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Dear Residents, Whats inside this month Welcome to the June issue!
We hope this month brings you lots of good strawberries and Wimbledon memories, as well as lovely long sunny days! Madeline Smith, a bond girl, has a special connection to this area and is coming to do a talk, see our article. This year, East Court Live promises to bring lots of wonderful acts to the town for hours of entertainment, we have all the details! Do try our wonderful recipe from Ashdown Park Hotel, the chefs there always try to bring you something interesting but also not overly complicated! I hope you’ll love it.
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Thank you for supporting all our local businesses, I hope you can find the trades and other services you need this Spring/ Summer. We always appreciate feedback of any kind. All the best for a fabulous June, Tally & Chris East Grinstead Living To advertise call 01342 300152 info@egliving.co.uk www. egliving.co.uk
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The Ladybird Book Mystery Local man John Potts got in touch with us recently about a little mystery we might be able to solve. Back in the 70s he'd popped into a bookshop, then on the high street near where Pizza Express is today. He picked up the Ladybird book of 'Road Sense', and flicking through the pages shortly realised that the artist had painted various images of East Grinstead. John bought the book, and having kept it in pristine condition all these years, dropped us a line about it. Here we publish some of the pages which includes a boy on a bus in which John believes was the Oxted school uniform of the time. If anyone knows who the artist was, a local person perhaps? Please drop us through a line. Thank you!
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THE FIRST LOCAL BOND GIRL
Actress Madeline Smith, Rodger Moore’s first ever Bond Girl (among other accolades) was born in Hartfield in 1949 and shortly after moved to East Grinstead. She is coming back to the town this month on the 6th of June, to put on a talk at the library which promises to be oodles of fun and laughs. We realise that some of our readers will miss this date (the magazine will not be fully distributed) but we wanted to share news of Madeline and her story in any case and we have personally encouraged her to come back soon! She’ll be sharing echoes of WW2, her memories as a baby, interesting local characters, her mother’s love of Flomari's Tea Room biscuits in the High Street, her father’s dairy in London Road, St Swithun's Church and how the family moved from the country to London, where Madeline found a life of acting and modelling.... Madeline was a top model in the late 1960s, and appeared in famous shows such as The Two Ronnies, Steptoe and Son, Hammer Horror Films, Carry
on Again Matron, Morecambe and Wise, the Persuaders, amongst many others.... In 1973 Madeline starred as Roger Moore's first Bond Girl in the iconic James Bond 007 film, Live and Let Die: the two remained firm friends for life. Recently too, Madeline has been hosting the excellent "Q The Music" - The James Bond Orchestra, who are touring the country, performing the iconic theme songs. We are pleased to bring you a short Q&A with Madeline: What is most memorable part about having grown up in this area? I always bitterly regretted that my little family was forced to leave East Grinstead and later, Forest Row, before my baby impressions hardened into proper memories. The recollections belong to my mother, and I wrote them down not long before she died. Grinstead was very precious to her because these were the first few months and years of a marriage that was to later founder so bitterly after we left in 1952. She always looked back on a time when life was challenging and tough, yet rewarding. I am, and always have been, drawn to this magical area. It is where I began my life, after all! You worked with the likes of Roger Moore, Frankie Howard and Ava Gardner to name a few... which memory really stands out?
Being in bed with the delightful Roger Moore OBVIOUSLY! But I learnt my comedy craft from the genius that was Arthur Lowe, when I played his daughter in 5 episodes of a 1971 TV series called ' Doctor At Large'. Being a bond girl, must have been incredible, what feedback do you receive? It is an iconic scene because of the magic watch... I was Roger Moore's first Bond Girl and for that alone people value it more and more with each passing year. What was your favourite life lesson from your time as an actress that you could share with our readers? Life lesson learnt is to live only in the moment and relish every second. Always retain that first bubble of joy! My main aim is to make people laugh, because my first love is comedy.
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Summer Recipe Lemon Crème Brûlée By Alex Floyd, Pastry Chef, Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club
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LOCAL FARMER SAVES FOX CUBS This story has been reported widely so you may have heard about it already and since it happened not far from East Grinstead and a lovely story at that, we wanted to include it in this issue. There is also information about the supporting charity as you will see: Local farmer Chris Rolfe from Haywards Heath was travelling on the A272 near Cowfold, having worked late, checking ewes, when the car in front of him hit a fox. He got out to check the situation, he could see the vixen had died, but on closer inspection saw that she was lactating. Chris then noticed her belly moving and, realising she was heavily in cub and likely due any minute, decided he had to somehow help, or all their lives would be lost. He ran to his car, as every minute was crucial, and pulled out his knife; he said it was instinct more than anything else. Having performed caesareans before, when sadly ewes had died suddenly in birth and the lambs needed rescuing, he undertook a c-section by the side of the road, in his car
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2 0 LOCAL FARMER SAVES FOX CUBS CONTINUED next they gave them milk every 20 minutes needless to say it was a very long night! They had to be kept warm at all times, as for the first 2 weeks the cubs cannot regulate their body temperature, so they were placed under a heat lamp and on top of a covered hot water bottle. Over the next week the cubs were fed every hour (day and night!), gradually increasing to every three hours by week 5 … all in all a lot of hard work.
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they would certainly die and very quickly now mum had passed”. “I remember ringing my mother and telling her I was about to do a c-section and get ready for some fox cubs to arrive home – I don’t think she believed me until I rang the doorbell at midnight! I’m so glad I did though, it’s been a wonderful experience to see them grow and flourish”.
Now they are eating puppy food and frozen chicks, Jeans explains, “the reason being, they would have fur and bones and all sorts if living with mum so we are trying to keep their diet as natural as possible, helping them to build resilience for release back to the wild. It has taken a lot of time, love and care – but worth every minute.”
It was midnight and Chris’s mother Jean, who had previous experience caring for foxes, jumped in to help. For the first hour they were warming and drying the clubs to get their circulation going, as cold cubs cannot suckle,
After hand-rearing them for about a month, their eyes started to open. Jean was concerned that she would imprint on them as their “parent” and their chances of being able to survive in the wild would be greatly reduced.
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She rang the Fox Project and they suggested she hand them over to their cub unit run by Sue and Trevor Williams, who would be able to offer specialised care – especially given their unorthodox arrival. However once the Fox Project realised how well they had been doing in Jean’s care they offered her the chance to continue hand rearing them, but with their support, knowledge and back up – Jean jumped at the chance. Sue and Trevor reassured Jean that the cubs don’t get ‘too comfortable and trusting’ of any single person or environment, their natural and wild instincts to not trust people are inherent. They explained how interaction needed to be kept at a minimum and although they are given all the care they need, it’s best not to spend too long cuddling them – something Jean reluctantly agreed to stop doing! At around 10/12 weeks old
cubs usually start thinking about leaving mum, and so it’s around this time that they need to be fully encouraged to reject their human mum, although by this point, they see them more as a food supplier than a comfort or supplier of reassurance.
Jean explains that having reared them to this point is very exciting for the family as it’s a mark of how far they have come and how ready they are for their next adventure but it will be incredibly difficult to let them go, however, as they are wild animals, the aim has always been to get them back to the wild and use this second chance to live a long, healthy, happy life and most importantly free lives.
To help develop this instinct to leave “home” the Fox Project will swap them from local carer to local carer to ensure their wild side kicks in. They will spend three weeks at a time in different foster pens, getting acclimatised to new noises, people and objects – all of which helps to create a creature timid of the unknown and wary of all things human related. Then finally at 6 months old, they will go into a ‘release pen’ in a carers garden where they will slowly learn to become fully independent. Leaving the pen regularly, but always returning for food when and if they need it. Most cubs will soon leave completely and not return, but a cub has
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MOON EXPLORATION by Dorothy Hatswell, East Grinstead Muesum Earlier this year, the Chinese space agency succeeded in landing on the far side of the moon. Chang’e moon lander, together with its Vutu Rover, reached the 115 mile wide, Von Karman Crater, in January. The far side of the moon is out of reach of all signals and so is an extremely difficult achievement. Our one time East Grinstead resident, the late Patrick Moore would have rejoiced in the news. Although only an amateur astronomer, he was able to identify the Eastern Sea on the far side of the moon using only a conventional telescope. Patrick Moore, the longtime presenter of “The Sky at Night”, was born in Pinner on the outskirts of London. His parents were Captain Charles Moore and his wife, Gertrude. At the time of his birth, on March 4th 1923, it was still a small rural community. Before he was a year old, the family moved to Aldwick near Bognor, where his grandmother lived. He recalled, in an article for “Country Living”, that some of his earliest memories were of playing on the beach and catching shrimps, which were returned, unharmed. He once saw a collector catch a butterfly. On learning that its fate was to be pinned to a board, the young Patrick asked to see it and engineered its release. He was a life-long campaigner against any form of activity which involves killing creatures for so-called “sport”. Much to his annoyance the family moved again, this time to East Grinstead. He went to prep school here, but from the age of seven had to spend much of his time in bed. He suffered from a heart condition that precluded him from attending school regularly or playing sport. He was especially keen to play cricket. These restrictions continued until he was about fifteen. They resulted in his having
the time to spend studying astronomy. He had a small telescope in the garden and first studied the moon. This interest in the moon was to last a lifetime. He would have been delighted that the Chinese managed to land a rover there. Another focus for his attention was the planet, Jupiter. His mother, a talented artist, tutored him at home most of the time. Gertrude was also interested in astronomy, and later wrote and illustrated a children’s book on the subject, “Mrs Moore in Space”, Patrick contributed the preface. The Second World War found him lying about his age and medical history in order to join the RAF. He joined Bomber Command and rose to rank of Lieutenant. He suffered injuries, which were to return to trouble him in his later years, to the point that he could no longer use the telescope in his own garden at Selsey. It was at this period that he became engaged to Lorna, a nurse, who was tragically killed in the London Blitz while driving an ambulance. He never married, saying that “second best is not good enough for me”. After his discharge from the RAF in 1945 he returned to East Grinstead. By this time his health had improved so that he could now play cricket, bowling leg-breaks
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the 1950s recalls that a number of pupils went on to have careers in astronomy, possibly because of Moore’s enthusiasm and influence. Indeed the town seems to have a forte for astronomy. Moore’s interests outside astronomy were wide and varied. Music was, perhaps, the greatest. He taught himself to play the piano and the xylophone and wrote two operettas. He counted Brian May, of Queen, as a personal friend. He was a keen chess player, often taking a travelling set with him and challenging people to a game. He was extremely fond of cats, supporting several charities which protect them. He was quoted
as saying that “a catless house is a souless house”. As someone who is owned by four felines, a sentiment I totally agree with. He was by nature conservative and was affiliated to several right-wing parties and, as an eccentric himself, expressed admiration for the “Monster Raving Loony Party”. He wrote over seventy books and was knighted for his services to astronomy in 1988. He appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest serving presenter of the longest running programme on television. It started in 1957 and he missed only one month. His move to Selsey in 1968 was largely because the light pollution in East Grinstead was affecting his work, but he retained links with East Grinstead. He returned here to open improvements to some sheltered accommodation, Dart Court, in September 2001. This was his last recorded visit to our town, which is still proud of its association with Patrick Moore, who was the leading amateur astronomer of his time.
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We are so lucky to live in a beautiful, medieval landscape with distinctive features which include rolling hills, studded with sandstone outcrops, dense woodland, small, irregular-shaped fields, scattered farmsteads and ancient routeways. After the huge inaugural success of last year, The High Weald Walking Festival returns again from the 14th to 22nd September. Where we live here in the High Weald AONB is a walker’s paradise, whether you’re an avid rambler or just want to get out in the fresh air the festival has something for everyone. Last year hundreds turned out to explore and enjoy the festival walks, including many in the Ashdown Forest area. The AONB contacted us to mention that many East Grinstead Living readers had responded and partaken in the festival and could we let everyone know it’s back! This year, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the legislation that led to the creation of AONBs, it is set to fully
showcase the High Weald with even more guided walks, most free-of-charge. With over forty inspiring guided walks, all ages and abilities are catered for. Themes include local history, wildlife, geology, creative writing, literature and architecture; many welcome children, some are accessible for buggies or wheelchairs, and some are suitable for dogs. Enjoy a short walk on Ashdown Forest: Look for dragonflies at Old Lodge Nature Reserve or stroll through the woods and heath of the forest fringe, finding the medieval deer park boundary. Take a slightly longer walk to seek out Winnie-the-Pooh’s favourite places on the forest. Look inside Nutley Windmill or tour the parks and architecture of Tunbridge Wells. You could wander Crowborough’s ancient routeways, following in the footsteps of livestock drovers. Go even further and take a picnic on one of the hikes. Admire stunning views at Ashdown Forest or Horsted Keynes. Explore the valley of the River Uck, or hear about the upwardly mobile Georgians of the historic estates around Groombridge. At last year’s High Weald Walking Festival, people particularly enjoyed the varied
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What’s On in June THURSDAY 6TH JUNE & 4TH JULY Do you ever need an excuse to get out and about? This month sees the inaugural meeting of the new First Thursday Café morning, taking place at the Chequer Mead café, 10:30am – 12pm, thereafter on the first Thursday of each month. The aim is simply to provide a meeting place for local people of all ages and backgrounds. Everyone is welcome at this independent drop-in, with relaxed and friendly surroundings. Just call in for a free coffee/tea and a chat to other locals – or just sit back and soak up the atmosphere. A good excuse to get away from the screens or what have you, and have a relaxed drink in a lovely, chilled out setting. All welcome, including children. Please tell your friends! SATURDAY 8TH JUNE Music for a Summer Evening. Charity concert in aid of Parkinson's UK and Holy Trinity Church, with Holy Trinity Festival Choir, Margaret Watson (Harpist) and Lingfield College Prep School Orchestra. At 7:30pm, Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row. THURSDAY 13TH JUNE Mid Sussex Association National Trust. Talk: Hampton Court by Tim Kidd, at 2:30pm, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3DN. SATURDAY 15TH JUNE Bluebell Railway: Road meets Rail - Working Steam Festival. 10am - 5pm. Step back in time for a weekend of steam powered demonstrations and vintage fairground fun. Traction engines, road rollers, steam wagons, showman’s engines and more... bringing Horsted Keynes station to life with recreations of a bygone age. See how road building, wood sawing, timber haulage and lifting were carried out in the early 1900s. Experience fairground rides powered by a Showman's engine. We bring road and rail steam together for a weekend of enjoyment and interest, suitable for all ages. If you fancy dressing up for the event, feel free to don some 1920's gear and immerse yourself fully in the vintage atmosphere of the weekend. We'll be keeping an eye out for the best outfits. At Horsted Keynes station, Bluebell Railway.
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SUNDAY 16TH JUNE RSPCA South Godstone Open Day. The event aims to combine a range of fun events with educational stands to encourage best practice in pet ownership. Tours of the centre (£3 per person), a beer & bubbles tent, food stall, bottle tombola, face painting plus free games, culminating in the nationwide pony cycle ride challenge. Entry by donation. 11am - 4pm, RSPCA South Godstone Animal Centre, RH9 8JB MONDAY 17TH JUNE East Grinstead Natural History Society, illustrated talks: Jenny and her live bats. Jenny Clark, founder of the Forest Row Bat Hospital. At St Barnabas Church Hall, Dunnings Road, RH19 4AT. At 7:45pm 3rd Monday of each month (no August meeting). Call secretary Terriss Bacon 01342 892539. At 7:45pm - 9:30pm. THURSDAY 20TH JUNE Felbridge & District Horticultural Society. The effect of climate change on gardening, an illustrated talk by Dr Mick Lynn. At 8:15pm, the Village Hall, Felbridge. FRIDAY 21ST JUNE East Grinstead Society Talk. Secret gravestones and graveyards, Odd and interesting gravestones and graveyards and how they can help with tracing your family tree, by Kevin Gordon. Friday meetings start at 7.30pm in the Main Hall, East Court Mansion, with a charge of £1 per member and £3 per non-member. WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE CPR & Defibrillator Awareness Evening, run by Steve Morris of survivalcanbeshocking. com. Learn simple steps to help drastically increase survival rates. Pre-booking essential, email: stevemorris10@gmail.com. Free but donations to Sussex Heart charity. SUNDAY 30TH JUNE Sheep Shearing and Wool Craft Day. Come and see some of the Ashdown Forest conservation flock being sheared and find out why these sheep are so important for the wildlife of the forest. Explore the Ashdown Forest visitor centre where there will be spinners,
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What’s On in June weavers, dy-ers and felt makers with displays and demonstrations of their craft., 11am – 4pm. Ashdown Forest Centre, Wych Cross. SATURDAY 6TH JULY Summer Concert. More than 80 singers from three local choirs are taking part in at this event. The U3A choir, Sackville Community Choir and Forest Row Choral Society will present a varied programme featuring favourite classics, show tunes and contemporary music. Conductor: Tom Scratchley. Tickets £12 on the door (under-16s free), interval refreshments. www. frcs.org.uk. 7pm, Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead. EVERY 3RD SATURDAY Stitch & Chatter. A free, informal drop-in session for anyone interested in any type of hand-sewing, embroidery, patchwork, quilting, even dress-making! Do you want to learn a new skill, share ideas or do you have an unfinished object and need more time to complete it? Come and join us, whether beginner or experienced, all welcome. 2 – 4pm. At the East Grinstead Library. WHAT’S ON AT CHEQUER MEAD WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE AT 7PM The Taming of the Shrew: Screened live from the RSC in Stratford. In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story. Tickets: £14.50, cons: £13. THURSDAY 6TH JUNE AT 8PM Seann Walsh; After This One, I’m Going Home: Returning from his USA TV debut on Conan, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and selfdubbed “Lie-In King” is back on tour in the UK. 14+ (Parental Guidance). £16. Friday 7th June at 7:30pm The Upbeat Beatles: An authentic tribute to one of the world’s greatest bands. Tickets: £22, cons: £20. SATURDAY 8TH JUNE AT 7PM New Sussex Opera Chorus presents La Traviata Based on a true story, this is one of the most
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FRIDAY 28TH JUNE AT 8PM Rich Hall LIVE: Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit. The award-winning Montana native renowned for his expertly crafted tirades and quick-fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences saddles up and hitches his wagon to tour the British Isles once again. Tickets: £18. SATURDAY 29TH JUNE AT 8PM Ray Gelato and the Giants: Britain’s godfather of Swing, long established saxophonist and singer Ray Gelato and his 7-piece band, the Giants, will be performing in this very special show, celebrating the music of such jazz and swing legends such as Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Tickets: £22. SUNDAY 30TH JUNE AT 5:30PM Cinderella (Cendrillon). Broadcast live from Glyndebourne. Tickets: £16.50, cons: £15.50.
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