Ashdown Forest Living September Edition

September 2012

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Index: Support Local Business

Dear Residents, Welcome to the September issue.

Sheffield Park is famous for being a shining star in the world of early cricket. We’ve been provided with a brilliant article which looks at it’s history.

This part of the Weald used to be an iron-making stronghold. As new discoveries are made, more is understood of the importance it played in this area; see our feature.

Accountant/Book-Keeping Sargents Tree Services

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TNMC Business Services

DR Newland

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JH Vartan

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Stone Garden Services

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Architects David Fry

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Art Juliet Murray, Cogcrafts Concepts

Sacred Tree Surgery & Rural Estate Management

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AA Drives

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Tunbridge Wells Shutters 17

Levade Systems

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Over the years we’ve supported the Hadlow Down Open Hands Charity and we’re pleased to be able to bring you an update of their fabulous work.

Blinds/Curtains/Shutters Penumbra Blinds

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Steve Wheatley explains how Broadwater Warren is slowly adopting the ‘purple’ landscape it once knew, see page 12.

Blinds & Curtains

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Home Maintenance Services/Products

Chez Soi Interiors

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C Lewis Building Ltd.

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Electrical Services

Stratton Car Company

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Please get in touch with us if you’re a local charity, community group, etc. We’d love to hear from you.

Thank you for supporting our local businesses and for all your feedback.

Wishing you all the best for the month of September.

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Contents Open Hands Charity Iron Making in the Ashdown Forest area The Future is Purple Quick Quiz Sudoku Competition The Nature Games Forest Row Festival Local History Notes The English Language September across Ashdown Forest Alfie Competition What’s On

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Ashdown Forest Festival

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MM Roofing

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Open Hands charity report Hadlow Down based charity Open Hands has been working with neglected and disadvantaged children in Romania since 2008.

Trustee Stephen Maughan and his family have just returned from a visit and he reports back from their journey: Last year Open Hands worked alongside the charity FARA to open one of the first autism daycare centres in Northern Romania, which was made possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

Sadly many austistic children do not get educational support, and many are excluded from schools. In the most extreme cases, children are left at home with parents either embarrassed or unwilling to try to integrate their children into society.

As our son has autism himself this is something we are very concerned about, and his great progress is due to the support he has received in England. We hope to offer children with autism and learning difficulties in Romania the same opportunities and support they receive here in England.

So, what was really encouraging was for us to be able to visit the daycare centre in Suceava. We sat in on a few sessions, and I am happy to report that some children can now speak, and all have made great progress since our last visit in October. The staff, who received training by specialists in Sussex, work hard to support and care for these children. The centre can take children between the ages of 2 and12 and aims to integrate the children into society and school.

In fact the centre has been so successful, word has quickly spread throughout Suceava and every day they get calls from anxious parents hoping to secure their child a place at the centre.

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Encouraged by this success, there are plans to open a daycare centre for children with learning difficulties and disabilities in the nearby town of Falticeni. Open Hands will help with renovation costs and supply the centre with specialist equipment and learning materials to give these children the support they need. We also hope to build a small playground outside the centre to encourage the children’s social interaction, as well as giving them a break from their learning. The Falticeni centre will open it’s doors later this year to 15 children, and already has a waiting list of 19 children. Open Hands are very grateful once again for any donations.

We also saw some poor families we support, and visited some state homes for disabled children.

Due to the inadequate funding of the Romanian government many children who have a disability are left without any of the vital support they need. Conditions in these orphanages remain bleak, and we witnessed some upsetting scenes.

Statistics tell us that only 28% of

children with disabilities receive ‘some education’, and according to UNICEF these orphanages ‘are not proper homes for children and further the development of disabilities’. Open Hands are committed to support and help these vulnerable children.

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Open Hands is holding another jumble sale/ fair trade cafe at Christ Church (Crowborough) on Saturday 10th November at 10am.

Stephen & Rebekka would like to thank Open Hand’s supporters many of whom live in the Ashdown Forest area.

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Family Chiropractic Sussex going from strength to strength Family Chiropractic Sussex was established 4 years ago

by Dr. Teresa White. Since then it has expanded from one full-time Chiropractor to three, with Dr. Johnny Phoenix and Dr. Michael Cassidy-Hogg joining the team, allowing the increasing need for Chiropractic services to be met.

In this article we ask Dr. White what Chiropractic is, and find out what it has to do with man-of-the-moment Usain Bolt…

What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a health care discipline which emphasizes the inherent power of the body to heal itself. It focuses on the relationship between the spine and the nervous system & how this affects the preservation and restoration of health.

It is based on the scientific fact that the nervous system controls the function of virtually every tissue, organ and system of the body. In most cases the treatment is aimed at removing nerve compression and irritation, usually brought on by abnormal alignment of the spinal joints. This misalignment can be caused by accidents, physical stress, mental stress, anxiety, poor diet, lack of exercise and repetitive movements.

Chiropractors use gentle specific manipulation of spinal joints to restore their normal function. The result is an increase in mobility, decrease in pain and discomfort and removal of irritation of the nerves this can lead to a wide range of health benefits.

Would Doctors Approve?

Increasingly, GPs are recognising chiropractic as an effective complementary treatment, particularly for back pain. Family Chiropractic Sussex regularly receives referrals from GPs to help patients.

Chiropractic is a primary health-care profession, so you do not need to be referred by your doctor though we say by all means check with by your GP if you feel it necessary before treatment.

What is Chiropractic supported by?

The effectiveness of chiropractic treatment is supported by scientific research as well as by various UK government and medical organisations.

The profession is regulated through the General Chiropractic Council.

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what are some of the successes at Family Chiropractic Sussex?

It’s difficult to pick one out... I’ll mention a recent success from a tree surgeon who was incapacitated by shoulder pain. He said: “I have been working for some years cutting down trees and branches and it was in December that I noticed my arm was very painful from the shoulder downward. I didn’t want to take drugs as prescribed by my doctor and a friend told me of Family Chiropractic Sussex. I had given up my job by now and I was in agony at night and unable to sleep. Dr Teresa examined me and took four X-Rays and discovered that my spine was bent.

After just six weeks I was back at work with my arm a lot stronger than I thought could be possible…”

Finally tell us about USAIN BOLT Usain Bolt (the fastest man on earth!) regularly utilizes chiropractic care to improve his performance. Florida’s Dr. Michael Douglas, certified in Chiropractic Neurology, has been the official Chiropractor of the Jamaican Olympic Team since 1996. He blends sports injury rehabilitation and traditional chiropractic care techniques and has been treating athletes since 1985.

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Iron Making in the Ashdown Forest area

by Jonathan Prus

It’s not obvious today but the area around East Grinstead and points south east and west used to be an important centre of iron making. Look closely and you will see the scars of iron-ore mining and the remains of massive woodlands that used to be so carefully managed to provide a constant supply of charcoal for the local furnaces. Look at the place names and you will see more signs of a once-vibrant industry. Names like Brambletye Forge (Forest Row) tell you that iron was refined there and manufactured into useful items. Sweet Minepits (Nutley) is the name of a place where iron ore was once extracted in quantity. Mill Place Furnace (East Grinstead) had a blast furnace where liquid iron once flowed into moulds. One of the more important cast-iron products of the blast furnaces were the guns they supplied to the Navy. Gravetye Furnace at West Hoathly is just one of these gun foundries.

But the history of local iron-making goes back much further even than the first blast furnaces (Buxted and then Newbridge were started up in the forest in the fourteen-nineties). Go to Smythford in Worth and you can find the remains of a much more primitive furnace dated to about AD 70 (archaeomagnetic dating). About twenty other furnaces using the same early technology have been found within five kilometres of the centre of East Grinstead.

libraries and archives. Others do experimental archaeology, for example making iron in replica furnaces (photo). One group of members carries out archaeological field work, including walking over any potential iron working site and, sometimes, excavating them and publishing the results (photo). Some have recently started to compile a database of people involved in the iron industry between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. This promises to be an important family history resource. Many common local names turn out to be French or Belgian in origin and first arrived with the immigrant workers who brought over blast furnace technology.

Iron making in the Weald lasted for more than two thousand years. It began in British pre-history during the Iron Age and the last remaining furnace was blown out at the beginning of the nineteenth century when local iron making was out-classed by bigger and more efficient producers in the parts of the country we now think of as “industrial”. For most of this time iron making seems to have been organised as a cottage industry producing iron for sale in batches of just a few kilograms.

Surprisingly little was ever written down, and the few descriptions that survive throw a tiny beam of light on an important local industry.

For people who enjoy problem-solving the study of wealden iron is a delight. Anyone who would like to be included in future activities can contact jonathan@avens.co.uk or look at the WIRG website: www.wealdeniron.org.uk

Most of what we know about this old industry has been discovered by members of the Wealden Iron Research Group “WIRG”.

WIRG members each follow their own range of interests. Some do historical research using

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THE FUTURE IS PURPLE FOR BROADWATER WARREN

Update on the Restoration Work by Steve Wheatley

Work is now starting at Broadwater Warren Nature Reserve on the next phase of the RSPB’s exciting restoration project. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds managed to purchase the site in 2007 and is embarking on an ambitious 10-year project to restore almost 300 acres of heathland and 150 acres of mixed woodland.

This autumn’s work will see the removal of more of the dense, impenetrable, self-seeded conifer, as well as mature conifer that had been planted over the heath since the early 1950s. Areas cleared of conifer will then be kept open by weeding and grazing to allow the long-dormant heather seeds in the soil to germinate. In the woodland, clearings will be created and native broadleaved trees and shrubs will be planted to create a much more pleasant and diverse space.

Carpets of heather are already returning to the areas cleared in 2010 and 2011. And the valuable heathland wildlife is quickly responding; innumerable bees are already buzzing over the heather; Woodlark bred on site this summer – the first time since 2003; Tree pipits also returned in 2012, after being absent for years; Nightjar, Turtle Dove and Woodcock have also all been holding territories.

Restoration of the vast woodland is the other long-term goal. Much of the existing woodland is dominated by pine and birch. The RSPB’s work will see glades, clearings and sunny rides created.

A diversity of native trees and shrubs will also be planted, including oak, rowan, willow, hazel, and hawthorn. Pockets of bramble and scrub will be encouraged, so as to provide valuable nesting opportunities for birds and rich nectar sources for insects. The widened woodland rides will also be warmer and richer for wildlife and more pleasant for visitors. Some of these rides will open out onto the 12 • September 2012 • Ashdown Forest Living

heath, providing newly restored views across the beautiful High Weald landscape.

The decision to undertake such an ambitious restoration project was not taken lightly. The RSPB worked closely with the Forestry Commission and Natural England to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment. The Forestry Commission continue to oversee the project, and Natural England provide valuable support through their Environmental Stewardship Scheme. Support from many other funders has also been very important, not to mention RSPB members themselves. The Heritage Lottery funded High Weald Landscape Partnership Scheme helped to match fund much of the work in the first three years. Grants from SITA Trust and Biffaward (both landfill operators) are providing important funding, ironically to an area that was once itself threatened as a possible venue for a landfill.

Now the site is a great place to visit and an increasingly important and valuable stepping-stone for wildlife. It complements Ashdown Forest, and other improving heathland and woodland sites in the High Weald, like Birchden Woods, St Leonards Forest, Hargate Forest and Tudeley Woods. The future is bright; the future is purple.

RSPB Broadwater Warren is open to visit all year round. There are over 5 miles of paths, plus visitors can pick up a leaflet from the information board in the car park and follow the self-guided Nature Trail or History Trail. The car park is accessed via Broadwater Forest Lane, just off the A26.

If you have any questions about Broadwater Warren please contact the site manager Steve Wheatley on 01892 752430 or via email: broadwater.warren@rspb.org.uk

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We have a star line up on offer this year, beginning on Friday evening at 7.30 with Elizabeth Haynes, a police intelligence analyst, who started writing fiction in 2006. Her first novel, Into the Darkest Corner, was the winner of Amazon’s Rising Stars. Her second novel, Revenge of the Tide, is set on the river Medway in Kent and was published in 2012. Elizabeth will read from her work and talk about her writing process.

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Local History Notes A Passion for Cricket

The 3rd Earl of Sheffield - Henry North Holyrod - (1832 - 1909) succeeded to the title of Earl of Sheffield on the death of his father in 1876. From 1857 - 1865 he represented East Sussex in the House of Commons. He is best known however as one of the great patrons of cricket and with the help and advice of his groundsman, William Moore, he laid out one of the finest cricket grounds in the country at his home - Sheffield Park. Large gangs of local men were employed in the great Park which had been little altered since the great landscape architects “Capability” Brown and Humphrey Repton landscaped it for the Earl’s grandfather.

It was here the visiting Australian Cricket Teams opened their tours in 1884, 1886, 1890, 1893 and 1896.

On May 12, 13th and 14th 1896 the Australian Touring Team played their opening game of the season against Lord Sheffield’s First Eleven at Sheffield Park, this match of 1896 was the grandest to take place at Sheffield Park.

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at a beautifully decorated Sheffield Park Station, the Prince and his retinue were greeted by the Earl and were then driven through a series of great arches of roses which spanned the road from the station now known as the Sheffield Bluebell Station to Sheffield Place.

All the National school children were given an admission ticket; amid scenes of great pomp and ceremony, special trains brought men, horses and gun carriages to Sheffield Station and by the afternoon of the first day, it was estimated that there were 25,000 spectators at the Park.

An ornate Pavilion of wrought-ironwork was erected on the cricket ground and fitted out regardless of cost. A second one was later built for the ladies which was particularly sumptuous.

It had marble floors and wash basins complete with gold-plated taps. The pavilions were made locally at the Phoenix Iron Works at Lewes.

The Earl was so proud and happy with the success of all his arrangements he allowed the photographers to take a picture of him walking beside the Prince with a pavilion covered with roses in the background. This was extremely

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unusual as the Earl did not like to be photographed.

This rare poster (see page 24) was for the first ever game at Sheffield Park in 1845 between the Gentlemen of Fletching and Newick against the Gentlemen from Chailey and Newick.

The Sheffield Shield, still the premier trophy in Australian cricket was presented by and named after the Earl of Sheffield.

World famous cricketers such as W G Grace and Prince Ranjitsihi played at Sheffield Park.

Money flowed through the Earl’s hands like water. Part of that steady stream was directed into giving practical help to his tenants. The children, the old, the sick and the needy all benefitted from his generosity, particularly during the hard cold winter months.

The Earl had developed heart trouble and was growing increasingly depressed and irascible. Disputes arose between him and the Sussex County Cricket Club of which he was President. Various people wrote unkind comments about him in the press and he received “poison pen letters.”

He had several long holidays in France in the hope that a warmer climate would improve his health, but all to no avail.

The Third Earl of Sheffield died at Beaulieu on 21st April 1908. The carriages of the aristocracy were conspicuous by their absence in the long cortege that followed the Earl’s coffin on his journey from Sheffield Place to Fletching Church. The exception was the presence of his niece, Edith, Countess of Winchelsea.

Soldiers and Volunteers came from all over the county to pay their last respects to their Honorary Colonel and he was given a grand military funeral.

Three thousand of his tenants and villagers lined the route of the funeral procession.

The Earl was interred in the Holroyd Mausoleum in Fletching Church, there to lie with his parents, his grandparents, his great-grandparents and (the most famous of them all) his grandfather’s closest friend, the historian, Edward Gibbon.

Cricket continued to be played on the ground up until the World War One when it was dug up and put down to wheat. After the War it was resurrected and local cricket was played on it until the Second World War when the area was occupied by Canadian

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soldiers. After this War the area became a tree plantation. When these were eventually cleared various plans were considered by the National Trust for the reinstatement of the ground.

Move forward in time now to 2006. The Armadillos Cricket Club, which was founded in 1983 by gentlemen who wished to play country house cricket, was looking into the possibility of acquiring its own ground.

Committee members were introduced to the National Trust management team and several meetings took place.

Once all negotiations had been completed, a lease was signed in 2008 and plans commenced for the restoration of the ground.

A top quality square was laid and the surrounding meadow was painstakingly converted into the outfield. A new pavilion was built of Oak and the sites of the two exotic Victorian versions were established and identified.

The year 2009 saw the first season of cricket being played at Sheffield Park for sixty nine years and an inaugural match on 28th June between Lord Sheffield’s Australian XI and

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an Old England XI with the Sheffield Shield on display (only its second excursion out of Australia). On 17th July 2011 another major match was organised between an Old India XI and an Old England XI. Otherwise the fixture list comprises twenty five games, some involving the Armadillos and others played between visiting teams.

The ground is at the far end of the property from the mansion and all matches are watched by several spectators who have wended their way through the beautiful gardens to get there.

The Club name came about in a moment of inspiration, out of nowhere, in the Green Man Public House in Horsted Keynes, when our opposition and hosts declared that they needed a name for the opponent for their fixture card. The name is descriptive of most of the Club’s members, as observed by Rudyard Kipling in one of his stories about armadillos. He describes them as being “stickly-prickly, slow and steady, low to the ground, gregarious, and with a long tail - a description of most of the Club members.

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Proverb: Every Cloud has a Silver Lining Meaning: Every difficult or depressing situation has hidden positives. One always has hope even in the most desperate of situations.

The farside of the darkest cloud reflects the moonlight and gleams silver, a sign of hope.

Origin: The proverb has its origin in John Milton’s masque COMUS (1634): ‘Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?’

It was Dickens, just over 200 years later, who brought this to popular attention with his reference to ‘Milton’s Cloud’ in his novel BLEAK HOUSE (1852): ‘I turn my silver lining outward like Milton’s cloud’ Several other appearances were made and with this momentum , W S Gilbert makes reference to it in THE MIKADO (1885) which brings it to it’s modern day meaning: ‘Don’t let’s be downhearted. There’s a silver lining to every cloud’.

During the dark days of World War 1 people would sing to keep themselves light-hearted. It now became a proverb on the tip of people’s tongues, as in one of the most well-known wartime songs, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING (Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbery Ford, 1915): There’s a silver lining Through the dark cloud shining, Turn the dark cloud inside out, Till the boys come home

September across the Ashdown Forest This is another exciting month across the Forest with a wide variety of events taking place. Here are a few: Brambletye Hotel continues to host it’s regular Folk and Jazz nights (www.brambletyehotel.co.uk). The National Cats Centre at Chelwood Gate has a fund raising Car Boot sale on Sunday 16 (www.cats.org.uk). Buxted Parks monthly cookery course takes place with the Head Chef on 10th September Tablehurst Farm, Forest Row is holding it’s last Barn Dance of the year on Saturday 29th starting at 7.30pm (www.tablehurstandplawhatch.co.uk). At the Bluebell Railway, the weekend of 8th/9th September is a celebration of 140 years of the train Fenchurch 140 coming into service. There will be cake and champagne on Sunday afternoon. Monday to Friday throughout September the Bluebell Railway has Ploughmans’ Lunches on the 1pm train from Sheffield Park and Cream Teas on the 3pm train. Spa Valley Railway will be running special Fish and Chip trains on 6th and 15th September.

From 5th September WAS Benson the important Arts and Crafts designer will be featured throughout the National Trust property at Standen. There will also be 4 metal workers exhibiting from 26th September.

As the leaves begin to change colour the Forest looks beautiful and gardens such as Sheffield Park and Standen become very busy.

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And then at the end of war, to keep the spirits up: Look for the silver lining When ‘ere a cloud appears in the blue Remember somewhere the sun in shining And so the right thing to do Is make it shine for you.

A heart full of joy and gladness Can always banish sadness and strife So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.

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What’s On: September 2012

If you would like your event on these pages email info@ashdownforestliving.co.uk for information

Saturday 8th September

Wednesday 19th September

Crowborough Bonfire & Carnival Society Annual Carnival.

Starting on Chapel Green at 2pm, followed by torchlit procession around the town from 7.30pm. Route: Chapel Green into Queens Road, Blackness Road, Fermor Way, Walshes Road, Whitehill Road, Croft Road, Crowborough Hill then returning to Chapel Green.

Crowborough WEA presents ‘A Further Selection of Lesser Known Artists of Excellence’ with tutor Bryan Davies. 10 weeks commencing 19 September from 10am to 12 noon. Venue: United Church Lounge, Croft Road, Crowborough TN6 1HA. Call: 01892 665330.

Saturday 8th September

Friday 21st September

Hartfield Village Fete and Flower Show. Local craft stalls, Beer and Pimms, BBQ, Jazz Band, Fun Dog Show, Ferret Racing, Morris Dancers, Punch and Judy, children’s sports, sideshows for all the family. Starts noon. The prizes for the Flower and Vegetable Show Marquee given by celebrity guest Peter Owen-Jones. For more info: 01342 82 2377

One of the UK’s truly great singers, Jacqui Dankworth (daughter of Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth) featuring songs from Jacqui’s highly acclaimed new album ‘It Happens Quietly’ Frant Church,TN3 9DX at 8pm (doors open 7.30pm, licensed bar area). Tickets from Frant Stores or call: 01892 750665. In aid of the conservation of Frant Church.

Saturday 8th September

Friday 21st to Saturday 29th September

High Weald Walk at Broadwater Warren. Nature walks organised in partnership with RSPB and led by expert Ian Beavis. Age 8+, Booking essential: 01892 554171.

Crowborough Festival (Just a couple of events): Improv Workshop - A chance to work on your improve with the well-known professional comedy group The Maydays.

Monday 10th September

Sussex Family History Group, John Henty, talk on ‘The early days of Radio Brighton’. (Change from published speaker). Meetings held 2nd Monday of each month at Luxford Day Centre, Library Way, Uckfield. Refreshemnts available. 7:15 for 7:30pm start.

Thursday 13th September

Mid Sussex Association National Trust Lectures at Clair Hall, 2:30pm. ‘Sussex Piers - disappointed bridges or places of delight’ by Dr. Sally White. Call: 01444 45764 Friday 14th to Sunday 16th September

St. Mary’s Flower Festival at St. Mary’s Church, Chapel Green, Crowborough. A flower festival celebrating the centenary of the church. Refreshments available. Fri, Sat 10am – 5 pm, Sun 10.30 – 5pm. Special cream teas on Sunday pm. £5. All proceeds to Hospice in the Weald Saturday 15th September

Chelwood Gate Village Market. A great selection of items from local producers including award winning cheeses, chutneys, juice, pork and beef products, tempting savoury goodies, plants and much more. Stained glass mosaic, jewellery, cards, bags and a range of crafts. Cafe serving hot snacks. Easy parking. 10am - 2pm, Village Hall, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate

Saturday 22 September, 2pm.

Poetry Slam - Lucas Howard invites people to share their poetry in a fast-moving and inspiring poetry slam. Friday 28 September, 8pm. Crowborough Community Centre.

See: www.crowboroughfestival.org Saturday 22nd September

Coffee Morning: 10am to 12noon. All Saints Church, Chapel Green, Crowborough. Home-made cakes, preserves, books, bric-a-brac and a raffle. In aid of Hospice in the Weald.

Saturday 22nd September

Miss Flux Capacitor & The Neighbours from Mars - Live in Concert – A Modern Music show. Dance club atmosphere with live musicians plus video installation. Book now as tickets are strictly limited! Forest Row Village Hall, Doors 7:45pm, Show 8:30pm.

Bar and refreshments. Tickets online or from “The Builders Store – Forge Fast” on Lewes Road. www.missflux.co.uk Saturday 29th September

Tinkers Park Open day: The Great Bush Narrow Gauge Railway, Miniature passenger carrying railway, Traction Engine Rides, Working Exhibits, Organ Museum, Historic vehicles, Light Refreshments, All Rides FREE. Open 10am - 5pm, Adults £5, Children £1.

Saturday 16th September

Saturday 6th October

Car Boot Sale, in aid of National Cat Protection Centre, 10am – 2pm. £10 per car/£12 per small van. Free to visitors. Cattery open to see all cats and kittens looking for a new home.

Cats Protection Centre, Chelwood Gate. Call: 01825 741331

Nutley Bowling Club – Quiz at 7:30pm at Nutley Memorial Hall. Teams of 6, £5 per person. Bring your own drink and glasses. Sandwiches provided. Please enter your team with Mike Evans on 01825 713691

Tuesday 18th September

Thursday 25th October

Ashdown Pantomimers: Read Through for the forthcoming production of Snow White (auditions to follow on 26th Sept). Freshfield (large) Village Hall, Forest Row 8pm. New members very welcome. For more info call: 01342 825730

Fungi Day: Our annual fungi identification day. Take a walk, have a hunt and bring in your finds to be identified

by Forest staff and volunteers. A free event , 11 – 4pm. No booking required. Forest Centre, Wych Cross.

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