Seaford Scene January 2019

SEAFORD Scene January 2019 Issue 141

Your Community Magazine, Business Directory and What’s On Guide

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Cycle Seahaven Seaford Little Theatre Seaford Kurlers

Seaford Community Cinema What’s On in Seaford?

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Happy New Year!

Welcome to the January issue of Seaford Scene. I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and managed to find some time to relax and recharge for the

new year ahead?! So how is the new year starting in Seaford? Well, there’s plenty to get you going this month, kicking off with Seaford Musical Theatre’s Panto – Peter Pan, on over two weekends, see page 105. The Corelli Ensemble also have a concert on Sunday 27th, see page 111, whilst tickets for Seaford Little Theatre’s next production are on sale this month, see page 26.

Also turn to page 102 for a review of their last play ‘Murder on the Nile’. A new season of film is starting again at Seaford Community Cinema with a wide range of excellent films, including some box office hits you may have missed last year, see page 88. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? How about taking up cycling and getting out on your bike with Cycle Seahaven (see page 14)? Or what about having a go at New Age Kurling – details of how to play and what it’s all about are on page118. If you suffer with the January Blues, then our article on page 21 gives useful tips on how to keep your spirits high. All this and so much more can be found throughout your January issue.

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and peaceful 2019!

Fran Tegg. Editor

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!

5 Seaford Christmas Magic Forged Ahead

Despite the Weather 6 Seaford Splash!

10 Seaford Photographic Society 14 Cycle Seahaven 18 Seaford Striders Celebrate Top Five Place

in Sussex Grand Prix 19 Fun, Free Football Training Sessions

for Girls 21 Beat the January Blues 24 Clifden House – Art to Remember and

the New Year to Come 26 Seaford Little Theatre – Who’s Who? 30 Seaford Choral Society 33 Seaford Natural History Society 40 Inner Wheel Club of Seaford 43 Refill Seaford and Newhaven 48 Calling All Potential Advisers!

52 Dieppe Students Visit East Sussex 56 Art@ St James’ Watercolour Group 61 St Wilfrids ‘Closer To You’ Plans

Take Shape 64 Lewes District Citizen’s Advice 71 Seaford U3A News 73 Sussex Wildlife Trust 75 A View From The Potting Shed 77 Seaford Skatepark Gets the ‘Go-Ahead’!

78 Seaford Community Garden 82 Macmillan Horizon Centre 84 Alfriston & Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association 88 Seaford Community Cinema New Season 91 Newberry Tully – A Wheelie Good Idea!

94 Community Tea Room Needs Help 97 Eclectrix Charity Concert 98 Neighbourhood Watch Roundup 101 Take Control of your Electronic Inbox 102 Seaford Little Theatre – Murder on the

Nile Review 105 Peter Pan is Coming to Town 106 Who’s Who in Seaford?

111 Corelli Ensemble Concert 112 Rotary Club of Seaford 114 Seaford Bonfire Society Helps Three

Local Charities 116 Martello Rotary 117 Bizzybirds Meet 118 Seaford Kurlers 122 What’s On in January?

124 What’s On Weekly?

131 Index of Businesses Front cover photo: Cycle Seahaven by Sarah Sands

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seaford christmas magic forged ahead despite the weather A sincere thank you to all the hardy folk who braved the elements on Saturday 1st December 2018 for Seaford Christmas Magic! It turned out to be quite a crowd!

Due to the forecast of heavy rain and high winds, the event had to be revised at short notice as the main stage and stall gazebos could not be erected as planned. All was not lost, as market stalls were able to be rehomed in the Clinton Centre and St Leonard’s Church Hall, where all things Christmassy were on display and for sale.There was certainly a

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lively buzz and the Christmas spirit was raised further by the Pop Up Singers and Stix Drummers, who entertained shoppers in the Clinton Centre and around the town too.

A variety of other live entertainment captivated the crowds in Broad Street and at Tansley’s Performance Stage. Children were delighted to be able to make beautiful, colourful lanterns in St Leonard’s Church Hall ahead of the magical Lantern Parade. Santa, Mrs Claus, and his merry elves were kept very busy throughout the day in Santa’s Grotto. Children were thrilled to be able to meet Father Christmas and get their photo taken too.

The winners of the Christmas Window Display competition were also announced. Congratulations to Foam and Fabrics who took first place! Ambers Florist, Badgers Ink and Millies were all runners up. Judging took place with the Chamber of Commerce President Paul Franklin, Deputy Mayor Lindsey Freeman,Young Mayor Dom Avey and Deputy Young Mayor James Jenkins.

Thank you again to all those who made the effort to make Christmas Magic so festive in such challenging conditions. Special thanks go to the volunteers of the Seaford Christmas Magic Committee, Sussex Events, Seaford Bonfire Society for marshalling, all our fantastic sponsors, Seaford Town Council staff and all the stall holders who made the day possible. Fingers crossed for better weather next year!

Photo:s (top to bottom): Reindeer in Broad St; Accoustic folk band SPRuNG.

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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.

Stage

That old theatrical adage of ‘the show must go on’ was certainly played out in Broad Street on Christmas Magic day when game members of the cast of the Barn Theatre’s pantomime, Peter Pan, gave bedraggled shoppers a taste of the fun to come. Well, panto lovers, look behind you because the time is nigh and Seaford Musical Society is presenting this year’s jollification over two weekends, from Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11th to 13th January and from Friday, Saturday and Sunday 18th to 20th January, with performances on the Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm and matinées on the Saturdays and Sundays at 2.30pm.

Buy tickets from Seaford Tourist Information Centre or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk.

Cinema

Seaford Community Cinema starts its new season at the Barn Theatre with The Wife (15), adapted by Jane Anderson from the novel

by Meg Wolitzer, on Friday 25th January. Starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, it is bound to ring a few uncomfortable chords with wives who might identify with Close’s character who lives in the shadow of her novelist husband. See it at 7.30pm. This is followed on Thursday 31st January at 7pm with an NT Live production of David Hare’s I’m Not Running (12A). Directed by Neil Armfield, it stars Sian Brooke as the inspiring leader of a local health campaign who crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a

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stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics. The French film C’est La Vie! (15) offers laughter and romance on Friday 15th February, and Greta Gerwig’s comedy-drama Lady Bird (15) is the choice for Friday 22nd February, a story that has Saoirse Ronan exploring her turbulent-teen relationships with her mother and her friends. It won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Both movies start at 7.30pm. For more information on these films and for the rest of the new cinema cinema season go to page 88. Tickets: NT Live £13.50 non member, £12.50 member, £8 18 and under; films £6/£5/£3.50 from the Tourist Information Office, online at www. seafordcinema.org or on the door.

Music

The Corelli Ensemble is playing at Seaford Baptist Church on Sunday 27th January at 4pm, with a programme that includes Handel’s Concerto Grosso opus 6 number 1, Boyce’s Symphony Number One, violinist Maeve Jenkinson playing Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, Paul Lewis’ Rosa Mundi and Warlock’s Capriol Suite. For tickets go to www.correlliensemble. co.uk.

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Following the success of LitFest18, the Church Street gallery will be hosting another celebration of the written word to brighten the dark days of winter. LitFest19 will offer additional sessions this year, featuring local novelists and poets reading from and discussing their own work, and there will be opportunities for everyone to hone their poetrywriting skills and to participate in a laid-back open mic session, all with a little music to complement the mood.

Once again it will be open house at the Crypt, with friendly brunch and browse sessions to start each day.

Come and join us! More next month.

Email me with your events at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com.

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Seaford Photographic Society November saw the first two set-subject print competitions of the season, for People Portraits and Black & White, both judged by Eastbourne’s Philip Westwood. Photographing people is not easy to do well and that is perhaps why there were only thirteen entries for the first competition.

Kevin Smoker took the trophy for his traditional colour portrait entitled ‘Penelope’. In the B&W competition first place went to Cathryn Mantovani for her striking architectural print called ‘City Abstracts’.

The following week there were two more competitions, this time for Projected Digital Images (PDIs), on the subjects of Transport and Abstract.

Cathryn picked up her second trophy of the year in the Transport category with an image taken on a skiing trip at Val d’Isere. Winner of the Abstract competition was ‘Grey and Green’ by Heather Roberts. It is worth mentioning the excellent judge for the evening, Rob de Ruiter ARPS. He took the trouble to engage with the audience more than most judges do, asking how and where some of the photographs were taken, and this was much appreciated by members.

In November the club entered its first external competition of the season, the KCPA Ross Cup. This prestigious print competition is open to all the photographic clubs in Kent, East Sussex and South-east London, who are affiliated to the KCPA (Kent County

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Photographic Association). Thirtysix clubs entered this year, each submitting eight prints from their members. For those who made it up to Ditton, near Maidstone, on the day it was a great opportunity to see how we compare with other clubs in the area and there were some superb photographs on display. Seaford came joint 21st, a reasonable result considering we are a relatively small club.

The Marrutts Trophy is an inter-club competition between Seaford and our nearest neighbours, Seven Sisters Camera Club. This is always a very popular competition and it was good to welcome so many of our friends from Seven Sisters, resulting in pretty much a capacity crowd. Each club provided 10 prints and 10 PDIs from their members and they were judged this year by Sue Chapman ARPS, CPAGB. The final scores were 330 for Seven Sisters and a winning 365 for Seaford, so we’ll be hosting it again next year. A very enjoyable evening – and not just because we won!

We were fortunate to have a very inspiring and moving talk by Zoe Garnham-Archer to end the month, about her trek up Mount Kenya’s 3rd-highest peak (4,985 metres) to raise money for Kent Search and Rescue.

The original plan had been to go to Base Camp of Mt Everest but this had to be cancelled at the last minute because of the devastating earthquake in Nepal. The talk featured some beautiful photos and everybody agreed that the scariest part of the whole expedition was the walk across Crib Goch in Snowdonia as part of the training!

If anybody is visiting the Roadshack Diner in Peacehaven, keep a look out for SPS member Simon Rigby’s photographic prints, some of which are on display there.

More info about the club can be found at www.seafordps.org.uk.

Images from top: ‘The Drag Lift’ by Cathryn Mantovani; ‘Penelope’ by Kevin Smoker; ‘City Abstracts’ by Cathryn Mantovani; ‘Grey and Green’ by Heather Roberts.

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FILMS

Jan - Apr 2019 THE WIFE

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FIRST MAN

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Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve

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Starring: Jessica Brown Findlay, Lily James

LADY BIRD

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Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet

Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot

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THE RIDER

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Starring: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau

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Starring: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco

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Cycle Seahaven SINGLE SPEED MOUNTAIN BIKING: ONe rider, one gear and no idea!

Find out what attraction cycling holds for one long-standing member As a child I can remember my first ‘big bike’.

They were all very much the same in those days and rarely had any gears. It had two wheels, brakes, pedals and that was about it. I recall being jealous of my friends who had three gears on their bike and longed for gears myself.

Fast forward a few years and I remember my parents buying me a 10- speed racing bike. Wow! 10 gears - I’ll be the envy of all my friends!! But by

that time10 gears were being out done by 11, 12 and anything up to 20 gears. I always thought, the more gears, the better the bike. Now, after being with CSH for 18 months, it’s a different story and I see things have come full circle. When I started with the club, there were a few riders who rode ‘single speed’ (SS) bikes, and in the last year, the number has grown with many of our member-building their own SS bikes.

Riding without gears isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some do it for fitness, others for ease of maintenance and a few are just plain bonkers. We are lucky to have a high number of Single Speed (SS) riders in Cycle Seahaven but let’s face it, we aren’t an average club. Even more impressive is the fact that all the club’s SS female riders are formidable in their own right and they never cease to impress. So what’s the attraction?

I asked one of our longest-standing members, Rob ‘Scratch’ Allchin, and here’s what he said. ‘A singlespeed bicycle, definition; a bicycle with a single cog front and back on the drivechain, no gears. I was introduced to single-speed (SS) mountain biking when I returned to cycling nearly seven years ago. I had just bought a 27-geared mountain bike, which was a standard number of gears for the time and soon met up with local riders, some of whom were riding bikes without gears. How would they climb the hills?

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found hard with all of my gears? What was the point?

These SS riders said things like “They make the riding experience a lot more rewarding” and “Once you have ridden one you’ll understand”. More mockingly, phrases like “Gears are for the weak” and “Derailleurs for failures” were banded about. They seemed a strange breed.

‘After riding my geared mountain bike through its first winter, the mud and rain destroyed the bike’s gears, cogs, chain etc and these proved expensive to repair and replace. My SS friends suggested I get a SS bike for the following winter as they can be bought fairly cheaply and the cost of the replacement parts after a hard winter of riding is a lot less. So, the following Autumn I managed to buy a second-hand SS bike at a reasonable price with the intention of retiring my geared bike for the winter. I felt quite daunted going on my maiden SS ride with well-known local SS advocate and Cycle Seahaven ride leader Andrew ‘Gus’ Lock. I was pleasantly surprised when I managed to keep up with him on our 30 mile off-road ride and even beat him up a couple of the climbs!

‘After a couple of rides it clicked; this single-speed riding was actually both simple and challenging at the same time. There is no worrying about selecting the correct gear for ascending that killer hill. That same killer hill was harder because I had no choice but to use the fixed gear ratio on the bike, but this made me more determined not to get off and push the bike.

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Forest trails now required more thought on ride line choice, so momentum could be maintained as pedalling was usually out of the question once I reached over a certain speed. I was more in tune with the trail, noting and using the smoothest line, avoiding braking as much.

This SS malarkey was actually great fun.

One of the best things about SS, especially through the filthiest, wettest parts of winter is the low level of maintenance. Modern derailleur gears, although great, get clogged and stop working in the worst conditions.

They wear badly which can be very expensive with many gear, cog and chain combinations, costing hundreds of pounds to replace. Provided the geared bike makes it around that 30-mile winter hack across the South Downs without breaking, then the parts need a thorough clean as soon as you get home.

This is fiddly and time consuming, not something most want to do when cold, wet and tired after a long ride.

A SS bicycle negates many of the moving parts of a geared bike, usually just a rag across the chain to get the worst of the crud off, followed by an application of oil after every couple of rides is enough to keep the bike going all winter.

‘Now my SS Stooge, steel, rigid (no suspension at all) mountain bike is the only bicycle I own. It is so versatile, nimble and very strong. It is equally at home riding the epic 100-mile-plus off-road rides I do most years as it is flying around the local forest single-track trails. With very little maintenance I think I may have found my perfect bike.

Single Speed riding has become so popular nationally, it was inevitable with the increasing popularity of SS that someone would hit upon the idea of a dedicated SS (MTB) event. In 2014 the concept became a reality and SS UK was born. This year the event was hosted on the Isle of Wight. 120 people registered from all around the UK and was attended by a few of our members…but that’s another story!’

So, if your New Year’s resolutions include getting fit (or fitter), losing weight or improving your social life, what better way than joining Cycle Seahaven. £7 a year (single membership by standing order) – fun and laughter are guaranteed! www.cycleseahven.org.uk.

Tracey Martin Photo opposite: A few of Cycle Seahaven’s Single Speed riders

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Seaford Striders celebrate top five place in Sussex Grand Prix Seaford Striders has been ranked among the top five performing running clubs across East and West Sussex, securing fourth place in the Sussex Grand Prix.

Eligible runners score points for their team by competing in a designated series of Sussex races throughout the year. Twenty-three running teams were in competition for the title, which this year was won by Wadhurst Runners.

On the final event in the Sussex Grand Prix Series, a 21-strong team from the Seaford Striders took on the undulating route of the 32nd Crowborough 10k.

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Crowborough and includes a steep hill which must be tackled by the runners twice. The event was organised

by Crowborough Runners.

First back for the Striders was Josh Rudd, who ran his race in 38:48. Next came Luke Borland in 40:50, followed shortly by Jeff Young in 41:14 (4th in the MV2 age group category). He was followed by Nick Farley in 42:18, Joshua Nisbett in 43:15 and Damian Patridge in 45:48. Phil Robinson achieved 6th in the MV4 age group category with his time of 47:38.

Adam Haverly 48:24 was next, followed by first female Strider Natasha Swan in 49:18 (5th in the FV3 category). Jazz Shiret was next in 53:37, a second ahead of Graham Jones (53:38). Chris Wilmot (57:12), Terry Ward (58:34 and 5th in the MV7 age category) and Simon Homer (59:51) were also among Striders completing the race in under an hour.

Emily Eaton and Hilary Ward finished in 1:03, closely followed by Chloe Wilmot (1:04). Next came Wendy Woodford (1:08) and Victoria Maleski (1:11). Graham Little and Simon Nixon finished together in 1:14.

The winners of the Seaford Striders Club Grand Prix for 2018 were Anneka Redley and Joshua Nisbett.

Seaford Striders is a friendly, mixed ability running club which welcomes runners of all ages. The Club is open to runners who want to take part in races or just run socially within a group. For more information go to www.seafordstriders.org.uk

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Are you thinking of starting counselling?

Based in Seaford, I am an experienced BACP & UKCP accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist, providing talking therapy services to adults and young people.

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Exercise! I can hear your groans but one of the best ways to fight the blues and improve wellbeing is exercise. January is a great time to join a gym... motivation for change is high and there are lots of introductory deals and taster sessions on offer. But if the gym doesn’t appeal then try walking. A brisk walk in the open air is guaranteed to get your endorphins racing.

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Eat well! I know we’ve all eaten rather too well over Christmas but now is the time to sort out your diet. In a post-festive slump, we are far more likely to continue the cycle of eating junk food for a quick high – only to spiral downwards into feelings of guilt and self-loathing as the sugar rush subsides. Stock up on fruit and veg, lean meat, nuts and grains, and watch your energy levels rise.

Sleep more! Most of us don’t sleep enough over Christmas, and sleep-deprivation is known to contribute to feeling blue. Over the Christmas period our sleep patterns tend to be more irregular, due to late nights, sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings at relatives’ houses, and the consumption of more than usual quantities of alcohol. Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, and ensure you get at least eight-hours sleep for a couple of weeks. See how much your mood and performance increases.

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ART TO REMEMBER AND THE NEW YEAR TO COME Nial Joyce reflects on the achievements of residents at Clifden House and looks forward to an active and engaging 2019.

Remember; verb: To have in, or be able to bring to one’s mind an awareness of someone or something from the past.

It is often events from the distant past, rather then the recent past, that dementia sufferers are more readily able to recall and engage in.

In this light, our residents of Clifden House Dementia Care Centre delighted in a creative project as part of the 100 year Armistice anniversary events at St Peter’s Church in Seaford.

A team of residents, supported by Art Techniques, set about creating the most amazing ceramic poppies.

Deanna, activity coordinator at Clifden House, said: “We pulled out all the stops for this project and were exceptionally lucky and thankful to Barbara Collins, from Circle Studio, who give us paint and also the use of her kiln to fire the ceramic poppies.”

The end result decorated St Peters Church in Seaford and attracted visitors from several local schools in addition to the regular congregation.

Kay Blackburn said: “On behalf of St. Peter’s Church I am writing to thank you most sincerely for your wonderful contributions to our Remembrance Commemoration this year.

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our congregation and visitors to the church.

Interestingly many have been very surprised at the skill and creativity shown by your resident family and the beauty of the results of all your hard work.

“We hope we can keep the ceramic poppies, which are stunning and can be reused each year on Remembrance Sunday.”

Nial Joyce said: “This is just one of numerous projects and activities that Clifden House Dementia Care Centre gets involved in on a weekly basis. 2019 is also set to be another engaging year for everyone at Clifden House.”

Known as a vibrant and active environment, Clifden House is home to a range of people from different backgrounds, taking part in everyday activities, just like in any other family home or community.

The family-run dementia care centre has developed into a leader in specialist dementia care. Its location in Seaford, East Sussex, provides easy access to Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne and London by road and rail. www.clifdenhouse.co.uk

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Seaford Little Theatre

sell-out! Tickets go on sale to the public at Redgolds the opticians, three weeks before the performance.

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Seaford Little Theatre has been entertaining audiences for over 70 years and continues to thrive, presenting plays both funny and serious, but always to the highest standard. Come and share the Little Theatre experience with us!

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The scene is set in a faded Brighton hotel where confusion abounds as Mr Black and Mr White attempt to cover up a clandestine weekend. This play is penned by two well-known and entertaining playwrights, and is guaranteed to bring the usual fun and sparkle to the stage of Seaford Little Theatre.

Make sure you don’t miss the chance to see this – the last play (Murder on the Nile) was a

Photos: from top: Director Margaret Kennedy (centre) Tanya Baxter and Jon Terry (cast); Phil Armstrong (Stage Manager), Andrea Lowe (cast), Peter Barnes (Assistant Director) and Clare Penfold (Assistant Stage Manager).

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Seaford Choral Society

Autumn Concert

The autumn concert by Seaford Choral Society, held on 24th November in Seaford Baptist Church, cleverly combined a very moving contribution to the centenary commemorations of the Armistice which ended World War I in 1918 with a selection of music anticipating the celebrations of Christmas.

As the choir, directed by Colin Hughes, opened the programme with the hauntingly beautiful Only Remembered, images projected onto the plain walls of the church illustrated that war’s brutality and the enormous sacrifices made by the whole country, but also told the particular experiences of named individuals, all relatives of choir members or Seaford residents. A common theme gradually emerged: the losses were dreadful, but we should also remember the patriotism, resilience, enthusiasm and stoicism so many showed, and not lose hope for a more peaceful world in the future.

In selected extracts from Karl Jenkins’ mass ‘The Armed Man’ words and music initially conveyed the relentless progression into conflict, emphasised by Jonathan Chappell on percussion, but gradually emerged into the peacefulness of the Benedictus, with a poignant cello solo from accompanist John Eady.

The solemn mood was then lifted dramatically as the children of Seaford Primary School Choir, directed

by Kate Steer, marched around the church, cheerfully

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singing, as their greatgrandfathers might have done, the famous words of Long Way to Tipperary and Pack Up Your Troubles, soon joined gustily by the adult choir and audience.

A recognition of the contribution women made to the war effort, and their subsequent enfranchisement, was heard in the Pankhurst Anthem, before the first half drew to a close in reflective mood with Brahms’ How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, a setting of Binyon’s poem For the Fallen and a beautiful rendering of Silent Night, anticipating the Christmas festival to come, but also casting a last look back to World War1 and the famous Christmas Day truce of 1914, when the guns briefly stopped.

After the interval a generally lighter mood prevailed, with the school choir playing a delightful major role.

A combination of traditional and contemporary pieces (including I Saw Three Ships and Rutter’s Star Carol) concluded with a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells, which sent the audience out into the damp November evening cheerful, but thoughtful too.

Congratulations to concert director and choir chairman Steve Machan and all involved in this excellent evening.

In January we begin to rehearse for our next concert, Rossini’s fantastic work Petite Messe Solennelle. We have ninety members but there is always room for more, so if you fancy giving it a try join us at 7pm on Monday 7th January at Seaford Baptist Church.

Photo: Seaford Choral Society perform in Seaford baptist Church.

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SEAFORD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Good wishes for 2019 from Seaford Natural History Society! Our indoor programme is well under way. So far this season we have had some fascinating talks – on birds in Seaford, and the Antarctic, on lichens, on butterflies, bees and orchids in the Cevennes and on our living seas. And as I write, preparations are in hand for our members only Christmas social on 13th December.

The first few talks in our 2019 programme focus on our local area.

We start on the 8th January when Tony Whitbread, recently retired chief executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust, will be talking about The Cuckmere, and on 22nd January,

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Nikki Hills and Michael Blencowe will be giving us an update on the SWT Seaford Community Wildlife Project. Looking further ahead to February 5th, Alison Baker will be talking about The First 50 Years of the Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve.

See the listings at the back of Seaford Scene for details.

Visitors are very welcome – we ask for a donation of £3, which will be deducted from your membership if you decide to join the society. For more information about the society, please visit our website at www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk or ring 01323 893526.

Out and about in January

In the winter gardeners look at seed catalogues and plan their next year’s work. And what do naturalists do? Well, the hardy amongst us are still out and about, doing conservation work or looking at wildlife. Winter may seem sparser than the other seasons but there is still plenty to see – from the many species of gulls, ducks and geese on the Cuckmere to the stark beauty of leafless beech trees in Friston Forest, and early flowers, like snowdrops, periwinkle and winter aconite in local woodlands, parks and churchyards. And our winter meetings are there on Tuesday afternoons to whet your appetite for the spring, summer and autumn.

To go with our January talks, you might like to look at some of the books that have been published on our area. A web search turns up four or five on the Cuckmere alone, although some of them may be out of print. Patrick Coulcher’s A Natural History of the Cuckmere Valley (1997) and Monty Larkin’s In the Footsteps of Time (2006) are still available and together give a very good picture of the area.

I was less successful in finding books about the natural history of Seaford Head. Seaford Natural History Society, Sussex Wildlife Trust and others are collecting detailed information about the flora and fauna of the Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve – but perhaps there’s a more general natural history book waiting to be written?

Photos from top: Volunteers at Seaford Head Nature Reserve; A Shelduck.

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MOCKFORD’S THE BLINDMAKERS ANNOUNCEMENT For over three decades Mockford’s has been a small family business manufacturing and fitting blinds for discerning customers, who appreciate quality and the personal service only a small business can provide.

At various times over the years, they have taken action to ensure they remain a small business, for example closing the Seaford and Eastbourne showrooms, cancelling all advertising except the Seaford Scene.

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Inner Wheel club of seaford Members of Inner Wheel have been very active during recent months with various activities in addition to our monthly meetings.

Special Needs Support Group on 13th October 2018.

They presented the Trustees with a cheque to support various activities of the Group. Inner Wheel Members are delighted to be able to assist this Seaford based group which provides regular events for children with special needs and supports their families.

Coffee Morning

A very pleasant Coffee Morning was held at the home of Pat Allen. In addition to very enjoyable refreshments, members were able to raise money for Club Funds.

‘Spud and Pud’ Lunch in aid of Water Aid

Inner Wheel ‘Crafty Ladies’ meet regularly to use their creative skills to make jewellery and craft items which they sell to fund raise for local charities. Three members of ‘Crafty Ladies’ Jean, Jan and Maggie had the privilege of visiting the Seaford Down’s Syndrome and

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Inner Wheel Inter Club Skittles After a competitive but friendly contest Inner Wheel Club of Seaford turned out to be in second place against Hove Inner Wheel Skittlers. Not only did the Hove Club turn out to be better Skittlers on the afternoon, they were also better turned out in their fetching yellow Club polo shirts!

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Nevertheless, Seaford Ladies bowled for the honour of our town and acquitted themselves well against the surprisingly competitive team from Hove. A very enjoyable afternoon at The Bull Inn, Shambury with a very tasty lunch was enjoyed by members of both Clubs.

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I hope that some of you got a nice new reusable water bottle amongst your Christmas gifts this year, because if you did there are now even more places to refill it in our area. If you go down to Newhaven you will see the new Stores has an outside refill tap which is great for when The Patchwork Cat is closed. It would be fantastic to see some more outside taps installed in Seaford. Any offers from local businesses, I wonder?

Before Christmas I gave a talk in assembly to Years 7 and 8 at Seaford Head School. The youngsters were very receptive and keen to answer questions. Many had refillable water bottles with them and I was pleased to be able to tell them where they can fill up on the way home from school. I would love to see all our school children with one of these. A big thank you to all the

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Our stall at the Waifs and Strays Christmas Bazaar was well received by owners and their dogs, who were pleased to hear there are some places near their local dog walks where they can refill too.

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Our next major outing is to support the launch of Refill Eastbourne on 26th January, 11am at the Enterprise centre. That promises to be a fun event and we get to put up our flag as well as tell even more people how they can save money and the planet by joining the Refill Revolution.

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DIEPPE STUDENTS VISIT EAST SUSSEX

Seaford Town Council Update On Saturday 3rd November a group of young students aged 15-19 from Dieppe visited East Sussex to pay tribute to the men who died during the First World War. In 2017 The City of Dieppe’s Youth Service asked for young people from Dieppe to come forward if they would be interested in becoming members of a group called Collectif devoir de mémoir (Memory Duty Collective). The group planned a trip to England to pay their respects and found it poignant to mark the Centenary year. The students were met bright and early at the Port by Lewes Councillor Robbie Robertson and headed straight off to Seaford Cemetery where they were met by Seaford Town Council’s Mayor Linda Wallraven, Young Mayor Dom Avey and Deputy Young Mayor James Jenkins. They

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had a full packed day including meeting the Mayor of Brighton, Cllr Dee Simson, a trip to Newhaven Fort and Fish & Chips before heading back to Dieppe later in the evening!

The team leader said “Well, well, well, it was a great day! Thank you to all the Mayors for hosting us and the Young Mayors and members! It was a very special day and we loved this day! Thank you for your welcome, for Mayors’ gift, and for the meeting with the Young Mayor and the Young Deputy. You’re wonderful!!”.

Deputy Young Mayor James Jenkins said “The day was brilliant and it was lovely to meet with other like minded students from another Country. Dominic and I will stay in touch with the group and have been told that they will invite us over to Dieppe in the near future. We would love to visit them”.

Photo: Students from Dieppe with Young Mayor Dominic Avey (center in red coat), Deputy Young Mayor, James Jenkins (left of Young Mayor), Mayor Linda Wallraven (right of Young Mayor), 2nd from right, Councillor Robbie Robertson.

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Our Watercolour Group met up in October for a ten-week session to learn about the basics of this medium and to find out more about different artists and their techniques.

Each of us have found out how we can improve on how we can work following the examples of the artists and demonstrations by Richard, our tutor. All of us have improved since the beginning of the course which has shown us how to actually look at images and try to paint what is there, not what we think is there!

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always been there, but are often passed by. A cloud is not just white, it has shades of blue, grey and other colours, depending on the time of day and how much light there is available. Think of a sunrise or sunset, they are not just orange or pink, but a variety of shades in between.

When we look at the landscape, at first glance it looks green, but in there are whites, browns, greys, and much more. The more you look the more you see and this is what we are being taught.

Then there are what are known as negative spaces.

What are those? I hear you ask. We were shown that they are the spaces between objects, whether they be buildings, plants, trees or other objects. By using paint washes starting with the palest colour and then working them to darker shades a picture can be built up. It has been a fascinating experience for all of us. We are looking forward to taking part in Richard’s next 10week morning Watercolour Course which begins on Saturday 2nd February at St James’.

He will also be running a 12-week afternoon mixed media course also starting on Saturday, 2nd February and this will involve a variety of techniques including wax relief, cardboard sculpture, collage and much more. It’s not to be missed!

Do contact Lizzie Davies, the co-ordinator at St James’ Trust on the website: http://stjamestrustseaford.co.uk/ or telephone: 01323 492800 to book a place on these very popular courses!

Photos: Richard demonstarets the watercolour techniques to the group; watercolour painting by Andrew.

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st wilfrid’s ‘closer to you’ plans take shape The local hospice’s campaign, Closer to You, sees St Wilfrid’s Hospice taking its services out into the communities it serves. With the aim of reaching more people with a wide range of life-limiting conditions, St Wilfrid’s set up Closer to You. This campaign is being rolled out across the hospice’s catchment area that includes Seaford, Uckfield, Heathfield, Hailsham, Herstmonceux and Pevensey, as well as its Eastbourne base.

The campaign was formulated in 2016 following research that showed the hospice reaches only two in three of those who would benefit from its end of life care services. Two years on, the hospice has a small satellite base in Uckfield Hospital, church halls have been used to put on therapy groups and plans are being made to run support groups for carers. The plans are to do more in other parts of its catchment area, including Seaford.

‘Closer to You is really helping me’, says St Wilfrid’s patient, John Banks, from Uckfield. He is delighted that more services are available closer to home. ‘I see some of the staff in my home; the nurse specialists have been able to get my pain under control and that has helped so much. I go to a Wellbeing group on Monday evenings in Uckfield and my wife, Valerie, and I both regularly travel to the hospice – me for weekly physio in the gym and Valerie for the carers group once a month.’

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St Wilfrid’s would love to hear from you if you can help. The hospice is keen to send representatives to talk to community groups, schools and businesses, or to arrange group visits to the hospice. Contact Pam Russell, Development Director on 01323 434281 for more information.

There are also many events and social activities on offer at the hospice.You can find out what’s on and make a donation at stwhospice.org, or visit one of the hospice’s eight charity shops to find out more.

While a lot goes on in the main hospice building, St Wilfrid’s does a lot of its work in the communities it serves. Photo (top): The hospice café is open seven days a week and all are welcome. Photo (bottom): John Banks’

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Seaford U3A News Happy New Year to all readers and in particular to members of Seaford U3A. Now that the shortest day is past we can start thinking forward to spring, summer, blue skies and sunshine.

The New Year has brought some new courses for members, ranging from cookery to current affairs, family history to crime fiction. Never let it be said that U3A members are unadventurous – there was a very interesting workshop in November on Tarot, crystal ball reading and runes. There will be another workshop in January on Palmistry. Darren Brown had better watch out!

The Garden Design group had a successful term when members enjoyed visiting each others’ gardens.

The Members’ Interests group gave members an opportunity to try public speaking and to display their knowledge of their various hobbies and interests. Two book groups are still going strong and will continue into another term, as will the Mah Jong group which is proving very popular. Several other groups also continue to give members the chance to extend their knowledge of their chosen subjects and to widen their social contacts.

The social side of U3A is equally important and some members meet at the pub lunch on the last Wednesday of the month at the White Lion in Seaford. The next one is on 30th January.

Lesley Harvey’s Art Workshop

Come along and enjoy a session of art with me and other like minded people in and around Seaford.

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Coffee Mornings are held at the Con Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford, once a month and are well attended.

These coffee mornings are open to non-members as well as to members as a friendly and informal way of getting to know more about Seaford U3A. January’s Coffee Morning is on Wednesday 16th January from 10am to 12 noon. Any potential members would be welcome to come along and join us for coffee, nibbles and chat at the very reasonable price of £2.

The next Tea Party for members will be on 7th January, when Richard Potter will speak on Creativity for Wellbeing, to be followed by tea and cakes.

In November twenty members had a day outing to the Battle of Britain Memorial in Folkestone. The Memorial is a statue of a pilot with the names of those who fought in the Battle of Britain engraved on a black granite wall at the Visitor Centre. They were tempted by the gift shop, enjoyed refreshments in the café overlooking the sea and impressed by ‘The Scramble Experience’ The party then went on to the Grand Hotel in Folkestone where they had a guided tour with accompanying tales about famous visitors of its Edwardian heyday. The day finished with afternoon tea in the Palm Court. For a full report on this outing see the monthly members’ newsletter.

In February there will be another outing, this time to Petworth House to see an exhibition of Old Masters paintings and to give time to wander round the nearby market town of Petworth with its numerous antique shops.

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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Fairy Shrimp Just add water

As a boy I was given a pile of American comics: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ created by the late Stan Lee and I was always captivated by the inside back cover. An advert for ‘sea-monkeys’ showed a family of bizarre, grinning humanoid creatures which would become your pets and ‘bring smiles, laughter and fun into your home’.

A great disappointment would have awaited me if I had actually ordered these creatures. In reality sea-monkeys were simply brine shrimps, tiny crustaceans not magical aquatic simians.

Just like those fabled sea-monkeys, Britain’s fairy shrimp are also tiny crustaceans. They’re positively prehistoric-looking and haven’t bothered to evolve much since the Triassic period 200 million years ago. It’s amazing they have survived so long. Unlike other crustaceans, such as crabs and woodlice, fairy shrimp do not have protective exoskeletons.

Newly formed puddles of rainwater provide a fresh water start for life and the fairy shrimp are the first settlers in this safe new world. But how do they get there? Like The Amazing Spider-Man the fairy shrimp have their own superpowers.

Their eggs can lie desiccated and dormant in the

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soil for years, even decades. They are resurrected by water; the Pot Noodles of the animal world.

It’s a long, dry wait down there in the earth but, when rain arrives, the pool party starts. Newly formed puddles teem with fairy shrimp but they provide only temporary accommodation. To adapt fairy shrimp have a fast life cycle; a race to produce more eggs before their puddle home dries and disappears. Unsurprisingly fairy shrimp are incredibly rare and hard to find; you’re almost more likely to encounter actual fairies. But if you’re out walking on the South Downs around Seaford over the New Year and looking to make a new start in 2019, keep checking those puddles. You may find some other animals trying to make a new start too.

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overlooked with houses continuing to be built without gardens there will be devastating impact not only on our national economy but also on the environment and our living conditions as a whole.’ Lets keep talking about our gardens and teach our children about the benefits, support the horticulture industry and its economy, and recognise the importance and value to our nations’ health, environment and well being.

Enjoy your garden in 2019! Sylvia Reeve

elcome to the new year 2019. For those of you who have planted winter crops of onions, garlic, broad beans and winter veg, all should now be showing above the ground already.

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Brussels Sprout

The Brussels sprout is perhaps not the most favourite of vegetables but it has its place in the winter menus. The forerunners of the sprouts we eat today are thought to have grown first in Ancient Rome, then appeared in northern Europe in the 5th century and later found near Brussels in Belgium in the 13th century from where their name was derived. The Brussels sprout is a cultivar group of the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and kale. Raw sprouts are 86% water with useful levels of vitamins B, C and K. The unpleasant odour occurs when they are overcooked and is an organic compound produced that contains sulphur – so don’t over boil them – sautéing or roasting is an alternative way to cook them and they can also be pickled!

MEMBERS’ NOTICE BOARD Members by now should have received their next schedule of events for 2019. If you wish to go on any of the outings, early booking is recommended.

The first social evening is at 7pm on Thursday 31st January at St Leonard’s Church Hall. The speaker is Mr Ray Hale who will give a talk on Camouflage and Trickery in the Animal Kingdom.

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Seaford Skatepark gets the ‘Go-Ahead’!

Seaford Town Council is pleased to be able to announce that the long-awaited new Seaford Skatepark can go ahead in April 2019!

Following public and user group consultation, the project went out to tender, and the preferred option was a design by Canvas Spaces Ltd (see the picture below). Canvas has a proven track record in professional construction with a team of qualified designers who are also experienced users. The building phase will take approximate 14 weeks, therefore should be ready to use in time for the summer holidays.

The original project had Section 106 funds allocated from the sale of Martello Place, a total of £180,000.

This figure still fell short of the final amount required, and the Council has been working hard to secure the

final amount to enable the project to go ahead. The NPS Lions have kindly donated £20,000 and we have also just secured the final funding from Sport England!

Mayor, Cllr Linda Wallraven says ‘I am so pleased that the Projects and Facilities Team at Seaford Town Council have secured the funding for the new Skatepark at the Salts Recreation Ground, which the young people of Seaford will be able to enjoy next year and for years to come.’

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With the rain drizzling down and a wind blowing in from the sea, most of us are inclined to only venture into our gardens at this time of year to snatch a bit of holly for the Christmas pudding – if the birds haven’t eaten all the berries – along with ivy to twine up the banisters. Not so at our busy garden in the Crouch, however. Wednesday mornings in December were filled with the sound of saws and hammers while volunteers offered their advice – on the lines of “a little more off there, no, too much, as you were” – about the construction of a sedum and house leek roof to cover water storage tanks. Now, of course, this job has become rather more complicated, with the proposed additions of a bug hotel, constructed from an old barbecue grille, and alpines on the front.

Katie explained that the base of the bed, made from marine ply from local company Timber Requirements, is being tilted for drainage. The idea was that it would be filled with old doormats or carpeting, with a growing medium on top composed of a well-drained gritty mixture with minimal nutrients. A delighted Katie said: “We’ve already had a promise of plants for when the roof ’s finished. Then we’ll be attaching other alpines in pots on the front both for display and sale.”

There is, however, er, a shortcoming to all this activity. Only one volunteer, James, is tall enough to actually see the roof. From the top of a ladder, while Abdul prepared timber for the frame, Katie added: “So we’ll have to make a viewing platform too.”

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Meanwhile, behind the classroom Natasha was laying paving slabs to improve access. With all this work going on you might be relieved to hear that volunteers had also attended a first aid course.

Besides learning current life-saving techniques they were told that mobile phones can be registered for 999 text messages, should a phone signal not be strong enough for a voice call. Text the word Register to 999 and then text Yes at the prompt.

Gardening in as environmentally friendly a way as possible is important to us, and John and Viv told volunteers about a meeting of Greenhaven that they had attended and joined on our behalf. The idea is that all organisations with an interest in being as green and eco as possible join together to put on a united front.

John explained: “For instance, we need to make sure that councils make developers take wildlife and eco matters into consideration when new developments are being considered.” See more about Greenhaven on their Facebook page.

If you notice bright polyanthus in and around town, there’s a good chance the plants came from a gift to the garden. So on that note, thank you to everyone who was so generous in the past year and please come in and see us as many times as you can in 2019.

You’ll always receive a welcome.

Happy gardening in the New Year, from the Garden Team.

Photos from top: Natasha prepares ground behind the classroom for paving slabs; Katie and Dave discuss options for the bug hotel; What you need’s a viewing platform, Katie; Abdul sets to work on the frame base.

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macmillan horizon centre November saw the second birthday of the Macmillan Horizon Centre. It could not support people living with cancer and dealing with everything it brings, without their amazing volunteers. 120 lovely people give their time to offer: information and support, psychological therapies, a café body image support, physical activity, complementary therapies, admin, head and neck peer support, health walks, social activities, outreach and social media. In addition to those who volunteer there, many others support the centre by fundraising too.

One of those is our Weekend garden columnist, Geoff Stonebanks, who said: ‘Back in 2012, I had been opening my own award-winning garden, Driftwood, for two years raising money for several local charities.

The garden had won Best Small Garden in the UK that year with a national gardening magazine. I had heard of the new Horizon Centre’s fundraising efforts and felt we might be able to contribute in some way. In my experience, people are far more generous if the money being raised is going to local services. So, with that in mind, I decided to set up the first ever Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail, raising funds for the project and subsequently the day to day operation of the centre.’

A great working relationship very quickly developed with the charity, which has gone from strength to strength. Macmillan Cancer Support shows great willingness to let ‘self-starter’ supporters like Geoff, just get on with it in their name. The depth of impact of that developed relationship was clearly demonstrated by his inclusion in the 180 volunteers invited to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles earlier this year. In October 2017, he was invited to talk to the Macmillan Trustees and Board about his fundraising efforts.

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Every year, he single-handedly recruits the gardens (25 in 2018), markets and promotes the event, maintains the website and deals with all publicity. To date the trail and other garden-related events in his own garden, Driftwood, have raised a staggering £66,482 for Macmillan or 58% of his total fundraising over the last 10 years for all charities.

Geoff has persuaded well-known TV gardener, Christine Walkden, to be the patron of the garden trail and for the last few years QVC presenter and gardener, Richard Jackson has generously sponsored the trail too. Over the years other celebrities have officiated: 2012 Dame Felicity Lott, opera singer, 2018 Jim Buttress (BBC2 Great Allotment Challenge).

Sarah Coxhill, Senior Fundraising Manager for Macmillan said this year: ‘Geoff, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to say a huge congratulations on what is already set to be a record year. The coverage alone is priceless. Thanks so much for the tireless work and commitment you show year on year, it’s such a good example to the local and even national community.’

In September 2018, Julia Crowe, a visitor to the garden wrote, ‘Congratulations. That is a staggering amount and the charities will surely appreciate all the work that you and your volunteers do. These charities rely on people, like all of you, to be able to survive, and the people who need to use them would be lost without them. My sister is recovering from breast cancer and really appreciated the support given to her by Macmillan. My visit to your garden in the summer with my friend Caroline remains one of my highlights. It was a special day and your kindness will always be remembered.You have achieved so much in your garden and it gives you and many others such pleasure.’

Photos from top: Geoff and some of his supporters; TV gardener and patron of the garden trail Christine Walkden with Geoff.

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Alfriston and Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association Happy new Year to you all!

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We start the year, as usual, with an informal get together to celebrate on Twelfth Night the French tradition of the La Fête des Rois (the Festival of the Kings) You, your family and friends are invited to the Old Chapel Centre, Alfriston, on Sunday 6th January 2019 between 4.30-6.00pm to taste a traditional homemade Galette des Rois.

This tradition relates to the Feast of Epiphany on 6th January, celebrating the arrival of the Three Wise

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Men in Bethlehem. Composed of a puff pastry case, a Galette des Rois contains a filling of frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar with a fève (favour), hidden inside. There are some recipe variations which include fruit or it can be topped with candied fruit.

Tradition dictates that when serving Galette des Rois, the entire cake should be divided such that each guest receives a slice, plus an extra, symbolic slice for any unexpected visitor, or poor person passing by. In this way, everyone has the opportunity to ‘tirer les rois,’ – or ‘draw the kings’ – from the cake.

The person who discovers the fève in their serving is declared king (or queen) and wears the golden paper crown on top of the galette.

Win the special prize by finding la fève. Find out about the origins of the festival. Share with us your ideas for future twinning events. It will be a great opportunity to get together so please come and join us. We will do our best to give you all a warm welcome and you could be crowned one of our ‘Kings’.

Please let us know asap but no later than 3rd January if you intend to come. To contact the Alfriston and Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association email jeannecash@gmail.com, call 01323 890373 or email Angela amorri1847@aol.com.

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Seaford Community Cinema new season We’re following last autumn’s mostly very popular screenings at the Barn Theatre with a really exciting list of films to take us up to Easter. After the fun of the Musical Society’s pantomime(see Seaford Splash! page 6), we start the spring season on Friday 25th January with a film that provoked much discussion when we first saw it prior to its release. With a stunning performance from Glenn Close and also starring Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater and Max Irons, The Wife (15) adapted

by Jane Anderson from the novel by Meg Wolitzer, is about a woman whose narcissistic husband would never have earned his Nobel Prize for Literature without her.

This is followed on Thursday 31st January with an NT Live production of David Hare’s I’m Not Running (12A). Directed by Neil Armfield, it stars Sian Brooke as the inspiring leader of a local health campaign who crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, putting her peace of mind at stake.

Never ones to miss an opportunity, although we’ll be a day late for Valentine’s, we’re celebrating romance with the French film C’est La Vie! (15) on Friday 15th February. This is about a man and his temperamental staff tasked with staging an elaborate wedding in a 17thcentury chateau. What could go wrong? Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, this comedy received 10 César Award nominations. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird (15) is our choice for Friday 22nd February and stars Saoirse Ronan in a coming-of-age comedy-drama that explores Ronan’s turbulent relationships with her mother and her friends. It won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.

The Rider (15) won numerous Best Director awards for Chloé Zhao and can be seen on Friday 1st March.

It is about a young bronco rider who searches for a new identity after suffering a near fatal injury that affects the way he feels he is perceived. A Fantastic Woman

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(15) (photo left)won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Being screened on Friday 8th March, it tells the story of a transgender waitress moonlighting as a nightclub singer who is hit badly by the death of her older, club-owning, boyfriend. First Man (12A), on Friday 15th March, is directed by Damien Chazelle, and stars Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy as first man on the moon Neil Armstrong and his wife who is left to agonise about the space mission and their relationship. Saturday 23rd March at 2.30pm is matinée time and have we got a treat for you with The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (12A) (photo right). This poignant but wryly funny tale is about a book club run by a group of islanders during the German occupation.

Directed by Mike Newell, it stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Lily James, Tom Courtenay and Michiel Huisman. Moving on to 1950s’ Poland, Berlin,Yugoslavia and Paris, we’re showing Cold War (15) on Friday 29th March, a passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments who are fatefully mismatched. It is shot in black and white but sizzles with colour and won Pawel Pawlikowski Best Director in Cannes last year.

Now, we all remember the infamous Hatton Garden heist that went so badly awry, and King of Thieves (15) is a comedy-drama-thriller about the crew of retired crooks on this last hurrah that turned into a brutal nightmare. This is being screened on Friday 5th April. We finish the season with a comedy-drama from France, I Got Life! (15) in which a French woman soon to be a grandmother quits her job as a waitress and feels everything is sliding downhill until she meets an old love.

See it on Friday 19th April. Also pencil in a couple of NT Live dates for Thursday 21st March and Thursday 11th April. We’ll let you know what’s coming up as soon as we are informed, so keeping looking at www. seafordcinema.org. Despite the leaflet misprint, all NT Live screenings start at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm with doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

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A key part of the way we do things here at Newberry Tully is to get involved with the local community as much as possible.

We support numerous clubs and organisations across Seaford and Bishopstone, and are always interested in hearing from community groups.

Last month we had a chat with local man Pete Tattam about a project he is promoting.

It’s called Cycling Without Age. We loved the idea as soon as Pete told us about it. It’s an initiative to help elderly people escape isolation and uses specially adapted tri-shaws to get them out into the fresh air on local bike rides.

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These days, instead of a beastly bailiff dealing out a free passage to Australia, a team of warm-hearted men and women offer tea and cakes in an atmosphere of friendly chat. The tea room has been run by volunteers for several years on a non-profit-making basis. Tea, coffee and other beverages are served in china cups and saucers, and biscuits and cakes are available.

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Eclectrix charity concert Next concert: Saturday, 9th February 2019 Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Tickets £10 on the night or via the church.

Tel: 01323 896009, Email: office@ seafordbaptistchurch.org.uk A big thank you to all those who came to our RNLI concert on 10th November when you generously gave £335.74p to support the annual Newhaven Lifeboat Folk weekend in the Spring.

Eclectrix played their usual eclectic mix of country, Rock, Folk, Gospel and Blues. This included a Folk duet by Roger and Mike of a song called ‘Willie McBride’, which was appropriately chosen to commemorate Remembrance Day. Tom, Mark and Rosemary performed for the first time a beautiful and poetic song called ‘The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood’.

John Cave joined us and in his usual well timed and humorous way added some laughter to the evening.

His rendition of ‘Satnag’ by Pam Ayres and ‘Send in the Cones’ by Les Barker were especially enjoyed. We were pleased to have Chris and Keith for the first time, known jointly as ‘Hemlock’. They played guitar and sang some familiar folk songs.

Our next concert is on 9th February. Eclectrix and some other well known and talented local classical musicians and singers, e.g. Rosemary Kemp, a wonderful pianist, will be on the poster once confirmed.

All the money collected will support an amazing local lady in Cambodia, in her family’s ‘Hour of Need’. 15 years ago Sarah Chhin (nee Buddell), a local girl, went to be a missionary from Seaford Baptist Church using her amazing linguistic ability (she speaks six languages) and her passion to help orphans in Cambodia.

She fell in love and married a local man, Pola, and now has two daughters aged 11 and 7. She established and managed a project called Helping Orphanages by

Support, Education and Advice, designing and organising interactive workshops and training courses for alternative child-care providers in Cambodia. She helped draft the Policy for Alternative Care of Children and the Minimum Standards for Alternative Care. In 2007, she founded Project SKY, which helped ensure the safe reintegration and social inclusion of young people out of orphanages and into communities, countering the effects of institutionalisation.

Project SKY since 2012 is known as M’lup Russey with a focus on family reunification, the safe reintegration of children out of residential care back into families, emergency foster care provision and case management procedures, as well as training residential centres and other Government partners on the proper implementation of alternative care policy, and working very closely with the Cambodian Government.

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A couple of weeks ago we heard the awful news that Sarah and Pola’s house was being destroyed by an infestation of termites. Sarah says, ‘We share our life, love, family and home with four young ladies – Lye, Pich, Thida and Thideth – for whom we take full responsibility. In a small house Pola built of recycled materials in our back yard lives Pola’s brother Ra, his wife Thea and their 24-year-old-son Dina. They have nowhere else to live. We will firstly build a small, temporary house on our front garden for the four of of us, while our four Cambodian daughters will move into Ra and Thea’s living room.’

We hope we’ll not only have a successful musical concert, but also know that the money we raise will all go towards helping them to rebuild their lives and home as soon as possible. All the musicians are giving their time for free.

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Neighbourhood Watch Roundup On behalf of the Chairman and Committee, we wish you a very Happy New Year. 2019 is an exciting year for NHW as our Sector & Streets Project launches in earnest. Sector & Streets is a much more neighbourly approach to Neighbourhood Watch, where each Street has a representative, and where each sector of our town has a sector coordinator. By having this network of volunteers, information can be rapidly distributed from street to street and sector to sector, keeping our neighbourhoods far safer and well informed. It also means issues which affect your street and sector can be rapidly fed through to the committee and if needs be through to the NHW Federation so that our needs are well and competently represented to the police and council as the case may be.

If we as a town want change, we have to precipitate it and the only way to do that, is to be well represented.

To become a street representative or a sector coordinator is easy and it’s not a time-consuming role at all.The only pre-requisite is that you have access to email and a smart phone, and that you care about your neighbours. No special skills are needed and there are no door to door

visits required. For more information, please drop an email to members@sandbnhw.co.uk.

The New Year also heralds our renewal season, and this year, like all the years before, our subs remain unchanged and a steal at £3 per household per year and £2 for Seniors. Joining is easy.You can complete the form below and either post this to S&BNHW, 37 Church Street, Seaford, BN25 1HG or drop it into our post-box at the Police Station with your payment. We prefer to not have to handle cash and an online payment is by far the safest and most practical method. Our banking details are on the renewal form.You can join or renew on our website too, where there is a PayPal option available for payment.The link is www.sandbnhw.org/join.

It is a proven fact that where Neighbourhood Watch schemes are well supported, crime plummets.The highly visible brand is an effective deterrent and only the most foolish criminal would be attracted to a neighbourhood where every door brandishes a Neighbourhood Watch logo. By joining the Neighbourhood Watch you are doing your part, quite visibly, to deter criminals just by displaying the logo on your door. If you need street signs for your street, just drop an email to members@sandbnhw.co.uk and we will get that sorted for you.

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But while I was working five new emails arrived and in the back of my mind I knew how easily those five would become fifty...and then five thousand. I needed to futureproof my inbox!

I decided I’d set aside fifteen minutes once or possibly twice a day to deal with email. If I needed to save information I would file it in a folder on my laptop. Then once a month I would quickly go through the inbox and delete anything else that I knew would never be actioned.

To be honest that’s been the hardest part. I feel genuine anxiety about deleting emails. FOMO (fear of missing out) is a real problem for many people with email issues.

So many emails are ‘offers’. What if that amazing offer never comes up again? Believe me, a quick trawl through my pre-deletion inbox, indicates they do...frequently.

What’s more, these ‘offers’ are often time-sensitive and so we hang on to them ‘just in case’, then miss the deadline anyway and still don’t delete them.

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I feel more in control and organised now I’m on top of my inbox. Now to tackle the cupboard under the stairs!

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Seaford Little Theatre

Murder on the Nile

The drama started outside the Little Theatre as normally soberly dressed Front of House ticket and programme sellers and ushers in fezzes transported an eager audience to Shellal ready for a peaceful and luxurious paddle steamer trip spent idly downing gin fizzes and taking in a few Egyptian antiquities along the way.

When the curtain swept back – revealing a sumptuous observation saloon and wide river, clever lighting suggesting glare and great heat – the fun began, for this production was Agatha Christie hammed up. Trich Richings and Alan Clifford as raucous beadsellers set the tone for a light-hearted approach to Christie’s whodunnit – based on her 1937 book – which fairly romped along, with each passenger using the aisle as a gangway, pursued by cajoling traders pestering for baksheesh along with one or two other choice suggestions for services that I can’t imagine were in Christie’s script. Once ensconced in the lounge they had their needs attended to by a servile steward nicely played by Peter Barnes.

As the passengers emerged through the hubbub of the quay to join their fellows, their characters were revealed. Ranging from the snobbish Miss ffoliot-foukes (Josie Hobbs) who checks each out for their social standing, to the disquieting socialist, Smith (David Hallett), they were waiting for Kay (Clare Forshaw) to make her entrance with her penniless new husband Simon Mostyn (Christyan James).

For Kay, who alas only gets to see Abu Simbel Temple, is blessed with enormous wealth, and some of her

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fellow passengers have a reason to kill her. But we know all that, don’t we. We’ve read Death on the Nile, seen this play before, and the film, and TV versions of the same story.

The director, Garry Fowler, had been asked to find a production that would be fun to watch and provide a challenge for the set-building team. Well, Fowler certainly met his brief, with great casting, an imaginative set constructed by the workshop team, and elegant period costumes conjured up by Deborah Lade and her team. And as to the cast, well, they were great, with particularly outstanding performances from company stalwart Alan Lade as Kay’s guardian Canon Pennefather, who unmasks the conspiracy, and Andrea Lowe as Jacqueline de Severac, Lade again demonstrating his ability to project a character and Lowe giving her part as the jilted fiancée a many-stranded definition that displayed a commanding range of acting skills. I was also very taken with Sue Shephard’s maid, Louise, and Jenny Humphreys’ niece, Christina. That this company’s reputation is growing has to be proved by its being able to draw on such a large and strong cast of 13 for this play, other parts being ably taken by Dennis Picott as psychologist Dr Bessner and John Hamilton as Captain of the Lotus steamer.

Yes, this sell-out production answered the brief in style. Now I’m greatly looking forward to the 2019 season when some plays that break away from typical am-dram fare are promised. Andrea Hargreaves Photos by Andrew Parkinnson

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Who’s Who In Seaford?

Rosaleen Sayers, Founder of the Ladies Probus Club of Seaford Rosaleen has lived in Seaford for thirty years and formed the Ladies Probus Club of Seaford seven years ago. She has been the President twice and is now serves on the committee as Welfare Officer. Rosaleen is now retired having worked as a receptionist at Seaford Osteopathic Clinic. She was educated at Princess Gardens School in Belfast.

Rosaleen is also a member of U3A Book Club and Hadlow Down Horticultural Society. She has been married to Peter for 57 years and has three married daughters and six grandchildren.

What do you most enjoy about your role? The friendship and fellowship amongst the members.

What do you like best about Seaford? Proximity of open downland, the promenade and friendly people.

What is your favourite piece of music? Anything by Mozart.

What is your favourite film? Mamma Mia, it makes me smile.

What book are you reading at the moment? The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Enjoying a meal and happy chat with family and friends.

Where is your favourite place to go in and around Seaford and why? The Pomegranate Café to meet friends.

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What makes you sad? The devastation caused by plastic pollution.

How do you relax? English paper piecing patchwork; gardening and reading.

What is the first line of your favourite poem? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

What is your favourite journey? Driving through the mountains of France and Switzerland.

How would you spend a million pounds? Very easily.

What is your greatest extravagance? Buying plants for the garden.

What is your greatest fear? Drowning.

What is your favourite smell? Sweet peas.

What is the best advice you have ever been given? If something is worth doing it is worth doing properly.

What would your motto be? Do as you would be done by.

Which person in history would you most like to meet?

Gertrude Bell, explorer, traveller and writer.

What or who is the greatest love in your life? My husband.

Any New Year’s resolutions? No, I would only break them.

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Corelli Ensemble Concert The Corelli Ensemble’s first concert of 2019 will be on Sunday 27th January at 4pm in Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road.

The programme ‘Music of England’ has something for everyone, from beautiful Baroque masterpieces

by Handel and Boyce, to Paul Lewis’ romantic ‘Rosa Mundi’, Warlock’s fabulous folk inspired Capriol Suite, and Vaughan Williams eternal favourite ‘The Lark Ascending’, performed by the Corelli Ensemble’s musical director, Maeve Jenkinson.

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ROTARY CLUB OF SEAFORD

Izzy’s trike

Earlier in 2018, Seaford Rotary Club provided funds to enable a specially adapted trike to be purchased for fouryear-old Izzy Carpenter who has Cerebellar Hypoplasia with a secondary diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. Izzy also has problems with growth, the ability to walk and eyesight issues amongst others. Her mother Sophie approached us to see if we could help them purchase a trike specially adapted for Izzy’s needs that would help strengthen her legs. We were pleased to able to fund the purchase price of over £1,000.

In October we visited Izzy to see how she was getting on. It was great to see her confidently riding the trike around with no assistance from Mum or Dad. The family now can go together for family walks/rides along the promenade. They also reported that she can now walk without using her NHS walker frame, which is a huge step forward.

We were also particularly impressed with the quality of the trike which will survive the rough and tumble of family life. Hopefully it can be handed on to other families with similar challenges once Izzy outgrows it.

Anderson of Ollivers Restaurant and former professional chefs Omero Galucci and Sonia Duncton who travelled from the Guildford area. The cost of ingredients was reimbursed by Seaford Rotary Club who also provided prizes for the winners. This was the first time most of the competitors had entered a cooking competition and the main comment from the judges was the high standard they had all reached, particularly as the oldest was only thirteen. Each one had produced at least one outstanding dish which made judging very difficult.

The winner was Ben Philipson and the runner up Martha Jones, both of whom will now go forward early in 2019 to the next stage of the national Rotary competition where they will be required to cook a three-course meal in two hours. Certificates were presented to all the competitors and prizes to the winners by Seaford Rotary Club Vice President Keith Ross.

Young Chef

This is one of five competitions being organised by the Rotary Club for young people in the town. The Young Artists and Young Photographers competitions have already been launched with January closing dates for entries. March will see the increasingly popular Young Musicians, and, at this time, our Primary Schools will be competing to find the best Young Writer.

Each chef was required to cook, in ninety minutes, a healthy meal for two people consisting of a main course and dessert costing not more than £15.

The mouth-watering results were judged by Steve

Photos l-r: Izzy Carpenter on her trike;Young Chef competitors from(l-r) Ben Phillipson, Martha Jones, Poppy Elton Shewan and Zero Cao; (l-r) Judges Steve Anderson (Ollivers Restuarant), Omero Gallucci, Sonia Duncton.

If you were walking along Steyne Road one Saturday morning in November and smelt an aroma of five-star cooking, it may just have been from the Young Chefs Competition which Seaford Rotary Club organised for Seaford Head School students between the ages of 11 and 17.

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Details of all the events can be found on the Rotary Club website www. seafordrotary.org.uk.

Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party

Forty invitations to the Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party on 23rd November were sent out although some last-minute drop outs were expected. Three homes had changed wardens who were unfamiliar with the event and so no guests came from two homes and those from the third dropped out the day before.

Mike Ogilvie supported by The Lions invited several guests at short notice, so some 30 sat down to tea.

We were delighted to again welcome Joan Middleton from Mitchell House, who attributes her 101 years to a small dram each evening!

Peter Fenwick, dressed in full tails as master of ceremonies, opened proceedings singing in the manner of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. The party goers were welcomed by President Steven Willox and Dave Argent who stood in for the Mayor, who unfortunately had been taken to hospital that morning. The kitchen team of Ann Reed, Daphne Vaesen, Rosemary Carlisle, Annie Wells and Janis Livingstone beavered away preparing the food. Our thanks go to Annie Wells, Ruth Willox, Ann Reed, Rosemary Carlisle, Daphne Vaesen, Julia Griffith, Ivy Thompson, Pippa Logan, Joyce Anderson, Kay Blackburn and Janis Livingstone for providing the sandwiches, cakes and scones.

Margot Miller, Graham Tubb and Rosemary Kemp entertained everyone with a variety of songs drawn from old-time musicals and the Sound of Music. They were well known to all, so many of our guests joined in.

As the food was being served, tea was prepared and served at the tables by Rotarians.

Following tea, President Steven Willox and Dave Argent drew the raffle with seven prizes numbered in random order. Prizes ranged from tins of sweets and biscuits to Christmas puddings and Christmas cakes.

The afternoon festivities continued with a second set from the entertainers. Margot Miller sang some beautiful solo pieces including operatic works from La Bohème. For the finale based on songs from Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, Graham reappeared in his multi coloured coat of many ties.

At the end of the afternoon we gave out the table decorations to anyone on their table who had a recent birthday or anniversary.

A big thank you for all the help from Rotarians. Paul Vaesen, Jim Anderson, Dave Argent and Mike Ogilvie provided help with the transport. President Steve Willox, Keith Ross, Keith Carlilse, Ken Holt, Peter Fenwick, Barry Wells and Tony Henley all made sure the event ran smoothly. Thanks to Ruth Willox for the lovely table decorations.

Christmas Collections

Father Christmas and his elves visited Seaford during seventeen evenings in December from 3rd to 21st December. On Saturdays in December and on Christmas Eve Father Christmas and his elves could be found in Broad Street. They met many wonderful people on their journeys around the streets of Seaford.

Seaford Rotary Club would like to thank all the residents of Seaford who contributed and all who have taken part in this annual event.

At the time of going to press the results of the collections are not yet known but a full report will be provided in the February issue of Seaford Scene.

Seaford Rotary Club wishes everyone a happy and prosperous new year.

Rotary Club of Seaford, which meets Wednesday lunchtime at Seaford Golf Club, welcomes new members. For more information contact us on www.seafordrotary.org.uk/contact.php.

Photos from top: Peter Fenwick welcoming the party goers.

Joan Middleton is front left sampling some sherry; Graham Tubb and Margot Miller.

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SEAFORD BONFIRE SOCIETY HELPS THREE LOCAL CHARITIES Three chosen charities were invited to accept cheques from Seaford Bonfire Society on Thursday 6th December at the White Lion Hotel before the Bonfire Society’s AGM in the evening.

The first cheque went to Cycling without Age (Seaford Chapter) (photo right), which is a scheme to bring the elderly back out from isolation and onto bikes in the fresh air.

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The second cheque went to Seahaven Storehouse (photo left), which provides basic food to assist families in need and offer support through the church.

Pete Gwillam (photo right) was happy to receive the last cheque on behalf of Seaford Lifeguards. Seaford lifeguards volunteer their services each year at weekends and on bank holidays from 1st May until 30th September. Their aim is to keep Seaford Bay free from danger in order to prevent loss of life from drowning. They train people from all walks of life in water safety, first aid, boat handling, radio operation and resuscitation. David Hayes, Chairman of Seaford Bonfire Society, presented each cheque.

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Christmas Tree Recycling

Wondering what to do with your Christmas tree now that the festivities are nearly over? Well, its not too late to book in for our tree recycling scheme, but you must do so by 6pm on Thursday 3rd January We are offering the residents of Seaford and Bishopstone the chance to recycle their Christmas trees and in so doing to help us raise funds for charity. We will be collecting trees on Saturday 5th January and Sunday 6th January 2019.

Starting at 10am we will collect and then recycle your tree. If you would like a tree collected on either of these dates, please contact us by sending your name, address and post code to either: rotarytrees@hotmail. com or call 07984 581784. On the chosen day please leave your tree outside your front door before 10am.

We will knock and ask for a minimum charity donation of £5, or you can attach it to the tree if you are going out. Thank you for your support with this project, it is much appreciated!

Michele Boby Award at Seaford Head School Sports Awards At the recent Sports Awards evening held at Seaford Head School two representatives of the Club went along to present the Michele Boby award, which had been created by the Club in 2017. The winner this year was Ella Mc Caughan, who has just been selected for this year’s England Women’s Academy.

The 16 year old is one of just twelve players chosen for the 2018/19 programme, which brings together players identified as having the potential to represent England at the highest level for a series of camps at the ECB’s National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough. The award was presented to her by Past President of Seaford Martello, Julian Newton-Turner, and Vice President Sylvia Lord. Our congratulations go to Ella and we wish her all the best for the future.

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Christmas Boxes at the Seahaven Storehouse

Our photo shows the handover of Christmas Boxes to the Seahaven Storehouse. Seaford Martello and Seaford Rotary Clubs, Kings Church Seaford and members of the community generously donated contents for 50 boxes of ‘Christmas Goodies’. The Storehouse made its regular distribution of their basic food bank items and added some extra food for the families whose children would not have school meals during the Christmas holidays. The boxes included sweets, biscuits, Christmas cake and pudding, crackers, chocolates and of course mince pies for a happier Christmas.

Seaford Community Wildlife Project Nikki Hills, the ‘Making Waves Project Officer’ of the Sussex Wildlife Trust came to the Club and gave a fascinating insight into the Seaford Community Wildlife Project and the Seaford Head Nature Reserve. Nikki also commended the Club for the sponsorship provided for the Cradle Hill Community Primary School Children’s Centre Intergenerational Garden. It proved to be a real encouragement for our Club to learn first hand from Nikki about how our Club’s donation would contribute to the restoring of the garden for the enjoyment of young and old alike.

The Martello Rotary Club meets on Monday evenings at Seaford Golf Club and welcomes new members.

For more information email: seafordmartellorotary @gmail.com or text 07984 581784 Photos from top: Christmas boxes at Seahaven Storehouse: (l-r) Clive Livingstone (Rotary Club of Seaford), Dawn Woodgate (Seahaven Storehouse), Jackie Arkwell (Martello Rotary); Martello Rotary President Alastair Bruce with Nikki Hills from Sussex Wildlife Trust

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Bizzybirds meet Thursday 15th November saw the first Bizzybirds meeting take place in the Meeting Room at The View at Seaford Head Golf Course from 10am to Midday. The View restaurant, bar and function venue is a perfect meeting place for networking events with easy car parking, accessible facilities, free wi-fi and great food and drink.

Owner and organiser Jane Loughton said of the group ‘Bizzybirds meetings offer an opportunity for business women to connect over coffee while sharing hints, tips and advice. Our aim at Bizzybirds is to create a welcoming environment for women looking to build their business and network with like-minded women.’

Monthly meetings are being held at The View.

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Seaford Kurlers Happy new year to all Seaford Scene readers!

I wonder what surprises 2019 will bring to us all? I hope that they are enjoyable.

Certainly 2018 brought a lot of extreme situations for us all to deal with and try to understand. No doubt ‘Brexit’, Donald Trump, Putin et al will be in the news as always. We all need something new and happy in the news.

I am sure that Seaford Kurlers will not hit the tabloids. Though we can make a difference to local peoples’ lives.

We are a very local Seaford sports/ leisure club. The game that we play is that of New Age Kurling. It can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of your mobility. The game will help to exercise you and you will meet a new range of people. Many of our members have met as strangers and are now firm friends. The rules of the sport are very similar to the ice game of curling and the game of bowls.

Played on a badminton court, the aim is to get your kurling stones as near to the centre target as possible.

Our game is played in pairs.

Two pairs oppose each other. One pair has a set of blue stones and the other pair have a red set. They take it in turns to roll their stones towards the target. The team whose colour tis nearest to the bullseye is the winning team. The target is a square with a white background.

There is a series of concentric red, blue and white circles with a white centre. Other stones with the same colour as the one nearest to the centre are counted up to give the score.

But if a different colour is closer than the next scoring colour, then they negate the other winning colour stones. When written down it seems quite complicated. Believe me it isn’t. If you come on a club day, you will see and all will become quite clear.

We meet at Downs Wave Leisure in Seaford every Tuesday from 2pm until 4pm with a half-time break.

While you are in the sports centre, why not check out all the other sport, exercise and social activities that the centre has to offer you.

Come along and see for yourselves what the sport is all about. Your first visit is a free taster session. Give us a go. If you like what we do come and join us. We have events throughout the year coach trips with Lynn’s Travel and always the annual Christmas Lunch. Wave Leisure hosts the annual Paragames event alongside Sainsbury’s. We help with this event every year and look forward to it.

Annual membership is £5 and weekly subs are £2.50 Contact June Wood, tel. 01323 895376 or email sally1989@tiscali.co.uk Answers on page 130

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What’s On In Jan? Sun 2nd - Sun 13th Jan Cinderella Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne Various times. Tickets £12£23.50. Tel: 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk Thursday 3rd Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘Beachy Head Lighthouse’, a talk by Christopher Whittick from the Keep, East Sussex Record Office. New members welcome. Members £1, visitors £1.50 inc. refreshments. Tel: Helen Warren 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Hearing Screening, Hearing Aid Maintenance & NHS Batteries ESHRC Outreach Bus, Broad Street, Drop-in from 10.30am 3.30pm. Come and meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre on our lovely bus Clive.

Please bring your brown NHS record book with you.

Tel: 01323 722505.

Email: mail@eshrc.org.uk www. eshrc.org.uk Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Office Bar, Saxon Lane 8pm. Singers, musicians and audience welcome to perform or listen. Hosted by Derek Seed.

Friday 4th Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 2.15pm - 4pm. Guest speakers, activities, tea and biscuits.

Transport available. New members always welcome.

Tel: Pauline 01323 895216 Email: white-65@talktalk.net Saturday 5th Foundation of Spiritual Healing and Guidance St James’ Trust Community Centre, Blatchington Road 2pm - 4pm. Free healing, qualified approved healers in

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Tea and cakes. Donations welcome. Tel: 01323 896192 www.facebook.com/Thefshg The Royal British Legion Claremont Road, Seaford 8.30pm. Free juke box and pool. Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 6th Alfriston & Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association Old Chapel Centre, Alfriston 4.30 - 6pm. Informal get together to celebrate the French tradition of the ‘La Fête des Rois’ tasting a traditional homemade Galette des Rois.

Please book by 3 Jan. Tel: 01323 890373 or email jeannecash@ gmail.com or Angela at amorri1847@aol.com.

Beach Clean The Martello end of the beach 10am. Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, or bring your own bucket. Supervised children welcome. Rubbish sorted for recylcing. Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Monday 7th Seaford U3A Tea Party Con Club, Crouch Lane 2pm. ‘Creativity for Wellbeing’, talk by Richard Potter. £4 incl. afternoon tea (members only).

Please book before 10am on the day. Tel: 01323 899572 www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford Tuesday 8th GuestHouse Storytellers Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 7.30pm. ‘Long, Long Ago’.

Club night with refreshments? during the interval.Tickets £5/£4, available on the door. www.guesthousestorytellers. com Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm lunch.

Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024 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. ‘The Cuckmere’, talk

by Tony Whitbread, recently retired chief executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust. Visitors £3.

Tel: 01323 893526 www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club – Lip Reading Class St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Start of a new six-week lipreading class. Free starter lesson at 10.15am. Call Pauline on 01323 895216.

Wednesday 9th Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2pm. Waiting list for new members. To hire the hall for events, tel: Hilary Elworthy 01323 894066. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower 2.30pm. ‘I was a Cold War Spy’.

An illustrated talk by Brian Spiby in the Tower. Members £2/Non-members £5. Stepfree access now available. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Monthly meeting, talk by Toney Hope on Exhibitions et. al. Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc The Wednesday Group Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 7.30pm. Rosemary and Hugh (Australia and New Zealand).

All welcome.

Thursday 10th 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. Find out more at 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 Fri 11th - Sun 13th Jan Seaford Musical Theatre The Barn Theatre Seaford Musical Theatre presents ‘Peter Pan - The Pantomine’. Matinées at 2.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Evening performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm. Tickets £8/£12. Box Office: 01323 897426 or book online. www.ticketsource.co.uk Friday 11th Denton Island Indoor Bowls Club Denton Island, Newhaven 7pm to 8.30pm. Open evening.

An opportunity to try the game and learn about the Club. Bowls and free coaching provided. Phone to book your free trial or just call in to visit the Club anytime.

Tel: 01273 514664. www.dentonislandbowls.co.uk Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries & Hearing Loss Advice The Downs Sixty Plus Club, Sutton Corner Drop-in from 10am - 12pm.

Come and meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your brown NHS record book with you. Tel: 01323 722505..

Email: mail@eshrc.org.uk www. eshrc.org.uk Saturday 12th The Royal British Legion Claremont Road, Seaford 8.30pm. Race night.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road 10am. Come and give walking rugby a ‘try’! A fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities.

Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club

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Sunday 13th Sunday Tea Dances Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Rd, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. Ballroom, Latin, popular sequence and occasional line dances. £6, including tea and biscuits (first visit £1.50). Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813 Wednesday 16th Seaford U3A Coffee Morning Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 10am - 12 noon. Find out about courses, workshops and outings. £2 incl. tea/coffee/cake.

Prospective members welcome. www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

2.30pm. ‘Tales from the River Bank’, talk by Ian Everest.

New members welcome.

Visitors £2.50. www.seafordsussex.co.uk/nt Thursday 17th Sussex Wildlife Trust & Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne 7.30pm. Illustrated talk titled ‘Gardening for Wildlife’ by the RSPB’s wildlife gardening expert, Adrian Thomas. SWT members £3/Visitors £4.

Tel: 01424 777291 or 07946 753135. www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Friday 18th Comedy Seaford The View at Seaford Head, Southdown Road 8pm (doors 7pm). Monthly comedy night hosted by Julie Jepson. Tickets £10 on door or in advance from Golf Club and Seaford Tourist Info, 37 Church St. Tel: 07773 522943 Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries & Hearing Loss Advice St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Drop-in from 10am - 12pm. Come and meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your brown NHS record book with you. Tel: 01323 722505..

Email: mail@eshrc.org.uk www. eshrc.org.uk

Saturday 19th Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road 10am. Come and give walking rugby a ‘try’! A fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities.

Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club The Royal British Legion Claremont Road, Seaford 8.30pm. Justin Clark.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Fri 18th - Sun 20th Jan Seaford Musical Theatre The Barn Theatre Seaford Musical Theatre presents ‘Peter Pan The Pantomine’. Matinees at 2.30 on Saturdays and Sundays. Evening performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm. Box Office: 01323 897426 or book online. www.ticketsource.co.uk Sunday 20th Friends of Tide Mills meeting Tide Mills 10am - 12 noon. Meet at beach end of old village road.

Help us to care for this special place. Email: brian.skinner2@ btinternet.com Rugby Festival Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road 10am. Rugby festival for 10 and 11 year ols to raise funds for the Brianna Cambridge memorial fund and local charities. All welcome to enjoy a cup of tea and bite to eat. Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club The Joyce Campbell Sunday Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 1pm. £6. Sunday roast and get-together for Seaford senior citizens. Transport can be arranged. To book and further details tel: 01323 890175

Seaford Rugby Football Club The Salts Recreation Ground 10am - 12pm. Rugby festival and fundraising event for the under 10 and 11 year olds. All welcome to join for tea and biscuits. www.seafordrfc.club Tuesday 22nd Seaford Ladies Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm.

Monthly meeting features a presentation by celebrity fundraiser Geoff Stonebanks ‘From City Courtyard to Seaside Sancturary’ followed by lunch. For more information call Liz Merritt on 01323 895553.

Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Seaford Community Wildlife Project’, an update

by Michael Blencowe and Nikki Hills. Visitors £3.

Tel: 01323 893526 www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 8pm. Monthly meeting.

Email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com.

Thursday 24th Premier United Girls The Salts Recreation Ground 11.30pm. Free football training for girls in years 3, 4 and 5, and years 6, 7 and 8. If interested, send a message via Facebook: Premier Mini Soccer School.

Friday 25th Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘The Wife’, cert.

15. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Saturday 26th Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road 10am. Come and give walking rugby a ‘try’! A fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities.

Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club

The Royal British Legion Claremont Road, Seaford 8.30pm. Race night.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 27th Corelli Ensemble Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 4pm. One-hour concert featuring pieces by Handel, Boyce, Paul Lewis, Warlock and Vaughan Williams. Followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet the performers. Tickets £12 on the door/£10 in advance (children free) through Seaford Tourist Information Centre or online at www.corelliensemble.co.uk Wednesday 30th Seaford U3A Pub Lunch The White Lion, Claremont Rd 12.30pm for 1pm. £20 for three courses. Please book with organiser. Tel: 01323 892244 www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford Thursday 31st Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7pm. National Theatre Live ‘I’m not running’, cert. 12A. Tickets £13.50/£12.50/£8.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Seaford Horticultural Society St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7pm. Social evening with a talk

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Coming up Saturday 2nd February Art@St.James St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd There are new two courses starting: a 10-week Advanced Watercolour course and a 12week Mixed Media course. To book a place call Lizzie Davies on 01323 492800 or online at www.stjamestrustseaford.co.uk continued...

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ARTS & CRAFTS

Art @ St James’ St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Sat mornings: Advanced Watercolour, 10-week course. £100. Sat afternoons: Mixed Media, 12-week course. £120.

Both courses start Sat 2nd February 2019.

Tel: 01323 492800 or contact Liz Davies via the website. www.stjamestrustseaford.co.uk Art Workshop Be Creative, 13 Sutton Park Road Thurs: 10am - 12 noon. With Lesley Harvey. All mediums used. £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,

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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 Seaford Art Club Downs Leisure Centre Fri: 2 - 4pm. A friendly, active group of enthusiastic, competent artists.

Demonstrations, practical sessions, gallery visits and other trips. Tel Anne: 01323 491008 http://seafordartclub.weebly. 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: 7.30pm. September to May. www.SeafordPS.org.uk

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 Bipolar UK Support Group St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 2nd Weds of month: 1.30pm-3.30pm.

Information and support for individuals affected by bipolar, including friends, family and carers. www.bipolaruk.org 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 Road 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: cuckmere transition@gmail.com www. cuckmerevalleytransition.org.uk Deans Senior Tea Club Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 2pm - 4pm. Social club for all. The aim is to combat loneliness and isolation.

Tea, cakes, games, raffle and entertainment. All welcome.

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: Dave 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 (10.30-11.30), 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 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 Family History for Beginners Seaford Library, 15-17 Sutton Park Road Thurs: 11am - 1pm. Find out how to begin research into your family history. Book an appointment at first floor info desk or tel: 0345 6080196.

French in the Cuckmere Valley Near Littlington 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 French One-to-One Conversation and Tutoring For adult beginners and improvers and GCSE level students, with former legal translator. £25 per hour. For details tel: 07446 884435 sarah.rigler@clara.co.uk 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

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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, Playstation, 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 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, Peacehaven 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: Jenny 01273 585339

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 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) Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

3rd Wed of month: 2.30pm.

Illustrated talks on diverse 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 Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd 2nd Tues of month: 12pm for 12.30pm lunch. Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024 The Rotary Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd Weds: 12.45 for 1pm. Weekly meeting.

Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes RAF Club, Wish Road, Eastbourne Sun: 6pm. Weekly meetings.

Tel: 07766 404133 or 07709

290934 or email: dkg53@ talktalk.net The Royal Society of St George Monthly events. England’s leading patriotic society.

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

Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 3rd Thurs of month:1.30pm for a 2pm start. Talks, demos, outings, etc. Past and new members welcome.

Membership £28 per year.

Visitors £5 inc. 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 Tues:1.30 - 5pm. Duplicate bridge in a friendly atmosphere for intermediates and above.

Fri: 6.30 - 10pm. Duplicate bridge for intermediate and above. For further information please refer to our website 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: 7 for 7.30pm demo. Affil. to NAFAS. New members welcome. Visitors £4.50 inc. refreshments. Tel Marian on 01273 515544 Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington 1st Tues of month: Monthly lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Martello Rotary Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Mon: 7.15pm for 7.45pm.

Tel: 01323 490777 or email: seafordmartellorotary@gmail. com

Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower Winter opening times: Saturdays: 2-4pm Sunday & bank hols: 11am4pm. Groups by appt. 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 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 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.

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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 Southdown Bridge Club 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Weds: 6.15pm for 6.30pm start. Friendly Duplicate Bridge club for improvers up.

Tel: 01323 896071 Email: creamer@uwclub.net www.bridgewebs.com/ southdown Spanish Conversation & Coffee Morning Micklefield Way, Seaford Thurs: 10am - 11.30am.

Qualified and experienced teacher. £15. For more details Tel: 07504 881848 Email: pastorcita24@gmail.com 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 Community Development Association (SCDA) Denton Island Community Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven SCDA works across East Sussex supporting community based projects aimed at addressing the needs of those most vulnerable in the community. SCDA offer a wide range of courses and information sessions: Cooking classes (basic cooking skills, cooking on a budget, cooking tasty dishes, cooking

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international cuisine) Wellbeing activities (walking for health, couch to 5k, walking football, dinky buggy walks, get fit with your dog) Diabetes Support Group Greenhavens Network Bike Maintenance For full details, dates and times visit the What’s On section on the SCDA website www. sussexcommunity.org.uk 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 U3A Members’ Interest Talks Downs Leisure Cent., Sutton Rd Thurs: afternoon. Subjects range from Japanese Ideas to Bonnard in Search of Rainbows, Chickens, Parliament and more. www.u3asites.org. uk/seaford/home 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 Whist Drive St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church Hall, Sutton Road Thurs: 1.45pm. £2 inc. tea and biscuits. Tel: 01323 896412 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 Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 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 Please call 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.

Local Indoor Market Constitutional Club, Crouch Ln Fri: 10.30am - 2.30pm. Local community market, formerly held at the Clinton Centre on Tuesdays. Stalls available. Email: sussexmarkets@live.co.uk Facebook: Sussex Markets 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.

Everyone 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.

Tel: 07540 199616 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 or 4th 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.

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

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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 individuals and families in need. Tel/ text: 07921 844930 Email: seahavenstorehouse@gmail. com www.kings-well.org.uk/ storehouse.php

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

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 -12pm or come on the day.

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

Tutoring Location to be arranged Tutoring services for primary/ secondary age groups including help with building confidence, English and Maths, skills for learning, English/History to GCSE, 11+/SATS preparation.

Individual personalised approach for each pupil.

Contact Liz Hunter (DBS checked) on 07918 127763 or 01323 893933. Email: lizthetutor@btinternet.com

Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 4th Tues of month: 8pm 10pm. For further info about attending, please email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com

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.

Ladies’ clubs

Bizzybirds The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road monthly meetings Bizzybird meetings offer an opportunity for business women to connect over coffee while sharing 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.

New members always welcome. Tel: 01323 899845 or email blatchingtonhilltg@ gmail.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. Not on in December.

Tel: Liz Merritt 01323 895553

Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2nd Weds of month: 2pm.

Other activities include: Mon: Art (weekly), Play Reading (fortnightly), Walking Group (fortnightly). Weds: Craft & Chat (fortnightly). Every other month: Book Reading. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford

music & drama The Archway Blatchington Rd Tel 01323 897590 www.thearchwaygroup.com Gospelish Choir Mon: 8pm - 9.30pm. Gospel & soul-inspired music. £8.50 a session.

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

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 Project, 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. New term starts 7th January 2019.

Tel: Claire 07920 430162 or Sue 07789 343514 www.concentus-sings.com

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 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 (plus 1pm on 24th Nov). New singers always welcome, no experience necessary, no audition. Tel: 01323 301683, email: info@seaford-choralsociety.com www.seafordchoral-society.com Seaford Drum Group The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd 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. New

members welcome. For more information, tel: Margaret Hopkins 01323 325305 Seaford Little Theatre Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee morning for members and potential members. Tel: Mary 01323 351882. Last Mon of month: £1 tea and toast charity breakfast. Tel: Debbie 07596 709044.

Weds: 7.30pm - 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. Enquiries: 07710 426321 or email: paulawoolven@hotmail.com Seaford Silver Band Seaford Head School, Steyne Rosd Weds: 8 - 10pm. Rehearsals.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 892424 or 07740 646386 visit www. seafordsilverband.co.uk Seaford Youth Drama Group Cross Way 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.

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U3A Recorder Group St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 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 - 12pm. Drop in £4.50, siblings £3. Artsmart holiday workshops contact Ann on 07834 629133 or 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 Big Park Buggy Walk Gateway Café, Big Park, Piddinghoe Avenue, Peacehaven Weds: 10am. No need to book - just turn up. www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Jitterbugs Under 5s Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Fri: 9.30am - 10.30am. Term time only. Tel: 01273 517250 Email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk

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 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

Piglets Toddler Group St Thomas More Church Wednesdays: 9.30 - 11.30am.

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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

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

Boxercise® Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 7pm. Circuits and Bootcamp. Tues: 7.30pm.

Cardio Padwork and Aerobox.

All classes suitable for beginners.

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Tel: 01273 510784 or book online: 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 Crouch Bowling Club Crouch Gardens, East Street April-Sept: Outdoor bowling.

All age groups welcome. Free coaching by qualified coaches Tel: 01323 654788 www.crouch bowlingclubseaford.co.uk Cycle Seahaven Various locations Organised rides for MTB and road riders of all levels of fitness and experienc. £5 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 on 01273 514152

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 Health Walks Martello Tower/The Salts Café 10am - 11am. Health walks, Tuesdays First Tuesday of the month from Salts Café and third from Martello Tower. All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Run by The Conservation Volunteers. 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 more info and how to book, tel: Denise 07725 358811. Email: denise@bodywisemusclecare. co.uk www.eastbourne holisticcorerestore.com

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

Kettlercise and CoreAbility Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 6pm. Kettlercise. All over body toning and fat burning workout. 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

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

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,

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6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates. Tel Gina on 01273 470456 or 07443 425621 Line Dancing with Southern Stomp Various venues Absolute ‘Two Left Feet’ workshops and an afternoon beginners class. To reserve a place, tel: 01273 587714 Line Dancing with Studio In Line Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon 7.30 -10pm. All levels Downs Leisure Centre Thurs 9.30 - 10.30am.

Absolute beginners, 10.30am - 12pm. All levels. Tel: 07931 930770

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

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

Outdoor Walks & Activities Various locations - 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

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 & 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 Nordic Walking Various locations Sat: Morning walks in Sussex.

Afternoon taster/introductory sessions on the seafront.

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

Pilates – Alfriston Pilates Lower Ground Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Road Daily and evenings (except Sunday). Pilates, Kettlebells, Tai Chi, Body Con, Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Sunday SUP pilates, 9am at the beach. Tel: 07903 681962. Email: alfristonpilates @btinternet.com www.alfriston-pilates.kinto.club 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 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 Rural Rambles Seaford Third Thurs of the month: Free guided walks starting and finishing at various locations in Seaford until November. 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 Weds: 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. For further details, please 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 585551 Seaford Bowling Club Chichester Road, Seaford April until October: Outdoor lawn bowls. Members play every day. Competitive and social bowling. Many social events throughout the year.

Friendly atmosphere. New members very welcome.

Tel: 01323 892831 www.seafordbowlingclub.org Seaford Cricket Club Salts Recreation Ground, Park Rd 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.

Email: smithjps@hotmail.com New players and beginners welcome.

Seaford Kurlers Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Tues: 2 - 4pm. All welcome. Tel: June Wood on 01323 895376 Seaford Netball Club Seaford Head Sports Hall Mon: 5pm-5.30pm: Starlets, age 7-9 (£2.50). 5.30pm-6.30pm: Shadows, age 10-12 (£3).

6.30pm-7.30pm: Shadows, age 13-15, (£3).7.30pm-9pm: Seniors (£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 -12pm. 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 look forward to welcoming anyone interested in joining/visiting us. £4 pw.

Tel: 01323 897315 Tai Chi Alfriston Pilates, Lower Grd Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Rd Thurs: 12 noon - 1pm. £8 per class, first class free. Soft, slow and gentle movement suitable for all. Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud.com Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road Sun (starting 12 Jan): 10am.

A fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities. Spectators welcome.

Future sessions to also run on Saturdays at 12.30pm (TBC).

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 continued...

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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 - 12pm. 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 Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 6pm-7.15pm.

St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tues: 10am-11.30am.

WI Hall, Claremont Road Weds: 7pm-8.15pm.

Newhaven Enterprise Centre, Denton Island Fri: 7.30am-8.45am.

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

Relaxing body massage and therapeutic sports massage also available. Tel: Sophie 07444 549859, email: inbalancesussex@gmail.com www.in-balance.org.uk

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Yoga Meditation Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Warwick Road Fri: 6pm - 7pm. With Karen Hall. 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 Thurs: 10am -11.30am. Yoga for mixed abilities. Small group class with British Wheel of Yoga Senior Teacher Trainer Janet Bond. All equipment provided. 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 – Transformation Hatha Yoga The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown 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 The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road Mon: 9.30am - 11am Thurs: 6pm - 7.30pm & 7.30pm - 9pm Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Mon: 6.30pm - 8pm Weds: 10am - 11.30am Bishopstone Village Hall Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon Also regular sound baths and workshops. Tel Therese on 07515 961327 or email: theresesaunders7@aol.com Yoga – Yin and Tonic St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Rd Thurs: 9.30am - 10.45am. Yin yoga, a gentle practice that will increase mobility, flexibility and strength. £8 drop-in, £7 concession. First session free.

Tel: 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: 10 am-11am & 11am12 noon. Two classes – pick which time you prefer. For those who prefer a slower paced class.

Zumba Toning: Meeching Hall, Newhaven Weds: 7pm-8pm Sculpting the arms and core.

All classes £5 each or £20 for 5. Tel: 07786 425758 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 Weight Loss Challenge & Wellness Club WellnessWorks, Seaford Fri: 11am. £35 for 12 weeks.

Free private consultation by appointment. Tel 01323 897671 Herbalife Healthy Breakfast & Sampling Free. Tel 01323 897671 Skin Care Workshop & Facial Free. 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

Yoga – Seahaven Yoga The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Sat: 9.30am.

Weds: 7.30pm.

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

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POTENTIAL FOR ANNEXE £675,000

PRIVATE CLOSE £550,000

COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS £500,000

An attractive and extended four bedroom detached house immaculately presented throughout with 100’ south facing rear garden and two storey detached garage offering potential for annex accommodation or studio.

A beautifully presented and spacious detached bungalow which has been extended to the front and rear and located in a private close off the sought after Chyngton Road.

A deceptively spacious detached bungalow with stunning uninterrupted views backing onto the South Downs. Well Presented with Double Garage and No onward chain.

TOWN CENTRE – NEW BUILD £335,000

CLOSE TO TOWN CENTRE £280,000

TOWN CENTRE £239,500

New Build by Si Homes. A semi detached 2 bedroom town centre house within easy reach of the beach and having views towards Seaford Head, Martello Tower and the Sea.

A three bedroom semi detached house with garage and no on going chain. Scope for modernisation and improvement and within a quarter of a mile from town.

A mid terraced two bedroom character house conveniently located within a short walk of Seaford town centre, railway station and bus services.

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