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Dear Residents, Whats inside this month Welcome to the September issue.

Here’s hoping the good weather is carrying on into September!

This issue is packed full of goings-on this month with an extra large What’s On, so hopefully you’ll find something you enjoy.

Penshurst Place, not far from East Grinstead, has had a couple of famous historical figures as owners, see our in-depth article to find out about one in particular.

Local girl Abbie Hunnisett is over in Rio, taking part in the Paralympics this month, we have a fabulous Q&A with her dad, see page 32. Good luck and be sure to watch out for her.

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Venison casserole with mashed potatoes and braised red cabbage

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Venison casserole: Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 25g butter 2 onions, diced 4 fresh garlic cloves, chopped 4 rashers smoked bacon, roughly chopped 500g mushrooms 2.5kg haunch or shoulder of venison, diced ½ bottle red wine 400ml water 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled 3 tbsp redcurrant jelly salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 50g cornflour Method Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/Gas Mark 2.

Heat the olive oil and butter in a large lidded casserole dish on the hob, then add the onions and cook until softened but not browned.

Add the garlic, bacon and mushrooms and cook for a further minute.

In a frying pan, brown the venison a handful at a time and add to the casserole.

Once all the meat has been browned add the red wine, water, stock cubes, redcurrant jelly, salt and pepper to the casserole dish. Bring to the boil and stir well, then cover with the lid and place on the

middle shelf of the oven to cook for 90 minutes.

Make a paste from the cornflour and 2 tbsp water. Remove the casserole from the oven and add as much of the cornflour paste as you need to thicken the gravy – you can do this a little at a time if you’re not sure.

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Method Preheat the oven to 170°C/150°C fan/Gas Mark 2. Mix all of the ingredients together and put in an ovenproof dish, covered with foil. Bake in the oven for 60-90 minutes, until the cabbage is tender and juicy, stirring a couple of times during cooking.

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Bit of backgroud: in the 3rd millennioum BC, in Egypt, ‘The Maxims’ were written outlining civil virtues as truthfulness, self-control and kindness towards one’s fellows. Since then manners have changed depending on ethnic/social groups but I would say us Brits are some of the best ‘mannerists’ in the world.

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Penshurst Place & the Duke of Buckingham We are truly lucky in this area to have so many markers on our doorstep of our country’s great past.

One of the highlights, of course, is Penshurst Place, a short drive from East Grinstead which, at this time of year, comes into its own with its rooms that unlock eight hundred years of history and eleven acres of pristine Elizabethan walled gardens to admire in the (hopefully) late summer sunshine. Plenty here, in short, to keep the most ardent heritage fan captivated.

As you stroll around enjoying the family portraits, furniture, and beautiful tapestries, however, it’s easy to forget that Penshurst is as much about people as place. Indeed, its long history dazzles with characters from poet Sir Philip Sidney to Elizabeth I herself. Not all of them had fairytale endings. One past owner in particular played a part in a deadly episode of betrayal, jealousy and dirty politics, worthy of the most nail-biting conspiracy thriller. His crime? To get on the wrong side of that most ruthless of monarchs, Henry VIII. Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham

The portrait of Edward Stafford, third Duke of His life, like the times in which he lived, started Buckingham, in Magdalene College, Cambridge, on a turbulent footing. Only five when his father, shows a well-dressed man in his forties, draped Henry Stafford, was beheaded for participating in in bright colours, copious jewels and a fur-lined a rebellion against Richard III, the young Duke’s cloak. The impression is every bit a wealthy man, childhood was spent being quietly passed from comfortable with his place in the world and not relative to relative for his own protection. When afraid to show it. The Duke, born at Brecon Castle in Richard III’s reign came to its own bloody end at Wales in 1478, owned Penshurst until his death in BUSINESS DIRECTORY the hands of Henry Tudor on Bosworth Field in 1521. He was to become one of the mostCOMMUNITY powerful 1485, however, a kinder chapter was set to open and proud men of Tudor England and his demise is for the youngster. The victorious Henry, shortly to still controversial today.

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invasion of France. In 1520 he attended the legendary ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold’, the sumptuous two-week friendly meeting in northern France at which Henry and French King François I tried to outdo each other in displays of splendour.

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become Henry VII, insisted that the boy be brought up and educated as a member of his own family, a ward of his mother. From being made a knight of the Order of the Bath at the age of only seven, the young Duke’s ascendancy was swift. By the time he reached adulthood, the Duke was a bright star of the early Tudor court, with hardly a royal wedding or reception for foreign ambassadors taking place without his attendance. 1494 sees him present at the creation of the King’s son, the future Henry VIII, as Duke of York. One year later he’s made Knight of the Order of the Garter. In 1501, starting to show signs of the ostentation and love of fine things that would be much commented on by his contemporaries, he attends the wedding of young Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon, turning up in a flamboyant gown worth £1,500, around just under a million pounds in today’s money.

A few years later, in 1509, the Duke, as Lord High Steward, again takes centre-stage, bearing the crown at the coronation of Henry VIII. He’s immediately made a member of the new king’s privy council and, as a mark of political power, is awarded ‘licence to crenellate’ – that is, fortify - his main home, Thornbury Manor in Gloucester. This he rebuilds as a formidable towered castle, meant to awe and impress. Today it still stands as a luxury hotel and wedding venue.

Although Thornbury was the Duke’s main home, his ties to our area were strong. His oldest son, Henry Stafford, was born at Penshurst in 1501.

Subsequently, in 1519 the Duke instigated one of the most glittering and expensive occasions in the house’s history when he invited Henry to stay. By now, at forty years old, people called him ‘Proud Buckingham’ and he couldn’t help lavishing £2,500, over a million pounds today, to accommodate the King and his two hundred-strong entourage in utmost luxury. The trestle tables used for this can still be seen in the Baron’s Hall. It’s easy to imagine them groaning with food as music played, and people drifted around in fur and jewels, talking about the fine hunting to be had in the surroundings. The Duke wanted to make an impression on Henry. As it happened, he succeeded. But the impression may not have been all to his favour.

Despite the lavish hospitality, it seems that Henry and the Duke were never more than cool towards each other. On a personal level Henry preferred the company of men not born into the aristocracy, such as his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey.

It’s easy to imagine Henry finding the Duke with his impeccable aristocratic connections off-putting.

The Duke had married Eleanor, sometimes called ‘Alianore’, the eldest daughter of the powerful northern Percy family. His four children were married into the highest nobility, making his extended family a who’s who of the country’s foremost earls, lords and dukes. This meant he was a natural – and, no doubt, vocal - mouthpiece for an aristocracy becoming increasingly disgruntled by their perceived exclusion from office. The story

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the Duke, with all his aristocratic favour and connections, flaunted so well during that stay at Penshurst, storming the throne? How easy to see in the untrustworthy atmosphere of the Tudor court, the Duke’s very existence was a ticking timebomb.

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goes that, on one occasion, the Duke was holding a bowl of water for the King to wash his hands.

As Wolsey approached to use it himself, Edward tipped the whole lot into the cardinal’s shoes.

For Henry, there was also the matter of the Duke’s inconvenient family tree. A descendant, on his father’s side, of Edward III, and his mother a sister-in-law of Edward IV, the King would have been painfully aware that this well-dressed, charismatic and successful man’s claim to the throne was as strong (or as tenuous) as his own. It wouldn’t help that a foreign ambassador, it’s said, described the Duke as ‘my lord of Buckingham, a noble man, and would be a royal ruler’.

The King would have looked at his own position. By 1520, still married to Catherine of Aragon who had given him one daughter, Mary, he still had no son or heir.

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And time, of course, ran out. An anonymous letter was sent to the King. Witnesses to a treasonous plot involving the Duke appeared.

On 8th April 1521 the Duke was sent for. As he set off for London from Thornbury that Spring morning, he would have had no idea that his journey was due to end a few hours later in arrest and being thrown into the Tower for treason. The charges: listening to prophesies of the King’s death and of his own succession, and expressing a desire to kill the King. The investigation had been spearheaded by Henry himself.

The Duke denied all charges but his fate was sealed. On 17th May he was taken to Tower Hill and beheaded. A contemporary chronicler reported that his execution was ‘universally lamented by all London’. Carlos V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, said ‘a butcher’s dog has killed the finest buck in England’.

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Henry got what he wanted. The removal of a rival and, for now, the Tudor dynasty protected. Of course, it wasn’t to be the last time a rival would pay for the King’s insecurity on the scaffold!

For Penshurst it meant a new era of royal ownership. Despite having beheaded its owner, Henry had fond memories of his stay and was quite prepared to enjoy it as a hunting lodge. A few years afterwards he would be courting Anne Boleyn.

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Penshurst’s current owner Viscount De L’Isle states,’ The House, once the property of King Henry VIII, was left to his son King Edward VI and granted to my forebear Sir William Sidney in 1552. The Sidney family have been in continuous occupation for more than 460 years since.

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It's taking off at a rate of knots and here is a Q&A with the young entrepreneurs about their exciting product:

What exactly is Wash Wizard?

Wash Wizard is a small, compact sponge with just the right amount of soap and Aloe Vera and needs just a splash of water to activate. The sponge lathers up and enables you to wash all-over, and as they only contain natural ingredients there is no need to rinse.

Who came up with the idea?

Rosie Hooper, Sol O’driscoll, Siam Tongsom and Freddie Webb, we are four 17 year olds from the East Grinstead area and we came up with the idea for a school GCSE project. We were asked to create a business idea and all of us thought that the sponges were a great idea for keeping clean when there was little water (and washing facilities) available.

We came up with a name and made sure all the domains were free, asked Sol’s uncle to come up with a design and briefed the manufacturer. They did a special short run for us at a really good price and we started giving them away for people to try out.

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Founded in 2000, ‘The Campaign for Drawing’, now called The Big Draw, is an arts education charity that promotes visual literacy and the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention. As we know, art, and that includes drawing, changes lives.

The 2016 Big Draw theme is: STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. It’s a take on the STEM subjects by adding in an ‘A’ (Art), placing it up there as being as important as the other subjects - and something that the British Isles is so good at! The Creative Hub’s team will be offering a number of different art-based activities to come and try:

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WALL HILL MAIL ROBBERY LOCAL HISTORY NOTES

by Dorothy Hatswell of the East Grinstead Museum On Saturday, July 18th 1801, a man and his adopted son stayed overnight at the Rose and Crown in Godstone.

The next day they walked to the Blue Anchor at Blindley Heath, where they asked many questions about the times of the mail carts. They were next seen by Robert Ayshford, who knew them slightly by sight, on East Grinstead Common.

They walked on to Wall Hill on the border of Forest Row and Ashurst Wood and hid in a field.

They opened the gate and, when the mail coach approached, they stopped it by aiming a gun at the post boy, William Edwards. The horse and cart were then driven into the field and the horse let loose.

The Beatsons took the money from the mail bags and around £12,000 was found. They went off in the direction of Forest Row,

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where they dumped some of the actual bags. In the meantime, William Edwards walked to East Grinstead, which he reached at about 2am, and raised the alarm with Thomas Palmer, junior, the East Grinstead Postmaster. They were unable to apprehend the robbers, who were next seen in Hartfield. The pair ditched the rest

of the bags in a cornfield. When discovered, they still contained nearly £10,000. However, this was not until August, when the field was harvested. The two men were now on the way to Westerham, via Holtye and Edenbridge. They went into the Chequers Public House and ate pork and beans washed down by brandy and water. The bill, which came to two shillings, they paid for with a £20 note. This aroused the suspicion of the landlady, the Widow Turney. They then hired a gig to take them to Deptford, and then on to Oxford Street. From there they travelled north towards Liverpool, probably en route to Ireland. They stayed overnight at The Angel near Knutsford.

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22nd 1801 edition of the Evening Mail. The surveyor of the General Post Office was nearby and he, at once, went to the inn at which they were staying.

On searching their persons and belongings the discovery was made of a pistol and bank notes wrapped in a letter from Lewes.

They were returned to Bow Street in London and then committed to the County Gaol at Horsham, to be tried at the next Assizes. The trial started on March 27th 1802, before Judge Hotham. The evidence was so clear that it was a foregone conclusion that they were guilty, although John Beatson tried to claim that he alone was guilty, and that his son was not. In spite of this plea they were both found guilty and later that evening sentence was passed. Both were ordered to be hanged near to the site of their crime. They both collapsed on hearing the verdict.

A gallows was erected close to the spot where the robbery had taken place. The pair arrived in a cart, seated on their own coffins, at about noon on April 7th 1802. After asking for forgiveness they were duly hanged in the sight of the large crowd that had gathered to witness the terrible spectacle. The estimated numbers range from 3,000 to 20,000. The truth is probably somewhere in between. Children watching were taken to have their heads rubbed on the shoes of the two dead men. This was common practice, designed to deter those so treated to steer away from a life of crime. The bodies were then taken back to Horsham for burial.

Richard Morton. He took them back to London in a gig. They had used this break to reconnoitre the area and the postal arrangements. They must have discovered that the best day on which to hold up the mail coach was a Sunday, as there was no mail on Saturdays so the Sunday delivery could be expected to be twice as much as usual. Back in London the robbery was planned. How much Morton was involved is unclear. In July the Beatsons returned to Sussex and carried out the robbery.

It appears that John Beatson, nearing the end of his life, was doing this to help his adopted son. It is also to their credit that they in no way harmed the post boy, only threatened him; even the horse was treated well. At the trial John tried to save William by protesting that he had acted alone. William comes across as a rather weak character, who got into financial difficulties, but John appears to have done everything he could to help him. In the days when people were hanged for stealing a sheep, then the punishment was not severe, nevertheless I feel some sympathy for the older Beatson, as he seems to have been pulled into the affair for altruistic reasons.

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EGBA to host Inspirational Business Leader Last year the East Grinstead Business Association ran their inaugural business lecture and, encouraged by the response from the business community, they are planning another one this October.

This year Kevin Byrne, who founded Checkatrade 17 years ago, will talk about the company’s ethos and what drives him. Today he is CEO of a business turning over close to £15m and employing over 270 people. As well as being a leading entrepreneur and businessman he is an inspirational speaker with a story to tell – and he still finds time to run a monthly marathon.

If you are in business or wish to be, then listening to Kevin and having the opportunity to ask him questions is one not to be missed.

The 2nd Annual EGBA Business Lecture, at 7pm on Wednesday, 12th October at Chequer Mead.

Tickets are £15 via the Chequer Mead box office 01342 302000. For further information contact caroll.everest@egba.co.uk.

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Abbie Throws for Gold

In 2012, East Grinstead girl Abbie Hunnisett entered the CP Sport Grand Prix events with the Distance Club which is a purely Paralympic event. It was in the same year, having then watched the Paralympics in London, that Abbie decided she wanted to take her throwing more seriously, and attended a talent identification event at Lee Valley set up by British Athletics. It was here she met coach Camilla Thrush and joined the Weir Archer Academy who put in place strength, conditioning, and a throwing programme to help Abbie progress towards being selected for international competitions. And Abbie has not disappointed! With the Paralympics very much the ‘thing to watch’ this September, here is a Q&A with her father Mark Hunnisett who explains more about Abbie’s achievements: What is Abbie’s background and how did she come into the sport of club throw?

Abbie was starved of oxygen at birth for a long time and the result was brain damage and cerebral palsy.

The whole of her body is affected, the right side more than the left. She has learning difficulties and cannot complete the main activities of daily living for herself, i.e. eating, drinking, washing, etc. She can’t walk unaided and mainly uses an electric wheelchair to get around. She used to suffer from epilepsy too, although luckily for the moment this seems to be in remission. She got into sport through her school Treloar (a special school) during PE one summer around the age of 12. In 2012 we watched the club throw competition at the Olympic Park and Abbie started taking her throwing seriously from then.

Since participating in the sport, what have the highlights and milestones been along the way from the beginning to now?

Abbie used to ride in the Dressage competition. She was good, having started when she was just 4 years old. At one point she was even being coached by Clive Milkins - the coach to Sophie Christiansen, the Paralympic champion and gold medallist. However changing sport direction about 3 years ago, she was picked up in her first full competitive season of Distance Club by British Athletics for the Futures Programme which was fantastic. The European Championships in Swansea in 2014 were a milestone as she wore the GB kit for the first time! Then in 2015 Abbie competed at the Olympic Park in the Anniversary Games where she set a new personal best and broke the European record to become the UK and European number one for that year. She also won Bronze at the World Championships in Doha and a Bronze this summer at the Europeans in Italy (in a combined class event) on points; these were both also great achievements. But of course, being selected for Rio tops the lot!

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weights and cardio: 3 sessions a week on her core; 3 drills sessions based around her throwing technique; she then throws about 3 to 4 times a week. But all of this depends of course on at what point she is in the season and whether she is on a taper towards a competition. She also has soft tissue massage or physio once a week too, to keep things in check.

The hardest part of her training is the throwing, as it is especially challenging for Abbie to hold onto the technical elements of her throw and be fast at the same time; it is always challenging to maintain things through the season when, from week to week, Abbie can somewhat lose things we had worked on for three or four weeks beforehand.

By which process was she selected for Rio? Rio selection is based on a number of factors, but starts about 18 months out from Rio, with performances at the World Championships and your world rankings over the 12 months leading into Rio. You don’t just have to be throwing well, but injury free and ranking high in the top 4 or 5 in the world to make selection.

What are Abbie’s hopes for the Paralympics?

Abbie would love to get a medal of course; this is her first Paralympics so to enjoy the experience and medal would be fantastic. If we get everything right on the day she stands a great chance.

What local support have you had?

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Good luck Abbie, we’re all behind you!

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Gravetye Garden Tour with head gardener Tom Coward followed by lunch. The flower garden is at its peak, with late summer perennials and annuals creating a courtyard of colour. In the kitchen garden some of the finest delicacies of the year are being cropped and the first season apples should be ready in the orchard. Gathering at 10:30am for the tour, followed by lunch at 12:30pm. £75 per person, aperitif, 3 courses, drinks and tour inclusive.

WEDNESDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER Lunchtime talks at East Grinstead Library.

Richard III, a talk by Rupert Matthews. The great villain of history, or a misunderstood hero? Hear the evidence and make up your own mind, including how his grave was discovered. This talk traces Richard's background before studying the evidence for and against his alleged crimes. EG Library, 1:10pm-1:50pm.

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THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER Taster Choral Workshop. Come and join East Grinstead Choral Society for a workshop launching their new season of inspiring classical music. The evening includes professional coaching followed by wine and nibbles. All welcome. Visit www.egcs. co.uk, 7:30 pm - 9:45pm, Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HL. THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER Morris Dancing. Shalesbrook Morris meet on Thursdays for the new practice season. Try a new form of dance/exercise. Come to dance, jump, stretch, burn calories and generally enjoy this tradition. Come along on the night or go to www. shalesbrook.weebly.com to contact us. At 8:15 pm10pm, Peter Griffits Hall (small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row. SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER RSPCA Big Walkies Crawley. Dogs - get your humans and join us for the best walk ever at Tilgate Park. BIG Walkies Event Village and Registration located between Tilgate Lake and Smith and Western restaurant. Big Walkies registration: £10 for you and your dog. Additional dogs £5. Route 3km.

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East Grinstead Society - National Heritage Open Days, a Guided Town Walk starting in St. Swithun's Church, led by Chris Wheatley. See www. eastgrinsteadsociety.org.

WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER East Grinstead Art Society a demonstration of painting using credit cards by Nina. From 2pm 4pm. At St Swithun’s Church Hall, St Swithun's Close, RH19 3AZ. FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER Smuggling in Sussex. Sandwiched between the coastal ports and the merchants in London Alan King will tell us about the skulduggery in Sussex.

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East Grinstead Concert Band: Vivat Regina. Our Hammerwood Music Festival. An opportunity for 90th Birthday Tribute to HM the Queen. Tickets £10 musicians and enthusiasts to explore the wonderful on the door. world of the harmonium. The event, under the auspices of the Reed Organ Society, will include SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER concerts, demonstrations, and an exhibition of RSPCA South Godstone Car Boot Sale. Buyers: historic material and artefacts, talks, and more. Day admission by donation. Please be generous as all COMMUNITY BUSINESS DIRECTORY visitors are welcome. Advance booking is essential funds go to the animals at the centre. Refreshments, for the conference, but the concert on Saturday free parking, sellers vehicles £10, trailers addit. £3. afternoon will be open to the public. For further

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Stress Less and Enjoy Life More. Free introduction to Mindfulness-based stress reduction course. 7.309.30pm, St Dunstan's Hall, Hammerwood Rd, Ashurst Wood RH19 3 QU, call Sue Bolton: 07443 564 394 for queries/information.

Relax with colouring at EG Library. Come and enjoy this peaceful past-time. Reduce stress and be creative. 11 - 12:30pm.

WEDNESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER Collectors Fair. 15 or so dealers selling (and buying) stamps, coins, postcards and other collectables at this regular monthly fair. 10am - 3pm, Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre, De La Warr Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3BS. SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER EG10K. This year sees the seventh running of the East Grinstead 10k. The race supports two charities: Prostate Cancer UK, in memory of Andy Ripley, and East Grinstead Lions. In the last six years, we have donated nearly £20,000 from race proceeds. We welcome runners of all standards and a friendly atmosphere is guaranteed. Andy Ripley’s son, Marcus, will start the race. Pre- and post-race massage available. Refreshments are provided by the Lions and Meridian FM encourages the competitors with music and commentary.

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WEDNESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER East Grinstead Art Society - workshop. A meeting when artists bring their own materials and paint or draw, etc. 2 - 4pm, St Swithun’s Church Hall, St Swithun's Close, RH19 3AZ.

Maypole Bridge Club. We are seeking new members and would welcome bridge players who are reasonably well acquainted with the game. If you play or have played at other clubs we would also like to see you. We are a very friendly bridge club, not affiliated to the EBU. If you are interested in coming along to play as a guest, or to join our club, you would be very welcome. Contact Wendy Stewart on: 01342 529980, or wendycstewart@btinternet.com. At Dunstans Church Hall in Ashurstwood, 7:15pm on Thursday evenings.

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Oscar winning actor Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel play life long friends, Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, and Mick, a renowned filmmaker, who along with Fred’s daughter (Rachel Weisz) holiday in the Swiss Alps. Tickets £5, Cons £4, family £15.

THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER AT 7:30PM Turandot on Sydney Harbour Screening. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour presents Turandot: a story of a death-marked love told with salt in the air, light on the sails and the city skyline reflected in your glass. Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng's take on this Chinese fable will be one for the history books.

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Pop Up Bowie. Paul Antony as Pop-Up Bowie performs the greatest hits of David Bowie, from every era of Bowie’s career from the 70s through to FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER the nineties and beyond. Front man, Paul Antony, Macmillan Coffee Morning. Raffle, silent aunction, a huge fan of Bowie, accurately portrays the COMMUNITY BUSINESS DIRECTORY cake bake competition, guess the weight of the charismatic performance of his hero. Tickets £16, cake, plus more exciting prizes. 10am-3pm. cons £15.

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What’s On in September THURSDAY 22ND FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER AT 7:30PM Rising Stars presents Simply Musical 4. Having recently brought their production of 'Allo 'Allo to Chequer Mead, the adult theatre company, Rising Stars, returns with their fourth musical mix extravaganza. The show is full of songs and dances from hit musicals including The Blues Brothers, Cabaret, Moulin Rouge, Book Of Mormon and more!

With a mixture of solos and group numbers there is plenty to entertain all the family. Tickets: £13, Children £10.

SATURDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER AT 7:30PM An Evening With Des O'Connor. Join one of the UK’s greatest ever performers, the incomparable Des O’Connor, in his brand new show celebrating the stage and screen career of this show-business legend. Des entertains as only he can, whilst bringing to life stories of legendary personalities with whom he has shared the stage, through a fascinating show-reel of clips featuring

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entertainment greats including: Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Tina Turner, Morecambe & Wise, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Pavarotti, Oliver Reed, Shirley Bassey, Will Smith, Robert Redford and many, many more. A unique and unforgettable evening of music, laughter and iconic moments of Television Gold!

Tickets: £24, cons: £22.

WEDNESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER AT 7PM NT Live Encore presents The Deep Blue Sea. Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece contains one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, whilst Helen McCrory and director Carrie Cracknell reunite following the acclaimed Medea in 2014. Tickets: £12, cons: £10.

FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER AT 7:30PM Derek Acorah has been voted Britain's Favourite Male Medium by the prestigious Soul & Spirit Magazine. With countless hours of spirit contact, Derek's friendly and sincere delivery, down to earth charm and obvious dedication to his work has endeared him to tens of thousands of people, many of whom regularly attend these amazing live events.

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