Seaford Scene February 2020

SEAFORD Scene February 2020 Issue 154

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Welcome...

to the February issue of Seaford Scene. As the nights begin to draw out and the days become longer, we can start to venture outdoors again and enjoy what nature has to offer. There are so many places of natural beauty in and around Seaford, and you can get involved in helping to preserve and restore these wonderful beauty spots. Greenhavens Network is looking for volunteers on page 126 as are Trees for Seaford on page 59 or perhaps you could become a Friend of Tide Mills, see page 50? Our article Autumn Rain and an Irish Storm on page 43 offers some astonishing local revelations, whilst Sussex Wildlife Trust focuses on toads this month – all in a pond near you, see page 14.

And if you’re out and about, why not capture nature’s glory with your camera – Seaford Photographic Society on page 12 may just inspire you to do so. With environmental concerns also a hot topic, we have news from Plastic Free Seaford on page 9. Other local news includes Seaford Neighbourhood Plan on page 22 – be sure to place your vote, and health awareness from the Patient Participation Group on page 33. Finally, don’t forget it’s Valentine’s Day on the 14th, and enjoy your Shrove Tuesday pancakes on the 25th! Happy reading!

Fran Tegg. Editor

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February Dark Skies Festival

4 Seaford Splash!

6 Seaford Christmas Magic 9 Plastic Free Seaford 12 Seaford Photographic Society 14 Sussex Wildlife Trust 19 Seaford Music Society 20 Neighbourhood Watch Roundup 22 Seaford Neighbourhood Plan 25 Life After a Dementia Diagnosis 26 A Valentine Request 29 There Goes the Bride 30 Seaford Rotary 33 Patient Participation Group 34 Newberry Tully 38 Mayo Wynne Baxter 41 100th Birthday Celebrations 43 Autumn Rain and an Irish Storm 45 Seahaven’s 17th Annual Business Awards 46 Probus Club of Seaford 50 Friends of Tide Mills 51 Inner Wheel Club 52 Girls’ Football Team Gets a Head Start 52 Castle Night Trek – Take the Challenge 54 Cradle Hill Community Primary School 59 Trees for Seaford 64 Sam Hughes is Sir Elton John 68 Seaford Museum & Heritage Society 70 Who’s Who in Seaford?

75 Lewes District Citizens Advice 78 Scam Awareness 85 Seaford Young Mayor’s Christmas Magic 88 Martello Rotary 91 Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club 92 Concentus Sang Christmas 93 Seaford Sessions 97 Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club 103 Tuesday Treats 113 A View From The Potting Shed 116 Seaford Community Garden 118 Seaford Karate Club 120 German Chatters Invite You to Meet Them 122 Seaford U3A News 124 Seaford Afternoon Flower Club 126 Greenhavens Network 128 What’s On in Seaford in February?

138 Index of Businesses

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Arts and cultural events in the Seaford area

Welcome to the latest update on what’s going on in our vibrant town, compiled by Andrea Hargreaves.

Music

Nigel Goss’ band Music From The Sofa is performing instrumental jazz along with Tight Back Lawson, fronted by jazz singer Siony Foulds, and country rock outfit Cushion The Blow, with guitarist James Clarke and violinist Russell Gilbert on Thursday 30th January at Cross Way Church, Clinton Place from 8pm. Tickets from Newberry Tully, Church Street, or on the door, £5.

The Corelli Ensemble are back at the Baptist Church, Belgrave Road on Sunday 2nd February at 4pm with a programme of Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 2, Grieg’s Varen, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Beethoven’s Romance in F, played by violinist Maeve Jenkinson and Rutter’s Suite for Strings. Tickets from www.corelliensemble.co.uk Devon-based duo Jacob and Drinkwater take to the Little Theatre stage on Saturday 22nd – this Seaford Sessions music event is an 80-seater show with some cabaret-style seating. Buy tickets from the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) in Church Street or online at www.wegotickets.com.

Cinema

Seaford Community Cinema’s new season at the Barn Theatre begins on Friday 31st January at 7.30pm with Yesterday (12A). Directed by Danny Boyle, it stars Himesh Patel as a struggling musician who wakes up in an alternate timeline where The Beatles never existed.

This story tells how the young man took credit for the Fab Four’s output. Sunday 2nd February at 4pm sees a Winter Warmer, with the screening of Downton Abbey (PG), starring Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Jim Carter. In Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory (15), on Friday 7th February at 7.30pm, Antonio Banderas is an ageing director coming face to face with his first love affair. Valentine’s Day on Friday 14th February at 7.30pm has added sugar with Blinded by the Light (12A), about a Luton teenager of Pakistani descent dealing with prejudice and traditional constraints with the help of

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Bruce Springsteen lyrics. Thursday 20th February brings a National Theatre Live screening of an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac (cert.

TBC), starring James McAvoy. The Saturday matinée on 22nd February at 2.30pm is Fisherman’s Friends (12A), based on a true story about Cornish fishermen whose sea shanties attract the attention of a manager. Comedy drama The Farewell (PG) on Friday 28th February at 7.30pm, pits Western against Oriental culture regarding traditions around death when granny has only a short time left to live. For more info and tickets go to www.seafordcinema.org. Tickets also from the TIC or on the door.

Drama

Seaford Little Theatre is staging Ray Cooney and John Chapman’s farce There Goes the Bride on 7th to 15th February, tickets from the TIC (see page 29).

After hitting his head on the morning of his daughter’s society wedding, advertising executive Timothy Westerby awakes to find himself in the company of a 1920s Flapper girl straight out of his current campaign, whom no-one else can see or hear. When another bump on the head transports him back to 1926 and the Savoy hotel, the carefully planned wedding preparations disintegrate into chaos.

Spoken Word and Music

Chase those winter blues away with the return of LitFest – Seaford’s annual celebration of words and music. A wonderful line-up of writers, poets, storytellers and musicians will converge on The Crypt Gallery in Church Street to present their work in the warm and intimate atmosphere of the historic undercroft. LitFest20 runs from Thursday 27th February to Sunday 1st March and features Simon Parke, Barry Winbolt, Umi Sinha, Janet Sutherland, Nicolas Royle, Maeve Jenkinson, Alex Josephy, Richard Wright, Wendy Atkinson, Peter Martin, Ruth Figgest and Susan Evans. Tickets and further information from www.thecryptgallery.com and www.seahavenpoets.co.uk Putting on an arts event in the town? Contact me if you would like to be in this diary, at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com at least a week before the issue deadline.

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Seaford Christmas Magic Seaford Town Council hosted this year’s Christmas Magic on Saturday 7th December in the streets of Seaford Town, where residents and visitors enjoyed festive music, Christmas market stalls, lanternmaking workshops and parade, Santa’s grotto and Secret Stones treasure trail.

A variety of live entertainment captivated the crowds in Broad Street at the main stage with fabulous local bands, choirs and groups performing throughout the day. Tansley’s street performance stage hosted a mixture of singers, along with Stix Drummers who were drumming around town.

Santa, Mrs Claus, and his merry elves were kept very busy throughout the day in Santa’s Grotto, run by Seaford Musical Theatre, based in the Barn Theatre.

Children were thrilled to be able to meet Father Christmas and have their photo taken too.

New to Christmas Magic this year was the Secret Stones treasure trail, where 14 independent shops took part in displaying a painted secret stone in their window display, designed by Year 2 pupils at Seaford Primary School, for children to find and enter a prize draw, with goodies donated from participating shops.

Seaford Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce hosted a window display competition for all shops in

Seaford Town.

This year the competition was judged by the Chamber of Commerce President, Claire Davis and the Mayor of Seaford, Cllr Nazish Adil. First prize was won by Be Creative on Sutton Park Road, two runners up were Peter Trevor Jewellers and Wynne’s of Seaford.

Children were delighted to be able to make beautiful, colourful lanterns in St Leonard’s Church Hall with SCIP (Seaford Contemporary Illustrators & Printers) ahead of the magical Lantern Parade, where they could parade their lanterns through town and join in the count down with the Mayor of Seaford, Seaford Rotary and the winner of the Mayor’s Christmas Card competition, Florence Vaks to switch on the sparkling Christmas lights.

Seaford Town Council has secured free car parking through Lewes District Council for all shoppers on Saturday 14th and 21st December. These include Saxon Lane, Sutton Road and West Street car parks.

All other parking restrictions remain unchanged.

Thank you to all those who made the effort to make Christmas Magic so festive.

Special thanks go to the volunteers of the Seaford Christmas Magic Committee, Sussex Events, Seaford Bonfire Society for marshalling, SCIP for lantern making, Seaford Musical Theatre for the grotto, our sponsor Bellway Homes, Seaford Town Council staff and all the stall holders who made the day possible.

Photos (from top): The Lantern Parade; performers on stage at Christmas Magic 2019.

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Seaford is Awarded Plastic Free Communities Status as it Takes Action on Single-use Plastic Seaford has joined a network of communities across the UK who are leading the way to tackle throw away plastic at source. The town has been awarded Plastic Free Community status by marine conservation charity, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), in recognition of the work it has done to start reducing the impact of single-use plastic on the environment.

I started the campaign in March 2018 after running beach cleans. I saw that the community was interested in how to clean up the local beach and learning to stop using and buying single use plastic and disposables.

Registering with the SAS Plastic Free Communities movement, I have worked hard to pull together key organisations and businesses in the town to put in place a five-point plan. The objectives included: setting up a community-led steering group, instigating the SAS Plastic Free Schools education programme, getting local

council commitment, and working with local businesses, organisations and community groups to spread the word and minimise the amount of disposable plastics they use.

Whilst I know a community will never be totally single free of single-use plastic, I hope this campaign evokes change in people’s attitudes towards convenience and single use. It has been a labour of love at times as it does take time, effort and multi-tasking to make ourselves heard, but as we start a new decade, I know it has all been totally worth it. Claire Sumners

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Seaford Photographic Society In past years we have held our annual exhibition at Seaford’s Crypt Gallery. For 2019 however, for various reasons, we decided to try a new venue. We hold our weekly club meetings at Seaford Constitutional Club and we thought that this might also be a good location to show off our members’ photography. The exhibition was held for just two days over one weekend before Christmas and it was a great success. Many thanks to all the people who visited and for all the positive comments we received, both about the work on display and the new venue.

The exhibition was opened by our Hon. President Grace Robertson OBE, and thanks again to Alasdair Fortune who picked his favourite print, for the Badger Inks Trophy for best in show. Well done to Jamie Sheldon who was awarded the trophy this year for one of his superb motor racing photos.

The general consensus was that this is a much more suitable venue than the Crypt as it has more space for people to walk around and browse. It also enabled us to show our work unframed so there were no distracting reflections and people could see the huge difference that the choice of paper can make to the look of a print. Having food and a bar on site was also appreciated! We will definitely be having more exhibitions here so keep an eye out in in Seaford Scene, and on our website, for more information.

December featured one of our most popular annual competitions, for Nature Prints, judged this year by Eastbourne’s John Staples

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ARPS APAGB. There were 31 entries and the winner’s trophy went to Janice Hewitt with her very artistic image of a Paper Wasp. Second place went to ‘Poppy and Corn’ by Adrian Bishop and Steven Wares took third place.

The final meeting before the Christmas break saw two print competitions, judged by Dr Phillip Westwood AFIAP. The first, entitled ‘Photo Story’ was for 6 prints, all mounted on one board, that tell a story. This subject is always interesting at it is open to quite a wide range of interpretation. The winner featured a series of images by Julian Purkis showing an early morning walk in Yorkshire.

Janice Hewitt took second place and Colin Mitchell third, which was sufficient for him to retain his current position in the lead for Photographer of the Year (Advanced Group), just a few points ahead of Janice.

The second print competition of the evening was for People Portraits, which was won

by Chris Dawson with ‘Taking a Break’, featuring artist Kerstin Lindgren outside her exhibition in Corfu. Jennie Edwards took second place and Simon Watkins third.

Our regular club meetings are held every Friday between September and the end of May at Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford, BN25 1PU. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.45pm start. We welcome new members so if you are thinking of joining just come along one evening to see what you think. There’s lots more to see on our website: www.seafordps.org.

Photos from top: Poppy and Corn by Adrian Bishop; Le Mans Tyre Change by Jamie Sheldon; Taking a Break by Chris Dawson; Paper Wasp by Janice Hewitt.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust

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of the Beholder Ensconced in my corner of a Sussex pub I didn’t look far for inspiration for this month’s article. The clanging of brass on lead alerted me to a couple of lads playing that most Sussex of pub games – Toad in the Hole. The perfect excuse for some sycophantic toadying to an amphibian I adore; warts and all.

Toads are beautiful.Yes, I know they have lumpy, poisonous skin.Yes, I know they have a face like Ena Sharples. But that eye. That amazing eye. Next time you see a toad get right up close and allow yourself to be hypnotized by that mesmerizing golden-ringed eye. Fellow toad lover George Orwell called it ‘about the most beautiful eye of any living creature’.

In February that beautiful eye blinks open as toads awaken from their winter hibernation. From under stones, logs and leaves they emerge and start the long walk home – back to the pond where they were born.

They proceed on this pilgrimage with a determined, unsteady gait – like one of those old men you see gingerly crossing the shingle on his way to his annual New Year’s Day dip. But once the toad hits the water he is rejuvenated and has one thing on his mind. Croaking and brawling, a peaceful pond is transformed into a Club 18-30 pool party as male toads squabble over females in a writhing ball of amorous amphibians.

The results of this Bacchanalian bonding are long polka-dot ribbons of spawn (unlike the frog’s shapeless tapioca blobs) and by May the parent toads have left their breeding ponds to lead a more respectable life on dry land until their winter hibernation. Amazingly these animals can live for over 40 years.

With their primordial appearance, annual gatherings and rituals there is a touch of evil about the toad.

Throughout England’s history they have been vilified;

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linked to witchcraft and strange superstitions. And, when it comes to folklore, there’s nowt so queer as toads.

Rubbing toads on your body could cure cancer; a live toad in your mouth could cure skin infections. Precious jewels (toadstones) were reputed to be hidden in a toad’s head. Immortal toad-eaters were a sideshow attraction at country fairs.

Travelling toad doctors could heal you with Toad hearts and legs. The mysterious Toadmen used toad potions to cure horses (a practice that allegedly continued until the 1930s in some English counties).

It took Kenneth Grahame’s beloved The Wind in the Willows to finally drag the toad out of the dark ages, putting him in a tweed suit and in the hearts of the nation. Keep an eye out for these amazing animals around Sussex in the coming months as they return to their ponds.

Michael Blencowe, Sussex Wildlife Trust Photos from top: Common toad © Dave Kilbey Sussex Wildlife Trust; Toads spawning © Derek Middleton Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Sussex Wildlife Trust is an independent charity caring for wildlife and habitats throughout Sussex. Founded in 1961, we have worked with local people for over half a century to make Sussex richer in wildlife.

We rely on the support of our members to help protect our rich natural heritage. Please consider supporting our work. As a member you will be invited to join Michael Blencowe on our regular wildlife walks and also enjoy free events, discounts on wildlife courses, Wildlife magazine and our Sussex guide book, Discovering Wildlife. It’s easy to join online at www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/join or over the phone on 01273 497532.

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London Mozart Players to perform in Seaford

Seaford Music Society invites you to its next concert to be given by the London Mozart Players on Sunday 9th February. All are welcome to enjoy some wonderful chamber music played by this world-renowned ensemble in a programme that includes two great compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss. The concert takes place in St Leonard’s Church in Seaford and starts at 3pm.

Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante was written in 1779 whilst the composer was on tour in Paris and has become one of his best loved works, as well as featuring in the film Amadeus. More usually heard in the concert hall played by solo violin and viola with full orchestra, we will hear it in this concert in a dazzlingly virtuosic early 19th-century arrangement for string sextet.

The iconic Metamorphosen for Strings was composed

by Richard Strauss exactly 75 years ago in 1945 during the last few months of the Second World War. This was in response to the wholesale destruction of several historical cultural centres including Munich, Dresden and Frankfurt.

More usually heard as an orchestral work for 23 solo stringed instruments, the composer in fact originally scored Metamorphosen for a septet of two violins, two violas, two cellos and a double bass. This is the version that will be played in Seaford. An intense and highly emotionally charged work, it is nowadays considered to be one of Strauss’ greatest achievements.

We are incredibly fortunate to hear two such masterpieces here in Seaford and this is an occasion not to be missed!

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Neighbourhood Watch Roundup

It is an absolute truth that nobody knows your neighbourhood better than you.You know what looks and feels right, and what doesn’t. When things are not right, none of us are the type of person who would ignore a threat to ourselves, our neighbours or our friends. It’s this on-the-ground knowledge that our Police rely upon to keep Seaford and Bishopstone a safe and relatively crime free town. They rely on us to be their eyes and ears, and none are more qualified than us to be those eyes and ears.

Posting incidents on social media takes more time than it does to report online at www.sussex.police.uk or by email to 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk . The Police, while they do monitor various online reporting groups, cannot respond to unofficial reports and do not rely on our various Facebook Noticeboards for accurate crime statistics, nor are those Facebook reports admissible in court as evidence. Accurate reporting drives accurate resourcing so if we want a more active and visible police presence, we have to let the police know what’s going on.

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Typically emails and online reporting are replied to, by the right division to deal with your report, within 24 hours. It also takes pressure off an already overburdened call centre.

By joining the Neighbourhood Watch (a steal at £3 a year) you are also doing your part, quite visibly, to deter criminals just by displaying the logo on your door. Report all non-emergency incidents online or by email, and you are doing your bit to focus police resources where they are needed the most. We criticise the Police for doing nothing when we have to ask ourselves what we are actively doing to support policing efforts. Most of us would answer very little. It’s time to be the change.

You can join the Neighbourhood Watch by visiting our website www.sandbnhw.org/join or by dropping an email to members@sandbnhw.co.uk or by using the form attached and dropping into our post-box at the police station. Join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ sandbnhw for regular updates and alerts.

In closing, our thanks to our neighbours who have joined or renewed for 2020 for your loyal support, your kindness and your care.You are the Great Neighbours that make Seaford and Bishopstone a special place to live.

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What’s on at Seaford Museum

Experience history from the stone age to the present day

6,000 sq ft of Local and Domestic History in peace and war.

Now with lift and step-free access.

Friday February 14th, 2.30pm in the Little Theatre

The Martello Tower, Seaford Esplanade

A fascinating talk by Alan Kingshott who was a Beefeater at the Tower of London. Find out about his life and duties. Tickets on the door, £5 or £2 for Museum Members.

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Uncover the history of some unusual objects. Be led through the research process and produce information cards for the museum.

Maximum of 20 children who must be accompanied and adults must stay. Email education@seafordmuseum.co.uk to reserve a space.

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SEAFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN Why you should vote for the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan in the Referendum on 6th February 2020 Please ensure you vote at your local polling station open from 7am to 10pm. This plan will determine the future development of the Town.

The plan as developed by local residents covers: • Where the new housing the town has to provide will go (therefore this is not decided by outside developers) • Key green spaces to be protected • Parts of the town continue to be conserved • Suitable design requirements for new houses in the town.

It is believed that over £1,000,000 extra for projects in the town will be generated as a result

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The detail

After three and a half years of work by many volunteers, the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan has been agreed, with some modifications, by a Government Planning Examiner as satisfying the strict legal requirements and being suitable for consideration by the public in a Referendum. The main changes to the Plan required by the Examiner were to delete three Local Green Spaces, that is, Tide Mills, land north of South Barn and Grand Avenue; this decision cannot be challenged. Because we deleted the proposal for eight homes on the Downs Leisure Centre site, before submitting the final version of the Neighbourhood Plan, the Examiner accepted every one of our revised housing proposals as achieving both central and local government policy objectives.

The benefits of supporting the approved Neighbourhood Plan

If supported by over 50% of those voting, the Plan will be used in future to help determine planning applications for housing development. This will prevent developers from building large scale developments in areas that the residents of Seaford do not want.

Seaford is a wonderful place to live, work and relax.

There is much that needs to be conserved so that the natural beauty and biodiversity of the town is not undermined by housing development. The Seaford Neighbourhood Plan is an important mechanism to conserve and enhance the town as it contains policies which cover, amongst other things:

• the landscape setting and key views • heritage assets • biodiversity • design • conservation areas including Bishopstone

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Although some of the present planning policies protect open spaces (such as, recreation grounds) from housing

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development, the neighbourhood planning process introduces a new concept of Local Green Spaces which protect from development on green areas of particular importance to local residents. The following nine Local Green Spaces have been designated in the plan: 1. Bishopstone Village Green 2. Blatchington Pond 3. Foster Close Open Space 4. Normansal Park/Chalvington Fields not in the National Park 5. Princess Drive Green and old Grand Avenue bridleway 6. The Crouch 7. The Old Brickfield and site adjacent to 47 Surrey Road 8. The Ridings, Lexden Road 9 Land North of Alfriston Road (4 plots).

Housing proposals

The government requires each local authority to build a certain number of new homes by 2030 on sites that can provide sustainable development, within both central and local government policy. Taking into account the number of homes for which planning permission has already been given, Seaford is now required to build a minimum of a further 185 homes.

The Seaford Plan enables local residents to say where development may or may not take place. The Plan identifies the following ten brown field sites for housing development: 1. Dane Valley project area – 104 dwellings (net addition of 74). This site is a grossly underused piece of land which is in a very good location for affordable housing with good transport links and access to shops and other services.

2. Jermyn & Sons, 10 Claremont Road – 20 dwellings 3. 10 Homefield Place – 19 dwellings 4. Brooklyn Hyundai, Claremont Road – 13 dwellings 5. Holmes Lodge, 72 Claremont Road – 12 dwellings 6. Station approach/Dane Road – 12 dwellings above existing retail space 7. Seven Sisters pub, Alfriston Road – 9 dwellings 8. Old House Depository, Claremont Road – 35 dwellings 9. Elm Court, Blatchington Road – 9 dwellings 10. Florence House – 7 dwellings

A total of 210 dwellings are estimated at the present time to be required so that, in due course, a minimum of 185 new homes will be built by 2030. The key point is that the sites identified for housing development in the Plan (that is the 10 sites listed above) were obtained by a detailed analysis by independent consultants of each site and comparison with the Sustainability Objectives.

More money for Seaford

The Neighbourhood Plan will enable 25% of the Community Infrastructure Levy (contributed by developers of housing sites) to be paid to Seaford Town Council for enhancement of the infrastructure of the town. This will mean approximately an extra million pounds for the town by 2030, for enhancements to public spaces in the Town, such as parks, play areas, open spaces, public buildings or the seafront.

New Design Guidelines for housing developments in Seaford have been produced to supplement the Design Policies in the Plan. These guidelines should curtail development of unsuitable eyesores in the town.

Conclusion

Although the Plan now being put forward for Referendum on 6th February is slightly changed from the version put out for Regulation 16 consultation by Lewes District Council last summer, the plan contains many useful safeguards to protect the beauty, heritage and biodiversity of the Town. These safeguards would be lost if the Plan were to be unsuccessful in the Referendum. The sites recommended for housing development are brown field sites in sustainable locations and provide much needed homes, including some affordable, in the town.

Further details of the plan can be found on Seaford Town Council’s website: www. seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/neighbourhood-plan/ Copies of the plan and supporting documents are available to be read at the Tourist Information Office in Church Street, Seaford, the library in Seaford and St Andrew’s Church, Bishoipstone.

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Life after a dementia diagnosis Nial Joyce of Clifden House Dementia Care Centre offers his advice for those caring for a loved one living with dementia and how you can learn to live with the challenges posed by the disease.

Do your research

A dementia diagnosis, although not the end of life, is life changing and it will eventually affect all aspects of your and your loved one’s futures. Therefore, it is important to learn as much as you can about the disease, how it is likely to develop and ways in which you can prepare for the challenges ahead. It is natural to be afraid of the unknown, so the more you learn, the less daunting the future will seem.

Personality changes are inevitable

As a physical disease, dementia causes a build-up of proteins in the brain, forming plaques that break down the brain’s nerve cells and disrupt connections, resulting in damage to brain tissues. This damage leads to changes in personality and is often extremely distressing for loved ones to come to terms with.

Remember, it is the disease causing these changes and your loved one is not responsible for them. Hold on to your memories of the person they were before the disease took hold, as that is their true personality.

Accept their new life

Once you have accepted that dementia will alter your partner’s personality it is perfectly natural to grieve their loss. It is important that you learn to love them as they are now, with the disease. Perhaps they were always active and on the go, but now prefer to sit quietly, listening to music or watching TV. Join in with their activities whenever you can, and you may still see glimmers of their old personality peeping through.

Don’t do it alone

Caring for a loved one with dementia is emotionally and physically demanding and it is vital that you ask for and accept help. Research local dementia support groups and online forums and attend social events and meet ups if you can. Don’t allow yourself to become isolated as this will have a negative impact on both your lives. As the disease progresses consider respite care for your loved one, giving you both a break. You cannot care for someone if you aren’t taking care of yourself and nobody can do it all by themselves.

Clifden House Dementia Care Centre offers a vibrant and active environment, as well as a home for family, friends and carers to spend quality time with their loved one. We provide full residential care, as well as short term respite and day care. Our experienced care team is on hand to offer help and advice on caring for a loved one with dementia, whatever the stage of their illness.

This year Clifden House Dementia Care Centre, Seaford, celebrates 50 years of delivering exceptional care in Sussex. As a leader in specialist dementia care it aims to facilitate each person to continue to live a fulfilling and active life with privacy, dignity and security.

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A Valentine Request As we come into February I’ve started to see the shops change – they are full of red hearts, teddy bears and in some cases, lovely sentiment – yes the 14th of February is Valentine’s Day. This is yet another Roman-inspired date on our calendar. St Valentine, a Roman priest, fought for love and marriage during the reign of an Emperor who felt married men were not ideal soldiers. In a story surrounded by love, hate and power, Valentine sent a card on 14th February declaring his love for his jailer’s daughter and now on this date every year thousands of people send cards or gifts to those they love.

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I know many think Valentine’s Day is somewhat over commercialised and in many respects I agree. But we are lucky in Seaford to be able to make a gesture of love and thanks to those around us quite easily, we can send unique, handmade cards from the local shops, we could take our loved one for a lovely coffee/meal in one of our many restaurants and cafés and we could even go for a romantic walk over the Downs. The 14th of February shouldn’t be about how much money you spend or how big a gesture you make, surely it’s about the love and affection you have for those around you.

I asked my little boy the other day if he wanted to send a Valentine card to anyone at school, he went a little coy and looked slightly embarrassed but turned around and made my heart melt, ‘I’ll get you a card Mummy to say thank you for being you’. And maybe that is what it is all about, saying thank you to someone, sending a note to remind someone you are thinking of them, asking a friend for coffee.

I think the real sentiment on a grey February day won’t be sending a bunch of flowers or chocolates, but spending time with someone important and showing those around you how much you appreciate them.

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There Goes the Bride

7th - 15th February, Seaford Little Theatre

Seaford Little Theatre is looking forward to welcoming audiences to its latest production – the hilarious There Goes the Bride, another from the Cooney/Chapman stable.

Cast and crew are enjoying rehearsals and are sure that everyone who comes along to the Little Theatre between 7th and 15th February will leave thoroughly cheered up on a cold February night (or day, if their visit is to the one matinée performance on 8th February).

Just to remind those of you who have yet to encounter this famous farce: the action concerns mishaps and misunderstandings surrounding the wedding of Judy and Nicholas, her parents, grandparents, potential in-laws and family friends. Not to mention the flapper

from the 1920s who mysteriously appears and causes havoc.

The costumes will be beautiful and the set, as always, magnificent, so please don’t miss the chance to see the play from Friday 7th February at 7.45pm, right through to Saturday 15th February.

All evening performances start at 7.45pm, and the one matinée, on Saturday 8th February, starts at 2.30pm. Booking is now made either at the Tourist Information Centre in Church Street (email: seafordtic@lewes.gov.uk; 01323 897426) or, for the first time, online at www.ticketsource.co.uk.

Photos from top: The bride, played by Clare Forshaw, with her mother Ursula, played by Jenny Humphries; director Phil Armstrong putting his cast through their paces at an early rehearsal.

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Situated in a coastal town in East Sussex, Seaford sits on the south coast of England. Lying east of Newhaven and Brighton and west of Eastbourne, there are 34 one-bedroom bungalows, 6 two-bedroom bungalows and 1 two-bedroom house, all maintained to a good standard, offering sheltered accommodation with a sense of community, within a secure setting.

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A big thank you to the people of Seaford for their generosity supporting the Seaford Christmas Collection for December 2019.

The 2019 Seaford Rotary Christmas Collections started on Monday 2nd December with Santa and his team of elves out and around Seaford for 17 weekday nights and one Saturday evening between the hours of 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Some of the evenings were very wet whilst a good many of other evenings were dry, but very windy.

Santa’s sleigh also visited Seaford Christmas Magic, where Florence, winner of the Mayor’s Christmas card competition, helped Father Christmas and the Mayor of Seaford, Nazish Adil, switch on the Christmas lights.

In addition, there were four static collections in Broad Street during the day on three of the Saturdays in December and Christmas Eve The team accompanying Santa’s sleigh for each evening comprised Santa, his two drivers – one for the sleigh plus one for support, and a Senior Elf (or Contact Man), who is in charge of the other eight elves, directing them along the routes to collect donations.

There are also two more elves who count the proceeds of the collection. The static collections run a similar but smaller support team.

For 2019, 83% of those who took part in the Seaford Rotary Christmas collection were Club Rotarians, some of them helping on many nights throughout December.

A further 17% were friends or family members who

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volunteered to help Santa’s team cover the streets of Seaford. Seaford Rotary is most grateful to them for their time and efforts.

The Christmas collection was a great success and Seaford Rotary would like to thank the people of Seaford once again for their kind generosity. This year they raised a total of £10,716, which was £31 up on last year in spite of having one less Static Collection.

The collections will go into our Charitable Trust to support local good causes in 2020.

Photo: Florence and Father Christmas on the Seaford Rotary sleigh.

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As winter is now upon us the group is trying to raise awareness of the impact that a simple accident can have on our daily lives. With the wet, windy and possibly icy days ahead, together with dark evenings, tripping and falling with dire consequences is an all too real possibility for us all.

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Someone who is normally independent, perhaps living on their own, but enjoying a full and happy life, can suddenly become totally dependent on others and no longer able to enjoy life to the full. A simple fall can easily mean a broken bone or joint and result in many painful months in hospital, and the need for extensive ongoing support from family or friends.

I suspect we all know someone who has found themselves in this position, but few of us would have considered that it could possibly happen to us. The stark reality of course is that it could at any time. It only takes a moment’s lack of thought or concentration, too much of a rush, wrong glasses, poor light with no torch, inappropriate footwear, forgotten walking stick or frame, didn’t notice the uneven paving stone, texting on the go – etc, etc.

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Have a healthy and very happy 2020.

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Our 2020 Vision “Less is more.”

Most estate agents measure success by having as many properties on their books as possible. But at Newberry Tully, we’re far more focused on customer care than market share.

So, since 1st January, we have decided to limit the number of properties we have for sale at any one time to twenty.

Why are we doing this?

Well, our experience shows clients want and deserve the highest levels of service, care and advice. And we think it’s impossible to do that if you have too many properties on your agency’s books.

To deliver this level of service we want to focus on no more than twenty properties.

Wouldn’t you rather be one of twenty clients than one of eighty or even more? Who wouldn’t want an estate agent spending more time working on their behalf!

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we take the time to communicate with all parties involved. This reduces the risks of misunderstanding and miscommunication, both of which are big threats to getting deals completed.

By restricting ourselves to fewer clients we’ve got more time to provide each client with the personal service that we feel they deserve.

Andrew and Stephen PS: Curious to know what your home is worth post the General Election and in this new decade? Call us for a free valuation and a no-obligation chat.

And who doesn’t like the sound of knowing their estate agent isn’t juggling so many other properties that theirs is overlooked?

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HOME SWEET HOME Buying a property should be exciting. Not exhausting.

All too often, the prospect of dealing with the ‘conveyancing bit’ of moving home can be a little bit daunting. At Barwells Solicitors, we believe it can be better than that. We think the whole process should be made as straightforward and painless as possible. You should be kept right up to date with what’s going on, in everyday language, rather than ‘lawyerspeak’. And you should be kept informed of the cost all the way through the process. In fact we don’t just think it we do it.

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The Family Team at Mayo Wynne Baxter have a wealth of experience and expertise across the wide spectrum of family law. Our team comprises of family Solicitors, Legal Executives, Mediators and Collaborative Lawyers. We are members of Resolution and accredited by The Law Society – as a result each member of our team has slightly differing skills.

Our family team can assist you with advice on separation, divorce, cohabitation, civil partnerships, children, financial matters and with mediation. We recognise that choosing a family lawyer to guide you through the legal process in relation to a family law matter is a very individual and personal decision.

Alongside those very personal considerations is the all-important choice of what type of legal representative would be best placed to assist you. This can be a daunting task when there are a seemingly vast array of labels and accreditations that exist within the legal profession.

In understanding the difference between some of the key types of legal representatives within our family team, the following descriptions may be of assistance.

A Solicitor is a qualified legal professional who provides expert legal advice and support to clients. A solicitor may represent a client in some lower courts or instruct a barrister to represent a client. The route to qualification is a lengthy process which often takes up to seven years. Solicitors have to adhere to a very strict code of conduct and are highly regulated, which offers members of the public reassurance that their case is in safe hands.

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qualification set out by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx). They are able to undertake all work that may be undertaken by a solicitor but they tend to specialise in one area of law, unlike solicitors who can practice across several areas. Chartered Legal Executives, like Solicitors, are also highly regulated by their governing body, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

Resolution is an organisation that believes in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters. Resolution supports the development of family lawyers through training programmes, publications and good practice guides and through its accreditation scheme. Members have to work within a Code of Practice.

Mediation is one of a range of dispute resolution models available as a way of resolving family law disputes. A family Mediator is trained to meet with both parties in order to assist them to identify issues that the parties cannot agree on and help them to try to reach agreement. Mediators are neutral, and cannot give advice to either parties as such we would always recommend obtaining legal advice alongside the mediation process.

A Collaborative Lawyer is a Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive who has undertaken the specific collaborative law training in addition to their main legal qualifications. Collaborative law is a dispute resolution model whereby both parties and both lawyers agree to try and resolve family law matters outside of the court process. The parties and their respective collaborative lawyers attend meetings where the four attempt to resolve the issues and then, when appropriate, convert any agreement into a legally binding order by consent.

If you need any assistance with a family law matter please do contact our experienced and approachable Family Team at Mayo Wynne Baxter.

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100th Birthday Celebrations at Abundant Grace On 8th January we celebrated the 100th Birthday of Mrs Stella Florence Partridge at Abundant Grace Nursing Home. We would like to thank everyone who came to help us celebrate this special day, including our local Mayor Councillor Nazish Adil.

Stella was joined by many of her friends, and three generations of her family.

Both Seaford Primary and Seaford Head Schools allowed Stella’s great-great-nieces and nephews time off to celebrate with her. The Mayor presented Stella with her card from the Queen, together with a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Abundant Grace. The Seaford Sunshine Strummers, a ukulele group, joined the chorus of Happy Birthday.

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Abundant Grace is part of an initiative to combat loneliness in nursing homes called #postcardsofkindness, and from this group Stella received a phenomenal number of cards from well-wishers from all over the UK, and even one from the USA. Stella found it very touching that so many kind people were thinking of her.

Stella was born in Camden, in North West London, and lived there with her mother, father and sister Marjorie. Stella was taught to play the piano by her aunty, and she continued to play until she moved to Seaford.

Stella joined the ATS, and was stationed in the West End of London. She remembers the work that she did being very hard, but she was proud to be serving her country. Stella enjoyed her time in the ATS, especially when her and the other ladies put on a show for the officers wearing their bloomers!

Stella met her husband Harry, and they married in 1945. Stella worked at Whitehall in London’s civil service examination department. Once she left there, she worked at Nestle in East Croydon, before retiring to Seaford with her husband in the mid 1970s. When they moved to Seaford, they joined many groups, and enjoyed numerous visits to National Trust properties.

Stella enjoyed travelling, visiting many beautiful countries, her favourite being Italy, but she also had a love of visiting Scotland. Stella and her niece Valerie enjoyed many cruises around Norway, Russia and the Mediterranean.

When Stella was asked what the secret of her long life was, her answer was her looking to others for advice, and learning from this to stand on her own two feet, living a good life, being sensible, and taking each day as it comes. She laughed as she added, ‘A little gin and tonic goes a long way too!’

Photos from top: Stella Partridge at her 100th birthday party with Mayor Cllr. Nazish Adil; Stella’s birthday cake.

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Autumn rain and an Irish storm Last autumn could well have been described as wet, wet, wet, with flooding making the headlines. An Irish storm also blew in off the Atlantic in early December. Christmas Day proved a welcome break in the weather, with some seven hours of sunlight and a chance to go out and walk off Xmas puddings, plus see if the wind had indeed blown no good. The watery landscape also revealed features we had not really appreciated before.

Walking down to the river from South Hill, you could see a bewildering network of ditches and ponds among the salt-marsh creeks on the right bank (Seaford side) of the Cuckmere.

This land was reclaimed from the sea in Medieval times, with more drainage going in during the succeeding centuries. This effort was worthwhile because of the rich grazing on the fertile soil – at least when not flooded!

Older, lighter varieties of sheep and cattle would have done well here. It was therefore interesting to spot small Belted Galloway cattle later on (on the opposite valley side) with their distinctive black-and-white colour markings grazing in the late afternoon. Left behind us now was the ancient hollow way, once a busy drove road down to the marsh. It only goes up the valley side to Chyngton nowadays, but in the Middle Ages served Poynings New Town, which was supposed to replace

silty Seaford, and has now all but vanished from the landscape.

Water has a levelling effect and, in passing, we could appreciate the still straight sides of the eighty-year-old anti-tank ditch behind East Beach. On the beach itself was unexpectedly exposed the ghostly skeleton of a narrow-gauge railway line revealed by Storm Atiyah.

Abandoned since the middle of the last century, this two-foot wide tramway served shingle gravel extraction from here up to Exceat for several decades.

Now we are much happier if the shingle stays on the beach in Seaford.

Finally, a white ball of fused plastic deposited by the waves on the tide line nearby was found encrusted with Hill’s goose barnacles.

To our surprise, amongst the barnacles was the stony skeleton of a colonial coral. This exotic animal is a sure indicator of far-away warmer climes as our winter continues, but spring is only a month away.

Ed & Biddy Jarzembowski Photos by Ed Jarzembowski From top: Flotsam with coral and goose barnacles, 1p for scale; Downland cutting reflected in a full floodplain lake; flooded WW2 anti-tank ditch. Medieval hollow way in upper middle of view; old tramway unearthed by storm.

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Entries for the awards now open! #SeahavenBA2020

The 2020 Seahaven Business Awards are now open for nominations.

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Enter online or download a nomination form at www.newhavenchamber.co.uk Closing date for nominations: Friday 3rd April 2020 The winners will be announced at the Seahaven Business Awards Ceremony & Dinner on Friday 15th May 2020

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Seahaven’s 17th Annual Business Awards The annual business awards recognise local businesses in the Seaford, Newhaven and Peacehaven area.

They are open to businesses both small and large. The awards are an important feature in the local business calendar and celebrate professionalism, creativity, innovation and business excellence.

The Seahaven Awards provide an excellent opportunity for business owners and employers to tell people about their company’s success story. There are seven categories and three businesses are shortlisted in each category, with finalists invited to the Awards Ceremony and Dinner on 15th May 2020.

Newhaven Chamber of Commerce explained that businesses have until 3rd April to apply, and that now

is the ideal opportunity to start putting together your business story. Some evidence of your success including customer’s reviews and testimonials are always good elements.

This coastal strip in East Sussex is an exciting place to run a business, and there are numerous companies who deserve local recognition for their achievements.

Categories include Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Best Environmental Business, Best Eatery, Best Customer Service, Best New Business and the President’s Award, Best Not-for-Profit Organisation.

The Seahaven Business Awards have independent judges who include Sussex MPs Maria Caulfield and Lloyd Russell-Moyes.

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PROBUS CLUB OF SEAFORD

At a recent meeting we had a presentation from Simon Waterfield on the subject of ‘The Agincourt Archer’.

Simon came dressed in appropriate costume, and brought a yew long-bow and a variety of arrows.

He explained that in the 14th century there was not a national state army. When the 21-year-old Henry V needed an army to fight for him, he persuaded the Lords and landowners to raise the army from their workforce. Being in this army was an attractive proposition financially, since the soldier, or archer, was paid more than he could earn working in the fields. Additionally, if he was killed his family would receive a life-long pension.

In these times all males over the age of 14 were required by law to undertake regular archery practice, and the English Archer was a force to be reckoned with.

A huge fleet of ships left Pevensey in 1415, with 5,000 archers. Each archer carried six long-bows, and the stores taken with them included one and a half million arrows.

This seems an enormous number, until you consider that a skilled archer could fire 15 arrows a minute!

After various skirmishes the English Army arrived at Agincourt, with 3,500 surviving English Archers facing 40,000 French troops. The spirit of chivalry was strong at the time, and there was no question of the battle starting until everyone was ready. The English archers kept their spare bow strings under their hats, to keep the strings dry and supple. The English archers formed a long line, facing the French Army. When the French charged, they were met with a hail of arrows, from 3,500 archers, which felled the first ranks of the French. Successive waves of French soldiers met the same fate, having climbed over the bodies of their fellow soldiers. During this action the English experienced very few casualties, since the French had no suitable long-distance weapons, and were only equipped for hand-to-hand combat.

Simon was thanked for his excellent presentation, and insight to the background of this significant victory.

Our club meets on the second Tuesday every month, at Seaford Golf Course, 111 Firle Road, at 12 noon for 12.45. If you are interested in joining us you will be very welcome. Please telephone 01323 899300.

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FRIENDS OF TIDE MILLS The Friends of Tide Mills completed its last meeting of 2019 on Sunday 15th December. Ten of us, in almost impossible conditions, collected six bags of assorted litter and other bulkier items this time, as always mostly blown in from that huge waste bin off our shore, the sea...

After our meeting we participated in our annual Christmas picnic, which very fortunately was in temporarily dry and sunny conditions – always a very good and enjoyable way of ending our year.

I would like to extend a warm message of gratitude to both our volunteers and also all those briliant visitors who, like us, very much appreciate this special place of Tide Mills, and especially all those who take the time to take both their own and other litter home with them

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when visiting. We also very much thank those dog owners who clean up after their dogs but of course as everywhere there a few who still do not get the message that it is the right thing to do.

Unfortunately in the past year Tide Mills has come under increased threat of future development and as a result pressure of disturbance of remaining open space is likewise increasing. The Friends will continue to do all it can to voice its concerns whenever opportunity arises and it is the case now that we are consulted whenever such proposals are received. Obviously the more we are, the louder voice we have, so please do consider joining us by becoming a Tide Mills guardian.You will be made most welcome no matter how much time you can spare.

Our next meeting of 2020 (our 15th year of existence!) is Sunday 16th February (always the third Sunday of the month). Please do consider coming along to help us in our efforts to keep Tide Mills cared for and championed, you will be most welcome. More information from me at brianjimskinner@gmail.com.

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INNER WHEEL CLUB 2020 has begun positively for members of the Inner Wheel Club of Seaford by inducting three new members.

A party held for the parents and children of the Seaford Downs Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group was one of the Christmas events supported by members of Inner Wheel.

Following a full Christmas programme including social activities and fundraising, during January members were involved in ‘World Inner Wheel Day’ along with over 100,000 members worldwide. Annually, on 10th January, all members of Inner Wheel are encouraged to engage in a service project. This year at the home of Val Franklin, members enjoyed home-made soup and a bread roll following the filling of children’s backpacks with various items of stationery, toiletries, clothes and shoes. The filled backpacks will be transported to schools in Africa by Mary’s Meals, a Scottish-based charity which works to ensure their supported schools provide each child with a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. The children are given a filled backpack which contains pens, pencils, note book, soap, toothpaste and toothbrush etc. to encourage them in their school work.

The Backpack Project began in 2005 and it has captured the imagination of thousands of people. Inner Wheel members are pleased to be part of this project which is a great way to recycle good quality and second-hand items More than 500,000 filled backpacks have been sent from the UK and Ireland to children at Mary’s Meals supported schools in Africa.

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Girls’ Football TEam Gets a Head Start A football centre which gives young girls the opportunity to play in Seaford has been boosted by support from a local business.

The Wildcats Girls’ Football Centre has players aged between 5-12 years old, who were given a head start at the beginning of January by Jerry Lyons from the Estate Agent Content Club, when the Seafordbased company bought branded beanie hats for the girls to keep warm while they learn the beautiful game.

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The Wildcats Centre is part of a national Football Association (FA) initiative to encourage more girls to play football. The centre is the only one between Brighton and Eastbourne, and is run

by Premier United, a local FA chartered standard community club.

Michelle Treacy, who is one of the qualified coaches, said: ‘We’re trying to introduce as many young girls as possible to football. It’s a brilliant sport and the rise in the number of girls taking it up is encouraging. It keeps them active, teaches them the importance of teamwork, builds new friendships and is a lot of fun.

‘We’re very grateful to Jerry and his company for generously providing the hats which have made the girls feel even more like a team and will keep them warm while they go through their paces.’

Jerry Lyons said: ‘A key part of my business is called the Karma Club, where we give back to good community causes every month. I’ve seen the effort the coaches put into the weekly sessions with the girls and am so impressed with the enthusiasm the players show. We’re proud to have been able to support them.’

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Cradle Hill Community Primary School Green Flag award Cradle Hill Community Primary School has been working hard during the last few years, learning about their environment and how they can protect it by reducing waste, recycling, saving energy, protecting their wildlife in around the area and planting lots and lots of trees.

In December they became a Green Flag school. They also won the Healthy Living Topic award from Eco Schools England. It was based around Mindfulness Minutes and Outdoor Learning weeks in 2019. Six Year 6 children (Niresh, Lexi, Harry, Amélie, Rosie and Emily) were lucky enough to be selected to go up to

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The garden club has also won an award for their recycled bug house and will be presented with £500 from Lewes District Council this month.

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Could you be one of Trees for Seaford’s new core members? We’re launching ‘20 for 20’ in a bid to get more residents involved in planting and looking after trees in our town.

That’s 20 people who want to be part of a community group taking positive action to increase the number of trees in our streets and public spaces in 2020 (and beyond!).

You may know us as Seaford Tree Wardens, the name given to the volunteer scheme we are part of, which is run by the National Tree Council. A lot has been achieved under that name over the 10 years the group has been running. From lining the main road on the approach into the town, to planting disease-resistant Elms and starting up a project at the ‘Last Wood’ on

Alfriston Road. To date, we’ve planted approximately 1,500 trees in our town!

We’re re-launching as Trees for Seaford in 2020 and want to get more people involved so we can keep planting and looking after our trees for the future.

Specifically, we’re looking to recruit a core group of 20 people who share our positive ethos and can contribute a regular amount of time.

Do you like being outside and getting your hands dirty?

Then you could join one of the practical tree care sessions which run the first Saturday of each month over the spring and summer or the planting days in spring/autumn.

More of an organiser who would enjoy helping to plan activities? Are you skilled at surveying and map reading? From organising meetings to liaising with other residents, there is a variety of jobs needing enthusiastic people who can support the group’s activities.

Or are you a local business who wants to get your staff out on a volunteering day? Then talk to us about signing up to one of the mid-week tree care sessions – a fun team bonding experience out of the office!

For more details take a look at our website: treesforseaford.wordpress.com. Or get in touch via Facebook @treesforseaford and email seafordtreewardens@outlook.com

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Seaford Osteopathic Clinic Professional Pain Management Appointments available throughout the week

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“The sound of the singing bowl touches the deepest part of us and makes the soul resonate. The sound promotes relaxation, mobilises self healing and can release our creative energy.” Peter Hess

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If you drop a pebble into a pond, concentric waves spread over the whole pond and set every molecule of water into motion. Something similar happens during a sound massage in our body, which consist of 70% liquid. Pleasant vibration are travelling into the body and spread there in concentric waves, giving a pleasant cell massage to the more than 100 trillion cell in the body. When the organs and tissues are free of blockages, the sound waves spread unimpeded and exit through the toes, the fingertips and the tips of the hair. However, our bodies are usually not free of blockages. Through unresolved problems, stress and worries, we built blockages that we perceive clearly as very unpleasant, for example, as pain in our joints or as hardening of certain muscle groups. A sound massage can help to clear these blockages.

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SAM HUGHES IS SIR ELTON JOHN

Coming to Seaford for one night only!

Saturday 8th February, 7pm doors for 7.30pm start, The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane, Seaford, BN25 1QL Sam Hughes lives locally in Newhaven. He attended Denton Primary School and then went on to Tideway.

He performed his solo show four years ago to a sellout audience at The Barn Theatre and he is excited to be returning with his 5-piece band on Saturday 8th February.

Sam will be performing his ‘Elton on the Road tour’ with his fantastic 5-piece Yellow Brick Roadsters band.

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Sam has studied his idol and manages to recreate and recapture the mannerisms and essence of Sir Elton himself.

Comments received after the band’s last theatre show at the Hippodrome in Eastbourne.

‘Superb show... fantastically talented band, so glad I went see it.’

‘I’d recommend Sam and his amazing band every time...they are brilliant artistes and work so hard to make the show really enjoyable for everybody.’

Catch this touring show now while it is in your area!

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Seaford Museum & Heritage Society The winter weather continues but the nights are getting lighter showing signs of the spring to come. The museum continues to be a hive of activity behind the scenes always working to maintain and improve things for the steady flow of visitors we receive during our weekend opening hours.

The good news is that the roof door has now been repaired, just in time for our Golden Anniversary year! So normal access can now resume – as always, weather dependent!

This month our talk will be very interesting. ‘My Life as a Beefeater’ by Alan Kingshott is on at the Little Theatre on Friday 14th February at 2.30pm. He will deliver a fascinating insight into this unusual role. The uniform is famous the world over and we look forward to finding out all about the life that goes along with this privileged uniform. £5 non-members, £2 members.

Clock Restoration Service

As part of our Golden Anniversary celebrations, our children’s event at half term, on Wednesday 19th February, is in a new, exciting format. ‘The Weird and the Wonderful’ has been designed by our new Education Officer for children of Key Stage 2 age.

Come and uncover the history of a few unusual objects. Be led through the research process and produce the information card for the museum’s display.

Prompt 10am start, finish at 11am. Maximum of 20 children who must be accompanied and adults must stay. Email education@seafordmuseum.co.uk to reserve a space.

Did you know that Seaford Museum is run on a completely voluntary basis? We have no funding from anywhere, thus are totally dependent on income from membership subscriptions, entrance fees, donations, talks and shops sales. Membership is a very modest £10 single or £15 per household. It makes a terrific difference to us and helps keep your local museum open, hopefully for another 50 years! Come and visit us soon.

You can also support your local museum with the chance to win up to £25,000. Seaford Museum is one of the ‘good causes’ that you can choose to support when you play the Lewes Local Lottery. Go to www.

LewesLocalLottery.co.uk and search for Museum & Heritage. Help a local cause, and you could be a winner too!

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Who’s Who In Seaford?

Paul Crowther, Attendance Officer and Publicity Officer for The Probus Club of Seaford Paul has lived in Seaford for 30 years having moved from Bedfordshire. He joined The Probus Club of Seaford in 2012 and has held the role of Attendance and Publicity Officer since then. Paul is also a member of Seaford Museum and Heritage Society, the Seaford Branch of the National Trust and U3A. He is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Paul was educated in Newcastle-underLyme, Camberley in Surrey, Farnborough Grammar School, Luton College of Technology, London Metropolitan University and he also studied with the Open University. Now retired, Paul’s career was in the motor industry, designing and developing cars and trucks, and also within the bus industry, involving private, public and the voluntary sector. Paul is married to Lynne and has a daughter Anna.

What does your role involve? I make the arrangements with Seaford Golf Club for our meetings and one of my functions is to write articles about our events for that publication of international renown: Seaford Scene.

What do you most enjoy about your role? The opportunity to meet each of our members, and take money from them!

Do you have a role within these clubs/organizations? At the Museum I am a member of the maintenance team who seek to permanently maintain and improve the appearance and facilities at the museum, to enhance the visitor experience. It is a very varied role: sometimes I paint things white; sometimes blue; and, occasionally, brown.

What do you like best about Seaford? Such a wide range of organisations and activities that you have no excuse for being bored or lonely.

What is your favourite piece of music? The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel – so beautifully written.

What words or phrases do you most overuse? I remember when… For example, a Mars bar was four old pence, and a second-class stamp tuppence.

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What is your favourite film? 84 Charing Cross Road starring Anne Bancoft and Anthony Hopkins.

What book are you reading at the moment? Keeping On Keeping On, the later diaries of Alan Bennett. So deliciously politically incorrect. Read it to find the word he uses to describe Richard Branson!

What has been your most embarrassing moment? I was once asked, by John Prescott when he was Deputy Prime Minister, to talk at conference he had organised. Ten minutes into my presentation he was fast asleep. He sent me a lovely letter a few days later saying how thought provoking my presentation was.

Where is your favourite place to go in and around Seaford?

The seafront, since it is comparatively unspoilt, and the view changes according to the colour of the sea and sky.

Which living person do you most admire? Stirling Moss, as an example of how to recover from adversity, and how to be very competitive, without being ruthless.

What makes you sad? Planning Authorities who give no thought to what the end product looks like, or the effects it has on the neighbourhood.

How do you relax? Having coffee on the seafront at Salvatore’s, next to the Museum.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

Give other people a chance, even if you have doubts.

What is your favourite journey? Seaford to Eastbourne, via Birling Gap and Beachy Head, preferably in my open top sports car. Such wonderful scenery with few examples of planning blight.

How would you spend a million pounds? Pay somebody with a bulldozer to permanently dredge the mouth of the Cuckmere, at Cuckmere Haven, to see what would be the effects in Alfriston and Barcombe.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Unlimited supply of dark chocolate.

What is your greatest extravagance? Seriously dark chocolate.

What is your greatest fear? A shortage of seriously dark chocolate.

What is the best advice you have ever been given? Just do it.

What would your motto be? You can’t avoid growing old, but you don’t have to grow up.

Which person in history would you most like to meet? Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to try and find out how one man could achieve so much in a comparatively short lifetime.

What or who is the greatest love in your life? Did I mention dark chocolate?

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I bought a present from an online store and paid extra for next day delivery; it hasn’t arrived. I tried to contact the delivery company but couldn’t speak to anyone. The online store said my parcel is with the delivery company and should arrive soon. If it doesn’t arrive soon, I don’t want it. What can I do?

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Under the Consumer Rights Act, you can ask the seller to deliver the item again if the item wasn’t delivered by the agreed date.

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Seaford Rotary and their Business Partners are pleased to reproduce monthly extracts from the Little Book of Big scams originally compiled by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and made available by the Metropolitan and Sussex Police.

These extracts should be seen as a general guide to many scams currently operating in the UK and have been included in Seaford Scene to increase your awareness of these scams and show you some easy steps that you can take to protect yourselves and others.

Scams target people of all ages, backgrounds and income levels. One of the best ways to fight the scammers is to take steps to prevent yourself from being caught out in the first place.

Do not be embarrassed to report a scam. Because the scammers are cunning and clever there is no shame in being deceived. By reporting you will make it more difficult for the scammers to deceive others.

If you want to stay on top of scams and up to date about crime prevention advice, visit Sussex Police web site where you can learn of current information on different types of scam, new scam stories, alerts and advice.

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Scammers often use one or more of the following to help them commit fraud and hide their true identity:

Money Transfer Agents Using a money transfer service is a way to send money to people that you know and trust. Money transfer agents offer fast, convenient and reliable options for customers to send and receive money worldwide.

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WHILST THE SENDER OF THE MONEY HAS TO PRODUCE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS, THOSE THAT COLLECT THE MONEY DO NOT. This is why scammers will often try to get you to send them money using a money transfer agent. This method enables them to hide their identity.

Ensure you know who you are dealing with before providing them with any reference numbers they require to collect the money you have deposited.

You should: l Never let a scammer educate you on how a money transfer service or cash voucher systems works – only take advice from the money transfer or cash voucher company. l Read the warnings on money transfer documents.

The information is there to protect you. l Do not pay for items bought online, including auction sites using a money transfer agent. Money transfer agents are not responsible for the satisfactory receipt of goods or services paid for by means of a money transfer. l Never share details of a money transfer with anyone else to prove the availability of funds. Doing so may enable the money transfer to be paid to that third party. This is known as a ‘Proof of Funds’ fraud.

Virtual Offices A virtual office is an address where any person or business wishing to use an alternative address to their own can be registered. They may never attend the address and can have all mail delivered to the virtual address redirected.

You may think you are dealing with a well-established, professional individual or business because of a prestigious ‘virtual office’ address. However, the reality can be very different.

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Telephone Numbers A handful of telecommunications companies are able to provide non-geographical telephone numbers, e.g.

0800 or 0845 numbers, and premium rate numbers to businesses or individuals.

Depending on the type of service paid for the customer does not have to provide identification.

Scammers will often use these numbers and have them diverted to unregistered pay-as-you go mobile phone numbers, or to a separate telephone answering service making tracing them difficult.

You should not rely on the appearance of a telephone number to tell you what sort of number it is. For example ‘0208’ is usually a London number and ‘07952’ a UK mobile number. However, telephone numbers can be purchased by scammers to trick you into believing they are legitimate and based where you think they are.

Software has also become available that enables scammers to have any number they wish to appear on the caller ID screen on your phone. This method known as ‘spoofing’ allows the scammer to appear to be calling from a legitimate number linked to a person or company when in fact they are not.

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Lesley Harvey Workshops Join me having fun drawing and painting for two hours, all materials provided.

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James and Chanel were extremely thankful to local business owners who generously donated some wonderful prizes. Some of the grand prizes included a large hamper from Morrisons, a coach trip for two from Premier Travel, children’s sunglasses from Barraclough’s, meal vouchers from various restaurants and many more.

A total amount of £384 was raised, which will go towards James’ campaign to install three more Water Bottle Refill Stations along Seaford Promenade.

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Martello Rotary

Looking back…

Another year has passed, and we are halfway through our Rotary year with a lot more to come. Looking back, we would like to say thank you to all those people we have worked with and who have enabled us to have such a successful year so far. Our thanks go especially to all the marshalls and runners in July’s Seaford Half Marathon, everyone who came along to our Proms Concert, all those who helped build and plant out the Seaford station planters, the after-dinner speakers who both provide such insight into social issues and educate us in what is truly happening at the ‘human’ level around the world and how we can help. And not forgetting everyone who has purchased a Seaford Community Calendar!

So far this year we have helped: Riding for the Disabled; Seaford Beach Access: RNLI: the British Heart

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Foundation; the Downs Syndrome Development Trust; and helped rattle the collecting buckets for the Bonfire Society who gave us a generous donation to our charity fund, to name but a few.

So how about the next six months?

Our focus over the next six months is to further develop our relationship with The Youth Counselling Project (TYCP), adopting them as our President’s Charity for 2019/20.

January will see further progress for the Adoption of Seaford Station. Soon the ‘Seaford Through the Ages’ murals, painted by local school pupils, will be installed on the planter frames.

We are also preparing to travel to Pokhara in Nepal in April to provide hands-on practical support to CTAS, our international charity project – providing clean water and education to children in remote mountain villages. All this plus preparing for our next Seaford Half Marathon and Proms Night!

And finally: if you are interested in having fun whilst helping your local community in supporting Rotary, why not come along and have a meal with us one night, meet existing Rotarians and see if you would like to join?

Just call us or email.

Martello Rotary meets on Monday evenings. If you would like more information email us at: contactmartellorotary@gmail. com, or text us on 07984 581784.

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A new venture launched by Lewes District Council and adopted by NP&S Lions is the Lewes District Local Lottery. This is an online lottery which supports local good causes. With a weekly jackpot of £25,000 up for grabs, tickets cost just £1, with 60p going towards local good causes, compared to just 28p in the pound for the National Lottery. There are also prizes of £2,000, £250, £25 or three free tickets. If you are interested in having a flutter and helping us to help people in need in our area, please visit the NP&S website and complete an application. You might just win and you can be assured that all monies raised by us through this lottery will go to help people and projects in Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford.

Beach Clean-up

Thanks to the unusually mild weather this winter, many of us managed to get down to the beach on the first Sunday in January to help with the on-going beach clean-up, much needed after the winter storms at the end of last year, and in preparation for another long, hot summer, hopefully! The beach clean-up takes place on the first Sunday of each month, and this month we will be meeting at 10am on the beach near the Buckle car park, where we look forward to seeing you.

A chance to get out in the fresh air, meet new friends and help the environment.

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If you are thinking about volunteering for one of the many local groups who strive to make things better for our area and the people who live in it, NP&S Lions are always on the lookout for new members. We are a very friendly bunch who meet at 8pm on the fourth Thursday of each month at the White Lion in Seaford.

If you would like more information please check out our website, or come along to one of our meetings, where you can be assured of a warm welcome.

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Both our minibuses are equipped with tail lifts, especially useful for the elderly and for people with disabilities. We can often provide drivers or you can use your own driver, subject to insurance and licence checks. For more information, or to make a booking, please contact Dirk on 01323 898961 or by e-mail: arcadian_dirk@hotmail.com.

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Paradise Park Book Sale

NP&S Lions will again be running their regular book sales in the reception area at Paradise Park. The first one this year will be on Sunday 15th March and we look forward to seeing you there. We welcome paperbacks in good condition which can be left in the box at the entrance whenever you are visiting Paradise Park. Again, all the money raised will be used in the local area and this is the perfect opportunity for you to do some spring cleaning and clear out all the old To advertise in Seaford Scene please call 01273 710793 or email fran@seafordscene.co.uk

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CONCENTUS SANG CHRISTMAS

21st December, Seaford Baptist Church The Concentus concert coming just four days before Christmas Day was a wonderful way into Christmas, highlighting in song the many moods and emotions of the season.

The large audience knew they were in for a real treat as they watched the orderly entrance of the singers, all smartly and uniformly dressed, music folders held at the same angle as they filed onto the stage, sitting as one unit only at the discreet ‘sit’ signal. This ‘concert etiquette’ was effortlessly maintained throughout the concert – no talking, no waving at friends in the audience, sitting and standing in unison.

Musical Director Adrian White had again chosen a varied programme of ‘old favourites’ and interesting pieces which were new to many people. Despite major leg surgery and crutches Adrian was able to conduct his choir and bring out all the skills he had painstakingly taught his singers – the ability to seamlessly vary tempo and volume, to express the feelings and emotions of the songs, to watch the conductor, to focus and to enjoy the performance. Assistant Conductor Jo Fowler – who led rehearsals during Adrian’s absence – took over the baton with ease to conduct the two group pieces, having also rehearsed those groups to concert perfection. Anthony Wilson, the choir’s regular and much appreciated rehearsal accompanist, was on the keyboard throughout the concert.

The opening number ‘Sing a Song of Christmas’ (L. Bricusse), to be sung ‘in the style of Old English Carolers with a Baroque flair’, was full of energy and cheer, celebrating the wonder, beauty and joy of Christmas.

Although very difficult to sing, well this was masterfully performed and set the stage for a vibrant concert with twenty-four items on the programme.

There were carols from ‘Angels’ and ‘A Shepherd Boy’; Christmas songs, one mentioning that ‘mum and dad can hardly wait for school to start again!’, while another had a ‘grown-up’ list for ‘a world in need’ asking for love never ending, wars never starting, right always winning and hearts healing. Choral pieces included Handel’s

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‘Zadok the Priest’, powerfully sung and well-suited to this big choir, as was his ‘And the Glory of the Lord’ which rang out with feeling to end the concert. Gaye Hyde’s solo in ‘How Great Thou Art’ was sung with great beauty and artistry – all the excellent soloists were drawn from this large talented choir.

‘All On a Silent Night’ (B. Slagle Mayo) was sung with great tenderness and brought out the reverence, the holiness, the peace of this one very special night, enhanced by the euphonium solo played by a new choir member from Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham Brass Band. One audience member was so impressed by the choir’s singing of ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’ (J. Rutter) that he said that it showed ‘how the wonderful singing of an excellent choir can bring out the full beauty and feeling of a song’.

Others thought that Concentus’s singing of ‘A Christmas Blessing’ (P. Stopford) allowed the gladness, peace and joy of the words to shine out. ‘Seal Lullaby’ (E. Whittaker) was beautifully sung, catching in subtle volume variations a marvellous sound picture of the gentle swell and fall of the sea, of the breeze, and of the peace and security of a mother rocking her baby. Several people picked this song out as the one which had moved them most.

There is never enough space to mention all the notable performances in Concentus concerts.You really have to go to hear and see how very special they are. Watch out for details of the Summer Concerts, which promise an equally good performance, or go to www.concentussings.com to find out more and for details of who to contact if you would love to join this talented friendly choir.

Concentus supports the local charity the JPK Project and over the festive season raised over £1,030 for them.

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Seaford Sessions

Jacob & Drinkwater to play Little Theatre

There are just a few tickets left to see Devon-based duo Jacob & Drinkwater at Seaford Little Theatre on Saturday 22nd February at 7.30pm. Folk Radio UK described their live show as ‘intense and spellbinding’, while BBC6 Music described their output as ‘stand-out new folk’. They formed in 2014, playing their first gig together at Glastonbury, and received glowing reviews and national airplay for their 2015 indie release The Burning Low EP. They have just released a crowdfunded album which no doubt you’ll be able to buy during the interval.

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SEAHAVEN HARD OF HEARING CLUB We started the New Year by being entertained by eight members of the Seaford Sunshine Strummers with songs everyone could sing along to. In the interval tea/coffee and biscuits were served, and the raffle was drawn. Members were reminded that the bring and buy stall is now back in action. The book stall is still very popular.

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Tuesday treats For years they have become an established feature of the town’s culture scene, regularly attracting large audiences, and the coming year promises yet more of the successful same.

They are titled Lectures, but in truth they are more like friendly chats, illustrated, informative and entertaining.

These are the East Blatchington Lectures, held at St Peter’s Church Chapel Rooms in Belgrave Road, Seaford, such a success that last year they raised over £1,300 for the church.

As usual these are events which are open to everyone, held on the first Tuesday afternoon of the month, and here is the line-up for 2020: 3rd March The lectures start with a first, the debut of the Rector of St Peter’s, the Rev Arwen Folkes. She has been here since March last year, but this will be the first

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7th April sees the return of one of the most popular speakers, the art historian Kay Blackburn, whose talks are invariably a sell-out. This year she deals with perhaps the most famous artist of all, Leonardo da Vinci.

5th May offers a visit in words and pictures to a famous residence and a description of one of its most famous inhabitants – Standen House and William Morris, by a speaker from the National Trust.

3rd June a most relevant topic for a talk to be set (almost) beside the seaside. It will be given with plenty of illustrations by Phil Sutters, who is an enthusiastic local photographer. He calls this ‘Sea, Sun and Steam’, which will describe how the railways opened up the seaside – including Seaford itself, no doubt.

All of these lectures are at St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford, BN25 2HE, priced at £7, a price that includes tea and the cakes for which St Peter’s is justly famed.

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SEAHAVEN BLINDS Tel 01323 899011 sales@seahavenblinds.co.uk www.seahavenblinds.co.uk Seahaven Blinds is a family run business, located in Seaford.

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A family business established in 1994 in Peacehaven, East Sussex.

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We believe in our products and are passionate about them.

We supply a comprehensive range of: Windows (uPVC and Aluminium) Doors (Residential, French, Patio and Bi-fold) Conservatories (to customer requirements)

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One or two tomato seeds can be sown in small pots of multipurpose compost, placed in a heated propagator or even on a warm window sill, providing the temperature reaches 22 degrees, and seedlings should appear in a couple of weeks.

Keep warm and evenly moist, and pot on if necessary. Plant out when the first clusters of flower buds are visible and all signs of frost are gone. When your prized plants are full of fruit these can shown at our Horticultural Show in August as a tribute to all your hard work.

So in this ‘mud month’ there are jobs to be done, crops which take a long time to reach maturity can be started now.

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The Speaker at the Social Evening on Thursday 27th February at St Leonards Church Hall is Natasha Sharma. She is the Area Ranger for the National Trust, South Downs East, based at Birling Gap. Her talk will be about Trees and Grassland Management in the South Downs and Ash Dieback. All members should now have received their 2020 programme with all the events for the year listed. If you want to go on any of the outings, early booking is recommended. Also look through the numerous classes for the Horticultural Show schedule as it is never too early to decide what classes to enter.

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3 Divide dense clumps of snowdrops after flowering and still ‘in the green’ before foliage dies back.

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One of the plants in the garden about which we get asked most questions are our low level ‘stepover’ apples and now is a very good time to plant your own. Stepover trees grow in the way that they do because they are formed from two different plants which have been grafted together.

Grafting is a form of propagating new fruit trees using buds or twigs – the ‘scion wood’ from an existing tree which produces good fruit fused onto the stem of another tree – ‘the rootstock’, which is selected for size, suitability to site and tolerance of certain soil conditions.

The two halves are joined in late winter or early spring when the top is little more than twig-sized. By winter of the same year the two parts will have fused together sufficiently that the tree can be transplanted into your garden. At this point they’re usually quite inexpensive and can be sent to you in the post.

The top half will be very pliable and can easily be bent over and trained horizontally along a frame.

This part of the tree will continue to grow horizontally as long as you keep tying it to the frame and you don’t cut the end off.

As soon as it has reached your chosen maximum length, snip the end. Fruit comes from the shoots growing out along the length. We think they are a brilliant way to grow fruit when you don’t have a lot of space and don’t want to climb a ladder to pick your crop!

in flower when we open for the National Garden Scheme on 31st May and in fruit when we will be open for the Macmillan Trail on 25th July.

Before then we’ll be enjoying our annual display of snowdrops and hellebores, which guarantee that spring is really on its way whatever the weather may be offering at the time. Once they and the early daffodils are going over it will be time for us to start work on the annual task of splitting some of our grasses and perennials.

This prompts a very sad note: one of our key plant contributors, Carolyn McCutchan, died just before Christmas. In addition to being hugely supportive of our efforts at the Community Garden at the Crouch, Carolyn was also instrumental in the opening of the Bluebell Walk at Arlington in 1972.

This has given so much pleasure to its countless visitors as well as raising over £1,000,000 for local charities.

Many of you will have enjoyed the bluebells and may unwittingly now be the owner of one of the many treasures which Carolyn gave us from her own garden for us to plant and to pass on to others.

The Garden Team Photos from top: These magenta hellebores will still be flowering when the snowdrops bloom; our stepover apple grows vigorously; Bill harvests fat leeks watched by James; primulas are already brightening the beds; Swiss chard is garnet red and ripe for picking..

If you want to know more, come and ask us on your next visit – it’s much easier to explain when you’re standing in front of the tree! With luck the apples will be

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Seaford Karate Club Seaford Karate club has just returned from competing at the 21st FSKA World Karate Championships held over three days at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley.

The Seaford team was competing against 16 other associations from around England and 18 other countries, including a large contingent from Portugal, Italy, Ukraine, USA and Ireland.

Instructor Steve Jakes represented the club refereeing and judged the events while 24 club members competed and managed to bring back 4 Gold medals, 2 silver and 4 bronze.

Dominic Tansley fought in the men’s over 40 kumite against 18 other fighters. He won his first round 4-0. In the next round he faced a fighter from India and beat him 2-0, then into the semi final where he fought an Italian. He was put on the floor at one stage but got back up and lost this fight 0-2 but had another shot at bronze in the repercharge, where he beat a USA fighter from Seattle 2-0 to claim a brilliant bronze medal.

The last event of the first day for Seaford saw Aaron Spencer step up for the Mens kyu grade kumite. In his first round he beat a fighter from Mauritius 3-0. In the semi-final he had a rough fight with a spirited fighter from Norway but came through 2-0 to make the final.

Here he faced a tall English fighter from HASK. By the finish neither fighter had scored an effective blow, 0-0. At the end of extra time it was still 0-0. It went to sudden death. Either fighter could have won it but Aaron hit with a body punch and three flags went out for the winning point, and claimed the Gold medal and FSKA World Title.

Saturday proved to be a hard day for the Seaford Team.

With 11 competitors our closest sniff of glory came with Christian Hardman who performed his kata four times and finished 5th out of 23 in his category. Then Liam Bray stepped out to perform in the Disability event.

Liam never lets his disability effect him and went out to perform Bassai Dai against competitors from Russia, Kazakhstan and England. His tremendous effort was rewarded as he received his Gold medal.

Sunday was the last day of competition and Seaford had seven students competing. Mabel Franks at only seven years old and in her first competition won her

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first round 3-0 before sweeping aside the Ukrainian opposition in the final 3-0 to win the gold medal and become World Kata Champion.

In the boys cadet kata, Harry Phipps lost his first round to the eventual World Champion but came back through the repercharge to take a fantastic bronze medal performing a determind and spirited Heian Sandan.

On at the same time was Nye Merino who showed great effort and spirit winning a bronze medal in his boys kata category performing Heian Shodan.

Sam Hughes and Indio Young missed out on the final by 0.1 of a point in the Boys Pairs kata. Then in the Family Pairs kata, father and daughter, Dominic and Ella Tansley stepped up against 12 other pairs. They performed Heian Sandan together and finished in a brilliant second place to take the Silver medal, with Poland taking Gold and Finland and Mauritius in Bronze.

Ewan Merino stepped up in the boys individual Kumite and finished with a hard fought and fantastic bronze medal to set him up for the last event.

Finally our three boys stepped up to fight in the Team Kumite. Will Masters, Sam Hughes and Ewan Merino padded up for the first round where they beat a team from London. In the second round another English team were swept aside by the Seaford squad and this saw us into the final against the mighty Ukrainains who were looking dominant and confident. Our focused squad really stepped up to the task ahead with Will Masters and Sam Hughes both winning their fights 2-0 to become the FSKA boys World Team kumite champions.

Club instructor Martin Dean 5th Dan said: ‘This is an amazing result for our small club, I’m so proud of them all’.

Photos from top: Seaford Karate Seniors; Seaford Karate Cadet Squad.

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GERMAN CHATTERS INVITE YOU TO MEET THEM Seaford’s German Language Group, Plauschgruppe, is meeting again monthly. If you have any knowledge of German, and would like to join in friendly, unstructured conversation, please feel free to join them.

Meetings are free but you are asked to patronise the premises where they meet: The View (bar at Seaford Head Golf Club) 10am - 12 noon on Saturday 29th February; and the White Lion in Seaford (function/ breakfast room) 7pm - 9.30pm on Monday 16th

March. All standards of German welcome. More details from Peter on 07943 407372.

The group does get involved in other social activity, such as Oktoberfest, and welcoming a German Choir to sing in Seaford. In January it joined with former members of the Friends of Bönningstedt, Seaford’s twinning group, to celebrate the Chinese New Year at Tang’s Restaurant, so the outlook is truly international!

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seaford U3A News ‘My love is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; My love is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune’

(Robert Burns)

After Burns Night on 25th January the next date in the romantic’s calendar is 14th February – Valentine’s Day. St Valentine is the patron saint of lovers, epilepsy and beekeepers. A lot of people celebrate Valentine’s Day and in the UK about £1.3 billion is spent on cards, flowers and chocolates for this purpose. In our town of Seaford it is an important time for many businesses.

February can also be a special month for new U3A members. There will be a welcome coffee morning, by invitation, where new members can meet each other, Committee members and course leaders so that they can begin to feel part of the U3A straight away.

The usual monthly coffee morning where members and non-members can meet and chat over refreshments is on Wednesday 19th February from 10am to 12 noon at

the Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford. Entry is only £2 on the door and if you are a non-member ask for someone to introduce you to some of the members.

If you wish to become a member speak to the Treasurer while you are there – membership is £10 per year plus small charges of a few pounds for some of the events or for the groups.

One of the events popular with members is the monthly Tea Party held at the Constitutional Club where a speaker will take the floor for about an hour before the members have an ample tea of sandwiches and cake. In February a local actress, Sue Williams, who appears at the Seaford Little Theatre, will be the speaker, with the intriguing title of ‘Bed Among the Lentils’. Not, one would think, a cookery demonstration!

Members can also join in subject groups, outings which are approximately but not always monthly, and pub lunches which take place every month; there are occasional talks at the Downs, a monthly newsletter and Seaford U3A also proudly boasts an orchestra and a lively ukulele group. New groups are being formed as the year progresses, and the less traditional ones include ones on podcasts, climate change, meditation and ‘what the papers say’.

Seaford U3A is also connected with the Sussex U3A Network (SUN) which offers members and nonmembers study days and also with the South East U3A Region. On 8th February at Pulborough, Geoffrey Mead will lead a study day on ‘Landscapes of South East England’.

For more information about Seaford U3A and also about its linked organisations, Sussex U3A Network (SUN) and SE U3A Region, see the website www. u3asites.org.uk/seaford. To find out about membership check this website or ring 01323 899572 or come along to a coffee morning and have a chat.

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Our first meeting of 2020 will be held on Thursday 20th February when we welcome back Maggie Hayes who will be demonstrating ‘Moving On’. Our competition this month is ‘A Tied Bunch’ and our members will be attempting this floral design, which can be carried out in a number of ways. I am sure we are in for a few treats.

At our December meeting we spent a pleasant afternoon watching various members of our club demonstrating their ideas for Christmas floral decorations. The competition entitled ‘A Christmas Cracker’ lived up to its name. We rounded off the afternoon with a splendid Christmas tea.

Looking ahead, our AGM will be held on 19th March, when we will present awards to club members and a cheque to our chosen charity for 2019, Aspens, which supports people with autism in Sussex. In preparation for Easter, the AGM will be followed by an imposed workshop entitled ‘An Easter Basket’.

We meet at the Baptist Church Hall in Belgrave Road, Seaford, BN25 2EE on the third Thursday of each month (except January) at 2pm. Our fees for the year are £29 and visitors are always very welcome at £5 on the door, which includes refreshments. Contact Mary Morris on 01323 893899 or Sue Ward on 01323 894848 for further details.

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Greenhavens Network

Friends of Last Wood and Meadow – first steps forward

If you were at the June Greenhavens meeting you will have heard tree warden Margery talk about the Last Wood and Meadow in Seaford. This really is a special site full of orchids and butterflies in the summer. Until recently the site was a bit of a local dog walkers secret!

The site has been rather neglected, lacking any formal conservation work, to encourage more wildlife. There are also some issues with anti-social behaviour at the site, which are of concern to local residents.

The land is owned by Lewes District Council who have supported and facilitated the working parties so far but have limited resources. They would support a more permanent community group overseeing the site.

The next logical step seemed to be to set up a Friends of Last Wood group to ensure the site gets the attention, protection and maintenance needed, to protect the flowers and wildlife that are so abundant here. This project is in the very early stages but does have some very keen supporters including tree wardens, an ecologist, Greenhavens and several keen naturalists/photographers.

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After a meeting with Bob Eade (renowned local naturalist and butterfly expert) in the spring it was agreed that the southern south-facing bank where most of the orchids were, is worth saving. The south western flat area that was burnt some years ago also has a lot of wild strawberry (and is the least bramble and scrub covered) so they were cutting this area too.

It’s possible the rangers could cut a larger area despite the quantity of scrub, but it can be difficult to halt the natural succession in this kind of area without grazing, so concentrating on a smaller area might make more sense. The volunteer rangers were also booked in to do some tree popping – again in the same area, to remove some of the saplings.

There was recently a very positive meeting of volunteers and the current action plan includes:

• An ecologist working on a draft management plan for the site, to be reviewed/agreed by the committee and partners in the Spring. Kate has very kindly agreed to donate her time to produce this plan; • A litter pick to be arranged early next year; • A suitable mailing list to be set up, to keep all interested parties in touch with each other, and to coordinate events such as the litter pick and any site visits.

When the management plan is agreed, the committee will then need some more volunteers, including a chairperson! The group has already identified the need for some interpretation boards on site detailing the plants and wildlife there, so putting in funding bids for these will be a priority too.

Thanks so much to those who made it to the meeting, and those who have been so supportive to date. We are confident that the first steps have been taken, to ensure the protection of this beautiful green space in Seaford.

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What’s On In February?

Saturday 1st Art @ St James St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 10am - 12 noon. Watercolour – Painting People and Animals. £120.

1pm - 3pm. Acrylic Painting – Painting South Downs National Park. £120.

First sessions of 12-week courses, with Sussex artist Richard K Potter. To book, tel: 01323 49280, Email: information@ stjamestrustseaford.co.uk www.stjamestrustseaford.co.uk Foundation of Spiritual Healing and Guidance St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 2pm - 4pm. Free healing, Qualified approved healers in attendance. No appointment.

Tea and cakes. Donations welcome. Tel: 01323 896192 www.facebook.com/Thefshg Quiz Night St Michael’s Church Hall, Church Hill, Newhaven (disabled access from Second Ave) 7pm - 9pm. Six to a table, come with your own team or as an individual. Please bring your own food and drink.

Raffle. Proceeds to St Michael’s Church. Tickets £2, from the church 11am - 1pm on Tuesdays, or tel: 07926 967359 The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Collusion.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk The Wellington 33 Steyne Rd 8.30pm. BN1 live. Free admission.

Sunday 2nd Beach Clean The Buckle 10am. Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, or bring your own bucket. Supervised children welcome. Rubbish sorted for recycling. Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 9 & 10. www.nssc.org.uk

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Corelli Ensemble Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 4pm. Handel, Mozart, Grieg, Beethoven, and Rutter with refreshments and a chance to meet the performers. Profits to Homelink. Tickets £14 on the door/£12 in advance from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. Children free. www.corelliensemble.co.uk Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 4pm. ‘Downton Abbey’ (PG).

Tickets £6/£5/£3.50, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Tuesday 4th Health Walk The Salts Recreation Ground 10am. Meet outside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – enjoy some fresh air in cheerful company. All ages and abilities welcome. Free.

Tel: Lorna Neville on 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Monthly meeting and lunch for members and guests.

Tel: Dennis Cockram 01323 491332, email: dcockram1@ sky.com Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Getting to Grips with Birdsong’, talk by Adrian Thomas. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory. org.uk Wednesday 5th Lewes WASPI Group (Women Against State Pension Injustice) St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 6.30pm. Monthly meeting. Just come along. Facebook ‘Lewes WASPI Group’. Email Local Co-ordinator Janet Blackman: leweswasp@yahoo.com Cross Way Wednesday Group Cross Way Church, Clinton Place 7.30pm. ‘Art History’ by Ruth Mills. All welcome. Visitors £1.

Thursday 6th Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne 7pm for 7.30pm. ‘The History of Martello Tower 73’, talk

by Wish Tower Friends.

New members welcome.

Members £1, visitors £2.50 incl. refreshments. Tel: Helen Warren 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Seaford Evening Flower Club St Luke’s Church,Walmer Road 7pm for 7.30pm. Monthly meeting with visits from demonstrators, club workshops, competition nights and talks.

Tel: Mary Blair 01273 515468.

Seaford Bonfire Society Open Committee Meeting The White Lion Hotel, Claremont Road 7.30pm. A chance to join and meet the committee. Email: seafordbonfire@gmail.com www.seafordbonfiresociety. co.uk Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Office Bar, Saxon Lane 8pm. Singers, musicians and audience welcome to perform or listen. Host: Derek Seed.

Friday 7th Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club S t James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 2.15pm - 4pm. AGM, followed by quiz and in-house entertainment. Transport available. New members always welcome.

Tel: Pauline 01323 895216 Email: white-65@talktalk.net Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘Pain & Glory’ (15).

Tickets £6/£5/£3.50, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Friday 7th - Saturday 15th There Goes the Bride Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 7.45pm (Fri 7th, Sun 9th - Sat 15th), 2.30pm (Sat 8th only).

Tickets £9 tiered/£8 level.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church

Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ seaford-little-theatre www.seafordlittletheatre.co.uk Saturday 8th East Dean & Friston WI Table Sale East Dean & Friston Village Hall,Village Green Lane, East Dean 10am - 12.30pm. 50p entry.

Tables £10 each, available from Jan, tel: 07860 834360.

World Day of Prayer Coffee Morning Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 10am - 12 noon.

Sam Hughes is Sir Elton John The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm.Sam Hughes performs his ‘Elton on the road’ tour with 5-piece Yellow Brick Roadsters band, covering over five decades of Elton’s most loved hits.Tickets £14/£12 conc. Tel: 0333 666 3366 or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ thebarntheatre The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Bingo.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 9th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 11 & 12. www.nssc. org.uk Sunday Tea Dances Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road,N’haven 2pm - 4.30pm. Ballroom, Latin, popular sequence and occasional line dances. £7, including tea and biscuits (first visit £2). Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813 Seaford Music Society: London Mozart Players St Leonard’s Church, Church Street 3pm. Includes Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen for Strings. Tickets £15/ under-26s free. Available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street; tel: 01323 49160; or on the door. www.seafordmusicsociety.com

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Tuesday 11th Health Walk Martello Tower 10am. Meet beside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – enjoy some fresh air in cheerful company. All ages and abilities welcome. Free.

Tel: Lorna Neville on 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.45pm lunch.

Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024 GuestHouse Storytellers Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 7.30pm. ‘Chasing the Sun’, told by local storyteller and historian Jon Mason. Traditional tales inspired by the prehistoric White Horse at Uffington, Berkshire. First half of evening open for a storytelling slot of max. ten minutes, email Jamie Crawford: jnvacrawford@ googlemail.com. Tickets £5/£4 on the door. Age 12+. www. guesthousestorytellers.com Wednesday 12th Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2pm. Monthly meeting. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 7pm for 7.30pm. Members’ night showing ‘My Favourite Postcards’. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc Splash Point Jazz Club The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7pm. The Neal Richardson Trio with special guest Graeme Flowers (trumpet). Tickets £10 on the door or online. www.wegottickets.com/ splashpointjazz Thursday 13th Bizzybirds The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 10am - 12 noon. Monthly meeting for women looking to build their business and network with like-minded women. www.bizzybirds.co.uk

Seahaven RAFA Lunch 12 noon for 12.30pm. Twocourse lunch at either the Royal British Legion or the White Lion. Book one week in advance. Tel: 01323 898907 Friday 14th Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries and Hearing Loss Advice The Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Corner 10am - 12 noon (drop-in).

Meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your NHS brown book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org www.eshrc.org Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 2.30pm. ‘My Life as a Beefeater’, illustrated talk by Alan Kingshott.

Tickets £2 members/£5 non-members, available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street, or the Museum. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk.

Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘Blinded by the Light’ (12A).Tickets £6/£5/£3.50, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Seaford Clubhouse Valentine’s Night. Details TBC. www.nssc.org.uk Saturday 15th Lunctime Concerts St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm. Adam Heron, Piano – a finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018. Free event selfsupported by donations. www. seafordparish.org.uk

Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 13 & 14. www.nssc. org.uk The Joyce Campbell Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 1pm. Sunday roast and gettogether for senior citizens in Seaford. Transport can be arranged. £6. To book call June 01323 890175.

Monday 17th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Seaford Clubhouse 7pm. NSSC Board Meeting (members only).

Tuesday 18th Health Walk The Salts Recreation Ground 10am. Meet outside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – enjoy some fresh air in cheerful company. All ages and abilities welcome. Free.

Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@tcv.org.uk Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Spring in Crete’, talk by Phil Gardner. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk Plastic Free Seaford The Seven Sisters, Alfriston Rd 7pm. Community meeting.

Share ideas and learn how to live without plastic. Email: plasticfreeseaford@gmail.com www.plasticfreeseaford.com

The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Dynamite Disco.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk

Wednesday 19th The Weird and the Wonderful Seaford Museum & Heritage Society, Martello Tower, Seaford Esplanade 10 - 11am. For Key Stage 2 pupils. Uncover the history of some unusual objects and be led through the research process. email education@ seafordmuseum.co.uk to reserve a space. Full details www.seafordmuseum.co.uk

Sunday 16th Friends of Tide Mills meeting Tide Mills 10am - 12 noon. Meet at beach end of old village road. Help us care for this special place. Email: brianjimskinner@gmail.com

U3A Coffee Morning Constitutional Club, Crouch Ln 10am - 12 noon. £2 for coffee and nibbles. Open to members and non-members. No need to book, just come along and meet the members.

National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) Kings Church, Steyne Road 2.30pm. ‘Sussex Inn Signs and Their History’, talk by Dr Janet Pennington. New members (including non-NT members) are most welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt The Wellington 33 Steyne Rd 8pm. Quiz Night. £50 cash first prize.

Thursday 20th Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church Hall, Belgrave Road 2pm. ‘Moving On’, demo by Maggie Hayes. Competition ‘A Tied Bunch’. Annual fee £29, visitors £5 on the door, including refreshments. Tel: Mary Morris 01323 893899 or Sue Ward 01323 894848.

Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7pm. NT Live screening ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ (cert. TBC).

Tickets £13.50/£12.50/£8, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Sussex Wildlife Trust Seaford & Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘British Owls and Woodpeckers’, illustrated talk

by Christine George, local birder and bird ringer. £3 SWT members/£4 visitors. Tel: 01424 777291 or 07946 753135. www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Friday 21st Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries and Hearing Loss Advice St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 10am - 12 noon (drop-in).

Meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your NHS brown book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org www.eshrc.org Christian Aid Lunch Chapel Rooms, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road 12 noon - 1pm & 1pm - 2pm. continued...

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Comedy Seaford The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7.45pm (doors 7pm). Hosted

by Julie Jepson, Will Franken headlines. Tickets £10 on the door or online. www.wegottickets.com Saturday 22nd Jumble Sale St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road 10am - 12 noon. Books, puzzles and games, wide variety of bric-a-brac and tombola. Refreshments available. Free entry.

Open Church Café St Leonard’s Church, Church Street 10am - 12.30pm. Free refreshments, craft for kids. All welcome! www.seafordparish.org.uk Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 2.30pm. ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ (12A).Tickets £6/£5/£3.50, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Seaford Sessions: Jacob & Drinkwater Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 7.30pm. Devon-based folk duo.

Tickets £12.50, available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.wegottickets.com www.seafordsessions.org The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Kangaroo Juice.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 23rd Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 15. www.nssc.org.uk Tuesday 25th Health Walk Martello Tower 10am. Meet beside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – enjoy some fresh air in cheerful company. All ages and abilities welcome. Free.

Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@tcv.org.uk

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The Wellington 33 Steyne Rd All day. Pancake day. Boozy pancakes for adults and sweet treats for kids. Free admission.

Seaford Ladies Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm. Monthly meeting with guest speaker and lunch. Tel: Liz Merritt on 01323 895553.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Road 12 noon - 2pm. Pancakes with a choice of various fillings £5.

Drinks served, raffle.

Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 8pm. Monthly meeting. hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com Wednesday 26th Seaford Women’s Circle The Yurt, Florence House (enter through the yurt gate) 7pm. Talk/mini workshop bringing together women from the community to learn and share with each other. All ages welcome. Donations only. www.facebook.com/groups/ seafordwomenscircle Thursday 27th Seaford Horticultural Society St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7pm. Members’ social evening. ‘Trees and Grassland Management in the South Downs and Ash Dieback’, talk

by Natasha Sharma. www.seafordhorti.com Thurs 27th Feb - Sun 1st Mar LitFest20 The Crypt Gallery, Church St Annual celebration of words and music. Thursday 5pm 7pm. Evening reception. Free to all. Friday 11am – Poetry workshop; 2pm – Seahaven Writers with Seahaven Poets; 4.30pm – Barry Winbolt; 7.45pm – Janet Sunderland and Alex Josephy. Saturday 11am – Simon Parke; 2pm – Maeve Jenkinson with Martin Neill; 4.30pm – Richard Wright; 7pm – Nicholas Royle. Sunday 11am – Peter Martin with Joy Lewis and Derrick Hughes; 2pm – Jill Bush; 4pm – Umi Sinha and Wendy Atkinson with Ruth Figgest; 7pm – Open Mic

Poetry with guest poet Susan Evans. Each event £5, 3-day pass £40. For details and tickets visit www.thecryptgallery.com and www.seahavenpoets.co.uk Friday 28th Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘The Farewell’ (PG).

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Saturday 29th Plauschgruppe The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 10am - 12 noon. Seaford’s German language group.

Friendly, unstructured conversation. All standards welcome. Free.

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What’s On Weekly?

ARTS & CRAFTS Art Workshop Be Creative, 13 Sutton Park Road Thurs: 10am - 12 noon. With Lesley Harvey. All media used.

Refreshments provided. £15.

Tel: Terri on 01323 490912

Art Workshop Paradise Park Café, Avis Road, Newhaven Last Sat of the month: 9.30am - 11.30am. With Lesley Harvey.

All materials provided. £12.

Tel: 07722 236741 to reserve a place. Email: lesleyharvey17 hotmail.com Chinese Painting Group Hellingly Village Hall off A22 Weds: 1 - 4pm. Professional Chinese tutor. Materials available. Beginners and new members welcome. For more details contact: 01273 515452 East Sussex Moviemakers St Luke’s Parish Rooms, Stone Cross, Pevensey 1st & 3rd Weds: 7.30 9.30pm. Members show videos, advice available, speakers on video-related topics. Contact Valerie McManus: 07950 904778, valmcmanusuk@yahoo.com www.eastsussexmoviemakers. com Jewellery Classes Seaford Mon: 6 - 9pm, Wed: 10am - 2pm, Fri: 10am - 2pm. Tel 07952 195341, email: info@ leprevost.co.uk, www.leprevost. co.uk Knit & Craft Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Millberg Road, Seaford Thurs: 2pm - 4pm. All welcome, come and learn new skills making articles for charities. Tel: Viola on 01323 890271

Knit & Natter Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road Weds: 10am - 12 noon. Knit, natter and crochet. All made welcome. Tel: Eileen on 01273 510491 or Lyn 01323 893412 Newhaven Art Club Peacehaven Evangelical Church Mon: 2pm. Members meet to paint and draw together with discussions, demonstrations, life drawing and sketching outdoors. Annual subs. £25.

Why not come along and see how you get on? www.newhavenartclub.org.uk Newhaven Knit ’n’ Natter Group Hillcrest Centre Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Mon: 2pm-4pm. Room 4.

Friendly support for knitting and needlework enthusiasts. All ages and abilities welcome. No fees or subscription. Bring along your knitting and enjoy refreshments in the café. Free parking and access for the disabled. Further details, tel: 07540 199616 or 01323 890205 Ouse Valley Artists Denton & Mount Pleasant Social Centre Weds: 9am 12.30pm. Friendly group of enthusiastic artists, all abilities welcome. For more info call 01323 670025 or email diane. yvonne.king@gmail.com or call Pat on 01273 516183.

Seaford Art Club Downs Leisure Centre Fri: 2-4pm. A friendly, active group of enthusiastic, competent artists. Weekly practical sessions, and some demos. Gallery visits and other trips during the year. A selection of paintings are displayed at The View, Seaford Golf Club. Tel

Shirley 01323 899433 Email: seafordartclub.@outlook.com Seaford Machine Knitting Club Baptist Church, Belgrave Rd 2nd Fri of month: 2 - 4pm.

Tel: Helen Doran on 01323 872218 or email: hdoran@ talktalk.net Seaford Photographic Society The Martello Room, Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Fri: 7.45pm (doors 7pm).

September to May. www.seafordps.org

CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS

Age Concern Seaford 6 Church Street Mon - Fri: 10am - 2pm. Office.

Mon - Sat: 10am - 2pm. Shop.

We offer the following services for older people: information and support, medical transport, visiting and befriending, contact time. Volunteers required.

Tel: 01323 899434 www. ageconcernseaford.btck.co.uk Bank/HSBC Retirees Group Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne Last Thurs of month: 10.30am - 12 noon. Calling all retired members. Coffee, tea and biscuits with friendly people.Tel Mrs Doreen Woodward-Davies 01323 898907.

Canasta Afternoon Seaford & Blatchington Lawn Tennis Club, 47 Belgrave Road 1st & 3rd Weds of month: 2pm. £2.50 per session incl. tea/coffee and biscuits. For info, tel: June 01323 896456.

Civil Service Pensioners Alliance The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Rd 1st Tues of month: 10am.

Friendly chat inc. group business and info on pensions/ benefits/ socials & days out.

Refreshments.

Cuckmere Valley Transition Group George Inn, Alfriston 1st Thurs of month: 7pm Energy Group meeting.

Tel: 01323 870409 email: cuckmeretransition@gmail.com www. cuckmerevalleytransition. org.uk Diabetes Support Group The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd 1st Sat of month: 2pm3pm. Informal meeting to share experiences.

Contact 01273 519149 or email healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk.

Dog Training The Scout Hut, The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Tues evenings: Seaford & District Dog Training Club. Dog training classes in accordance with the Kennel Club Good Citizens Scheme.

Class levels are puppy, bronze, silver and graduate.

Tel: 07516 934927 www.seaforddogclub.co.uk Downs 60+ Club Sutton Corner, Seaford (Old Flint Building, grounds of Downs Leisure Centre) 10am-12 noon and 2-4pm.

Mon am: Art, snooker. pm: Snooker, table tennis, board games. Tues am: Snooker, art, keep fit (10.30-11.30) pm: Board games, table tennis.

Weds am: Art, snooker, choir (10.30-11.45), lunch club 12.30pm pm: Snooker, craft & chat. Thurs am: Art, board games, snooker, exercise & line dancing pm: Art, snooker.

Fri am: Art, snooker pm: Table tennis Sat am: Table tennis, snooker. Occasional discussion group, card games and minibus trips. Visit twice then pay £55 for the year; no more to pay for unlimited visits (excl. lunch).

Come along or call 01323 896422 on Weds 10am 12 noon.

East Blatchington Pond Conservation Society East Blatchington Pond Sat: 10am - 12 noon.

Weekly working party. More volunteers would be welcome.

Enjoy the wildlife and help your community. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/ pond East Dean & Friston Gardening Club East Dean Village Hall, Gilberts Drive 2nd Fri of month: 2.15pm 4pm. Variety of guest speakers.

Membership £7 per year, visitors welcome. Tel: Fran 01323 423529 East Sussex Family & Carers’ Team Various locations incl.

Newhaven & Eastbourne Cranstoun’s East Sussex FACT supports people who are being affected by someone else’s substance misuse and mental health issues (dual diagnosis). Emotional and practical help, support groups, activities and social events.

Tel: 07920 786352 or 07795 953951 Email: esfact@cranstoun.org.uk

Family Learning Group Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Various courses for parents/ carers and under 5s. Crêche available. For more details, tel: Carly: 01273 517250 Email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Free Cooking Skills (SCDA) Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Tues (monthly): 10.30am 1pm. Learn basic cooking skills by making delicious meals in our Community Kitchen.

Tel: 01273 519149 www.sussexcommunity.org.uk French in the Cuckmere Valley Near Litlington French conversation groups led by French teacher. One-toone’s, preparation for exams, Skype lessons, proofreading, translation, French film and literary groups. For more information tel: 01323 871204/ 07903 610880 or email babkun@gmail.com Friendship The Base (next to the Salts Café), Marine Parade Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon.

We chat, enjoy music, play games and buy a drink in the café next door. £2 each week (carers free). Tel: Sam 01323 897320 The Havens Day Clubs for Over 65s Kempton House, Peacehaven: Tues: 10am-3pm, or half day. Newhaven Age Concern Club: Weds: 10am3pm, or half days. Care, support, friendship and respite care.

Run by Age UK East Sussex.

Tel Nicola on 07850 987131, Lewes office 01273 476704 www.ageukeastsussex.org.uk Heartsease Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 1st Fri of month (except August): 2.30pm. Monthly group welcoming anyone who finds themselves alone and would enjoy some social interaction. Speakers, activities, companionship and tea. Tel: John and Jill Hughes 01323 898678 HIVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 7.15 - 8.45pm. (School year 7 – sixth form). Games, activities, workshops, pool, table football, table tennis, Xbox, instruments, social events, trips

out, advice, encouragement & guidance. Annual membership £5 (excl. social events and trips). Term time only.

Tel: 01323 896009 www. seafordbaptistchurch.org.uk Joyce Campbell Sunday Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 3rd Sunday of the month (unless otherwise stated): 1pm.

A get together for lunch for senior citizens in Seaford. £6.

No August lunch club, resumes 15th September. To book call June on 01323 890175.

Kids Aloud Kingswell, 115-117 Vale Road (Community Church Hall) Fri: 3.45pm - 5.30pm. Free after-school activities for children aged 4-12. All welcome for games, art and stories. Tel: Tina 01323 492833. www.kings-well.org.uk/kids_ aloud.htm Know Dementia Memory Moments Café Meridian Centre, Meridian Way, P’haven Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Informal café for people with dementia and their family supporter/carer. Includes tea, coffee and cake, and a little fun and laughter with games, talk, music, dance etc. Tel: 01273 494300 Email: info@ knowdementia.co.uk Lipreading Classes St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tues:10am - 11.45am.

Newcomers welcome, first session free. Great confidence builder. Six week terms. Fee includes membership of Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club. Tel: Wendy 01323 490833 L: IVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 6 - 7pm. (School year 3 - 6). Games and activities inc. pool, table football, table tennis, games consoles, craft zones, and a tuck shop. Admission £1 inc 50p worth of tuck.

First week free. Term time only. Tel: 01323 896009 www. seafordbaptistchurch.org.uk Martello Rotary Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Mon: 7.15pm for 7.45pm.

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Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford Mon: 6pm - 7pm. Seaford Youth Forum. Tues: 3.30pm - 5.30pm.

Juniors Youth Club (Year 8 & 9), £1. Weds: 3.30 - 6pm. After School Club (Year 6 & 7), £1.

Thurs: 3.30pm - 5.30pm.

Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford T.O.A.S.T. Girls Only Group, £1.

6.30pm - 8.30pm. Seniors Youth Club (Year 9+), £1. For more details contact Roger Daw on 01323 892531 National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) The Kings Church, Steyne Road 3rd Weds of month: 2.30pm.

Illustrated talks on subjects from Oct to March. Outings from spring to autumn plus other social and fundraising events. New members welcome. Visitors £2.50. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Newhaven & Seaford Sea Cadets The Old Church, Chapel Street, Newhaven Mon & Fri: 7pm - 9pm (seniors) Fri: 7pm - 9pm (juniors) Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd 4th Thurs of month: 8pm meeting. www.npslions.co.uk Newhaven Youth Club Lewes Road Hut, Robinson Road, Newhaven Weds: 6.30-8.30pm.

For young people aged 11+.

Info 01273 517250 or youth@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd 2nd Tues of month: 12 noon for 12.45pm lunch. Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024.

Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes RAF Club, Wish Road, Eastbourne Sun: 4pm. Weekly meetings.

Contact Lawrence Steer.

Tel: 01323 351147 or 07548 730967 or email: lawrence1860@gmail.com The Royal Society of St George Monthly events. England’s leading patriotic society.

Contact Chairman 01323 899985 or email: 514928@ talktalk.net.

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Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 3rd Thurs of month:1.30pm for a 2pm start. No meeting in January. Talks, demos, outings, etc. Past and new members welcome. Membership £29 per year. Visitors £5 including refreshments per meeting. Tel: Mary Morris 01323 893899 or Sue Ward 01323 894848.

Seaford Bonfire Society White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd First Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Membership and open committee meeting. Email: seafordbonfire@gmail.com www.seafordbonfiresociety. co.uk Seaford Bridge Club Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Tues:1.15 for 1.30pm - 5pm (in Sutton Hall).

Weds & Fri: 6.15 for 6.30pm 9.45pm (in 60+ Club).

Friendly duplicate bridge sessions. Tel: 01323 893626 Email: gillespiejohn6@gmail. com www.bridgewebs.com/seaford Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon: Cribbage & Line Dancing.

Tues: 9.30am Slimming World.

3rd Weds: Klondyke Whist.

Thurs: Tea Dance/Dance Classes. Fri & Sun: 8.15pm Bingo. Tel: 01323 890087 Seaford Evening Flower Club St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd 1st Thurs of month: 7pm for 7.30pm demo (not in January). Affil. to NAFAS. New members welcome. Visitors £4.50 including refreshments.

Tel Marian on 01273 515544 Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 1st Tues of month: Monthly lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower Wednesday: 2pm-4pm Saturday, Sunday & bank hols: 11am-4pm. Groups by appointment. Archives open every 1st Sun of each month.

Tel: 01323 898222 www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Seaford Quakers Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd Sun: 10.30 - 11.30am. Meeting for worship followed by

refreshments. All welcome.

Tel Margaret Brandram on 01323 381282 Seaford Rotary Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd Weds: 12.45 for 1pm. Weekly meeting.

Seaford Social Club for Blind & Partially Sighted People St Peter’s Hall, Belgrave Road 1st Thurs of month: 2-4pm.

Entertainment and tea.

Tel: ESAB 01323 832252 Seafordspirit: Seaford Independent Spiritualist Church 3 Warwick Road Tues: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Healing. Thurs: 7.30pm Divine Service. Friday: 10.30pm 12 noon Healing. Alternate Saturdays: Clairvoyant Evenings 7.30pm. Demos/ workshops see website. All welcome. Tel 01323 737407 Email: enquiries@seafordspirit. co.uk www.seafordspirit.co.uk Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 2nd Weds of month: 7.15pm.

Monthly speaker. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc Seaford Stroke & Caring Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Mon: 2 - 4pm. Slides, music, quizzes, bingo, tea and homemade cakes. Some transport available. Tel: Joyce Woodgate: 01323 894547 Seaford Tea Club Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 2pm - 3.45pm. Social club for all. The aim is to combat loneliness and isolation. Tea, cakes, games, raffle and companionship.

Good access. All welcome.

Enquiries to: seafordteaclub@ outlook.com Seahaven (Afternoon) Trefoil Guild Afternoon Meeting St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church St. 1st Tues of month: 2.30 4.30pm. Tel: 01323 897959 Seahaven (Evening) Trefoil Guild Evening Meeting Downs Leisure Centre Over 60s Club 3rd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Tel: 01323 893250

Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd 1st Friday of month: 2.15 - 4pm. Guest speakers and other activities, tea and biscuits, raffle. Local transport may be available at a small cost.

Contact Pauline 01323 895216 The Submariners Association (Sussex Branch) Royal British Legion Club, Claremont Road 1st Fri of month: 7.45pm.

For all ex and serving submariners. Tel: Harry Summerton 01323 734132 Survivors of Suicide The Matthew 25 Mission, Brodie Hall, Christ Church, Seaside, Eastbourne 2nd Mon: 7pm-8.30pm. Group for people affected by suicide. www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Sussex Army Cadet Force No. 2 Platoon (Seaford) Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Mon & Weds: 7.30 - 9.30pm.

For ages 12 (school year 8) to 18 yrs. For further information email kevin.falconer@serfca.org or tel: 01273 552222 Sussex Wildlife Trust Various locations in and around Seaford 1st Thurs of month:10am 3pm, Sept to May. For details tel: 07824 151935. Email: sarahquantrill@sussexwt.org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Sussex Wildlife Trust Youth Rangers Various locations in and around Seaford Tues:Term time only.

Volunteer group for 16-25 year olds. Carry out practical conservation tasks and learn about wildlife whilst gaining valuable work experience.

Email: nikkihills@sussexwt. org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk The Union Club, Seaford 1 Stafford Road A non-political social club for residents. Lounge bar, dart board, snooker table, TV screens, and events.

Applications for membership all welcome. Tel 01323 890015 email: membership@ theunionclub.plus.com

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Wellbeing Group for Young People Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven, BN9 9BA Tues: 4.30pm - 5.30pm starting 27th August. A 6-week group workshop focussing on self esteem, confidence, resilience, goal setting, and mental health. For young people between 12-16 years. Tel: 01273 517250. Email: youth@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. For children 0 to 11 yrs with their dads, granddads and male carers. Tel: 01323 896009

community

Clinton Centre Café Cross Way Church, Clinton Pl. Tues: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee/ tea and biscuit or toast and butter, £1. Tel: 01323 873262 Coffee Morning & Bring & Buy St Luke’s Church Hall, Walmer Rd Weds: 10am - 12 noon Coffee Pot Chyngton Methodist Church Hall Thurs: 10 - 11.30am. Assorted items on sale. Disabled access.

Friendly atmosphere.

Tel: 01323 891534 East Dean Farmers’ Market East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane off Gilberts Drive Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

01323 423481 Family Learning and Youth Activities For information tel: 01273 517250, email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk International Coffee Morning St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 2nd & 4th Weds of month: 10.30am - 12.30pm. FebruaryDecember, term time only.

Love Heart Community Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Thurs: 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Supporting people with learning difficulties through work experience. All welcome.

Fundraisers: raise funds and enhance your profile for free, any Thursday with booked slot.

Tel: 01273 812976

Mitchell House Monday Tea Club 43 Lexden Drive Mon: 3 - 4.30pm. Tea, chat and a game or two. 50p and extra charge to play games (for prize funding). Tel: 01323 891804 Monday Coffee Mornings Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. All welcome to come and enjoy a coffee/tea with biscuits.

Newhaven Country Market Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LH Thursdays: 9.45am - 1pm (2pm Easter and Christmas markets). Homemade produce, free-range eggs, fresh fish, plants, crafts, café. Free parking, access for the disabled.

Contact Jackie Gordon on 01323 872263.

Newhaven Street Markets Newhaven High Street Thurs & Sat: 9am - 2pm. Fresh produce, bread, pastries, fish & seafood, street food, clothes, arts & crafts, household goods, fishing tackle, handmade jewellery. For stall hire tel 01273 517544 or email:new havenmarket@outlook.com One You East Sussex Various locations Free healthy lifestyle service.

Supporting East Sussex residents to eat well, move more, drink less, be smoke free and lose weight through internal programmes and 1-2-1 support. Plus free NHS health checks. To self-refer or refer a friend go online or tel: 01323 404600 www.oneyoueastsussex.org.uk Plastic Free Seaford The Seven Sisters (function room) Alfriston Road 3rd Tues: 7pm. Monthly Community Meeting for the Plastic Free Seaford campaign.

All welcome.

Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Seaford Community Garden Crouch Gardens next to the Peace Garden Weds: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon (July to September only).

Garden open, plants and produce for sale. All welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/scg

Seaford Old Town Hall Community Tea Room Church Street, Seaford Mon - Fri: 10am - 1pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Come and enjoy a comfortable rest, hot drink, friendly chat.

Seaford Police Neighbourhood Policing Team Meet & Greet Downs Leisure Centre Thurs: 3.30pm. Meet your local Police Community Support Officers. www.sussex.police.uk Seaford Street Markets Sutton Road 2nd & 4th Friday of the month: 9am - 1pm. www. seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/ Street-Markets.aspx Seahaven Storehouse Seaford Community Church, 115-117 Vale Road Thurs: 10am - 1pm. Providing basic food items to those in need. Tel/text: 07921 844930 Email: seahavenstorehouse@ gmail.com www.kings-well.org. uk/storehouse.php Trees for Seaford Various locations 1st Saturday & 3rd Tuesday: 10am - 12 noon (spring and summer). Tree care sessions.

No experience necessary, tools provided. A sociable morning with like-minded people. For details visit the Facebook page @treesforseaford or www. treesforseaford.wordpress.com Tutoring Tutor’s home in Seaford Tutoring services for primary/ secondary ages – help with building confidence, English, Maths, skills for learning, English/History to GCSE, 11+/ SATS preparation. Contact Liz Hunter (DBS checked) on 07918 127763 or 01323 893933. Email: lizthetutor@ btinternet.com

Ladies’ clubs

Bizzybirds The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road Monthly meetings An opportunity for business women to meet over coffee to share hints, tips and advice with occasional guest speakers and training sessions. For upcoming dates and more info visit www.bizzybirds.co.uk

Blatchington Hill Townswomen’s Guild The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Members only. Membership enquiries: the.kavanaghs@ btinternet.com Inner Wheel Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Members only.

Seaford Ladies Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 4th Tues of month: 12 noon for 12.30pm. Monthly lunch club for retired or semi-retired professional businesswomen.

Silver service meal and local speakers.

Tel: Liz Merritt 01323 895553 Seaford Martello WI St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church St 2nd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01273 583484, email: angeaston@sky.com Seaford NWR (National Women’s Register) Members’ homes and out and about Various days: For women who are interested in everything and talk about anything. More details visit www.nwr.org.uk or contact us directly by email: nwrseaford@gmail.com Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 4th Tues of month: 8pm 10pm. For further info about attending, please email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com Seaford Women’s Circle The Yurt at Florence House Last Weds of month: 7pm.

Each month a different woman from the community will hold the circle or offer a talk/mini workshop. It’s a space to share and learn. All ages welcome. www.facebook.com/groups/ seafordwomenscircle Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2nd Weds of month: 2pm.

Monthly meeting. Other activities include: Mon: Art (weekly); Play Reading (fortnightly). Weds: Gentle yoga (not on 2nd Weds); Craft & Chat (1st & 3rd Weds only).

Plus seasonal walking group. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford continued...

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music & drama Archway Gospelish Choir Blatchington Rd Mon: 8pm - 9.30pm. Gospel & soul-inspired music. £8.50 a session.

Archway Contemporary Choir Chyngton School, Millberg Rd Weds: 12.30pm - 2pm at Archway, 8pm - 9.30pm Everything from Ellington to Supertramp. £8.50 per session.

Tel 01323 897590 www.thearchwaygroup.com Chyngton Youth Academy of Arts and Drama St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Thurs: 4pm. Ages 5-12 Fri: 5.30pm. Ages 12-18.

For drama classes contact Ellen on 07791 081935 Concentus Choir JPK Centre, 39-41 Church Street, Eastbourne Mon: 7.30pm - 9.45pm.

No need to read music to join this friendly choir, which regularly sings in Seaford.

Tel: Claire 07920 430162 or Sue 07789 343514. www. concentus-sings.com The Downs Singers Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Crn. Weds: 10.30am - 11.30am.

Friendly. No need to read music. Tel: 01323 896422 on Tues 10am -12 noon or come on the day.

Haven Harmonies Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven BN9 9LH Mon: 7 - 9pm. Contemporary repertoire accompanied on guitar. No need to read music. £6 per session. Tel 01273 611068 or email: marianstanley43@gmail.com for more information.

Michael Piraner’s Recorder Workshops The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat every month: 2pm - 4.30pm. For adults over 18 years of age. For more information, email: val. underhill@googlemail.com Play Readings at the Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road 1st Tues every month (except November): 7.30pm. Everyone welcome to join in or just listen; play readings are held in the coffee lounge. Tel: Mary 01323 351882 or email gmaryyoung@ gmail.com

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SBC Singers Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 7pm. New members always welcome.

Tel: Peter 01273 586687 Seaford Choral Society Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Mon: 7.15 - 9.15pm New singers always welcome, no experience necessary, no audition. Tel: 01323 301683, email: info@seaford-choralsociety.com www.seafordchoral-society.com Seaford Drum Group Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: 7pm - 9pm. Group drumming. No experience necessary, everyone welcome.

Tel: Jamie 07863 159742 Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Office Bar, Saxon Lane 1st Thurs of month: 8pm All welcome. Come along, sing, play or listen. Free entry.

Seaford Handbell Ringers St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Weds: 10am - 12.30pm. For more information, tel: Margaret Hopkins 01323 325305. 1pm 3pm, tel: Jo Tigg 01323 893878.

New members very welcome.

Seaford Little Theatre Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee morning for members and new members. Tel: Mary 01323 351882. Last Mon of month: £1 Tea and toast Charity Breakfast. Tel: Debbie 07596 709044. Weds: 7.30 - 10pm (except during productions).

Workshop and Social Evening.

Set building, prop, wardrobe and chat over a coffee.Tel: Ray 07984 280067 Seaford Musical Theatre The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Tues & Thurs: 7.30pm.

Rehearsals - new members welcome. Tel: 01323 492240 Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Weds: 6 - 8pm. Performance based learning for young people. Tel: 07468 916302 or email: Donna7of9@gmail.com Seaford Silver Band Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Weds: 8 - 10pm. Rehearsals.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 892424 or 07740 646386 visit www. seafordsilverband.co.uk Seaford Sings Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Thurs: 7.30 - 9pm. Community choir raising funds for Cancer Research UK. No experience necessary, no booking required.

Suggested £5 donation per session. Tel: Martin Neill 07925 548217. Email: Martinneill139@ gmail.com Seaford Youth Drama Group Kings Church, Steyne Rd Mon: groups from 5pm.

Very reasonable prices. New members welcome. Contact Chris on 01323 892023 Singing for Fun Seaford Baptist Church Weds: 11am - 12 noon.

Thurs: 7 - 8pm. For adults of all ages and abilities – join us for an hour of musical fun.

No need to read music. £5.

Phone 01323 365495, 07799 818590 email: sallyann@ crystalclearaudio.co.uk Sound Baths The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road 1st and 3rd Tues of the month: Bathe in these lovely soothing sounds. Tel 07515 961327 South Downs Society of Recorder Players St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 4th Sat of the month: 2 - 5pm.

Contact the secretary, email: sdowns@srp.org.uk U3A Orchestra Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 10am - 12 noon (SeptMay). All instruments and abilities welcome. Friendly people playing a variety of fun music. Tel: Pat 07949 557117 U3A Recorder Group St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Weds: 2 - 4pm. Tel: Val Underhill on 01323 895230 Email: val.underhill@googlemail. com Vocal Repertoire St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Fri: 5pm for 8 - 12 year olds, 7pm for 13 to 20 year olds.

Join our wonderful, talented and friendly bunch for group and solo singing sessions For more details visit: facebook.com/vocalrepertoire

Baby & Pre-School

Ante- & Postnatal Excercise Class Downs Leisure Centre, Tues: 10.45 - 11.30am. Specialist exercise class for mums to be and new mums. Crèche on site or baby welcome in class.

Tel: 07901 683577 or 01323 490011 or email c.s.cornish@ hotmail.com Artsmart Pre-school Messy Play Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 11am - 12 noon. Drop in £4.50, siblings £3. Artsmart holiday workshops contact Ann on 07834 629133 or via Facebook.

Baby and Toddler Experience Seaford, Lewes and Newhaven Classes for babies & toddlers to develop, learn, and have fun.

Tel: 07834 231971 www.the babyandtoddlerexperience. co.uk Piglets Toddler Group St Thomas More Church Wednesdays: 9.30 - 11.30am.

Facebook: Piglets Seaford Scallywags Play Group Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fridays (term-time): 9.30 11am. Toys, songs, refreshments, for adults with pre-school children.£1 per adult. Tel: 01323 896009 (mornings) Email: office@seafordbaptistchurch. org.uk Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. Parents and toddlers group for fathers, grandfathers or male carers and their preschool children.Tel: 01323 896009

sport & dance

Alfriston Badminton Club Pleasant Rise, Alfriston Weds: 8 - 10pm. Small friendly group looking to expand its membership. All standards welcome. Tel: 01323 645210 Ballet, Tap and Modern Bond School of Dance, St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Rd Weds, Fri & Sat: from 3 years.

Free trial class. Tel: 01323 492795 or 07703 485348 www.nikki-b-danceschool.co.uk

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Ballet,Tap, Modern & Jazz Seahaven Dance, Seaford and Newhaven Mon - Sat Contact Mechele on 07738 831616, email: info@seahavendance.co.uk www.seahavendance.co.uk Ballroom Dance Classes with Studio Tempo Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

Thurs: 5.45pm. Beginners Sequence. 7.30pm. Beginners Ballroom. 8.30pm. Followon class. Classes also held in Newhaven. Tel: 01273 476565 Barefoot Boogaloo Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 4th Tues of the month: 7.30 - 9.30pm. £7/£5 concs.

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Basketball with Seahaven Force Seahaven Academy, Southdown Road, Newhaven Thurs: 7pm - 9.30pm. Adults open scrimmage (mixed).

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Open squad session 11-17 years.

Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Sun: 11am - 1pm. Mini Ballers 6-11 years.Tel: 07900 817868 www.seahavenforce.com Body Vibes Windover Fitness, nr Alfriston Tues: 10am. Thurs: 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Body Works Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 2pm: All age circuits, 2.45 - 4pm: Older adult stretch & tone. £5 pp. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Boxercise® Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 7pm. Circuits and Bootcamp. Tues: 7.30pm.

Cardio Padwork and Aerobox.

Classes suitable for beginners.

Tel: 01273 510784 or book at: www.waveleisure.co.uk Boxercise®

Constitutional Club, Seaford Sun: 10am.

Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Weds: 10am Thurs: 7.30pm Thurs: 6.30pm. Indoor Boot Camp. Tel: 07904 818746 Facebook: Fitness & Personal Training Breakfast Bootcamp The Salts Recreation Ground, Seaford Thurs: 6.30 - 7.15am. An all over body workout this class is aimed at getting you stronger, leaner and will help

you burn more calories! Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@ whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Couch to 5K (SCDA) Denton Island Community Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven A gentle 9-week couch to 5k programme to help you start running, finishing with local parkrun. Tel: 01273 519149 or healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Crouch Bowling Club Crouch Gardens, East Street April-Sept: Outdoor bowling club. All age groups welcome.

Free coaching by qualified coaches. Oct-April: We have an indoor season of short mat and skittles, plus an active social calendar throughout the year. Tel: 01323 654788 www. crouchbowlingclubseaford.co.uk Cycle Seahaven Various locations Organised rides for MTB and road riders of all levels of fitness and experience. £7 per year. All rides are listed on www.cycleseahaven.org.uk Denton Indoor Bowls Club Denton Island, Newhaven Mon - Sun: 9am - 7pm. New members welcome.

Tel 01273 514664 Extend Activities to music, suitable for older people. Have fun while you improve your balance and mobility, with seated options.

For classes and times in the area tel Sandria: 01273 514152 Flexercise Seaford Head Lower School Dance Studio, Steyne Road Tues: 6.15pm - 7.15pm. Part exercise, part dance, all fun.

Tel: Margaret 07592 026814 www.fl-exercise.com Football Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: Lunchtime. Indoor kickabout for Seaford Head Year 7 & 8 students only. Steyne Site sports hall. 5pm - 6pm. Free kickabout for Year 7+, Downs Leisure Centre. Fri: 9 - 10pm.

Football Street League session with Brighton & Hove Albion in the Community. Downs Leisure Centre, £1. Tel: 01323 892531

Forces Fit The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Weds: 7pm Sun: 10am Free tasters available. Book online at www.forcesfit.co.uk Golf Seaford Golf Club, 111 Firle Road Learn how to play at our new academy. £50 adult/£25 under-16s for six months’ use of practice facilities, two free lessons with our PGA pro and a discount card in the clubhouse. Tel: 01323 892442 GOSH in the Havens – Walks Various Every Weds morning: Green and open spaces for health walking groups. All walks 90 minutes. Fresh air, friendly people, gentle exercise, nature and a cuppa. Contact our Health Champion Volunteer Leader Dawn Paul on 07966 842232 or email dawn. paul99@btopenworld.com.

Health Walks Martello Tower/The Salts Café 10am - 11am. Health walks, Tuesdays First, third and fifth Tuesday of the month from Salts Café and second and fourth from Martello Tower.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Holistic Core Restore St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Unique six-week pelvic floor and core restore exercise programme for every woman at every life stage. For info and booking, tel: Denise 07725 358811. Email: denise@ bodywisemusclecare.co.uk www.eastbourne holisticcorerestore.com Kettlercise and CoreAbility Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 6pm. Kettlercise. All over body toning and fat burning.

Tues: 6.30pm. Core-focused kettlebell and bodyweight workout. All classes suitable for beginners. Tel: 01273 510784 or book online: www. waveleisure.co.uk Line Dancing Daytime classes for mixed abilities. Tel Val on 01323 325993

Line Dancing Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates Fri: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates. Tel: Gina on 01273 470456 or 07443 425621 Line Dancing with Southern Stomp Church Hall, Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven Mon: 10am - 12 noon.

Morning Medley. A mix of dances for everyone.12.30pm - 2pm. Good Beginner.

Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

Improver/Easy Intermediate.

Telscombe Hall, Tyedean Road, Telscombe Cliffs Tues: 7.15pm - 8.45pm.

Improver. St Nicholas Church Hall, Saltdean Vale, Saltdean Thurs: 7.30pm - 9.30pm.

Good Intermediate.

Tel: 01273 587714 Email: southernstomp@ hotmail.co.uk www.southernstomp.com Line Dancing with Studio In Line Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon 7.30pm - 10pm. All levels Downs Leisure Centre Thurs 9.30 - 10.30am. Absolute beginners, 10.30am - 12 noon.

All levels. Tel: 07931 930770 Meditation & Relaxation St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Sat: 10 - 11am.

The Archway, Blatchington Rd Tues: 11am -12 noon.

Fri: 6 - 7pm. Tel: 01323 365802 or 07557 539507.

Email: pia1807@hotmail.co.uk Meditation Group Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 7.30pm-8.30pm. £6.

Please contact Jacqueline for details. Tel: 07963 014560 Meditation Groups Seaford Tues: 10am-12 noon & 7pm9pm. Meetings held in Ann’s home. 1 to 1 sessions, massage and life coaching also available.

For further details, tel: Ann 07989 294445.

Mums’ Fitness Mercread Centre, Mercread Road Mon: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Weds: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Fri: 9.30am. Total Toning Seaford: Tues: 9.30am. Tots and Tums Thurs: 9.30am. Tots & continued...

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Tums Children welcome. £25 for 5. New members first 3 classes £10. www.facebook. com/MumsFitnessUK Tel Alex 07540 551054 Newhaven Bowling Club Fort Road, Newhaven Sat: 10am - 11.30am. Junior Bowls Club. 11.45am - lunch. #Letsplaybowls adult try-it-out sessions. Qualified coach and members to help all learn and improve. Tel: 07401663519 www.newhavenbowling club.weebly.com

Pilates – Fitness Pilates Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd Tues: 12.30 - 1.30pm. £7.50 pay as you go or £49 for 8 sessions. Have fun! Suitable for all. Contact Karen on 01273 305827 email: karen.funandfit@ gmail.com

Nordic Walking Various locations Sat: Morning walks in Sussex.

Afternoon taster/introductory sessions on the seafront.

Weds: 7pm. Evening taster/ introductory sessions at Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd. Tel: Kathryn 01323 891492, email: kathrynmcdonald2@ googlemail.com

Pilates Mat & Barre Dance Studio. Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Thurs: 6.15pm - 7.15pm. With Karen Hall. Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com

Obstacle Course Training The Salts Recreation Ground 8.45am - 9.30am. Running, jumping, crawling, pulling, pushing, carrying and other movements to help you get stronger and fitter for your first obstacle course race.

Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Outdoor Yoga Yin in the Havens 10.30am. Feel grounded and relaxed in a natural setting whilst working on your wellbeing. Free sessions.

Donations welcome. Contact jacqui.johnston@hotmail.co.uk or 07816 154644 to book.

Outdoor Walks & Activities Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Eastbourne Free, informal, friendly group walks and gardening outdoor activities. Tel: 01273 519149, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Pilates – Alfriston Pilates Lower Ground Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Road Daily except Sunday. Pilates, Yoga, Kettlebells and Tai Chi. Tel: Shona 07903 671962 Email: alfristonpilates@ btinternet.com www.alfristonpilates.com

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Pilates – to raise money for the Youth Counselling Project Seaford Osteopathic Clinic Fri: 6-7pm. Run by Yoga Teacher Karen Hall. Contact 07944 785520. karenmoves@ gmail.com

Pilates – Movement for Life Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic,Warwick Rd Mon-Sat: daily and evening classes. Back care, Gentle and Dynamic Pilates, Reformer and Wunda Chair, Pelvic Floor Restore, Men’s Group, Yoga, Meditation, Seniors Chairbased Exercise – something for every and any body!

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Premier United Girls The Salts Recreation Ground Sat: 11.30am. Fun, free football training for girls in years 3, 4 and 5, and years 6, 7 and 8.

Rural Rambles Seaford Third Thurs of the month: Free guided walks starting and finishing in Seaford. 2-3 hours. Walks also running in Newhaven and Peacehaven.

Full schedule online: www. waveleisure.co.uk Scottish Country Dancing Alfriston War Memorial Hall, 4 The Tye, Alfriston Tues: 3.30pm - 5pm. Fun and laughter guaranteed. All ages and abilities welcome. No previous experience needed.

Bring water and comfortable shoes. £3 per person. Email: sue_fulham@hotmail.com Seaford & Blatchington Tennis Club Belgrave Road, Seaford The club is open 7 days a week, providing a wide variety of tennis activities. Contact membership secretary Dee Kellaway on 01323 891372.

Seaford & District Folk Dance Group Sutton Hall, Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon: 7.45pm. New members welcome, first visit free.

Tel: Judy 01323 890759 or Pam 01273 982218 Seaford Bowling Club Chichester Road, BN25 2DT October until April: Winter Season. Outdoor bowls now finished until April. Short mat bowls in the clubhouse. Weekly whist session. Many themed events. Please enquire about our friendly club. New members welcome. Tel: 01323 892831. Email: honsec@ seafordbowlingclub.org www.seafordbowlingclub.org Seaford Cricket Club Salts Recreation Ground, Park Rd All Stars 8-week cricket programme for boys and girls, 5-8 years. Junior outdoor training. Fri: 6pm-7pm. Under 10s to under 13s. 7pm-8pm.

Under 14s to under 16s. Email: seanwootten@rocketmail.com Senior outdoor training Tues & Thurs: 6.30pm-8pm.

Senior home matches in the Sussex League. Also Sunday and mid-week friendlies.

Email: smithjps@hotmail.com.

New players and beginners welcome.

Seaford Kurlers Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Tues: 2 - 4pm. All welcome.

First visit free. Contact June Wood on 01323 895376 or sally1989@tiscali.co.uk Seaford Netball Club Cradle Hill Community Primary School, Lexden Rd Mon: 4.15pm-4.45pm: Shooting Stars U8s (£2.50).

Seaford Head Sports Hall Mon: 5pm-5.30pm: Starlets U10s (£2.50). 5.30pm-6.30pm: Shadows, U12s (£3.50).

6.30pm-7.30pm: Sonics U14s, (£3.50).7.30pm-9pm: Senior team training (£5).

Weds: 7.30pm-9pm: Development U16s and adults for senior entry (£5).

New members welcome. Tel: Clare Flack: 07724 956649 Seaford Rambling Club Various locations A varied programme of walks for active people. For details tel 01323 894370 or www. seaford-rambling-club.org.uk

Seaford Rugby Football Club Salts Recreation Ground, Marine Parade Tues & Thurs: 7 - 9pm.

Recruiting new players for two teams in the Sussex leagues.

Come along or contact Paul Burns on 07732 202208 Seaford Rugby Football Club Junior Training Salts Recreation, Marine Parade Sun: 10.30am -12 noon. Ages ranging from 6 to 16, a friendly but ambitious squad. Come along or tel 07818 438378 Seaford Striders Running Club From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon & Weds (main night): 7pm. All ages and abilities welcome. www.seafordstriders.org.uk Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Wed: 10.15am-12.15pm. Our repertoire spans over 400 years of pleasurable dancing, with a focus on the 17th century. We welcome anyone interested in joining/visiting us. £4 pw. Tel: 01323 897315 SUP & Fitness Seven Sisters car park, BN25 4AD Sat: 10am. Fitness (on land), £5.11am. SUP Training, £5.

12 noon. SUP social, free. Join for 1, 2 or all 3 sessions.

Tel: Sasha 07568 107963 Tai Chi Alfriston Pilates, Lower Grd Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Rd Thurs: 12 noon - 1pm. £8 per class. Soft, slow and gentle movement suitable for all.

Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud.com Walking Netball Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Mon: 1.45pm - 3pm. Netball but at a walking pace. Anyone can play regardless of age, ability or fitness levels. Join us for a wiggle and a giggle.

Trainers recommended. Call Fran for more info on 07593 019649. Facebook: Seaford Walking Netball. Check out an introduction video on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/ qzQfnv7sFPg. Walk Your Way to Health (SCDA) Various locations on the South Downs Tues: 1pm (no dogs), 2pm (dog walkers). We invite you

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to join our weekly (up to) one hour friendly walks.

Walk simply for the pleasure, company and fresh air, or use this as as stepping stone to build up your strength and fitness. Tel: 01273 519149 or healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road Sun: 10am. Fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities.

Spectators welcome.

Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club Wave Leisure Health Walks From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Thurs: 10am. Tel: 01323 490011 Wutan Kung Fu & Tai Chi Chyngton Primary School, Millberg Road, Seaford Tues: 6-7pm: Family Kung Fu, adults £6, children £4. 7-8pm: Tai Chi, £7 per class or £10 both classes. Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud. com Yoga Newhaven Tues: 10am. 60+ yoga 7pm.

Pranayama and meditation.

Weds: 10am. Pregnancy yoga 2pm. Gentle yoga for those living with cancer, ME and heart ailments. 7pm. Classical therapeutic yoga.

Thurs: 10am. Mixed abilities.

New yoga studio with all equipment provided. 5-week courses for small groups with highly qualified teacher.

Tel: 01273 512306 Yoga – Chair Based Yoga Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Block of 6 classes £48. Drop in £10, space permitting. Max class size 7. For those who find floor work less suitable. Gentle class for posture, increased flexibility and relaxation. Tel: Christine 07764 188615. Email: savvachristine@gmail.com Yoga Classes for the Less Able St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd Thurs: 11am - 12 noon.

Seaford Group of Eastbourne & South Wealden Multiple Sclerosis Society. Exercises on floor and chair with trained

yoga teacher. £5 a lesson.Tel. 01323 500932 Yoga – Himalayan Hatha Yoga Dance Studio, Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Mon: 7pm - 8.30pm. With Karen Hall. Dynamic yoga to invigorate and restore.

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Yoga – In Balance Hatha Yoga WI Hall, Claremont Road Tues: 10am - 11.15am and 6pm - 7.15pm. Weds: 7pm8.15pm. Fri: 9-10.15am.

Small group Hatha Yoga sessions for all abilities.1-2-1 yoga sessions can be arranged.

Relaxing body and therapeutic sports massages also available.

Tel: Sophie 07444 549859, email: inbalancesussex@gmail. com www.in-balance.org.uk Yoga Meditation Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Warwick Road Fri: 6pm - 7pm. Unwind and look after your body and mind.

Donation. Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Yoga – Purrfect Yoga St James’ Clubhouse Blatchington Rd, Seaford Mon: 9.30am mixed ability yoga, 11am parent and baby yoga Tues: 6.30pm pregnancy yoga, 7.30pm mixed ability yoga The Yurt at Florence House, Southdown Road Weds: 12.50pm baby massage.

1.50pm mixed ability yoga.

Thurs: 8.15am mixed ability yoga, Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Weds: 3.15pm children’s yoga, 4.15pm family yoga.

St Thomas More Church Hall, Sutton Road Thurs: 6.20pm mixed ability yoga.Tel: Catherine 07901 683577. www.facebook. com/purrfectyoga or email c.s.cornish@hotmail.com Yoga – Samtosha Yoga Samtosha Studio, 80 Court Farm Road, Newhaven Weds: 7.30pm, Progressing in Yoga (school-term only) Thurs: 10am - 11.30am. Yoga for mixed abilities. Small group class with British Wheel of Yoga Senior Teacher Trainer Janet Bond. All equipment provided. Monthly sound bath therapy sessions on Weds at 7.30pm & Sun at 2.30pm (max

10 people), £12 per person or £30 for 3 dates. Book in advance. Tel: 01273 512306 Email: samtosha4u@btinternet. com www.samtosha4u.com Yoga – Satyam Yoga Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Thurs: 10am -11.30am. All levels of ability, beginners welcome. £40 for 5 class pass, valid for 8 weeks or £10 per class drop-in. Tel: 07774 862499. www.satyamyoga.co.uk Yoga – Seahaven Yoga The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Sat: 9.30am. Weds: 7pm.

The Anahata Health Clinic 119/120 Edward St, Brighton Weds: 10.45am.

The Rendezvous, 168 South Coast Road, Peacehaven Fri: 1.30pm.

Gentle traditional yoga suitable for all. Tel: 07983 622840/01323 892638 Email: seahavenyoga@btinternet.com www.seahavenyoga.co.uk Yoga – Transformation Hatha Yoga St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Tues: 10am -11.30am.

Bishopstone Village Hall Tues: 6.30pm -8pm.

A gentle form of yoga suitable for all ages, from beginners to experienced practitioners.

Tel: Susannah 07862 263869 www.breathing-spaces.com Yoga with Therese Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Mon: 6.30pm - 8pm Weds: 10am - 11.30am Bishopstone Village Hall Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Thurs: 7.30pm - 8.45pm All ages welcome. Also regular sound baths and workshops.

Tel Therese on 07515 961327 or email: theresesaunders7@ aol.com Yoga – Yin Yoga with Jacqui St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Rd Thurs & Sat: 9.30am 10.45am. A slow and quiet floor-based practice, increasing strength and flexibility while reducing stiffness. Connecting mind and body, helping reduce stress and anxiety. Suitable for all levels. To book or find out more, tel: Jacqui 07816 154644 Email: jacqui.johnston@hotmail. co.uk

Zumba with Louise Zumba Fitness: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 10am-11am.

Shimmy your way to fitness.

Zumba Gold: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 2pm-3pm.

Peacehaven RC Church Hall, Horsham Ave Weds: 10am-11am & 11am-12 noon.

Two classes – pick which time you prefer. For those who prefer a slower-paced class.

All classes £5 or £20 for 5.

Contact Louise 07786 425758, johnlouisecave@gmail.com. www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Weight loss & Beauty

Overeaters Anonymous A self-help group for people who wish to change their behaviour around food and eating. www.oagb.org.uk Slimming World Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Tues: 9.30am, 11.30am. 5.30pm & 7.30pm. With Tina Simpson, tel: 07534 901591 Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Road Thurs: 5.30pm & 7.30pm.

Emma, tel: 07790 214806 The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan Daytime and evenings: to suit you. Scientifically proven, healthy, nutritious plan with my support and lifetime of experience. For a free consultation, call Linda Walker (Dip Hyp Dist) on 07773 000282.

Weight Loss Challenge & Wellness Club WellnessWorks, Seaford Fri: 11am. £35 for 12 weeks.

Free private consultation by appointment. Tel 01323 897671 Weight Watchers 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Sutton Road Mon: 9.45am.

Join us and relax with a cup of coffee or tea.

Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Tues: 6.15pm.

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 5.45pm.

Come along and learn about Smart Points. Contact 07758 653851, email: sallyevans@ weight-watchers.co.uk

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seaford@rowlandgorringe.co.uk SEAFORD OFFICE 01323 490680

SOUGHT AFTER ALFRISTON £685,000

A spacious and well maintained detached house with four bedrooms and three reception rooms, located in a peaceful cul-de-sac within the sought after Alfriston Village.

THE BROADWAY ALFRISTON £525,000 A deceptively spacious three double bedroom chalet bungalow, looking onto Alfriston Cricket grounds and being sold with no onward chain.

CLOSE TO COUNTRYSIDE £595,000

An imposing, light and spacious five bedroom three reception detached house ideally located in an exclusive cul-de-sac within a peaceful setting on the North-East fringes of Seaford.

WELL PRESENTED £250,000

A well presented and spacious three bedroom terrace house within proximity to local schools and shops.

CONTEMPORARY & CHARACTER £550,000

An extended four bedroom detached character house situated in the popular and sought after East Blatchington area of Seaford.

SEA & SEAFORD HEAD VIEWS £225,000

A well presented 2nd floor three bed flat with superb views over Seaford to Seaford Head and the sea.

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