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NEWHAVEN January 2019
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Welcome to the January edition… January is always a quiet month for us with our magazines as we are putting them together while everyone is getting ready for Christmas, obviously the last thing anyone is thinking about at this point is the New Year, that said we have included Stanley Bernard’s excellent local history article, a nice introduction to the talented folks at Newhaven Art Club, more local news on page thirteen and of course our regular contribution from Ocean Views on page 5. If you would like to get your group off to a flying start in February please submit your copy by 20th January, there is no charge for local groups and clubs so what have you got to lose? This month’s cover picture by local resident Anagha Deodhar may have been taken when the weather was a little warmer and dryer but hopefully offers the promise of better weather in the not too distant future.
Contents Ocean Views
pg 5
What’s On
pg 9
Newhaven Art Club
pg 10
Local History
pg 12
Local News
pg 13
Advertisers Index
pg 14
Cover picture: Anagha Deodhar Printing: Bishops Printers Distribution: M A Distribution Disclaimer: The Newhaven Magazine does not necessarily support or endorse any views put forward by contributors or advertisers. Any information or advice provided here should be used at the readers’ discretion Inclusivity Statement: We are a completely independent publication, not sponsored by any company, group or individual. Our aim is to be fully inclusive to all and are happy to publish information for minority groups on the understanding that it doesn’t cause offence or is in anyway defamatory or illegal.
Sam - Editor
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Raspberry Pi the new computer revolution A change in Government policy changed the emphasis from computer science to using Office applications. Other than a cursory introduction to programming, it was removed from the ICT syllabus. Students were arriving on Computer Science courses with no experience of writing programs. At the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory they realised something needed to be done. The way forward was to design an ultra-cheap stripped down machine. No money was wasted, it was just a bare circuit board in a packet. To minimise costs the developers used SD Card for storage, an HDMi port for a TV (or monitor)and power would be supplied by a mobile phone charger. These were things an owner would probably already own. A cottage industry has grown up supplying starter kits containing a case, an OS, handbook and all the
parts needed. Third parties developed operating systems, applications and add-on hardware. The pricing structure meant that the Pi was within reach of hard pressed schools, parents and hobbyists. The foundation has earned a healthy income from industry using the Pi as a cheap programmable circuit board rather than developing a specialist card from scratch. Additional funding has come from the Government and industry. Income has gone back into new models as well as creating teaching courses and materials for teachers. Today enthusiasts have made home security systems, home PCs, robots, camcorders and a myriad of other crazy projects. www.thepihut.com offers the basic Pi Zero W (ÂŁ10+p&p); Amazon has starter kits from ÂŁ20. Now everyone can afford a slice of Raspberry Pi.
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Calling All Budding Writers There’s new writing group starting at Saltdean Library
Starts Monday 7th January 2019 Please arrive at 4.45 for 5pm start Register your interest at cwgsaltdean@outlook.com or for more information call Peter Black 07530 051576
Newhaven Art Club Every Monday at the Evangelical Church Hall, 132 South Coast Road, Peacehaven. BN10 8AD. (By car enter via Mayfield Avenue) from 2-4pm. Contact Dawn Wells 01273 516792 dawna@quayview.net
Or the secretary: Vicki Blann 01273 515548 veebee35@talktalk.net
Or visit newhavenartclub.org.uk
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NEWHAVEN DAY CLUB West Quay, Newhaven, BN9 9BP (North east corner of West Quay car park) An opportunity to meet old friends or make new ones. Membership is £12 per year. Activities include snooker, darts, cards and dominoes. The hall which will seat up to 60 people is available for hire at £8 per hour
Monday Bingo starting at 1.30pm, alternate Mondays.
Tuesday 10.00am - 12.00 noon open for tea and coffee. Pet racing (stuffed animals) and cream tea one afternoon per month from 1.15pm
Thursday 10.00am-12.00 noon open for tea and coffee. 1.15pm Hoy (card game) or art.
Friday Open from 10.00am for tea and coffee with dinner at 12.30pm (£5). Bingo in the afternoon once a month.
Call in or phone 01273 512708 or call Tony on 01273 513189
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What’s On - Hillcrest Centre HILLCREST CENTRE EVENTS Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9LH. 01273 512376. info@hillcrestcentre.co.uk www.hillcrestcentre.co.uk MONDAYS The Tai Chi Effect: Qigong & Tai Chi. 9.30 - 10.30 am Wu Style Tai Chi 10.30 - 11.30 am. Contact www.taichieffect.com 07429 007691 Woodcarving Club 10 am (all day) Adult members only. Wendy Quantrill - 01273 845977 gquantrill@waitrose.com. Trish Roskilly - 01273 612940 trish313@tiscali.co.uk
9 Art Class (mixed media) Wednesdays 1.30 3.30 pm Pauline Jay 01273 472794 Drama Group Children 7-11 Wednesdays at 3.30 - 4.30 pm. Cost £6 www.actable.co.uk. www.m.facebook.com/ActAble/ Contact: actable@live.com. Sami 07891 670114 Up The Tempo Dance School Disco/Free-style dance. Children aged 5&6 Wednesdays 5-7 pm Stefanie Watts 07852 323990. Hillcrest Boxing Club ABA Juniors Wednesdays 6-7 pm Phil Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmal.com
Drawing & Painting for Adults Mondays 10-12 noon TERM TIME ONLY Tel 0303 003 9100
Hillcrest Boxing Club Ladies only Keep Fit Wednesdays 7-8 pm Phill Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com
Knit’ n ‘Natter Mondays 2-4 pm. Room 4, All welcome Sheila Wilbourn 01273 516722 sheiladawnwilbourn@hotmail.co.uk
Red Cross Meeting Wednesdays 7-9 pm Fortnightly (Adults) Emily Tester 07702 139938
Hillcrest Boxing Club Ladies only Keep Fit Mondays 6-7 pm Phill Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com Hillcrest Boxing Club ABA Seniors MEN Mondays 7-8.15 pm Phil Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com Haven Harmonies Mondays 7-9 pm Everyone welcome. £6 per session (first one free) Marian Stanley 01273 611068 marianstanley43@gmail.com TUESDAYS Musical Moments Dementia choir Tuesdays 11 am - 12 noon. £2 per session Mae Haydorm 01273 494300 info@knowdementia.co.uk U3A Art Club Tuesdays 2-4 pm (Adults only) Graham Heys 01273 585999 graham.heys@btinternet.com. Weight Watchers Tuesdays 6.15 weighing until 6.45. Meeting talk 6.45 - 7.15. Adults only. Sally 07758 653851 Sallyevens@weightwatchers.co.uk Hillcrest Boxing Club Master Boxing Keep Fit Tuesdays 6 - 7 pm Phil Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com WEDNESDAYS Life Drawing Class Wednesdays 10.30 - 1 pm. 10 week terms - 3 terms per year. (£155 per term inc. Model fees) Julian Le Bas 07770 499495 julianlebas@yahoo.com
Nukehaven Ukelele Wednesday 710 pm Adults (Fortnightly) Abi Blanchard abi.blanchard@gmail.com THURSDAYS Newhaven Country Market Thursdays 9.45 - 1 pm Sheila Wilbourn 01273 516722 Woodcarving Club Thursdays 10 am (all day) Adult Members Only. See Mondays for contact details Diddi Dance Thursdays 10 -1 am Children’s Dance Class Joanna Oastler 07788 246073. joanna.oastler@diddidance.com Sculpture Workshops Thursdays 10 - 4 pm (Inc. 1 hours lunch break Silvia Macrae Brown 01323 422137 silviabmacraebrown@btinternet.com Tea Dance Thursdays 2.30 - 5 pm. £6 per session graham@grahamstevens.co.uk Start Art & Smart Art Thursdays 4.45 - 8.45 pm Children & Young adults Carol Havard 01273 515033 info@art-techniques.co.uk Hillcrest Boxing Club Master Boxing Keep Fit Thursdays 6-7 pm Phil Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com Hillcrest Boxing Club ABA Seniors MEN Thursdays 7-8.30 pm Phil Savage 07961 212602 philsavage579@hotmail.com Line Dancing (advanced) Thursdays 7.30 - 9pm £6 per session Territa Corbett 07931 930770 territa.corbett@sky.com
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FRIDAYS Into Art Fridays 10 - 12 (drop in) £10 per session Hayley Cox 07751 742127 wildseaarts@gmail.com Creative Writing Fridays 10-12.30 pm Umi Sinha 01323 325891 umisinha.writing@gmail.com Up The Tempo Dance School Disco/Free-style dance lessons for children aged 2 years & above. Fridays 3.30 - 6 pm. Stefanie Watts 07852 323990 Ballroom Dancing Fridays 6.30 - 9 pm Adults Jean Cantell 01273 513784 MONTHLY The GuestHouse Storytellers Storytelling for Adults 2nd Tuesday of the month 7.30 - 9.30 pm Uni Sinha 01323 325891 info@guesthousestorytellers.com Boogaloo Get your shoes off and dance. Every 4th Tuesday 7.30 - 9.30 £7 & £5 (cons) Kevin Green 01273 884400. Newhaven Historical Society 1st Tuesday of the month. 7.30 (doors open at 7pm) Different speaker and subject each month. Novel Group Thursdays 10-4pm (Monthly) Umi Sinha 01323 325891 umisinha.writing@gmail.com Hillcrest Cinema 3rd Saturday of the month 7.30 pm Doors open at 6.45. Email:hello@robinlucas.info Sunday Afternoon Tea Dance with Fred Weston 2-4.30 pm 01323 898813 westonatno1@uwclub.net Thursday Yoga for Mixed Abilities 10-11.30am British Wheel of Yoga Senior Teacher Trainer Janet Bond invites you to join a Small Group in her Beautiful Yoga Studio. All equipment provided. Further Details: 01273 512306 samtosha4u@btinternet.com SAMTOSHA TRAINING 01273-512306 http://www.samtosha4u.com Janet Bond British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course, Teacher Certificate Course & Yoga Diploma Course Senior Trainer + Satyananda Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Michael Bond R.G.N.(Retired), BWY In Service Trainer for First Aid plus Anatomy & Physiology Lecturer and NVQ Assessor
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Newhaven Art Club Newhaven Art Club was formed over 50 years ago and for many of those years met at the Hillcrest Centre in Newhaven, East Sussex and later at Bishopstone. We now meet in Peacehaven We are a friendly group of artists from Newhaven, Peacehaven, Seaford, and the surrounding area, who meet weekly to paint and draw together. Some of us are experienced artists while others are new to painting. Although we don't offer instruction there is always someone on hand to help beginners with any questions they may have. Our programme is very varied and includes a mutual discussion afternoon once a month where members can bring their paintings to be viewed in a friendly and supporting atmosphere. Our winter programme includes demonstrations and life models as well as afternoons of doing "just what you want". During the summer months, there are outside painting and sketching afternoons at local beauty spots as well as meetings at the homes of members where we indulge in tea and cakes in the garden. We also hold an Annual Exhibition at the Crypt Gallery in Seaford, where members can exhibit up to six paintings. There is a small charge for exhibiting. Our annual general meeting is in October every year. Why not come along to one of meetings and see how you get on! Look forward to seeing you there. To contact Newhaven Art Club please email newhavenart@gmail.com Right: Works by Newhaven Art Club Members
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Newhaven Port Newhaven was meant to become one of the most important ports in the country and for a time it seemed to be well on its way to establishing itself as a major port. For a history of the town it would seem right therefore that we look back at how the town developed and for a period it seemed to achieve his ambition. It is thought that the first mention of the name New Haven occurred in 1566, for it was at this time that the River Ouse which came out to a harbour at Seaford became blocked. It was decided that at Meeching, there’s a new cut for the river would be made and come out at the sea there. Which is why Meeching may well appear on old deeds and in road names but the town itself very quickly adopted the new name of Newhaven. It was soon realised that this new harbour that had been built at Newhaven was a port that could be used as a safe haven in storms, and for this reason it was at regular intervals register an updated finally some major improvement were made when the railway arrived in 1847. There had for centuries been a cross channel ferry service from Brighton and in 1823 passengers embarked from the Chain Pier and Shoreham if the weather made Brighton unsuitable. The port of Shoreham knowing they were the major port in the area negotiated too hard with London & South Coast Railway Company while Newhaven taking the best deal on offer won out, In addition the railway company bought land on the east side of the harbour to build their London and Paris Hotel. From 1848 the regular packet service as it was called between Newhaven and Dieppe commenced and a few years later following a dispute over sailing rights additional services to Honfleur and St Nazaire in France were added, they lasted until the outbreak of World War One, it was at this time that the port of Newhaven began to decline. Having grown into a major port overtaking Shoreham for about half a century, the turn of the 1900’s saw changes take place in trade which was to leave Newhaven as mainly a transit point for the cross channel ferry trade. Newhaven prior to the railway and for some time afterwards was also a large farming community, and we know that one of the farms
had a very substantial house. Although now under the roads between Newhaven Parish Church and the town centre, was Meeching Place farm house. In 1853 Meeching Place Farm, 450 acres of land and buildings was sold for £20,000, no small sum in those days. The house itself had 5 bedrooms, 2 dressing rooms, Dining Room, Breakfast Room and Drawing Room. There were also four other houses in close proximity for the farm bailiff and farm workers. As already hinted at, the history of Newhaven is more than a history of it’s port and harbour. In the next instalment of this brief history of the Town we will look at the Town itself. Stanley Bernard – His Open University Masters degree dissertation was on Newhaven and is the author of News from Victorian Newhaven, published in 2014 and still available via Amazon £10.99. His new book is also available at £15.99 plus postage from Amazon – A true history of the nearly new towns of Peacehaven & Telscombe.
Newhaven post cards promoting the Ferry and showing the port
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Local News
All Aboard For A Pram Race! Newhaven’s first ever Pram Race takes place on Easter Monday, 22nd April 2019 on West Quay! The brainchild of Newhaven’s Young Mayor, Huey Cripps, this fun race will follow a winding course along the riverside, starting by the RNLI Boathouse and finishing at the north end of Huggett’s Green.
Sponsorship opportunities will be available for local companies and there will be stalls on Huggett’s Green. If you’d like to sponsor the event, or have a stall, please contact Newhaven Chamber of Commerce office@newhavenchamber.co.uk or tel: 01273 517544. All money raised will go to the Young Mayor’s charities which are the Sea Cadets and the Bhopal Medical Appeal.
Get together with your friends, make your own pram, dress up - come along and have fun! Teams of all ages (over 13yrs) welcome. Prizes will be awarded for the best looking pram and team, the fastest pram along the route and the pram which is closest to a secret set time. Entry forms and rules available from the Newhaven Town Council website www.newhaventowncouncil.gov.uk/news or from the Town Council offices at 18 Fort Road, Newhaven, tel: 01273 516100
Newhaven is set to adopt the British Tradition of Pram Racing, plenty of time before April to find your ‘wheels’ and get a team together
Young Heroes Wanted Do you know a young hero who deserves an award?
chosen from all three categories, who will win £100.
We are now looking for nominations for the following awards, which will be presented in a ceremony to be held on Tuesday 12th March 2019
All young people who live, work/volunteer or go to school in Newhaven are eligible to be nominated. They must be 17 years or under on 1st March 2019.
● Young Carer (someone who cares for their parent(s) or other family member ● Young Sportsperson (for outstanding sporting achievement)
Nomination forms are available from www.newhaventowncouncil.gov.uk/news or from the town council offices at 18 Fort Road, Newhaven. The deadline for nominations is 15th February 2019.
● Young Person of Courage (someone who has achieved something against the odds; for instance whilst battling bravely against illness or disability; or someone who has done something especially brave) Each individual winner will receive a cash prize of £50 and a commemorative trophy which will be engraved with their name. There will be one overall winner of the Newhaven Community Award, To advertise call 01273 586527 or email info@newhavenmagazine.co.uk
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Garage Doors
Tasker Osman
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Aerial & Satellite installers
G & N Garage Doors 14 Gardening Services Clean Cut Gardening 4
First Rate Aerials
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Plumbing & Bathrooms
Seaford TV
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HPS
Teleview
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KDS Plumbing Sup.
Computer Sales and Repairs
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Plumbers
Ocean PC’s
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Southern PC Svcs
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Estate and Letting Agents Open House
FC & 15
Pete Hill
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Record Collector Vinyl Vault
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Solicitors BP
Barwells Solicitors
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Entertainment,Groups & Events
Travel Agent
Clifftops Writers Grp 8
Window Cleaners
Knit & Natter
Hydo Shine
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Experience It Now
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Newhaven Art Club 8 Newhaven Day Club 8
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