RH16 Uncovered March 2016 Issue

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Hello everyone and welcome to our March issue!

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“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” A.A. Milne

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This lovely quote struck a chord with me when I came to writing my welcome note to this month’s issue. It is true, a huge amount of gratitude actually doesn’t take up much space at all, and as I only have space for a few lines that’s probably just as well!

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Of course we are always grateful to each and every one of you that pick up our magazine and read it each month, but especially so if you were one of over a thousand people who picked up one of our recent issues and took the time to complete our Reader Survey.

To be honest with you we have been totally overwhelmed with your kind words and, on the whole, very encouraging feedback! The winners of the M&S vouchers are revealed opposite.

Thank you so much to all of you who took part.

Of course there is no point asking for feedback unless you do something with it! So whilst you sit back, relax and enjoy this issue, our editorial team are busily collating your thoughts and recommendations in order to come up with a brand new and fresh editorial calendar for the year ahead.

16 What’s on 20 Community Groups 28 10 ways to save on renovating your home

GARDENS 34 A Touch of the Orient

MOTORING 36 Mixed Results for MOT’s

FOOD AND DRINK 38 Apricot and Apple Strudel

HEALTH 40 Set your sights on better vision

STYLE 44 Designer vs. Budget Beauty Buys

At the same time our designers are working their magic to produce a brand new format which will be revealed over the next few months.

However, I can share with you a quick snippet of news which has come about as a result of the survey. We have already been busy searching for and recruiting a team of “local” journalists to quench your thirst for more community articles (which incidentally came top of the “most wanted” list on our survey) and we’ll introduce you to them next month.

Of course there is a still a long way to go and work to be done. Much effort already goes into our publications, so it’s very rewarding to read all of your comments and to know that our magazine is still very much valued and appreciated.

Like Piglet, our small team here at the magazine is feeling a huge amount of gratitude, Enjoy this issue and have a great month!

Reader Surevey Voucher Winners Mrs Anita Bryant, Reigate, RH2, Surrey K. Brown, East Grinstead, RH19, West Sussex Mrs Nash, Pound Hill, RH10, West Sussex Philip Jackson, Heathfield,TN21, East Sussex Kevin Sendhall, Haywards Heath, RH16, West Sussex Mrs C Yau-Jones, Horley, RH6, Surrey

Vera 99 Appeal On March 20th 2016 the World War II Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn, will be celebrating her 99th Birthday. For the past 15 years Dame Vera’s Children’s Charity has supported over 600 children with cerebral palsy and their families. To make this a truly memorable occasion, a special appeal is being launched to encourage individuals, groups and companies to support the charity and ensure many more children will benefit in the future.

The charity supports children like Ruby, who was born prematurely and endured a number of serious setbacks resulting in a diagnosis of four limb cerebral palsy with additional disabilities including epilepsy.

Medical practitioners suggested Ruby would never be able to speak or walk. However, since attending Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity for 3 years and receiving the specialist one-to-one attention she needed, Ruby can now say lots of words and is able to stand and take steps.

The charity has set up a dedicated appeal page on Just Giving and donations can also be made via a text to donate – Text VERA16 £10 to 70070. Anyone wishing to get involved, make a donation and send Dame Vera a birthday message can also contact the fundraising team on 01403 780444 or email info@dvlcc.org.uk A fundraising thermometer will be in the school’s reception to chart the appeal’s progress and regular updates will be featured on the charity’s website and social media sites.

The “Vera 99 Appeal” provides the opportunity to get involved, make a donation and send Dame Vera a personal birthday message. A special book containing the messages will be compiled and presented to Dame Vera on her birthday.

Join in the fun and support our children in need • Sponsor one of our children, £10 a month will help pay for a session • Organise your own fundraising event • Make a bid at our online auction of an original signed picture of Dame Vera Lynn by renowned artist Lindsey Bex Your appeal fundraising ideas and results will be featured on our website and social media, get involved and take a picture of you and a message on an “Appeal Board.” (download from our website)

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Princess Royal Hospital’s League of Friends Launches New Appeal Dedicated volunteers at Haywards Heath’s Princess Royal Hospital have just launched their latest fundraising appeal: the Dame Vera Lynn Periwinkle Appeal.

The new fundraising initiative aims to raise money to update specialist equipment in each unit of the hospital – a challenge in itself, but if anyone can do it, it’s the League of Friends, who over the last twenty-five years, alone, have donated in excess of £2.5 million to the local hospital.

Set up by a group of likeminded residents sixty years ago this year, the PRH League of Friends have been instrumental in helping Mid Sussex’s main hospital purchase essential equipment and amenities to benefit patients, staff and visitors. Just recently, £365,000 has been given to the Hospital Trust with beneficiaries including the Endoscopy Suite (£86,400), the Intensive Care Unit (£82,700) and the Rapid Access Medical Unit (£72,800).

The Dame Vera Lynn Periwinkle Appeal is their latest venture to ensure that the hospital can continue treating the growing population of local residents with up-to-date technology.

“The next two years sees the increased need for specialist equipment in all of the hospital departments,” Michael continues. “The advancement of technology and increase in population means it is essential that we continue to improve our services.”

Named after the League of Friends’ president, Dame Vera Lynn (who celebrates her 99th birthday on 20th March) and the group’s logo, the periwinkle – extracts of which are believed to aid the treatment of leukaemia, Hodgkin’s disease, testicular and other “Over the past sixty years the League of Friends cancerous tumours plus cerebral blood flow, high has helped to support the hospitals at Cuckfield and Haywards Heath,” volunteer Michael Stratford, blood pressure and diabetes – the appeal will explains. “Each of our families and friends have used incorporate a whole host of fun activities for the local National Health Service at one or the other residents to get involved with! of these establishments.”

It also coincides with the League of Friends’ 60th anniversary and marks twenty-five years since the opening of the Princess Royal Hospital (and the transfer of services from Cuckfield), making it a real time for celebration, as Michael explains: “We will be holding a number of high profile events, including a golf tournament plus black tie dinner, quiz and music nights. We are seeking the assistance of local companies, clubs, associations and individuals to join in or support our appeal and if you believe you could make a difference please make contact!”

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Princess Royal Hospital’s League of Friends Launches New Appeal Continued from page 6 One of the first appeal events is a golf tournament on Wednesday 20th April.

Starting from 12pm, keen golfers will “tee off ” at the Mid Sussex Golf Club, in Ditchling, for an afternoon of golf for a great cause; as all proceeds from this event will go directly to the hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit.

Teams of four are invited to sign up and start practising their swings for the golf day’s Stableford and par 3 competitions. Entry fee costs £200 per team and includes a delicious meal and prizes too. For those of you feeling especially generous, the League of Friends are also looking for raffle prizes and people to sponsor the course holes for the day!

For further information, contact Michael Stratford on 01903 884204/ stratford.m@hotmail.co.uk or alternatively visit the League of Friends’ website: www.prhfriends.org or Facebook page: www.facebook.com/prhfriends.

Dame Vera Lynn ‘Periwinkle’ Appeal

GOLF DAY Mid Sussex Golf Club, Ditchling Wednesday 20th April 2016, 12pm Start To raise funds for

SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT AT PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL TEAMS OF FOUR £200 Including meal and prizes Contact Michael Stratford for more info stratford.m@hotmail.co.uk - 01903 884204

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March 3rd 1938 – Mallard enters service with LNER To many people, the story of the 1930s is dominated by images of The Road to Wigan Pier, the Jarrow Crusade, closed factories, crumbling back-to-backs, hungry children and the means test. But while all that is undeniably and horribly true, to most Britons life didn’t feel like that at the time.

Britain in 1938 was the richest and technologically the most sophisticated country on earth, and by a long chalk at that. It had the world’s first national grid. It had the world’s first TV station. It teemed with brand-new factories turning out aeroplanes, cars, buses, tractors, lorries, radios, washing machines and vacuum cleaners surrounded by brand-new suburbs of convenient modern housing where well-dressed, well-fed families gathered round the wireless in a comforting fug of dad’s pipesmoke.

That was the South. In the North there were still mills, mines, steelworks, and shipyards but wages were low, unemployment was high, much of the housing was shocking, and the infant mortality rate was a national embarrassment. In Jarrow, where the shipyard had closed in 1933, unemployment stood at 73% by late 1935. To the southern technocrats the north must have seemed a frightening morass of decay, desperation, and red politics: even though the Jarrow hunger marchers of October 1936 wouldn’t let communists join them, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin still refused to meet their leaders and the handing in of their petition to Parliament earned a single line in Hansard.

It was into this context that Mallard – the most advanced of the LNER’s new fleet of 35 A4 locos – bravely puffed in its bright blue livery on March 3rd 1938. Exactly four months later it clambered up a slight incline near Grantham, cresting the rise at 75mph, and accelerated down the long, gentle slope of Stoke Bank, reaching 125.88mph 9½ miles later, when it had to decelerate for Essendine junction.

It had comfortably beaten the 114mph set the previous year by its closest British rival – LMS’s Coronation – but it had also trumped the 124.5mph achieved by the German 05 002 in 1936.

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Mallard at the National Railway Museum, copyright Adrian Jones.

Beating the LMS was probably more important than beating the Germans to the Mallard’s designer, Sir Nigel Gresley. But the reporting of the Mallard’s feat had a strongly nationalistic and patriotic tone because everybody knew that war was coming, and Britain’s technical and material superiority over Germany was the main element in the Government’s strategy. No bloody battle of attrition in the mud this time: the world’s most powerful navy would strangle Germany’s trade while the RAF’s strategic bombers would destroy its industry.

Mallard’s speed record emphasised sensationally that Britain was better than Germany at everything – even trains – and would win.

It was also important that Mallard was built in Doncaster and was a product of the northern heavy industry that so many had written off.

When Mallard entered service Jarrow already had a new ship-breaking yard and engineering works; shortly it was to have a steelworks as well. Mallard was a powerful and dramatic symbol that heavy industry had regained its rightful place, that North and South were one again, and that we would face the foe together.

Mallard was retired in 1963 and restored in the 1980s. Its resting place is the National Railway Museum in York. If you’re making the pilgrimage to see the world’s fastest-ever steam engine, remember – you’re looking at a whole lot more than just a train.

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Running for 50 Years: Haywards Heath Harriers This year marks a milestone for local athletics team the Haywards Heath Harriers, who last month turned fifty!

The town has always had a passion for athletics, with running club Haywards Heath Athletics, pre-existing the Harriers, during the time just after the Second World War and into the 1950s. However, in February 1966, the athletics club we now associate with the town, was born (after joining the Amateur Athletics Association), and now, fifty years later has 290 members and even a waiting list for those under 16 wanting to join!

“The club began with cross country as its main core of interest,” Linda Tullett, the club’s secretary tells us. “At first, it was mainly a club for juniors and school age youngsters, but as some of these original members got a little older and some of the parents and helpers became more involved, a senior section developed.”

“Nowadays, road races are much more popular than cross country and the track and field side is more active than previously.

From small beginnings, the overall membership has grown to its current level of about 290!”

The club – the largest of its kind in Mid Sussex – welcomes everyone to join them, to enjoy and participate in running, regardless of your ability, as Linda explains: “Haywards Heath Harriers is a friendly and welcoming club and it is great to feel part of a team. Everyone supports and encourages each other no matter what level they are.

We all have the ability to achieve and reach our full potential whilst having fun.

Just come along on a Tuesday night and feel part of a growing club - full details are available on the website. Athletes aged 16 and under will need to contact with club via the website due to us currently having a waiting list!”

Of course, as the Harriers celebrate their golden anniversary, they will be hosting some very exciting events, throughout the year!

“We have a number of events planned for the year including a dinner and dance, summer BBQ and an afternoon of fun athletic events for both club members and their families,” Linda says. “We are also holding our annual track and field meeting on 28th April, the summer relays in June and the Hickstead cross country meeting in October.

For further information, please visit www.haywardsheathharriers.co.uk or contact: enquiries@haywardsheathharriers.co.uk.

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LONDON TEMPLE ADVERTORIAL

New Directors at the London Temple Visitors’ Centre in Newchapel

Martin and Jan Lock

Martin & Jan Lock bring a little of "Ship shape and Bristol fashion" and Northern Irish charm to the London Temple Visitors Centre.

They first met in Ireland in November of 1972 where Martin was serving a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

(Frequently referred as the Mormon Church).

During that time Jan completed her mission for the church in London and returned home to Northern Ireland. After finishing his mission and returning home to Bristol he shortly there after returned to Ireland and after a lengthy courtship (six weeks) they both returned to the London Temple to be sealed as husband and wife.

They spent the next forty two years living just North of Bristol in a town called Yate near Chipping Sodbury. During those years they raised six children, developed a home improvement business and served in many church assigments.

You have served at the London Temple before haven't you?

Yes we were privileged to serve as a councillor of the London Temple after we retired from business. In 2010 we accepted a call from the church to fulfill a three year assignment from 2010/2013.

Now just two and a half years after returning from your Temple service to your home town you are back. Why? In June of last year we unexpectedly received a phone call from church headquarters in Salt Lake City Utah. It was during a Skype interview that we accepted an invitation to serve for two years as the Director of the London Temple Visitors Centre.

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We were informed that our call came through the 1st Presidency of the church and we feel very privileged and honored to be here.

We share a great love for the people who come to visit the centre and we have a wonderful message of faith, hope, peace and of course our Savior's love.

Can just anyone come to the Visitor's Centre?

Yes anyone and everyone is very welcome. Most of our visitors are from England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland.

We also have people from all areas of Europe, Africa, South America, India, Australia and beyond. It is a very multi cultural environment.

There is also the opportunity to walk around the beautiful grounds of the temple.

All of which will provide you with a cultural and spiritual experience.

What do you want the good people of Surrey and East Sussex to know about the temple?

That the temple is the ultimate expression of our church membership.

It provides instruction and fosters a high ideal of moral values, it helps us to become better citizens and to follow our Savior Jesus Christ. It blesses families and the communities in which we live.

The temple is also where we perform sacred ordinances for both the living and the dead.

What can visitors see and learn What do you hope they will come to understand about at the visitors centre?

Mormons?

Visitors at the centre can learn It is our desire that all who more about the Latter-day visit the centre will enjoy Saints , their teachings customs etc through displays, meeting us and leave with a special feeling and a deeper interactive hands on consoles appreciation of what we and church media. Our sister believe and what we represent. missionaries are on hand to Ultimately our profound love show people around and to of our Savior Jesus Christ. answer any questions.

Martin and Jan Lock London Temple Visitors’ Centre We invite members of all faiths to come to the London Temple Visitors’ Centre. We would love to answer questions about how a belief in Jesus Christ can help everyone, how that belief relates to temples, how the Book of Mormon joins the Bible as a second witness of Christ.

Sunday 3rd April "The Magnificent Seven" Local return missionaries share their conversion and missionary experiences from different Countries around the world.

Sunday 17th April Exposition of the King James Bible.

Brother Jason Smith of the London North Ward provides an in-depth study of the Bible which everyone will find of value and interest.

You can also wander around the beautiful grounds of the London Temple for moments of quiet reflection.

Additionally, everyone is welcome to attend local Church services held Sundays at 10 a.m. in chapels at Crawley (Old Horsham Road), East Grinstead (Ship Street), and Hayward's Heath (North Common Road).

London Temple Visitors’ Centre Tel: 01342 837952

Junction off A22 & West Park Road Newchapel, Surrey RH7 6NB

Open: Tues - Sat, 9am – 9pm, Mon, 5pm - 8pm Sun, 3pm - 8pm

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WHAT’S ON LISTINGS COMMUNITY 3rd March 2016, Thursday mornings, As good as new sales Crawely Hospital Foyer. Donations of goods always welcome Maria Hains - 01293 403432 9th March 2016, Wednesday, 8-10pm The Mid-Sussex Franco-British Society - Illustrated talk.

At the Function Suite, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3DN. Illustrated talk in French by René Gimpel, Art dealer in London and Paris, grandson.

Illustrated talk in French by René Gimpel, Art dealer in London and Paris, grandson. For further information, call the Secretary, Mrs. Barbara Stevens, on 01444 452385.

All members and visitors are most welcome.

Visitor’s fee is £4 per evening, payable at meetings.

12th March 2016, Saturday, 7pm East Grinstead Choral Society presents ‘Majesty of Mozart’ St Mary’s Church, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead RH19 2DS. His much loved and ever popular Great C Minor Mass and Symphony No 40. Accompanied by Meridian Sinfonia (leader George Clifford) on period instruments.

Tickets: Adult £14, Student £7 from Bullfrog Music, Ship St. East Grinstead, online or on the door (subject to availability).

Further info: http://www.egcs.co.uk 12th March 2016, Saturday, 9.30 -1.30 Balcombe Produce Only Market - Local Produce Balcombe Parish Room, next to Victory Hall.

You’ll find lopts of your favourites, Sausages, Jams, Chutneys & Cakes, Truffles, Sweets, Pasta, Sauces, Seasonal marinades & condiments for game meat & cheeses, Dog Food products, and beautiful plants getting ready for Spring!

And of course lots, lot, more...

Call 01444 811462. NOTE: Main Markets start in April.

16th March 2016, Wednesday, 10am-3pm East Grinstead - Mid Week Collectors Fair At Chequer Mead Arts Centre, De la Warr Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3BS. Coins, Postcards, Stamps. Ephemera and other collectables. Admission free, Car Parks, Cafeteria.

Enquiries: 01342 327554.

17th March 2016, Thursday, 2.30pm Mid Sussex Association National Trust Lecture Lady Arabella Stuart, the Lost Queen and Hardwick Hall.

At Clair Hall, Haywards Heath, RH16 3DN, (Main Hall).

Association supports local National Trust properties.

Call Anne Tucker 01444 455803 or Judith Kew 01444 441128 our Membership Secretaries, for Membership forms or just come along and try us out at one of our lectures. We would be pleased to welcome you. This season our Membership is £6.00, plus £3.00 per lecture. Non-members pay £5.00.

17th March 2016, Thursday, 3pm Haywards Heath Prostate Cancer Support Group The meeting will take place at The Dolphin Surgery Butlers Green Road Haywards Heath RH16 4BN entry is free and refreshments provided.

We have two speakers - one from St Peter and St James Hospice to talk about the care the hospice provides and Professor Robert Tomas consultant oncologist Bedford & Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Hospital.

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17th - 19th March 2016, Thur,Fri & Saturday, 10am-4pm Tandridge Handicraft Society will celebrate local crafts with an exhibition of work. At the United Reformed Church, 21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, RH8 0AA. The exhibition will include works from Society’s 60 members who meet regularly at the Woodhouse Centre to share their enthusiasm for all types and styles of crafts. There will be some items for sale and there will be refreshments available.

Entry is free. Please contact Ann Hiller (Chairman) on 01883 714658 or Jenny Beal (publicity) on 01883 620730.

17th March 2016, Thursday mornings, As good as new sales Crawely Hospital Foyer. Donations of goods always welcome Maria Hains - 01293 403432 17th March 2016, Thursday mornings, Cake Sale Crawely Hospital Foyer. Donations of cakes always welcome Maria Hains - 01293 403432 24th March 2016, Thursday, 2.30pm Reigate Arthritis Care Support Group Peter Durrant talks about what it was like to be a schoolboy in London during the Blitz.

Meeting at the Woodhatch Centre in Woodhatch.

We welcome anyone who would like to come along.

26th March 2016, Saturday, 10am - 1pm Haywards Heath Horticultural Society Train Project Coffee Morning and Cake Stall At United Reform Church Hall South Road to raise funding for the train project. This project is to celebrate the Station 175th year of trains coming to Haywards Heath.

Anyone wishing to contribute or for more information please contact Shirley Anderson - Tel no : 01444 413975 Email: haywardlass@tiscali.co.uk 30th March 2016, Wednesday, 8pm East Grinstead RSPB Local Group - Illustrated Talk: Conor Jameson. ‘Silent Spring Revisited’ & ‘Looking for Goshawks’ –

Main Hall, East Court, College Ln, East Grinstead, RH19 3LT starting at 8pm. Visitors £5. Call Lesley Berry - 01342 324955 2nd April 2016, Saturday, Public 2pm (Exhibitors 9am-10.30am) Worth Horticultural Society - Spring Flower Show and Table Top Sale at the Haven at Crawley Down. Beautiful displays of Spring flowers. Table Top sales as well as refreshments available.

For further information contact Martyn Mason 01342 714858 or to hire a table contact Shirley Donaldson on 01342 713423 2nd April 2016, Saturday, 8.30am-12.30pm Car Boot Sale with Table Top At St Mary’s Church Hall, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead.

RH19 2DS. Book and pay for your pitch in advance, at £10 per pitch, by ringing Karen on 01342 302083. Free entrance.

Bargains galore! Refreshments available including hot bacon rolls from 8.30am. Sellers may arrive from 7.30am please.

9th April 2016, Saturday, 2-4.30pm Haywards Heath Horticultural Society Celebrating the Society’s 125th Year Flower Show At St Wilfrid’s Centenary Hall 2-4.30pm.

Free Entrance we will have Vintage Afternoon teas homemade cakes & Plant Sale. Anyone wishing to contribute or for more information please contact Shirley Anderson Tel no : 01444 413975 Email: haywardlass@tiscali.co.uk

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COMMUNITY GROUPS LISTINGS COMMUNITY Monday -

Alzheimers & Dementia Support Group (Mid Sussex) - First Monday of the month - 7 - 9.00pm for carers of those with Dementia. Talks with people who have knowledge on various subjects to help those in need. Age Concern, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3DN Colemans Hatch Bowling Club - Join us on Mondays(2.30 p.m.) and Thursdays(5.00 p.m.) to try this inexpensive, active but relaxing sport. Dress code is casual; just bring flat-soled shoes. Bowls provided.

Carol Beamond 01342 823674 carolbeamond@hotmail.com Isle of Thorns Bowls Club - Join our very friendly club on Monday (2.00 p.m.) and Thursday (6.00 p.m.) to play a relaxing game of bowls in the beautiful Ashdown forest. No experience necessary and coaching available. We are at Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate, on the Ashdown Forest. Contact Barbara Bird: 01342 323861 www.iotbowls.co.uk Minton Badminton Club - Meets at Victory Hall, Balcombe - 01444 400054 Rotary Club , (Haywards Heath) Community voluntary group - Now meet Mondays at the Birch Hotel, Haywards Heath for 6.30pm.

Tuesday

1st Ardingly Rainbows Brownies, A uniformed organisation, - Part of Girl Guiding UK. Tuesdays 5.30pm-7.00pm (term time) Hapstead Hall, High St, Ardingly. RH17 6TA. 01444 892717 All Saints Lindfield Tower Bells, - 7.45-9.00pm (practice) Venue: Lindfield All Saints, High St, Lindfield, RH16 2HS - Mrs B Dart 01444 482283 Friendship Club (Tea and Chat) First Tuesday of the month. 2.30pm-4pm (except January) £1.00 for tea and cake. Ansty Village Hall, Deaks Lane, Ansty, RH17 5AS. Haywards Heath Women’s Institute Meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Join us for book club, walking group, days out, arts and crafts, guest speakers and much more. haywardsheathwi@ gmail.com or Tel : 01444 454925.

Knit and Natter - Do you like knitting, stitching or crocheting in company? Enjoy your hobby and meet new people at Haywards Heath Library. Bring your favourite project and swap tips and ideas. Beginners and experts all welcome. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Contact Haywards Heath Library 01444 255444 for further details.

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Mid Sussex Friends of the Earth - We meet fortnightly on a Tuesday evening at 7.30pm venues vary (often Haywards Heath). We run campaigns and activities throughout the year. For info call Rachel: 01444 891533 - midsussexnature@live.co.uk The Group - Are you a single man or woman, aged 45+? The Group meets in Burgess Hill on the second Tuesday evening of every month. Walking, golf, theatre, pub evenings, dinner, arts and music, singles holidays. Not a dating agency but an opportunity to make new friends doing the things you enjoy. www. thegroup.org.uk The Sussex Harmonisers (Male Barbershop Chorus) 7-10 p.m. (rehearsal) St Paul’s Catholic College, Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA. No need to read music! Just turn up or call Mike on 01444 415043

Wednesday

12th Haywards Heath Rainbows For girls aged 5-7 years. Meet Wednesdays 4.30pm5.45pm (term time only) Haywards Heath United Reformed Church Hall, 55 South Rd. 01444 233 825

Thursday

Adventurers Art Club - A club for anyone interested in art. 7.30pm-9.30pm (term time) Cuckfield Old School, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5JZ www. adventurersart.co.uk Ardingly Choral Society - Non-audition choir, please contact for more information. 7.30pm (term time) 01273 831264 . Venue: Ardingly College Music School, Ardingly, West Sussex, RH17 6SQ Ardingly Evening Women’s Institute - Third Thursday of the month at 7.45pm. Venue: Ardingly Village Hall, Hapstead Hall, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

Colemans Hatch Bowling Club - Join us on Thursdays(5.00 p.m.) to try this inexpensive, active but relaxing sport. Dress code is casual; just bring flatsoled shoes. Bowls provided. Carol Beamond 01342 823674 carolbeamond@hotmail.com Isle of Thorns Bowls Club - Join our very friendly club on Monday (2.00 p.m.) and Thursday (6.00 p.m.) to play a relaxing game of bowls in the beautiful Ashdown forest. No experience necessary and coaching available. Just come along and try us out.

We are at Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate Call Barbara Bird: 01342 323861 www.iotbowls.co.uk

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COMMUNITY LISTINGS COMMUNITY GROUPS Tai Chi for health - All are welcome to a ‘free Introductory Evening’ to learn the slow, controlled and graceful movements of White Crane T’ai Chi. To learn more please come along on Thursday evenings to Edmonds Hall at Horley Town Council offices (rear entrance), Albert Rd, Horley from 7.30pm. Colin Hodsdon 07754 387676 Warden Park Badminton Park - 8pm - 10pm - at Warden Park Badminton School Cuckfield, Men & Woman with previous experience. 01444 471002 Youth Club - Albemarle Centre, ages 11 -14 , Thursday evening - 6.45pm to 8.45pm Duke of Edinburgh Open Award Centre training Contact Sarah on 01444 450492.

Friday

4Sight - A reading (book) and discussion group for visually impaired people. 3rd Friday of the month 10.30am-12.00noon (except Aug and Dec) Dorothy Lazenby - 01444 450947 Haywards Heath Library Balcombe Flower Club - Last Friday of the month (except Aug & Dec) - Victory Hall, Stockcroft Road, Balcombe, RH17 6HP. www.balcombevillage.co.uk Cuckfield Evening Flower Club - Meets on the second Friday of each month at 7.30pm at Queens Hall, Cuckfield. Call Sue Spooner on 01444 831602 for more info.

Icebreakers Dining Club - A local dining club for the single over 40’s. We meet on Friday’s for a meal at different venues in the area, such as pubs, restaurants, country hotels. For more info call Jacquie on 01403273480 or vists www.icebreakersclub.co.uk

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Age UK West Sussex - Monday - Friday 9.00am4.00pm. 01444 450248. www.ageukwestsussex.org.uk The Redwood Activity Centre, Clair Hall, Perrymount Rd, Haywards Heath, RH16 3DN. Ardingly History Society - Hapstead Hall, Ardingly, W. Sussex, ww.ardingly.org Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music - 43 Meadow Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2RJ . Mrs G Paine : 01444 483454 (Honary Local Representative)

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Baha’is of Haywards Heath Meet in an informal and friendly manner We are all leaves of one branch on one tree Contact Hannah on 01444 451783 50 Lucastes Avenue, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1JY. Balcombe Tennis Club Oldlands Avenue, 01444 811839 www.balcombetennisclub.co.uk Cowfold Short Mat Bowls Club - Roll-up sessions all year round, Monday 19:00 - 21:00 - Wednesday 19:00 21:00 Thursday 14:30 to 16:30. Contact Roger Hawke on 01444 881477 Haywards Heath Town Ladies Football Club - 01444 257822. ww.hhtlfc.talktalk.net Thursday training and Sunday matches for ages 16-40 approx.

Hanbury Stadium, Haywards Heath. Training: Hurstpierpoint College.

The Dolphin Ladies Swimming Club - Looking for new members to swim on a Tuesday 9.00 am – 11.30 am at the Dolphin Leisure Centre or at Ardingly College pool on a Friday 8.30 am – 10.00 am term time. The teachers are voluntary and we are non profit making (also we support other charities on an annual basis). All ladies welcome whether unable to swim, need advice to improve or wish to attain competitive standard.

Contact dolphinladies@gmail.com or view our website - www.dolphinladiesswimmingclub.co.uk Ansty Garden Club - Last Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm at Ansty Village Hall, Deaks Lane, Ansty, West Sussex, RH17 5AS. Suzanne Mace (Secretary) 01444 459151 Lindfield Badminton Club - Secretary 01444 453559.

Wednesdays 7.30 – 10pm - Oathall Community College, Haywards Heath. Men’s, Mixed and Ladies’ teams in local leagues - www.freewebs.com/lindfield Youth Club - Albemarle Centre, ages 15+ Wednesday evening - 7pm - 9pm, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Silver and Gold age 15+ Contact Sarah on 01444 450492.

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10 ways to save on renovating your home Building work can be expensive, but if you’re canny you can keep costs down, says Katherine Sorrell 1, Use trade suppliers: they’re much cheaper than their high-street equivalents. Open an account with your local builders merchant, or else try specialists such as Screwfix or Plumbase. Do your research beforehand, wear appropriate clothing and act confident. If you need to ask advice, though, do – these guys are the specialists and will probably be only too happy to help.

7, How about second-hand? You never know what you might find if you scour the right places, from auctions and junk shops to salvage yards.

The golden rule is to be prepared – if you’re out and about, write out a list of relevant dimensions and keep it, together with a mini tape measure.

If you do buy second-hand radiators, taps or electrical items, have them fitted by someone who’s qualified to check that they’re totally safe and functioning correctly.

2, Borrow rather than buy expensive tools that you’re unlikely to use very often. Ask friends or try a local hire shop. Before you start, though, make sure 8, Buy wallpaper and fabric from ends-of-line and discount suppliers. And avoid paying extra for you know exactly how to use the tool safely. special colours from expensive paint companies – 3, Do as much work as you can yourself, and ask have your chosen colour mixed for you, in whatever friends and family to help. You may be able to finish you require. Johnstone’s and Dulux both offer improve your DIY skills by studying a good manual, this service. taking an evening class or even attending a specialist 9, Use decorating tricks to save money. If you course. Only tackle jobs you can manage safely, can’t afford carpet, for example, either sand your however. Complex or tricky jobs should be left to floorboards or paint them, and add a simple rug the professionals, as should anything that involves for a clean, contemporary look. Instead of bespoke electricity, gas or working at a height. curtains, choose Roman or roller blinds, which use 4, Try to design fitted furniture such as shelves much less fabric and are correspondingly a great or cupboards with the dimensions of standard deal cheaper. Can’t afford to have the glass in materials in mind. This will allow you to either an overlooked window beautifully etched? buy off the shelf or will save on cutting-waste, and Then buy some stick-on window film, which therefore cost you less. is easy to use and inexpensive.

5, Grab the best bargains in sales and clearances, and at factory outlets, seconds shops and discount warehouses. This may mean planning your decorating around a one-off sale, or waiting until you have acquired just the right discounted item, but your patience will pay off.

6, Something for nothing? Some people swear by the fine art of ‘skip dipping’. If you’re going to try this, never trespass, and ask the owner’s permission first. Much easier, though, is to sign up to an internet-based network such as Freecycle, which connects people who are giving things away with people who will happily take them off their hands.

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A Touch of the Orient

Gravelled areas raked into simple patterns resembling waves or entire circles also help to create a Japanese feel. These can take up the majority of the garden space, be a relatively small area or perhaps link your existing garden into the Japanese ‘room’ that you have created. Concentric rings of raked gravel or sand look particularly dramatic if you place The Japanese style is largely very simplistic and aims a sizeable, interestingly shaped boulder, stone or to create a relaxed, calm environment. In any garden specimen plant in the centre of the middle circle. you’re going to need walls, fences, pathways and so forth, and if you use natural materials such as wood When it comes to plants there are several which instantly help to evoke that Japanese effect. The or of course bamboo, they blend in better with the surroundings of an existing or a newly planned so-called Japanese maples with their intricately garden and instantly help to create that oriental feel. divided leaves epitomise Japanese gardens and many will turn brilliant shades in the autumn. Japanese Provided the surface is made relatively slip-proof, azaleas too can be used to great effect and can bring a small bridge can be created quite easily using a simple plank of wood, allowing you to cross over an in some of those really bright colours which look so good for the relatively simple garden surrounding existing or new pond or other water feature. Stain the wood an interesting colour: perhaps even bright them. Pine trees may be too large for most gardens, but you can gradually bend the stems of a smaller Japanese-style red if you’re feeling daring. one to create a bonsai effect. Of course, if you’re a collector of bonsai then most of these trees actually Thinking of water, why not create your own ‘deer enjoy spending the summer outside in a garden and chase’? All you need to set up is a source of water provided they are kept adequately maintained, will powered by a pump, then allow the water to pour look great in your Japanese garden. out from a bamboo spout and then into another hollowed out piece of bamboo. As the weight of the water increases in the hollowed out bamboo it A trip down to your local garden centre is bound to supply you with a few oriental-themed containers. causes it to tip and to swivel around slightly. Once filled up it then tilts downwards and pours its water Plant one or two of these up with a small acer, camellia, miniature azalea or miniature bamboo and into the basin or bowl beneath. When empty it you will really help to complete that oriental touch. clunks back into position. If you want something even simpler, then buy some wide diameter bamboo Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com canes, hollow one out, cut the end at an angle and simply create a trickling water spout. Provided you for a great range of gardening-related items including ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ veg fix everything up with a pump, the water can then be recycled around from the bowl or basin and back growing system, lots of slug controls, Pippa’s favourite weeding tool, and many other useful garden items. into the trickling pipe.

As the new gardening year is under way, is it time to embark on a new era in your garden? It can be really refreshing to have a change of style, not necessarily in your whole garden but perhaps you could create a different and contrasting feel in a small part of your plot to the rest of your well-loved garden?

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Set your sights on better vision

By Damian Lake, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Corneal and Refractive Surgeon at The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead.

Vision is a precious sense to everyone, but the gift of sight is often taken for granted until some deterioration is noticed.

It is not uncommon for people to begin to find that despite never having had to wear spectacles or use contact lenses during their 20’s and 30’s, suddenly in their 40’s or beyond it may become more challenging to read up close or in the distance.

In previous generations this would inevitably have required reading glasses which despite the obvious unpopular signal that we are getting older also creates the endless dilemma of “where have I put my glasses”!

Multifocal lens technology works by providing a continuous enhanced focal range to provide a broader area of clear vision and reduce the need for spectacles. Often people will enquire whether they are suitable for these lenses, and of course this requires a detailed discussion of lifestyle and visual requirements (the optical needs of a Golfer are a lot different to those of a voracious reader), a comprehensive examination of both eyes to confirm that they are healthy and suitable for lens implantation and scanning of both the surface and internal structures of the eye with personalized detailed measurements to calculate the multifocal lens power required .

This treatment often is also suitable for those with cataracts, astigmatism (a curved surface to the But thanks to advanced technology alternative eye) and both short or long sighted problems but solutions are now available to correct this there can be people who may not suit multifocal visual deficit. lenses either due to a certain particular visual requirement or because the eye is not suitable for Lenses with the ability to focus for reading up some reason, but even then alternative options close (when reading a newspaper), and in the maybe useful such as monovision (a lens for near intermediate areas (for instance when using a laptop in one eye, and one for distance in the other) or computer) and in the distance can now be placed accommodative lenses (a lens that moves with the inside the eye using precision surgery. action of a muscle inside the eye).

The treatments are performed one eye at a time with local anaesthetic and often take no more than twenty minutes. The vision will improve in a matter of days, but require a strict regime of eye drops to be applied for up to one month to allow healing to occur. The second eye treatment is often performed one week later but can be as quickly as a few days later, leading to earlier rehabilitation and return to normal life.

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Improvements in surgical technology and lens design have provided an exciting treatment for people with declining vision but a desire to find an improvement and continue to pursue sports and hobbies without the burden of spectacles. So there is no need to compromise on this most precious gift.

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