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October Recipe What a clever pig Crowborough’s role in WWII Forest Row Square and Church

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Covering: Nutley, Forest Row, Danehill, Chelwood Gate, Lindfield, Crowborough (West), Groombridge, Ashurst, Coleman’s Hatch, Fletching, Hartfield, Upper Hartfield, Frant, Sheffield Green, Hadlow Down, Wivlesfield, Maresfield and other places in & around the Ashdown Forest Area © East Grinstead Museum, reproduced with their kind permission.

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Dear Residents,

Welcome to the next edition of the Ashdown Forest Living.

This month we’ve a fascinating article about Dandelions, nuisance or nature’s gift?

Local Hadlow Down Charity, Open Hands, that we featured last autumn bring us an update of their fabulous work they are carrying out in Romania.

Len Wickham recalls Crowborough Common’s role in defending Britain during World War II, see page 18.

Alfie the Ashdown Forest Ardvark

Hopefully you can find all the services you need.

Welcome to our Ashdown Forest Living Competition! The name of the game is to locate the 4 Alfie’s hidden on 4 pages in the magazine. One Lucky winner will receive £20.

To enter let us know the page numbers, your name, address & phone number.

We welcome all your feedback.

ALL AGES WELCOME

Have a good October.

Send answers to: Email: info@ashdownforestliving.co.uk, write to: Ashdown Forest Living Competition, 33 Morton Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4AF. Closing date:31st October 2011.

And there’s plenty to read of local and general interest.

Thank you for supporting our local businesses.

Please remember to mention you saw them here when you call.

With Best Wishes,

Tally & Chris Ashdown Forest Living

Contents Recipe

6

A Lesson from a Mad Hatter

8

Crowborough Conservation

10

Dandelions, Nuisance or Nature’s Gift

12

Local Charity, Open Hands

14

Pigs

22

Trick or Treating?

22

Sudoku, Quick Quiz

24

Gardening Tips

26

What’s On

28

Elizabeth Finn

30

Index

22

IMPORTANT NOTICE On page 8 of the September 2011 Edition is the article “Big Cats in Sussex Myth or Mystery?” Please note, the bottom picture is Copyrighted to Carol Cowley. For any further enquiries/information about this picture please contact Carol Cowley on candyfloss8@ntlworld.com

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Soup of Butternut Squash, Parmesan & Sage

DO try th

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Recipe by Chef Dean Samsudin at the Brambletye Hotel

Ingredients

Method

1 whole butternut squash (peeled, de-seeded and diced)

1. Cut squash in half, peel skin and remove seeds, dice into 2” cubes, peel and dice potatoes the same size.

2/3 large peeled white potatoes

2. Gently sauté the onions and garlic in 2 tbsp of olive oil. When softened add squash and potatoes, stir - careful not to colour or burn ingredients. Add 4 sage leaves, stalks included.

1 large white onion finely diced 1 garlic clove finely chopped 3 pt vegetable stock or water salt & pepper 8 fresh sage leaves ¼ pt double cream or crème fraiche 4 oz grated fresh parmesan 2 tbsp olive oil

English!

3. Cover with the 3 pt stock or water (I prefer a light stock), cover pan and simmer until squash and potatoes are cooked and not hard in the middle, about 20-30 mins.

4. When cooked, remove the pan from stove, using a blender blitz soup to a smooth velvety texture, if too thick add a little more stock.

5. Add cream or crème fraiche to the required consistency & colour.

Season to taste.

6. Finally chop the remainder of the sage and add to the soup with the grated parmesan.

You can use this method of cooking soup also with pumpkin, sweet potato, leek & potato, etc. It’s the vegetables that help thicken the soup so consider the ratio to stock/water. Great for autumn’s chillier days.

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A lesson from a

Nursing Care

Mad Hatter

in the Comfort of your own home

We’ve all heard of positive thinking: concentrating on strengths, successes, achievements and “can-do� and shunning the tendency to dwell on the negatives, past mistakes and the “can’t do� way of thinking.

Here’s a thought-provoking conversation with Alice & the Mad Hatter that illustrates this.

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Alice: Well, grown-ups tell us to find out what we did wrong, and never do it again

Mad Hatter: That’s odd! It seems to me that in order to find out about something, you have to study it. And when you study it, you should become better at it. Why should you want to become better at something and then never do it again?

But please continue.

Alice: Nobody ever tells us to study the right things we do. We’re only supposed to learn from the wrong things. But we are permitted to study the right things other people do. And sometimes we’re even told to copy them.

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Crowborough Conservation Crowborough Conservation is a voluntary conservation group set up to protect wildlife and greenspace in and around Crowborough.

A major part of Crowborough’s appeal is having the Ashdown Forest within easy reach, yet there are natural areas in Crowborough that few are aware of.

Take Crowborough Country Park , site of the former claypits used by the Jarvis Brook brickworks up until 1980. This little gem is off Osbourne Road and consists of wet woodland, heathy glades, an area of fen and two ponds. In 1995 it was designated a Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) for its diverse mosaic of habitats and rich wildlife assemblage. Under the ownership of Crowborough Town Council it became a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in 2010.

Crowborough Ghyll is another important natural area, a 20 hectare area of wooded stream valley between Green Lane and Burdett Road that forms an important green spine through Crowborough. Also an SNCI, the Ghyll is shortly to become an LNR. We are lucky to have so much wildlife living on our doorstep, yet much of this goes unnoticed.

Crowborough Conservation has been instrumental in identifying Dormice (a seldom seen and endangered species) at the Ghyll and the nearby Pellings Wood.

There is a common feeling that we do not experience wildlife in the way we used to. But to value our green spaces and the wildlife it supports, we need to be aware of it.

That is why Crowborough Conservation has started an exciting new project which aims to identify and monitor key species of wildlife in Crowborough and give local people of all ages the chance to see wildlife up close.

During October and in spring 2012 Crowborough Conservation will be hosting field trips to see reptiles and amphibians in their natural surroundings at various sites around Crowborough.

If you would like to join us, more details are available on our website at www.crowboroughconservation.org or ring Pat Arnold on 01892 611414.

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Opening times Monday – Saturday 9am - 6pm Sunday – 10am – 4pm Find us Eridge Park Farm Shop, Bunny Lane, Tunbridge Wells East Sussex TN3 9JR Contact us t – 01892 614 711 e – shop@eridgeparkfarmshop.co.uk We are on twitter! @lucy_EPFS Please mention the Ashdown Forest Living when responding to adverts • October 2011 • 11

Dandelions:

Nuisance or Nature’s Gift?

The tiresome task of getting out the lawn weed killer to attack the perennial dandelion invasion is probably something most of us have a dull dread of. Last year my husband’s tactics were to mow down as may as possible before they had a chance to spread their seeds… it didn’t work.

I think it’s fair to say these dark thoughts have likely clouded our appreciation of this most tenacious of plants.

However, their Latin name, Taraxacum, is derived from the Greek taraxos (disorder), and akos (remedy), on account of the plant’s many curative actions.

Is it our ever-increasing disconnection from nature’s knowledge that has made us shun it so completely? It features on the front of most weed-killer bottles! Would more of the dandelions end up in our kitchen/medicine cabinet rather than the compost bin if only we understood the benefits?

Kew’s Ethnomedica project, which records British herbal remedies handed down the generations for progeny, has many recommendations for using dandelions to cure warts. Maybe the older generation still knows this but it was certainly lost with ours.

used in salads, sauted or steamed. It is best to use the young leaves in early spring as they become very bitter by summertime. After a frost in autumn, allegedly their protective bitterness disappears, so they can be harvested once again.

It is interesting to note that as our modern palates have been “sweetified” and “saltified” we tend to shun bitter flavours. Apparantly we used to be able to distinguish between various shades of bitterness no less! So dandelions leaves which are more bitter than most leafy vegetables are better mixed in with sweet roots vegetables, for instance or spinach.

The roots can be dried and used to make a coffee-like drink. And, of course, one can make dandelion wine…

On further searching there’s plenty of information on it’s culinary and medicinal uses for those that wish to know.

I’m unsure if all this would change my husband’s opinion but it’s worth a shot.

Nuisance or Nature’s gift… you decide.

In traditional medicine, dandelions have been used to treat a myriad of ailments from liver and kidney problems, digestive disorders to hepatitis and jaundice. The plants are a rich source of betacarotene (higher than carrots!) with many B vitamins C, D & E and contains minerals such as magnesium, potassium and zinc.

Apparently healthier than anything you can buy in the supermarket their leaves can be 12 • October 2011 • Ashdown Forest Living

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Local Charity, Open Hands Helping Romania Change

Sometimes it’s easy to take things for granted living in the Ashdown Forest area. Not just the beautiful views, laid back life, and looking for the pooh-sticks bridge with your kids, I mean the fact we have such a brilliant education system, particularly for those with special needs. I know it’s far from perfect, but compared to some of our fellow Europeans we have a first rate system.

Nowhere is this more evident than Romania, where I have visited a number of times working for Open Hands, a charity seeking to improve the lives of the most needy individuals, particularly neglected children, within Romania.

On a visit to Suceava last year, we became aware of the sheer scale of problems concerning autistic children. Many receive no education, and very little, or no support. There are no special needs teachers in Romanian schools, and many children are undiagnosed and simply expelled or thought “stupid” 14 • October 2011 • Ashdown Forest Living

and unable to teach. Children are often bullied, neglected, or simply ignored by society. It was clear to us that something had to be done.

Open Hands teamed up with Fara charity in Romania, to establish an autism daycare centre. The aim of the centre is to integrate children into society by giving them the communication and social skills they so desperately need.

As anyone who knows autistic children, little can be achieved without qualified staff, even with the best intentions.

Earlier this year my wife and I accommodated two people who received specialist training here in Sussex who are now putting what they learnt into practice.

Aside from making a donation towards the general costs of the centre, we also sent over materials, and built an outdoor playground for the children.

It has been a wonderful transformation to see the shabby, old building we visited

last year transformed into a beautiful daycare centre.

It opened in May 2011 and supports 16 children along with their parents.

Many families freely admit it’s an embarrassment to have a child with special needs, and purposely exclude their child from society.

By working with dedicated Romanians who want to see a change in their country, we hope to equip them with the tools and knowledge to provide a better future for their children.

by Stephen Maughan For more information and ways to support Open Hand’s work please see: www.openhandscharity.org Open Hands is holding a charity jumble sale and fun day on Saturday 19th November at ChristChurch Centre, Crowborough between 10am- 1pm. For more information tel.

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Kitchens Bespoke of East Grinstead has won KBB Review magazine’s East Grinstead/Crowborough category for top kitchen installer in this area!

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The KBB Review states: “Rachael Workman of Kitchens Bespoke had been in the kitchen business for 20 years before setting up her own showroom in 2008. Her background is in kitchen design and she sees this as her strength: ‘I’m not a sales person, the design is everything to me, but not just in terms of aesthetics, the practicalities are almost more important. I am a working mum so I know how it works.’

Then she showed me a bound copy of a design she was working on for a customer neatly presented with CAD images and costing. As she handed me her card, Rachael said that I can come out to have a look at the space and she could offer advice on what will and won’t work.

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Len Wickham recalls Crowborough Common’s role in defending Britain during World War Two

Len was born and bred in Crowborough and walks Crowborough Common every day of the year with his faithful terrier, Rose.

The common has been an important part of Len’s life for nearly 80 years.

‘Soon after I was born, my mother was pushing me in a pram over the common. This was in the early 1930s. Some of my clearest memories are from when I was a young boy at the outbreak of war. My friends and I were fascinated to watch the Royal Observer Corps build an early warning look-out post on the summit of the common by Southview Road. This was manned day and night to watch for German planes coming up from the channel at Cuckmere Haven.

‘Later on we witnessed the installation of nine foot wooden posts on open areas of the common – this was to stop enemy planes using the common as a landing place for the expected German invasion’ remembers Len. ‘Brittany House, on Beacon Road, was the base for a French Canadian tank unit. They parked their tanks in a long line on the common as they prepared for D-Day.’

Len recalls a tragedy on the common: ‘There is a disused quarry on the High Broom part of the common, and it was here that the Canadian soldiers stationed in Crowborough set up a rifle range and performed their training exercises.

‘One day a German flying bomb landed close by killing nine soldiers. A stone memorial to their memory was built on the common and every July the British Legion lay a wreath.’

Len considers the common Crowborough’s greatest asset. Covering over 220 acres, it is literally the town’s largest public recreation space.

‘The common is registered with East Sussex County Council. It is an ancient common and I have been able to trace it back to the days of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I.’ says Len. The common is also home to Crowborough Beacon Golf Club. Less than half the common is used for golfing activities. The public may walk wherever they wish, including the golfing areas.

The common is great for rambling, bird-watching, exploring and, of course, walking the dog.

For information about the common, including a map, FAQs, history and more photographs, please visit crowboroughcommon.org.uk

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Pigs

Yet pigs have been hailed as the smartest, cleanest of animals and odourless to boot - due to their lack of sweat glands.

As well as being able to use a joystick to play basic computer games, they’ve passed the milestone ‘Mirror Test’. Pigs are shown a mirror and encouraged to retrieve reflected objects. For instance, they can detect food the whereabouts of which can only be seen by reflection. These results suggest the pigs appreciate the difference between reality and the reflected image thus demonstrating a high level of cognitive awareness.

Perhaps, it is not without good reason, that in his imaginary novella Animal Farm George Orwell chose pigs to be the dominant & cleverest of the farm animals.

Possibly he’d a prophetic inkling of what later studies were to conclusively prove – pigs are the most intelligent of domestic animals.

Flying in the face of this is the reality that ‘pig’ is used in many less than complimentary well-known phrases as: ‘Sweat like a pig’ (Pigs don’t sweat, except through their snouts!), ‘Eating like a pig’, ‘Fat as a pig’ and more supposed parallels

They can perform a whole plethora of circus tricks, mother pigs sing to their piglets while they are nursing and the list goes on.

It’s perhaps little wonder micro pigs are garnering popularity in the household pets arena and, who knows, they might one day join the ranks of the most beloved of pets, – cats & dogs.

No doubt the future will bring new discoveries of what these intelligent animals can learn to do. In the meantime we can ponder some alternative phrases that could be introduced into our language, such as: ‘As clever as a pig’...?

Trick or Treating?

Some History

Interestingly it is believed the ancestor of trick-ortreating did not occur on Halloween and had nothing to do with monsters!

In parts of Britain children and poorer people would go from door to door ‘souling’ on Hallowmas (All Saints Day, Nov 1st) and All Souls’ Day (Nov 2nd). The soulers offered prayers for the dead and were given, in exchange, ‘soul-cakes.’

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The more soul cakes received, the more prayers offered for relatives which had passed away.

In those days it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer could expedite the passage to heaven.

Here is an extract from one of the songs they would have sung: Soul, soul for a souling cake I pray you, missis, for a souling cake Apple or pear, plum or cherry Anything good to make us merry Up with your kettles and down with your pans Give us an answer and we’ll be gone

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Friday 7th October An Evening of Classical Music in aid of Hospice in the Weald performed by five young gifted musicians from Kent and Sussex. The Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Hartfield at 7.30 p.m. Interval with refreshments.

Tickets, £10 available on the door or call: 01892 740261 Saturday 8th October Voices for Hospices Charity Concert in aid of St Peter and St James’ hospice. Mozart Symphony No 39, Faure Cantiques de Jean Racine and Faure Requiem. Tickets £12, available from The St Peter and St James Hospice Shop, 94 High St, Uckfield or Five Ashdown Post Office. 7.30 pm - 9.15 pm, St Margaret’s Church, Buxted Park, Buxted. 01825 830723, email: dwaddington@talktalk.net Saturday 8th October Mansion Market - Over 70 stallholders offering clothing, crafts, plants, home-grown, organic produce, books, metal and woodwork, toys and much else at this friendly and popular market held in a beautiful 18th century mansion. Puppet shows & all-day cafe. 11am - 4pm. Kidbrooke Park, Priory Road, Forest Row, free admission and parking.

Saturday 15th October WEA (Workers Educational Association) Crowborough Branch ‘DEGAS’ - a Day School with tutor Bryan Davies will be held from 2.00-5.00pm in the Coffee Bar at All Saints Halls on Chapel Green, Crowborough TN6 1ED. Fee £10. Contact: 01892 665330 Tuesday 26th October Ashdown Forest Fungi Day - take an autumn walk on the Forest and bring us your fungi finds for identification. Have a go at making clay mushrooms and sculpture with Lynn Merrick. A fun and informative day for all the family at the Ashdown Forest Centre,Wych Cross, RH18 5JP. Call: 01342 823583.

Free but donations very welcome. 11am – 4pm.

Wedneday 27th October Family Activity Day - Recreating the Mesolithic at the Ashdown Forest Centre, 11am- 4pm A chance to join the East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership and explore aspects of everyday hunter-gatherer life in the Mesolithic period such as flint-knapping, archery, string-making and wild plant foods. Lots of hands on activities and fun for all the ages. Free. Ashdown Forest Centre, Wych Cross, RH18 5JP. Call: 01342 823583 Saturday – Sunday, 22nd October - 30th October Kids for a Quid on the Bluebell Railway! Special Half Term Offer in October and also weekends in 28 • October 2011 • Ashdown Forest Living

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November! Trains run on the hour from 11.00am - 4.00pm. All services throughout the day are steam hauled by one of our historic locomotives. Book at least 8 days in advance with our Bluebell Bonus tickets and get generous discounts on adult tickets.

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Sheffield Park, TN22 3QL Saturday 5th November Forest Row Home Energy Saving Fair: Insulation, solar, wood, heat pumps, wind, energy saving devices, grants. At a time when all energy prices, oil, gas and electricity are spiralling upwards with the trend certain to continue, this event offers residents up-todate information on how to make their homes more energy efficient and save money. 10am-4pm, Forest Row Village Hall Saturday 5th November Ashdown Forest Riding for the Disabled Association are holding a Christmas Bazaar at Fairwarp village Hall, 10am - 2pm All the things you will need for a well organized Christmas. Call: 07850522768 or email: ali@ops.org.uk Volunteers Needed Would you be interested in helping with the Ashdown Forest Riding for the disabled? They would love your support. If anyone is interested contact: Mary Bell: 08452419364 or email marybell@yahoo.co.uk Saturday – Monday, 12th - 14th November Art Exhibition/Open Weekend Cogcraft Art Studio, Clockhouse Lane, Nutley See the latest pastel landscape paintings, prints and cards by Ashdown artist, Juliet Murray. Ashdown Christmas cards / antique& decorative prints.

Hundreds of pictures to view. Special exhibition offers . All welcome. An opportunity to buy a unique gift from a local artisan. Sat.& Sun. 11.15am – 5.30pm/ Mon.9.30am – 5pm. Further details 01825 712565/ www.cogcraft.co.uk. Note: Please park in the village at peak times.

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ELIZABETH FINN, A REMARKABLE VICTORIAN WOMAN no welfare state there was nowhere to turn for those (many from an educated or services background) who had fallen into dire poverty because they were too old or too ill to work.

In 1897 Elizabeth Finn, at the age of 72, decided that something had to be done so she founded the Distressed Gentlefolk’s Aid Association.

Victorian England produced some inspirational women. Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Fry and Josephine Butler are well known; Elizabeth Finn is less celebrated.

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