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Comment

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College Officially Opened

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Clair Hall Site To Be Regenerated

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Full Fibre Coming To Mid Sussex

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IT Hints & Tips

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Obesity and Covid-19

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Armistice Day

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Business Tax

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Recipe

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Garden View

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Book Reviews

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Cooking

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Sussex Miscellany

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Community Information Board

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Puzzle Answers, Discounts & Offers

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COMMENT

EDUCATION BACK ON TRACK

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ith continuing Covid-19 restrictions its good to see the opening of the new Haywards Heath College and the chance for students to return to their education and some kind of normality. Local MPs and industry leaders were there to celebrate the official opening of the College. Mrs Susan Pyper, Her Majesty’s LordLieutenant of West Sussex, officially declared the college open at a small ceremony in early October, which was attended by dignitaries including Gillian Keegan MP, Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships and Mims Davies MP, Minister for Employment Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex.

The new Haywards Heath College opened its doors to students for the first time on Monday 7 September. The college welcomed more than 140 students to the campus for the first day of

induction, which saw students introduced to their new surroundings, lecturers and classmates as well as the support and services available to them.

The college is the newest member of the Chichester College Group (CCG), who were rated Outstanding by Ofsted in their most recent report (published in May 2020) and is one of three CCG colleges to be offering A-levels – alongside Chichester and Worthing Colleges, who both recently achieved 100% pass rates for A-levels.

Paul Riley, Principal at Haywards Heath College, summed it up perfectly when he said: “This is a positive and significant step in providing the opportunities young people in Mid Sussex deserve, right on their doorstep.”

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H AY W A R D S H E AT H C O L L E G E

COLLEGE OFFICIALLY OPENED

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ocal MPs and industry leaders have celebrated the official opening of Haywards Heath College. Mrs Susan Pyper, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, officially declared the college open at a small ceremony in early October, which was attended by dignitaries including Gillian Keegan MP, Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships and Mims Davies MP, Minister for Employment Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex.

Shelagh Legrave OBE, Chief Executive of the Chichester College Group (CCG), said: “We are absolutely delighted to be able to celebrate the official of opening of Haywards Heath College today.

“Colleges have a crucial role to play in education, which is why we are proud to be opening Haywards Heath College and ensuring young people across the Mid Sussex area are able to access high quality educational opportunities.

“It is important to recognise and give our thanks to those who have been so involved in bringing the vision of a college for Mid Sussex to fruition, not least Sir Nicolas Soames who worked so tirelessly to campaign for the college, and our colleagues at Mid Sussex District Council and Coast to Capital, who have supported us through our journey to today.

“We are now looking forward to working with students, local residents, employers and our community to ensure this will be a college they can be rightly proud to call their own.

Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames was warmly welcomed to the event, having championed the campaign highlighting the need for a further education college for young people in Mid Sussex.

In his speech, Sir Nicholas reiterated his thanks to the many colleagues who had enabled the college to open, especially Mid Sussex District Council. He also noted that the college was a vital part of the local community and said how

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delighted he was to be able to join the official opening and see the all of the hard work come to fruition.

Mims Davies MP, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, was also present at the opening. She added: “It is hugely pleasing to see Haywards Heath College again open and welcoming students. I recently joined the new principal and staff team and was so impressed by the refreshed facilities and courses back on offer despite the additional COVID-19 challenge.

“This has been a hard fought road to reopening and I greatly thank all those who have brought this essential local provision back onstream for the great benefit of this cohort of students and many generations of future learners to come.”

The college received £1.2million Local Growth Funding from the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The grant was used to support the refurbishment and development of the campus, including buying specialist equipment for the college’s science labs, as well as furnishing the library and Learning Resource Centre.

Katie Nurcombe, Head of Corporate Affairs at Coast to Capital, unveiled one of the dedication plaques at the college. She said: “I am delighted to celebrate the opening of Haywards Heath College with partners today.

“The college will play a central role supporting the recovery from the impact of COVID-19 with the best quality skills support for young people.

“Supporting young people is fundamental to helping us to achieve our vision to build back stronger, smarter and greener to create a fantastic place to live, grow and succeed.”

Over the past 18 months, CCG has been working closely with local MPs Mid Sussex District Council, West Sussex County Council and other regional stakeholders to ensure the new college meets local needs.

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MID SUSSEX DISTRICT COUNCIL

CLAIR HALL SITE TO BE REGENERATED

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id Sussex District Council has agreed to regenerate the Clair Hall site in Haywards Heath and Councillors have asked that options for redevelopment include the provision of new modern community facilities.

Clair Hall is over 50 years old and has been closed since 19 March 2020 to reduce the spread of coronavirus. At a meeting of Cabinet on Monday 14 September it was agreed that Clair Hall will remain closed permanently and Council officers should explore options for the regeneration of the site; including the provision of a modern community facilities, either as part of any future regeneration of the site or at another location within the town centre.

Councillor John Belsey, Cabinet Member for Environment and Service Delivery said:

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“Government restrictions on social gatherings mean Clair Hall must remain closed. It runs at a financial loss and will cost over £1 million to repair and maintain the aging building over the next 20 years.

“Clair Hall is now over 50 years old and the number of people using it has declined steadily over the past few years. I think most people would acknowledge that it is not fit for purpose and doesn’t meet the future needs of the community.

The hall was originally built as a performance venue, but it is now used mainly for meetings and exercise classes, which could be accommodated at other community buildings nearby.

“We’ve played an integral part in the reopening of Haywards Heath College and the campus boasts a modern, purpose-built theatre which could meet the need for local performance art space.”

Councillor Judy Llewellyn-Burke, Deputy Leader of the Council said: “The Clair Hall site has long been viewed in planning policy as a potential site for regeneration and now is the right time to explore those options.

Our focus as a Council over the next few years must be to support the Mid Sussex economy through these tough times and do everything we can to encourage new businesses and investment to our area.”

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FULL FIBRE COMING TO MID SUSSEX

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id Sussex District Council (MSDC) has embarked on the build stage of its own ultrafast fibre network in Burgess Hill.

The Gigabit capable digital fibre network will enable businesses, residents and communities across Mid Sussex to enjoy Full Fibre gigabit connectivity services with access to a wide range of service providers.

Councillor Jonathan Ash-Edwards, Leader of MSDC said: “The start of these works is fantastic news, not only for Mid Sussex District Council, but for our communities right across the District. The Full Fibre network has always been a long-term objective for this Council and I am delighted to see that it is starting to be delivered on the ground.”

The Full Fibre network is being delivered in conjunction with partners across local Government and alongside other projects will run from Brighton through to Crawley on completion.

Delivered as part of the wider Burgess Hill Growth Programme this exciting project will bring huge benefits to Mid Sussex.

Councillor Ash-Edwards continued, “This technology will help to support a growing economy across Mid Sussex, it will provide reliable high-speed connections for both residents and businesses, will help to transform public services and help secure the future prosperity of our District.”

The network is being funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Digital Infrastructure Minister, Matt Warman said:

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“I’m delighted shovels are now in the ground in Burgess Hill following the Government’s £2.2 million investment to deliver gigabit speed broadband to more than 6,400 homes in Mid Sussex.

“These ultrafast connections will be a huge boost to the local economy and community, and we’ll soon be spending a further £5 billion to bring these benefits to every corner of the UK.” MSDC is working closely with delivery partner, Balfour Beatty, to ensure these works are concluded with the least disruption possible. Advance notifications are being provided to all those residents and businesses directly affected by the works.

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COMPUTER HEALTH CHECK-UPS

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COVID-19

OBESITY & CV-19 - WHAT IS THE LINK?

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OVID-19 and its effects have scared us all, health professionals and public alike.

We’re still learning about the virus, but one fact has been all over the news in the past couple of months. Obese people (people with a BMI over 30) are more at risk of complications.

Why is this? Most of my friends with BMIs close to or greater than 30 seem perfectly healthy individuals. Should they be worried?

In order to answer this question, we need to look at the immune system: When we catch a virus our body’s defence system is triggered, and inflammation occurs.

This is due to our all-purpose innate immune response, which serves as the first wave against foreign invaders. Blood flow increases to the infected area causing redness and swelling.

When your nose blocks and becomes red when you catch a cold, that’s inflammation. This reaction is caused by white blood cells called macrophages and the proteins they produce called cytokines. It’s the cytokines which trigger inflammation. Usually this inflammation is a simply a sign that our body is releasing the hormones and proteins which activate our white blood cells to kickstart the recovery process, and ultimately defeat the infection. No inflammation means no defence…and that’s bad.

So far so good; so why is obesity a problem?

Well it turns out that white blood cells aren’t the only type of cell that have the ability to produce those inflammation-inducing cytokines.

Fat cells (adipocytes) can also do this. Scientists have learned that fat is an active endocrine organ, one that can secrete a whole host of proteins and chemicals, including inflammatory cytokines.

When your body keeps adding adipose tissue (fat) cytokines are released by your fat cells, triggering inflammation. Researchers even characterised obesity as ‘…a state of low-grade,

chronic inflammation.’ This means that an obese body has its immune system permanently switched on and is therefore in a constant state of inflammation. Over time this can lead to the development of both minor and major illness and conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes.

How does this relate to COVID-19?

Back in 2009 the H1N1 Swine Flu was at its most virulent, doctors in Spain noticed that overweight and obese patients were being admitted to intensive care units in disproportionate numbers and took longer to recover than non-obese or overweight individuals. Their increased risk was attributed to the excess number of pro-inflammatory cytokines in their bodies.

Researchers in Canada then analysed the flu records for the previous 12 years and found that people who were obese were statistically more likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory diseases than those whose BMI was in the normal range. They concluded that obese people were an “at risk” population during flu seasons due to their compromised immune response.

As we go into the winter and the risk of a second wave of coronavirus, if you have a BMI over 30 it makes sense to try to bring it down and minimise your risk. Talk to your GP.

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A R M I S T I C E DAY

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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hy do we wear a poppy? Scarlet poppies grow wild all over Western Europe wherever the soil has been disturbed. The battles of the First World War churned up such vast areas of earth that millions of poppies germinated and bloomed, often around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

A Canadian surgeon called John McRae wrote the poem In Flanders Fields in which the poppies symbolise the deaths of those who fought. It is a haunting memorial to those soldiers who have died in any war.

Why do we have a two-minute silence? It was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month that the guns of World War I fell silent. Four years of fighting and devastation finally ended. The following year ceremonies of

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remembrance took place on what was known as Armistice Day. An Australian journalist, Edward George Honey first proposed a respectful silence to remember the dead. He wrote a letter to the London Evening News which was brought to the attention of King George V. The king then issued a proclamation which called for a two-minute silence.

These days Armistice Day is known as Remembrance Sunday and is a chance to honour the fallen soldiers of all conflicts.

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The new JSS will only support those who are working fewer hours than normal; not those who are working no hours. To qualify for the new JSS, employees must work for at least one third of their normal working hours for November through to January after which this minimum threshold will be reviewed by the Government. Importantly, you must agree reduced working hours with your employees and ensure that the employees are notified in writing.

To use the new JSS, you will need to pay employees for the hours they work, which must be at least one third of their normal working hours. You will also need to pay the employee for one third of the amount of ‘lost hours’ i.e. the hours the employee would normally work but is not working.

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employees on the JSS will continue to earn at least 77% of their normal wages (in cases where pay is not affected by the Government’s cap).

Employers of any size with a UK bank account and UK PAYE schemes will be able to use the JSS. However, large businesses will have to meet a financial assessment test to show that their turnover is lower now than before experiencing difficulties from the pandemic. The Government expects that large businesses using the JSS will not be making capital distributions e.g. dividend payments or share buybacks, whilst accessing the JSS grant.

The scheme will be open to you regardless of whether or not you used the previous JRS to furlough employees. Equally, an employee being placed into the new JSS does not need to have been furloughed before but they must have been on the employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 23rd September 2020. That means a Real Time Information (RTI) submission notifying payment to the relevant employee must have been submitted to HMRC on or before 23rd September 2020.

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Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 50 minutes, plus 10 minutes resting time Serves: 4-6 INGREDIENTS 1/2 tsp white peppercorns 1/2 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp cayenne (or more if using a very mild sausage) 1 tsp dried thyme 2 bay leaves 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp neutral oil 2 smoked pork sausages, ideally andouille, but fresh Polish smoked sausages, smoked chorizo or Toulouse would also do, cut into thick slices 4 bone-in chicken thighs 1 onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, finely chopped 1 celery stick, finely chopped 4 spring onions, chopped, green and white parts separated 3 garlic cloves, crushed 800ml chicken or pork stock 1 tsp Tabasco or other hot sauce, plus extra to serve 300g long grain rice 300g large raw prawns

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urn the heat to high and in a small dry pan toast the peppercorns, paprika and cayenne. Grind them in a pestle and mortar until smooth. Add the thyme, bay leaves and salt then set one side.

Lower the heat to medium and heat the oil in a lidded frying pan. Add the sausage slices and cook until golden. Remove to drain on kitchen paper. Add the chicken and cook until golden brown, remove and place with the sausage.

Add the onion, green pepper, the white parts of the spring onions, and garlic to the pan. Cook until soft and translucent, then stir in the spice mix and cook for another couple of minutes.

Return the chicken back into the pan and pour stock and Tabasco over everything.

Lower the heat to allow the mixture to simmer for about 15 minutes until the chicken is tender. Stir in the rice and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Stir everything once then cover with a tight lid, reduce the heat and steam gently for 15 minutes. Remove the chicken. Add the prawns and sausage, stir again, then replace the lid and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, shred the chicken then fold into the rested jambalaya, season to taste with salt and more Tabasco. Garnish with the spring onion greens.

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GARDEN VIEW

RHUBARB

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hubarb is a reasonably easy trouble-free plant to

try a forced

grow. It is also a handsome plant, with large

crop for

leaves and striking red stems, and who doesn't

sweeter

love a rhubarb crumble?

more

The trick is to choose the right spot. Ideally it needs

tender

to be planted in full sun but if your garden is very

stems.

sheltered it will tolerate partial shade. Don't plant it

Rhubarb is

anywhere where it might be in the way, disturbed, or

forced by

need to be moved from. Rhubarb has an extensive root

growing it in the absence of light in a microclimate

system and prefers to stay put, for at least a decade, so

slightly warmer than the outside temperature. You can

give careful thought to the spot.

start forcing in January for best results. Remove dead

Rhubarb dislikes wet soil, so make sure it's well-

leaves and weeds from around the crown and add a

drained. Dig in plenty of organic matter a month or so

layer of straw or shredded paper to warm the

before planting. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally easier and more

emerging shoots and to protect them from frost. Then

productive to grow rhubarb from crowns (divided

cover the crown with an upturned dustbin or large

plants) rather than seed, and from now until Christmas

crock pot to cut out all the light. The rhubarb should be

is the perfect time to plant.

ready for harvesting 8 weeks later. Happy gardening.

Dig a hole a little wider than the rhubarb crown in your prepared ground. Plant so that the growing tip is about an inch /2.5 cm below the surface. Firm the soil well around the roots to removed air pockets. Water well and mulch with organic matter, avoiding the

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the plant free of weeds and give an occasional good soaking in prolonged dry periods. Remove any flower heads that appear in the spring. Flowering will weaken the stems. If the crown rots, your soil was too wet, but following all the advice I've given earlier should prevent this happening! Harvest time is May until July, but rhubarb is a long-term investment so don't harvest it during the first year. It needs that full first year of growth to establish a strong root system. Second year leave at least five strong stems when you harvest. After that you can leave three or four stems each time. You should get 2-3 crops per season.

Remove only the largest stems when picking and wait till the leaves have fully opened. Pull gently from the base with a slight twist. The leaves are poisonous but can be safely composted.

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A GOOD READ ME BEFORE YOU BY JOJO MOYES

THE FAULT OIN OUR STARS

BY JOHN GREEN

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ontinuing with the theme of personal relationships in the face of illness comes The Fault in Our Stars the hugely successful teen novel exploring the impact of teenage cancer on the lives of two individuals. 16-year-old Hazel has cancer and is, reluctantly, convinced by her parents to attend a support group for others in her situation.

Amongst the other patients there is Augustus, a 17-year-old boy who lost a leg to cancer. The two begin talking and agree to read each other’s favourite books. Hazel’s book is a novel by a Dutch writer about a young girl with cancer: Hazel sees many parallels to her own life here. Augustus is angry after reading the book and discovering that it doesn’t have a nicely wrapped up ending. There is no conclusion, no neat package, no ending: happy or otherwise.

Of course, life has an ending, but it often isn’t happy or neatly wrapped up. Hazel becomes aware of her fears about getting close to others. She is afraid that when she dies it will hurt them, and this naturally affects her relationship with Augustus.

This moving novel deals with issues that most of its teen readers won’t have yet faced in their lives. As a teenager you often feel immortal.

You feel as if life is stretching out ahead of you and death is the furthest from your mind.

Hazel and Augustus, along with the other young people at the support group view life differently. There is no expectation that everyone will make it to the next meeting. No one is immortal.

With a huge teenage following and a successful movie adaptation this novel stays with you long after the closing paragraph.

6-year-old Lou Clark still lives with her parents in the quiet market town she grew up in. Almost deserted in the winter the town’s one draw is an old castle and when we meet Lou, she works in the local tea shop serving the coach loads of tourists who come to visit. With a quirky dress sense Lou never really feels as if she fits in and as a teenager longed to travel the world.

However, circumstances meant that she could never bring herself to leave. After losing her job she reluctantly takes a job caring for Will, a young quadriplegic man injured in a motorcycle accident several years earlier. She is told the job is just for 6 months and despite a rough start she decides to stick it out and soon an unlikely bond develops between Lou and Will.

A romantic novel this also deals with the sensitive issue of disability and the descriptions of Will’s day to day life are well-written with brutal honesty and little sensationalism. Things take a darker turn when Lou learns the reason why her contract is only to be for 6 months and she sets out to bring Will new experiences and remind him of the simple joys of life: not easy for a wheelchair bound man whose ideal way to pass the time before his accident was skydiving or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

As a reader you are drawn into the lives of these characters and the development of their relationship is believable. In the hands of the wrong writer this plot line could turn out to be very twee and cliché but Moyes does not fall into this trap. The resulting novel is engaging, difficult to put down and will lead you to appreciate the small wonders of life.

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Down

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2. Can be changed (9)

4. Happened again (8)

3. Tiredness (7)

8. Immobile (6)

4. Go over information again

9. ___ ___ to help out! (3,3)

(5)

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11. Goodies given to guests

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celebrations (5,3)

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veg (9)

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IN A PICKLE

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uick pickling is the new big thing in the kitchen. When I was a child, family gettogethers involved buffet lunches. One of the highlights were the big jars of 'quick pickles' that my father, aunts, and uncles had been taught to make by my grandmother. Quick pickles are vegetables pickled in a solution of vinegar, water, salt and sometimes sugar, then kept in the fridge. These are not deeply pickled onions, nor fermentation.

Quick pickles taste light, fresh and crunchy.

My Grandmother pickled fresh veg from her garden during the Second World War. Veg needs to be super-fresh and undamaged. It can be cut to any shape. I like to boil green veg such as green beans and asparagus for two or three minutes then plunge them into ice cold water to preserve their bright colour, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optional.

To make the basic brine use equal parts light vinegar and water. By light vinegar I mean white, apple cider, white wine, or rice vinegar. Don't use pickling vinegars or balsamic. To the brine add whatever spices you like. Dill seed, chilli flakes and garlic are nice. Coriander, ginger, turmeric, and thyme work with carrots. Classic combinations include green beans with garlic and fresh dill, and cherry tomatoes with black peppercorns and garlic.

We grew some squash this year and quick pickled some of the little ones with onion and garlic.

Wide-mouth large jars are the best containers.

Wash them and their lids, and rings in warm, soapy water and rinse thoroughly. Allow to dry completely.

Wash and dry the vegetables then prep them. Peel any carrots, trim the end of beans etc. Cut vegetables into evenly sized pieces.

Add any flavourings to the jars. You can choose different flavours for each vegetable jar.

Pack the vegetables as tightly into the jars as you can without damaging them, leaving a couple of centimetres space at the top.

To make the brine, place the vinegar, water, salt, and any sugar into a small saucepan. Heat on high to

bring to the boil. Stir to dissolve the salt and sugar.

Pour the hot brine over the vegetables, filling each jar to within 2cm of the top. You'll get better at judging how much brine to make as you repeat the process. Gently tap the jars against the counter a few times to remove all the air bubbles. Top up with more brine if needed. Seal the jars tightly. Cool to room temperature and then refrigerate for at least 48 hours. The pickles improve with flavour as they age. They can be stored in the fridge for about 2 months.

Flavours for Quick Pickles Fresh herbs: dill, thyme, oregano, and rosemary hold up well Dried herbs: thyme, dill, rosemary, oregano, or marjoram Garlic cloves: smashed for mild garlic flavour, or sliced for stronger garlic flavour Fresh ginger: peeled and thinly sliced Whole spices: mustard seed, coriander, peppercorns, red pepper flakes, chilli flakes Ground spices: turmeric or smoked paprika are great for both colour and flavour Vegetables for Pickling Cucumbers, summer squash, ginger, red onion thinly sliced Carrots- Peel - cut into batons or rounds Green beans, asparagus - blanch to preserve colour Cherry tomatoes - pickle whole

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SUSSEX MISCELLANY

THE JOY OF SUSSEX

By Kevin Newman, a Sussex-born author, historian, tour guide and history teacher

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chools at time of writing are increasingly strange and alien places with masks in class, coughing teachers and whole year groups sent home to stare at laptops. The world’s all gone a bit ‘Doctor Who’ and all we need now is an alien invasion and some pink tsunamis to really top 2020 off. As an author of a historical novel about a real Sussex school back in the 1920s that I’ve had to talk about a lot lately in interviews, I quite frankly find it very comforting to escape to the school in question - Claremont Prep School.

Claremont in the 20s may have had a one-legged swimming teacher who was a Hollywood movie star, a matron obsessed with massive intakes of beef, a shell-shocked alcoholic headmaster and a demented school dog but it feels a lot more normal than anything this year has served up so far.

Nor was Claremont the only unusual quirky or funny Sussex school in the county’s past. This month we explore the wacky, wonderful and frankly weird, such as two schools’ choices to employ a Mr Bender and a Mr Willy and expect children not to titter. And I promise not to mention Mr Spong, my own French teacher, who looked like Ulysses 31. Promise. Thankfully other schoolteachers had nicer names such as the delightful Mrs Honeybun and Mrs Hoggi who taught at St Mary’s in Washington. Collective ‘aaah!’ now everyone.

Perhaps teachers deserved the nastier of their names due to some of the punishments they gave out. The headmaster and his wife at Thakeham School in the 19th century had a particularly nasty punishment that was called ‘thimble pie’ which I’ll be kind and just leave to your imagination. One school even sent their pupils to ‘the Tower’ if they hadn’t worked hard enough at French, but that was The Towers at Upper Beeding and so to be fair they had a surplus of towers and actually

used them for teaching space. The school also had two princesses at one point due the Prince of Monaco’s selection of school for his offspring, and when he visited he ended up catching fish in the nearby River which the school’s kitchen cooked up for the girls. Not many other Sussex schoolgirls got fish caught by a prince for their lunch I bet.

Lunches also sound an interesting affair at Brighton College before the 1880s, judging by the fact they kindly allowed hampers to occasionally be sent from home but stated firmly that “They must not contain wine”. This hadn’t been the case though in the College’s earliest years though as from 1845 until the 1870s boys were allowed a pint with lunch and another with dinner. This was halved in 1876 and ended up in 1885 applying only to the senior boys but might still explain of course the two-hour lunchbreaks at this time!

Beer of course at this time was drunk by children as it had purified, whereas water and milk were still often seen as dangerous.

Further east along the coast, school dinners at Roedean sounded even more dangerous. The school seemed to have had its own mini-language of slang for school puds in the past, one example of which was ‘Thames Mud’. It didn’t entail a trip to London and getting wet, but instead was Roedean slang for a chocolate pudding. The gruesome sounding ‘Burned Baby’s Arm’ was also another, not thankfully as dangerous as it sounds

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The Towers, Beeding, c.WW1 courtesy of Antony Edmonds.

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but still not a particularly appetizing sounding pudding.

Puddings haven’t always been for eating in Sussex. Pupils at St Andrew’s School in Worthing

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in the early 2000s were offered a ‘custardbreathing’ competition as part of an alternative sports day; seeing how long boys could stick their heads in a bowl of custard for without breathing.

Not exactly a Covid-friendly activity today, but hopefully a post-Covid 2021 will lead to similar silliness prevailing again throughout our beloved county.

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Haywards Heath Harriers membership@haywardsheathharriers.co.uk www.haywardsheathharriers.co.uk Haywards Heath Horticultural Society Third Thursday of each month - Sept to May alan.colgate@talktalk.net www.hhhs.org.uk Haywards Heath Junior Parkrun Sunday – 9.am haywardsheath-juniors@parkrun.com www.parkrun.org.uk/haywardsheath-juniors Haywards Heath Movie Makers www.haywardsheathmoviemakers.org.uk Mid Sussex Marlins info@midsussexmarlins.org www.midsussexmarlins.org Harlequin Bridge Club Haywards Heath Town Hall Wednesday - 7.15pm andrew@harlequinbridge.co.uk www.bridgewebs.com/harlequin Haywards Heath Music Society www.haywardsheathmusicsociety.org.uk Haywards Heath RFC Tuesday & Thursdays - 7pm rugby@hhrfc.co.uk www.hhrfc.co.uk Haywards Heath Rotary Birch Hotel, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath Twice a month - first and third Mondays (except Bank Holidays) – 6pm for 6.30pm www.rotary-ribi.org Haywards Heath Tennis Club Membership Secretary - Lynda - 01444 450883 lynda.jeyes@sky.com Haywards Heath Tuesday Club Haywards Heath Town Hall, 40 Boltro Road, Haywards Heath Second Tuesday of every month 10am -12pm Haywards Heath U3A www.haywardsheathu3a.org.uk Lindfield Badminton Club Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath Monday - 8pm-10pm www.lindfieldbadmintonclubs.co.uk Mid Sussex Choir Methodist Church, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Wednesday - 7.45 pm between September and May contact@midsussexchoir.org.uk www.midsussexchoir.org.uk Mid Sussex District Scouts www.midsussexdistrictscouts.com

Mid Sussex Ramblers Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Bank Holidays Wednesday evening during the summer months www.midsussexramblers.co.uk Mumpreneurs Networking Club 01273 681484 info@mumpreneursnetworkingclub.co.uk www.mumpreneursnetworkingclub.co.uk Relax with Colouring Haywards Heath Library, 34 Boltro Road, RH16 1BN Second Wednesday of the month - 2pm-3pm 01444 255444.

Sussex Mineral & Lapidary Society Methodist Church in Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN First Friday of the month - 7.30pm - 10.30pm www.smls.online Sussex Mountaineering Federation The Swan in Falmer First Wednesday of each month - 8pm info2@sussexmountaineeringfederation.org.uk www.sussexmountaineeringfederation.org.uk Sussex Pathfinders Saturday & Sundays 07842 792962 www.sussex-pathfinders.co.uk The Art Society Mid Sussex info@theartssocietymidsussex.org.uk www.theartssocietymidsussex.org.uk HAYWARDS HEATH USEFUL NUMBERS Citizens Advice Bureau 0844 4771171 MSDC 01444 458166 Out of Hours 01444 257298 Pest & Control 07762 239847 Parking Office 01444 257298 NHS Direct 0845 4647 Princess Royal Hospital 01444 441881 Sussex Police 101 Gas Leaks 0800 111999 Travel Line 0870 6082608 Help Point 01444 247726 Haywards Heath Town Council 455694 If you would like your club, society or association to be included in these listings, please email details to editor@carnahpublications.com

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