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The Floral Clock
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Sue Perkins on The Great British Bake Off, Punchlines and Her Fans!
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Welcome to first edition of our Sawyer & Co bi-monthly magazine.
In this issue we catch up with Sue Perkins who is busy touring the country with her ‘Live! In Spectacles’ show as well as gracing our screens in the Great British Bake Off, we travel back through time to see The Floral Clock in all its former glory and our property update will give you all the latest information on the local market. The summer months have been great for us as we can very proudly announce that our Senior Lettings Negotiator Kerry-Anne Holland became a Sunday Times Best Lettings Agent finalist at their national awards ceremony, while Sawyer & Co have been named as a finalist at the upcoming Brighton & Hove Business Awards and the prestigious national Negotiator Awards.
Contents This month we....................................................04–05 Rust, how to remove it..........................................07 Property market........................................................ 08 History of The Floral Clock.....................................09 Property for sale and rent.................................... 11 Sue Perkins Q&A...................................................10–11
The property market in Hove shows no sign of slowing down so if you’re thinking of selling or letting your property we’ve got plenty of prospective buyers and tenants who would love to know. For a free valuation of your property pop into the office and say hello or contact us now on 01273 77 88 44 to arrange a time that’s convenient for you. Chris Sawyer, Director.
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this month ...we’re enjoying A little something we like to call ‘The Vegan Scrambler’! Created by our very own Adam Farrell this is vegan take on the classic British fry up with scrambled ‘eggs’ as the star of the show… Heat a medium non-stick skillet over a medium heat and add 15oz of drained organic sprouted tofu along with a slither of non-dairy butter. Add ¼ tsp of black salt, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder and ¼ tsp pf turmeric powder and using a spatula, chop up the tofu in the pan until it looks like scrambled eggs. Add 3 tbsp of vegetable broth, one at a time and bring the mixture to the boil until the tofu soaked it all up. Remove from the heat and season. Then for the ultimate gut buster, add vegan sausages, vegan bacon, fried mushrooms, hash browns, baked beans, grilled tomatoes and toast!! Wash down with a big mug of tea (with soya milk of course!) and crash out on the sofa for a while to recover. Serves two.
…we’re listening to Now the summer sun has disappeared our Branch Manager Ashley Butler cheers himself up while he’s driving around town with a soundtrack that includes: ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling!’ – Justin Timberlake ‘That’s Not My Name’ – The Ting Tings ‘I’m Too Sexy’ – Right Said Fred If your taste in music is a little more alternative our vegan maestro Adam highly recommends you check out these tunes: ‘Morning’ – Beck ‘Minor Work’ - SUUNS ‘Higher Than the Sun’ – Primal Scream
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Property Market Update Whether you voted to leave or remain in the referendum it shouldn’t make any difference to your own plans about selling a property or buying a new home, looking for a great new tenant or deciding to rent a new house or flat.
IF there is a change to market conditions it’s reassuring to know that you’re dealing with experienced professionals who can advise you on the pros and cons of a change in market conditions.
Life goes on and here at Sawyer & Co. we’re always here to find the best solution, the best deal and the best outcome for you no matter what’s happening in the news headlines.
Our experience helps us to help you and we’re always happy to offer you our professional advice on everything from whether this a good time to trade up to if there are any good mortgage deals available.
Over the years we’ve seen most things, from booms, bust and uncertainty to elections, budgets and credit crunches, so as the saying goes we’ve ‘been there and done that’.
Vote for a multi award-winning team and contact our property experts now on 01273 77 88 44 or pop into our branch at 52 Church Road and allow us to get things moving for you.
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The Floral Clock
a quick trip through history Palmeira Square is a popular focal point in Hove and many of the residential buildings on the western, eastern and northern sides are listed Grade II for their architectural and historical importance. Public gardens play a big part in the area’s appeal and at the northern end of the square the road system circumvents another large green space. Here, on 2nd June 1953 to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a floral clock was unveiled. It was designed by Hove Council’s Director of Parks and Cemeteries G.A. Hyland and featured the first double face floral clock in the world. The face diameters of 9 feet (2.7 m) made it an impressive structure and it acted as a fully functioning time piece, with the internal mechanism provided by clockmakers James Richie & Son. Initially around 35,000 flowers were planted and at various times special temporary floral designs were later used, 08|
such as when Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.’s Football League Third Division South title win in 1958 was commemorated. The Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 and the Brighton and Hove in Bloom competition in 1998 were other design highlights. The slightly raised circular design of the floral clock was thought to be a reference to the Bronze Age barrow that had been destroyed by building work at the north end of the square in 1857. This was the only one of its kind found on the Sussex coast and was larger than others found on the South Downs. Amongst the discoveries from the Bronze Age barrow were the Hove amber cup, now in Hove Museum and Art Gallery, along with a coffin holding a skeleton, a Wessex culture ‘Camerton’ dagger, a whetstone and a small axe. In recent years vandals ruined the clock’s mechanism and made constant attacks on the hands, which were removed for safe keeping. However, thankfully today the clock is once again a distinct feature of the day to day life of Hove.
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Kemp Town Living catches up with Sue Perkins ahead of her show at the Brighton Dome Q: What prompted you to hit the road with your new tour, “LIVE! in Spectacles”? A: It’s a good time to look back on my life so far. I fully intend to live to the age of 92, so this is half-time. Essentially this tour is handing out the orange segments. Q: Tell us more. A: Writing a memoir begins a process that doesn’t necessarily end with publication. You begin to think about family life and stories and relationships, and those are ongoing. Once the book was published, I thought, “There is so much more still to ay without necessarily writing another book. Why not animate the book with a live tour?” It’s like a companion volume, I guess. A big, technicolour puke of thoughts. Perhaps I should put that on the poster… Q: You have always relished live performance, haven’t you? A: Yes, I love live. I really enjoy playing with an audience. At book events, I do Q&As and it’s often then that the madness starts. It often feels like an anarchic version of Question Time. Q: What do you particularly like about interacting with the audience? A: It enriches me. Performing live challenges you to be more engaged. And the great thing is, each venue is completely different. What I have done lately has been TV-based, so I haven’t had the same feedback as I get live, and that’s what I love. I adore the raw surprise someone of asking a question you would never have expected. I love the spontaneity of it. I don’t encourage hecklers, but sometimes a heckler is the funniest person in the room - why not embrace that? The audience is a big pool of fun you can swim around in. But remember - no petting.
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Q: You will be giving each ticket-holder a copy of your book, “Spectacles”. What’s the thinking behind that? A: It gives me the opportunity to meet the whole audience one by one afterwards during the signings. A gig is a two-way street. It’s not about me broadcasting. It’s not, “This is what I’ve got to say about this.” It’s as much about how people respond to the material. My memoir is a story of family and childhood, and everyone has had one of those. Mine is not the definitive version of childhood, but it’s a great way to start a conversation. I love it when someone says, “It’s weird. I lived next to an electricity substation for 20 years as well.” Or, “We had a cat that dragged our turkey across the room at Christmas and we had to eat boiled eggs for our lunch instead.” The book is a recorded history of my life so far, but the tour brings extra stuff to it. The audience adds so much on top of that. It’s important to have that double act thing going on with them. Q: So what subjects will you be covering in the show? A: Births, deaths, lemon drizzle and getting fondled by a Cambodian hermit. I’ll talk a lot about the catastrophising that went on in my family. There was always a sense that something awful, that imminent doom, was around the corner. It came from my mum – she’s a worrier. Everything was a potential trip to A & E!
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Q: What else do the fans ask you? A: They always want to know what Mary Berry is like. Well, Bez is the best. End of. She’s the nation’s sweetheart. I love her – so much so, I’ve been trying to get her to adopt me for the last seven years. Q: Why do you think The Great British Bake Off has proved so popular? A: I think the chemistry between the four of us – Mary, Paul, Mel and I – works so well. We’re all big kids at heart. We’re all very playful. We don’t approach it as a job. We approach it as a day out at a country fair! But the real reason why the show is so successful is the 12 people who come to bake every year. Although we four have received a lot of attention, I really do believe that the bakers are where the magic is. Q: Finally, do you believe that a sense of humour is vital? A: Of course. Life is boring without the punctuation of punchlines. If you laugh at a joke, it’s because someone has put something you already know in a way you had never thought of before. You’ve always been aware of that idea, but it’s the expression of that idea that catches you. The other person encapsulates it or puts a new twist on it. It illuminates and cheers in one fell swoop. Without humour, what’s the point? Life would simply be one long argument with a man from the BT helpdesk.
Q: I believe you will also be showing some slides. A: Yes, there will be lots of slides. There is only one picture of me in the book and I have this horrific haircut in it. People say, “Surely that was just one bad haircut day.” But I’m afraid I have 150 slides of myself at different ages, all with the same haircut! My mum had someone round to cut my hair who, it transpired, had only done dog grooming before. So I had a low Dougal-style fringe that was perfectly straight. It swayed like a trimmed, bearded collie! A bowl for all seasons. Perhaps that should be the title of the second volume…. Q: You have a wonderful relationship with your fans. Do they frequently stop you in the street? A: Sometimes, yes. Often they’ll want to ask about the weird things I’ve eaten. I’ve eaten everything. There’s nothing I haven’t eaten. I’ve eaten peacock, rat, squirrel, wigeon, teal, snipe, snake, moose and yak. Bear Grylls, eat your heart out! In fact, he probably has eaten his heart out…
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