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Gardening Tips 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

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Dear Residents Welcome to the September Edition of the Ashdown Forest Living, linking residents & businesses in the Ashdown Forest area. This month we have a compelling article about Brambletye Manor (Brambletye Castle if you’re feeling enthusiastic) near Forest Row, that continues to intrigue and captivate passers by year on year.

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We’ve all heard of the “Big Society” idea being talked about, but how does it relate to the Ashdown Forest? James Sharpe of the Weald Forest Ridge Partnership presents an interesting case for consideration… We have more gardening tips to provide some “don’t-forget-todo’s” in the month of September.

Brambletye Manor The “Big Society”

To pit your wits or simply to take a break, try our Sudoku & Trivia page, it’s the perfect accompaniment for a cup of tea or coffee. If you are a charity or community group in & nearby the Ashdown Forest area and would benefit from more publicity drop us a line and we will assist as we can (space allowing) email: info@ ashdownforestliving.co.uk. Finally, we hope you find the publication helpful in locating businesses in & around the Ashdown Forest letting you know of their services.

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Contents Rachel Ricketts Editorial

The Ruins at Brambletye

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Ease the Stress out of Life

12,13

Is there a “big society” in Ashdown Forest

Gardening Tips

Trivia & Sudoku

What’s On

Ashdown Forest Decorative & Fine Arts Society

Index

Bengal Village Forest Row

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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 Delivered monthly to these postcode sectors: RH18 5, TN22 3, TN22 4, RH16 2, RH17 7, TN6 1, TN3 9, TN 7 4

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The Ruins at Brambletye by Garen Ewing

Poking your head through the foliage that lines the south side of Forest Way, about half a mile from its bisection with the A22 at Forest Row, you may find yourself confronted by three ancient stone towers rising above the trees that mask the still-humble River Medway on its route towards the Kent countryside. This is many people’s first glimpse of a structure that provides much

mystery and romance within the remains of its tantalising Jacobean architecture, but not a lot in the way of hard facts.

brothers after his widowed mother married the 2nd Earl of Dorset (and creator of Sackville College) when he was 13.

Some facts, however, can be extracted by studying the clues carved into the local sandstone that make up the honey-hued ashlar blocks. The date 1631 is accompanied by the initials C H M in a lozenge at the top of the central tower, and a weathered coat of arms above the door aides their interpretation - the house was the abode of one Henry Compton and his second wife, Mary Browne.

The old manor at Brambletye had been one of the most important of the district, detailed in the Domesday Book, and handed down through the connected families of Montague, Aldham and Saintclare, ending up at the end of the 1400s with Richard Lewkenor, an East Grinstead MP, County Sheriff, and second husband to Elizabeth Saintclare. His building, surrounded by the moat which still survives 150 yards to the west, was very likely prone to dampness, and this may have been one of the reasons Compton built his house on a new site, and made sure it rose up from an impressive vaulted basement.

They married sometime around 1620, and it was the year before that Compton came into ownership of the older double-moated manor at Brambletye by way of Richard and Edward Sackville, the 3rd and 4th Earls of Dorset respectively. They were brothers of Henry’s first wife, Cecily Sackville, and his own stepSeptember 2010 • Ashdown Forest Living

Henry Compton, half-brother to the 1st Earl of Northampton, was returned MP for East Grinstead on several occasions

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and also served as a ranger on Ashdown Forest. One of his children, Henry, was killed in a duel with the 6th Baron Chandos in May 1652 at Putney, and seven years later another son, John, died in residence at Brambletye. The manor had survived the Civil War, and the last act of the Comptons at Brambletye was in 1660, the year of the Restoration, when Henry’s third son, George, held court there. George had married Mary Biddulph in about 1648, and in 1673 the Biddulphs were the new owners of Brambletye Manor, the land staying in their family until as late as 1866. However, the house had fallen into ruin long before then. In 1683 or 84 one Sir James Richards was made a baronet and described as ‘of Brambletye House’. It is commonly believed he abandoned the manor while fleeing to Spain on suspicion of treason, leaving the manor to fall into disrepair. A drawing dated 1782 shows the building in ruins, though with the gatehouse mostly intact and two of the impressive finials still in place atop the towers. By 1830 it was pretty much the ruin we know today, with large portions of the stone having been dismantled for other building projects, including for repairs to the bridge at Edenbridge. The house, or castle as it was sometimes overzealously known, enjoyed a flare of celebrity in the late 1820s when the popular novelist Horace Smith wrote his fictional account of the Comptons, ‘Brambletye House, Or Cavaliers And Roundheads’, which had the double effect of confusing its history and bringing the tourists, some of whom decided a little piece of the castle would make a very nice ornament. By the early 1900s the edifice seemed more tree than stone, but by 1930 the ivy was cleared, the building was stabilised and surveyed, and in 1953 it became a grade II listed structure. It currently resides on private land, and as of 2009 was included on the English Heritage ‘At Risk’ register due to general deterioration, though the air of mystery and romance, and perhaps a whiff of Horace Smith’s fictional gunpowder - if the wind is right and the imagination flowing - will still greet the viewer who happens across this wonderful local gem. info@ashdownforestliving.co.uk • tel: 01342 300152

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Is there a ‘Big Society’ in Ashdown Forest?

Featuring prominently in our news at the moment is the new government’s ‘Big Society’ idea. Of course the idea of ‘working’ for free, for the good of others and to better yourself, is as old as society itself. The ‘Big Question’ however is whether, in a society where we already have some of the longest working hours in Western Europe, we want to give up our leisure time to carry out ‘work’ for free, solely for the benefit of others? For those of us that are a little less selfless than those already volunteering where is the return on time invested? And perhaps this is where those of us working in the voluntary sector may have got our messages a little wrong. For the many of us that give our time and energy to a cause we believe in, the main motivation is an altruistic one. But what about selfish gain? September 2010 • Ashdown Forest Living

I hope I might be able to persuade you, that if you haven’t considered joining in with some voluntary ‘work’ or have thought about it often but haven’t actually got involved, there are many opportunities to spend your leisure time having fun, meeting new people, learning new skills and feeling good about yourself? So called ‘volunteering’ can be a lot about what you personally gain from the experience. I recently went to meet some volunteers who were ‘working’ on a ‘task’ to benefit a local nature reserve. The task was to make some beautiful hand tooled benches from locally sourced chestnut. Of course they had given a substantial amount of their time and (I can assure you of this as I saw the sweat pouring from their brows) they were working very hard. But this wasn’t the work most

of us think of doing to earn a crust. This work provides the chance to: a) Do something very worthwhile to benefit others, but also….. b) Have a go at something new, something different and personally enriching. Learning traditional craft, working with wood and hand tools, making something. How often do you get the opportunity to make a substantial piece of traditional furniture, without having to pay for the tools or materials? c) Most importantly these volunteers were all smiling, laughing and chatting. Some had met before, some had not but they were all having a great time and enjoying each others’ company. Now switch “volunteer task” for “day out” and I’d say this sounds like a pretty good day out! This is just one example of

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many days being run in our area. Within the Weald Forest Ridge Landscape Partnership Scheme there are opportunities to get involved in a whole range of countryside practice, traditional woodland crafts, studying local archaeology, working with local theatre groups, helping children learn about bushcraft, working in museums, studying birds and butterflies. Of course there are many more opportunities with other local organisations. Way before David Cameron was talking about ‘Big Society’ the Weald Forest Ridge Landscape Partnership Scheme, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, had launched projects across our local area. Many of these projects specifically aim to support local people in caring

for their landscape. The Weald Forest Ridge Landscape Partnership Scheme began in 2009 and will run until early 2012. The Scheme has around thirty projects running across the Weald Forest Ridge area, the highest ridge of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and with Ashdown Forest at the centre. The overarching aim of the Scheme is to provide opportunities for local people to become more involved in learning about, understanding and caring for their landscape. If you would like to know more about what is going on in your area please have a look at www.highweald.org, or call the Scheme’s Officer James Sharpe on 01580 879957 or email j.sharpe@highweald.org, we’d love to hear from you.

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Gardening Tips for SEPTEMBER Article by Michael Dongray, Imberhorne Lane Nursery Proprietor

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Bulb planting can now begin in earnest particularly Crocus, Chiondoxa, Anemones, Grape Hyacinths and Narcissi and all the various types of Rock Garden bulbs. Tulip planting can be left until next month or even as late as November.

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Early flowering perennials can be cut back and tidied. Penstemons should be pruned back by half. New plantings of herbaceous plants can be carried out this month. If ground is dry continue to water.

Rambling Roses should be pruned now. Cut away the old flowering growths and tie in the new shoots. Continue spraying all Roses with an organic Fungicide as Black Spot, Rust and Mildew can still be a problem.

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Ants never sleep. No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with “MONTH”. 3: The human brain is 80% water. 4: Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does. 5: There are 86,400 seconds in day. 6: Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off. 7: The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk. 8: Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. 9: Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. 10: Most lipstick is partailly made of fish scales. 11: The world’s largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.

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What’s On – September 2010 Saturday, 11 September

Sunday, 26 September

Hartfield Barn Dance. Hartfield Guides invite families to a Barn Dance, with music by the Dee Gees, refreshments and pay bar. Tickets from the Spar Shop, Perryhill Orchard - £15 per family, Adult £5 and children £3, or phone Denise Goldsmith 01892 665389. 7-10pm. Hartfield Village Hall

Meridian FM Music Picnic The second Music Picnic of the season, with great music. Free to enter. Bring a picnic, or sample food available. There will also be a champagne, wine and Pimms bar. Proceeds in aid of Meridian FM. 12 – 1pm.

Hartfield Village Fete: Traditional stalls, Morris Dancing, ferret racing, fun dog show, BBQ, afternoon tea, beer and Pimms. Books, tombola, white elephant, gifts. A great event. 12 – 6pm. Hartfield Town Croft

Autumn Show and Game Fair. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the countryside at harvest time. The Cheshire Dog Display Team, and the Bob Hogg Sheep Dog display team will be there, with rescue dogs showing their agility and working with geese and ducks. Also feast your eyes on an array of country sports, crafts, falconry stunning displays of seasonal flowers and vegetables. South of England Centre, Ardingly, 9am5pm. www.autumnshow.org.uk tel: 01444 892700.

Crowborough Carnival, put on by Crowborough Bonfire & Carnival Society. Kim Woodburn of TV Fame will crown the carnival princess, Hannah Martin at the carnival. Sunday, 12 September Classic Cars at RiverVIew. No costs, just turn up with your pride & joy RiverView Cafe, Station Road, Forest Row RH185DE, tel 01342 823030.12pm onwards Next dates: 10 Oct, 14 November. Saturday 18 September – Sunday 26th September 1st Crowborough Arts Festival: Art exhibitions, art competitions, shop displays, singing, music, dance, comedy, childrens events, flower festival Venues all round Crowborough. For ticket details contact Festival office on 01892 662673 Wednesday 22 September Handbag Sale at RiverView Café, Forest Row Beautifully handcrafted handbags of all sizes and prices. Wednesday RiverView Cafe, Station Road RH18 5DW from 10 am to 3 pm, Tel 01342 823030 Saturday, 25th September Cancer Macmillan Coffee Morning, also supporting Fairwarp Sports Pavilion Fund, on at Fairwarp Village Hall - 10am to 12. Stalls, refreshments, childrens activities, raffle, bring & buy and lots more. Race Evening in aid of the RNLI to be held at Nutley Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 start. Tickets at £10 include a ploughman’s supper, cup cake and glass of wine and are available from Jackie Norman on 01825 712056 or Thelma Manning on 01342 327587 Colemans Hatch Horticultural Society Autumn Show A magnificent display of flowers, vegetables, cooking and craft. The Children’s sections cover all ages up to 16 years of age, so everyone can get involved at Colemans Hatch Vicarage Rooms. For enquiries: 01342 823506. Forest Row Village Hall Management Committee are holding a Table Top Sale in the Peter Griffits Hall, The Village Hall on from 10am to 2pm. Proceeds in aid of the Roof Fund. Refreshments. Tables £10. To book a table please telephone the Booking Office on 824961, Vivien Hill (822811) or Jane Wogan (825382) September 2010 • Ashdown Forest Living

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Sunday, October 3, at 11am to Thursday October 7, 2010 at10pm Eat Local Food Week , Forest Row, East Sussex A series of events celebrating local food. Starting with Harvest Festival on Sunday 3rd and ending with the premiere of a film in production now. For more details visit: transitionforestrow.ning.com Tuesday 12th October Charity Fair in aid of Turn2us. South of England Showground, Ardingly 10am – 4pm ❖ Over 55 Stalls ❖ New! The Beauty Box ❖ Café. Entrance: £4 to include raffle ticket For information ring: 01342 850474. Turn2us helps people in financial need access the money available to them in welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help. Pls visit: www.turn2us.org.uk. 12th October 2010 for seven weeks. Aquila Divorced and separated self help group runs on a Tuesday evening .The groups are free and open to anyone over the age of 18 who is going through or has gone through the breakup of a long term relationship. each week we discuss a topic such as self esteem, effects on children, dealing with emotions, spirituality and more. Crowborough area. For more information contact Mark Bishop 01892 652292 or email mark@bishopsltd.co.uk or have a look at the website www.aquila-divorce-recovery.co.uk Saturday, 16th October Hadlow Down Winterfest, The Playing field, School Lane. Great fireworks, childrens entertainer, BBQ, bar,cakes and sweets. Torchlight procession from the school at 6.15pm.Fireworks from 7.30pm. Admission one very large firework per family.

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ASHDOWN FOREST DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY The Society’s year runs from October to July when we meet on the second Thursday in the month at Nutley Memorial Hall at 2.30pm for a full and interesting programme of lectures by NADFAS approved speakers, special interest days and outings often associated with a previous lecture.

After our AGM on 14 October our speaker, Jane Kelsall, will tell us about “The Long History of a Royal Necklace”, on 11 November James Taylor will give us a talk on maritime history he has entitled “Masters of the Sea”. The 9 December lecture will have a Christmas theme, of course, called “The Journey of the Magi: 1700 years of the Three Kings” by Rt. Rev. Dr. Christopher Herbert. As usual after a lecture we have tea and a chance to chat and make friends.

year held at Hartfield Village Hall, the first in November is “The First 50 years of English Porcelain 1745-95; and Victorian Pottery and Porcelain” with Dr. Geoffrey Godden and in March 2011 Jo Walton will tell us about “A Family Affair: Florence and the House of Medici”. Both sound too good to miss.

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Index

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- Support Local Business

Art Cogcrafts Concepts

Family/Children’s Activities 23

Astrology Marie Murphy

Education Mathjogs

Beauty

Fitness/Health/Wellbeing

Home Maintenance Services JDC Building Services

Farrells Paving

Ron, Handyman

Lotte Berk Fitness Studio

Allzones Roofing & Conversions 3

Muse Makeup

Family Chiropractic Clinic

Sussex Doors

Diana Beauty

MJ Reflexology

Mid Sussex Timber

Blinds & Curtains

AtlasPROfilax

MRM Plastering

Café/Function Venue/

Michael Wall

Storaheat

Restaurant/Bar

Natural face rejuvenation

Kitchens

Bespoke Kitchens

Yew Lodge

Su Jok Ki Therapy

Bengal Village

Food

Choir & Singing Workshop

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APM

HeartSong

Wiltshire Farm Food

Shoe shop

Garden Services/Centres

Cleaning The Clean Machine

Computer Services Ashdown IT Support

Riverview Dental Centre

Suitables

Green Machines

Handbag Sale

JH Vartan

Weightloss

Pete Payne

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Hair

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Useful Contacts Ashdown Forest Living covers all of the Ashdown Forest area & nearby, so please let us know if there’s a contact you would like to see listed here: info@ashdownforestliving Crowborough Library Pine Grove Crowborough TN6 1DH Phone – renewals: 03456080195 Phone – enquiries: 03456080196 Forest Row Library The Community Centre, Hartfield Road Forest Row RH18 5DZ Phone: renewals: 03456080195 Phone – enquiries: 03456080196 Uckfield Library Library Way, High Street, Uckfield TN22 1AR Phone – renewals: 03456080195 Phone – enquiries: 03456080196 Citezens Advice Bureaux Crowborough: 01892655303 Uckfield: 01825 764940 East Grinstead: 0844477117 Sussex Police (non-emergencies) 0845 607999 Crowborough Police

Station: 01323

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Uckfield Police Station: Ashdown Forest Health Centre

01444 445927 01342 822131

Crowborough Community Health Point: 01892 653311 Wealden District Council 01323 443322 or 01892 653311 Mid Sussex District Council:

01444 458166

Bells Yew Green Parish Council 01892 783292 Buxted Parish Council

01435 812757

Danehill Parish Council

01825 740570

Fletching Parish Council:

01892 660235

Forest Row Parish Coucil

01342 822661

Frant Parish Council:

01892 750565

Hartfield Parish Council

01342 834409

Lindfield Rural Parish Council

01444 831 499

Maresfield Parish Council

01825 714555

Withyham Parish Council

01892 661656

Wivelsfield Parish Council

01444 471703

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Bengal Village Article by Stace Harman, Local Freelance Journalist, www.staceharman.co.uk Situated on Lewes Road in of Forest Row, Bengal Village is a pleasantly realised restaurant with friendly staff. I visited on a Tuesday for two hours from 6pm-8pm during which time two other parties arrived to dine. The waiting staff advised me that the restaurant, that seats around 50-60 diners, starts to get busy from around 8:30pm. The well laid-out menu features a number of house specialties and, as is often the case with Indian cuisine, a large choice for vegetarians. Abdus, a member of the waiting staff, was happy to recommend to me a jalfrezi dish as an alternative to my favourite fiery vindaloo. Craving an additional spicy kick once the meal was served I requested some fresh chillies, which were promptly provided. Alongside the jalfrezi, I ordered pilau rice, garlic naan bread, sag aloo (spinach and potatoes), papadams and, partway through my meal, I requested an onion bhaji, which arrived at the table within minutes. The lamb in the main dish was tender and the sauce had the fresh heat of the green chillies complimented September 2010 • Ashdown Forest Living

by sweet peppers. The pilau rice was light and fragrant and the naan was wonderfully fresh, Abdus advised me that the dough for the naan is made daily and each naan is made to order. The sag aloo, whilst pleasant tasting, was warm rather than hot. The cost of the meal was around £22 plus drinks. Abdus informed me that the meat, vegetables and spices used by the restaurant are delivered by a London based supplier; apparently there is no local wholesale supplier. All dishes are non-GM, as should be expected, though none are free range as far as Abdus is aware. Some nice decorative touches around the restaurant compensate for the otherwise unspectacular carpets and walls, with a variety of fish in several bright, clean, wall-set fish tanks providing a pleasant focal point. The restaurant is based on the first floor to which there is no wheelchair access. A takeaway counter is situated downstairs, with takeaway available for collection only.

I very much enjoyed my visit and have a positive impression of Bengal Village and Forest Row, both of which I’d happily visit again. The restaurant manager, Sufi, has four restaurants in total and I’d be happy to visit the others to see how they compare to this comfortable restaurant with its friendly staff and tasty, fresh food.

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