Ashdown Forest Living January issue

January 2012

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Happy New Year!

We’ve some great articles that should help you along with your New Years Resolutions.

Bill Brown, Hartfield Resident and author gives us some insight into his books, life and some gems of wisdom in our article: Billy Brown, Telling Us How It Is. With all eyes set on this Summer Olympics, local lad & table tennis star Will Bayley takes some time out from training to answer our questions.

As we enter this new year we’d like to take the opportunity to thank you for any support given to our local businesses and for all the feedback, events and other pieces of community information you send in to us.

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Contents Recipe

6

Billy Brown, Telling you how it is

10,12

London 2012 Calling: Will Bayley

16,18

Miss Moneywise Tips

20

The English Language

20

Message from Ashdown Forest Centre

20

Quick Quiz/Sudoku

24

What’s On

28

Ashdown Rangers Report

30

Index

30

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Billy Brown

Telling us how it is

When I met Hartfield resident, Bill Brown, at the East Grinstead Arts Festival last summer, 2 minutes of chatting to him was enough to decide to buy his book, Billy Brown, I’ll Tell Your Mother. I decided to read a couple of chapters to see if it was any good and not bother to finish if it became a chore. A week later it was done and dusted – no mean feat for a mother of 3 young children.

Often real life childhood stories are strewn with tragedy (the writer being the unwilling victim) yet this was no sob story. It was an uplifting, treasured and honest account of a young boy living in post-war London. With mawkish, gushing & tearful entertainment seemingly the mantra of the moment, Billy Brown was refreshingly sincere and true to life. Not all rosy but full of fun, best summed up as the opposite of a depressing read. Gaining popularity through grass roots, even when I mentioned it to the bookshop owner in Salcombe, Devon she had something good to say.

I knew that when it came to interview Bill I was going to hear some gems of wisdom that would be perfect for this month of resolutions – January.

Bill starts, “My mum was the most wonderful lady (he admits everyone says this but it’s true). As you can tell from the book she used to collect sayings: “Never be afraid to try anything. The worse thing that can happen is that you’re back where you started” (and another), “Never be afraid to ask anyone anything, the worst they can say is: b**ger off”, that’s it. So I’ve never been afraid of trying anything’. Thus his foray into the writing world…

His daughter nagged him for years to write his life story, ‘Before you can’t remember anymore,’ she said - though I can’t imagine that happening. At nearly 70 Bill’s memory’s as keen as the eyes of an eagle and his mind is as full of energy, ‘ age is a state of mind… your body might get a bit more tired but your brain shouldn’t’, he said.

Submitting a 5000 word entry to the Alan Titchmarsh writing competition he came second out of just over a 1000 entries.

Approached by a publisher, he signed a 3 book deal.

The second book, Billy Brown, If Your Mother Only Knew is about coming of age in the days of Elvis & Teddy boys. The third will be about his time in the fire service. Concurrently penning 10 • January 2012 • Ashdown Forest Living

Bill and his mum

a fictional novel based on the art world (Bill owned 4 art galleries after retiring from the fire service), he’s got the writers bug good and proper! Bill said, ‘There’s been fan mail from all over the world. One lady was so thankful for reminding her what a wonderfully simple childhood she had’.

Often asked what the greatest change he’s

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seen through his life, he admits some changes are good and some are bad: ‘It’s difficult to simplify but I will say the worst thing that’s happened to society is the drugs... by far…The biggest change is respect. Respect for elders, for your parents, for the police, respect for other people’s property. When I was a little boy (as you know from the book) I was a terror, a rascal. But if my local policeman told me to get on home I would go, because if I didn’t he would have told my father... he lived in our flats!

You did as you were told.

or you’re not…’ Bill states. ‘In all professions there are some who want to do the profession and some who come along for the ride’.

He served 21 years in the fire service; for the last 15 he was in charge of a specialised rescue unit who don’t fight fires but rescue people in machinery, cranes & even firemen who get into trouble.

‘You have to volunteer to do it (you can’t be forced) and it’s serious. By the end of I was getting a bit saturated, it’s like being at war... dealing with death and destruction every day. But I loved that job’.

‘I might sound like an old grump but you’ve seen all these things. If only we had old values back, it would make such a difference’.

He pulls out a book that his partner Jane came across called: “Great Fires of London” It’s literally strewn with pictures of Bill back in the day.

Talking about his time in the fire service it becomes obvious that whatever Bill does, he does it well. As a fireman he became the most highly qualified man in the service, admittedly taking even obscure courses so he could never be in the position of being told, ‘oh you can’t do so and so, it shouldn’t be done that way… etc.’ Thus another gem of wisdom spilt out: ‘if you’re going to do something... then do it to the best of your ability’ and ‘I’ll only do something if I know I can do it well’.

Among his awards he received the Chief Officer’s commendation for bravery for what Bill thought was an uncanny reason: A drunk was throwing tiles at the police from a roof, he’d slipped down and was hanging from the guttering, if he’d let go that would have been it. Bill dragged him up, still kicking and lashing out, tied thick rope around him, slung him over his shoulder and got him down to safety. When he was untied, the drunk legged it, the police in chase.

They were impressed by Bill’s non-chalant fearlessness and recommended the award.

Such things are easy enough to say but Bill puts his money where his mouth is. He started at Battersea Firestation, moved to busier Brixton (his home turf), and finally got to, at the time, the busiest fire station in the world: North Kensington. ‘Because you’re either going to be a fireman 12 • January 2012 • Ashdown Forest Living

As a retired fireman I asked him about his thoughts on Health & Safety: ’Health and Safety is a good thing but it’s been overdone’. He goes on to explain how he came out of his local supermarket, there was a commotion in

Bill as a young lad

the car park. An elderly lady had lost control of her car, it had turned sideways on her as she was getting out. The door was jammed against the lamppost and crushed her ankle. She was trapped and couldn’t move. Bill told the supermarket people that if they just lifted the back of the car and pulled it away from the lamppost she would be freed and they could get her out. But ‘oh no’ said they, Health and Safety regulations.

Luckily an off-duty fireman showed up and he and Bill moved the car and got her out. ‘What many people don’t realise is that old people can go into shock, that can be the killer, not the injury itself. So you have to move fast’.

In an age of ‘cover-yourbackside’ this is a refreshingly different attitude.

Here’s another gem: ‘You learn as you get older (it’s very rare that a young person will learn it) just how precious life is. Life is so precious. Some young people throw it away

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by taking drugs. No matter what your status is in life, you can enjoy it. Even when you get up in the morning, watch the sunrise‌ it costs you nothing. To look at a sunrise or sunset it’s free. Jane (his partner) grew up in Hastings.

Whenever we go to a coastal place she pauses for a moment just to smell the sea‌ and it’s free‌. A walk on the Ashdown Forest, it’s free’.

He continued: ‘I mean children are going to become zombies‌ If they’re not looking at the

TV they’re looking at another screen. Get away from the bloody television‌ There’s a report in London that there’s an increase of cases of Ricketts (caused by sun deprivation), they’re stuck in doors all day‌ Why don’t they go out and play‌ ‘Don’t I sound like an old grump!’ Well I’m not that old yet (I hope) and it sounds like grounded sense to me.

I realised the biggest impression Bill made is that when you talk to him, it’s just simply him. He hasn’t attached shades of others personalities onto himself. This is rarer than people might think. I left the interview with a spring in my step and an upbeat feeling, looking forward to the next book‌ So Happy Resolution forming!

Readers can meet Bill Brown in person when he does his next book signing at Waterstones in Crawley (date to be confirmed). Billy Brown, I’ll Tell Your Mother is available in all good bookshops & Amazon.

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Will was born with arthrogryposis, a rare congenital disorder that affected all four limbs. His feet were splinted from birth and at 3 months old he underwent the first of many operations to assist mobility.

London Calling: Will Bayley’s ascent to the Bright Lights

With these beginnings to winning Gold at the European Table Tennis Championships in 2011, quite a journey has been travelled.

With all eyes set on London 2012 this summer we ask this local Groombridge lad some questions.

Some of the answers may well assist with your own New Year’s resolutions…

Why table tennis?

When I was seven I was diagnosed with NonHodgkins Lymphoma. After chemotheraphy & fighting my way back to health my Grandma bought me a table tennis table to encourage me to get active again…. She thought it would be an easy game for me to play…

What attracted you to this sport?

Although at first I played table tennis for fun, I found that it was one of the few sports I could play competitively. I just had to concentrate my efforts at one end of a table; not have to run the length of a football pitch! In the early days I played for Kent’s able-bodied team and one of my friends told me I should get into the Paralympic set up. I was very reluctant to begin with and was in denial that there was anything wrong with me, in fact I was determined to become the best able-bodied player in England! Eventually I came around to the idea and went along to a Paralympic camp and the rest is history!

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Training is split into two sessions daily, 9.30 – 12.30 and 3.00 – 6.00 pm. No two days are the same. Training sessions are a mix of ball exercises on the table. Time is also spent on strengthening and conditioning exercises, which are table tennis specific. We also spend a fair amount of time doing stretching exercises, which we need to ease the pain of our disabilities, but which also helps us to recover and prepare for the sheer amount of work we put in. We are very lucky to have both fantastic facilities and a host of great coaches, physios, etc. at the EIS (English Institute of Sport) in Sheffield, which is where I train during the week.

What advice would you give to those wishing to compete in their sport at the highest level?

Train hard and give your best all of the time. The effort you put into training and fitness will pay off.

Always strive to give a little more and think how you can improve your game next time around.

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Who or what gives you inspiration?

Two athletes that inspire me are Mohammed Ali and Raphael Nadal, they both have a great attitude and work ethic and that’s why they have got to the top of their sport.

London 2012 certainly inspires me too. I want to play my very best table tennis at the games and to ensure that happens you have to be prepared to focus, work hard, train hard and give your all and then a little bit more. It’s an amazing opportunity to showcase your talent and I am very proud to be representing Great Britain.

What’s the best part of living in the Ashdown Forest area?

What was the highlight of 2011?

Without doubt my achievements at the European Championships in Split, Croatia, in October last year. I took a Gold medal in the Class 7 singles event and as one of the GB team we took a Silver medal in the Class 7 team event. The Europeans are a major competition on the tournament calendar and this has been the crowning moment so far in my career. I was also voted European Players Player of the Year, which was something very special for me because around 500 fellow table tennis players are able to vote for who they think deserves to win…. It is certainly quite an accolade to feel that players you respect yourself have voted for you.

What was the toughest moment of 2011?

Losing badly in Italy in March when I was knocked out in the first round and then later on that month in Slovenia I was knocked out in the quarter-finals. I had a really bad start to the season and was not playing well at all, but as in all sport you have to put it behind you, look at what went wrong and improve upon it.

I absolutely love the stunning countryside, the relaxed atmosphere and the peace and quiet.

For the past three years I have been living and training in Sheffield at the English Institute of Sport and I always look forward to coming home.

What local support have you had? Any message to the people of this area?

Since April of this year Groombridge folk have been fundraising for me and I really have been blown away by their kindness and generosity.

Local companies and organisations in this area have also contributed both financially and in kind. To compete internationally is a very expensive business. I was struggling financially, so I would like to thank everyone for their support; I will do my very best at London 2012!

Like any athlete or team in any sport, it’s always great to have supporters behind you. To find out about these and more visit: www.willbayleytt.com

What’s your mindset when entering a competition?

It’s important to focus on the game in hand and not on future rounds. I take each game as it comes and focus on each point because every point is hard to win.

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The year has turned & we are now well on the way to Spring!

We are always optimistic here on Ashdown 1.75 miles/3km Forest.

For example every year we hope that dog walkers take their responsibilities seriously From Linton’s car park the road (with care) into Ridge and help us protect ourcross livestock by keeping car park (summer only). Walk out of the rear past a seat onto their dogs under control; that motorists adhere a grass path and in about 50m turn left onto a ride. Remain on to the speed limits and avoid collisions with this gently descending ride, ignoring another that bears off deer; visitors400m. pick up their litter and take it right,that for about home with them; that the Government will take On both leftand and right are linear quarries, their green environmental responsibilities now filledthat withthe scrub and trees. seriously; funding keepsSuch flowing and, quarries dot the Forest landscape and most important of all, that the Dartford warbler, provided stone for roads. Typical heathland Nightjar, bees, butterflies have made birds such as nightjar, stonechat, tree pipit it through the and will breed andwinter woodlark usually breed insuccessfully this area and this year the far rideinto edges in future. particularWe arelive oneinofhope the and and the best places on the Forest (indeed in Sussex) certainly most of these wishes are, with your to see, in May, the yellow flowers of the help, achievable! small spiny shrub, petty whin.

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The ride bears left, then right through a break in the quarries and continues descending for 400m to a metalled drive (Sandy Lane) . On the left is a bowling green and ahead are the cricket pitch and pavilion of Coleman’s Hatch Cricket Club.

In the seventeenth century a renaissance of the classical languages lead to the ‘b’ being inserted into the words debt and doubt. Previously these words had been spelt ‘dette’ and ‘doute’ and the new spellings were a nod to the Latin words: debitum and dubitare. These other words picked up their odd spellings for the same reason: island, scissors, anchor, rhyme.

Sometimes words which spellings were thus ‘latinized’, also then changed in pronunciation: describe, with a ‘b’ sound, was once descrive; perfect once perfet: verdict once verdit and adventure once aventure.

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Hospice in the Weald is going for gold Double Olympic gold winner Dame Kelly Holmes has been unveiled as the very special guest at Hospice in the Weald’s 2012 black-tie corporate dinner.

Food for thought for the New Year

RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW

By Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850

‘The Torchlight Dinner’ will be taking place on Friday 24th February in the sumptuous surroundings of Hever Castle.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow;

Dame Kelly was born in the area, in Pembury and brought up in Tonbridge: she has been a keen supporter of Hospice in the Weald for a number of years.

The year is going, let him go;

“We are delighted that Dame Kelly has agreed to support The Torchlight Dinner and we know that local business people will be really interested to hear what she’s got to say in Olympic year,” says Rachel Holweger, Fundraising Director at Hospice in the Weald. “2012 is a very busy one for her and we appreciate that her time is precious. She’s been a great supporter of Hospice in the Weald over the years and has come to our help again.”

The flying cloud, the frosty light:

The Torchlight Dinner follows the success of Hospice in the Weald’s very first black-tie corporate dinner – Red8 - which took place in February last year and raised more than £20,000 for the charity.

The dinner boasts a packed programme of entertainment, including a professional MC and an auction with some amazing prizes.

“We would love to hear from any organisations which would like to support us and benefit from the wide ranging PR that this event will generate,” says Rachel. “We need to raise £5 million each year to keep our facilities open – and the local business community is extremely important to us.”

“To be holding The Torchlight Dinner at Hever Castle is extremely exciting, The team at Hever have been very helpful and are working with us to make the event both memorable and enjoyable.”

Hever Castle, near Edenbridge, is the childhood home of Ann Boleyn and dates back to 1270.

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Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out false pride in place & blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife, Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweet manners, purer laws.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.

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2: In which city was Oscar Wilde Born?

3: From which country does the drama series ‘Wallander’ come?

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When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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6: Which American President was also the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in WWII? 7: Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon to seal a marital alliance with which other European country?

8: Tolstoy, the author of War and Peace, came from which country?

9: Who directed The Departed?

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Mark Twain Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

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Monday 9th January Sussex Family History Group. Uckfield Branch – Wannock Tea Gardens by Jenny Wootton.

Refreshments available. Meet 7pm for 7.30pm start at Luxford Day Centre, Library Way, High St, Uckfield.

Thursday 19th January Lecture for National Trust members: ‘Walsingham & the dissolution of the Monasteries” by Roger McKenna, Clair Hall, Haywards Heath at 2:30pm.

Call: 01444 482055 Monday 23rd January Hartfield & District Horticultural Society are holding their Annual General Meeting on Monday commencing at 8pm in The Village Hall at Hartfield and followed by a talk by Rich Allum, Ranger on The Ashdown Forest, who will be telling us about his work on the forest and the flora and fauna it supports. We look forward to welcoming members, both old and new to join us.

Refreshments will be available. For further information please call Pauline on 01892 770088 January 25th Wednesday – 28th Saturday Ashdown Pantomimers: The Snow Queen. Plenty of laughs and comic capers. Forest Row Large Village Hall. Wed & Thurs: 6.45pm, Fri: 7.45pm, Sat: 2.30pm & 7:45pm. Tickets, Bullfrog Music, Ship Street, East Grinstead (01342 315602) & Foresta Travel, Hartfield Road, Forest Row (01342 822607). www. ashdownpantomimers.co.uk Tuesday 31st January Danehill Parish Historical Society: An illustrated talk on Charles Eamer Kempe 1837 – 1907 distinguished Sussex stained glass designer and church decorator whose work can be seen in many churches and cathedrals throughout the country. Speaker is Brian Tester of The Kempe Society. Venue: Danehill Memorial Hall at 8.00pm. Further details call 01825 740446 Thursday 2nd February East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre is a registered charity working in partnership with Adult Social Care to provide a no charge mobile information and advice service for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people living in East Sussex. The vehicle, which is funded by the Big Lottery, is equipped to offer equipment demonstrations, hearing screening tests plus a hearing aid maintenance and battery service.

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Wheelchairs: £5.00. At Chequer Mead Theatre.Call: 01342 302000 Saturday 25th February GALA CONCERT - featuring a 40 piece professional orchestra, the Crowborough Centenary Choir and Children from Herne C.P. Choir at All Saints Church, Crowborough. Tickets available from Zest (Fernbank Centre, Crowborough) and All Saints Church office (01892 652081) at £10 for the main performance at 7.30pm and £5 for the rehearsal matinee at 2.30pm Saturday 25th February The Prehistory of the Weald - this two day course is being run by The Centre for Community Engagement part of the University of Sussex. The course will explore the untapped archaeological potential of the Sussex Weald through a class based day followed by a field trip to a private site and monument. The class will be held at the Ashdown Forest centre, Wych Cross and the field trip is to Chiddinglye Wood Rocks, Philpots Iron Age Camp and Garden Hill fort. For more details call 01273 678527 or contact y.d.barnes@sussex.ac.uk Crowborough Creative Focus Crowborough Creative Focus is a photography group from the Old Fire Station cafe in Crowborough High Street. It’s part of the Crowborough Creative Network. It’s run by professional photography tutor, Andrew Newson. The group meets once a month in the evening from 7.30pm-9.30pm. To attend and for more information, please email: hello@ andrewnewson.co.uk http://tinyurl.com/ck9lql3 ASHDOWN FOREST DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY The Day of Special Interest in November as researched

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Our Christmas gathering always has a festive theme so Caroline Macdonald-Haig’s slides and talk on Christmas as depicted in the paintings in the National Gallery will be no exception. Tea and cake which follows will allow our members to relax a little before the onslaught of the festive season.

On 12 January 2012 Patricia Wright will take us to Iona, Lindisfarne and the glory of the north – a 7th and 8th century miracle. An intriguing title. A lovely part of the country.

William Forrester will tell us about The Howards of Arundel Castle and Castle Howard at our 9 February meeting.

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Happy New Year.

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With Christmas over the question everyone is asking is it going to snow? (as this goes to print 1.75 miles/3km it hasn’t yet…) There are a lot of berries on the holly this year. Is nature trying to tell us something From Linton’s carforecasters park cross the roadWith (with that the weather can’t? thecare) mild into Ridge car park (summer only).

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Remain on still growing and 50m her lambs are getting fat. this gently descending ignoring another that bears off A mild winter will meanride, that the bird population right, for about will survive and400m. the herds of fallow deer will thrive, © Dave Brooker www.mappingideas.co.uk which is why we have so many deer. In the past On bothsnow left and areground linear quarries, when lay right on the for six weeks or so these are our native deer whereas the Fallow were now scrub and trees.which Suchcontrolled therefilled was with a shortage of food introduced to Britain by the Normans who had a quarries the Forest landscape and This is the deerdot numbers by natural selection. passion for hunting and turned the Forest into a provided stone gardens for roads. get Typical heathland why country ravaged in the winter deer park with a pale round the boundary to keep birds suchAaswell nightjar, stonechat, treeispipit months. stocked garden a larder for deer. the deer in. A small number of Sika and Muntjack, and woodlark usually breed in this area and A seven foot deer fence or stout hedge and a which are native of Asia, are also on the Forest. the edges in particular are one of the dogride is the only way to keep them out and enjoy Again we urge motorists to reduce their speed best places on the Forest (indeed in Sussex) your garden. There are large herds of Fallow deer whilst driving at this time of year to avoid deer to May, itthe yellow flowers of the onsee, the in forest; is common to see 40 or more crossing the roads especially on the journey to small spiny shrub, petty whin.

Fallow grazing in fields and paddocks. They are and from work when the deer are moving. now being culled on private estates in significant numbers.

There are a few deeraon thein Forest, The ride bears left, then rightRoe through break the quarries Mike Yates, Ashdown Forest Ranger and continues descending for 400m to a metalled drive (Sandy Lane) . On Support the left isLocal a bowling green and ahead are the Business cricket pitch and pavilion ofCleaning Coleman’s Club.

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