Seaford Scene June 2022

SEAFORD Scene June 2022 Issue 182

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

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

The Beacon Show The Cliff Gardens Seaford for Ukraine

Seaford Splash!

Seaford Choral Society

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Welcome

to the June issue of Seaford Scene.

There’s so much going on this month, including the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, running from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June.

There will be Jubilee activities to enjoy in Seaford over the four-day Bank Holiday, including the lighting of the Beacon at Splash Point and a performance of A song for the Commonwealth by the Archway Choir.

For more details, see page 16. The Beacon Show will also be well underway this month, which includes an amazing art trail, children’s workshops, lectures and guided tours (page 28). Plans for the new Cliff Gardens can finally be revealed – take a look at the designs for the garden, including planting, seating and sculptures on pages 40 to 41. Arlington Church features on page 44 with the launch of Rodney Castleden’s latest book In Love and Faith, and continuing the theme of churches I urge you to visit the Parish Church in Berwick to see the beautiful murals painted by the Bloomsbury artists, see page 91. For all you adrenaline junkies out there, the Denton Community Challenge returns on Saturday 11th, see page 47 and for music lovers we have the latest from Seaford Choral Society on page 88, Seaford Sessions on page 72 and a thank you note from Seaford Strummers on page 78. Don’t forget it’s Father’s Day on the 19th. Enjoy your June jubilations!

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Seaford for Ukraine Seaford Rotary Greenhavens Network... Growing your Own Seaford’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Uno22: Six – Celebrating Everything We Love About Sussex Through Art, Design & Craft Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club Seaford Photographic Society Ignite Theatre Presents Gabriel The Beacon Show A View from the Potting Shed Seaford Community Garden Wraps Off...The Cliff Gardens In Love and Faith: Arlington Church & Churchyard Denton Community Challenge Seaford Afternoon Flower Club St George’s Day Celebration Clifden House Seaford Little Theatre Seaford Natural History Society On the Verge – What’s Bugging Us? Open Garden at The Long House, Westdean 72 Seaford Sessions ‘Scuff it Up’ 76 Alfriston and Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association 78 Seaford Sunshine Strummers 81 Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club 85 Seaford u3a News 88 Seaford Choral Society 91 Pictures on the Walls 94 Seaford Museum 97 Sussex Wildlife Trust 98 Save Seaford’s Swifts 105 Trees for Seaford 106 The Probus Club of Seaford 111 Alfriston Art Club Annual Exhibition 111 Community Champion Recognised

by Seaford Mayor 118 Newberry Tully Estate Agent 123 What’s On in June?

129 Index of Businesses Cover artwork by Asako Masunouch, agencyrush.com for The Beacon Show by @wearescip, page 28.

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Seaford’s Town Crier and Mayor Open the 2022 Town Forum!

Over 60 members of public attended Seaford’s recent Annual Town Forum to receive an update on Town Council activities over the past year, watched as the deserving recipients received their Mayor’s and Young Mayor’s Awards and heard presentations from local community groups and charities. The 2022 Town Forum, hosted by Seaford Town Council and opened

by Town Crier, Peter White took place at The View at Seaford Head on Tuesday 12th April and was a very positive meeting, full of key updates and information, and inspiring messages from the award winners and community groups in attendance. The Town Council valued the opportunity to bring so many people together and recognise some of the amazing work going on in our Town.

The meeting began with a live performance from two members from Lake Academy of Dance with their lovely rendition of If Mama Was Married from Gypsy the musical, followed by a presentation from the Town Clerk on the key work of the Council in the last year.

Presentations were made by The Youth Counselling Project, Teddy Treats, Cuckmere Buses, Bishopstone United Charities, St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Seaford Bonfire Society, Seaford Cricket Club and The Down Syndrome Development Trust who had all received financial grants from the Council during 2021. All the presentations were informative and helped raise understanding and awareness of how these vital grants can really change people’s lives and improve the town of Seaford.

Also present were those groups and charities in receipt of small financial grants (under £500) during 2021, who arranged display tables letting people know more about what they do. Again, the Council thanks those organisations; Friends of Bishopstone Station and The Ambulance Responder Team.

The evening moved on to the annual Mayor’s Awards.

Mayor, Councillor Rodney Reed, was pleased to announce his awards to individuals that have helped support and enrich the town; Trees for Seaford, Julie Moore from Julie’s Scoop & Weigh, Jonathan and Pat Franklin from Dymock Farm Shop and Sophie Carpenter from Morrisons Seaford. Tom Webster from

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Seaford Town Football Club was awarded with a Highly Commended Certificate.

The Annual Don Mabey award, awarded to individuals for outstanding service to the town, was posthumously presented to the late Claire Sumners from Plastic Free Seaford. Councillor Rodney Reed said: ‘Claire was nominated and chosen during her lifetime but despite our best endeavours Claire had slipped away quickly so the award is a posthumous one and I am pleased that Chris is here to receive the Shield and Award in Claire’s memory. But this won’t be the only part of her legacy. Many of us in Seaford will work to ensure her work continues. I valued my contact with Claire through Plastic Free Seaford, and I recognised how much Claire achieved for our town through her work encouraging and updating the Seaford Town Council’s Single Use Plastics Policy in addition to the Beach Cleans and enabling local businesses and individuals to be Plastic Free Champions’.

The 2021/2022 Young Mayor, Joe Lacy, presented his award to Zoe McCaig of Seaford and Newhaven Sailing Club to thank her for her hard work with young people in the area.

Erin Franklin, 2022/23 Young Mayor, informed the meeting that during her year of office she would be aiming to work closely with Seaford Environment Alliance and the eco team Seaford Head School.

The minutes and photos of the event will be available on the Town Council’s website at www.seafordtowncouncil. gov.uk or updates can always be found on the Council’s Facebook and Twitter pages, search Seaford Town Council and link to it for the latest news.

The Town Council wishes to thank all those that took part, and offer its congratulations to those well-deserved award winners.

Photo: The Mayor of Seaford, Cllr Rodney Reed with Claire’s Husband; Chris Sumners.

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rescuers to the money. Chaos ensues. Derek Benfield’s play is directed by Sharon Olieff. Performances start at 7.45pm except for that on Saturday 11th June which is at 2.30pm. Tickets from ticketsource and the TIC.

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

Jazz

Pianist/singer Neal Richardson and his trio are back at Splash Point Jazz Club at The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, on 8th June at 7pm with Neal’s ‘Not’ King Cole Show. Tickets from wegottickets or on the door.

Cinema

Seaford Community Cinema delves into the psyche of troubled Princess Diana and her relationship with the royal family in the pyscho-drama Spencer (12). The film focuses on a fraught three days at Sandringham over Christmas and can be seen at the Barn Theatre on Friday 10th June at 7.30pm. Friday 24th June at 7.30pm showcases the House of Gucci (15) (above), directed by Ridley Scott, sarring Lady Gaga as Patricia Reggiani, an outsider from a humble background, marrying into the empirical Guccis. Her huge ambition triggers a spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge and murder. On Friday 1st July at 7.30pm Pedro Almódovar’s subversive Parallel Mothers (15) is about two mothers who give birth on the same day and is a vehicle for exploring dark Spanish history. 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. Tickets from seafordcinema. org, from the Tourist Information Office (TIC) in Church Street or on the door.

Drama

Seaford Little Theatre is staging comedy Off The Hook from Friday 10th to Saturday 18th June. Two shady characters called Harold Spooks are sent to prison.

One is sprung to lead his dodgy ‘friends’ to the loot he stashed away before. A mix-up means that the wrong man finds himself in a hotel and obliged to lead his

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Concentus choir is singing at Seaford Baptist Church on Saturday 11th June at 7pm with pieces from Carousel, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Greatest Showman, Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Merry Widow plus Verdi and Carl Orff, with solos in several pieces. Tickets from Newberry Tully estate agents in Church Street, from ticketsource on by calling 07789 343514/07920 430162.

Folk

Derbyshire duo Intarsia 9 (right) are at the Crypt Gallery on 11th June at 7.30pm when Jo May and Sarah Matthews combine voice, violin, viola, octave fiddle, tenor guitar, balafon and other percussion instruments to deliver original and traditional material inspired by English songs, European dance tunes and West African rhythms. Tickets from Eventbrite. Seaford Sessions is showcasing Gilmore & Roberts at Seaford Little Theatre on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm. This award-winning contemporary folk duo play fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Tickets from wegottickets or the TIC. For more see page 72.

Open gardens

If it’s summer it’s Open Gardens, so visit (in alphabetical order) 2 Barons Close; Burford in Cuckmere Road; 34 Chyngton Road; 5 Clementine Avenue; Cosy Cottage, 69 Firle Road; Lavender Cottage, 69 Steyne Road; Madehurst, 67 Firle Road and Seaford Allotments in Sutton Drove on Sunday 12th June from 10am until 5pm to enjoy brilliant planting and garden design. These gardens are open under the NGS (National Gardens Scheme), which requires a very high standard.

Art

Go to the Crypt Gallery from Friday 17th and Thursday 23rd June where Pamela Earl’s Watergate exhibition is open from 12 noon to 4pm each day. Entrance free.

Please email Andrea at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com by 31st May with forthcoming events and jpg images.

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Seaford For Ukraine As many of you will be aware, a few weeks ago a group drawn from members of local churches, councillors and voluntary organisations was set up to actively welcome people from Ukraine who are seeking sanctuary in our community.

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A daily UKR Community Café has been launched, now providing a social space for Ukrainian guests to meet one another, speak in their own language and share information and experiences.

3 months’ provision of TEFL/ESL Language classes ready to be launched through the voluntary efforts of a team of professional teachers and the provision of space at St Peter’s Church. Wednesday at the UKR café offers an informal ‘assessment’ and signposting. We are happy, potentially, to welcome a limited number of students from other areas.

A pathway for accessing formal education and employment with a partnership through ESCC and partners will be offered through a local drop-in at the community café for Ukraine displaced persons.

Local grants are being awarded for the purchase of necessary items, provision of essentials, and help with getting on feet. Facilitation of other material support also mediated (including a car, beds, a violin, toys, bedding etc).

Over £5,000 raised so far through local giving. Thank you to the many societies, clubs, concerts, bucket collections that have achieved this.

Transport provided to help guests reach Seaford.

Support on arrival with accessing services, information and support.

Flagging up system issues directly with council leaders and our MP Maria Caulfield.

All of this is possible because of the partnership approach that we have formed and the goodwill of so many who live in Seaford. This is Seaford at its best.

Our formal S4U Facebook Page has now been set up and can be found at www.facebook.com/ seaford4ukraine More information can be found at Seaford for Ukraine or www.wbbchurches.org.uk and donations are welcome. Please email: seafordforukraine@gmail. com for more information about classes and services.

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SEAFORD ROTARY

Bluebell Walk

Seaford Rotary was privileged to have the opportunity to provide the refreshments at the Bluebell Walk at Bates Green Farm, Arlington on 21st and 22nd April, and so Seaford Rotarians took their places at the information kiosk, in the café and the gate booth to the annual blue carpet, ready to welcome the visitors.

An estimated 1,000 visitors were warmly welcomed on arrival by our friendly greeters. Visitors could choose from a selection of walks, from a short stroll to a longer walk including neighbouring fields and woodland. Those visitors less able could enjoy the wheelchair route, or the more adventurous could hire mobility scooters.

After the walk, visitors could enjoy the delicious refreshments on offer. Our catering team excelled this year with an amazing display of homemade cakes ranging from vegan, dairy free, gluten free and the more traditional Victoria sandwich, fruit, chocolate, coffee and walnut, carrot and lemon drizzle cakes. The favourite is the coffee and walnut Sponge. Over 40 large cakes were consumed by the visitors, as well as daily freshly baked scones and rock cakes, or for those people wanting a little treat, shortbread and rocky road were available.

This amazing display could not happen without the sterling support of Rotary ladies baking these lovely cakes and savouries, for which we are extremely grateful.

For a more substantial snack our kitchen preparation team produced delicious sandwiches, assorted salads, jacket potatoes, soup of the day and Ploughman’s etc.

We were grateful to the wives and volunteers who helped in the kitchen and servery, all under the guiding supervision of Honorary member Pippa Logan, whilst husband Rotarian Mike took charge of the cash register.

Keeping the café running smoothly had our table clearers and washer uppers kept busy, with all the tables occupied for much of each day.

The result of the two days was over £3,000 being added to the Rotary Charitable Trust account, which will be put to good use for local charitable causes.

Young Writers’ Presentation Evening

After an absence last year due to Covid we were happy to be able to reinstate our Young Writers’ competition, and on Wednesday 27th April the Presentation evening took place at Seaford Head school, attended by students from Seaford, Annecy Roman Catholic and Cradle Hill Primary schools, and for the first time, from Chyngton Primary school.

The theme was The Environment which produced some creative and thoughtful writing from the students. Each school submitted up to four entries in prose or poetry.

The judges commented that the standard of the work produced by the students was very high, and all the individual entrants fully merited the certificates that were presented to them. The names of each finalist were announced by Rotarian Mike Allen before each student was presented with a certificate. He then went on to announce the names of the winners and runners up of the competition before the judges read and commented upon the winning poetry and prose entries.

The overall winner was Edie McCourty from Seaford Primary school, and the Poetry winner was Florence Vincent from Cradle Hill school. The Mayor, Councillor Rodney Reed presented the cash prizes and certificates to the winning students, and Seaford Rotary Club President Mike Ogilvie presented a cheque to Seaford Primary School, that the overall winner attended, to acknowledge their success.

All the students are to be congratulated for taking part in this creative and rewarding competition and we hope that they gain greatly from the experience.

Seaford Rotary welcomes new members and new Friends of Seaford Rotary. For more information contact us on www.seafordrotary.org.uk.

Photos from top: The kitchen team (l-r) Ivy Thompson, Debbie Brown, John Windsor, Wendy Geoghegan and Mike Ogilvie; Mayor Councillor Rodney Reed, Mayoress Ann Reed and President Michael Ogilvie with the finalists

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Greenhavens Network

Growing your own...

a quiet act of revolution, like printing your own money As mounting food costs and bills soar, growing your own food is going to become a necessity rather than a hobby.

Combined with our ever-pressing climate crisis there are many reasons to grow your own food. Whether it’s in your own garden, or if you don’t have one, a green space, finding a place to grow your own is vital for not only your own wellbeing but that of the planet.

Unfortunately, freedom given to developers for house building has meant that we have up to 40% less provision for green spaces, and this has had a huge societal effect. Research shows the role public green spaces play in better educational outcomes, physical health and mental and social wellbeing, resilience and recovery.

Nestled in Yorkshire’s Calderdale valley lies the village of Todmorden, the starting place of the group Incredible Edibles, which took over its town’s public green spaces and has turned them into edible spaces run and maintained by the community. It is a fine example of how produce can be grown within a town setting, using land already paid for by taxpayers.

Far across the water in Los Angeles a man called Ron Finley decided to grow on his sidewalk, in an area known as a food desert. Many areas of America are food deserts in the sense of having to travel long distances to get fresh food and vegetables. This was back in 2010 and his attitude that ‘gardening is gangsta’ has led to huge projects being set up dealing with many of the socioeconomic and anti-social behaviour problems within his neighbourhood. I highly recommend his ted talk, incredibly inspirational story of one man and his mission to get fresh food into some of the poorest communities.

Here in Seaford and Newhaven we are incredibly lucky with the green spaces we have around us and the new and existing growing projects within these towns.

Growing together Newhaven has a beautiful space on the clifftops where they offer various sessions with a fantastic “‘Whatever the Weather Forest School’.

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Denton has a new community garden opening designed by the children for the children. In Peacehaven there’s a beautiful community garden next to the Oval and the stunning Orchard situated in the Big Park – both beautiful projects and offering a safe haven for wildlife in the ever-decreasing green spaces within Peacehaven – beautiful sites that offer a wealth of volunteering opportunities. Slightly further afield is the Rodmell Food Forest, an abundant space where everything is edible – volunteer day on a Wednesday with lunch and the opportunity to learn from Marc and take some organic produce home.

In Seaford we already have a fantastic community garden nestled in the Crouch Gardens which opens on a Wednesday and offers beautiful plants for sale. Trees for Seaford and On the Verge are already making great headway in creating nature networks.

We also have some great new community growing projects in Seaford with the Friends of Sutton Downs and the new Peverells Community Garden. Both are just in their infancy stages but welcome volunteers from all backgrounds to come and learn how to grow your own and share in the produce.

All of the projects can be found on Facebook, so why not come along and join in? Volunteering can include many tasks for all abilities from planting to surveying, to helping with social media, you can find the project to suit you within your time constraints. At Greenhavens we are hoping to secure funding to set up growing communities within Newhaven so please email me at contact@ greenhavens.network if you are interested. As a network we are here to serve the community, so if you have any growing ideas please let us know.

So set the seed of growing in your mind and in your kids’ futures, grow solutions that they can carry on into adulthood. The joys of growing your own are endless – when planting seeds you are giving hope to tomorrow.

Miriam Thundercliffe, Greenhavens coordinator.

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Seaford’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations In 2022, Her Majesty the Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. An array of events and celebrations will be taking place throughout the year, across the nation, culminating in a four-day UK Bank Holiday weekend from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June. This extended bank holiday weekend will commence the Jubilee celebrations with thousands of town criers and pearly kings and queens, pipers, buglers and choirs, across the four corners of the nation, playing and singing specially commissioned music before the lighting of over 2,200 Platinum Jubilee Beacons in unison. Seaford Town Council is busy working with local event organisers to enable our local community to celebrate Her Majesty’s historic reign as we encourage our community to come together to celebrate this historic milestone and reflect on The Queen’s 70 years of service.

The bank holiday begins on Thursday 2nd June. At 2pm residents can come and watch Seaford Town Crier, Peter White (photo above left) at the Lych Gate of St Leonard’s Church, herald a specially written proclamation to signal the lighting of the beacon later in the evening.

The Lighting of the Beacon ceremony (photo above right) will take place near The Shoal at Splash Point, along the Esplanade with the beacon being lit by Seaford Bonfire Society at 9.45pm. Before the beacon lighting, at 9.35pm, Richard Brookes a local piper will be playing Diu Regnare a unique tune specially written for this historic Jubilee. At exactly 9.45pm, to coincide with the lighting of the beacon, the Archway Choir will be performing A song for the Commonwealth, filling the nation with the sound of music as we celebrate this special moment in The Queen’s life, and Seaford residents are encouraged to watch this historic moment together.

Seaford Town Council would like to thank Smith Metal Fabrications Ltd from Newhaven for building the beacon

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and Wynnes in Seaford for supplying and installing the beacon post, both kindly donated free of charge.

Throughout the Bank Holiday weekend, Seaford Town Council is assisting a number of event organisers with their Jubilee celebrations. This includes the View at Seaford Head, where on the Thursday evening, residents can book in for a tasty Best of British themed menu, before the beacon lighting. On Friday 3rd June The View will be providing the venue for Seaford’s Big Jubilee Lunch Event – a very tasty Jubilee-themed Afternoon Tea with the Mayor of Seaford.

On Saturday 4th June, between 10am and 2pm (with a free afternoon guided tour) Beacon Day arrives at the Seafront (Part of the Beacon Show). Presented

by Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers (SCIP), volunteers will be available from 10am – 12pm at various points along the trail to speak to the community about the project, the artworks and the stories, with a free guided tour in the afternoon. Local charity, Cycling Without Age Seaford, will be running free accessible tours of the exhibition for elderly or disabled members of the community. These tours are limited but will be available to book online at www.wearescip.co.uk.

Sunday the 5th of June is the official day earmarked for this year’s big lunch (although big lunches are encouraged across the whole bank holiday). Whether it’s sharing a cup of tea with a neighbour on the doorstep or a bigger bash on the street, join millions of people across the UK to share friendship, food and fun with The Big Jubilee Lunch. Seaford Town Council encourages the local community to get together on this day to say hello, check in with one another and enjoy a magnificent ending to a historic weekend.

In addition to the above events, Seaford Town Council is thrilled by the response to independent arrangements from the local community in the form of Street Parties.

The UK has a long history of organising street parties to celebrate national events, and it’s great to see our residents getting involved once again. Anyone hosting a street party, event or exhibition can register this themselves online: https://platinumjubilee.gov.uk/events/

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Plans are also underway at Seaford Town Council to take part in The Queen’s Green Canopy, a unique treeplanting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee which invites people from across the United Kingdom to Plant a Tree for the Jubilee. Seaford Town Council will be working closely with Trees for Seaford with planting due to commence again in the autumn when tree roots are dormant and new trees have the best chance of flourishing. From individuals to groups and organisations, Seaford Town Council encourages anyone to get involved with the initiative to contact Trees for Seaford for planting advice.

As part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Seaford Rotary has organised a competition for Primary School children who live in the town to write a letter to the Queen congratulating her on reaching her Platinum Jubilee. As well as offering prizes, the aim is to engage

young people in an exercise that allows them to write imaginatively and creatively.

Seaford Rotary will organise judging of the entries and they plan to send some of the winning entries to Buckingham Palace. For more in-depth information on all the events and activities, please visit the dedicated Platinum Jubilee page: https://www.seafordtowncouncil. gov.uk/seaford-platinum-jubilee-2022/.

Seaford Town Council is thrilled by the community response and is pleased to see how the town is coming together with so many street parties, and so many companies and community groups doing their bit to help make things happen. This is a once in a lifetime event and we are pleased to be able to assist in making the occasion as enjoyable and as memorable for all our residents.

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UNO22: six –

Celebrating Everything We Love About Sussex Through Art, Design & Craft Gallery Uno, 14a High Street, Seaford BN25 1PG Summer opening times: Mon – Sat 10am – 4pm, Sundays and Jubilee Bank Holidays midday – 3pm (Closed Wednesdays), from Thursday 26th May until Tuesday 21st June.

June is going to be a busy month. At Gallery Uno, as we go headlong towards mid-summer and the longest day we will be marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign during the extended bank holiday weekend and naturally we will be celebrating Sussex Day on 16th June.

For the Platinum Jubilee, Gallery Uno is delighted to collaborate with Cradlehill School to produce artwork by the next generation of budding artists. Students have been invited to produce a portrait of Her Majesty, culminating in an exhibition of seventy selected Queen’s Heads for our window between 2nd and 8th June.

Meanwhile, within the gallery and in recognition of everything great about the county in which we live, we will be showcasing in our own inevitable way another captivating display from members of the Sussex Arts Collective.

Our featured artist this month is David Harrison, whose wife Barbie was featured in April’s edition.

His extraordinary sculptural pots are a must to be seen.

David Harrison – Potter

Born in London, David grew up in Durham City. He studied at Newcastle School of Art and ceramics at Bath Academy of Art at Corsham, under Ian Auld, Bryan Newman and John Colbeck.

Moving to Brighton, he took a post that eventually became that of senior technician to the sculpture

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course at the University of Brighton. During this time he acquired a number of skills other than those of ceramics. Concurrently he was teaching in the prison at Lewes besides pursuing his own practice, and eventually he retired from the university and later the teaching to devote his time to his work and garden.

David lives near Chiddingly in East Sussex with his wife, painter, Barbie and their two whippets. They share a love of nature and the care of grandchildren. He has experimented with various techniques of pottery including raku and indeed, still makes domestic ware for his household, but since 2000, he has concentrated his efforts on burnished ware.

The interest in this method was engendered when he discovered a buried piece of Romano-British pottery on an early iron-making site known as a bloomery near his home. The bonfire-fired piece still retained its waxed surface and when scratched smelled of beeswax, although it had been buried in clay for hundreds of years, proving the stability of this compound. Not far from this find he discovered a number of Mesolithic stone tools, and the forms and texture of these implements still inform his work.

The pieces David makes are thrown then altered and assembled in the ‘leather hard’ state, after which he burnishes each piece to a high finish with polished agate. This can take several hours over many days, and it can be a somewhat meditative experience. The work is then bisque fired to a low temperature and subsequently re-fired in a fire made from natural materials such as wood chip, bracken and twigs with inclusions of copper and salt.

Subsequently the pieces are polished with beeswax to help fix and enhance the marks of the fire and protect the surface. Contact: www.davidjharrison.co.uk dave@davidjharrison.co.uk.

Photograph of Dave Harrison by Jim Holden.

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Seaford Photographic Society The annual KCPA Exhibition is a regional competition open to all members of the 50 or so clubs in the Kent County Photographic Association, and several SPS members entered this year. This is a great opportunity to see how our work compares to some of the best amateur photography in the wider region. Well done to Anna-Marie Armstrong, Colin Mitchell, Chris Dawson, Simon Watkins and Simon Rigby, all of whom had some of their images accepted for the exhibition, held at Creek Creative gallery in Faversham during the first two weeks of May. While we are on the subject of congratulations, the club is delighted to announce that our Chairman Colin Mitchell has been successful in gaining his ‘CPAGB’ Award for Photographic Merit.

April featured the final set-subject competitions of the season, starting with Street and Tabletop, which were judged by Steven Galvin via Zoom. In the Street Photography category Anna-Marie Armstrong took first place with her striking monochrome Expecting Trouble (photo left).

The Tabletop competition gave everybody the opportunity to get creative and have a go at indoor still life images, experimenting with lighting, reflections, backgrounds and textures. Colin Mitchell’s Rose (photo right) was the clear winner.

The following week we had the popular annual Landscape competition.

This was judged by regular visitor to the club Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE5*. Following on from his two 2nd places last week, Kevin Smoker

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deservedly took the win this time with his excellent monochrome Storm Dudley at Newhaven (photo above), proving yet again that you don’t need to travel to exotic locations to get stunning photos.

Last but not least this month was the competition for the Photo of the Year, judged on Zoom by Harry Kingman all the way from North Yorkshire. This is where we submit our favourite two images that have already been entered into competitions this season.

Deciding on an overall winner in a competition like this is an almost impossible task and Harry made the point that all those that made the top three, or were commended or highly commended, were of such a high standard that there was little to choose between them. At the end of the day though it was Thelma Long’s portrait In Blue (photo left) that got the winner’s trophy, with Anna-Marie Armstrong’s The Painted Lady (photo below) second.

At the end of the month we welcomed back Steven Galvin to give us a talk about advanced editing techniques such as cloning, layers, motion blurring, montages, HDR, focus stacking, replacing skies etc. We also got into debates about the ethics and history of such techniques, and just how far one should go.

Our first photography exhibition since 2019 will be held this summer, in late July and early August, and full details will be in next month’s issue.

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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Children’s Jubilee Craft Day

To kick-off the Platinum Jubilee weekend, we have a special Jubilee Craft Day on Wednesday June 1st from 11 am to 1 pm.

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Sussex Contemporay Illustrators & Printmakers (SCIP) presents

The Beacon Show 27th May to 1st October 2022

Beacon Day – Part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Saturday 4th June 2022 This summer Seaford-based arts charity, Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers (SCIP), will be launching The Beacon Show, a public arts trail running along the iconic Seaford Coastline, which will shine a light on the coastal community who love, use and maintain the Seaford beach and local waters. The exhibition explores the sea swimming community, runners and sailors, beach cleaners and historians who are all passionate about their coastline. Seaford beach is one of the most visited coastal areas in East Sussex, its untouched beaches attract thousands of seasonal visitors annually, and it acts as a gateway to the South Downs, The Cuckmere Valley and the Seven Sisters Country Park.

The fourmonth exhibition will include new contemporary illustrations by nine of the world’s bestloved artists including Sonia Alins, Naima Almeida, Sören Selleslagh, The Printed Peanut, Graham Carter, Dave Bain and See Creatures Design. This creative approach offers visitors a unique opportunity to view artworks from within the very landscape which inspired them. SCIP are working closely with Lewes-based photographer, Sarah Weal, to capture portraits of some of the individuals who have helped contribute to this project and the coastal community.

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Community is at the heart of this project, and it has been designed to capture a part of our coastline’s modern history featuring people who contribute to the wellbeing, diversity and soul of our town in a variety of ways.

The SCIP team has spoken to a wide range of people about the project and the content of each beacon has been inspired by their stories and experiences.

Collaborations have included Sussex Wildlife Trust, RNLI, Seaford Museum, Rampion, Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club, Plastic Free Seaford, Cycling Without Age and many more.

Environment and Climate Crisis

The Beacon Show cannot tell the story of Seaford beach without exploring the impact that the climate crisis will have on our coastline and the marine life and wildlife. Visitors to the exhibition will learn more about how local residents and organisations are working to reduce CO² levels, reduce waste in our community and protect marine and wildlife. The trail features the ongoing work by Plastic Free Seaford, The Seaford Environmental Alliance, and Sussex Wildlife Trust to support our environment and coastline.

The Beacon Show will play a part in climate crisis education, by providing calls for action, and ensuring residents and visitors can find the resources they need to help protect the Seaford coastline and entire planet.

Sustainable tourism is extremely important to small coastal communities such as Seaford, and we will be asking visitors to The Beacon Show to use public transport, utilising Bishopstone Train Station at the start of the trail, Brighton & Hove Bus services which run from Brighton to Eastbourne via Seaford, and walk or cycle to enjoy the exhibition.

Visitors will also be encouraged to respect Seaford’s Plastic Free pledge by using reusable cups, water bottles, disposing of litter responsibly and refusing unnecessary plastic packaging. ‘Our beach is beautiful for a reason, our community is full of passionate beach cleaners, local environmentalists such as Claire

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Sumners, have led the fight in protecting our beaches for years – we want visitors to understand that they must play a part in keeping our beach clean and marine life safe’, says Josie Swan, SCIP Co-Founder.

Youth Engagement

Ensuring young people’s voices are part of this project is very important to SCIP, and we will be working hard to ensure that they are engaged with the project’s themes and get to have creative input too. ‘Getting young people involved in the arts is one of our most important goals as an arts charity. Access to creative expression supports social development and good mental health in young people. Hearing their peer’s voices and seeing their artworks forming part of such a large exhibition will help them feel like their generations voice is valued as an important part the community.’

Children and young people from all over Sussex have been challenged to create illustrations, stories and poems inspired by Seaford beach, SCIP received over 400 entries this February. The illustrative submissions were judged by the SCIP Youth members and all the written entries selected by Libby Hamilton from Rocket Bird Books. The selected entries will be featured on one of the beacons during the exhibition.

How to Find out More

The public can find more information about Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers (SCIP) and The Beacon Show at www.wearescip.co.uk or Instagram & Facebook @wearescip Contact via hello@wearescip.co.uk SCIP Linktree Link: https://linktr.ee/wearescip alice@wearescip.co.uk josie@wearescip.co.uk hello@wearescip.co.uk Images opposite l-r: illustration by David Bain; photo by Sarah Weal, Ruth of Seaford Mermaids.

Throughout the summer exhibition the Beacon Show will be accompanied by free art workshops, lecture nights and guided tours, all of which have been designed to help the community engage and learn from our exhibition, understand the creative process of such a huge project and learn more about how creativity can help them and their community thrive.

On Saturday 4th June, SCIP will host Beacon Day, as part of Seaford’s Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.

Volunteers and members of the SCIP team will spend the day at each beacon, speaking to the community about the project, the artworks and the stories. Local charity, Cycling Without Age, will be running free accessible tours of the exhibition for elderly or disabled members of the community. In association with Seaford Environmental Alliance, Sussex Wildlife Trust and paper artist Helen Musselwhite, SCIP will work with the community to create an immersive paper installation which will help visitors learn about the local marine life, and how to protect it.

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A view from the Potting Shed

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Gardens are important habitats for UK pollinators and recent research has shown that smaller gardens packed with a diverse selection of plants are more beneficial to pollinators than larger gardens with a greater proportion of non-nectar-rich lawned areas.

Wildlife campaigner Chris Packham recommends the following: cram in as many plants as possible, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Create a pond – even a tiny container pond can attract wildflife. Build to d

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It’s important because our pollinators are seriously in decline, and we can all help.

a bug hotel and leave dead wood or stick piles to provide homes for woodland insects. When it comes to mowing, Chris is somewhat controversial – just ditch the mower and let the grass grow is his advice. th on

So how did you get on with No Mow May? Did you fully embrace the call to let your grass grow? Or maybe, like myself, you allocated an area of grass to be left uncut in May. Others no doubt felt it was a step too far, and continued to mow their treasured green sward.

The RHS has a leaflet, Get your garden buzzing, listing dozens of plants for pollinators.

Information is also available at garden centres and via websites like Gardeners’ World and the Wildlife Trusts. Many of the best pollinator plants are already well known to us and present in our gardens e.g. buddleia, crocus and lavender. Grow a good seasonal selection, avoid double-flowered varieties as the bees can’t get to the central part where the nectar and pollen are found, and avoid pesticides.

MEMBERS’ NOTICE BOARD June Social Evening is Confessions of a Gardener, with well known garden designer and author Alan Sargent, 7pm Tuesday June 28th at St Luke’s Church, Walmer Road, Seaford. The evening also includes the Sweet Pea and Roses Competition, see Programme for entry form and details. In July our third ticketed event will feature Tom Hart Dyke, Plant Hunter and Gardener with Passion. Tickets (£4) still available at social evenings or from our Secretary Jan Williams 01323 873675. Coach trip to Capel Manor on Thursday 23rd June. See full list of trips in your programme, and contact Pippa Logan on 01323 491566 for tickets and details.

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The Crouch Gardens-based Seaford Community Garden really lived up to its name last month. Not only were spring flowers giving way to summer favourites in brightly hued abundance, but volunteer friends, who for a variety of reasons had not been around for quite a few weeks, made their reappearance, to be greeted enthusiastically by their fellows. So welcome back Mike, our former vegetables guru, long-term volunteer Veronica, and cake maker extraordinaire Steph, who just happened to have baked a batch of rock cakes for elevenses. Yes! They were soon commenting on the changes, which included Brian and Neill’s ongoing work on repurposing the pizza oven into a store for compost and grit bags, new – and in use – bird boxes made by Brian and the newly repainted classroom exterior courtesy of Val, Lesley and Beth who brushed on paint kindly contributed by Brewers.

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Vivid orange wallflowers were contrasting with the blue of forget-me-nots and above eye level the blood-red torches of meleanthus were vying with the mauve-blue of tree echiums thrusting skywards. At ground level pink osteospermum were jostling for attention with the strawberries flowering in a wheelchairfriendly high raised bed. All this and the fruit trees are in blossom too.

If you are reading this before Sunday 29th May, visit the garden then to see its beauty for yourself when it is open for the NGS (National Garden Scheme) between 11am and 5pm. If not, then make sure to pop in any Wednesday morning between 9.30am and 12.30pm where you will be assured of a Seaford Community Garden welcome.

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Wraps off...The Cliff Gardens: A New Community Garden for Seaford’s Seafront Imagine a beautiful garden of native plants in the tourist area at Splash Point, alongside the Kittiwake colony, the Shoal Bench and entrance to the South Downs National Park and Seaford Head Nature Reserve. This muchloved and visited part of the Esplanade has been the subject of our attentions during the last 15 months, and along with the new Martello toilets and concessions, we think it deserves a make-over!

Seaford Community Partnership embarked on this project to improve an ugly, deeply pot-holed and unmade-up road between Cliff Gardens and the Esplanade, as part of its contribution to the South Downs National Park Authority’s ‘Ouse Valley Climate Action’ National Lottery bid. At that time, little did we know the complexities of such a project!

So much later, having negotiated funding sources to match possible lottery money; discovered which permissions are needed (no mean task..) and sought permissions from the Councils involved; researched suitable construction materials for the beds and pathways; made educational links with Seaford Schools and the Railway Land Nature Reserve in Lewes, we decided on the purpose, and main features of the garden and commissioned local Garden designers Gabby Tofts and Christian Funnell to create it.

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Our aim has been to create an inspirational and attractive garden with links to the Shoal and the Martello Tower and fields surrounding it – part educational and awareness-raising, part sculptural, and calling for Seaford community involvement of sponsorship and volunteering. It will be a place to relax, to socialize, and to reflect not only on the climate crisis of our times but importantly

and optimistically, what we can do about it. The garden is a ‘Climate Change Garden’, showing how plants can survive in different environmental conditions and how they will need to adapt to the predicted effects of Climate Change of droughts, floods and storms in future years.

The garden will be made up of large beds, showing how plants start to colonise salty shingle conditions and gradually form communities of plants providing shelter for each other, creating soil on chalky cliffs and eventually chalk grassland which we are so fortunate to enjoy on the South Downs. The increased plant diversity attracts pollinators like bees, butterflies and insects, provides food for birds and small mammals and creates the biodiversity that nature’s intricate food webs need.

The beds will be contained in Corten steel surrounds – each bed representing a different habitat with the plants that can grow there. Our coastline consists of distinct areas: shingle beach, chalk cliffs and chalk grassland, each with its own typical mix of plants and flowers. These will be represented, along with those plants that can survive extremes of drought and seasonal flooding. And lastly we will create a large garden of plants, both native and cultivated, that Seaford gardeners can grow in their windswept coastal gardens to encourage pollinators, provide food for different birds, butterflies and wildlife, and thus increase the biodiversity. Our aim is to create wildlife corridors between the River Ouse and the South Downs.

Alongside the plantings, the garden will contain sculptures by Christian Funnell (designer of the Shoal Bench, Birling Gap sculptures and many other well-known Fishbone features). This will give Sculpture interest in the winter months of storms when the garden will lie low and also provide an opportunity to sponsor plaques – perhaps for our children and grandchildren? We are using sponsorship to involve the community and make them

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aware of the threats of climate change to this vulnerable area and also to show how we can mitigate the effects of this climate change by making life-style adaptations.

Above all, the garden themes are educational, informative and optimistic that our individual efforts, scaled up, can made a difference.

The sculptures will have a maritime theme – three large painted buoys with bench seating and relevant Big buoy information plaques in benches the meander path and fish sculptures placed in the beds to act as wind-breaks and give height to the garden. These features will offer sponsorship opportunities (as in the Shoal sculpture).

Throughout the garden we will position noticeboards, explaining the plantings and many important features of the landscape and its vulnerabilities. A lot of work has been done here in collaboration with Seaford Head School syllabuses and the Railway Land Nature Reserve education department in Lewes so that the garden demonstrates features relevant to school curricula

for pupils of all ages. A second part of the garden is the adjacent Pump Field which will be used as a field study area for children to actively observe, monitor and measure the changes that will occur over time.

The garden will have a purpose-built meander path between the beds from Cliff Gardens to the Esplanade, providing easy access for school groups to study the features of the garden, for pushchairs and wheelchairs to travel the length of the garden, and for the general public to enjoy the garden and understand climate change and its implications for this area. There will also be a muchimproved cycle path connecting the Esplanade to the eastern part of the C2 National cycle path.

Above all, this garden is a community project: we hope to form a vibrant Friends of Cliff Gardens group of enthusiastic supporters to volunteer to help with construction and maintenance of the garden and its use as an educational facility.

If you would like to be involved in this project, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on hm@seafordpartnership.co.uk.

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IN LOVE AND FAITH: ARLINGTON CHURCH & CHURCHYARD A new book about Arlington’s history Arlington is a puzzling place: a tiny village with an outsized church and churchyard. The Saxons chose an unusually low, wet site next to the Cuckmere River.

Why? Was it for the sake of trading up and down the river?

The church is 500 metres north of a recently discovered Roman road from Wellingham to Pevensey.

There was a small, previously unknown Roman town here, at the river crossing. It was abandoned before the Saxons arrived, but they recycled bricks, tiles and sandstone blocks from the ruins and incorporated them in the nave of their church. One Saxon window survives above the porch; it uses recycled Roman material.

Arlington may have grown rich on river trading – or as a result of being on a pilgrimage route from Lewes to Canterbury. The lofty North-East Chapel built in 1180, just as the Becket pilgrimage cult began, may have housed relics of a local saint. There was money to be made from pilgrims. At least one more chapel stood in the churchyard, in the southwest corner, but it has completely vanished.

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century brought the Reformation, dissent and disunity. In the 1640s, villagers egged on by Puritan politicians made terrible accusations against their vicar, John Wilson, who was a Royalist, and succeeded in getting him removed. In the late nineteenth century, the family living in one of the (several) manor houses in the parish tried repeatedly to claim the North-East Chapel as theirs, but they did not succeed.

This new book tells the strange story of Arlington church and its churchyard and it lists all the inscriptions. Ann Murray and Rodney Castleden hope that their book will be a useful stepping stone for anyone pursuing family history, or just wanting to know more about local history, and more about this enigmatic church.

There are plans of church and churchyard, as well as indexes, all to help you to find the inscriptions – or a lost relative.

This 230-page book is the latest in a series of books of inscriptions to be seen in local churches; Bishopstone, Berwick, Selmeston, Alciston and St Leonard’s Seaford, (£12.95), and East Blatchington (£7).

Order In love and Faith (£12.95) or any of the other books in the series from Rodney Castleden at Rookery Cottage, Blatchington Hill, Seaford.

Cheques payable to R. Castleden. Add £3 for postal delivery; free delivery by hand in the Seaford area by arrangement (rodneycastleden35@gmail.com).

Images from top, Book cover; Arlington Church, Medieval jar found under the floor; A deliberately vandalized medieval angel; a Saxon window.

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Denton Community Challenge 2022 – Do it for Denton!

This year’s Denton Community Challenge has been named Do it for Denton by one of the local schoolchildren who entered the competition to design the logo. The all-inclusive family fun day will be held on Saturday 11th June at Avis Road Recreation Ground in Denton, Newhaven from 1pm – 5pm.

This will be the 10th Challenge, and is always well supported by many local families and businesses.

There will be all the usual fête attractions including a wide variety of stalls and a licenced bar, plus a BBQ kindly provided by the local 2nd Denton & South Heighton Scouts. Children can let off steam on the trampolines, bouncy castle and climbing wall, while a programme of events in the arena will keep everyone entertained. Sporting activities of all sorts will again be promoted on the day and children can have fun taking part in some or all of these sports challenges.

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Teas, coffees and delicious cakes will be on sale in the hall, where you can also browse around the craft fair selling locally made arts, crafts and produce. The Grand Raffle will be drawn later in the afternoon and for the first time since 2019 the grand Tug of War is back, finishing the day on a high!

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SEAFORD AFTERNOON FLOWER CLUB At our meeting this month on 16th June, Christine Campbell-Dykes will be demonstrating Anniversaries for us. We are certain it will be an entertaining and enjoyable afternoon.

Maintaining the theme of anniversaries, our Club celebrated its Blue Sapphire Anniversary (65 years) at our meeting in April. Members were encouraged to wear something blue, and enjoyed a slice of delicious celebration fruit cake. We were treated to an interesting talk by Colin Whiteman on Seaford Head Flora and Fauna. Our competition was entitled A Seascape, which proved to be quite a challenge for competitors, but, as you can see from the photographs, the blue theme was continued and everything coordinated beautifully.

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Looking ahead, at our meeting on 21st July, our local florists Ambers will be demonstrating for us and the competition theme will be Fun with Flowers, which will allow our members huge scope for some fun!

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ST GEORGE’S DAY celebration

Cllr. Rodney Reed Mayor of Seaford, together with guests and branch members.

Saturday 23rd April was celebrated by the Seahaven Branch of the Royal Society of St George by holding their formal dinner at The View, Seaford Head Golf Course. In the absence of Branch Chairman Major Bob Peedle MBE, because of ill health, Vice Chairman Linda Wallraven welcomed special guests the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Mr Andrew Blackman, the High Sheriff of East Sussex; Mrs Jane King, Maria Caulfield MP; Cllr. Christine Brett, Chair of LDC; Cllr, Lesley-Ann Bonniface, Mayor of Newhaven and Photo: Dignitaries and Branch Committee Members

The evening was very relaxed with good food, conversation and laughter.

There were formal toasts and a reading

by Mr Steve Bell CBE about a short take on the History of the Royal Society of St George. The evening was brought to a close by our President Mr Laurie Holland with a toast to Absent Friends. Earlier in the day Branch Standard Bearer Mr Frank Holland was on Parade in London for the Royal Society of St George Annual Service, Wreath Laying and Cadets Parade at The Cenotaph and then on to Westminster Abbey for a Wreath Laying Service at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. This was attended by members from all over the country. Seaford Market also joined in with a St George’s Day theme, and two of our members Mrs Liz Holland and Mrs Ann Abbott were invited to judge some of the competitions.

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How to stop dementia from progressing Dementia is a group of symptoms that can range from memory loss to impaired thinking and problem-solving abilities which usually occurs in old age. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of progressive dementia, which according to a recent study can be prevented through different activities.

It has been found that providing independence to dementia patients in their day-to-day functions not only helped them live well, but also made them manage their condition better and more efficiently. Researchers highlight five such activities that promote independence in patients and prevent disease progression.

1. Decluttering or sorting out

Whilst a person with dementia may not be capable of handling all the household chores, they can help declutter, meaning they can help remove all nonessential and unnecessary items from overcrowded places.

Removing trip hazards is important for all older people, as our balance and sight decrease with age.

It’s particularly helpful for those with dementia who can struggle with their sense of depth or perception, putting them at higher risk of falls. Given people with dementia may struggle to find things, decluttering makes it easier to find what they need – helping them stay independent for longer.

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Being physically active can reduce the risk of many chronic illnesses. Those with dementia can also benefit from it. Mopping is great cardio, with an hour burning off up to 170 calories – equivalent to 15 minutes jogging on a treadmill! Cardiovascular exercises are particularly good for preventing vascular dementia – a common form triggered by a lack of blood circulation in the brain.

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4. Cooking meals

Home-cooked meals are a great way to avoid processed foods that are bad for our cardiovascular health.

For people living with dementia, cooking and baking can be a good way to get enjoyment – retaining those important feelings of purpose and independence. It not only helps people with dementia stay on their feet but also prevents cognitive decline.

5. Making tea and drinking with friends and family

Research shows that withdrawal from society can lead to cognitive decline. That said, it is important to keep individuals with dementia active and engaged.

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Seaford Little Theatre

Rehearsals for Off The Hook

10th – 18th June, tickets from Seaford Tourist Information or at www.ticketsource.co.uk or www. seafordlittletheatre.co.uk and follow the links.

Seaford Little Theatre is delighted to be back with a farce! This fastpaced and hilarious romp centres round a case of mistaken identity as two criminals attempt to discover the whereabouts of a stash of money. A cast of motley characters assemble in an ivy-covered hotel where the action is played out amongst coffee cups and calls to dinner. Guests might find themselves sharing a table with a few stray pigs, and the ivy might not be as safe as it looks, but the hotel owner and his randy wife have no doubt that everyone will be well taken care of.

Come and enjoy the fun with some well-known Seaford actors, plus a couple of excellent newcomers. All performances start at 7.45pm except the 11th June matinée (no evening performance on that day), which begins at 2.30 m. Tickets are priced at £8 for level seats and £9 for tiered seats. A bargain!

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Seaford’s Green Spaces

Have you had a stroll around the green spaces in the south of town recently? If so you cannot have failed to see the difference in the fields behind the Martello Tower and around Cricketfield Road. They are bursting with a diverse range of plants which are in turn attracting new varieties of birds and insects, all thanks to a new mowing regime implemented by Seaford Town Council A coalition of local environmental groups (On the Verge, Trees for Seaford, Seaford Natural History Society, The Seaford Community Partnership and others) have been working with the Council to explore re-naturing our green spaces. The council has agreed to an environmentally friendly mowing pattern. Some zones will remain unmown to allow plants to flower

and spread seed throughout the summer, whilst providing food and shelter for wildlife. Within those areas, paths have been mown to allow walkers and their dogs to stroll through the developing meadows.

As the meadow matures it will develop a more diverse flora and fauna. We expect to see a thriving and diverse range of insects, bees and butterflies feeding on the flowers that the new mowing regime allows to flourish. Increasing biodiversity will also provide more pollinators for the fruit and veg. of local gardeners.

As a bonus these areas will provide educational opportunities for botanists of all ages, who will be able to study the development of floral communities in three distinct areas of the meadow; mown, unmown and footpath. The Seaford Community Partnership has already provided local schools with the all the equipment they need to do just that.

Just two weeks after the new mowing regime began, new communities are arising.

Last summer local botanists (and SNHS Members) Dr Sarah McKenzie, Judy Pepper and Jenni Empson-Ridler found 46 different plant species in a short survey of Pump Field. I wonder how many they will find when they repeat their survey this year?

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On the Verge What’s bugging us?

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Recently On the Verge volunteers have been thinking a lot about insects, especially since we had the renowned writer Dave Goulson giving us a wonderful talk in Seaford about the theme of his latest (highly recommended) book Averting the Insect Apocalypse.

We learnt more about how long insects had been on Earth (400 million years!) and the staggering diversity of insects on Earth (a million different species including 300,000 species of beetle alone!).

Dave showed us some extraordinary and beautiful examples. Some we can find right here in Seaford.

It was depressing to hear just how much insect populations have declined across the world over our lifetimes, and worryingly there are gaps in the data as many species, and locations are not carefully monitored. The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture and our gardens, and the plants we buy, have undoubtedly played a part in this shocking decline.

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Encouragingly we learnt that we can help to reverse this catastrophic decline so that populations of insects start to recover. There are steps we can take to encourage insects, by providing food, shelter and space.

Even a small garden can be a haven for insects, and consequently for other wildlife. If we don’t have a garden, we can join local groups (such as our green space champions) working to improve biodiversity.

Leaving grass in verges and parks to grow longer and wildflowers to flourish and avoiding pesticides in our towns, will all help insect populations to recover. We recently helped with some wildflower planting and learning activities at Chyngton school which will help insect populations there. Young children often have a fascination with bugs, that we sometimes lose by the time we are adults. If you are planning an event in Seaford, we can now lend equipment including insect and other spotting guides, magnifiers, and surveying equipment (funded by the Ouse Valley Climate Action Lottery Fund). Please get in touch to find out more.

In June we will have meetings with Buglife, who are helping us with various projects, including pollinator workshops and evaluating potential habitats for insects.

This will help us in local green spaces, and our own gardens, to ensure that insects have everything they need to survive and thrive. Do let us know what insects you have spotted around Seaford!

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Thursday 23rd June,11am -5pm

Don’t miss the only public opening this year of The Long House’s celebrated oneacre garden on Thursday 23rd June. Open from 11am until 5pm, we’ll be serving, all day, tea, coffee and some of the best cakes in Sussex. If you’ve not been before our visitors have compared the garden for romance, atmosphere and cottage garden planting to Great Dixter and Sissinghurst. Lavenders, hollyhocks, roses, a wild flower meadow, a long perennial border full of old favourites and interesting

unusual plants, a water folly and a pond are just some of the features.

Visitors to The Long House get both a surprise and a bonus when they come to our garden because Westdean is one of the South Downs National Park’s best kept secrets: a charming medieval hamlet with a 12th-century church, a 13th- century parsonage and a handful of picturesque houses, all tucked away in a small valley. So you can enjoy not only our garden but a gentle amble around Westdean as well.

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Seaford Sessions ‘scuff it up’

They released A Problem Of Our Kind in 2018 following 2016’s live album In Our History, which celebrated a decade of performing together.

Awarded 5 stars by RnR magazine, it received glowing reviews across the board and national airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.

‘We realised most of the songs on the album deal with different aspects of being human – some negative, like selfishness or materialism, and some more positive, like our sentimental side or philanthropy,’ explains Roberts.

The Little Theatre welcomes contemporary folk/ acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts to the next Seaford Sessions gig on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm.

Q magazine said of them: ‘Gilmore & Roberts take English folk and scuff it up with indie rock drama’ while Folk Radio UK said they are: ‘Capable of making you dance, cry and think… a masterclass in songwriting and a lesson in how to present songs.’

They combine award-winning songwriting with great musicianship and some trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound. Nominated three times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar and vocals) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and released their debut album in 2008.

Since then they have toured Canada and mainland Europe, played some of the UK’s biggest acoustic festivals, toured with folk rock legends Fairport Convention and won many accolades for their genre-spanning work.

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‘Us humans are pretty complex,’ continues Gilmore.

‘Somehow it made us want to present these songs in quite a simple way.’

Recorded at the duo’s home in South Yorkshire by co-producer Ben Savage – well-known on the UK roots scene for his own acclaimed musical output with The Willows and Hannah Sanders – A Problem Of Our Kind contains some of the most stripped-back arrangements of Gilmore & Roberts’ career so far, alongside full-tilt band numbers featuring their regular festival rhythm section of Fred Claridge (drums) and Matt Downer (double bass).

Gilmore grew up in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, learned violin at school and started playing local folk clubs with her guitarist father at the age of 14. Starting her professional career with folk pop sensations Tiny Tin Lady and singer songwriter Rosie Doonan, she was invited to be part of a new lineup of The Albion Band in 2011 and subsequently joined Albion frontman Blair Dunlop on his solo tours. In 2017 she joined established folk-roots band The Willows.

Roberts was brought up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in a musical family; his sister Kathryn Roberts is a well-respected singer on the UK folk scene. He joined young English traditionalists Kerfuffle in 2007, formed The Dovetail Trio with Rosie Hood and Matt Quinn in 2014, and joined the critically acclaimed Emily Askew Band in 2016. Alongside his regular projects, he has performed with Nancy Kerr’s Sweet Visitor Band and Blackbeard’s Tea Party amongst others.

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Alfriston & Cuckmere Valley Twinning Association The Twinners are getting busier as summer approaches, with two events in June.You might still be in time for the Jubilee Quiz Night on Friday 3rd June 2022 at 7pm in the Old Chapel Centre, Alfriston. Entries are open to everyone – not just members. Bring a team of up to six people and your own food and drink, to join us for an evening of fun! Entry £1 a head.

Our Members’ Afternoon Tea will be on Sunday 12th June, with musical accompaniment in the garden of one of our group.

Plans are now being made for the visit to our lovely twin village of Veules-les-Roses on the Normandy coast for the weekend of Friday 8th – Sunday 10th July.

New members are of course welcome, please let us know before 7th June. The associations liaise to arrange accommodation, and members make their own travel arrangements, with lifts and car sharing sometimes possible. Our French friends have their return visit to Sussex on 16th – 18th September.

Following the success of our February stroll, members enjoyed another pleasant seafront walk and chat in April, and had fun using the pétanque (or is it boules?) pitch in Seaford in May. 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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Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club The traditional view of stamp collectors is someone with a pair of tweezers carefully sticking stamps into an album, and for many collectors this is the case. But stamp collecting is such a broad field that it accommodates lots of collecting interests, and this was the case with Hugh Bennet, who gave a fascinating display at our meeting in April. It is first time we have ever met someone who has presented a display which started with a concept for a set of stamps and followed through to its final production.

In the early 1970s Hugh had an interest in the stamps of the Gilbert & Ellis Islands which are made up of a group of small coral islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In 1979 the islands gained their independence and changed their name to Kiribati, and Hugh kept in close contact with the Post Office on the islands so that he could get all the new stamps as they were issued. As years went by, he forged ever closer links with the Kiribati Post Office and started to contribute in the design and production of new issues. In the mid-1980s this culminated in the Kiribati Post Office inviting him, and his wife, to come to the islands and help in the production of a new set of stamps based on the theme, Transport and Communications.

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There is, however, a sad note to finish this article. Global warming is causing a sea level rise which is slowly submerging the islands. In the not too distant future, the islands are likely to become uninhabitable and the islanders will need to seek a new home. A great loss to the 120,000 people of Kiribati and to the planet.

Our May meeting was Jim Etherington presenting WW2 through Picture Postcards. Ian Marshall will present GB Pre-stamp & Early Stamp Covers in June and in July the members’ evening is on ‘PQR’. The club meets on the second Wednesday of the the month at 7pm for 7.30pm at the Seaford Constitutional Club.You are welcome to come along, or if you would like to find out more about the club, visit our website http://www.seaford-sussex. co.uk/sspc/ or from our club secretary David: david.manthorpe10@gmail.com or tel: 01323 492433.

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Seaford u3a News The Seaford u3a coffee morning continues to attract numbers of non-members and members alike, as people take advantage of the friendships and social interaction which u3a has to offer. Coffee mornings are now free and take place at the Con Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford. The next date for the diary is Wednesday 15th June from 10am to 12 noon. There is no need to book – just come along and meet people.

The season of members’ interest talks concluded with two interesting offerings.

The first was given by a member of Polish heritage who talked about her uncle’s experiences during his childhood in Poland and then during WWII. Her uncle, Edward Mikos, wrote a diary in Polish between 1908 and 1946 which the u3a member had translated into English for the benefit of her family. Mikos was born in 1908 in central Poland, a country overrun in World War I, firstly by the German armies and then by the Russians. He was surprised the Germans looked no different to themselves. He moved with his family to eastern Poland after the war to a wilder, sparsely populated region where there were Russians, Belarussians, Ukrainians, Jews and Poles living side by side. In 1939 the area was occupied by the Russians and his family was deported to Siberia where they, with other deportees, were put to work logging.

This was hard work with inadequate food, often in winter in -­ 40 degrees of frost. He was separated from two sisters and their families and never saw them again.

His first wife died there.

In 1944 he was drafted into the 1st Polish Division of the Russian army. This Division, which he called the 1st Polish army, was made up of Poles, Jewish, Belarussians, Ukrainians, men from Silesia, Pomarania, some conscripts from the German army who had escaped, some escaped German prisoners and even some exiles from Russia condemned as criminals. The commanding officer was Russian and was a good man.

The Division first went to Ukraine, then part of Russia.

They then marched on foot to Warsaw, experiencing German bombing and artillery on the way, and entered the ruined city. The Division then fought its way to the Baltic coast and finally down to Potsdam.

He was demobilised in 1945 and received several medals, as well as a note of thanks signed on behalf of Stalin. He found himself a house in western Poland, not far from Dresden, where he lived with one sister and his daughter who were able to join him. He lived until he was 90 with a second family.

The interesting thing about his journeys was the way in which they tied together the states of central Europe, with which we have become familiar because of the current war in Ukraine. Poland and its neighbouring states have been the battle ground for so many military experiences, and Edward Mikos was part of this.

The final talk in the series was on opiates and given by a member who was both an anaesthetist and a pain consultant. He talked about different types of pain and how different pain relief was appropriate to each. In some cases opiates were appropriate but in others they would not be effective. This was quite a technical talk but well explained for a mainly lay audience.

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 Choral Society

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A chance encounter on a train started it all. The composer Alexander L’Estrange sat down opposite a woman who was looking through a small book of manuscript paper. Intrigued, he asked if she was also a musician. ‘Not really!’ she replied but was on her way to lead a prison music group. The woman knew many excellent African and gospel music songs but had never led a singing workshop before and was rather nervous.

L’Estrange offered to help, the woman shared her songs, and the composer immediately fell in love with the music. He decided that he wanted to write something that: ‘Captured the essence of the African spirit through glimpses of the human experience’. So, he wrote Zimbe!

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Much of the text is in Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Shona and Akan (languages of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana), and as it’s a work for full-chorus, semi-chorus, children’s choir, jazz quintet and ‘copious percussion’, there are a lot of lines on the page. But after half an hour of singing, we were won over. It turns out singing in Swahili is not really any harder than singing in Latin or German, and apparently Hallelujah is Hallelujah in any language.

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By the time you read this, we will have been practising hard for several more weeks, but it’s not too late to join us. It’s a big work and we need a big choir! So, if you’ve ever sung before and would like to get back into it, or if you’ve never sung before and want to give it a go – all are welcome. We are a friendly, non-audition choir who just love to sing (and eat biscuits in the tea break). And, as we are finding out, the beautiful African songs are easy to learn and impossible to forget.

We also need a BIG AUDIENCE for our concert on Saturday 2nd July, so please put it in your diary and come along. We will be joined by Seaford Primary School Choir (who are also practising hard), a professional jazz quintet and all that ‘copious percussion’. Tickets are available from choir members and Newberry Tully Estate Agents. Details are on our website and Facebook page, where you can also message to buy tickets.

Can Seaford really pull off a jazz choral work in Swahili?

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Pictures on the walls The local parish church in the tiny village of Berwick, St Michael and All Angels, contains murals that were painted in 1941 by the famous Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell. The murals had been commissioned

by Bishop George Bell of Chichester who wanted to revive the tradition of ecclesiastical murals.

Before the reformation, many churches would have had their interiors extensively painted, and the Bishop had made no secret of a wish to establish a closer link between the Church and practising artists in his 1929 enthronement sermon at Chichester.

And later he pointedly argued that ancient churches ‘must serve a living purpose, and in doing so, necessary changes must be introduced’. Bell was also keen to encourage proper employment for artists in the war years.

The decorative scheme of paintings, all on wartime plasterboard panels, is now in urgent need of conservation. Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair of Arts Council England and former Director of the Tate, said: ‘… the remarkable decorative scheme in Berwick church is of national and even international importance. It is, critically, the only example in the country of the complete decoration of the interior of an ancient rural parish church by twentieth century artists of repute.’

A massive fundraising drive is underway to ensure their restoration and survival. They are, according to the campaign, a unique example of war art, and ‘record the landscape, the people and the way of life that was under threat’. Unlike many galleries, here you can get up close to the paintings.

Now their remarkable story is to be told by the Rector of that church, the Rev. Peter Blee, when he delivers the next East Blatchington Lecture at St Peter’s Church in Seaford on Tuesday 7th June. He has written enviably of his church, where he has been priest since 2003. He modestly describes this as a guidebook, but it is much more than that, and is beautifully illustrated throughout.

The book is entitled The Bloomsbury Group in Berwick Church: The decorative scheme by Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell (£15 plus £3.50 p&p).

But come to the lecture, which is open to all, and you can hear the story from the man who’s written it.

This lecture is at St Peter’s in Belgrave Road, Seaford.

Admission is £7, which includes tea and cake, and you can book by phone on 01323 899054, or by email officeebb.benefice@gmail. com. It starts at 2.30pm.

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The Platinum Jubilee; 1953 to today

Britain was just emerging from wartime rationing and Seaford would have been very bedraggled in 1953. There would still have been considerable bomb damage from the Second World War in various places.

The Post Office and Police Station in Church Street would have been a bomb site, and the Champion Radio factory in Steyne Road had burned down in 1951. The Coronation was a splendid opportunity for the whole country to celebrate and try to forget their recent past.

Looking back to the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, we have retrieved this poster from our archives showing the events planned in Seaford for the great day.

Amongst many celebrations, there was the High Tea for

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the Over 70s and of course, the Bonfire and Fireworks Celebration in the Martello Field at 10pm. As privately owned televisions were still something of a rarity, public television sets were were set up in five locations to allow the public to view the Coronation live – in black and white, of course.

We have several events planned to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in Seaford Museum, including a Jubilee Craft Morning for children. This will be on Wednesday 1st June from 11am to 1pm, £3 per child, places will be very limited so please book via our website (www.seafordmuseum.co.uk).

Over the Jubilee weekend itself, there will be special displays in the Museum on the theme of ‘70 Momentous Years’, and there will be a Discovery Trail for children around the Museum. The Museum will be open Thursday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm.

Making history, we’d like your help!

Dr Sally White, one of the Museum Mentors has a request. ‘We know that a number of schools in Seaford gave commemorative Coronation cups to their pupils in 1953, and we wondered if anyone in Seaford still has one of them.’

We’d also like you to share your memories of the Coronation itself. If you were around Seaford in 1953, we’d love to know what you remember about the events surrounding the great day. Perhaps you watched the Coronation live on one of those new-fangled television sets at the public displays.

Image: Seaford celebrates. The 1953 Coronation poster.

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A few years ago, as the sun set over the South Downs, I was wandering through a wood on a twilight hike.

Through the trees I noticed about a dozen figures decked out in brilliant white gathering in a small clearing.

I hit the floor and, buried amongst the bracken, watched as other white figures joined them. Each individual slowly started swaying, swinging hypnotically like a pendulum suspended on an invisible wire. The whole silent scene felt eerie, otherworldly, ancient. I was spellbound and barely breathing, scared I would be discovered and this mesmerising performance would end. As some of the figures swung fixed to their stations, others oscillated wildly, whirling and crashing into each other. The light was fading fast and as my surroundings dissolved into shadow; the swaying white figures seemed luminous against the

gloom. Then, as the full moon rose and illuminated the glade, the action slowed, the figures retreated and I was left alone in the gloaming.

The ritual I had witnessed was the dance of the Ghost Moths: elaborate courtship behaviour performed by the males on warm summer evenings across Sussex. That moonlit glade had been temporarily transformed into a miniature moth disco where these incredible insects pirouetted, pranced, swaggered and strutted in an attempt to attract a female. More ‘Saturday Night Fever’ than ‘The Wicker Man’.

And, like tiny Travoltas, the male Ghost Moths know that to stand out on a crowded dancefloor you need a flashy white suit. Their wings are whiter than white and look as though they have been hand-painted with Tipp-Ex. The female Ghost Moth has a more subdued wardrobe and wears pale yellow wings with elegant orange swirls. Males also have another trick up their sleeve (or in this case their trouser legs). Their hind legs contain furry scentbrushes, which release pheromones into the air like an overpowering aphrodisiac. Once the ladies are lured, it’s the individual moth’s dancing which seals the deal. It can be murder on the dancefloor, and scuffles start as the males try to assert their positions. It’s a behaviour known as ‘lekking’ and the dominant dancers will lead a lucky lady of the lek into the surrounding shadows.

In days gone by the moth’s mysterious, ethereal waltz was interpreted as something supernatural, and it has been suggested that the dance of the Ghost Moth gave rise to local legends of fairies and Will-O-The-Wisps.

If anything, the reality is just as magical and spellbinding to watch.

Michael Blencowe of the Sussex Wildlife Trust Images from top: Male Ghost Moth by Patrick Roper©; Female Ghost Moth by Vaughn Matthews ©.

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The time has come for the swifts to return to the UK and some will be returning to their hometown of Seaford! As I write this, these birds are winging their way over land and sea...

It is incredible to think how far these birds travel, year on year, and return to the place of their birth, in order to carry on the tradition of using OUR homes to nest and procreate.

Some of you will be aware of this group, Save Seaford’s Swifts, which is affiliated with Seaford Natural History Society, and our aim to encourage residents to have swift boxes installed, where it is appropriate, at their home or places of work.

Swifts need our help because too often now, they return to nest only to find their homes have been removed, which happens when houses are renovated, and ‘gaps’ are filled in, in the area beneath the eaves.

Quite a few natural history magazines are highlighting the serious decline in numbers of swifts over the last decade, so this is why we need to act now!

As a nation, we need to work on this, but locally we are hoping to increase the numbers of swifts that scream above our town as they joyously communicate, socialise and breed.

We are having some small successes, and a few residents have had swift boxes installed in recent months. They will no doubt be looking out at this time of year as the swifts return, and in the hope that a pair may locate their box and make it their home while they breed. Usually, it will take a few months or even more before they may take up residence in a new box, but apparently they will locate potential nesting sites and target them on their return.

If you are interested in helping these birds and would like a box installed at your home or know of a likely location, then contact me and we can assess the potential suitability of the site. A drop of at least 4m–5m is required, preferably east or west facing and without any obvious obstructions such as a conservatory or nearby tree, so not every property is suitable.

If you are someone who gets excited to see the swifts return year on year and would like to help these wonderful birds, we need someone like you to get involved in seeking out potential sites and liaising with residents. We also need to make contact with developers to encourage them to install swift bricks in new builds and in the long term we would like to see swift bricks become part of the design of new homes.

This is not going to be a quick fix, but any help you can give will aid in the success of this project and in the recovery in the numbers of these amazing spirited birds, who deserve our respect and our help!

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A small group of Trees for Seaford volunteers met at Seaford Golf Club in April to be instructed on safety laws and liabilities that apply to working on public roads and footpaths.

Although thorough risk assessments are always carried out prior to our tree works, it’s vital that all safety rules and procedures are applied correctly to protect both the workers and the public. One legal requirement is that at least one person on site must be qualified by attending this course and passing the certification tests.

The course is ‘one size fits all’ – it’s the same whether you’re planting a tree on a quiet cul-de-sac, or putting in a new lane on the M25! So as well as knowing the correct signage to display when planting or caring for our trees, we had to learn how to set up temporary road works using signs, cones and traffic lights!

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In other news, Trees for Seaford was delighted to receive a Mayor’s Award for our environmental and conservation work. Many thanks to all the volunteers who help us with this vital work! The ceremony in April was an inspiring opportunity to learn about the many volunteer groups in Seaford, and the incredible work they all do.

Finally, we hope you’ve seen new trees popping up all around the town. Some are planted by our volunteers, but others are part of the Local Authority Treescape Fund, and planted by East Sussex County Council. All of these young trees need lots of care – so if you have a tree outside your house, or in your road, please keep an eye on it. If you can, please give it some extra water in dry weather (a bucket or watering can of water per week is ideal).

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THE PROBUS CLUB OF SEAFORD At our most recent meeting our speaker was Adam Chugg, Town Clerk for Seaford Town Council.

Adam explained that, in essence, the Town Council works for the betterment of Seaford and its residents.

They have responsibility for certain aspects of the built and natural environment, such as Seaford Head, Crouch Gardens, the Martello Museum and The Salts.

The Town Council owns and maintains Seaford Head Golf Club and The View Restaurant. During Lockdown there was very little activity here, but since the end of the restrictions the Golf Club seems to be thriving, and currently they have more members than ever.

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The Town Council wishes to develop the Seafront, but in such a way as not to destroy the basic character of the area. They will seek to balance the need to enhance the seafront concessions with the need to maintain the tranquillity of the area, and to maintain safety for all users. The Town Council will continue to encourage key events in the town centre, but not to excess. The Town Council’s long-term aim is ‘more of the same’. This year there will be a number of ‘Beacon’ events, celebrating Her Majesty’s Jubilee.

The Town Council is working with Historic England in investigations into the Iron Age Fort on Seaford Head, part of which was uncovered during a recent cliff fall.

South Hill Barn has now been made waterproof in the expectation of greater use.

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Alfriston Art Club Annual Exhibition 2022 The Alfriston War Memorial Hall, Alfriston, Thursday 2nd – Sunday 5th June 2022, from 10.30am until 5pm. Entry is free.

The Exhibition features artwork from Alfriston Art Club Members. It includes work with a variety of media, including watercolours, acrylics, gouache, hand-felted landscapes and oils. Original artwork will be available for purchase at the Hall. Refreshments will be available, with any profits going towards the Ukrainian Appeal.

The Alfriston Art Club members look forward to welcoming you to our Annual Exhibition.

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Community Champion Recognised by Seaford Mayor Morrisons’ Community Champion, Sophie Carpenter, was presented by Mayor Rodney Reed with an award at the recently held Annual Town Forum. Sophie was nominated for the award of Supporting and Strengthening Local Charities by Brenda from charity Teddy Treats Children’s Charity.

Sophie has been working with many Seaford- and Newhaven-based organisations and is always looking for more ways to help the community. If you’re involved with a local charity or community group please reach out to sophie.carpenter@morrisonsplc.co.uk.

Sophie is quoted as saying: ‘I was overjoyed to just be nominated for the award. When the Mayor presented me with it I was absolutely stunned to have such a beautiful award given to me, and to be able to share the moment with my children, and show them just how much I care for our local community was an absolute joy.’

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Advertising Feature

Why Selling Your Home Should Be a Team Effort If there’s one piece of property advice worth remembering, it’s this: be wary of anyone who tells you that selling a home is so easy that you should do it yourself.

It takes a team with expertise and experience across various areas to make a successful sale happen. Not even the most creative multitasker has the skills to cover all the bases themselves. Here’s a list of who should be on your home-selling team.

Estate agent – A good agent knows Seaford’s

property market inside and out. And armed with this info, they can get the asking price right – not too high that it doesn’t generate interest, and not too low that you lose out financially.

A good agent will use their experience of viewings and negotiations to get you the best possible deal on your largest tax-free asset.

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Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club The May meeting of Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club was always an outing, and this was the first one since before Lockdown. Two minibuses took members to Fairwarp Village Hall where the local W.I. ladies provided us with an excellent tea. There was plenty of cake, sandwiches, tea and coffee, as well as a very welcoming and helpful ladies. I can heartily recommend this as a trip for other clubs.

Our next social meeting is on Friday 6th June when the Seaford Strummers will be entertaining us at our Queen’s Jubilee party, along with games, chat, food and a raffle. Anyone who would like to join us, please ring Pauline on 01323 895216.

The lipreading classes start their new term on 7th June at 10am, at Sutton Corner Barn (previously the 60+ club). Please contact Jayne on 01323 655957.

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Join our Seaford team as a support worker, supporting adults who have learning disabilities or who are autistic

Salary £10.05 - £13.40 per hour (qualified, or £9.90 per hour unqualified) plus £50 per night sleep-in rate.

Rewards • Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, at no cost to you!

• 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service).

• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities, plus eligibility for Blue Light Card discounts.

Apply online at seeability.org/careers

For more information get in touch with Phil Edmunds: p.edmunds@seeability.org 07889 599913

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What’s On in June?

Thurs 26th May – Tues 21st June Uno22: Six

Beacon Ceremony

Near ‘The Shoal’, Splash Point, the Esplanade

10am - 4pm (Mon - Sat, closed Weds), 12 noon - 3pm (Sun & Jubilee bank holidays) Celebrating Sussex through art, design and craft. Email: info@galleryunoseaford.co.uk Instagram: @unoseaford

9.35pm Local piper Richard Brookes plays a unique tune written for the Jubilee, before the beacon lighting at 9.45pm, when Archway Choir will also perform ‘A Song for the Commonwealth’.

Fri 27th May – Mon 3rd October The Beacon Show

Thurs 2nd – Sun 5th Alfriston Art Club Annual Exhibition

Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers presents a public arts trail running along Seaford’s coastline. Guided tours, lecture nights and free children’s workshops, see online for details. Beacon Day on Sat 4th June. www.wearescip.com

10.30am - 5pm Features work in a variety of media, including watercolours, acrylics, gouache, oils and hand-felted landscapes.

Original artworks available for purchase. Refreshments available with profits going towards the Ukrainian Appeal.

Gallery Uno, 14 High Street

Seaford Coastline

Wednesday 1st June Children’s Jubilee Craft Day

Seaford Museum, Martello Tower, Seaford Esplanade

Alfriston War Memorial Hall, The Tye, Alfriston

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend

Seaford Museum, Martello Tower, Seaford Esplanade

11am - 1pm Tickets £3 per child. Places limited, please book online. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk

11am - 4pm Special commemorative displays and a Discovery Trail for children. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk

Weds 1st June – Sun 31st July Open Garden

Friday 3rd Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club

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 23rd and 24th July.

Thursday 2nd Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Worldwide Proclamation St Leonard’s Church Lych Gate, Church St & Broad St

2pm & 2.15pm Town Crier of Seaford and Serjeant at Mace delivers the Worldwide Proclamation of Jubilee Events.

St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road

2pm Monthly social meeting.

Queen’s Jubilee party with Seaford Strummers. Games, chat, food and raffle. 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.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Afternoon Tea

Tuesday 7th Walk & Talk at the Downs

2.30pm With the Mayor of Seaford. A Big Jubilee Lunch event with live piano. Includes welcome reception with aperitif, afternoon tea and a commemorative Platinum Jubilee souvenir mug. £29.99 per person, booking required.

Tel: 01323 890139.

Email: hello@the-view.co.uk www.the-view.co.uk

10am Drop in and find out more 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

The View at Seaford Head, Southdown Road

Alfriston & Cuckmere Valley Twinning Assoc.

Jubilee Quiz Night Old Chapel Centre, The Tye, Alfriston

7pm Open to everyone, teams of up to 6 people. BYO food and drink. Entry £1 a head.

Tel: Wendy 01323 895657

Saturday 4th Beacon Day

Seaford Coastline

10am - 12 noon Members of Sussex Contemporary Illustrators & Printmakers will be stationed at the works in the Beacon Show along Seaford’s coastline to talk about the project.

3pm - 5pm Free guided tour, book online.

Cycling Without Age will also be running free trishaw tours of the exhibition for elderly or disabled people. Please book online. www.wearescip.com

Open Church Café

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 10am - 3pm Free refreshments, craft for kids. All welcome.

Sunday 5th 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

Civic Songs of Praise

St Leonard’s Church, Church St

6pm Churches Together in Seaford celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road

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

East Blatchington Lectures

St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd 2.30pm Rev. Peter Blee on the Bloomsbury Group murals at St Michael and All Angels in Berwick. Tickets £7, including tea and cakes. To book, tel: 01323 899054 Email: officeebb.benefice@gmail.com

Wednesday 8th Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane

7pm for 7.30pm Ian Marshall on GB Pre-stamp and Early Stamp Covers. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome. Tel: 01323 492433. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc

Splash Point Jazz

The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, BN25 4JS 7pm Neal’s ‘Not’ King Cole Show.

Tickets £15, on the door or at wegottickets.com/ splashpointjazz. www.splashpointjazz.com Facebook @splashpointjazz The View. Tel: 01323 890139.

Friday 10th Seaford Community Cinema

Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane

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Fri 10th – Sat 18th Off the Hook

Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road

7.45pm (daily, not Sun), 2.30pm (Sat 11th only, no evening performance) Tickets £9 tiered/£8 level.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk

Saturday 11th Plauschgruppe

The Galley Papachino’s Café, Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club, Marine Parade

10am - 12.30pm German conversation and twinning group. Informal chat in German (any standard) or English for German enthusiasts and ex-Twinners.

Tel: 01323 897360.

Denton Community Challenge 2022

Avis Road Recreation Ground, Denton, Newhaven

1pm - 5pm All-inclusive family day. Variety of sporting activities, plus stalls, licensed bar, BBQ, arena events, trampolines, bouncy castle, climbing wall and tug of war.

Craft fair and refreshments in the hall.

Email: dentonchallenge@gmail. com www.facebook.com/ DentonCommunitychallenge

Concentus Sings in Summer

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

7pm - 9pm Also in Eastbourne on Saturday 18th. Tickets £12/£6 under-16s, available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church St; tel: 07789 343541 or 07920 430162; or online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ concentus

Intarsia

Crypt Gallery, 23 Church St

7.30pm Derbyshire duo inspired

by English songs, European dance tunes and West African rhythms. Tickets £7.50. www.eventbrite.com

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Sunday 12th NGS Open Gardens

Cosy Cottage, 69 Firle Rd; Lavender Cottage, 69 Steyne Rd; Madehurst, 67 Firle Rd; Burford, Cuckmere Rd; 2 Barons Close; 5 Clementine Avenue; Seaford Allotments, Sutton Drove; 34 Chyngton Road 11am - 5pm (2 Barons Close from 1 2 noon) Eight gardens open to support the National Garden Scheme.

Maps and tickets available at all gardens, refreshments available at various gardens. £8 all gardens, £3 individual gardens, children free. Online booking and gate admission. www.ngs.org

Tuesday 14th Seaford Natural History Society Gatwick Nature Reserve

10am Members only 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 15th Seaford U3A Coffee Morning

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

Thursday 16th Seaford Afternoon Flower Club

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

1.30 - 3.30pm ‘Anniversaries’, demonstration

by Christine Campbell-Dykes.

Membership £30 per year, visitors £5 on the door. Tel: Mary 01323 893899 or Sue 01323 894848.

Friday 17th 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.

01323 722505 mail@eshrc.org www.eshrc.org

Friday 17th – Thurs 23rd Pamela Earl: What and When: Watergate at 50 Crypt Gallery, 23 Church St

12 noon - 4pm Over 30 works by Pamela Earl address some of the people and events associated with the Watergate Affair. Free entry. www.thecryptgallery.com

Saturday 18th Lunchtime Concert

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm Abi Heath, clarinet. Free entry with a retiring collection.

Weds 22nd – Sun 26th Ignite Theatre: Gabriel

Meeching Hall, Fort Road, Newhaven

7.30pm (daily), 2pm (Sun only) Period thriller with awardwinning script. Also on Fri 1st July – Sun 3rd July. Tickets £10, available from SCDA, Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven, or online. www.citizenticket.uk www.ignite-theatre.com

Thursday 23rd Open Garden

The Long House, The Lane, Westdean

11am - 5pm Celebrated one-acre garden.

Tea, coffee, cakes and plants for sale. Admission £6, children free. No dogs. Free parking in the village. Proceeds go to All Saints Church, Westdean, and village funds. www. thelonghousegarden.co.uk

Friday 24th Seaford Community Cinema

Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane

Concentus Sings in Summer

7.30pm House of Gucci (15).

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

7pm - 9pm Also in Seaford on Saturday 11th. Tickets £12/£6 under16s, available from Semantics, 33 Grove Road, Eastbourne; tel: 07789 343541 or 07920 430162; or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ concentus

Saturday 25th Coffee Morning and Mission Fayre

Sunday 19th NGS Open Garden

SEA Climate Hub, Clinton Place

St Saviour’s, South Street, Eastbourne

Cupani Garden, 8 Sandgate Close, BN25 3LL

2pm - 5pm In aid of the NGS, which supports nursing and healthcare charities. Recently renovated garden with new gravel bed and tropical planting alongside old favourites.

Afternoon teas, plants for sale. Admission £5. Also open Wednesday 29th. www.cupanigarden.com

St Leonard’s Church, Church St 10am - 12.30pm Refreshments, stalls, craft for kids. All welcome.

Repair Café Seaford

10am - 1pm 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.seafuture.org/ seaford-repair-cafe

Seaford Sessions: Gilmore & Roberts Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road

7.30pm Contemporary folk/acoustic duo. Tickets £15, available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church St, or online.

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Coming Up

Tuesday 28th Seaford Natural History Society

Friday 1st July Seaford Community Cinema

Stump Bottom, Denton

10am Meet at junction of Cantercrow Hill and St Leonards Road, TQ 45870 02810. Meetings open to all (non-members £3).

Stout footwear essential.

Check online for changes before setting out.

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

Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane

7.30pm Parallel Mothers (15).

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

Fri 1st July – Sun 3rd July Ignite Theatre: Gabriel Meeching Hall, Fort Road, Newhaven

7.30pm (daily), 2pm (Sun only) Period thriller with awardwinning script. Also on Weds 22nd June - Sun 26th June. Tickets £10, available from SCDA, Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven, or online. www.citizenticket.uk www.ignite-theatre.com

Seaford Horticultural Society

St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd

7pm Members social evening.

Talk by Alan Sargent on ‘Confessions of a Gardener’ and Sweet Pea and Rose competion. www.seafordhorti.com

Saturday 2nd July Seaford Choral Society

Wednesday 29th NGS Open Garden

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Cupani Garden, 8 Sandgate Close, BN25 3LL

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 available from choir members and Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street. www.seaford-choralsociety.com

2pm - 5pm In aid of the NGS, which supports nursing and healthcare charities. Recently renovated garden with new gravel bed and tropical planting alongside old favourites.

Afternoon teas, plants for sale. Admission £5. Also open Sunday 19th. www.cupanigarden.com

Drawing Workshops with

Lesley Harvey

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

Paradise Park Contact me on

07722 236741

What’s On Weekly?

Arts and Crafts Drawing Workshops

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

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.

Jewellery & Creative Metal Classes

Seaford Art Club

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

Email: amandazoejewellery@ yahoo.com

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

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,

The Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road

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 meetings including coffee

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mornings, walking groups, steam train excursions, heritage sites, tea parties, wine tasting and lunches. Tel: 01323 725882 www.just-friends.uk

Secretary, tel: 01323 893626, email: gillespiejohn6@gmail. com, or Pam Pelling, Chair, tel: 07834 833561, email: pampelling@hotmail.com

Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club

Lip Reading Classes

Seaford Museum and Heritage Society

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

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

Tuesdays 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

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

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

Tel: 0345 8335981.

Facebook: @NPSLions

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.

Reading Friends

Seaford Women’s Institute

Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club

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: 1.15 for 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Corner

Weds: 6.15 for 6.30pm - 9.30pm Online Tues: 1.30 for 2pm - 4pm Fri: 6.30 for 7pm - 9pm If you would like to find out more, or arrange a visit, please contact John Gillespie, Club

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.

St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road BN25 2AB

Trees for Seaford

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

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.

Seaford Beach Clean

Martello Tower and The Buckle end of beach First Sunday of the month Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, BYO bucket.

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

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

Seaford Environmental Alliance

Climate Hub, 4 Clinton Place

Climate Hub: 9am - 12 noon (Thurs, Fri), 10am - 1pm (Sat) Repair Café: Fourth Friday of the month 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

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

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

The Group Social Group

Seaford Musicians

Fourth Thursday of the month, 7pm A social group for unattached men and women over 55 years old. www.thegroup. org.uk

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.

John Harvey Tavern, Bear Yard, Cliff High Street, Lewes

Time-Out

St Michael’s Church Hall, Church Hill, Newhaven (disabled access Second Ave)

Third Weds of the month, 2pm - 4pm A group set up by two former long-term carers, for those living alone and who feel socially isolated, for carers and their partners etc. Pop in for a chat and a cuppa.

Arts and crafts, table-top games, speakers, outings etc.

For further details, tel Gloria: 07926 967359.

Music

Concentus Choir

Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, Eastbourne BN20 9QX 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

Lifesong Creative Arts Club

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 Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

Seaford Silver Band

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

Beautiful Yoga with Kelly Burns Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Weds 6.30 - 9.30pm

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

Seaford Sings

Crouch Bowling Club

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

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§

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

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 60+ 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.

Crouch Gardens, East Street

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 Road

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.

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Gold Exercise Classes

Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Rd Tues & Thurs 2pm

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 - 12noon Tues 7.30pm - 9pm Relaxing and restoring your body and mind. Also available: 1 to 1 meditation, Reiki, Indian head massage.

Tel Ann: 07989 294445.

In Balance Yoga Online

Thurs 10 - 11.15am

WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Road Fri 11am - 12.15pm 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 www.in-balance.org.uk

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 filled in and sent back in advance for safety reasons. Your maiden voyage session is approx. 90 mins. All this for only £5. Each row after this is then only £3.

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

Pilates & Yoga with Karen Hall

Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group

Southern Stomp Line Dance Club

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

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.

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

Cross Way Church/Clinton Centre, Clinton Place

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road

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

Seahaven Yoga

Dance Studio, Seaford Head School, Arundel Road

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

Seaford Osteopathic Clinic

Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane. BN25 1PU

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

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

Seaford Bowling Club 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

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St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road

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

Tuesdays 10.30am, Thursdays 7pm

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

Sevalight Hatha Yoga & Relaxation Class

St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tuesdays 10am

Bishopstone Village

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

Sound Journeys

Common Room, Broad Street, Seaford

Deep relaxation with and through the singing bowls of high therapeutic quality.

Mondays 7 - 8pm Refill your energy for the week, feel yourself and be happy.

Fridays 9.30 - 10.30am Are you a school-running mum? Take a break and prepare for the weekend with the kids. To register, email: maja@soundfeelings.uk www.soundfeelings.uk

Church Hall, Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven

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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