Village Living May 2012

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Steyning Bramber Beeding Ashington Washington Storrington Henfield Small Dole Ashurst Partridge Green

Scouting around with 1st Bramber & Beeding Scouts

Quick Guide to the Steyning Festival

Gardening Guru Matt Cowan is back!

Becky’s Recipe

A Spring Risotto

We review... The Cobblestone Café, Steyning

WIN! 2 x tickets to Tiddler ! Coming to Worthing in May

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• Free car parking for over 150 cars • Garden Centre, Cafe, Children’s play area and Pottery Painting Studio You will be helping your local community and saving money

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Welcome to May

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Village News & Diary

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Reader’s Recipe becky is here with a lovely asparagus and lemon risotto – easy!

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reader’s recipe 11

Gardening Guru Matt Cowan pre summer preparations

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The Makeover another great make over from modelinfobureau

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Scouting Around ginette joins 1st beeding and bramber scouts

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scouting around 22

Reader’s Restaurant Review the cobblestone café – steyning

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Gardening monthly gardening tips from our friends at big plant

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Mind & Body With chris Jones: Hypnotherapy & conquering self harming

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elcome to May – I hope you all had a lovely Easter and have started turning your thoughts to the Summery months ahead! We have lots to catch up on this month – a second great make over from Debbie at TheModelinfobureau, a tasty recipe from Rebecca for you to try at home, Matt our gardening guru is here with his quarterly gardening column and plenty of dates for your diary in May… And all our usual columnists are here too with great tips for your month ahead. Let us know what you are doing to celebrate the Jubilee, and get in touch if you wish to air your views, publicise an event or advertise with us here at Village Living! Please note that our email address has changed, due to an unfortunate technical hitch we have had to change our details to katie@village-living-magazine.co.uk. Please note that if you emailed me in March/April, I may not have received it, so please do resend if you wish!

I hope you have a lovely month, whatever you are doing!

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STORRINGTON VILLAGE DUCK RACE NEEDS YOU! once a year, the sleepy West sussex town of storrington goes ever so slightly “quackers”. the community comes together at riverside Walk and Library car park to race ducks to raise money for the Friends of storrington First school. this year, the event will be held between 12 noon and 2.30pm on sunday 13 may and it promises to be bigger and better than ever before. there will be 6 duck races, the top ten placed ducks from each of the first 5 races being entered into the final race of the day. ducks for each race can be bought in advance or on the day from the many volunteers. cash prizes are on offer for the winning ducks. to add to the fun, there will be a bouncy castle, a tin-can alley, face-painting, ice-cream, cup and saucer ride and bouncy slide as well as stalls selling arts, crafts, plants and so much more. if you have an idea for a stall or you think you can contribute in any way we want to hear from you!

perhaps you knit or crochet and could sell some of your wares, maybe you have a set of stocks for sponge throwing at the teachers or perhaps you have a fully functioning coconut shy… whatever your idea, we would love to hear it. all proceeds from the duck race will go to storrington First school which has recently been awarded oFsted outstanding status. the school has an outdoor swimming pool which needs improvement to enable it to become a community pool that everyone in the area can use and enjoy. a worthy cause.

Contact Julie Fourcade on 01903 741546 or Julie.fourcade@hotmail.co.uk

Chestnut House Superhero DAY! Calling all superheroes! We need to help raise money for Chestnut Tree House!

Your challenge for 2012 is to hold a superhero day at your school, workplace or club to help raise vital funds for the only children’s hospice in sussex. superhero Friday is 25 may 2012, but if this date doesn’t work for you, you can just pick any day you like! there are lots of ways to get involved, you could: • Dress up as a superhero for the day • Hold a ‘Make a Superhero Mask’ competition

• Have a superhero cake stall, with Kryptonite Cakes and spiderman sponges to sell your friends and colleagues • Hold a superhero themed quiz superhero day is part of children’s Hospice Week (18-25 may), seven days of fun and activity to raise money and awareness of your local children’s hospice.

For more information visit: www.childrenshospiceweek.org.uk. You can contact the Fundraising Team on 01903 871820 or fundraising@chestnut-tree-house.org.uk

Royal health walks to celebrate Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a series of royal health walks have been organised by Horsham district council to celebrate the Queen’s diamond Jubilee. the new programme of Horsham district council’s popular health walks scheme has been published on the council’s health walks website: www.horshamhealthwalks.co.uk the Queen’s diamond Jubilee is also in this quarter (march to June) of the programme so a number of royal walks have been arranged. the first of these walks starts off from monarch’s Way and there will be six of these 10 mile linear walks between rowlands castle and shoreham Harbour starting on 4 may 2012 and ending on 25 June 2012. there will be three circular walks on the celebration weekend and a number of royal walks ending in a walk on

sunday 4 June from Horsham with a picnic in the community garden in Horsham park afterwards. councillor sue rogers, Horsham district council’s cabinet member for a safer and Healthier district, said: “This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the royal event and work on that healthy regime.

“I know Horsham District’s health walks have fostered some close friendships among attendees and what better way to mark the occasion.”

For more information and to view the programme of health walks, visit Horsham District Council ‘s health walks website (www.horshamhealthwalks.co.uk). Or for more information call Horsham District Council on 01403 215269

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Village Diary Village diary is a great way to publicise an event in your village. charitable & not for profit events are listed free of charge. a small charge applies for commercial listings. don’t forget to visit www.villageliving.biz to submit your own listing online.

FARMERS’ MARKETS Ashington –1st Friday of every month. 9.00 – 13.00pm. scout Hall Henfield Hall – market from January open every monday except bank holidays from 9 am to 12.30 p.m. Variety of stalls, ample free parking & refreshments. contact david: 01273 493365 Horsham – every saturday. 9.00 – 16.00. carfax, town centre Pulborough – Last sat of each month. 9.00 – 12.00. Village Hall Shoreham – 2nd sat of each month. 9.00 – 13.00. east street Steyning – 1st sat of each month. 9.00 – 13.00. High st car park Storrington – Village market @ town hall 9-1045am every Friday (thursday 5th in april as good Friday on the 6th) a variety of locally home grown and sourced plants, cheeses, meats, breads and crafts West Chiltington – 2nd sat of month. 9.00 – 12.00. Village Hall Worthing – 4th sat of month. 9.00 – 14.00. south street square

EVENTS TUESDAY 8TH MAY 7.30PM Steyning & Ashurst Friends of St Barnabas Gardeners Question Time at the saxon room steyning centre special guest panelists tickets £6 per person available from st barnabas charity shop or 01903 812811 WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY 12.45 FOR 1.15PM Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft. Probus. speaker: John darwood – on a light note. probus is a social club for semi retired and retired men with a professional and business background. We meet on a monthly basis for 2/3 course lunch in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere, concluding with a presentation from a guest speaker. May: Walk through shoreham Harbour. June: celebrating the Queen’s diamond Jubilee with a bbQ. our social events include wives/partners. details on membership telephone brian Hovell 01903 879833, www.steyningprobus.com, www.steyningprobus.co.uk WED 9TH MAY 7.30PM The Final film promoted and organised by the rotary club of storrington.“the Help”.£5, available prior to each performance from ‘The Card Centre’ in Storrington. Any unsold tickets will be available for purchase on the door, sullington parish Hall, on the night. Ken collins: 01903 740745, malcolm bennett: 01798 812407.

FRIDAY 11TH MAY 8PM Henfield camera club – talk by Jan and Lynn roberts on their travels through south america entitled “buenos aries to north east argentina”. Henfield Hall.

11TH MAY 6.30PM “ ZUMBA” for one crazy hour only, for the dame Vera Lynn trust for children with cerebral palsy courtesy of musical Friends. billingshurst community and conference centre, exhilarating, addictive, calorie burning dance fitness! call rosie 01403 780444 or just turn up.

SATURDAY12TH MAY 10:00AM TO 12:00 I.W.A. (independent Women of ashington) annual charity plant sale. the scout HQ, church Lane, ashington. margaret spreckley: 01903 893343 SUNDAY 13TH MAY 7PM FOR 7.30PM Fundraising Variety Evening, at steyning athletics club. old time music Hall in aid of charities, st ann’s Hospice and the neuro Foundation. can can dancers, the Kickerbocker glories (sic); irish tap dancer, adrian coomber; local choir, Kaleidoscope; strong man, burlesque dancer,

raspberry ripples; singers; poet, tom Jayston; stanley Holloway monologue by peter conway; juggler, susi oddball and a capella group, decibelle (sic). auction of a painting by local artist, paul cutts and a raffle of interesting prizes donated by local businesses. £8.50 in advance from steyning bookshop(01903 812 062) or £10 on the door. bar available. disabled access. call 07747 840 738 or email: info@angelacarter.net for more information.

MONDAY 14TH MAY 10.00AM Steyning Decorative and Fine Arts Society – Dr Peter Webb –‘DAVID HOCKNEY – ART AS biograpHY’. steyning centre. donation of £5.

16TH – 19TH MAY 7.30PM The Henfield Theatre Company performing acorn antiques – the musical! by Victoria Wood, directed by peter ingledew with musical direction by dave burnett. this hilarious show which parodied the 1960’s soap opera crossroads, will be an evening of light hearted comedy and laughter whilst following the trials and tribulations of miss babs trying to keep the antique shop open as all around her are closing down. tickets: £12.00 & £10.00, available from the box office at Henfield Furnishings, High street, Henfield bn5 9ob. 01273 490080 from monday 30th april 2012.

19TH MAY Plant Sale Plus. church event raising money for charity Janet ray: 01903 813964/janetinbeeding@hotmail.com 19TH & 20TH MAY 10AM-5PM The Floral Fringe Fair at Bignor Park, 5 miles south of petworth, West sussex rH20 1Hg. entry £6, children under 14 free. dogs on leads. the ticket includes entry to 11 acres of beautiful gardens recently replanted by chelsea gold medallists, Fleur de Lys. a wildlife theme, over 50 stalls of specialist nurseries, contemporary crafts & local food producers. refreshments available in the old stables. Jean Jackman jeanjackman@hotmail.com/07939 272443.

FRIDAY 25TH MAY 8PM Henfield Camera Club annual general meeting at Henfield Hall SATURDAY 26TH MAY 7PM - 10.30PM Family Summer Barn Dance the Henfield Hall. advance tickets: adults £12.50, children £5. on the door: adults £15. includes ploughmans meal. From Jasmines Florists or call eric Williams: 01273 494470

WIN WIN WIN! We have a family ticket for four to give away to see tiddler and other terrific tales at the connaught theatre on monday may 21 at 4.30pm – a collection of stories by the gruffalo creators Julia donaldson & axel scheffler brought vividly to life on stage. includes tiddler, the smartest giant in town, a squash and a squeeze & monkey puzzle. the tales are woven together with live music, songs, puppets & a host of colourful characters who will delight both children age 3 + and their families. For your chance to win the family ticket simply answer this question correctly: What is Tiddler? a) a large gnome who falls in ponds b) a tall zebra who speaks many languages c) a tiny fish who tells tall stories Send your answer along with your name and a daytime telephone number to: Village Living Tiddler Competition, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing. BN11 3PX. Alternatively you may email your answer and details to competitions@adur-worthing.gov.uk. Entries must be received by Tuesday May 15.

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Asparagus & Lemon Risotto...

Becky is here with a lovely Asparagus & lemon risotto – easy!

Ingredients (serves 4) • 300g risotto rice • 1 litre of hot chicken or vegetable stock • Half a white onion chopped • Small glass of dry white wine • 1 bunch of English asparagus, trimmed and chopped in half • 1 Lemon • Freshly grated parmesan cheese • Fresh herbs, mint or parsley • Olive oil and butter

Method 1. soften the chopped onion gently in some butter and olive oil until they are tender but with no colour, this could take up to 10 minutes.

2. next, turn up the heat and stir in the rice. stir to coat all the grains then quickly pour in the glass of white wine. it will sizzle so keep stirring until all the liquid has evaporated.

3. now is the time to start adding the stock, a ladleful at a time. Keep stirring the rice and cook for a further 10 minutes.

4. When the rice is around half cooked (beginning to soften but still hard in the centre of the grain) add the slightly thicker stalk ends of your asparagus and the finely grated rind of your lemon. continue to cook for a further 5 minutes, adding more stock as the risotto begins to look dry.

5. now add the finer tender tips of the asparagus, a little more stock and cook for a further 3-5 minutes. You may not need all of the stock and be careful when stirring not to break up the asparagus. taste the rice, it should be holding its shape but soft and creamy.

6. to finish the risotto add a handful of freshly grated parmesan and a knob of butter, stir until they melt together. then finally add the juice of your lemon and some chopped fresh herbs.

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7. serve immediately with parmesan shavings and black pepper, enjoy!

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Matt Cowan’s

Gardening Diary s

o we are now firmly into british summer time and perhaps the most exciting time in the garden as so many buds and blossom burst into life again and every where we look we see flowers of every colour imaginable. alongside this we also notice the return of the bees, butterflies and nesting birds, as they too get busy again. it is all rather magical and never fails to impress and inspire me.

For many of us march and april are frantically busy as we finish tilling the soil, preparing borders and bringing on young plants in protected environments. as we can only reap what we sow, spring is the time to get as much in the ground as possible on the vegetable plot and also to refresh and manage our herbaceous borders in order to fully enjoy them over the coming months. one of the greatest challenges we face as gardeners is watering and this can be quite hard work at the best of times but what must we do when water is very scarce and using a hosepipe is an offence? Whether we agree with the ban or not, we must surely agree that wasting water really is unacceptable.

Fortunately it has rained a little recently but what can we do in our gardens to be proactive and make the most effective use of the water we have got?

Appropriate watering – plants often don’t need as much water as we think so check the soil by digging a small hole and seeing how dry the soil really is. better to water deeply every 3-4 days than little and often, which causes shallow rooting. Water your plants at the base and not the surrounding soil. make a slight dip around plants to prevent run off. shade seedlings from heat and dry winds.

Mulching – tends to preserve existing soil conditions so water well before using organic matter around plants to slow down evaporation (and also suppress weeds!).

Water butts – install as many as practical as plants love rainwater.

Save grey water – particularly valuable to those on a meter. provided no harsh detergents or chemicals are used it is fine for the lawn and borders. be more cautious with food crops.

Drip irrigation systems – not currently banned! sophisticated drip systems are very efficient at delivering specific amounts of water to the right place around the garden but must be set up correctly, not hand held and incorporate a pressure valve and timer (www.easywatering.co.uk).

Drought resistant design – as the current climate tends toward drought we may need to change our approach to design and planting. there are an amazing variety of drought tolerant plants available from nurseries and some clever design approaches to explore.

Some other things to do in early summer

plants and crops to thrive • Keep weeding in order for and take • Check for pests and diseases on acti iate appropr series to enjoy • Visit other gardens and nur on irati and gain insp ic whilst enjoying • Down tools and have a picn ur! labo the fruits of your

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traditional methods of farming which does not rely on Deliveries available within RH20 postcode. heavy machinery. i see it as labour of love, the team may see it differently.

You will find their veg at storrington market on a Friday morning, as well as at Village Larder and sussex produce. a fine crop of raspberries and Loganberries is expected through the summer.

You won’t get any fresher than visiting Spring Gardens ‘Pick your Own’ at Washington. Alan Harris grows a huge range of fruit and vegetables for you to pick. if you have children it’s great fun and a way to connect them with food. asparagus, broad beans and lettuce is currently in stock Local, friendly and reliable. at Village Larder and soon local beetroot will arrive, all grown by mike & penny barnes of South Hill Produce Specialist in installation, service thakeham. it’s great to have quality produce on and repair of LPG and Natural gas our doorstep. if tomatoes are your passion then Nutbourne Nurseries appliances including boilers, fires, produce a range of over 20 varieties. another very local family business, gary and Jenny griffiths produce tomatoes cookers and water heaters. All that they harvest from april to october. You’ll see tomatoes aspects of plumbing undertaken. displayed in their distinctive green boxes across the county at independent retailers. i urge you to support your sussex talent.

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cience is cool – fact! i popped in to meet the truly lovely claire scale, Head of the science department on the last day of term. despite having a million things to do before finishing up, she had time to sit down and tell me all about science at sompting abbotts. at the bottom of the modernised stable block is the science Lab, it is exactly as science Labs should be with pipes for the bunsen burners and glass covered doors encasing bottles of mysterious and of course really interesting looking brown bottles with chemicals. a fantastic mural welcomes you to the department which was designed by one of the Yr. 5 pupils in a competition during science Week a couple of years ago, and is painted on the arch as you walk in – what a fantastic way of involving the children in the subject! it’s another example of the wonderful interactive teaching at sompting abbotts that keeps the children from start to finish interested and keen in all their lessons. on the wall Yr. 5 have produced a fantastic water cycle poster with godfrey the rain drop! it truly is a superb, colourful display of literally a rain drop – water cycle! during the summer term, scholars will be putting together work for the science show which will be shown to the younger children consisting of power point slides and well-rehearsed experiments, there were some fabulous water rockets last year, who knows what they will have on show this year? science engineering Week is a national event that happens once a year to raise the profile of science, this can include all sorts of fun themed activities, colour chaos with experiments, colour blindness and optical illusions, quizzes, puzzles and competitions with great prizes (see pic!) given out in Friday assembly.

With sompting abbotts having such fantastic grounds, the outdoors is like a science Lab in itself, enabling the children to really investigate nature and the outside world, with fields, woods and the pond where they can go pond dipping and out with Quadrats and the fabulous pooters! a pooter in case you, like me, didn’t know is a glass tubing device with mesh covering one end and a bulb to collect bugs, the idea is that you suck up the bug and the mesh stops you swallowing it and deposits it into the glass bottom so you can have a good look at your catch before setting it free. state of the art microscopes connect to the white board so everyone can see what is being shown on the slide.

science can link in with other subjects like geography where they crossed over with Wind in the Willows and danny champion of the World – exploring the habitat of pheasants! claire has been at sompting abbotts for three years. she grew up in pembrokeshire exploring rocks and what was lurking underneath them! inspired by her own science teachers, claire studied at swansea university, has taught nearby in eastbourne and travelled the world before coming to sa. i would certainly say she was an inspiration herself, she totally brings interest, colour and life to a subject that sometimes sadly gets overlooked, and you can certainly see from the fantastic work displayed, how excited her pupils are to get involved!

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Lindy Moores from Steyning is our make over recipient this month.

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indy leads a very busy outdoor life with her horses, goats and alpaca, and has very little time for fashion or for styling her hair. after discussing Lindy’s life style and taste, tim from simone Hair salon decided it was best to keep as much length as possible. a blunt cut was chosen to make the hair appear and feel thicker. Layers were added to give body and shape and to frame her face. colours discussed were some chocolate and caramel lowlights that would create depth, and tone down the blonde. debby from mib chose a very natural light day make up, using jade and earthy tones for her eyes, as this suits her occasionally flushed skin tone. a coral coloured lipstick was used to moisturise her lips, without it being too obvious. remember that make up should enhance your features, rather than disguise. debby from mib talked about simple ways for Lindy to incorporate our fashion and make up tips into her very hectic life style.

Lindy: “i was so thrilled when debby from mib asked me if i would like to have a make-over for Village Living magazine, especially as i am usually in jeans and baggy jumpers around my animals. my day started at the hairdresser tim at simone’s, he gave me a really nice tidy up, taking a couple of inches off my hair and blow drying it. then i put on the lovely clothes from rococo, i just loved the softness of the jumper, i could feel the good quality against my skin, i haven’t got anything in my wardrobe that mustard colour so it felt good to be adventurous for a change. next it was off to have my make-up professionally done by debby at model info bureau, she is stunning herself, if she could make me look half as good as she looks, i would be in heaven. she has a lovely range of make-up; she chose a very good colour to match my jumper. then off to clays field for the photo shoot, i could have been a model for Vogue, for just a day. everything was so lovely.

I want to thank you all for the opportunity to get glammed up for a couple of hours, and I would certainly recommend it for anybody who needs an uplift or a present for someone’s birthday, wedding or as a thank you.”

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22 • 1st beeding & bramber scout group

1st Beeding and Bramber Scout Group

By Ginette Stevens

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very week my husband or I merrily take our children to Beavers and Cubs, and return to pick them up sometime later, I felt it was time to go along and find out more!

The Beavers group meet from 5pm to 6pm on a Tuesday afternoon usually at the Gladys Bevan Hall in Upper Beeding.

However, on this occasion we were meeting at the Hillside Scout Camp in Small Dole.

With everyone assembled it was time for the Scout Leader, Stuart (or Skip), to take the register and explain what activities lay ahead.

Firstly the Beavers were split into two groups for a treasure hunt. It was to be based around the Olympic flag.. I went with one group into the woods to follow coloured arrows to different coloured rings. When five rings had been found, the Beavers could return to the assembly point and place the rings in the correct order of the Olympic flag.

As we walked after the boys and girls, I had a chance to catch up with Helen, the Assistant Scout Leader, who told me more about the group and its setup.

Stuart and Helen have both been involved with the Scout movement for over 25 years. Stuart helped out with local groups and Helen would join the groups on camping trips to act as Camp Cook. As often happens, they became more and more involved with the groups and, when the leader at the time decided to step down from 1st Beeding and Bramber, Stuart and Helen made the brave decision to take over.

That was over three years ago and they have been successfully in charge with several helpers ever since. That’s no mean feat with regular Leader meetings

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to attend, camping trips and fun days to organise, and weekly meetings through term time to arrange.

Back to now, and our group had successfully retrieved five rings so we headed back to our meeting place to arrange them in the right order, beating the other group just slightly.

It was then time to move into the field for an egg and spoon race. Again, the children were split into two teams and off they went. With lots of cheering and encouragement, the teams got quicker and quicker. A resounding victory for one team was greeted with loud cheers before eagerly asking what was next.

And it was a blindfolded string trail in the woods which Stuart had set up prior to the kids arriving. They paired up and, with one child blindfolded, the other had to guide them along the string giving instructions. There were a few mis-directions and slight peeking, but all the children managed to have a

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go with no accidents. They are only six and seven years old!

With the hour nearly up, the children burned off their last bit of energy running around the field.

I was very impressed with the activities and the way the kids took part. They were full of high spirits but considerate and let each other take turns without complaint.

As the Cubs started to arrive, the Beavers were given a drink and biscuit and I managed to speak to a couple of them. What was it they liked about Beavers? Louis said he liked it as it was fun and he got to do lots of different things with friends. Kieron agreed and said he liked meeting new friends as well. Cameron said he liked filling in his Beavers book and getting his badges.

I can confirm his Mum sews every one on beautifully…

With a wave goodbye to the Beavers, it was time to welcome the Cubs. At present, Helen and Stuart have 11

beavers in their group. cubs is a little higher at 18. cubs meet every tuesday in term time from 6pm to 7.30pm. again, normally at the gladys bevan Hall, but also at Hillside. register taken, it was time for simon and sam, two regular helpers to arrange a game of ‘Witches in the Wood’. this involved the children trying to locate the boys in the woods by listening for their whistles. erica is the beavers assistant leader. she became involved after her oldest child started with the group and has

been qualified for over a year. also a qualified child-minder, she already had all the ‘child’ skills, but needed to learn the basics of scouting and what the movement is all about. simon and sam are also regular helpers. simon is an explorer scout and simon is a scout. other explorers and scouts will help when they are able. scout meetings take place at Hillside on a thursday evening from 7-9pm. at last the witches came back surrounded by several cubs. after a quick drink, the cubs went on to do the blindfolded string trail and egg and spoon race.

Future activities include a camping trip for cubs to the county cubs camp at ardingly in may. over 2000 cubs and Leaders meet for a mini jamboree. this takes place every 2-3 years. there will also be the annual cook a breakfast which they won last year, the

annual cub Fun Hike (won the last two years), and the adur swimming gala (current holders of the trophy) past recent events include a fund raising coffee morning for Fair trade in which they raised over £200, the annual st georges day parade at Lancing college and the bunny egg Hunt at Hillside.

If you are interested in finding out more about 1st Beeding and Bramber Scout Group for your child/children, or if you would be interested in giving some of your time to help the group, please contact Stuart at s.stevens050@btinternet.com, or call 01903 813050.

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24 • steYning FestiVaL

Steyning Festival 2012 26th May – 10th June 2012

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teyning Festival is now in its fifth year and is really excited about the programme of events that it has on offer for its two week duration! there is something for all the family from young children, teenagers, adults and the ‘very mature’. this year the nation celebrates the Queens diamond Jubilee and the olympics – steyning Festival will be hosting a sports day and a massive street party to commemorate these two occasions as a part of their huge community arts event. Horsham Leisure Link and steyning athletics club will be running a mini olympics along with local sports organisations who will provide entertainment and demonstrations. on sunday 3rd June, steyning High street will be closed between 12 noon – 4.00pm for the Jubilee street party so do come along and join in the festivities. there will be live music and also Horsham Youth club’s mobile skate ramps if you feel brave enough to have a try. You can purchase a ticket from the box office if you would like a seat at a table and local businesses will be selling food or you can bring along your own picnic.

the festival kicks off with the children’s parade on saturday 26th may. Local schools have been getting together for craft workshops and making sparkly t-shirts and crowns for the event. neil Mullarkey performs his ‘Don’t Be Needy, Be succeedy’ in the evening of the 26th. He is one of the original comedy store players and one of his credits includes, Have i got news For You. the arts side of the festival has grown from strength to strength and cover the areas of theatre, music, Literature & talks, Walks and Visual arts. this years events include an evening with martin bell, an icon of the bbc; Wines from Wiston, a chance to learn about the recently planted vineyards; brighton and Hove russian choir; Zelda – a great piece of theatre where this outlandish good-time girl captures the heart of F. scott Fitzgerald; meet children’s authors polly dunbar & alexis deacon with their wonderful picture books for ages 4+. the Visual arts are being run by steyning arts this year and include 84 artists across 21 venues.

There is so much more, so visit the Steyning Festival website for further information.

Tickets can be purchased online or at The Steyning Bookshop box office.

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25 • restaurant review

The Cobblestone Café Steyning

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he Cobblestone Café has recently changed hands, and boy has it fallen into the right ones! This quintessentially English tea house is a perfect step back in time.

Run as a family business by Eddie, a young, friendly and hardworking chap with an enthusiasm and passion for Steyning and what he does that puts most of us to shame, he recently returned from Australia where he spent 4 years in catering and 2 years running his own bar and restaurant where he got the idea for what he wanted to bring here. Eddie says “After many years in family businesses and catering I found that England was is hard place for young entrepreneurs to get a foot hold so I tried a few of my ideas over in Australia, and to my delight they worked very well!” In regards to The Cobblestone Tea House he said “This place is one of those that falls in to place, I had lots of Great British Nostalgia ranging from fine bone china to Horlicks milk bottles! So I decided to open a pop up shop in Cobblestone Walk, being local I knew of the beautiful building in the centre and have for a long time wanted to open a quintessentially British Tea house for

here though, this was perfect! Val recommended I tried the ice cream as it really is something special. I had the vanilla honeycomb, it really is genuinely something else, it tastes like proper ice cream should, without a synthetic after taste that we are so used to. It was even the right colour yellow for vanilla ice cream!

The selection of cake and homemade scones is great, with further treats to choose from such as rocky road, brownies and huge cookies. I did manage to resist but only as I tried the ice cream, fresh from the dairy where they order the milk from, over in Lewes.

The tea house itself is a gorgeous old fashioned building with original beams dating back to the 16th century; all the tea (from Twining’s range) is served in fine English bone china, with an impressive collection of crockery... there are interesting vintage knick knacks local and foreign visitors to experience everywhere from the collection of books good old British values, service and you can have a look at, even a Spam tin quality... 3 weeks later and with a lot with a recipe book! The table cloths are of help from friends we opened!” all authentic, vintage; the attention to The atmosphere is warm and detail is simply charming. welcoming with people constantly There are two lovely outside seating popping in for a quick coffee and a areas which will be a perfect place to sit chat; imagine an English tea room and watch the world go by in Summer. version of cheers without the beers!

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Mind & Body Chris Jones

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ccording to n.i.c.e. (national institution for clinical excellence), intentional self-harm results in about 150,000 attendances at a&e departments each year. it is one of the top five causes of acute medical admission.

Furthermore, nice states that more than one half are discharged without being assessed by a specialist mental health care worker. rates of self-harm are much higher among groups with high levels of poverty and in adolescents and younger adults. the thing that triggers someone to self-harm for the first time will be different for everyone. it could be in reaction to an argument, or a situation that has left someone feeling rejected, humiliated, depressed or angry. equally there will be many more young people who experience the same emotions and do not hurt themselves – harming is a method of coping with difficult emotions. self-harming is usually an outward demonstration of an inner turmoil, trauma or crisis. people harm themselves for all sorts of reasons. the need to self-harm usually comes from emotions that are difficult for the individual to manage. the emotions could be related to any number of things. it could be a way of coping with anger – young people may

People harm themselves for all sorts of reasons.

The need to self-harm usually comes from emotions that are difficult for the individual to manage. find violence against themselves helps manage angry and aggressive emotions towards other people.

Low levels of self-worth can prompt some into self-harming while others use it as a way of feeling in control of the world around them. eating disorders can often be found in those who experience these emotions, but any sense of control is quickly lost when the harming behaviour takes over and the person is unable to stop. people who self-harm over a long period of time may have become addicted to their condition. unmanageable emotions can often lead some into feeling numb or like a ‘zombie’ and acts of self-harm can be

thought to help with breaking through these emotions and feeling part of the world again. others may use harming as a way of escaping from their world – difficult situations at home and/or school can be blanked out through the experience of pain, transporting the person to a different place away from their reality. of course this isn’t ever going to be a complete list – sufferers may be reading this and not identifying with it at all. it just goes to show that self-harm affects everyone in a different way, and it doesn’t resolve any difficult emotions in either the short or long term.

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29 • gardening

Drought tolerant plants

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rchitectural plants and structural plants add a different dimension to the garden and provide form throughout the year. this month highlights some of my favourite spiky plants. The New Zealand Flax, for example, is drought tolerant, wind tolerant and will happily grow in coastal conditions. all of these plants make fantastic statements and are suitable for most gardens – just err towards the sunnier parts and avoid any areas prone to waterlogging. if you feel you need any further advice, please contact any of the lovely and helpful members of staff at the nursery Aloe striatula – a fantastic aloe, which has proven to be hardy down to -8/-10 degrees centigrade; it grows fairly quickly into a multi-stemmed plant around one metre in height and spread. sited in a sunny position in a well-drained soil (or pot) will ensure good growth and flowering. it has tall candle-like yellow/orange flowers in mid-summer and is very easy to grow and look after. preferring the full sun it is tolerant of windy and

Architectural plants and structural plants add a different dimension to the garden and provide form throughout the year coastal positions Happy with all freedraining soils, this stocky evergreen bush, with a stunning architectural shape, can grow up to 1 metre, but can be pruned currently available at the nursery: Dasylirion serratifolium is amongst one of the most dramatic and architectural plants. thin strap-like leaves are covered with tiny spines along both sides, with the mature plant reaching a round 1.5 metres in height and spread. suitable for a very hot and dry location it will make a fantastic garden specimen. suitable for the milder parts of the uK, and preferring to be placed in full sun; this stocky evergreen is tolerant of windy and coastal positions liking all free-

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30 • BACK IN TIME

Chalcraft Funeral Directors circa 1870

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