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Winner: Lorna Hutchin from Worthing. Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. Finish the crossword and fill out the box below with the letters from the shaded squares. Work out the anagram

October anagram solution: JOURNEY

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2 Santa's helpers (5) 5 _____ Christmas! (5) 6 _____ ____ fairy (5,4) 8 Frozen rain (4) 9 Circular decoration (6) 12 Santa's means of entry (7) 13 Tree decoration (6) 16 Striped sweet (5,4) 19 Tree topper (4) 20 Film starring Martin Freeman (8) 21 Santa's lead reindeer (7) 22 Kris _______ (7) 23 Dr Seuss's green Christmas villain (6) 24 Little _______ Boy (7)

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By local historian Chris Hare

Historian, Chris Hare, has just published a book about the Sussex writer, Hilaire Belloc, who lived variously, at Slindon and Shipley. In this article Mr Hare looks at some local references in Belloc’s writings. A well travelled man Belloc was a man of immense energy and activity. At the height of his career he was constantly on the move. On one occasion he travelled across Europe to Russia by train - just so he could visit the scene of a battle he was writing about and then returned home – all in a matter of days. Several times he crossed the Atlantic in a rickety old steamer to deliver lectures in New York. Moreover, Belloc was frequently involved in political and theological controversies. Belloc’s Storrington connection He was a Member of Parliament for five years, but made himself few friends as he could not abide the ‘party system’ and he resented being told how to vote by the whips. Such a man as this needed an escape – a refuge – and he found it in Sussex. For nearly fifty years he lived at Kings Land at Shipley, but he was always visiting other parts of the county as well. He frequently called upon the monks at Storrington, where he found peace in silence and holy contemplation –On Monks I did in Storrington fall, They took me straight into their Hall; I saw Three Pictures on a wall, And Courtesy was in them all. Belloc’s Slindon connection Belloc’s grew up in Slindon and his mother continued to live there until her death in 1925 at the grand age of 95. Belloc wrote many essays about the countryside around Slindon. There was one about the mowing of a field and another about a tramp he met on his rambles, who seemed to have more wisdom than many of the priests and politicians Belloc was in regular contact with. He particularly loved to walk the old Roman road through Gumber Wood and imagine the travellers that had passed that way over the centuries –A star in heaven by Gumber glowed, An ox across the darkness lowed, Whereat a burning light there stood Right in the heart of Gumber Wood. Across the rime their marching rang, And in a little while they sang; They sang a song I used to know, Gloria in Excelsis Domino. South Country accents and folk songs Belloc loved the traditions and customs of the Sussex country people, especially their lilting South Country accents and their folk songs, which affected him very deeply. He wrote his own songs in the folk idiom. Some were so good that many people today beCredit: www.belloc-broadwood.org.uk lieve they are ancient and traditional –In half-November off I go, To push my face against the snow, And watch the winds wherever they blow, Because my heart is high; Till I settle me down in Steyning to sing, Of the women I met in my wandering, And of all that I mean to do in the Spring, Which nobody can deny, deny, Deny, deny, deny, deny, Which nobody can deny! Free talk events on Hilaire Belloc I will be talking a great deal about Belloc and his Sussex connections at two events to launch my new book, Hilaire Belloc, the politics of living, due to be published in late November. The details are as follows –• Thursday 1st December, Worthing Library lecture theatre, 7pm. • Thursday 8th December, Steyning Bookshop, 7.30pm. Both events are free and there is no need to book in advance, although you are advised to arrive in good time to be sure of a space. More information about Hilaire Belloc can be found at www.belloc-broadwood.org.uk