Seaford Scene July 2022

SEAFORD Scene July 2022 Issue 183

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

Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail Seaford Sessions

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to the July issue of Seaford Scene Wow! the year is flying by – we’ve already had the longest day of the year, and as I write this, the warm sun is shining and summer is finally here. I hope you enjoyed last month’s Bank Holiday and Platinum Jubilee celebrations? Chichester Road certainly did (page 4) as did Cradle Hill Community School (page 13). Our cover photo this month is of the award-winning Driftwood Garden, which will be open as part of the Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail, along with other beautiful gardens in Seaford (see page 8). Be sure to visit these amazing gardens in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. If you fancy getting active outdoors during the summer, why not join Cycle Seahaven who have both on- and off-road rides for all abilities (page 32), or pop along to the new tennis courts at The Salts – it is Wimbledon season after all (page 49)! But the applause must go to three local dads who have committed to the Ocean Adventure – the world’s toughest row of 3,000 miles. Turn to page 82 to find out more. Seaford Photographic Society have their annual exhibition this month (page 24) and Life in Front of the Lens is on at the Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes (page 104), whilst Richard Potter’s exhibition, Landmark – Landscape Paintings and Other Works is on at the Crypt Gallery (page 43). There’s lots more to see and do in the What’s On section, see it on pages 123 to 128, so have fun in the sun and enjoy your July!

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Holidays in Seaford

4 Seaford’s Platinum Jubilee 6 Seaford Splash!

8 Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail 8 Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club 13 Cradle Hill Community School Celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 14 The Youth Counselling Project 19 Morrisons Seaford Celebrate Jubilee 20 Uno22: Seven – An Inspiring Selection of Art, Craft and Design for the Summer 22 Seaford Sessions 24 Seaford Photographic Society 29 Seaford Community Partnership 32 Cycle Seahaven 38 Neighbourhood Watch Roundup 43 Landmark – Landscape Paintings and Other Works 45 Newberry Tully Estate Agent 46 A New Epidemic 49 Serving Up Brand New Tennis Facilities!

50 Bicentenary of the Chalk (and Coal) 54 Greenhavens Network... Wildflowers, Insects and Bats!

58 Clifden House 62 Seaford Museum 64 East Blatchington Lectures 70 Seaford Afternoon Flower Club 73 A Good Read 76 On the Verge – Every Moment Counts 82 An Ocean Adventure!

86 St Leonards’ Living Churchyard 86 Alfriston and Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association 93 The Royal Society of St George Seahaven Branch 93 The Probus Club of Seaford 95 Raspberry Swiss Roll 98 Seaford’s Got Talent 99 Seaford u3a News 102 Seaford Rotary 104 Life in Front of the Lens 104 Citizens Advice – Recruiting 106 A View from the Potting Shed 108 Sussex Wildlife Trust 110 Seaford Community Garden 114 Seaford Seafront – Doggie Dos and Don’ts 117 Seahaven Business Awards 123 What’s On in July?

129 Index of Businesses Cover: Driftwood Garden, see page 8.

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Seaford’s Platinum Jubilee What a better opportunity to bring the community together than a street party for our Queen’s Jubilee.

That’s what we all thought when we were granted permission to close the road, but none of us could have imagined the impact and fantastic energy it could bring to our lovely street and our now bigger community.

I’m sure not many could have foreseen how the impact on good old fashioned community bonding would be replenished with our street party. Never did I expect the impact, it was totally amazing!

Chichester Road in Seaford has over 100 residences.

Once our amazing neighbour Paul, with his lovely wife Jo had organised the closing of the road, it was time for a group of us to plan how we could make the day special.

We knew we wanted something fun and low key, no big extravagance but just lots of fun kids activities, whilst us grown ups could engage with neighbours who we should have met many many years ago.

What a great start with people galore all chatting and laughing. Our introduction to the afternoon was announced with a poem by our amazing resident Brett.

In 1952 they said…

“Hey Liz put this on your head!”

A crown of gold and jewels it is, It is now yours, your Majesty Liz. Wear it with pride and dignity, Lead your people on this island in the sea.

70 years have been and gone, Since that day you put it on.

You’ve travelled the world, flying the flag Keeping Britain great, you never flagged.

People the world love you so, The people of Britain won’t let you go!

So here’s to you, from all the land And with a glass, can we all stand.

So here’s to you, 70 years it has been Raise a glass and ‘God Save The Queen!’

With much cheer our day began and got better and better – neighbours young and old getting to know each other, neighbours who have lived on the road for years and years, having never met, laughing, new neighbours bonding over crazy life coincides, chatting for hours, children meeting friends and games galore – treasure hunts, quizzes, splat the rat, pavement chalking and more.

Children were enjoying cycling, scooting and just playing on the closed road for hours with new found friends – not bothered or interested in their tablets, play stations etc! Chichester road couldn’t have wished for more.

Thank you Queen Elizabeth II for everything you have done to serve our country, but also immensely from Chichester road, how we have all relished in the love of community spirit.

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Welcome to Andrea Hargreaves’ rundown of arts and cultural events coming up in Seaford this month.

on film soundtracks including Alfie & The Look of Love, as a regular in Kyle Eastwood’s band and fronting many bands of his own. Also in the lineup will be Nigel Thomas (bass) and Paul Cavaciuti (drums). Tickets from wegottickets or on the door.

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Folk

What was life like for women during the World War II occupation of the Channel Islands? Find out by going to Meeching Hall, Newhaven from Friday 1st July until Sunday 3rd July at 7pm with an additional matinée on the Sunday at 2pm. Ignite Theatre is continuing to stage Gabriel, billed as ‘a dark, compelling comedy wartime thriller.’ Tickets from citizen ticket.

Cinema

On Friday 1st July at 7.30pm Pedro Almódovar’s knotted and subversive Parallel Mothers (15) is on at Seaford Community Cinema at the Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane.

The story, about two mothers who give birth on the same day, is a vehicle for exploring dark Spanish history.

It stars Penélope Cruz, Israel Elejanide, Altana SánchezGiljón, Rossy de Palma and Milena Smit. The summer season concludes on Friday 8th July with the brilliant Belfast (12A), set at the start of The Troubles and starring Jude Hill, Judy Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan. BAFTA voted it Outstanding British Film. This film goes straight into my personal Top Ten. Tickets from seafordcinema.org, from the Tourist Information Office in Church Street or on the door.

Voice

Seaford Choral Society is being joined by the choir of Seaford County Primary School and a jazz quintet on 2nd July when a concert of songs of Africa is being performed at the Baptist Church at 7pm. Zimbe is the choral work of Alexander L’Estrange. The school choir is being led by Kate Steer. Tickets from choir members and Newberry Tully estate agents in Church Street.

Jazz

Pianist/singer Neal Richardson and his trio are back at Splash Point Jazz Club at The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, on Wednesday 13th July at 7pm with a session featuring tenor sax Brandon Allen (photo), whose big-toned, distinctive tenor style has seen him featured

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Seaford Sessions is hosting Tim Keegan and the Gentle Men at Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road on Saturday 23rd July at 7.30 to 9pm, tickets from seafordsessions. org and the TIC, see page 22.

Open gardens

Geoff Stonebanks’ Garden Trail for Macmillan is back on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th July with seven local gardens to admire. Visitors to Geoff ’s Driftwood garden at 4 Marine Drive, Bishopstone will be able to enjoy its new sunken garden. The event is to be opened there on the Saturday by patron TV gardener Christine Walkden.

Most gardens will be open from 11am until 5pm. Also open will be The Walled Garden at The Schoolhouse on The Egg, Bishopstone, Seaford Community Garden at the Crouch (Saturday only), 8 Downs Road, Seaford, Burford, Cuckmere Road, 14 Lullington Close (Saturday only) and 27 Alfriston Park. All day tickets from geoffstonebanks.co.uk, singles from the individual garden.

Art

The summer-long Beacon Show, set up and run by Sussex Contemporary Illustrators and Printmakers (SCIP) continues with its exhibition of informative blocks along the seafront. On Saturday 30th July a free drawing workshop is taking place on the beach where you can learn how to portray the environment using mixed media, try new techniques and enjoy drawing in the landscape. For children of 8+ accompanied by an adult, and also for adults. Book via wearescip.co.uk. After the success of Cliffhanger at South Hill Barn last year, Last Minute Artists are back with an even larger exhibition, Cliffhanger 2, from Friday 5th to Sunday 14th August, free entry, more next month.

Events coming up? Please email Andrea at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com at least a week before the Seaford Scene deadline with forthcoming events and jpg images.

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Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail This month sees the Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail take place across the weekend of 23rd and 24th July.

Regular readers will know the event has been raising money for the Macmillan Horizon Centre in Brighton over the last 10 years and is organised by Driftwood Fundraising Group, headed up by Seaford garden owner, Geoff Stonebanks.

Geoff tells us, ‘This summer will be quite special on two counts, the first, our total fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support will top the magical £100K mark and the second, our Patron, TV gardener, Christine Walkden will be present to open the event at 11am in my garden, Driftwood.’

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Last month our members enjoyed a Jubilee party. We were joined by the Seaford Sunshine Strummers who were, as usual, brilliantly entertaining. The tables were laid out in red, white and blue. Jenny, a committee member, brought along the game of Play Your Cards Right so we had two teams playing. It rekindled memories of the wonderful Bruce Forsyth. The raffle was also very popular with good prizes to be won. Members also went to see to see the comedy Off the Hook at Seaford Little Theatre on the 11th June.

Lip reading commenced on 7th June at 10am and runs every Tuesday at Sutton Corner Barn, formerly the 60+ Club. If you would like to join, phone Jayne on 01323 655957.

The next social meeting will be on Friday 1st July when our speaker will be Neil Sadler talking about gongoozling for beginners -- a life on the canals. We meet at St James’ Clubhouse, Blatchington Road, Seaford at 2pm. Everyone welcome. Pauline White

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This year, there are 17 gardens scheduled to open across the weekend between Brighton and Seaford, with all bar 1 allowing dogs on leads too. Seven gardens are located in Seaford, including a couple of returning gardens, who have not opened for several years. There are Seven in Brighton, including a brand-new allotment belonging to the Horizon Centre, with two gardens in Saltdean and one in Telscombe.

Weather permitting, it will be a memorable weekend with several of the gardens along the trail serving delicious home-made tea and cakes. As far as Seaford is concerned, both Sally Attrell, at 27 Alfriston Park and Geoff ’s garden in Bishopstone will both be serving teas.

Driftwood also has a selection of local artists’ work for sale across the weekend too.

Christine Walkden will be at Driftwood for the opening of the trail at 11am and may well be able to visit other gardens in the town too, check the website for full details on the day.

Tickets for the event can either be purchased in the first garden visited or bought online ahead of the day, with all the information on the trail web site www.macmillangardentrail.co.uk.

Tickets cost is £8 per day, on both Saturday and Sunday, or just pay £3 at the gate for each garden visited. Check the details for each garden before visiting as four of the 17 are only open on the Saturday.

Photos from top: Driftwood garden; Lullington Close garden.

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Cradle Hill Community School celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee The pupils of Cradle Hill Community School celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by having a week of activities and celebrations.

The week started by officially opening the school’s time tunnel. Each of the seven year groups created a section of the tunnel to celebrate the decades of our Queen’s reign.

On Friday 27th May in the afternoon the Deputy Mayor of Seaford attended the schools official planting of the Queen’s Green Canopy at the school. The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a

i 1950s: saw Rock ’n’ Roll, Rosa Parks and film

stars like Marilyn Monroe. i 1960s: England win the World Cup, Concorde’s first flight and the first man on the moon. i 1970s: the decimal coins come into circulation, fashion change and pop. i 1980s: the Berlin Wall come down, Band Aid and Prince William and Harry born. i 1990s: new toys including the Teletubbies and Furbies. i 2000s: The Eden Project, the first iPhone, YouTube and Harry Potter. i 2010s & 2020s: new Royal babies, clap for carers, COVID and Captain Tom. The Children then celebrated by learning dances from the decades including rock ’n’ roll, the hand jive, disco and hip hop. The school then attended a tree planting ceremony at Paradise Park gardens with all the other schools in the area to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in their special Jubilee garden.

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unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to Plant a Tree for the Jubilee. (Canopy, 2022).

The day was finished off with a whole school picnic party on the school field for all 615 pupils and around 80 staff and volunteers.

Mrs Keith, Head Teacher said, ‘It was a fantastic week for the children, learning all about the Queen and the decades she has reigned. Our staff arranged a wide range of exciting activities that I hope will ensure all our children have made memories that will stay with them throughout their lives’.

Photos from top: The Time Tunnel – 2000s; Our school representative Aphaia Georgalakis with Maria Caulfield who officially opened the gardens; Seaford Deputy Mayor, Andrea Keith, Head Teacher, pupils of Cradle Hill School planting the school’s Rowan Tree.

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The Guardian newspaper’s Health Policy Editor Denis Campbell has highlighted not only a shocking rise in the number of young people being treated for mental health problems but also the fact that many others are not receiving the help they need. The latest NHS figures show ‘open referrals’ – troubled children and young people in England undergoing treatment or waiting to start care – reached 420,314 in February, the highest number since records began in 2016.

‘Open referrals’ are under-18s who are being cared for by child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) or are waiting to see a specialist, having been assessed as needing help against treatment thresholds.

GPs, teachers and mental health charities believe the criteria are too strict, exclude many who are deemed not ill enough, and amount to rationing of care.

Consultant clinical psychologist and founder of youth mental health charity stem4, Nihara Krause, is quoted as saying that teachers and GPs state that children in mental health distress were either being rejected in record numbers because their difficulties do not meet the high threshold for treatment or were stuck on long waiting lists. She said not just the prevalence but also the severity and complexity of youth mental health problems had increased in recent years. In addition, Covid-induced loneliness, more time spent online, disrupted routines and exposure to family stress had increased levels of distress.

NHS England’s national mental health director Claire Murdoch said demand continued to skyrocket, with a third more children treated in February this year than February 2020. The NHS had responded by expanding mental health teams in 4,700 schools and colleges and setting up 24/7 mental health crisis telephone support services for all ages. These now received 20,000 calls a month.

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So where does The Youth Counselling Project (TYCP) slot in? Imagine a pyramid with CAMHS’ services and hospital admissions at the top and the schools-based TYCP just below. With demand for CAMHS’ services outstripping ability to provide it, it is no wonder that requests for counselling by TYCP’s specially trained therapists continues to rise.

With that of course comes the need for money to pay therapists who are currently on course to help 93 children in the next academic year from all five of Seaford’s state-maintained schools. Each block of 10 sessions of one-to-one therapy costs around £500, with more money needed to pay for group sessions should these be deemed more appropriate for some other youngsters.

TYCP is fortunate to receive a number of large grants from foundations and other agencies, but these have to be competed for against other charities so it has to be continually on its toes, particularly in the current economic climate of high inflation and increasing need.

Generally these big monies can only be used to fund the therapy itself so TYCP’s team of volunteers hugely welcomes donations from smaller local groups and individuals as these can be used to pay admin costs, as well as contribute towards paying for counselling sessions. A huge thank you to Scoop & Weigh in Broad Street which has raised an amazing £720 for TYCP. As this issue was going to press TYCP was organising a fundraising quiz at The Old Plough, and in May a raffle at an event at Bishopstone raised £61.73.

Andrea Hargreaves Photo: A meeting at Seaford Head School to publicise the work of TYCP, (l-r) trustees Jo Stone, Julia Hancock (chair) and Christine McAllen with headteacher Bob Ellis.

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Morrisons Seaford Celebrate Jubilee Morrisons awarded their HOPE awards during their jubilee celebrations on Thursday 2nd June.

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The Hero award went to Pinky McLean-Knight for her fabulous running of the Nebula group, the Organisation award went to Havens Community Hub for their dedication to finding new ways to assist the community, the People’s Choice went to Miranda Bearns Lowles for her dedication to running Seaford Town Market, and the Eco Warrior went to Gemma Mcfarlane for the commitment to the repair café.

Community Champions, Mollie Eager and Sophie Carpenter, held a mini fête outside the Dane Road store. The event included a Great British Raffle and a free play un-lucky dip, as well as giveaways and samples.

With performances from Richard on the bagpipes and Seaford Primary Choir. Deputy Mayor Liz Boorman attended for the morning. All funds raised from the event will go to Morrisons’ charity partner, Together for Short Lives, everything raised through the Seaford store will go directly to Demelza.

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UNO22: seven –

An Inspiring Selection of Art, Craft and Design for the Summer Season Gallery Uno, 14a High Street, Seaford BN25 1PG UNO22 SEVEN Opening times: Mon – Sat 10am – 4pm, Sundays Midday – 3pm (Closed Wednesdays) from Thursday 23rd June until Tuesday 19th July.

Whether it is a gift to mark a special celebration, a token of friendship or an item to adorn the home, you will find something to suit all tastes and pockets during Gallery Uno’s next exhibition UNO22 SEVEN. Phil Duncan, Gallery Uno’s curator, says ‘One of the great joys of our exhibitions is discovering the back stories behind each and every artist. Recently it has been my pleasure to learn more about our next featured exhibitor Debbie Siniska; rag rug and felt maker, artist, author and teacher.’

Debbie Siniska – Textile Artist

Debbie moved to leafy Ticehurst, East Sussex, from South East London in the early 1990s.

Already working in textiles, using vintage and found fabrics, she came across some fascinating old hand tools whilst textile foraging in a local charity shop. The tools turned out to be for traditional rag rug making, and with a bit of trial and error, they soon became an intrinsic part in the development of her future artwork.

After studying felt making at City and Guilds level she went on to teach both rag rug making and felt making in schools, and adult residential colleges in the South East, including West Dean College, near Chichester. She devised the Creativity in Schools project sponsored by Veolia, Brighton and Hove and Kent County Councils which travelled round primary schools teaching children the virtue of traditional hand tools and using recycled textiles. Beautiful school banners and tiny cushions were created that were later exhibited in libraries and churches and featured on the local news channel.

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In the early 2000s Debbie was a regular contributor for Inspirations magazine, Popular Crafts, Crafts Beautiful, Make It! and Craftsman. The craft suppliers sponsored these articles and created her projects as printable versions for students. Her work also appeared in several how-to craft books. In 1994 her book Decorative Beadwork was published as part of the Letts contemporary crafts series and later she self published her books Rag Rugs Old into New which are available through her classes or on Amazon.

She has also appeared on satellite TV and on Channel 4’s Homemade Home with Kirstie Allsopp, showing her rugs and demonstrating the techniques. She was subsequently very busy from then on with teaching, talks and commissions.

Her work has been exhibited in the V&A in London, as part of the Heritage Crafts Association. She was commissioned by the Tate Gallery shop to create 8 rugs in the style of the Bloomsbury group to accompany exhibitions to celebrate the millennium. Charleston Farmhouse, former hub of art collective the Bloomsbury group during the 1930s, also commissioned her to create a facsimile of an old Bloomsbury rag rug. It is now displayed in the bedroom once used by John Maynard Keynes during his stays at Charleston.

Recycling has become an essential element to her work, as it evolves incorporating favourite old fabrics with memories into commissioned pieces to bring life and meaning to the work. She continues exhibit widely and run pop-up rag rug and felt making workshops, keeping these two endangered heritage crafts alive.

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Seaford Sessions is presenting Tim Keegan and the Gentle Men at the Little Theatre in Steyne Road on Saturday 23rd July, doors and bar open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

This band is a shoo-in with Seaford Sessions’ mission to provide great-quality and entertaining folk, roots and Americana acoustic sound. They will be performing original songs from Tim’s 30 years as a performing songwriter alongside covers of songs they love. Their eclectic repertoire plays across classic country, early rock ’n’ roll, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Buddy Holly, John Hartford, Destiny’s Child and more.

On sale now and on the 23rd will be tickets for the following Seaford Sessions’ concert on 17th September, when it will be the turn of The Paul McKenna Band to take to the Little Theatre stage. All tickets from seafordsessions.org or the Tourist Information Centre in Church Street. Be warned: they sell fast.

Photos from top: Tim Keegan and the Gentle Men; The Paul McKenna Band.

Tim Keegan (vocals and guitar) has appeared with Departure Lounge, Robyn Hitchcock, Kid Loco, Josh Rouse, Tahiti 80 and The Blue Aeroplanes; Simon Edwards (bass, mandolin) with Fairground Attraction plus Talk Talk, Billy Bragg and Beth Gibbons (Portishead) among many others; Ben Nicholls (double bass, banjo, lap steel guitar) with Seth Lakeman, Nadine Shah and Sam Sweeney, among others; and Jimmy Count (drums, vocals and pretty much every other instrument going), with Bernd Rest (guitar, vocals) and Rosie Brown, who opened the year’s Seaford Sessions gigs at the Little Theatre.

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10am - 12pm £15 per session Last Monday of every month at

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Seaford Photographic Society The final month of our 2021/22 season started with an Out and About social evening, where we had a wander around Cuckmere Haven with our cameras then headed back to a Seaford pub for a few drinks. Next was the Chairman’s Challenge, a fun competition with the set subject Motion judged by our chairman Colin. Well done to Kevin Smoker, Simon Watkins and Chris Dawson, who took the top three places. There was some lively discussion afterwards about how the photos were taken and what the photographer was trying to achieve.

The penultimate meeting of the season was a lecture by Colin Winstanley on How to Edit Your Photos. This was an excellent talk about the importance of editing and how it can turn a dull image into something special. To do this properly, you probably need to spend as much money on your computer as on cameras and lenses! He explained the basics of how Lightroom and Photoshop

work, as well as other similar but free options, and went through his workflow for editing.

Finally we had the club’s AGM and Awards evening.

Congratulations to Thelma Long, Simon Watkins, David Nickalls, Anna-Marie Armstrong, and Stephen Day, who all came away with trophies. Thelma Long was awarded the ‘Photo of the Year’ prize. In the Standard Group the Photographer of the Year trophy went to David Nickalls, who will now move up into the Advanced Group for next season. Particular congratulations to Anna-Marie Armstrong who had a very successful year and went away with the Advanced Group Photographer of the Year trophy.

Last month we reported that several of our members had photos accepted for the annual KCPA Exhibition, held in Faversham. We are pleased to announce that Colin Mitchell, Simon Watkins and Chris Dawson have now had images selected to represent the KCPA in the PAGB Inter-Federation Print Competition. It is quite an achievement to have your work chosen to go forward into this national competition, so congratulations to Colin, Simon and Chris.

The 2021/22 season has finished and we are now in our summer break but the good news is that we are having our traditional annual exhibition, for the first time since 2019, starting at the end of July, (see the advert left). This will be a great opportunity to come along and have a chat with some of our members, see our work, and find out a bit more about what we do. We’d love to see you there. It’s at a new venue for us as well.

You can see all you need to know about the club on our website www.seafordps.org, including the latest news, programme of events, successful images, competition results, and how you can join us.

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For Help & Advice

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I hold regular advice surgeries across the constituency. If you would like an appointment to discuss an issue or concern please do not hesitate to contact me

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Another opportunity to see Chris Conil’s film of Lynn Lawson’s book about Cliff Cottage - later the Splash Point Hotel that stood on the cliff path leading towards Seaford Head. Lynn will be in attendance to answer your questions. £5 admission, £2 for Museum Members.

It is essential to book your tickets via our web site.

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Tapping & Reiki

There has been much said, in the last few years, about the general malaise affecting Britain’s seaside towns. Fortunately Seaford has escaped such criticism, essentially because much has been done to improve the local environment for its residents. It is essential that, as a town, we keep moving forward with projects which not only make this a good place to live but also help to boost the local economy.

The Seaford Community Partnership has been at the forefront of projects such as The Shoal and the Gateway Project, providing signage to help visitors access the town’s shops and access to the seafront year-round at The Causeway. We have also, in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority and local groups, been involved in the development of environmental projects. Now we want to hear from you. What improvements would you like to see?

Do you have ideas for projects which would make Seaford an even better place to live?

On 25th July at 7pm at Crossways Church, Seaford Community Partnership will be holding it’s AGM and we would like you to come along. Let us tell you what we have been doing, and tell us how we can help your ideas to come to fruition.

Please contact: keithblackburn@live.co.uk If you would like to be involved with the Cliff Gardens Project as published in the June Seaford Scene, page 40, please email: hm@seafordpartnership.co.uk

Based on acupuncture, it uses a system of tapping on meridian points, to release emotional and psychological blocks that are held in the body.

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Tapping is also a self help tool. Once learned with a practitioner, you can use it on yourself whenever you need.

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Morning group Mondays 10.30am to 12pm Evening group Tuesdays 7pm to 8.30pm

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Cycle Seahaven

Cycle Seahaven is a friendly and inclusive social cycling club based in the Seahaven area of East Sussex (Seaford, Newhaven and Peacehaven). Our location provides easy access to many miles of beautiful heritage downland, low-traffic roads and cycle-friendly cafés, and Ride Leaders have an extensive knowledge of routes for all abilities and an unrivalled talent for sniffing out the best establishments for coffee and cake!

All club rides are listed on the website calendar, and graded according to the distance, difficulty and terrain.

12th -15th August 2022 Relaxing long weekend of yoga, mantra and pranyama at Claridge House, Lingfield.

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It was a stormy sky when Cycle Seahaven’s WOW group (Women On Wheels) recently set off on a ride over the South Downs but they made it to the top (photo top).

A well-earned refreshment stop was taken at Beanstalk Café located in a beautiful setting between Firle Bostal and Bo-Peep Bostal along the Old Coach Road. Plenty of chat, laughter and good banter ending with ice creams, and even avoided the rain (photo above).

Dr Bike is a group of cycle enthusiasts from Cycle Seahaven who want to help local people to use their bikes more. If you are not pedalling because of dodgy brakes, stiff gears, rattles, creaks or soft tyres, then bring your poorly cycle to a Cycle Seahaven Dr Bike surgery located at The Big Park in Peacehaven, 10am-12pm on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Additional surgeries are throughout the year and advertised via Cycle Seahaven and local media.

For further details on joining WOW, other rides/ events or visiting Dr Bike please visit Cycle Seahaven’s webpage at https://cycleseahaven.org.uk

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Neighbourhood Watch Roundup

Special Edition: How Safe is Seaford Really?

All The Statistics

Our police resources are allocated based on need, and so if no crime is reported, no resource is allocated.

We are dead certain that more than three bicycles were swiped in Seaford Central in the last 12 months!

Overall, there has been a significant drop in crime over the previous year, specifically robbery, which was

We say it every time, that Seaford is one of the safest towns in the country but is that as true to say today as it was before the pandemic?

Have cost-of-living increases, job losses through the pandemic and other pressing social and economic factors made an impact on crime in our town?

Luckily, we have superb statistics available to us through the Sussex Police website, so the answer is relatively easy if you have the time to troll through the data.

Sussex Police has divided Seaford & Bishopstone into five areas, so to have a thorough look at what’s what in yours, head on over to: https:// www.sussex.police.uk/area/your-area and enter your postcode. For an overview, here’s some crime data we put together for Seaford Central over the last 12 months and total reported crime over the last 36 months from May 2019.

It seems our biggest challenge in the centre of our town is how we treat each other and how we behave!

Of the 415 reported crimes (an average of 34.5 incidents a month), an astonishing 312 involve bad behaviour toward each other or criminal damage.

Of course, these stats reflect reported crimes, and once again this exercise underlines the importance of reporting every crime.

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something we barely ever experienced before the pandemic. Although these statistics are only relevant to Seaford Central, a quick look at the data for other areas of town echo the trend – not only is Seaford one of the safest towns, but our crime rate is also reducing year on year. It would be really interesting to see Cyber Crime reported as a separate statistic, as that seems to be where all of us are most vulnerable.

There is definitely merit in the new policing model implemented over the past couple of years – there is real value in having dedicated PCSOs who get to know their town and townsfolk, and this is reflected in the significant reduction in crime, specifically the reduction in antisocial behaviour. Our DC for Lewes is CI, Di Lewis. Di is the policing commander for Eastbourne and Lewes and is responsible for the local policing of these districts. She leads the local Neighbourhood Policing Team consisting of both police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) who are dedicated to protecting our communities, catching criminals and delivering an outstanding service in the locality. You can see who our

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PCSO’s are at https://www.sussex.police.uk/area/, pop in your postcode and click the “On The Team” tab.

We too have our role to play as Great Neighbours because nobody knows the neighbourhood better than we who live here. Keeping an eye out for things that look iffy, reporting crime, caring about our neighbours who are more vulnerable or need a little help, all adds

A visible and relevant Neighbourhood Watch also helps to keep crime at bay and we need do no more than display a roundel on our front doors to achieve this.

While every resident of Seaford and Bishopstone is automatically under the umbrella of what we do, our Association relies on membership to keep doing what we do. It costs £3 per household per year to be Association members, and £2 per household per year for retirees. Joining is so simple too – just head over to www.sandbnhw.org/join

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Landmark – Landscape paintings and other works From12th to 23rd August, I will be showing my latest Landmark landscape paintings and other works at The Crypt Gallery in Seaford.

Most of my landscapes feature our stunning East Sussex and places like the Cuckmere Valley and Ditchling Beacon, which I try to capture in a bold and colourful way. Walking in nature and looking at artworks that embrace nature’s essence is uplifting and therapeutic. My philosophy is to use colour and form to reconnect us with our roots, in the earth and the natural cycle of the seasons.

In a similar way, the Rock and Ore series of modern works look at nature more directly; in rock layers that span millions of years. I used my previous experience

as a graphic designer to make the rock forms I came across, into a more unified series of paintings to heighten the senses. With information overload and shortening attention spans we crave a return to simplicity and connectedness. For me, nature in all its forms symbolises this yearning.

Since 2017, I have been teaching Watercolour, Acrylic and Drawing courses at St James’ Trust in Seaford, which is an excellent venue for all sorts of community activities.

I offer a structured and layered approach, with a sense of humour, to give my students the best possible array of painting techniques so that they can progress confidently.

I also intend to run a Creativity for Wellbeing art course in Seaford if there is enough interest.

Back in 2015, realising that there was no internet platform to give people creative inspiration, I built one! I remember that when I did my teacher training, I could have benefitted from a resource full of ideas for art activities, which inspired me to create www. creatvity4wellbeing.com. Enjoy!

I look forward to seeing you at the exhibition. Do come and browse! Richard Potter BA Hons PGCE MA

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How to Sell Your Seaford Home Successfully Moving home is a big life-changing decision So, it’s vital you get things right when choosing to up sticks and sell. The good news is that by avoiding the mistakes people often make when selecting an estate agent, you dramatically raise your chances of a successful, low-stress sale.

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A New Epidemic

Is stress making you sick?

We all know about COVID but in fact one of the major health risks today is stress. Workdays lost to stress, depression and anxiety, are estimated to cost the British economy in excess of about £35 billion a year in lost output.

But what exactly is stress? Stress is a natural, short term response to danger. It floods our bodies with the hormones, adrenalin and cortisol. In combination, these hormones activate our heart and cardiovascular system. They raise our blood pressure and set us in a heightened state of alertness. They affect our liver and increase our blood sugar. During a stressful event, all nonessential body functions, e.g. cell repair and ovulation, cease.

If we’re under immediate threat from say, a mugger, or a life-threatening accident, a strong stress response is good, it may even help to save our lives. But long-term stress is bad for us. Exposure to large quantities of adrenalin and cortisol over a long period compromises our immune systems and increases our risk of suffering from high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and Diabetes.

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The most common form of long-term stress reported to GPs is work-related, and specifically it is reported by those people who feel they have little or no control over their working environment. A healthy working environment includes choices; some control over what you do and an element of appreciation for the effort you put in. Unfortunately, many working environments fall short of this.

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Alarmingly, the Whitehall Experiment, which monitored 10,000 civil servants over a long period, found that those at bottom of the hierarchy experienced four times the mortality rate of those at the top, even when poor diet and smoking were factored into the calculations! It seems that some of us quite literally, are working ourselves to death.

If you feel this is you and a change of job isn’t possible, then advice has been to try to balance stress levels both at and away from work. Yet recently the pandemic has meant that for many of us, home and work have become inseparable, and this has been added to by wider stress in the world, including soaring food and energy prices and the war in Ukraine.

Take a few minutes and see if you can articulate in a few words what the major sources of stress are in your working environment: unrealistic deadlines or targets, obstructive colleagues, interfering management etc.

Then do the same for stress triggers away from work.

If you feel you can tackle any of the issues, then do that.

This isn’t always possible, but sometimes just knowing exactly why you are feeling stressed is enough to help you cope and see a way forward. Perhaps you need to restrict the time you spend answering work emails out of hours or cut down on the amount of news you consume, or make time to go for a walk in the fresh air. Exercise is actually an excellent stress reducer, along with yoga. A well-balanced diet also helps, and drinking lots of water is a great way to help the body rid itself of toxins.

In addition, it has been shown that therapies such as massage also have potent stress-reducing properties.

Bringing down your stress levels in 2022 may not be easy but your body will thank you for trying.

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SERVING UP BRAND NEW TENNIS FACILITIES! Seaford Town Council’s official opening of its three brand new tennis courts at The Salts Recreation Ground on Saturday 21st May 2022 saw a fantastic day and great turn out.

The day started with the Town Crier, Peter White, announcing the event in Seaford’s town centre and then shortly afterwards at the courts, where he also acknowledged the part-funders involved: Lewes District Council, Sport England, and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the governing body of tennis in Great Britain.

The tennis courts were then officially opened by the Mayor of Seaford, Olivia Honeyman, supported by the Young Mayor Erin Franklin and Deputy Young Mayor Nia Waite.

Also in attendance were members of the public, a representative from the LTA, Seaford Town Councillors, and Seaford Town Council Officers. Seahaven FM supported the event by kindly loaning their PA system, and broadcasting the event the following day.

The courts were free for all to use from 11am to 9pm.

Free rackets and tennis balls were also available to borrow to have a knock around. Alongside this, three coaches were on hand, serving up free tennis tips to players. The event was also supported by the nearby Salts Café, who served up a promotion of scones, jam, cream and strawberries.

The day was a great success, attracting a steady stream of players of all ages throughout the day. Mayor and Cllr Honeyman said, ‘It’s been a good morning and great to see people using the courts’.

Jemima Lee, LTA’s South East Participation Development Manager said, ‘It is fantastic to see the courts refurbished with the addition of floodlights and gate access system to aid all-year-round play and improve the customer journey to court, and we’re very pleased to be working with Seaford Town Council to develop their park courts and help open tennis up to more local people. Tennis courts in parks play a key role in introducing people to tennis, with around 1.7 million people across Britain playing on park courts in the last 12 months. The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is committed to promoting tennis and working with Council’s to implement sustainable, low-cost usage models for park tennis courts to ensure they continue to serve as hubs to bring individuals and communities together through tennis’.

Booking a court is a straightforward four-step process at: www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/thesaltstennis/Booking.

Special thanks for everyone’s support on the day and helping to make this happen. It was a pleasure to see the courts being so busy and well used. The development of the new tennis courts contributes to the achievement of one of the Town Council’s five long-term strategic objectives for the town: to improve and maintain the recreational facilities.

Photo (l-r): Tony Jackson (STC Projects and Facilities Manager), Jemima Lee (LTA Participation Development Manager), Councillor and Mayor Olivia Honeyman,Young Mayor Erin Franklin, Deputy Young Mayor Nia Waite, Zoe Polydorou (STC Projects Officer).

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Bicentenary of the chalk (and coal) Two hundred years ago in 1822, Jean d’Halloy, a Belgian pioneer geologist and anthropologist, formally proposed that the chalk in France belonged to such a distinct kind of ancient rock with ammonite shells that it should lend its name (in latin, creta) to a new geological division – the Crétacé. In the following decades, the Cretaceous Period of Earth history was also recognised in England, and there is indeed a chalk ammonite at the bottom of Seaford Head (image above).

By the turn of the century, our local chalk (image left) was being explored in considerable detail in order to compare with the French chalk and beyond (Seaford Scene February, 2016, issue 106, page 28). With the discovery of the Earth’s natural radioactivity in the last century, we learnt that the Cretaceous was 66 to 145 million years ago, and was longer than the length of time since the Cretaceous Period ended!

The Cretaceous proved not all chalky, however, and came to include the clays and sandstones of the Weald, as well as the chalk of the North and South Downs.

The clays contain ironstone and the iron grave marker in St Leonard’s Churchyard (image right) is a reminder that South-East England was once the centre of Britain’s iron industry when fuelled by charcoal from the forest. The end was nigh, however, when also in 1822, William Conybeare, West Country curate and lecturer, proposed the ‘Carboniferous Period’, with its focus on coal – which now shifted the industry to the English Midlands. At the same time, he recognized the ‘Weald Clay Formation’

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(image left) which later became renowned for its dinosaurs and even fossil insects (image below), as well as for making bricks and tiles.

In the stone age, the chalk produced another historic raw material – flint, for making tools before metals were known. Next month, we commemorate the Dieppe Raid that was in the summer 80 years ago. Unfortunately, the abundant flint pebbles on the beaches of Dieppe, unlike here, slowed down the advance of our new tanks in support of the infantry. This was not fully anticipated, as our beach pebble supply had been blocked by the Victorian quay building in Newhaven, which had created a new pebble rather than flint-land there instead (image below).

Being light in weight, the brown coal (strombolo)

from West Sussex nevertheless still washes up onto the beach at Seaford (image right).

As in China today, it was once used for carving and rough-outs for Celtic bracelets,

resembling lost fishing gear, which occasionally still wash up after storms (image left, 20p for scale).

No Carboniferous coal has been found in Sussex, unlike in the Midlands, but tradition has it that Mary Mantell came across the Iguanodon in 1822 (first vegetarian dinosaur) – it was a memorable year!

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WILDFLOWERS, INSECTS AND BATS! What a fantastic spring it has been for Greenhavens, we have enjoyed some fantastic events and connected with lots of people out in the community, enjoying being around nature and all with a passion to preserve our natural world.

May saw two fantastic wildflower walk weekends. The first at Riverside Park, Newhaven, where our group loved spotting all the beautiful flowers and insects along the way. We even had members in the group who taught us how to identify birdsong – a fascinating walk. The following weekend we visited The Last Wood and Meadow in Seaford – an abundant area for wildflowers and wildlife where we identified flowers such as Birdsfoot clover, Cranesbill, Scarlett Pimpernel and Yellow Rattle to name a few. We spotted many butterflies: Small Copper, Brown Argus, Large Skippers, and loads of bees and insects. What makes these walks special is that none of us are experts, everyone with various knowledge of the flowers etc but everyone learning, connecting with each other and together committed in our love of nature and the vital role it provides to our planet. These sessions were fun for everyone, and we will be returning to the Last Wood and Meadow to see the orchids at the end of June.

Our fantastic Wilder Gardens champions responded to a lady in Peacehaven who wanted her lawn rewilded.

Jessie and her Peacehaven Pod spent the day planting in wildflowers and getting the lawn ready and already flowers have started to grow. This will be a fantastic place for pollinators and give joy to the householder as she watches the garden evolve and spring to life.

The end of May saw a group of us meeting at Riverside Park, Newhaven to go on a Batwalk. The evening was led by our Jessie Rodriguez, and armed with sonar detection we set off as the sun went down. We loved hearing the amorous Marsh Frogs as we walked along

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the riverbank and were treated to a glorious sunset with a chorus of birdsong to accompany us. This evening only one Bat was seen and detected but we were in a large group all chatting and enjoying ourselves too much! This was a great evening, and at the time of writing, we have arranged another one on the 17th June at The Meridian Centre, with smaller groups we hope to detect more this time.

Our final event in May was the Buglife day with Alice Parfitt. The morning saw her talk all things bugs with an adult group, we then went and applied our newfound knowledge at Riverside Park. I learnt lots about parasitic wasps who lay their eggs in other bees’ abdomens, their larvae grow and eventually kill their unwitting host…

A gruesome but rather fantastic way of survival! These findings were recorded on the Fit App and we all learnt loads. The afternoon saw us move over to the Last Wood and Meadow in Seaford. Here we were joined by lots of families, and it was amazing to see the kids catching bees in their pots, identifying them and then letting them go. Fun was had by all and the children enjoyed making dragonflies before returning home.

Thank you, Alice, for a fantastic day.

Before this gets published we will have had an amazing Wildflower Roof Tour at our AGM, a fantastic Froglife day, learning everything about Amphibians and another Batwalk. Greenhavens Network will have attended the Fish Festival and we will be getting ready for our Big Butterfly Count event with the amazing Dan Danahar on 9th July, starting in the morning at the Peacehaven Community Orchard and moving onto the Castle Hill Nature Reserve in the afternoon. If you want to book and join us please email: contact@greenhavens.network.

All events can be found on our Facebook page: Greenhavens Network, do add yourself to keep up to date and check out our website www.greenhavens. network where there is a fountain of information to get your garden wilder, and find all the great groups we have if you fancy getting involved on a project. Please do share any interesting events or photos of all thing’s nature to our Facebook page, we would love to hear from you and see if we can help you in anyway.

From all at Greenhavens we hope you have a fantastic July, here’s hoping the sun stays out so we can enjoy all the beautiful nature around us.

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Nial Joyce of Clifden House Dementia Care Centre, Seaford, looks at some of the warning signs that suggest additional support, in the form of residential care, is needed for a dementia sufferer.

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2. Decreased self-care: Dementia sufferers often stop paying attention to their own personal needs, such as forgetting to take medication, missing health appointments, not getting dressed and a general decrease in pride in their appearance. This decline in self-care and self-confidence can prompt a withdrawal from the world and isolation.

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The Platinum Jubilee of our Queen led us to search our archives to see what connections Seaford has had to royalty.

King’s Mead School, one of the many independent boarding schools in Seaford, was where two future kings were educated. Rama X (photo left), controversial King of Thailand and deemed to be the wealthiest monarch in the world, was named ‘Vajiralongkorn Borommachakkrayadisonsantatiwong Thewetthamrongsuboriban Aphikhunuprakanmahittaladunladet Phumiphonnaretwarangkun Kittisirisombunsawangkhawat’ according to Wikipedia. He was educated here in the 1960s prior to going on to Millfield.

A couple of years later the future King Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda joined King’s Mead school. Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II born 13th April 1955 and often called King Ronnie (photo right). He went on to Magdalene College, Cambridge.

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with his wife Sophie and their daughter on Seaford beach in 1905. The photo above was taken by Princess Victoria.

Although Queen Elizabeth has never visited Seaford, Newhaven was fortunate enough to have a visit from the Queen 60 years ago, in 1962. More recently, in 2013, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited East Sussex. They started by visiting the fisheries in Newhaven then on to Harvey’s Brewery in Lewes. It is probable that the main reason for the visit was the opening of the new East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, in Falmer on 31st October that year. This world class centre for archives nestles in the shadow of the Amex football stadium and is open to all (see their website for details).

Here in Seaford the only British Royal family recorded royal stay was Edward VII who stayed at The Esplanade Hotel in 1905 and we will cover the Esplanade and his visit in a later edition. Since 1905, the only royal visit to Seaford was by George V and Queen Mary in 1935.

They were staying in Eastbourne and came over to visit one of their godchildren, who happened to be a pupil at King’s Mead school. Unfortunately it seems they failed to phone ahead as the pupil in question was away on a school outing. It was reported that they did not stay around and headed back to Eastbourne! Thus ends our rather minimal record of royal visits. They don’t know what they’re missing!

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She has become a well-known figure in and around Seaford in the last three years, particularly now as chairman of Seaford for Ukraine, the town’s inspiring campaign to aid refugees from the region, with local church, community, and council leaders combining to offer support.

The Rev Arwen Folkes is Rector of St Peter’s in Seaford and St Andrew’s in Bishopstone, and this month she will be giving the latest in the series of East Blatchington Lectures.

Her subject will be a topic very close to her heart – the Bible. In particular, how the book all of us have heard about, even if very few of us have read it all, came to be in English. After all, it is one of the world’s most published books, with estimated total sales of over five billion copies, yet the first complete English version didn’t appear until 1382. How that happened, and the striking effect it immediately had, makes for a fascinating story whether you are a believer or not.

Arwen is well suited to tell it, a story that should intrigue everyone. All are welcome to the lecture on Tuesday 5th July at St Peter’s in Belgrave Road, starting at 2.30pm. Tickets are £7, including tea and cakes, and it’s best to book ahead. To book, call 01323 899054 or email officeebb.benefice@gmail.com.

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SEAFORD AFTERNOON FLOWER CLUB At our meeting on 21st July we will be welcoming our friendly local florists from Ambers who will be demonstrating a range of floral designs for us. It is always a pleasure to welcome them back and we are sure we will have an entertaining and enjoyable afternoon. Our competition is entitled Fun with Flowers which will certainly give our arrangers plenty of scope.

At our meeting in May, Susan Tausig demonstrated Scrumptiously Summer and we were treated to a wonderful display of seasonal arrangements. Our competition was entitled Green as Grass (see photos of some of the entries above and right). This was a challenging theme but our members have made it seem easy, as usual.

Looking ahead, at our meeting on 18th August we will be holding our AGM. This will be followed by an instructive class entitled What Not To Do, which will highlight common mistakes in flower arranging and how to rectify them. Our competition will be entitled Summer Holiday.

We meet at the Baptist Church Hall in Belgrave Road, Seaford, BN25 2EE on the third Thursday of each month (except January) at 1.30pm. Our fees for this year are £30 and visitors are always very welcome at £5 on the door which includes refreshments.

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A Good Read

Hamnet

by Maggie O’Farrell This novel is the fictional retelling of the life of Anne Hathaway, who was married to William Shakespeare. The bard is never actually named in the book, which forces us to concentrate on Anne. Shakespeare left no documentation about his personal life: if he wrote diaries, they are lost. This leaves O’Farrell free to use her imagination within an historical context.

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They certainly make an unusual couple.

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On the Verge – Every moment counts Volunteers at On the Verge have been busy again this month, trying to get the message out about bringing nature back to our town. Thanks go to the tireless volunteers who have been visiting local schools, where children have been delighted to get their hands dirty making seed bombs (photo above at Seaford Primary School), planting trees and wild flowers, and playing games to learn all about bees and pollination! These days children have less freedom to explore the natural world for themselves, so its so important to encourage them. Hopefully they will then grow to appreciate it, and want to protect it for future generations.

Every flower

More volunteers have been out monitoring our green spaces, and it’s wonderful to watch flowers and wildlife emerging. It seems there is something new every day I walk past my nearest fields. On the Verge volunteers recently had a lovely picnic meet-up in the Salts. The families that came along helped to count flowers in metre-square quadrats. Based on that sample, the Plantlife calculations showed that a bumblebee could fly for 70 hours with the flowers blooming there. Imagine then how many bees we could maintain in all the green spaces and gardens in the town!

The Martello Fields are thriving, with both meadow areas and shorter grass, which is working really well for both people and wildlife. Our observers have spotted bees, hoverflies, moths, beetles, ladybirds and grasshoppers. Birds particularly are appreciating the seed heads and insects in the field near Ringmer Road.

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Pebble trail

We recently visited Seaford Environmental Alliance at the Beacon show launch where enthusiastic visitors started a beautiful new pebble trail with the theme of the natural world. It would be great if people can keep adding to the trail with their own pebble art. While there we noticed a pretty little flower clinging to the edge of the Martello Tower (probably lesser sea spurrey!). It’s amazing what you can spot when you keep an eye out!

Learning together

We all carry on learning throughout our lives. This month I learned, via social media (thanks Mike!) that an insect I photographed two years ago (and again this week) was a Scorpion fly (Panorpa germanica). I also learned it had not been often recorded at this location.

It reminded me how important it is to record species if we can (using I-record or similar) so that populations of flowers/insects etc can be monitored.

Precious moments

When we feel so passionately about our cause, we have to be careful not to spend all our time, rushing from one meeting to the next. We need to make time, to stop and smell the roses, listen to the buzz of the bees, and admire the gorgeous flowers of our gardens and wild spaces! These mindful moments are so important for our wellbeing and happiness, that doctors are starting green social prescribing to help with mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.

When we do enjoy a beautiful moment with nature, whether the unfurling of a scarlet poppy in the gutter, hearing a swift overhead, or spotting a rare butterfly, it’s even better to share these moments with other likeminded people who will appreciate them.

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This is why we are about to launch a new project.

Renaturing Seaford is a new communication channel about bringing more nature to Seaford. This includes a Facebook page, email newsletter and website for Seaford groups and naturalists of all ages and abilities.

This will help support and strengthen our community and ensure that all our observations count on our Renaturing Seaford journey! Please join in! Every moment shared counts! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renaturingseaford (Watch out for our website and newsletter very soon!)

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AN Ocean adventure!

We’re a team of three Dads based out of Seaford and Newhaven who have signed up to The World’s Toughest Row, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge which starts on 12th December 2022. With a combined age of over 150, we’re aiming to show people that the perception of a pipe and slippers life and ‘middle-aged spread’ is not mandatory.

We’re raising funds for two charities close to our hearts: Wolo Foundation, a Seaford charity that supports families of those suffering from cancer, and Prostate Cancer UK. The challenge is to row 3,000 miles unsupported from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean. We’ll be aiming to do it 40-45 days and nights, rowing a gruelling shift pattern of two hours on, one hour off, nonstop until we hit Antigua, with temperatures regularly between 30–40ºC. Food will be consumed through rehydrated food packs, snack bars and hopefully the occasional fish we can catch.

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Water-based training will continue in Seaford Bay and beyond throughout the summer of 2022, and will include long rows of up to 72 hours. Our intention is to fully engage with the local and regional communities as much as possible and are happy to take part in events and interviews. We already have multiple schools and college bookings where we will be speaking to students about the boat, the challenge and the ocean. If you know of anyone who can help raise awareness or provide support in any way it would be greatly appreciated.

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St Leonard’s Living Churchyard

The Church of England in partnership with A Rocha (ARUK) has created the Eco Church award scheme that includes the Living Churchyard campaign. Churchyards are where we bury our dead, come to grieve, pay our respects and reflect on our own mortality so the very idea of Living Churchyards may at first seem incongruous.

Witnessed by the architecture of centuries, churchyards carry stories of place and space, both sacred and secular, with meaning and memory of a profound cultural history and heritage. Amidst the noise and haste they are also a peaceful oasis for natural history. We are invited to slow down, bearing in mind: ‘One who moves too hurriedly misses the way.’ (Proverbs 19.2). We are called to care for God’s Acre with the spirit of service, stewardship and sanctuary for all Gods’ creatures and trust that these teachings may ripple into the world beyond our flint walls.

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Our July event is the exciting visit to our twin village of Veules-les-Roses. We’ve not had a group visit recently, although some members have made individual trips to see friends there. Being able to visit frequently because Veules-les Roses is so near to us, is a wonderful part of our twinning experience. We can’t wait to see what our hosts have organised for the weekend!

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the District Council and idverde mowing contractors to develop a management strategy that combines accessibility, aesthetics and biodiversity. By initially focusing on plants and wildflowers we hope to create food and shelter for pollinating insects and other mini beasts. Thanks to its unique history some of the flowers in this ancient grassland, like Wild Clary Sage, Burnet Saxifrage and Chimney Sweeps are not found in many other places in Seaford. The beautiful mosaic of Nature in our churchyard teaches us about the remarkable interconnectedness of all living things such as the Small Copper butterfly laying its eggs on Sorrel or the Common Blue butterfly breeding on Bird’s Foot Trefoil.

In June St Leonard’s Church held a Wildlife Hunt as part of the Churches Count on Nature campaign organised

by A Rocha and Caring for God’s Acre. Congregations across the country celebrated and recorded churchyard flora and fauna with the results entered into the National Biodiversity Network database. We would like to thank On the Verge and Seaford Natural History Society for their participation. Next time you are walking through St Leonard’s we invite you to take a moment to discover the wildlife in our own Living Churchyard.

Photo: Churchyard in bloom by Keith Oldham, On the Verge.

Alfriston Emergency Group in appreciation of their work, particularly in preparation for the Jubilee weekend.

Twinners also enjoyed the Members’ Afternoon Tea with musical accompaniment, in the garden of two of our committee members. Our French friends have their return visit to Sussex on 16th to 18th September.

Membership is free this year – yes! – fees have been waived for everyone in 2022! There’s no need to speak French – our events and visits are planned so everyone can take part if they wish. Our membership secretary is Robert at rmorri1847@aol.com. For queries about the quiz night, you can ask Wendy on 01323 895657.

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THE PROBUS CLUB THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SEAFORD OF ST GEORGE SEAHAVEN BRANCH

Our Ladies’ Lunch at the Hydro, Eastbourne in May was a great success, with over 40 members and partners enjoying an excellent meal, and good companionship.

The speaker at our most recent meeting was Mike Winton, a retired Police Officer. Mike was born in Brighton, his mother a cleaner and his father a painter.

The family were not well off, but he had a good childhood, and never lost sight of his background. He did not manage to pass the 11+, and on leaving school he wanted to be a Police Officer, but was not, at the time, tall enough! He managed to get a job in the offices of Southdown Buses, but office work was not for him.

Fortunately, he had grown taller, and was taken on as a Police Cadet, and then spent three months at Hendon Police college. The motto at Hendon was that good policing was achieved by ‘the use of tact and good humour’, and Mike used this as the guiding principle for the rest of his career.

He was posted to City Road Police Station, in the East End. In those days the only equipment issued to a Police Constable on the beat was a truncheon and a whistle: no radios, only the occasional Police Box to communicate with the station. His duties included crowd control at events like Trooping the Colour and the Boat Race, both often on hot days, which demonstrated how uncomfortable the serge uniform could be.

Mike then changed direction by undertaking the Police Driving Course at Hendon and hence joined the Traffic Police. He happened to be in the office on night duty when the Kray Twins were arrested – he was their jailer for the night. He later transferred to Scotland Yard, joining the well-known Flying Squad and undertaking Deportation duties. Mike joined the Special Branch Protection Group, where he provided one-to-one protection for, amongst others, the Israeli Ambassador, the Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Army, and Ian Paisley MP. Mike said that it was important to realise that he was there for the protection of the individual, regardless of their religion, politics or philosophy. His duties did not only include politicians or Political Leaders: at one time he provided protection to Telly Savalas (Kojak), who was the guest of the American Ambassador in London.

The Members of the Seahaven Branch of the Royal Society of St George were deeply saddened to learn of the death of their Chairman, Major Bob Peedle MBE who died on 29th May 2022.

Bob had been instrumental in forming the Seahaven Branch in 2010, and under his Chairmanship the Branch has grown in strength from a handful of Members to the present membership.

Bob formed a very strong committee, and because of this, the Branch will continue to grow and carry on Bob’s work and the ideals of the Royal Society of St George.

He will be sorely missed by the many organisations which have been assisted by the Seahaven Branch of The Royal Society of St George, and also by all his friends and colleagues, and on behalf of everyone we send condolences to his family.

After retiring from the police Mike went to private security practice, where his clients included King Hussein of Jordan, Margaret Thatcher, after she left politics, and her son Mark Thatcher. When Mark went to live on South Africa Mike went with him, and also worked for many wealthy families in Cape Town. In summary, Mike looked back at a fascinating and challenging career but said he never forgot his humble origins.

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Don’t forget that Seaford’s Got Talent returns this year on 2nd July from 2pm. So, if you haven’t already done so, polish up your tap shoes, tune up your ukulele, lubricate your tonsils or polish your sleight of hand.

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Seaford u3a News The popular monthly coffee morning had an extra attraction on 18th May when a lovely cake, baked by a local baker was given to attendees in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was a large cake decorated with a rice-paper ‘badge’, which soon disappeared to the appreciative members and was quite delicious.

Members and non-members are invited to attend the July coffee morning the Con Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford on Wednesday 20th July between 10am and 12 noon. As with all Seaford u3a’s monthly coffee mornings this will be completely free to all and no booking is necessary.

Just come along and take part. The coffee morning is the only Seaford u3a event open to non-members and often serves as an introduction for prospective members.

The u3a movement celebrates its 40th year in the UK this year and the national organisation, the Third Age Trust, encouraged members to hold a celebratory picnic on 1st June. The members’ magazine Third Age Matters, suggested some very tasty recipes and some members got together in Crouch Gardens with their picnics.

Preparations are on-going to start the next u3a year in good style. Membership renewals and a programme for the year will be sent out to all members ready for the start of the membership year on 1st August. A comprehensive programme of groups is being offered on subjects including Art, Music, Science and Technology, Climate Change, table games such as Bridge and Scrabble, and several language groups. There will also be a good range of members’ interests talks taking place at the Downs. Some of the groups will be limited in size because they take place in group leader’s houses but the groups held in various halls will be able to take more members. The Downs talks have ample room for all.

Outings continue to be popular – the organiser of the May trip said: ‘Our visit to the Poppy Factory was fascinating and a sombre reminder that one hundred years on from the formation of this inspirational

organisation, nothing has changed. War with its death, mental and physical injury, trauma, destruction and devastation is still present in today’. In 1922, Major George Howson MC had a vision to employ injured veterans returning from The Great War, the “war to end all wars”. He founded the Poppy Factory where veterans started making the iconic poppies for the British Legion.

‘The outing continued to Kew Gardens where members saw the Grade 1 listed architectural glass houses, the Georgian Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte’s cottage.

They visited the tranquil manicured Japanese garden with its raked gravel, Minka House and a resident male peacock looking rather bored. Members also walked amongst wild areas, beautifully designed planting, the beautiful Rhododendron Dell and towering redwood trees in the Grove. There was also a huge calming lake, an arboretum with 2,000 species of trees, and dotted around were temples and follies, various places to eat and a wonderful adventure playground for kids.’

For more information about Seaford u3a see the website www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford. To find out about membership email seafordu3a@gmail.com sending your postal address for a welcome pack.

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SEAFORD ROTARY

Young Voices at the O2

On Monday 25th April 2022, 53 children from the choir at Seaford Primary School travelled to the O2 Arena to join 8,000 other children at a Young Voices massed choir event. What an event it was, with the sound of all those children’s voices performing songs including O Fortuna, medleys from the Lion King and of Beatles’ songs, and the ever-popular Power In Me all interspersed with supporting acts Urban Strides, The Beatbox Collective and solo singers. This was one of 25 Young Voices evenings this year held in Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Wembley, as well as at the O2 Arena.

Young Voices was started in 1997, so this year marked its 25th Anniversary. It is an extraordinary task to put this together each year, but is worth it for, as Ben Lewis, CEO of Young Voices says ‘Young Voices has always been about coming together, connecting, celebrating joy and creating those magical memories that leave lasting memories’. Seaford Rotary had received a request from Seaford Primary School to help with the cost of hiring the coaches to take them to the O2 Arena along with children from Chyngton Primary School, which we were pleased to do.

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Vice President Ann Reed and Youth Services Chair Paul Vaesen went along to the School to present a cheque to one of the Choir, accompanied by Headteacher Chris Davey and Head of Music Kate Steer.

Caravan Cleaning for Children with Cancer Fund

On a very wet Thursday morning we wondered whether it was worth going to St Leonards to clean the Children with Cancer Fund caravan. There had been thunder and lightning overnight and it was still raining heavily at 8am. The forecast, however, looked as though it would clear by mid-morning and since we had already postponed the cleaning operation twice, we decided to go. So, armed with buckets, rags, cleaning materials, brooms and step ladders (for the higher bits) and tea and coffee, past Presidents Martin McGill, Mike Roper, Frank Thompson and Paul Vaesen set forth in two cars to Combe Haven Caravan Park.

Children With Cancer Fund is a charity that we have supported over the years. They do a great job in granting wishes for children and the families of children that have been or are suffering from a form of cancer and they have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. They have three caravans which they let families use, and we have regularly cleaned one of them, until Covid stopped everything.

It is three years since we last cleaned the caravan at Combe Haven, so it required more work than usual this time. We stuck to it, and by 1pm had got it looking pretty good, so we returned home, via a lunch break at The Star at Normans Bay, with the feeling that we’d done a good morning’s work.

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Photos from top: (l-r): Rotarian Paul Vaesen, Headteacher Chris Davey and pupil member of the choir, Vice President Ann Reed and Head of Music Kate Steer; Paul Vaesen and Frank Thompson hard at work.

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Life in front of the Lens

People and Stories by Andrew Whittuck Following on from his very successful Landscape exhibition last year, Seaford Photographer, Andrew Whittuck will be holding his third exhibition at the Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes which features People and their Stories.

The photos this year will include some from the tragic Aberfan Mining Disaster in South Wales. These are very poignant as are those from the project he worked on with Farrukh Dhondy when looking at the effects of Undergraduate Strain on Cambridge Students, some of whom were their friends.

The photo story, Maharishi and the Beatles included Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull before they all went up to North Wales for a ‘preach in’ with the Yogi – thus launching Transcendental Meditation. Andrew was working as a freelance photo-journalist when, together with Farrukh Dhondy, he covered the story of Pink Flloyd. He was able to take close ups of them in his studio using a tripod as well as their gig lighting. He was therefore able to make very high quality prints which nobody else was able to do. He then went to Abbey Road Studios where he took photos of them as they completed their first album Piper at the Gates of Dawn. One of his photo story collections, based in Dublin, features Irish writer Christy Brown, author of My Left Foot.

Other portraits included in this exhibition are Melvin Bragg and family, Kenny Everett and Dave Cash (photo), Helen Mirren in her first film, Antonio Carluccio the chef and many more. You won’t be disappointed!

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Recruiting: Trainee Volunteer Advisers

Lewes District Citizens Advice is currently recruiting volunteer advisers for our current mainly digital online advice service. We also have some opportunities in our main Newhaven office for inperson volunteering. Since Covid, we have built up a successful telephone, email and video conference service for local clients. We have also developed a full remote training programme for trainees.

If you enjoy helping people, have good communication skills and would like to make a difference to your community, we would love to hear from you.

You would benefit from a very thorough training, and would gain broad experience across a number of advice areas, from consumer rights to welfare benefits.

You would also join a great team of people who come from all walks of life. Many of our volunteers go on to obtain paid work with the experience they’ve gained, while our retired volunteers are able to give the benefit of their past experience to help the community.

We ask that you are willing to commit at least 6 hours a week to us, with some flexibility in hours, and some additional training at times, and that you possess good computer skills. We are keen to recruit from all sections of the community, whatever your background or experience.

For further information, please email training@ lewescab.cabnet.org.uk or telephone 01273 007557 and leave a message. We will ring you back to have an informal chat.

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Gladiolus murielae, Abyssinian gladiolus, is another delicate offering with purple throated fragrant white flowers. This one flowers late summer to autumn. Gladioli corms should be deep planted (15cm) in fertile but well drained soil. If soil is heavy, add grit and plant the corms on a layer of sand.

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Summer is here, but before you are tempted to pull out the sunbed, bear in mind that the Annual Show is just a few weeks away on Saturday 6th August. The venue is Cradle Hill Community Primary School, where we hope to see a mass of entries in all classes. So before you nod off in the shade, check out the sections in your annual programme, then scan your garden and ponder what could achieve peak perfection by the 6th.

Some entries don’t require horticultural skills – there’s baking, home-made preserves, photography and arts and crafts, the latter section open to non-members, as is flower arranging. (Non-members can find details of show classes on our website at www.seafordhorti. com). There’s definitely something for everyone, especially the kids, so see you at the Show.

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3 Take cuttings of pinks about 3 inches long using non-flowering shoots. Dip in hormone rooting powder and plant around the edge of a pot using 50/50 potting compost and grit.

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MEMBERS’ NOTICE BOARD PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Annual Show Saturday 6th August at Cradle Hill Community Primary School, Lexden Road. A change of venue due to the sudden unavailability of Seaford Head School.

Gardener’s Question Time on 31st May was a fun evening, with topics including peat free compost and slugs. There was good audience participation and a special Jubilee raffle raised £345 for charity.

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Recently I’ve spent a lot of time on the beautiful West Sussex heaths, where I’ve been lucky to encounter an animal which always gets my heart beating as it speeds past; the Hobby. Around about now, high in a twiggy tree-top nest, two eggs will be laid. The proud parents have flown all the way from the Congo Basin to raise their family in the Sussex countryside.

Hobbies look debonair and dashing. With their black ‘eye mask’ and drooping ‘moustache’ there’s a touch of Zorro about them. And, like that enigmatic swordsman, Hobbies are famed for their speed and dexterity.

Superficially the Hobby looks similar to the Peregrine, which along with the Kestrel makes up the trio of falcons that breed in Sussex. But Peregrines are very different birds. They started raising their families way back in April and adult Peregrines are up to four times

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These victims are the reason for the Hobby’s 4,000-mile journey from Africa, and for their late egg laying. The birth of the hungry Hobby chicks is perfectly synchronised with their food supply, which is most abundant in Sussex skies in July and August. Hobbies specialise in catching the uncatchable; swallows, martins, swifts and dragonflies – all accomplished aviators themselves, who probably thought they were invincible whilst airborne. Watching a Hobby hunting is watching an accomplished predator at work.

If you’ve been on a wildlife walk with me you’ve probably already heard my favourite piece of Hobby trivia. In 1946 Mr Adolph of Langton Green, Kent had an idea. Presumably, with a name like that, the preceding seven years had been a tough time for Mr Adolph, but now he was free to unleash his incredible invention upon the world; a game which involved flicking wobbly model footballers up and down a tabletop. This game, he insisted, would be a great hobby for boys and he named his invention just that: Hobby.

But when it came to registering the name, the Patents Office said that ‘Hobby’ was too general a term. Instead, Mr Adolph took the scientific name from his favourite falcon. And so the agile Hobby (Falco subbuteo) became forever linked to wet Saturday afternoons flicking headless Crystal Palace midfielders around the dining room.

Michael Blencowe of the Sussex Wildlife Trust Images from top: Hobby by Roger Wilmshurst ©; Hobby by Barry Yates ©.

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The photos on this page were taken the day before celebrations marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee began, and in the beds and on the paths the community spirit that this event engendered was working its magic.

Not only were flowers glowing like jewels in the sunshine and vegetables massing upwards, but volunteers and visitors were feeling the joy of being in a beautiful, purposeful garden. To crown it all, our amazing space in the Crouch personified community.

In the past few weeks alone Seaford Community Garden has by arrangement hosted little people from Charlie Bears nursery, who have become frequent visitors learning about horticulture by doing it, sowing and planting in our special children’s garden, using their own tools. The Strengthening English Group of people living in the town and nearby area whose first language is not English, have visited to use the garden experience as a way of toning up and improving their vocabulary and use of idiom, as volunteer Lesley put it, ‘chatting while gardening,’ and planting nasturtiums after a guided tour.

Volunteer Dave added: ‘It really was a very pleasant morning. One young man is coming with a friend as a volunteer. And they are all very keen to visit again.’ A local group which is supporting guests from Ukraine is also being approached to see if they would enjoy a visit to the garden.

And then there are the Open Garden days when our plants are dressed overall in their best colours and, to allude to one particular tree, in full fig. June’s National

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Gardens Scheme, was a huge success, attracting 111 people through our tall gates and raising £183 in entry fees for NGS charities. Macmillan will benefit from the next charity opening on Saturday 23rd July when produce will be further forward and later-flowering plants will be at their best.

And don’t forget that Seaford Community Garden opens on Saturday mornings too, 10am until noon, from 2nd July onwards.

Visitors who haven’t had time to come in recently may notice that the flower beds are even fuller than before, allowing insects the best chance to pollinate. June featured a riot of plants from royal purple geraniums to roses in colours from regal red to palest cream, with apricots and yellows in between, while the broad beans were ripe for picking and peas were displaying their first white blossoms to promise a good harvest ahead.

So please come and see for yourselves any Wednesday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm, or on Saturday mornings during the rest of the summer to early autumn when the sales table should be groaning with fruit and veg.

And don’t forget to pick up choice plants from a huge variety for sale just inside the gate, all very reasonably priced and segregrated into planting locations from sun to shade.

The Garden Team Photos from top: Beth harvests broad beans; Can anyone name this beauty?; Yellow irises flourish around the wildlife pond edges; Foxgloves in the children’s garden; Geraniums proliferate; Charlie and his grandmother Lesley at work; Tree echiums tower into a blue sky.

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Observing Seaford promenade’s dog ban by-law from 1st May – 30th September.

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In order to ensure the comfort and ease of all beach users, a dog ban by-law was put in place from 1st May to 30th September on certain parts of the seafront.

Seaford Town Council would like to remind all dog walkers visiting the seafront to please take care in observing the dog ban areas, which differ for the promenade and beach itself, and are in effect from Frankie’s Beach Café leading west to the start of Bönningstedt Promenade.

There are signs along the promenade displaying the designated areas either for Dogs on Leads or No Dogs Allowed. Dog owners are also reminded to please pick up after your pets; this allows all users to enjoy the beach safely.

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SEAFORD SUCCESS AT SEAHAVEN BUSINESS AWARDS On Friday 13th May 2022, a glittering gala dinner was held at Jerrom Hall, Peacehaven, to celebrate the shortlisted entries and winners of this year’s Seahaven Business Awards.

In the presence of VIP guests: Her Majesty the Queens’s representative the Lord Lieutenant for East Sussex, Mr Andrew Blackman and His Excellency Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long of Vietnam and Deputy Chief of Mission, Counsellor Mrs To Minh Thu as well as Sussex MPs Maria Caulfield and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the Town Mayors and Presidents of Newhaven, Seaford and Peacehaven Chambers of Commerce, over 100 nominees, staff and guests had the pleasure of seeing the awards presented.

Chamber member Cloud Voice and Data were winners of Business of the Year, they also won 3rd place for Best

Customer Service.

Chamber member Tiger Cox was runner up for Young Business Person of the Year.

Chamber member Havens Food Co-operative won Best Environmental Business, and runner up for this award was our own Alasdair Fortune from Badger Inks. Paula Woolvern of Havens Community Hub was also runner up for Business Person of the Year.

La Maison BBQ and Mobile Catering Services based in Seaford won the award for Best Eatery and were runners up for Business of the Year.

Who knew we had such great entrepreneurs in our town? Why not enter the awards next year? The competition opens for entries in January.

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What’s On in July?

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Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers presents a public arts trail running along Seaford’s coastline. Guided tours, lecture nights and free workshops including drawing on the beach on Saturday 30th July. See online for details. www.wearescip.com

Weds 1st June – Sun 31st July Open Garden Driftwood, 4 Marine Drive

By appointment Open by appointment for visitors through the National Garden Scheme, BBC Gardeners’ World 2-for-1 scheme, and those who find the garden on TripAdvisor.

Public opening as part of Macmillan Garden Trail on Sat 23rd and Sun 24th July.

Thurs 23rd June – Tues 19th July Uno22: Seven

Gallery Uno, 14 High Street

10am - 4pm (Mon - Sat, closed Weds), 12 noon - 3pm (Sun) An inspiring selection of art, craft and design. Email: info@ galleryunoseaford.co.uk Instagram: @unoseaford

Friday 1st July Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road

2pm Monthly social meeting.

Neil Sadler talk Gongoozling for Beginners – A Life on the Canals. Visitors welcome.

Transport available if required.

Tel: 01323 895216. Email: white-c7@sky.com

Heartsease

Seaford Baptist Church Church, Belgrave Road

2.30pm A group for bereaved people, and anyone who finds themselves alone and would enjoy some social interaction. Includes speakers, entertainment other activities.

and refreshments. For further information contact John and Jill Hughes, tel: 01323 898678.

Seaford Community Cinema

Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane

7.30pm Parallel Mothers (15).

Tickets online or from Seaford Tourist Information Centre. wwwseafordcinema.org

Fri 1st – Sun 3rd Ignite Theatre: Gabriel

Meeching Hall, Fort Road, Newhaven

7.30pm (daily), 2pm (Sun only) Period thriller with awardwinning script. Tickets £10, available from SCDA, Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven, or online. www.citizenticket.uk www.ignite-theatre.com

Saturday 2nd Seaford’s Got Talent

Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road

2pm Share your hidden talent or just enjoy the show and BBQ. To find out more or reserve your tickets tel: Debbie Cox 07596 709044.

Email: coxdeb8@gmail.com

Seaford Choral Society Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

7pm Zimbe! Jazz choral work in various African languages.

The choir will be joined by Seaford Primary School Choir, a professional jazz quintet and ‘copious percussion’. Tickets £10, from choir members and Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street. www. seaford-choral-society.com

Sunday 3rd Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields (West)

7.30am (stallholders), 9am - 1pm (public) Low pitch fee, free car parking, refreshments available. www.seafordrotary.org.uk

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details. Non-members £3.

Membership enquiries, email: richardmongar@ btinternet.com www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk

Walk & Talk at the Downs

The Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road

10am Drop in and find out about the Growing Project, a community garden and orchard being planned at the Downs. Email: friendsofsuttondowns@gmail. com www.seafuture.org/ friends-of-sutton-downs

Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12.30pm Lunch and guest speaker. For further information, please contact Mike by phone or email. Tel: 01323 894893 Email: mjcstaples@gmail.com

Gloji Weight Loss Webinar www.gloji.co.uk

1 - 1.45pm A free weight loss programme with live and on demand exercise, relaxation and mindfulness sessions.

Register at www.gloji.co.uk

East Blatchington Lectures

St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd 2.30pm Rev. Arwen Folkes on how the Bible came to be in English. Tickets £7, including tea and cakes. To book, tel: 01323 899054 Email: officeebb. benefice@gmail.com

Friday 8th Seaford Community Cinema

Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane

7.30pm Belfast (12A). Tickets online or from Seaford Tourist Information Centre. wwwseafordcinema.org

Friday 8th – Sunday 10th Art, Sculptures, Crafts

Maison Cinq, 5 Lullington Close, Seaford BN25 4JH

2-4pm Friday, 11am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday or by appointment Art, sculpture and stylish crafts.

Tel: 07802 896215 or email: trimbeeinteriors@btinternet. com

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Saturday 9th NGS Open Garden

Thurs 14th – Sat 23rd Beacons

2pm - 5pm The National Garden Scheme supports nursing, healthcare charities and Stay Up Late. Renovated garden with new gravel bed, tropical planting and more. Afternoon teas, plants for sale. Admission £5. Also open Friday 15th July. www.cupanigarden.com

7.45pm (Tues-Sat), 2.30pm (Weds & Sun) Love, loss and midnight ice cream sundaes under the starlit skies of the South Downs. Tickest £10 - £21.50.

Tel: 01323 412000 www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

Cupani Garden, 8 Sandgate Close, BN25 3LL

Sunday 10th Seaford Museum & Heritage Society: The House on the Cliff Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road

2pm Another opportunity to see Chris Conil’s film of Lynn Lawson’s book about Cliff Cottage (later the Splash Point Hotel) that stood on Seaford Head. Lynn will be on hand to answer questions. £5 admission, £2 Museum members. Book via website. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk

Tuesday 12th Seaford Natural History Society Beaton’s Wood

10am Meet at Bates Green Farm, BN26 6SH, TQ 55296 07688. Nonmembers £3. Check online for changes before setting out. Membership enquiries, email: richardmongar@ btinternet.com www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk

The Probus Club of Seaford

Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.45pm Members meet for a chat, a two-course meal and a speaker. For further details, please contact the Secretary, Gavin. Tel: 01323 893760.

Wednesday 13th Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane

7pm for 7.30pm Members’ evening on PQR. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome. Tel: 01323 492433. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc

Devonshire Park Theatre, 8-10 Compton Street, Eastbourne

Friday 15th Hearing Aid Maintenance, Batteries and Hearing Loss Advice St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road BN25 2AB

10am - 12 noon Come and meet your local friendly team from East Sussex Hearing. Bring your brown NHS record book.

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NGS Open Garden

Cupani Garden, 8 Sandgate Close, BN25 3LL

2pm - 5pm In aid of the National Garden Scheme, which supports nursing and healthcare charities, and Stay Up Late. Recently renovated garden with new gravel bed and tropical planting alongside old favourites. Afternoon teas, plants for sale. Admission £5.

Also open Saturday 9sth. www.cupanigarden.com

Saturday 16th Lunchtime Concert

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm Clare Beesley, historical flute and Rosemary Kemp, piano.

Free entry with a retiring collection.

Sunday 17th Seven Sisters Lace Society WI Hall, Claremont Road

10am - 4pm A small, friendly group who meet on the 3rd Sunday of alternate months, primarily making bobbin lace but other types catered for. Beginners welcome, tuition provided.

Tel: Sue Brooks 07941 327409

Wednesday 20th Seaford U3A Coffee Morning

Constitutional Club, Crouch Ln 10am - 12 noon Free entry. Open to members and non-members. No need to book.

Menopause Café

The Hormone Centre, 12 Bainbridge Close

7pm - 8.30pm Mr Ash Subramanian, consultant breast surgeon, delivering safe care to patients with a history of breast disease or breast cancer.

Light refreshments available. £25, fully redeemable against consultation fee. Please RSVP. Tel: 01323 884334 Email: info@ thehormonecentre.com

Thursday 21st Seaford Afternoon Flower Club

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

1.30 - 3.30pm Local florists from Ambers demonstrate a range of designs. Competition ‘Fun with Flowers’. Membership £30 per year, visitors £5 on the door.

Tel: Mary 01323 893899 or Sue 01323 894848.

Friday 22nd Back 2 the Beats Dance Party

Denton Island Bowls Club, Enterprise Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven

7.30pm - 11.55pm Floor-fillers from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. Tickets £10, summer special – 4 for the price of 3. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ back2thebeats Facebook: back 2 the beats

Fri 22nd – Sun 31st Life in Front of the Lens: People and Stories by Andrew Whittuck

Star Brewery Gallery, Star Brewery, Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes

11am - 4pm (Tues-Sat), 12 noon - 4pm (Sun) Exhibition by Seaford photographer Andrew Whittuck, featuring shots of

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Monday 25th Seaford Community Partnership

What’s On Weekly?

Saturday 23rd Repair Café Seaford

7pm AGM. Let us tell you what we’ve been doing and tell us what improvements and projects you’d like to see in the town. www.seafordpartnership.co.uk

Drawing Workshops

Mercread Centre, Mercread Rd 12 noon Community lunch 1pm - 3.30pm Bring your broken items from home for repair with the help of specialist volunteers. Tea, coffee and cake while you wait for your item to be seen. www.seafordrepaircafe.co.uk

Bar at the Bandstand

Newhaven Bandstand, Denton Island, Newhaven

12 noon - 4pm & 5pm - 9pm Sussex’s independent wine, beer and gin producers, live music, food, soft drinks and a maker’s marketplace. Session 1 (12-4pm): family friendly, with children’s activity tent.

Session 2 (5-9pm): over-18s only. Tickets £4 (age 4-17), £10 (adults), free (under-4s). www.newhavenfestival.co.uk Instagram: @bar.at.the. bandstand

Seaford Sessions: Tim Keegan and the Gentle Men Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road

7.30pm Folk, roots and Americana acoustic sounds. Tickets £15, available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church St, or online. www.seafordsessions.org

Sat 23rd – Sun 24th Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail Driftwood, 4 Marine Drive; The Walled Garden at the Schoolhouse, The Egg; Seaford Community Garden, The Crouch (Sat only); 8 Downs Road; Burford, Cuckmere Road; 14 Lullington Close (Sat only); 27 Alfriston Park 11am - 5pm Event opened by Christine Walkden 11am, Saturday 23rd at Driftwood. Book all day tickets online, singles available from individual gardens. www.geoffstonebanks.co.uk

Cross Way Church, Clinton Pl

Mon 25th – Sat 6th Aug Seaford Photographic Society Annual Exhibition

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 10am - 1pm (Mon - Sat), 11am - 1pm (Sun), 10am - 5pm (Sat 30th only) Free admission. www.seafordps.org

Tuesday 26th Seaford Natural History Society Chichester Harbour

10am Members only.

Membership enquiries, email: richardmongar@ btinternet.com www. seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk

Seaford Horticultural Society

St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd

7pm Members social evening.

Ticketed event with guest speaker Tom Hart Dyke.

Tickets £4. To reserve, tel Jan Williams: 01323 873675 www.seafordhorti.com

Saturday 30th East Dean Village Market Summer Carnival East Dean & Friston Village Hall and car parks, Village Green Lane, East Dean

10am - 4pm Local foods, makers crafts, artisans, live music, demonstrations, carnival games, cake competition and more.

Free parking. For additional details, email: mirandabearns@ aol.co.uk

Open Church Café & Seaford Photographic Society Exhibition

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 10am - 12.30pm (café), 10am - 5pm (exhibition) Free refreshments, craft for kids. All welcome. www.seafordparish.org.uk

Arts and Crafts Paradise Park, Avis Rd, Newhaven BN9 0DH

Last Monday of the month 10am - 12 noon £15 per session. Contact Lesley Harvey: 07722 236741.

East Sussex Moviemakers

St Luke’s Church, Rattle Road, Stone Cross 1st and 3rd Weds of the month, 7pm - 9pm A friendly club with members prepared to assist those new to film making. Anyone with an interest in watching quality amateur films or helping with the tasks involved in film making is welcome to join.

For details, tel Val MacManus: 07590 904778. www. eastsussexmoviemakers.org

Jewellery & Creative Metal Classes Seaford

Mon, Tues & Weds 10.15am - 1.15pm £240 per term. Beginners, intermediate and advanced students welcome: Tel Amanda: 01323 873313.

Email: amandazoejewellery@ yahoo.com

Knit and Craft

Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Rd, Seaford

Thursdays 2pm - 4pm For more details please phone Viola on 01323 890271.

Linocut Printmaking

Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven

Fridays 2pm - 4pm (from 8th October) All equipment provided.

Beginners welcome. £10 per session. To book a place, tel: Sally Jennings 07876 666784.

Email: jennings.sally@gmail.com

Meridian Lacemakers Anzac Room, Meridian Centre, Peacehaven

3rd Saturday of the month 10am - 3.30pm Friendly group of ladies who meet to make all types of bobbin lace, together with needle lace and tatted lace, and sometimes crochet or

knitting. Beginners welcome.

Tel: Gail Ball 01323 730552.

Pottery Workshop

Brasspoint School of Visual Arts, 84 Sutton Road

Mon: 6pm - 8pm Start date 18th April Thurs: 10am - 12 noon Start date 21st April.

Classes suitable for complete beginners, as well as those looking to develop their skills.

12-week course. www.brasspointsva.com

Seaford Afternoon Flower Club

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

3rd Thursday of the month (except Jan) 1.30pm - 3.30pm Membership £30 per year, visitors £5. Tel: Mary 01323 893899 or Sue 01323 894848.

Seaford Art Club

The Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road

Fridays 2pm - 4pm New members always welcome, although we currently have a waiting list.

Please note, not suitable for beginners. Further details and a contact form are available on our website. www.seafordartclub.weebly. com

Seaford Evening Flower Club

The Flint Barn (Downs 60+ Club), Sutton Corner, Seaford

First Thursday of the month (except August) 7pm New members very welcome.

Tel: 01323 896567.

Seaford Photographic Society

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford BN25 1PU Fridays 7pm for 7.45pm Friendly club for all age groups and abilities. Chat about photography, lectures, talks and competitions. Visit www.seafordps.org and get in touch via the ‘contact’ button.

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Children Scallywags

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Fridays in term-time 9.30am-11am Established playgroup for whole pre-school age. Toys, games, songs, refreshments. £1 per parent/carer. Staffed by DBS volunteers. Just turn up!

Streetfunk Common Room, 2 Old Tree Parade

Wednesdays 4pm-5pm (Beginners, 6-8 yrs), 5pm -6pm (Intermediate, 9-13 yrs) Streetdance and Hip Hop dance classes. Email: info@ streetfunk.co.uk www.streetfunk.co.uk

Clubs/ Organisations Bereaved by Suicide Support: East Sussex

Assistance for those bereaved by suicide. Support is faceto-face, via the telephone or Zoom. Also support groups meeting others who have been through similar experiences. Contact 07542 305419 or email Kellie.leyton@ sussexcommunity.org.uk

Blue Van Veterans’ Breakfast Club

Seaford Town Football Club, The Crouch, Bramber Lane BN25 1TL

Second Sunday of the month 9am - 11am Cooked breakfast, tea, coffee and soft drinks. £6 per head.

WWII veterans free. Tel: 07754 147778 or 01323 890211. email: edafvbc.sf@yahoo.com www.bluevandropin.co.uk.

Greenhavens Network

For more information email: contact@greenhavens.network or Facebook: Greenhavens Network.

Just Friends

The Newhaven Day Club, West Quay, Newhaven 1st & 3rd Monday of the month 10am - 12 noon, 2nd Mon walking group, 4th Mon lunch group Weekly and monthly social

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Lip Reading Classes

Sutton Corner Barn (previously 60+ Club), Sutton Road, Seaford

Tuesday 5th and 12th July, 10am Sign language is also included in the lessons. £5 per week.

Phone Jayne on 01323 655957 or email: enya1.marsh@gmail. com

Martello Rotary Seaford

For more information email: contact@martellorotary.org.uk or visit www.rotary-ribi.org

National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA)

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane

Third Wednesday of the month 2.30pm Talks from Oct to March (no meeting in December). Outings from spring to autumn, plus other social and fundraising events.

New members (including non-NT members) welcome.

For further information, tel: 07989 077079, email: membershipntsa@gmail.com www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt

Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club

For more information visit www.npslions.co.uk or email: lionpresident@npslions.co.uk.

Tel: 0345 8335981.

Facebook: @NPSLions

Reading Friends

Seaford Library, 15-17 Sutton Park Road Thursday: 11.30am - 12.30pm Weekly drop-in for friendship, stories and activities around books and reading. Tel: 0345 6080 196. www.new. eastsussex.gov.uk/libraries

Seaford Bridge Club

St Thomas More Church Hall, 54 Sutton Road

Mon: 1.30pm - 4.30pm Weds: 6.30pm - 9.30pm Online Fri: 7pm - 9.30pm If you would like to find out more, or arrange a visit, please contact John Gillespie, Club Secretary, tel: 01323 893626,

email: gillespiejohn6@gmail. com, or Pam Pelling, Chair, tel: 07834 833561, email: pampelling@hotmail.com

Seaford Museum and Heritage Society The Esplanade, Seaford

Sat and Sun 11am - 4pm, Weds 2 - 4pm We welcome visitors to our Tardis-like Museum displaying history from the Stone Age to the present day.

Tel: 01323 898222. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Facebook: Seaford Museum.

Seaford Rotary

New members welcome. For more information contact via: www.seafordrotary.org.uk/ contact.php

Seaford u3a

For more information about Seaford u3a visit: www. u3asites.org.uk/seaford.

For membership email: seafordu3a@gmail.com including your postal address for a welcome pack.

Seaford u3a Coffee Morning

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane. BN25 1PU

Third Wednesday of the month 10am - 12pm Open to members and non-members. Coffee and nibbles £2. Just come along.

Email: seafordu3a@gmail.com.

For membership visit: www. u3asites.org.uk/seaford.

Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd

First Wednesday of the month, 1.30 - 3.30pm Craft & Chat.

Second Wednesday of the month, 2pm Main meeting.

Third Wednesday of the month, 2pm Master Class.

Fourth Wednesday of the month, 1 - 2pm Walking group.

Email: seafordwisecretary@ gmail.com

Seahaven Afternoon Trefoil Guild

St Thomas More Church Hall, Sutton Park Road First Tuesday of the month, 1.45-3.45pm Part of Girlguiding UK. New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 894454.

Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club

St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road BN25 2AB First Friday of the month, 2 - 4pm Guest speakers and other activities, tea, biscuits, raffle.

New members always welcome.Tel: 01323 895216 or email: white-c7@sky.com

Trees for Seaford

For more information visit: www.treesforseaford. wordpress.com/Facebook: treesforseaford or email: treesforseaford@gmail.com

Waves Family Support 8 Church Street

Tues - Thurs 9.30am - 12.30pm Weekly drop-in for parents and children 0-4 years. Tues: toys and craft activities; Weds: sensory play; Thurs: play.

Tel: 01323 873797 www.wavesseaford.org.uk

Community Cross Way Church

Clinton Place, Seaford BN25 1NP

Sundays, 10.30am Everyone welcome to join in worship on Sundays.

Tel: 01323 894687 Email: cross waychurchseaford@gmail.com www.crosswaychurchseaford.org

Friends of Tide Mills

Tide Mills near Seaford and Bishopstone Third Sunday of the month 9am - 11am Meet at beach end of old village road. Help us care for this special place. Email: brianjimskinner@gmail.com

Seaford Allotments Sutton Drove, Seaford

For more information, contact sec.seaford.allot@gmail.com The waiting list for allotments is closed at present.

Seaford Baptist Church Belgrave Rd BN25 2EE

Sundays 10.30am Please join us for our service, also available on YouTube.

Tel 01323 896009 for updates on children’s Sunday morning activities.

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Seaford Beach Clean

St Leonard’s & St Luke’s

First Sunday of the month Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, BYO bucket.

Accompanied children and dogs welcome. Email: plasticfreeseaford@gmail.com

For details of all our services and events, please visit our website. www.seafordparish.org.uk

Martello Tower and The Buckle end of beach

Seaford Community Garden

Crouch Gardens next to the Peace Garden

Weds 9.30am - 12.30pm Sat 10am - 12 noon (July to Sept only) Garden open, plants and produce for sale. All welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/scg

Seaford Community Tea Room

Seaford Old Town Hall, Church Street

St Leonard’s, Church St; St Luke’s, Walmer Rd

The Group Social Group

John Harvey Tavern, Bear Yard, Cliff High Street, Lewes Fourth Thursday of the month, 7pm A social group for unattached men and women over 55 years old. www.thegroup. org.uk

Music

Concentus Choir

Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, Eastbourne BN20 9QX

Mon - Sat 10am - 1pm New customers welcome to enjoy tea, coffee and cake. We are now open until 1pm on Saturday.

Mondays 7.15pm No need to read music to join this friendly choir – regularly sings in Seaford. Tel: 07920 430162 or 07789 343514. www.concentus-sings.com

Seaford Environmental Alliance

Lifesong Creative Arts Club

Climate Hub, 4 Clinton Place

Climate Hub: 9am - 12 noon (Thurs, Fri), 10am - 1pm (Sat) SEA is working to tackle the climate and ecological emergency. The SEA Community Fridge operates from the Hub to pass on surplus food and reduce food waste. Email: hello@seafuture. org www.seafuture.org/ the-sea-climate-hub

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. Details at www.nwr.org.uk or email us at: nwrmemberseaford@ btinternet.com

Seaford Town Market Church Street

Second & fourth Saturday of the month 10am - 3pm Local foods, producers, makers, crafts, artisan and much more.

Email: mirandamarket73@ yahoo.com

Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road Various days/times Childrens music workshops, dance, drumming, art and song workshops for all ages.

For more details visit: www. seaford-choral-society.com

Seaford Choral Society Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Mondays 7.15pm For more details visit: www. seaford-choral-society.com

Seaford Handbell Ringers St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road

Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon For more details tel Margaret Hopkins: 01323 325305. New members very welcome.

Wednesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm For more details tel Jo Tigg 01323 893878. New members very welcome.

Seaford Musicians

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Fridays 10am - 12 noon until 1st July, restarts 9th September Orchestra open to all

instruments and all abilities, with enjoyment the keynote. £10 per term. For further details, email: pat@ pwhiteseaford.co.uk or tel: 01323 897360.

Seaford Silver Band

Seaford Head School, Steyne Rd Wednesdays 8pm - 10pm New members welcome, all levels of music. www.seafordsilverband.co.uk

Seaford Sings

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Thurs 7.30pm - 9pm Come and sing a huge range of music, no audition necessary.

Have fun and raise money for Cancer Research UK. For information, contact Martin: Tel: 07925 548217 Email: Martinneill139gmail.com

Singing for Fun

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Weds 11am - 12 noon Thurs 7pm - 8pm For adults of all ages and abilities. No need to read music. £6 on the door. Tel: 01323 365495 or 07799 818590. Email: sallyann@ crystalclearaudio.co.uk

Sutton Barn Choir

Old Flint Barn, Sutton Corner Wednesdays 10.30am - 11.30am Singers over 40 years age welcome. Pop music 1920s to present day. No need to read music. Membership included in annual Downs 40+ Club membership.

Tel: 01323 896422 Facebook: Sutton Barn Choir

Sport/Dance/ Health

1-2-3 Walks/East Sussex Health Walks

Salts Café, 14 Marine Parade Tuesdays 10am One-hour walk led by trained community volunteers. Free to join, no need to book.

Beautiful Yoga with Kelly Burns Clinton Centre, Clinton Place

St James’ Trust Community Centre, 11 Blatchington Road Fridays 9.30 - 10.30am Full library of recorded classes also available to do in your own home. A blend of flowing and still postures to build strength and flexibility of the body and mind. All abilities welcome. Tel: 07828 829965.

Email: contactkellyburns@gmail. com. www.facebook.com/ beautifulyogawithkellyburns

Crouch Bowling Club

Crouch Gardens, East Street

A friendly bowls club open to all age groups. Bowling outdoors April to September, free coaching available. Indoor short mat bowls and skittles between October and April.

Social events throughout the year. Tel: 07736 750126 Email: secbowls@gmail.com www.crouchbowling clubseaford.co.uk§

Cycle Seahaven Various locations

Rides for MTB and road riders of all levels of fitness and experience. For more information visit www.cycleseahaven.org.uk

Exercise Classes

Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Rd, Seaford

Tues & Thurs 10am High energy dance-style class with music from Bollywood to ballroom. Tel: 07786 425758. johnlouisecave@gmail.com www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Freeflowyoga

Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Mon 6.30pm - 7.45pm Weds 10am - 11.30am, 7.30pm - 8.45pm

Bishopstone Village Hall

Thurs 7pm - 8pm Gentle hatha yoga. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Tel: 07515 961327 Email: Theresesaunders7@ aol.com Facebook/Freeflowyoga

Gold Exercise Classes

Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Rd Tues & Thurs 2pm

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Church Hall, Bramber Ave, Peacehaven

Weds 2.30pm Fun, friendly, less energetic dance-style class for all ages, music from ’60s and ’70s. Tel: 07786 425758. johnlouisecave@gmail.com www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Guided Meditations for Wellbeing Seaford

Mon 10.30am - 12 noon Tues 7pm - 8.30pm Relaxing and restoring your body and mind. Also available: 1 to 1 meditation, Reiki, Indian head massage.

Tel Ann: 07989 294445.

In Balance Yoga

www.in-balance.org.uk Online – Thurs 10am - 11.15am

WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Road

Fri 10am - 11.15am All abilities/ages welcome.

Hatha yoga classes connecting the breath with movement for a mindful practice. Private 1 to 1 yoga and massage.

Tel: 07444 549859. Email: inbalancesussex@gmail.com

Newhaven Gig Rowing Club Newhaven Marina, Yacht Harbour BN9 9BY

NGRC is a charity rowing club inclusive to all from the ages of 11 to 75+. If you are interested in learning to row please visit https:// ngrc.co.uk for more info.

NGRC ask that a health questionnaire is completed in advance for safety reasons.

Your maiden voyage session is approx. 90 mins. Only £5.

Each row after is then £3.

For more information email: membership@ngrc.co.uk

Pilates & Yoga with Karen Hall

Cross Way Church/Clinton Centre, Clinton Place

Mon 6pm-7pm Restorative pilates for back care and managing pain conditions 7.15 - 8.30pm Yoga Inspired

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Weds 9.30am - 10.30am Pilates for Every Body 11am - 12 noon Chairbased exercise

Dance Studio, Seaford Head School, Arundel Road

Seahaven Yoga

Seaford Osteopathic Clinic

Tuesdays 10.30am, Thursdays 7pm

Thursdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm Pilates for Every Body

Mon morning & Tues afternoon/ eve Personal tuition (mat/ reformer).Tel: 07944 785520.

Email: karenmoves@gmail.com www.pilatesstudioseaford.co.uk

Pumped

The Chapel Rooms, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd BN25 2HE

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane. BN25 1PU

Saturdays 10am Tel/text: 07983 622840. Email: seahavenyoga@btinternet.com www.seahavenyoga.co.uk

Join our fun, affordable, sweaty classes today. Facebook: Pumped Bootcamps, Instagram: pumpedbootcamp

Sevalight Hatha Yoga & Relaxation Class

Seaford Bowling Club

Bishopstone Village

Chichester Road BN25 2DT

New members welcome to our friendly and inclusive club. We are open all year with bowling from April to September and short mat and social activities in the winter.

Tel 01323 899845 or 07710 546223. Email: bdnewns@ gmail.com. www.seafordbowlingclub.co.uk

Seaford Striders Running Club Monday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Lewes Track.

Wednesday: 6.30pm onwards Main club night, start times/ locations vary for different ability groups.

A friendly, supportive running club for all running abilities.

Email: info@seafordstriders. org.uk www.seafordstriders.org.uk

Seaford Tennis Club

Belgrave Rd BN25 2HE Play from 8am - 10pm New member offer, 3 months for only £50! Get fit and play tennis at Seaford Tennis Club.

We welcome players of any ability and age. Sign up at www.seafordtennis.com

Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group

St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road

Wednesdays 10.15am - 12.15pm Gentle exercise for body, mind and chuckle muscles. Visitors/ new members welcome. £4 per week. Contact Nid Barnes: 01323 897315.

St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tuesdays 10am

Tuesdays 6.30pm Small group yoga classes for all abilities. Deeply relaxing and healing. Tel: Susannah 07862 263869. Email: susannah@ breathing-spaces.com www.breathing-spaces.com

Seven Sisters Pool Seaford 61 Chyngton Road

Mon mornings Water Babies.

Sessions for babies/under school-age children with Michelle. www.waterbabies.co.uk Mon 6pm - 8pm & Thurs 1.30pm - 3.30pm SLK Aqua Yoga. Gentle water exercise in 40-minute sessions. www.slkaquayoga.co.uk Tues - Sat mornings Baby Swimming Squidz. Baby/toddler swimming with Tara. Tel: 07941 651150

Southern Stomp Line Dance Club

Church Hall, Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven

Monday 10am - 12 noon Good Intermediate 12.15 - 1.30pm Good beginners Wednesday 10am - 12 noon Improver/Intermediate 12.15 - 1.30pm Absolute beginners

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Telscombe Hall, Tyedean Road, Telscombe Cliffs

Tuesday 7.15 - 8.45pm Improver Plus Tel Joy: 01273 587714. www.southernstomp.com

Tai Chi & Kung Fu

Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Rd, Seaford

Tues 5.50 - 7pm Family Kung Fu £6 adults, £4 Children Tues 7 - 8pm Tai Chi £7 per class or £10 both classes Thurs 12 - 1pm Tai Chi £8 drop in, £7 if paying monthly.

Instructor Audra Marshall.

Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud.com

Yin Yoga with Jacqui

St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd, Seaford and online

Thurs 9.30am - 10.45am In person and online. Small in person class, booking essential.

Email: jacqui.johnston@hotmail. co.uk. Tel: 07816 154644.

Yoga and Sound Baths

Private Studio, Newhaven

Sound Baths: Sunday afternoon Therapeutically healing and relaxation plus re-energizing experiential sessions.

70+ Yoga: Tuesday: 10 - 11.30am Joint freeing mobility sessions, breathing techniques plus relaxation with Senior British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Trainer/ ex Army Nurse.

Mixed Ability Yoga Wednesday: 10 - 11.30am Small group and individual support. Empower yourself, improve your health, calm your mind.

Progressing in Yoga Wednesday: 7.30 - 9pm Small group with guidance by advanced dual qualified senior tutor in ‘Know Yoga, Know Peace, No Yoga, No Peace’.

Tel: 01273 512306 or email: samtosha4u@btinternet.com

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