Village Living Issue 66 March 2015

Village LIVING

FREE l March 2015

Lifestyle | Community | Business

Steyning Bramber Beeding Ashington Washington Storrington Henfield Small Dole Shoreham-by-Sea

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VL meets

Interior Stylist Tara de la Motte

THE TIMBER FRAMING COMPANY Timber Frame House Builders

Recipe

Scones with Belleau Kitchen

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Contents 5

Welcome to March! Competition time!

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Diary – dates for you to note

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An introduction to Kieran Melikoff

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10 Homes & Interiors Section 11 VL Meets Tara De La Motte, Interior Designer for a chat 19

& some design advice 19 VL Recommends The Timber Framing Company 20

£5.00 OFF offer with Spotted of Steyning

25 Fabulous recipe from our lovely Dominic at Belleau Kitchen 31

Chris Jones – time to give up those smokes, Chris is at hand

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Welcome to March!

H

ope that wherever you are the weather is slightly warming up and that you are feeling Spring in the air!

This month we have met up with an interior designer who has given us some great feedback and insight into home decoration and the chaps from Mannthorp and Jenner who build fantastic timber frame houses, and, well, timber anything you like! With Mother’s Day coming up this month we have a lovely scones recipe for you from the fabulous Dominic at the Belleau Kitchen, if you haven’t had a read of his blog yet I think you should!

We also have a ticket to win a family pod on the Brighton Wheel so check out the details on that and get your entries in!

Wishing you a lovely March see you next month!

Copy deadline is March 10th for the April issue. Please mention Village Living when responding to an advert.

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Rhubarb Café has now been open for 3 months and we have been overwhelmed by the positive response from the locals and vistors to our café. We are all about quality fresh food, great service (thanks to all our staff) and wonderful atmosphere.

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7 • VILLAGE DIARY

Village Diary MARKETS

Village Diary is a great way to publicise an event in your village. Email katie@village-living-magazine.co.uk with your listings. Don’t forget to visit www.villagelivingmagazine.co.uk for more diary dates!

Henfield Hall – Monday Market from January open every Monday except bank holidays from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m a variety of stalls, ample free parking Shoreham – 2nd Sat of each month. 9.00 – 13.00. East Street Shoreham has a market every Wednesday morning at The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, Shoreham-by-Sea. 9 am – 12.15 pm Steyning – 1st Sat of each month. 9.00 – 13.00. High St car park Storrington – Village Market at Village Hall 9-10.45am every Friday, a variety of locally home grown and sourced plants, cheeses, meats, breads & crafts West Chiltington – 2nd Sat of month. 9.00 – 12.00. Village Hall

EVENTS Monday 2nd March 26th Year Celebration Steyning Probus Club, Steyning Centre. Speaker: Mark Perry Nash – Hippy has a Bus Pass.

Probus is a social club for semi retired and retired men with a professional and business background. We meet on a monthly basis for 3 course lunch in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere, concluding with a presentation from a guest speaker. Forthcoming social events. February: Brunch at the Cobblestone Tea House. March: Lunch with our ladies at Northbrook College. Details on Membership Telephone David Whyberd Tel No 01903 742813 or visit our website: www.steyningprobus.com Friday 6 7.30pm Henfield Camera Club, Evangelical Free Church Hall, Paul Stevens from the Arundel Wetland Centre will give an illustrated talk about Sussex Wildlife. New members are very welcome to our club.

For further details please contact club chairman, Alec Pelham. alec.pelham@btinternet.com.

Friday 6th March 7.30pm Henfield Garden Club, Henfield Hall A talk by Mark Saunders “Almost an A to Z of Garden Plants” will follow a brief E.G.M. Mark Saunders has been the Head Gardener at Fittleworth House for the past 17 years. Guests are welcome. For membership enquires Contact Julia Simpson by e-mail jbs@backsettown.demon.co.uk or tel 01273493900.

Saturday 7th March, 11.30am Concert at the Steyning Centre Local ladies choir ‘Cantatrice’ take a short trip around the world exploring the different styles of folksong. Songs include Shenandoah, Tell my Ma, Danny Boy, Scarborough Fair and more. TICKETS £5 – On the door only.

Sunday 8th March at 2-4.30pm Children’s Disco, Ashington Community Centre. There will be Dancing, Competitions a Tuck Shop, Raffle and Adult Refreshments available. Ashington Carnival Princess 2015 and her 2 Attendants and 2 Pageboys will be selected during the Disco by a lucky prize draw. Admission £3 for Children, Adults free, pay at the door. Children must be accompanied by an adult.For details phone Margaret 01903 892633.

Monday 9th March, Coffee at 10.00am followed by our meeting 10.30noon, Steyning Decorative and Fine Arts Society Illustrated lecture on “Whistler v Ruskin – flinging pots of paint in the public faces” by Alan Read – Lecturer, London Blue Badge Guide and Guide at The Tate Galleries.

Annual membership of £36.00, we meet on the second Monday of each month at The Steyning Centre by Fletchers Croft Car Park opposite St Andrews Church, Church Street, Steyning. Members and visitors (donation of £5.00) are warmly welcomed. For further information please call 01903 368254 or 01903 816190

Wed 11th March, 7.30pm Storrington Film Nights “The Hundred-Foot Journey” – a Comedy, starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, and Manish Dayal.

A programme of films for Storrington, promoted and organised by The Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough District. Tickets are £5, and will be 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.For further information please contact Ken Collins on 01903 740745, or Malcolm Bennett on 01798 812407 Saturday 14th March, Brinsbury Open Morning This is your opportunity to have a look around the campus and talk to our friendly staff about our courses to help you decide which course is right for you. For more information contact Jan Dougharty by email on janet.dougharty@chichester.ac.uk, or by telephone on 01243 786321ext 1077.

Saturday 14th March, 7.30pm Steyning Music Society Steyning Centre, BN44 3XZ. Wu String Quartet playing Haydn, Janacek & Beethoven.

TICKETS: members £10, non-members £15, Students £2 available from Steyning Book Shop, High Street T 01903 812062 or ring Steyning Music Society on 01903 812662 Friday 20 7.30pm Henfield Camera Club, Evangelical Free Church Hall, 4th Competition of the season. A set subject competition on the theme of ’Old England’. The competition will be judged by Roger Crocombe ARPS. New members and visitors are very welcome to our club. For further details please contact club chairman, Alec Pelham. alec.pelham@btinternet.com Tuesday 24 March, Screenings at 3pm and 7.30pm, West Chiltington Village Hall. “The Hundred-Foot Journey” – a Comedy, starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, and Manish Dayal. This warm-hearted culinary drama stars Helen Mirren and Om Puri as battling restaurateurs caught up in culture and food wars in the south of France. Directed by Lasse Hallström.Tickets cost £6.00.

NEW loyalty card: watch 6 films and get your 7th free! Collect your loyalty card at your next visit. Receive your free monthly Film Society e-news – your chance to watch trailers and catch up on the latest news. Contact: clare.flexman@ maryhowtrust.org. Tickets available on the door, and from:Mary How Trust Ticket hotline: 01798 877646, The Mary How Trust screening rooms and charity shop, The Card Centre, Storrington, Cherilyn/Nisa Local, West Chiltington. Would you like to sponsor a movie? Receive VIP tickets to the film and help the Mary How Trust’s important health screening work.

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Marie Curie Cancer Care – Local Volunteers Wanted For the Great Daffodil Appeal in March Marie Curie Cancer Care makes it possible for terminally ill people people to spend their last days at home with their loved ones. Care is provide free of charge by our nurses for people with any terminal illness. Our group fundraising efforts include a range of activities from local collections to tea parties and stalls at village events. In March we will be supporting The Great Daffodil Appeal where all donors receive one of our lovely Daffodil pins. We hope that you will donate and will wear your pin to show your support and help raise awareness. If you can spare an hour to collect for us, at this, or at other events throughout the yearand/or you would like to find out more about joining our group please contact: Jacinta White; Chairman 01798 813545 or Email jacinta.white@hotmail.co.uk

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In a cosy converted cowshed just outside of Steyning, men and women are pushing their bodies to the limits and laughing their way to sleek physiques. The ages range from late twenties to fiftysomethings, though in this unusual Pilates class, an extremely agile 80-year-old regularly shames the men with her powerful set of press-ups. Not that you’d be able to judge anyone’s true age from the bendy bodies assembled here. At the command of ebullient teacher Keiran Mellikof, we jack-knife our limbs into crab poses, then scale the wall like upside-down Spidermen. Keiran is the inventor of Mellikof Dynamic Pilates – an exercise regime that packs a punch and bears as much similarity to the tiny twitches of a regular Pilates class, as steak does to tofu.

‘Remember, you have nothing to fear, but fear itself – and the Stannah stairlift,’ says this big bear of a man as he adjusts a client’s arm and wraps it around her foot. The stairlift quip is a typically irreverent comment that belies Keiran Mellikof’s deep knowledge of the muscular-skeletal system and its link to the body’s true potential. Keiran has trained first division footballers, professional athletes, countless golfers, ballet dancers, aerialists and Olympic Gold Medallists. His proudest moment was helping an injured man dispense with his wheelchair after months of pain following a motorbike accident, but equally, he feels as much pride at witnessing a 72-year-old doing the splits for the first time in her life. ‘There’s a signature body that I can give to anyone, and results are noticeable within a month, ‘he tells me. ‘Do this class on a regular basis and you get the body of a dancer – strong, elegantly muscular without unsightly bulges, graceful, and with super core strength. Everything working in synchronicity. his ‘goal body’ promise certainly rings true for me. I’ve been attending Keiran’s classes for three years, and in my fifties, feel stronger than at any time in my life. No longer that nagging lower back pain; instead, a firm waist and even a small feminine sixpack which I’ll admit makes me feel unduly smug – and of course it is super handy for reversing out of tight parking spaces. Teaching this method of Pilates – a system that essentially takes elements from Joseph Pilates’ famous routine and adds reps, deep breathing, and deeper pose holds, also embraces martial arts and Ashtanga yoga. His passion is palpable, so it is extraordinary to hear the details of Keiran’s career path – one that bears little resemblance to the traditional route taken by sports trainers. ‘I want to make the hour spent with me the most efficient hour for any client seeking fitness. All that normal Pilates ‘lift your bottom up and down’ is so boring. I aim to make every movement count, and to give a dynamic core conditioning, so that there isn’t a part of your body we haven’t stretched to its limit at the end of the class.’ www.villagelivingmagazine.co.uk | tel: 0785 2231512

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11 • BACK IN TIME 11 • AT HOME WITH...

At Home with...

Tara de la Motte – Interiors / Gardens Columnist and Stylist Interiors columnist and stylist Tara is a firm believer that the place we call ‘home’ should speak of their owners and it should be an expression of who you are.

VL: Tell us about your home and interior style?

TdlM: My home is very much a family home – comfortable and functional. It’s quite eclectic, I think “less is more” is no longer applicable. I have painted most of the walls in Farrow & Balls ‘Cornforth White’ I simply love this colour. Overall I tend to stick to faded and muted colours with a few bright accents. ‘Casual elegance’, ‘eclectic’, are words that sum up my style.

VL: Where does your inspiration come from?

TdlM: I get inspiration from magazines, books and just from being in other people’s houses as well as from travelling.

When I’m in London I often pop into the Savoy to look at their wonderful floral arrangements in the foyer, and this always inspires me to create my very own arrangement on a much smaller scale of course! After all it is important to translate inspirations into your space.

VL: Where do you shop for interior finds?

TdlM: I go to a lot of antique fairs and second hand shops

– these places have everything you can possibly hope to find including linens, chandeliers and crockery as well as ‘objet d’art’. We are very lucky to have so many great interior shops in Sussex, I really love ‘Tina Bucknall’ in Hurstpierpoint and ‘Onske interiors’ for high quality furniture and accessories.

VL: What do you suggest people do to transform their homes this year without spending too much?

TdlM: If you can’t afford a complete revamp then invest in luxurious cushions and throws. These can transform a room instantly with minimal cost. I love TK MAXX for cushions and throws, they have an amazing selection.

VL: Give us a stylists insight into trend styles for the home – spring / summer 2015?

TdlM: The world of fashion and the world of interiors are closely related. What we often see on the catwalk in terms of print and colour is mimicked in interiors. This spring it’s all about soft blush shades with pops of more earthy umber tones adding a little punch to our homes.

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After many years agency experience in Sussex, Robert Turner has recently taken over the helm at the Henfield Office of H. J. Burt, ably assisted by Sandra Taylor and Karen Osborn and there are plenty of H. J. Burt Sold boards to be seen in and around Henfield and the surrounding villages. A recent client commented: “Dear Rob and team, thank you for all your effort and skill in helping us to buy and sell through H.J. Burt – without your diligence throughout the transaction and chain negotiations we would not have managed it and you succeeded where two other agents had failed!”

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Meanwhile, the Steyning office of H. J. Burt has welcomed Julie Langmaid as manager of the company’s very busy and successful Lettings Department dealing with a wide range of Town & Village and Country Property Lettings across West Sussex and beyond. H.J. Burt partner Rowan Allan comments: “Julie brings with her many years’ experience from managing a multi-branch Sussex lettings firm and we are delighted to have her on board and with many landlords and tenants commenting on her professional expertise and yet personable approach to the job”.

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Long term Steyning and Sussex resident, Nicki Maynard, now heads the Town & Village Property sales department covering Steyning and surrounding settlements and has greatly enjoyed handling the sale of a wide variety of properties ranging from small cottages and flats in Steyning, Bramber, Upper Beeding and Partridge Green, to some of Steyning’s substantial family houses.

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25 • BELLEAU KITCHEN

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In search of the perfect scone – part one...

As many of my regular and dear readers will know, every year, our local village of Aby has a summer show... it’s a chance for all us local would-be cooks, gardeners, artists and artisans to show-off our talents... it’s pretty much seen as a fun ‘get-together’ and to be honest it’s quite small-fry compared to some of the village and town shows that these days seem to be more like international events... ... Even so, there is plenty of friendly rivalry and I wont deny there’s been many a time when I’ve wanted to take a heavy pan to the little old lady from the Women’s Institute... with her basket of rule books and tape measure... particularly when it comes to scones... but that’s another story...

This year, in preparation, I have decided to try out the many different scone recipes that seem to be out there... there are the classics, HRH Delia has a great one... there are the modern, Nigela has a good method... there are the down-right outlandish... and then there are those special hand-me-down recipes that pass from mother to daughter, friend to friend, with tweaks and changes over the years... I’ll try and get as many in as possible before I choose a favourite for the show in August... so if you have a favourite then please let me know, I’ll give it a whirl over the next coming months...

In keeping with the village show rule book the recipe has to be for a fruit scone, so no savoury recipes... we can do that again in the Autumn...

Today, because I’ve just had a delivery of fabulous 0% Greek Yoghurt Split Pots from the lovely Total Greek Yoghurt people I’m starting with these light and fluffy strawberry yoghurt scones from Chele at Chocolate Teapot... (well hers were mascarpone which i’ve done a straight swap for yoghurt... but there you go...) ... so as not to be wasteful I’ve also included the strawberry compote from one side of the split pot, you could use 2 teaspoons of strawberry jam.

340g self raising flour – with some extra for dusting, 1 tsp baking powder, pinch of salt, 80g butter, cold and cubed, 2 tbsp soft light brown sugar, 150g Total Greek Yoghurt, 2 teaspoons of strawberry compote or jam 80ml milk – you may use less or more, 1 egg, lightly beaten for glazing.

Method Put the flour, baking powder, salt, butter and sugar into a bowl and crumble into breadcrumbs (you can do this very easily in an electric mixer. Add the yoghurt and compote crumble again, go on, get your hands in! Now make a well in the centre and add the milk bit by bit, bringing the mixture together, first with a knife, then your hands until a soft dough is formed.Now working quickly, turn it out onto a floured surface an pat it down to roughly 3cm deep, don’t roll it, and then cut it into rounds... I’ve used a non fluted cutter but you do as you wish! Brush the tops only with beaten egg. Bake on 210 for 12-14 mins or until golden.

My thoughts...

I’ve got to say this was an excellent recipe and the addition of the yoghurt has made them light and fluffy... plus, the inclusion of the strawberry compote in the mix has given them a heady scent and has made them taste like they already have strawberry jam on them, which is genius if you ask me!

Eat and of course, enjoy!

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Mind & Body Chris Jones Cognitive Hypnotherapist and Sports Performance Mind Coach NLP Master Practioner, MNCH (reg)*

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anuary is the time that many people make the decision to give up unwanted habits, such as smoking. For most the task becomes too onerous and within days, weeks, the task is abandoned. I have read that some 40% of smokers would actually like to quit, but do not believe that it is an achievable aim; often based on previously unsuccessful attempts.

February/March is usually the peak time for people to turn to alternative methods, including hypnotherapy. The first question that I ask prospective clients is “are you actually prepared to give up?” In my experience, those who purport to want to give up, based solely on pressure from relatives, colleagues etc., are the people who do not succeed It is important that the individual is ready and in the right state of mind to quit, because, contrary to public belief, it is possible to reject suggestions made under hypnosis. However, the results can be remarkable. I have had many clients who comment that the transition to not smoking was easy and painless.

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Occasionally, during the questioning session, certain factors, such as a very stressful lifestyle, are discussed and I recommend that these things are treated, before dealing with the smoking itself.

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