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ARUNDEL | AMBERLEY | BARNHAM | EASTERGATE | SLINDON | YAPTON Local news & features through the door to 12,969 homes via Royal Mail
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Pair of tickets to Mums the Word Regis Centre
Fetes, shows & more
ROSES
Create a rose garden plus August tasks
SELF-BUILD Top tips to find a plot
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charity walks, property health & wellbeing prize crossword young readers’ puzzles business directory
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Plus we have a final Bank Holiday before Christmas. The Late Summer Bank Holiday was introduced in 1871 to give us all a chance to make the most of the summer, and in particular for bank employees to attend cricket matches! It didn't always fall on the last Monday up until 1971 it took place on the first Monday of August. It was moved as it clashed with the traditional two week shut down that many companies operated then.
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August is traditionally the month when we try to slow things down a little. It feels like this month is different with no school (= less traffic) and many people taking things at a less frantic pace.
In this issue: August events – outdoor theatre, festivals, open gardens; tips on how to find a plot if you’ve ever considered building your own home; health and wellbeing advice on Menopause; puzzles and things to win! There’s also an exclusive article on West Sussex Alternative Provision College, giving children excluded from school and poorly children the chance to learn.
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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – JOHN C MAXWELL
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What's On Local Guided Walks Charity & Community News Living History of the South Downs Win tickets to see 'Mums the Word' at the Regis Centre Yapton & Ford Local History The ‘new’ Village Hall Arundel History - Electricity arrives at Arundel Castle In Your Garden - Create a Rose Garden Property - Building the Dream Property - How to find a plot
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Win a signed copy of Walking Brighton & Hove Motoring - International driving laws Prize Crossword - Win a £20 meal voucher for The George, Eartham
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Local Schools News Health & Wellbeing Menopause advice
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Recipe - Chilled Avocado Soup Local Council Updates Classified Business Directory Index of Advertisers
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06/08/2022 8:00 AM 14,000ft Tandem Skydive with Army Parachute Association Register for a military-grade tandem skydive run in aid of Care for Veterans. Netheravon Airfield Fittleton SN9 6DF £70. Min age is 16. Contact Care for Veterans: 01903 790352 www.careforveterans.org.uk christine.gillott@careforveterans.org.uk 13/08/2022 2:00 PM Cinnamon Trust Cream Tea Findon Cream Tea and Fundraising Sale in aid of the Cinnamon Trust Kyle Cottage Findon BN14 0SU £3 Free Maggie Martin maggiemartin8@googlemail.com
04/08/2022 8:00 PM Felpham Singles Social Club Monthly social club for single, widowed or divorced of mature age. The George Inn, Bognor Regis PO22 7PL Free Anne Cook anniecook555@yahoo.com www.felphamsingles@yolasite.com Every Wed 11:30 AM Wednesday Lunch Club Pulborough lunch club for over-55’s with social activities before lunch Pulborough Village Hall RH20 2BF £5 louisekaiser4807@gmail.com
CHILDREN'S EVENTS 4th & 9th Aug 10:30 AM Arundel Museum: Children's Art Workshops Arundel Museum BN18 9PA £10 office@arundelmuseum.org www.arundelmuseum.org 23rd July - 29th August 10:00 AM Summer Holiday Fun at Amberley Museum Join Amberley Museum for a summer holiday of activities BN18 9LT office@amberleymuseum.co.uk www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/ Every Fri 11:00 AM Fab Friday family event day at RSPB Pulborough Brooks Discover nature at RSPB Pulborough Brooks RH20 2EL. Adults: £4 (members free). Children: £10 per child / £8 for RSPB members lydia.fletcher@rspb.co.uk events.rspb.org.uk/events/19638 Every Wed 11:00 AM Wild Wednesday family event days at RSPB Pulborough Brooks Discover nature at RSPB Pulborough Brooks RH20 2EL Adults: £4 (members free). Children: £10 per child / £8 for RSPB members. Contact Lydia Fletcher: pulborough.brooks@rspb.co.uk www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reservesa-z/pulborough-brooks/
COMMUNITY 24/08/2022 7:00 PM Angel in Blue Psychic evening Social/support evening & Psychics Medium Monthly demonstration Storrington Village Hall RH20 4DZ £6 Val vharber@btinternet.com 30/08/2022 10:30 AM Proud to Care - Bognor Regis Recruitment Fair Meet local adult care services looking to add you to their team The Regis Centre PO21 1BL Free proudtocare@westsussex.gov.uk www.proudtocarewestsussex.com
COURSES & TUITION 23/08/2022 9:30 AM Birding for beginners autumn migration at Pulborough Brooks Get to grips with migratory birds this Autumn at Pulborough Brooks RSPB RH20 2EL £20.50 for members and £25.50 for Non-members Lydia 01798 875851 lydia.fletcher@rspb.co.uk events.rspb.org.uk/events/18743 30/08/2022 4:30 PM Brinsbury College Yes Day Course Information Evening at Brinsbury Brinsbury College Pulborough RH20 1DL Kerry Sharp 01243 786321 sharpk@chichester.ac.uk
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EXHIBITIONS 1st - 9th Aug 10:30 AM Work in Progress: Restoring ‘Petworth’s Beauties’ See two recently restored ‘Beauties’ portraits at Petworth House and Park GU28 9LR Adult: £16 Child: £8 petworth@nationaltrust.org.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth-house-and-park 13/08/2022 10:00 AM Open Day for Rydon Secondary School & Storrington Brownies Help identify and date old photos of pupils from Rydon and Brownies Storrington Museum RH20 4LL Free storringtonmuseum@hotmail.com www.storringtonmuseum.com 1st - 14th Aug 10:00 AM The Art of Chichester: 60 Years of Creativity Exhibition telling the story of how the arts have put Chichester and areas on the map The Novium Museum PO19 1QH Free thenovium@chichester.gov.uk www.thenovium.org 13th - 17th Aug 9:30 AM Downland Art Society Summer Exhibition from one of the leading Art Societies in West Sussex Norfolk Centre Arundel BN18 9PA Free Chris chrisjshaw49@gmail.com downland.org 1st - 20th Aug 9:00 AM Together We Rise an exhibition of over 30 artworks Chichester Cathedral PO19 1PX Donations welcomed 01243 782595 info@chichestercathedral.org.uk www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/ Every Fri 10:00 AM Blue Idol Open Days Visit local historic building and Quaker place of worship. Enjoy the peaceful garden. Blue Idol Quaker Meeting House Coolham RH13 8QP Free admin@blueidol.org www.blueidol.org
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT 06/08/2022 10:30 AM Reptile safari at Pulborough Brooks Get up close and personal with the reptiles at Pulborough Brooks RSPB RH20 2EL £12.50 for RSPB members and £15.50 for Non members Lydia 01798 875851 lydia.fletcher@rspb.co.uk events.rspb.org.uk/ events/18634 6th & 7th Aug 2022 10:00 AM Retro Wheels at Amberley Museum Visit Amberley Museum and celebrate the bicycle. BN18 9LT See website for more details office@amberleymuseum.co.uk www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/
13/08/2022 2:00 PM Incredible invertebrates heathland safari at Pulborough Brooks Discover heathland invertebrates at RSPB Pulborough Brooks RH20 2EL £12.50 for members and £15.50 for non members Lydia Fletcher 01798 875851 lydia.fletcher@rspb.co.uk events.rspb.org.uk/events/18741 20/08/2022 12:00 PM St Symphorian's Church Summer Fete Traditional Church Fete with lots of games and fun. St Symphorian's Church Worthing BN13 2PU www.sstsymphorians.co.uk publicity@stsymphorians.co.uk 20/08/2022 7:00 PM Night-time safari at Pulborough Brooks an evening pond dip and meet some moths and bats RSPB Pulborough Brooks RH20 2EL £16.50 RSPB member £20.50 Non-member Child: £8.50 RSPB member £10.50 Non-Members Lydia Fletcher 01798 875851 lydia.fletcher@rspb.co.uk events.rspb.org.uk/events/18742 21/08/2022 10:00 AM Communications & Commercials at Amberley Museum learn about how communications have evolved Amberley Museum BN18 9LT See website for more details office@amberleymuseum.co.uk www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/ communications/ 26/08/2022 4:00 PM Goodwood Racecourse August Bank Holiday Racing Three days of racing over the August bank holiday, commencing with a bang for the annual Friday night fireworks with complimentary activities. Goodwood Racecourse Chichester PO18 0PS From £12 Under 18's go free ticketoffice@goodwood.com www.goodwood.com/horseracing/fixturesevents/august-bank-holiday/ 3rd & 4th Sep 11:30 AM ABC Animal Sanctuary Fun Weekend Open to public. Live music, food, stalls and kiddies corner. See the animals and groom a pony. ABC Animal Sanctuary West Chiltington RH20 2JS £5 Free under 14 Cheryl Tofield-Cook or Maggie Southwell 07770 667319 or 07900 124841 cheryl@abcanimalsanctuary.co.uk www.abcanimalsanctuary.co.uk 3rd & 4th Sep 10:00 AM Macmillan Vintage Rally Steam rally stationary engines, tractors, cars, bikes, commercial steam, military bygones, trade craft Macmillan Vintage Rally Petworth GU28 9JW Adult: £4-5 Child: £2 sylvia.haydon@btinternet.com
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FAYRES & FETES 13/08/2022 10:00 AM Steampunk at Amberley Museum Steampunk returns for a weekend of anachronistic madness Amberley Museum BN18 9LT See website for more details office@amberleymuseum.co.uk amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/steampunk/ 13/08/2022 1:00 PM Yapton Village Summer Fair Yapton Summer Fair is a day for all the family on the village green King George V Playing Fields Yapton BN18 0ET Rosemarie Davidge 07960 020455 rosemarie.davidge@hotmail.co.uk 20/08/2022 12:00 PM Summer Fayre - Care for Veterans, Worthing The annual Summer Fayre is back in Gifford House Worthing BN11 4LJ Entry by donation 01903 218444 christine.gillott@careforveterans.org.uk www.careforveterans.org.uk 20/08/2022 1:30 PM Ashington Festival a large village day with a Carnival. Ashington Recreation Ground RH20 3JX Free Margaret Alford 01903 892633 margaret@ashingtonfestival.co.uk www.ashingtonfestival.co.uk
03/09/2022 12:00 PM Boxgrove Companion Dog Show With Obedience 26 classes including Pedigree, Novelty and Obedience Fun Agility, Stalls, Free Parking Boxgrove Village Hall Chichester PO18 0EE Sylvia 07751 017339 sylvia.hubbard@btinternet.com
FILM 19th - 21st Aug 6:30 PM Outdoor cinema at Petworth House and Park Films in the setting of Petworth House and Park GU28 9LR Adult: £15 Child: £7.50 Petworth Property Office petworth@nationaltrust.org.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth 03/09/2022 6:30 PM Outdoor Screening - Back to the Future (1985) Enjoy a picnic style outdoor cinema of the classic film - Back to the Future (1985) on the Madehurst Cricket Ground BN18 0NN £12.50. Contact details for The Sussex Snowdrop Trust: 01243 572433 office@snowdroptrust.com www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com
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FOOD / ENTERTAINMENT 11th - 14th & 18th - 21st Aug 6:00 PM Nourish After Hours Join Wakehurst for an evening of art, food tasting and live performance. Wakehurst Haywards Heath RH17 6TN Adult: £15 Child: £9 (Under 4s free but event recommended for over 8s) wakehurst@kew.org www.kew.org/ wakehurst/whats-on/nourish/nourish-after-hours
GARDENS & HORTICULTURE 06/08/2022 2:00 PM Lavant Horticultural Society Annual Flower Show at Lavant Memorial Hall East Lavant PO18 0AH Visitors free, Entrants to the competition classes small fee per entry Mike chairman@lavanthortsoc.org.uk 13/08/2022 2:00 PM Flower and Produce Show Felpham and Middleton Horticultural Society are hosting a Flower and Produce Show St Mary's Centre Felpham PO22 7NU £0.50p, Children go free membership@fandmhs.co.uk www.fandmhs.co.uk
Every Mon in Aug 9:00 AM NGS Open Garden, Old Cross Street Farm, West Burton Garden open by arrangement for the National Garden Scheme Old Cross Street Farm Pulborough RH20 1HD £6. Children go free. Belinda & David Wilkinson belinda@westburton.com findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/37847/oldcross-street-farm Every Thu 10:30 AM The Old Vicarage, Washington open for National Garden Scheme from July to October The Old Vicarage Washington RH20 4AS £7 01483 211535 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk Every Thu & Fri 10:30 AM Visit Woolbeding Gardens Explore the National Trust's Woolbeding Gardens Midhurst GU29 9RR £10 / £5 woolbedinggardens@nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-gardens
HEALTH & FITNESS 21/08/2022 9:30 AM Guided Trail Run A coachled trail run to explore the South Downs Pulborough RH20 £5 Tanya Boardman tanya@tanyaboardman.co.uk www.tanyaboardman.co.uk
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MUSIC 05/08/2022 7:30 PM 60 Minutes of Classical Music with the Alan Shellard clarinet trio. Studio 1, Regis Centre Bognor Regis PO21 1BN Over 25’s - £6.50. Under 25's - £3.50. Contact Hazel: hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk
06/08/2022 7:30 PM PZAZZ an evening of music to kick off summer Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre PO21 1BN £18 Hazel Latus hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 13/08/2022 7:30 PM Opera night with soloists and string orchestra. Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre PO21 1BN £15 under 25's £7.50 Hazel Latus hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 19/08/2022 7:30 PM Cadillac Country’s Rockin Roadhouse Live Country Music Washington Village Hall Pulborough RH20 4AP £5 Bryon Winslade bwinslade@hotmail.com 20/08/2022 2:00 PM All Kinds of Folk concert Folk Concert in Aid of Ukraine and Family Support Work Brambly Croft Field Amberley BN18 9LT £15 Under 18 free. Hazel Allinson hazel.allinson@btinternet.com 28/08/2022 5:00 PM 100 Years of Big Bands Tracing the history of Jazz from Louis Armstrong to Michael Buble with a little Sinatra. Congress Theatre Eastbourne CR8 4DD £23 gbmusicteam@aol.com lpswingorchestra.co
More events on www.sussexlocal.net - please contact event organisers to check for changes 01/09/2022 8:00 PM The Ace Tones - a charity event The Ace Tones present 50's - 60's Rock 'n' Roll in aid of St. Wilfred's Hospice. Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre PO21 1BN £20.50. Hazel 01243 867676 hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 04/09/2022 2:30 PM Proms At Sea - a charity concert in aid of The B.H.F & The Ukraine Appeal. Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre PO21 1BN £8-10 Hazel Latus 01243 867676 hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 8th & 13th Aug 7:30 PM Chichester Music Society Concert The Chichester Music Society is supporting music students at the University of Chichester, and promoting concerts and lecture recitals Chapel of the Ascension PO19 6PE Free. cyndy@profact.co.uk chichestermusicsociety.org.uk
SALES & MARKETS 20/08/2022 9:00 AM Arundel Farmers Market 3rd Saturday every month - discover local growers, bakers, meat, poultry, flowers, plants and food and drink makers Arundel BN18 9AA www.arundelfarmersmarket.co.uk
29/08/2022 12:00 PM Nearly New / New Ladies Clothes sale unworn, hardly worn, and new clothes for sale Thakeham Village Hall RH20 3GW free (£1 donation recommended) 07920 764310 carolinebeardall@gmail.com Every Fri 9:45 AM Storrington Community Market Weekly market selling local fresh produce plus crafts, fashion and health products plus cafe. Storrington Village Hall RH20 4DZ Free Katie katiebridge17@gmail.com
TALKS 02/08/2022 2:00 PM 2 O'Clock Club at the Regis Centre Kate Bennet, giving a talk about theatre. Studio 1, Regis Centre PO21 1BN £4.50-6 Hazel hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 03/08/2022 2:00 PM Poetry, Prose and Play Exracts: Rowan Suart A presentation of literary readings. Boxgrove Village Hall Chichester PO18 OEE £7. £2 for students. Chichester Literary Society infochichesterlitsoc@gmail.com www.chichesterliterarysociety.org
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16/08/2022 7:30 PM Pride & Prejudice TIMT’s adaptation of the novel. Church of the Holy 04/08/2022 7:00 Sepulchre Ashington RH20 3AW £15 Child: £12 PM Pride & info@thisismytheatre.com Prejudice This Is My www.thisismytheatre.com/warminghurst-pride Theatre's (TIMT) 16th - 21st Aug 2022 2:30 PM / 7:30 PM adaptation of the MAMMA MIA! Set on a Greek island this story is novel, with music told through the songs of ABBA Brighton Centre and merriment The Kings Road BN1 2GR From £15 6+ Paddock Pharmacy brightoncentre@brighton-hove.gov.uk 01273 Upper Beeding BN44 3HZ £15 Child: £6 This Is 290131 www.brightoncentre.co.uk/whatsMy Theatre info@thisismytheatre.com on/2022/mamma-mia/ www.thisismytheatre.com/upper-beeding21/08/2022 3:00 PM The Railway Children prideandprejudice TIMT’s adaptation of the novel, The Hawth 14/08/2022 7:30 PM The Story of Rogers & Theatre Crawley RH10 6YZ £15 Child: £12 Hammerstein Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre hawthboxoffice@parkwoodtheatres.co.uk PO21 1BN £15-17 Hazel Latus www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/The-Hawth/ hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk show/03d08bea-7893-ec11-aa54www.alexandratheatre.co.uk a9016aef6556/the-railway-children 15/08/2022 5:00 PM The Railway Children 25/08/2022 7:30 PM New Amen Corner TIMT’s adaptation of the novel, with music and Bringing on Back the 60's A fast moving show merriment. The Paddock Pharmacy, Upper with hits from the 60's. Alexandra Theatre, Beeding BN44 3HZ £10 Child; £6 This Is My Regis Centre PO21 1BN £21.50 Hazel Latus Theatre info@thisismytheatre.com hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk www.thisismytheatre.com www.alexandratheatre.co.uk More events on www.sussexlocal.net - please contact event organisers to check for changes
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26/08/2022 7:30 PM The Roy Orbison Story 01/09/2022 2:30 PM Crazy for You - Dementia Much music & stories - presenting The Roy Friendly Performance of the Gershwin musical Orbison Story. Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre welcoming people living with dementia PO21 1BN £24 Contact Hazel: Chichester Festival Theatre PO19 6AP £16 hazel.latus@regiscentre.co.uk access@cft.org.uk cft.org.uk/dementiafriendly www.alexandratheatre.co.uk 02/09/2022 7:00 PM Pride & Prejudice TIMT’s 28/08/2022 3:00 PM The Railway Children adaptation of the novel, Nymans Handcross TIMT’s adaptation of the novel, Beach House RH17 6BT £18 Child: £10. Contact Nymans: Gardens Worthing BN11 2DB £18 Child: £10 nymans@nationaltrust.org.uk info@thisismytheatre.com thisismytheatre.com www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/a95df12d6ad2-49bf-8cb5-cb21a716ceb0/pages/details 29/08/2022 6:00 PM The Railway Children TIMT’s WALKS adaptation of the novel 12th & 13th 8:00 PM Perseids meteor shower Nymans Handcross RH17 and nocturnal wildlife guided walk Bring a torch 6BT £18 Child: £10 and blanket to visit the Deer Park at night to nymans@nationaltrust.org.uk discover nocturna at Petworth House and Park nationaltrust.org.uk/events/29be5830-0e81GU28 9LR £8 Child: £4 nationaltrust.org.uk/ 43c3-a8c4-b87267b281d0/pages/details 25th - 30th Aug 11:00 AM Summer Theatre: The petworth petworth@nationaltrust.org.uk 31/08/2022 9:00 AM Heathland Sculpture Trail Jungle Book | Wakehurst Fun, songs and Walk, Wiggonholt free stroll across Pulborough adventure in this coming-of-age story for the Brooks to find Wiggonholt Cricket Pulborough family. Wakehurst Haywards Heath RH17 6TN Village Hall RH20 2BF Friends of the South From £16 (Adult Kew/Wakehurst Member) Downs friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk £13.90 Wakehurst wakehurst@kew.org enquiries@friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk www.kew.org/wakehurst More events on www.sussexlocal.net - please contact event organisers to check for changes
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Sussex Walks - August 2022 Please note that any walks with duration of 90 minutes or more are not accredited by The Ramblers but are managed by Chichester District Council. These walks are led by volunteers and if the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled. IMPORTANT: You must pre-book before the walk on the Chichester District Council Website or call 01243 521041 www.chichester.gov.uk/heartsmart You should not attend these walks if you develop Coronavirus or symptoms. Mon 1st 10.30am Centurion Way, Brandy Hole L: Ian 75 mis 3.25 m A gentle walk, passing along NW quadrant of the City Walls Meet: The western end of Westgate, near Bishop Luffa School Bus turning circle. Tue 2nd 6.30pm Purple Heather Carpets L: Olivia 1hr 45mins 2.3 miles A gentle circular walk taking in a variety of wildlife and the stunning heather of Lords Piece Meet: Lords Piece top car park (on Coates Lane) RH20 1PZ Fri 5th 10.30am Amberley L: Andrew 1.5 hours 3 miles Along the River Arun bank to Amberley village Meet: Amberley Station Car Park Sun 7th 10.30am Binsted Woods L: Dominic 2-2.5 hrs 4 miles A mainly flat headland path, grass, gravel via Madonna Pond - Gentle Pace Meet: Walberton Village Hall car park, The Street, Walberton, Arundel, BN18 0PQ Mon 8th 4pm Compton L: Sandy 2.5 hrs 5 miles A very pleasant, hilly 5 mile walk which can be extended to 8 miles with lovely views. No dogs Meet: Compton Recreation Ground car park Wed 10th 10.30am River Arun to The Stokes L: Alison 2.5 hrs 4.8 miles A lovely walk along lanes and through woods via the villages of North and South Stoke Meet: Amberley Station Car Park, BN18 9LR Fri 12th 10.30am Iping, Stedham & Woolbeding L: Jane 2.5 hrs 6.75 mile A longer walk with stiles, taking in Iping and Stedham Commons and the River Rother. No dogs Meet: Iping Common Car Park GU29 0PB Mon 15th 10.30am Chichester Tree Trail L : Ian 75 mins 1.5 miles A walk around central Chichester, to introduce us to the variety of local and exotic trees in our city Meet: Chichester Market Cross, East St (between HSBC/GoldArts) Wed 17th 10.30am Slindon Woods to Folly L: Dominic 2 hrs 3.5 miles Lovely views. Some muddy areas and short inclines. Last ¼ mile steep uphill Meet: National Trust Car Park, Dukes Road, Slindon Sat 20th 10.15am Graylingwell L: Sarah 40 mins 1.25 m A flat walk at a gentle pace, enjoying the history and surrounding areas Meet: Outside the Pavilion glass building looking onto Havenstoke Park Tue 23rd 10.30am Cowdray Collosus L: Peter 2 hours 4 miles A circular walk to the and the 1000 year old Queen Elizabeth I Oak (one of 50 Great British trees) Meet: Main car park north of the centre of Midhurst, behind bus station(30p for 3 hrs), GU29 9DW Wed 24th 10.30am Mill Road to Black Rabbit L: Dominic 1 hour 2.4 miles A flat riverside walk, 1 stile. Mill Roadcar park to Offham, return via Black Rabbit Meet: Mill Road car park by the river in town centre (charge) BN18 9AA Tue 30th 10.30am Around Duncton L: Simon 2 hrs 3 miles A circular walk passing through Burton Park and past Duncton Mill. Mainly flat and on good paths Meet: Parking along Willets Close on the approach to Duncton C of E School Wed 31st 10.30am Singleton to West Dean L: Peter 3-3.5hrs 7 miles A longer strenuous walk. Some uneven paths and three stiles Meet: Outside Singleton C of E Primary School, PO18 0HP
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Sussex Snippets Community news from across the counties More than £400,000 has been raised in one year so far to help find new spaces for nature in the South Downs National Park. The ReNature campaign is looking to create an extra 13,000 hectares of habitat where plants and animals can thrive. More at www.southdowns.enthuse.com/ HelpNatureReNature. The South Downs Way, the 100mile chalk path between Winchester and Eastbourne, celebrated its 50th birth- (c)Mischa Haller day as a National Trail in July. For more information and to plan your visit go to www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/ trails/south-downs-way. Adur District Council has amended its procedures so that councillors can impose tighter restrictions on the felling of trees in major developments. The new approach will mean that planning committees can specify that trees are to remain in place by attaching specific conditions to new planning permissions. The Summer Reading Challenge is back at all 36 West Sussex Libraries. This year’s theme is Gadgeteers and aims to inspire children to see the science and innovation behind everyday objects, showing that reading and science is for everyone. Sign up by visiting your local library or you can register online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/src and look out for the secret code word! The service is entirely free. West Sussex charity 4Sight Vision Support has announced it will be running a Make a Will Fundraising Scheme in September. The charity, in conjunction with accountants Kreston Reeves, is inviting people to have their Wills or Lasting Powers of Attorney written (or Wills only, amended) for free, in return for a donation. Call 01243 828555, email fundraising@4sight.org.uk or alternatively visit www.4sight.org.uk.
Some West Sussex fire stations are holding open days where firefighters will be running a series of practical displays as well as being on hand to provide fire and road safety advice and answer any questions that people may have. The dates are : Crawley Fire Station 6th August; Haywards Heath Fire Station 27th August; Midhurst Fire Station 3rd September. The Weald & Downland Living Museum in Chichester has been named Sussex Family Attraction of the Year in the 2022 Muddy Stiletto awards. Home to over 50 historic buildings from across the Weald and Downland area the Museum’s collection represents almost a 1,000 years of rural life in South East England. The Museum has a packed programme of family fun planned throughout August. including outdoor theatre, nature trails, singing, puzzles, and crafts www.wealddown.co.uk The largest-ever local authority roll-out of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK was launched in June in West Sussex. Thousands of chargepoints will be installed on streets, in public sector car parks and on community facilities across the county within the next ten years. The infrastructure will be installed and maintained by the company Connected Kerb. RISE, Brighton & Hove’s domestic abuse charity, has announced its signature annual fundraising event, the 8k Undercliff Run for Women, is now open for registrations. The race is on Sunday 16th October, for more information and registration visit www.RISEuk.org.uk. Baptism, confirmation, marriage, death and burial records spanning 457 years of Sussex history are now available to search online at Ancestry. Access to Ancestry is free at The Keep and all libraries across East and West Sussex. The Keep is an archive centre and home to historic documents from East Sussex Record Office, Brighton and Hove City Council, and the University of Sussex. The public are welcome to visit to carry out research on family history or academic study, free of charge. www.thekeep.info.
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Recorded memories from older residents by Chris Hare The South Downs Generations Project, as part of the Friends of the South Downs, set out to record the history and folklore of the South Downs, and to work with schools, imparting this wonderful heritage to a new generation. One strand of our project was to conduct oral history interviews, talking with older people who had lived all their lives in the South Downs, about the changes they had seen, the events they had witnessed, and the people they had met and worked with. I was really pleased that our interviewees came from all backgrounds and had very different life experiences. For example, we interviewed Lord Egremont in his garden at Petworth House, and we interviewed David Johnston, who, as a child, was one of the last people, with his mother, to suffer the indignity of having to find shelter in a workhouse. We interviewed retired farm labourers and farmers, people who lived in towns and people who lived in villages. When I look back on it now. Christabel Barran lives in a remote medieval farmhouse which sits alone in a secluded valley and – for a moment – you might be forgiven for thinking that the twentieth and twenty-first centuries had never happened. She is happy and content and has tenants for company. Christabel inherited the farm from her parents, who in their turn had inherited from an aunt, who was both eccentric and fearless. One hundred years ago, this aunt befriended gypsies travelling through, when no one else would. In the late 1920s, these gypsies decided to settle down, but asked if they could leave their gypsy caravan at the farm. Christabel’s great-aunt agreed. They said they would come back every year to maintain their caravan, and so they did. When I asked Christabel when they stopped coming, she astonished me by telling me “Oh, they still come, every year.” How amazing is that? And, yes, the caravan is still there and resplendent in its original Victorian colours. Andrew Shaxson, at 71, our youngest interviewee, can still point to huge changes in rural and farming life since he was born. When he was a small boy, it was still usual for a South Downs farm to employ between 12 and 20 men, today only a handful are required. Indeed Andrew’s old
farm is now run and managed by one man: technology and occasional contract workers fulfil the need. Even when sitting in the cab of the combine harvester, this one man can be working on his laptop, while an on-board computer system Ploughing in Chanctonbury Ring using Sat Nav ©West Sussex Record Office guides the huge machine up and down the field. Christopher Passmore, at 90 was our oldest interviewee. For his whole life he farmed the South Downs north of Sompting, as his father and grandfather had done before him. Let no one imagine that Christopher’s 90 years had dimmed his recollections. The old shepherds still held sway over farming life in the 1930s. These men had received hardly any formal education, yet, Christopher explained, they knew as much about animals, husbandry, and the weather, “as if they had been to university.” They were wise and patient, and content with their life. Christopher also remembered the singing of the old South Downs folk songs, particularly at the ‘Harvest Home’ supper that was kept up in most farms until the outbreak of war in 1939. He also remembered the broad country accents that were once spoken all across the South Downs, yet rarely heard now. However, those wishing to hear ‘True Sussex’ spoken, really must listen to our interview with John and Bernie Hills of Stedham. I really thought I had heard my last South Downs ‘burr’, but I was surprised and delighted to hear the brothers talk about their eventful life in the manner of the forefathers. The interviews, amongst other delights of South Downs Heritage, are all available to listen to at www.southdownsgenerations.org.uk Readers might also like to look at Chris’ own website, www.historypeople.co.uk
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Mums the Word The stuff nobody tells you about parenthood… until it’s too late An uplifting, honest, heart-warming show that will have you both roaring with laughter and reaching for the tissues. Mums The Word takes you on an emotional ride through pregnancy pitfalls to teenage tantrums. We have a pair of tickets available to see Mums the Word at the Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre on 16th September at 7.30pm. www.alexandratheatre.co.uk
Starring Coronation Street’s Tracy Shaw, the comic actress Sarah Dearlove from Housewives on Holiday and introducing the talented Amy Ambrose. Whether it’s leaving the house without your bra, crying in the Supermarket aisles for no reason, or secretly thinking you had given birth to E.T. You won’t feel alone when listening to these women portray the “beauty” of bringing new life into the world…or forgetting where they left it.
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Community Interest Company offering legal services in Arundel Making a will is something many people will put off, not wishing to think about later life and death. It is important to remember, however, that when a person dies intestate (without a will) the rules of intestacy will designate how the estate will be allocated and this may not be in accordance with the deceased's wishes and can lead to disharmony and acrimony within families. If cost is a worry then Sussex Wills CIC could provide an answer as Radford Chancellor explained to Sussex Local that they offer a range of highly affordable services including single and mirrored wills, trusts, Power of Attorney, Probate and legacy planning. Being a “not for profit” Community Interest Company means that 70% of profit is reinvested in their community interest activities. For those in financial hardship or with a terminal prognosis, a free will writing service is available. Radford is fully aware that some legal services are simply unaffordable to some low income families and he feels strongly that the establishment of this social enterprise will go some way
to address this inadequacy so that crucial guidance to complicated issues will become more readily available. Sussex Wills he confirmed are full members of the Society of Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners and are regulated by them. They aspire to their objectives of advancement, education and ethical standards within the Estate Planning Practitioners profession. In today's society, divorce, re-marriage, children and step children can have a pivotal effect on families so the importance of making suitable arrangements for the future is paramount. Outside of his business, Radford enjoys cycling, skiing, cooking and is an active member of the historic House Association. Sussex Wills CIC, 3 Castle Mews, Tarrant Street, Arundel BN18 9DG 0800 8870475 sussexwills.org
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Our ‘new’ village hall By Allen Misselbrook, Yapton & Ford local history the Hall in line with current safety laws and regulations. Monies from the sale, along with loans taken out by Yapton and Ford Parish Councils, grants from WSCC and ADC as well as the Pavilion Club’s funds, allowed a new hall to be designed and built. The proviso was that all the sports clubs would be accommodated and public access toilets included as the old ones would have to be demolished. New village hall under construction - 1988 - David Ruffle Sadly, the Public Toilets had to Yapton’s sports clubs had a problem. The lack of be closed due to being constantly vandalised. changing facilities was embarrassing at best and The design included changing rooms and showfor Yapton FC it prevented them from progressing ers on the ground floor while upstairs would be up into the higher divisions. The facilities availa- the snooker room and Clubroom for socialising. ble were changing in the top room of the old vil- A problem with this layout arose as the snooker lage hall which had a full-size snooker table in the table could not be man-handled up the stairs so middle, down stairs in the ante-room to the main the design was reversed with the changing hall or in the Youth Centre (the building behind rooms and showers being moved onto the top the present village hall). floor and the ground floor becoming the Club
Finally, enough was enough, and all the sports clubs of Yapton joined forces and approached the Village Hall Committee in 1979 to see if there was any possibility that the hall could be sold and a new one built on the playing field. The answer was a resounding no. Not to be beaten, the sports clubs sought and received permission to build a Sports Pavilion on the playing field instead. A committee was formed with a member of each club represented and fund raising began in earnest with a target of £30,000.00. Events were organised which included Car-Boot Sales, Race Nights, Raffles but the most profitable were Lottery Ticket sales and the resurrection of the Yapton Walk which, over the next few years, raised thousands of pounds. A windfall grant of £1,000 was received from Southern Television through the Pavilion Club’s Chairman at the time, Duncan Goodhew. The target was reached, plans were drawn up and planning permission granted by Arun District Council. But wait, the Village Hall Committee had a change of mind and decided that they would sell the existing hall and build a new one. The reason for this change of mind could have been the high cost of renovation work needed to bring
Room as it is today. This design change was disastrous, especially as the Snooker Club folded before the hall was completed, the showers continually leaked into the rooms below.
Building started in 1988 and completed in 1989, with Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk officially opening the building on 25th April of that year. The Sports Clubs continued to raise money to enable the Hall to be furnished as much as possible. Cabarets, Dances and other events continued to raise these funds. Other events were organised including monthly Junior Discos, New Year’s Eve parties, Christmas Bazaars and once a year a dinner and entertainments for the Senior Citizens of the Villages. Eventually the fund-raising ceased without achieving the original aim of totally fitting out the new hall. Today, that is just a distant memory. The intervening years has seen a decline in the village sporting clubs. Yapton FC, Bilsham FC, Youth Club FC and the Junior boys football team, Yapton Ladies Stoolball Club, Bilsham Mixed Stoolball Club, the Badminton Club have all ceased to exist or moved away from the village to pastures new. To contact Allen Misselbrook on a local history matter please email: allen@yaptonhistory.org.uk
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Electricity arrives at Arundel Castle Part 1 by local historian Mark Phillips Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard) and several castle estate buildings. However, the general residents of Arundel had to wait until c1934 before they could be connected to electricity supplied by the Bognor Gas and Electricity Co.
The old castle Electricity works - c1895
A few months ago, it was suggested to me that I should write an article about the old Arundel castle electricity station that stands within the castle grounds in London Road, opposite St Mary’s Gate pub. This memory came back to me as I was sitting in the old building absorbing its history and sipping an ice-cold beer in what is now the newly opened Fauna Brewery Taproom. In 1877, electricity was temporarily installed at Arundel castle for the honeymoon of Duke Henry and his new wife, Lady Flora Abney-Hastings. But it was not until c1894/early 1895, as part of a lengthy and hugely expensive rebuild and refurbishment project, that a permanent supply was laid on. This was generated in a purpose-built red brick and timber electricity works (just west of the kitchen garden) in a mock Tudor style, also known as Revived Vernacular. Internally, the walls were all built with bevelled white glazed bricks, elaborately formed roof trusses, almost elegant and the materials used were of a high quality. This truly was a building fit for a Duke, or in this case, purpose-built electricity works fit for Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk. This supply of electricity was also connected to the Catholic parish church (now The Cathedral
This ambitious project was Duke Henry's attempt to make the castle more liveable by providing modern facilities such as electric lights, telephones, modern plumbing, and central heating. Most of the upgrades were extremely difficult to install in a building that was never designed for them. The cost of providing electricity alone was a massive £36,169 168. 2d – which would be worth almost five million pounds in 2022. Perhaps a good reason why Arundel castle was one of the very first of our great English ‘country houses’ to install electricity. The electricity works contained two Victoria Steam Dynamos, each of 90 hp, powered by a 'Lancashire type' boiler. Wires in iron conduits were laid underground for 800 yards to the castle, where they fed I,000 lamps. The oak bosses for the light switches were designed by Buckler (the chief architect for the castle rebuilding work), as were the electroliers (chandeliers lit by electricity) in the main rooms. Castle records (ref no. 2159) from 1891-1892 note that the lighting system was devised and proposed by Arthur Phillips, electrical engineer, and installed by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd of Loughborough. * Fauna Taproom currently only open on Sat/ Sun plus occasional Fridays. Check the Facebook page ‘Fauna Brewing’ for details. Read part II next month.
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West Sussex Alternative Provision College Schools for excluded pupils in West Sussex. By Lynn Smith West Sussex Alternative Provision College (WSAPC) provides education to pupils who have been permanently excluded from school and those who cannot attend their own schools for medical reasons, and also supports referrals for pupils at significant risk of permanent exclusion from school. Head teacher, Doug Thomas tells me that, like all schools, WSAPC is committed to maximising student attainment with children working towards nationally recognised qualifications, and all students – regardless of their starting points - are provided with opportunities to achieve and celebrate their progress. The college strives to give pupils a fresh approach Head teacher Doug Thomas to learning in supportive, personalised alternative provision settings; the aim being, vulnerable young people and decided to address where possible, to reintegrate children and young this by forming a college that would have a vision, people into schools or other appropriate long- ethos and philosophy that embraces excellent term educational settings. practice for their students and one that has the leadership commitment to drive and demand Operating in seven West Sussex locations only the best for their cohort of young people.” Formed in April 2013, the college delivers 292 Addressing social and emotional needs as well full time places for children and young people. WSAPC’s schools are strategically placed to as educational needs offer educational provisions across West Sus- WSAPC, Doug Thomas says, “Encourages pupils sex, with centres in Chichester, Littlehampton, to continue their educational progress both within Worthing, Lancing, Burgess Hill, Haywards the time they are with us and when they are ready to move on to other schools and establishHeath and Crawley. Doug Thomas leads the team at WSAPC, along ments.” He goes on to say that the college firmly with Business Manager, Sam Channing, and dep- believes that education is a lifelong process and uties, Ben Thomas and Helen Ellis, providing pri- acknowledges that there may have been obstamary and secondary learning provision for a cles and past events that have blocked pupils’ range of students who aren’t in mainstream edu- educational progress. “With this in mind, we reccation and need support to get their futures on ognise that we need to address both the social track. He firmly believes that the school’s main and emotional needs of our pupils alongside and focus is on opening doors to educational and life in conjunction with their educational needs. One experiences, so that pupils can enjoy and make a follows the other; positivity from our team to create the relationships needed, to open the doors habit of learning that will last a lifetime. of learning.” Although the college offers 292 placDoug Thomas says that WSAPC was founded out es, Doug Thomas says that on average, there of, “A need for West Sussex to ensure that all may be 400 to 500 students per year, as the children who needed Alterntive Provision would admissions period is fluid. A state funded Pupil get a fair, equitable and positive educational set- Referral Unit, WSAPC is commissioned by West ting that didn’t rely on where a child lived and Sussex County Council and funded via the High who was delivering the education. Needs Block, also known as ‘top up funding.’ Top “For years, West Sussex had an imbalance of up funding follows the child, so if the child moves good educational settings for some of their most school, the top up funding goes with them.
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Admissions are school led by either exclusion or referral, and young people are currently referred to the college through the local authority where schools, and subsequently students, need a fresh approach due to difficulties within the mainstream school. He goes onto say that, “We are also the only school in West Sussex that has never permanently excluded a student at any time. A record that we are very much proud of as it embraces our vision, ethos and philosophy.” Re-engage, ReFocus and Reintegrate This vision, ethos and philosophy is encapsulated in the acronym FOCUS: Future – every pupil starts with a “clean slate” at WSAPC. The school focuses upon children’s futures and builds on their ambitions and hopes, in order to make them a reality. Opportunities – the school endeavours to give pupils a variety of opportunities to learn about themselves and who they are as a person, to learn about their strengths and skill sets, and to understand their needs so that it can support their growth as positive individuals and prepare them for moving on. Curriculum – the school wants to deliver a wide curriculum in all of its centres, to cater for its pupils’ development both academically and
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Every address every month School: “First and foremost, WSPAC is a school. We may be a school for a short period of time as our pupils transition from one key stage to an other or when they are considering different educational settings, but nevertheless we are a school. This means we expect our pupils to learn and respect each other at all times and to thrive in our community.” Providing consistency across the centres WSAPC has over 140 staff spread across its seven centres and central teams ensure that students receive the care and attention required in order to thrive in their setting, and also to enable positive transition to future establishments, including post-16 provision. These teams include an Outreach team, providing one to one education support within the home or community, a Blended Learning Team, supporting distance learning from home and working with those pupils who are too ill to attend school, and the Inclusion Team, supporting young people at risk within their mainstream setting to prevent exclusions. “This structure further ensures that our college can respond
effectively to the changing needs of our cohorts and that our practices are of a high quality and educational trends and good practice is kept up to date.” Not a “school for naughty children” When I ask Doug Thomas what he sees as the greatest challenge currently facing the school, he answers honestly that the main challenges are largely due to a general misunderstanding by the public, and at times, by the local community, around the work that the school does. He reiterates that WSAPC isn’t a “school for naughty children” but is, rather, a college for reengaging and refocussing and then reintegrating its young people into a workable society. “Some examples over the years include exstudents who are now, police officers, successful businesswomen and men, NHS workers, solicitors, teachers etc. Without the ‘Three WSAPC Rs,’ many of our young people would have been put on the scrap heap and excluded from society.” Contact: email: hcentral@wsapc.co.uk or call 01444 232771. www.apcollege.co.uk
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In Your Garden
Monthly gardening ideas & tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens
Creating a rose garden Rose gardens have been around for thousands of years, with mention of them in the gardens of Babylon and illustrations of rose gardens found in 14th Century BC pyramids. The main rose we use today is Rosa chinensis which was cultivated in China for display and for medicinal purposes for millennia. It wasn’t until the 18th Century that the Chinese rose cultivars came to Europe. By 1840, thousands of cultivars were available for sale. Today there are tens of thousands of cultivates from over 300 rose species.
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This your chance to add to this fragrant tradition and make your own rose garden! Over the last few years Glorious Gardens have been asked more frequently to create traditional rose gardens, as people are no longer worried about their old-fashioned reputation. Especially with new rose cultivars, interesting underplanting and contemporary plant combinations, a rose garden can be a very fresh addition to your garden. Space and soil The first thing you need is a good area to grow them. They don’t like too much wind, so a sheltered space is preferable, with moist soil. They love clay because of all the minerals in this type of soil and don’t mind having their feet wet in Winter as long as there’s not weeks of water logging. If you have more sandy or chalky soil, prepare the beds with a 50% mix of compost and manure and dig this into the ground. Go for at least 30cm of the good stuff. They can’t get enough richness. Your roses will need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight to thrive. If your rose garden will be considerable in size, you can prepare your holes individually and mix
the compost and manure with the pre-existing soil and then plant separate roses in their own space. Preparation is everything so if you are beginning from scratch, now is the time to put lots of effort into good soil composition. They like 6.5 PH which is slightly acidic, but they happily grow in the alkaline soils of Brighton where I live. Rose selection Think about what type of roses you want: what colour, what shaped flower, what height. Also think about the style of rose: Hybrid Teas, Grandiflora and Floribundas, Miniatures, Standards or climbing and rambling roses. There are so many roses out there I can’t possibly go into them now but if it is big project you might like to run it past me or another garden designer first. Colour combination is really important as colours that jar can ruin your whole display. Buying and planting your roses If you wait until November, you can buy bare root roses which have been lifted from fields and tend to have a greater root spread. Also, it is an ideal time to plant as hot whether won’t dry the new plants out.
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If you are digging individual holes, take out an area at least twice that of the root ball volume, including the depth, and plant the nodule, where the stems meet the root, about an inch of two below the surface. This prevents the more wild rose, that your cultivar rose is grafted onto, from shooting up above ground, turning your lovely rose into a bramble like creature! Normally space the roses about 60cm from each other though this depends on the roses you have chosen. Tease out the roots if they are Roses with lavender pot bound and cluttered together. You can firstly sprinkle the roots with Mychorrizal like some air around them to prevent them getfungi which helps them establish. ting too much mildew so make sure they have plenty of space to grow into. And of course the Maintaining your roses big pruning in January - look on Youtube for You need to dead head them regularly in order some good videos. in encourage repeat flowering in to the Autumn. Another feed in the mid summer, as well as the Companion planting big feed in early Spring, is helpful and if you get Underneath the roses, especially around the aphids, an extremely weak solution of dishwash- edges of your new rose garden, have a look at er liquid can dissolve the wax on the aphids White or Pink flowering Lavender as well as the back which can get rid of most of them. Roses smaller traditional lavender, Hidcot.
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Every address every month You can also think about Aster ericoides’ Snow Flurry;, Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink' and Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’. Verbacum, Penstemons, Campanula (not campanula portenschlagiana) Gaura and Lamb’s Ear. Seaholly is great especially with pink roses as well as Baptisa. My three favourite roses at the moment are: Rosa mutabalis, Rosa Twice in a New Moon and Rosa Wollerton Old Hall. Where to visit this August A trip to the National Trust garden, Nymans (to the east of the village of Handcross) which has a collection of fascinating plants will be thrilling to most garden lovers. The Nymans gardens garden was developed, starting in the late 19th century, by three generations of the Messel family, and was brought to renown by Leonard Messel. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nymans
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Building the dream By Nick Roberts RMR Group Regardless of the backdrop, never do we enjoy our homes more so than in summer – there’s nothing quite like getting your dose of vitamin D in the garden to the sweet sound of birdsong. It’s the greatest escape and the perfect moment to dream about unlocking your property’s potential. This is where the right team can be the sun cream to your dream! They can protect you from unforeseen circumstances so you don’t get burned. So, where can you find this team? A good Architect is perhaps broader than you think – there are no minimum or maximum requirements that dictate involvement. Whether you want to make internal layout changes, extending a house, building an out-building, or even developing some unused land, the right architect can help both bring your vision to life as well as save you money. Naturally, the idea of bigger projects such as developing vacant or spare land can seem daunting, but your vision is only limited by your imagination. Developing vacant land is an involved process, to
varying degrees. If the land was once prepared for construction or it has been built on in the past, some of the work may be done for you. Developing vacant or unused land is an investment. Careful planning will save you many headaches down the road. Layout your vision with must-haves and start planning as soon as you can. Architects are experts in this field and a great place to start. Creativity doesn’t just stretch through design; it can be found in all aspects of development and finance. Again, it’s the team around you that makes the difference, and you may just find that you can achieve more than you thought. To live the dream, first you’ve got to build it. www.robertsmillerredshaw.com
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Build your own home - how to find a plot 10 expert tips by self-build specialist Michael Holmes Finding a plot is the number one obstacle for people wanting to build their own home, according to a recent report from the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA). 1) Patchwork Plot: Assemble a site from smaller parcels of land such as ‘infill’ plots from the ends of two or three adjoining gardens. 2) Future Vision: Don’t discount a site you like just because the current planning permission is for something you don’t want to build. You can vary the existing permission or make a new application. 3) Team Building: Small sites for 2-5 houses are often easier to find than single plots - consider forming a self-build group with friends of family.
4) Land Databases: Try www.plotfinder.net 5) Register of Interest: Going through the planning records of previous applications for single dwellings in your chosen area may lead to a plot. 6) Grow Your Own: ‘Garden grabbing’ has become politically sensitive but it’s still a good route. 1
7) Widen The Net: Plots are harder to find than houses, so looking further afield to improve your chances.
8) Call My Agent: Work out which local estate agents specialise in land and development and stay in touch with them. Regular contact will ensure they know you’re serious. 9) Boots on the Ground: Ask in local shops, pubs, and on building sites if there are any plots for sale. Use maps and Google Earth to search for hidden potential. A ‘map search’ via HM Land Registry will reveal the owner’s details if the land is registered. 10) Brownfield Land: It takes imagination to see a disused industrial unit or a scrap yard as the site for a beautiful home, but ‘brownfield land’ can have potential - always take advice before buying.
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Walking Brighton & Hove 500 years of history in 8 walks Walking Brighton will take you from fine Regency Squares of Kemp Town to the back streets of Albion Hill to tell the incredible story of how two humble fishing villages became the city of Brighton and Hove. Walk through Brunswick and find the identity of a headless statue, learn about Brighton’s famous ’trunk’ murders’, visit a pub founded by a Dutch Protestant who was burnt at the stake and discover Puget’s Cottage in Old Brighthelmstone, whose ancient walls are partly made of discarded ship’s ballast. The 8 walks in this book include detailed maps, recommendations of the best places to eat and drink and lots of photos to help you
enjoy exploring the city. With this book in hand the streets and narrow alleyways of the city will tell some of their secrets. Walking Brighton and Hove will surprise both seasoned residents and first time visitors alike with the remarkable story of how two sleepy fishing villages became today’s vibrant city. Available from www.metropublications.com
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Driving laws from around the world By Nadia Goldsmith Although most driving laws are designed with safety in mind, some are more peculiar. Here are some of the strangest driving laws from around the world to intrigue you. Eating while driving – Cyprus Cyprus prohibits motorists from eating and drinking behind the wheel as they must keep both hands on the wheel at all times. Like many Scandinavian countries, Cyprus asks drivers to have their headlights on at all times. In Cyprus sneaking a snack can cost you an €85 fine. Dirty number plates – Russia You may have read it’s illegal to drive a dirty car in Russia; that’s not true. In Moscow however, motorists can get fined if their number plate is covered in dirt, salt or road grime. Personal breathalyzer kits – France Since 2013, French motorists have been required to carry an unused breathalyser in their car to test their own alcohol levels. While motorists who chose not to purchase one originally
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Arundel Church of England Primary School Peace Garden opened by Bishop Will Hazelwood Arundel CE School Peace Garden features On Thursday 16th June, pupils welcomed Bishop Will Hazlewood to formally open the Peace Garden at Arundel Church of England Primary School. The garden was recently given an overhaul. The school owns a number of wooden sculptures which now feature in a place where children can gather their thoughts and have a time for reflection. The school grounds provide a backdrop of mature woodland where the garden will become a well-used feature. A pattern of lavender bushes will create the path of a labyrinth over time, leading to a seating area and central olive tree. There are raised beds, which are tended by pupils surrounded by gravel enhancing the space. Wood sculptures that arrived over past few years •
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and Love was a gift from parents, thanking teachers for providing schooling over Covid lockdowns • The newest sculpture is in memory of Pastor Steve Lomas, who passed in 2021. Steve regularly took worship at school and was a great friend. Children’s thoughts on the Peace Garden After chatting with pupils, Bishop Will blessed the garden and sprinkled holy water around it. Children asked him about being a bishop and were fascinated to learn he used to be a motor mechanic. Jacob and Rachel from Phoenix Class were asked what they thought of the garden. Rachel said, “Such a lot of work went into the design and creating of the Peace Garden. I think it is a very beautiful and calm place.” Jacob added, “When you are feeling a bit worried, or sad, it is somewhere to go to reflect.” www.arundelchurchofenglandschool.org.uk
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Amberley C of E Primary School Summer term & year 6 leavers service at Chichester Cathedral As we approach our last few weeks of the Summer Term, it is always with a mixture of emotions. One of looking forwards in many ways as children transition from not only one class to another but from one key stage to another as well as our Year 6 transitioning to their respective “big school” Secondary schools. It is also a moment to reflect on the past and all the achievements and challenges that our children have gone through from Year R up to Year 6.
Our Year 6 children were excited to be able to attend their Year 6 leavers service at Chichester cathedral after a pandemic-missed opportunity for the past two years.
It was great to see them at this event and for them to mark an important milestone of finishing off their primary careers and then looking forwards to moving onto Secondary schools as the next chapter of their educative career starts. We wish them all the very best for the future! www.amberley.w-sussex.sch.uk
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Transitioning through Menopause A smooth transition through Menopause by Heather Smith Information for your approach to Menopause Menopause seems to have come into the spotlight recently, and it’s good that there is more quality information available. Sometimes though, trying to get your head around a huge amount of information can be overwhelming, and while menopause can be complicated, I feel it is important to start with the basics. Self-care is important during menopause, making sure you get the right nutrients and adapting some lifestyle habits can provide long lasting benefits and make the transition through menopause easier. Here are four key things to put in place as a foundation for your approach to menopause. Manage stress During menopause, our ovaries are retiring and passing the baton to our adrenal glands. Our adrenal glands are responsible for producing stress hormones, so it makes sense to manage stress better to take load from your adrenals.
Try breathing exercises/meditation, take more down time and go for more walks. Focus on sleep quality Now is the time to hone in on your bedtime routine. Turn screens off at least one hour before bed and wind down. Getting at least half an hour of natural daylight before midday will help you get quality sleep at night. Include resistance exercise in your routine Making sure you’re including some load bearing exercise will help to maintain bone strength. Pay attention to your diet Eating a healthy diet of protein and veg can help balance hormones and maintain a healthy gut. Getting enough omega 3 in your diet will also help keep your skin hydrated, plus other benefits. A base for other strategies There are a lot more strategies you can use to optimise your transition through menopause, but make sure you’re starting with these key basics first as they form a base for your other strategies to build on. www.fitbiztraining.co.uk
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Chilled avocado soup A creamy refreshing vegetable soup, ideal for a summer evening Ingredients - Serves 4 Prep time: 15mins • 3 firm, ripe avocadoes • Juice of 1 lemon • 2 large cloves garlic • 150ml warm stock • 300ml milk or buttermilk • ½ x 190g jar pesto sauce • Salt and black pepper • Shredded basil or chives to serve Method 1. Peel and stone the avocadoes and place in a blender or food processor with the lemon juice, garlic and stock. Blend fast for 2 minutes until smooth. For a really velvety smooth consistency you could pass through a sieve. 2. Whisk in the milk, pesto sauce and seasoning to taste. Cover very closely with clingfilm and chill well until ready to serve.
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Dream Doors Barnham Wake up your kitchen The heart of the home A kitchen is the heart of the home. Not only are so many everyday tasks carried out here but it is frequently the meeting place for family or friends to enjoy a coffee and chat. We are often so familiar with our surroundings that we may fail to notice that perhaps our kitchen is looking a little “tired” or in need of a lift. A replacement kitchen may be beyond the means of many of us, particularly in the light of the present cost of living crisis but there is an alternative. Revamp vs replacement Sussex Local recently spoke with Neil of Dream Doors at Barnham who explained that by revamping rather than replacing, a kitchen can be transformed at a fraction of the cost of a complete refurbishment. Replacement doors he said are available in a huge variety of designs and colours, both traditional and modern and can completely transform a kitchen without the waste and mess associated with a total refit. In addition, replacement worktops, sinks, taps, or lighting can further update the available space.
Reuse for price & sustainability Neil told us that sustainability is at the core of his business and he actively encourages clients to reuse existing units. With finishing touches like handles and splashbacks or modified storage space, a kitchen can have that brand new feeling in as little as 2 – 3 days. Any units or worktops which have to be disposed of are dealt with in an environmentally friendly way. No obligation advice From a complete set of new doors to a single drawer unit, the customer's choice is paramount and Neil guaranteed that clients will not be pressurised into additional expense but can always be assured of advice and support a 'phone call away. Contact Dream Doors Dream Doors, Unit 13, The Square, Barnham PO22 0HB. Tel. 01243 554732 www.dreamdoors.co.uk
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To have an established business for over 50 years is quite an accomplishment particularly in the face of today's on-line giants. Hamilton Cole is a family-run business which prides itself on the service it gives to customers. Siblings Robin and Susan who have run the business since 2004, spoke to Sussex Local about their aims and successes. Face-to-face contact, said Susan, is of great importance to their customers. It is easy to purchase an electrical appliance online – all it takes is a click of a button, but there is no button to click to be able to touch it, study the controls or ask a knowledgeable person about how it actually works. It’s not just reassuring to speak to a human being, it is pleasurable! “We are proud of the friendly service given to all our customers, whether they are buying the latest TV or simply asking for a replacement watch battery.”
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Local Council Roundup Amberley Parish Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Annual Parish meeting 12th May 2022. Kithurst Car Park. West Sussex Councillor Paul Marshall advised that negotiations were ongoing with the South Downs Trust for them to take on responsibility of the Kithurst Car Park from WSCC. The sticking points are the removal of abandoned cars and the moving on of travellers, Springhead Estates own the car park and have stated that it has been available to the public for 34 years and they very much hope an agreement can be reached to keep it open, unfortunately the cost and liability of the car park was too much for Springhead Estates to take on. Defibrillator. A new defibrillator will be mounted on the outside wall of the Church Hall (in memory of Richard Robinson. Funding is coming from the Amberley Welfare Trust and the remaining funds of the Amberley First Responders. Drewitts Farm development entrance road is going to be smaller than that originally agreed with the developer. Parish Council awaiting response from Horsham DC. Network Rail (had) still not rectified the slippery wooden sleepers that form the footpath that crosses the railway line on the public footpath that runs behind the Castle, despite this being reported numerous times and many incidents of walkers slipping or falling over on them. A resident has now reported this to the Rail Regulator in the hope it can be finally resolved. A resident asked if the PC could adopt the telephone box in The Square as she would like to turn this into an information kiosk. GU advised that he had contacted BT last year regarding this and they advised that due to the poor mobile reception in that part of the village it was important infrastructure for visitors to have a working telephone line. www.amberley-pc.org.uk
Arundel Town Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Town Council meeting 9th June 2022. Public question. I understand that Arundel Town Council (ATC) has declared a climate emergency. Can you tell me what actions are planned in response to this emergency? Mayor - these are the small steps that we are taking:
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merce to reduce waste in the town and to stop disposable coffee cups going to landfill. We get over 500,000 visitors a year, so how many take-away coffee cups get sent to landfill? • We have asked Arun District Council (ADC) to supply us with green recycling bins in the Town Centre so that visitors can recycle waste. They have agreed to do this in the next contract renegotiation with Biffa. • We are supporting the development of an Arundel repair café so that things can be repaired rather than go landfill. It was operating in the Norfolk Centre at the last Farmers Market. • We are trying to fix a date for the ADC Sustainability Officer to come to Arundel to speak to the Environment Committee about how we can begin to try to reduce our carbon footprint and we will invite other stakeholders to that meeting because what applies to the Town Council may apply to other organisations. • The council’s environment working group is looking at running a small award scheme later this year for the best practical scheme for combatting climate change in Arundel. • And of course many of the things that we are doing in Arundel, from tree planting, to encouraging walking and cycling, the Bee Project, the greener Arundel project, encouraging people to shop locally, the safe cycle path to Ford station, are all small contributions. We aren’t going to save the world from Arundel. But we are going to do our bit. www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk
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Aldingbourne Parish Council New councillor, WSCC & community sports centre Report of Aldingbourne Parish Council (APC) Meeting 5th July 2022 at ACSC. Cllr Beaton had advised with regret he would be resigning shortly owing to moving, creating a vacancy for a new councillor. This is a friendly and pro-active Council which is keen to influence decisions about the area and has several vacancies. Please contact the clerk to find out more about what is involved. Public questions: Concern was raised about damage to trees along the Northfields Lane biodiversity corridor caused by agricultural machinery in the adjacent field. West Sussex County Councillor: Trevor Bence reported that a second Highways England consultation on the A27 Arundel by pass would be held on 19th July. Cllr Trabucco to attend for APC. Responses to 81 questions from WSCC had not yet been forthcoming and no traffic modelling scheme produced so concern about the effect on Westergate and Walberton remains. Hook Lane: Costs exceeded the budget available
for speed reduction. Further work needed to achieve a cost effective solution and the decision is in the hands of WSCC Highways. Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre (ACSC): • The new accessible toilet would cost considerably more than expected. As a new, accessible Centre is to be built in a few years, for which those funds are needed, it was decided not to proceed. • A further consultation with user groups about the site plan for the new Centre had been held in June. Changes to the initial plan are required to maintain 4 football pitches and qualify for football funding. Tree planting will be put on hold until the site plan is finalised. Suggestions for other tree planting sites in the parish were invited. • Those who kindly volunteered to help in responding to the community survey will be contacted shortly and invited to a meeting to find out more. www.aldingbourne-pc.gov.uk
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Barnham & Eastergate Parish Council Crime report; smaller project expenditure approved Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting 7th June 2022. PCSO report. PCSO Caroline Wilson presented her report to the meeting. There have been several attempts at car break-ins, numerous reported burglaries/attempted burglaries and shed break-ins. There have also been a few arrests related to the incidents. There have been some concerning incidents involving teenagers who are using the train network to cause issues; the Police are working with the British Transport Police and ADC’s anti-social behaviour team to disrupt the behaviour and to identify those involved. Residents should report any issues via 101 email or if happening at the time then call 999 for an immediate response. Caroline had also attended both Community Hall coffee mornings to chat with residents about scams and other matters and she will continue to attend as her working pattern allows. Community Infrastructure Levy. Recommendations for smaller projects were as follows:
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• New net for Eastergate playground £1,000 • Welcome pack for new residents - £800 • Gateway signs for Barnham and Eastergate
– subject to permissions, siting locations and wording – approx. budget £4,000 • Village Enhancement Project for Barnham Centre – approx. budget £4,000 • New benches subject to suitable sites and permissions sought – approx. £2,000 The Council approved all recommendations. It was also noted that the Council needed to ensure it publicised the projects through it’s many communications channels so that residents were aware that we were responding to the consultation we undertook. Editor - Sussex Local is always happy to help if you want to get in touch to discuss. barnhamandeastergate-pc.gov.uk
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Walberton Parish Council Pavilion kitchen, verge planting, planning applications & meeting Extracts from the minutes of the General Purposes (21st June) and Planning (28th June) Committee meetings.
land at West Walberton Lane was noted. The date for the second part of the appeal for the land west of Tye Lane has been announced.
The required goods have been ordered for the Pavilion kitchen refurbishment. The kitchen will be replaced during the week of 22nd August; the changing area will be refurbished during October.
ADC enforcement is ongoing concerning alleged unauthorised tree removal at an approved building site in West Walberton Lane; the site developer will be contacted to seek an understanding their future plans.
Options for the replacement path around the playing field were discussed including wild planted areas. An area for petanque is being considered. The gate post and fence around the Village Green need attention; replacement fencing for the allotments was considered. An update on the verge planting for Fontwell was presented. Following discussion with National Highways, the flooding issue in the Fontwell underpass has been investigated and addressed. Proactive maintenance of the pumps and water floats has been requested. A number of planning applications were considered. The PC’s response to the appeal for the
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Yapton Parish Council Concerns about trees; CCTV to be investigated Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting 9th May 2022. Tree Warden. A resident asked if YPC had appointed a tree warden to operate in the parish. She was concerned about the number of trees being cut down by contractors and owners, especially when birds are nesting. The Chairman advised that anyone could apply to Arun District Council for a Tree Preservation Order. Officers at Arun District Council were available to give advice or issues could be referred to the Planning Committee if planning applications were not being complied with. School safety. A resident enquired if there was anything that could be done to make the area around the Primary School safer, as there were increasing numbers of contractors working in the area. The Chairman of the Planning Committee suggested that each development site should have an agreed planning management document. CCTV. A resident queried apparent reluctance of
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