AAHORSHAM - All About Horsham - August 2011

AAH ALL ABOUT HORSHAM MAGAZINE

Best of Friends Meet Willow, the fawn that was hit by a car and now has a rabbit for a mother!

Also inside: Coco’s Foundation in Africa Camelia Botnar Tanners Arms goes Live!

Great War in Horsham

August 2011

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Art Lindsay Wright talks about her pencil drawings of rock icons and her inspiring fight against cancer

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FrenchFest Horsham’s FrenchFest was hit by bad weather, but there was still much to keep those who did make the effort entertained

Music The Tanners Arms has transformed its fortunes in the past year by becoming a live music venue.

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Events AAH runs down the best events of the month and looks ahead to the Barns Green Half Marathon

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The Top 10 What is Horsham’s most famous pop band, or the most memorable music event in the town’s history?

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The Great War The Second part of superb look at the First World War in Horsham, written by Jeremy Knight of Horsham Museum

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Coco’s Foundation A young group of hairdressers had a life-changing trip to South Africa, and have now established a Foundation

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Camelia Botnar Young people are being given a unique opportunity by a Foundation set up after an untimely death.

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Living the Dream The Couple who took a chance and started a new live running a B&B in France’s ‘Little Tuscany’

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Born to Ride The Horsham Motorcycle Show was rain-affected but still attracted an eclectic mix of bikes

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The Review Can The Mill House Hotel’s restaurant entice non-guests of the hotel with its intriguing menu?

Big Issue What are the local authorities planning to do with all of our rubbish in the future?

Group Discussion The Horsham Hawks Hunter Field Target Group talk about this new form of shooting

The Big, Hard Quiz Featuring pop stars of 1992, cryptic garden centres, a hidden bull and stars of the Capitol theatre!

Pink Ball The Green Man in Partridge Green raised more than £11,000 on their second annual In the Pink Ball

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Website on target The AAH website now has a rolling news page. We’ll let you know about things - be it news, upcoming events, and even snippets of next month’s magazine, each and every day. In addition, full editions of AAH can be downloaded from the website. Visit us online at www.aahorsham.co.uk AAH Great value Advertising with All About Horsham An independent, innovative monthly publication for the District

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Ben Morris, Editor, AAH “You can’t see where I’m receding, can you?”

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Firstly, welcome to new readers in Earles Meadow, Horsham. Briefly, we’re a monthly magazine, this is our fourth edition, and from now you’ll be receiving the magazine each month.

Hurrah!

Before you get too concerned by the pictures here, Toby and I haven’t been out in the woods gunning down animals. Having spent last month visiting various animal charities, that would have been a dramatic change of character.

We have though, visited the Horsham Hawks Hunter Field Target Group, so the only thing we were aiming at here was a sheet of metal!

Toby’s been a busy boy this month.

He was the official photographer at FrenchFest and Sparks in the Park, so I’ve had to grab him at any spare time and drag him down to the Tanners Arms (cramped), the Horsham Motorcycle Show (wet) and a Sunday morning hunt (muddy). But he still took some cracking photos!

You can get your hands on the photos featured in AAH by contacting Toby

(details below). He does have to charge though, to pay the bills and his addiction to skateboarding.

Also this month, we take a look at two foundations doing sterling work both at home and abroad. Firstly, the Camelia Botnar Foundation, giving disadvantaged young people enormous support with its apprenticeship based work schemes, and the Coco’s Foundation, created by a team of young hairdressers to help critically ill children in Africa. We think it all makes for a cracking read.

Feel free to contact us about any enquiry you may have relating to any story, advert or photo in AAH. Also, we’ve decided to keep a few copies back this month as we’re getting a lot of people not on our door-to-door delivery rounds wanting a copy! So extra copies are now available for £3 each.

For copies you can email me at editor@aahorsham.co.uk or write to: AA Publishing Ltd, 2 Viney Close, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3PT.

Toby Phillips, Photographer, AAH “Ben, have you got the right ISO setting?”

T: 07968 795625.

E: info@tobyphillipsphotography.co.uk

Editor: Ben Morris editor@aahorsham.co.uk 01403 878026 / 01903 892899 Advertising Manager: Kelly Morris advertising@aahorsham.co.uk 01403 878026 / 01903 892899 Photography: Toby Phillips tobyphillipsphotography.co.uk

info@tobyphillipsphotography.co.uk Contributors Jeremy Knight (World War One features); Gary Cooper (The Story of Edward Cook) Thank you Teresa Brady (French feature), Jeremy Knight, Gary Cooper, and Toby for his amazing pictures

Cover Image Bramble the Rabbit and Willow the Deer had been snuggled comfortably together for some time in an aviary at Holbrook Rescue Centre, before Toby thought he’d sneak in through the gate and get the perfect shot.

Willow jumped up, while Bramble considered her strategic position before making a mildly threatening offensive in Toby’s direction!

News

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Horsham’s first ‘Festival of Sound’ begins on Sunday, 4th September. The event will kick off on the Sunday to coincide with the Big Nibble, and during the festival there will be something in the region of 100 live music nights.

AC/DC tribute band Bad Boy Boogie (pictured) are among the acts likely to perform. Visit the Horsham Festival of Sound page on Facebook for details.

Electric vehicle charging stations are now up and running in Horsham and Storrington.

Provided by Horsham District Council in partnership with West Sussex County Council, two Elektrobay recharging stations are at Horsham’s North Street Car Park, and another is located in Storrington’s Library

Car Park.

Drivers of electric vehicles will receive a smart card when they join the Charge your Car network (chargeyourcar.org.uk). For the £50 annual membership, this smart card gives users access to any of the posts registered with the network across the county and beyond.

Children can have the time of their lives this summer with Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) at Woods Mill, Henfield. The SWT Holiday Club is for 6-11 year olds and children do not need to be accompanied by an adult. The club runs every Tuesday and Thursday from now until 18th August from 10.30am-14.30pm. www.sussexwt.org.uk

Kieran Vernon of West Chiltington sits sixth in the Formula Renault BARC after a bad weekend at Croft. In race one, a tangle with his team mates led to a non-points finish, and that was followed by a fourth place finish in race two.

Spend an evening with actor, adventurer and author Charley Boorman at the Capitol theatre in Horsham on 2nd November.Tickets cost £17.50 from 01403 750220.

Parking patrols are being stepped up in Horsham’s East Street in a bid to reduce traffic and parking infringements.

Brock Taylor defeated

Sainsbury’s by just one point to retain the Rotary Business Boules Cup . The inter-business Boules contest was held during FrenchFest. Sussex Bootcamps finished in third place. The winners picked up a prize of £250 complementary meal vouchers courtesy of Cote Restaurants.

British Transport Police (BTP) officers have issued a warning to youths in Littlehaven who continue to trespass on the railway.

Inspector Gary Ancell said: “On Tuesday, 5th July around 4.30pm we received a report from a passing train driver who said that he had seen a group of youths run in front of his train moments before it travelled through the crossing.“

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Picture: Toby Phillips

Horsham’s Sparks In the Park on Sunday, 24th July was a huge success.

Approximately 15,000 people flocked to the park for the summer event, held as part of the nationwide 2012 Open Weekend., marking one year to the 2012 Olympics.

Entertainment on offer included have-a-go sports including the Set4Success Youth Sports Challenge, funfair rides, live music and dance on the Community Stage, circus skills, samba and flag making workshops, children's entertainers, as well as free stalls and activities from local attractions including Amberley Museum,

Warnham Nature Reserve and many local charities brought together for the day by the Rotary Club of Horsham.

The Sports Zone was particularly popular with some parents commenting that their children were active in the Sports Zone for several hours.

The event ended in a spectacular finale with the Shout Out Carnival procession involving hundreds of local children and adults. Children’s TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips awarded the prizes for the successful Set4Success Youth Sports Challenge, whilst Sarah Jane Honeywell from BBC CBeebies ‘Mighty Mites’ entertained youngsters

A Market Town

with markets to be proud of Horsham’s Bishopric Market is expanding.

Every Saturday from 9am to 5pm near the Shelley Fountain, you will find stalls that sell jewellery, canvas prints, hats and bags, footwear, South African Biltong and foods, CDs and DVDs, mobility scooters, pet products, haberdashery, fruit and vegetables, bread and pastries, a butcher, olives, T Shirts, mobile phone accessories, sausages and fresh flowers.

You will also find many of these stalls in the Bishopric on a Thursday, as well as Richard Harman & Sons oak furnishers, plants, glass engraving and novelty gifts with Freddie Upcycling.

Olives Plants Jewellery Haberdashery

Bakery & Pastries

Mobility Scooters

Fruit & Veg Butchers THE BISHOPRIC MARKET IN HORSHAM: EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, 9AM-5PM www.horshammarkets.co.uk Email info@horshammarkets.co.uk or call 07816 777340 with all market enquiries

SATURDAY 9AM - 5PM

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When Willow was hit by a car near Monks Gate, the chances of survival did not look good for the young fawn.

However, she’s now expected to make a full recovery, thanks to what a rescue centre believes could be the life-saving actions of Willow’s new best friend Bramble the rabbit!

Willow arrived at Holbrook Animal Rescue Centre in Horsham in huge amounts of pain, bellowing throughout her first night alone in a small aviary.

But then she was introduced to Bramble, known as being a particularly maternal rabbit, and the two have got on famously ever since.

Laura Santini, who runs the Rescue Centre, said: “The rabbit definitely feels that she is the mother of the fawn. If you go in to the aviary she chases you and then makes protective rings around the fawn!

“The rabbit was maternal straight away.

She started washing Willow’s face and wounds, which was heart-wrenching to watch. We think without the rabbit the deer might have died of shock.

Willow was fortunate that the driver of the car she collided with stopped and was considering what to do, when by chance Andrea Charlwood of Caring for Cats (featured in last month’s AAH) came upon the scene and insisted on taking the deer away.

Andrea took Willow, who had suffered bad injuries to her head and leg injuries too, to Laura at Holbrook. After sterling work by two vets, Willow is now able to stand and walk around for short periods, and her strength is building with each day.

She’s currently eating the food as Bramble - grass and a rabbit mixture and is likely to be passed on to a suitable home if and when she makes a full recovery.

A video of Willow and Bramble has been posted by Laura on YouTube. Type in ‘Holbrook Animal Rescue’ to view.

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Art

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‘I drew one eye and was diagnosed

with cancer and I thought, that’s it, I’m not going to be able draw anymore

or do anything’

Lindsay Wright A pencil artist from Horsham

Art Focus

Lindsay Wright had drawn just one of Phil Lynott’s eyes when she was told she had cancer.

She always starts with the eyes if the eyes go wrong that’s it for the entire drawing. But at that point, it was doubtful that Lindsay’s drawing of the Thin Lizzy frontman would ever be touched by a graphite pencil again.

That was only back in 2009, but today there’s a print of the completed drawing, the most personally significant of all of Lindsay’s work, on the wall of her home in Horsham.

Lindsay recalls: “I drew one eye and was then diagnosed with

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cancer. I thought ‘that’s it, I’m not going to be able to draw, I’m not going to be able to do anything’.

“But in between the chemotherapy there were brief periods when some strength returned, and I finished it.

“That always reminds me of the different stages of cancer - radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy.

It means a lot to me because it carried me through. I could have given up, but I thought ‘No, finish it’.

“I would talk to the image as I was drawing it because I needed to get my head away from the cancer.”

Lindsay’s husband, Taz, drove the drawing (called The Sun Goes Down) all the way over to Ireland for a Phil Lynott convention. The picture sold, and led to Lindsay setting up a new website called www.bigrockface.com, with pencil images of rock icons such as Ozzy Osbourne.

Lindsay said: “I’m not actually a huge Thin Lizzy fan. The reason Phil Lynott has come into it in such a big way is that three years ago I became involved in a commemorative exhibition in Ireland based on Phil Lynott. I drew my first image of Phil, exhibited the drawing and it sold.

“I became good friends with Phil’s mother Philomena, and I’ve

been out there every year since.

“I’ve got three out in Dublin for a huge Phil Lynott exhibition on now. I was looking to start drawing other huge rock icons, hence the Big Rock Face name, and obviously Ozzy is a huge icon so I chose him.

“I’d love to draw Iggy Pop as there’s so much going on in his face. There’s so much going on in the faces of older people - lines, character - real depth.”

Lindsay owes much of her artistic flair to a “hippy upbringing”.

Her parents would allow her to draw on the walls of her bedroom at home, and the passion grew from there. However, this free spirited artist had little time for conforming to the instructions of tutors at Art College.

Lindsay said: “Art is inherent in the family, as I have art on both

sides. I grew up with my mum and there was a pencil drawing of a dog on the wall.

“It was only when I was an adult my mum told me that my greatgreat grandmother drew it and I realised that is where my talent came from.

“I had hippy parents and they allowed me to draw on the walls.

In my bedroom I started to draw caricatures on the walls and people started saying I could draw.

“I did study art at college but found it was too restrictive. My style is photo realism and a lot of tutors try to move you away from that, but that’s what I enjoy.

I don’t draw to prove anything; it’s just what I like to do.”

Lindsay has drawn in colour before, but prefers to work with graphite pencil. In the past she has drawn landscapes but

Lindsay Wright doesn’t find it exciting, so instead focuses on portraits. She recently drew three horses for a commission, as well as a picture of an up-and-coming Irish artist called Doey. The drawing will be used as the cover image for his forthcoming second album.

Taz has been drawn, and Lindsay

is also drawing a self-portrait in between other projects. Michael Stipe, Iggy pop, David Bowie, and Linsday’s son Ben are all on the ‘future projects’ list.

But the problem Lindsay has is finding the time. Each drawing takes a total of about 110 hours, and as Lindsay has to contend with regular hospital visits for treatments, as well as her work

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teaching fine art privately, it typically takes three months to complete each picture.

Lindsay said:” A lot depends on the day. According to the day and your mood, you draw differently.

“I try to do one whole section in the same day, and this is what I

tell my students too. If you’re doing a sky, don’t do half of it and then go back to it, because even the way you move your pencil will change daily depending on how you are feeling.”

There’s also a major project coming up for Lindsay at The Tanners Arms in Horsham. The pub has a growing reputation as a live music venue (more on that later)

and Lindsay will soon be helping to create a huge mural on the wall. She said: “It’ll be instruments rather than people, but we might do a rock icon on the men’s and women’s toilets, so that could be Hendrix and Blondie.”

There is a tendency to view Lindsay as a rock portrait artist, but there are other strings to Lindsay’s bow. She has spent ten years as the artist for Macmillan Cancer Support, designing their greetings cards, and admits she’s “happy to draw anything”.

“Portraiture is my love, so if I get to do that then I’m happy”, she said. “But I don’t want to be totally known as a rock artist.”

There remains the threat of illness hanging over Lindsay’s head though, but art works as an escape from the realities of cancer.

Lindsay said: “I’ve been on medication for 18 months, with three years to go, but it never really ends. Once you’ve had it you’re never really out of the woods.

“You’ve just got to wait and hope it doesn’t come back. You hope the worst is over, but you don’t know – you live on a knife edge.

“You go through scares – every little thing that happens you get checked out. A year after my first diagnosis I had a bone cancer scare, and had to undergo an MRI scan, so I went through the whole emotional rollercoaster again. It’s very scary, and it’s changed my outlook. I have terrible dives where I lose it psychologically, and it overwhelms you for about a week, but then you climb back up again.

“I’m also very good at putting on a brave face, even if I’m having a bad day I tend to still appear jolly. People always think I’m happy, jolly Linds with the flower in her hair, but a friend of mine (got cancer) about a year after me, and often we sit together and just bawl our eyes out as it is scary.

“But the work helps me to keep going. The Sun Goes Down is my cancer picture. It will always have a place on my wall.”

For Lindsay’s rock images visit www.bigrockface.com To contact Lindsay email lindsay@bigrockface.com

Shades of a Jailbreak I do feel like I’m getting better. I feel I improve with each drawing, even though I’ve been doing it all my life.

I found out that when the image was initially taken in the seventies.

Phil was just strumming some new chords and working out a riff for the song that became jailbreak.

But this, my second Phil Lynott picture, is my favourite. I was really pleased with all the elements; the chrome on the choker, the leather jacket, the sunglasses – it was just a joy to

draw. But I think with this image it’s the perspective I love as much as anything – I do like extreme perspective. So the guitar coming out like that was great to do.

I incorporated the album cover into his glasses and called the piece Shades of a Jailbreak.

I always like to add something different to each of my drawings so i’m creating something that hasn’t been seen before. With the Ozzy image I put Sharon in the glasses and called it Ozzy reflecting.

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Inspirations

by Lindsay Wright

The Story of Mr Nero, illustrated by Theodore Papas, was another favourite. These images moved me more than any others I had seen as a child and again, I still have this book.

Jim Fitzgerald

Jan Pienkowski Pauline Baynes J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was illustrated by Pauline Baynes. There is little or no resemblance to my own work, but I was in total awe of these illustrations as a child. I still am now! They are not sophisticated, but they are thought provoking'.

The Kingdom Under The Sea (a collection of fairy tales from eastern Europe retold in English by author Joan Aitken) was illustrated

by Jan Pienkowski. Again, the illustrations bear no resemblance to my work at all, but for some reason they had a huge effect on me and have never left me! I think it was these illustrations that made me really want to draw!

My final influence is someone whom I had the wonderful pleasure of finally meeting last year when (my husband) Taz and I were guests at the 80th birthday celebrations of our dear friend Philomena Lynott (Mother of Thin Lizzy’s) Phil Lynott) in Dublin. This is where I finally met one of my 'art-idols' Mr Jim Fitzpatrick.

Jim was responsible for most of the album covers of the Thin Lizzy albums, and he also created the iconic 'Che Guevara' image that sells all over the world. Jim is a true master of the trade.

5 Piries Place, Horsham 01403 754440 www.classic-bags.co.uk Classic Bags has moved from Swan Walk to a larger shop in Piries Place, Horsham.

The newly refurbished shop nestles alongside some of Horsham’s most popular independently run specialist retailers, restaurants and bars.

Classic Bags is an authorised stockist for many leading brands, including Radley, Kipling, Tula, Giannni Conti, Hidesign, Samsonite and Delsey.

They also stock exciting new designs by Trunki, whose range of products makes travelling fun for children, and Mywalit, multi-coloured purses and ladies business bags.

You’ll find a wide range of handbags, luggage, travel

accessories, purses, wallets, briefcases, jewellery boxes, gloves and more.

Classic Bags, an independent, family owned business has been established in the historic market town since 1999.

The business began life in East Street, where owner Pat Burstow built Classic Bags into Horsham’s leading retailer of handbags and luggage.

In 2001, Pat was joined by husband Mick, and the shop moved to Swan Walk shopping centre. Together the duo built the business, and now daughter Sharon is the store manager as Classic Bags begins an exciting new era in Piries Place.

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If you have a cat stuck in your tree, you tend to call the fire brigade.

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Max Ferretti, one of the country’s best young arborists, founded the company and Absolute Arboriculture has built up a fine reputation for its professional and affordable services.

They deal with all aspects of tree surgery, from felling to planting, hedge cutting to stump removal.

Max said: “We love gardens, and working with trees is what we do best. We take great pride in our professionalism, whether you have a small garden, or are looking for tree management on a larger scale, we cater for everyone.

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They brought along their onions, cheeses, olives, Napoleonic regiments and their Citroen 2CVs. But the French forgot to bring the weather over for Frenchfest in Horsham town centre on July 15th-17th.

Horsham District Council and a host of sponsors and partners worked together to provide an action-packed three day festival of all things French, an authentic market, Napoleonic soldiers marching through town, Montmartre Day arts, live music, classic French vehicles and boules challenges on offer.

All involved put on a brave face, but in truth the relentless rain (the heaviest rain fell on Saturday) put a downer on proceedings. It was a great shame, as the event undoubtedly had its best line up of events yet.

But it wasn’t all bad news. There was a chance to see the potential for East Street, as several restauranteurs put out special tables and chairs for diners,

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creating a great outdoor atmosphere.

Antonio Cipollaro, manager of Cote Brasserie, commented: “The rain we had didn’t dampen the spirits of either the general public or the restaurants from offering something a little different, with the East Street closure allowing for an ‘al fresco’ style look.

“There were many positive comments from guests and traders alike about the festive look of the road.”

Also smiling were the team of two from Brock Taylor, who retained the Rotary Business Boules Cup for the second year, sponsored by Hobart Paving and

Cote Restaurant. Other FrenchFest sponsors were La Source, More Than Insurance and Broadbridge Heath Citroen.

Visitors to Horsham on the Sunday enjoyed a display of Citroen 2CV’s in East Street and Market Square, whilst 60 people took part in Chauvet cave painting.

Janine Creaye from Horsham Artists Open Studios, said: “ In a mad burst at the end public and artists all joined in with the public cave painting, completing a third 8ft canvas in under 40 minutes flat!”

The organisers are already thinking about how to take things forward for the seventh FrenchFest in 2012.

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THOSE KINGS OF SWING Thursday 6 October 7.30pm Hear the triumphant seventeen piece Big Band playing the original Benny Goodman and Ted Heath orchestrations from New York‘s Carnegie Hall. With Kenny Martyn and Jazz legends from the famous Ted Heath Orchestra.

OVER THE RAINBOW THE EVA CASSIDY STORY Wednesday 21 September 7.30pm A compelling award-winning musical, following the life of Eva Cassidy. Sarah Jane Buckley (Kathy Barnes in C4’s +ROO\RDNV VWDUV DV (YD &DVVLG\Â&#x;ZLWK Maureen Nolan as Barbara (Eva’s Mother) and Brian Fortuna (Strictly Come 'DQFLQJ Â&#x;DV 'DQQ\ &DVVLG\ (YDÂŞV EURWKHU

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BUDDY GRECO Friday 23 September 7.30pm One of the most talented entertainers of the last 60 decades, Buddy Greco is the original swingin’ hipster. With his big hit The Lady is A Tramp and others such as Around The World and Girl Talk, Buddy is the star you should not only listen to, but should also watch perform to get the whole story.

JACKSON LIVE IN CONCERT Saturday 24 September 8pm Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson has to be the most vocally and visually accurate tribute to the king of pop to have ever toured UK theatres.

TONY HAWKS - RANDOM FUN Sunday 25 September 7.30pm Tony Hawks, comedian and best selling author of ‘Round Ireland with a Fridge’, looks back on the strangest and funniest moments in his career.

DEATH BY FATAL MURDER Thursday 29 September Saturday 1 October 7.30pm Ian Dickens Productions present Peter Gordon’s sequel to Murdered to Death.

Starring EastEnders’ ‘Dirty Den’ Leslie Grantham, Richard Gibson (‘Allo, ‘Allo), Michelle Hardwick (The Royal) and Katy Manning (Dr Who).

COLIN FRY THE PEOPLE’S MEDIUM Sunday 2 October 7.30pm Be stunned by his breathtaking accuracy and compassion in Colin’s all new show as he conducts an evening of intimate communication with your loved ones.

JAZZ FM ON THE ROAD Sunday 9 October 7.30pm Jazz FM On The Road featuring Ray Gelato and Hayley Sanderson (lead vocalist on Strictly Come Dancing) and host Leo Green.

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PAUL ZERDIN Friday 14 October 8pm Arguably Britain’s most talented and leading ventriloquist returns to The Capitol with his friends Sam, Albert, Baby and a few new tricks up his sleeve!

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‘It’s got really massive really quickly!’ - ‘Chelle Dean

That’s original!

A few years ago, The Tanners Arms looked the least likely place in the world to be a live music venue.

Despite its location - close to the town centre on Brighton Road and with the largest cluster of houses in the district pretty much over the road - the Hall and Woodhouse owned pub had a reputation as an ale drinker’s pub.

Now, it could hardly be any different. Over the last two years, the pub has been steadily building a reputation as a great live music venue, attracting more customers with each successful gig.

Landlady Lyndsay Campbell took over in 2009, and immediately set about promoting the Tanners around music. Despite the lack of space, a stage was built at the back of the pub, with a few tables with chairs set out in front.

On either side of the stage, the wall is decorated with more than 70 LPs - a mixture of classics such as Paul Simon’s Graceland and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, and you suspect whatever else Lyndsay could get her hands on - and throughout the

pub guitars and other instruments have been placed on the wall.

There are a stack of Total Rock magazines sitting by a sofa, a miniature Hendrix guitar on top of a Radiohead tablature book on a piano near the stage, with pictures of Nirvana, The Rat Pack, Rolling Stones and The Beatles on the wall.

Any gaps are filled with LP sleeves, and the general rule is anything goes, with albums by Billy Connolly, Lulu, and Danny La Rue sitting alongside an album of Music from the Royal Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips!

It’s safe to say that the old boys who used to pop in for a few pints, pork scratchings and a game of bar billiards have long gone!

Lyndsay said: “I used to have Dog and Duck at Kingsfold, and then I was in retail for three years. I said I’d never run another pub.

“The Brewery contacted me and asked me if I’d like to try running a pub again and I said ‘no’. But I came to have a look at The Tanners one Continued on Page 20

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Music Continued from Page 19 evening and just fell in love with it and knew exactly what I wanted to do. I could see it as a music venue straight away.

“I took over in February 2009, and the pub wasn’t very popular.

A lot of the people that came here regularly when I first arrived do not come here anymore, because they did not want music in their local pub.

“But you have to decide who you are appealing to - the locals that have been here forever, or do you want to take the pub somewhere else? That’s the way we had to go.

“I started doing music right from the start but only one night a week and now it’s four or five nights a week, so it’s quite mental. At the start we would have just a handful of people, with maybe 20 people at the weekend, but it’s grown to be quite successful.”

AAH popped along on the night of The Tanners Arms’ fourth Live Lounge event. The pub is now hosting music nights more often than not, but it is the Live Lounge nights that are the most popular.

You can barely even move inside.

A group of women are sat on bean bags just a yard in front of

the stage and it’s a time consuming and apology-filled ten yards from my viewing spot by the piano next to the stage to where the bar is.

While the last live lounge night saw up to 150 people squeeze in to the Tanners, tonight’s attendance could be higher still.

The final band of the night, The Somethings, have brought along many supporters. The band’s singer is involved with Rock Choir, and a number of the choir are there to give vocal support!

As it turns out, many of these fans are typical of the pub’s customers. Surprisingly, it is not young people who have spread

word of the pub’s growing reputation as a live music venue, but people in their thirties and forties, with Lyndsay saying she “very rarely gets anyone under 25 in.”

There’s a great mix at the Live Lounge night. As well as The Somethings, a feisty soul outfit, there’s Horsham band Stick in a Pot, a harmonic, folksy outfit with a sound not a million miles away from Fleet Foxes. They were pushing their latest album ‘A Number More Than Nothing At All’ which you can sample on the band’s website.

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Sweet harmonies: Stick in a Pot

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Download AAH at www.aahorsham.co.uk Continued from Page 20 Also on the bill were Singfield the Horsham band playing a rare local gig as a two piece - as well as London- based singer songwriter Tim Eveleigh, and ‘Chelle Dean, who sang as well as acting as compere and sound engineer for the night!

The bands may have been playing contrasting styles of music, but they all had one thing in common - there was not a single cover song in their sets.

Lyndsay said: “I really focus on original music, so all the people on the bill tonight are playing originals - you won’t hear a cover. Unless you’ve heard the bands before you won’t have heard any of this music and that goes down really well.

“It wasn’t really that I saw a

niche, it was just something I wanted to do straight away.

There are a lot of pubs in Horsham that host live music but not necessarily original music.

That is what makes us a little bit different.

“People who write their own material find it difficult to find venues to play. A lot of pubs want cover bands, playing songs that people will recognise crowd pleasers basically. We do the opposite at the Tanners.

“We have a good selection of bands here in Horsham, but we do attract bands from other areas. At the last Live Lounge we had people from Glasgow to support one of the acts. They flew down, played a set and stayed at the Travelodge!

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‘We have a good selection of bands here in Horsham’ Singfield perform as a duo

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Tim Eveleigh at the Live Lounge Continued from Page 21 “We’ve been building up for quite a while now, and we’re probably at capacity now as it’s only a small pub.�

Chelle Dean added: “This is only our fourth Live Lounge, so it’s got really massive really quickly.

People come from so far away to play as well, we’ve had bands

that come from London and around the south. “They bring down a lot of fans too, so not everybody here is from Horsham and that’s the way it tends to be.�

There will soon be even more of a music theme at the Tanners Arms, as live music fan and local artist Lindsay Wright will be drawing a mural on the walls and

toilet doors later in the year.

And it could be that live music expands to a new venue in Horsham - Lyndsay hopes that the success of the Tanners could mean there is scope for a bigger ‘music pub’ in the area.

She said: “I don’t think you can ever be as busy as you can be.

These (Live Lounge) nights are busy but the weekends could

sometimes be busier. There are still places we can go - maybe we’ll have music seven nights a week soon! “I would like another venue but we’d never get rid of the Tanners as this is my baby and I love it here!�

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Events The AAH Events guide can also be seen at www.aahorsham.co.uk

The Big Nibble Saturday, 3rd & Sunday, 4th September

Those passionate about local food and drink won’t be missing out on The Big Nibble weekend in Horsham, launching the month-long Horsham District Food & Drink Festival.

Highlights of the weekend include a huge produce market in the town centre with a diverse mix of stalls offering the tastiest local produce, demonstrations at a Live Cookery Theatre from a broad mix of chefs and local producers, tastings and takeaway recipe sheets, a beer trail involving many of the town centre pubs and bars, plus competitions, events and special offers from local businesses.

The event has become so huge, it spills over into Sunday this year with free Southdown Historic bus rides across the Horsham District with routes recreated from the 60s and 70s, a classic car rally involving TVRs and Morgans, a ‘Nibble Trail’ with free taster portions from participating restaurants, cafés, pubs and specialist stalls, hilarious roving "ladies" of mature years, riding on giant motorised shopping trolleys, plus live music with as the event coincides with the launch of the Horsham Festival of Sound.

For event details, call 01403 215529 or visit www.thebignibble.co.uk Picture of Scott Hallsworth of Wabi taken by Andrew Bennett/Tall Oaks Photography

Events Guide now online at aahorsham.co.uk

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DON’T MISS IT! Wisborough Green Balloon Festival Friday, 9th-11th September The three day balloon festival has become a highlight on the events calendar. About 30 balloons take off at five different occasions in the three days, with all proceeds going to CHASE children’s hospice. Flights are available for a donation of £90. To make a booking contact organiser Brian Smith on 01403 700346 or email briansmithaid@btinternet.com

Art Exhibition

Looking ahead...

6th-11th September The Seawhite Studio at the Star Trading Estate in Partridge Green hosts an exhibition at 13 contemporary painters over six days, with a closing party on the Sunday at 11am-2pm.

Artists exhibiting are Jayne Aylott, Paddy Bailie, Bobbie Bale, Jacqui Brommell, Fran Elliott, Liz Gilpin, Bridget Gladwin, Jane Cattlin, Gwen Lloyd, Karen Munck, Juliet Robertson, Jane Tilbrook and Fran White.

For more information see www.emilyballatseawhite.co.uk

Barns Green Half Marathon Sunday, 30th October The Barns Green Half Marathon is now in its 29th year and over that period this unique village occasion has raised a huge amount of money for charity.

Last year over 1800 runners took part in the race which follows a route through the lanes of Barns Green, Itchingfield, Christ’s Hospital and close to Southwater through some of the most scenic countryside in West Sussex. In 2010 the race was won by the superb Kenyan athlete, 20 year old Edwin Kipyego, who ran an astonishing race, finishing almost 6 minutes ahead of the second placed athlete.

The event is always keen to attract new runners and there is plenty of time for people to do some training and get themselves in shape to take part in this wonderful annual event.

For further details just visit the Barns Green Half Marathon website at barnsgreen-half.org.uk

Dragon Boat Races Sunday, 4th September St Catherine’s Hospice’s Dragon Boat Festival returns to its stately setting on the lake at Knepp Castle, Shipley.

Teams from local businesses battle it out in a series of races in the colourful 40 foot long Hong Kong-style boats To compete, you’ll need a team of 13 – 20 people, an entry fee of £515 and a commitment to raise £750 in sponsorship money.

Michael Beasley, event organiser from St Catherine’s Hospice, said: “Fancy dress, circus stalls and gameshelp build a great atmosphere for the day and it’s easy to get paddling.”

Training and equipment is provided on the day, along with your own marquee.

To find out how you can be part of the big day, follow the Dragon Boat link at www.stch.org.uk or call Michael Beasley on 01293 447357.

14th August

The Alter Eagles, play the Greatest hits of The Eagles, including Hotel California, Desperado and Life In The Fast Lane, at the Capitol in Horsham with tickets costing £13.50. For more visit altereagles.co.uk

27th August

The 25th Rudgwick Steam and Country Fair will be staged. There’s a lot going on, including a mini beer festival and BBQ championships, as well as steam engines, stalls, local produce, animals and more.

Arthur Lodge Vets host a three mile sponsored dog walk to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind. The walk will start at 11.30am from Southwater Country Park.

To register call Dani on 01403 783400.

As part of the National Garden Scheme (NGS), Pauline Clark opens her gardens at 4 Bens Acre, Horsham, RH13 6LW. Has water features, Arbours and Summer House. 15pm, £3 entry. Children free. Tea and cakes.

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13th August

Ashington Artists and makers are holding an Arts, Crafts and Farmers' market at the Scout Hall, Church Lane, from 9am1pm. The stalls include handmade cards and jewellery, butcher and canvas paintings.

27th August

The popular Ashington Festival is held. There’s the usual carnival parade and funfair, but new this new is three-legged football! The event is held from 1.30-11:45pm.

For more details visit ashingtonfestival.co.uk

Horsham Horticultural Society hosts its Summer Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show for members at North Heath Hall, St Marks Lane, Horsham, at 2.30-4.30pm with a raffle, plant sale and refreshments.

3rd September

11th August

Horsham Rugby Club will be taken over by hundreds of dogs as Bridge House Agility Club hosts its annual show. For more details about the club and the show visit the website at bridgehouseagility.com

Sussex Artists host an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and pottery from today until 20th August at the Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, at 10.30am-5pm.

Admission is free. See www.sussexartists.org

20th August

South Lodge Hotel hosts a Ladies Lunch: Colour Me Beautiful, with Richard Randall. The interior designer will be giving tips on transforming your home from 12pm. Tickets cost £31 with lunch included.

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15th August

The Horsham Festival of Cricket starts today as Sussex take on Worcestershire at the Cricketfield Road ground. The Sussex Sharks play a one day match on Sunday 14th. sussexcricket.co.uk

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Events

Horsham Festival of Sound is held in five locations from 12-5pm in East Street, The Forum, Market Square, Carfax, Shelley Fountain and Piries Place. Acts include the Stuart James band and Tied to the Mast.

Our Events Guide is updated regularly on our website www.aahorsham.co.uk Feel free to send event notices to editor@aahorsham.co.uk

Top 10: Horsham’s contribution to popular music

We’re rock hard We’ve had our share of pop royalty in these parts.

We suspect there’s a fair few hiding in the leafy rural outskirts of Horsham, as Phil Collins once did.

He opened Loxwood school fete back in 1991, but now resides in Switzerland.

Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Billy Fury and Adam Faith are other names that have been regularly seen in the district down the years, while Status Quo played Horsham in their early days.

Alvin Stardust lives near Billingshurst. Only in June, he officially opened a new Boules pitch at The Sun Inn in Dunsfold - still wearing a leather jacket!

Everyone seems to have bumped into at least one member of Oasis at some point, usually in one of the town centre pubs.

So we’ve had to leave a few out. Perhaps the most obvious one is Robin Goodridge, drummer with rockers Bush, who were huge in the USA in the 1990s. Robin attended Tanbridge House School, and the band even sponsored Rudgwick Football Club in the mid 1990s.

Also narrowly missing out is Hinda Hicks, an R&B singer from Billingshurst who had two chart hits in the late 1990s, and Blood Red Shoes, a duo that includes Horsham’s Steven Ansell. Their two albums have broken into the Top 100 but not the Top 40.

There are many more local legends such as The Falloons and Flairz that never troubled the charts, but are perhaps worthy of a place on a different list here one day...

Rolling Stones

Horsham’s most famous gig was held on August 3rd, 1963, when The Rolling Stones played at St Leonard’s Hall in Cambridge Road.

Peter & The Hustlers, a local band, were booked as the opening act to The Stone's, whose first single, Come On had just entered the charts. A reported 619 people jammed into the 400 capacity hall for the gig.

As hometown boys, the Hustlers got a warm reception too.

In an excellent report in the West Sussex County Times published in 2007 (search online for ‘Horsham memories of the Stones’) members of the band recall the night.

The Stones were handed a one off payment of £50 between them for their one and a half hour set.

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They’re the pop band it’s okay to like, and three out of five of them are local.

Kevin and Ciaran Jeremiah went to primary school in Horsham, as did Paul Stewart.The Feeling opened West Street’s HMV store in 2006. The band (the singer is from London and bassist from Forest Row) recorded their first single, Sewn, in a garage in Broadbridge Heath. The song reached Number 7 in the UK charts. Their third studio album, Together We Were Made, was released in June.

The Beat Merchants

Damon Albarn may write the songs, but Jamie is the man behind the successful band’s incredible animation. He attended Tanbridge School in Horsham, where he contributed art to a road safety campaign that ended up runner-up in a national television competition, and later worked at Payless DIY and attended Northbrook College, Worthing. Hewlett has also collaborated with Blur singer Albarn for Monkey: Journey to the West

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Peter and the Hustlers were the Rolling Stones’ support at their Horsham gig in 1963.

Soon after that, singer Peter Toal emigrated to Australia.

The band became The Beat Merchants, signed to Columbia Records and had a US #1 when their song ‘So Fine’ was put on the flip side of ‘You Were Made for Me’ by Freddie and the Dreamers.

They played a superb homecoming gig at a secondary School in Horsham in 1966 before splitting.

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compose music long after leaving the pop band, with commissions for the BBC and most notably, he co-wrote the music and lyrics for Thomas the Tank Engine.

Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode)

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Peter Andre is represented by Horsham based Celebrity Management firm Can Associates and is often seen in the district. His two children live with his former

Alan Wilder is a former member of Depeche Mode.

His current musical project is called Recoil, which started as a side project to Depeche Mode.

Alan lives in a small village on the outskirts of Horsham , and continues recording with Recoil, but it is his work with Depeche Mode, labelled by Q magazine as “the most popular electronic band the world has ever known" for which he is most famous for.

wife, Katie Price, near Dial Post. He ate at Wabi in Horsham earlier this year and visited Cowfold fete in 2009.

Aussie-born pop star Andre has achieved three No.1 singles.

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Diana Dors, known as Britain’s answer to Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, was best known for her acting, but she enjoyed a long singing career too, although she only released one complete album back in 1960.

Diana lived at ‘Palmers’, a 15th Century farmhouse near Billingshurst, for a time after selling her London penthouse apartment at the end of 1957.

Her huge American car was often seen in Horsham and Billingshurst.

David Gimour (Pink Floyd)

Junior Campbell, born William Campbell, was a founding member, lead guitarist, and singer with Marmalade.

He now lives near Horsham with his wife.

Junior continued to

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and moved in 1999, having outgrown the place. The famed DJ told the Daily Telegraph in an interview in 2002: “The house had three bedrooms and a loft conversion. It was quite narrow with a long back garden - about 90ft. I built an extension at the back where I had my recording studio and management company.

"One day we found a stray cat, and called her Sugar. “ I had two nice-looking cars outside - a Mercedes 560 sec and a Cherokee Jeep - and people were scratching them.”

Carl Cox may not be a household name, but he was one of the leading DJs of the massively popular rave/hardcore scene in the 1990s.

Cox was the first person to be named number one DJ in the world, on DJ Magazine 's Top 100 DJ poll, in 1997.

At that time he was living in Highlands Road in Horsham, near Millais and Forest schools - and many pupils knew of their famous neighbour.

He lived there from 1993 with his wife Rachel (they’ve since divorced)

David Gilmour lives in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst.

He is of course best known for his work as a guitarist, singer and songwriter with Pink Floyd, but his last solo album in 2006 was met with critical acclaim too.

A little further down the road, in Fittleworth, lives a certain Bryan Ferry.

Who knows if they ever meet up for a pint to discuss global rock super stardom and politically rebellious sons?

Rain puts brakes on bike show “That’s just how things are here in Blighty!”

Those were the words of Rob Hurst, manager of New Street Motorcycles, as the weather washed away any hope of a truly successful Horsham Motorcycle Show on 16th July.

New Street Motorcycles had taken on the organisation of the show, and become its main sponsor. A team had spent the last three months promoting the event and building up an exciting number of attractions for people of all ages.

But by Saturday morning, most of those activities and events had been cancelled, as the relentless rain ensured it was, with the odd exception, only the biking diehards that made it

along to Ingfield Manor School in Five Oaks for the fourth staging of the event.

The team from New Street Motorcycles had even contemplated cancelling the event, but the show went on and although the event attracted perhaps only 10% of its potential, sundrenched attendance, it is hoped the event will be staged again.

Rob said: “The plan was to elaborate on the shows of the past three years and make this show, the fourth one, the best one yet.

“We had every intention of making it a good, family-orientated event, and we had plans to provide lots for the under 16s.

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scheme here today, but they can’t operate in the wet. We were also going to have inflatables, face painting, and the school steam train operating, but it’s all had to be cancelled.

“But unfortunately we had to downscale, make contingency plans, and of course it’s been a loss for us but the school will get some money.

“I think we’ll do it again next year.

The feedback we’re getting was ‘real shame’’. It could have been a really good event, but that’s how things are here in Blighty! You roll the dice and take your chances.”

Nonetheless, there were a few awards handed out in several categories, including Best Custom and Best British, and several bands performed during the day and evening. The event also raised some money for Scope and

Ingfield Manor School.

New Street Motorcycles only took on the organisation of the event three months ago, when the organisers of the first three shows -Phil and Davey - decided they could not do it once more.

They hope next year the weather will be kinder and all of their hopes and ideas will bear fruit.

Terry Wright, commonly known as Taz, was on the organising

committee, and even played in the headline act Re-Offender. He said: “Hopefully, if we get good reports back from the (sponsors and businesses) that are here and the people who came along, we’ll plan if again for next year.

“It might be that we do something on a slightly bigger scale, with some stunt bikes, and quads.

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would be good. We just didn’t have the space or the time this year.

“It’s a shame about the weather, but if we make a bit of money for the school and for Scope, we’ve done our job.”

Throughout the day, a steady trickle of bikers did arrive, with a number of intriguing bikes. ‘Tug’ from Worthing brought along his custom built Volkswagen Beetle trike.

Tug said: “I was here last year, and I know what it takes to organise this kind of event, so I was going to make it whatever the weather.

“It’s important you support your local show, and there isn’t enough around here to be honest.

“We came here last year and it was good, and this year would have been amazing if not for the weather. If the sun was out we’d have stayed all night, had a few drinks and camped over. It’s a shame.”

Despite the low turnout, Rob says the event is “very likely” to be staged again next year, and would like

‘If the sun was out we’d have stayed all night, had a few drinks and camped over.’ to thank all of those that supported and attended the event.

He said: “We only took this on three months ago, and without us it was doomed. I used to organise motocross and off road events, but none of my team have done anything like this before, and they’ve done really well. I wouldn’t change anything they did.

“I would like to thank Destination Triumph in Washington, Honda (represented by Dobles motorcycles of Coulsdon) the Extreme Wheelie guys (www.extremewheelie.co. uk), Ron Trump who supplied the PA, and Boxall & Clinch Caravans who supplied the stage trailer.”

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Horsham at War August 31st 2011 marks the 90th anniversary of the official end of World War One. The men of Horsham are remembered by the war memorial in the Carfax, although some names were only recently added to the roll of honour.

A rededication ceremony was held in June.

This summer, volume 4 of A History of Horsham, compiled by Horsham Museum curator Jeremy Knight, is published. The volume focuses on WW1, studying how the war affected Horsham, telling the stories of the town’s most prominent characters during the war, and the varying views and attitudes of residents.

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Pictures on Page 33: From top row from left: A gun crew in 1914 (Courtesy of Gary Cooper); A Great Gathering in Horsham (Horsham District Council/Horsham Museum ©), In the trenches (Gary Cooper), A Carfax Concert (HDC/Horsham Museum ©), Richard Lintott of Horsham fought in the war (Gary Cooper), Troops leave Horsham town centre (HDC/Horsham Museum ©), In the trenches (British Library), Volunteer Corps in Horsham 1914 (Gary Cooper), Women working in Horsham for the war effort and troops leave Horsham( both HDC/Horsham Museum ©), An army appeal poster (British Library)

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ater this summer volume 4 in the History of Horsham will be published; it covers the war years – 1914-18.

The following accounts are taken from that book, which at around 100 pages plus photographs is difficult to compress. It is based on the Council minutes, Parish Magazine, contemporary newspaper accounts (mainly West Sussex County Times) and posters held in the Museum.

All these sources have been freely available for decades, yet this is the first account of the War in Horsham.

The image of the war and the battles dominate our perception of the conflict, – but what gets lost is the story told at home.

We glibly talk of The Home Front, but what do we really know about it? We can not know for certain how the psychological impact of the war played out in places like Horsham.

What impact did the sight of all the injured soldiers walking the streets play, the sense of guilt by the survivors, the sense of death and loss? What impact did the idea of sacrifice, honour and futility play in the minds of those left?

11th February 1917

dal claim to the Market waste (aka the Carfax). Yet his death saw little coverage in the Horsham press.

April 1917 A milestone passed in Horsham’s history that has been forgotten, Mr George Lovekin, Horsham’s last gingerbread maker died

and the War showed up this change more than anything else, for the State realised that it could no longer depend on nobility to perform all the tasks required to fight a war but had to rely on the “ordinary man” in the street to undertake extraordinary functions both on the military and domestic field. The old Honours system worked well regarding military prowess, it was after all feudal in origin, created for

Lord Leconfield congratulated Horsham upon being the first to start a club under the Comrades of the Great War.

The 15th Duke of Norfolk died.

With his death went the last living tie with feudal Horsham, for he owned the Town hall which he sold to the town for a nominal amount. It was his ancestors as shown that dominated large periods of Horsham’s history.

Although the Norfolks would undertake the occasional civic function as Lord Lieutenants or as dignitaries in their own right, he was the last Norfolk to lay feu-

aged 83.

We know this because in September 1917 Mr C J Attree gave Brighton Museum is collection of 10 Gingerbread moulds from Horsham.

4th June 1917 Changes to the role of the monarchy and the restructuring of the honours system occurred this year. Society was changing

military or quasi military functions. There was The Most Honourable Order of the Bath which honoured only senior military officers and civil servants; The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George honoured diplomats; and the Royal Victorian Order honoured those who had personally served the Royal Family. There was nothing to honour those thousands of people who served in numerous non-combatant capacities during the First World War. So a new

The Great War in Horsham

35 Pictures below: Horsham District Council/Horsham Museum ©

Order was created, a new Order for a new order (and ordering) of society. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, established

by King George on 4th June 1917. Originally, the Order included only one division; however, in 1918, soon after its foundation, it was formally divided into Military and Civil Divisions.

July 1917 On Tuesday evening members and friends of the [Workers Educational] Association to the number of 60 or more assembled in the garden of Causeway House where, through the kindness of Mrs Arnold, a thoroughly

enjoyable evening was spent.

The night was fine and warm and after a tour around the garden refreshments were served. Then a short musical programme followed. Songs were contributed by Mr. & Mrs. Winbolt and two violin solos by Miss Fountain. The President (Mr. S. E. Winbolt) followed with a brief address based principally upon the report of the first year’s work which the Council deemed satisfactory despite the difficulties attendant upon the inauguration of a new movement in the midst of the European war. Mr. Winbolt considered that in securing between 80 and 90 members they had done well, but he specially urged members to do their best to increase the strength of the association.

The overriding message of the

early months of 1918 was shortages and rationing with the Government stepping in to control prices and stop profiteering. There was a proliferation of public notices via posters and in the press. This saw in Horsham (and probably elsewhere) the creation of a whole new governmental or quasi governmental structure. For example the notice concerning Butter and Margarine mentions the Horsham Food Control Committee, a Food Office operating from the Town hall. A price list issued in February was signed by Sidney W. Evans and this committee seems to have developed out of or replaced the Economy Committee mentioned above.

21 February 1918 On February 21st a public meeting was held in the Kings Head hotel where Mr. H. Metcalfe of the General Committee, Headquarters, London spoke about the Comrade of the Great War, an organisation set up to support returning soldiers. Less than two months later on 13 April the County Times could report on the opening of the club. If Lord Leconfield was right, this was the first such club in the Country, let alone County: COMRADES OF THE GREAT WAR OPENING OF CLUB PREMISES

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Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Division leaving for war, Park Street Horsham, 4th August 1914

For the opening of the premises at the corner of Park-street and East-street as the Comrades of the Great War Club, yesterday afternoon by Lord Leconfield, there was a large attendance.

Lord Leconfield congratulated Horsham most heartily upon being the first to start a club under the Comrades of the Great

News Updates at aahorsham.co.uk War. He had not heard of any other town or place in the country which had got so far. It was doubly satisfactory because his own opinion was that it was by clubs of this kind that Comrades of the Great War would do most good.

36 Bolsheviks seized power forcing the Regent out. This event barely caused a ripple in Horsham, except for one person. Hilaire Belloc who had invested his money he got from war time talks, lectures, articles etc., in Russia lost the lot.

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April 1918

Armistice

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Although no official notification of the signing of the armistice was received in Horsham till Monday afternoon, the news became generally known on the telephone soon after eleven o’clock and flags quickly appeared in the main streets.

There was much excitement and eager questionings at likely centres.

Then the news spread rapidly that a service was to be held at the Parish Church at twelve o’clock. Many businesses were closed and people flocked down the picturesque Causeway for there was something official at last. In the presence of a vast congregation the choir and

31st 1918 the time for killing in England and Wales a number of migratory wild birds, including the Curlew, the Knot, the Whimbrel, the Golden Plover, the Red Shank, the Godwit, the Snipe, the Woodcock, the Teal, the Widgen, the Mallard, the Shoveler, the Pochard, the White-fronted

‘The population of Britain grew by two million from1911 to 1921’

Goose, the Pink-footed Goose and the Grey Lag Goose. By the same Order, the time for the lawful sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession of any of these birds is extended to April 15, 1918.

October 1918 The big internationally important event of October was the Russian Revolution when the

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37 clergy filed into the chancel a few minutes after midday and the Vicar (Rev. Morley L.C. Headlam) went straight to the pulpit where he asked the people to join him in saying the Lord’s Prayer.

There then followed a brief service and a collection for the Red Cross Fund was taken, which realised £35. 16s. 4d.

Despite the damp weather which persisted till late in the evening, general rejoicing was the programme throughout the town. In the afternoon the Town Band played selections in the Bandstand and subsequently toured the town halting at the Cottage Hospital to make a collection for them and 15s 4d was raised.

There was an evening thanksgiving service at 8 o’clock in the Parish Church which was filled to overflowing with many having to stand throughout the service.

Torchlit Procession In continuation of the rejoicing at the signing of the Armistice a hastily organised but most successful torchlight procession was held at Horsham on Thursday night, the route being that traversed for a number of years by the Carnival Society.

A substantial collection was made on behalf of the funds of the War Hospital Supply Depot, several of the collectors utilising poles so that folk at upper windows should not go “scot free.”

At least £38 was realised.

With the evening delightfully

fine, and a moon too bright for a torchlight procession, thousands of people assembled in the Carfax to enjoy the unwonted brilliance of full lighting denied now for several years.

The Electrical Engineer (Mr. H. F. Cotton) and staff had wired the bandstand with fairy lights and thus prettily outlined in varied colours it formed a charming centre for the evening’s proceedings.

The parade finished in the Carfax where there were speeches from Mr. Charles Rowland and the Vicar, Rev. E.D.L. Harvey, on the balcony of the London and Westminster Bank, and rockets and fireworks ended the proceedings soon afterwards. It was an extremely successful celebration of the cessation of hostilities, especially seeing that it was arranged at such short notice.

The End of the War Question: When did World war one End, not a trick question, but one where most peoples assumption about it is wrong. The war ended on 11th November 1918. No the armistice was agreed, and it would take a further eight months before the Peace Treaty was signed in 1919.

In fact the first armistice was due to last just 36 days, but the agreement made it virtually impossible for Germany to re-start military action. In fact the true end of the war was 31st August 1921. That was the end of WWI according to the National Archives. So 90 years ago the great global war, World war One

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A picture from the first Flag Day in Horsham

‘Thousands of people assembled in the Carfax to enjoy the unwonted brilliance of full lighting’ ended.

The scale and scope of the war was considerable. Today we are bombarded with financial data and far more aware of money matters so to give some insight in to the financial cost: Britain’s budgets had been transformed from £200m in 1914 to over £2,000m in 1917 and the first post war budget exceeded £2,500m. Inflation had taken hold, doubling the cost of relevant prices from 1914 by 1917 and tripling them by 1920. The national debt which rose from £650m to £7.4billion (a eleven

fold increase in four years) was not spent totally abroad, a lot was spent within Britain, hence the inflation. The actual damage sustained by Britain has been estimated to at least £570m.

The image often portrayed of the war is of “the lost generation”, some estimates have been made which show that around 722,000 military dead, of which 39% were between 20 and 24, and over 22% between 25 and 29, and if you include Spanish flu a further 228,000 died in the years 1918 and19. Yet the population of Britain grew by 2m from1911 to 1921. That around 12% of the war dead would have died during the period anyway. The war also saw a decline in infant mortality from 24 per 1000 (1914) to 19.5 per 1000 in 1918. Equally mortality rate amongst older women rose by 5% during the war. There is no easy story to tell.

And that story will be told in the next volume on Horsham history, when it has been researched and written.

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‘A book was published called “What I know about the War” by ‘Blare Hilloc’. It contained nothing but blank pages!’

The story of Belloc, War time media celebrity and commentator At Shipley the media celebrity was taken at the door. and commentator Hilaire Belloc Belloc skillfully promoted himwas 44 years old when the war self along with the propaganda started. When war broke out he that enabled him to become felt he was ideally qualified to very wealthy. Was this war fight: he thought himself an profiteering? expert in military history and he Not in the usual sense of the hated the Germans all his life; he phrase, but Belloc became had also served in the French seriously wealthy, a point that army and knew the countryside that the war would be fought over very well.

So in the first months of the war he made a determined effort to join up. However Belloc’s war effort took another route when on 9 September Murray Allison or Jim Allison, chief shareholders of the new weekly periodical Land and Water turned up.

The journal was devoted to the war and Belloc was asked to write for it. Belloc signed a contract to write articles on the war for a journal that would sell over 100,000 copies a week.

By July 1915 he was being paid £40 an article

by Land and Water and Horsham District Council/Horsham Museum © as early as September 1914 he has signed up with the publishers Nelson to publish his Rupert Brooke noted as early at articles in book form. the start of 1915, “It wouldn’t …

He also charged £20 to £30 for be much good trying to see lectures and gave up to 10 a Belloc … When he’s not in the week. When he lectured at London Library surrounded by Queen’s Hall in London £600 Atlases, he’s lecturing all over

England. He’ll be the richest man in the world by the end of the war: and swamp the Jews.”

But were his articles any good?

Spencer Wilkinson, a professor of military history, wrote to Land and Water, giving Belloc a wonderful Christmas present of praise, saying that “they reveal a thorough knowledge of war and a military judgement of a high order, as well as an unrivalled grip of the geography of a theater of war and of its significance.

They are, moreover, so clearly written and so well illustrated that one cannot fail to understand them.”

However in September 1915 the Daily Mail ran an exposé on Belloc’s account of the war, labelled “Belloc’s Fables,” whilst a book was also published “What I know about the War” by Blare Hilloc. It contained nothing but blank pages!

Others also criticised him; Siegfried Sassoon wrote “He argues from the point of view of British rectitude: and it is that which I am questioning.

Worst of all, he argues on the assumption that ‘the next few months’ will bring a military decision; he has done this since 1915, so one cannot put much faith in him.”

Belloc suffered personal loss, investing all his savings in Russian bonds in the middle of 1917.

His friend Maurice Baring

suggested this was unwise, hinting that there might be a revolution. Belloc’s reply was that “Ah, but Maurice. It will be a Jewish revolution,” not realising that this would be no safeguard against Communism.

Although Belloc had a noted impact during the war in his propaganda, his lectures and writing, his accounts have not stood the test of time.

However he did have a lasting impact as the war poets Owen, Brooke and Gurney carried his battered works with them in the trenches.

Brooke’s “The Soldier” “reads like a poignant and passionate reworking of the untitled poem that begins, ‘He does not die that can bequeath’ with which Belloc had concluded The Four Men.

‘He charged £20 to £30 for lectures and gave up to 10 a week. When he lectured at Queen’s Hall in London £600 was taken at the door.’

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Father of three thrown straight into the Turkish firing line

at Gallipoli The Story of Edward William Cook, TF/1147. Corporal. “B” Company (far right) 1/4th Battalion. Royal Sussex Regiment. 160th Brigade. 53rd (Welsh) Division.

Died of wounds 4. 9.1915. Aged 36.

Edward William Cook was born in the old Sussex village of Hurstpierpoint at Gold Bridge on 26th May 1879 to William, a farm labourer, and Sarah Cook (née Gander), who had their home in the village. On 11th February 1900 Edward married Maria Earl at the parish church in Lindfield village; he was aged twentythree and Maria a year older. By the time the young couple were married, Edward’s father had improved his lot and was a publican.

At some time in his adult life Edward moved to Horsham, working as a plasterer by trade. At the turn of the century he and Maria were living in the town at 20, Spencer’s Road. They had a small son, Edward William, born at 63,

Park Street on 16th December 1900, and baptised at the local parish church on 3rd March 1901. Unfortunately Edward William died on 12th January

The early deaths of their comrades must have been a traumatic experience for many young soldiers’

1908.

In 1915 the West Sussex County Times reported the Cooks had a family of three little girls. Agnes Bessie was born on 14th August 1903, her sister Dorothy Nellie arrived four years later on 29th December 1907, and Kathleen Margaret followed on 1st June 1910 at 56, Park Street. Kathleen Margaret was baptised at St. Mary’s Church on 7th August 1910. In 1915 the family were living at 56, North Street, and by the end of the war Maria and her children were still at that address.

On Thursday 29th December 1910 Edward joined the 4th Btn Royal Sussex Regt based at its Headquarters at 6, Park Street, to

serve as a soldier in the Territorial Force as 1147 Private E. W. Cook.

His brother also served in the battalion’s A Company as Private A.G. Cook, with the regimental number of 1146. He had enlisted on 20th December 1910 and lived at 33, Kempshott Road, Horsham. Before moving its headquarters to Horsham in the April of 1910, the battalion had been based at Worthing.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Edward was called to the colours with a large number of Horsham men who were also already serving in the Territorial Force as part of the 4th Battalion.

They were not immediately Continued on Page 42...

History Continued on Page 42... despatched to enter the European conflict with the British Expeditionary Force, but carried out defensive duties at Newhaven port, followed by a period of rigorous infantry training at various locations in England before embarking for the Mediterranean, many destined never to return.

As part of the 53rd (Welsh) Division’s 160th Brigade, the battalion was bound for the Turkish mainland, to land at Suvla Bay in the north of the Gallipoli Peninsula in the late evening of 8th August and early hours of Monday 9th August 1915.

On arriving at the peninsula the battalion immediately came under heavy shellfire from the Turkish positions on the high ground on the morning of the 9th, resulting in 11 other ranks killed and another 60 wounded in the battalion’s first baptism of fire.

These early deaths of their comrades must have been a traumatic experience for many

of the young part-time soldiers rudely awakened to the reality of war.

Only two days later, while serving with B Company, Corporal Cook was struck down at Hill 70. He was so severely wounded that he was transported to a hospital ship and evacuated from Gallipoli with numerous other casualties.

The Greek island British base of Lemnos was full to capacity with sick, seriously ill and wounded troops, as was the Egyptian port of Alexandria, so Edward was eventually taken to the Intarfa Military Hospital at Malta.

Unfortunately Corporal Cook failed to respond to treatment for his wounds, and passed away on Saturday 4th September 1915. Exactly a week later the West Sussex County Times reported that “Mrs Cook of 56, North Street received a telegram from Hounslow on Tuesday last, ‘Regret to inform you that 1147 Pte Cook is at Malta and Continued on Page 43...

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War boost for cinema One type of venue that benefited by Roffey camp was the cinema, for the cinema was alcohol free and therefore attractive to the authorities.

They often showed patriotic films, building moral among the troops and civilians.

Some films such as The Battle of the Somme, were released by the War Office only weeks after the start of the campaign in 1916.

In Horsham the Central Picture Hall promoted itself as “the noted house for Best Pictures”

in 1916.

In 1917 the Carfax Electric Theatre bought 28 Carfax, Walter Oldershaw’s outfitters shop, next to the pub and directly in front of the auditorium, which it then converted into an entrance. It was renamed Carfax Theater.

By 1918 plans were submitted for complete reconstruction of the Central Hall.

The cinema was often used to show propaganda films such as ‘Nurse and Martyr (the killing of Nurse Cavell)’

Great War writers Jeremy Knight Jeremy recently finished writing Volume 4 of the History of Horsham, which is soon to be published.

Volume 4 covers the war years – 1914-18. Jeremy has selected for AAH just some accounts of life in Horsham in that time for this feature, and has also written a special feature on Belloc for this edition. History of Horsham Volume 4 will feature 100 pages plus photographs and is based on the council minutes, parish magazines, contemporary newspaper accounts (mainly West Sussex County Times) and posters held in Horsham Museum. Volumes can be viewed at the museum. For opening times and exhibition news visit www.horshammuseum.org

Gary Cooper This story of Edward William Cook is taken from Gary Cooper’s book, Horsham’s Heroes of the Great War, 19141919, available at Horsham Museum.

Gary is currently researching the military and civilian history of Horsham in the Second World War 1939–1945. If you have any information, documents or artefacts that may help Gary please contact 01403 241620 or email coopg709@aol.com

Visit aahorsham.co.uk Continued from Page 42... dangerously ill.” The War Office records at Hounslow were out of date, as Edward Cook had been promoted since the war broke out to full corporal. In his last letter written on 17th August he said they (the battalion) were living, sleeping and working in the trenches. Further news was awaited anxiously by his wife but, sadly, he had already succumbed to his wounds a week earlier.

Following the War Office news, Mrs Cook received a letter written on 4th August from a ward nurse at the Intarfa Military Hospital, Malta. “Dear Madam, You will be surprised to get a letter from me, but I am writing for your husband, who came to my ward last Sunday and he was anxious that you should have a letter from here. I am very sorry to say that he is very ill indeed. He does not seem to have any pain and talks quite

sensibly at times. I wish I could give you a better report of him.

I can only hope that he will get better before you get this letter, and able to write the next one himself. At present he is too ill to worry about anything, only he did want me to write and let you know he was here.”

Corporal Cook died the same day the letter was written.

On Tuesday 14th September Mr

‘Arthur Cook died less than three weeks after Edward while also serving at Gallipoli’

J.A. Morrin, the eldest son of Mr & Mrs John Morrin, drapers of 66, East Street, arrived home on leave from Malta.

He was attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps and related the sad details of her husband’s death to Mrs Cook. He also brought a recent copy of the Daily Malta Chronicle that included details of Corporal Cook’s funeral.

Wreaths at the funeral read “Malta’s tribute to dead heroes with much sympathy from the Daily Malta Chronicle Fund”.

Thirty-six year old Corporal E.W. Cook lies buried in Plot VIII, Row B, Grave 4, at the Pieta Military Cemetery.

The suburban cemetery is located one and a half kilometres south west of Valletta city centre, and contains the graves of a number of Gallipoli casualties, in addition to those of British garrison officers and men of earlier generations previously stationed at Malta. The name of Corporal Cook is commemo-

rated on the battalion panel in St. George’s Chapel within Chichester Cathedral. His widow remarried in the early 1920s to Mr Frank Richard Etheridge, and remained with her family at 56 North Street.

During the war Frank Etheridge served aboard HMAS Sydney, commanded by Captain John Glossop, and was present on 9th November 1914 when the Sydney disabled the German raider, the light cruiser SMS Emden, commanded by Kapitän Karl von Müller, and forced his surrender.

Edward’s brother, Arthur George Cook, was born in Haywards Heath, and died less than three weeks after Edward on 23rd September 1915 while also serving at Gallipoli with the 4th Btn of the Royal Sussex Regt.

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children, so we had a chat and I thought he should go away and think about it for a while. He did and he decided it was something he needed to do so I said ‘Okay, let’s make it happen’.

“We sat down and worked out a plan, and quite a few of the young hairdressers expressed an interest in going, but it took a while for us to find the right orphanage. We linked up with a

charity called Food 4 Africa, who feed 17,000 children in South Africa a meal every single day. I spoke to Gordon Minott at the charity, and told him we were looking for an orphanage to work on a project.

“Gordon suggested this shanty town where Food 4 Africa was looking to build a kitchen. But there was a hotel where we would stay, and a McDonalds nearby, and for me that didn’t work. I wanted us all to have a real experience. It’s not just about doing something - you have to feel it too.”

After an extensive search, Gordon found the perfect project for the Coco’s team. Chris and four young adults - Ed, Jodie Cooper, Jake Wetton and Peter White - headed to a village called Ubombo, in the mountains in the most northern part of South Africa. The Ubombo orphanage takes care of 20 children suffering from HIV or AIDS, and was in need of a new trauma centre.

As the most senior member of the team, Chris felt responsible for his team, but upon his arrival he found himself questioning exactly what he had let himself in for. Chris admits that he didn’t “particularly like children” but the children of Ubombo were to leave a lasting impression.

Chris said: “When I arrived, I had a challenge on my hands as I

don’t particularly like children. I have nieces and nephews but I like to keep children at arm’s length! When we arrived in this beautiful village, 20 children came running up to the car and there was this horrendous piece of me that thought ‘what have I done?’”

It helped that Chris saw a bit of his own personality in one boy who was sitting by himself. Chris said: “I saw him walk off and sit under a tree. I walked up to him, but I could hear that he was crying.

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Advertise in AAH from just £50 per edition Continued from Page 45... wiped his face as the tears were flowing down his dusty face, but many thoughts go around your head as you know the children all have AIDS. “You think about whether you could catch it too. But then you look at him, and see the tears in his eyes, and you realise he is only six years old and all he wants is a hug. So I picked him up, gave him a little hug and said ‘I’m here for a couple of weeks and I’m building you a little house’. He stopped crying and so I said ‘let’s go and meet the rest.’

“All of the children at the orphanage were born without the disease, so you’re left wondering how they caught HIV. I was completely naive to this. How they got it was that, between the age of two and six, every child there had been sexually assaulted.

There are witch doctors who claim that men with HIV can pass the disease on to a virgin child.

It’s an inherited culture. “ All of the members of the Coco’s team formed their own close friendships with different children, each affected in their

own way. In Chris, Thabiso found someone he could trust, and the young African would bring Chris bottles of water from a puddle that he didn’t realise wasn’t

suitable to drink, and would help the salon owner clear rubble and happily accept wheelbarrow rides back down the mountain.

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head home. The trauma centre was built, helping new arrivals at the village to be gently introduced to the village, and the Coco’s team were to head back to England. Children at the orphanage were sad to see them go, waving goodbye knowing they would probably never see each other again. But Chris had other ideas.

“The children were upset and said ’we are never going to see you again’, said Chris.

“You think to yourself, they’re right. We’re going to go, we’ve finished the project, we feel good about ourselves, and that’s it. You’ve got these kids and they’re sobbing, and you’ve lived and breathed that experience, so I said ‘okay, we’ll see you in August.’ I thought there was no way I could not go back.

“You can’t not be emotionally affected by it. Despite all they’ve been through, these children are always smiling. “ Chris, Ed, Jake, Jodie and Pete considered how they could offer children continued hope in the long term, in Ubombo and in other villages on the mountain.

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Soon after, the Coco’s Foundation was born.

Ed, who had been profoundly moved by the first two week trip, became a trustee of the foundation.

He raises money by visiting schools and raising lots of money.

The salon Ed works at in Billingshurst High Street collects clothes, as do the two other Coco’s salons, selling items on through Fill a Bag to raise funds for the orphanage.

Chris returned in August to build a reservoir, and then again in October to sort out drainage in the village. In May of this year, Chris and six adult volunteers built a chicken house for 50 chickens, and the volunteers also laid down the foundations for a project scheduled for May 2012.

The Foundation will be helping to build a chapel / community hall in the orphanage.

For May’s trip, Coco’s Foundation paid for brand new shirts, trousers, shoes and school uniforms for all of the children at the orphanage.

Chris recalls: “When you hand over a pair of shoes to a 12 year old boy, and they start to cry

pound. There’s no administration fee taken by us, the whole pound will go directly to feeding the kids. Every card or email takes something away from that.

“The world’s we live in are very different. People are struggling here, and life can be difficult, but if you’re made redundant or retire or whatever, there are still people who will look out for you - friends, family, the government. So no matter how bad things are, every one of us can afford a pound a month as over there it’s the difference between a child dying and a child living.”

Chris may be looking to change the lives of children in Africa, but the children of Africa have also inspired change for Chris and many Coco’s hairdressers. Seeing how the young children of Africa take responsibility for their own lives from such an early age, Chris has placed more trust in the young people in his employment, allowing them managerial responsibilities and even allowing himself six weeks away for Foundation work next May. ‘My youngsters showed me what they can do - I saw them raise

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‘We mollycoddle youngsters - we don’t allow them to be free, independent minded young adults.’ because they have never had anything new before, it’s very special.”

Many people have already pledged support; Southwater Primary School has raised money with a dress down day, a school in Pound Hill, Crawley raised enough money to buy chickens, while school children in Colgate raised funds to buy laptop computers for children in Africa.

Businesses too have made donations - perhaps none have been so gleefully accepted as the sweets provided my Mr Simms Sweet Shoppe in Horsham.

Coco’s Foundation is also encouraging people to donate just £1 a month, as that pound will feed all 20 children in the orphanage for one day. One woman recently donated £200, and all of the children were taken on a special day out, to the seaside and to Wimpy.

Chris said: “You’ll never get a thank you from me, you’ll never get a card saying you’re wonderful, just log on to the website, see what’s happening and give one

£10,000 and build the trauma centre”, said Chris. “They can do anything, but in our country we just don’t allow them to do it. In Africa, I saw children who have to do everything themselves because they don’t have a choice, even when they are four or five.

But we mollycoddle youngsters we don’t allow them to be free, independent minded young adults.”

The Coco’s Foundation is now about taking young hairdressers out to Africa to feel what it feels like to help others. Each one will certainly take something from it, and perhaps they will be the ones to change things for the future.

Next year’s project to build the chapel in Ubombo will involve 40 hairdressers, who must each raise £2,190 for a two week trip.

If you would like to find out more about the trip call speak to Ed at Coco’s, 39 High Street, Billingshurst or call 01403 784848. You can also visit www.cocosfoundation.co.uk

Thank you Ann and Peter for the hat and scarf!

The trauma centre, built with love, hard work and donations

“It’s an amazing Foundation. I would have loved to have done an apprenticeship like this.”

The story of the Camelia Botnar Foundation

These are not good times to be a young adult looking for work.

Record unemployment, with one in five people aged 16-24 out of work, means it’s tough for those even with good qualifications to find a job.

For those not academically minded, or disadvantaged in some way, finding any employment can be a real headache.

But in Cowfold on the rural outskirts of Horsham, the Camelia Botnar Foundation has been providing incredible opportunities for such young

people for more than 30 years.

You may well have visited Camelia Botnar Homes and Gardens in Littleworth Lane, Cowfold, but not given too much thought as to where many of the products for sale were actually made.

Just a mile or so away along the Maplehurst Road is the Camelia Botnar Foundation.

Here, up to fifty young people are employed in workshops and departments devoted to metalwork, horticulture, pottery, carpentry, painting and decorating, catering, estates maintenance

and building.

“All of the trainees have been given an extraordinary opportunity. They are offered two years’ paid work experience, we support them, get them into college and hopefully they leave with qualifications, “ said Emma Mitchell, Chief Executive of the Foundation.

“We train and educate 16-21 year olds who are in a special need situation due to circumstances outside of their control. They are enabled to improve conditions in their lives and to develop as individuals.

“Initially, they apply to us directly

“Once they’ve made that first item, you’ll see them sneakily take a photo of it and you know you’ve got them!” or come through one of several organisations such as Connexions or Social Services, we bring them in for an interview and assess them to ensure that they are right for the Foundation.

“We offer a five week trial, and if they settle in we hope that they will stay for two years. At the end

of that time we help them find jobs, and we put some of their earnings aside to ensure that they leave here with a lump sum.”

The 550 acre Camelia Botnar Foundation estate was established in 1979 by Octav Botnar and his wife Marcela, in memory of their only child, Camelia, who was killed in a car accident at the age of 20.

Octav was a highly successful entrepreneur, who led an extraordinary life even before he founded Datsun UK in 1970. He died in 1998 at the age of 84, leaving the Foundation as his enduring legacy to helping young people in difficulty.

Products made by the trainees are designed and finished to a high standard, and retailed commercially through Camelia Botnar Homes & Gardens, the Foundation's retail outlet.

As well as showrooms of the products made at the Foundation, Camelia Botnar Homes & Gardens also boasts a Bistro which is something of a hidden gem in Cowfold, and a gift shop full of other goods and items such as greetings cards, tablewear, locally produced confectionery and chutneys and many other usual gifts.

Camelia Botnar Homes & Gardens bespoke service means it is hard work for the trainees at the Foundation.

Unlike college, where you may get three months to work on a project, the work must be done quickly and to a professionally high standard to meet the orders coming in from the garden centre.

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Continued from Page 50 deep end by their experienced managers, learn quickly and develop new skills all of the time.

In some instances, trainees can see their work being sold just a week after joining the Foundation!

The Foundation has other advantages, trainees get the opportunity to have their wages increased every six months depending on their performance, and gain several different qualifications which will make it easier to walk straight into a good job in their trade of choice after their time at Camelia Botnar.

Independent accommodation is provided in a number of cottages on the estate where trainees cater entirely for themselves. There is an

“I learn more here than if I was to stay at college as I’m constantly working” incentive scheme for those who wish to learn to drive. In the evenings there’s also table tennis, snooker hall, gymnasium, sports hall for indoor football, basketball, badminton, weights room, squash court, satellite TV, outdoor football pitch, tennis courts, library and a computer room to keep trainees entertained!

Andy Hespin, manager of the carpentry department, said: “From day one, the trainees are thrown straight in at the deep end and what they make is sold, so it has to meet a certain standard.

“We buy in sawn timber so it teaches the youngsters to learn how to unload, about health and safety, how to stack timber, and develop social interacting with delivery drivers.

“The world’s your oyster here. “ Even after four and a half years at the Foundation, Andy is continually impressed by how the young-

sters respond to the workload.

He said: “Some of the trainees have no experience, but from day one we sit down, have a chat, and I explain to them that this is essentially a workshop and you have to earn your money.

“They can and do make mistakes along the way of course, but once they’ve made that first item, you’’ll see them sneakily take a photo of it and from that moment you know you’ve got them!

“It never fails to amaze me what they can do.”

Tim Clement, Metalwork Manager, agrees. “Generally they are not always academic people that come here but because we provide assisted learning through the qualifications it doesn’t really matter.

“Our trainees may have gone through school and struggled, but this is run more like the traditional apprenticeship systems and they thrive in it.

“It’s all to do with the set up. It’s very supportive here but the trainees have to learn to stand on their own two feet and think for themselves. This gives them a

sense of achievement.”

The Metalwork Department is used as a fabrication, welding, and blacksmithing workshop, and also sheet steel work, so the trainees will experience a bit of everything.

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Continued from Page 51 many attain NVQ Level 3 by the time they leave.

Tim said: “We run it like a little autonomous business - we’re preparing them for when they leave. That’s where it differs from a college environment. There you might have a few months to make a product, but Camelia Botnar is ultimately a business so we need to get work done to meet the orders.

“So working here not only gives you qualifications, you’ll also have two years of work experience, and a huge portfolio of photos of items they’ve made here. It gives them a huge advantage.

“It’s an amazing foundation. I would have loved to have done an apprenticeship like this!”

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the trainees either. Charmaine McCarthy is a student in the pottery department, and she told AAH: “I learn more here than if I was to stay at college as I’m constantly working and making things for sale at Camelia Botnar Homes & Gardens.

“It’s normally a two year contract here and I’d quite like to study sculpture at art school once I’ve finished.”

Hopefully one day, Charmaine will be another Camelia Botnar success story. But for Emma Mitchell, every trainee that steps foot inside the Foundation falls into that category.

“Even if they come here for just three months they’ll have learnt something - even if it’s just getting into the routine of getting out of bed in the morning.

“We’ve had some fantastic stories over the years, of people who have gone on to do great things, but they’re all a success story for me.”

For more information on the Foundation visit www.cameliabotnar.com The website also has details about Camelia Botnar Homes and Gardens (sales 01403 864773) and the Bistro (reservations 01403 864588) at Littleworth Lane, Cowfold.

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Barking Mad Business The Horsham area has a new business enterprise that is Barking Mad – and proud of It! Barking Mad provides home from home pet care as an alternative to kennelling.

Christine Low, who was a Detective for Surrey Police before joining Barking Mad, runs the business from her home in West Sussex.

Christine was first introduced to Barking Mad when she was looking to make arrangements for her own dogs Poppy and Holly.

She said: “I was searching for an alternative to kennels and was pleased to find a service which provided one to one care, so

when the opportunity arose to involved with Barking Mad I knew immediately that this was the business for me.

“I have always been interested in finding a lifestyle which I would find fulfilling and active and where I could work with animals.

“I am now able to combine my love of dogs with running my own business. I really enjoy meeting like-minded people and being able to solve their pet care dilemmas, it gives me a tremendous amount of job satisfaction.”

Barking Mad has been established for 11 years and is a great alternative to kennels or house

sitting for dogs and is now available in Horsham, as well as Shoreham, Worthing, Hove, and all the places in between.

Chrsitne added: “If you are going on holiday, a family wedding or a short visit to hospital we can help.

“We select the ideal host families from our portfolio of trusted dog lovers, all of whom meet our extremely high standards.

“Accommodation is in a warm, friendly home environment with one to one dog care where exercise and feeding routines are maintained.

“Barking Mad offers an exceptional service to dogs and their owners.”

Barking Mad need more hosts to support its growing business. It is flexible and hosts find it enjoyable as they have all the doggy fun without the financial responsibility! All visiting dogs come with food, bedding etc supplied by their owners.

Alternatively if you would like to place your dog with one of our trusted dog lovers when you next need to be parted temporarily from your four legged friend then please call Christine on 01243 863050 or email christine.low@barkingmad.uk.com or visit www.barkingmad.uk.com

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Just who are

Harper James?

Now in its 4th year of trading, Harper James has already earned itself an enviable reputation as an honest, hardworking and professional estate agency dealing with houses in Horsham, Southwater and the surrounding villages.

With a refreshingly simply, straight-forward and transparent approach to the business of selling their client’s houses they can boast an impressive track record which is generating extremely positive feedback from their customers.

With the very successful opening of their new branch in Horsham town centre recently, Harper James now have the capability of promoting each property they sell from both their Horsham and Southwater offices; thereby effectively doubling the chance of attracting a buyer.

One of the greatest challenges they faced when refurbishing the Horsham office was trying to de-1970fy the shop as the previous incumbents had simply

laid new carpets over old, and covered up many of the architecturally-interesting features and not even realised there was a large cellar beneath

‘Harper James set the benchmark that other agents should aspire to’ - May 2011 the most wonderful herringbone woodblock flooring!

Ross Attwood, who runs the estate agency business, said: “It was very important for us to find the right building when deciding to move into Horsham because we are passionate about architecture and preserving

the character of a listed building such as this was an exciting and worthwhile challenge.”

Suffice to say that the new interior now boasts an impressive open fireplace, a panelled ‘drawing room’ area, a selection of wonderfully gnarled and mellow oak timbers and even the discovery in the ‘forgotten’ cellar of numerous deed boxes pertaining to local estates which would have housed the original deeds, tenants’ agreements and other associated documents.

With a bit of further investigating via the excellent Horsham Museum, it would appear that there have been estate agents trading from this building for at least a hundred years and Harper James fully expect to ensure the tradition continues for at least as long again, with the James part of the name belonging to the owner’s 7 year old son there is plenty of scope!

One of the most striking things about this energetic company is their application to the task of

selling houses via any available media – utilising technology wherever possible but only as tools to be incorporated into a broader mix of marketing that still includes the press.

“We still believe it is vital to advertise in both the local property papers as not everyone has access to the internet and it is still often the first chance we get to advertise a client’s property locally”, Ross continues.

However, whilst the recent adoption of Facebook and Twitter accounts has certainly helped Harper James integrate into the local community, Ross is still a little sceptical.

“I do wonder sometimes about the validity of these social networking sites,” he said.

“After all, if my son and daughter are so keen on them, how can they possibly be of any great value to grown-ups!

“Still, I am quite happy to explore new options if there is a chance it can help market my client’s houses but I still believe

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there is no substitute for simply picking up Graham Bell’s wonderful invention and speaking to people.”

After spending the last 20 years in corporate estate agency, Harper James represented the ideal opportunity for Ross to get back to the grass roots of why he loves his business so much – namely selling good quality houses; much of which entails speaking to people either face to face or on the telephone.

Whilst on the subject of good quality houses, Harper James are currently marketing this stunning house in Dial Post with a Guide Price of £575,000 (above) which is a great example of where their superb photography and visual impact of their fully laminated brochures can really show off a client’s property to achieve maximum impact.

One of the reasons people like dealing with Harper James is

‘I cannot recall seeing a more professional, friendly and above all effective service’ - July 2011

their straightforward approach to selling houses. Whilst far too many estate agents spend far too much time trying to sell mortgages, solicitors and surveys to all and sundry they sometimes lose focus on what should be their core business; that of selling houses. At Harper James they concentrate on the presentation, marketing and selling of their client’s properties to the exclusion of everything else; after all, those are the most creative, rewarding and exciting parts of the job!

So this hopefully explains a little more who they are, where they are and what they stand for – all the best bits of good oldfashioned estate agency without all the negative aspects.

According to Ross there are many good estate agents these days but that is no excuse for not wanting to strive to be the very best one there is. So by offering a quality of service that

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they believe is currently unbeatable, they are attempting to do just that.

Hence the reason he places so much store in the comments and feedback his clients give him; a small sample of which you will have noticed posted throughout this article. Mr Attwood strongly believes that they should deal with every person they come across in the same manner as he would like

to be dealt with himself and concludes: “In essence we charge reasonable fees, do not tie our clients into ridiculously long contracts and thoroughly enjoy the challenge of offering what we believe is a truly refreshing approach to selling and buying houses. After all, estate agents are not all the same!”

To find out more about them and to read more detailed client feedback, please check out their website at www.harper-james.co.uk, call them on 01403 264962 or simply pop into their office and take a seat in their comfortable and relaxing office and they have assured me they will make every effort to help in any way they can.

‘Harper James was an inspired choice. Ross and his team managed the sale brilliantly’ - July 2011

Harper James, 34 South Street, Horsham, RH12 1NR Tel: 01403 264962 www.harper-james.co.uk

There’s no place like home...

Unless you’re in France’s ‘Little Tuscany’ Horsham couple Teresa and Anthony Brady took up the opportunity of a lifetime, setting up home in the Lauragais - Southern France's little Tuscany. They left behind a cottage near Horsham and opened La Maison Verdigris, a luxury Bed and Breakfast in a 16th Century converted barn.

Here, they talk about the area’s similarities with Horsham...

It’s a sunny Saturday morning, and the market is in full swing local farmers selling newly cut lettuce and artisan bakers with freshly baked bread.

A brass band playing and people, dogs, children and old folk soak up the atmosphere.

It could easily be Horsham’s Local Produce market, but in fact we’re in Revel - a bastide town in the south of France - equidistant from Toulouse, Carcassonne, Albi and the Canal du Midi.

Like Horsham, Revel is a proper market town - surrounded by the rolling hills and farms of the Lauragais, known in this area as

Petite Tuscany, and close enough to the big city of Toulouse to have a thriving economy. Its16th Century town square hosts one of the best French markets.

It was in Revel that Teresa and Anthony Brady, and rescue dog Noel (Edmunds) found the perfect place to recharge their batteries - so similar to Horsham they felt immediately at home.

The couple had moved to the Horsham from Ireland in 2008, buying a dilapidated cottage and renovating it.

“We chose Horsham because of its high placing on quality of life tables! “ said Teresa. “We did

lots of research before we moved and the area had everything close to a big city, good transport links, but with accessible countryside and a feel of community.”

Teresa, a graphic designer, and Anthony, a builder and stonemason - finished renovating the cottage and late last year were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime when Tony was offered a contract as a stonemason at a Chateau just outside Toulouse in the South of France. A crash course in French followed and two cars, one truck and one sleepy dog made the marathon journey.

Teresa said: “We rented a holiday bungalow up in the mountains above Carcassonne - and started the hunt for a new home. We settled on Revel because it felt so much like Horsham to us - big enough to offer everything you need but small enough to have a real sense of community.

“We decided to find a house big enough to open a B&B, to give us a ready-made social life and opportunity to cook, and on occasion practice our French!

“We found the perfect property and christened it La Maison Verdigris after the beautiful colour on the barn doors, and with the blessing of the

From left: The town of Revel, Calcassonne at duck, and the Cathedral at Albi Chateau next door we opened for business in spring 2011.

“We wanted to create a luxury but homely atmosphere. Guests are welcome to use all the house - we have beautiful books to look at and TV in English and French.

There is a huge and diverse garden to wander in, and a beautiful courtyard shaded from the worst of the sun and the Autan winds.

“Upstairs there's a fabulous balcony with views over to the mountain peaks of the Pyrenees on a clear day and resident swallows and bats.”

The area has much to offer visitors, but while tourists do come to Revel - French and others, it's not overwhelmed with crowds in the summer and French is the main language you'll hear.

Revel has remained wealthy in the main due to the beautiful climate. Although there are new business opportunities that come

with along with high speed trains and broadband, the Lauragais region remains a farming community with sunflowers, wheat and corn the main crops.

‘It's not overwhelmed with crowds in the summer and French is the main language you'll hear’ Sheep, goats, and pigs thrive here, and the weekly market reflects the dominance of these products. Aside from the landscape it's the local towns, beautiful

villages, national parks and mountains that draw tourists. You can be in Andorra in two hours and on the slopes for a day’s skiing in winter or you can be on the coast in Narbone in less than two hours if you feel like driving.

La Maison Verdigris is lucky to be less than an hour from some of the most beautiful cities in the south of France.

Toulouse, the fourth largest city in France and so called the Ville Rose - the buildings all made of local pink bricks - is capitol of the Midi-Pyrenees, and home to Cassoulet (a stew of duck, beans and sausage).

Albi has stunning renaissance houses and a world heritage Cathedral - the biggest brick building in the world. Albi is also the birthplace of ToulouseLautrec, an d a museum to the artist contains images of thousands of his works.

Not a bad view of the Lauragais area

The driveway down to the farmhouse

Free meal for AAH readers AAH readters can enjoy a free four course evening meal for two with canapes, aperitifs and all wine and drinks included for bookings made in August and September 2011.

Carcassonne, the medieval fortified Cite, founded by the Visigoths in the golden age, makes for a worthwhile day trip.

No visit to the area is complete without a visit to this UNESCO world heritage site.

The Canal Du Midi and the dams and Rigole that feed it are another World Heritage site. The area, beloved of Rick Stein, is a perfect spot to spend a day.

The Montagne Noire, the Black Mountains, form the south-western tip of the Massif Central in the Haut or High Languedoc. This area has been designated and area of outstanding natural beauty for its forested area of chestnut, gorse, vines and olives.

It makes for a stunning bike ride!

The abiding joy of the area though, like Sussex - is the people; easy-going, comfortable, friendly and most of all happy with life!

Please mention AAH when booking to redeem the offer.

Note: minimum stay is 2 nights. Bookings can be made for anytime in 2011.

Book at www.maisonverdigris.com

REVIEW: The Yokebourne Restaurant, Mill House Hotel, Ashington

Keeping family it in the

Review: Mill House Hotel There are few eateries that are hidden away as well as the Yokebourne Restaurant at the Mill House Hotel.

It’s located on the edge of Ashington, but you could live in the village for many years and be unaware of its existence, half way along a bumpy driveway that links a small access point on the A24 dual carriageway with Mill Lane in the village.

But the delightful 17th Century country house, originally built as accommodation for mill workers, has been used as a hotel for many years.

Having been run as a Bed and Breakfast and then a hotel, it closed in 2007 and for two years sat sadly dormant, until a Storrington family saw potential in the grand old building and took on the challenge or renovating the building.

David Ockelford and his wife Karen re-opened The Mill House Hotel last year, whilst eldest son Richard took on the role of head chef in the hotel restaurant.

Karen said: “We came to look at the hotel, and it was in a pretty bad state. But It has a homely warmth to it, and was a place we could see ourselves both living and working.

“I do have a tendency to take on mad challenges. I bought a shop, a pub (the couple ran the White Horse in Pulborough) and now we have a hotel!”

The kitchens were also of great interest to the Ockelfords.

Richard also runs an outside events and catering company (www.ark-events.co.uk) and the hotel is occasionally used for functions related to this business.

However, it is the hotel side of the business that is thriving more than anything.

David said: “We moved in on Boxing Day 2009, into a dark, deso-

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late run-down property. We spent five months renovating to a level so we could get the restaurant open in May last year.

“The hotel side has really taken off since the Roundabout Hotel in West Chiltington closed, as there aren’t many hotels in this area.

“We need to build the restaurant side of the business but that takes time in a rural community like this. We host music events here at the hotel and often put on a hog roast or BBQ and that attracts local people with their families, but it’s difficult as of course we don’t get too much in the way of passing trade here.”

With only five rooms at the Hotel, it is clear that the restaurant must offer something special to convince anyone other than guests to visit The Mill House.

And it’s Richard who is charged with enticing people away from the beaten path with his culinary expertise.

Richard was head chef at the White Lion in Thakeham for two years before joining his parents at

‘I think people like the homely feel and personal approach’ The Mill House Hotel.

Richard said: “The aim is to provide people with as close to a fine-dining experience as we can here but without the formalities or pretentiousness.

“So we keep it relaxed, informal but still the same quality food you’d expect from top restaurants. I think people like the homely feel and personal

approach to the service, coupled with the food.”

But does the food hold up to scrutiny?

All of the meals on the menu are homemade - even the ice creams and sorbets are made in the kitchen, as is the bread and soup.

The beef is sourced from Surrey Farm near Guildford, the pork from a farm in Funtington near Chichester, while other produce comes from Farncombes Fresh Food in Cranleigh.

Richard said: “I don’t push the boundaries too far, so you still get a real plate of food. Something I’m quite keen on is that people get value for money and don’t leave here hungry.

“I like to use cuisine from across the world, and I think that comes across in the menu. I take an English dish and change it about a bit, so you have things like the lamb with the mint tabouleh (a salad popular in the Middle East).

“I don’t want to get labelled in any particular way. If I have a broad menu, I should be able to please everybody.”

So would we be pleased with what we were presented with at

The Mill House?

Before we get to that, we’ll briefly touch on what a lovely building The Mill House Hotel is - a quiet, safe setting, run by a very welcoming family. It’s a lovely place to pop along to, even if you just want to share a bottle of wine with a degree of peace and quiet.

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‘Something I’m keen on is that people get value for money’ His daring approach to dishes and his willingness to blend several tastes in one meal means that, inevitably, he’s going to have some successes and some failures.

Take the two starters we ordered.

Not content with cured salmon, Richard serves up purple salmon gravadlax (with baby gem crayfish parcel and avocado salsa). The salmon is home-cured with beetroot, horseradish, lemon and dill for a unique taste!

We also ordered the coconut king prawn and spring onion frittata (with chilli and garlic mayonnaise and coriander cress) which isn’t

quite so unusual, but again showcases the chef’s desire to steer clear of the norm.

My frittata went down well but was a little underwhelming, but Toby really enjoyed his salmon, which didn’t suffer from being overly salty.

For main course, I went for the pan roast harissa rump of lamb (sliced and served on a warm mint tabouleh with tomatoes and creamed chick peas). The meal was beautifully presented, the tabouleh well flavoured and there was a good amount of lamb served.

Probably even better was Toby’s meal - confit leg of duck with orange and plum sauce, with silky sage mash and caramelised shallots. The meat was tender, and worked with the soft, well seasoned mashed.

Also on offer at The Mill House is oven roast guinea fowl supreme, 8oz ribeye of British beef, smoked haddock fillet, and buffalo mozzarella and pepper baklava.

A main course costs £13.95 (extra £3.50 for steak) and two courses costs £19.95. You can, of course, select a dessert too. Most of these are prepared by Craig Holden, the sous chef, who has been entered

into the Sussex Food and Drink Awards in the Young Chef of the Year category (The restaurant is in the Best Eating Experience category).

My baked white chocolate cheesecake (with peanut caramel and white chocolate sauce) was lovely, but could have done with a bigger dollop of the gorgeous peanut caramel!

Toby opted for the iced Baileys parfait and meringue nest, which was neatly prepared, freshly served and mercilessly devoured.

With most of our fellow diners on a quiet Thursday evening having ‘retired’ to their hotel rooms, the two of us were the only customers as we drank our coffees and discussed the meal.

We have slightly differing views on The Mill House Hotel. Toby enjoyed his meal immensely, as did I, but I feel that a few more conservative choices on the menu could serve them well.

At the same time, it’s great to see chefs prepared to be adventurous, and you wouldn’t want to discourage that…

One thing is for certain, The Mill House Hotel is a lovely place for a couple to dine out, especially if it’s combined with a stay.

The restaurant also serves up a Sunday Roast, and there cannot be many better places to enjoy a relaxing, friendly and lazy Sunday afternoon.

Visit the Hotel website at www.themillhousessusex.com

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On the Menu Richard Ockelford, head chef at The Yokebourne Restaurant at Mill House Hotel, makes some recommendations...

Starters

Main Course

Dessert

Drinks

I would recommend the home cured purple salmon gravadlax.

It’s a bit different. The method we use of curing it, with the beetroot, horseradish, lemon and dill is quite unique.

The beetroot dyes it this bright purple colour. It’s good for presentation and looks stunning as it goes out on the plate.

Gravadlax can be quite salty, but this is more subtle in my view.

I would recommemend the pan roast harissa rump of lamb.

It’s marinated in harissa paste first for two days to absorb all the flavour. We cook it in two stages - it’sroasted in the pan, then tomatoes and lamb juices are added before it goes back into the oven. As it rests we finish the tomato sauce with herbs and spices. The meat is sliced and served with lightly spiced cous cous, mint, turmeric and peppers and a chickpea puree, slightly spiced with curry powder and garlic.

I’d have to select the summer fruits bakewell tart (not pictured - that’s the iced Baileys parfait and meringue nest, but we didn’t get a picture of the tart - Ed). I’m not really a dessert man, but this was my creation.

Craig Holden (sous chef ) is passionate about desserts though and worked to get this one right. It’s a popular one.

We work with World of Wines in Storrington and they provide us with a good selection of wines. Our house red (Castillo Del Moro, Spain) seems to be a very easy drinking wine, and the Los Espinos, Chile Merlot 2009 is a satisfying red too.

Towards the top end, both the white and red Rioja are very good.

Brave New World AAH meets the Agency embracing the marketing potential of the Internet

The business world is changing fast due to the relentless progress of the Worldwide Web. The way we deliver news is changing, with more businesses turning to websites as internet demand grows.

Many newspapers and magazines, for instance, can now be viewed online, and readers can be taken straight to the websites of advertisers at the click of a button.

For most of us - AAH included - it’s difficult to keep up with the latest applications and devices such as Smartphones and iPads. But one marketing company is leading the way when it comes to embracing the full potential of the internet.

Impact Creative Services handle all aspects of marketing, including website design, graphic design, photography, print services and copywriting, but they specialise in video production.

The Colgate-based company have built up a wide ranging portfolio of clients, initially with a focus on the commercial property sector. The “Video brochures” which are produced can be uploaded onto websites or potentially used for television advertising

‘We can write the music and record it right here in the studio’ campaigns.

With in-house experts in video production, Computer Generated Imaging (CGI), audio mixing, music recording, and website design, Impact Creative Services offers a one-stop shop for businesses willing

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to explore and develop internet video marketing campaigns.

Director Kevin Hogg said: “KH: This is a creative agency with a difference. We wanted to develop an agency that was built on a firm understanding of traditional creative design, but for the online marketplace with particular specialists and experts within our own team.”

“If you went to a traditional design or marketing agency and asked for on online video, they would probably outsource the job, finding one company for the video production, someone else for the website, and another company for voiceovers or backing tracks.

“But we’ve built an agency that has these people in-house, so when you come to us, you’re talking directly to the

‘Our video studios have seen a steady stream of lawyers, QC’s and trainers recording online videos’ people who shoot the video, directly to the web designers and directly to the people that create the audio and record the voice overs, and even in some cases write original music.”

However, when it comes to traditional artwork and brochure design to support what we do online, that too you will find in house with us.”

Business Partner Graham Goacher said: “Another area we have become involved in, more recently with video, is the rapid growth of online training and distance learning.

“We decided to find a business premises from which we could offer our clients the ability to create online training videos.

“We have two studios – one purpose built as a “Talking head” video studio with green screen facilities and digital recording studio and a second one of 1100 sq ft for larger scale productions and training videos.

“Our video studios have seen a steady stream of lawyers, QC’s and trainers recording online videos which we publish to sites that we have built and of course YouTube.”

The recording studio is also available to hire, and people can record a song which is then professionally mixed and transferred to CD and you can even be videoed into the

bargain.

Kevin said: “Our concept of a

‘We can turn magazines like AAH into a video brochure’ video brochure has grown over many years through our experience in the conventional

design and printing business.

We can now turn a two dimensional brochure, like AAH magazine, into a full online interactive experience.

“I was excited by the internet and how you could have a website where words were spoken to you and the pictures were moving.

“We’re offering an opportunity for local businesses to put video on to their websites, either websites that exist or ones that we can create for them. Prices start from £600 for a video lasting about one minute, to sophisticated, TV quality advert

lasting several minutes, incorporating CGI. “There are seven of us here, each bringing our own specific skills, in whatever combination, to produce online and offline marketing material that quite simply, works.

“Everybody has thought ‘I’ve got to have a website’ but there’s a tendency not to fully exploit the opportunity.

“We can use optimisation to make sure your website is where you want it to be, and turn websites into more than just a flat presentation.

“The possibilities are endless.”

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Impact have become specialists in commercial property videos.

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Waste Not Want Not Every one of us produces half a tonne of rubbish per year.

But when it comes down to finding a home for that rubbish, we all have a similar view; nowhere near me, thank you very much.

In July, West Sussex County Council outlined ten preferred sites to take forward as options for its Waste Plan.

These sites - three of them in the Horsham District - are likely to be the ones that will cope with the ever greater amounts of trash we place at the end of our driveways.

AAH investigates...

So this is about where our rubbish will go then?

Pretty much. West Sussex County Council manages our waste sites, and they’re building up a plan for how waste is handled and where it is sent to over the next two decades.

Anything shocking in the report?

Well, the council does say that “the intention” is to avoid new landfill sites, subject to “robust evidence being available to

support this approach.” That’s because eventually they want to be a ‘zero waste to landfill county’.

So that’s good news, isn’t it?

Yes, because nobody likes a landfill site in their backyard.

Basically, a landfill site is what you’d call the dump. It’s where all the stuff that can’t be recycled is buried.

And how much do we throw away each year?

The County Council currently landfills approximately 350,000

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tonnes of waste per year. It’s difficult to imagine such a figure, but that’s about the same weight as the Empire State Building, but not piled quite so high.

So that’s a lot.

It is indeed. Here in West Sussex, we currently recycle 42.89% of our waste, so that’s not bad.

We’re well on target to hit the target figure of 45% by 2015.

And that’s all down to the blue bins?

Yes, and the brown bins, compost bins and the bits that we take down to recycling sites too.

Local district and borough councils (so in our case that’s Horsham District Council) are actually responsible for rubbish collections, but it’s up to West Sussex County Council to dispose of it properly.

They all have to work together to get that recycling rate up.

They’re doing

okay too, as back in the mid nineties we were only recycling about 5% of our rubbish.

Wow - pat on the back all round then eh?

Not so fast. Some other countries are way ahead of us. In Germany, for example, there has been no new landfill since 2005, and the best recycling rates hit 70%.

They are charged for their nonrecyclable collections, so they make sure they do a good job when sorting out the rubbish.

They’re not going to do that here are they? I’m skint as it is. I can barely afford my iPhone and Sky TV bills etc etc...

There is no suggestion that this is being considered. Maybe one for the future if people don’t do all they can when it comes to recycling. It’s hard to get the figure up too high in this country too, as 80% of all our rubbish is commercial waste produced by businesses.

So how are we plan-

ning to have no landfill sites without targeting these businesses?

Now, this is where we have to get up close and personal with the county council’s waste plan!

Right then, load it on me!

One bit at a time, as it’s tough going. For example, if you visit the council’s website to find out more about it, you’ll have probably fallen asleep by the time you’ve read the second sentence.

Try me...

“The Waste Plan will include strategies, use-specific policies, strategic waste site allocations, and generic development management policies...’

I know what to read the kids when I want to get them to sleep!

Exactly. It’s almost as though West Sussex County Council are trying to bore people into not giving a damn! But thankfully they’ve got us all

80% of all our rubbish is commercial waste produced by businesses. giddy with excitement over their snappily named ‘Materials Resource Management Contract.’

What?

Essentially it’s ‘what on Earth do we do with the other 55% of our waste’ without sticking it in landfill?

Okay. So what do we do?

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AAH: 01403 878026 Continued from Page 65 are being made at these sites, but by October the council must

There are six closed landfill sites, including sites at Baystone Farm at Itchingfield, Faygate and Steyning. decide which of these 10 - and it’s likely to be several - will form part of its Waste Plan.

Where are these ten sites?

All over the county but three are in the Horsham District. Two of those are at Brookhurst Wood near Warnham, and the other one is at Nowhurst Business

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Well, we’ll start off with the Warnham site then. What do they plan here?

The first site is a four hectare site (ten acres) at a disused brickworks site. That’s a possible spot for a non-inert landfill site.

Non-inert? Help me out...

It’s landfill that rots, so the smelly stuff really.

So there’s going to be a big fuss made over that one then!

Probably not actually. The land is owned by Biffa, and would only mean an extension of the current landfill site, the only active landfill site in the county.

We only have one active landfill site in the county?

Yes. There are six other closed sites, including sites at Baystone Farm near Itchingfield, Faygate and Steyning.

And isn’t there one near Ashington

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A march and rally was held against a landfill site near Ashington in September 2009 too? I remember all the fuss about that one!

No, that idea was shelved after a massive public backlash. Cory Environmental had proposed a landfill site at the former Laybrook brickworks site, but they pulled the plug on the idea in March 2010 after a march and rally led by Horsham MP Francis Maude and South Downs & Arundel MP Nick Herbert. Mr

Maude took his dog for the walk, killing two birds with one stone.

So if we’re going to have any extra non-inert landfill sites around it’s going to be here at Brookhurst then?

If you were on the voting panel, you’d have to admit it seems the obvious choice. In fact, it’s the only choice. This is the only landfill site of any description on

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the preferred list, so it’s probably likely to happen! The site is along Langhurstwood Road, which is used as a short cut by some to get to Gatwick Airport, but there does not seem to be too much standing in the way of any application.

What about local residents?

The handful of residents are of course well use to the Biffa landfill site. But they have expressed concern about the increased number of trips by HGVs to the new MBT plant (more on that in a moment) and won’t be jumping for joy sghould any further extension be made to the site.

And this is one of two options for that one site on this preferred options list?

Yes, the other one is a little bit more complicated, as this three hectare site has potential for a built waste facility. This site is a little more appealing, as it could be used to save more rubbish from landfill.

How is that?

We recycle about 43% of our rubbish, like we said earlier. But of the rest, the County Council and its partners (in this case, Biffa)

mark.

And jobs?

Yes, around 80 could be created when the MBT is built.

The Acorn Recycling scheme has been increasingly successful in the Horsham District over recent years don’t just want to dump the rest in landfill. There’s certain environmental targets to be reached and hopefully surpassed. So we use other methods. One way is to use mechanical treatments, which can help increase recycling. Examples include biological treatments which can be used to create soil conditioner, and thermal treatments - where by waste can be used to create fuel for heating and electricity.

Wow. Sounds to me like you’d

need some state-of-the-art Mechanical Biological Treatment Centre, or what we’d call an MBT, to carry out that sort of work!

How very clever you are. And of course, one is being built. It’s been in the pipeline for some years and is key to West Sussex County Council’s Waste Plan. Work is well underway on the facility and work is expected to be completed by 2013. It could, potentially, reduce the amount we send to landfill by 80% and we’d probably quickly breeze past the 50% recycling

So there’s a chance we could get an extended landfill site at Brookhurst Wood, as well as the new treatment facility?

Yes, but we’ll know more in October on that. Even then the draft Waste Plan will be subject to independent examination.

Nothing is ever done quickly is it?

Perhaps it’ll all be finished at around the same time as the new Bio City in North Horsham.

What’s that?

Oh don’t worry about that. Yet. Let’s get back to the third site.

Which is near Slinfold?

It is and it isn’t. It’s a bit off the A281, on a site already used by HGVs. This site has been identified as having the potential for a Built Waste Facility.

Is this more problematic than the other site though?

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Continued from Page 67 regarding traffic, but there are problems that the Warnham site does not have. Primarily, there are residential properties within 250 metres of the site, and Farlington School would probably express an opinion should this scheme form part of the Waste Plan.

Is it another Biffa owned site?

No. It’s actually owned by a vehicle recovery specialists. While there is no apparent objection by the owners of the land for it to be used as a waste facility, there are

Every one of us produces half a tonne of waste a year, 16% higher than in 1991

necessarily the case that one would cater for the whole county.

For instance, five Mechanical Biological Treatment facilities are being built in Greater Manchester.

The report recommends that this option is taken forward along with the two Warnham sites.

Are we still taking in London’s rubbish too?

This was a major talking point a few years ago, when the government revealed West Sussex would have to deal with nearly two million tonnes of rubbish from the capital. But those plans were shelved.

So do we have anything to moan about in this the waste plan?

There are certainly no nasty surprises in there. No further fears, for example, for the Laybrook site, or Rock Common Quarry in Washington, which was subject of a planning application for a non-inert landfill site in 2009.

no advanced plans drawn up for a treatment facility!

They’re the ones we want to avoid, aren’t they?

Yes, and what is the best way to avoid them?

Would we need more than one facility though? Wouldn’t Warnham be enough?

It would appear that it’s not

Easy. Kick up a massive stink about how we can’t possibly have a landfill site here, in beautiful West Sussex, with its rolling hills

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and countryside.

Well, I was thinking, actually, that it was down to us to recycle as much as possible. Because at the moment, while we are recycling more, the average household isn’t producing any less waste.

Really?

Yes, every one of us produces about half a tonne of waste a year, a figure 16% higher than it was in 1991. We still waste about 25% of our food. It is actually the local authorities and its partners who have driven down the overall amount sent to landfill by 18% in the last 11 years.

So we need to recycle more?

Yes, and maybe consider composting too, if you have the space. There are great sites such as www.compostthis.co.uk you can check out for guidance...

Just seen it. Amazing - you can compost hair!

Yes, but not meat or pasta, unless you want to attract vermin or Italians.

If you would like to know more about this issue, type in ‘waste plan’ into the West Sussex County Council’s website, or view the Waste, Recycling and Environment section. Another good site for some tips (and a compost calculator) is www.wrap.org.uk

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On a Sunday morning in some privately owned woodland near Colgate, Steve Light, dressed in camouflaged Army surplus, lines up his next shot.

Concentrating hard, weighing up the wind, the distance, and the trajectory of the target, he gently pulls the trigger and that’s it once again he has hit his target.

Another rat, shaped from a metal sheet, is gunned down. Until Steve pulls a piece of string and brings the target back to a shooting position for the next competitor!

This is Hunter Field Target shooting, a relatively new form of hunting.

Essentially, it’s a cheaper and more accessible form of Field Target (FT) shooting, in that competitors can use basic air rifles and scopes.

As Derek Watson - who founded Horsham Hawks along with James Sellwood, Mike Lycett and Steve Light - commented: “In FT, the equipment is very expensive, and

there were people thinking they couldn’t afford it, so HFT was developed as it allows anyone with an air rifle with a scope on it to come along and shoot.

“They might not be competitive, but they can shoot, where as you would not dream about bringing an old Springer rifle along to an FT competition and trying to shoot, because you’d be laughed off the course.”

HFT members must use UK legal air rifles (rated at a maximum of 12 ft·lbf ), and a typical HFT course is made up of 30 lanes.

Each lane consists of a peg and a metal "knock down" target placed in a position to simulate a hunting scenario. The Hawks have a member who is a window cleaner and specialises in climbing trees, and he is able to place the targets in some superb spots!

The targets are mainly based on rabbits, rats, crows, magpies and

grey squirrels. They are made from metal and each target has a circular kill zone that varies in size, (typically 15–45 mm in diameter), and are set out at varying ranges (typically 8-45 yards).

A direct hit to the kill zone triggers a mechanism that makes the target fall back flat, simulating a kill. This bags the shooter two points, while one is scored if the metal target is hit outside the kill zone.

The club is accessible to all and invites junior members too. You must have your own gun, but set up costs can be low.

James Sellwood said: “That doesn’t mean to say you don’t see expensive equipment in HFT, but you can have a basic set up for a lot less.

“You can buy a basic Springer (spring piston air gun) for £200 with a £60 scope on it, but if you want to spend £1500 on a rifle and £600 on a scope then you can, and

you’ll have a slight advantage.

“That’s why we have different classes - we have a primary class, a junior class, an open class and a recoiling class.”

The Horsham Hawks Club was formed about six years ago, set up by former members of Horsham Rifle and Pistol Club.

They meet on a Sunday mornings at a site near Colgate, on privately owned land where they have a course set up. They have been at the same site for about18 months, and members also compete in a Sussex inter-club competition with four other clubs.

After the first round, they are second in the club competition while Steve won the individual shooting prize in the first round.

AAH spoke to members of the Horsham Hawks about the club and the sport of Hunter Field Training...

Group Discussion “It gets me out of bed on a Sunday morning, I enjoy doing it, and it gets me outside. Many moons ago I was in the army so experienced the real thing, but took a big break and now I’m coming back into it.

I left the army in 1989, and served all over including Northern Ireland, Germany and Canada.

I always enjoyed shooting even when in the services, although its harder shooting these than the real thing, believe it or not, because it’s so close and the trajectory varies a lot. You have to think a lot more and there’s more calculation involved, especially when it is windy.

We all get on together, take the Mickey out of each other, so the social side is great too. It’s definitely worth it if juniors would like to get involved. It’s a good starting sport if you want to learn how to shoot, as it

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involves targets, and it’s in a natural environment. If they want to go on to different aspects of shooting then fine, but this is a good starting point. It’s

fairly simple to use air weapons, but we also give you a good grounding in how to handle a weapon.

You don’t need to have a

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firearms certificate for this, so long as you’re with the legal limitations. So it’s a cost effective and enjoyable form of shooting and can lead onto other things.”

For more information about the club visit the Horsham HAwks HFT website or contact Derek Watson by email at derekwatson609@googlemail.com or by phone on 01403 253386 Also, if any AAH readers have an old air rifle or equipment they would like to donate the the club Derek would be happy to collect it.

“I used to shoot as a teenager, and got out of it as life catches up to you. But you get to an age where you think ‘I can afford to do these things again’ so I got a rifle, started researching, came across Hunter Field Target shooting and thought ‘I’ll have a go’.

We were all with the Horsham Rifle and Pistol Club, but we split away from that, handed all of the targets back, refinanced and set up on our own.

“We each put in a bit of money to run it for

ourselves - me, James, Mike and Steve.

Hunter Field Target shooting teaches people the basics of shooting, as you can take this on to live fire of any calibre, except shotgun, and apply the same logic.

You still have hold over, hold under, windage left and right, so you can move on to live shooting.

You don’t have to have a Fire Arms Certificate to buy one of the guns, so it makes it easier for people to get into, especially juniors.”

Steve Light “I’ve been a member for about four years, but because we go to different clubs all over Sussex as well, and don’t just come here every week, we don’t get bored.

Some of us go to do UK events too. I’m quite competitive - James and I both travel around the country to compete .

I’ve invested in some good equipment - I take it seriously although we do all have a good time together. I’ve got three kids, so Sunday is my day out and I have to make the most of it!”

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“I started shooting with a friend who lives on a farm and he had an air rifle.

My first gun was a Springer, which had a bit of recoil. My Gran has quite a big property so I did a bit of hunting there, shooting cans and stuff.

My dad found out about the club in Horsham, and he bought me a new gun which is more

accurate and then I joined the HFT club.

I’m only 15 and there are not many juniors here. My friends don’t really know too much about what I do. I think it’s a good activity for youngsters to do. It’s good to get outside and its fun going to competitions as you get medals. It’s great fun and gets me out of the house!”

James Parnell

72 “I’m a fairly new member as I’ve only been coming down here for about a month and a half. It’s nice to be able to meet some people, but this is very different to the shooting I’m used to. It’s good fun though, as there’s a bit of banter, and it’s good to try and better yourself and always strive for a better score.

This is more technical than the shooting I’ve done before, but I’m getting better with each visit. I’m saving my pennies for a better gun now as I’ve borrowed one today and I’ve beat my

previous best score. Last time I shot here with my Springer I hit 16 out of 60!

I wear my camouflage outfit as that’s what it’s designed for, rolling around in the mud. If you wear jeans and trainers you’re going to be uncomfortable where as I’m nice and dry.

I’m up early during the week for work so I don’t have a problem getting up early on a Sunday for it.

I work in a computer shop, so it’s nice to get out and do some man stuff - talk about guns and have a laugh! “

James Sellwood

“I’ve been shooting for about two and a half years. I run a software development team, so this is completely different to the day job, but whilst it’s outside, equally it makes you think.

If you’re stressed after a day’s work then coming shooting is brilliant as you find you often that you’ll take a few shots and start missing.

You know it’s because of stress so you have to forget it, otherwise you won’t shoot well. So it’s a nice, easy way to block

everything else out and for a couple of hours all you think about is getting a couple of bits of lead to hit little sheets of metal.

This is a sport where practice makes a big difference, as does knowledge. When people turn up first time, you can quite easily pick up a gun and point it at the target but you’re not necessarily going to hit what you want to hit. Trigger technique, breathing, the wind all comes into play.

It’s quite a calculated, complicated process.”

BIG QUIZ No multiple choice here, so come and have a go if you think you’re smart enough. One winner will scoop all of these fine prizes!

If your business would like to contribute a prize, please call 01403 878026 or email editor@aahorsham.co.uk

Meal for Two at The Countryman, Shipley

Three months of free golf at Slinfold!

Slinfold Golf Club has put up a fantastic prize - three months of free golf at the stunning 18 hole golf course!

The club is currently offering some fabulous deals for £19.92, relating to various facilities at the club such as the Retreat Spa and the excellent health club.

Visit www.ccgslinfold.com or view Page 10 for more details.

Cocoa Loco chocs!

Cocoa Loco is a west Grinstead based company that makes the scrummiest, yummiest organic chocolate you’ve ever had! They’ve donated a gift box to our clever winner! cocoaloco.co.uk

The Countryman Inn in Shipley serves up superb food, using vegetables from its own garden and sourcing the lamb from literally over the road! They’ve donated a three course meal for two, with wine! For more visit countrymanshipley.co.uk

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Market Hamper

Horsham brewery WJ King produces crisp, clean beers, and you can pop by and buy direct from the brewery in Foundry Lane.

They’ve donated a 17 pint mini-pin of one of their award winning ales!

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round 1

Great Year for music & mullets

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Slinfold Golf Club is running a number of special offers in keeping with the year it was founded - 1992. That was a great year for pop - mullets, grunge and back-to-front jeans! Can you name these 12 bands and singers who were all huge in 1992?

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The Big Hard Quiz

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Are you paying attention?

It’s the round that makes sure you’re not just looking at the pretty pictures. It’s an old fashioned Q&A

We visited the Live Lounge original music night at The Tanners Arms in Horsham. Local act Stick in a Pot were among the bands playing - but what is the name of the band’s second album?

AAH was at the Horsham Ride-in Motorcycle event at Five Oaks, which was sadly affected by some bad weather. Pictured above is ‘Tug’ from Worthing. From what car chassis did he build this custom-made trike around?

Coco’s Foundation has been making a difference to the lives of children in a village in South Africa. Having received a £200 donation, to which eatery did Chris Connors take the children for a special treat?

In 1918, when news spread of the Armistice, a service was held at the Parish Church in Horsham. People flocked to the Causeway, and a collection for the Red Cross Fund was taken. How much was raised?

For this month’s meal review, we went to The Mill House Hotel in Ashington and were treated to a lovely meal. Craig Holden, the sous chef, is nominated for this year’s Sussex Food & Drink Awards, but in which category?

Lindsay Wright is one of the south’s leading pencil artists. Many of her images are of rock icons. What is the name of the image of Phil Lynott which Lindsay had only just started when she was diagnosed with cancer?

Horsham Hawks Hunter Field Target group meet most Sundays, shooting small metal plates around a set course designed to test a variety of skills. A typical HFT course is made up of how many ‘lanes’?

The Camelia Botnar Foundation is providing incredible opportunities for young people, but in which year did Octav Botnar set up the foundation in memory of his daughter, who tragically died in a car accident?

Wabi is the only restaurant in either East or West Sussex to feature amongst the country’s top 100 restaurants. What is the name of the Japanese restaurant’s acclaimed head chef?

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round 3

Drawing board...

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The Capitol in Horsham has just published its Autumn season brochure. Can you name these six well known stars and acts booked to appear at the theatre in the next eight months?

July’s answers...

1: National Velvet 2: Gorillas in the Mist 3: Turner and Hooch 4: Born Free 5: Fly Away Home 6: White Fang 7: Free Willy 8: Old Yeller 9: Homeward Bound 10: King Kong 11: March of the Penguins 12: Babe 13: Brock Taylor 14: Teddy Bear’s Picnic; 15: Magog Ladies Morris Dancers 16: Michelle Grayson 17: Downsview Farmhouse 18: For the Fallen 19: 1984; 20: Sharron Macready; 21: Retreat Spa 22: Joan of Arc 23: Brigitte Bardot 24: Jacques Cousteau 25: Napoleon 26: Zinedine Zidane 27: Alain Prost 28: Betfred 29: Next 30: Early Learning Centre 31: Edinburgh Woollen Mill 32: First Choice 33: Between the Lines 34 & 35: Pages 43 (at Gary Holder’s Club) and 64 (at Caring for Cats); 36: 54,000miles

The ones that most stumbled up on

Fly Away Home (not ET), Alain Prost (not Platini) and Old Yeller (not many other things!)

The winner: All 35 questions correct and pretty much bang on with the estimate!

Simon Thorpe of Horsham

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The Big Hard Quiz

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The AAH bull is hiding on THREE other pages in this edition. Can you tell us what pages?

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The AAH website was recently launched and you can now view full editions of the magazine online at www.aahorsham.co.uk During our first month, what was the average time each visitor spent on our website before they got bored and logged off?

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In the Pink Ball

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Pictures by Toby Phillips

Pink Ball raises thousands in sister’s When the bidding for a handbag in a charity auction reaches £1,000, you know it’s going to be a good night for good causes.

And, of course, that the wine is flowing freely!

The second annual In the Pink Ball at The Green Man in Partridge Green was once again a huge success.

The event was staged in memory of Jo Worland, the sister of Green Man owner Becky Illes.

Jo lost her brave fight against cancer and since then Becky has staged the Ball to raise funds

memory

to fight cancer.

The latest In The Pink Ball was an astonishing success. Already £11,500 has been raised, and that figure could rise to £14,000. Last year’s event raised £8,000.

Becky said: “It was such an incredible evening, and we’ve had many people telling us how much they enjoyed it.

“Some are already talking about booking up for next year and more businesses are coming forward to support what we are doing.

“I’d like to thank everybody who came along to support the evening, particularly those who

‘Some are already talking about booking for next year’s event!’

bid in the auction and donated through the raffle.”

The money raised by the Jo Worland Star Fund will go to the Olive Tree Cancer Support Unit in Crawley and Breast Cancer Research.

Nick and Becky Illes would especially like to thank the individuals and businesses who donated prizes to the auction, hosted by Jonathan Pratt of Bellman’s Auctioneers in Wisborough Green, including Motorsport Vision and PalmerSport, Cocoa Loco, Camping World International, Tony Kelly of Northern Racing and Cowdray Park Polo Club, Ocean Drive Valeting Services, Setres of Henfield, Paul and Sue Graham, and

John Surtees OBE. Further thanks to Mr and Mrs Cottell, Martin Rolt, I Drive U, The Crown, Chequers, The Pass, Whites Bar and Kitchen, The Fountain, Wakefields, Roger Cato of Virtual Flight Experience, Jay Jones, Homelands Equestrian, Dark Star Brewery, Casco Europe, D&J Studios, Amanda Shaw Solicitors, Philip Ordever, The Beauty Room in Horsham, Studio 2, Duo Hairdressers and Hove Clinic.

If you would like to get involved in the 2012 event call Becky on 01403 710250 or email info@the-greenman.co.uk

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