Sussex Local Magazine - Arundel/Barnham SEPTEMBER 2023

HELLO!

Septembermeansthestartof autumn-mistymornings,darker eveningsandforanyonewith children,it’salsothestartofthe newschoolyear.Goodluckto pupilsmovingupayearand/or toanewschool!

Ourcharityspotlightthismonth shinesonSussex-basedcharity, TableTalkFoundation.Obesity accountsforover30,000deaths eachyearandTableTalkhelp youngpeoplebuildbetter relationshipswithfood.The charityalsoprovidesmentaland physicalhealthsupportand financialassistancetothelocal hospitalityindustry.

Iflifefeelshectic,justthinkwhat itmusthavebeenlikein September1752,whenthe countrylost11days.Thiswas whenweswitchedfromthe Juliancalendarwhichwas 365.25dayslong.Overthe centuries,thatquarterdayhad addeduptopushthecalendar outofstepwiththeseasons.Soit wasdecidedtoswitchtothe 365-dayGregoriancalendar instead.Onchangeoverday, September3rdvanished,tobe replacedbySeptember14th–yikes…

Whateverhappensthismonth,at leastwe’vegot30daystoplay with!

Untilnexttime, Kris&Jeff

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FINDON andsurroundings– 7,287 addresses

MIDHURST/PETWORTH andsurroundings– 7,139 addresses

PULBOROUGH andsurroundings– 6,091 addresses

SOUTHWATER andsurroundings– 7,108 addresses

STORRINGTON andsurroundings– 6,733 addresses

What’s On - September/October 2023

Event organisers please enter your event details on www.sussexlocal.net/events-add/ We regret that we cannot accept submissions by email. We take the details from our website for the magazine listings which can appear in up to all eight editions distributed to over 54,000 addresses. Charity, community and non-profit events are Free of charge (subject to space). Commercial events can be listed from just £25 plus VAT which includes promotion through Facebook & Twitter. Deadline for October events to be put on website - 4th September

CHARITY

Sun 03 Sep 8:00 AM The Baker's Dozen Regis TAP Charity Classic car tour raising funds for Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Chichester PO20 3XA £125 for a crew of 2 (£25 being a donation to charity) Ali Green 07803 604453 alitherally@btinternet.com www.bognor-regismc.co.ukthe-bakers-dozen-regis-tap

Tue 26 Sep 10:00 AM Andy's Angels Grief Play Café supporting children and their families navigating their Grief Journey. Hope Hive Worthing BN13 1AA Free Kayla Shepherd 07465 242321 kayla@andysangels.org.uk www.andysangels.org.uk

Sat 07 Oct 9:00 AM

Charity Hike Heli Hike for Air

Ambulance

Charity Kent Surrey Sussex

Cowdray Park Midhurst GU29 0AQ from £9.00, child from £6.50 01634 471900 hello@aakss.org.uk www.aakss.org.ukgetinvolved/events/our-events/heli-hike-in-sussex

CHILDREN'S EVENTS

Fri 1 - Sat 2 Sep 10:00 AM The Cowdray Maize Maze & Sunflower Picking Patch Summer fun for the whole family Cowdray Estate Midhurst GU29 0BB £5, Children free. Cowdray Marketing 07519 129767 marketing@cowdray.co.uk www.cowdray.co.uk

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

Sat 02 Sep 10:30 AM Parkinson's Support Group Support group for people with Parkinson's and their families Washington Village Memorial Hall Washington RH20 4AP Gillian Chard 01903 746871 gillian.chard@btinternet.com

Mon 04 Sep 8:00 PM Felpham Singles Social Club for mature singles for meals out, dancing etc. The George Inn Bognor Regis PO22 7PL Free. Anne Cook 01243 821530

anniecook555@yahoo.co.uk

www.felphamsingles.yolasite.com

Mon 04 Sep 6:45 PM Graphic novel book club Comic book club looking at graphic novels aimed at adults Private house Barnham PO22 0EF Free Paul wilson paulw21erin@gmail.com

Fri 08 Sep 12:00 PM Probus Club of Storrington & District Lunch meeting for retired & semiretired men Old Tollgate Steyning BN44 3WE Peter Edwards storringtonprobus@outlook.com

Wed 13 Sep 7:00 PM Lavant Horticultural Society 'Late Summer Flowers' Lavant Memorial Hall Chichester PO18 0HA Members free. Susan 01243 527725 suejackson23@tiscali.co.uk

Wed 13 Sep 7:30 AM Chichester & District Bonsai Society small friendly Bonsai Club. New Members welcome. The Basil Shipman Centre Chichester PO19 7LG £12 per year. £1 per night. Club Night Guest £2 (first visit no charge) Liz Panton lizpanton5@gmail.com 01798 865551 www.chichesterbonsai.co.uk

Sat 16 Sep 10:30 AM u3a Group - Free coffee Coffee morning for new and prospective members Methodist Church Hall Midhurst GU29 9DU Midhurst u3a midhurstu3a@gmail.com www.u3asites.org.ukmidhurst

Tue 19 Sep 7:30 PM West Chiltington Floral Club - September Demonstration Carole Stables demonstration entitled 'DIY SOS'. West Chiltington Village Hall RH20 2PZ £5 Visitors Carol 01798 813608

wchiltfloralclub@gmail.com

Wed 27 Sep 2:30 PM Storrington Flower Club

Demonstrator - Barbara Caldecourt - 'Snap Shots' & Competition Storrington & Sullington Parish Hall RH20 3PP £6 Chris 01903 742102

chrissyldesmond@gmail.com

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Every Tuesday 6:30 PM Ashington Short Mat Bowls Club Times and dates of weekly club nights. Meets at Ashington Community Centre. Ashington Community Centre Pulborough RH20 3PG £4 Gillian Weston 07962 016927 gillianhweston@gmail.com

Every Tuesday 7:30 PM Clapham and Patching

Short Mat Bowls Club A friendly club - new members of all abilities welcome Clapham and Patching Village Hall Worthing BN13 3UT Marjorie marjoriejeep@hotmail.com 01903 871132 www.claphamandpatchingwestsussex.org.ukshort-mat-bowling-club

Every Weds & Thur 7:45 PM Thakeham Table

Tennis Club Wednesday evenings Thakeham Village Hall Storrington RH20 3GW £5 ad hoc Andy andytttc@gmail.com www.thakehamtabletennis.co.uk

COMMUNITY

9 - 10 Sep 11:00 AM Pulborough Heritage Weekend 19 venues/activities will be open over the weekend In & around Village Pulborough RH20 Free. Ian Ellis 01798 874686 ian@ianellisassociates.com www.heritageopendays.org/Pulborough

Sat 23 Sep 8:00 AM Men's Community Breakfast Men's Breakfast – a circuit judge will be joining Chichester Park Hotel Chichester

PO19 7QL £10 Peter Sutton 07813 024585 peter@ppsutton.co.uk

www.immanuelchichester.comcommunity/mensbreakfast

Every Friday 10:00 AM Coffee and Chat Drop InFree Coffee, chat & local information in Eastergate Village Hall, Community Hub PO20 3RP Free. Bridgette 01243 543816 bridgette@bnegct.org.uk barnhamandeastergatecommunitytrust.com

COURSES & TUITION

Fri 22 Sep 7:30 PM Astronomy

Night at RSPB Pagham

Harbour Ever wondered which stars you are looking at? RSPB

Pagham Harbour Sidlesham

PO20 7NE £12 01243

641508

pagham.harbour@rspb.org.uk

www.rspb.org.ukreserves-and-events/reserves-az/pagham-harbour-local-nature-reserve/

events

Sun 08 Oct 8:30 AM Nature and Wildlife Photography Workshop introduction to principles and techniques of Nature and Wildlife RSPB Pagham Harbour Sidlesham PO20 7NE £38 pagham.harbour@rspb.org.uk 01243 641508 rspb.org.ukreserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/ pagham-harbour-local-nature-reserve

EXHIBITIONS

1 - 3 Sep 10:00 AM Lucia Babjakova: To Save It, You Must See It Exploring the saving of urban nature. Colonnade House Worthing BN11 3DH 01903 221142 paula.tollett@adurworthing.gov.uk www.colonnadehouse.co.uk

2 - 10 Sep 10:00 AM In Stitches An exhibition by Chichester Stitchmakers Group Denmans gardens Fontwell, Westergate Bn18 OS0 Free. Deirdre Sibthorpe 07836 259025

dsibthorpe@macace.net

12 -19 Sep 10:00 AM Gigglewick Attitude A vibrant, colour-filled world that glows with exuberance and pizzazz. Colonnade House Worthing BN11 3DH paula.tollett@adurworthing.gov.uk www.colonnadehouse.co.uk

19 - 24 Sep 10:00 AM Highdown Grows Creative activities exploring art & nature with the Highdown Gardens team. Colonnade House Worthing BN11 3DH paula.tollett@adurworthing.gov.uk www.colonnadehouse.co.uk

26 Sep - 1 Oct 10:00 AM Creative Collaborations with Creative Waves Creative Waves and five young artists come together to exhibit their work. Colonnade House Worthing BN11 3DH paula.tollett@adur-worthing.gov.uk www.colonnadehouse.co.uk

30 Sep - 15 Oct 9:00 AM Peace Doves art installation Peter Walker's immersive installation Chichester Cathedral Chichester PO19 1PX Free info@chichestercathedral.org.uk www.chichestercathedral.org.uk

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT

2 - 3 Sep 10:00 AM

Macmillan Vintage

Rally Stationary engines, tractors, cars, bikes, commercial, steam, military

Macmillan Vintage

Rally Petworth GU28 9JW £5 Children £2 07803 237694 sylvia.haydon@btinternet.com

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Sat 02 Sep 10:00 AM CPRE Sussex Countryside

Day Out A celebration of 50 years of countryside protection and restoration. Knepp Estate Dial

Post RH13 8NN £5 CPRE Sussex info@cpresussex.org.uk www.cpresussex.org.uk

Sun 17 Sep 2:30 PM High Salvington Windmill open afternoon

the mill High Salvington Windmill Worthing BN13 3BP Lucinda Brooks 07799 333267 lucindafbrooks@outlook.com

FAYRES & F

2 - 3 Sep 10:30 AM The Floral Fringe Fair in Loxwood An eclectic, quirky and dog friendly event

Loxwood Meadows Loxwood RH14 0AL £10 child: £2.50 Jean Jackman 07939 272443 jeanjackman@hotmail.com www.floralfringefair.co.uk

Sat 02 Sep 2:00 PM Bepton and Cocking Church

Fete Traditional Church Fete The Rectory Garden Nr. Midhurst GU29 0HJ Linda Sadler lindasadler777@gmail.com

Sat 02 Sep 1:00 PM Watersfield End Of Summer

Family fun and plenty of village stalls raising funds for the Sports Pavillion Alban Head Recreation Ground Watersfield RH20 1NE Fiona 07701 078023 fiwilliamson@live.co.uk

Sun 03 Sep 1:00 PM Craft Fair at High

Salvington Windmill Crafters have their wares on sale at the traditional event High Salvington

Windmill Worthing BN13 3BP £1 Andy Campbell 07799 333267 andyrcampbell@btinternet.com www.highsalvingtonwindmill.co.uk

Sat 09 Sep 10:30 AM Findon Sheep Fair and Village Festival Funfair, craft stalls, live events and a sheep show. Nepcote Green Worthing BN14 0SL Free admission to all Simon Stace findonsheepfair@gmail.com 07764 413219 www.findonsheepfair.co.uk

Wed 13 Sep 7:30 PM Rotary Film Night - A Man Called Otto New Season. Starring Tom Hanks Bar + Raffle Tickets Sullington Village Hall Storrington RH20 3PP £5 Ken Collins 01903 740745 kandjcoll@btinternet.com

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Mon 18 Sep 7:30 PM Pulborough Film - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12A) Adventure/ Action 2hr 22min Pulborough Village Hall

Pulborough RH20 2BF £7 Terri Ashpool 07711 470635 terriashpool@uwclub.net

GARDENS & HORTICULTURE

Sun 03 Sep 2:00 PM

Scheme: Garden Open Days: Parsonage Farm

Kirdford support NGS

charities including Macmillan Cancer Support. Parsonage Farm Billingshurst RH14 0NH £7 The hello@ngs.org.uk www.ngs.org.uk

Sat 16 Sep 2:00 PM Walberton Autumn Flower Show Walberton Gardeners Club are holding their very colourful flower show Walberton Village Hall BN18 0PJ £1 Events & Show Secretary walbertongcshows@outlook.com www.walberton -gardeners-club.com 07881 552980

HEALTH & FITNESS

Sun 10 Sep 9:15 AM Littlehampton 10K run for St Barnabas and Chestnut Tree House Hospices Littlehampton Promenade Littlehampton BN17 5GB £25 Katherine Dennis 01903 871820 events@stbh.org.uk littlehampton10k.co.uk

Tue 12 Sep 1:00 PM Sight Loss Awareness Day

Fri 08 Sep 11:00 AM

National Garden Scheme: Judy’s Cottage Garden Judy’s Cottage Garden Worthing BN13 2AE £5 hello@ngs.org.uk www.ngs.org.uk

13 Sep & 20 Sep 10:00 AM National Garden

Scheme: Open Garden and Wine Tour A fascinating vineyard tour with wine tasting Ashling Park Estate Chichester PO18 9DJ £8 hello@ngs.org.uk www.ngs.org.uk

In partnership with Blind Veterans UK Jubilee Hall Chichester PO19 7XY Free. Fundraising Team 01243 838001 fundraising@4sight.org.uk www.4sight.org.uk

Sun 24 Sep 10:45 AM Pulborough Vineyards Run Stunning views to the South Downs –undulating run / walk Nutbourne Vineyards Pulborough RH20 2HH £25 Rob Dale rob@getfitbootcamp.co.uk eventrac.co.uke/ pulborough-vineyards-run-4094

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MUSIC

Fri 08 Sep 4:00 PM Craig David in Steyning

Craig David presents TS5 with Ibiza Rocks DJ Patrick Nazemi. Wiston Park Estate Steyning

BN44 3DH £40 Summer Sounds Ltd hello@atompresents.co.uk www.wistonsummersounds.com

Sat 09 Sep 9:30 AM Downland Ensemble A Community Orchestra for all ages and abilities

Pulborough Village Hall Pulborough RH20 2BF Ros Allwood downlandensemble.org 01798 875804 downlandensemble@gmail.com

Sun 10 Sep 4:00 PM Katherine Jenkins & Russell Watson Katherine Jenkins and special guest accompanied by The National Symphony Orchestra perform for onenight-only Wiston Park Estate Steyning BN44 3DZ £45 Summer Sounds hello@atompresents.co.uk www.wistonsummersounds.com

Tue 12 Sep 7:30 PM

Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Liszt, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky Fairfield Halls

Croydon CR0 1JD £20.50 Fairfield Halls 020 3292 0002 groupsales@bhlive.org.uk www.fairfield.co.ukevents/budapest-symphonyorchestra-23#dates-and-times

Thu 21 Sep 7:30 PM Evening of Dixieland and Traditional Jazz The "Featherstone Jazz Four Plus Half" DRNK Coffee House, Lancing Manor

Leisure Estate Lancing BN15 0PH Free Derek Little 01903 249900 dglittle@ntlworld.com

Fri 29 Sep 7:30 PM Music concert ‘The Best of Autumn’ A charity folk concert St Mary’s church West Chiltington RH20 2JW £5 01798 812838 stmarys.westchiltington@outlook.com

Sat 07 Oct 8:00 PM An Evening with Charlie Austen A one-woman tour-de-force performing carefully crafted original songs. Empire Hall

Petworth GU28 0QB £10 Jim Kirke empirehall@gmail.com www.empirehall.org.uk

QUIZZES

Sat 02 Sep 8:00 PM The CancerWise 2023 Fundraising Challenge Quiz Supporting people affected by cancer across West Sussex £5 Cliff info@virtualquizevents.com www.VirtualQuizEvents.com

SALES & MARKETS

Sat 16 Sep 10:15 AM Garage Sale Home clear out Betulabrook West Chiltington RH20 2RU free Ian Carlson-Hedges 07957 870184 ian@carlson -hedges.go-plus.net

Sat 16 Sep 10:00 AM Pre Loved Fashion Charity Sale Treat yourself to some fabulous bargains!

Pulborough

Village Hall RH20 2BF The Mary How Trust lynda.vowles@maryhowtrust.org 01798 877640 www.maryhowtrust.org

Sat 16 Sep 9:00 AM Pulborough Market

Independent stalls with crafts, cakes, bread, eggs plus cafe and breakfast Pulborough Village Hall Pulborough RH20 2BF Terri Ashpool 07711 470635 terriashpool@uwclub.net

Mon 18 Sep 9:00 AM Arundel Farmers Market

Local growers, bakers, meat, poultry, flowers, plants and food and drink makers Arundel BN18 9AA www.arundelfarmersmarket.co.uk

Sat 23 Sep 9:30 AM Cheeki Monkeys Big Baby & Children's Market Buy or sell used toys, clothes and equipment. The Schoreham Centre BN43 5WU £1.50 delphine.cheekimonkeys@gmail.com

www.facebook.comCheeki-Monkeys-BrightonBN2-and-Shoreham-by-Sea-107135655022217

Every Friday 9:45 AM Storrington Community Market Volunteer run market selling locally produced cakes, biscuits, preserves, eggs, fruit, veg, crafts. Storrington Village Hall Rh20 Free Katie 07909 681884 katiebridge17@gmail.com

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REPAIRS

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TALKS

Tue 05 Sep 7:30 PM One of England's Treasure Houses talk But what about the people who lived in Petworth House through the ages Storrington Museum RH20 4LL Members £6 non members £8 01903 740188 storringtonmuseum.com

Tue 05 Sep 2:00 PM The Colour Blue. From Paradise to Poison An analysis of the popular colour Fittleworth Village Hall RH20 1JB Guests £7 Jackie jackiebuckler@sky.com 01993 411086 wwwtheartssocietywestsussex.org

Wed 06 Sep 10:00 AM Getting started with Ancestry.co.uk Get started with family and local history research. West Sussex Record Office Chichester PO19 1DD £7.50 Matthew 01243 753602 record.office@westsussex.gov.uk www.westsussex.gov.uk/ro

Mon 11 Sep 10:00 AM The Arts Society Steyning September Talk The Cult of Celebrity: Omai, The Exotic and Joshua Reynolds The Steyning Centre BN44 3XZ £10 visitor donation steyning@theartssociety.org www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk

Mon 11 Sep 7:30 PM WI Pulborough Meadows

Talk demonstration by professional hairdresser

Pulborough Village Hall RH20 2BF £3 Shirley Flint 07790 443492 shirleyflint27@hotmail.com

Wed 20 Sep 7:30 PM The History of Parham

House Sullington Windmills WI talk with archivist Lyndy Kessell Sullington Parish Hall Storrington RH20 3PP Liz Allen-Williams 01903 741078

ljaw2@hotmail.com

www.sullingtonwindmills.org

Tue 26 Sep 7:00 PM The Victorian and Edwardian leisure estate Talk on Victorian and Edwardian leisure estate c.1850-1914 West Sussex Record Office PO19 1DD £8 01243 753602 westsussex.gov.uk/ro

Wed 27 Sep 7:15 PM An American Rail Rover A railway photographic tour of America. Bassil Shippam Centre PO19 7LG £4 donation Roger chichester@rcts.org.uk 07403 885061

rcts.org.ukbranches/branch-chr-chichester Wed 04 Oct 10:00 AM Discovering wills and other probate records Get started with family and local history research. West Sussex Record Office PO19 1DD £7.50 01243 753602

www.westsussex.gov.uk/ro

Thu 05 Oct 7:00 PM Head Gardener at Sissinghurst talk on recreating Mediterranean Gardens Arundel Town Hall BN18 9AP £17.50 aga.sussex@gmail.com 07525 772 799 www.arundelgardensassociation.co.uk

Wed 11 Oct 7:15 PM Art in the Garden by Michael Joseph The use & benefits of artwork in the garden. West Chiltington Village Hall RH20 2PZ £3 visitors carys.pickett@btinternet.com 07792 817399 westchilthortsoc.wordpress.com

HEATRE

7:30 PM That'll Be The Day rock 'n' roll show 12 Sep at The Hawth Crawley RH10 6YZ £30 01293 553636 parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/thehawth/whats-on/thatll-be-the-day-873805 23 Sep at Worthing Pavilion Theatre BN11 3PX £28.50 boxoffice@wtm.uk 01903 206206 www.wtm.uk/events/thatll-be-the-day-4 30 Sep at Theatre Royal Brighton BN1 1SD £30-£33.50 info@prestigeproductions.co.uk 0844 871 7627 www.atgtickets.comshows/thatll-be-the-day/ theatre-royal-brighton/

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Tue 12 Sep 7:00 PM Much Ado About Nothing adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy The Hawth Theatre Crawley RH10 6YZ £16.50 07732 253311 www.thisismytheatre.com

Sun 17 Sep 3:00 PM Much Ado About Nothing adaptation of Shakespeare's much-loved comedy. The Paddock Upper Beeding BN44 3HZ £15 07732 253311 www.thisismytheatre.com

30 Sep - 1 Oct 3:00 PM The Big Picture - Tales of Shoreham-by-Sea An immersive theatre history trail Marlipins Museum Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DA £10 general@shorehamwordfest.com www.shorehamwordfest.com

WALKS

Sat 23 Sep 10:00 AM East Grinstead Town Tour East Grinstead Museum RH19 3BJ £6 Jonathan eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk 01342 302233 manager@eastgrinsteadmuseum.co.uk

Sat 30 Sep 7:00 AM South Downs Trek for Chestnut Tree/St Barnabas House Trek to support your local hospice Northbrook College

Worthing BN12 6NU £30/40 01903 871820 events-cth@stbh.org.uk www.chestnut-treehouse.org.ukevents/south-downs-trek/

Autumn Racing

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Tuesday 5 September

Wednesday 27 September

Season Finale

Sunday 15 October

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A View from the Bridge

Chichester Festival Theatre Fri 6 - Sat 28th October

On the Brooklyn waterfront, where the fierce passions of ancestral Sicily linger, the orphaned Catherine falls for her handsome, newly arrived cousin Rodolfo – an illegal immigrant. Their romance is encouraged by her aunt Beatrice but viewed with revulsion by her uncle, Eddie Carbone, who harbours an unspoken desire. As tensions rise, their story spins inexorably beyondcontrol.

Arthur Miller’s visceral and compelling drama is a timeless masterpiece.

The cast includes Jonathan Slinger (Crave at Chichester 2020, Hamlet, Macbeth at the RSC, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End) as Eddie; Nancy Crane (TV's Inside Man and Suspicion, Summer & Smoke, Chimerica at the Almeida/West End) as Alfieri; Kirsty Bushell (Regan in King Lear Festival 2017, Richard III at the RSC) as Beatrice; Rachelle Diedericks (Our Generation Festival ‘22) as Catherine; and Luke Newberry (When Winston Went to War with the Wireless - Donmar Warehouse, The Merry Wives ofWindsor andMacbeth - RSC) as Rodolpho.

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Andrew Griffith MP

MP for Arundel & South Downs, September update

Railway ticket office closures

I know that many in our community rely on the railways, myself included as a regular commuter to Westminster. The rail industry is currently consulting on the closure of ticket offices and instead deploying the staff out onto platforms to help customers – including at Arundel, Pulborough, Hassocks, Barnham, Angmering, Petersfield and Haslemere stations. Making sure the most vulnerable can still receive the assistance they need and that our questions at stations can

be answered is absolutely key. I submitted a response to the industry’s consultation, and I look forward to the conclusions of the call for views.

Planning reform

I know that for many local residents, unsustainable development on the green places that surround our villages and small towns is a significant concern. For that reason, I am pleased that last week we received positive news on planning reform that will prevent unsustainable housebuilding whilst still delivering the affordable homes that future generations need.

The key measures that the Government announced were a shift to focus on building in urban centres, to brownfield development and to protect green spaces. It means development will be focussed on cities such as London, Cambridge and Manchester and see them grow upwards rather than outwards – something that I advocated in my very first speech in Parliament. Andrew.Griffith.MP@parliament.uk

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Sussex Snippets

Charity & Community news from across the counties

Admissions open in September for Surrey Maths School - a new state-funded specialist maths school for gifted maths students aged 16-19, located in Guildford and serving the South East. The school, which is set to welcome its first cohort of students in September 2024, will be delivered through a partnership between Learning Partners Academy Trust and the University of Surrey. It will be a centre of excellence for studying maths and further maths at A level, along with additional A Levels in chemistry, physics, economics and computer science. Further information at www.surreymathsschool.co.uk

A series of online videos to help parents and carers support children to manage mental health conditions are now available. The videos can be seen at www.sussexcamhs.nhs.uk.

Horsham District Council’s fleet of street cleansing vehicles can now benefit from new allelectric sweepers for Horsham’s town centre The electric sweepers will deliver a reduction in carbon emissions in line with the Council’s corporate priorities to tackle climate change, as it aims to become carbon neutral by 2030.

Two new audio walking tours allow people to explore the South Downs National Park in the footsteps of eminent 19th century archaeologist Augustus Pitt Rivers and 20th century Petersfield artist Flora Twort; the free downloadable phone apps connect landscape, stories, and historic sites to these influential figures who were inspired by the area's heritage and nature. Search for “In Their Footsteps” on either the Google Play or the Apple Store.

The South Downs National Park's ReNature initiative has raised over £5 million in two years to fund biodiversity projects, already creating over 400 hectares of new wildlife habitats and improving over 4,000 hectares of existing habitats to support nature's recovery in the region. See more at www.southdowns.gov.uk/renature.

Did you know that West Sussex libraries offer free public computer and internet access, designated quiet study spaces, and research resources, making them great study spaces in addition to borrowing books; more information from local branches or call 01243 642111.

Sussex-based charity, Safe Haven for Donkeys, has launched an appeal to provide the critical veterinary care needed for thousands of donkeys and mules working in the brick kilns in Egypt. The charity in Haywards Heath has been working with a medical team in Egypt for the past few months to bring much needed treatment to these animals who work tirelessly in the desert heat, despite their long-standing health issues and living in constant pain. More details of the charity at www.safehaven4donkeys.org

The Ourstory Archive at The Keep in Brighton shows how the UK's most popular international Pride Festival began as a small annual march against Section 28. Sometimes called Clause 28, this was the Conservative’s government’s response to the LGBTQ+ community’s demands for equality in the late 80s. Becoming law in 1988, it banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality by local authorities. The LGBTQ+ people of Brighton fought back, forming ‘Brighton Area Action Against Clause 28’ or BAAAC28.

The strength of the LGBTQ+ community in Brighton today has its origins, in part, in the activism and the endurance of BAAAC28. Labour repealed the law in 2003. www.thekeep.info.

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Charity & Community News

School traffic restriction trial begins

A trial scheme to encourage pupils and their families to make active and sustainable travel choices for the school run was given the go ahead. The scheme will prohibit motor vehicles entering the road directly at Arundel CofE Primary School, Jarvis Road, – with motor vehicles prohibited between 8am to 9am and 3pm to 4pm, with exceptions for residents’ vehicles, businesses, Blue Badge holders, emergency services and certain others. The trial will run from 4th September until 4th March 2024, with constant monitoring using sensors to gather data from before and during the trial. The data will be reviewed after the trial to decide if a scheme should be made permanent, amended or removed. An public survey is available at www.yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/ school-streets.

Mini meadow for Yapton school

At the end of last summer term, some students at Yapton C. of E. Primary School got hands on with nature, creating a new mini meadow of wildflowers in their grounds with help from local housebuilder, David Wilson Homes. The housebuilder donated 30 build-your-own seed bomb kits to the school to aid the activity.

David Wilson Southern Counties, who is building its Ryebank Gate development on Drove Lane, also organised for its Design Manager, Roger White, to visit the school to deliver a talk on outdoor sustainability and the importance of nurturing local eco-systems. The children learnt about the role of wildflower meadows as well as bee boxes and hedgehog highways that the housebuilder has implemented at Ryebank Gate to encourage local wildlife populations to grow.

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Charity & Community News

Local housebuilder wins armed forces award

Local housebuilder Thakeham has been awarded the highest level of recognition for its support of the armed forces community. Under the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), Gold is the highest award for those organisations who pledge, demonstrate and advocate support for, and align their values with, the Armed Forces Covenant. With only 193 recipients of this accolade nationally, Thakeham is the only housebuilder in the South East to achieve this status.

Need a guest speaker? Ask Rotary!

Many Rotarians also belong to many clubs and other organisations and often are guest speakers on a whole range of topics. Members have noticed that many clubs, societies and organisations are struggling, particularly after the pandemic, to find good speakers who often command high fees. Rotary are therefore offering to provide first class speakers at no charge with either verbal or professional power point presentations with their own equipment. They can sometimes stand in at short notice.

The Rotary Club of Chichester has been going strong for 102 years. Rotary is the biggest international non-Government Organisation or NGO with 1.4 million members, in 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries. Big world wide projects can be taken on like end Polio which has been an immense success and has virtually eradicated the disease. On a local level, the club is involved with the local community. If you are interested, contact Richard Plowman, Vice President, the Rotary Club of Chichester on 07740 621812 or plowman.richard@btinternet.com

Expert advice on paying for care

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In Your Garden

Monthly gardening ideas & tasks by

Andrew Staib of Glorious

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Painted lady migration patterns and other migratory insects:

Every year, Southern England becomes the stage for a remarkable sight when 3.5 trillion flying insects, equalling the weight of 20,000 reindeer, migrate across the country! Among these in-sects are the Painted Lady butterflies, the subject of a recent discovery among scientists and butterfly enthusiasts.

The Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) has a 4-7.3cm wingspan and often populates dry open areas. Every spring they journey from their overwintering grounds in North Africa and the Mediterranean region to the UK, Asia and Northern Europe. These butterflies obtain average altitudes of 500m, can reach 30mph in favourable conditions, and can do a 9000-mile round trip from Africa to the Arctic Circle! For many years it was a mystery where Painted Lady butterflies went in the autumn, whether they died in the UK or made a return journey, as they fly at such a high altitude and could not be seen by butterfly observers. It was recently discovered that the Painted Lady butterflies do make a return journey in autumn, returning to favourable temperatures further South.

These butterflies are unique due to their migration being the longest-ever recorded flight for butterflies. These migrations can take generations, as they lay their eggs in the UK, and the offspring continue the migration South to southern Europe and North Africa, although not all participate, and some may not survive the harsh UK winters. As they undertake continuous, year-round mating, painted ladies are able to stop, breed and die at locations along the migration route.

How do they know when to start the migration?

The caterpillars of Painted Ladies grow while the days are lengthening, to then fly northwards, and when the days shorten the butterflies know to travel south to warmer climates.

Painted Ladies are the only butterflies found in Iceland and since the 1970’s their population has increased by 32%! In the UK they feed on, amongst other plants, Teasels, Ivy, Ragwort, Heather and Hawkweed.

Although the migration of Painted Lady butterflies is one of a kind, other migratory insects are worth keeping an eye out for.

Sometimes we experience mass migrations of insects in summer and autumn. Between 10 and 25 billion medium and large insects move back and forth out of regions in Britain. This includes hoverflies for example, where 4 billion come to and from Britain each year, and they are essential for pollination and natural pest control.

Mass migrations truly can be a shocking sight, for example in World War 2, military observers reported a ‘golden ball’ drifting over the channel and thought it was poison gas, only for it to be migrating Clouded Yellow butterflies.

Painted lady butterfly

We also host other insects on their migratory journeys, such as the Red Admiral. This butterfly is extremely common in spring and throughout summer too, usually spotted near flowers such as Buddleia. They make their journey from North Africa and continental Europe, arriving in the UK in Spring. They lay their eggs in the UK, meaning new butterflies are around from July onwards.

We also host Hummingbird Hawkmoths in Spring, which usually live in Central Asia and in the Mediterranean region. They are named for their similarity to hummingbirds, feeding on nectar using their long beaks. Hummingbird Hawkmoths have very good memories, and often return to the same flowerbeds every day at the same time. They breed in the UK, and due to their inability to survive the winter they make return migrations in Autumn.

If you are lucky enough, you might be able to spot a Monarch Butterfly which makes occasional, sporadic appearances in the UK. It is believed that strong winds may carry individual Monarch butterflies across the Atlantic Ocean

into the UK. They’re native to the US and can fly up to 100 miles per day. Migratory insects that visit the UK undertake incredible journeys driven by instinct and environmental cues, playing an important role in pollination, pest control,

Monarch butterflies

and ecosystem balance. Remember the next time you’re looking at a Painted Lady butterfly for example, it has taken 9000 miles and many generations to get there!

Where to go in September

September tasks

• Watering - keep up in sustained hot weather. For years now we have been having sunny and dry Septembers

• Top up mulch to retain moisture and keep weeds down

• Keep pinching out tomatoes

• Sow new rills of lettuce, radishes and spinach

garden developed by Lady Collum for over 40 years, it features a series of interlocking rooms, each one with a different purpose and feel - a herb garden, pool room, water rill room and classical sandstone summer house. The garden is lovingly tended with an eye for detail and simple colour palettes.

It is open to the public just a few days of the year: www.clintonlodgegardens.co.uk

• Prune the bigger shrubs that have finished flowering like Wygelia, Philadelpus, and Sprirea- cut out the old flowering wood back to new growth that next year’s flowers will bloom from. A harder cut of the Wysteria can wait till January so just lightly trim at the moment.

• Mow your lawn on a higher setting now to keep moisture in the grass to help mitigate against summer browning in dry spells

• Start planning where you want your bulbs to come out in Spring. You can order them online now for planting until November.

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Loft conversions with a view

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Horsham most sought-after region in W.Sussex

More people are moving to Horsham according to recent study

A new study conducted by conveyancing solicitors, Bird & Co, has uncovered the most popular regions to live in West Sussex, having analysed Office of National Statistics net migration figures.

The study breaks down the stats by County and includes statistics on net internal migration, average house prices and the average ages of people migrating to the region.

According to migration data, people moving to West Sussex are moving to:

1. Horsham, 640

2. Arun, 514

3. Chichester, 420

4. Worthing, 414

5. Mid Sussex, 390

6. Adur, 107

7. Crawley, -132

Based on ONS data from 2021 released in December 2022, West Sussex’s average house price is £498,117. In Horsham, the average house price was higher at £458,212.

In West Sussex, the majority of the population is below the age of 40, except for the district of Arun, where a significant proportion falls within the 65-69 age group.

The study also looked at the most popular counties in England and Wales, revealing the most popular places to move to. West Sussex came 7th whilst neighbouring Hampshire was in 1st place. Full report on: www.birdandco.co.uk

Time marches on

Financial advice for later life

Over the course of our lives, changing circumstances govern our financial requirements from bringing up a family, dealing with debt or providing for retirement or later life care. Some people are fortunate in being able to make suitable provision for the future whilst for many of us, retirement suddenly looms and we begin to wonder whether we will be able to sustain our present way of life.

For the over 55 homeowner, Equity Release is widely advertised as the way to enhance income, pay off a mortgage or other debts, provide help for family members or indulge in holidays or luxury purchases. Adrian Foulks of Advice for Later Life is an independent adviser specialising in financial issues for older people and he spoke to Sussex Local about the importance of close contact with clients when dealing with such matters. As each individual's circumstances and needs vary considerably, he said, it is essential that sufficient time is taken to fully explain the workings of equity release and to listen and respond

to the client's questions which are likely to be many.

Equity release is a big financial step and should not be entered into without thorough consideration. To this end, Adrian told us, a free no-obligation initial consultation is available when equity release or alternative options are discussed in detail and a ‘Key Facts Illustration’ is provided for the client. Clients are encouraged to take their time and Adrian will keep in touch to ensure that circumstances have not changed.

If you or a family member are considering equity release, make sure that you seek independent advice.

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Table Talk Foundation

Creating a healthier future through food education

In the UK, Obesity accounts for over 30,000 deaths each year with obesity levels having more than doubled over the last decade. Today, one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese and children in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to be obese as their more privileged peers.

Sussex based charity, Table Talk Foundation has a two-pronged mission – namely to deliver high quality food education and provide children with an insight into the hospitality industry, and to also provide mental and physical health support and financial assistance to the local hospitality industry.

The charity’s co-founder, Jessica Aggarwal, (inset picture right) says, “We believe this health crisis requires immediate intervention. We exist to create a healthier future by helping young people build better relationships with food through innovative and fun food education.”

The charity is also keen to provide support for the hospitality industry, which was hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to suffer from the increased cost of living crisis, rising operational costs, staff shortages and from meeting demands for increased sustainability arising from environmental concerns and climate change. “The hospitality industry is the UK’s third largest industry for employment and yet hospitality faced a staggering loss of £115 billon and over 660,000 jobs during the COVID19 pandemic. Hospitality businesses are three times more likely to fail compared to other UK businesses.” Jessica goes onto say that the charity believes that the hospitality industry plays a vital role in society. “We’re transforming the hospitality industry with a strong focus on mental wellbeing, physical health and financial support. We want to encourage more young people into careers in hospitality and support them every step of the way.”

All funds are spent directly in Sussex

The work of the Foundations is funded by a mix of grants, sponsorship and Industry Partnerships. Jessica expands on the roles each play in supporting the Foundation. “We have been fortunate enough to receive generous grants from several trusts and foundations committed to creating positive change. These include The

Band Trust, Enjoolata Foundation, Fonthill Foundation, Focus Foundation and The Lawson Trust. “Through the kindness and dedication of local people and businesses who’ve sponsored local schools, we've managed to raise over £20,000. These sponsorships not only provide vital funds but also help foster a sense of community around our mission.” Additionally, the charity is, Jessica says, “Proud to collaborate with hospitality businesses that have found creative ways to raise money through customer donations. Initiatives – like adding one pound to a bill or featuring a “Cocktail of the week” – have collectively raised over £43,000. The dedication of our Industry Partners exemplifies the spirit of the hospitality industry.”

Table Talk Business Club – offering monthly events in the best independent hospitality venues in Sussex

Table Talk Foundation also has a sister organisation and Community Interest Company: “Table Talk Business Club, has been instrumental in our fundraising efforts,” and is an exclusive club for executive-level owners and key decisionmakers holding monthly events at “The best independent hospitality venues in Sussex. These events not only raise awareness of our mission but also generate vital funds to support our ongoing work.”

Founded in 2021, the charity has grown extremely quickly - from a Summer Party thrown to launch its mission to a Festive Feast in December –raising £60,000 in its first year. In 2022, the organisation hosted “nine inspiring fundraising events, raising over £40,000 – generating awareness and excitement for the Foundation and

our mission,” and March this year saw Sussex Showcase 2023 raise £22,500 for table Talk Foundation over seven days, “Fourteen chefs with twelve Michelin stars, two Great British Menu Winners and one Masterchef: The Professionals winner amongst them, collaborated to bring guests a one-of-a-kind food experience, in the most exciting restaurants Sussex has to offer.” Future events include a Christmas Party in December andSussex Showcase in March 2024. The charity is staffed by a combination of a small number of paid staff and volunteers – trustees as well as ad hoc volunteers who fundraise and help out at events - and is, Jessica tells me, now at capacity with current staffing levels. In 2024, the aim is to recruit another chef to grow the team and meet increasing demand.

“All this growth requires more funding so our main challenge will be to bring in more donations and partnerships to ensure we can keep moving forwards.”

Ensuring the generosity of the local people is put directly back into the immediate community. When I ask how much support the charity receives from the local community, Jessica is emphatic. ”A lot! Our School Sponsorship, Industry

Partnerships and Table Talk Business Club members are predominantly Sussex based. Those attending our events and bidding at fundraising auctions are also mostly from Sussex. We believe in creating an ecosystem whereby the generosity of the local people is put directly back into the immediate community.”

The foundation also works with the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Adopt a School Trust, which brings chefs and hospitality professionals into primary schools, helping children develop healthy eating habits, enthusiasm, interest in food and learn about the hospitality industry. Table Talk Foundation has donated £50,000 Your one-stop destination for all your hair and beauty needs in Arundel, our hair and beauty salon is the perfect place to relax and indulge in some self-care.

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to the Trust which sponsors the Foundation’s full-time Sussex-based chef and delivers food education across the Sussex region.

“I learnt so much and had such a fun time – this was the best day of school ever!” Brodie, aged 11 Table Talk Foundation has delivered food education to more than 30 schools and holiday clubs, helping over 1,200 children make informed choices and eat better, teaching skills and knowledge that will foster healthy choices throughout children’s lives. In 2022-2023 the Foundation, in partnership with Adopt a School Trust, raised £200,000 to build a bespoke training kitchen at Plumpton college. From where they can offer Chef on a Farm sessions that give children a hands-on farm-to fork experience. Jessica says, “Sessions started in May and we’ve been overwhelmed with positive feedback.”

“It was wonderful to see the children using the skills Chef John had taught them in a real kitchen. Being able to create their own lunch from scratch would have been the first time most of them would have experienced anything like it.”Primary School Deputy Head Teacher.

This year also saw the Foundation launch its Hospitality Training Programme, featuring eight

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sessions and networking lunches. Entirely funded by charity fundraising, the programme is designed to develop critical skills, knowledge and industry connections to hospitality professionals in Sussex. Jessica says that feedback has been positive – with one hundred percent showing “an improved confidence rating in their ability to open safe conversations around mental health and to signpost appropriately.”

“I will be recommending that members of my management team attend future sessions.” –

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Table Talk Foundations believes that, “By defending the health of individual children and fighting for industry sustainability, we’re investing in a healthier, more prosperous society. A society that celebrates fresh, whole foods, the joy of cooking, cooking from scratch and a hospitality industry that serves its community and looks after the wellbeing of its employees.”

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Table Talk Foundation, One Bell Lane, East Sussex BN7 1JU. Phone: 07795 033 060

Email: info@tabletalk-foundation.com

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Peace Celebrations & Dinner - 1919

By Allen Misselbrook, Yapton & Ford local history

This month I am indebted to several well-known figures from Yapton’s past whose foresight has provided me with the material to write this account of the village Peace Celebrations. Out of a combined population of 850, 153 men left Yapton and Ford to fight in the Great War, 31 did not return. But what of the men that fought and did return.

Researches show that the number of men from Yapton, per head of population, who went to war was one of the highest in the country.

Celebration Records

A few months after cessation of the hostilities, a committee, under the Chairmanship of Revd. Whatley of the Chapel, was formed in the village to organise a Peace Dinner for the returning service men. This committee included Mr. McCoombes, a local builder, who kept the accounts for the celebration. This he did meticulously to such an extent that he kept all the invoices, receipts and dockets which he passed down to his grandson, James Diggance, well known in the village as a member of the Postmaster family. James (Jim) allowed schoolmaster and local historian, Dennis Vardy, to photocopy and publish them in his series of Yapton Chronicles. It is this account that I have used as the basis of this article.

The celebrations were planned in two parts. Firstly, at the end of July, a village ‘Gala’ was arranged to take place, possibly in the field behind Bonham’s Farmhouse. The organisers used local shops and suppliers where possible. Bread, for example was supplied by Wm. Bartley of Berea Court Bakery, now ‘The Old Bakery’ in Church Road.

His bill for 70 Gallons of bread and 500 rolls was £3-3s-4d. where a gallon of bread was made from a gallon of flour and weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces (approximately 3.94 kgs.). Another shop, Collins, in Church Road was the source of Night Light Candles as well as butter, sugar and sweets. Milk was purchased from Mr. W. Baker’s Dairy, behind the Shoulder of Mutton pub, and from Sparks Dairy attached to Church Farm. George Chandler’s shop, Bilsham Stores, was not left out, he also supplied sweets as well as butter and tea. Even more sweets, 500 bags, came from the old Post Office which was owned by the Diggance family.

Fireworks

The finale of the evening was supposed to have been a grand firework display. The fireworks costing £5 were purchased from Henry Smart’s shop in Arundel and stored in a Shepherd’s Hut behind the Black Dog pub. Sadly, local youths broke in, stole the fireworks and set them all off. To save the day and because of the time factor, replacements were ordered directly from Brock’s Fireworks of Crystal Palace.

Peace Dinner

The second part of the celebrations was in the form of a ‘Peace Dinner to the Returned Warriors’ held in the Clubroom of the Shoulder of Mutton pub on the 30th October. The meal included Ham, Beef, Mutton and various vegetables followed by a selection of deserts and ending with cheese and biscuits. This sumptuous spread was all washed down with 44 1/2 gallons of beer. They were entertained with a programme of songs sung by local villagers. A fitting thank you for the men who had risked their lives for their homeland.

To contact Allen Misselbrook on a local history matter please email: allen@yaptonhistory.org.uk

1920sShoulder ofMutton Bakery

Peace dinner receipt

Village Gala

Fire at the Swallow Brewery

Part 1 by local historian Mark Phillips

Just before 4pm on Tuesday, August 18, 1863, an article in the Sussex Journal tells us that a ‘… conflagration broke out in Mr Constable’s Swallow brewery, in Queen Street, Arundel, which, for the fierceness with which it raged, and the rapidity with which it caught up and destroyed everything within its reach, has not been equalled anywhere in this neighbourhood for a long time past.’

The Swallow Brewery was a large building located on the south side of the bridge fronting Queen Street. In 1863, the first of two Bridge Hotels stood on the site where Martlets Court is now located.

Next door was Mr Constable’s house, followed by his brewery that ran all the way along just past where today's Co-op ends. Within this row of retail premises one can still see walls and rooflines of the earlier brewery building. Just past the end of the brewery were a row of six cottages (three of which still exist) that finished at Queen’s Lane. Behind the cottage nearest to the town ran a long narrow court containing a terrace of eight or nine rather dilapidated timberframed thatched houses, running from east to west, from Queen Street to Fitzalan Road.

The Swallow Brewery consisted of a series of buildings behind a later single frontage ‘…built chiefly of timber, tarred and thatched with the gables fronting the street, with a somewhat antiquated appearance’. At the time of the fire, the southern part of the building was let to Mr Chat-

At the rear of the brewery was a stable and coach house belonging to Mr Constable; it was a simple spark from the brewery engine chimney falling on this thatched building that created the forthcoming inferno. Although the small flame was spotted, ‘… the men of the brewery attempted to subdue it, but being dry, it quickly spread totally out of their control.’

Just before 4pm the *hue and cry rang out, the alarm raised and the borough fire engine immediately summoned. Shortly after it arrived it was pumping water from the river Arun and hosing down the flames. By this time the fire had taken an uncontrollable hold on the coach house and spread to the southern end of the brewery building.

Suddenly and without warning there was a huge bang and the flames shot over three adjacent thatched roofs with such speed, it quickly became obvious that the engine was having no effect in suppressing the fire. The firemen had to reluctantly accept that the southern end of the brewery, along with Mr Chatfield’s wheelwright’s shop, could not be saved.

The heat and smoke were so intense at this point that the men struggled to manage the engine and took to covering their heads and faces with jackets and aprons wetted from the hose.

It was decided to move the engine along to the cottages at the south end of the premises ‘… towards which the flames were rapidly proceeding’. Many of the residents and owners of the properties stood across the road in silent horror, watching the terrible devastation and wondering what, if anything, would be left.

*Hue and Cry - To warn/request assistance from others by shouting loudly. This was previously a legal requirement to warn others of criminals and danger. This ceased to be law in the early 1800s but many towns retained the custom as it was very effective. Part II to follow next month.

By Mark Phillips

Constable's Swallow Brewery - c1880

Swallow Brewery with Wagons outside

The Swallow Brewery - c1878

Sussex Walks - Sept & Oct 2023

These are the “Heart Smart Walks” run by Chichester District Council. They must be pre-booked up to 7 days in advance, see below.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the walk. All walks finish at their starting point unless otherwise stated. These walks are led by volunteers and if the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled. Full programme of walks available on www.chichester.gov.uk/heartsmart

IMPORTANT: You must pre-book all walks on chichester.gov.uk/heartsmart or call 01243 521041

Thurs 7th Sep – 10.30am – Redford - Duration: 2 hours. / 4 miles.

A moderately hilly walk around Woolbeding includes sections of Lipchis Way and the Serpent Trail.

Meet: Redford - Linch Rd Car Park. SU864253 ( Nearby postcode GU29 0QD )

Sat 9th Sep – 10.30am - Mill Road to Black Rabbit – Gentle Pace - Approx. 1.5 hours / 3.5 miles

Flat riverside walk, 1 stile. Mill Road car park to Offham, return via Black Rabbit.

Meet: Mill Road car park by the river in town centre (charge) BN18 9AA.

Wed 13th Sep – 10.30am – Iping, Stedham & Woolbeding - Duration: 2.5hrs – 3hrs / 6.75 miles.

A longer walk with stiles, Iping and Stedham Commons and the River Rother. No dogs please.

Meet: Iping Common Car Park SU852220. GU29 0PB

Thurs 14th Sep – 10.00am – Wisborough Green - 5.5-6 miles / 2.5-3 hours – Sorry no dogs.

Meet: Park at the green in the laybys

Fri 15th Sep - 10.30am – Petworth Park – Part 1 – Ancient Tree Walk - Duration: 1.75 hrs / 3 miles

Part 1 of the Ancient Tree walk is a fascinating walk through the Park trees from 350-800 years old

Meet: Petworth Park, NORTH Car Park. Bring National Trust card or cash (£3) for Parking.

Mon 18th Sep – 10.30am – *Suitable for Beginners* Chichester Canal - Duration: 30mins / 1 mile.

A flat walk at a gentle pace, suitable for beginners.

Meet: Chichester Canal, Basin Road, Chichester PO19 8DT.

Wed 20th Sep – 10.30am - Climping - Gentle Pace - Duration: 1hr 15 mins / Approx. 3 miles.

Along dunes and beach then across fields to Ferry Road and Rope Walk to the Yacht Club.

Meet: 10.30am at Arun Yacht Club Car Park, Rope Walk, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DL.

Wed 20th Sep – 10.30am – River Arun to The Stokes - Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins / 4.8 miles

A lovely walk through woods and a stretch of the River Arun, which will be muddy if it has rained.

Meet: Amberley Station Car Park, BN18 9LR

Fri 22nd Sep – 10.30am - Angmering Park and Hammerpot - Duration: 2 hrs / 4 mile

Mainly flat walk through woods and meadows.

Meet: Car park in the woods at the Dover BN18 9PX. Map reference: TQ061065

Tue 26th Sep – 11am – Midhurst Jubilee Walk & South Pond - Duration: 45 mins / 1.5 miles.

Various flat walks around Midhurst at a gentle pace passing interesting historic buildings.

Meet: The Grange Leisure Centre, Bepton Road, Midhurst, GU29 9HD.

Wed 27th Sep – 10.30am – Cocking & West Dean woods - Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins / 6.5 miles.

A moderately strenuous walk with some steep gradients. Will be muddy if it has rained recently.

Meet: Cocking Hill car park (nearest postcode GU29 0HT)

Sat 30th Sep – 10.30am - Walberton Fields *New Walk* – Gentle Pace - 1 hr 15 mins / 2.5 miles

Walberton Church along headlands via nurseries. Flat, may be muddy.

Meet: Walberton Village Hall car park, The Street, Walberton, Arundel, BN18 0PQ.

Wed 4th Oct – 10.30am – Chidham Peninsula - Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins / 5 miles

A reasonably easy, flat walk with panoramic views of the harbour. Some beach walking, no stiles.

Meet: Cobnor Farm Amenity car park, Chidham Lane, PO18 8TD.

Fri 6th Oct – 10.30am - Goodwood Country Park - Duration: 2 hrs / Approx. 4 mile

Woods around Goodwood and Halnaker with a long climb on the return journey. PO18 0PS

Meet: Free car park on right after passing Goodwood racecourse (not opp. the course), SU897113

Be a Friend of the South Downs

If you love the South Downs, then you should join the only membership organisation dedicated to looking after them. As of this year, The Friends of the South Downs has been working to protect the area for 100 years.

The threats to the Downs may have changed over the last 100 years, but we still remain vigilant to protect the natural beauty of the area, promote access and conserve the landscape. We monitor all planning applications in the South Downs National Park to ensure that they will not damage the landscape and we fund conservation projects such as path improvement and replacement of stiles with kissing gates to improve access. We also run projects to encourage children to know and use the Park.

Our Centenary in 2023 provides a great opportunity to celebrate the Downs and includes a number of significant events and activities

• Stimulating talks

• Themed walks and strolls and a cycling festival

• Lottery funded projects to help children learn about the Downs

• A project to improve a footpath for wheelchair use.

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Feel like you’re failing with your goals?

By Heather Smith

It’s hard to make changes consistently

In fact, most people I meet have a pretty good idea of what they need to do in order to reach their health and fitness goals, but struggle to put things into action.

Set yourself up to win!

When you feel stuck and as if changes just won’t stick, set yourself up to win.

Pick one thing you can do today which is so easy that it would be ridiculous not to do it.

Make yourself do whatever it is today, whether you feel like it or not. Then, count it as a win.

Maybe tomorrow you’ll feel like you can do a little more – or perhaps you feel you’re better to do the same thing again for a

few days before you add on any more. There’s no right answer. Setting things up so you win often is a great way to give yourself some positive experience with your goals.

When you win, you want to win again

Your goal becomes something you can successfully take steps towards, and not an unsurmountable task – and that makes the mental portion easier.

Never underestimate the power of taking small steps consistently. Things don’t have to be perfect for you to be winning.

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Nutrition for children

Helping youngsters to make good food choices

Childhood is a particularly important period for forming positive behaviours related to nutrition. Children who learn and practise positive eating habits from an early age are likely to make healthy choices when they grow up. Here we explore some ways to help promote positive eating behaviours: stick to regular meal and snack times.

• A regular eating pattern that forms the basis of a healthy, balanced diet

• Providing three meals, and two or three snacks a day is ideal for children

• Keeping mealtimes regular creates predictability and encourages a healthy appetite

• Set a good example

In the long term, children and young adults are more likely to learn from how we behave rather than what we tell them. The more we can be a role model about healthy eating habits the better! Set an example to your child by showing them how you make healthy choices and how you practice positive eating habits; this could be

something as simple as choosing to eat a wide variety of foods, or by ensuring you drink plenty of water. Also, family mealtimes offer an excellent opportunity to teach children good eating patterns as well as a time to connect and talk to each other.

Children love to get involved in new things, so why not get them to help in the kitchen? Cooking with kids and getting them involved in the meal preparation process may encourage them to try new healthy foods. Small children could be responsible for setting the table, any mixing or stirring and washing fruit and vegetables. Older children could get involved with preparing the shopping list, chopping, and peeling! For more information and tips including healthy recipes, visit www.heartresearch.org.uk

PILATES BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

DATE: Saturday 9 Sept 2023

VENUE: St.Mary’s Church Hall, Clymping, BN17 5RB(Next to Ford prison)

TIME: 10am -1pm // 3 hours + refreshments

PRICE: £45 max 12 people in workshop

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Enjoy learning the basic principles of pilates. This will enable you to join existing classes

Clymping, St Mary’s Hall, BN17 5RB

Tues: 10am bona bones, 11.15am chair and standing | Weds: 6pm inter/advanced | Thurs: 10am level 2

Arundel, Cathedral Centre, London Rd, BN18 9BA Thurs: 6pm level 1(Beginners) & 7pm level 2

Contact Carole Barker

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Comté stuffed mushrooms

On sourdough toast

Ingredients – serves 2

(For all ingredients visit us at Village Larder. Squires garden centre, A24, RH20 3BP)

• 4-6 medium-large flat mushrooms

• 125g smoked bacon, cut into small pieces

• 1 banana shallot, finely chopped or whizzed in a food processor

• 1 garlic clove, crushed or use a food processor

• 4 tbsp rolled oats

• 1 tsp Carla’s rosemary seasoning

• 1 tsp Carla’s piri piri seasoning

• 50g Comté cheese, grated

• 4 slices toasted sourdough

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200c fan. Wipe any dirt from the mushrooms and remove the stalks, then finely chop the stalks, and set aside. Place the mushrooms on a baking tray flat side down.

2. Fry the bacon in a pan for 8-10 mins until starting to crisp, then add shallots, mushroom stalks, and garlic, fry for a further 5 minutes.

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3. Remove from the heat and add the oats and seasonings to the pan, mix well so the pan juices start to absorb into the oats. Spoon the mixture into the hollows of the mushrooms and sprinkle with the grated Comté cheese.

4. Bake for approximately 10-15 minutes until the cheese has melted and serve with toasted sour dough. Find all ingredients at the Village Larder and follow us on Instagram and Facebook for more weekly meal inspiration - @village_larder @mr_mrscheese

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Marwell zoo visit, PE award, singing festival & leavers service

Rainbow Class visit Marwell Zoo

Our boys and girls had a wonderful trip to Marwell Zoo. They were blessed with the weather and the children's behaviour was exemplary. Thanks to the staff who organised this and all the wonderful parents who supported this trip.

ACE attains the highest grade you can get!

Well done to all the children, parents and staff who have helped us achieve the highest mark you can get for a National Award. We received the highest score for our Physical Education Provision, which looks at sport and opportunities we provide through competitive and non competitive activities - we attained a Platinum Plus grade for the 3rd time in our history

ACE at the locality singing festival 2023

The children's choir's brilliant performance at TLA not only showcased their musical abilities but also led to fabulous applause and cheers from the attendees. Mr Servant, who led the

choir and was supported by Mrs Stacey, Mrs Stanford and Mrs Simpson, chose a current and edgy song and it was lovely hearing the beautiful solos by Ottilie and Amber.

Year 6 Leavers’ Service

Our Year 6, as always, made us proud with their exemplary behaviour at the Year 6 leavers’ service at Chichester Cathedral. It was so amazing that even the vicar who led the service commented upon and said, basically, ‘I can see with your children's behaviour and attitude and this banner why your school is called ACE’. Thank you to those parents and grandparents who were able to attend this special event.

Amberley C of E Primary School

Hood winked & sports day

As I write this, it is the start of the Summer Holidays and it is a welcome break from all the busyness of school life. The end of the school year was marvellous with many exciting events happening! Hoodwinked!

Amberley's KS2 Production of Hoodwinked was incredible from start to finish. From the staging and costumes, to the jokes and dances, the pupils in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 did a sterling job. What was particularly impressive was that the show ran smoothly, with no (or incredibly little) support from the adults in front of the stag; once the stage lights were up, it was the pupils who shone the brightest. A massive thank you to Mrs Phillips and Mrs Walker for putting the show together and pushing through rehearsals with no stage for a period of time! Thank you also to Mrs Philpot, Miss Kinnane and Mr Armitage for

staying behind the scenes to support the pupils during the two performances.

Sports Day

We were blessed with beautiful weather for Amberley’s annual Sports Day! The children took part in a carousel of multi-skill activities as well as taking part in running races. The house, Dragons, were this year's winners - well done to thembut ALL the children were fantastic participants. It was lovely to see so many parents join us for the afternoon; thank you for coming. A massive thank you goes out to our PE coach, Matt Dingle from 1:1 Football Performance Coaching, for organising the whole event.

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ACE children at singing festival

St Philips Catholic Primary school

Roundup from the summer term

Southern Rail Trip for Year 6

The children in year 6 had the opportunity to visit Southern Railway at Bognor Regis train station. They learned how to plan a journey and travel safely. This was good preparation for the children, as they begin their transition into secondary school and develop their independence.

Sports Day

St Philip’s had their annual sports day. The sun shone and the children enjoyed moving around the different events. There was an abundance of family support and encouragement for all the children. We had some student helpers from St. Philip Howard who did a great job of supporting each sporting event, the staff and the children. The overall winning house team this year was Brotherton, who held the cup high and did a lap of the track as the school cheered on.

St Philip’s Singing Superstars

Back in June, some of our Singing Superstars attended the ‘Celebration of Song’ at The Littlehampton Academy. They had the opportunity to sing on the stage in front of over 400 people. They sang alongside 6 other schools and performed to their parents. Finally, the children combined as one big choir at the end to sing a joint song.

Sussex Green Living Workshop Day

One of our Year 6 children, Amara, requested a visit from Sussex Green Living. They came into school and carried out two workshops in each class. They helped to remind us about the important role each of us plays in saving the planet. Their remit was to inspire the younger generation to want to reduce, reuse, refill, repair and recycle.

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Walberton Parish Council Update

for September 2023

Extracts from minutes of the Full Council (11th July) and Finance & Legal Committee (18th July) meetings.

Application for a 20mph speed limit

Through The Street is being progressed.

Funding for public buildings

Section 106 funds have been received from the Avisford Grange development for the Village Hall, Pavilion improvements and car park. Funds have been allocated as directed by Arun District Council. A draft Transfer Deed has been received regarding the Tennis Courts but clarification is required from the solicitors on several points.

Work regarding allotments & community building

The Fontwell Meadows play area should be opening up in the next few weeks. Insurance cover is to be arranged. Work continues on the Community Building and allotments. Fontwell’s telephone box has been repainted.

Access to 500 service bus stop

Residents’ concernsregardingcrossingFontwell Avenue to access the new 500 service bus stops

were received. The Council will contact the County Council to request consideration of safer crossing facilities and details of any safety audit undertaken. Options to supplement this service within Walberton are being considered.

Meetings with school headteacher

Regular meetings with the school Head have been arranged to identify areas in which assistance can be given in either direction. The school will also support the application for a 20mph speed limit on The Street

Progress on the Walberton pond headwall emergency stabilisation was reported.

Roadside weeding proposition

It was recommended that the Council sets a target of a South & South East in Bloom award or similar over the next few years. Extra roadside weeding was discussed.

Five applications for the Clerk’s post have been received; interviews are ongoing. The Clerk retires at the end of August.

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