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Dear Residents

With Valentines Day this month we couldn’t help but celebrate with our front cover and love quotes page.

With only 1 month to go before Spring (thank goodness), we have gardening tips to help with your preparations. Our gardening section has grown considerably recently, well worth looking at for an array of services you may require.

We have a special treat this month with a feature written by Lord Buckhurst of the Sackville family about the Rackets Court at Buckhurst Park, Withyham, with fascinating historical facts.

February sees in the Chinese New Year, so we’ve a feature on the Chinese Zodiac for food for thought.

To view an online copy of the East Grinstead Living you can visit our website: www.egliving.co.uk.

With by far the majority of our businesses being East Grinstead based hopefully you can find the local service you’re looking for, please mention you saw them in here.

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Contents Chinese Zodiac

6,8

Charity Page

10

Quotes/Quick Quiz

12

Shrove Tuesday

14

Sudoku

16

Gardening Tips

18

The people in our community

22

High Jinx Magic & Circus Roadshow Competition

24

Little Kickers Competion

25

High Weald Article

26

The Rackets Court at Buckhurst Park

28,30

Valentines Quotes

32

Choirs are good for you

34

What’s On

36

Index

38

Elvis the East Grinstead Cupid Welcome to another competition! The name of the game is to locate the 4 Elvises hidden on 4 pages in the magazine.

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With Chinese New Year being celebrated this February we take a look at the Chinese animal zodiac…

Those who were born in: Year of the

Dragon

Year Of The

Snake

Year Of The

Horse

1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 They are healthy, energetic, excitable, short-tempered, and stubborn. They are also honest, sensitive, brave, and they inspire confidence and trust. They neither borrow money nor make flowery speeches, but they tend to be soft-hearted which sometimes gives others an advantage over them.

1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 They are deep, say little and possess great wisdom. They never have to worry about money. Snake people are often quite vain, selfish, and a bit stingy. Yet they have tremendous sympathy for others and try to help those less fortunate.

Although calm on the surface, they are intense and passionate 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002

They are popular, cheerful, skillful with money, and perceptive, although they sometimes talk too much. The are wise, talented & good with their hands. They are impatient and hot-blooded about everything except their daily work. They are very independent and rarely listen to advice.

Year Of The

Ram

1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003

They are elegant and highly accomplished in the arts and seem to be, at first glance, better off than those born in the zodiac’s other years. But ram year people are often shy, pessimistic, and puzzled about life. They are usually deeply religious, yet timid by nature. Ram people never have to worry about having the best in life for their abilities make money for them.

Year Of The

Monkey

1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004

They are erratic geniuses, clever, skillful, flexible, remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn’t be successful. They want to do things now.

Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories.

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Year Of The

Rooster

1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005

They are deep thinkers, capable, talented, like to be busy and are devoted beyond their capabilities. People born in the Rooster Year are often a bit eccentric, and often have rather difficult relationship with others. They always think they are right and usually are! They frequently are loners and though they give the outward impression of being adventurous, they are timid.

Year of the

Dog

1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006

They possess the best traits of human nature with a deep sense of loyalty, are honest, and inspire other people’s confidence because they know how to keep secrets. But Dog People are somewhat selfish, terribly stubborn, and eccentric.

They can find fault with many things and are noted for their sharp tongues. Dog people make good leaders.

Year of the

Pig

1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

They are chivalrous and gallant. Whatever they do, they do with all their strength. They have tremendous fortitude and great honesty. When making friends they make them for life and are extremely loyal. They don’t talk much but have a great thirst for knowledge. Boar people are quick tempered.

Year Of The

Rat

1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008

They are charming and attractive to the opposite sex. They work hard to achieve their goals, acquire possessions, and are likely to be perfectionists and are basically thrifty with money. Rat people are easily angered and love to gossip.

Their ambitions are big, and they are usually very successful. .

Year of the

Ox

1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009

They speak little, and inspire confidence in others. They tend, however, to be eccentric, and bigoted, and easily angered. They have fierce tempers and although they speak little, when they do they are quite eloquent. Generally easy-going, they can be remarkably stubborn, and they hate to fail or be opposed.

Year Of The

Tiger

1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010

Tiger people are sensitive, given to deep thinking, capable of great sympathy.

They can be extremely short-tempered, however. Other people have great respect for them, but sometimes tiger people come into conflict with older people or those in authority. They are suspicious of others, but they are courageous and powerful.

Year Of The

Rabbit

1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 They are articulate, talented, ambitious, virtuous, reserved and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. Fond of gossip yet tactful and generally kind. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract.

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s e t o u Q

“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”

Samuel Johnson “Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”

Benjamin Disraeli

“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”

Albert Einstein “We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its ends.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”

Benjamin Franklin “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”

Abraham Lincoln “To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”

Confucius “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”

Anne Frank “I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.”

Walt Disney “The time is always right to do what is right.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything.

What we think, we become.”

Buddha

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2: Which vegetable is produced from the plant maize?

3: In 1941 the Japanese attacked the American fleet in Pearl Harbor. Where is Pearl Harbor?

4: Which monsters had the heads of women and bodies of birds?

5: At the start of a game of snooker is pink, blue or black behind the triangle of reds?

6: What does the name Triceratops mean?

7: On which day of the year are hot cross buns traditionally eaten?

8: Who was the captain of the spaceship that went where ‘no man has gone before’?

9: The bite of which insect can spread sleeping sickness?

10: Roald Dahl wrote the book called BFG. What do the initials stand for?

11: Which King of France was dethroned & beheaded during the French Revolution?

12: The first Bond movie was released in 1964.

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What’s It All About?

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It’s not only a day of penitence, but also a great day of celebration and merry-making. It was partytime – it still is in many parts of the world! Shrove Tuesday was the last chance to feast before Ash Wednesday signalled the first day of Lent.

Traditionally, Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is a time to indulge, using up foods that aren’t allowed in Lent.

In the past, observers of Lent might refrain from eating a whole range of foods such as meat, fish, fats, eggs, cheese and milk. Families ‘celebrated’ the arrival of Lent with a feast that consumed all supplies that wouldn’t last the forty days of Lent.

Pancakes became associated with this as they are a simple dish which uses up all the milk, eggs and fats with just the addition of flour – and could be served in many different ways. Like Easter, Shrove or Pancake Tuesday is a moveable feast.

It usually falls in late February, but occasionally is celebrated in March.

No Shrove Tuesday would be complete without pancake tossing and racing, the origins of which go back to the 15th century. A housewife in Olney, Buckinghamshire is reputed to have lost track of time whilst preparing pancakes on Shrove Tuesday 1445. Summoned by the bell’s tolling, she raced to church, clutching her frying pan and wearing her apron. The village is now world famous for its annual pancake races.

There are many traditions and superstitions attached to Shrove Tuesday. It’s significance has changed with time but religious festival or not, one constant remains – it’s a great excuse to pick up the frying pan and serve up a feast.

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

Fruit A general-purpose fertilizer such as Fish blood and bone can be applied to fruit trees. Use a high potash fertilizer for soft fruit such as blackcurrants and gooseberries. Apply the fertilizer over the whole root area roughly the same as the branch canopy. Always read the instructions and keep to the recommended rates. Autumn fruiting varieties of Raspberries should have all their canes pruned down to ground level. This is best carried out around the middle of February and then apply a mulch of well rotted compost.

Vegetables

Bulbs

Now is a good time to move overcrowded snowdrops. Lift and divide and replant whilst the foliage is still green.

Aim to complete all your digging this month. Purchase Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets and Vegetable seed.

Roses

Bare rooted roses need planting as soon as ground conditions are suitable. Avoid planting when soil is frozen. Prepare beds for new roses by working in a good helping of well-rotted compost or manure. Also apply a dressing of fertiliser to the soil as roses are regarded as ‘heavy feeders’.

Lawns

Do not walk on lawns when frozen as this can lead to damage.

Keep grass free from leaves. As the weather becomes milder worm casts may become a problem. Spread the worm casts with a rake. Towards the end of the month, it may be necessary to cut the grass. Raise the cutting height on the mower to the maximum and give the grass a light trim.

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Wash down the glass. Removing all the dirt and grime that has accumulated. This will increase the amount of light reaching seedlings and other young plants growing in the greenhouse. This will also help to destroy any over wintering plant pests. If you can provide protection from frost, start Dahlia tubers or Gladioli corms into growth in seed trays or boxes and place in a light, airy location.

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The Peop le in Our Communi ty

This month we interview

Simon Kerr

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What do you like most about what you do?

Sending people away to enjoy themselves and sharing this wonderful part of the world with visitors and friends What is the hardest part of your community role?

Keeping my diary straight and making sure that all those meetings don’t get muddled up Why did you decide to work in this area?

Having lived here all my life it wasn’t a hard choice. Where better to work than somewhere you love?

What’s the best thing about living in the East Grinstead area?

Our surrounding countryside and I’m still discovering new views and places to treasure.

What has been the highlight of the year so far?

I made my first visit to the Far East as a very

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special treat, having resisted it for years. How wrong was that? Trouble is now I want to go back next year!

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Walk Like an Egyptian by the Bangles What’s your favourite film?

Shakespeare In Love What’s your favourite one-liner?

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Who or what is the biggest inspiration to what you do?

Being able to share my enthusiasm for what I do with others and hopefully enriching their lives as a result

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“...unless a man understands the Weald, he cannot write about the beginnings of England...” Hilaire Belloc

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“The Weald Forest Ridge, historically part of the Weald, has a scenic quality of its own. The high country, much of it between 400 and 600 feet above sea level, runs almost unbroken from the county boundary near Tunbridge Wells to Horsham, and includes the breezy, treeless heights of Ashdown Forest. It is famous for its far-ranging views South to the Downs and for its magnificent gardens like Wakehurst, and Nymans, in which the sandy soil is especially favourable to rhododendrons.”

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The High Weald is recognised by its designation as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and as East Grinstead is designated as the Capital of the High Weald you might like to know more: For millennia the concept of the Weald has meant different things to people at different times and has been variously imagined and rendered. By name, the ‘Weald’ is related to German ‘Wald’ meaning ‘forest’ and was most likely used by Saxon’s and Jutes to describe the immense wooded area that then occupied most of Sussex and bordering counties. To early peoples, the area was a wild and barren place – as 8th Century scholar agreed the region was, ‘thick and inaccessible, the abode of deer, swine and wolves.’

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Generations of pioneer farmers with axe and plough slowly made their mark on this complex countryside; with unrelenting hard-work and an independence of spirit these early Wealden characters found opportunity in the landscape.

Onto modern times and it is arguably little changed; found still are the patchworks of small-scattered farmsteads and thick coppiced woodlands, lined with their steep banks of darkened stream beds and scattered with grand outcrops of sandstone. This story of local landscape is also a story of unrelenting labour of generations and people’s unyielding interaction with trees; cared for to provide timber for shipbuilding, charcoal for the home and more importantly fuel for the furnace.

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opportunities to get involved in a whole range of countryside practice, many of these specifically aim to support local people in caring for their landscape.

The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) has been helping groups of local people to set up conservation groups in the Weald Forest Ridge area, part of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

With local people now regularly working in and around Horsted Keynes, Forest Row, Hargate Forest in Tunbridge Wells, as well as nature reserves across the area; BTCV are calling for a few more local people to express their interest in setting up their own conservation group.

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The Rackets Court at Buckhurst Park

W

e are honoured to be able to publish this article written by Lord Buckhurst, the Sackville family heir. It covers the history of the Rackets Court at Buckhurst Park (Withyham) their family estate interspersed with fascinating snippets of family history.

The Sackville Family’s ancestors, of course, once owned most of the lands in the area and no place is this presence more evident than East Grinstead for which many namesakes have been given – Sackville College, Lane, School etc; Buckhurst Way; The Dorset Arms (after Dukes of Dorset), Cantelupe Rd; De La Warr Rd., etc.

The Rackets Court at Buckhurst Park enjoys the distinction of being the last remaining privately owned Rackets Court in England.

It remains interesting for its richly coloured red floor - thought to have been stained with bull’s blood!

It is one of very few mid 19th century courts to have survived, and possibly one of the earliest enclosed courts in the country. It has been privately owned by the same family for over 150 years. Built in 1857 by doting parents to commemorate the safe return of their eldest surviving son and heir from the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855, Crimean War), it reveals a fascinating history and insight into the Sackville family and the 19th century game of rackets.

The Court was built for MajorGeneral Charles Richard Sackville-West, who later became the 6th Earl De La Warr. Charles had been educated at Harrow School in February 2011 • East Grinstead Living

the 1820s, during the time that Harrow became the first public school to take up the game of rackets, and so had presumably developed a passion for the game there. Up until Charles’s arrival at Harrow there had been no particular tradition of rackets sports in the Sackville family. Indeed, if they can claim a contribution to the ranks of British sporting history then it is through his predecessors, the 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Dorset, who were notable for their patronage of early English cricket: Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset, and his younger brother, Lord John Sackville, were at the first cricket match played at the famous Vine Cricket Ground in Sevenoaks, where for the first time cricket was played with three stumps rather than two. John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, was a founder member of the Marleybone Cricket Club (MCC) and when, during his ambassadorship in France, he invited a team of English cricketers to lead a tour in 1789, they were met at Dover by the info@egliving.co.uk • tel: 01342 300152

Duke himself coming the other way - he was fleeing for his life from the French Revolution. So the intended first-ever overseas cricket tour became instead the first tour to be cancelled for political reasons!

The 3rd Duke’s only son died childless aged 21 in a hunting accident in Ireland in 1815.

The Dukedom of Dorset passed to a distant cousin and subsequently died out, but the extensive Sackville lands and estates passed to the 3rd Duke’s last surviving daughter, Lady Elizabeth Sackville, who by then was married to the 5th Earl De La Warr, whose ancestor had given his name to the US State of Delaware. A run of bad luck followed in the family as Lord and Lady De La Warr’s eldest son and heir, George John Frederick, Viscount Cantelupe, also died young and childless in 1850. When, therefore, their second son and new heir, Charles, left to fight in the Crimea, the relief that his parents felt at his safe return resulted in the commission of an

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The Visitors Book with the Rules and Regulations of the Rackets Court Buckhurst Park

impressive new Rackets Court in a perfect location, metres from the main house and the formal gardens. A brass plate in the gallery commemorates the return from Sevastopol of Colonel Lord West; interestingly Charles didn’t take his late brother’s title of Viscount Cantelupe (presumably thinking it to be unlucky) but instead styled himself as Lord West, referring back to an ancient De La Warr barony which had long since ceased to exist. Luck was not to follow him, however, as the rackets player, Charles, who never married, ended up drowning himself in the River Cam in 1863.

Unusually then, it was Lord and Lady De La Warr’s third son, Reginald, who succeeded as 7th Earl in 1863. There is little record of Reginald - who until his succession to the Earldom had been a vicar - ever having played rackets in the Court.

There are, however, well preserved records of the Court being put to other uses. Firstly in December 1863, when the new 7th Earl and his Countess arrived at Buckhurst, the Tunbridge Wells Courier describe lavish celebrations held in the Court with “300 sat down to a bountiful repast of roast beef and plum pudding” and a few days later, “a Christmas Tree, lit up and of gigantic proportions with 577 children of February 2011 • East Grinstead Living

estate staff and tenants filing past”. Later, in 1889, at the coming of age party of Lord and Lady De La Warr’s eldest son, Lionel Charles Cranfield - who this time did style himself Viscount Cantelupe - a week of celebrations was held at Buckhurst with the Rackets Court used again to stage a presentation ceremony from the estate tenants to Lord Cantelupe and then, later in the week, for all the birthday presents to be laid out on tables for visitors to file past and view.

With a young family living at Buckhurst once again, it is likely that the Court was played on frequently; it is unfortunate that, although there is still a copy of the visitors book in the Court at Buckhurst, players stopped entering their names in the 1870s. We do know, however, from Lord Aberdare’s book on the game that at around the turn of the century Joseph Bickley - a well-known builder of Tennis, Rackets and Fives Courts - re-faced the walls, and they remain in good condition today.

The run of bad luck continued in the family. Shortly after his coming of age celebrations and subsequent marriage, the young Viscount Cantelupe drowned in his yacht during a storm off Belfast. His younger brother, Gilbert, eventually became the 8th Earl but died at sea in 1915 on his way back from fighting at Gallipoli. The Cantelupe title has not been used by an eldest son since.

Following the untimely death of the 8th Earl, Buckhurst was leased to a rich banking family called the Bensons (the family bank later became Kleinwort Benson). Although they made considerable improvements to the main house and gardens, there is little record of what happened to the Rackets Court during their tenure in the first half of the 20th century. info@egliving.co.uk • tel: 01342 300152

During the Second World War Buckhurst was requisitioned by the Canadian Army who used the Court to store tanks; in order to get them in and out they carved a large hole in one of the side walls, which was subsequently repaired.

The last time that the court was played on was during my grandparents’ time in the 1960s when Clarence “Clarry” Pell (a close friend of my grandparents) played against Cosmo Crawley. My own more recent memory of its use was restricted to games of indoor ‘stump’ with my younger brother!

Since then, the Court has fallen into a state of disuse with much of the original wooden staircase and viewing gallery rotted and no glass left in the roof.

The court lights are no longer in place. However, the exterior walls are still in very good condition and the inside walls and floor, rather remarkably, remain in a very ‘playable’ state. We are currently exploring ways of raising sufficient funds to restore the Court to its former glory in the hope that we could once again see rackets played at Buckhurst.

Lord Buckhurst

The Racket Court Exterior

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Valentines Quotes

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Shakespeare

“They do not love that do not show their love” The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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“The course of true love never did run smooth” A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Oh, my luve’s like a red, red rose, That ‘s newly sprung in June; Oh, my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune” Robert Burns

“When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave.”

Much Ado About Nothing

“It’s better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all’ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

“So long as I can breathe or I can see so long lives your love which gives life to me” Much Ado about Nothing

“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life” Leo Buscaglia

“Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”

Hamlet “Come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight” Romeo & Juliet “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving sweet” Romeo & Juliet February 2011 • East Grinstead Living

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Oscar Wilde “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach” Elizabeth Barrett Browning Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’

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Thomas Hood “The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.”

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Choirs seem suddenly to be all the rage. Over the last three or four years, more choirs are springing up in towns across the length and breadth of the country and East Grinstead is no exception.

The television programmes of Gareth Malone have clearly shown that anybody can sing, and the success of the BBC choir competition, Last Choir Standing has given everybody an insight into the incredible sound a choir can make.

But the real benefit of a choir comes from being part of it. A quick search on the internet reveals that there are several opportunities to join a choir in East Grinstead alone: inChoir, a choir in which I must admit to having a personal involvement, has been running for two years and sings rock, pop and soul songs.

ChoirPower has been established for a number of years, singing jazz, show tunes, old standards and the like.

East Grinstead Choral Society was formed in 1952 and sings a more traditional range of classical choral music.

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And the latest addition, a new children’s choir, “One Voice” for kids in the local area.

All four are looking for new members. And there are no doubt more choirs in the area besides.

And of course, singing is good for you. Yes it really is. Physically, it increases oxygenation in the blood stream and exercises major muscle groups in the upper body, even when you’re sitting down. Psychologically when people sing together, benefits are evident because of the increased sense of community, belonging and shared endeavour. At inChoir we hear comments all the time like “I was so depressed until I started singing with the choir”, and “I haven’t needed my asthma inhaler since I started singing”.

It has to be better for you than sitting at home watching the telly!

There is a big social benefit too.

You can come out and meet new people or bump into old friends. Many husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, or parents and children join info@egliving.co.uk • tel: 01342 300152

a choir as it’s always good to do something fun with the family.

Mark Heppell

Being part of a choir gives you a chance to perform in public, even if you have never done it before. Over the last year, inChoir has performed in Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead; The Capitol in Horsham; Wakehurst Place; and The Jubilee Community Centre as well as various local fetes and fayres. All profits from these performances are donated to charity, and to date we’ve raised nearly £3,000. Just imagine the feeling, having never been on stage before, of getting a standing ovation from a packed audience. & being able to help charity at the same time. Now that has to be good for you!

It’s not too late to make a new resolution for 2011 and join a choir…

Mark Heppell mark@inchoir.co.uk www.inchoir.co.uk

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Thursday February 10th VALENTINE HANDBAG SALE AT RIVERVIEW CAFE. Top quality handmade handbags of all colours, shapes & prices! 10 am to 3 pm. Station Road, Forest Row RH18 5DW tel 01342 823030 Sunday February 13th RIVERVIEW CLASSIC CARS & BIKES from 12:00 onwards Riverview Cafe, Station Road, Forest Row RH18 5DW. Tel 01342 823030 Saturday February 19th & Sunday 20th West Hoathly Local History Archive Exhibition of old photographs, maps, documents, artifacts & recorded reminiscences. Come and see the whole collection including the latest acquisitions. Bring your own items of interest and your queries. Teas and Raffle. West Hoathly Village Hall, 10 am – 5pm Saturday, February 19th - Sunday, March 6th Be amongst the first back to Standen in 2011 and join the house team as they re-instate the Arts & Crafts collection and wake the house up from its winter slumbers. 11am - 4pm. 01342 323029, standen@nationaltrust.org.uk Monday February 21st Holiday Fun - games and crafts at the East Grinstead Museum. There is a charge of £1 per child to cover the cost of materials. The activities are for 5 to 11 year olds. All activities run from 10.30 am to 3.00pm, no need to book just turn up and stay as long as you want.

Sat 19th Feb & Sun 20th Feb and Sat 26th Feb & Sun 27th Feb Standen - Fab Feb Weekends. Get wet and muddy as we send you off into the woodlands on family trails. Free crafts and trails,11am - 3:30 pm. 01342 323029, standen@nationaltrust.org.uk Friday 4th March Friends of East Grinstead Museum Matthew Cousins will be talking about the history of the Bluebell Railway Line to 1958, the subsequent changes and about some of the locomotives and carriages currently on the line. 8.00pm - 9.30pm at East Court Hall, East Grinstead.

4th -15th March Telling Tales is an exhibition bringing together exciting and unpredictable work of seven artists.

The aim of this collaboration is to establish shared stories across different mediums. Exhibition open from 9am (except Sundays). Greenstede Gallery.

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for parents on Dyslexia. The lecture will be given by experienced Educator and Teacher, Mrs Veronica Tupholme. 01342 317417. 59 Railway Approach, East Grinstead.

Mothers & Toddlers Group in East Grinstead. Every Tuesday afternoon from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at the Childrens House Nursery we run a free Mothers and Toddlers group session. Ages 1-3 years welcome. 57 Railway Approach, E. Grinstead. 01342 311055.

HELP Centre. Every Monday from 4pm-9pm we run a free of charge literacy and numeracy programme. for children and adults in the local community. Call: 01342 319139. 59 Railway Approach, East Grinstead.

WHAT’S ON AT CHEQUER MEAD FRIDAY 11TH AND SATURDAY 12TH FEBRUARY AT 7.30PM - BULLFROG PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS RENT Saturday 12th March at 2:30pm What time is it?! PARTY TIME! There’s a ‘Party in the USA’... and its coming for one day only to the Chequermead Theatre, East Grinstead! Fresh all the way from the hoedown, join the cast of “MUSIC HIGH” as they really do give you the ‘Best of Both Worlds’ with this exciting tribute to hit shows GLEE, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, HANNAH MONTANA and more.... packed with high-energy singing and dancing. Join in if you know the dance routines and expect all your favourite songs: Don’t Stop Believin’, We’re All In This Together, Bop to the Top and many more... TICKETS from £10. To book call the BOX OFFICE on 01342 302000 www.ilovemusichigh.com 12TH AND 13TH FEBRUARY AT 3.00PM - BULLFROG PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS ANNIE JUNIOR WEDNESDAY 16TH AND THURSDAY 17TH FEBRUARY AT 7.30PM IMBERHORNE SCHOOL PRESENTS AN EVENING OF DANCE SATURDAY 19TH FEBRUARY AT 8.00PM ACOUSTIC SUSSEX PRESENTS CARA DILLON TUESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 1.30PM – 2.30PM CHEQUER MEAD LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS - CHOIRPOWER WEDNESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY FROM 7.00PM CUSINE STUDIO PRESENTS - JAZZ CAFE THURSDAY 24TH FEBRUARY AT 1PM THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS PRESENT HIGH JYNX MAGIC ROADSHOW

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Index

- Support Local Business

Beauty Muse Makeup

39 Diana Beauty

37 Electrolysis

33 Blinds & Curtains Elizabeth Designs 11 Café/Function Venue/ Restaurant/Bar Yew Lodge

29 Riverview Café 36/37 The Swan Bar & Restaurant 10 Children’s Activities/ Education High School Musical/Glee Tribute show

1 Children’s House Montessori Nursery 25 Effective Education Centre 25 Little Kickers

25 Blackland Farm

24 Guitar Tuition

25 French Tuition

25 Mathsjogs

24 Cleaning Services Blue Ribbon Cleaning 14 Window Cleaning 7 EGL Window Cleaning 7 Supreme Oven Cleaning 14 Clothes & Shoe Shops Private Collection 37 Suitables

31 Computer/Website Design Services Willis IT Services

23 Hoocan IT Services 23 Computer Studio 23 Amber Computer Services 23 Dental

Useful Numbers

East Grinstead Living: BT Fault line: Chequer Mead Box Office: Citizen’s Advice Bureau: East Grinstead Learning Centre: East Grinstead Library: East Grinstead Sports Club: East Grinstead Town Council: East Grinstead Visitor Information: Electricity & Gas Emergency: Help Point at the Library: Olympos, East Grinstead : Local Police:

Riverview Dental Centre 35 Estate Agent Cole’s

21 Food Wiltshire Farm Food 27 Fitness/Health/Wellbeing Marcus Woodman 33 Family Chiropractic Clinic 33 Michael Wall

31 FootLady

37 Garage Village Garage

5 Garden Services/Centres NTC Garden & Landscaping 17 Alex Veniziani

16 JH Vartan

19 MGC

17 RGH

19 DR Newland Tree Care 16 Pete Payne

17 Green Machines 19 Imberhorne Lane Nursery 18 Madgwicks Tree Care 17 Atrium

17 Bartletts

19 Glass & Doors Sussex Doors/Horsham Glass 9 Hair Care Roots Hair Studio 31 The Salon at Wealden House 33 Home Maintenance Services & Products Mid Sussex Timber 2 Quinn Electrical Services 20 Brooklands Carpentry 11 Broad Electrical Service 20 PLP Services

14 AI Plumbing

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James Lowe Plumbing Beeches Builders Ltd. TGI Done Handyman John Bloom Plumbing & Heating

Gary Spurle Bathroom & Heating

MM Roofing Contractor Crystal Guttering Bob Stone Painting & Decorating

MRM Plastering

MDH Painters & Decorators MM Walker Home Maintenance

Total Rubbish Clearance Kitchens Absolutely Kitchens Pest Control APM

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Satellite, Aerial Specialists Norsat

Solicitors Hodkin & Company Skiing Ski Wire Hire/Schuss Away Transport Services GB Executive Travel Western Cars

Weddings/Occasions Affordable Wedding Cars Butterflies & Bows Weightloss Rachel Ricketts

Window Services As Good As New Duke Window Services

Local Post Office: Meridian FM Office: Mid Sussex County Council: Police Station at East Court: Princess Royal Hospital: Queen Victoria Hospital: Royal Mail, East Grinstead: Scott Cinema: Samaritans: Taxi: Water Emergency: WSCC Area Highways: EG Volunteer Point

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