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‘Tis the season for feasting, festivities and fun!

Welcome to Christmas at Sussex Living.

We have so many treats for you this month, from seasonal decorating tips to beautify your home and garden, to mouthwatering recipes for your Christmas lunch. Tick off your shopping list with our glorious gift guide, and fi nd all your local church and Carol Services with our handy listings on pages 72 to 80.

Listening to a rousing choir really gets you in a joyful mood, which is exactly what Roger Linn did when he visited Vivace! Choir (p.68), and found out about the amazing fund raising work they do.

If you fancy staying warm and cosy over the festive period, why not play some games?

Ruth Lawrence visited some local games clubs (p.25 to 26) to give you ideas for fun and entertainment. We also have our very own quiz to test your festive knowledge! Many thanks to Haywards Heath Homecare in Haywards Heath, Lily & Grace in Forest Row and The Present Company in Burgess Hill for kindly donating the superb prizes.

I hope our wonderful front cover makes you smile, courtesy of the very gifted illustrator, John Vernon Lord. I had the greatest pleasure in meeting this fascinating man in his magically cluttered study, where we talked about drawing, teaching, maths and more…I could have stayed for days! See pages 40 to 47 for the article and illustrations.

Thinking of others at this time of year, Lisa de Silva discovered the great work the League of Friends does at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath (p.64), while Roger showed his support of Decembeard; have you grown yours yet? Page 62 has the details.

Making sure you look the part this Christmas, Amy Newson styles you beautiful with party clothes and make-up (p.58), while in the garden, Flow Whitaker gets all decorative. And for a bit of seasonal history, Robert Veitch discovers the tradition of Boxing Day. Last but by no means least, I wish you all a very Merry and Prosperous Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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HOME & GARDEN

BY LISA DE SILVA

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Christmas is the time of year where you can really enjoy showcasing your style.

Whether you prefer a traditional, vintage or contemporary look, grab a glass of mulled wine and enjoy our guide to decking your halls for the festive fun ahead

Most of us will want our Christmas decor to reflect the style and palette already in our homes. So, if you enjoy a pared down, weathered wood, neutral Scandi style, you probably want to extend that to your Christmas decorations. Or, maybe you prefer a more traditional red and green palette.

Whatever you decide, it’s a good idea to take your chosen colour scheme and use it to accent your home. So, for example, if you decide the predominant colour for your decorations will be red, invest in some cushions, throws and accessories, such as scented candles, to add texture, fragrance and set the scene.

Once you’ve got the backdrop sorted, the fun can really begin.

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Boughs and Tannenbaums

The type and style of tree you choose will often be dictated by space. Think about positioning to help you decide on height, width and whether a real, or artificial tree would work best. If you don’t have much available floor space, placing a tree on a side table is very effective, as it also makes the tree appear larger.

Do check real trees have a good shape before buying. Remember, while you can prune to perfection, you can’t add branches if it’s lop-sided.

If you are worried about sustainability, get a tree with roots that you can plant out at a later date, and reuse in years to come. This also gives you the option to decorate the tree in the garden, bringing Christmas inside and out.

Artificial trees now come in all shapes, sizes, colours, textures and some are even pre-lit. Thankfully, the quality has improved dramatically over the years as well! There will be no mess or maintenance, you can choose a size which is perfect for your location, and there is only one initial investment.

If you are short on space, think small!

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a mantelpiece or windowsill, this can be just as effective a statement as a large tree.

Alternatively, raid your local woodland for large twigs and create a twig-tree in a large vase. Leave natural, or spray with gold or silver, string with lights and decorate with baubles. Maximum impact for minimum spend!

Follow the Christmas star

Fairy lights can really make your home and garden sparkle with Christmas magic. For your tree, more is more in this case! Light from the top down, wrapping round in spiral sections. Use as many sets as it takes, and don’t forget the bottom branches.

Festoon lighting looks fabulous outside, illuminating your garden with festive cheer. String around your doorway, or along a fence, hedge or wall in the front of your house to welcome your Christmas guests.

You can also use lights to decorate mirrors or windows, thread through garlands, light up an unused fireplace or coil in an empty vase for a glittering table centrepiece. For a spectacular wall of light, hang them in strands, either outside or in, to create a stunning focal point.

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When decorating the tree you may want to make a style statement by using baubles of only one or two colours. Whatever the case, hang dominant baubles first and intersperse with smaller ones to get the right balance.

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Another option is to hang a bunch of baubles on ribbons and tie onto doors, or hang in windows in place of a wreath.

A few oversized baubles can also look stylish grouped by the fireplace, in an entrance hall or landing.

…to Decorations Big!

Garlands can be draped across a mantelpiece, wound around stairwells or tacked above doors.

Whatever you do with yours, remember they offer infinite possibilities in terms of decoration. Pep your garland up even more with lights, pine cones, baubles, feathers, fruits, holly – in fact anything that takes your fancy.

Home made or shop bought, wreaths create a warm welcome at the front door. They can be as elaborate or simple as you like and look cheerful no matter what. To ring the changes, you could hang three small wreaths on a ribbon, or create a cluster of smaller wreaths on the front door. Alternatively, why not hang matching wreaths in windows, to enjoy inside and out?

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You could also wrap presents (real or display) in your chosen colour palate, adorned with ribbons, wrapped chocolates, tree trimmings or candy canes to create a present sculpture either under the tree, or in an entrance hall.

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Eat and be Merry

You can have lots of fun at Christmas dressing the table for dinner. Use baubles, frosted pine cones, hollyTuileries sprigs, groups of candlesticks, or a traditional flower and foliage centrepiece. Think about a festive table runner to add central focus to your table, and make your serviettes sparkle by tying a glittery bow of material around them. Be creative with place names, tying to dried orange and apple slices, mini gifts or Christmas cookies. But most importantly of all, enjoy your Christmas dinner.

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With stylish home accessories, carefully chosen gifts, competitive prices and a warm and friendly welcome, isn’t it time you discovered Claire Cork Interiors?

If you need fresh inspiration, or a helping hand choosing those fi nishing touches that make a house a home, visit Claire’s shop. She has used her interior designer’s eye to create a lovely store, full of well designed, well made and reasonably priced home accessories and gifts.

Having already established a successful interior design business, Claire opened her shop in Burgess Hill earlier this year, along with her husband, former Wimbledon FA Cup Winning footballer, Alan Cork, now England Scout. “We live locally and our aim is to offer something nice and slightly different in Burgess Hill. Having the shop means we can expand the design side of the business, to sell quality accessories and gifts, which offer great value for money,” explains Claire.

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And when it comes to gifts, you need look no further for your Christmas shopping.

There is a great range of luxury candles, starting from £2.80, boxed and ribboned premium candles and diffusers at £21, stylishly understated Danish photo frames, furry hot water bottles, reasonably priced LSA glassware, Caroline Gardner stationary, iPad covers and a fantastic selection of exquisite glass baubles and Christmas lights.

Claire also designs and supplies all things interiors, whether that’s upholstery, curtains, blinds, carpets, flooring, redecoration, or furniture. “We keep wallpaper and fabric books in the shop, so anyone looking for inspiration and advice can come in for a browse and a chat. If they want to take things further, I offer a free one hour home visit to help people decide on a design scheme.”

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Local Fancy Getting Back to work?

Mid Sussex District Council offer a selection of courses to help fi nd you work. The next courses for back into work are: Work and Money - your new start in 2015 The Working Futures Partnership, together with Mid Sussex District Council, is offering two free courses in the New Year in Burgess Hill, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Hurstpierpoint. Dawn Grant, MD of Working Futures explains: “We run two separate courses. Moving on into Work helps people build their confidence, identify their skills and create a great CV as well as offering help with applications and interviews. We also look at volunteering and work experience and how that can lead into paid employment.” The course consists of five two-hour workshops and is ideal if you’re looking to return to work or if you’re in work and wanting to change direction.

Making the Most of your Money This two-hour workshop offers advice on budgeting, making your money go further and understanding benefit changes. Also available are 1-1 sessions by telephone or email to discuss more personal money issues.

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Hospice Appeals for Unwanted Furniture St Peter & St James Hospice Charity Shops sell a huge variety of quality donated items, all of which raise considerable sums to support the Hospice. Among the fastest selling is furniture - in fact, it sells so quickly that the stocks are really in need of a boost! The Hospice Shops offer a free collection service for your unwanted furniture, including conservatory and garden items, as well as white goods.

When downsizing, moving, clearing a house or just updating your furniture, please think of St Peter & St James and donate your unwanted items, avoid landfi ll and let the Hospice Shops find good new homes for your pre-loved furniture. Sofas, three-piece suites, coffee tables, standard lamps, dining tables with chairs, kitchen tables, sideboards, dressers, bookcases, desks, beds, wardrobes, bedroom furniture, fridges and freezers are all wanted. Soft furnishings, unless vintage or antique, will need to meet fire safety regulations with appropriate labelling. Electrical goods need to be in good condition and working order.

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If you would like to support St Peter & St James Hospice through the donation of furniture and white goods, please call the donation line on 01444 470205.

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The event is to be held at Holy Trinity Church on December 12th from 11.30am to 7.30pm, December 13th from 11.30am to 6.30pm and on December 14thfrom 11.30am to 5pm, followed by carol services.

As well as magnificently decorated trees and baubles featuring the faces of some of the air ambulance’s former patients, there will also be refreshments and live music. Admission is £4 but free for children.

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Morris and Mummers at the Bull This year marks the 29th year that Ditchling Morris and Mummers will perform a traditional Mummers play at Christmas. They will appear on Sunday 22nd December in the Lewes Precinct at approximately 11.00am and 12.00 midday. On Boxing Day, 26th December, they will perform at 1.00pm at the Bull Hotel in Ditchling by kind permission of the Landlord. This is the BIG ONE! There will be the customary carols for all before the Mummers Play, followed by Morris Dancing.

We always perform Sussex plays at Christmas and this year the play comes from the village of Sompting in West Sussex, featuring St George, Father Christmas, and the Turkish Night assisted by the Valiant Soldier, the Doctor, the Noble Captain, Twin Twan, Little Johny Jack…

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Burgess Hill Choral Society Christmas Concert At this year’s Christmas Concert, the choir will be singing two well-loved pieces by Gabriel Fauré, his beautiful Requiem and the slight but exquisite Cantique de Jean Racine. The concert also features the Christmas Oratorio by Camille SaintSaëns, an immediately appealing piece which deserves to be better known.

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The ‘Magic of Christmas’ Come for an afternoon of Christmas Carols and Songs at the Adastra Hall in Keymer Road, Hassocks on Saturday 13th December from 2.30pm until 4.30pm. Local concert party Friends and Neighbours will present a programme of your favourite carols and songs and entertainment.

Admission is just £2.50 (£1.00 child) including refreshments. Advance tickets will be on sale from Monday 1st December at Pavilion Electrics in Keymer Road, Hassocks or by ringing 01273 845291. Please join us for an enjoyable, friendly and festive occasion. For more information call 01273 845291.

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As a business, school, council or church within Burgess Hill you are welcome to get involved in the project by having one of our hamper boxes in your office or staff room. Simply fill the box with items from a list we would provide and deliver it to The King›s Centre, Burgess Hill by Monday 1st December. We can also drop off and collect boxes for you.

Ways in which you could help: Have one of our hamper boxes in your place of work, fill it up and deliver it back to The King’s Centre by Monday 1st December.

Buy some of the items on the list and drop them into The King’s Centre anytime during the week and we will use them to make up the hampers.

Come and help us to pack and distribute the boxes at The King’s Centre on Saturday 6th December at 9.30am. Mince pies and refreshments provided!

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The Hurstpierpoint Film Society and Hurstpierpoint Players are delighted to welcome the National Theatre to the village

cinema at the Players Theatre to screen live broadcasts from 2015.

David Saitch, Chair of the Film Society, originally had the idea of screening live broadcasts and approached Richard Coney, Chair of Hurst Players to see if they would be interested in doing this as a joint venture. The

Players enthusiastically agreed, who then applied for the necessary planning permission for the installation of a satellite dish at the theatre.

Now installed, we can enjoy a fantastic on screen, surround sound experience delivering live theatre from the heart of London to the Players Theatre in the heart of Hurstpierpoint.

David added that we cannot pick and choose what to show, and are contracted to screen every play the National Theatre decide to transmit live in the 2015 season, though we may choose to screen ‘encore’ performances in addition to the live ones.

We will start to screen live broadcasts in the New Year.

The first four plays of the 2015 season have been announced and include new works by pre-eminent British playwrights David Hare and Tom Stoppard, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story Treasure Island as well as a performance of George Bernard Shaw’s satire Man and Superman starring Ralph Fiennes.

Please support the Village Cinema and welcome the National Theatre to Hurstpierpoint!

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Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour, Arabic 2012. 97 mins. PG Cert. Before the fi lm we will serve traditional mince pies and mulled wine.

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Sussex Chorus Family Christmas Concert Sussex Chorus returns to The King’s Church, 33-35 Victoria Road, Burgess Hill RH15 9LR, for its popular annual Family Christmas Concert on Monday 22nd December 2014 at 6.30pm.

The programme will include both well known and less familiar seasonal songs and carols with many old favourites for audience participation including those suitable for children such as Rutter’s Star Carol, Gardener’s setting of The Holly and the Ivy and Good King Wenceslas.

Alan Vincent, Sussex Chorus’s Musical Director, will conduct with John Walker on keyboard.

The comfortable, warm church, with good facilities and plenty of easy parking, provides an ideal setting for families to enjoy seasonal music. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and mince pies, which are included in the ticket price, will be served after the concert.

Tickets are £12, only £3 for students and those under 16, and are available from the Sussex Chorus Ticket Manager on 01444 412579, Burgess Hill Help Point on 01444 247726, www.wegottickets.com/sussexchorus and on the door.

Come to Bethlehem…. in Bolney Saturday 20th December.

5pm start with a lantern-lit procession from the Rawson Hall, down Bolney Street to the

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Christmas Eve with Ardingly Choral Society All are invited to celebrate Christmas Eve with Ardingly Choral Society, singing Christmas Carols and hearing Haydn’s exuberant Nelson Mass with soloists and instrumentalists in the wonderful surroundings of Ardingly College Chapel at 8.00 to 9.15pm. Entry is free but the Society hopes for generous donations to St Peter and St James Hospice; annually at least £1,000 is raised for this most worthwhile cause.

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Boxing Day, oh boxing day, is it a visit to the in-laws or a visit from the outlaws?

Is it a trip to the sales, or a day back at work? Maybe it’s a day to spend with the grandchildren, or a day to be free of the kids? A day to relish, a day to dread, but how did it come to be?

My childhood myth was that it was about boxing, given that was the most logical explanation to a youngster, but of course that’s not true. I got a little older and was told it was about boxes that Christmas presents were given in, that it was a day for putting them out with the rubbish. That seemed plausible for a while but again it’s not really true.

The truth is, the real reason remains unknown and the term Boxing Day is derived from more than one source, each of which remains as valid as the other and contributes to the day we have today.

In the Middle Ages alms boxes were placed in churches and collections would take place. These would be opened on Boxing Day and the contents would be shared among the poor of the Parish.

Boxing Day also earned its’ name because it was a day

off for servants who had to work on Christmas Day. They would be given gift boxes in thanks for their efforts the previous day and throughout the year.

The 26th December was historically the day that trades people used to collect their Christmas box or tip while they travelled their usual round. Samuel Pepys noted it in his 17th Century diary. Tipping the milkman or the paperboy was a custom that is slowly dying out as more people get their milk from the supermarket and gather their news online. Ironically, newspapers have only been published and delivered on Boxing Day since the late twentieth century.

Boxing Day is also St. Stephen’s Day and is remembered in some places with feasting. To many people in the United Kingdom St. Stephen’s Day is most widely known via the lyric to the carol “Good King Wenceslas” from the hospitality offered by a King to a poor man gathering winter fuel.

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Boxing Day has long been a day to get out of the house, a day to blow away the cobwebs and indigestion of Christmas Day with some sport.

Since 1947 Kempton Park has run the King George V Chase on Boxing Day. The horses Desert Orchid and Kauto Star are both embedded in racing folklore partly due to their Boxing Day efforts. Australians look forward to the start of the

it remains a day for all the family, with something for everyone to do

Sydney – Hobart Yacht Race on 26th December as well as the Boxing Day Test that takes place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Back in the United Kingdom football and rugby matches are ubiquitous on Boxing Day. Whether at a local or a national level, these matches are often local derbies, which minimise travel for supporters as well as adding a little spice to the atmosphere.

In more recent times the Boxing Day Sale has begun to replace the New Year Sale. Some stores open before dawn on Boxing Day, such is the retailers desire to get people in through the doors and turn the sale into an event. Not long ago this would have been unthinkable. But, such is the attraction of online shopping at Christmas, the internet age has seen bricks and mortar retailers come up with ever more imaginative ideas to claw back some of the ground they have lost to their online rivals.

A little closer to home, this Boxing Day will see the annual Ditchling Mummers seasonal play outside the Bull Hotel, which has been running annually since the late 1980’s. For the energetic there is the tenth annual Turners Hill four-mile cross-country run. And a little further afield there is the traditional Eastbourne Bandstand Concert, which has been a seafront staple since 1935.

So Boxing Day may be a day with its’ name derived from different sources, but it remains a day for all the family, with something for everyone to do. And if that is not enough, then of course there is always something else that historically began on Boxing Day - Pantomime!

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BYROGER LINN

Last week, in the middle of the Christmas comings and goings, I had to take Archie my dog to the vet. As always, I was lost in admiration for her skill and patience, as well as her encyclopaedic knowledge of all things animal.

I have no idea how vets do their job. At least doctors know what species is coming through the door. Even if they don’t know what the problem will be, the patients can explain their symptoms, but as Archie and I sat in the vet’s waiting room, we were joined by a Rottweiler, a gerbil, a cat in a carrying case and a large puppy which resembled nothing so much as a small bear.

None of them could speak a word of English and all of them were unhappy. The Rottweiler was about the size of a pit pony and although he could have done pretty much anything he wanted to, he was content to lie on the floor and stare fi xedly at the puppy, which responded to this attention by peeing on its owner – twice. I had some sympathy with it. The gerbil, on the other hand, was completely relaxed about his surroundings and was using the time to give his cage a bit of a tidy-up, while the cat, an elderly one according to its owner, contented itself by miaowing in that vaguely reproachful tone they use to tell you when you’ve let the side down.

Archie, who’s a sensitive soul, simply hid under my chair and shivered.

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Game for Anything Now that winter is closing in, dark evenings needn’t stop you from having fun while enjoying some friendly competition. And luckily, there is a thriving games scene right here in Mid Sussex If your usual experience of board games is a Christmas round of Monopoly with your relatives, you’ll be pleased to discover that times have changed. I spoke to Mike Bliss, who gathered together the Burgess Hill Board Gamers in 1997 and has not looked back since; he now owns 600 board games that players can sample. With no membership, the club is very informal, holding meetings each Wednesday evening at one another’s houses where new players can simply turn up and join in. “It’s a thriving social scene with a wide age range from 20’s to 60’s,” Mike explained.

“If people want to learn a new game, we can give them help beforehand so they can join in.”

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I wondered what the games entail; apparently it’s possible to fly planes, build trains, explore dungeons and race chariots, certainly more fun than sitting in front of the TV all evening!

When Mike started collecting games, most came from Germany and few rules had been translated into English; now that’s changed and rules are easy to download in our native language. There are online tutorials and videos that make learning easy to grasp and there will always be someone to show you if you’d prefer real tuition.

I researched a few of the most popular games and discovered a world where fantasy and adventure hang on the roll of a dice and tactical skill of the players. ‘Castle Ravenloft’ encourages players to co-operate in order to stay alive, slay monsters and achieve the goal of a particular quest. ‘Jamaica’ is a tactical pirate game with player interaction and side goals such as detours for treasure. In ‘Stone Age’, players use tribe members to expand their village with a balance of luck and planning while in ‘Chicago’ there is no luck factor and the player who accumulates the most money is the winner. Although Mike also has 150 card games, they are not standard decks and players build decks to achieve success.

If conventional packs of cards are more your passion, the Good Causes Whist Club in Hassocks could prove a great place to start. I spoke to club secretary, Mrs Pearce, who has been going to the continued on page 26

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It would certainly be possible to fill every evening with a different pursuit

Duplicate Bridge Club could be right up your street.

Meeting each Monday, the club welcomes new members and has an informative website to explain the possibilities on offer. There are competitions where members can accrue points throughout the season and there is a lively social element with a large membership.

It seems that there is little excuse to hibernate this winter; the dark evenings only expanding the possibilities for socialising while playing your favourite or newly learned game. It would certainly be possible to fill every evening with a different pursuit, from traditional card games to up to the minute, complex fantasy games.

Whatever your level of skill or particular passion, there is a games club out there for you to sample and enjoy. Happy playing!

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Further Information Good Causes Whist Club meets on Thursdays at 7pm Main Hall in Age Concern Centre, Hassocks.

Mrs Pearce 01273 845449 or Mrs Jenner 01273 843390 Mid Sussex Duplicate Bridge Club meet each Monday at 7.15pm in Ashenground Community Hall, Southdown Close, Haywards Heath. www.bridgewebs.com/midsussex/ Burgess Hill Board Games meet on Wednesdays at 8pm details on website at www.theblisspages.com Mike Bliss 01444 233819 mike@theblisspages.com

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They play 24 games in an evening; if you win, you keep your partner, lose and you move on. “It’s a very friendly club,” remarked treasurer, Mrs Jenner.

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Whilst I can grow flowers, arranging them is not my forte. I do not have the patience or skill required for Floral Art, being more of a ‘Sweet peas shoved in a jam jar’ sort of gal. However, I love to deck the halls at Christmas. Here are a few tips and ideas for arrangements that are so simple – even I can do them.

It’s important to give any plant material a long drink before bringing indoors. Stand flowers and foliage overnight in a deep bucket of water in a cool place. The water-fi lled stems will cope better with dry, centrally-heated rooms. Think of a real Christmas tree in exactly the same way as you would a cut flower. Over the festive period, a large tree will take up several pints, so use a tree support that has an in-built water reservoir and check it regularly.

An arrangement comprising of solely artificial flowers usually looks, errr … artificial, but judicious use of faux flowers and berries can look wonderful.

The trick is to place a few artificial stems in an arrangement of mostly natural ones; the effect will appear naturalistic but you’ll have the benefit of a longer-lasting display with no staining pollen or sticky rosehips dropping onto the carpet.

Candle light is lovely, but a naked flame doesn’t make for a relaxing evening if you have young children or pets to consider. Instead, try a string of battery operated fairy lights.

Christmas Eve? 11pm? House a mess? Don’t panic! Here’s how to make a decoration in five minutes flat: take a large plate and place a potted cyclamen in the centre, drape a light string around the plate, scatter with pinecones and ivy to hide the wiring - and that’s it!

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Another decoration, requiring a little more planning, is to fi nd a container made of plain glass; preferably a square-sided ‘tank’ vase, or a goldfish bowl. Take some allium seedheads, (the ones I told you not to chuck on the compost heap in last months column), and give them a gentle misting with metallic spray paint. Gently push the seedheads into the container, randomly threading a light string through them as you go. Use baubles in gold or silver to fi ll any gaps. In a low-lit room, this arrangement seems to float an inch above the table. Your guests will exclaim, “Oh, you’re so clever!” when, in fact, you’ve stolen the idea from me. Being the Season of Goodwill, I’ll graciously say nothing and let you bask in the glory. Happy Christmas - Peas on Earth!

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environment

by ruth lawrence

I spent much of this last blazing, unforgettable summer in or around water, caught between contemplation and activity

natural

Perhaps we instinctively head to water in times of change; it used to mark the beginning of the unknown at the outer edges of the familiar. To set out across an unchartered sea was to sail away from the world; nothing except spaceflight can truly replace that sensation now.

One crystal sharp day, I took my canoe out on Ardingly Reservoir. For a time I was the only person on the water, no chatter, no engines, no noise other than goose cackle and the whirr of dragonfly wings. Spending a few scarce hours in a place largely absent from traffic noise was a revelation; it allowed my ears to re-tune to subtle sounds normally eradicated by the hum of cars, talk and footsteps.

Natural sound recordist Chris Watson tells how in the 1960’s there were still about 40 places in this country where you couldn’t hear any man made noise. Now he is able to find and record only a couple of such locations; what does that say about our increasing distance from truly wild spaces? On Ardingly, it was the absence of human sound that allowed me to hear further and therefore travel more deeply into my surroundings. Perhaps the water amplified or altered sound for I felt I could hear for miles; the distant wing beat of a heron, the lively shimmy of silver birch leaves in soft breeze and the tiny eruption of bubbles signalling the breath of a fish. The experience expanded me; I felt mentally larger, perhaps because no part of my senses was closed in order to shut out noise. It was a sensation of letting in.

Another morning, more recently in the nip and leaf fall of autumn, I sat on the bank of a man made pond on the Ashdown Forest. Again, the sensation of being free from human sound opened up the landscape like a door. Sight too was heightened; no screens, no relentless visual information feeding me

a framed and structured landscape.

Just stillness, which made every tiny movement stand out in contrast; the glimpse of a scrap of deer hide between birches.

One glorious moment caught me completely unawares; a pair of kingfishers shot by in pursuit or joie de vivre, they turned their dazzle of Titian blue on edge so that I was almost brushed by iridescence as they passed. It was as though two tiny bolts of summer sky had skimmed across the water of reflected autumn.

Among the muted browns of fallen leaves, another colour stood out; the blood red cap of a poisonous toadstool shouting danger to any hungry, passing creature.

Perhaps if we can find moments, however transitory, where we can escape human distraction, we can experience this heightened sensory openness. Rare though it may seem, it’s there when we truly wish to discover it.

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food & drink

by robert hanson

Food Glorious Christmas Food This month, for Christmas, we give you two rather different meals. The first is Seriously Over the Top and the second Really Rather More Realistic. You can, of course take from either.

Seriously Over the Top Before eating anything, except perhaps a macadamia nut or two, we need a drink. Pink champagne makes a perfect aperitif with its delicate flavour and fantastic salmon colour.

My chosen starter, Soft-shelled Crab, used to be a lot rarer before the invention of freezing. Male and female crabs moult in the Spring, while males moult only in the Autumn. Also the moulting season is very short, and there’s only a 5-6 hour window of opportunity between when the crabs shed their hard shell, and the new, soft shell hardens again. The two best places for fresh soft-shelled crabs are New England and Venice. However these superb crustaceans are now fairly widely available frozen and are excellent. l Let the crabs thaw gradually.

front of the crab, about 1/2 inch behind the eyes and mouth. Squeeze out the contents of the sack you’ll find directly behind the cut you’ve just made. l Lift one pointed end of the crab’s outer shell. Remove and discard the gills.

Repeat on the other side. l Finally, turn the crab over and snip off the small flap known as the apron. Rinse the entire crab well and pat it dry. l Now you choose; either grill or fry it in sunflower or grapeseed oil. Serve with brown bread, butter and, almost as a garnish, a simple green salad.

We follow the crab with a little (it’s very rich) foie gras, out of a tin. After living in France for seven years, my wife and I decided that duck foie gras was rather more than marginally better than goose. Our daughter became a vegetarian.

Here we change the champagne’s colour to a classic straw. And lots of it!

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White Truffle Risotto

Next, from the seriously delicious to the divine; a White Truffle Risotto. Generously serves four.

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil at least ½ a medium onion peeled and finely chopped 2 or 3 small shallots peeled and finely chopped 300g risotto rice a glass of dry white wine a generous litre of chicken (or vegetable) stock ½ teaspoon salt, or as needed 2 teaspoons unsalted butter 100g freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano freshly ground black pepper white truffle 1. In a largish heavy casserole or pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and shallots and cook, stirring often until golden, about 8 minutes. Add the rice and stir to coat with the oil.

Continue stirring until the rice become translucent, 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Pour in the wine and stir well until it has evaporated. Add ½ a cup of hot stock and ½ a teaspoon of salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until all the stock has been absorbed. Continue to add hot stock in small batches, just enough to completely moisten the rice, and cook until absorbed. Adjust the heat so the rice is simmering very gently. Continue stirring while adding the stock until the rice is creamy but al dente. This should take from 15 to 20 minutes from the time the wine was added.

3. Remove the dish from the heat. Beat in the butter until it’s completely melted, then add the grated cheese. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Finally, triumphantly, extravagantly, using the taglia tartuffi (truffle slicer) which naturally you bought when you bought your white truffle, slice lots and lots of truffle on to the risotto. You may never want to eat anything else ever again.

For the main course I briefly toyed with the idea of finding a swan or a peacock, but even with long and careful cooking I’m not sure that the result would have tasted very good. But I did want a bird; birds actually, one inside the other. As it’s Christmas, you certainly won’t want to be doing the boning and stuffing yourself; it takes time, skill, practice and patience and is, believe me, well worth paying someone else to do. So now it’s just a question of how many. I’ve found recipes for from three to twelve bird roasts. How many depends on your appetite, number of guests and for how long you want to eat cold leftovers.

At this point I’d recommend a Trou Normand; this is a slug of calvados designed as they say in polite society ‘to aid digestion’ or to put it in a more crudely ‘to burn a hole through your stomach in order to make room for more food.’

Next, cheese; a perfectly ripe Stilton please, accompanied by a moderately earthy Rioja. The cheese will be followed by a dark chocolate mousse, with a pot of double cream to hand.

Finally (not, I hope terminally finally) a bottle of Green Chartreuse. This, in liquid terms is as heavenly as the white truffles. The recipe using 130 herbs, plants and flowers dates from 1605. Four hundred and ten years of monks can’t be wrong.

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Rather More Realistic To start we have Gravad Lax. A couple of years ago I made a resolution to eat Gravad Lax rather than smoked salmon. It’s a resolution I have kept and not regretted for a moment. Here I would recommend a crisp Sauvignon Blanc, the wine which, apart from at the very end, I propose drinking throughout this feast.

Our reasonable but rather good main course is a roast guinea fowl stuffed with chestnuts. Roast potatoes and perhaps a purée of Brussels sprouts both look and taste good here.

Guinea Fowl with Roast Chestnuts

200g of cooked chestnuts (use the tinned, already peeled variety)

For the sauce 150ml of white wine 150ml of chicken stock 1 tablespoon of redcurrant jelly Heat your oven to 190°C/gas mark 5. Season the guinea fowl inside and out. Halve the lemon, put it inside the bird with the bay leaves and a couple of thyme sprigs. Roast in a tin for quarter of an hour, drizzled with a little olive oil.

Meanwhile, strip the remaining thyme leaves from their stalks. Mix the

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Boil the pan juices on the hob, add the wine, stock and jelly. Bring back to the boil, stirring to dissolve the jelly, until the sauce is slightly thickened.

Taste for seasoning. Serve on the table in a jug.

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Chocolate Mousse for Four 170g/6oz of best dark chocolate (at least 60% cocoa solids), roughly chopped 7 free-range egg whites ¼ of a teaspoon lemon juice 40g/1½oz of caster sugar 1. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (don’t let the bottom of the bowl touch the water).

Although I might be a good cake consumer, I am not a cake maker at all. So, ever expedient and resourceful, I turned to my friend Kate who, as they say, came up with the goods: “There are a few tips to remember when making Christmas cake; soak your fruit in your favourite intoxicant – I use a mix of Brandy, Madeira and Ginger Wine. Whip as much air into

2. In a large, clean bowl whisk the egg whites and lemon juice until they form soft peaks. The lemon juice stabilises the egg whites, making them easier to work with.

Add the sugar and continue to whisk until firm peaks form. Don’t whisk beyond this stage or the egg whites will start to collapse and separate into dry froth and runny liquid, and you’ll lose all the air that you’ve just whisked in.

3. When the chocolate has melted, remove the bowl from the heat. Quickly and vigorously whisk one-third of the egg whites into the hot chocolate, until thick and well combined. If you add the egg whites in too slowly, their cold temperature can make the hot chocolate seize and solidify resulting in a lumpy mousse.

Using a spatula fold the remaining egg whites into the chocolate mixture until they are all incorporated. Don’t overmix at this stage or you›ll knock out the air bubbles and the mousse will be too dense.

4. Spoon the mousse mixture into four glasses. Chill in the fridge until set, 2-3 hours.

the cake as possible – and try to add the eggs slowly so it doesn’t curdle, which will make the cake heavy.

Line your cake tin with baking paper and wrap it in layers of newspaper to protect it while in the oven, fruit burns easily and a bouquet of charred sultana is not what you are after.

Feed it, love it, nurture it. Keep it in a cool spot in your home. It will get

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You don’t have to ice it until nearer the time but when you feel ready, brush it with apricot jam, and cloak with a comforting layer of marzipan followed by stark white icing. By 3pm on Boxing Day, a generous slice with a fresh cuppa is hard to beat.”

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art & illustration

by sara whatley

John Vernon Lord, a life of illustration It began with his grandmother’s scrapbook on a rainy afternoon and developed to a lifelong passion and eminent illustration career. I met John Vernon Lord in his Ditchling studio to talk about his life of illustration.

Sitting in John Vernon Lord’s studio, with the man himself, is something of a marvel to me. It is the studio of my dreams; bookshelves stuffed from floor to ceiling in organised chaos. His vast collection of classical music providing the soundtrack to many hundreds of hours of drawing. Real life relics live on outside the pages; Alice’s ‘Drink Me’ bottle sits engorged on a windowsill. Jumbles of pens and paper, rulers and runs of his little black notebooks surround his desk, packing it in tight with absorbed creative energy. Apothecary-like drawers fill the wall behind his desk, some temptingly left a crack open. I imagine them filled with his characters, running amuck away from prying eyes in and out of the miscellany. The smell of paper and ink fills the warm air.

We settle into two soft chairs, and there on the table between us is an old copy of ‘The Giant Jam Sandwich’ (first published 1972), my well-worn and loved copy akin to this before me. The fun and honest illustrations, full of intricate detail and thought, unequivocally belong to this unassuming,

wise and fascinating gentleman. I quell my hand and press on.

Beginning at the beginning, we start with John’s childhood. “I was brought up by my grandmother. Every Saturday or Sunday, if it rained, she bought out this huge sketchbook, and told me to draw something - cowboys and Indians, knights in castles or a farm. This was during the war so paper was scarce, and she made sure I covered every bit. If I left the sky free, she would tell me to put aeroplanes or birds flying, or clouds; I was never allowed to leave anything blank. That’s my first serious memory of drawing.”

John suggests perhaps this is where he adopted his intricate style, and began to hone it at school where art was his favourite subject. By the age of twelve he knew he wanted to be an artist or illustrator. Actually, he corrects himself, he wanted to be an illustrator and not an artist. “An artist is a Damien Hurst, a Tracy Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, whereas I like to illustrate books.

An illustrator is reliant upon text or a brief, whereas an artist can do what he or she wants.”

Rebelling against his public school, John went off to art college in Salford between 1956 and 1960. “The education was clumsy, but enjoyable,” he laughs. It is also where he met his wife, Denie.

John moved on to the Central (now Central St Martins), but did not complete the post graduate course he was on as John Burningham, one of his teachers, said he ought to earn a living and stop being an art student. Not one to dally about, John got a recommendation for an agent from his tutor

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S R Badmin, another artist, and at the age of 21 joined Saxon Artists, where he worked for 13 years. To supplement his wages, John took up part time teaching, but soon found himself as a full time illustration teacher at Brighton Art College (then Polytechnic, now University). “I still give lectures there after 53 years association,” he tells me. “I was professor of illustration from 1986 until I retired in 1999. And because I was bald headed and bearded and absentminded, they gave me an honorary Doctorate.”

Being surrounded with young artistic minds for 40 years of his teaching career has kept John himself vibrant, and pushed him to grow with modern trends. “Most people have their own children, and if they are lucky, grandchildren, but to be in constant relationship with people of that age was a terrific privilege.” From his years of teaching, John developed a philosophy for his students; “I believe you have to be an individual.

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There is no point in aping fashions, because if the fashion changes and you don’t have the technical resources, you’re stuffed. If you can, it’s best to get work based on your own originality, your own ideas and your own way of drawing or illustrating.”

John was taught by both Cecil Collins, associated with the surrealist movement, and Mervyn Peake, an English writer, artist and poet.

“Mervyn was wonderful in teaching composition, but more importantly creating an atmosphere by textures, movement, the appearance of people’s faces, using black, and so on.” Seeing how all of these things could successfully be taught perhaps inspired John in his own teaching career. “Talent’s useful, but you’ve got to work at it!” he tells me.

Even with a natural talent, drawing is a skill to be practiced: “To earn a living, you immediately have to be able to draw everything,” which is exactly what John did.

His drawing career started with technical pictures for WHSmith and interior magazines. “I never thought I would be drawing a lavatory,” he tells me, laughing. But he couldn’t be choosy. “It was a privilege to be given a job, and you just damn well made sure you were able to draw it!”

Keeping up with the times, John embraces technology, although he relishes in the basics.

“I like the scratch of the pen hitting the paper, the noise of it, the rubbing out. Although I do blog,” he tells me. “I was persuaded by my son in law, Leo Hartas, who is an illustrator, and my granddaughter, Freya, who just got a First at Falmouth.”

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three generations of illustrators in his family, which is curious as before this his father was a third generation baker. Although, John assures me, his father was very supportive of his illustration career.

One way in which John has developed his distinct and striking style is by working in a grid structure. For me this creates a pull between the constraint of the grid and the wild, imaginative pictures, which are often escaping the page boarders. Composition is obviously very important to John, as he explains in reference to his illustration ‘The Fox and the Wild Boar’ from ‘Aesop’s Fables’ (1989). “You see things are on an angle, even the fox’s head, it gives a dynamic to the conversation they are having. It’s a marvellous fable actually. The fox is saying, ‘Why are you whetting your tusks against the tree?’ And the boar says, ‘Just in case, I need to wage war with somebody.’ Which is just like modern politicians, the arms race and all that stuff.”

By using the diagonal angles, John achieves illustrations which jump from the page right out into the room. “Even in formal composition, when everything is quite still, dynamic can be achieved by putting one thing on the diagonal,” John tells me as he thumbs through his books. He knows

By using diagonal angles, John achieves illustrations which jump from the page right into the room.

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where each and every illustration is, like old friends on a page, and is keen for me to understand.

Being drawn to this structured way of drawing, John took things even further when he illustrated ‘The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear’ (1984). “There are 330 illustrations, about 250 of them limericks, and I prescribed each limerick with that constraint. Like the limerick itself has its own structure and very fi rm rhyming scheme, I just thought I’m going to do my illustrations with a structure as well.”

Is it not surprising to learn that John loves maths, with a particular appreciation for the number 42. In one of his notebooks is a rough sketch of the 42 boxes left by the baker in Lewis Carol’s ‘The Hunting of a Snark’ (2006). As we talk about numbers John becomes quite philosophical, and I can see how important he thinks them. “I was very poor at maths at school, but I love it now. It has it’s own world. We need numbers to understand ourselves; we have dates, years, months. And it’s man invented, although nature has within itself the potential for numbers, we have imposed it upon everything.” John draws me a couple of magic number squares before saying, “Anyway, I mustn’t www.sussexliving.com

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Talking about the potential for numbers in nature makes me think about one of John’s pictures in particular: the wasps shooting up into the sky in ‘The Giant Jam Sandwich’. They are in a grid system, a rhythmical structure which is so relevant to maths, and reminds me of the inside of a sunflower. However, as soon as I mention this book John tells me the story of how it came to be, which is much more interesting.

“That book started off on holiday in Devon when we had three young girls, and we went with another family with young boys. We were having a picnic and both of the boys got hysterical because a wasp was hopping about. I quickly tried to calm them down, and off the top of my head invented the giant jam sandwich story, which quelled their anxiety.

When I went home I thought that might be a book worth doing.”

Like most creatives, John draws from his own life experiences; “The jam sandwich bit was a notion that when I was young, my dad, if we ever had a picnic, always used to put some strawberry jam away from the picnic to attract wasps from where we were settled. A lot of ideas are anecdotes from your own life; you can exploit them and bring them into fantasy.”

Living in Ditchling for much of his life has also had a significant influence on John’s illustrations, particularly for the ‘Aesop’s Fables’ which are largely set in the village. Taking me through the book, John points out the recognisable landmarks - the church drawn from the herb garden, farms and barns, the Downs, the Beacon and vineyards.

A favourite sledging hill, the doctor’s surgery in the fable about a quack, the famous high street without the traffic, the village pond, the graveyard and some things which no longer exist, like a tree which was knocked down in the storm of 1987. Going through the illustrations with me John is

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reminded, and slightly surprised, at how many are set in the village. It is clear the affinity which John has for the habitat surrounding him.

Ideas do come from other places as well, however. “I love long train journeys; looking out the window lots of things emerge, but you can’t rush to the studio ‘cos you’re on a train.” This is where John’s notebooks come in handy, and he has hundreds of them. They are small black notebooks, dog-eared and soft with use, bursting with doodles, writing, sketches and ideas. He shows me his daughter’s garden shed, his granddaughter’s uni digs, and intricately drawn mazes. “The writing is often very wobbly because I’m on a train or in a car,” he tells me. Perhaps it is something about the movement which generates ideas and lets them flow easily, and John agrees; “Yes,

Suddenly you realise you are a fly yourself; do you have the

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walking in the country is marvellous for thinking.”

He carries a notebook everywhere, always, and gets very tetchy if he can’t find it. “It drives Denie, my wife, mad when I’ve lost it!” Even for the middle of the night inspiration John writes in his book.

“Of course in the morning you can’t read it and if you can, it wasn’t as good as you thought it was!” he confesses. “There is something about the night which, apart from being when the biggest worries come to you, your ideas are more fanciful than you think. They are not as reliable,” From the notebook to the page, John builds his illustrations until he has a vision of how he would like the finished piece to look. “Of course it always fails to achieve what you had hoped for,” he tells me. “It’s rather like if you draw from direct observation, there it is before you and you are interpreting it into two dimensions.

There is no such thing as line, but you are turning it into a line. You are giving it a metamorphosis. With the imagination there it is in your minds’ eye, and you can see it in a vague way, and when bringing it into reality, you can’t check it like you can observational things.”

Of course, much of the very nature of illustrating is taking images from your minds eye, as well as from the text before you. “Illustration is largely about picking the moment in the text which both attracts you, and also you feel important,” John tells me. “And you’ve got to look at different ways of interpreting it: your own drawing has to be individual enough to carry the weight of your ideas.” When illustrating Lewis Carroll’s Alice books (2009 and 2011), John thought around the problem of repetition in playful and imaginative ways. The first thing he did was not have Alice in it.

“She only appears at the very end in the dream and the very beginning when she is going through the mirror,” John tells me. Otherwise, she is sometimes hidden behind props, such as chess pieces. The second trick John used was to have whatever Alice says is printed in blue text, giving “a feeling of her presence through the text rather than through the images.” And thirdly, John stretched his mind around the usually illustrated text and chose things people may not think important, like a candle blowing out.

All the while we are talking about Alice, John is leafing through ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. At the crocodile poem he stops to read it out loud and says, “That’s a marvellous thing, it’s a quintessence of hypocrisy; grinning with the old fangs…that’s not often illustrated.” He also pays great attention to individual words, often ‘An uproarious noise’, Miserable Aunt Bertha, Jonathan Cape, 1979

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pulling them apart to take their literal meaning, for example his illustration of memory: “Memory is the hippocampus in the brain. It’s called a hippocampus because a hippocampus is a seahorse, and it’s shaped like a seahorse, so I thought I would draw it literally.”

Given John’s prominent success as both respected teacher and illustrator, he has stayed remarkably out of the limelight. “Obviously one wants to be successful in the sense that it allows you to make the pictures you want to make,” he tells me, “but I don’t like the trappings.” But, John says, he thinks it is important to network, to meet potential publishers and fellow illustrators. Keeping

busy is no problem for John, in fact he is wondering whether it’s time to slow down, having reached 75.

This year alone he has had two books published, (‘Drawn to Drawing’, a collection of 300 of his own drawings and James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake’) and he says that his wife would probably like to see more of him. But, ever the creative, John has plans bubbling for the future. “I’d quite like to do a book of my own,” he muses, “about a man on a desert island and a fly. I love that Ogden Nash poem, ‘The Lord in his wisdom invented the fly/but forgot to tell us the reason why’.” Humbly, John goes on to say, “It sounds a bit pretentious, but it’s this awful thing of wanting to do something profound, and it gets in the way because you’ve got to be profound yourself to be able to do something that’s profound.

Suddenly you realise you are a fly yourself; do you have the wherewithal to create something as magnificent as you had hoped to do? It’s a good challenge though. That profundity is a sort of goal, but it’s falling short of it that almost prevents you from doing it.”

It is heartening to hear that such a prolific and pronounced illustrator and creative thinker still wobbles with these insecurities which plague so many of us. It just shows me once again that greatness can come from the most normal of beginnings; a man sitting in his study with a pen in his hand and a picture in his head.

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Celebrate the festive season in style with Gary Williams, star of the West End hit show ‘Rat Pack’, and his Big Band Wonderland, at The Triangle, Burgess Hill, on Saturday 6th December. Take a sleigh ride with Gary and 16-piece The Len Philips Big Band, with festive favourites including ‘Let It Snow’, ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’. Special guest stars Nia Coleman and The Patriot Girls bring a touch of glamour and vocal finesse to create a truly sparkling evening of festive entertainment.

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Since 1925 the Carol Party choir have been singing throughout December, bringing cheer into homes in the West Hoathly, Sharpthorne area, and raising money for St Catherine’s Hospice. Doreen Walker remembers their history I believe the Sharpthorne Carol Party was started in 1925 by the Comber Family, builders in Sharpthorne. I and five other members joined in the late 1940’s. One of my first memories was singing at Dalingridge Place. Lady Margaret Duckworth would lead the family in, and she and her three sons, their wives and guests were all in full evening dress. To we teenagers it was quite an impressive evening.

Often the weather played havoc with our travelling round.

I remember once one very frozen night we had sung to Peter Herbert’s family at Gravetye stables and tried to walk down to Gravetye Manor. It was so icy several members fell over and we were lucky not to have broken bones that evening.

We also had a few evenings when things didn’t go to plan – an Oast house fire, a runaway vehicle, power cuts and singed hair on candles. But, as the saying goes, “The show must go on”.

There was always a warm welcome from the Hill family at Duckyll’s Holt. The house was already full to bursting with their friends and neighbours before we squeezed in and it was always a jolly audience to sing to, with lots of requests for their favourite Carols. The hot punch helped revive our throats and the refreshments were many and varied. Diana Hill’s mince pies are the best you could wish for or have ever tasted.

Our last call every Christmas Eve was to Gravetye Manor.

Some of the Carol Party then went back to Pauline and Steve Comber’s house for refreshments and what we called the “Count-up”. Back in the 1940’s and 50’s we felt pleased to have collected £30-40. Now the average total is considerably more. Over many years lots of charities have benefitted, and altogether many thousands of pounds have been raised by our singing at Christmas.

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This 5 mile walk to the west of Hurstpierpoint starts from the centre of the village and follows mainly field paths through mixed farmland with short stretches of minor road.

It visits the village of Albourne, now bypassed by the A23 trunk road before heading north to the outskirts of Sayers Common. It is likely to be muddy in places particularly after periods of heavy rain.

With your back to the village centre, go to the far right hand corner of the car park and out into the High Street. Turn left and after a few yards, go right into West Furlong Lane.

Turn right on a narrow path alongside the parish room. Cross the B2117 to the path opposite and follow this to a four-way path junction. Maintain direction and follow the obvious path ahead through a succession of kissing gates to a rough track, Bullfinch Lane and turn left. Shortly after passing Grange Cottage, look for a signed path on your right and follow this meandering path to pass underneath the A23 to pick up a wide headland path out to the B2118.

Cross the road to the opening opposite, bear right and follow along a right hand field edge.

On reaching a crossing path, bear right over a bridge and follow the obvious path uphill. Continue ahead on a wide grassy path which eventually narrows and joins The Street close to it’s junction with Church Lane. Walk up The Street through Albourne and out to the B2116 by the Pound. The Street has a number of old and historic buildings, including the Gallops which dates from the 17th century. The Pound was a collection point for straying animals.

Cross the B2116 diagonally to the signed path and follow up through a trading estate. Turn left in front of Moore House, then right to Potters Field.

Turn right in front of the dwelling at Potters Field, go through a gate and follow along a left hand field edge to another gate. Go through some temporary fencing and turn left on a wide grassy track. Go through bushes and over a stile and bear right. The way ahead is well signed and follows field headlands eventually joining Reed’s Lane on the outskirts of Sayers Common.

Turn right along Reed’s Lane, and just past a 30 mph sign, take the signed path on your right.

Initially walk parallel with the road, then bear right up a left hand field edge to go over a footbridge and stile to an enclosed section of path. Go over another stile and through a rough field to the B2118.

Cross to the pavement opposite and turn right. In about 100 yards go left on a surfaced track, and at the entrance to Coombe Farm, go left and follow a concrete track over the A23 and out to Langton Lane.

Turn right down Langton Lane and after 100 yards, go left up a bank on a signed path and into a large field. Towards the bottom of the field, go right over a stile and plank bridge and across the

Hurstpierpoint Walk Skirting around the villages of Hurstpierpoint and Albourn, this 5 mile round walk talks you over field, path and road.

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next field ahead. Cross another footbridge and follow a right hand field edge to go through a gap in the hedge then half left across the next field. Cross a footbridge and take the left of two paths to a field corner. Follow a confi ned path between houses out to Western Road. Turn right and near the top of the road, go left through a barrier, and follow Manor Road out to Cuckfield Road. Turn right then left into Trinity road and the car park.

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The Implant Centre patient Mike

Getting your smile back Roger Linn visits The Implant Centre in Hove.

The first question I needed to ask was ‘What are implants?’ The answer was as surprising as it was straightforward. Dental implants are simple, secure and permanent solutions to the problems of missing or failing teeth. I thought that this sounded like a dream for people with dental problems, but in fact it is a reality for the patients of The Implant Centre. Today’s advanced dental techniques mean that their skilled team can give people the confidence to smile again, and the ability to eat anything without difficulty or discomfort.

The effects can be life-changing, especially for those who have endured years of stress, pain and discomfort and seemingly endless visits to their dentists. The Centre’s many hundreds of clients come from all walks of life and they include everybody from young adults

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pick anything from the menu without risk of embarrassment.

An implant simply replaces the roots of a missing tooth and allows a crown to be securely attached to it. Indistinguishable from real teeth, they provide completely reliable alternatives to uncomfortable dentures or bridgework, and they can be employed for something as simple as replacing a single missing tooth, or replacing a complete set of teeth. They look the same, feel the same and function in exactly the same way as original, natural teeth.

Simply the best I was talking to Bill Schaeffer and Guy Barwell, the founders of The Implant Centre with clinics in Haywards Heath and Hove. Internationally recognised dental surgeons, in demand worldwide as lecturers and teachers, they are also qualified medical doctors and their intention in setting up the Centre was simply to establish the finest dental implant facility in the country. Designed to offer a superb clinical environment for the professional team, the state-of-the-art centres are also stylish and comfortable for patients.

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“At The Implant Centre” said Bill, “we all share a passion for excellence and our greatest reward is to provide our patients with the self-confidence and comfort perfect teeth can bring.” Guy went on “We’ve created a purposebuilt, practice where we work solely on dental implant treatments. We do nothing else, so our patients know that they couldn’t receive better treatment anywhere.”

As if to underline that statement, I had noticed a rather handsome award in reception which read ‘Winner - Best Dental Implant Practice in the UK’. When I asked Bill to explain it, he laughed and said “Yes we’re very proud of that.

It’s from the Private Dentistry Awards - the ‘Oscars’ of the dental profession. We won it in 2012 and I have to tell you that we are very excited about being short-listed again this year.”

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“All patients follow the same path through the centre.” Guy explained “They have an initial and very comprehensive assessment including 3D X-rays where necessary, then we prepare and agree a detailed treatment plan - so that there are no surprises”, he grinned.

“After that they’ll have surgery, which in most cases is very quick, usually taking less time in the chair than a crown or root treatment. It is virtually pain-free, and the recovery is normally simple and straightforward. “ After a few months when the implant has had time to be integrated with the jawbone, the new permanent crown is fitted either at the Centre, or by the patient’s own dentist. The crowns, which are perfectly matched to the patient’s other teeth, are manufactured on-site in The Implant Centre’s high tech dental laboratory.

The final outcome will be replacement teeth that look, feel and function exactly like the patient’s own teeth.

How much for a new life?

I was keen to find out how much my new implants would cost and discovered that the initial consultation with one of The Implant Centre’s specialist implant co-coordinators is free. This informal conversation is designed to answer any questions a potential patient might have and to establish their suitability for implant treatment. Going forward, a detailed assessment with one of the surgeons including an examination, X-rays and a comprehensive personal treatment plan costs £150. Thereafter, costs vary depending on the treatment required and there are a number of payment options available.

It is worth remembering that while dental work of the highest quality like this can never be cheap, its value can be life-changing.

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The festive season is fast approaching, and that means glitter and sparkles! With all the party invitations stacking up, it’s time to start planning your Christmas and New Year’s make-up and outfits.

Just picture the scene; a cosy log fire, a glass of sparkling prosecco and some warm mince pies, Christmas carols playing softly in the background.

Now all you need is a glammed-up you!

Start off with a simple task - try coaxing your hair into gorgeous, bouncy waves; use big rollers at home or pop into a salon for a curled blow dry.

Pair with smoky eyes and shiny, red lips to give you the ‘fairy on top of the Christmas tree’ look.

Don’t forget to give your eyebrows some holiday attention too.

Enhance them with a pencil or gel so that they frame your face, and if you are feeling particularly festive, use a little glitter to really shimmer and shine at all the holiday events.

If in doubt when planning your look, just remember – coordinate your outfit and make-up. You can never, ever go wrong with sparkles and sequins at this time of year, just bear in mind the seasonal colours of red, green, gold, silver and bronze. Some of us find it hard to get dressed up to the nines, but it’s Christmas – dare to wear something spectacular!

Here are a few ideas for you to try this winter: n Pair a metallic-toned dress with matching makeup: highlight your face and eyes with similar tones contouring your forehead, cheeks and sides of your

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on a festive coloured strappy dress and glittery, dangling earrings paired with a loosely tousled French twist. Highlight your cheeks and lips using the same cream-based colour to perfect this immaculate style. n You may prefer to stick with a more classic and sophisticated look.

Pair your little black dress with red lips and accessorise with festive gold and silver.

The good thing about accessories is that they can be anything from a silver belt to gold eye shadow, and the decision is yours to make! n Of course you may not be a dress-person, but this doesn’t mean you can’t have fun: wear matching skinny trousers and high-heeled shoes and pair this leg-lengthening wardrobe weapon with a sequinned top and a jewel-tone blazer.

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health

by roger linn

Bowel Cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK, but if caught early, the cure rate is over 90%. Decembeard is growing hairy in support.

Decembeard is the name of the campaign run throughout the month of December by the charity Beating Bowel Cancer.

The charity is committed to providing information and support to all those people affected by bowel cancer, and their team of specialist bowel cancer nurses supports patients and their families by phone, by email, on their web forum and via social media. Beating Bowel Cancer are determined to increase awareness of the issue throughout the country and in the process they hope to raise £250,000 to help them in their work.

The idea is pretty straightforward. Just think Movember but hairier.

If you are a man and you don’t have a beard, get your friends and work colleagues to sponsor you, then simply throw the razor away until at least the first of January. Sure it will be a bit on the itchy side at first, but when it’s a new year and a new you, who knows? You may even like the look and I apologise for saying this, but it could grow on you. Remember W G Grace and Brian Blessed had to start somewhere. On the other hand, if you’re a real man and ‘beardie’ already, why not obtain

sponsorship by promising to do something interesting with it, like changing your beard’s colour or shape? Let your creativity run free. For example, the ancient Egyptians used to weave gold thread into their beards and as a bonus if you try that, you may make some new friends.

The point is that Bowel Cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK, but if caught early, the cure rate is over 90%! That is an extraordinary statistic and one which needs to be more widely known. The more we talk about it, the better informed we will become, and the more aware of the symptoms we are, the greater the number of people whose lives will be saved.

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There is nothing as rewarding and satisfying as feeling you have helped to make a positive difference in the world.

This is particularly true for the League of Friends of the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath.

Initially set up in 1956, at the old Cuckfield Hospital, the League moved to the Princess Royal when it opened in 1991 and has gone from strength to strength.

Last year alone, the organisation raised a staggering £365,000 of funding, to improve the hospital and support both patients and staff.

“Our aim is to provide facilities and equipment to benefit patients,” explains Chairman, Bill Rawlinson, who will be stepping down this winter after three years in charge. The League needs to replace him with someone who has time to devote to the running of the League, with the support of all the trustees.

Someone with experience in running a business would be most welcome, and would be helping to provide a very valuable service to the patients, the hospital, and the community.

Originally, organisations like the League of Friends were set up to provide items such as chairs and televisions, to make patients’ lives more comfortable. But in these austere times, their role has widened to provide money for medical equipment.

As Honorary Secretary and Vice Chairman, Mercedes Madden, says, “We’re providing tools for staff to care for patients more efficiently. Instead of them having to wait for funding, they can access us on a bi-monthly basis with requests.”

Recent acquisitions funded by the League include, eight state of the art intensive care beds, physiotherapy equipment, a re-curtaining project for the whole hospital and the development of a Discharge Lounge, where patients can wait in comfort, with access to refreshments and a TV, before going home.

What’s more, the League have financed the addition of a Rapid Access Medical Unit,

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We’re providing tools for staff to care for patients

more efficiently

adjacent to A&E. This means that GPs can refer patients to be assessed by specialists and they can be diagnosed, treated or admitted, without having to wait in A&E. The unit, which has been open for a year, is proving to be a very popular and useful resource.

In 2005, the League opened the hospital’s coffee shop, which provides the everyday funding for the valuable work they do. Over the years the cafe has expanded and now boasts a weatherproof conservatory, as well as outside space when the weather permits. Funding also comes from donations, legacies and events, such as golf days and an annual Ball, which includes a welcome glass of bubbly, lovely 3-course meal and disco dancing until midnight!

The coffee shop are always looking for volunteers, so if you can commit to just three hours a week, you get a chance to join a friendly team, get a free hospital parking ticket and have fun while doing something worthwhile. As one volunteer tells me, “Everyone’s really nice, it’s busy and it’s good to think I’m helping.”

The League of Friends does such worthwhile work for our local community - why not join them?

To make a donation, or find out about volunteering, please contact David Robins or Judith Aquma or visit www.prhfriends.org The Fundraising Ball will be held at the Wickwoods Country Club, Albourne on Saturday 28th February. Tickets are £55, available from LoFball@gmail.com

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The Award Winning, Sussex Health Care Group are excited to announce the opening of their brand new purpose built care facilities at Rapkyns Care Centre, Broadbridge Health, nr. Horsham.

The facilities are comprised of two buildings, each purpose-built, consisting of four 10 bedded units.

These are specifically for clients with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions as well as for people with autism or young people leaving school or college with profound learning and physical disabilities. These buildings bring a exciting new service to potential clients which include all the latest technologies and also provides residential, respite and outreach placements.

Within the grounds, there is a brand new gymnasium facility which provides equal opportunities and access regardless of the service user’s ability or health status. Providing the right support to enable service users to train in a safe and highly effective manner. Whether it is to work on strength, fitness or just increase general health, service users will receive all the help and motivation to help them achieve their goal.

What’s more, this service is available to people within the local community as well as for people who

For more information about Rapkyns Care Centre and other Sussex Health Care services call 01403 219828 or alternatively email becky.davis@sussexhealthcare.co.uk.

are living in a residential setting or at home seeking a private outreach service.

Sussex Health Cares enthusiasm for the latest high-tech, interactive technology systems are of a strong focal point.

New interactive technology systems have been installed, whereby service users are encouraged to make choices which can involve number games, pictorial and floor games.

All of which are fantastic sensory learning tools that have the capacity to engage the service users and are suitable for any ability.

Whether the choice is to play individually or interact with one another in a group, the systems can be controlled by simply moving on or over the projected image or by using their eyes as a mouse.

“One adult in particular surprised us all. We had no idea how cognitively able he was, it is hard to get much response from him, but when we introduced him to the eye gaze straight away he realized he was controlling it by himself. He got through a lot of the games quickly! He was deliberately closing his eyes to stop the game and starting again, teasing us! It was a very emotional day for us.� - Unit Manager The team at Rapkyns Care Centre are genuinely passionate about the people in their care and their wellbeing is always at the centre of everything they do.

As well as the use of the above new services, service users attend social outings and outreach services with the help and support of the homes dedicated mini bus service.

Arts, Crafts and Cooking seem to be one of the many popular activities along with the strong emphasis around community presence. Rapkyns Care Centre has the added benefit of a beautiful and diverse landscape, which clients are encouraged to explore and utilise as stimulation for their creative projects. The sessions are intended to trigger the learning of new skills or improve those they already have.

Sussex Health Care is committed to genuine inclusion for people of any ability. Having achieved accreditation for 2014, Investors in People Standards (IIP), the group operates with professionalism and excellence, with over 25 years of healthcare in Sussex, offering a range of quality person-centred services.

CHOIR & SINGING

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V Singing and raising money for charities, Vivace! is hitting all the right notes.

Vivace! may be only a small choir, but it has a big heart.

Their motto is ‘Ubi caritas et amor’ or ‘Where there is love and charity’ and it could not be more appropriate. Since they founded the choir eleven years ago, the Ditchling-based singers have given over 150 performances and raised over £100,000 for local and national charities. The formula is a simple one. The members, both men and women, have a passion for singing and offer their services to charities and good causes, principally throughout Mid-Sussex but sometimes much further afield.

The organisers of these fund-raising concerts engage the choir, pay their modest costs, arrange the venue and then sell the concert tickets for their good cause. Vivace! has over the years performed in venues as diverse as St Dunstan’s (now Blind

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Veterans UK), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Brighton Pavilion and the Winter Gardens in Eastbourne, where they sang alongside the band of HM Royal Marines. They are however equally at home in the more modest surroundings of village halls, churches and country houses.

I talked with Carolyn Hulatt, the choir’s Chairman, about the joy of singing and Vivace!’s mission. She told me that originally the core members came from the Ditchling Choral Society, hence its connection with Ditchling, but nowadays the members are much further spread and sing with a number of other choirs in addition to Vivace! Carolyn for instance sings with the Brighton Festival Chorus.

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She went on, “At a Vivace! concert, you’re likely to hear Mozart on the same programme as Be-bop and Scarborough Fair. Something for everybody in other words.” In addition to offering a whole range of musical styles, concerts usually feature small groups and soloists, often accompanied by instrumentalists from within the choir.

Although Vivace! can deliver a big, rounded sound when everyone is singing at full volume – the Hallelujah Chorus is on their list - their concerts can be quite intimate affairs, and in another departure from normal practice, each song is introduced to the audience by a different member of the choir. It is just one of the ‘personal touches’ which are the hallmarks of the choir.

Vivace! are led by the outrageously talented Linda Glenn, who is a professional singing coach, in addition to being the choir’s Music Director and they maintain their high standards by means of regular weekly rehearsals in Ditchling. New members are of course very welcome and Carolyn assured me that the choir is a very friendly

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The choir’s next appearance will be their eagerly awaited Christmas concert in aid of the Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospice on the 11th December. The setting will again be in the beautiful venue of Danny House, Hurstpierpoint and of course tickets for the event will include a traditional glass of wine and a mince pie.

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Albourne, Sayers Common & Twineham St Bartholomew Church, Church Lane, Albourne BN6 9BY

Thursday, 18 December, 20:00 Nine Lessons and Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December, 15:00 Crib Service Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Family Service

St Peter’s Church, Twineham

Sunday, 30 November, 18:00 Advent Evensong Tuesday, 16 December, 20:00 Songs of Praise for Christmas Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Mass

Christ Church, Sayers Common Sunday, 21 December, 16:00 Family Christingle Thursday, 25 December, 08:00 Christmas Eucharist (BCP)

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St Mary’s Church, London Road, Balcombe RH17 6PA

Sunday, 30 November, 18:00 Advent Carol Service Sunday, 07 December, 10:00 Family Christingle Service Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Candlight Nine Lessons and Carols (followed by mulled wine & mince pies) Wednesday, 24 December 16:00 Crib Building Service 23:00 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10:00 Family Eucharist Sunday, 28 December, 10:00 Parish Eucharist with Carols

Bolney & Cowfold St Mary Magdalene,Cowfold Road, Bolney

Saturday, 20 December Come to Bethlehem – in Bolney!

17:00 Lantern-lit procession 17:30 Music, readings, crib scenes etc.

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Sunday, 21 December, 18:30 Carols by Candlelight Wednesday, 24 December, 15:00 Crib Service for Families with Carols Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Family Eucharist with Carols Thursday, 26 December, 09:30 St. Stephens Day Said Eucharist

Cowfold Village Hall

Wednesday, 24 December 17:30 Crib Service for Families with Carols 23:30 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December, 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

Burgess Hill St John’s Church, Lower Church Road RH15 9AA

Sunday, 30 November, 18:00 Advent Sunday Carol Service Sunday, 07 December, 10:00 Christingle & Toy Service Wednesday, 17 December, 18:00 Carols around the Christmas Tree Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Candlelit Nine Lessons and Carols Wednesday, 24 December 16:00 Children’s Crib Service with Nativity Play 23:30 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Said Christmas Eucharist 10:00 Christmas Eucharist for all the family

Do you have a seasonal Mid Sussex community event to promote? email info@sussexliving.com and ask for a Diary Dates Sunday, 28 December The Holy Family & Patronal Festival Said Eucharist 08:00 Sung Eucharist 10:00 Sunday, 04 January Said Eucharist 08:00 Sung Eucharist 10:00

Burgess Hill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road RH15 8QD

Tuesday, 24 December, 23:00 A United Service of Holy Communion Wednesday, 25 December, 10:00 United Family Service

Sheddingdean Baptist Church, Sheddingdean C.P. School, Petworth Drive RH15 8JT

Sunday, 22 December 10:30 Children’s Nativity Service 16:30 Service of Carols and Readings (followed by hot drinks & mince pies) Wednesday, 25 December, 10:30 Christmas Day Celebration

All Saints United Reformed Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0JS

Sunday, 14 December, 10:30 All Age Family Nativity Sunday, 21 December, 18:30 Carols by Candlelight (with the Mid Sussex Brass Band) Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Christmas Eve Communion Thursday, 25 December, 10:00

Family Church Service

Chailey St Peter’s Church BN8 4DA

Sunday, 07 December 08:00 Holly Communion 10:00 Parish Communion (followed by Pete’s Pantry Christmas Sale) Sunday, 14 December 08:00 Holy Communion 10:00 Children’s Christingle Service Sunday, 21 December 08:00 Holy Communion 10:00 Parish Communion 18:30 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols (followed by wine & mince pies) Wednesday, 24 December 15:30 Crib Service 23:30 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10:00 All Age Family Service Sunday, 28 December 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10:00 Parish Communion

Cuckfield Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Cuckfield RH17 5JZ

Sunday, 14 December, 18:00 Christmas Tree Festival Carol Service Sunday, 21 December 08:00 Holy Communion 09:45 Family Carol Service 18:00 Service of Lessons and Carols Wednesday, 24 December 14:30 Christmas Eve Crib Service in Church 16:30 Christmas Eve Crib Service in Church 16:30 Stable Service in the Old School (Because of maximum numbers, our crib and stable services are ticketed. Free tickets are available from the Church Office (Mon-Fri, 9am-12 noon.)

Wednesday, 24 December, 23:15 Midnight Eucharist of the Nativity Thursday, 25 December, 09:45 Parish Holy Communion for Christmas Sunday, 28 December 08:00 Holy Communion 09:45 Parish Communion 18:00 Evening Prayer

Cuckfield Baptist Church, Polestub Lane RH175GP

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Ditchling, Streat and Westmeston St Margaret’s Church, Ditchling

Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December 16:30 Children’s Crib Service 23:30 Midnight Holy Communion Thursday, 25 December, 09:45 Christmas Celebration Service Sunday, 28 December, 09:45 Beacon Holy Communion & Junior Church

St Martin’s Church, Westmeston

Sunday, 21 December, 16:00 Carol Service

Streat Church, Streat

Sunday, 14 December, 18:00 Carol Service Thursday, 25 December, 09:45 Morning Prayer

East Grinstead St Mary’s Church, Windmill Lane RH19 2DS

Thursday, 11 – Sunday, 14 December Each day from 14:00-18:00, 20:00 Friday St Mary’s Tree Festival Celebrations Sunday, 22 December, 18:00-19:00 Parish Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00-16:45 Crib Service with Candles

Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Mass of Christmas Thursday, 25 December, 10:00-11:15 The Parish Mass of Christmas Morning

Parish Church of St Swithun’s, High Street, East Grinstead RH19 3BB

Sunday, 21 December, 18:30 Carol Service by Candlelight Wednesday, 24 December 16:30 Toddlers Crib Service 18:00 Crib Service 23:30 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December 08:00 The Eucharist 10:00 All-age Eucharist

West Street Church, West Street, East Grinstead

Sunday, 21 December, 10:30 & 18:30 Family Christmas Service Wednesday, 24 December, 18:30 Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight

Forest Row Holy Trinity, Priory Road/ Lewes Road RH18 5AF

Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carol Service with Nine Lessons Wednesday, 24 December 17:00 Blessings of the Crib 23:30 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Eucharist Sunday, 05 January, 10:00 Worship Together for Epiphany

St Dunstans Church, Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood RH19 3QU Sunday, 30 November, 18:00

Advent Carol Service Sunday, 21 December, 15:30 Messy Christmas Wednesday, 24 December, 15:00 Blessing of the Crib Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Holy Communion 10:00 Christmas Eucharist

Handcross, Slaugham, Staplefield St Mark’s, Brantridge Lane, Staplefield RH17 6EN

Sunday,15 December, 18:00 Village Carol Service

Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Crib Service Thursday, 25 December, 09:00 Holy Communion

All Saints, Horsham Road, Handcross RH17 6DF

Thursday, 25 December, 09:00 1662 Holy Communion

St Mary’s, The Green, Slaugham RH17 6AG

Sunday, 21 December 10:30 Children’s Christmas Service 18:30 Carols By Candlelight Wednesday, 24 December, 23:15 Midnight Holy Communion Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Celebration Service

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Hassocks St Cosmas & St Damian Church, Keymer Road, Keymer

Wednesday, 24 December 18:00 Traditional Nine Lessons & Carols 23:30 First Mass of Christmas with Carols Thursday, 25 December, 09:45 Family Eucharist with Carols

St John the Baptist Church, Underhill Lane, Clayton BN6 9PJ

Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Holy Communion 11:15 Holy Communion with Carols

St Francis’ of Assisi Church, Priory Road, Hassocks

Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Crib Service Thursday, 25 December, 10:30 Family Eucharist with Carols

St Edward ‘s Roman Catholic Church, Lodge Lane, Keymer Wednesday, 24 December, 21:00 First Mass of Christmas with Carols Thursday, 25 December, 10:30 Mass with Carols

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Sunday, 21 December, 10:00 Mass to celebrate the redecorated Church Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Christingle & Children’s Nativity Service Wednesday, 24 December, 23:00 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Day Mass

Haywards Heath Methodist Church, Perrymount Road RH16 3DN

Sunday, 30 November, 16:30 Advent Carol Service Sunday, 07 December, 10:30 Carol Service Sunday, 21 December,16:30 Christmas Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December 16:30 Crib Service for families 23:15 Holly Communion Thursday, 25 December,10:30 Christmas Day Service Sunday, 28 December,10:30 First Sunday after Christmas

St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3PQ

Monday 22 December 19:00 Advent Reconciliation Service Wednesday, 24 December 18:00 Childrens’ Mass 21:00 Carols/Mass Thursday, 25 December 09:30 Mass Friday, 26 December, 10:00 Mass at St Stephens’, Horsted Keynes

Henfield St Peter’s Church, Henfield

Sunday, 21 December, 18:30 Carol Service (followed by drinks & mince pies) Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Crib Service Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Communion Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Day Communion

St Peter’s Church, Woodmancote

Sunday, 21 December, 11:00 Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December, 22:00 Christmas Eve Communion Thursday, 25 December, 09:45 Holy Communion

St Giles Church, Shermanbury

Sunday, 14 December, 11:15 Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Communion Thursday, 25 December, 11:15 Christmas Communion

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a 1920s Christmas A family Christmas at Standen Standen, East Grinstead Sat 29 Nov - Sun 4 Jan 10am - 4pm Visit this festive season and see the house decorated for a traditional 1920s family Christmas, meet Santa in the woodland or buy a perfect gift at the Christmas craft exhibition. House open 11am, last entry 3pm.

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Wednesday, 03 December, 19:30 Mothers’ Union Advent Service Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carol Service (followed by wine & mince pies) Wednesday, 24 December, 17:00 Crib Service with Nativity Play by the Sunday School.

All children welcome to come and join in.

Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Mass - Carols before the Service Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Christmas Day Eucharist (Said) 09:45 Parish Eucharist with choir & Carols

Evangelical Church, 149 High Street BN6 9PU

Sunday, 21 December 10:00 Carol Service 16:00 Informal Service (focused around children, entitled “Where’s Jesus?”)

Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Morning Worship

Methodist Church, 42 Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9SA

Saturday, 13 December, 15:00 Christmas Messy Church Sunday, 14 December, 15:00 Christingle Service Sunday, 21 December, 15:00 Family Carol Service Wednesday, 24 December, 23:00 Midnight Service at Burgess Hill Methodist Church Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Family Service at Burgess Hill Methodist Church

Lindfield All Saints Church, High Street, Lindfield RH16 2HS

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Tuesday, 16 December, 10:00 Carols and Cakes (Tiger@Ten Carol Service for over 55’s) Wednesday, 17 December, 09:30 Daytime Tiger Carol Service (parents and pre-school children) Sunday, 21 December 08:00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) 10:30 When Heaven & Nature Sing (Family Service) 16:30 A service of Lessons and Carols (1) 18:30 A service of Lessons & Carols (2) Wednesday, 24 December 15:00 Christingle Service (1) 16:00 Christingle Service (2) 17:30 Christingle Service (3) 23:15 Midnight Communion Thursday, 25 December, 08:00 08:00 Christmas Communion (BCP) 09:30 All Age Christmas Celebration 11:00 Christmas Communion Sunday, 28 December 10:30 Holy Communion (combined service) 18:00 for 18:30 Cornerstone (Three Churches Together)

Lindfield United Reformed Church, High Street

Thursday, 18 December, 19:30 Christmas Concert Sunday, 21 December 10:30 Family Service 18:30 Carols by Candlelight Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Crib Service Thursday, 25 December, 10:00

Christmas Family Service Sunday, 28 December, 10:30 10:30 Family Service 18:00 Combined Service at All Saints, Lindfield

Evangelical Free Church, Chaloner Road, Lindfield

Friday, 19th December, 09:30 Crib Service (Tots groups) Sunday, 21 December 10:30 Family Service 16:30 Carols by Candlelight followed by tea Thursday, 25 December, 10:30 All Age Celebration Service Sunday, 28 December 10:30 Morning Service 18:00 Combined Service at All Saints Church, Lindfield Wednesday, 31 December, 23:00 for 23:30 Watchnight Service

Lingfield St Peter and St Paul Church, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6HA

Sunday, 07 December 10:00 All Age Family Advent Eucharist 18:30 Community Carol Service (followed by mince pies & mulled wine) Monday, 08 December, 15:30-18:00 Christmas Messy Church Sunday, 21 December, 18:30 Nine Lessons & Carols (followed by refreshments) Wednesday, 24 December 15:00 Crib Service with real donkey 23:30 Midnight Service Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 All Age Family Service

Ovingdean The Chapel, Greenways, Ovingdean BN2 7BS

Saturday, 13 December, 17:00-18:30 Blind Veterans UK Carol Service Free entry, but tickets from Rachel 01273 391455

Poynings, Pyecombe, Newtimber & Edburton Holy Trinity, Poynings

Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carol Service (followed by mince pies & mulled wine) Wednesday, 24 December, 15:30 Christingle Service for children of all ages with oranges and sweets Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Holy Communion

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St John the Evangelist, Newtimber

Sunday, 21 December, 14:30 Carol Service for all ages (followed by tea in Church) Thursday, 25 December, 08:00 Short quiet Service of Holy Communion St Andrews, Edburton Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carol Service (followed by mince pies & mulled wine) Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30

Midnight Service of Holy Communion

Carol singing and turning on Christmas tree lights, (followed by mulled wine & mince pies) Sunday, 14th December, 16:00 Christingle Service (followed by a children’s picnic tea) Sunday, 21 December, 18:00 Carols by Candlelight (followed by mulled wine & mince pies) Wednesday, 24 December 16:00 Children’s Crib Service 11:15 Midnight Communion Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Christmas Communion

The Transfiguration, Pyecombe

Sunday, 14 December, 18:00 Carol Service with Mid Sussex Brass Band Wednesday, 24 December, 23:30 Midnight Service of Holy Communion

Scaynes Hill St Augustine’s, Scaynes Hill Sunday 07 December, 17:00

Uckfield Uckfield United Reformed Church (Opp Applegreen Petrol Station)

Saturday, 29 November 10:00-15:00 Nativity Cribs Display Sunday, 30 November, 16:30 Carol Service led by the choir Sunday, 14 December, 10:30 Service led by our Breakfast Club Sunday, 21 December Carol Service led by Amanda Wednesday, 24 December, 18:00 Early Evening Communion Thursday, 25 December, 10:30 Christmas Service

Worth St Nicholas Church, Church Road, Worth RH10 7RT

Sunday, 30 November 09:45 Sung Eucharist 18:30 Advent Carols Sunday, 07 December, 09:45 Sung Eucharist for St Nicholas Day

Sunday, 14 December, 09:45 Sung Eucharist Sunday, 21 December, 09:45 09:45 Sung Eucharist 18:30 Nine Lessons and Carols Wednesday, 24 December 16:00 Crib Service 23:00 Carols followed by Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December 08:00 Holy Communion 09:45 Sung Eucharist Friday, 26 December, 10:30 Holy Communion Saturday, 27 December, 10:30 Eucharist Sunday, 28 December, 09:45 Sung Eucharist

St Barnabas Church, Worth Road, Pound Hill RH10 7DY

Sunday, 30 November 10:00 Eucharist 15:00 Christingle Sunday, 07 December, 10:00 Eucharist Sunday, 14 December, 10:00 Eucharist 16:00 Celebration of Christmas/Carols for All Wednesday, 17 December, 15:00 Messy Church: (in the Hall) Sunday, 21 December, 10:00 Eucharist Wednesday, 24 December, 16:00 Crib Service Wednesday, 24 December, 23:00 Midnight Mass Thursday, 25 December, 10:00 Family Eucharist Sunday, 28 December, 10:00 Eucharist

Christmas at Sheffield Park & Garden

We have tasty events to choose from this Christmas including traditional Christmas lunches and children's edible decoration workshops.

To find out more visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/ sheffield-park-and-garden or call 01825 790302

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Supersonic 70’s Christmas Special

Jethro

Incredible live band taking you on a poptastic 70’s journey!

Cornwalls best-loved comic takes a very alternative look at life.

Fri 05 Dec 7.45pm Martlets Hall

Thurs 18 Dec 7.30pm Martlets Hall

The Blues Band

Santas Little Helper!

Fri 12 Dec 8.00pm Martlets Hall

Legendary performers Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness, Dave Kelly, Hughie Flint and Gary Fletcher.

MARTLETS HALL Burgess Hill 01444 242888 www.martletshall.org

Say 20 Dec 2.00pm Clair Hall

Fun, festive adventure with a very happy ending. Great for 3yrs+

CLAIR HALL Haywards Heath 01444 455440 www.clairhall.org

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DiaryDates Hamper Project

The Kings Centre, Burgess Hill See Local Living.

unhurried environment. Browse the stalls for gifts and enjoy a rest in our vintage tea-room. Contact: Beyond the Fringe 07540405703.

From Monday 01 December (Every Monday Night in December), 19:00-21:30

Wednesday 03 and Thursday 04 December, 10:00-17:00

Sayers Common Hall or Similar We offer a range of sewing classes for all levels. Lots of fun projects to make. Get Sewcial Local! £20 per class plus Fabric.

Contact: Fleur Lane 07740003540 www.thevillagemaker.co.uk

Gorringes, 15 North Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2PD Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables Auction. Contact: Julie Kelly juliek@ gorringes.co.uk 01273 472503

Monday 01 Thursday - 05 December

Greyhound - Open Mic Night

John Lloyd, Bankside Farm, Jacobs Post, Ditchling Common, East Sussex RH15 Beginner/Intermediate Course. Cost £640. Please bring several small items of furniture to work on. Contact: 01444 480388 or info@johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk

Thursday 04 December, 19:30

Monday 01 December

The Village Maker Monday Makery

Furniture Making/ Restoration Techniques

Monday 01 and Tuesday 06 January, 11:00-16:00

A 1920’s Christmas

Nymans Gardens, Handcross RH17 6EB Enjoy a stroll down the festively lit garden, then peep into the candlelit Garden Hall to see what a 1920’s Christmas with the Messel family would have been like with family activities, music playing, candlelight and Christmas trees. (House closes at 15:00 and will not be open after 24th December). Normal admission applies.

Tuesday 02 December, 13:30-14:30

The Forest Row Lifeboat Choir Christmas Carol Concert

Chequer Mead Theatre,De La Road, East Grinstead RH19 3BS Annual Carol Concert to raise funds for the RNLI. £4.50 concessions £3.50.

Box Office 01342 30200 tickets@ chequermead.org.uk Friday 02 December, 20:00-22:00

Lindfield & District Folk Dance Club

Ashenground Community Centre, Vale Road, Haywards Heath Folk dancing for fun, no partner needed. £2 including tea or coffee and biscuit at half time. First evening free.

Contact: Mike 01444 482741 Wednesday 03 December; 20:00

Winter Early Opening for Photographers

Sheffield Park & Garden, Uckfield TN22 3QX Catch the Garden early in the day with the morning mists rising from the lakes and the frost covering the trees. Special early opening at 8am for Photographers also on 10th and 14th of December.

Normal admission prices apply. Contact: 01825 790231 nationaltrust.org.uk/ Sheffield-park-and-garden Wednesday 03 December, 09:30-21:30

Christmas Late Night Shopping Mabels Emporium, 10 Victoria Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9NF Have your hair styled in a relaxed,

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Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables Auction

Thursday 04 December, 20:00

Greyhound Inn, Keymer Road, Hassocks Every Thursday! Whatever your talent come and show it off or just watch others. Pop in for a fun night out entrance free!

Ditchling Film Society

Ditchling Village Hall, Ditchling See Local Living.

Friday 05 December, 09:30-12:30

Knitted Christmas Baubles

Made and Making, The Workroom, Unit 3 Turner Dumbrells, Dumbrell Court Road, Ditchling BN6 8GT Knitted fairisle baubles for intermediate and advanced knitters using double pointed needles. Cost £30. Contact: www.madeandmaking.co.uk sarah@ madeandmaking.co.uk 07967 819540.

Friday 05 December, 19:30-21:30

East Grinstead Society Meeting - ‘A Sense of Place’

Main Hall, East Court Mansion, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3LT A talk by Christopher Wheatley, who moved to East Grinstead in 1997 and has discovered it has many fascinating aspects, which makes it a very special place. All welcome. Non-members £1.50 and members £1, including refreshments. Contact: Joan Roberts 01342 322648 www.eastgrinsteadsociety.org From Friday 05 until Sunday 07 December Opening hours on Friday from 10:00-21:00, Saturday 10:00-18:00 and Sunday 11:3016:00 followed by our very popular Service (with Carols) at 16:30

Festival of Christmas Trees

The Church of the Holy Cross, Uckfield This will be the seventh year that a Christmas Tree Festival has been held and as in previous years it is expected that the Church will be filled with a wonderful display of over seventy decorated Christmas Trees. This Festival reflects the truly wide range of activities within our local community, and last year over four thousand people visited the Festival. Please enter this link into your computer to read an article about last year’s event (photographs of the 2013 Festival of Christmas can be seen in the Photo Gallery too) www.churchoftheholycrossuckfield. co.uk/index.php/photo-gallery2/ Christmas-tree-festival-2013 On the Saturday morning Jimmy, the Juggling Jester will be entertaining the children,

Do you have a Mid Sussex community or charity event to promote? email info@sussexliving.com and ask for a Diary Dates form. and on both the Saturday and Sunday afternoons there will be live musical entertainment featuring some of Uckfield’s most talented musicians.

Activities will be available for young people both in the Church and in the Belmont Centre where there will also be morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas provided throughout the three days. Do come, a warm welcome awaits all of you to this truly festive and community venture.

Saturday 06 December, 10:30–15:00

Saturday 06 & Sunday 07 December, 09:00-16:00

Christmas at Sheffield Park: Edible Decoration Workshop

Festive Food & Drink Fayre

South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TL A one-stop shop to pick up an abundance of Christmas delights with festive fun to suit everyone and all under one roof. Society members and children under 16 years are FREE. Adults £2.50. Senior citizens and students £2.

FREE parking. Tickets available on the door. Contact: South of England Agricultural Society www.seas.org.uk 01444 892700 info@seas.org.uk From Saturday 06 December (every Saturday Morning in December) 09:0012:00

The Village Maker Saturday Sewcial

Sayers Common Hall or Similar We offer a range of sewing classes for all levels. Lots of fun projects to make. Get Sewcial Local! £20 per class plus fabric. Contact: Fleur Lane 07740003540 www.thevillagemaker. co.uk Saturday 06 December, 10:00

Mid Sussex Ramblers - Rock and Rails

West Hoathly, Finches Field car park West Hoathly - Gravetye - Mill Place - Stone Hall - Blackland Wood - Sharpethorne - West Hoathly. Followed by optional refreshments at the Cat Inn. Leader John 01444 483860 Mobile on the day 07917 032135. 10 miles.

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Saturday 06 December, 10:00-12:30

RSPCA Brighton Christmas Fair

Patcham Methodist Hall, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton BN1 8QE Lots of Christmas bargains, cakes, books, tombola, raffle, delicious refreshments, and much more! All proceeds go to help the animals.

Free admission. Contact: RSPCA Brighton Animal Shelter, 01273 554218, email info@rspca-brighton. co.uk, www.rspcabrighton.co.uk Saturday 06 December, 10:00-14:00

Doggie Christmas Photo Shoot

Rufus & Phoebes, 7-8 Middle Row, High Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3AX Bring your dog for a free fun Christmas Photo Shoot [costumes optional].

Option to buy photos delivered in time for Christmas. Contact: Rufus & Phoebes – 01342 458150 rufusandphoebes@apl.com www. rufusandphoebes.com

Silver Jewellery Ring Making Class Get Crafty, 24 The Martlets, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9NN Learn to shape, solder, texture and finish a beautiful ring from sterling silver! Perfect for beginners. Materials and refreshments included. Cost £44.

Contact: 01444 236607 getcraftyonline@gmail.com www.getcraftyonline. co.uk/ringmaking.html Saturday 06 December; 11:00 and 14:00 Sheffield Park & Garden, Uckfield TN22 3QX Bring your little ones along and help them create their own edible gingerbread tree decoration to take away. Booking essential. Also available on 13th and 20th of December. Child: £3.50 includes gingerbread shape and decorations.

Contact: 01825 790231 nationaltrust. org.uk/Sheffield-park-and-garden Saturday 06 December, 11:00-15:00

Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham Christmas Market

Sayers Common Church Hall, Sayers Common Father Christmas Grotto. Café for lunch and snacks, craft stands, home-made cakes and goodies, Teddy Bear tombola, Christmas decorations etc. Adult and child Christmas Competition with cash prizes. All age entries. Contact: Mrs Jean MacCarthy ssmaccarthy@aol.com 01444 248520.

Saturday 06 December, 11:00-16:00

Highbrook Christmas Market & Christmas Tree Festival

Village Hall and Church, Highbrook Wander between the Village Hall and the Church as local food and drink producers offer you their fare ahead of the Christmas rush. The Highbrook Cafe will be serving tea and Highbrookmade cakes or soup as you weigh up which products to buy. Christmas trees will be on sale. The Church will be illuminated with up to 25 decorated Christmas trees sponsored by local businesses, schools and organisations etc.

For more information, please contact Peter Browne 01444 892746.

Saturday 06 December, 14:00-16:00

Christmas Open Day

Made and Making, The Workroom, Unit 3 Turner Dumbrells, Dumbrell Court Road, Ditchling BN6 8GT Pop in and find a present or stay and try your hand at crocheted tree bunting or knitted paper chains. Plus you can snoop through our table of bargains as we have a craft clear out ready for 2015. Free entry. Contact: www.madeandmaking.co.uk sarah@ madeandmaking.co.uk 07967 819540.

Saturday 06 December, 14:30-16:30

Tavistock and Summerhill Christmas Fayre

Tavistock and Summerhill School, Summerhill Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1RP Lots of lovely things to make, do and

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Cuckfield Crafts & Market

buy, including mulled wine, mince pies, raffle, lots of stalls and Father Christmas! Contact: Katie Johnson 07944 598005.

Friday December 12th 9.30am-1pm

Saturday 06 December, 15:00-20:00

The Forest Row ‘St Nicholas’ Celebration & Christmas Shopping Afternoon

Lively village market offering a delightful mix of stalls with something for everyone, seasonal decorations and gifts for all ages.

Lewes Road, Forest Row RH18 5ED Celebrate the ‘Feast of St Nicholas’ in Forest Row with market, funfair, free prize draw, special offers and fun for all. Free entrance. Contact: Forest Row Business Forum. Brambletye Hotel 01342 824144 Shearers Fine foods 01342 822752 Chadder & Co - 01342 823243.

Tea, coffee and cakes are available.

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Homemade cakes, cookies, cupcakes & variety of refreshments.

Complimentary arts and crafts for FREE children, including a ENTRY free balloon

Woodland Santa

Standen (NT), West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4NE Join Santa in the woodland for hot chocolate and marshmallows (may be muddy). Price includes gift. Normal admission applies (NT Members free) plus £3.50 per child Contact: 01342 323029 standen@ nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust. org.uk/Standen

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Every Day is an Open Day

Christmas Concert in aid of Action Medical Research

St. John’s Church, Dormansland, Surrey RH7 6RA The Greenstede singers will perform a selection of traditional and modern songs, with a harp solo. Refreshments will be available. £8 – tickets available from Claire on 01342 323697 or at the door. Contact: audreyebateman@ gmail.com. Further details about the charity can be found at www.action. org.uk

Chase the Pud, Haywards Heath in aid of The British Heart Foundation

An Exceptional Co-educational Nursery and Preparatory School Summerhill Lane Lindfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1RP Tel: 01444 450256

www.tavistockandsummerhill.co.uk Tavistock & Summerhill School is a registered charity number 800086.

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Trinity Methodist Church, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead RH19 2HA Annual Carol Concert to raise funds for the RNLI. £6 including refreshments. Tickets available on the door or from Bullfrog Music, East Grinstead or Roger Collins 01342 324196.

Every Saturday and Sunday between 06–21 December, 11:00 & 14:00

All profits from this launch will go to Winstons Wish Childrens Charity

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Carols and Cakes with the Forest Row Lifeboat Choir

Ardingly College, College Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6SQ Santas run through beautiful woods and fields of Ardingly College chasing the pudding. Full Pud 10km, half pud 5km or walk at 10:15. Pre event registration £10, to include Santa suit.

Free for children under 12. Registration on the day £15. Contact: John Higgins. bhf.org.uk/chasethepud 0300 330 3322 frsupport@bhf.org.uk Sunday 07 December, 10:00

Christingle and Toy Service

St John’s Church, Burgess Hill Raising funds for the Children’s Society and toys for children distributed by the Family Support work. These events take place during the 10am Eucharist.

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Contact: Kate Rhodes 01444 232342 rhodon@talktalk.net

Sunday 7 December, 15:00

An Afternoon with Janet Cannetty-Clarke

St Mary’s Church, Balcombe Conductor and Musical Director of the Ditchling Choral Society, now the Sussex Choras.

Sunday 07 December, 19:30-22:30

“That’ll Be The Day” Christmas Show

The Triangle, Burgess Hill Get ready for a party as the UK’s most successful Rock ‘N’ Roll show, ‘That’ll Be The Day”, returns with its Brand New Christmas show! Tickets £22/ Concessions £20.

Contact: 01444 800045/www.itsmagic. org.uk or The Triangle, Burgess Hill.

Tuesday 09 December, 19:45-21:45

Wolstonbury WI Monthly Meeting Club Suite, Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint “Joy to the World” floral art demonstration by Gillian Sadler.

Visitors welcome. Contact: Brenda Mack, Secretary, Wolstonbury WI. 01273 832575.

Wednesday 10 December, 20:00-22:00

The Mid-Sussex FrancoBritish Society

Function Suite, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath Soiree Amicale for members and invited guests. Vistor’s fee is £4 per evening, payable at meetings. Contact: Barbara Stevens 01444 452385 dandbstevens@btopenworld.com Thursday 11 December until Sunday 14 December.

Each day from 14:00-18:00, but until 20:00 on Friday

St Mary’s Church Tree Festival

St Mary’s Church, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead RH19 2DS A display of trees, music and refreshments. Donations to Macmillan Nurses, British Red Cross Ebola Appeal and Family Support Work.

Free entry.

Contact: Karen West 01342 302083 karenmedinawest@yahoo.co.uk http://www.stmaryeastgrinstead.co.uk Thursday 11 December, 14:30

Mid Sussex Association National Trust

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath A talk - ‘Tibet and Spitsbergen’ by John Apperley. Contact: Gail Burrell 01444 482055.

Thursday 11 December, 10:00-16:00 Fostering Drop-in SessionEast Grinstead Library, 32-40 West Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4SR Interested in becoming a foster carer?

Come along for a friendly, informal chat and find out more! Contact: www.westsussex.gov.uk/fostering 0330 222 7775.

Thursday 11 December, 19:30 (lasts 113 minutes)

Film- Intouchables

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham By Sea Intouchables – voted the cultural event

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of 2011 in France. Comedy/Drama directed by Oliver Nakache & Eric Toledano and was inspired by a true story. Free to members of the film club & £5.00 for guests.

01273 464440 or email ropetacklefilmclub@gmail.com.

Thursday 11 December, 19:30

Vivace! Festive Frolics

Danny House, New Way Lane, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9BB Tickets to include a glass of wine and mince pies are £10. To book, please ring Jo James after 6pm on 01444 412437. Don’t delay, as tickets are limited. All proceeds in aid of Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospice.

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Saturday 13 December, 10:00-12:30

Girlguiding Martlets District Christmas Bazaar

Burgess Hill Division Guide Hall, Station Road, Burgess Hill RH15 9EN Christmas Bazaar in aid of funds for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides & Senior Section, includes grand raffle. Free entry. Contact: Janet Samuel, Martlets District Commissioner, mdguides@ gmail.com

Burgess Hill Horticultural Society Christmas Market

Hurstpierpoint Film Society

Village Cinema at The Players Theatre, High Street, Hurstpierpoint See Local Living.

Friday 12 December, 9:30-13:00

Saturday 13 December, 11:00-16:00

Cuckfield Crafts and Market

Queens Hall, High Street, Cuckfield RH17 5EL Cuckfield Crafts and Market held in The Queens Hall Cuckfield 35 plus quaint, quirky and contemporary stalls comprising of jams to jewellery, vintage homewares to Italian handbags! Refreshments available.

Contact Beverley 01444 440274 allthingsnicecft@aol.com Friday 12-14 December, 11:3019:30/18:30/17:00

KSS Air Ambulance

Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield See Local Living.

Friday 12 December, 20:00

The Blues Band

Martlets Hall, Civic Way, Burgess Hill RH15 9NN If music matures like fine wine, 1979 was a vintage year. That is when the incredibly talented group returned to the blues. Entry Fee £19.50/£18.50.

Contact: 01444 242888.

Friday 12 December, 20:00-22:00

Burgess Hill Local History Society Special Christmas Evening

Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Usually only open to members, but for this year only, we join with Wivelsfield Little Theatre in celebrating their 50th Anniversary. Details from www. burgesshillmuseum.co.uk Saturday 13 December, 10:00

Mid Sussex Ramblers Hassocks Downland Circular

Outside the Hassocks Hotel, Station Approach East, Hassocks BN6 8HN Circular walk via the South Downs Way. Leader Brian J. Mobile on the day 07985 201335. 5 miles TQ304155.

Saturday 13 December, 10:30

Mid Sussex RamblersHassocks Flat Circular

Outside the Hassocks Hotel, Station Approach East, Hassocks BN6 8HN Cinder Path - Clayton - Halfway House - Keymer - Adastra Park - Hassocks. Leader Eric 01273 843715. 3.5

Santa Specials & Reindeer Specials running throughout December!

Saturday 13 December. 10:00-14:00 Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX An array of stalls in support of local groups: cakes, flowers, plants, greeting cards, woodwork and handicrafts.

Refreshments available. Free admission. Contact: 01444 245509 bhhs@ talktalk.net

Thursday 11 December, 20:00 and Saturday 13 December 15:00

One of the best family days out in Sussex!

Mansion Market

Kidbrooke Park, Priory Road, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JA A wonderful opportunity to find the perfect gift, sample amazing food, puppet shows and more … all in an atmospheric 18th Century Mansion.

Free entry and free parking. Contact: 01342 822275 www.michaelhall.co.uk Registered Charity Number 307006.

Saturday 13 December, 12:00-17:00

Afternoon Tasters

Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Hurstpierpoint A Traditional Afternoon Tea with homemade cakes etc. Come along to enter the raffle - the prize will be Afternoon Tea for 4 taken too the address of your choice within the Mid Sussex Area.

Contact: Kathy or Nadia on 07756 545 686 afternoontasters@outlook. com Saturday 13 December, 14:30-16:30

The ‘Magic of Christmas’

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks An afternoon of your favourite Carols and songs - and some entertainment too - with local concert party Friends and Neighbours as your hosts.

Advance tickets are just £2.50 , £1.00 child and will include your refreshments. They will be on sale from Monday 1st December from Pavilion Electrics in Keymer Road, Hassocks or by ringing 01273 845291. Please join us for a friendly, enjoyable and festive afternoon. For further details please ring 01273 8452291.

Saturday, 13 December, 19:00-21:30

Carols and Christmas Cheer

The Church of St Peter & St Paul (Lingfield Parish Church), Old Town, Lingfield RH7 6AH East Grinstead Choral Society presents Britten’s Ceremony of Carols; Messiah extracts; audience Carols with Lingfield Silver Band; Harp; Organ.

Tickets £15 for adults, £8 Full-time student; Family £25 up to 2 adults and 3 children. Box Office: 01342 328774.

Further information and on-line booking: http://www.egcs.co.uk

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After Christmas come and take a ride on our of our vintage steam trains from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead where the Fairy Godmother and a children’s entertainer will be on board the train with a special Christmas treat for the children.

New Years Eve Golden Arrow Spectacular!

We are excited to announce the 2014 New Years Eve Golden Arrow Spectacular!

The evening will begin at Sheffield Park Station with a mulled wine & amuse bouche canapés reception. You will then board the 1920’s Pullman train where you can step back in time and enjoy the splendour of travel in “times gone by” whilst feasting on a delectable five course menu.

Let us entertain you onboard with the fascinating tricks of our “up close magician”, if this was not enough we have our very own Polar Express Train Guard who will impersonate and make you laugh the evening away with a cocktail of fun filled jokes.

Before the clock strikes midnight you will arrive at the atmospheric Horsted Keynes Station. Welcome in the new year with a complimentary glass of champagne and a rendition of Auld Lang Syne. All aboard, arrival back at Sheffield Park for 12:45am carriages for 01:00am.

This really is a party that is not to be missed. Bring the New Year in with style and decadence at the Bluebell Railway!

Dont forget we also have our afternoon tea services on 3rd and 4th of December!

Please Note: Bookings are essential for all of the above events

Tel: 01825 720800 info@bluebell-railway.co.uk

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Christmas Party Night

Tottington Manor, Edburton Road, Edburton, West Sussex BN5 9LJ Rob Morris sings favourite feel-good swing/rock and roll songs from The Drifters, Elvis, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Buble, Stones and Rod Stewart. £35.00 per person including a glass of bubbly on arrival and a delicious festive three course buffet. Contact: Sara Luff 01903 815757 info@tottingtonmanor. co.uk Saturday 13 December, 19:30

Burgess Hill Choral Society Christmas Concert

St Andrew’s Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill The concert features Fauré’s Requiem and ‘Cantique de Jean Racine’, SaintSaëns’ Christmas Oratorio and carols for choir and audience. £14 with £12 concessions; Tickets are free of charge for accompanied under-16s. Ticket queries: 01444 239535 or visit http:// www.burgesshillchoralsociety.org.uk Saturday13 December, 19:30-21:30

Mid Sussex Choir Christmas Concert

St Wilfrid’s Church, Church Road, Haywards Heath Our annual Christmas Concert including choruses and chorales from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio plus Carols (old and new) for choir and audience to join in. Tickets £12 in advance (£15 on the night) from all members of the choir, Carousel Music or pre-order

Patrons Dame Beryl Grey DBE Dame Gillian Lynne DBE Alfreda Thorogood Christopher Hampson Peter Schaufuss

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Children under 16 are free with a paying adult.

Saturday 13 December, 19:45

Christmas Carol Concert with the Forest Row Lifeboat Choir and Guests

Freshfield Hall, The Square,Forest Row RH18 5ES Annual Carol Concert to raise funds for the RNLI. £10 to include a supper.

Tickets available from Bishops in Forest Row, or Roger Collins 01342 324196.

Sunday 14 December, 14:30

Brass Fusion in Concert

Henfield Hall, Henfield Come along and enjoy an afternoon of fine music, including some festive favourites. Raffle and refreshments available. Tickets £5 on the door.0 Sunday 14 December, 14:30

Christmas Extravaganza

Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint Kick off the Christmas Season with the Hurstpierpoint Singers presentation of Christmas music, both traditional and fun; with readings and carols for all the family to join in, mince pies and Christmas raffle. Come and enjoy the festive spirit. Tickets £8.00 (includes a glass of wine or soft drink), accompanied children under 12 Free!

Tickets are available from:- Hassocks Hardware, The Mint House & Janton News, Hurstpierpoint or at the door.

Contact: micheal.den@btinternet.com 01273 834534

Sunday 14 December, 16:30

Candlelit Concert by the English Arts Chorale

St Mary’s Church, London Road, Balcombe, West Sussex RH17 6PX EAC promises beautiful Christmas Music and Readings, both joyful and more serious. The audience is also invited to join in singing Carols. Tickets £12 (to include interval refreshments), and may be purchased online via www. englisharts.org. Enquiries or further information: Mrs A Cunningham on 01444 811370.

Sunday 14 December, 09.30-16.30

Food Rocks Christmas

Hickstead Showground, The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead RH17 5NU A day of sensational food, drink, Christmas gifts, music and seasonal fun for all the family. £4 advanced/£6 on gate. Under 16s £2 advanced/£3 on gate.

Contact: www.foodrockssouth.co.uk.

Simon on 07899 753352. info@ foodrockssouth.co.uk.

Sunday 14 December, Doors/licenced bar: 19:00; film: 19:30

Wivelsfield FILMS - “Belle”

Wivelsfield Village Hall, off Eastern Road, Wivelsfield Green RH17 7QG Cert PG (for thematic elements, some language and brief smoking images).

This drama is inspired by a true story.

Belle is the illegitimate mixed race

daughter of an Admiral. Her lineage affords her certain privileges, yet her status prevents her from the traditions of noble social standing. Homemade cakes, ice creams and drinks served before the film and during the interval.

Tickets £5.50 on the door, in advance from the Post Office and Village Stores or The Cock Inn, or online via the Facebook page for Wivelsfield Films or wivelsfieldfilms.wordpress.com Free, easy parking at the hall.

Tuesday 16 December, 10:00

Mid Sussex Ramblers Horsted Keynes Circular

Horsted Keynes British Legion car park Heaven Farm - Perrymans Hill Chelwood Common - (pub lunch ay Coach and Horses) - Cumnor House School - Horsted Keynes. Leader Paul J. Mobile on the day 07711 772853.

7.1 miles TQ383282.

Tuesday, 16 December, 10:00-16:00

Asian Art Valuation Day

Bonhams, 19 Palmeira Square, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2JN Bonhams Asian Art Specialist will be at the office to provide free and confidential auction valuations on items you are considering selling. By appointment.

For further information or to make an appointment, please contact Jenny Bouston on 01273 220000 or e.mail jenny.bouston@bonhams.com Tuesday,16 December, 18:00-19:00

Make your own Shamballa Bracelet

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Cost £15. Contact: 01444 236607 getcraftyonline@gmail.com www. getcraftyonline.co.uk Wednesday 17th December, 10:00-16:00

Paintings Valuation Day

Bonhams, 19 Palmeira Square, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2JN Bonhams Paintings Specialist will be at the office to provide free and confidential auction valuations on items you are considering selling. By appointment.

For further information or to make an appointment, please contact Jenny Bouston on 01273 220000 or email jenny.bouston@bonhams.com

funny festive adventure with a very happy ending! Entry Fee £9.50/£9.00 Family (min 3). Contact: 01444 455440.

Saturday 20 December, 17:00

Come to Bethlehem - in Bolney!

Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bolney Street, Bolney See Local Living.

Sunday 21 December, 10:00

Mass to celebrate the redecorated Parish Church of St Richard

St Richard’s Church, Sydney Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1QE Please join us to celebrate the redecoration of our Church led by Right Revd.

Mark Sowerby, Bishop of Horsham.

Contact: Louise Walker walkers. fawley@hotmail.co.uk 01444 414950.

Friday 19 December, 19:15-21:45 Doors open at 18:00

Wednesday 24 December, 20:00-21:15

The Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Steve Hubble, International organist and entertainer. Entry £5 on the door.

Contact: Rosalie Birchmore 01444 241269 bhkeyclub33@talktalk.net

Ardingly College Chapel, College Lane, Ardingly RH17 6SQ Come and celebrate Christmas Eve with Ardingly Choral Society who will perform Haydn’s exuberant Neslon Mass interspersed with carols for all.

Free entry with retiring collection in aid of St Peter & St James Hospice.

Contact: www.ardinglychoralsociety. org.uk

Easy-Listening Music for Everyone

Saturday 20 December, 14:00

Santa’s Little Helper! Who will help save Christmas?

Clair Hall, Perrymount, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Young Albert gets a surprise when Santa comes and asks for his help! A

Christmas Eve Charity Concert

Friday, 26 December, 10:30-15:50

Boxing Day Racing

Fontwell Park Racecourse,

Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0SX The most popular race meeting of the year! Along with 7 races on the card, we will also show the King George VI at Kempton Park on the large screen.

Tickets from £15 in advance. Children under 18 go free. Contact: 01243 543335, info@fontwellpark.co.uk, www.fontwellpark.co.uk

bread, free range meats, eggs and fish, traditional cheese, plants, home baked cakes and much more. Music and singing, weather depending, plus Hassocks Horticultural Society and Hassocks Football Club promoting their services to the community. Contact: Sarah Lessacher, 07810 800248 or via Facebook “Hassocks Village Market”.

Friday 26 December, 11:00

Saturday 27 December until Saturday 03 January Matinée performances at 14:30 on 27 and 28 December and 01 and 03 January.

Evening performances at 19:30 on 27, 29 and 30 December and 01, 02 and 03 January.

Mid Sussex Ramblers - Boxing Day at Horsted Keynes Festival of Winter Walks

Horsted Keynes Station car park. Free and open all day. Please park on the hard standing and not the grass.

Horsted Keynes Station - Sussex Border Path - Broadhurst Manor Road - Sussex Border Path - Church Lane - Church of St Giles - Timber Cottage - Station Approach - Horsted Keynes Station. Leader Jill 01273 480167. Mobile on the day 07938 833868. There are 14 stiles on this route. 5 miles. TQ372292.

Friday 26 December, 13:00

Morris and Mummers at the Bull Hotel

Bull Hotel, Ditchling BN6 8TA See Local Living.

Saturday 27 December, 09:00-13:00

Hassocks Village Market

National Tyres Forecourt, Keymer Road, Hassocks A lively and bustling village market supporting local producers and crafts-people. Huge selection of fresh

Hurst Players Pantomine Aladdin

Players Theatre, High Street, Hurstpierpoint This year’s extravaganza is “Aladdin” with all the usual characters you would expect to find in a panto: The Pantomime Dame, Widow Twankey, The Village Idiot, Wishee Washee, The Evil Baddie, Abanazer, The Beautiful Chinese Princess, Ry Sing Sun, The Principal Boy, Aladdin; plus many other strange characters whose job is simply to delight you and your family. Come along to one of the performances and prepare to be entertained! Tickets: £10 for adults, £6 for children, with Family Tickets at £25 for 2 adults and 2 children and are available from “Vanilla”, 40 High Street, Hurstpierpoint. 01273 834506 (09:30 to 17:00 only). Book early to avoid disappointment.

Contact: Bob Sampson 01273 833397

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Pledge 4 Plastics What is Pledge 4 Plastics?

Pledge 4 Plastics is a nationwide initiative to encourage every UK household to recycle more plastic – starting with the pledge to recycle one more plastic bottle a week.

Recycling plastic bottles saves a valuable resource from heading to landfill. A plastic bottle could be reborn as a football shirt, garden furniture, kid’s toys, kitchen utensils, pens and even into building products such as fencing and pipes. Plastic bottles from every room in the house could be collected for recycling whatever the colour, shape or size.

Plastic packaging makes up 11% of household waste and 40% of that is plastic bottles. The 5 billion plastic bottles thrown away in 2012 were worth around £25 million to the recycling industry and it cost £19 million to dispose of them in landfill. Overall the average UK household uses over 440 plastic bottles per year, but only recycles just over 250 of them.

The recycling process The plastic bottles are taken to the recycling centre and sorted into different plastics. The plastic bottles are then squashed into bales and these bales are shredded to produce flakes. The flakes are washed, sorted depending on whether they float or sink in water and dried by giant industrial driers. The flakes are blown down pipes into bags and the recyclers collect these and transform the plastic into a range of new products.

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Reasons to recycle: ● It decreases the need for raw materials and saves energy ● It cuts landfill costs and saves your local authority money ● It leads to job creation ● Recycling 1 tonne of plastic bottles saves 1 tonne of carbon

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Simply empty your plastic bottles and place them in your recycling container. Check your local collection details for information about caps and labels. Pledge to recycle just one more plastic bottle a week so it can be transformed into another useful product.

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Do you feel strongly about reducing waste?

Enthusiastic volunteers of all ages are being sought to spread the waste prevention message across West Sussex. You’ll receive full training and in return become one of our valued Waste Prevention Advisors.

Want to know more about recycling?

Want to know more about reducing waste?

Want to know more about composting?

Want to help at a local event or talk to a school or community group?

Then you are in the right place!

We are now recruiting!

If you can spare a minimum of two hours per month, you could really make that time count by joining West Sussex County Council’s team of waste prevention volunteers.

The Waste Prevention Advisor (WPA) scheme promotes the best ways West Sussex residents of all ages can reduce, reuse and recycle – and they are looking for new recruits.

The scheme has been running for seven years, supporting the waste team at the County Council to increase recycling and reduce waste by using a community based approach.

They are looking for people who can offer volunteer support within their local communities, at planned events, fronting presentations, or talking to schools and inspiring community groups.

All training required for the volunteering role will be provided, covering everything you need to know about waste prevention through an e-learning programme, designed and monitored by the University of Brighton.

Call 01243 642106 or sign up at www.westsussex.gov.uk/ wastevolunteers

Additional support is provided through monthly e-newsletters, site visits, phone calls, an active steering group and regular emails.

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New collection date

Monday 22nd December Tuesday 23rd December Wednesday 24th December Thursday 25th December Friday 26th December Monday 29th December Tuesday 30th December Wednesday 31st December Thursday 1st January 2015 Friday 2nd January 2015

Saturday 20th December Monday 22nd December Tuesday 23rd December Wednesday 24th December Saturday 27th December Monday 29th December Tuesday 30th December Wednesday 31st December Friday 2nd January 2015 Saturday 3rd January 2015

Garden Waste There are no garden waste collections 22nd December 2014 to 4th January 2015 (inclusive).

Collections go back to normal from Monday 5th January 2015.

Collection calendars are available online or by contacting us.

Please ensure bins are at the edge of your property, at the point nearest the highway, by 7am on the day of collection.

Christmas Recycling Please don’t place items for recycling in bags, the recycling sorting plant cannot open or empty bags.

Please don’t put cardboard out beside your bin if you think it might rain. We can’t recycle wet cardboard and paper.

For full details of what you can put in your recycling bin please look at our website or contact us.

Tel: 01444 477440 Email: wastematters@midsussex.gov.uk Web: www.midsussex.gov.uk/recycling Mid Sussex District Council

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Making sure everyone is fit and healthy at work is great for both the employees, and the employers The Mid Sussex Wellbeing team supports local businesses providing information, support and advice about keeping their employees well. More and more organisations are now realising the importance of keeping their workforce healthy and feeling well. A happy, healthy and motivated workforce can bring less illness and absence, greater motivation and increased productivity.

The Wellbeing team organises free NHS Health Checks for employees aged between 40-74 years (subject to eligibility). The check, which takes place within the workplace lasts between 20 – 30 minutes and everyone who takes part will receive a blood pressure check, a cholesterol measurement and will have their BMI (Body Mass Index) calculated by measuring height and weight. The health check can help to spot future health problems early, helping to prevent serious issues like heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.

For employees under 40 years old or not eligible for a health check, a free Wellbeing MOT can be carried out by a Wellbeing advisor. The Wellbeing MOT will give people the opportunity to use body composition scales which show your weight, BMI, body fat, muscle mass, hydration levels and metabolic age. You will also be able to talk to the Wellbeing advisor about how active you are, how much you drink and stopping smoking.

As a result of the health checks and Wellbeing MOTs the Wellbeing team can set up specific support groups to help employees achieve their goals. The team can provide weight loss and exercise programmes, stop smoking groups, alcohol advice, and breathing and relaxation workshops. All of these programmes can be provided within

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Alternatively the employees can attend groups in community settings across Mid Sussex.

The Wellbeing team recently organised health checks at RAPP in East Grinstead. Karen Cowell from RAPP reports, “The representatives who ran the checks were very professional; the checks were in-depth and informative with many compliments about how they were run and what they involved.

We would recommend this service to all businesses as it helps identify who is at risk within the workforce and helps them to take action.

RAPP’s workforce found it extremely beneficial and as a free service it’s worth looking in to.”

If you run a business or are employed in Mid Sussex and are interested in fi nding out more please email Kamella.clough@midsussex.gov.uk or call 01444 477048.

THE WELLBEING SERVICE The Wellbeing service is also available in the community whether you are in work or not – if you would like to find out more please contact the Mid Sussex Wellbeing Team on 01444 477048 or info@midussexwellbeing.org.uk.

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What with Mum’s illness and so much change in the office it has certainly been eventful and kept us on our toes. We wonder what 2015 will bring!

As we go to print Sara will be married and hopefully having a fabulous honeymoon in the Outer Hebrides. The entire office wishes Sara and Robin every happiness and a wonderful future together. And as if that was not enough, they have just moved house as well! What a busy month they have had, and we expect Sara will come back to work for a rest!

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There are so many Christmas events around the villages and towns in December, we hope you can take advantage off them and enjoy some festive days out. The local shops are bursting with lovely gifts for those special Christmas treats.

After your Christmas lunch this year, why not test your musical knowledge with our ‘Merry Musical Christmas Quiz’, kindly provided by Roger Linn. You never know, it might bring ‘harmony’ to your table!

All that’s left is to wish all our advertisers and readers a very, very Happy Christmas from us all at Sussex Living. See you in the New Year.

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❚ Extensions & Refurbishments ❚ Site Visit & Initial Advice ❚ Measured Surveys ❚ Sketch Options ❚ Full Planning Applications ❚ Building Regulations ❚ PI Insured ❚ Over 10 years experience of running projects.

LET US DO ALL YOUR CLEANING AND IRONING SO YOU DON’T ✓ Fully trained HAVE TO! and insured staff ✓ Trustworthy and reliable ✓ Affordable prices ✓ Serving Mid Sussex since 1986

Contact Lisa on

e: sarah@breezearchitect.com m: 07920 520 360

01273 846823

www.ladiesthatdo.co.uk

Clinical Foot Consultant Qualified Chiropodist • • • • •

Corns – Callus Nail Problems Heel Problems Athlete’s Foot Fallen Arches

Foot Treatments

Gutterflow Moss removal and Gutter clearing • Moss removal

With Manipulation and Laser Therapy

• Strained Ligaments and Tendons • Skin Problems • Heel Spurs • Enlarged Joints • Morton’s Neuroma

• Gutter clearing • See the difference • Brush or jet wash options • Moss treatment with fungicide

Ring for a free survey and quote 01444 242324

www.gutterflowsussex.co.uk

Dorothy Dickson

Sister company of Aerialbeam

D.S.Ch., M.Inst. Ch.P., Dip.I.I.H.H.M. 72 West Street, Burgess Hill Tel. 01444 870429

• Servicing • • Spares • • Repairs •

Laser Therapy and Acupuncture for Foot – Knee – Hip – Back Shoulder – Neck – Elbow

Pre-Book for

count 20% Dis er servicing

on wint on all garden machinery Offer valid 1 Nov ’14 – 28 Feb ‘15

Unit 1, Bridge Road Haywards Heath

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Tel: 01444

413726 www.sussexliving.com

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

For all your garden requirements • Mowing • Lawn Care • Hedge Cutting • Pruning • Seasonal Tidy-Ups

Est. 1994 Free Estimates Sayers Common 01273 835025 / 07843 263650 www.greenscenelandscapes.org.uk

PROPERTY SERVICES

Painting | Decorating Carpentry | Joinery Laminate Flooring | Tiling Gardening | Shed Roofs Quality Workmanship Experienced | Fully Insured Reliable, Friendly Service Free Estimates Tel: 01444 246538 Mob: 07719 358174 Email: dgasson3@aol.com

OVEN CLEANING SPECIALIST SHOWROOM FINISH GUARANTEED EVERY TIME. 01444 247775 www.tlcovencleaning.co.uk

Sussex Trichology

Specialist Treatment for Hair and Scalp, including: • Hair loss and thinning • Oily, flaky, dry, itchy scalp • Allergic reactions, eczema and psoriasis • Poor hair condition “I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS AND OFFER INDIVIDUAL TREAMENTS, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.” Consultant Trichologist Shuna Hammocks has been a hair and scalp specialist for 14 years. She is a Member of The Institute of Trichologists and of The Royal Society of Medicine.

Naldred Farm Offices, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XR | t: 07860 387 332 info@sussextrichology.co.uk | www.sussextrichology.co.uk

kitchens

renovations

bathrooms

extensions

landscaping

alterations

driveways

new builds

LEWIS DECORATIONS Tel.01444 Tel. 01444233073 233073

QUALITY DECORATING SERVICES Established 25 years.

City and Guilds Qualified.

BALCOMBE GLASS LTD

incorporating BURGESS HILL GLASS CO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

FROM ALL AT BALCOME GLASS LTD

We are experienced and reliable tradesmen offering only high quality workmanship – from renovations right through to new builds – to every customer. All of the work we do is fully insured for your safety and peace of mind.

Call Sean Pollard 01444 471988 mrsp243@msn.com

PJS

Electrical Services t. 01444 211959 m. 07894 111102 pjselectricalservices@live.co.uk

✓Full or part re-wires ✓Extra lights ✓Fuse board upgrades ✓Extra sockets & more

FOR ALL YOUR GLASS AND GLAZING REQUIREMENTS EMERGENCY GLAZING SERVICE AVAILABLE: SEALED UNIT MANUFACTURERS TESTED TO EN 1279 BROKEN DOWN UNIT REPLACEMENT SERVICE ARGON GAS AND KRYPTON GAS UNITS AVAILABLE CUT GLASS TO TRADE & RETAIL FREE ESTIMATES AMPLE PARKING

Unit 5 Avocet Trading Estate, Victoria Gardens off Victoria Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9NH

T: 01444 230986/246004 F: 01444 230987/247007 www.balcombeglass.co.uk SUSSEX LIVING December 2014

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Jays Brushes

Bricks & Brushes We clean your oven so that you don’t have to!

Painter & Decorator Interior & Exterior

For cleaner, brighter Ovens, AGAs, Range Cookers, Microwaves and Barbecues, call Oven Deep Clean on:

CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND DECORATING SERVICES

www.jaysbrushes.co.uk Jason@jaysbrushes.co.uk

01273 689183 or 07591 202098 • FULLY INSURED • GUARANTEED WORK • COMPETITIVE PRICES

01444 233524 07908 115800 / 07794 915459 www.brickandbrush.com brickandbrush@gmail.com

07940 326495

• FULLY TRAINED • NO FUMES • NO MESS

www.ovendeepclean.co.uk ovendeepclean@gmail.com

Find Your Feet Creating a new English wood in the heart of Sussex ‘A green alternative to a traditional cemetry’

CLAYTON Brighton Road, West Sussex, BN6 9PD 01273 843842 E: info@claytonwood.co.uk

W: www.claytonwood.co.uk

Nina’s Craft Shop •

Scrapbooking

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Helidots

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Decoupage

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Beads and Bead Making Equipment

Friendly knowledgeable advice Tel: 07726 597721 email: mail@ninascraftshop.co.uk 34a Market Place, Burgess Hill, above Costa Coffee

Podiatry & Chiropody Dedicated To Providing First Class Podiatric Care

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HCPC REGISTERED

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VERRUCAE, NAIL SURGERY

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GENERAL FOOT CARE ADVICE

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BIOMECHANICS AND INSOLES

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NAILS, CORNS, CALLUSES

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HOME VISITS AVAILABLE

01444 455242 / 07712 241232

www.fyfpc.co.uk

F R A N K LY N N S U I T E 4 , T H E P R I O RY B U S I N E S S C E N T R E SY R E S H A M G A R D E N S , H AY WA R D S H E AT H R H 16 3 L B

Terry Healy CHIMNEY S WEEP

• Professional Sweeping • Safety Checks & Advice • Latest Equipment • Power Vacuum • • Rods & Brushes Method & New Power Sweeping • • Certificates Issued • Camera Inspections • Bird Nests removed • • Smoke Tests to BS 6461-1 & BS 5440-1 • Birdguard & Cowls fitted • • Clean & Tidy • Punctual • Chimney Stack & Pot Repairs • Clean your flues regularly to help avoid avoid chimney fires or carbon monoxide poisoning Mob: 07759 45 05 64 • Bookings Tel: 01444 453 228 www.chimneysweepwestsussex.co.uk

Cedar Plumbing & Heating All plumbing & heAting work undertAken guArAnteed & fully insured

01444 411180 - 07702590211

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www.sussexliving.com

LOVE YOUR KITCHEN Parker Kitchens provide an unrivalled choice of high quality furnishings, fittings and fantastic finishing touches, enabling us to help you realise your lifestyle vision

Season’sGreet ings PARKER BUILDING SUPPLIES AND PARKER KITCHENS WISH ALL OUR CUSTOMERS

www.parker-kitchens.co.uk

DESIGN I PLAN I SUPPLY HAILSHAM SHOWROOM Hamlins Diplocks Way Hailsham East Sussex BN27 3JF T 01323 444255

TONBRIDGE SHOWROOM Bridge House 97-101 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DR T 01732 447997

Plus everything for the Trade and DIY at PARKER BUILDING SUPPLIES branches at HAYWARDS HEATH, HASSOCKS and throughout the South East

LocaL company EstabLishEd ovEr 30 yEars

• Largest Mercedes fleet in Sussex • Quality vehicles at competitive prices • Comprehensive 25 item safety • No mileage charge inspection carried out before • FREE evening collection each hire (subject to availability) • 24 hour 365 day Mercedes • Ample free parking breakdown cover

Also available are sack trolleys & ratchet straps for hire Newhouse Farm, Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex BN6 9LL www.vht-rentals.co.uk

enquiries@vht-rentals.co.uk