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Dear Residents, Whats inside this month Welcome to our Christmas issue.

Well the weather may be freezing, but we hope you're in a warm Christmas mood! And we hope our latest magazine can help that along.

This month we take a look at the history of the Christmas card, with some beautiful images, as well as a fabulous Christmas trivia quiz for the whole family.

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Maketh Christmas We take a look at the beginnings of the Christmas card and how it came to be our national obsession: The first recorded Christmas cards were sent by Michael Maier to James I of England and his son Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales way back in 1611, it was discovered in 1979 in the Scottish Record Office.

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and other Spring related images. Humorous and sentimental images of children and animals were popular. In 1873, the American lithograph firm Prang and Mayer began creating greeting cards for the popular market in Britain (as there was not yet an established market in America). However, off the back of their success, the firm began selling their Christmas cards in America in 1874.

Business owner, Louis Prang, became known as the "father of the American Christmas card." By the 1880s, Prang and his partners were producing over five million cards a year by using the chromolithography process of printmaking! However, the popularity of his cards led to cheaper imitations that eventually drove him from the market.

Christmas card by Louis Prang, showing a group of anthropomorphized frogs parading with banner and band. postcard as the new form of Christmas card for some years‌ of course it was cheaper and easier and these spelled the end for elaborate Victorian-style cards, but by the 1920s, cards with envelopes had returned to fashion and have stayed with us since.

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Some Christmas indulgence is heading your way with this delicious recipe from Alex Floyd, Head Pastry Chef, Ashdown Park Hotel.

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Christmas Trivia Quiz That Christmas feeling coming on?... Get in the mood with some Christmas Trivia for all the family.

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Which Christmas Carol demands figgy pudding?

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The traditional Santa Claus clothing was created as part of an advertising campaign in the 1930’s for which world famous drink?

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What did Rudolph never get to join in?

12. Boxing Day (Dec 26th) is the holy day of which Saint?

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How many candles should go on an Advent wreath?

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In Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol” what was Scrooge’s first name?

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Which European country was the first to introduce the idea of giving gifts at Christmas in the 1300’s?

15. In which historical East Grinstead building was “Good King Wenceslas” translated to English?

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Which Christmas Carol is known as the counting game?

16. How many reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh?

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Which holiday drink contains sugar, milk & eggs?

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Which country gives Britain a yearly Christmas gift of a huge Christmas tree that is always placed in Trafalgar Square?

10. In most European Countries on which day do children open their Christmas presents?

11. Which gifts did the 3 wise men give to baby Jesus?

17. In which century was the Christmas tree tradition first established?

18. Which type of feathers were the first artificial Christmas trees made from?

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Sketching the Beauty of East Grinstead Local resident and artist, Roland Nissan recently moved to East Grinstead, and he’s since wasted no time getting his pen and paper out to sketch and paint some of the beautiful buildings of the town. Here are just a few of his pieces and we’ve asked him to say a few words.

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‘I work as an IT manager in Central London and try to sketch most lunch times. A lot of my work is based around Holborn and Kings Cross where I work.

‘Having recently moved to East Grinstead I’m determined to sketch a lot more in and around my fantastic new home town, so watch out for me when you are out and about!

‘Most of my work is done quickly with waterproof fountain pen ink or gel pens and watercolours. I try to carry a pen and sketchbook with me at all times for when the urge takes me.

‘I’ve always wanted to sketch but felt that I was terrible at it, so never tried it till around 5 years ago when my girlfriend (now wife!) convinced me that sketching, like any other

skill can be learned. From then I vowed to learn by making at least one sketch a day, no matter how big or small. My early sketches look really amateurish to me but I enjoy looking through them to see how far I’ve got.

‘I don’t paint for commercial reasons but I do get asked to do paid commissions. I’ve done everything from buildings, still-life work and even someone’s cat in Australia.

‘I always post my work on Instagram and Twitter unless they are commissions. You can look me and and contact me, even just for a chat’. Instagram: lefthandeddrawer, Twitter: RolandN.'

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THE HOPE JOB CLUB If so, The Hope Job Club would love to hear from you and can be contacted on 01342 488282, contact@thehopejobclub.co.uk or full details are available via the ‘Community Expressions’ page of The Hope Church’s website www.rceg.church.

Was launched at the Jubilee Community Centre last month, by the Town Mayor, Cllr Rex Whittaker and the Club’s Director, Ade Awonaike.

The Job Club’s services will focus on increasing confidence and ability by way of a series of online courses, ranging from very basic to advanced, applying for jobs, support with CV writing, preparing for interviews, etc. The club will be free, accessible to all, and will open at the Jubilee Community Centre in January.

As the organisers are looking to further their links with local businesses: could you give someone who is committed to giving of their best some work experience? Or is your company able to help fund this much needed initiative? Do you have a heart for volunteering, for giving something back to your community? Would you consider becoming a jobseeker-buddy/mentor? Or are you looking for work and would appreciate some practical help and encouragement?

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This is our 7th Season and we are thrilled that on every second Sunday of the month we get a great crowd of local cinema-goers to our film choices. But there’s always room for more though. We offer quality films at affordable prices, right on your doorstep. For many of our movie-goers this is the only chance they get to see a film on the big screen with other people. For some, it’s the chance to see a film they have either missed when on general release or an opportunity to see a film they know very little about. Thankfully, we have become pretty good at mixing up our selections and 9/10 we hit the spot. Moviegoers are advised to arrive in good time as our home-made cakes are the talk of the neighbourhood!

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It’s that glorious time of year again! When fun and frivolity abound… This year our wonderful local theatre, Chequer Mead, is putting on the classic Peter Pan. So gather your shipmates and get ready for the heroic tale as we head to Neverland!

An awfully big adventure awaits Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys as they try to outwit the cunning plans of the dastardly Captain Hook, aided by his sidekick, Shipmate Smee.

This firm festive favourite will feature dazzling scenery, copious amounts of slapstick silliness and some magical high flying special effectsaided, of course, by fairy dust.

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Jamie has been inspiring hundreds of stitchers from the local community and further afield to work together to create Standen’s annual 20 foot designer Christmas tree.

One man, one tree and a community of stitchers have come together this Christmas to produce a contemporary art showstopper, bringing mirth and merriment to Standen.

Jamie Chalmers, aka Mr X Stitch, the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery, is the designer of this year’s Christmas art installation ‘The Xmas Tree at Standen’.

Jamie is one of the world’s most well-known male embroiderers, an internationally exhibited textile artist and curator. His recent exhibition at Standen, the Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch, showed how this humble craft is alive and kicking and not limited to COMMUNITY BUSINESS DIRECTORY images of cute kittens and country cottages. living

“When we launched the Xmas XStitch Bauble project I didn’t know what the response would be, but it’s fair to say that I’m overwhelmed by it. To have received over 500 baubles from an international community of stitchers is truly humbling and I hope that the visitors to Standen will feel the stitchy love that’s been generated by all these wonderful people!”, said Jamie Chalmers.

Jamie has been working with local community groups in East Grinstead creating bold and colourful cross stitch baubles to hang on the tree.

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Richard Grudzinski, Visitor Experience Manager for Standen, explains, ‘We wanted to invite the community to get involved and create a truly collaborative art installation.

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amazing and humbling in equal measures. It goes to show that Christmas really is the season of generosity and giving.’ This Christmas the house at Standen will be traditionally decorated in the style of Christmas through the ages, showing how Christmas was celebrated during the different decades that the Beale family were in residence. Visit the house during one of the extended twilight opening evenings to see the house and the Xmas Tree lit up in all their glory. On Twilight openings the property is open until 6pm. These take place on Sat 24 & Sun 25 Nov, Sat 1 & Sun 2 Dec, Sat 8 & Sun 9 Dec, and Sat 15 to Sun 23 Dec.

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Film Premieres in East Grinstead!

The Bastard Sword is an East Grinstead home-grown fantasy/adventure film that will be premiering at Scott Cinema at 7pm on Sunday 9th December. Tickets/ goodies can be purchased in advance via www. kickstarter.com.

This is an independent next-to-no budget fantasy adventure film by Eveshka Ghost. In the ancient forest of Soza, a fighter, a thief and a hermit go searching for a magical sword that can control minds!

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up looking like a miniature clog. In contrast, mice and voles are much messier and leave obvious tooth marks, creating holes with edges that resemble a milled coin.

Autumn provides a bounty of nuts and berries perfect for this purpose. Dormice feast on blackberries, sloes, sweet chestnuts and – best of all – hazelnuts. Each one is packed full of fat and protein, providing a highcalorie reward that’s well worth the effort of gnawing through its tough outer shell.

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they need plenty of diverse deciduous woodland, ideally with stands of their favourite hazel coppice, and a dense understorey of honeysuckle, bramble and shrubs to climb through. They can only ‘commute’ between woodland patches via suitable hedgerows, which provide safe passage through the landscape as well as a source of food and shelter. By restoring and reconnecting dormouse habitats across Sussex, this sleepy little character will be able to thrive once more - and a wealth of other woodland wildlife will benefit too.

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populations become increasingly isolated and lose genetic diversity. Traditional forestry methods such as coppicing create favourable habitat for dormice and the abandonment of such methods has hurt numbers.

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Dormice are slow breeders and poor dispersers and generally live in older woodlands with a welldeveloped understory often linked by old hedgerows. In the majority of woodlands in Britain the management required to maintain a well-developed understory has ceased, making them

less suitable for dormice, luckily for us we still have historic woodland in this area. Inappropriate management of hedgerows, or their removal, has meant that woods that have lost their dormice and will not be repopulated.

Conservation methods include managing existing woodland in a dormousefriendly way and providing nest boxes for the species to use (these can then optionally be monitored to gain an insight into population trends). If you think you have a suitable spot for a nest box, you might like the idea of gifting a Christmas present of a dormouse nest box to our British Wildlife this year?

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Q&A session, where a panel of councillors discussed topics with an audience of 100 of our members. It was a highly successful first meeting and we will continue building strong and useful connections with the councillors.

We have our next meeting planned for February 2019.

There is more happening in East Grinstead than you’d imagine. Our Facebook group, founded in May 2018 by local residents, has over 5000 members from all walks of life young and old.

We share information, discuss matters that are important and relevant to our community. We all learn more about our neighbourhood and the people we share it with.

Our group doesn’t just discuss serious matters though. We welcome your local photos, your questions, and general chat and some humour too!

Our members include a number of councillors from EGTC, MSDC and WSCC. When they are able to, they engage directly with us, helping us discuss issues with first-hand information rather than us relying on rumours.

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The first impact of the First World War on people in the town would be the sight of troops marching up the High Street on their way to barracks near Forest Row. They would have been used to the fact that young men flocked to enlist, before conscription was introduced in 1915. In the early days, men in their thousands enlisted.

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Whole streets, football clubs, workers in the same factory, any group with a common interest, often joined up at the same time. West Street is a case in point. It is not known how many actually enlisted, but the memorials tell us the names of those who did not return.

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realisation that they could do the work of men was recognised at the end of the war by granting the vote to women over thirty.

However, this did not always work. Streatfields Greengrocery business had to close during the war, not because the women in the family could not run the shop but because none of them could drive to London's markets to collect the fruit and vegetables.

be put to and the Royal flying Corps was founded. Musgrave was seconded to it and developed a new form of wireless telegraphy which allowed communication between planes and ground batteries thus improving the targeting of the guns. Unfortunately, once his new system was set up, he was sent back into the army and was mortally wounded on June 2nd 1918. He was awarded the Military Medal.

Some women were not content to do the work of men but decided that they had to guard the innocence of the younger girls who were excited by the soldiers who were stationed in and around the town. They set up patrols in the evenings looking out for anyone behaving in a manner they disapproved of.

William Argent signed up for the Royal Naval Air Service and trained in wireless telegraphy.

He was posted to the Isle of Sheppey and later won the DSM for sinking a U Boat. Bill survived the war and died in East Grinstead aged 100 in 1999.

Most men who enlisted went into the army but some joined the navy and even fewer, the newly formed Royal Flying Corps, later to become the Royal Air Force. Local man, Maurice Bagot served on HMS Monmouth and was killed near the Coronel Islands off the coast of Chile.

The war memorial was dedicated in the High Street on July 23rd 1922. It was an event, which judging by the photographs, was attended by a large proportion of the population. Even one hundred years on, it forms the focal point of every Remembrance Sunday.

Edmund Hills served as an able seaman on board HMS Bulwark which blew up near Sheerness in 1914, he lived in Old Road and was twenty-one.

Another casualty at sea was John Brewer of the Rifle Brigade. The troopship carrying him to Egypt was torpedoed of the port of Alexandria in December 1917. He lived in College Lane.

It was even more unusual to be in the Royal Flying Corps but George Heasman died as the result of an accident in January 1918.

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Christmas Concert in aid of Action Medical Research for Children. Performed by the Greenstede Singers, with a mixture of traditional and modern songs and carols.

Refreshments available. Christmas cards on sale. Tickets £8 from Claire on 01342 323697/07790 194835 or Vickie on 01732 863950/07762 491956. 3-5pm., St. John's Church, Dormansland, RH7 6QU.

THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER – SUNDAY 9TH DECEMBER ‘Celebrating our local community’ - A Tree Festival. An interesting display of illuminated and decorated trees plus raffle and refreshments. Open every day from 2pm.

Come along to enjoy the unique atmosphere and be assured of a warm Christmas-y welcome and Christmas cheer! Free entry.

All donations will benefit UNICEF, British Dyslexia Association and Family Support Work (supporting families in need in Sussex).

Everyone welcome! For more details visit www.stmaryeastgrinstead.co.uk. At 2pm, St Mary's Church.

MONDAY 3RD DECEMBER Ladies Lunch with demonstration by Fig and Flower Hospices of Hope's two course lunch at 5-star hotel with Zuzana Hewer of Fig and Flower giving a talk and demonstrating how to give your home a festive feel. All proceeds raised are for hospices care in South East Europe. 12noon, Alexander House, RH10 4QD. TUESDAY 4TH DECEMBER An Afternoon of Christmas Carols. The Forest Row Lifeboat Choir present a concert to raise funds for the Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station. Tickets £5.50, cons £4.50.

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SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER Family Christmas Concert East Grinstead Choral Society presents an evening of Christmas music including carols for choir and audience. Adult: £10; child £5; family £22, available from: Bullfrog Music. For further information visit www.egcs.co.uk or find us on Facebook. At 7pm, Imberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT.

WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER Imberhorne Christmas Market. Student-run stalls, festive music, tasty treats, food, drinks, local businesses, arts and crafts! In aid of our Tanzanian exchange programme and school fund. At 4:30pm, Imberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane.

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Meridian Probus Club is a club for retired professional/business gentlemen. we meet at 10:15am on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, a talk by a professional speaker followed by lunch in the Dorset arms. We have outings to various locations & also some holidays. If you are interested in joining, please contact Brian Simmons on 01342 323098, an annual fee of £45 applies.

The East Grinstead Flower Club meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month – with the exception of Januarys when we do not have a meeting. We start at 7:15pm when free tea and coffee is available and the demonstrations start promptly at 7:45pm.

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by Helen Beale who will talk about her experiences and the recent changes to house and garden. At 7:30pm. Main Hall, College Lane, RH19 3LT.

Energie Fitness Clubs. Come join the Energie fitness members and staff. Christmas coffee morning. Everybody’s welcome. 11:30am – 1:30pm.

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Holy Trinity Church Forest Row Christmas Tree Festival. Join us for our Annual Christmas tree Festival. 10am - 4pm, Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row.

Carols and Cakes. The Forest Row Lifeboat Choir present the concert to raise funds for the Shoreham Lifeboat Station. Ticket £6 include refreshments are available from the Trinity Welcome Cafe at the door and from Roger 01342 324196. At 2:30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, East Grinstead.

SUNDAY 23RD DECEMBER Christmas Services at Holy Trinity, Forest Row at 6pm, parish carol service Christmas Eve at 5pm, crib service & 11pm midnight mass Christmas day at 10am, Eucharist St Dunstan’s, Ashurst Wood Christmas Eve, 3pm crib service & 10pm, midnight mass, Christmas day, 10am Eucharist, various times.

SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER East Grinstead Concert Band Christmas Concert. Join us for our annual Christmas concert, guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit. At 7:30pm, St. Swithun's Church, East Grinstead. Tickets £5 each or £15 for a family (up to 2 adults and 3 children).

EAST COURT CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHTS Welcome drink on arrival, DJ and bar until midnight and 3 course Christmas menu from ‘secret ingredient’. Gordon Skeggs 70s vs 80s, 7pm til midnight Sat 8th Dec. Snow Party Night with DJ Viney, 7pm til midnight, Fri 7th Dec, Sat 15th Dec. The Almost Elvis Band, 5:30pm til midnight, Sun 16th Dec. Join us at East Court Mansion, College Lane, RH19 3LT. Book now at www.eastcourtevents.com or call 01342 555195.

MONDAY 17TH DECEMBER Local adventure book author, Stephen Willis has been invited back to do another day of book signing at the Bookshop in the High Street. His Christopher Daring Adventure stories have been bestselling books in one of the book-categories on Amazon and during the last local book signing they all sold-out.

Stephen will be there all day to explain more about his exciting stories.

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