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Dear Residents, Welcome to the May issue.

This month we have a treat with an article about a fascinating figure of football history, CS Craven, who lived his last days in Felbridge, see page 10. Keen to get out into the Garden?

We have another great feature to help along this May. For a chance to win an amazing Fortnum & Mason’s tea hamper see page 18.

There’s an little-known, yet awe-inspiring nature reserve in West Hoathly called the Oasis, see our feature about it on page 24.

Please take a look through the pages to see all our local businesses in the magazine, hopefully you can find the services you need. Please support local business when possible and please mention us when you give them a call.

All the best for a ‘Merry Month of May’.

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Contents Massive Congratulations!

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CS Craven

10,12

Buffing & Polishing Beauty Article 14 Sudoku & Quick Quiz

14

Recipe

16

It’s about time

18

Gardening Article

22

An Amazing Local Nature Reserve 24 Local History Notes

28, 30

Dandelion

32

The EG Concert Band

34

What’s on

36,38

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A New Kindergarten at Hoathly Hill!

Hoathly Hill Trust is proud to announce a new kindergarten at Hoathly Hill!

Four Seasons Kindergarten will open in September 2014 and provides a beautiful setting and high quality care for children aged 3 to 6.

The new kindergarten is located at Hoathly Hill, a rural community situated between Sharpthorne and West Hoathly, near Forest Row and East Grinstead. The children will have the benefit of a purpose-built building and a stunning, natural environment.

Our kindergarten teacher is highly qualified and experienced. There is a focus on the Steiner Waldorf curriculum emphasising play as the ‘work’ of childhood. The children experience a rhythm for each day and throughout the year. Their activities include singing, painting, baking, crafts and storytelling. The children spend a lot of time outside walking, playing and gardening.

Four Seasons Kindergarten is run as a project of Hoathly Hill Trust, a charitable company supporting community and environmental educational projects. There will be a management committee composed of trustees, parents, the kindergarten teacher/manager and staff and a commitment to ongoing investment in staff and facilities.

Four Seasons Kindergarten will provide early years care for one group of children. Please register your interest early as spaces will fill up quickly.

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Mum, I Love You!

May Day Flower Cone May Day is a great time for crafts in the home.

The holiday falls on the first day of May and is a celebration of the reappearance of flowers in the Spring. Here’s one crafty suggestion for the bank holiday: Materials: Decorated paper, Glue, Hole punch, Ribbon, Paper towel, Plastic bag, Fresh flowers Instructions: Roll a piece of decorated paper into a cone shape, and glue the edges together to seal.

When the glue has dried, punch two holes on opposite sides of the cone.

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flowers. Put a wet tissue paper or kitchen roll paper around the flower stems and cover the towel with a small plastic bag or sandwich bag.

Tie ribbon (or elastic band, string, etc.) around the plastic bag to seal it, and set the flowers inside the decorative cone. Suggestion: hang the cone on a family member’s bedroom doorknob or on the front door of a neighbour or good friend as a Springtime greeting.

Massive Congratulations to local children’s author Geraldine Durrant Her Pirate Gran tales have been made into a stage production which is now touring the country, this includes a week at the South Bank’s Udderbelly Festival.

After seeing the first show Geraldine said, ‘My only surprise with the production was that they had made Gran Scottish - in my head she had always been a bit cockney, but now I have seen Pauline’s marvellous performance I realise I have been wrong all along. Scottish she definitely is!!!!’

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CS Craven

A Man Before His Time

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n important football pioneer, Charles Samuel Craven, who spent his latter years living in Felbridge, was recently remembered at a thanksgiving service and wreath laying in March at St John’s churchyard.

Here is some of his history explaining his impact on Football in the North East: Charles Samuel Craven was the visionary behind the formation of the Northern League, the world’s second oldest, in 1889. Six years later, when just 19, he had helped form Darlington FC. Anticipating its 125th anniversary, the Northern League determined to discover more about its founder – no longer quite a needle-ina-haystack job thanks to the wonders of the Internet.

An amateur genealogist in Co Durham tracked Craven’s grave to Felbridge. After a visit last September by Northern League chairman Mike Amos, the

genealogical gauntlet was picked up by local resident John Sisley who determined to find out more.

After months of meticulous research, John discovered that Craven – who married again after his first wife’s death – had granddaughters in Berkshire and in Somerset. They, in turn, led the league to Bob Rogers, a grandson in Hong Kong.

Bob flew to England for five days of Northern League celebration.

He was joined in Felbridge by his sister, Liz Husbands, and by her husband and daughter.

horticultural society. The service was attended by senior officials from the Football Association, Surrey FA and the Northern League and by several villagers.

The 15-minute service, just four days from the exact anniversary of the Northern League’s formation, was led by league chaplain the Rev Canon Leo Osborn, chair of the Newcastle upon Tyne Methodist district.

“The Felbridge community has been wonderfully hospitable and John and Mary Sisley magnificent,,” said Mike Amos.

“We wanted Charles Craven not just to be acknowledged in the North-East but remembered in the village where he lies.”

Mike Amos laid a wreath on a grave that had been tidied and beautified by Mary Sisley and colleagues from the Felbridge

Bob Rogers and his family had known nothing of their grandfather’s sporting connections.

After a later career in the Colonial Service, principally as water works engineer on the Gold Coat, he retired to the Isle of Wight and, in 1927, moved to Kingates, Felbridge, because of better educational opportunities for his daughter.

Craven had been a church council treasurer on the Isle of Wight, and bought communion wafers from a convent in East Grinstead where the sisters also ran a school. It was to the convent school that his daughter was sent.

His grandson, Bob Rogers, said that the Felbridge service had been greatly moving. “It was

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amazing to be able to do this for my grandfather.

Everyone made us very welcome. I hope he will continue to be acknowledged in some way.”

Looking back to where it all started, the founder of the Northern Football League was a man ahead of his time. Innovator, administrator, visionary and trail blazer, CS Craven would probably have found it appropriate that almost everything we know about him today is down directly or indirectly to the internet.

What would the Victories have made of it all? How different a world was it in 1883 when a public meeting was called to form a football club in Darlington and C S Craven, just 19 years old, was appointed the first secretary - “pro tem”?

feared another war, partly because of ill health. In later life he seldom left Kingates. When he died in 1940, aged 77, the house was taken over by the Army and Ella moved to Oxfordshire.

The Northern League, which owes him so much, has formally applied for his induction into the Football Hall of Fame. We are much indebted to Judith Turner in Co Durham and John Sisley in Felbridge for their wonderful work in tracing the CS Craven story and to his family - in particular Liz Husbands and Bob Rogers - for their enormous help.

Mike Amos MBE Chairman, EBAC Northern League

The temporary measure clearly worked. Craven was also the goalkeeper and, ere long, the FA Council member for North-East England and a Football League referee.

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When he left Darlington in April 1890, the month that he married Mary Elizabeth Gillingham, an illuminated scroll spoke of his “long and able service”, of how Darlington’s gates had increased from a shilling to £120, and both facilities and football greatly improved.

There was a “purse of gold” too. None doubts that he was also the force behind the Northern League, the world’s second oldest. The inaugural meeting was held on March 25th 1889, the first matches played on September 7th. Even when he moved to Leeds the following year, to become secretary of the cricket and rugby and the man chiefly responsible for the development of Headingley, he continued as Northern League secretary. In North-East England, folk just called it The Craven League.

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He was born at Staveley, in Derbyshire, and moved to Darlington at 16 to be apprenticed to his uncle Robert Pease - a member of the great Quaker family responsible for Darlington’s development and prosperity - also played tennis and cricket and must have been a singer, for it was through the music society that he met Mary Gillingham.

After Headingley, he took up similar work in Maidstone before joining the Colonial Office in 1896. He was given responsibility for building the water works on the Gold Coast. Mary died while he was there, in 1910. Craven retired in 1915, returned to London in 1917 and married Ella Goody, whom he had met at a dinner party. On November 18th 1918, seven days after the end of war, their daughter Margaret was born. Her father wanted to call her Armisticia; other counsel prevailed.

While living in Felbridge during the 1930s CS Craven became increasingly anxious, partly because he

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Buffing As the summer approaches it would be wise to turn our attention to buffing and polishing!!!

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Fruity banana bran cake

Serves: 12 adults Preparation time: 20 mins Cooking time: 55 mins

This fruity cake is so easy to make, so don’t worry if you haven’t done much baking before. It doesn’t use any added fat at all and it’s high in fruit and fibre, making it a healthier choice.

What to do: 1. Put the bran flakes into a mixing bowl and add the milk, apricots and sultanas. Stir well. Cover and leave to soak in a cool place for 1 hour, stirring from time to time.

2. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan oven 160°C, gas mark 4. Line a 900g (2lb) loaf tin with greaseproof paper.

3. Add the sugar, flour, beaten eggs and mashed banana to the soaked mixture and stir thoroughly. Spoon this mixture into the prepared tin.

Ingredients: 100g low sugar bran flakes 250ml milk 75g ready-to-eat apricots chopped 50g sultanas 40g light muscovado or soft brown sugar 150g self-raising flour 2 eggs beaten 1 banana mashed

4. Transfer to the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 50-55 minutes. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out carefully and cool on a wire rack.

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As an insurer who understands the risks and rewards of living in the countryside, we realise that your home is more than simply bricks and mortar: it’s where you raise your family, entertain your friends and keep some of your most treasured possessions. That’s why we take the time to work closely with you to tailor your home and contents cover to your individual needs, so that your home and possessions are properly protected against the unexpected.

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Gardening in May

An abundance of colour will delight us all this month as the rhododendrons and azaleas take centre stage with their glorious flowers. For all the months we curse the clay on which we garden, it does reward us now with its acid properties being the perfect home for these lime-hating plants.

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Borders – Get the borders ready for the bedding plants, which I recommend planting out from the middle of May onwards. Keep weed growth under control. Apply a general fertiliser and gently fork it into the soil.

Hedges – Now is the time to trim hedges and if you haven’t already done so establish the shape of the hedge. A good cut now will last the year.

Shrubs and Trees and Roses – Forsythia and flowering currants have finished flowering so now is the time to prune them to give them the rest of the year to grow and flower next spring. Cut back to young sideshoots that haven’t flowered.

Any plants that are climbers need tying in, any wayward shoots can be trimmed back so you establish the shape you want.

Perennials – These will be growing well by now and some may well need supporting or staking – try to use supports that are half the eventual height of the plant so they will be well hidden when the plant is in flower.

If you have dahlias and other tender plants these can be planted out after the middle of the month. You can prepare your hanging baskets and patio pots at this time as well.

Fruit and Vegetables – Do a bit here everyday otherwise it will become too much, daily watering is essential for plants not to dry out. Any plants raised in the greenhouse can go out now. Regularly sow seed for a continuous crop. Buy small plants ready to plant out.

Lawns – Now you will be mowing your lawn once a week. Newly laid turf will want to establish so ensure it is well watered and rooted before you start cutting it. Newly seeded areas are fragile so when use a pair of shears to take the tops off and encourage it to thicken out before the first mowing.

A few jobs each day in the garden helps you to keep on top of what needs to be done and then of course gives you time to enjoy it…Happy Gardening.

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An Amazing Local Nature Reserve ‘Wildlife for All’ trust is perhaps West Hoathly’s best kept secret. With nature reserves both locally and in South Africa, they aim to have a different approach to protecting endangered species and threatened habitats.

The Oasis and Oasis Woods is a 15-acre nature reserve and education centre on our own doorstep. There are three basic purposes: a local nature reserve, an education centre, and a practical training ground for team members.

Established 32 years ago in the autumn of 1981, the idea for the Oasis came from the director, Iain Scott, whose original training was biology/ecology/ psychology.

An amazing collection of colourful perennials provides the main focus: there is a dedicated hosta bed with over 70 varieties, a gravel garden, a “hot” bed full of the brightest colours, a daylily and geranium bed, and much more. There is a Japanese garden, rockeries, a rose garden, a “best for butterflies” bed, beautifully planted ponds, and more; standards are high.

Captive-bred groups of meerkats (always a favourite) and bat-eared foxes in large naturalised enclosures link with the trust’s work in South Afrca. On open days one can see these animals close-up.

Oasis Woods was later purchased in 1998. This beautiful section of ancient woodland provides a glimpse of what ancient forest looked like before most of it was cleared for agriculture and other human activities long ago. There are mass displays of

bluebells in May, leading downwards to a beautiful woodland stream inhabited by trout and visited by kingfishers. Woodpeckers and owls are heard daily.

Since 1991, Wildlife For All has been working in co-operation with others to increase numbers of natterjack toads in the wild with a large breeding enclosure at The Oasis that produces thousands of tadpoles each year. These are then released at suitable nature reserves across southern England.

The trust has worked in South Africa for over 20 years.

Their biggest of two reserves is Komsberg Wilderness Nature Reserve which is huge at 30,700 acres in size or 17 miles across. It is situated within South Africa’s upland succulent karoo - widely recognised as one of the world’s 25 most important conservation hotspots for biodiversity. Many species have been re-introduced there, including the Burchell’s zebra, absent since 1811. The next target is to re-introduce cheetahs, this involves a lot of hard work further strengthening, then electrifying, many miles of perimeter fence.

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Local History Notes

SARAH CROWHURST

by Dorothy Hatswell

Sarah Crowhurst was born in 1876 to Henry and Eliza Weller who lived in the Old Tanyard Cottages in Ashurst Wood. She was one of several children and although she had wanted to be a school teacher, the family circumstances meant that she had to leave school at the age of ten. At the age of fifteen she left home to become the caretaker to an elderly, blind man who lived in Slab Castle Cottages in Ashurst Wood. This early example of her caring nature was to be echoed through the rest of her life.

She married James Crowhurst in August 1899 and they had one day’s honeymoon as it was the Bank Holiday. James was the second child and eldest son of James and Mary Crowhurst who lived in Speldhurst Stone Cottages, Withyham.

In the 1901 Census, James junior was a groom to Sarah and the family were living in Lower Glen Vue, soon to be renamed the more mundane, Railway Approach. By 1911, James junior (now a grocer’s carter) and Sarah had six children. The youngest was named William Bramwell Crowhurst, an indication of their commitment to the Salvation Army which was to influence the remainder of their lives. In total they had eight children of whom five were to emulate their parents, who both became officers in the Salvation Army.

In 1905 General William Bramwell Booth (the first Chief of Staff and the second General of The Salvation Army) himself passed through East Grinstead on his way back to London from the continent. It must have caused great excitement in East Grinstead and in particular in the Crowhurst household. The Crowhursts were, by then, living in De La Warr Road in East Grinstead, they were to move, subsequently, round the corner to Chequer Road. That

was Sarah’s address when she wrote a poem called “The War” in September 1914, in which she pleaded for peace. The first verse reads: “Our Empire waging war, O God can this be true?

Is peace on every hand By cruel sword pierced through?”

Poetry had been Sarah’s way of expressing her thoughts and concerns throughout her life and she continued to write poems on a multitude of subjects until her death in Pembury Hospital in 1958.

In spite of her large family, she was always ready to help others.

As a neighbour, she often helped with the care of other peoples’ children. She was a member of the Labour Party and campaigned tirelessly for better conditions for the poorer members of society.

At one time there were protests against the Labour Party holding meetings in the Parish Hall on a Sunday. Sarah wrote a letter to the local paper which started: “As I am one of those dreadful Labour Party members who have been holding meetings in the

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Some two thousand years ago, there lived a man although he was God, was also human. I have tried hard to live my life according to his example. In St. Mark’s Gospel he tells us that it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath Day. And my conscience in no way tells me that on those days when we met together to help each other to think out some of the great problems which are vital to the greatest gift God gives us, Life, we are doing other than God’s work” She stood for election to the Urban District Council and became the first woman to serve on it. Again her main aim was to better the lives of the working classes. She was the driving force behind the provision of social housing in the town. Sackville Gardens was the earliest estate in East Grinstead to provide decent homes for those who could not afford to buy their own.

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which gave advice to mothers.

When National Baby Week was held in 1929, being Sarah, she expressed some of this advice in a poem, “The Mother’s Welcome”, of over twenty verses, which ended “One parting shot I’ll fire at you E’re clocks say I am too late I should have a good bit of wisdom For I am a mother of eight.”

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Her funeral was attended by councillors and officials from the town and the wider district. Many of the ordinary people she had helped over her long and active life also turned out to mark their respect. She left a husband, eight children, twenty grandchildren

and six great grandchildren, most of whom had connections with the Salvation Army. These, together with the houses which were the first installment of many in the area, form her lasting legacy to the town where she lived and worked so tirelessly for so many years.

The Crowhursts were living in Dallaway Gardens when she wrote this.

In 1948, when the Queen Victoria Hospital was subsumed into the National Health Service, and was no longer financed through public donations, she was presented with a barometer which is now in the East Grinstead museum by the East Grinstead Working Men’s Hospital Fund, to acknowlegde the support she had given over many years.

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A (Dande) Lion of Nature In this day and age there seems an insatiable appetite for all things exotic, much to the expense of shunning what is thought of as common. We always being fed (literally), by the media, a never ending list of “super foods” that somehow seem to be the next cure all. All the while, there is an abundance of “super foods” growing quite literally on our doorstep.

So without much further ado, may I please re-introduce you to the lowly yet staggeringly beautiful - DANDELION. Insert applause.

It is one of the earliest spring plants to emerge and the vivid, yellow flowers are almost like mini suns dotted around the English landscape. Hopefully as a good omen of the Summer to come. This innocuous little plant has long been both the scourge of the gardener and the mainstay of the herbalist.

The plant is part of the Asteraceae family, the largest family of flowering plants in the British Isles after the grasses. The “flower” is in fact a capitulam made up of tiny florets. In other words it is not one flower but many tiny flowers grouped together.

And it is these tiny florets that provide a vast supply of nectar to pollinating insects, in fact it is believed that up to 93 different insects visit these flowers, so you

can understand their importance within the fragile ecosystems they inhabit. the most important of these pollinating insect being the Honeybee. Dandelions provide a source of nectar in early spring, no matter the weather and have a steady succession of blooms well into the autumn after all the fruit tree blossoms have disappeared. I have never met a beekeeper that dislikes the Dandelion.

The leaves and flower stem produce a white latex when picked, not unlike the latex produced by rubber trees.

In Germany they developed a variety that produces far vaster quantities, they are currently testing a tyre for production that is part Dandelion rubber! Not such a lowly “weed” now is it?

So how do I use this plant as a wild food or medicinal herb then I hear you ask? Well first lets look at the flavour of the plant. The leaves a very bitter, which in Oriental medicine has a tonifying effect on the kidneys and controlling water in the body. The leaves are

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strongly diuretic, but very high in potassium. So unlike western diuretic medicines, which have to have potassium supplements prescribed at the same time, dandelion replenishes the potassium lost at the same time as flushing the body of excessive water. In Western herbalism it has been used to treat the liver and gallstones.

The leaves make a great addition to salads, and are a staple for me when making fresh wild salads.

No different in taste in fact from lettuce. Steamed with nettles they make a great accompany to poached eggs. The roots can be roasted and ground to make a caffeine-free coffee substitute.

And on a last note who can forget as a child blowing the seeds off into the wind and making a wish.

Magical.

By Andrew Mcfarlane Acuvital Acupuncture Clinic, East Grinstead, Tel: 07841209746, twitter: @acuvital

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The EAST GRINSTEAD CONCERT BAND

East Grinstead is fortunate in being one of the few towns in the UK that can boast having a highly competent concert band: The East Grinstead Concert Band, founded in 1974 from the original town band.

It attracts a diverse membership throughout the area and beyond of all ages and experience. They also play under the banner of the ‘Bluebell Railway Band’.

Under their current Musical Director the band has gone from strength to strength. Stuart, a Londoner by birth, spent his early years in Uganda and Kenya.

He obtained a Master of Music degree followed by a career as a concert soloist in oratorio and opera, singing baritone repertoire, as well as studying both piano and the clarinet. With many “strings to his bow” from interior design consultancy, web page designer to music teacher, he now has career as a successful published author.

The band regularly perform at local charity events and have a proud tradition of fundraising; they recently played in Lower Beeding for BBC Sussex & Surrey’s “Local Heroes”, with a repertoire from traditional toe-tapping military marches, classical favourites, selections to Jazz, Big Band and modern pop/rock. They always finish every performance with a rousing march and unofficial

anthem of the county - “Sussex By The Sea”.

Highlights of the band’s 40th Anniversary this year will include being at the unveiling of a statue in East Grinstead dedicated to pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe in June. Then in October, in this the centenary year of the outbreak of World War I, they will be performing a series of concerts in Belgium, culminating with the honour of performing at the famous and moving “Last Post Ceremony” at the Menin Gate, Ypres. The band are exceptionally proud to represent the people of East Grinstead in Belgium.

A band member said recently, “playing in a local band is great fun, and such a rewarding experience. I’ve not been a member of the Band long, but I’ve enjoyed so many concerts, and helped to raise a lot of money”.

As a self-funding organisation the band is reliant on funds raised throughout the year, they always welcome donations/sponsorship – especially for their forthcoming Belgian concert tour. For more information about booking the band for an event, donating/sponsoring and joining see: www.egcb. co.uk and www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/band or contact Gerry Harris 01342 716992.

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An Evening with Martin Bell OBE Wednesday 18th June at 7:45pm

Martin Bell has spent more than 50 years as a BBC correspondent, including more than a decade as its Chief Washington Correspondent. His war zone assignments have included Vietnam, Bosnia, The Gulf and the Arab-Israeli conflicts. In 2001 he was appointed a UNICEF UK Goodwill Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies.

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What’s On in May Saturday 3rd May

East Grinstead leg of Mid Sussex Marathon Weekend.

Three races, three towns making the full classic marathon distance. East Grinstead kicks off the event with a 10 mile cross country race starting and finishing at the East Grinstead Sports Club. www. midsussexmarathonweekend.co.uk.

Monday 5th May

May Fair in the EG High Street, 10am - 4pm. Mix of children’s rides, game stalls, tombolas, book stall, bric-a-brac, face painting, children’s entertainer, vintage engine display, miniature railway rides, live entertainment, candy floss, refreshments. There will also be a May Queen competition.

Saturday 10th May

An unusual and interesting market held in and around a beautiful 18th century mansion with friendly stallholders offering local produce, plants, designer clothing, etc. Puppet Shows for children and an all-day cafe. Mansion Market, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row. Free admission and parking.

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BBQ, Willow tunnel walk. 10am-5pm. Contact: 01825 740547. Chelwood Gate Village Hall, Beaconsfield Road, RH17 7LF, 10-2pm.

Sunday 18th May

The A-Z of Musical Theatre at St. Swithun’s starring a cast of West End performers a humourous and informative look at the wonderful world of Musical: A special fundraiser for the Church Restoration. Tickets £10 each, but children go free! 7-9pm.

Monday 19th May

East Grinstead Natural History Society. Talk: Out and About in Gloucestershire and Northumberland at 7:45pm. All meetings take place at St Barnabas Church Hall, Dunnings Road. Visitors £4, including refreshments. Contact Lesley Berry on 01342 324955 for more details.

Wednesday 21st May

Mid Week Collectors Fair: Coins, Stamps, Postcards and other collectables at Chequer Mead Arts Centre, De La Warr Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3BS, from 10am - 3pm.

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Sunday 25th May

The Meridian Probus Club of East Grinstead for men retired from their professional or business life, meets locally at 10:15am for coffee followed by a talk by Richard Howell: Limeburgers, Lords & Labourers and an optional pub lunch. New members welcome. For more information call 01342 323098.

Turner’s Hill Village Open Gardens: Enjoy a family day out discovering this beautifully maintained gardens. Refreshments available at some gardens.

Entry tickets can be purchased at the first garden of your visit. 1pm-5pm. Refreshments available. Fee: £4, children free. Contact: Thelma Mason 01342 714858.

Thursday 15th May

Felbridge Bowling Club. Open day for a taster session of bowling at no cost with a qualified coach and with all equipment provided. We are a friendly mixed club and always welcome new members, either complete novices or experienced bowlers. At 2pm, Oak Farm Place, Crawley Down Road, Felbridge. Contact: Colin Brewer on 01342 322818 or colinbrew@aol.com.

Friday 16th May

EG and District MH Association is a small local charity.

We will be holding a Jazz evening at the Meridian Hall with the very popular Sussex Jazz Kings. At 7:30pm bar available. Supper is included. Tickets are £20 each and available from Bullfrog Music 01342 315602 or by e-mailing ssandra626@aol.com.

Saturday 17th May

Chelwood Gate Village Market & Jubilee Green Family Fun Day. Locally sourced produce including meat, cheese, vegetables, craft stalls, jewellery, cards, plants, Tombola. Hot snacks, coffee and teas, picnic food for the Jubilee Green Family Fun Day which takes place between 12-5pm. Football, tug-of-war,

Tuesday 27th May

“Mayhem at the Museum” at East Grinstead Museum.

Games and crafts at the Museum. Take home what you make. Suitable for children 5-11years old. Cost £1 per child. No need to book. 10:30 - 3pm. www. eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk.

Wednesday 28th May

EG RSPB Local Group. Talk: The Jewel Hunters: Chris Goodie at 8pm, £4. Main Hall, East Court, RH19 3LT. Contact Shaun Taylor on 01892 770254 or 0788 7568331 for more details.

Thursday 29th May

John Mason Neale and East Grinstead - the impact of this famous Warden of Sackville College upon the town. Part of the library’s 30th birthday celebrations.

This talk will discuss his life, his appointment as warden, why he was so controversial during his twenty year tenure of this office and his legecy to our town since his death. Exploring three of the town’s historic buildings and their association to him. 7-9pm. Tickets £3 to include light refreshments, available from the library 01342 332900.

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What’s On in May

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Thursday 8th May at 7:30pm

The First Amateur Boxing Show of Felbridge Amateur Boxing Club. Come along and support the young boxers of East Grinstead and surrounding areas in approximately 15 bouts of amateur boxing that will be officiated by the Amateur Boxing Association of England! Our current Mayor and her husband (a former schoolboy boxer) will be in attendance as will the present Leader of the Town Council who has pledged to donate a Town Council trophy. As part of the club’s commitment to the local community there will also be a fundraising element for our local charity, EG based ‘Advance Centre’. At Imberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead West Sussex. Doors Open 3pm. First Bout 3.30pm*. Tickets on the Door: Adults £10 Children £5. *start times are approximate.

Objective Talent Management presents “Ben Hart – The Outsider”.Nominated for a TO&ST (Time Out & Soho Theatre) Edinburgh Cabaret Award.

Thursday 15th May at 7:30pm

DFO International Music Agency Presents “The Reflections – In Concert”. Five world-class musicians, singers and songwriters who, after years of touring and recording with some of the most iconic bands in the world, bring you a great new show highlighting some of the best British Rock and Pop music of a generation.

Tuesday 20th May at 8pm

Phil Aldridge presents “The Carpenters Story” which brings us stunning vocal harmonies, lavish arrangements and Claire Furley’s uncanny representation of Karen Carpenter.

Wednesday 21st May at 7:30pm

Saturday 31st May

Join dog owners and their four legged heroes for our sponsored 3km Bark in the Park. Go walkies this summer and join us for a tail wagging fun day out for the whole family. Whether your pooch is a Chihuahua or a Great Dane, this sponsored dog walk is a great way of raising money and supporting your local hospice. Bark in the Park is £5 per dog when you register before 19th May and £10 to sign up on the day. Every dog receives a doggy treat and a limited edition dog bone medal. Registration 10am-12pm at East Court, East Grinstead, RH19 3LT. For more info call 01293 447319.

Saturday 31st May

Car Boot Sale with table top, 8:30am -12:30pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead.

RH19 2DS. Book and pay for your pitch in advance at £10 per pitch by ringing Karen on 01342 302083.

Refreshments available from 9am. Sellers may arrive from 7.30am please.

What’s On at Chequer Mead Thursday 1st May at 8pm

Dominic Kirwan: The 25th Anniversary Tour. 2014 sees one of the most dynamic and best loved entertainers that Ireland has ever produced take to the road for his much anticipated tour.

Friday 2nd May at 7.30pm

The Bohemians present “A Night of Queen- As It Began”. A Concert Celebrating Queen’s Finest Live Performances, from 1974 to Magic ‘86.

Concert Theatre Presents “The Rite of Spring / Romeo and Juliet”. The Rite of Spring/Romeo and Juliet is a visceral marriage of two tales of slaughtered innocence.

Thursday 22nd May at 7:30pm

The Rollin Clones. There are no better guardians of the back catalogue of hits from The Rolling Stones, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll acts of all time.

Tuesday 27th May at 8pm

Brian Shaw Associates present “Derek AcorahEnlightenment Tour”. Voted Britain’s Favourite Male Medium by the prestigious Soul & Spirit Magazine.

Wednesday 28th May at 2:30pm

LP Creatives Present “King Silly and Friends”. Join King Silly & Friends as they perform the greatest show on Earth! Well - the greatest show in the Kingdom of Silly anyway!

Friday 30th May at 8pm

Grin and Bare It 2. Grin and Bare It returns to Chequer Mead to once again showcase the best of the comic talent currently on the open mic circuit.

East Grinstead Ukulele Club holds jam nights at 8pm on alternate Tuesday at the Dorset Arms in the High Street. The club has over 60 members (although only 20-30 regularly show up to jams), we have performed on stage with The Jive Aces at The Chequer Mead Theatre and formed a relationship with the East Grinstead arm of inChoir.

In addition to our regular jams from time to time we hold performance workshops. All levels are welcome to come and follow our club motto “Strum Sing & Socialise”. For details find them on facebook (East Grinstead Ukulele Club).

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