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May 2016

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Apple Trees & More

ART FOR HEALTH

WHAT’S ON May Events

The benefits of getting creative by Lynn Smith

LOCAL HISTORY

By Valerie Martin

PLUS Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Community News, Local Groups, Local Charity, Local Business Directory

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Welcome...

The summer is upon us already and this means the annual round of summer fairs, fetes and shows are starting up.

We’re delighted to once again be offering a chance to win tickets for the Sussex Country Show at Parham on page 17, 17 as well as a family membership to Amberley Museum on page 15.

15 Plenty to do in the garden of course, and this month Andrew considers the options for planting your own apple trees, trees starting on page 35.

35 The hectic lives many of us lead mean that finding ways to relax and take time out is vitally important. Lynn Smith talks to Sussex artist Richard Potter on the benefits of art as a purposeful activity, a way of dealing with trauma and working through life’s challenges - page 28.

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June Deadlines Bookings, editorial - 1st May Finished artwork, events - 7th May

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On page 16 we have a real treat for fans of eighties music. Tom Bailey, Bailey lead singer of the chart topping band the Thompson Twins is appearing in concert at the Concord 2 in Brighton in June, June and we have a pair of tickets to give away in a prize competition. Plenty of time to enter so we hope to hear from you soon!

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Amberley Traditional Crafts Weekend 28th - 30th May Win an Amberley Museum annual family membership Many people are now reverting back to traditional crafts, both as a way of making a living, as a second top up income, or just as 'hobbyists'. Whichever category they come into there is usually a great passion involved, those involved are more than happy to chat about how and why they started, and you can often find where stones, wood and other materials are sourced from, with much of it being local to Sussex.

Below are details of some of the crafts on display at the Traditional crafts weekend (sponsored by Covers and Seymour and Lisle Ltd) taking place on Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May. You can take a ride around the site for free on the historic bus or narrow gauge steam railway.

Bodgers & Woodturners - The Sussex Bodgers produced stool legs for milking stools as dairy farming played a large part in the local landscape.

These along with wooden bowls were farm produced using green wood (wood that has just been cut down). The Amberley Bodgers still use the traditional methods and the woodturning has now been taken to a new level with electric lathes producing finer artistic ware, usually using seasoned wood. Both the Bodgers and Woodturners are resident craftsmen at Amberley Besom brooms - Traditional Birch or Heather twigs made into a head and attached to a handle usually hazel.

Walking stick maker - Every farmer and shepherd would craft one from local hedgerows.

Jewellery - Originally stones were threaded onto gut or vine and worn around the neck - Sussex has a long beach where stones were collected Spinning & Knitting - Using the abundance of Southdown sheep fleeces after spinning into wool it was knitted into jumpers or woven.

Bricks - Wealden clay much sought after for high strength engineering bricks. Dew ponds were formed where clay was dug and made and fired into bricks, quite often you will find a dew pond very close to a brick bridge, saving transport.

Smithing - The art of forming metal into useable items by heating and the hammering into shape. Every village and hamlet had one, horse shoes, fire pokers, spades and forks, farm equipment. The better ones made edge tools, billhooks, scythes, hooks.

Lace - One of the oldest forms of garment enhancement, collars and bodice's on dresses, wedding dresses, doilies for covering water jugs, dressing table items. The bobbins are mostly turned wood now with ivory and bone being used in the past, some were whittled with knives.

Quilting - Originally small pieces of fabric were sewn together mostly old clothes, made into bed coverings.

Pottery - Goes back almost to the beginning, rough shaped wet clay pots formed and bakedResident tradesman Tree work - was manually done with axes and 2 handled saws made by the local blacksmith and bodgers. This work is now done by chainsaws and rotovators have replaced spades and forks which were also made by these local craftsmen.

Much of what is bought from crafts people will generally outlive commercially produced items and often become passed down heirlooms.

For the chance to visit the Traditional Crafts weekend for free enter our competition below to win an Annual Family Pass worth ÂŁ67!

Win family annual membership Q What are Besom brooms handles usually made from?

A: a) Hazel

b: Oak

c: Ash

Send answer and your name, address, daytime telephone and email to: Amberley Museum Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email all the above details to: competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after closing date 20th May 2016.

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Win a pair of tickets to see Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey and his new band At Concorde 2, Brighton on Saturday 19th June For nearly three decades fans of the Thompson Twins have been waiting for more live performances from one of the most iconic bands of the eighties.

Now The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, with a new band, will be touring and performing the Thompson Twins hits in 2016.

Formed in 1977, the original Thompson Twins trimmed down their line-up in 1982 to a three piece of Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway as they adopted a more electronic synthesizer based sonic line-up.

The Thompson Twins enjoyed big success on the US dance chart with ‘Lies”, ‘In the Name of Love’ and ‘Hold Me Now’ all reaching No 1.

In 1988 they had another No 1 dance chart hit in the US with ‘In the Name of Love 88”.

The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey is back after 27 years playing a special one-off club date at Brighton’s Concorde 2 on Saturday 19th June!

Tickets are available from: Box Office: 01273 673311 www.concorde2.co.uk/events/tom--bailey www.concorde2.co.uk/events/tom Tickets (advance) - £24.00

Win a pair of tickets!

Q What year were the original Thompson Twins formed?

A: a) 1977

b) 1969

c) 1975

Send answer and your name, address, daytime telephone and email to: Thompson Twins Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email all the above details to: competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after closing date 31st May 2016.

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Win a day ticket to The Sussex Country Show Parham Park, Storrington - Saturday 18th June and Sunday 19th June To celebrate the Sussex Country Show’s silver jubilee, Countryman Fairs is giving away 5 adult oneday tickets worth £15 each to the hugely popular two-day event, which is being held in the grounds of Parham Park on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June.

As the county’s largest countryside-themed outdoor event, Sussex Country Show is on track to welcome more than 32,000 visitors again this year. The show boasts a comprehensive itinerary for Sussex Local readers including the all-new Clay Shooting Festival, Fieldsports Arena, a fun pigeon plucking content for children, nail-biting Chudleys Gundog Championship and have-a-go airgun ranges.

brating its 25th anniversary this year. CEO Ian Harford commented: “Every summer British families are spoilt for choice when it comes to keeping the kids entertained – there are hundreds of country shows on offer each weekend. However, the quality of Sussex Country Show’s attractions and itinerary speaks for itself – the event has stood the test of time and goes from strength to strength each year as more and more people visit.”

Advance tickets are available from just £12 per day. Tickets bought on the day cost £15 each.

Remember – accompanied children aged 15 and under can enter the show free of charge! For more information on the show and the chance to enter an exclusive competition to win a 30-minute flight in a Spitfire over the English Channel, visit: www.sussexcountryshow.co.uk.

There’s something for all dog lovers – everything from fun have-a-go events for the family pooch to competitive working dog tests for trained gundogs.

The schedule also includes a novelty pet dog show, terrier racing, simulated coursing as well as gundog demonstrations, scurries and a clinic in the arena.

Plus there’s a comprehensive have-a-go itinerary for the whole family including gundog handling, clay shooting, survival camp, field archery, falconry and ferreting! The jam-packed show also offers more than 200 exhibition stands, picnic areas, a crammed Main Arena schedule, children's entertainment, food festival, Spitfire aerobatic display, craft and antiques fairs and live folk music.

Run by award-winning event organiser Countryman Fairs, the much-loved two-day event is cele-

Win a 1 day ticket to The Sussex Country Show!

Q Which wellwell-known brand has returned as title sponsor for this year's Gundog Championship?

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a) Chudleys Dog Food c) Furniture Village

b) Heinz

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Local Walks - May All walks are led by friendly, trained volunteers - please do check with th the organisers for full details and for any last minute changes to routes or meeting points.

Health walks are 30 – 90 minutes, supported by Walking for Health & Horsham District Council Level 2 & Level 3 are more challenging, for fitter walkers, supported by Horsham District Council Sun 1 2:00pm Houghton 4.4 miles 2hrs 15mins Level 3 Whiteways carpark Mick Denness 01903 745971 Mon 2 10:00am Pulborough Brooks 5.5 miles 2+ hrs Level 2 RSPB Reserve, Wiggonholt, Pulborough Irene 07790 420752 Tue 3 2:30pm Warnham Circular 2.5 miles 90mins Level 2 St Margaret’s Church, Church St, RH12 3QP. Jill 07780 701184 Thu 5 10:00am Warnham 6.2 miles 3hrs Level 2 Sussex Oak pub, Church Street, RH12 3QW Tony 01403 269232 Sat 7 2:00pm Fryern Park 3 miles 1hrs 15mins Level 2 Glebe Surgery CP, Monastery Lane, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sun 8 9:30am Rudgwick Brickworks 4-5 miles 2hrs Level 2 The Milk Churn, Rudgwick Brickworks, RH12 3DH. Pauline 01403 240419 Mon 9 10:00am Kingsfold 5 miles 2hrs 15mins Level 2 Owl Public House, Kingsfold Mike 01403 242564 Tue 10 6:30pm ‘There & Back’ to Nuthurst 4+miles 3hrs Level 3 South Lodge car park Pauline 01403 240419 Wed 11 7:00pm Loxwood 3 miles 1hr 15mins Level 2 Loxwood Surgery, Farm Close, RH14 0SU Pete 01403 784042 Sat 14 8:30am Three Woods Walk 8 miles 3hrs Level 3 Glebe Surgery CP, Monastery Lane, RH20 4LR Mick Denness on 01903 745971 Sun 15 10:00am Highden Hill & Windlesham 4.6 miles 1hr 45mins Level 3 Chantry Hill cp, Chantry Lane, Storrington Mick Denness on 01903 745971 Mon 1 10:45am Rowfant Circular Mill Pond 4 miles 90mins Level 2 Rowfant Business Centre cafe, RH10 4NQ Pat 01342 712591 Wed 18 10:30am Storrington Riverside Walk 2.5 miles 90mins Health Storrington Recreation Ground cp, RH20 4PG Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sun 22 8:30am Amberley Wildbrooks 5.7 miles 2hrs 30mins Level 3 Rackham Old School, RH20 2EU Mick Denness 01903 745971 Mon 23 10:00am Wisborough Green 7 miles 2hrs 45mins Level 3 Village Hall cp Wisborough Green, RH14 0DU Mike 01403 242564 Tue 24 10:00am Southwater Footpaths & Lanes 5.5 miles 2.5hrs Level 2 Car park of the Country Park, RH13 7UN Lynne 01403 268157 Wed 25 10:45am Rowfant Circular - Tulleys 4 miles 90mins Level 2 Rowfant Business Centre cafe, RH10 4NQ Pat 01342 712591 Sat 28 8:30am Chanctonbury and Wiston 6.5 miles 2.5hrs Level 3 Washington South Downs Way Car Park Mick Denness 01903 745971 Tue 31 9:40am Rural walks around Pulborough 2.5 miles 90mins Health Pulborough Recreation Ground car park Mike P 01798 874319 Tue 31 2:30pm North Heath Hall; Labyrinth 2 miles 1hr Health North Heath Hall, St Mark's Lane, RH12 5PU Jill 07780 701184 Arun Adur Ramblers – see www.arunwww.arun-aduradur-ramblers.org.uk for more details Wed 11 10:00am Sat 14

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20 Charity & Community Sussex Snippets Aspire Sussex Adult Education Autumn / Winter brochure launches on 6th June and features hundreds of courses available across West Sussex. For early bookers – Aspire Sussex offers all students a 10%* discount on the tuition fees of any course(s) booked between 6th – 30th June inclusive, students aged 65 plus will receive a 15%* discount.

Contact: For a copy of the new brochure:communication@aspiresussex.org.uk or Tel: 0345 6 01 01 61 www.aspiresussex.org.uk *Please note these discounts are not available alongside any other concession offered by Aspire Sussex Ltd. A social media campaign aimed at raising awareness about Cystic Fibrosis has been launched: the ‘Breathe With Me’ Strawfie Challenge, asks participants to try breathing through a narrow drinking straw for at least 60 seconds, seconds with a pinched nose, simulating the experience of people with cystic fibrosis who often have to struggle to breathe. The second part of the challenge is to take a ‘straw breathing selfie’ or ‘Strawfie’ and post it online, nominate friends to

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SUSSEX LOCAL take part and make a donation to either the Sussex based Love Your Hospital charity or to the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust – for the May campaign participants are asked to wear yellow lipstick (the brand colour of the CF Trust) or paint two yellow stripes on their cheeks. www.breathewithme.info Worthing based charity The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (QAHH) has been awarded the Quality Hallmark Award at Beacon status by the Gold Standards Framework (GSF), for their end-oflife care. GSF accredited care homes are a hallmark of excellence in their area, and Beacon status is their very highest award and is not given often, so is a real achievement for the QAHH, which achieved top marks, earning 50 out of 50 total credit points available. www.qahh.org.uk The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO brick animal trail, trail the only one of its kind in the UK, is launching at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre on the first May Bank Holiday weekend and is anticipated to be a massive hit. This is the first time these amazing characters specially created for WWT will be seen in Sussex among the real life animals that inspired them. wwt.org.uk/ legobrickanimals After more than a year’s work collecting reminiscence of peoples’ childhoods, family life and upbringing Brighton Toy and Model Museum’s Toys in the Community project is making its debut. The Toys in the Community project has been launched to coincide with Brighton Toy and Museum’s 25th anniversary and aims to act as an archival resource for people to record their memories of childhood and play, the exhibition will be in situ at Brighton Toy and Model Museum during “Museums at Night” on 12th of May. Contact: 01273 749494, Toysinthecommunity.org Garden ponds are important for wildlife and are an attractive addition to any garden no matter the size. Sussex Wildlife Trust is running a course, led by wildlife pond expert ‘Pete The Pond’ on 7th May, to guide you through choosing the materials and equipment required to build a healthy pond, which is a haven for wildlife, and demonstrate pond building in action. www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

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22 Charity & Community THiNk Mobile Cooking Courses THiNk cook is a new, mobile Community Interest Company, based in West Chiltington, providing tailor made cooking courses to teach children, teenagers and adults a cooking skill for life. THiNk cook was set up in January 2016 by Heather Liley, Nikki Steggles and Tracie Anderson – a qualified Teacher and two technicians, who between them have 38 years “teaching” cooking experience, and who felt that there was a need to teach and promote healthy eating and cooking. A range of themed cooking courses, including Wild West cooking and an Italian Feast, have already been delivered to Years 5, 6 & 7 at Rydon Community College, and there will be further courses aimed at University Students, teaching them how to “cope without mum,” and courses for the disadvantaged and teen mums. To book a course, contact: enquiries@thinkcook.co.uk.

Worthing Symphony Orchestra Reaches Out A large, framed concert poster signed with a

SUSSEX LOCAL personal message by superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti to music students at Davison School has sealed a special link with Worthing Symphony Orchestra. It is part of a new outreach initiative by WSO, to recognise local schools’ contribution to music in Worthing and the wider area.

Davison C of E High School for Girls is the first to respond by sending a party of students to a live WSO concert at The Assembly Hall. They sat together in the best vantage point to view the full orchestra - the balcony - and during the interval, WSO artistic director and principal conductor John Gibbons presented Benedetti’s messaged poster to the girls, who were there with their teachers Susannah Mitchell, the music head, and Will Fryer.

Nicola Benedetti wrote on the poster: “To the musical girls at Davison! Keep up the practice and listen to as much music as possible! Love, Nicola Benedetti xxx.” WSO schools and colleges party tickets scheme: 01903 202331.

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Sussex Probation Staff Recognised Joanne Wood, Senior Probation Officer with Kent Surrey & Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC) has been presented with a prestigious national award and her colleague David Morris, Support Services Assistant, a sought after Commendation from the Butler Trust for their work in the field of rehabilitating offenders.

Joanne and David received their awards from the Butler Trust's Patron, HRH The Princess Royal at a ceremony held at St James's Palace in London.

The Butler Trust Annual Awards, now in their 31st year, recognise outstanding contributions by people working in UK prisons, probation and youth justice.

Joanne, who covers Sussex as part of a team, has been granted an Award, one of only ten given each year, for outstanding dedication and allround excellence in her work with persistent prolific offenders.

Support Services Assistant David, based in KSS CRC Worthing office, received a Commendation, one of 20 given each year, for the high level commitment and quality he demonstrates in all aspects of his role. www.ksscrc.co.uk www.butlertrust.org.uk

Charity & Community 23 Run ‘Bright10’ for QAHH West Worthing based charity, The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (QAHH), is calling on local people to join their running team, and help raise vital funds for disabled ex-Servicemen and women. Bright10 is a 10-mile road race, along Brighton & Hove seafront and takes place on Sunday 16 October. QAHH has 25 charity places for this year’s race available on a first come basis, and now is the ideal time to start training.

Contact: Samantha Stokes, Community & Events Fundraising Officer for QAHH, on 01903 218444 or email samantha-stokes@qahh.org.uk

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Winner: Richard Button from Findon Village. Congratulations and thank you to all who entered.

Entries to: Sussex Local Crossword, PO Box 2237 Pulborough, RH20 9AH or scan and email the page to crosswords@sussexlocal.net.

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Risotto Primavera Risotto full of spring vegetables - great for vegetarians too Ingredients (serves 4): 150g each of asparagus tips, broad beans and small courgettes 1tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped 200g Arborio or other risotto rice 750ml hot chicken or vegetable stock 50ml Vermouth or dry white wine 110g fresh Parmesan cheese, finely grated 50ml double cream 2tbsp flat leaf parsley, shredded

Method: 1. Pod the beans and cut the courgettes into not too thin slices. Blanch the asparagus and beans for 2-3 minutes, then add the courgettes for a minute. Drain and refresh immediately in very cold water, then drain well.

2. Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion until softened. Add the rice and stir until coated in oil. Add about one third stock to just cover the rice, then simmer gently stirring as the liquid is absorbed.

3. Continue adding the stock gradually as it is absorbed, until all the liquid has been added. This could take about 15 minutes or more stirring often.

4. Stir in the vegetables, Vermouth, most of the cheese and cream. Stir until most of the liquid is absorbed, but the final risotto should very soft and creamy. Check the seasoning, sprinkle with parsley and the rest if the cheese before serving.

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Want to be better off by next year? if you heed some of these tips you should be better off.

1.Reviewing your spending Pull out 12 months of bank statements and see if there are any patterns you don’t understand, or direct debits you should have cancelled. Unused gym memberships are a classic waste of money.

2. Get organised Label a box “Next Year’s Records” and place it in your office. Use this as the place where you put everything that has anything to do with your tax and finances. It will be a massive help when it comes to completing your tax return”.

3. Set some goals Outline your financial goals, such as reducing debt, or using up your tax allowances. Being proactive with your finances can pay dividends, literally, and regularly reviewing all of your finances is a good habit to get” 4. Clear your debts Interest paid on credit cards is dead money and often expensive, so it makes sense to eliminate these debts, which can carry double-figure interest rates, before putting money into savings, where you typically earn interest of less than 1%.

5.Check your Credit Rating If you are looking to buy a property in the next 12 months, check your credit rating. We all presume our credit rating is fine, but that is not always the case. You can easily check this on line at Experian.co.uk, or Noddle.co.uk.

6. Get the best Loan Historically low interest rates could be disguising the fact that you are paying more than you need to on your home loan. Someone with a £200,000 mortgage who is on the average standard variable rate of 4.81% could save £2,926 in one year, by moving to a deal charging the average 2-year fixed rate of 2.56%.

7. Pay into a Pension Contributing to a pension can reduce your income tax liability and take you below the higher-rate threshold.

8. Be cautious in retirement If you are drawing income from a pension pot, check that you are not taking out too much and risk running out of money. Take out no more than the annual yield on your portfolio. If you have a collection of pension pots it is a good idea to consolidate them to make them easier to manage.

9. Make a Will If you have a pension pot, or indeed other investments, you should not forget to nominate who will be the beneficiary in the event of your death.

10. Use your ISA Allowance effectively If you haven’t made use of your ISA allowance, we

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11. Maximise Tax Breaks Invest in an ISA, if you don’t already have one 12. Don’t forget the CGT Allowance This £11,100 Allowance helps to ensure that a portfolio of holdings outside an ISA or SIPP is not “pregnant” with gains at this time helps you to access the capital in future.

13. Switch Savings Account Make sure your savings are not languishing in poorpaying accounts.

14. Maximise your Personal Allowance Savers should make use of the new Personal Savings Allowance. It allows basic-rate tax payers to earn £1,000 of interest annually before paying any tax.

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Creativity4Wellbeing

Richard Potter

Helping discover the benefits of creativity.

By Lynn Smith Many of us enjoyed art as schoolchildren, but for most of us this creative outlet will have ended once we left behind full time education. However, recently there seems to have been a resurgence in creative pastimes for adults – every railway station bookshop has racks of adult colouring books and, now, join-the-dots books on display.

There have been scientific papers supporting the idea of art as a life enhancing occupation, for instance in 2010 the American Journal of Public Health published a review titled, The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health, and the benefits of creative/art themed

pastimes have been expounded in books, such as Art as Therapy

by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong – all endorsing the idea that becoming involved with creative pastimes can have a positive impact on health and wellbeing.

Sussex based artist Richard Potter needs no convincing, he is a firm believer in the benefits of art as a purposeful activity, a way of dealing with trauma and working through life’s challenges.

Richard sees creativity as a means by which people can rediscover a sense of belonging and personal empowerment and just under a year ago he launched his website Creativity4Wellbeing ¬fulfilling his long held dream of “creating a website full of inspirational art activities… a gift and a free resource for anyone to use and benefit from.”

Richard has always been interested in “the cathartic side of art and how it can absorb people in a mindful way.” His own experiences of depression and anxiety provided him with the impetus to “… do as much as I can for people with mental health needs and for communities.” He studied Media and Design at university before taking his PGCE in Art and Design and teaching for six years. With this background, it seemed natural for Richard to create an online resource once the software became available, and having worked in advertising for four years, as a graphic designer/illustrator he already possessed the design skills and know-how necessary to get the site up and running.

Creativity4Wellbeing took around six months to build and has now been running for five months, offering a free creative art resource for everyone – parents, facilitators and groups, with an underlying theme of ‘wellbeing.’ The website is designed to share ideas and make it easier for people to start their own activity group or art workshop in their community, to benefit others.

When first researching his ideas for a website, Richard says that he, “couldn’t find a site like Creativity4Wellbeing … I did notice some good blogs with a few art activities on some… if there

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30 Charity Profile are instructions they often seem over complicated and likely to put people off. I think that people (understandably) want to protect their knowledge and art but I want open things up and make creativity/art freely available.”

With this in mind, Richard has made the website as user friendly as possible, with instructions that he hopes are as clear as possible. His objective for the website is to encourage people to discover purposeful activity, self-esteem and activity as part of a group. His hope is that the website will, “take the fear out of creativity and make it simple for people to make use of,” to enable people to lose any preconceived beliefs that art might be ‘this’ or ‘that’ or might be the domain of an art elite. He goes onto to explain that, “I’ve chosen the “Wellbeing” theme as I’m not an ‘art therapist’ and because (that) label might be a barrier to some. I also think that art is for us all and not just for ‘artists’ and art critics and those receiving therapy.”

Creativity4Wellbeing is entirely self-funded by its creator, and Richard is keen to raise awareness and promote the website, which he hopes will evolve and generate events where he can talk about the benefits – he is booked to give a talk to the Eastbourne and District Green Party in May – and organise workshops. He already facilitates a Thursday afternoon workshop at the Towner Gallery (AiM) in Eastbourne and is considering organising a conference next year to raise awareness. Richard is also interested in developing creative activities to help refugees and personnel in the armed forces, who may be suffering with Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and as a means to help alleviate the suffering of those with mental health needs.

Richard also feels that it is important to think globally when helping others, and he encourages people who have benefited from his website to consider making a donation to charity TaskBrasil, which helps the street children of Brasil. He has hopes of visiting the charity at some point in the future to “spend time using the site creatively for them.”

It is still early days, but Richard says that he has

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One message in particular has, in Richard’s own words, “made the whole venture worthwhile.”

Richard received a message from a woman whose husband had recently passed away, leaving behind his wife and their six year old son: “She Example of messaged me with heartfelt East Asian ink thanks for the website wash painting because it has enabled her and her son to use these activities to work through the grieving process.”

With regard to user-friendliness the website has a number of dropdown menus that take you straight into a variety of activities designed to inspire and invite people to participate. Activities range from simple projects, such as finger and hand painting, through using cut outs, papier-mâché or paper casting, and moving onto photography and 3D artwork – all of which could be used effectively by

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Throughout the website are links explaining ideas, s u c h a s Mindfulness, and there are lots of ideas contributed Example of 3d Gargoyle artwork by other artists and art makers. Many of the activities require very little more than items you might have around the house, or garden, already or than can be picked up cheaply from a stationers. Even the section on photography requires no more specialist equipment than a camera phone. Illustrated throughout with colourful images, to inspire even the most reticent, the site offers ideas to appeal to all tastes and abilities. Within the 3-D tab, there is also a section on using found items creatively.

a more creative way – whether something as simple as doodling for ten minutes, or creating a manadala (take a look at the website: 2D projects/ Activities II) – and Creativity4Wellbeing offers a range of ideas that are bound to appeal to anyone wishing to explore self expression through creativity.

Creativity4Wellbeing: www.creativity4wellbeing.com/ Twitter: @richardkpotter www.richardkpotter.wix.com/richard or follow on Facebook and Pinterest.

Everyone must benefit from a “staring out of the window” moment, that downtime from whatever is next on the agenda. Being a devotee of the aforementioned dot-to-dot books I can vouch for the therapeutic qualities of using that downtime in

Pensions Freedom 1 year on

By Richard Cohen JP FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner When the idea of allowing the over 55s to access their pension whenever and however they want was announced the fear was that people would take their entire fund and spend it in one go leaving them with nothing to live on in retirement. Just over a year down the line those fears seem unfounded. Whilst we’ve seen tweaks to how people are drawing money, for most people it’s been very much “business as usual” with most retirees after a sustainable income to last the whole of their life with at least some of their fund.

The main ways of doing this, by either purchasing an Annuity or taking withdrawals via Drawdown, have not changed but the new rules have certainly raised awareness of the latter.

schemes. The wider, more tax efficient options on death combined with the greater flexibility during your lifetime make a personal pension a more attractive option in many cases.

Once their core lifetime income needs are met an increasing number of people are happy to use the remainder of their pension to fund luxuries for a number of years, knowing that this portion of their fund will run out at some point in the future.

Ironically the changes that came in have meant that in some cases whilst the pension is now fully accessible, it has in fact become the last place you should actually draw money from. Pensions are fully inheritable without liability to inheritance tax, not just by spouses but also children, grandchildren and anyone else you chose. Therefore drawing money first from assets that would be subject to inheritance tax can be a better option. This is even more the case when you take into account that withdrawals from an asset such as an ISA are always tax free but withdrawals from a pension may well be subject to income tax. Now, more than ever a pension should be seen as just another asset in a mixed portfolio and a mix of tax wrappers.

We’ve also seen an increase in the number of people looking to review old final salary pension

See www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review call Sarah Gray on 01903 821010

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens

Is your garden without the Queen of all Trees –The Apple?

Apple trees are the very heart of a garden. The Romans started the first cultivars from wild apple trees then took them wherever they went.

There are now over 7,000 cultivars! They herald the beginning of Spring with their gorgeous pretty blossom, they create a lazy puddle of shade in Summer and they herald the beginning of Autumn with their red bubals of sweetness, staving of any fears we might have of impending winter. Yet during the Winter they undergo a complete transformation, turning from pretty maidens into lichen bearded, warty crones!

But every garden needs one –they are friends to wildlife and give the garden a romance and timelessness.

Designing an Orchard or planting your single Apple Whether you are designing an orchard or just need to select a couple of fruit trees for an empty corner of your garden similar garden design principles apply.

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Location - Make sure your site is sunny. At the very least an apple needs 6 hours of sunlight a day to ripen it’s fruit.

countryside check how many companion apple trees you will need to make sure pollination happens.

Drainage - A slight slope is preferable as apples hate waterlogged soil- if you are in heavy clay you need to prepare the planting hole with as much organic matter as you can. In the long term the trees might still struggle. If you are desperate use drainage pipe under your tree with the pipes going to an outlet somewhere else in the garden.

Size and Type - There are many dwarf apples now that are just a few foot high that can be grown in pots. Or you can go for column shaped trees such as Ballerina if you have a tight space. There also are Family apples that can have three different varities of apples on the one small tree. Whatever you buy check what rootstock it is grown on- as they can get 30 foot high!

Soil - Even though you can get alkaline tolerant apples they like a slightly acid soil best.

Wind - Wind can play havoc with the formation of the trees structure as well as deter the pollinating insects as it whips around the branches so try to create a hedge or windbreak to protect your new tree- and use sturdy stakes. On some rootstocks they need stakes for the whole of their lives.

Pollination - If you are in an established urban setting the chances are someone will have an apple tree in the same Pollinating Zone as yours but if you live in a new development or in the

Lastly check for disease resistant varieties.

Good luck and happy planting- and what a present they make!

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Flesh Eating Knotweed

By Chris Ennis FRICS Many of you won’t be reading this text until the latter part of April, but you might like to know that on or about the first day of every month, I write the article that will appear in the next issue of ‘Sussex Local’. I have been doing this since the magazine appeared in Findon some 9 years or more ago.

Each month it becomes more difficult to find an appropriate topic upon which to write my allotted 360 words. When I saw the headline news flash ‘Flesh eating knotweed’ issued by a respected surveying source, I immediately knew that the good residents of Findon and High Salvington should know more about it.

Now, I know that flesh eating plants exist since I have seen them in Borneo. A species of ‘Pitcher Plant’ grows large enough to devour a rat, but more commonly they feast on flies and other bugs.

The European cousin of the pitcher plant is the exotic ‘Venus fly trap’ which can be purchased locally. Had one of these local plants escaped, I wondered?

The press report indicated that a mutated form of the Japanese knotweed plant had been found to

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secrete digestive enzymes from its toothed serrated edged leaves, and in this way it devours flesh. Apparently, the plant has a liking for rabbit’s tails, and unusually, feeds mainly at night. The threat to the Nation’s rabbits was considered so severe that a free training course for surveyors had been hastily arranged.

Now I was very alarmed as I considered the implications of this news. I know that the more normal strain of Japanese knotweed exists in Findon, and is easily recognisable by its green heart shaped leaves; its red/purple shoots, and bamboo like canes. I know the plant to be very fast growing, destructive, and difficult to eradicate.

Will this menace spread throughout Worthing? Will rabbits become an endangered species? Will Donald Trump become the US president?

I then read the footnote to the article, and realised I had been taken in … It was the 1st of April, and it was all an April fool prank. We all know that there is no fool like an old fool!

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Findon Valley Residents’ Association With HM The Queen celebrating her 90th birthday on 21April 2016, celebrations across the UK will take place over May and June.

The FVRA is pleased to announce a ‘Royal Front Garden Competition’ for all Findon Valley Residents to enter. So start planning right now and make sure that your front garden will be ready for judging in early July. Michael Jones Estate Agents will be sponsoring this event with prizes for the ‘Royal Winner’ and the runner-up. During May you will be able to get registration forms from their office in King’s Parade to complete and put in the competition entry box. Let’s see loads of fantastic eye-catching and colourful front gardens around Findon Valley for our independent judges to look at!

Stuart Coxhill wins his £10 Wyvale shopping voucher and a bottle of wine courtesy of Jacobs Steel. Stuart’s photo, ‘Crepuscular Rays’ can be seen here and full size on www.findonvalley.org.

April is here and your chance to be this month’s winner! Why not go in your garden and take a photo of your plants and bushes… some visiting birds or other creatures? Or perhaps you can ex-

plore the countryside either side of Findon Valley and take a stunning photograph showing Mother Nature at her best… some woodland animals, a sweep of bluebells or other wildlife? The choices are endless!

Email your photo to environment@findonvalley.org by 30 April 2016 and include your phone number, photo caption and the location where it has been taken in Findon Valley within the email message. Best of luck!

Are you wearing the best SPF for your skin?

Summer’s on its way, holidays are booked and it’s time to buy your sun cream to protect your skin. Buying sun cream can be confusing - what factor do you go for, what’s going to be best for your skin?

There is little evidence to prove an SPF 50 which has a higher chemical content is giving you more protection than a SPF 15. It’s also very important when buying an SPF that is has UV A and B protection, UVB is the ray that produces your vitamin D and can cause skin cancer but UV A is the aging ray which is around all the time even when not exposed directly to the sun.

Essentially UVA is aging us all the time so ideally you should wear an SPF daily.

Hopefully this information will help you find the best SPF for you, my personal favourite SPF is ESPA Pro defence SPF 15 or Environ RAD SPF 15 available in our Broadwater spa.

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Adolf Hitler's Connection with Cissbury Ring How “the Führer” was found on Cissbury by Valerie Martin Hill. Timber on the seaward side of Cissbury Ring was extensively cut during the 1914-18 conflict.

Above: Cissbury Ring from the late Betty Ockenden's garden at York Cottages in Nepcote in 1996.

I have discovered that during the First World War, practically nothing was done to adapt Cissbury Ring above Findon in West Sussex for military purposes, beyond making use of the rifle range in the deep coombe below the eastside of Vineyard

During the Second World War, Cissbury Ring was brought within the Sussex Defence Scheme. Excavators dug trenches and the residue chalk was piled up on the inside of the area. Gun emplacements were regrettably sliced into the Iron Age ramparts and also placed on the higher ground on the Ring's summit. A breach was made to make way for a large gun, which fired at ships at sea and an anti-aircraft gun was sited in the hollow beside the breach. There were great masses of tangled barbed wire everywhere, a constant reminder of the enemy's nearness.

In November 2004, I heard from Peter Archbold in Ashburton, South Island, New Zealand...

"Valerie… Cissbury Gun Emplacements… I cannot recall seeing any 4 inch gun emplacements on Cissbury Ring. I used to poach rabbits there too 1943-44.

There were numerous observation dugouts all round the edge of the Ring, all well hidden. They were "unoccupied" in the days that I (and a few others) roamed the area and we assumed that they were put in during the "Invasion Scare" period of 1940. None could have held anything bigger than a LMG. or a PIAT. Possibly - probably? - there were guns on the Ring too in the early days of 1941… Perhaps 25 pdrs?

Just guesswork.

The only guns I can recall are two 6 inch guns at Grand Avenue - but in 1940 all things were possible! Perhaps a gun (guns?) was sited up on the Ring while the static emplacements on the Front were being constructed?

Best wishes, Peter.

Here is an explanation of the Tank Road at Cissbury Ring. There was at the beginning of the Second World War, two pathways ascending Cissbury Ring on the northern scarp. The lower was an ancient prehistoric track and the upper was converted during the war into a road for vehicles, such as tanks and is now known locally as the Tank Road.

This road cut through the old dew-pond to meet the lane leading down to Nepcote (Findon).

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42 Local Places Therefore, the lower track is the Prehistoric Track..... and the higher is the official Tank Road.

The above is a photograph of Cissbury Ring in the 1940s. Some of the scarring on the landscape could be the result of army manoeuvres on the hillside.

How Hitler came to the Cissbury hillside. Here is the full unabridged story of how der FĂźhrer was found on Cissbury Ring. In 1942, when the Ring was under military occupation, a soldier who was obviously a jocular wag, adept at carving, deftly chiselled the shape of a man's head from a block of chalk. The artefact was buried on Cissbury. It was duly recovered and the object d'art was promptly forwarded to the museum in Worthing with a note that it had been dug up on Cissbury.

News quickly spread of its discovery. Could it be the bust of some long forgotten Roman general who had been stationed on the summit centuries ago? To the cynical, the sculpture was rather suspect from the outset. No one was really surprised when it was officially revealed to have no Roman ancestry at all and more likely twentieth century.

The facetious craftsman had executed the artistry to roughly half life-size proportions. It appeared rather as a sculptured gargoyle seen projecting from the guttering of some Gothic church architecture. The somewhat gruesome face had been embellished with a Hitler-like growth above the upper lip. It could have been his double. It was a good prank while it lasted.

It must be remembered that soldiers only spent a small part of their time on Cissbury Ring in tank or rifle practice and preparing for battle. There were times when nothing particular was going on and they would perchance pick up a piece of wood or chalk from the hillside and whittle away at it ..... art in the trenches evolved!

Before the end of hostilities, the offender owned up to his somewhat outrageous deed and it was revealed as a light-hearted practical joke. The furore subsided and the subject of this folly was ruefully and quickly condemned to a store cupboard in the Worthing Museum. The hoax became part of the unwritten history of Cissbury - and the grotesque block of chalk did not see the light of day again.

Right: Second World War remains above South Lodge, to the north of the track leading to the top of Church Hill....date photograph... 1997.

At the conclusion of the war, efforts were made to remove all vestiges of its destruction to the countryside. Bulldozers were used to fill in the trenches on Church Hill and Cissbury Ring. Attempts were also made to restore the damage carried out to the earthworks where the gun emplacements had stood on Cissbury Ring.

When roaming the windswept ramparts of Cissbury Ring, the walker may now survey the scene from a different perspective. Past history recalls a special Cissbury atmosphere through the ages, whether from the toiling of the ancient flint miners or the humorous deception of the presence of the Chancellor of the German Reich.

Further wartime revelations can be read in Valerie Martin's website www.findonvillage.com

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Boiler & Central heating installations & upgrades Radiators OIL & GAS Engineers Powerflushing Servicing Landlord certificates 01903 791491 Plumbing 07584 650669 www.sussexboilerreplacements.co.uk

Shoe Repairs

Peter May & Grandson MASTER SHOE REPAIRERS 2 Cotswold Road Worthing BN13 2LA Incl Collection &Delivery Service Cut while you wait

01903 695 255 Open Mon-Fri & Sat am 07990 884 327 petermayandgrandson@hotmail.co.uk

Tiling

Reiki

Tree Surgery.

Roofing

01903 873 365 07517 368 468 rbdakin@aol.com Fully Insured - NPTC Trained & Qualified

SUSSEX TREES & HEDGES

STEVE CHISWELL Roofing & Building

New roofs, Chimney repairs, Re-pointing, UPVC fascias/guttering, Flat roofing, Leadwork. Est. 30 years

YOUNGER ROOFING Flat Roofs Slating /Tiling UPVC Soffits Fascias Guttering Lead work Free estimates

Roofing since 1988

No VAT

Removal

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• C r o w n R ed u ct i o n • D e a d W ood i ng • G a r de n C le a r an c e • F u l l y Q ua l if i ed • Fully Insured

Garry Miller 07786 447 554 sussextrees and hedges@hotmail.co.uk

01903 872365 07801 295889

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For all aspects of Tree Surgery • C o m p l e te

01903 713 423 07984 884 642

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