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Editor’s

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It’s October, and another issue of Sussex Living.

Autumn is truly here now, with the trees aflame in colour and apples tumbling to the ground in droves – I love mine stewed for breakfast with muesli. Flo Whitaker tells the tale of Sussex apples on page 36, and from page 30, Lisa de Silva uncovers the history of traditional Sussex building methods.

Conkers are also dropping to the ground like polished wooden marbles at this time of year, and in Hurstpierpoint we are lucky to have our very own conker champion! Read her story on page 8.

October is the witching month as we celebrate Halloween on the 31st – what spooky goings on do you have planned?

For some (trick or) treats perfect for any little ghost or ghoul, turn to page 52 for zombie fingers, onion eyeballs and banana ghosts.

We are also starting to get into the Christmas spirit this month with the first of our gift guides (p.64-65) and a Christmas ghost story competition. Page 63 has all the details, so be sure to enter your terrifying tale for a chance to have your story published in our December issue.

Ruth Lawrence has been busy this month, joining the Sussex Search and Rescue team for a training session at Devil’s Dyke. She found out how tirelessly this team work rescuing missing and vulnerable people, and all on a voluntary basis. Search Dogs Sussex are also on-call to assist in searches, and these well trained pooches are invaluable assets to completing the rescue. Pages 43 to 49 have the full story.

We also have a lovely walk around Chelwood Gate (p.58-60), the fascinating story of Isabel Jay, the esteemed star of operetta and musical comedy (p.1216) and last but by no means least, our inspiring wedding feature (p.69-79) full of everything you need to make your dream wedding come true.

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Star of operetta and musical comedy

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Lost and found

Sussex search teams come to the rescue

Wedding feature

Say I do in style this autumn and winter

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Sussex foodbanks

Feeding the body, nourishing the soul

69 Stylish

wedding guests

27 Where’s the Sara Whatley

sheepdog gone?

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Sussex search teams

Regulars 18

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Local living

Keeping up to date with your community news and events

The view from The Downs

Roger Linn meets some sheep…

Home & garden

Discover traditional Sussex building methods

Blooming times

Flo Whitaker, Burgess Hill Horticultural Society, crunches through some Sussex apples

40 Natural living

Ruth Lawrence witnesses an astrological phenomenon

53 In season

We are celebrating national pork month, oink oink

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Conkers or bonkers?

Liz Gibson is conker Queen!

56 Gluten free baking

Hammer beasties

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Wallis and Wallis

Feel the excitement of the auction in Lewes

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PRB Accountants

Rushfields Plant Centre

Book reviews

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Looking after your money Are going green!

Two books reviewed for your reading pleasure

51 Halloween

Spooky history from around the world

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Trick or treats

Devilish nibbles for your little ghosts

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Christmas ghost story competition

Scare us with your tales

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Calliope Gifts

An apple sponge pudding whets Jane Freeman’s taste buds

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Unique sculptures raise money for Mcmillan

Let’s eat

Tuck into this warming beef stew, with a surprising zing

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Chelwood Gate walk

Les Campbell takes you on a five mile circular

Dear Sussex Living...

Feedback from our readers

Beautiful you

Perfect your eyeliner with Amy Newson

Stitch in time

80s fashion makes a revival

Diary dates

Your event listings in Mid Sussex

102 Distribution

Find Sussex Living in your local area

104 Business to business

Open4Business 2015

Classifieds 105 Local Business Directory

Helping your business to expand

The perfect present for everybody

73 Vic Davis Dry Cleaning

Sparkling clothes in Burgess Hill

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Care month in West Sussex

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Thinking about your future

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Keeping us communicating

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Summer Quiz

Winners and answers

52 Zombie hand for dinner tonight

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Hurstpierpoint is home to an unusual champion; Ruth Lawrence met Conker Queen Liz Gibson to find out just how she became a triumphant World Conker Champion back in 2002

C nkers or bonkers?

Liz, a careers advisor, had entered the contest the previous year and narrowly missed victory so, pitted against 500 competitors, she returned with her technique honed and ended up on the winner’s throne, crown firmly in place. The championships, then held in Ashton in Northamptonshire attracted conker fanatics of 25 nationalities who were paired off in heats to smash their way to victory or defeat.

‘Smash’ is a deceiving term for Liz’s technique which is focused on accuracy rather than annihilation. “I don’t hit with force but repetition,” Liz explained and her ruse clearly paid off. One by one her opponents fell by the wayside and she was left facing policewoman Kitty Thompson for the final round. Five minutes later it was all over and Liz emerged as ‘Queen Conker’ complete with crown and trophy and more importantly, a years supply of ice cream from the sponsors.

I wondered whether Liz had her own ‘lucky conker’ but the rules don’t allow anyone to bring their own weapon; conkers are selected for similar size by impartial collectors and a new one is randomly chosen for each new round. Threaded with a leather thong, each conker has to be held a minimum of eight

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Liz admitted that she “chips away at them like Chinese water torture,” until they admit defeat inches from the finger to ensure equality on the battlefield. Each person has three attempts or ‘swings’ before handing over and this carries on a further three times. The round finishes

when the five minute time limit is reached or a conker is broken or not on its string.

If your thong wraps around your opponents conker it’s called a ‘snag’ and if after the time is up neither conker has disintegrated, the winner is decided on hits and damage done to their opponents conker. Liz’s insistence that her victory was mainly down to luck was firmly challenged by her husband, Allan; “Liz was the most accurate in the entire contest,” he told me and Liz admitted that she “chips away at them like Chinese water torture,” until they admit defeat.

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BY RUTH LAWRENCE

Look out, look out, the hammer beasties are about!

Using natural and found materials, Allan Course fashions a very unique type of sculpture, and raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support Allan Course is well known for his fl int knapping expertise and two years ago I wrote an article centred on his accurate reproductions of ancient tools and weapons.

His love of “turning nothing into something” has seen him embark on a new venture in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support; a combination of representational and abstract sculpture in the form of imaginative upcycling.

Allan calls his latest creations ‘hammer beasties’, and they come about as he scours boot fairs to fi nd discarded or damaged hammer heads which he combines with wood to make something completely original and fresh. As the owner of a three-acre woodland in Sayers Common, Allan has a plentiful supply of blackthorn and holly which grow around the oak and ash trees. He selects particular three-branched forms to combine with the hammer heads to make free standing ‘creatures’.

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hammer heads providing a sense of movement and direction.

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I half expected to see the beasties slowly loping across the lawn where they were gathered but I know that soon they’ll each head off to a new and rightly appreciative home. www.sussexliving.com

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by John Cannon

Isabel Jay, star of operetta and musical comedy

Bringing the esteemed soprano Isabel Jay to life, John Cannon tells her story through her beloved operetta and musical comedy, celebrated today with the Isabel Jay Trophy There have been a number of former distinguished D’Oyly Carte artists to have had Sussex connections, including Brenda Bennett (highlighted in the June 2014 issue of Sussex Living) and the soprano Isabel Jay, the youngest child born into a musical family in 1879.

In 1881 the family lived in Lancing and Isabel once recalled playing in the garden of a house in Brighton, where she spent much of her childhood.

Isabel attended the Royal Academy of Music, as had her eighteenth century predecessor, the composer and violinist John George Henry Jay Mus.Doc. At the Academy Isabel won three bronze and four silver medals, for elocution, pianoforte, singing and opera, and was the first winner of the Gilbert R. Betchman gold medal for operatic singing.

In March 1896 two very influential ladies in the musical world, Mrs Carl Rosa and Helen D’Oyly Carte, attended a Lent Terminal Performance of The Marriage of Figaro at the Academy, in which Isabel took the role of Cherubino, and shortly afterwards both ladies offered her an engagement.

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try-out as Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard. Isabel then played six leading soprano roles on tour with the D’Oyly Carte ‘B’ Company, before returning to the Savoy in August 1898, where by March 1902 she had added nine further roles to her repertoire, four of which she created, in The Lucky Star, The Rose of Persia, The Emerald Isle and Ib and Little Christina. Isabel’s performance as The Gypsy Woman (Ib’s mother) in Ib and Little Christina brought this short note from the composer Edward German: Dear Miss Jay, I thought your performance tonight quite beautiful.

Yours sincerely, Edward German

While still at the Academy, Isabel accepted a three-year contract with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, and in July 1897 she made her stage debut at the Savoy Theatre, with a one-week

Isabel’s big break had come in 1899, when she took over the eponymous role of The Sultana Zubezdeh in The Rose of Persia and became leading lady at the Savoy. During the first revival of Patience in March 1901 she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Her last role with D’Oyly Carte continued on page 14

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was her favourite – that of Phyllis in the first London revival of Iolanthe (starring with the great Henry Lytton). Isabel left the Company when the production closed on 29th March 1902, and the following month she married Henry Cavendish, who in later life became the 6th Baron Waterpark (the Irish branch of the Cavendish family).

Their daughter Celia was born in May 1903 and in late 1903 Isabel returned to the stage, taking over the role of Marjory Joy in A Country Girl.

This proved to be the start of a highly successful second career, in musical comedy, during which she starred in eleven shows and created the lead roles in nine of them.

On 5th January 1905 Miss Jay had the honour of singing before King-Emperor Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, while they were guests of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth. The ballerina Dame Adeline Genée also entertained on that occasion, and both artists were presented with jewellery

by Their Majesties.

Isabel’s marriage to Henry Cavendish was dissolved in January 1906 and in July 1910 she married the theatre manager and producer Frank Curzon. In the early 1900s he controlled eight London theatres and it was at the Prince of Wales Theatre that six of Isabel’s shows had been consecutively produced, between 1906 and 1910. These were: The Vicar of Wakefield, Miss Hook of Holland, My Mimosa Maid, The King of Cadonia, Dear Little Denmark and The Balkan Princess. Isabel’s role of Olivia in The Vicar of Wakefield elicited the following prestigious fan mail from conductor, composer and music teacher Sir Landon Ronald:

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Dear Miss Jay, You are a great great artist, and you gave me the greatest pleasure last night, for which I must write and thank you. I never write to artists as a rule, because I am afraid of being thought

Isabel won three bronze and four silver medals, for elocution, pianoforte, singing and opera, and a gold medal for operatic singing

patronising. I have not been so enthusiastic over any performance for a very long time, and I feel I would like you to know. You were frankly a revelation to me, because, though I credited you with much, I did not think we possessed in you an artist who would easily take first place in really serious work. I speak from ten years of experience at Covent Garden, where I taught every great singer now before the public, from Melba downwards. etc...

Your sincere admirer, Landon Ronald Perhaps Isabel’s greatest success was as Sally in Miss Hook of Holland, which ran for 462 performances. Her last musical comedy was The Balkan Princess, and by the time she officially retired, on 9th April 1911, she had appeared in no fewer than 25 different stage shows and created new roles in 13 of them.

In 1923 Isabel and her husband Frank Curzon both came out of lengthy retirement to appear in Isabel’s own play The Inevitable and support Isabel’s own daughter Celia, who made her professional stage debut in the ingénue role of Isabel’s stage daughter. The play toured the South Coast before transferring to London.

In her later years Isabel suffered from ill health due to the effects of scarlet fever in childhood and she was only forty-seven when she died on 26th February 1927, in Monte Carlo, while on a cruise with her husband. Frank Curzon’s horse ‘Call Boy’ won the Derby in June 1927 and the following month Frank Curzon himself died, at the age of 59.

Isabel Jay’s career coincided with a period of immense popularity of postcards and well over 400 different cards of her were issued. She made 19 recordings, only one of which was from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, continued on page 16

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namely Mabel’s song ‘Poor wand’ring one’ from The Pirates of Penzance. An annual Isabel Jay Memorial Prize was instituted at the Royal Academy of Music in 1929, which is still competed for today. It was also in 1929 that Isabel’s daughter, Celia, who had also trained at the Royal Academy of Music, moved to a seafront home in Hove, where she lived to be 94.

As the Hon. Celia Mitchell Anderson she became the leading soprano with

An annual Isabel Jay Memorial Prize was instituted at the Royal Academy of Music in 1929, which is still competed for today

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Brighton and Hove Operatic Society and President of the Brighton Gilbert and Sullivan Society. In 1961 Celia presented the Society with a handsome silver rose bowl, known as the Isabel Jay Trophy, which was competed for annually over the next twenty years by groups of singers performing scenes from the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. The trophy had been won by seven different Sussex operatic societies when, for eleven years from 1981, non-competitive Isabel Jay Galas were held.

In 2013, following an initiative by The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Sussex (formed in 2011), the Isabel Jay Trophy competition was revived, in the form of a new Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Class open to young soloists aged 16 to 21, as part of the prestigious Mid Sussex Competitive Music Festival held annually in Burgess Hill. The name of a much-loved stage beauty of yesteryear thus lives on through the annual competitions held at The Royal Academy of Music and in Sussex.

This year’s Mid Sussex Competitive Music Festival runs from 14th to 27th November, closing date for entries 9th October, details at mscmf.org.uk

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This is clearly an auction house dedicated to collectors; whether buying or selling, it pays to place or bid for cherished items in a specialist environment where true worth is established and held.

Although bidders travel to the auction room on sale day, many people now choose to live bid online, by post or on the phone. The auctioneer begins with bids in the room then offers to clients online, represented by a person who calls their bids out loud. The sale is video linked so people anywhere in the world can watch and listen as it happens; this ensures as ‘live’ an experience as possible without physically being there. The sales happen every six weeks with toys on Monday and

This is clearly an auction house dedicated to collectors whether buying or selling, true worth is established and held

militaria on Tuesday; there are eight auctions a year and online bidders can register at www.thesaleroom.com to enter the auction live. Commission for sellers is negotiable dependent on volume but has a 20% maximum and buyers pay a premium of 20% plus VAT on the commission.

If you own or have inherited suitable items and would like them to go to a new home, a specialist auction is the perfect way to obtain the best price for minimum hassle. Glenn and his team will provide an honest appraisal and a realistic guide price so that your cherished items will achieve their true value. Buyers know that they can trust catalogue descriptions if they cannot attend in person while those who come to the room can bid face-to- face after viewing the items personally beforehand. In a market driven by collectors, it pays both buyer and seller to engage in an arena where honesty and transparency make for a pleasurable experience.

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Christmas church services It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away. If you’re involved in organising Christmas services in local Mid Sussex churches, do please send your event details to us in good time, so we can include your church in our listings page. Simply go to www. sussexliving.com and fill in a Diary Dates form, or email your schedule to info@sussexliving. com. Our deadline for receiving event details is 5th November, so please don’t leave it too late.

Volunteer bus driver Age Concern Hassocks at the Pauline Thaw Centre is a friendly, welcoming social day centre, helping the older people of Hassocks and the surrounding villages to enjoy their later life in a caring environment. It offers freshly cooked meals on weekdays and on site are a coffee shop, charity shop, hairdressers and chiropodist. A volunteer minibus service helps the housebound get to and from the Centre and a medical transport service uses volunteer drivers.

Outings, entertainment, activities and events keep the members occupied. It has a very small group of dedicated employees and lots of volunteers, without whom the Centre could not operate. New volunteers are always welcome and at the moment help is needed in the kitchen, as minibus drivers or escorts, and as Trustees. If you would like to get involved for a few hours each week then please call 01273 844461, or email enquiries@ achassocks.co.uk

autumn concert on Saturday 31st October, at 7.30pm in the Croft Hall, Burgess Hill School for Girls, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0EG to celebrate the 70th birthday of John Rutter, the well known composer who founded The Cambridge Singers in 1981 after being the Director of Music at Clare College, Cambridge from 1975 to 1979.

The concert will be conducted by the choir’s Music Director, Alan Vincent, and will be accompanied by local musicians.

The soprano soloist will be Helen Lacey who has sung at Glyndebourne recently. The programme will include Rutter’s Requiem and Gloria and pieces including Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Handel’s ‘I Know that My Redeemer Liveth’.

Please join us for this special concert.

Tickets are £15 or £5 for students and children under 16. They are available from the Sussex Chorus website, the Ticket Manager on 01444 412579, www.WeGotTickets.com and Burgess Hill Help Point, 96 Church Walk, Burgess Hill, RH15 9AS or 01444 247726

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Knitters across Horsham District are getting creative knitting little hats for Age UK Big Knit to help older people keep warm and well in winter. Knitting groups throughout the district including those attending West Sussex County Council Libraries ‘Knit and Natter’ groups are once again supporting this campaign.

Christine Clark of Steyning Library said, “Our knitters have been coming for a few years now and we really enjoy hosting the knit and natter groups as they lend a certain buzz to the library. We are always ready to welcome new members at the sessions which are held on the last Wednesday of every month from 2-4pm.”

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Diabetes is a condition where the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood is too high. If untreated it can lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, eye and kidney damage.

You are more at risk of diabetes if you are overweight, unfit or have a history of diabetes in your family. If you have been diagnosed by a doctor with ‘impaired glucose tolerance’ you may be referred to as ‘prediabetic’. You can reduce your chances of developing Type 2 diabetes simply through losing even just a moderate amount of weight, adopting a healthy, balanced diet and increasing physical activity levels.

The wellbeing team has worked with local GPs to develop a programme for people who are at risk of developing diabetes.

The Wellbeing Team will be running regular half day courses at GP surgeries where people will be able to talk about what it means to be pre-diabetic and to understand what they can do to reduce the risk of developing

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East Grinstead (Judges Close) Tuesday 6 October, 9.30 – 12.30 Burgess Hill (Brow) Thursday 8 October, 18.00 – 21.00 Burgess Hill (Park View) Tuesday 3 November, 9.30 – 12.30 If you would like to find out more about this programme please call the Wellbeing Team on 01444 477191 or email wellbeing@midsussex.gov.uk

Good rocking tonight reMEmber, the Mid Sussex charity for people with M.E, is celebrating its 16th birthday on Saturday 24th October with an evening of rock’n’roll at Danny House, Hurstpierpoint starting at 7.30pm. There will be a bar, a grand raffle and loads of dancing! Dress for the occasion – you can wear black tie, 1950s or 1960s style, or any really eye-catching outfit! There will be numbers made famous by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and other stars of the era from a live

band led by Michael Gverney of Burgess Hill. Michael says “reMEmber is doing a great job for people with ME and I want to do whatever I can to help them raise funds”.

Janice Kent, Director of reMEmber, says, “reMEmber has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year, and we will receive the Award from the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex at Danny House on 17th November. I am also delighted to announce that Hurstpierpoint Parish Council has awarded us a grant of £450 so that we can buy a much-needed colour printer.

And many thanks to all those who supported our sponsored walk on 28th June which raised nearly £900.”

Tickets £15 each, available from the Mint House, High Street Hurstpierpoint, or by post from reMEmber, PO Box 1647, Hassocks, BN6 9GQ. Cheques should be made payable to reMEmber and please remember to include your name and address.

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Are you energy efficient?

According to statistics, 6.7% of households in Mid Sussex are fuel poor. That means that they are faced with low incomes and high living costs. ‘My Home’ is a partnership initiative coordinated by Mid Sussex District Council that aims to help people facing cold homes and high energy bills this winter.

In February of this year we held energy events across the district that helped around 120 people identify over £11,000 of savings on their energy bills if they switched energy tariffs.

During the third week of November we shall be at libraries in East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and Hurstpierpoint to offer advice on insulation, energy efficiency, lighting and draughtproofing as well as general wellbeing. We will have free refreshments and free draughtproofing materials as well as a

switching service so that people can identify cheap energy tariffs.

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Books for charity If you haven’t visited the Book Nook on the 2nd Sunday of the month at The Chapel, The Street, Fulking (11am to 4.30pm), then you have missed a treat. Over the last two years we have raised over £2000 from selling books, CDs and DVDs with all proceeds going towards the upkeep of our ancient church, St Andrew’s Church.

Thank you to all who have given books and already visited and bought books.

When thinking about buying a calendar for 2016, do look out for St Andrew’s church calendar, which will be in local shops and outlets soon. It will be A4 size, month to view and will showcase Graham Jefferies fabulous drawings and thoughts. Again all proceeds to our wonderful Downland church at Edburton.

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6.30pm – 8.30pm Tea and coffee will be served on Free Dementia Friends arrival with a short presentation training beginning at 7pm. There will The Mid Sussex Wellbeing also be the opportunity to speak team are offering employers the to a current foster carer. To chance to sign up for some free confirm your presence or for training to help your employees more information please call 0330 222 7775 or email fostering. become Dementia Friends.

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16th Century St Peter’s Church, Twineham, is one of the earliest brick built churches in Sussex. Local tradition gives this as 1516 during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547).

Next year during the week of St Peter & St Pauls Day (29th June 2016) St Peter’s Church will celebrate 500 years with services and events planned. To mark this historic occasion, a Book of Memories will be produced by the Parochial Church Council and we are appealing to anyone who has now, or in the past, any connection with St Peter’s checks and Wellbeing MOTs for Church to share their memories, their employees. and photographs.

We hope to gather memories Ditchling Mummers from people married at St Peter’s (and perhaps their family and workshop other wedding guests), those Join us on Saturday 3rd October whose children were baptised at 10.30am and Wednesday here, the many with connections 7th October at 8.00pm for with Twineham CEP School our Mummers workshops who will have attended school in preparation for our 30th services in the Church, bell consecutive Boxing Day ringers who have visited our performance. This has now tower, relatives or friends of become a local tradition that people at rest in our beautiful attracts 300-400 local residents Churchyard, and anyone who and visitors. To help this now has enjoyed visiting our historic established tradition continue we building. are seeking new members. All Please help us to celebrate by men are welcome, no experience sharing YOUR memories and needed but if you can sing, dance, photos! read a script, play a musical Please send your written instrument and are happy to memory to Mrs Jo Worsley, perform in front of a large crowd Twineham Place Farm, or just want to help - you would Twineham Lane, Twineham, be most welcome. Mummer’s West Sussex RH17 5NP or via Plays are seasonal folk plays email jo.worsley@btinternet. performed by troupes of actors com. The deadline is 31st knows as mummers or guisers, December 2015. possibly from the German verb We would be grateful if you ‘mufflen’, meaning to muffle up would include a stamped or disguise. Ditchling addressed envelope for the return Mummers were born out of Ditchling Morris, and have been performing for 30 years. For anyone who is interested in performing this year, come along to our workshops at Ditchling Lower Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling. These are free workshops, all you need to do is turn up and participate! For more information please call

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I was driving along a narrow road that runs along the foot of the Downs when, having passed through Edburton where the road begins to climb, I turned a corner to find a young woman standing in my path, waving me down with the stick she was carrying. She was trying, with the help of two dogs, to encourage a large flock of sheep to cross the road from one field to another.

The five-bar gates for both fields were wide open and facing each other across the road, however the sheep, although offered a free passage, seemed dubious about the whole enterprise. The dogs were sent into the field and with ridiculous ease they rounded up the flock and pointed them at the gate. The sheep, abandoning their earlier reluctance, poured through the exit, but rather than take the easy option of going through the gate opposite, they turned right and took off up the road, running as though their lives depended on it.

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Green living at Rushfields With the change in season upon us, Rushfields Plant Centre is turning its attention to the colder weather, the upcoming festive season and going green with their new biomass heater Although it was a baking hot morning when I talked to Adrian Hillman, one of the four directors of Rushfields Plant Centre, we were soon discussing upcoming plans for the Christmas display, which promises to be bigger and bolder than ever.

A marquee will house a glittering array of artificial trees and Christmas lights while real trees will be delivered during the last week of November.

As artificial trees become increasingly lifelike their appeal grows and they are certainly easier to put up and pack away once the season finishes; some even come with integrated lights in the branches for the ultimate hassle free display.

Many people still prefer a traditional tree and find the ritual of decorating it and piling up the presents beneath is the ultimate symbol of Christmas. With the arrival of the Nordman Fir, shedding needles are a thing of the past; customers tend to buy these trees when they want to put them up early and they are proving increasingly popular.

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slower growing than the Norway Spruce, which sheds its needles but costs less for a tree of similar height.

Crackers, decorations and cards will be on sale from the end of September, while the main display will coincide with half term on the 25th October.

It may seem early, but as a small independent shop, Rushfields has to mirror the Christmas schedules of the larger retailers, who seem to be pulling the season forward each year. Winter clothing is also a key part of the new season; the competitively priced Regatta brand is waterproof, stylish and popular and includes footwear, fleeces, jackets and trousers.

One of the best-loved parts of Rushfields is the buzzing, welcoming café. With the colder weather comes a seasonal menu that will include delicious homemade soups guaranteed to fortify and nourish the most jaded shopper. Tempting homemade cakes are available with a gluten free option which extends to the hearty breakfasts; many customers pop in for lunch and

the café has proved exceptionally popular with friends who enjoy chatting over the cream teas or coffee and cake during the day.

As the café is licensed, visitors can enjoy a glass of wine or beer with their lunch or savour a cup of tea or coffee from a vast selection of flavours.

The farm shop is another Rushfields success story. Their legendary award winning homemade pies are produced from locally sourced meat – beef and lamb come from Grange Farm in Poynings while freerange pork hails from Cootham and succulent chicken comes from nearby Hurstpierpoint.

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cheeses are available along with bottled beers and award winning local wines from Bolney and Plumpton.

Christmas orders will be taken from November and Rushfields’ own butcher ensures that customers will always leave with the cut they request. Local vegetables complement the meat; Rushfields’ ethos is to lessen food miles wherever possible and regular Saturday morning shoppers confirm the growing public demand for food that hasn’t travelled halfway round the world to reach their plate.

In keeping with this green movement, Adrian talked in depth about how Rushfields has recently decreased its carbon footprint by investing in a biomass heater, fuelled by harvested wood waste from the timber industry.

A greener option than the oil heating previously used to heat the nursery and part of the retail sales area, the long-term intent is to heat the entire retail area and café with biomass heating.

Taking advantage of a government grant, the new heater is proving 30% cheaper than oil and it’s quieter too. Adrian puts a great deal of thought into sustainability; any retailer

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Rushfields has recently decreased its carbon footprint by investing in a biomass heater, fuelled by harvested wood waste from the timber industry has vast amounts of packaging and plastic waste to dispose of and Rushfields is no exception.

Cardboard and pallet wrapping is recycled and waste has been reduced from a skip load every week to one every couple of months, which makes the business in Adrian’s words “as green as we can be”. He finds it frustrating that no-one can recycle plant boxes and trays and the cost of sterilising plastic plant pots outweighs the price of new ones – clearly there is a need for alternatives but manufacturers are slow to catch up with demand.

Before I left Rushfields, I had a peak at the cookware and gift section; there’s a stunning range of quality vintage style, traditional containers, glass Kilner jars and the ever popular Mason Cash mixing bowls, perfect in any country kitchen.

Irish linen tea towels, oven gloves and aprons make great presents for cooks and brightly hued,

hygienic silicone tools bring a dash of colour to the kitchen.

The gift section includes a wellstocked bookstore and the latest trend – colouring books for adults which have proved a surprise hit with apparently therapeutic qualities gained from the relaxed concentration required to complete them.

Rushfields has been in business for over thirty years, expanding with firm commitment to local producers. Now with Christmas on the horizon, they are dedicated to making the festive season as enjoyable, green and local as possible.

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BY LISA DE SILVA

SUSSEX BORN & BUILT

Steeped in history, traditional Sussex building methods sprang from the landscape and materials around us, and nowadays they are experiencing something of a resurgence with their green credentials.

Lisa de Silva fi nds out more in the fi rst of this two part series While housebuilding methods have evolved over the years, the recent housing crisis has seen a resurgence of interest in traditional house building methods and materials. Many of those unable to break into the housing market are winding back the clock and building their own shelters from centuries old materials, such as earth, straw and wood, producing homes which are not only cheaper, but also energy efficient and with a low carbon footprint.

Building methods and materials naturally reflect the geology of an area and in Sussex there is an abundance of chalk, clay, and sandstone, with fl int and limestone also common to certain areas.

In this two part series we will explore some of the more traditional building methods and materials used in our region.

In Sussex, it is possible that a significant amount of chalk was added to the cob mixture to create wychert, or chalk cob

Cob Cob is a mixture of straw, water, sand and clay. To build a cob house, no wooden framework is required, all you need are foundations, walls and a roof. Early dwellings throughout our region would

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have been made from cob. In Sussex, it is possible that a significant amount of chalk was added to the cob mixture to create wychert, or chalk cob.

Once mixed, the cob would be trampled by oxen and the mixture poured onto a stone foundation in layers. Each layer would then be trodden into the wall by the builder in a process known as cobbing.

The layers were built up at intervals which allowed each one to dry and set. As the wall took shape, gaps would be left for a doorway and during later historical periods, windows.

Drying out to a hardness similar to lean concrete, cob is used to create walls which are both self-supporting and load bearing. These would be roughly two feet deep, providing great insulation during cold winters. Cob is a ‘thermal mass’, absorbing sunlight and warming the building during the course of the day.

Cob offers many other benefits in that the mixture is not attractive to insects; it is rain resistant; fi reproof and with no wooden framework needed, lends itself to organic shapes, such as curved walls and arches.

Made solely from natural materials, cob homes have had a revival in popularity. Inexpensive to build and heat, the simple construction techniques mean that most self-builders will be successful in creating an original and environmentally friendly home. continued on page 32

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Adobe Adobe is the name given to a cob mixture which has been shaped into bricks, dried in the sun and then stacked to form walls. The brick shapes would be either pressed into shape using pieces of wood as a mould, or shaped by hand.

After laying a foundation of gravel or stones, the bricks were laid on top. The cob mixture would be used as mortar between the bricks to build up the wall.

Rammed earth Rammed earth is a similarly ancient building method but differs from cob, as the process involves erecting wooden structures which act as a mould into which the prepared soil is compacted. These structures are then removed as soon as the section of wall is completed and reset to help form the next section of wall.

The soil is prepared using a mixture of sand, clay and gravel. Lime and animal blood may also have been added to act as a stabiliser.

As with cob, this is a labour intensive building method, but produces buildings with similar benefits in that they are strong, durable, thermally efficient and noncombustible.

After the First World War the lack of building materials saw a revival in rammed earth building methods. While this fell away once the costs and supply of modern building materials dropped, the environmentally conscious have made this technique once again a popular choice for house building.

wattle is ‘daubed’ with a mixture usually made from soil, clay, sand, straw and animal dung

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Cordwood Cordwood is another ancient building method, popular in forested areas, in which ‘cordwood’ (short lengths of debarked tree) is laid crossways within a cob or rammed earth mixture to build a wall. Cordwood is usually used when infill is required within a timber frame.

Wattle and daub Wattle is the term given to a woven lattice of wooden strips. It can either form a whole wall, or be fitted between timber framing to make infill panels. The wattle is ‘daubed’ with a mixture usually made from soil, clay, sand, straw and animal dung. Whatever the actual ingredients, the daub has to contain a combination of binders, such as clay or lime; aggregates to give the mixture its bulk, such as sand or crushed flint and reinforcement, which holds the

Ramed earth is a labour intensive building method, but produces buildings that are strong, durable, thermally efficient and noncombustible

mix together and includes materials like straw and hay.

Wattle and daub walls are non load bearing and unlike cob and rammed earth methods, need to be built into a wooden framework.

During the Bronze and Iron Age, roundhouses were built using a circular plan, marked by wooden posts. The space between the posts would be filled by wattle and daub panels, topped by a conical thatched roof.

This method remained popular for thousands of years and was a common form of house building right up until medieval times.

The Roman invasion It seems incredible to think that while most of Sussex was living in mud huts, the Romans built Fishbourne Palace during the 1st century AD, complete with central heating and drainage systems. The beautiful mosaics, which we can still appreciate today, were made from local materials, specifically chalk and limestone.

Yet, while the Roman invasion brought concrete, jointing mortar and mosaic tiles to our region, we were slow to catch on. More ancient and traditional building methods persisted right up until the medieval and Tudor eras.

Next month we take a look at timber frame building methods, the introduction of clay tiles, stone and fired bricks.

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by flo whitaker

King

of fruits From a tiny pip to a fruit laden tree, the mighty apple is a worldwide favourite – easy to grow and a superb garden feature, why not give it a go yourself?

It would be easy to assume that ‘The King of Covent Garden’ is a fond nickname given to an elderly market porter. Or perhaps it’s the title of a satirical Edwardian music hall song, describing the feckless lifestyle of a junior member of Prussian royalty?

You’d be wrong. To a Covent Garden fruiterer, ‘The King’ isn’t Elvis, but the salutation given to the majestic Bramley apple – a fruit that has conquered the world.

In 1809, a young girl living in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, planted some apple pips in her garden.

Within a few years, one of the resulting seedlings started to produce superb cooking apples. In 1856, a local nurseryman, greatly impressed by the tree, asked its owner, one Mr Bramley, if he could take some cuttings.

You can guess the rest – but suffice to say, every Bramley apple can trace its lineage back to that original sapling.

In my garden I have a Bramley tree, planted by the previous occupants in the 1950s. It’s a youngster – the original Southwell Bramley is still going strong. Much as I love the tree, I wouldn’t have planted it myself. Bramley’s are extremely vigorous and grow to enormous proportions, hardly suitable for smaller gardens. However, there are hundreds of other varieties to choose from; ‘cookers’, ‘eaters’, dual-purpose varieties or the crab-apple ornamental types so, if you haven’t already got one, I urge you to plant an apple tree this autumn. They make superb garden features, even as young specimens,

with soft bark that mosses, lichens and mistletoe love. What is more redolent of spring than gentle grey/green leaves and delicate blossom? Come autumn, there are vibrant fruits to please the eye, a sharp cider scent to tingle the nose and a windfall banquet for wildlife.

Many varieties need another type of apple to pollinate them. This is not usually a problem in an urban environment where there is likely to be a suitable candidate a few gardens away. Others are ‘self-fertile’, requiring no additional pollinator.

Think about the space you can give a tree and whether you require cooking or eating varieties. If you have enough room, consider planting several types to give a succession of crops.

Sussex was once famous for its apples, with varieties such as Alfriston, Eastbourne Pippin and Crawley Beauty. Many specimens were never officially recorded and were simply known locally as ‘Fred’s Favourite’ or suchlike. Memories fade - time marches on - old orchards disappear.

Most heritage varieties vanished forever, but some survived into the 21st century, were successfully propagated and are now available for sale from specialist growers. Or why not try your luck and grow your own? Apple pips germinate easily. Who knows? You could produce something to rival ‘Mr Bramley’s Seedling’.

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culture

by roger linn

Book Reviews

What better way to spend a quiet afternoon than lost in a good book?

This month Roger Linn takes on an historical diary and a modern thriller

A woman living in the shadow of the second world war edited by Linda Grace and Margaret Nicolle (Pen and Sword Military £25.00), out now As the somewhat cumbersome title suggests, this book is an edited version of Helena Hall’s extraordinarily detailed diary which recorded her life in Lindfield and the progress of the war from January 1940 until May 1945. The entries cover the everyday minutiae of a village in wartime, alongside the momentous events of the global conflict. Helena appears to have been integral to the village; she was a central figure in Lindfield life as a member of the Women’s Institute, the Bonfire Society, the Agricultural Society, the Lindfield Players and for a time, she was the village Librarian. A historian, artist and expert needlewoman, our diarist was energetic and highly talented. She volunteered as an Air Raid Warden, helped out in the WRVS canteen and generally devoted herself to the ‘Home Front’ cause.

Some of her daily entries and observations are only three lines long, but many of them are

much longer essays, combining local events, domestic and war news gleaned from the press and the BBC. This concoction can produce curious results as, for the most part, they are simply recorded without comment.

Hence, on the same day, one might find an announcement that condensed milk was to be rationed featuring alongside Hitler’s invasion of Russia, and a Home Guard supper in the village hall.

The book is a treasure chest of the intimate details of village life set against a background of dramatic global events. Helena’s wartime world, like that of so many of her fellow villagers, was one of austerity, constant anxiety and uncomplaining steady endurance. Her last entry tells us that she wrote the diary ‘just as a record to dip into sometimes...’ but she created much more than that; I believe this fascinating and immensely readable book is an historically important record.

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secret about his past. It is one he’s prepared to kill to protect, but there are other agencies who have a violent interest in ensuring that the evidence is recovered and the past is well and truly buried.

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by ruth Lawrence

Star prize Through the eye of her telescope, Ruth Lawrence witnesses a natural wonder of the universe, played out in the quiet of the morning stars above her head

It was 5.30am, a brush of pink silhouetting the horizon, air dense with gulls calling; they seemed even more agitated than usual, wheeling about the buildings, spiralling into the new day.

Venus and the waning moon were the only visible lights at dawn. Venus brighter and larger than usual, the moon a perfect semi circle, high to the south.

I dragged out my telescope, scanning the sky to locate Venus, and finally focused on the planet’s piercing white light. The vague brightness immediately altered into a distinct crescent, hanging, white and defined as a tiny waning moon.

It was a glimpse into a fragment of our solar system and offered a touchstone, Earth’s near neighbour, who lies so much closer to the sun.

Venus’ brightness is due to its dense atmosphere; sulphuric acid clouds reflect sunlight like a mirror. The surface is hot enough to melt lead and atmospheric pressure is the equivalent of that found a mile under our seas. As Venus travels around the sun inside Earth’s orbit, it alternates between being an ‘evening star’ and a ‘morning star’ for nine and a half months each.

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Phosphorus after the harbinger of light and the evening star Hesperus after the son of Atlas.

In 1610, Galileo realised that Venus displayed the same waxing and waning behaviour as the moon and this led to the end of the concept of an Earth centred universe.

Next, I turned my telescope to the moon where I witnessed

It was a glimpse into a fragment of our solar system and offered a touchstone, Earth’s near neighbour, who lies so much closer to the sun

something entirely unexpected.

Seemingly rising behind the sunlit face of the half moon, was a bright star, visible by intensity rather than size. It hung above the moon’s horizon just as Venus’ lay above that of the Earth. As I watched, the star fell further towards the moon and just as it was about to disappear behind the pale horizon, cloud began to obscure it while sun brightened the sky.

The star turned out to be Aldebaran, the ‘eye of the bull’ and brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. The event I chanced upon is known as an ‘occultation’ and had daylight and cloud not intervened, I would eventually have seen Aldebaran emerge from behind the moon’s dark edge, seemingly from nowhere. Occultations occur frequently and websites provide accurate timings when stars can be seen to graze the moon’s horizon as they disappear from view.

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Sussex Search and Rescue

There was a man missing, confused, probably cold and potentially injured.

Although this was a training exercise, the sense of urgency was tangible and all attention was quickly focused on the evening’s task.

I’d been invited to one of the twice monthly training evenings for Sussex Search and Rescue, the

primary volunteer resource used by Sussex Police to look for vulnerable missing people. SusSAR was launched in 2002 but can trace its roots back to the huge community search for a missing schoolgirl two years previously.

Volunteers had proved so valuable to police that there was an official recommendation to establish a formal

search and rescue team and over the intervening thirteen years, the team have gone from strength to strength.

I met the group at Devils Dyke as they were collating information to help them search for the ‘missing’ person, described as a vulnerable man suffering from dementia. Fundraising Officer continued on page 44 S u ss e x L i v i n g October 2015

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SusSar was launched in 2002 but can trace its roots back to the huge community search for a missing schoolgirl two years previously

Hannah Dickens showed me the teams’ HQ van where Search Manager Peter Robinson was assigning teams for the mission.

The van, specifically set up for the sole purpose of search and rescue was specially converted after the team fundraised £30,000 to equip it for task. Containing radios, laptops and TV screens, the van is set up for three people to liaise, print out search maps for rescuers and contact police with the latest information. In the back are bikes to suit specific terrain, fi rst aid kits, stretchers and a defibrillator to cope with any eventuality. Members are trained in a wide variety of skills to run the unit and are qualified in navigation, fi rst aid, search techniques, tracking, water awareness, communications, search planning and management.

Once the information had been collated, the group, who were divided into teams of three or four were given detailed maps and allocated a specific area to search. I was following a group tasked with searching field edges and dipping ground near the summit of the Dyke and we soon set out, looking for clues that might lead to the person.

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After a wallet was found and bagged, the team was called to search

I was following a group tasked with searching field edges and dipping ground near the summit of the Dyke woodland where they spread out to comb a wider area using a technique called the ‘searcher cube’, looking to front and back, then to the side and up. Eventually, the man was located; sitting under a tree, confused and suffering from a twisted ankle. While one searcher sat with him, answering questions, another wrote a report to request backup from other members of the team. A stretcher arrived quickly and the man was wrapped in a heat retaining foil blanket and carried back to the van, where the exercise finished.

Back at base I found out what a real scenario might involve and how often a potential rescuer might be called out after undergoing their training. Missing people include the elderly, people on medication, despondents, those with mental illness and the young; each carries their own set of challenges and targeted search methods. Calls

are often received in the middle of the night and tend to accelerate around Christmas. Bad weather, particularly fog, is disorientating while rain, wind or snow can all hamper search conditions.

While an average call out can last three or four hours, an eight hour search is not unknown and can rarely run into days rather than hours, in which case, teams are rotated. SusSAR actively recruit volunteers throughout the year and anyone who is interested in joining would have to be on call 24/7 as a team has to be put together at any one time from a membership of around 45 people.

Most volunteers either have day jobs or are retired and there are three new member induction evenings per year and a four-six month probationary period followed by a weekend training course. Potential volunteers must have a reasonable level of fitness and be able to walk five miles in two hours; all skills are taught during training and include radio, navigation, first aid and water safety.

Although the majority of the team are male, SusSAR would like more women to join; missing females often prefer the presence of a woman and children are more likely to be reassured continued on page 46

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Most residents across Sussex are familiar with the lack of affordable housing that the region has to offer. Whilst the majority of people find somewhere safe to live, the same cannot be said of some vulnerable young people. The children’s charity Barnardo’s and a number of Sussex residents are trying to change this by offering safe and secure homes for them to live in.

The scheme was started in 2014 alongside Brighton & Hove City Council with the aim of supporting young people who may be homeless or leaving the care system.

Together with the council, the charity offer supported lodgings to help vulnerable young people make a smooth transition to independent living.

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when discovered. Searches can be located in Sussex or requested from Kent, Hampshire and Surrey or occasionally further away; SusSAR is affiliated to the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR), which is the lowland equivalent of the more easily recognised Mountain Rescue and covers terrain from hill to coast. Occasionally, police will request searches for evidence or missing, presumed dead people and sometimes for the recovery of a body.

Volunteers report an enormous sense of satisfaction from doing this work; although it can be inconvenient and demanding, the rewards are immense for those seeking an invaluable role in the community. There’s the tangible bond of shared experience between searchers while the feeling of reuniting a missing person with loved ones or helping to save the life of someone vulnerable is beyond price.

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Barnardo’s are looking for people from the areas around Brighton & Hove, including Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill, to open their doors to young people who are at risk.

The service is looking for individuals or families across the area to provide a home for 16 to 21 year-olds, along with emotional care, practical advice and confidence building to boost self-sufficiency. Hosts will receive round-the-clock assistance and a dedicated key worker, a comprehensive training programme and an allowance of £150 per week.

Lyn Lynch, a Barnardo’s host said, “We can show these young people that they are important and valued, they can have their own goals and expectations and can make a difference in the world”.

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The search dogs currently working with the team include Border Collies, English Springer Spaniels, a Labrador and an English Pointer cross Spaniel called Ace www.sussexliving.com

During a search for a missing person, it’s not only people who do the looking; dogs are a vital part of the team and their incredibly heightened sense of smell enables them to locate someone long before their human counterpart.

Search Dogs Sussex is a voluntary organisation that tirelessly serves the community and saves the lives of vulnerable missing persons by the joint effort of highly trained dogs and their owners. Founded in 2003, the group consists of unpaid volunteers who combine their love of the outdoors and working with dogs with a desire to help those that are lost or missing. They provide nationally qualified search dog teams to support emergency services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and like the Sussex Search and Rescue, also belong to the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue.

Currently the team consists of 20 human volunteers, including dog handlers, search technicians and other invaluable roles. Team members work on either an operational or non operational basis. The former are on callout round the clock and are regularly assessed to maintain standards while the latter cover events, fund raising and callout liaison. The search dogs currently working with the team include Border Collies, English Springer Spaniels, a Labrador and an English continued on page 48 S u ss e x L i v i n g October 2015

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Pointer cross Spaniel called Ace who was rescued from a local animal rescue centre when he was eight months old. A suitable dog is usually a working breed and must be under five years old to enter the team.

All the dogs in the team are owned by their handlers, and they work closely together; it’s not enough simply to release the dog and hope for the best.

The roles are demanding for both human and animal and most people need 18 months to train their dog to the first operational level known as a

level two ‘Hasty Dog’, where dog and handler will search a 2km path and the 25m to either side within an hour. The third level or ‘Area Dog’ requires the pair to search 50 acres within an hour and a half.

Training and course attendance is based on the dog having basic obedience, friendliness and confidence with people and having good recall.

Unfortunately, not all dogs who commence training can go on to more advanced stages and factors in deciding how far each dog can progress include temperament, health, age and ability to

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Once out on searches, the handler must be constantly aware of weather conditions and how they affect scent; they must direct the dog to where it is most likely to pick up the scent and then watch for signs that the dog gives to indicate that someone may be nearby.

Handlers must have their own transport and a reasonable level of fitness on rural terrain in darkness as well as daylight in all weathers.

Training takes place across the whole of Sussex from Midhurst to Haywards Heath on three Sundays and one Friday a month and in a typical month there might be one or two real call outs.

Volunteers would be expected to be available for at least a quarter of all call outs and must be willing to travel across the entire county to attend searches.

Dog handlers are not the only search roles in the team; search technicians accompany dog and handler while attending to communications, first aid and navigation. Once a missing person is found, it’s the responsibility of the search technician to attend and care for them. This means they must also have the same level of fitness as the dog handler and obtain tracking and navigation training.

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Volunteers report an enormous sense of satisfaction from doing this work; the rewards are immense for those seeking an invaluable role in the community

Non operational roles are always waiting to be fi lled and volunteers might find themselves acting as a ‘missing person’, covering the radios or generally helping out during training or searches.

Fundraisers are a vital part of the team and are always required to organise or lend a hand at events during the year.

Members have to be entirely self funded and are expected to attend some of the

fund raising and promotional events throughout the year.

The commitment and dedication that Search Dogs Sussex have demonstrated was recognised by the Queens Award for Voluntary Services this year. It is the highest award that a voluntary group can receive in the UK and Chairman Steve Ball and Sharon Plowright from the team and Steve’s

daughter attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May where they discussed the organisation’s lifesaving work with the Queen.

Steve recommends that anyone who is considering volunteering get in touch to fi nd a suitable role within the team.

Working alongside other emergency services, Search Dogs Sussex is a vital service that carries tirelessly on, day and night, summer and winter, rain or shine to fi nd vulnerable missing people across Sussex.

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by amy newson

halloween

Spooks around the

world Have you ever wondered where everyone’s favourite spooky holiday comes from? Amy Newson finds out more

Halloween historically comes from Ireland, and the traditions we know and love today developed from the Gaelic festival ‘Samhain’, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.

Halloween is amongst the world’s oldest holidays yet it is still celebrated – perhaps in slightly different ways in different countries – but wherever you go, it’s mostly about ghosts and ghouls!

In Ireland, Halloween is celebrated by lighting bonfires – as in the ancient days of the Celts – and donning ‘creatures of the underworld’ costumes to spend the evening ‘trickor-treating’. At parties, neighbours and friends play traditional games, such as ‘snap-apple’, where an apple is hung from a string and the players have to try to eat it without using their hands. Hands-free bobbing for apples, nuts and coins is another popular game played, along with treasure hunts and card games.

Similarly in Scotland, ‘dooking’ for apples, ‘guising’ door to door in costume and eating treacle covered scones hanging from string are some ways in which Halloween

is celebrated.

The second most popular holiday (decoration wise) in the US, Halloween took many of its traditions from these pagan rites: trick-ortreating and costume parties in the States are probably the best-known Halloween celebrations universally.

Other countries celebrate with less well-known traditions. In Gadoni, Sardinia, on 2nd November, 13-foot torches made of asphodel stems are carried through the streets at dusk to lure wandering souls far from the town. In the Philippines, ‘Pangangaluluwà’ is celebrated with small groups going from house to house, singing for the dead in exchange for money and food. A similar tradition is also found in Portugal.

Though Continental Europe didn’t celebrate Halloween until the 90s, the holiday has become popular since, following its fun-filled American version.

Halloween, as such, isn’t celebrated in Asia either, but some countries hold similar celebrations (on different dates) for the wandering souls of loved ancestors.

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food & Drink

by tori stevens

Trick or treats Keep your little ghosts and ghouls happy this Halloween with these deliciously devilish nibbles

12 chocolate chips 4 satsuma’s, peeled and whole 4 little strips of celery or broccoli for the stalk

Zombie fingers & eyeballs

1. Cut the bananas into half lengthwise and arrange the chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth. Peel the satsuma’s, keeping them whole and push the stalks in the top.

Witch muffins Prep time 30 mins

Zombie fingers Prep time 15 mins Cooking time 25 mins

Ingredients 1 tin hot dogs cut in half lengthwise 1 small onion ½ pack puff pastry Tomato ketchup Cooking oil 1. Pre-heat oven 200c, gas 6.

2. Cut the hot dogs in half lengthwise. Roll out the puff pastry and cut into long thin

strips. Wrap the hot dogs with the pastry all the way up leaving a few gaps and about 1inch at the end for the finger tips.

3. Arrange the fingers into a hand shape on an oiled baking tray. Cut a little square shape out of the finger tips for nails and at the other end of the fingers, arrange more strips of pastry over the fingers for the hand. Place in the oven for 20 minutes or until pastry is cooked and slightly golden.

4. Meanwhile, fry a small white

onion and then place on your serving plate. Arrange the cooked zombie hand on top of the onions and squirt a little ketchup for the blood.

Eyeballs

Prep time 10 mins Ingredients 15 sweet pickled onions 5 green olives 5 black olives 15 cocktail sticks Slice the green olives into 15 thin circles, and slice the black olives into small squares.

On top of each onion place a circle of green olive, with the black olive square in the middle for the pupil. Pierce with the stick to hold together and arrange around the zombie hand.

Ingredients 4 shop bought chocolate muffins 175g unsalted butter 250g icing sugar 8 choc chips 1 pack strawberry laces 4 ice cream cones 1 bar cooking chocolate Green food colouring 1 glacier cherry You will also need a piping bag 1. Melt the cooking chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, then coat the ice cream cones with the melted chocolate. Place point up on a plate and put in the fridge to set.

2. Beat the butter, icing sugar and green colouring together until smooth, then pipe into the muffins. Use the chocolate chips to make faces, and a slither of cherry for the mouth.

Drape the strawberry laces over the top for the hair, then place the witches hat on the top.

Witch muffins

Banana ghosts and satsuma pumkins Prep time 5 mins Banana ghosts and satsuma pumkins

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Ingredients 2 bananas, halved lengthwise

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Praise be for all things piggy this month! Roger Linn fi nds out our piggy friends provide us with much more than just food To celebrate National Pork Month, we might consider the solemn thought that the humble pig has been responsible for the very survival of countless millions of human beings stretching all the way back to prehistory. And that is because when life is really tough, a pig can cater for virtually all your needs, hence the expression ‘when it comes to a pig you can use everything but the squeal’. They will prosper in virtually any climate suitable for humans and as omnivores, they eat pretty much anything.

I know this because I once spent some time living in a ‘Longhouse’ in Borneo which was built on stilts. The tribe’s pigs lived underneath and ate everything remotely digestible, and I mean everything, that came through the bamboo floor above their heads.

Over thousands of years, pigs have provided us with not just food in a wide range

of styles from sausages to bacon, and pork belly to spare ribs, but some of life’s other necessities including leather, candles, glue, bristles, weapons and tools made from bone. Nowadays however, although pork is still the most commonly consumed meat on the planet, our piggy friends contribute to a breathtaking list of modern day products.

One enterprising journalist tracked every ounce of an individual pig as it went to market and discovered that the animal played a role in no less than 185 different commodities.

Amongst the more exotic were, bullets, shampoo, toothpaste, moisturisers, cigarettes, insulin and tambourines.

So if you thought the vast acreages of pig farms that seem to be springing up all over the southern counties were just to provide us with zillions of pork chops, you need to think again. Fancy a bacon ‘sarnie’ anyone?

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food & Drink

by tori stevens

Let’s Eat...

Beef stew with a zing

I make this stew a lot in the colder months. It’s so quick to put together and then you can just leave it in the oven to slowly cook until the meat is falling apart. Our little ones love it, and even better, they can get involved peeling and chopping the veg. The best bit for me is the zingy rosemary, garlic and lemon zest – they transform the flavours and the aroma is amazing.

Serve with hunks of crusty bread.

SERVES 6-8

PREP TIME 30 mins

COOK TIME 4-5 hours

Beef Stew

800g stewing steak or beef steak, cut into 2inch chunks 1 or 2 red onions, chopped 5 carrots, peeled and chopped 1/2 swede, peeled and cubed 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly cut into big chunks 1 tin chopped tomatoes 2 tbsp tomato puree ½ bottle red wine 1 pint beef stock 2 tbsp plain flour A handful of fresh sage Olive oil A knob of butter Sea salt and pepper 2 handfuls fresh spinach to finish

The zing

2 big stems of rosemary Zest of 2 lemons 4 cloves of garlic 1. Preheat the oven to 160C, gas 3. Put a little olive oil and a knob of butter in a casserole pan, add the onion and sage and fry for 3-4 minutes, then add the rest of the root vegetables.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sea salt and pepper with the meat then add it to the casserole pan. Give it a good stir then add the tomato puree, red wine and let it simmer for 2 minutes.

3. Pour in the stock, season generously with sea salt and pepper, cover with a lid and bring to the boil.

4. Then place the lidded pan in the pre-heated oven for 3-4 hours. The meat should fall

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apart when it’s ready. I usually cook this early and just turn the cooker down low until we are ready to eat. I find this helps tenderize the meat more

as well.

5. Just before serving stir through the fresh spinach leaves.

6. For the zing, finely chop the

rosemary leaves and garlic and mix together with the zest of 2 lemons. Sprinkle over the top of the stew once in the bowls.

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gluten free baking

by jane freeman

Jane’s notes for...

Gluten free

apple pudding with hedgerow coulis

Makes 8 puddings i Preparation 30 minutes i Cooking time 45-50 minutes i Oven temp 160c, gas 3 Now the children have settled back into school after a long summer off, I thought it was apt to bring out one of my favorite autumn treats.

Nothing says autumn to me like a long, crisp walk followed by a comforting roast and hot sponge pudding. This offering is a heartening blend of soft sponge, sweet apples and tart blackberries – slowly beginning the introduction to good ol’ winter grub.

Pink Lady apples may not be the obvious, seasonal choice (and you can use Cox’s) but they seem to give the most satisfying result. A cross breed

of Lady Williams and Golden Delicious with a reddish-pink blushed skin, they provide just the right amount of ‘zing’ to ensure the pudding does not become sickly and sweet. The Pink Lady apple is also one of the best varieties for resisting ‘browning’, ensuring that the pudding looks as beautiful as it tastes.

Top Tip Blackberry season peaks in August so if you raid the hedgerows in the summer, the fruit can be frozen ready to use in the autumn.

However, frozen and fresh blackberries are readily available all year round.

APPLE PUDDING Equipment 8 dariole moulds size 7.5cm Ingredients 8 Pink Lady apples, approx 130g each 45g soft butter, plus extra for greasing moulds 60g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting moulds 1 lemon, juiced 300ml water Sponge mix 200g golden caster sugar 140g butter, softened 3 large eggs 170g gluten free self-raising flour 120ml semi skimmed milk 1 tsp vanilla essence 1. Pre-heat the oven to 160c, gas 3. Grease 8 dariole moulds with soft butter and dust lightly with caster sugar.

2. Put 300ml water and lemon juice in a large bowl, ready for peeled apples.

3. Peel and core 8 apples. Slice 1 apple horizontally into 2mm thick circles to make 8 slices.

4. Quarter the remaining peeled apples and slice vertically to form 2mm thin wedges (like segments of an orange).

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5. Put the apple slices into the lemon water until ready to use.

6. Melt 45g butter and 60g sugar in a large shallow pan, dissolve the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain the apples and place into the butter mixture, no more than 2 slices high, (do not pile into the pan as the apples get squashed, cook in batches if necessary). Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes until golden and soft. Allow to cool in the pan.

7. Blend the softened butter, sugar, eggs, self-raising gluten free flour, vanilla essence and milk together until thoroughly combined and pale in colour.

8. Place 1 circle of apple into the base of each mould and horizontally lay 5-6 slices of apple around the bottom side of the mould, so as to join with the circle on the base.

9. Place 1 desert spoon of the sponge mix on top of the apple circle, lay sliced apple onto the sponge (should come approximately half way up the mould). place 1 desert spoon of sponge mix on top of the sliced apple, leaving half an inch at the top for the pudding to rise.

10. Place filled moulds onto a baking sheet and bake for 45-50 minutes until

well risen and the top of the cakes spring back when gently pressed.

11. Cool for 5 minutes before turning out, cover and leave. The puddings can be reheated covered in foil or served immediately, they store well in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Coulis

300g blackberries 70g Pink Lady apples, peeled and sliced thinly 35ml elderflower cordial 10g caster sugar 5ml water 1. In a shallow pan place all the coulis ingredients and simmer gently for 8 minutes. Place in a large deep bowl and blend with an electric blender, then pass ingredients through a sieve until smooth.

The pudding can be served with vanilla ice cream or sweet vanilla custard on those slightly colder days, and decorated with an apple crisp (peel, core and very thinly slice 1 pink lady apple, lay on a baking tray and bake for 50 minutes 150c, gas 2 until dry and crisp.

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local walk

by les campbell

Chelwood Gate walk

Dust off your walking boots and enjoy this 5 mile walk through the peaceful countryside and woodland of Chelwood Gate and Danehill, and perhaps even treat yourself to a well deserved pint at the end?

This 5 mile undulating walk through well wooded countryside between Chelwood Gate and Danehill follows mainly woodland paths and tracks and short sections of relatively quiet country roads. There are a couple of short uphill climbs which should not be a problem for those with a reasonable level of fitness. There are a few stiles, but at the time of doing the recce, they were all in a good condition and easy to use. The paths are generally well signed and waymarked.

Opposite the Red Lion pub, walk along Birch Grove Road for approximately 1/3 mile passing the grounds of Birch Grove House on your left.

Birch Grove House was the home of the former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Just before West Watch House, turn right on a signed footpath. The path passes alongside the house and then narrows and bears left to a junction of paths. Take the left hand path which is a little

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indistinct in places but is well waymarked.

This meanders through Stumblewood Common to join Twyford Lane by a ford. Turn left up the lane and in about 100 yards, go left on a narrow path indicated by a waymark. The path climbs steadily uphill then levels out and rejoins Twyford Lane at a crossroads. Take the right fork, and almost immediately turn right on a narrow signed path through undergrowth. The path bears left uphill and joins a track by dwellings, and you should follow this out to join Birch Grove Road again.

Turn right along the road for a few yards then go left on a signed path down a track. At a dwelling, bear right to go over a stile and through a gate and follow the left hand field edge downhill and into a wood. Cross a footbridge and stile, and go uphill to cross a golf course carefully following the waymark posts, to turn left alongside woodland. After about 100 yards, bear right on a path descending through a strip of woodland and at the other side, take the right of two paths rising gently uphill to cross two gravel tracks and enter woodland. Follow the path ahead to a stile and the A275. Turn right along this road for a few yards then left over a stile on a signed path.

Follow this path downhill to enter woodland at the bottom. Cross a track, and carry on downhill on a sunken track through the wood. At the bottom of continued on page 60

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Every 2nd thursday of the month. 8pm start, teams of up to 6.

(Booking a team is essential)

Now being taken.

A 2 or 3 course menu available lunch & dinner from the 1st December till the 23rd December. (booking essential)

THE PLOUGH INN

A friendly family pub, open all day every day from noon.

Quality meals made from locally sourced produce, served daily in a friendly relaxing atmosphere. Always a warm welcome.

We pride ourselves on our cask marque real ales. Rooms available for functions.

Call Nicole on 01273 890311 or email theploughinnatplumptongreen@hotmail.co.uk The Plough Inn, Station Rd, Plumpton Green, Plumpton BN7 3DF

Dining in the heart of Lindfield

Now taking bookings

for Christmas

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Fresh Food to feed the mind and body Raw Centric

Pukka Teas

Vegan

Coffee

Gluten Free

Smoothies

Cake

Soups

Dips

Salads

Chocolates

Wraps

Eat in or Takeaway - Open 6 Days a week 121 The High Street, Hurstpierpoint www.mamaghanoushe.co.uk 07821 604198

Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner Tuesday - Sunday 67 High Street, Lindfield RH16 4SL Telephone 01444 487858 www.limesoflindfield.co.uk @LimesLindfield

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DON’T WATCH REPEATS ON DAVE. WE’VE GOT ONE BEHIND THE BAR WHO ALWAYS REPEATS HIMSELF! There’s more than a warm welcome awaiting you!

Extensive menu of home cooked meals • Local ales Traditional pub games • And a friendly atmosphere

THE COCK INN • WIVELSFIELD North Common Road, Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex. RH17 7RH

TEL: 01444 471668 WEB: www.cockinn-wivelsfield.co.uk Drink responsibly. Don’t drink and drive.

Early booking recommended discounts available for bookings made before October 16th 01444 414217

www.roseandcrowncuckfield.co.uk

London Rd Cuckfield,Haywards Heath,West Sussex RH17 5BS

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this sunken track, turn right and follow the obvious path ahead to cross a bridge to join Box’s Lane at Holly Cottage. Turn left along Box’s Lane for about ½ mile to join Stone Quarry Road at Chelwood Common. Go left along this road for about 200 yards and just before a road junction, turn left on a signed path beside Woodlands.

Go over a stile and follow a narrow confined path downhill to cross a small stream. The path rises uphill and crosses a boardwalk. At the end of the boardwalk, carry on ahead on a thinly defined path through bracken and scrub to go through a kissing gate to cross the middle of a field with a house on your right. Go through another kissing gate and follow a meandering path to pass through the garden of a large house (keeping to the left edge) then follow the path out to join a driveway leading out to a road.

Turn right along this road for a few yards, then left into Beaconsfield Road and on reaching the A275, turn right for the Red Lion pub.

We are very grateful to Les Campbell for bringing us new and exciting local walks every month. A founder member and former Chairman of the Mid Sussex Ramblers, he is a very experienced and enthusiastic walker indeed. Les insists on testing all routes personally, making sure they are suitable for walking. However, even he cannot guarantee the effects of the weather, or roadworks, or any other factors outside of his control. If you would like to send your feedback about a local walk, please email editorial@sussexliving.com

Map © Ordnance Survey (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk)

Distance: 5 miles Stiles: Several Map: Ordnance Survey Explorer Map No.135 Parking: Roadside parking in Birch Grove Road opposite Red Lion Refreshments: The Red Lion pub and The Coach and Horses pub Public Transport: Metro Bus route 270 from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead

Dear Sussex Living... …Thank you for the wonderful help that you gave us with our Open Garden in aid of St. Peter and St. James Hospice. It was a pleasure to show Ruth Lawrence round the garden and the article she wrote beautifully captured the ambience of the garden and all that we have been trying to achieve.

The opening was a great success raising £2,500 for the Hospice and I know that many of our visitors had read about the garden in Sussex Living.

Thank you also for the efficient and friendly way in which you organised everything.

Yours sincerely, Maureen and Andrew Winskill …Thank you for printing our Garden Party poster in your August edition. We were lucky with the weather this year and took £1,750. We are most grateful for your support.

Best wishes, Vanessa, Fundraising Officer for Mid Sussex branch of Cats Protection

…On behalf of Paws & Claws Cat Rescue Charity in Sayers Common I would like to thank you for the article you ran on us in July. We have had many comments from people who read it saying how much they enjoyed it. After a morning spent talking with Sara Whately about our history and day to day work, we were delighted with how beautifully she put together our story, and especially emphasising the need to fi nd homes for older cats.

Tanis Banham and the team continue to show interest in our work and the difficulties of running a small charity and each week features one of our cats in need of a new home on their website.

Sussex Living not only support us through the magazine but show

genuine thought, care and appreciation for what we do in rescuing, rehabilitation and rehoming cats, as well as looking after the ones who live with us permanently.

The good news is that Maxi, a beautiful 15 year old tabby has just been reserved and goes to her new home next week as a result of her new owner reading the article.

Lyn Basset, Chairman, Paws & Claws

Please email your feedback to editorial@sussexliving.com Follow us on Facebook at /sussexliving or on twitter @sussexliving

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PRE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION MENU

the wheatsheaf.

£23.95 for 3 course £18.95 for 2 course per person, served between 1st and 23rd December (excluding Sundays) Christmas Hamper Nibbles on Arrival Mini Garlic Breads, Lightly Salted Parsnip Crisps & Roasted Spicy Nuts

c u c k f i e l d

Starters

Cream of Roasted Tomato Soup(v) with a warm Ciabatta Bread or Homemade Duck Liver Pate with Ciabatta Bread and Fruity Apple Chutney or Smoked Salmon & Prawn salad platter with a Horseradish Cream & Honey & Mustard Vinaigrette served with Granary Bread & Butter

Christmas

at the Wheatsheaf

We are now taking bookings for your pre-Christmas party celebration, or join us on Christmas Day for a traditional Family Lunch.

Open all day every day

Food served: Mon-Thurs 12-2:30 & 6-9. All day Fri, Sat and Sun Accommodation with 10 en-suite bedrooms

Broad St, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 5DW Tel. 01444 454078 • www.thewheatsheafpub.com

Main Courses

The Festive Bird Traditional Roast Sussex Turkey with our own Pork & Chestnut Stuffing, Roast Potatoes, Rich Pan Gravy, Creamy Bread Sauce and Cranberry Compote or Oven Baked Salmon Fillet Scotch Salmon Fillet with a Creamy Dill & Mustard Sauce, on a bed of Rosemary & Garlic Crushed New Potatoes or Slow Roasted Loin Of Pork Roasted Loin of Pork with our own Pork & Chestnut Stuffing, Apple Puree, Crackling, Rich Pan Gravy and Roast Potatoes or Vegetable, Mushroom & Chestnut Bourgignon Pie(v) Cooked In a rich Gravy, Topped with Puff Pastry and Served with Roast Potatoes Your main course will be served with a selection of fresh seasonal vegetables

Desserts

Traditional Rich Christmas Pudding served with Brandy Sauce Dark Chocolate Brownie with Hot Chocolate Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream Iced Caramel Parfait

Coffee or Tea with mints Most of the menu options are available Gluten Free. Please ask when booking Subject to availability. Booking essential Pre orders and deposit required

bistro Christmas bookings being taken now, we cater from 2- 50 seated or up to 80 buffet style Autumn and Winter Two course lunch with a glass of House wine £14.50 Weekend Breakfasts Morleys is the ideal venue for your Private Party, Wedding or Special Occasion

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Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 11am - 11pm, Saturday 9am -11pm, Sunday 9am - 6pm. Closed Mondays 42 High Street, Hurstpierpoint (On the High Street opposite the large Village Car Park) 01273 835000

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David and Leisa welcome you

to The Thatched Inn

Clayton & Keymer royal British legion welCome you to their CluB with over 300 memBers this thriving and family orientated soCial CluB Know how to have a good time!

Come along for… n Live music every Saturday n Quiz night every Thursday at 8.30pm n Snooker room, Dartboards and Bar Billiards n Theme nights, yearly music festival, local bands and solo artists n Two rooms with bars available for hire at very reasonable prices

Beechers shand, woodsland road, hassocks, west sussex Bn6 8he

01273 845829 . ckrbl@btconnect.com . www.britishlegion.org.uk

NOW TAKING CHRISTMAS BOOKINGS No discount cards during December

Pre Christmas Party Menus from 26th November Boxing Day: Regular menu served 12-2.30pm Booking essential New Year’s Eve: Regular menu served 6-9.30pm

Please phone or view online for menu details

Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes

• Fresh Food prepared to order on the premises Friday 16th October • Specials Menu changes daily Local band • Spectacular views over the countryside playing a variety of live music • Large Garden, children are welcome • Dog friendly

Tel: 01273 842946 | www.thatchedinn.co.uk Grand Avenue, Keymer, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8DH

The Oak Barn

Restaurant, Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill www.oakbarnrestaurant.co.uk

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POPULAR DISHES INCLUDE GREAT GURKHA, NAGA, LAL MASS AND MANCHURIAN

Banquet every Sunday Call for special offers on Take Away Menu

Book by phone or email: teknsharma@hotmail.com 58 Commercial Square, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1EA

01444 415141 / 415142 www.curryinn.co.uk OPEN EVERY DAY: 12 noon - 2pm / 5.30pm - 11pm Car parking available at rear of restaurant

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Book your Christmas Party Lunch or Dinner now!

We cater for both large business functions or just a small family meal to celebrate the festive period!

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Christmas ghost story competition We are beginning to get in the Christmas mood at Sussex Living HQ, what with our gorgeous gift guides in October, November and December, and loads of seasonal events and goodies to tell you about over the next few months – Christmas village events, Carol and Church services, and local shopping nights.

On top of all our usual festivities, we thought it might be fun to bring an old tradition back to life, and cast a thrill of excitement through the air with some Christmas ghost stories.

Charles Dickens set the standard with A Christmas Carol, and the Victorians loved to scare each other witless with ghost stories told

around the fire on Christmas Eve. Do you have a ghoulish, supernatural story lurking in the darkest recesses of your mind?

Well, we want to hear it!

Enter our Christmas ghost story competition and you could scare the whole of Mid Sussex by having your story printed in our magazine. Just send us 450 words by 31st October 2015 and we will pick our three favourite, spine tingling stories, and print them in the December issue of Sussex Living Magazine. The winning stories will also receive a free year’s subscription to Sussex Living Magazine, delivered straight to your door. Good luck!

Terms and conditions Email your Christmas ghost stories to editorial@sussexliving.com Judging is at the discretion of Sussex Living Magazine and we are under no obligation to print stories online or in the magazine which we do not feel are suitable. Stories must be approximately 450 words long, and no longer than 475 words. All entries must be received by midnight on Saturday 31st October 2015. Winning entrants will be informed before their story is printed. Entrants must be 18 or over, or have written parental permission. 1 year’s free subscription to Sussex Living Magazine only delivered to UK.

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the Cheesemaking Workshop The perfect Christmas gift for cheese lovers, a hamper including a gift voucher for a day at the Cheesemaking Workshop, a Kilner jar filled with delicious feta and olives in chilli and garlic oil, Camembert, a jar of chutney, quince paste and chocolates.

01903 889 730 www.thecheesemakingworkshop.co.uk

micro-id global Introducing the Piggypod/ Bunnypod. The Pod is easy to clip together and far more convenient than a traditional hutch. The unique stylish Pod is perfect for guinea pigs, small bunnies, tortoise and ferrets. Only £99.00 Nova house, edward Way, Victoria Business Park, Burgess hill , West sussex rh15 9ua freePhone 0808 123 ChiP 01444 831500 sales@micro-id.co.uk www.microidglobal.com

Caragon Living Ragtales toys are full of charm and originality and make the most perfect gift for Christmas! A fabulous range of Ragtales Bears are available from Caragon, the one-stop-shop for gorgeous gifts and accessories. the Courtyard, trading Boundaries, east sussex tN22 3rB 01825 790099 www.caragon.co.uk

hampers of hurstpierpoint

sWaLK

Celebrate Christmas with a luxury hamper! Gourmet treats for Grandma, delicacies for Dad... all the special people in your life will love this delicious present. Choose from ready-made or customise your own.

SWALK are excited to introduce Ruby & Ed to our store this Winter!

These iconic velvet bow ballerina ruby slippers are the perfect gift for Christmas.

117 high street, hurstpeirpoint, West sussex BN6 9Pu 01273 833452 bob.saunders@hampersofhurst.com www.hampersofhurst.com

66 high street, Lindfield, West sussex rh16 2hL 01444 484400 swalkstore@gmail.com www.swalkstore.com

the Cheesemaking Workshop design-copy-print Perfect for Grandparents and family members! Personalised Christmas Cards using a child’s drawing or a festive photograph, from £13 for 10 cards, including envelopes.

For a unique and fun Christmas gift choose a gift voucher for the Cheesemaking Workshop, where guests learn to make 6 soft cheeses in a day. They will also enjoy cheese tastings, a delicious cheese inspired lunch with wine and take home some of the cheeses made on the day.

01903 889 730 www.thecheesemakingworkshop.co.uk

Old Bank house, high street, henfield, West sussex BN5 9dB 01273 493098 www.design-copy-print.com

Bullfrog music Hundreds of instruments and gift ideas, as well as accessories and sheet music.

Make it a Musical Christmas!

15-17 ship street, east grinstead, West sussex rh19 4eg tel 01342 315602 www.bullfrogmusic.co.uk

sussex Living magazine Stuck for a gift idea for Auntie Joan or Uncle Geoff ? Look no further! We have got the perfect solution with a yearly subscription to Sussex Living Magazine.

For just £15 per year for UK deliveries.

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Christmas gifts

Harmony at Home This is just a small selection of the fabulous gifts that are in store now.

Perfect Christmas or birthday presents and we offer free gift wrapping. Pop along soon and see our full range.

Harmony at Home Children’s Boutique 68 High Street, Lindfield, West Sussex RH16 2HL 01444 482393 boutique@harmonyathome.co.uk www.harmonyathome.co.uk/shop

Present Company So much more than a gift shop! Upstairs at 33 Market Place Shopping Centre, Burgess Hill.

Come on up for inspiration!

33 Market Place Shopping Centre, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9NP 01444 233078 www.presentcompany.co.uk

Christmas giftguide

Fat Fish Fresh fish and seafood daily. Orders taken for your Christmas treats and family favourites. Seafood platter and smoked salmon specialists.

115 High Street Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9PU 01273 83551 www.fat-fish.co.uk

Martha and Daisy’s Martha and Daisy’s, an emporium full of gifts - toys, clothes, homeware, a cafe and much more all under one roof and at great prices. Open 7 days a week Mon-Sat 9-6 and Sun 10-4, late nights in December.

School Close, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9RX 01444 686086 www.marthaanddaisys.com

Balcombe Estate Our sawmill is open 7 days a week from 1st December, 9am-4pm, for the sale of Christmas trees, logs, oak and softwood beams, planks, fencing stakes, woodchips and other woodland products.

Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, West Sussex RH17 6NJ 07887 868247 Sawmill 01444 811446 www.balcombesawmill.co.uk

Peewees Hair Ltd Treat your hair this Christmas!

Purchase any ghd styler, curve or drier and get a 15 minute ‘confidence at home’ training session for free (‘training’ vouchers available if buying for a gift). And support Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October with £10 from every sale of the vintage pink ghd donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

25a Church Rd, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9BB 01444 226983 www.peewees.co.uk

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BERMUDA

NEW YORK BARBADOS Sample a taste of Barbados and Bermuda with our team, plus find out what a Bermuda & New York twin centre has to offer with Classic Collection Holidays

12th -17th October Hallmark Travel 3 West Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4EY Call: 01342 312305 Email: charmaine@hallmarktravel.com www.hallmarktravel.com

Why not book a personal one to one with our specialists....now!

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ADVERTISING FEATURE

GIF TS GALORE and more!

This month Haywards Heath welcomes the opening of the award winning gift shop Calliope, a treasure trove of gorgeous gifts and perfect presents to spoil your friends, your family and yourself Winner of the prestigious ‘Best Newcomer Award’ at The Great Gift Shop Awards in 2014, Calliope already has two successful shops in Dorking and Alton and co-owners, Andy Adamson (above, left) and Philip Downer (right), can’t wait to open their doors to Mid Sussex. “We’re really looking forward to meeting new customers and becoming part of the community of this great little town,” says Philip.

The name Calliope, pronounced Ca-lye-o-pea, is the name given to traditional fairground steam organs and was chosen to reflect the fun side of gifting. With their extensive retail experience, both Andy and Philip have relished the opportunity to develop their own business. “Our aim is to provide a selection of quality gifts at affordable prices,” explains Andy. “With the business small and flexible enough to tailor our offering to the local market, we try to stock products that match the tastes of

the community.”

The comprehensive product range includes a fabulous selection of greetings cards, many from small independent suppliers; stylish home wares from Gisela Graham, Emma Bridgewater and Sophie Allport, Durance premium organic candles, Paperblanks notebooks, retro tinware from Robert Opie and a great new range of vintage style lighting products from Temerity Jones.

If you’re looking for a children’s gift, Calliope stock some lovely character merchandise; colourful Happy Jackson lunch boxes, a selection of traditional wooden toys from Orange Tree

“We’re really looking forward to meeting new customers and becoming part of the community of this great little town” Philip

Toys and personalised framed prints from Porch Fairies. A wide range of women’s accessories, include scarves, handbags and jewellery from brands such as Joules, Peony, Disaster Designs and Tilly & Grace, are all also waiting to be discovered.

Often men can be badly catered for when it comes to the gift market.

“Lots of men see pink and fluffiness in gift shops and don’t want to go in,” says Andy. “We’ve bucked that trend and not only provide a great gift selection for men, but attract them into the store with the music we play and sell, which features jazz, blues, classical and classic pop.”

With an emphasis on design led quality gifts at competitive prices, the stock is constantly updated to keep it fresh, with most products in the £5-20 range. Customer service is equally important and Calliope offers a free gift wrapping service, a free click and collect service and will go out of their way to source requested items – one past request was for a calendar featuring goats – the customer was thrilled!

As Philip says, “Whoever you are and whoever you’re buying for, you will be able to find a lovely gift for them in Calliope.”

CALLIOPE GIFTS Opening times: Mon-Sat 9.00am-5.30pm, Sun 10.00am-4.00pm Unit 13, The Orchards Shopping Centre, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3TH 01444 441551 haywardsheath@calliopegifts.co.uk www.calliopegifts.co.uk

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Launch their new Wedding & Event Management Company

Let us project-manage your event M design M decorating M flowers M catering M venue We can cater to fit any budget and taste from Contemporary to Traditional. We are happy to do as little or as much as you require.

Please contact Gill Blackburn Ashley & Thomas, 54a High Street, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9RG Telephone: 07748 630316 Email: gill.blackburn1@btinternet.com

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outfits

Dress to impress at seasonal weddings this autumn and winter – think rich dark shades, accents of jewel, luxe fabrics, trouser suits and lace for a chic and fabulous look

Winter wedding wear Have you been invited to a wedding this autumn or winter? Not sure what to wear? First things first, don’t panic!

Whether you are the mother of the bride – or groom, a bridesmaid or a guest, the cooler months offer just as many outfit options as a classic summer wedding, if not more.

If you want to be the chicest guest at this season’s nuptials, the trick is to opt for darker shades, luxe fabrics and accessorise accordingly. Read on for some ideas and inspiration to make sure you stay warm and look amazing on the big day.

The mother of all outfits

A neutral coloured dress is always an elegant and refined choice for the mother of the bride or groom.

Taupes, beiges, golds and other neutral

shades have developed into a popular choice for mother of the bride/groom dresses because these colours usually complement the colours of the rest of the bridal party.

The mothers of the bride and groom deserve stand-out-gowns for their special role in the wedding, so beading and lace details with lovely necklines and bodices elevate these neutral coloured dresses into a fitting outfit for such an occasion. A nipped in waist suits most body shapes but if you feel more comfortable wearing straight lined dresses, these keep your silhouette simple, allowing for more accessories.

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colour scheme will add to this well put together look.

If you would prefer to steer clear of neutral colours, that’s not a problem either – start by choosing a dress style that you like and take note of the colours of the bridal party. Don’t go for exactly the same but find one that complements these colours. Take a look at the recommended colours for bridesmaids below to find out what’s on trend this season.

Beautiful bridesmaids

Long-sleeved dresses can look really individual and help to avoid the ‘workwear’ feel of a blazer

Bright jewel tones are a great choice for this time of year. Rich, warm shades of plum and vibrant, burnt orange are some of the more traditional colours for the autumn and winter seasons. For something a little different, why not consider navy blue, burgundy or sapphire to really stand out against the seasonal backdrop?

Grey bridesmaid dresses have been a huge trend this year and it looks set to continue into the autumn and winter seasons as well. This colour is a definite step away from the traditional palette, but

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Now, for the guests’ outfits; this can be a bit trickier. The bridal party will have pre-coordinated their outfits with the bride, so you may feel like you have been thrown in the deep end and have no idea what to wear! The good thing about colder month weddings is that thick, luxurious fabrics and richer colours come into their own. The season allows for some of the prettiest colours, such as deep jewel tones of burgundy, ruby red, midnight blue, plum and emerald and cool prints that echo the changes of the season.

Berry hues were all over the catwalk this season and they look great against every skin tone.

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Your wedding dress is very precious to you, and deserves to be cleaned and heirloomed with care. Sarah and Deborah will care for your dress, discussing the best cleaning techniques with you.

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They will also care for the Groom, Mother of the Bride and Bridesmaids’ garments. You can choose from boxes

by The Empty Box Co, or our own Treasures Box, should you wish to preserve your dress for the future.

A true family business, now in it’s fifth generation, Sarah Lacey Dry Cleaning are experts in the dry cleaning of vintage clothing and vintage wedding dresses. Our expert staff have the knowledge to handle and care for delicate fabrics and garments.

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silvery grey looks gorgeous all year round while darker, charcoal greys will look fantastic in the colder months.

For these looks, keep your make-up simple and elegant with a subtle smoky eye and nude lip combination.

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wool suit. Pair with heels for a more feminine, elegant touch.

Long-sleeved dresses can look really individual and help to avoid the ‘workwear’ feel of a blazer. They also solve the chilly arm conundrum.

Opt for a shorter hemline with opaque tights and a pair of Mary Janes to really keep on trend with the Autumn/Winter 2015 look.

Jumpsuits are a brilliant day-to-evening wear solution.

Choose a long-sleeved jumpsuit if you don’t want to worry about layers, or a sleeveless one paired with a blazer so you can avoid overheating on the dance floor.

If you want to opt for something more traditional, a navy lace dress with burgundy accessories is a really good look this season. Lace overlays have a winter wonderland vibe about them, while a burgundy clutch and matching shoes will offer the perfect balance of colours.

Remember floral prints are not only for summer! Intricate colourful patterns or simple monochrome prints will never be out of place at a cold weather wedding. Use your accessories to

simplify your outfit, and choose delicate and simple jewellery rather than chunky pieces. Think about keeping your bag and shoes pastel or black depending on if you went for flowers or monochrome.

For those that love a seriously glam look, you will rejoice at the news that faux fur is back again! Forget packing a ‘just-in-case’ cardigan and give your outfit a real cold-weather look with furry accents. These faux accessories are reaching an all time high in shops, so you won’t have trouble finding the one that’s right for you.

Headwear is another popular accessory at weddings: headpieces and fascinators are almost a wedding ‘must-have’.

Summer styles tend to be pretty, delicate blooms while the colder months call for a stronger look.

Try a headpiece decorated with black roses or a simple headband embellished with pearls or sparkly crystals.

Nobody wants to be inappropriately dressed at a wedding, so just remember the don’t-wear-white rule and stand out in rich autumn and winter hues or gorgeous prints at every wedding this season – you can’t go wrong!

Weddings made in Heaven at Heaven Farm.

Licensed for Marriages Contact Kate on 01825 791 115 weddingsmadeinheaven@btconnect.com The Barn, Heaven Farm, Furners Green, Near Danehill TN22 3RG www.weddingsmadeinheaven.com

Over 100 acres of beautiful woodland and rolling hills are in the heart of Sussex offering a perfect venue for a relaxed celebration, providing what you want and when you want.

We offer a complete wedding package tailored to suit your every need.

Our coordinator will provide guidance and advice to make your celebration perfect.

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Gold, especially rose gold accessories add a subtle touch of colour to any elegant ensemble

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Vic Davis Dry Cleaners in Burgess Hill lives up to its reputation for high quality dry cleaning services and shoe repairs with the best customer service around

A spotless service Occupying an enviable position in the Martlets Shopping Centre in Burgess Hill, Vic Davis Dry Cleaners has been a family-run business for over thirty years, offering discerning customers unrivalled dry cleaning services and an in-house cobbler.

In addition to its dry cleaning services for individual and corporate clients, Vic Davis also specialises in laundering (shirts, household linens and duvets), leather and fur cleaning, tailoring (wedding dress alterations, and repairs), as well as the cleaning of curtains, blinds, sofa covers and rugs.

Owner Hitesh Patel is keen to introduce me to his highly experienced shoemaker Kevin Rowley who works at Vic Davis and mends all kinds of shoes and leather ware, from high heels, men’s shoes and moulded heels to

leather bags, wallet linings, rucksacks and everything in between.

Kevin has over twenty years experience working as a cobbler in London (including in orthopaedics) and is also an artisan shoemaker in his own right.

Says Hitesh, “We get a lot of high-end, designer shoes that come in to us needing to be

With a team of five specialist staff, it’s clear that this busy, buzzing business excels at problem solving for its clients repaired and of course there’s a certain skill set required to do this. Kevin’s extensive experience and expertise means he’s able to do it all, from bespoke stitching on shoes and handbags to equestrian repairs. And we always use the best quality materials and advanced products to ensure the end result is not compromised.”

Vic Davis also offers key cutting and has an express, onehour shoe repair service on site so that many shoes can be fixed while the customer waits – perfect for a lunch hour slot.

With a team of five specialist

staff, it’s clear that this busy, buzzing business excels at problem solving for its clients. Add to this their exceptional, personalised customer service and you have a match made in heaven.

“Nothing is too much trouble,” says Hitesh. “We will always do our best to try and find a solution to any queries that are presented to us. At Vic Davis we are known for doing our utmost to look after our clients and their garments and build a relationship that is based on trust.”

And Hitesh’s professional advice to readers when it comes to looking after their clothes?

“When you spill something on a garment, please don’t do anything to it!” He laughs. “It’s tempting to try and remove it yourself but it’s best to just leave it alone and bring it into the dry cleaners to see what can be done.

Using a commercial product to get a stain out can often do more harm than good.” Best listen to the experts then!

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Baldwins A wide selection of bridal fabrics, ribbons, car ribbons, paper patterns, trimmings and veiling, as well as household linen gifts.

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Give the gift of

love

Paper hearts, cotton robes, leather shoes... whatever gift you give your loved one on your wedding anniversary, do you stick to the traditional list, or do it your own way?

This November my husband and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary. The big day itself is still so fresh in my mind it seems like only yesterday, but as the anniversary gets nearer, all the small details are flooding keenly back: making paper pompoms, organising the catering, searching for vintage tureens, flowers, music, seating plans, photography, the car, decorating the hall, making the invites, table favours‌.. an apparently endless list which only ever seemed to get longer! And then the day

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itself - well I simply loved every second of it, and I enjoyed myself more than I thought possible.

Saying that, I am very glad I don’t have to do it all again this year! This year I can kick back and relax as we celebrate our first wonderful year together as husband and wife, hopefully while in the lap of luxury at a spa.

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looking to the anniversary ‘gift list’ for inspiration.

But where does this list come from?

Looking at the traditional anniversary gift list, the first thing I noticed is that on the whole, the materials and elements get harder as the years go on, starting with paper or cotton and ending with diamond, one of the hardest elements on earth. A cynical old married couple might say that this is representational of the marriage getting harder over the years, but to a newly married like me I see it as a representation of the marriage solidifying as the years roll by.

Historically, it is suggested that the traditions for wedding anniversaries date back to the Holy Roman Empire, or some say the Medieval Germans. On a 25th wedding anniversary the husband would crown his wife with a silver wreath, and a gold one on their 50th anniversary. This is now represented as a silver gift at 25 years, and a ‘golden wedding anniversary’ for 50 years.

During and just before the 20th century, commercial industries saw how popular it was to celebrate anniversaries, and quickly created the other anniversary gifts. Victorians loved to celebrate their wedding anniversaries lavishly, with parties, feasts and gifts, and as a result of this, gift-giving thrived.

It is thought that the ‘list’ made its way over to America, and as such we share very similar gifts, although sometimes swapped around by a year.

For example, some lists say the first anniversary gift in the UK is cotton, and paper is for the second

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anniversary, which is then switched around in the US with paper first and then cotton. However, it seems that paper for the first anniversary is better known than cotton in both the UK and the US. It might have been that only the five and ten year anniversaries were celebrated with gifts at first, with the additional gifts being added later by firms such as jewellers. It was too good an opportunity for them to let slide, after all, what husband or wife would not appreciate having a piece of diamond encrusted jewellery given to them?

Although the gifts for associated years vary from country to country, there is a general consensus that the fifth anniversary is wood, tenth is tin, 15th crystal, 20th china, 25th silver, 30th pearl, 40th ruby, 50th gold, 60th diamond and 70th platinum.

Many people do honour this traditional Victorian gift list, especially for the five and ten year markers. But equally, it is just as popular to celebrate with a lavish night out on the town, or a cosy weekend away. Whatever you do, don’t feel bound by customs!

If you do fancy sticking to the list but want to make it a bit more individual, it’s time to think outside the box. Why not make a paper trail to a favourite restaurant, invest in a weaving course, saddle up and ride a horse, volunteer for fruit picking at vineyards and orchards or whittle your loved one a wooden spoon. Further down the line you could enjoy a golden sunrise or sunset in a hot air balloon ride or go star gazing to see the natural diamonds of the sky.

However you celebrate your anniversary, be it your first, fifth or 50th, the most important thing is to enjoy some quality time together, and remember why you got married in the first place – love.

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by Amy Newson

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Flicked, winged, smudged or dainty, there is an eyeliner for all occasions.

Read on for the latest looks and styling tips from Amy Newson

The bottom line

Eyeliner is one of the most daunting things for many in their makeup routines. It takes a certain amount of practise and a steady hand to get it just right and I’m sure many of you have gone through bottles of remover trying to perfect it – I know I have! We are entering an eyesover-lips season, which means that (for now) lips take the back seat – the nuder the better. If this announcement has made you wince, I hope the following guide to the perfect eyeliner, including a look at this season’s trends, will reassure you – it’s easier than you may think.

The new take on eyeliner this season is being dubbed as ‘displaced liner’ because it is applied just above the eyelid crease. This floating liner is inspired by 60s glamour and can be softened with an eyeshadow in a warm colour.

This look is pretty easy to create and if you want something less harsh, avoid black liner and choose grey or brown instead.

Another trend this season is the graphic look. Inspired by tattoos, this form of body art has become this season’s big thing.

Hand-painting different designs with eyeliner from half-star designs to other small patterns mimics this autumn’s love for

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adornment. Make sure to use an eye pencil when attempting this look to make it easily correctable, and if you’re feeling unsure, there are stencils you can use to ensure a flawless look.

In line with the trend in clothing, grunge is also back in the world of make-up. Line your bottom inner eye rims heavily with a black kohl liner, then use a lighter shade underneath the bottom lash line or apply eyeliner

Hand-painting different designs with eyeliner from halfstars to other small patterns mimics this autumn’s love for adornment

to the inner and outer rims to get a well-defined look. This is also an easy one to do – no steady hand needed!

In contrast to the grunge look, ladylike glamour has also returned. Ultra neat and elegantly exaggerated eyeliner contributes to a classy look. My all-time favourite is the classic winged liner. A good tip for this is to start off by putting a dot where you want the wing to end, then starting from the inner corner – with that eye closed – complete the line to connect to the dot. Draw a small triangle and fill it in, making sure that the line is thickest in the middle and thinner in the inner corner and at the wing.

There are so many trends around this season, from classy to casual. Make sure to try them all!

Try it yourself n For the cleanest and neatest look a liquid or gel liner is the way to go – but beware: it’s also the most difficult one to apply. n For an effortless look use an eye pencil and then set it with powder so it stays in place. n Eyeshadow is for the less experienced – it’s very easy to correct, with just a dry cotton bud – and also has the most natural effect.

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We offer a wide variety of beauty treatments from botox, sculptra to micro needling, carried out by our fully qualified surgeon.

We also have clinics in Burgess Hill and Lingfield. Free consultation and advice.

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Itchy, Scratchy or Watery Eyes?

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Stitch in Time...

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Heralded as one of the most iconic fashion eras, get prepared for the revival of the 80s When you think about decade revival, it’s usually the 70s that comes to mind.

However, this Autumn/ Winter it’s all about the 80s.

The 80s look is one of the top trends for the season – it’s power shoulders, major ruffles and minilength prom skirts galore!

Beautifully tailored 80s inspired garments are ripe for the picking – just take a look at all the new arrivals in the shops.

The 80s was a time that identified well with women’s power dressing and was the first to produce a really good workingwomen’s wardrobe.

This time around it’s still about lady power and sex appeal, but in a loud, flashy and fun way: think Saturday Night Fever!

If you’re a fashionrecycler you may well have some great 80s pieces hidden away in your wardrobe – dig these out and wear them with pride.

Circular belt buckles, colour-block knits and

rainbow coloured combos all held their place on the catwalk.

The brighter the better – 80s prints from electro new wave and zigzag patterns to Memphisinspired geometrical prints contribute to a real 80s inspired outfit.

Do it with attitude – a shiny skirt paired with a polo neck, billowing trousers worn with a simple t-shirt, a statement sweater dress or a broad shouldered jacket provide the 80s glamour this season.

It truly is a great trend to follow: the time has come for girl power to be in the spotlight, because really, who rules the world?

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Care Month Most of us don’t think about care at all until it affects a loved one or we need to consider it for ourselves, but it’s good to know what information and advice is available when you do need support.

That’s the theme of West Sussex County Council’s Care Month.

West Sussex Care Month is about helping you to access information and advice so you can make the right choices at the right time. Whether you receive care, are caring for someone else, want to plan for the future or would like a career in care, there is information out there that could help you.

For example, did you know that you can seek financial advice about paying for longterm care and support for yourself or someone else through the Carewise care funding advice scheme, even if you don’t need care right now?

Become ‘carewise’; advice about paying for care is something that would be beneficial at a much earlier age than most people realise, particularly since the recent pension changes. The choices you now have about how to save or invest your pension make it worth considering what money you may need to pay for care in later life before you retire.

There are many carers groups available across West Sussex and a range of specialist support services for carers is available from Carers Support West Sussex

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Caring for someone can take its toll, but you don’t need to go through it alone. There are many carers groups available across West Sussex and a range of specialist support services for carers is available from Carers Support West Sussex.

Perhaps you could support someone with dementia by offering overnight respite in your home or supporting them for a few hours during the day? If so, you might think about becoming a paid Shared Lives carer. The Shared Lives scheme supports people aged over 18 who are unable to live independently and the scheme is now supporting people with dementia.

You can find a wide range of information about care in West Sussex on the West Sussex Connect to Support website. It has pages of information about issues and conditions including dementia, mental health, disabilities, leaving hospital, health and wellbeing and caring for someone, as well as a self-assessment area and a directory of local organisations and care providers that provide care services and activities including dementia clubs, carers groups, equipment, home care and care homes.

To find out more about care in West Sussex visit www.westsussexconnecttosupport.org www.carerssupport.org.uk www.westsussex.gov.uk and search ‘Shared Lives’

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Offering support, rehabilitation and friendship, the Cuckfield Stroke Communication Voluntary Group is a place for members to build communication, selfconfidence and recovery

Let’s communicate The magnificent sandstone exterior of the Victorian Queen’s Hall in Cuckfield is home to a group that does something rather special. Inside the main hall the smiles of Carolyn Dodd and Sandy Varley beamed in my direction.

The atmosphere of the Cuckfield Stroke Communication Voluntary Group is welcoming, convivial and supportive. Carolyn told me they are run under the umbrella of the Stroke Association, although it is up to her and Sandy as leaders to ensure it is financially self-sufficient. The ladies took on the management of the group in April 2010, rising at a moments notice from the role of helpers to leaders. It is obvious to see they are passionate, caring and dedicated in what they do.

Carolyn told me they focus on improving communication skills and self-confidence of members, helping them move forward with their recovery and their lives. Members are encouraged to leave once their optimum recovery has been completed, but the splendid social side keeps them coming back. Other members who have made a successful recovery sometimes become helpers themselves.

On the morning I was present, there was a sensory exploration of garden herbs, trying to name them by sight and smell. Refreshments, a quiz and finally a short talk on photography followed this.

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Often speech and communication skills improve spontaneously, which is to say that words are recalled when there is no pressure to try and remember them. So the sight and smell of fresh mint might trigger a small improvement in a member, as the word ‘mint’ comes back to them. As Sandy and Carolyn both pointed out, recovery from a stroke is a long series of small steps.

There are currently 20 members and 10 helpers, including Mike who has moved from member to helper, all

paying £3 a week to cover the most basic of costs. Funding remains a constant issue, currently coming from grants and the group’s own fundraising efforts – a generous benefactor would be greatly appreciated!

Carolyn revealed numbers have grown significantly over the last couple of years, which has stretched resources beyond a comfortable level.

She explained more volunteers are needed, because the ratio should really be one to one and not two to one, as it is at present. “We are a lifeline to some of our members,” Carolyn said, while Sandy added, “But we need more volunteers and more funding, if we are to be able to continue the work we do.”

My morning finished by singing Happy Birthday to group member, Barbara while she blew out the candles on her cake. I certainly hope there are many more birthdays and cakes to be had for this inspiring group of people The Cuckfield Stroke Communication Voluntary Group.

The sight and smell of fresh mint might trigger a small improvement in a member, as the word ‘mint’ comes back to them

Cuckfield Stroke Communication Voluntary Group Queen’s Hall, High Street, Cuckfield, West Sussex RH17 5EL Meeting every Wednesday from 10:00-12:00 Carolyn Dodd 01403 266173 or Sandy Varley 01444 414333 www.stroke.org.uk

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Feed and Nourish To

Foodbanks and seasonal Food Boxes are a lifeline to many, not just in terms of the meals they provide but also for the warm welcome and emotional support available at the centres One of the staples of life, along with shelter and water, is food.

Thankfully this is readily available for many of us, but sadly it is not the case for everybody.

This is where Foodbanks and Food Boxes may help; an emergency donation of food, and sometimes other basics, such as toiletries, cleaning products, baby food and nappies may also be available.

Foodbanks work by exchanging vouchers for food. Vouchers are held at various places around each participating town, such as at Children & Family Centres, Doctors Surgeries, Housing Associations, Mental Health Services, schools and churches, and handed out to individuals or families when a need is identified. Up to three vouchers can be used during one crisis.

The Foodbank centres offer more than just food, they also offer a warm welcome and emotional support over a chat and a hot drink if so desired.

There are various different reasons people are referred to Foodbanks, including low income, benefit delay, unemployment, illness, or debt.

Many have previously been just about coping fi nancially, then something has happened to completely stop or

dramatically reduce their income. Sadly, this means they then have the choice between paying the bill or buying food and fi nding themselves in debt.

Haywards Heath Foodbank is part of the national Christian Charity Trussell Trust and opened in April 2012.

Since then, over 4,000 people have received food from this Foodbank, almost half of whom have been children. In a typical week about ten vouchers are brought to the distribution centre and about 25 people are given food.

They have all sorts of people visit them at their centre, from a young single mother studying for her PhD and not being able to make ends meet, to a man who had been made redundant and could not fi nd work for over a year. He repeatedly returned to the centre to talk, and upon his return to work called in to tell the volunteers they had helped him at a time when he felt suicidal.

Also part of the Trussell Trust is the East Grinstead Foodbank. They have been open since December 2012 after they became aware that some people in their community were struggling to feed themselves and their families. They have since fed almost 2000 people.

The volunteers at East Grinstead

These centres offer more than just food, they also offer a warm welcome and emotional support

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Foodbank realise it is not always easy to ask for help, but want to reassure people they will always be gladly received. A single mother who visited the centre said, “I felt ashamed of my situation and found it difficult to ask for help. I arrived with my head hung in shame, but I was met by a warm smiling face, treated with the utmost respect and reassured that I was not alone. My needs were listened to with empathy; I was given a cup of coffee while I waited for my food. I felt humbled by the generosity of local people and the volunteers and hope to be able to contribute to this amazing organisation myself”.

Burgess Hill Community Food Bank started in 2013 with a grant from West Sussex County Council and help from Churches Together in Burgess Hill. As a registered charity they are run by their Trustees supported by 150 volunteers. They emphasise the Community aspect because food poverty happens across all parts of society and they receive assistance from a wide range of local interests.

Support from many local businesses and organisations allow Burgess Hill Community Foodbank to continue with their Food Collections. They are actively looking to increase their distribution outlets, and Hurstpierpoint is next on the list. Another initiative they are looking to achieve is trying to

fi nd ways of making fresh food available.

At present there are no facilities for this, as they try to collect only non-perishable food.

Burgess Hill Community Foodbank also support the Burgess Hill District Lions with their Christmas Food Boxes.

The Lions started this initiative in the 1950s, when they delivered sacks of coal to those in need as well.

They are now part of a team of eight organisations who come together every year at Christmas to distribute Food Boxes to families who are in reduced circumstances, referred by external agencies such as the Family Centre and Social Services. Donations from other local businesses and services also help to fi ll the boxes.

These Christmas Food Boxes are comprised of 22 items, which included basics as well as seasonal foods such as chocolate logs, mince pies and children’s chocolate. Quality items are provided and efforts made to make each box an attractive gift. A leaflet is also included giving the dates of Christmas Church Services across the town and providing contact details for local support organisations – the Foodbank, Debt Advice Centre, Citizens Advice and Credit Union.

Last year 213 Food Boxes were distributed, and this year the aim is to match that. Unsurprisingly, the Food Boxes are very well received, and can make a really positive difference to a family at Christmas.

The Lions started this initiative in the 1950s, when they delivered sacks of coal to those in need as well

Opening times and drop off points East Grinstead Foodbank Opening times:

Monday and Friday 1-3pm, Wednesday 10-12pm Jubilee Community Centre Charlwoods Road East Grinstead RH19 2HL Or a satellite Foodbank open 1st Friday of each month 1.30-2.30pm Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield RH7 6AB 07983 209 940 info@eastgrinstead.foodbank.org.uk www.eastgrinstead.foodbank.org.uk

Waitrose, Burgess Hill Help Point, Burgess Hill Library, Miss Mabel’s Emporium, Co-op on Junction Road and on London Road. Bulk food collections also collected.

Haywards Heath: 9, Sussex Road, Haywards Heath, during opening hours

Sunday 6th December

Donation drop off points:

Burgess Hill Community Foodbank Opening times:

East Grinstead: Jubilee Community Centre, Trinity Methodist Church and Moatfield Surgery Forest Row: Community Centre Lingfield & Dormansland: Community Centre

Tuesday and Thursday 11-1pm (delivery outside these times if necessary) The Spire Café St John’s Church Lower Church Road Burgess Hill RH15 9AA enquiries@burgesshillfoodbank.org.uk www.burgesshillfoodbank.org.uk/

Opening times:

Burgess Hill: monthly Food Drive at

Donation drop off points:

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Monday 11-2pm, Wednesday 1-4pm, Friday 11-2pm 9, Sussex Road, Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4DZ 07884 106 719 info@haywardsheath.foodbank.org.uk www.haywardsheath.foodbank.org.uk

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Donation drop off points:

Christmas Food Boxes

Delivery times: Saturday 5th and Donation drop off points, open from 12th October: Burgess Hill: Town Council’s Help Point, 96 Church Walk, Specsavers, 43 Church Road, Halifax Bank, 11 Church Rd, Tesco, Jane Murray Way, The King’s Church, Victoria Road.

Hassocks: Budgens Supermarket, Orion Parade Hurstpierpoint: Janton News If anyone would like to collect food items a box and food list can be obtained from The King’s Centre (01444 244215). Boxes will need to be returned to The King’s Centre by 23rd November.

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Second prize went to Ben Ross from Burgess Hill, who won two tickets to Boomerang Hickstead on Saturday 12th September – we hope you also had a wonderful time at the concert.

And taking the third prize is Julie Atkin from Hassocks who won a £25 gift voucher for food and drink at The Cock Inn in Wivelsfield Green – we hope you have a lovely meal.

Our original fi rst prize winner was from East Grinstead, but she forgot that she had entered the quiz and had subsequently organised something else for the weekend!

And of course, our sincere thanks go to the management at Boomerang Hickstead and The Cock Inn for so generously donating the prizes.

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1 London Bus 2 Dieppe 3 Gravelly Hill Interchange 4 Camber Sands 5 Pier 6 ET (The Extra Terrestrial)

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DiaryDates Sunday 13 September - Wednesday 11 November

Ditchling History Project Exhibition ‘When War is Done - Rejoicing, Returning, Reflecting’

St Margaret’s Church, Ditchling BN6 8TB This exhibition marks the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II. Local residents, many of whom were children at that time were invited to record their memories. Through extracts from these recollections and contemporary sources such as newspapers, books and diaries this exhibition reflects the range of emotions of the time.

Thursday 01 - 31 October

Glyndebourne Festival 2015

Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5UU Glyndebourne is recognised as one of the great opera houses; the season continues with The Rape of Lucretia, Saul and a magical Ravel Double Bill.

Tickets from £10. 01273 815 000 www.glyndebourne.com Thursday 01 October, 10:00-17:00

The Mind Gym at Step Up Sussex The Old Dairy, Randolphs Farm, Bedlam Street, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9EL The Open Day includes free one-to-one coaching followed by a presentation party launch from 17:00-19:00. Contact: Richard 0345 0523817 rich@stepupsussex.com Thursday 01, 08, 15 & 22 October, 10:30-12:30

Food for a Big Life: 4 Week Course

Big Life Organics, 112 South Road, Haywards Heath RH16 4LL Need advice on going meat-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, junkfree? Discover long-term health through the food you eat. Fun and informative talks and macrobiotic cooking demonstrations. £125.

Contact: 01444 628667 classes@ biglifeorganics.co.uk, www.biglifeorganics.co.uk Thursday 01 October, 20:00.

Doors open 19:30

Ditchling Film Society - “Ida” 12A

Ditchling Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling BN6 8TT Set in Poland in 1962. Anna, (Agata Trzebuchowska) is about to take her vows as a Catholic nun when she learns from her sole living relative, her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), that she is actually Jewish and was born Ida Lebenstein. Director: Pawel Pawlikowski 82 mins. Free coffee and biscuits and wine is available. Guests and temporary members are welcome for £5, payable at the door.

Sunday 01 November, 10:30

Mid Sussex Ramblers - Hassocks Circular

Dale Avenue car park, Hassocks BN6 8LN To Ditchling and return via Oldland Mill. GR TQ308154. Contact: Frances 01273 842628

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Thursday 01 October, 14:30-16:30

Salvation Army Big Birthday Tea Villa Adastra, 79 Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH Please join us for a big birthday tea, celebrating 150 years of The Salvation Army, and to also celebrate National Older Persons Day. For any enquiries, please call Siobhan on 01273 842184.

Thursday 01 October, 20:00

Greyhound - Open Mic Night

Greyhound Inn, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QT Every Thursday! Whatever your talent, come and show it off or just watch others. Pop in for a fun night out - entrance free! Contact: thegreyhoundinnkeymer@yahoo. co.uk Friday 02 October, 09:30-13:00

Cuckfield Crafts and Market

Queens Hall, High Street, Cuckfield RH17 5EL 35 plus quaint, quirky and contemporary stalls comprising of jams to jewellery, vintage homewares to Italian handbags! Refreshments available. Free admission. Contact: Beverley Smith 01444 440274 allthingsnicecft@aol.com Friday 02 October, 18:30-Midnight

Dreamflight Kangaroos Hop!

Wickwoods Country Club, Albourne BN6 9DY Charity Ball raising funds for Kangeroos Special Needs Charity and Dreamflight. 3 course dinner, Rock and Roll band and an amazing auction. £65 per person. Contact: Samantha Norgate 07827b011061 or 01444 255120 sam@kangaroos.org.uk Friday 02 October, 19:30

Concert

St. Barnabas Church, Worth Road, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 7EB The Roger Hind Quartet with guest singer Ruth Fahie present ‘Unforgettable’ – the music of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra with instrumental hits including Take Five and Desafinado.

Celebrating the Church’s 60th anniversary. Free entry. All welcome.

Donations to church projects welcomed. Contact: Phyl Pennell 01293 883362 or Parish Office 0300 111 8150 office@worthparish.org.uk, www.worthparish.org.uk Friday 02 October, 19:30

Old Time Music Hall

St Andrew’s Church, Edburton BN5 Why not dress up and join us for a good old sing along. Tickets £10 to include Bangers and Mash supper and a glass of wine. Please contact 07812 465559 or email standrewsedburton@ yahoo.co.uk to obtain a ticket.

Friday 02 October, 19:45-21:30 (Doors open 19:15)

Bumble Bee Conservation – An illustrated talk by Dr Rob Fowler of University of Sussex

Cyprus Hall, 13 Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Please note the new location. This talk is hosted by The Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle Network. There will be a raffle and refreshments. Members £2, non members £3, under 16 years free. Contact: Mary Smith 01444 242667 mary.s.smith@talktalk.net Friday 02 October, 20:30

Inspire2Be

The Sportsman, Goddards Green, West Sussex BN6 9LQ Live music from the local Hurstpierpoint band. Covering music from the 60’s to modern day classics.

Free. Contact: 01444 233460 www. thesportsmanpub.com Saturday 03 October, 08:30

Ladies’ Breakfast

The Thatched Inn, Grand Avenue, Hassocks BN6 8DH Come and enjoy breakfast cooked for you for £6.50. There will be a talk by the Rev. Sylvia McLarnon entitled ‘My Faith Journey’. To order your breakfast, please ring Sonia on 01273 844566 asap. We are looking forward to seeing you.

Saturday 03 October, 09:00-12:00

Eastbourne College Open Morning

Old Wish Road, Eastbourne BN21 4JY A warm invitation to attend one of three open events held every year when visitors can come and see the school in action. Contact: 01323 452300 www.eastbourne-college.co.uk Saturday 03 October, 09:00-17:00

Introduction to Bronze Casting

Shovelstrode Lane, Ashurstwood RH19 3PH A one day course which will give you a background to the prehistoric art of bronze making and some practical experience. Cost: £110. Contact: Lisa Aitken 07956 815458 www. forestgarden.info Saturday 03 October, 10:00–11:45

Saturday Market

St. Barnabas Pastoral Centre, Worth Road, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 7EB Books, bric a brac, clothing, home produce, refreshments, toys, etc.

Free entry. All welcome. Contact: Phyl Pennell 01293 883362 or Parish Office 0300 111 8150 office@ worthparish.org.uk, www.worthparish. org.uk Saturday 03 October, 10:45-13:00

Lancing College Open Morning

Lancing College, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0RW Open Morning for 13+ and 16+ entry. School tours and Q&A with Head Master. Please register online or ring Admissions. Contact: Gilly Prichard, Admissions Officer, 01273 465805 admissions@lancing.org.uk Saturday 03 & Sunday 04 October

The South of England Autumn Show & Game Fair

South of England Showground, Ardingly RH17 6TL Clay Pigeon Shooting, Fly Fishing, Terrier Racing, Birds of Prey Displays and much much more! Adults £10, Senior Citizens/Students £8, Members and Children Free. Book online and get 10% off ticket price.

Pumpkin trail for children, dog agility, spectacular flower and vegetable displays, poultry and rabbits and a donkey show. Dogs welcome.

Saturday 03 & Sunday 04 October

Blind Veterans UK - Centenary Zip Wire

Greenways, Ovingdean, Brighton BN2 7BS A rare opportunity to zip wire from the top of blind veterans UK building in Ovingdean, near Brighton. £22 per person. There is no sponsorship target, raise as much as you can for veterans with sight loss. Children welcome. For your registration form, contact Rachel Chitty 01273 391455 rachel.chitty@blindveterans.or.uk Saturday 03 - Sunday 18 October Monday – Saturday, 11:00–17:00 Sunday, 12:00–17:00 Meet the artists, Saturday 03 October, 12:30-14:30

Paint 5

Hop Gallery, Star Brewery, Castle Ditch Lane, (off Fisher Street) Lewes BN7 1YJ Five established artists, Sue Barnes, Angela Perrin, Kate Penoyre, Lesley Robertshaw and Sheila Marlborough exhibit new paintings in various media. Free admission. Contact: Sheila Marlborough 01444 246605 info@hopgallery.com 01273 487744 www.hopgallery.com Saturday 03, 14:00-16:00 & Thursday 08 October, 09:30-11:00

Brighton & Hove High School Junior School Open Afternoon

Brighton & Hove High School – Junior School, Radinden Manor Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 6NH Please come and see us in action!

Contact: Liz Manning 01273 280280 l.manning@bhhs.gdst.net Saturday 03 October, 10:00

Windlesham House School Open Morning

Windlesham House School, Washington RH20 4AY To register an interest in attending this Open Morning, please call Admissions on 01903 874700 or e.mail whsasmissions@windlesham. com. After coffee and registration there will be a presentation from the Headmaster and the Director of Studies, then an individual tour of the Prep School and also the Pre-Prep if you wish.

Saturday 03 October, 19:30

Gala Concert

Danny House, New Way Lane, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9BB This concert is in aid of the Dame Vera Lynn Trust for Children with Cerebal Palsy. The Plaegan Piano

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DiaryDates Trio will give a programme composed of works by Haydn, Rachmaninove, Martinu and Arensky. Tickets: £15 (to include wine and light refreshments).

Contact: sills824@btinternet.com or 01273 842760

Saturday 03, 10:30 & Wednesday 07 October, 20:00

Sunday 04 October, 12:00-16:00

Wedding Fair

The Star Inn, High St, Alfriston, East Sussex BN26 5TA Wedding showcases. To guests there is no fee. For exhibitors there is.

Contact: Spotlight Events, Tom and Dave 07525 264574

Mummers Workshop

Sunday 04 October, 14:00-17:00

Sunday 04 October, 09:00 for Walkers & 10:00 Runners

Oldland Mill, Oldlands Lane, Hassocks BN6 8ND Volunteers will be available to give guided tours and serve refreshments.

Donations are greatly appreciated - we suggest £3 per person or £5 per family. Contact: Fred Maillardet 01273 842342

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The 5th Angus Rowland ‘ForgetMe-Not” Walk & Run

Staplefield Village Hall, Cuckfield Road, Haywards Heath RH17 6ET The walk is open to all comers and there will be a choice of 2 local walks, We suggest donations of £10 per adult and £5 per child under 14, which will be given to Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Refreshments available, join us for a cuppa!

Contact: Elizabeth 01444 400677 07780 607739 www.facebook.com/ AngusRowlandFMNFund Sunday 04 October, 10:00-16:00

Jams, Jellies and Preserving Fruit Shovelstrode Lane, Ashurstwood RH19 3PH Learn how to make jams, chutneys, fruit preserves and various methods of using the fruits and vegetables of your garden harvest. Cost: £75.00.

Contact: Lisa Aitken, 07956 815458 www.forestgardn.info

Open Afternoon

Sunday 04 October, 14:30

“Toccata” - A Celebration of Great Organ Music Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Cuckfield RH17 5JZ The Rev. Michael Maine, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church Cuckfield, is giving a concert of organ music in aid of the Friends of the Church. Tickets £10 (£6 for under 18) from Pepperbox and Wealden Stores, Cuckfield and Carousel Music, Haywards Heath.

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Henning Wehn

The Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ The German Comedy Ambassador returns. Wunderbar! Tickets: £17.50.

Contact: The Hawth Box Office 01293 553636 www.hawth.co.uk

Monday 05 October, 14:00

Haywards Heath U3A Open Meeting

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN The Perdid Players Swing Band will be playing music from the 30s and 40s. Entrance £1 including refreshments. U3A members and guests welcome. Raffle £1.

Monday 05, 12, 19, 26 October, 08:00-17:00

General Antiques & Collectables Auction

Gorringes, Garden Street, Lewes, East Sussex NB7 1TJ Gorringes hold a weekly Monday sale located at Gorringes Garden Street Auction Rooms, Lewes. This is a well-established regular auction holding between 600 and 800 lots of antique and other furniture, ceramics, jewellery, pictures, silver and collectables. Contact: 01273 478221 clientservices@gorringes.co.uk Monday 05 - Friday 23 October

Bluebell Railway - Autumn Tints

Sheffield Park Station TN22 3QL Enjoy the autumn colours whilst travelling in beautifully restored carriages hauled by an historic steam engine. Limited seating so booking advisable. Seats are still available on the popular Afternoon Tea service on selected dates through October and November. Indulge yourself with

a delicious Afternoon Tea aboard 1950s carriages. £44. Contact: 01825 720800 info@bluebell-railway.co.uk

Tuesday 06 October

Key Workshops Spiritual Book Club and Koornan Centre Lending Library

Koorana Centre, Street Lane, Ardingly RH17 A book club delving into the world of self-awareness and spiritual awakening. Meet like-minded people and share interests and enthusiasm.

Donations greatly received. Contact: Key Workshops 07921 837807 keyworkshops@gmail.com www.keyworkshops.co.uk Tuesday 06 October, 10:30

Mid Sussex Ramblers - Ditchling Winter Downs Wander

Ditchling Beacon car park, BN6 8RJ. (Free to NT members with badge), otherwise pay

by Ring O SDW - New Barn Farm - Chattri Lower Standean - Stanmer - Stanmer Down - Streat Hill - SDW - Ditchling Beacon. Please bring a picnic lunch.

9 miles. GR TQ333129 Contact: Yvonne 01444 441926 07843566602 on the day.

Tuesday 06 & 15 October, 13:35-14:05

Lancing College - Lunchtime Concert

Recital Room, Music School, Lancing College, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0RW Lunchtime Concerts at Lancing College offer a variety of musical delights from current pupils. A cultural

The Heaven Farm

Great Christmas Market

24th & 25th October 10am-4pm

The Searchers

Seriously Funny! Comedy Club

A 2-hour show featuring all the Legendary hits and well known favourites.

Some of the very best stand up comedy from top names from the UK comedy circuit.

Saturday 10th October Martlets Hall

Thursday 15th October Clair Hall

In support of Help for Heroes • Local Crafts and Jewellery • Cards and Gifts • Hand-made Wood Products • Traditional Wooden Toys • Christmas Food Hampers and Cakes to order • Garden Accessories and Home Interiors

Come and enjoy this wonderful Christmas Market with a truly traditional atmosphere in glorious surroundings and help raise funds for Help for Heroes.

Bad Manners

Absolute Bowie

The infamous Bad Manners promise an unforgettable evening of SKA fuelled skulduggery.

5 piece band faithfully recreating the music of David Bowie with uncanny accuracy.

Friday 16th October Martlets Hall

Friday 16th October 8.00pm Clair Hall

For more information call Kate 01825-791-115

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Wednesday 07 October, 10:30-12:15

South Downs Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Fittleworth Village Hall, School Lane, Fittleworth RH20 Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: the colourful history of textiles. £5 for non members, free for members.

Contact: Membership Secretary 01403 783359 Wednesday 07 October, 13:45-16:00

Burgess Hill Flower Club Workshop

Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Come and enjoy creating your own Flower Arrangement with the help from a Professional Demonstrator.

Visitors £5 50, but with a copy of Sussex Living Magazine your first visit is free. Contact: Hazel Foster 01273 757176 hazelF31@talktalk.net Wednesday 07 October, 19:00

Lindfield Preservation Society An Illustrated Talk

King Edward Hall, 24 High Street, Lindfield RH16 2HH “What makes a fraudster tick?”

by David Porter. We are all being told these days to protect ourselves against modern-day fraudsters. This presentation will seek to bring clarity: what is fraud and what kind of people commit it, and how can we better prevent ourselves from getting caught out? Contact: john_chapman@talk21. com 01444 484470. Entry free.

Wednesday 07 October, 19:30

Organ Recital

Lancing College Chapel, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0RW Daniel Cook, the sub-organist of Westminster Abbey, has an international reputation and will be playing an exciting programme of music. £7.50. Contact: Beverley Allen, Music Secretary, 01273 465968 baa@lancing.org.uk www.lancingcollege.co.uk Wednesday 07 October, 19:45–21:45

Burgess Hill Horticultural Society - Open Meeting Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Illustrated talk: ‘Making the Most of Bulbs’ - speaker, Steve Bradley.

Admission: Members free, Visitors £1. Contact: Flo Whitaker: 01444 245509 bhhs@talktalk.net Thursday 08 October, 09:45-12:00

Haywards Heath Ceramics Group Lecture Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Lecture by Charles Hajdamach “Emile Galle & Rene Lalique”.

Guests £8. Membership Secretary 01444 483372 www.HHCG.org./ wordpress

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Masterclasses

All Saints United Reform Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0JS Renowned Russian concert pianist Nadia Gilova performs widely in Europe and is a regular favourite at our lunchtime concerts. Free entrance – donations to cover costs and support Church funds gratefully accepted.

Contact: Mrs E H Ray 01444 870977 akrnirala@aol.com www.burgesshillurc.org.uk/

Montpelier Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3AT Subject activities and displays, plus Masterclasses for Years 4 & 5.

Contact: Liz Manning 01273 280280 l.manning@bhhs.gdst.net

crafts, food, clothing, garden supplies, knitwear, pottery, leather goods, and great ideas for presents. Taster therapy sessions, Puppet Shows for the children, and an all-day Café.

Free entrance. Contact: Meri 01342 824944

Saturday 10 October, 09:00-12:30

Saturday 10 October, 12:00-17:00

Lunchtime Piano Recital by Nadia Giliova

Thursday 08 October, 18:00-20:30

Downlands Community School Open Day Dale Avenue, Hassocks BN6 8LP An opportunity to view our great school and meet our friendly and welcoming staff. Contact: Nicki Burston 01273 845892 nburston@ downlands.org www.downlands.wsussex.sch.uk Thursday 08 October, 18:30

Sixth Form Open Evening

Burgess Hill Girls, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0EG This evening provides prospective students the chance to find out more about the opportunities available for September 2016 for Sixth Form education. Contact: Mrs Y Irvine – Head of Admissions 01444 241050 registrar@burgesshillgirls.com www.burgesshillgirls.com Friday 09 October, 19:00 for 19:30

Quiz Night in support of Macmillan Cancer Support

Mid Sussex Golf Club, Spatham Lane, Ditchling BN6 8XJ Teams of up to six people. £12 per person to include Lasagne and Salad.

Vegetarian Lasagne if required upon request. Contact: David Metcalfe at elsda@btinternet.com, please include your telephone number.

Friday 09 October, 20:00

Celebrity Concert: Old Dirty Brasstards

Lancing College Theatre, Lancing College, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0RW This tweed-clad 10 piece brass and drum collective comprises some of London’s top freelance musicians playing an eclectic mix of pop, R&B and soul covers. £12.

Contact: Beverley Allen, Music Secretary, 01273 465968 baa@ lancing.org.uk www.lancingcollege. co.uk Saturday 10 October

‘The key to understanding the multi-faceted ego’ Koorana Centre, Street Lane, Ardingly RH17 6UB Meet your ego, learn to work with it rather than fight it so bringing contentment and happiness back into your life. £95.00. Contact: Key Workshops, 07921 837807 keyworkshops@gmail.com www. keyworkshops.co.uk

Saturday 10, 09:00-12:00 & Thursday 15 October, 9:30-11:30

Brighton & Hove High School Senior School Open Morning and

Information Morning at Plumpton College

Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Lewes BN7 3AE Find out about the successful landbased courses, apprenticeships and employer training. Meet student ambassadors. Tours of student facilities. Free course information and careers advice. Contact: Plumpton College 01273 890454 enquiries@ plumpton.ac.uk www.plumpton.ac.uk Saturday 10 October, 10:00–12:00

Coffee Morning

St Francis Church Hall, Priory Road, Hassocks BN6 8PS Come and enjoy coffee/tea/cake and company with us and raise some money for Burgess Hill Community Food Bank and Church Hall Redevelopment. (Children’s corner available). Contact: Sonia Goodsell sonia39goodsell@btopenworld.com Saturday 10 October, 10:00-16:00

The South of England Stamp Fair South of England Centre, Ardingly Showground RH17 6TL Sussex Stamp Clubs Annual Convention for stamp and postcard collectors. Free parking. Free admission. Gift packets for children.

Contact: Jum Etherington 01273 471897 sussexphilately@live.co.uk sussexphilately.org.uk Saturday 10 October, 10:30-15:00

Silver Jewellery Ring Making Class

Get Crafty, 24 The Martlets, Burgess Hill RH15 9NN Learn to shape, solder, texture and finish a beautiful ring from sterling silver! Perfect for beginners.

Materials and refreshments included.

Fee: £44. Contact: 01444 236607 getcraftyonline@gmail.com www. getcraftyonline.co.uk/ringmaking.html Saturday 10 October, All Day

The Clinic at Borde Hill Open Day

Naldred Farm Offices, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath RH16 1XR Open Day in aid of Guide Dogs meet Suzy the guide dog. Free Talks & Taster Sessions. Contact: David Wallis 01444 616797 info@clinicatbordehill. com Saturday 10 October, 19:30-21:30

Mid Sussex Sinfonia Concert

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Merchant of Venice Suite, My Fair Lady Suite, Vaughan Williams Symphony No 2, full concert programme at www. midsussexsinfonia.co.uk Adults £14 (on the door), £12 (in advance), Friends £12 (on the door), £10 (in advance), Under 18s £1. Ticket Secretary: Mrs Nicola Nuttall 01444 411470 www.midsussexsinfonia.co.uk Saturday 10 October, 20:00-23:30

Beach Party Dance – Live Music by ‘West Coast’

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH Dancing to West Coast band, to raise funds for St Peter & St James Hospice and Rotary charities. £12 each, or £10 each for groups of 4 or more.

Contact: David Beattie – db_wtc@ btinternet.com or rotary-sxvale.org.uk Sunday 11 October, 10:30-15:30

Wedding Fair American Express Community Stadium

Village Way, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9BL Wedding Fair with around 120 exhibitors. £2.50. Contact: Mark Gibson 01273 761060 mark. gibson@ travelcounsellors.com http://www. travelcounsellors.co.uk/mark.gibson Sunday 11 October, 11:00-16:30

The Book Nook

The Chapel, The Street, Fulking BN55 9LN See Local Living

Hospice Care Week : “Go Green and Yellow Day”

Sunday 11 October, Doors/Licenced Bar: 19:00, Film: 19:30

Saturday 10 October, 11:00-16:00

Wivelsfield Village Hall, off Eastern Road, Wivelsfield Green RH17 7QG On V.E. Day in 1945, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. Parking at the hall and refreshments available.

Tickets £6 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.com

North Common Road, North Chailey BN8 4ED Please support the hospice on this fun-filled day. Whether you are a shop, a local business, college or school, get creative and wear green and yellow (our hospice colours) and help raise money for St Peter & St James Hospice. Further details from Fundraising on 01444 471598 or the website.

Mansion Market

Kidbrooke Park, Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JB A fun day out for all the family with birds of prey in the beautiful grounds of an 18th century mansion where stall-holders will be offering a wide variety of interesting and unusual

Wivelsfield FILMS - A Royal Night Out 12A

Monday 12 - Friday 16 October 09:00-17:30, Saturday 17 October 09:30-16:30

Bermuda, New York and Barbados Week

3 West Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4EY Promoting holidays and tourism to

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DiaryDates Bermuda, New York and Barbados, free event. Contact: Charmaine Hallmark 01342 312305 charmaine@hallmarktravel.com www.hallmarktravel.com

Monday 12 October, Coffee from 10:00, Lecture from 10:30-12:00

Steyning Decorative and Fine Arts Society Monthly Lecture

The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Church Street, Steyning BN44 3XZ David Battie will give an illustrated lecture on “A day in the life of The Antiques Road Show”. £36 annual subscription or £5 per visitor for a maximum of 2 visits. Contact: Mrs Ann Blakelock ann.blakelock@gmail. com 01903 297553 Monday 12 October, 20:00

Greyhound - Quiz Night

Greyhound Inn, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QT We currently hold a monthly quiz on the second Monday of each month.

Why not pop along for this fun night and pit your wits against others. Contact: thegreyhoundinnkeymer@yahoo.co.uk Tuesday 13 October, 18:30-20:30

Could you be a Foster Carer?

County Hall North (Parkside), Chart Way, Horsham RH12 1XH See Local Living Tuesday 13 October, 19:30

Weald Classic Vehicle Club

Weald Inn, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill RH15 9SJ

We meet every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Weald Inn. Owners and enthusiasts welcome. Come and have a chat, listen to a few stories or even tell a tale of two. For further information please call Fred Bone on 01444 239853.

dishes that won’t fail to impress.

Cost £165 per person. For further information or to book this course: info@KingscoteEstate.com or 01342 327535 www.kingscoteestate.com

Tuesday 13 October, 19:45

St Swithun’s Church Hall, St Swithun’s Close, East Grinstead RH19 3AZ 14th Demonstration – Cathy Bird – portraits. 28th Workshop. Visitors welcome. Entrance £3. Contact: Wendy Vick 01342311093 wmv85@ outlook.com

‘Rebirth of a Victorian Walled Garden’ by Belinda Jupp

Hurstpierpoint Horticultural Society, Club Suite, Village Hall, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9UY An illustrated account of both horticultural and historical interest of the conservation and restoration of an amazing walled garden in the wilds of Connemara in Ireland. Belinda is a member of the Horticultural Society who worked in the garden. Members £1, Non-members £2. greenhpp@ tiscali.co.uk Tuesday 13 October, 20:00

The Group

A pub in Burgess Hill Are you a single man or woman, aged 45+? We meet in Burgess Hill on the 2nd Tuesday evening of every month. Not a dating agency but an opportunity to meet new people. See the website www.thegroup.org.uk Wednesday 14 October, 09:30–16:00

Game Cookery with Peter Bayless Kitchen Academy at Kingscote, Kingscote Vineyards, Mill Place Farm, Vowels Lane, East Grinstead RH19 4LG Chef Peter Bayless will guide you through some fabulous game

Brighton & Hove High School GDST For girls aged 3-18

Wednesday 14 & 28 October, 14:00-16:00

East Grinstead Art Society

Wednesday 14 October, 20:00

Illustrated Talk

King Edward Hall, Lindfield RH16 2HH ‘New Plants: The Future of your Garden’ an illustrated talk by Graham Spencer. £1 Members, Visitors £2. All welcome. Contact: www. lindfieldhorts.org.uk Enquiries: 01444 456509 Wednesday 14 October, 19:45 for 20:0022:00

Hassocks Horticultural Society The Best of Southern England

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH Our guest speaker this month is Kev Reynolds, the well-known travel writer. The subject of his illustrated talk is “The Best of Southern England”. Visitors welcome.

Admission £1.50 Members, £2.50 Visitors. Price includes refreshments.

Members £1.50, Visitors £2.50 Refreshments included. Contact:

Sylvia Hancock 01273 844544 n8a5cluv@talktalk.net

Wednesday 14 October 20:00-22:00

The Mid-Sussex Franco-British Society - “Le Centenaire du Lycee Francais a Londres” Function Suite, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Olivier Rauch, Proviseur, Lycee Charles de Gaulle, Londres.

(Illustrated talk).

Thursday 15 October, 10:00-14:00

Jewellery Valuation Day

Bonhams, 19 Palmeira Square, Hove BN3 2JN Bonhams Jewellery Specialist will be at the office to provide free and confidential auction valuations on items you are considering selling. To make an appointment, please contact Jenny Bouston on 01273 220 000 or email jenny.bouston@bonhams.com Thursday 15 October, 11:00-17:00

Ribkoff Roadshow at Feathers Feathers of Hurstpierpoint, 155 High Street, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9PU Do come and enjoy a Goodie Bag, discounts and a glass of bubbly!

Contact: 01273 834686 www. feathersofhurstpierpoint.co.uk

Thursday 15 October, 17:00 until Sunday 18 October, 18:00

Long Weekend Course: Women’s Health Big Life Organics, 112 South Road, Haywards Heath RH16 4LL

early years & junior school saturday 3rd october, 2pm & thursday 8th, 9:30 -11am

Radinden Manor Road, Hove BN3 6NH 01273 280200 | juniorenquiries@bhhs.gdst.net

senior school

saturday 10th october, 9am -12 noon (with Y4 & Y5 masterclasses) & thursday 15th, 9:30 -11:30am

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tuesday 10th november, 6-8pm Montpelier Road, Brighton BN1 3AT 01273 280170 | enquiries@bhhs.gdst.net

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Contact: 01444 628667, classes@ biglifeorganics.co.uk www.biglifeorganics.co.uk

Thursday 15 October

Gluten Free Vegetarian Feast Night Limes Restaurant, 67 High Street, Lindfield RH16 2HN Delicious Thai tasting menu with matching wines. All completely vegan and gluten free. See www. limesoflindfield.co.uk/vegetarianfeast-night/ for details. £35 per head (including wine). Contact: Limes Restaurant 01444 487858 restaurant@limesoflindfield.co.uk

DOES YOUR BUSINESS NEED EXTRA QUALITY EXPOSURE? The Festive Season is just the right time to be seen, so do come along and advertise in Sussex Living Magazine!

Now, all you have to do is pick up the phone and dial 01273 835355, email sales@sussexliving.com or simply pop in and we will do the rest.

Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October, 18:45

The Weir

The Henfield Hall, Coopers Way, Henfield BN5 9DB This wonderfully atmospheric, one act play, written by Conor McPherson in 1997, is set in a rural Irish pub. £8 and £10. Contact: Box Office: Henfield Furnishings, High Street, the most readers Henfi eld 01273 sussex of any 490080 in mid

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Friday 16 October, 19:00-21:00

Demonstration of Mediumship

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ADULTS £5 kIDS Go FRee!

Chequers Mead Arts Centre, East Grinstead RH19 1BA Demonstration of mediumship with international clairvoyant medium Pauline Mason. Her love and compassion shine as she shares her very special gifts. Tickets £10 which includes a draw to win a private reading with Pauline. Information and booking: Judy Sharp 01444 459433 or 07597 020 523 www.indigoumbrella.co.uk Friday 16 October, 19:15-21:45.

Doors open 18:00.

Music for Everyone

The Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Celebrated organist/keyboard player, James Sargeant. Entry £5 on the door. Contact: Rosalie Birchmore 01444 241269 bhkeyclub33@talktalk. net Friday 16 October, 19:30 & Saturday 17 October, 11:45

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The Royal Oak, Wineham Lane, Wineham, Henfield BN5 9AY Folk song and music, and Morris Dancing with a Morris Workshop.

And A Come All Ye from 19:00.

Free entry with a collection. Contact: Ian Bush 07957 433894 ianrbush@ btinternet.com Friday 16 October

Murder on the Prom!

The Grand Hotel, Kingsway, Brighton BN1 2FW During your three course meal, actors will take you through the events leading to Murder on the Prom! Can you solve all the clues and name the

murderer? £40 per person. Contact: Rachel Chitty 01273 391455 rachel.chitty@blindveterans.org.uk www.blindveterans.org.uk

Saturday 17 October, 10:00-14:00

Heber Opera Craft Fair

Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9UY There will be a wide variety of stalls with many interesting crafts.

Refreshments will be available throughout the day. Why not come along and start your Christmas shopping? Admission is 50p, to include a cup of tea or coffee, or a glass of orange juice. Stallholders please contact Jenny Letton on 01273 834703 or jenny.letton@btinternet. com.

Saturday 17 October, 10:00-16:00

Come and Sing John Rutter’s Requiem

St Mary’s Church, Balcombe RH17 6PA Please join us for this workshop and have fun and enjoyment with expert tuition from Leslie Olive and help raise funds for the restoration of our beautiful church. For further details and to book, please call 01444 811249 by 1st October if possible. The fee is £15.

Saturday 17 October, 10:00-17:00

Development Workshop

Haywards Heath Town Hall, Boltro Road RH16 1BA Development workshop for those just starting to work with energy and those who feel they are a bit rusty and want to brush up their skills and their connections to Source. Tickets £40.

Places strictly limited. £20 deposit to secure place. Information and booking: Judy Sharp 01444 459433 or 07597 020 512 www.indigoumbrella. co.uk Saturday, 17 October, 12:00-16:00

Falcon Health & The Style Lounge Present Health & Wellbeing Fundraising Fair Woodside, 120 Middle Village, Bolnore Village, Haywards Heath RH16 4GJ Refresh your body, mind and spirit.

Help us raise money for the Woodside Community Centre in the heart of Haywards Heath’s Bolnore Village.

The Woodside is our new community building complete with leisure facilities, Scouts hall, children’s pre-school and playing fields. Free amission/parking. Open to the public.

If you are interested in exhibiting or donating a prize to the raffle, please call 01444 257555 or e.mail info@ falcon-health.com Saturday, 17 October, 18:30-Midnight

Ruby Charity Ball

East Sussex National, Little Horsted, Uckfield TN22 5ES St Peter & St James is delighted to announce the date of their forthcoming Ruby Charity Ball. The very special celebratory ball will be held in the National Suite at East Sussex National. Tickets cost £600 per table of ten or £60 per person and can be purchased from the Fundraising Office on 01444 470722 or fundraising@stpeter-stjames.org.uk

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Grub and Groove in aid of Action Medical Research for Children

St. John’s Church, Marsh Green, Edenbridge TN8 5PU Come and join the Dormansland Committee of Action Medical Research for a 2-course meal and groove to the music of David and Pedro. £15 per head. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be on sale. Contact: Claire for tickets and further details on 01342 323697 audreyebateman@gmail.com Saturday 17 October, 19:30

60s Music Evening in Ditchling

Ditchling Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling BN6 8TT Another evening of great music from that very special decade, hosted by a top Brighton DJ. All proceeds will go to help endangered wildlife, as in previous years. Tickets, £13 including light refreshments, will be on sale at Ditchling Post Office and Parkers Newsagents. No tickets on the door.

For further information or to reserve tickets in advance, please contact Sylvia Bain 01273 845361 Saturday 17 October, 19:45-22:00

Haywards Heath Music Society Concert

St Wilfrid’s Church, Church Road, Haywards Heath International concert pianist Margaret Fingerhut will play a recital entitled “Songs, Stories and Interludes”. £12, with concessions and members’ discount available. Contact: Christine Colbourne, 01444-456227 www. haywardsheathmusicsociety.org.uk Saturday 17 October

Pub Quiz Plus

The Hassocks Hotel, Station Approach East, Hassocks BN6 8HN See Local Living Sunday 18 October, 10:00

Weald Classic Car Club Breakfast Chalet Cafe, Henfield Road, Cowfold RH13 8DU All welcome.

Sunday 18 October, 11:00-16:00

Wedding Fair

Wellshurst Golf Club, North Street, Hellingly, East Sussex BN27 4EE Wedding showcases. To guests there is no fee. For exhibitors there is.

Contact: Spotlight Events, Tom and Dave, 07525 264574 Sunday 18 October, 14:45 to approx. 17:00

“A Society Clown”

The Birch Hotel, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath RH17 7SF Leon Berger (baritone) with Tim Smith (piano) reveals the life of singer, actor, comedian and author George

Tuesday 20 - Saturday 31 October, During shop opening times - see web site

A Barn Full of Halloween Pumpkins & Squash

Townings Farm Shop, Chailey, East Sussex BN8 4EJ Come and see our amazing selection of home grown pumpkins and squash, all shapes and sizes, displayed for Halloween in our barn. Contact: Carole & Kevin Uridge 01444 471352 www.towningsfarm.co.uk info@ towningsfarm.co.uk Tuesday 20 October, 19:45-21:45

Wolstonbury WI Monthly meeting

Club Suite, Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9UY Craft evening – cards, tiles, patchwork. Visitors welcome. Contact: Jane Biggs 01273 832575 Tuesday 20 October, 20:00-22:00

Lindfield & District Folk Dance Club

Ashenground Community Centre, Vale Road, Haywards Heath RH16 4JR Folk dancing for fun, no partner needed. £2 including tea/coffee and biscuit at half time. First evening free.

Contact Mike on 01444 482741 Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 October, 10:00-18:00

Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables Auction

Gorringes, North Street, Lewes BN7 1TJ Gorringes hold this sale every seven weeks. It is a well-established antiques auction holding between 2,500 and 3,500 lots of fine art, antique furniture, ceramics, silver, jewellery, collectables and other interesting pieces.

Wednesday 21 - Friday 23 October, 10:00-17:00 Saturday 24 October, 10:00-15:45

The Weald of Sussex Art Club Annual Exhibition

The Martlets Hall, Civic Way, Burgess Hill RH15 9NN Original works of art for sale by Sussex based professional, semiprofessional amateur artists using various media. Admission free, but voluntary contributions to St Peter & St James Hospice.

Wednesday 21 October, 20:00-21:30

Balcombe History Society ‘Bignor Roman Villa Excavations 1811-2010’

Victory Hall, Stockcroft Road, Balcombe RH17 6HP Our speaker, David Ridling, is the Academic Director of the Sussex School of Archaeology. David’s research interests and specialities include: Roman-period rural settlements and land-use, religion and ritual in Roman Britain, multiperiod landscape archaeology, and ancient and medieval coins. Entrance £1 for Members and £3 for Visitors, which includes refreshments. Contact: julie. budgen@btinternet.com

One of the best family days out in Sussex!

Vintage Bus Day Sunday 4th October There will be a number of free vintage bus routes operating to and from the Bluebell Railway.

These include Brighton to Sheffield Park and East Grinstead to the Ashdown Forest.

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King Edward Hall, High Street, Lindfield RH16 2HH Lively “Galleon’s Leap” Band, with food in ticket price. Bring your own drinks. Proceeds to St Peter & St James Hospice. £12.50 (children 10-16 £6.25).

Contact: Jackie Flynn 07710446406 jackieflynn64@gmail.com

Grossmith. £4.50 for Members and £9.50 for Non-members - both prices include interval refreshments.

Contact: Edwin Cowley 01342 715709 ecowley@theiet.org www. gilbertandsullivantoday.org.uk

Autumn Tints Monday-Friday 5th-23rd October Enjoy the autumn colours whilst travelling in beautifully restored carriages hauled by a historic steam engine. Limited seating so booking advisable.

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Kids for a Quid Saturday 24th October - Sunday 1st November Children will travel for £1 on third class services. (3-15 years only) Tickets can be purchased in advance or on the day of travel.

Why not book in advance with our Bluebell Bonus Tickets and get 20% off Adult tickets.

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❄ Reindeer Specials

Bookings now being taken for this popular Christmas treat.

Visit the family of Reindeers and take a journey on a steam train to meet Father Christmas. Mince pie for the adults and a present for all children - book early to avoid disappointment.

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The Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex TN22 3QL www.bluebell-railway.com Twitter @bluebellrailway facebook.com/bluebellrailway Booking is essential for some services. Please see website for details and T&C's.

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East Grinstead Sports Club, Saint Hill Road, East Grinstead RH19 4JU To apply for a stand: www.midsuxxex. gov.uk/open4business. Alternatively, if you don’t want a stand but would like to attend for free, please register at the same address. Further contact: 01444 477053 open4business@midsussex.gov.uk

Cyprus Hall, Millfield Suite, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8DX Come along to support your Society.

Ever thought of helping out on the Committee? Now is your Chance.

Contact: Stella Rogers, 07803 086838, newsletter@msars.org.uk, www.msars. org.uk

Mid Sussex District Council “Open 4 Business”

Friday 23 October, 10:00

“Craft & Cake” in aid of St. Catherine’s Hospice

Fabrics & Papers Showroom, Catsland Farm, Bramlands Lane, Henfield BN5 9TG From Lavender Hearts to Pyramid Doorstops, join us for a 1 hour sewing session followed by tea and cake. Suitable for all sewing abilities. £15.00 per person, £5 from each ticket sale goes to St. Catherine’s Hospice. To book please call or email: hello@fabricsandpapers.com 01273 495500 www.fabricsandpapers.com Friday 23 - 31 October, 11:00-18:00 plus Sunday 01 November, 11:00-15:00

Pure Autumn Art Fair - Part of the Battle Arts & Music Festival

Powdermills Hotel, Powdermill Lane, Battle TN33 0SP In its 6th year Pure is a selected art fair showcasing sixty artists - paintings, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics and glass.

Admission Free. Contact: Lesley Samms p4lsamms@aol.com www. pureartsgroup.co.uk

A.G.M Mid Sussex Amateur Radio Society

Friday 23 October, 19:30

Go West & Nik Kershaw, together in concert with very special guest T’Pau

The Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ The 80s are back as three critically acclaimed legends of the era join forces. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Go West together in concert with Nik Kershaw and very special guest Carol Decker from T’Pau are united for one night only.

Tickets: £31. Contact Details: The Hawth Box Office 01293 553636 www.hawth.co.uk Friday 23 October, 19:30-21:30

Wellbeing Through Mediation

The Ark, Mount Lane, Turners Hill RH10 4RA Please join us for the Mediation on Twin Hearts to flush out stress, increase energy levels, physical and mental health. Free entry.

Contact: Paul Mills 07717 763033 paul@ukpranichealing.net ukpranichealing.net

Saturday 24 October – Friday 18 December, 09:30-15:30 Monday-Saturday

Cards for Good Causes

Burgess Hill Library, The Martlets, Burgess Hill RH15 9NN Christmas cards, calendars, wrapping paper, toys and stocking fillers for 25 Charities both National and local.

Registered Charity Number 249039.

Contact: Caroline Exall – Manager 01444 410679 pimandray@gmail.com Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 October

Heaven Farm Great Christmas Market

Heaven Farm, Furners Green, near Danehill TN22 3RG Supporting Help for Heroes. 30 stalls selling gifts, handmade wooden items, toys, hampers, garden accessories and jewellery. Free entry, but donations gratefully received for Help the Heroes. Contact: Kate. Contact: 01825 79115 Saturday 24 October, 10:00-16:00

Learn to Cable - Wristwarmers

Made and Making, The Workroom, Unit 3 Turner Dumbrells, Dumbrell Court Road, Ditchling BN6 8GT An intermediate workshop to share the methods of Aran knitting.

For more info, please call or visit the website. £60. Contact: www. madeandmaking.co.uk sarah@ madeandmaking.co.uk 07967 819540 Saturday 24 October, 140:0-17:00

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Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwoods

Road, East Grinstead RH19 2HL You are invited to join us at this FREE event to celebrate the rich cultural diversity in Mid Sussex.

Saturday 24 October - 01 November, 10:00-17:00

Halloween Week

Borde Hill Garden, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath RH16 1XP Spooky Halloween Trail, face painting and craft activities, pumpkin carving competition, meet the wizard (on certain days) and much more. Normal admission price - no extra charge.

Contact: 01444 450326 info@ bordehill.co.uk @bordehillgarden www.bordehill. co.uk Saturday 24 October 19:30

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Sunday 25 October, 11:00-16:00

Street Food Rocks

Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH The first ever Sussex Street Food competition, part of the Sussex Food & Drink Awards’ 10th birthday year. Free entry. Contact: Kate or Paula Natural PR 01273 857242 kate@naturalpr.biz www.sussexfoodawards.biz Sunday 25 October, 11:00

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Main Hall, East Court, College Lane, East Grinstead RH19 3LT East Grinstead RSPB local group, illustrated lecture. £5 for guests.

Contact: Lesley Berry 01342 324955

Southgate Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6HG Come along to our information session to meet members of the Fostering Team, ask questions and discover more about what it takes to become a foster carer. To view our video on a real-life foster family, please visit our West Sussex video page and see our Fostering- the inside story.

Tuesday 27 - Saturday 31 October

Friday 30 October

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Haywards Heath Operatic Society present Rogers & Hammerstein’s classic musical Carousel. Ticket prices: £14.00/Concessions £12.50.Tickets from www.hhos.co.uk or Clair Hall Box Office 01444 455440

New Bond Street London Former Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance exhibit offered with entry for 2015 Run. Contact: Bonhams 020 7468 5801 ukcars@bonhams. com. Catalogue 01666 502 200 subscriptions@bonhams.com

Monday 26 October, 19:45

Knit and Natter

Monday 26 October, 10:00-14:00

Fostering Drop-in Session

Hassocks Field Society

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH “A History of the Brighton Workhouses”. A talk by James Gardner. Members £1.50, Visitors £2.00. Contact: Beryl Varley 01273 832351 Tuesday 27 October

Flower Demonstration by Dennis Van Wonderen

Heaven Farm, Furners Green, near Danehill TN22 3RG Thrilling Floral Demonstration.

Morning coffee and light buffet lunch.

Raffle, tea and biscuits to finish. £20.00 - pre booking only (limited numbers). Contact: Kate, Granary Flowers 01825 791115

Carousel

Wednesday 28 October, 14:00-16:00 Steyning Library, Church Lane, Steyning BN44 3YB See Local Living Wednesday 28 October, 14:00-17:00 (Doors open 13:30)

Bridge Afternoon

Wivelsfield Green Village Hall, Eastern Road, Wivelsfield Green RH17 7QG Bridge Afternoon with afternoon tea. Fundraising for St Peter & St James Hospice. £34 per table (4 people). Contact: Box Office Mrs Jean Whybro 01333 415910 or jhwhybro@hotmail.com Wednesday 28 October, 20:00-22:00

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Friday 30, Saturday 31 October & 01 November, 10:30–17:00

Parham Halloween Trail

Parham House & Gardens, Parham Park, Pulborough RH20 4HS Complete the Parham Pumpkin Puzzle and meet owls with “Owls About Town”. Find the witch plus craft activities and face painting.

Adults £8.00, Senior Citizens £7.00, Children (5-15yrs) £4.00 and Family (2 adults & up to 4 children) £22.00.

Includes entry to the event plus the Gardens. Contact: 01903 742021 enquiries@parhaminsussex.co.uk www.parhaminsussex.co.uk Saturday 31 October, 09:00-13:00

Hassocks Village Market

National Tyres Forecourt, 60 Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8AR A lively and bustling village market

supporting local producers and crafts-people. Huge selection of fresh bread, free range meats, eggs and fish, traditional cheese, plants, home baked cakes and much more. Music and singing, weather depending, plus Hassocks Football Club promoting their services to the community.

Contact: Sarah Lessacheer, 07810 800248 or via facebook “Hassocks Village Market”

Saturday 31 October, 09:30-12:30

Learn to Crochet

Made and Making, The Workroom, Unit 3 Turner Dumbrells, Dumbrell Court Road, Ditchling BN6 8GT A beginners workshop for adults and teens. Visit the website or call for more info. £30. Contact: www. madeandmaking.co.uk sarah@ madeandmaking.co.uk 07967 819540 Saturday, 31 October, 17:30 onwards

Halloween Party

Morleys Bistro, 42 High Street, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9RG Children’s Treasure Hunt and Live Entertainment. Full menu available.

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Contact: 01273 835000 info@ morleysbistro.uk Saturday, 31 October, 19:30

John Rutter 70th Birthday Concert - Requiem & Gloria

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BY JULIE BLACKSTOCK

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Make the most of your business opportunities at Open4Business this October – support, networking and information are all available at this event Open4Business, the annual business and networking afternoon hosted by Mid Sussex District Council, is set to be held in East Grinstead for the very first time.

East Grinstead Sports Club in Saint Hill Road will host the event on Thursday 22nd October 2015 from 2.00pm until 6.30pm.

Open4Business supports the growth and development of successful businesses in Mid Sussex. It provides local business owners the opportunity to forge new business links with other local companies and the chance to hear the thoughts of industry leaders on current business issues.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is the proud sponsor of the Open4Business event. A non-profit making campaign group, the FSB work to promote and protect the interests of the selfemployed and owners of small firms.

The focus of Open4Business 2015 will be on helping small businesses and start-ups to prosper in Mid Sussex, growing the local economy and creating new jobs for the community.

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Open4Business supports the growth and development of successful businesses in Mid Sussex

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There will also be plenty of help available for those who are just thinking about starting a new business in Mid Sussex. Presentations will provide information on how to obtain start-up loans or secure grant funding from the government and how small businesses can meet new laws on pension schemes for employees.

Enterprise centre specialists Basepoint will be in attendance to talk about new business starter units that have recently opened in Haywards Heath. Mid Sussex District Council and West Sussex County Council jointly funded the new business centre to give new and small businesses stepping stones between working from home and larger business units.

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