out of it? Thousands of Eastbourne residents have already found an expert solution with chiropractic care at Lushington Chiropractic. Aches and pains can be difficult problems, which is why it’s best to speak to an expert. The chiropractors at Lushington Chiropractic take time to get to the root of the problem and hope to give you the quality of life you deserve. The chiropractors at Lushington Chiropractic will take time to answer all your questions. They believe in specific and gentle healthcare, personally tailored to your needs.

It’s your life, your health and your choice. This December, Lushington Chiropractic is offering Old Town Crier readers half price new consultations, usually worth £49. To book a half price new consultation with Dr Carran Lefever, call Lushington Chiropractic on 01323 722499 and mention Old Town Crier.

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Is 2018 the year that you take control of your Pelvic Floor, return to jumping/ running/sneezing with confidence? Is 2018 the year that you finally address that nagging low back pain or get a better stronger core and tummy after your babies? If YES, then read on! Enjoy 6 wonderful weeks of movement, nutritional guidance and education regarding your Pelvic Floor, Core and women’s fitness/wellness at whatever life phase you’re in on this unique Holistic Core Restore® ‘Everywoman‘ programme. The programme is adaptable for virtually all women and is designed to ‘bring you back home’ to your amazing body with your Pelvic and Core Health at the centre of our focus.

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In short, those ‘squeeze and lift’ exercises also known as Kegels simply aren’t the whole story. Your Pelvic Floor and Core muscles don’t exist in isolation and separate to the movements of your whole body and your breath. And so for your Pelvic Floor and your entire Core to work as it was designed to, we need to re-introduce it to the rest of your body and get it to do its job in time with your breath and movement.

What are the next steps once you have signed up? When you’re sure you want to join the programme you’ll be asked to complete our online HCR® Pre-Screening to ensure that this safe and ‘conservative’ exercise-based programme is right for you. You’ll then connect with your Coach, Denise to discuss the Pre-Screening and go through a few simple tests for your Core Function with a 1:1 screening/meeting.

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We are on a hunt for Basses and Tenors this year, our 28th year of performing. Have you got the voice we are looking for? Our Choir needs you! With the exception of a quick gathering for ‘Songs of Praise’ – a spectacularly invigorating event singing in full voice into the clear blue sky at Eastbourne’s Bandstand, Downland Singers return inspired and poised ready for the season of festive music. Will it include Rutter and Mendelssohn? We are a medium-sized choir with big aims on quality. Our four-part harmony choir is ready to bring pleasure, bursting forth in Christmas cheer to celebrate with you. We would welcome new opportunities in 2018 and are open to consider any suggestions. We love to perform. We have a well-planned programme, catering for all tastes, an excellent repertoire of music under the direction of our Musical Director Jennie Macfadyen and Accompanist Alastair Macfadyen.

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‘Superb... Inspirational... Uplifting... Invigorating’ (reviews from 2017). If this sounds like a choir you would like to entertain you, then contact us and ‘save the date’. To join our friendly choir, we meet weekly on a Thursday at Trinity Church, Coppice Avenue, Willingdon, Eastbourne from 7.30pm till 9pm. We’ll be busy over the Christmas season with our first concert at Trinity Church Willingdon on Saturday 2nd December at 2.30pm, followed by appearances at All Saint’s Chapel, Willingdon Golf Club and Bernhard Baron Cottage Homes. For further details visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/downlandsingers Twitter: @downlandsings Website: www.downlandsingers.org We are a four part harmony choir, 28 in size. We are currently looking for Tenors and Basses and we have six places to offer. If you are interested, please contact us at the details above. Donna Southern (Publicity Officer)

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Christmas Party Time – The Blockheads

Sunday 17th December 7.30pm, Eastbourne College Theatre, Old Wish Road

Reasons to be Cheerful and a party to remember, for The Blockheads are celebrating the festive season in Eastbourne – yes the same Blockheads that used to back Ian Dury and who, since the great man’s death, have been touring regularly with most of the original line-up, performing the awesome back catalogue. You can expect all the familiar hits, Reasons to Be Cheerful, Billericay Dickie, What a Waste, Clever Trevor, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Sweet Gene Vincent, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, and so many more. Tickets: £21.50 standing, £24.50 reserved balcony seats, from the Hailsham Pavilion, tel: 01323 841414, and at Pebble Records in Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, tel: 01323 430304. Please note: tickets cannot be purchased in advance at Eastbourne College. Photo: The Blockheads.

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CONCENTUS CONCERT – A CHRISTMAS CRACKER!

Concentus, Eastbourne’s choir ‘with a heart’ is promising to produce for it’s audience a ‘cracking good time’ at the Concentus Sings Christmas concert in Eastbourne on Saturday 16th December at 4pm at St Saviour’s Church, South Street. The Choir will also be performing this concert in Seaford on 9th December at St Leonard’s Parish Church. Please see the advert for further details. Never ones to take much of a summer holiday, this choir has been out and about singing at every opportunity. At the end of their highly acclaimed summer concerts in June, the choir featured at the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Hampden Park. Unfortunately, the rains fell in deluge form that dampened the day but not Concentus’ spirits. Onward! Concentus sang at the bandstand at the ever popular Songs of Praise where they ‘sang out’ for sun cream and hats in the baking sunshine of that day rather than for brollys! Before meeting back for winter rehearsals, choir members sang their hearts out for John Rutter, the revered composer, when he arrived in Eastbourne to teach at a brilliant ‘singing together day’ for local choirs. A very busy summer indeed!

how they had come to be there, most of them replied that they had seen and heard the choir at one of the Concentus Sings in Summer Concerts last June and wanted to belong themselves to such a great and friendly group! So, Concentus extends a very warm and open invitation to you too to come along and ‘join’ the choir when they perform their Concentus Sings Christmas programme this December. Get yourself a ticket or buy one on the door. Come and hear the energy of Concentus in two beautiful church buildings. Their programme includes both sacred and secular offerings as they present diverse pieces from The Holy City to A Cowboy Carol, The Ground to Jingle Bells, Down by the Riverside to And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth. You will hear the full choir, small groups and solos. You will hear the organ tremble and the keyboard rock! And you will be part of this rich experience as you are invited to sing along with the choir the well-loved Christmas carols that speak to our hearts of all that is Christmas. Please come and join us, and help Concentus too to support the JPK project here in Old Town.

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Until fairly recently in history, certainly up to Victorian times, people could never be certain they would safely survive the harsh winter. So they developed rituals and displays to help them get through the darker days. One such symbolic display of hope was the Christmas wreath. The circular shape is symbolic of eternity or everlasting life because it has no beginning or end. From a Christian perspective it represents the unending circle of life, with the traditional Holly as the thorns on Jesus’ crown and the red berries as his blood. Now we hang them on our doors and use them as table centrepieces because they look wonderfully opulent and festive. The word ‘wreath’ is linked to the word ‘wrist’, both words describing the form of a continuous circular shape. This became fused with ‘wrethe’ from middle English, which means a twisted band or ring of leaves. At this bleak time of year, it’s traditional to use evergreens and other brightly coloured flowers, foliage, or fruits to adorn a wreath. In past times the addition of expensive ic o op f

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Making a wreath is fun and relatively easy.You can make a simple and cheap evergreen circle, or push the boat out and create an elaborate bauble ring.You can buy a ring of flower-arrangers’ foam. Soak it in tepid water, and then stick sprigs of evergreen foliage from the garden, flowers, berries, dried fruits, nuts, and bows into it using wire. Or you can make your own base by taking a ring of wire and covering it in moss or hay. This will need to be held in place using thinner gauge wire.You can then wire in foliage and decorations. I will just warn you about holly though; working with it can be a painful experience so wear gloves and maybe have a box of plasters handy! If you want to try something different you can use a circle of pine cones, dried leaves, threaded popcorn and cranberries, or woven red and yellow dogwood cut from your garden and interweaved with battery-operated lights. Use your gardener’s imagination. Happy Christmas gardening. Rachael Leverton

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and rare fruits such as pomegranates indicated wealth, but wreaths also included the display of pinecones, seashells and even imported products. Once the decorations were taken down, the edible parts would be eaten and the bounty of summer could be enjoyed in the depth of winter.

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Ruth Figgest from Eastbourne is one of just ten writers highly commended in this year’s prestigious Bridport Prize short story competition for her story ‘The Cockerel’.

The story was selected from over 3,300 entries by short story judge Peter Hobbs who said; ‘good writers get the weight and precision of descriptions exactly right – they shy away from vagueness’. He continued, ‘You look for signs of life, for language that has a texture, sentences that have a rhythm. Usually its obvious from the opening lines’.

Ruth Figgest is CEO of a charity which runs a community centre in Eastbourne. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Sussex and was one of the winners of the Bridport prize in 2012. Her stories were previously shortlisted for the prize in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2016. Another of her stories was shortlisted for the Mslexia short story competition in 2011. In October 2013, Ruth’s short story ‘The Coffin Gate’ was broadcast on Radio 4. In her spare time, Ruth teaches creative writing and belongs to writing groups in Brighton and Newhaven. The characters in ‘The Cockerel’ and the content of this story form part of her novel, Magnetism, published by Myriad Editions: myriadeditions.com. The Bridport Prize based in Bridport, Dorset, is one of the most prestigious open writing competitions in the English language with categories in poetry, short stories, flash fiction – stories of 250 words or less – and the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a first novel, named in honour of the Prize’s founder. Established in 1973, and with over £18,000 in prize money to be won annually, the competition attracts entries from across the globe. This year almost 10,000 writers from 74 countries competed for one of the 34 winner and highly commended awards. The Bridport Prize is the flagship project of Bridport Arts Centre in Dorset, UK and the competition raises vital funds for the Arts Centre’s work each year.

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Every year we go with the children to choose a new Christmas tree decoration. We don’t do themed trees in our house so our annual tree is a history of the kids’ eclectic and often eccentric tastes down the years. Traditional inherited hand blown glass ornaments nestle alongside a plastic gingerbread man, a gaudy fairy in striped tights, a robot, a festive dachshund, and a host of other unlikely characters. Every year is a delight of discovery as my teens and preteens unpack, reminisce and tease each other over their past choices. But where did the idea of decorations originate and how did they evolve into what they’ve now become? Tinsel originated in Germany in the early 1600s. Back then it was made from real shredded silver. Tinsel makers hammered the silver until it was thin, then cut it into strips. It was so popular that tinsel machines were invented to keep up with demand. Clearly silver was a little expensive and eventually the plastic variety took over.

solstice, as a reminder that spring would come again. The Christians adopted them later. The tradition of Christmas trees seems to have originated about 1,000 years ago in Northern Europe. They were often hung upside down from the rafters. In modern times improved manufacturing techniques have allowed for the production of artificial trees which can be very difficult to tell from the real thing! In Victorian times, Christmas trees were decorated with candles. In 1895, an American man, Ralph Morris, was so concerned about the fire hazard of candles and Christmas trees that he invented the first electric Christmas lights, which are similar to those still in use today. Over the years there have been glass and plastic variations of reindeers, stars, fruit, butterflies, birds and even festive dachshunds, but the debate still rages about whether there should be an angel or a star on top of the tree. Merry Christmas. Tracey Anderson

We have the Germans to thank for baubles. They were invented in the 1840s by Hans Greiner. His original glass fruit and nuts developed into beautiful ornate ornaments which so charmed Queen Victoria that she brought them back to Britain. As they were all hand-crafted the first, baubles were very expensive. Improvements in plastic manufacturing meant that cheaper versions became available, and baubles became available to the masses. The green fir tree was originally used by Pagans and Christians to celebrate winter. Pagans used branches of the fir tree to decorate their homes during the winter

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The View – The Prospect – The Landscape. An exhibition based on three psychogeographical journey-works, made in collaboration with Iain Sinclair, featuring pinhole photographs, artefacts, paintings and film installations. Free. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk

Friday 1st - Sunday 17th Neon Noel - Eastbourne Christmas Luminale Town Hall, Grove Road 4.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm (Fri-Sun only). Spectacular four-minute light, visual and audio show illuminated onto the Town Hall clock tower. Free.

Saturday 18th Nov - Sunday 17th Dec ‘Coastal’ - Eastbourne Group of Artists Birley Centre, Eastbourne College 11am - 4pm (Sat/Sun only). An exhibition of marine artworks capturing the romance and drama of the sea, boats and coastal region. www.eastbournegroupartists.co.uk

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Winter Wonderland The Pump Barn, Seven Sisters Country Park, Exceat 10.30am - 12.30pm. Fun activities, art and craft in the barn. Make nature-inspired Christmas decorations, explore the woods for a wild winter adventure, with hot chocolate. For children aged 5-11, must be accompanied by an adult. £2.50 adult, £5 child (members), £3.50 adult, £7 child (non-members). Tel: 01273 492630 www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

DC Live: Vile Electrodes & Puckridge Leaf Hall Community Arts Centre, 51 Seaside 8pm - 11pm. Devonshire Collective presents an evening of electronic music and sound art. Tickets £7/£6 conc. www.devonshirecollective.co.uk

WRAS Christmas Craft Fair East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane, East Dean 11am - 3pm. In aid of WRAS Wildlife Rescue. Handmade crafts, refreshments and raffle. Free entry. www.escis.org.uk/events-2/local-fairs-fetes/

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Motcombe Christmas Fair Crown Street, Old Town 12 noon - 4pm. Market stalls, choirs, food, local produce, drink, festive cheer, music, mulled wine, raffle, Santa and old time fair rides. Proceeds go to Eastbourne Winter Night Shelter. www.facebook.com/ motcombechristmasfair Art Appreciation: Impressionism in Britain St Thomas’ Church Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes 2pm - 5pm. Outlining the emergence and evolution of impressionist painting in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tutor Prasannajit De Silva. £15. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk Children’s Advent Workshop St Mary’s Church, Old Town, Church St 2pm - 4pm. Lots of Christmas crafts and activities to make and do. All children aged 3-12 welcome (under 8s need a parent/ carer too). Free. Downland Singers & Wealden Brass Trinity Church, Coppice Avenue, Willingdon 2.30pm. Programmes £5, available at the door. Refreshments during interval. www.downlandsingers.org Eastbourne Sketchers Art Box, Towner, Devonshire Park 2.30pm - 4.30pm. Go out and about sketching and spend time in the gallery. For all adults with an interest in sketching. Run by members of the community for people who love to sketch from real life. Please bring own materials. Tea and coffee provided. Free, no need to book. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Bourne Chorus Christ Church, Seaside 4pm. Selection of a capella and accompanied pieces, with songs from across the decades and genres. Tickets £10/£5 under 16s, available from Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre, 3 Cornfield Road; tel: 07799 116653; from any chorus member; or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/bournechorus Christmas Songs by Starlight The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux 5.30pm - 9pm. Enjoy a host of Christmas songs with our choir. Mulled wine and mince pies (plus child-friendly alternatives). Weather permitting, there will also be a chance to look through the telescopes. Tickets £12 adult/£8 child. Booking essential. Tel: 01323 832731 www.the-observatory.org/christmas_ events Eastbourne Choral Society All Saints’ Church, Grange Road 7.30pm. Haydn: The Seasons. With professional soloists and orchestra. Tickets £12, available from Eastbourne Tourist

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Wednesday 6th Teacher Twilight Towner, Devonshire Park 4pm - 6pm. Festive get-together with mulled wine and mince pies. Enjoy the current exhibitions and have an update on plans for next year’s Annual Schools project. All teachers welcome. Reserve your free space online. For info, email: jack.shoulder@townereastbourne.org.uk Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Neanderthals from Eastbourne to Étretat Eastbourne Town Hall, Grove Road 7.30pm. Talk by Matt Pope. Was the English Channel a Neanderthal heartland during parts of the Ice Age? Pope discusses new research which explores this now submerged landscape. £10 incl. glass of wine. Tel: 01323 410300 www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk The Lamb Folk Club The Lamb Inn, High Street 8pm. Black Strap Molasses. Popular five-piece with an ever-growing and adventurous range of songs old and new. £2. Tel: 01323 728268 www.lambfolkclub.co.uk Thursday 7th New Ways of Thinking and Creating: Printing for Recovery Towner, Devonshire Park 2pm - 4pm. Learn new art skills and see the world differently, with lead artist Jenny Arran. All materials provided. Part of Sussex NHS Partnership Trust’s Recovery College. Free for adults with mental health related challenges and their carers. Enrol through Recovery College. Tel: 0300 3038086 Email: sussex.recoverycollege@nhs.net www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk www.townereastbourne.org.uk Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School,Victoria Drive 7pm. Quiz and Christmas party. Members £1, visitors £1.50, including refreshments, new members welcome. Tel: 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Friday 8th Eastbourne Choral Society All Saints’ Church, Grange Road 7.30pm. Carol concert with Eastbourne Silver Band. In aid of Polegate-based charity, Children with Cancer. Tickets £5 on the door. www.eastbournechoralsociety.org.uk Friday 8th Dec - Sunday 14th Jan 2018 Dick Whittington and His Cat Devonshire Park Theatre, 8-10 Compton Street Various times. Starring Todd Carty and comedy duo Martyn Knight and Tucker. Tickets £12 - £23.50. Tel: 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

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Saturday 9th Old Town Food Market Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 10am - 12.30pm. 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Eastbourne Choral Society Asda, The Crumbles, Pevensey Bay Road 10.30am. Singing carols in aid of Alzheimer’s charity, Memory Lane Eastbourne. www.eastbournechoralsociety.org.uk The Sounds of Christmas St Saviours Church, South Street 3.30pm. South Downs Singers with the Warbleton Brass Band. Christmas concert in aid of the church’s Children with Cancer Fund. Wine and juice available at the interval. Tickets £10/£6 under 12s, on the door or tel: 01323 832767 Christmas Barn Dance St John’s Parish Hall, corner of Meads Street/Meads Road 7.30pm - 10.30pm. To the music of Newick Folk Group, with prompter Colin Broome. No experience or partners needed. Raffle. Tickets £6, incl. seasonal refreshments. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Tel: 01323 646846 Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th Eastbourne Artists Christmas Open Houses & Studios Various venues From 9am. Over 40 artists and makers showing and selling their work from their homes and studios. Also on Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd December. Brochures available from Towner, Devonshire Park and Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre, 3 Cornfield Road and other locations around town, or online. www.eastbourneartists.co.uk/open-houses Christmas at Dovecote Garden Old Coach House, The Lane, West Dean 10am - 4pm. Family weekend with indoor Christmas market, live music, lantern-lit woodland bothy and home made tea, coffee, cakes and bacon buns. Christmas trees for sale. Free parking, free entry. www.dovecotegarden.co.uk Saturday 9th - Sunday 17th Christmas Market Terminus Road and Eastbourne Enterprise Centre, Station Parade 10am - 6pm. Stalls and wooden chalets offering the finest produce, crafts and one-off gifts. Santa’s Grotto from 3pm. Weekend entertainment from Full Beam Productions. Free entry. www.eastbournechristmas.com Vintage Bus Rides Eastbourne From 3pm (Fri, Sat, Sun only). The Stagecoach Vintage Bus service runs from Sovereign Harbour and Meads Village via Neon Noel light show at the Town Hall and the Christmas Market. Free.

Donations will be given to good causes. www.eastbournechristmas.com Sunday 10th Carol Service Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 10.30am -11.30am. Followed by refreshments. Everyone welcome. 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Art Store Tour Towner, Devonshire Park 12 noon-1pm. £6/£5 (conc. & members). View the Towner Collection behind the scenes with knowledgeable and friendly members of staff. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Christingle Service St Mary’s Church, Old Town, Church St 4.30pm. Christingle service followed by the lighting of the Christmas tree. Celebrate the meaning of Christ’s light and enjoy mulled wine and mince pies afterwards. Donations collected will be given to the Children’s Society. Monday 11th Guild of Friendship Upperton United Reformed Church, corner of Watts Lane & Upperton Road 2.30pm. Members’ afternoon with Christmas Raffle. Last meeting until March 2018. All are welcome. Tel: Gillian Grimmond 01323 726092 Tuesday 12th Christmas Concert Birley Centre, Eastbourne College 6.45pm. An evening of jazz, music and theatre with a few seasonal numbers thrown in. Featuring members of the College’s Jazz Bands, Concert Band and various soloists. Free. Tel: 01323 452255 www.eastbourne-college.co.uk Dreaming of a White Christmas All Saints Church, 21a Grange Rd, 7pm. A concert of choral music with the voiceworks company of singers. Tickets £4 on the door In support of Crisis at Christmas. www.voiceworkshops.co.uk Wednesday 13th Splash Point Jazz Club Fishermen’s Club, Royal Parade 8pm. Christmas Special. ‘Buster Plays Buster’ - special screening of Buster Keaton’s silent movie ‘Steamboat Bill Jr’, with live jazz from the Buster Birch Quartet. £12, on the door or online. www.splashpointmusic.com Thursday 14th New Ways of Thinking and Creating: Printing for Recovery Towner, Devonshire Park 2pm - 4pm. Learn new art skills and see the world differently, with lead artist Jenny Arran. All materials provided. Part of Sussex NHS Partnership Trust’s Recovery College. Free for adults with mental health

related challenges and their carers. Enrol through Recovery College. Tel: 0300 3038086 Email: sussex.recoverycollege@nhs.net www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk www.townereastbourne.org.uk Christmas Carol Service All Saints’ Church, Grange Road 6pm. Join the College carol service for visitors. Service followed at 7pm by refreshments in the Senior Social Common Room. To join us for refreshments, tel: John Thornley 01323 452314, or email: jt@eastbournecollege.co.uk by Monday 4th December. Saturday 16th Eastbourne Choral Society Eastbourne Arndale Centre 10.30am. Singing carols in aid of Polegate-based charity, Children with Cancer. www.eastbournechoralsociety.org.uk Concentus Sings Christmas St Saviour’s Church, South Street 4pm. Modern and traditional seasonal favourites. Tickets £10/£5 under 16s. Available from Semantics, 33 Grove Street; Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre, 3 Cornfield Rd; tel: 01323 643358; on the door, or online. www.concentus.ticketsource.co.uk Café Culture: Blue Monkey visits Devonshire Made Showcase DC1 Café & Gallery, 67-69 Seaside Rd 7pm. Blue Monkey Network visits Devonshire Collective’s showcase of 5 local artists selected from an open call out. Each artist will deliver a short talk. Tickets £5, available from http://bit.ly/2iIxthU www.devonshirecollective.co.uk/ Sunday 17th The Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful College Theatre, Eastbourne College 7.30pm. Tickets £21.50 - £24.50, available from Hailsham Pavilion, tel: 01323 841414 www.spyboy.co.uk Wednesday 20th Eastbourne Choral Society All Souls Church, Susans Road 1pm. Lunchtime carol service. www.eastbournechoralsociety.org.uk The Lamb Folk Club The Lamb Inn, High Street 8pm. Christmas party. Seasonal celebration with songs, food, giant raffle and lots of fun. Free. Tel: 01323 728268 www.lambfolkclub.co.uk Thursday 21st New Ways of Thinking and Creating: Printing for Recovery Towner, Devonshire Park 2pm - 4pm. Learn new art skills and see the world differently, with lead artist Jenny Arran. All materials provided. Part of Sussex NHS Partnership Trust’s Recovery

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College. Free for adults with mental health related challenges and their carers. Enrol through Recovery College. Tel: 0300 3038086 Email: sussex.recoverycollege@ nhs.net www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk www.townereastbourne.org.uk Monday 25th Christmas Day Concert Eastbourne Bandstand, Grand Parade 10.30am - 12 noon. Eastbourne Silver Band. Free. www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk Tuesday 26th Boxing Day Concert Eastbourne Bandstand, Grand Parade 11am - 12.30pm. The Ray Campbell Dance Band. Free. www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk

JANUARY

Monday 1st New Year’s Day Concert Eastbourne Bandstand, Grand Parade 11am - 12.30pm. The Ray Campbell Dance Band. Free. www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk Tuesday 2nd Open Ended Towner, Devonshire Park 10am-12 noon. Groundbreaking initiative for adults with memory problems and their carers, providing facilitated access to the gallery’s collection. More of a conversation through art than a formal tour. £3 incl. refreshments, free for carers. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Wednesday 3rd The Lamb Folk Club The Lamb Inn, High Street 8pm. Open Stage. Performers and listeners welcome. Free. Tel: 01323 728268 www.lambfolkclub.co.uk Thursday 4th Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School,Victoria Drive 7pm. ‘The Registration Service’, talk by Phil White, Deputy Registrar and Deputy Superintendent Registrar. Members £1, visitors £1.50, including refreshments, new members welcome. Tel: 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Saturday 6th Eastbourne Sketchers Art Box, Towner, Devonshire Park 2.30pm - 4.30pm. Go out and about sketching and spend time in the gallery. For all adults with an interest in sketching. Run by members of the community for people who love to sketch from real life. Please bring own materials. Tea and coffee provided. Free, no need to book. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk

Sunday 7th Art Store Tour Towner, Devonshire Park 12 noon-1pm. £6/£5 (conc. & members). View the Towner Collection behind the scenes with knowledgeable and friendly members of staff. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Messy Church Old Town Community Centre, Central Avenue 3.30pm - 5.30pm. Crafts, songs, stories and a meal together. All welcome, no charge. Under 12s must be accompanied by an adult. Tel: 01323 737749, email: messychurchotcc@gmail.com www.facebook.com/messychurchOTCC Oi Oi Comedy Club The Counting House, Croft Lodge, Moat Croft Road 8pm. Free entry. To book your act tel: 07773 147986. www.oioicomedy.com Tuesday 9th Religion and Theology: Becket Explained: The Cult of Saints Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes 10am - 12 noon. First of a 10-week course exploring the political and cultural forces that shaped cults up to 1200. £86. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk History: The Other America: An Unofficial History of the USA Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes 2pm - 4pm. First of a 10-week course exploring the history, culture and contradictions of this global superpower. Tutor Richard Cupidi. £86. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk Wednesday 10th Art Appreciation: Mosaics: From Rome to Ravenna Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes 10am - 12 noon. First of a 10-week course covering a range of sacred and secular mosaics in their political, social, historical and artistic context. Tutor Kay Blackburn. £86. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk Thursday 11th Politics: Making Sense of Today’s World Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes 10am - 12 noon. First of a 6-week course taking stock of the state of international relations by looking at six current hot-spots in the world. Tutor Kim Ashcroft. £51.60. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk Mothers’ Union at St Mary’s, Old Town The Old Parsonage, Ocklynge Road 2.30pm. AGM. Visitors welcome. Tel: Anne Eastbury 01323 737113

Friday 12th Art Appreciation: The Art of the British Empire Lewes Town Hall, High Street, Lewes 10am - 12 noon. First of a 10-week course exploring British artists’ depiction of people, places and events. Tutor Prasannajit De Silva. £86. Tel: 0300 3033464 www.wea.org.uk Wednesday 17th The Lamb Folk Club The Lamb Inn, High Street 8pm. Daria Kulesh Band. With her striking voice and strong Russian and Ingush heritage, Daria is a unique character on the music scene. £7. Tel: 01323 728268 www.lambfolkclub.co.uk Thursday 18th Sussex Wildlife Trust Seaford & Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘Knepp Rewilding Project’, illustrated talk by Penny Green, Ecologist, Knepp Castle Estate. £2 members, £3 visitors. Tel: 01424 777291 or 07946 753135 Email: secretary-swteastbourne@hotmail. co.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Saturday 20th Lindy Hop - Swing Jive Workshop Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 1pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Stargazing with Eastbourne Astronomical Society Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum, Royal Parade 5pm - 7pm. Look at the moon and planets through astronomical telescopes on the gun platform. Family-friendly tour of the night sky. Free. Tel: 01323 410300 www.eastbourneas.org.uk www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk Saturday 20th Jan - Sunday 15th April Haroon Mirza Curates the Arts Council Collection Towner, Devonshire Park 10am - 5pm (Tues-Sun & bank hol Mons). An Arts Council Collection National Partner Exhibition. Artist Haroon Mirza selects works from the Arts Council Collection and incorporates them into a unique display amongst new works of his own. Free. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk Sunday 21st Art Store Tour Towner, Devonshire Park 12 noon-1pm. £6/£5 (conc. & members). View the Towner Collection behind the scenes with knowledgeable and friendly members of staff. Tel: 01323 434670 www.townereastbourne.org.uk

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Monday 22nd Patchwork Course Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 2pm. First session of a new course. Booking essential. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Wednesday 24th Eastbourne Storytellers The Old Parsonage Barn, Ocklynge Road (behind St Mary’s church) 7.15 for 7.30pm - 9.30pm. ‘Time and Tide’. Refreshments break half way through. We welcome both listeners and storytellers. Parking available. Contact lynnegoddard@uwclub.net 01323 644206 or gillian.grimmond@ btopenworld.com 01323 726092 Thursday 25th Mothers’ Union at St Mary’s, Old Town The Old Parsonage, Ocklynge Road 2.30pm. ‘Painting: My Hobby’ with Ted Goss. Visitors welcome. Tel: Anne Eastbury 01323 737113 Friday 26th Social History Talk Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 2pm - 4pm. Janet Whiting brings social history to life. £6 incl. refreshments. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Saturday 27th Old Town Village Market Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 10am - 12.30pm. Quality goods and unique craft items. Refreshments available. Free entry. www.communitywise.org.uk Wednesday 31st Splash Point Jazz Club Fishermen’s Club, Royal Parade 8pm. Roger Beaujolais (vibes) with Terry Seabrook (keys), Nigel Thomas (bass) and Alex Eberhard (drums). Tickets £10, on the door or online. www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

WHAT’S ON WEEKLY? ARTS & CRAFTS

Art Classes at the Drawing Room 38 Motcombe Road, Old Town Discover your creativity, learn new skills and make new friends in a relaxed, comfortable environment. Weekly classes, £12 a session. See website for details: www.thedrawingroom.eu. Tel: 07885 262968, email: ktgart@gmail.com Artists’ Workshop Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon: 9.30am - 12.30pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Catalyst Arts – Come and Paint Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues: 9.30am-1pm. Come and Paint. An informal time to develop your paintings with others and have a chat over a cuppa. £5. No booking required, just bring your materials and paint. Tel: 01323 737839 www.catalyst-arts.co.uk Clay Workshop Unit 4, Commercial Mews North Various days & times: Come and try your hand at building, modelling, throwing or sculpting in clay. A range of courses, workshops and drop-in sessions for all ages and stages. Equipment provided. Tel: Graham 07962 367152 Email: grahammatthews.pots@gmail.com Craft & Hobbies Club Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Thurs:10am. Tel: 01323 726231 Dementia Art Group Eastbourne Weekly: Art group for people living with dementia. Tel: 07724 186672 www.mhsc.uk Eastbourne Calligraphers Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Weds: 9am - 12 noon. Not running in August. For more information phone Bridget on 01323 894640 Get Crafty Sewing Club (ages 7-14) Eden Blue, Green Street Thurs: 4pm - 5pm. £5.50 per session. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk Old Town Quilters Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month: 2pm - 4.30pm. A mixture of beginners, improvers and experienced quilters and sewers, with occasional talks and workshops. www.oldtownquilters.org.uk Oil Painting Class Oneart Studio, Old Printworks, Commercial Road Tues: 7-9.30pm. led by acclaimed figurative artist and tutor, Catriona Millar. Email: catriona@catrionamillar.com. Tel: 07758 367479 or www.catrionamillar.com Society of Eastbourne Artists Lansdowne Hotel, King Edward’s Parade Third Fri of month: 7pm - 9.30pm. No meeting Aug & Dec. Guests welcome £4 on the door. for details of demonstrators see Facebook; tel: Janet 01323 767963; www.sea-art.co.uk Textile, Spinning and Crafting Group Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Sat: afternoons once a month. For info and to book, tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Watercolours for Beginners & Improvers Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am. Not during August. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS

24th Eastbourne Guides St Elisabeth’s Church Hall,Victoria Drive Thurs: 6.30 - 8pm. This new guide unit is opening in January 2018. A great opportunity for girls to learn new skills, take part in outdoor adventures and make new friends. Please email Hannah Cloutt on 24theastbourneguides@gmail.com Bespoke Eastbourne Da Vinci Hotel, 10 Howard Square 3rd Weds of the month: 7.30pm. Promoting and campaigning for safe cycling in Eastbourne. www.bespokecyclegroup.org Boys’ Brigade Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road Wed: 5.15-8pm. Term time only. Tel: 01323 737974 CODA Community Wise, Ocklynge Rd Sat: 11am. Co-dependency Anonymous meeting. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Coffee Morning St Mary’s Parish Church, Church Street Thur: 10.30am - 12 noon. Come and join us - bring a friend and make new ones! www.stmaryseastbourne.com Curious Beer Club The Dolphin, South St 1st Wed of the month. 7.30pm. Craft brewing with guest brewers, tastings, food and Q&As. 1 meet £20, 3 meets £50, 6 meets £90. facebook.com CuriousBeerClub twitter.com/CuriousBeerClub Tickets http://goo.gl/yLdRPn Eastbourne & District Cardiac Support Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road 4th Weds of the month: 2.30pm. Social group giving support to people who have had heart problems, with guest speakers, lunches and outings during the year.Tel: 01323 733306 or 01323 731942 Eastbourne & District Soroptimists Chalk Farm, Willingdon 2nd & 4th Mon of the month. 7.45pm. A social group for women of all ages, which raises money for local and international charities. Tel: 01323 769004. www.sigbi.org.uk Eastbourne Fairtrade Meeting Maxims, 53 South Street 4th Tues of the month: 7.30-9pm. Eastbourne residents supporting and promoting fairtrade in town. FREE entry. www.fairtradeeastbourne.org.uk Eastbourne People’s Assembly Brodie Hall, Christ Church, Seaside Weds: 7pm-9pm. Anti-austerity campaign group who believe in a fair and just society. Share ideas and concerns and find alternatives to the cuts that harm us all. All welcome. https://eastbournepeoples assembly.wordpress.com/

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Eastbourne Photographic Society Bridgemere Centre, Bridgemere Road Fri: 7.30pm. If you are interested in photography, want to improve your skills and participate in workshops, come along and meet like-minded people. For info, email: membershipsecretary@ epscameraclub.co.uk. Eastbourne RNLI Members’ meeting Langham Hotel Eastbourne 2nd Fri: 10am-12.30pm. A social chat with tea and coffee. English 4 All ROC Advice Centre, 97-99 Seaside Rd Weds: Free English lessons for all nationalities. Email: info@english4all.me.uk www.english4all.me.uk Families for Autism Support Group Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Weds: 10.30am. Tel: 07415 137887 www.communitywise.org.uk Families for Autism Youth Club Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 1st & 3rd Sat of the month: 9.30am 2.30pm. Tel: 07415 137887 www.communitywise.org.uk First Class Learning Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon & Thurs: Maths and English tuition for children. Tel: 07434 579112 www.firstclasslearning.co.uk French Conversation Class Eden Blue, Green Street Mon: 5.50pm - 6.50pm. £8 per session. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk

IT Drop-in Surgery Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Thurs: 2-4pm. Bring your laptop, tablet, iphone, mobile, kindle and solve those problems. Free tuition and guidance. Ladies’ Club Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 1st Tues of the month: 2pm-4.30pm (not Aug). Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Supper Club Evenings The Cookshelf, North Street Last Saturday of the month. 8pm. £24.50. Come and join us for a wonderful themed evening. Tel: 01323 732280 www.thecookshelf.co.uk

Lip Reading Tuition Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues: 1.30pm. Term time only. Tel: 01323 722505 or 07950 855580 www.eshrc.org.uk

U3A Shakespeare Group Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Second Mon of the month: 2pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Live Wires Youth Club Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Fri: 6.30pm-8pm. For young people in Years 4-9. Not running in August. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Uno Club Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Weds: 2pm. Fun card game. Tel: 01323 726231

Luncheon Club Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Weds:12.30pm. Tel: 01323 726231 Make a Difference Club Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Fri: 6pm. For kids aged 3-14. Tel: 01323 726231 Mindful Stone Balancing Holywell end, Eastbourne Seafront Weekly: Stone balancing and meditation. £5 per session. Tel: 07724 186672 www.mhsc.uk

Gamblers Anonymous Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Thurs: 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Motcombe Womens’ Institute Community Centre, Central Avenue 1st Thurs of the month: 7.30pm (not Aug). A small, friendly group welcomes new members. Tel: 01323 485631 or 01323 502065 or 01323 726322

Girls’ Brigade Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road Mon: 6-8pm. Term time only. Tel: 01323 737974

Old Town Cubs & Scouts Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Thur: 6-9pm. Tel: 01323 507391 www.communitywise.org.uk

Guided Relaxation for Health and Wellbeing Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Weds: 2pm - 3pm. Tel: 01323 422280 www.communitywise.org.uk

Overeaters Anonymous Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Thurs: 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Guild of Friendship Upperton United Reformed Church, Corner of Watts Lane & Upperton Road Mon: 2.30pm (not Jan & Feb). Come and join us, all are welcome. Enquiries to Gillian Grimmond on 01323 726092 Intermediate French Language Group Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Fri: morning. For info tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk International Café Eastbourne Prayer Centre, 13 Lismore Rd Fri: 7.30pm-10pm. A place for people of various nationalities to make friends, practise English and get to know about Christian faith. Email: alicja.cien@yahoo.pl

Spanish Conversation Class Eden Blue, Green Street Weds: 12.30pm - 1.30pm. £8 per session. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk

Pokémon League Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues: 4pm - 7pm. Tel: 07974 422417 www.communitywise.org.uk Probus Club of Eastbourne Cumberland Hotel, Grand Parade 1st & 3rd Tues. New members welcome. Email: johnandclarehugh@gmail.com Social Circles Sussex Monthly Meet-up The Dolphin, 14 South Street 1st Mon of the month. 7.30pm. Friendly and inclusive social group for couples and singles of all ages who want to have fun. All new members welcome. Tel: 07530 064573 www.socialcirclessussex.webs.com

COMMUNITY

Coffee Morning The Old Parsonage, St Mary’s Parish Church, Ocklynge Road Thurs: 10.30am-12 noon. Everyone welcome to join us for a pleasant break, coffee and scones, with cakes, books and gifts available too. Tel: 01323 727723 Community Wise Wise Buys Shop Ocklynge Road Mon, Tues, Thurs:10am-4pm, closed 1-2pm. Fri: 10am-4pm, closed 12.30pm2pm. Weds & Sat:10am-1pm. Snap up bargains! Contact 01323 722924 or www.communitywise.org.uk Eastbourne Street Market Terminus Road Weds: 9.30am-3.30pm. www.facebook. com/eastbournestreetmarket East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre Community Wise, Ocklynge Road First Monday of the month: 10am - 12 noon. Drop-in for hearing aid service and batteries. Tel: 01323 722924 Gather Pop Up Café Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Fri:11.30am-3pm. Light lunch £1.50. Open to all who live alone. Free entry with small charge for refreshments. Not in August. Tel. 01323 722924 or www.communitywise.org.uk Living Stones Community Church Family Service Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Sun: 10.30am. Lunch provided afterwards. Tel. 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Mosaic Church Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Sun: 13pm-5pm.. Tel. 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Old Town Community Church Old Town Community Centre Sun: 10.30am-12 noon. Everyone invited.

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Old Town Community Library 191 Victoria Drive Tues, Thurs, Fri: 10am-4pm Sat: 10am-1pm. Registered charity, run by volunteers. Recently refurbished and expanding. Children’s section, tea/coffee available, internet access, printing and photocopying. Premises available for hire. Tel: 01323 649964 Old Town Food Market Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 1st & 3rd Thurs: 9am - 1pm, from January 2018. Tel. 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Pevensey Castle Ghost Walk Castle Road, Pevensey Sat: 7.30pm. Meet at the castle car park. 90 min walk by lantern light. Suitable for all ages. Adults £7, under 14s £3.50 www.sussexguidedwalks.co.uk Quiz Night The Red Lion, 99 Wish Hill 3rd Thurs of the month: 7.30-11pm. Six people max in a team, £2 per person inc. half-time chip butty. Half of proceeds donated to charity. Seafordspirit Seaford Independent Spiritualist Church, 3 Warwick Road, Seaford Tues: 7.30pm-8.30pm. Healing. Thurs: 7.30pm. Divine Service. Fri: 10.30am-12 noon. Healing. Alternate Sats: 7.30pm. Clairvoyant evenings. Demonstrations and workshops. Tel: 01323 737407, email: enquiries@seafordspirit.co.uk www.seafordspirit.co.uk Seaside Indoor Market Bodyclub, 125 Seaside Sat: 10am-1pm. Stalls include toys and games, jewellery, gifts, household items and fresh produce. Refreshments available. Website Design & Social Media Elim Family Church, Hartfield Road Mon: 2pm-4pm. If you are out of work and education, we will teach you how to build websites and use social media to promote activities. Work on a website for a local agency and gain practical IT experience. Tel: 01323 749960 www.helenowen.me.uk/events-coming-up

MUSIC & DRAMA

African Drumming Class Eden Blue, Green Street Sun: 11am - 12 noon & 12.30pm 1.30pm. Adults and children aged 8+. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk Archway Contemporary Choir Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues: 7.30-9pm. Join our exciting and vibrant choir – a mixture of gospel and contemporary songs. No audition necessary. £7 per session or £25 pcm if paying by direct debit. Tel: 01323 897590. www.thearchwaygroup.com

Eastbourne Choral Society Gildredge House School, Compton Place Road Tues: 7.30-9.30pm. New members always welcome, vacancies currently particularly in the soprano section. www.eastbournechoralsociety.org.uk Eden Blue Rock, Pop & Gospel Choir Eden Blue, Green Street £6 per session. New members welcome. No audition required. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk French Singing Group The Lamb Inn, 36 High Street Tues: 7-9pm. £5. Quirky songs with a French twist! Harmony singing.Tel: Lo Polidoro 07846 118807 The Lamb Folk Club Lamb Inn, High Street 1st and 3rd Weds. 7.30pm. A wide range of professional folk singers and players plus floor spots for visiting musicians. All welcome. Tel: 01323 728268 or 638811 or www.lambfolkclub@freeuk.com Make It Up Community Wise, Ocklynge Road 3rd Weds in the month: 2pm. Improvisational drama group. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Saturday Morning Music The Under Ground Theatre, 1 Grove Rd Sat: 10am-12noon. Free live music with our regular coffee morning. Tel: 01323 411906 www.undergroundtheatre.co.uk Sovereign Singers Eastbourne Blind Society Hall, 124 Longstone Road Wed: 9am. Female harmony choir for enthusiastic singers. If you like the Military Wives concept, you’ll enjoy this. Tuneful voice required, music-reading ability not necessary. Email sovereignpolyphony@ uwclub.net U3A Singing for Pleasure & Singing in Harmony Old Town Community Hall, Central Ave 1st & 3rd Mon: Singing for Pleasure: 2pm-3pm, Singing in harmony 3pm 4pm. Text: 07920 110105. Friendly group singing wide range of music including folk, music hall, jazz., film themes and rounds. No concerts, no stress, no auditions. Everyone welcome, including newcomers to singing. £1 per meeting and £3 per term. £12.50 per year membership of U3A. yu3a@ yahoo.co.uk U3A Singing Harmony Old Town Community Hall, Central Ave 1st & 3rd Mon: 3pm-4pm. Sing a wide range of songs in harmony, from 2-4 parts. Everyone welcome. Sheet music provided (£5 a year) for those who want it. No concerts or auditions. £1 per meeting and £3 per term. £12.50 per year membership of U3A.Text: 07920 110105, email: singingharmonyu3a@yahoo.co.uk

Ukulele Group Eden Blue, Green Street Tues: 5.30pm - 6.30pm. £8 adults, £7 kids. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk VOICES Choir Christ Church, Seaside Weds: 7-9pm. Baptist Church, Pevensy Bay Thurs: 12.30-2pm and 7-9pm. Rocking, swinging choir for all. No experience necessary. £5 per session.Tel: 01323 766994 or voiceschoir@hotmail.com The Voiceworks Company of Singers The Wigner Room,Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road Tues: 10.45am-12.15pm and 7.158.45pm. Singing a huge variety of genres. New members welcome, first session free. Includes professional vocal tuition from singing coach Haley Stevens. Tel: 01323 729379 www.voiceworkshops.co.uk The Warehouse Under 18s Nightclub Unit 5, 16A Maple Road Sat: 7-11pm. tel: 01323 738288

BABY & PRE-SCHOOL

Buddies Storytelling with Puppets The Leaf Hall Community Arts Centre, 51 Seaside Tue: 9.30-10.30am. For mums and toddlers. £2.50 per family inc. refreshments. C.A.C.L Kwik-Tots & Ball Play The Meads Parish Hall, Meads Street Mon: 10-10.45 (term time). For boys and girls 2-4 years. To book tel 01323 730467 or www.caclsports.co.uk Kiddi Tennis Eastbourne Sports Park Tues & Weds: 10am-10.45am for 2-4 year olds. Free taster session. Tel: 07811 447711 or email: emma@kidditennis.co.uk Little Bears Soft Play for under 5s Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon: 9.45am - 11.45am. Soft Play. Thurs: 10am - 12 noon. Messy Play or Creative Play. Facebook: Little Bears Soft Play Email: littlebearssoftplay@gmail.com www.communitywise.org.uk Little Stones Toddlers run by Living Stones Church Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tue: from 9.45-11.45am.Term time. Just drop in. £2 per family. For parents and toddlers, bumps and babes. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Little Treasures Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Tue: 10am-12 noon, term time only. For parents and babies/toddlers. Chat to local parents while the children play, craft, sing, have lunch and more! £1.50 per family. Totz St Elisabeth’s Church,Victoria Drive Thur: 10am-12 noon, term time only. Toys, craft, singing, coffee and chat. £1 per family. Tel: Revd David Gillard, 01323 649728, email: David.Gillard@sainte.co.uk

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Vicky Bees Parent & Toddler Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road Mon, Wed, Fri: 10-11.45am, term time only. Coffee/tea and chat for adults, little ones can enjoy toys, crafts, songs and stories. Tel: 01323 737974

SPORT & DANCE

Belly Dancing for Fun & Fitness Eden Blue, Green Street Fri: 10.45am - 11.45am. All ages and fitness levels welcome. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk Community Run Tempo, 67 Susans Road Mon: 6pm. A fun, sociable 5k run for all abilities and experience with the option to run further. Tel: 01323 723152. www.temposhop.co.uk Eastbourne Folk Dance Club United Reformed Church Hall, Watts Lane Thurs: 7.45-9.45pm. Come and enjoy all aspects of English Folk dancing. Beginners welcome. No partners needed. £2 on the night. Refreshments inc. Tel: 01323 732948 Eastbourne Parkrun Shinewater Park Sat: 9am. A 5k run, it’s you against the clock. Register beforehand at www.parkrun.org.uk/eastbourne Eastbourne Roller Disco Sports Park, Cross Levels Way Sat: 2.30pm. The biggest roller disco in the south. Family £12, skate hire £2, integrated roller birthday parties welcome (£3). Tel: 07940 773295 www.eastbournerollerdisco.co.uk Eastbourne Scottish Dance Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Wed: 7.30-9.30pm. Tel: 01323 301871 www.communitywise.org.uk Elim Bowls Club Elim Family Church, 1A Hartfield Road Tues: 12 noon - 3pm. Beginner or expert – you are welcome to join us playing carpet or short mat bowls (bowls provided). £2 to play, £2 lunch. Tel: 01323 731843 Email: info@elimeastbourne.org.uk Fitness Classes Eastbourne For more information, tel: 01323 446404 Email: hailsham@sussexcommunity.org.uk Fitness Classes Various venues, Eastbourne Daily: Classes and times to suit ALL ages and abilities. Tel: Chris 07487 726033 Fiveways Dance Club Emmanuel Hall, Hawkswood Road, Hailsham Mon: 8pm - 10.15pm. Come along and meet us, we have a lot of fun dancing. Mainly sequence with some ballroom and line. First session free, then £5 incl. coffee/ tea and biscuits. Tel: 01323 417517 Get Fit Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Thurs: 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Karate Jutsu Kai Cavendish School, Eldon Road (Thurs) Grovelands School, Hailsham (Mon) 6-7pm Juniors, 7-8.30pm Seniors, Kickboxing 8.30 -9.30pm. Strength, fitness, discipline. All abilities welcome. Tel Shihan Cliff 07814 543123 www.karatejutsukai. com facebook: karate jutsu kai.

Shinewater Healthy Walk Shinewater BN23 8EJ Fri: 10.30am. Meet outside the Co-op on Milfoil Drive. Free. Tel: 07740 899559 www.walkingforhealth.org.uk

Ladies’ Movement to Music St Elisabeth’s Church Hall,Victoria Drive Mon: 7.30-8.30pm. Nominal charge. Tel: Margaret on 01323 723870

Sk8school Sports Park, Cross Levels Way Alternate Sats: 1pm. Followed by the biggest roller disco in the south. £5 child, £8 adult, £2 skate hire, private coaching and group classes available. Tel: 07940 773295 www.sk8school.co.uk

Legs, Bums & Tums (Free) Old Town Community Centre, Central Avenue Weds: 9.30am - 10.30am. 6th December. Booking essential. Tel: 01323 446404 Email: hailsham@sussexcommunity.org.uk

Skate World Unit 5, 16A Maple Road Mon-Thurs: 3.30-6pm. After school workshop (12-5pm during school hols) £3. Fri: 5-10pm and Sun: 3-7pm Family Roller Disco. Sat: 1-6pm Fun Skate. Tel: 07807 087674

Lindy Hop Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon: 8pm (beginners), 9pm (beginners consolidation, improvers/intermediate). £6, £3 full-time students with ID. Learn to dance the Lindy Hop, the original 1930s /40s swing jive from the USA. Not in August. Tel Alan: 07875 607322, Email: alanhumphris@live. co.uk Facebook: Eastbourne Swing Jive

Swoove Fitness Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon: 1pm - 2pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk

Mummy and Me Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Weds: 9.30am - 10.30am. Exercise class. Not in August. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Neurofit Bowls Club,Victoria Drive Mon: 2.30-3.30pm. Training programme, empowering people with a neurological condition to challenge their physical fitness.Tel: 01323 648202/07742 544897 or 01323 729959/07803 004002 Old Town Dance for ages 2½ upwards Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Mon, Weds and Fri: Ballet for adults and children. Tel: 01323 438697 www.communitywise.org.uk Pilates Community Wise, Ocklynge Rd Six-week courses for all abilities. Mon: 6.15pm. All abilities mat work. Private one-to-one classes available. Email: andreaastley@hotmail.co.uk Pilates Classes Eden Blue, Green Street Tues & Thurs: 6.40pm - 7.40pm. Weds: 9.30am - 10.30am, 10.45am 11.45am, 5.40pm - 6.40pm. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk The Pit Stop Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Cresc. Mon: 10am-12 noon. Table tennis and billiards, tea/coffee. Tel: 01323 726231 Qi Gong Enterprise Centre, Station Roundabout Weds: 5-5.45pm. No experience necessary. No special clothing, just turn up. 07812 052742 www.yogaeastbourne.com

Table Tennis St Richard’s Church Hall, Priory Road Sat 10am - 12 noon. Players of any age or standard welcome. £2 per player. just turn up. For information tel: Graham on 01323 503162 or 07450 636814 Wu Tai Chi Eden Blue, Green Street Mon: 7pm - 8pm. Thurs: 12 noon - 1pm. Beginners welcome. All welcome. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk Yoga Classes Eden Blue, Green Street Day and evening yoga classes available, including Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Dynamic Flow. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk Young at Hearts Class Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Tues: 12.30pm. Tel: 07805 351526 www.rethinkfitness.co.uk Zumba & Zumba Toning Class Eden Blue, Green Street Day and evening Zumba fitness classes available. All ages and fitness levels welcome. Tel: 01323 639883 www.edenblue.co.uk

WEIGHT LOSS & BEAUTY

Slimming World Community Wise, Ocklynge Road Weds: 5.30pm & 7pm. Tel: 01323 722924 www.communitywise.org.uk Slimming World The Salvation Army Hall, Royal Sussex Crescent Mon: 7.30pm. Tel Sarah 07341 853425 Sat: 9.30am. Tel Xander 07481 210301 www.slimmingworld.com/slimwithxander Weight Control & Nutritional Advice Various venues, Eastbourne Daily: Classes and times to suit ALL ages and abilities. Tel: Chris 07487 726033

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