Chichester Local - December 2018

December 2018

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WEST DEAN

College of Arts & Conservation

WIN TICKETS!

Cinderella Pantomime

WHAT’S ON

Festive Issue

NEWS

Community Council, Charity

GARDENS

Running a nursery

HISTORY

Chichester Siege December 1642

PLUS

What’s On, Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Charity, Local Groups, Young Readers Puzzles, Business Directory

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December 2018 Cover image Roger Wilmshurst www.nature-pictures.co.uk

Welcome... ...to our festive issue. As you would imagine, our December What’s On guide (pages 4 10) is packed with seasonal events as well as the regular listings for clubs and groups.

Also in keeping with the season you can win a family ticket to see the “Fairy Godmother of all pantomimes” - Cinderella - at the Regis Centre, Bognor, see page 12. By the end of December we will have given away 146 pairs of tickets and 79 books this year alone! We would like to thank all our competition partners as well as everyone who has entered one of our competitions.

This month we feature West Dean College, see page 26. An arts and conservation college, part of a registered charity, which champions traditional art and craft practices.

Nutritionist Heather looks at ’being good’ over Christmas, page 40 and Alex’s light and fruity trifle recipe could help, see page 34.

Our December history piece on page 14 looks back to December 1643 and the Chichester siege. We are grateful as ever to local historian Andrew Berriman for his fascinating contributions each month.

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..........................................................................What’s On ........................WIN! Cinderella Pantomime family ticket .............................................................Chichester History .......................................Nature - RSPB Pagham Harbour ........................................................................Local Walks .........................................................Charity & Community ............................................................West Dean College .................................................................Prize Crossword .................................................................................Recipe ....................................................................In Your Garden .................................................................Property Doctor ...........................................................Health & Wellbeing ............................................Young Readers’ Puzzle Page ............................................................Local Council News .............................................................Business Directory ...........................................................Index of Advertisers

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Our Property Doctor talks about Energy Performance Certificates on page 39 and we have our usual City council news on page 44. For other local news please see our Charity & Community pages starting on page 20.

Season’s Greetings,

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Win tickets to see Cinderella Pantomime The Regis Centre, Bognor Regis on various dates in December All ages will love this timeless story of true love conquers all. Expect hilarious ugly sisters, a kind fairy, handsome prince and of course a glitzy ball. Cinderella is the perfect pantomime to add magic to your Christmas-time! The Regis Centre is a charity run and owned theatre.

Lucky winners will receive a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children – or 1 adult, 3 children) to see Cinderella at the Regis Centre (any performance except Christmas Eve & Boxing Day) www.alexandratheatre.co.uk

Win a family ticket to Cinderella With spectacular scenery and costumes, plus a dusting of magic, Cinderella truly is the Fairy Godmother of all pantomimes!

Bring the whole family and experience one of the best and friendliest pantos on the Coast.

After the success of last year, the theatre will be holding another relaxed performance on Saturday 22 December at 11am. The sound levels in the auditorium, plus some aspects of the show, will be altered slightly to create a relaxed atmosphere.

To enter the competition answer the question below: Q: What did Cinderella famously lose? a) Her glass shoe

b) Her pet dog

c) Her tiara

Send your answer and contact details including phone number to: Cinderella Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough, RH20 9AH or enter online at www.sussexlocal.net/features/competitions Winner drawn after 13th December 2018. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list.

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Computer Care What device to buy for Christmas

by Alan Stainer

Christmas is the time of year that a lot of people may be thinking about buying a new computer, either for themselves or most likely for someone else.

Are you looking for a traditional desktop or tower PC, a laptop, a smartphone, smartwatch or tablet, or maybe a games console? Are you going to use Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, Android or something else entirely?

Then of course there are the new breed of smart devices that are cropping up. You must have heard of the Amazon Echo that sports the Alexa assistant and you have probably heard of Google Home too. They all come in different sizes to fit your needs and there is even a new Google Home Hub smartscreen, so you aren’t just relying on it talking back to you, but can actually read things if you prefer. Useful if you are trying to follow a recipe for Christmas pudding.

What’s the point of all this? Well it’s just that you shouldn’t feel confined to the old stereotypes of what makes a computer a computer. There are lots of different types and they all have their part to play in our future and that future looks pretty smart. www.alansitsolutions.com

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The Siege of Chichester, December 1642 By local historian Andrew Berriman December. I suppose the most memorable December event in Chichester that I remember was back in 1993, during the afternoon of Thursday 16th. Looking across the city I saw the huge pall of black smoke, visible even in Portsmouth. Sainsbury’s on fire. Not the best way to start the Christmas period.

I wasn’t around, however, to witness the most important December event in Chichester’s history, the siege of the city which happened in 1642, the first year of the Civil War. Civil wars are brutal affairs, the worst kind of war, pitting father against son, brother against brother, mother fearful for all her family.

These days, we do civil wars differently, not with bloodshed, but still with much division and dispute: think Brexit versus Remain, or Northern versus Southern route for the A27 Bypass improvement.

I often wonder which side I would have supported in the English Civil War. As a good democrat my head would surely have sided with the Parliamentarians, but as a former History undergraduate sitting alongside the chap who one day will presumably be crowned King Charles III, I can’t deny lurking in my heart some sneaking Royalist sympathies. It was his namesake, King Charles I, who of course was beheaded in January 1649, but who still looks down on us from the Market Cross in East Street.

To be honest, Chichester’s role in the Civil War was fairly minor. The siege lasted just eight days, conducted by General Waller and his Parliamentary force of over 6000 troops. It would be far too simple to state that those inside the Walls were all Royalist.

Yes, the Bishop, Cathedral clergy and local gentry were, but many of the tradesfolk and ordinary residents certainly were not.

Deanery Bastion Waller’s cannon were located at various locations around the Walls: on ‘Broile Downe’, at Cawley’s Almshouses, on St Pancras Church tower, and at Westgate. As for Royalist cannon, they were on the Castle mound. Parliamentary cannon balls damaged the Deanery, the Cathedral and the Bishop’s Palace.

All rather shocking in Christmas week.

The Royalist defenders decided to set the St Pancras district alight, to remove cover from the Parliamentary field of fire. Whether that was effective is doubtful, but what it certainly did was to destroy Chichester’s needlemaking industry for good. It did the same for St Pancras Church, which was so badly damaged that it had to be completely rebuilt in 1751.

The key moment of the siege was when Waller’s men discovered that the Deanery’s wooden back doorway, allowing access through the City Walls, had been hurriedly blocked by just one layer of bricks (see picture), near the Deanery bastion. It was an obvious weak point, and preparations were made to ‘petard’ it, to blast it with gunpowder. The defenders knew that the game was up. At 7am on the morning of December 29th, they surrendered. There was no need for the actual petard ‘firework’ to be exploded, contrary to what is written in most accounts of the siege.

The siege’s end was thus rather a damp squib.

Deanery Door The aftermath was much worse. As Waller’s troop hadn’t been paid, they considered the city fair game for their plunder. The Bishop, Henry King, fled and his Palace was looted and partially burnt down. In the Cathedral, much silver plate was stolen, the altar rails and organ smashed, books torn up, paintings defaced (including Lambert Barnard’s portrait of King Edward VI, whose eyes were picked out).

In the town, the statues of former bishops in the eight niches in the Market Cross were all destroyed, and all but one remains empty. It took Chichester many years to recover from this despoliation, but fortunately the era of red-brick Georgian prosperity and urbanity was not too far away.

And at least there had been no loss of life during the siege (nor was there any during the Sainsbury’s fire).

Maybe we should be grateful that Chichester’s siege was small beer in the overall context of the Civil War, whose death toll has been roughly estimated at 200,000 people, soldiers and civilians.

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A little light relief amidst the festivities

By Roy Newnham, Visitor Experience Officer, RSPB Pagham Harbour It’s the festive season and I have to admit I do rather like all the tinsel, mulled wine and carols, not to mention being partial to a mince pie or two. However, despite the lure of cosy fires and Christmas TV, I still need to get out in the crisp, fresh air of the open countryside, and feel the nip at my cheeks. Walking round our Pagham Harbour reserve I am accompanied by the endless babbling, honking conversation of brent geese, and whistling wigeon at the heart of our wonderful winter soundtrack of wildfowl and waders. Gazing out across the saltmarsh under a winter sky full of character, textures and tones, the stuffiness of hot rooms fades away like an evaporating mist.

An inquisitive robin hops onto a fence and follows me for a short while. Voted Britain’s favourite bird in 2015, it is a symbol of Christmas adorning many a yuletide card with their bright red breasts amongst the green holly, but according to legend it was originally a plain brown bird! There are a number of stories telling how the robin got its crimson hue.

One version says it was touched with the blood of Christ as he hung on the cross while trying to remove thorns from the crown, another whilst trying to staunch the wound in Christ’s side made by the legionnaire’s lance. A more seasonal tale however, suggests that when the baby Jesus was in the manger, a fire was lit for warmth which flared up strongly.

The robin flew down to protect the child from the blaze and in doing so was scorched by the flames.

Despite being characterised with the festive season, robins are of course with us all year round and for some the appearance of winter thrushes is a more significant symbol of this harsh time of year. Flocks of redwing and fieldfare arrive from Scandinavia, Iceland and Northern Europe ahead of freezing fronts that push them south in search of food.

On calm, still nights, you can hear the redwings calling to each other with a soft thin ‘seeeip’, as they fly overhead. Fieldfares are large thrushes with slate grey heads and rumps, chestnut backs, black tails and speckled arrows on their orangey chests. As their name suggests they travel across the land, chuckling as they go with a ‘chacker, chack, chack’, often in the company of their smaller cousins, redwings, which sport rusty flanks, white eye-stripes and droopy white moustaches. Both birds can be seen in the hedgerows and fields across Pagham Harbour and Medmerry reserves.

A faint high pitched ‘zi zi zi’ from the undergrowth behind me catches my attention. I turn round

Fieldfare scanning the bushes and trees. There. Constantly on the move, flitting from twig to twig, branch to branch, always searching for food is a firecrest. It vies with its cousin, the goldcrest, for the title of our smallest bird.

Although both are resident in the UK, most of our firecrests are migrants and both species swell in numbers during the winter, arriving from Scandinavia, Poland and Russia. Weighing no more than a ten pen piece, these tiny birds must be exhausted from their exertions to get here.

Goldcrest Such is the magnitude of this feat of migration that folklore suggested goldcrests hitched a lift, riding on the backs of larger wading birds called woodcocks, which arrive at a similar time. This gave rise to their old name of ‘woodcock pilot’. Both goldcrests and firecrests have a distinctive crown patch, orange on the males and yellow on the females, but the firecrest is distinguishable by its broad white stripe over the eye. Firecrests tend to keep their distance, whereas goldcrests can be surprisingly confiding, feeding right next to you as you watch their ceaseless probing, as if they do not have the time to acknowledge you.

The light is fading. Time for me to head back to the festivities, but I’m feeling lighter, refreshed and yes, I think I’ve made room for one more mince pie!

Pop into our Visitor Centre on the B2145 just north of Selsey or join one of our guided walks. See www.rspb.org.uk/paghamharbour for more details.

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Local Walks - December These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 mins before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead.

Timings are for guidelines only. If the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled, if unsure check, contact 01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk L = Walk Leader Mon 3rd

10:30am Boatyard to Boatyard Meet in Emsworth Town Square, PO10 7EG

L: Anne

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12.00pm Christmas walk & lunch at Chichester Yacht Club Please call Dan Busher on 01243 521041 or email info@chichesterwellbeing.org.uk for more details and to book

Wed 5th

10:45am Climping L: Dominic Along dunes and beach to Climping Mill, then to Ferry Road and Rope Walk to club. Meet at Arun Yacht Club Car Park

1 hr 15 mins

2.5 miles

Thurs 6th

10:30am Storrington L: Peter Hilly walk down into Storrington and return with super Downland views. Meet in car park at Kithurst Hill

2 hrs 30 mins

4 miles

Fri 7th

10:30am Bognor Seafront L: Jane Starts at Bognor Regis pier along seafront to Felpham.

Meet at Bognor Regis pier on the seafront, PO21 1SY

1 hr 15 mins

2.5 miles

Mon 10th

10:30am Emsworth Ramble L: Anne Leisurely stroll. Flat. Meet in Emsworth town square

1 hr 30 mins

2.5 miles

Mon 10th

10:30am Petworth Park L: Gerald Fascinating walk through the Park’s ancient trees. Meet at Petworth Park North Car Park

2 hrs

4 miles

Tue 11th

10:30am Chichester City Walls L: Janet A walk around the City Walls. Meet by the aviary just inside the entrance to Priory Park

1 hr

1 mile

Wed 12th

10:30am Swanbourne Lake & South Stoke L: Jane Arun riverbank and the top of Downs. Meet at Swanbourne Lake Arundel

2 hrs 45 mins

6 miles

Thu 13th

10:30am Ford L: Peter Through Ford airfield and alongside the River Arun.

Meet in car park outside Climping Church, BN18 0BY

2 hrs 30 mins

4.5 miles

Sat 15th

10:30am Whiteways L: Dominic Along Monarch Way and South Downs Way. This walk has steep inclines. Meet at Whiteways car park, BN18 9FD

2 hrs 45 mins

5 miles

Mon 17th

10:30am Emsworth to Prinsted L: Anne Easy flat walk. Meet in Emsworth town square, PO10 7AW

1 hr 30 mins

3 miles

Mon 17th

10:30am Chichester Canal Meet at Chichester Canal, PO19 8DT

30 mins

1 mile

Thu 20th

10:30am Midhurst River Rother L: Fiona A pretty walk through the heart of Midhurst following the River Rother. Meet in North Street car park, Midhurst

2 hrs

3 miles

Fri 21st

10:30am Nutbourne L: Jane Woodland to the harbour shoreline, back through farmland.

Meet at the entrance to Maybush Copse, PO18 8SR

2 hrs

4 miles

Mon 31st

10:30am Chichester Canal Meet at Chichester Canal, PO19 8DT

30 mins

1 mile

L: Helen

L: Janet

1 hr 30 mins

4 miles

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Legal Lucy Disputing a Will.

What can you do?

The death of a loved one is a difficult time and nevermore so than where there is a dispute over a Will. So what can a person do if they wish to dispute a Will? And, how can we prevent such disagreements from arising in the first place?

Why do Wills get disputed?

Disputes between families over inheritance are on the rise. There are many reasons for this increase: changing family structures, co-habitees and second marriage/families. In addition, in this age of austerity, high value properties and “unfair” charitable legacies are also factors.

Dying without a Will Disputes over inheritance often occur because a person dies without a Will and so their final wishes are not clear. Many individuals still believe that their estate will automatically go to their spouse when they die, but this is not always the case. However, it’s important to note that, even with a Will written in sound mind, it can still be challenged. In fact, recent cases have shown that a Will can be overruled if it is thought to be unreasonable or purely spiteful. As such, careful drafting and consideration is essential.

Legal 19 Who can dispute a Will?  Spouses and civil partners. Also former spouses/ civil partners who have not remarried/re-entered into a civil partnership and children of the deceased  A cohabitee who lived with the deceased for at least two years before they died  Someone who was financially dependent on the deceased or is owed money or was promised something by the deceased.

Disagreements over money or property can be devastating to those left behind, so a properly prepared and considered Will should be a priority for us all.

Lucy Thomas, Head of Legal Services. For help and advice, give legalmatters a call on 01243 282826 or email us at info@legalmatters.co.uk

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Sussex Snippets West Sussex Music has announced brand new Key2Music beginner classes which will offer children the opportunity to learn a new instrument, alongside friends and peers in a fun, group environment. To be held on Saturday mornings at five Music Centres in Chichester, Crawley, Haywards Heath, Horsham and Worthing, children will get the chance to learn instruments such as bassoon, brass, cello, clarinet, double bass, flute, oboe, saxophone, viola, and violin, for as little as £60 per term which includes Music Centre membership; low cost instrument hire can be added for just £20 per term. There are also classes in theory and musicianship as well as groups for pre-school children. To register your interest in the classes email music@westsussexmusic.co.uk St Barnabas Hospice provides end of life care services to adults with life-limiting conditions. Millie’s mother and husband were both referred to St Barnabas, she said: “My mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2015. She went to St Barnabas for pain management. She was so happy there, and it made a massive difference to her. In December 2016, my husband, Paul, was diagnosed with CJD. It’s like dementia fast forward times ten.

Only 66 people a year in the country get CJD. He was

CHICHESTER LOCAL just so unlucky. By the time he got to St Barnabas, everything was shutting down. I never felt like I was putting the staff out. They can never do enough for you. Paul died with dignity at St Barnabas. He slipped away really peacefully. There are loads more families who need help right now. Please, will you help St Barnabas be there for them, by making a donation this Christmas? Thank you so much. Millie.” To make a donation to St Barnabas, visit www.justgiving.com/ stbarnabas-christmas-2018 St Barnabas House hospice has also launched its successful ‘Wear it Festive’ fundraising campaign.

This year, anything goes, from simple seasonal socks to outrageous festive frocks. Local businesses, schools and individuals are being invited to hold an event and fundraise to support the vital hospice care services provided by St Barnabas over the festive period. You can join in with Wear it Festive at home, work or school on Friday 14 December or alternatively pick a date that suits you best. Register to take part and receive a free fundraising pack at www.stbh.org.uk/wearitfestive or call the Fundraising Team to find out more on 01903 254777.

To see and purchase designer crafts in Sussex visit the Sussex Guild Contemporary Craft Show in Midhurst on Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd December. The Sussex Guild is a group of selected, professional designer makers of contemporary and traditional crafts. The annual Sussex Guild event will be held in Rother College. Visitors will find a variety of beautifully made crafts which have been created in workshops and studios across Sussex and the adjoining counties - handy to look for Christmas gifts. Admission ticket of £3 allows you to return throughout the two days, students and children free admission. The venue is a short walk from Midhurst town centre, with free parking in the town and at the college.

For more information about the Sussex Guild see www.thesussexguild.co.uk Young people in West Sussex with mental health needs can now benefit from a reshaped counselling service provided by YMCA DownsLink Group. People aged 11-18 who present with mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs can get face-to-face counselling at various locations across the county. Now, thanks to a new support platform called ‘e-wellbeing’, the service also offers online sessions with an experienced and qualified counsellor. Another new development will see young people able to take part in a new group work programme, due to be available at set locations near the end of the year. Referrals to the counselling service can be made at the county council’s Find It Out centres, selfreferrals and by contacting YMCA DownsLink Group by calling 07739 893 707 or emailing community.counselling@ymcadlg.org

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Westhampnett Solar Farm

Christmas Tree with a difference

The county council has powered up its second solar farm which features the latest battery storage technology to maximise benefits. Westhampnett solar farm near Chichester will generate enough clean electricity to power 2,400 homes for the next 25 years. It’s a pioneering project that has been built on a closed landfill next to the A27. The large batteries are used to store surplus electricity and release it to the grid when consumer energy demand peaks.

Westhampnett solar farm forms part of the county council’s long-term energy strategy to increase the amount of renewable energy generated and consumed in the county. Tangmere solar farm, the first site completed by the county council in 2015, already generates enough clean energy for 1,500 homes and solar panels on council buildings, including offices, schools and fire stations are producing clean energy and helping to reduce energy costs.

All the county council’s renewable energy projects are designed to pay back the full cost of installation over time and deliver an income. Much of the work is delivered by Sussex companies, which benefits local jobs and growth. With more solar farms and battery sites planned, the council wants to supply more ‘locallygenerated’ renewable energy to households through Your Energy Sussex, its energy supplier, which offers competitively-priced electricity and gas to customers.

It has visited Crawley, Horsham and Bognor Regis, and now the West Sussex recycled plastic bottle Christmas tree is coming to Chichester.

In its fifth year, the sculptural green recycled plastic bottle tree will be on display outside Jack Wills in North Street until Friday 4th January 2019.

The tree sculpture is made from 600 reused green plastic bottles and is the brainchild of Tracey Graham, known as the ‘Rubbish Artist’, to help highlight plastic recycling in West Sussex.

To find out more visit www.recycleforwestsussex.org

Chichester Cathedral Friends 80th Anniversary It has been eighty years since the formation of the Friends of Chichester Cathedral. Their key aim is, and has always been, to support the mission of the Cathedral and they have enjoyed and been honoured to have partnered the Cathedral for all of this time. In the past 3 years alone the Friends have donated over £375,000 towards a wide range of projects connected with the Cathedral.

To mark this milestone, the Friends are staging a range of events that will span the year, which started in October. In December they are having a Christmas Fayre in the Vicars’ Hall in Chichester on the 6th. They have further events scheduled throughout 2019.

Chichester Cathedral Friends is a registered charity.

Membership costs £15 per year and £25 for a couple. To join, buy tickets or for more information, please visit: www.ccfriends.org or email: friends@chichestercathedral.org.uk

Blue Badge Enforcement Chichester District Council is supporting West Sussex County Council’s efforts to crack down on Blue Badge fraud in the Chichester District. An estimated one in five Blue Badges are misused, costing the UK economy £46 million each year. Misuse of Blue Badges can often cause problems for genuine users, leaving vulnerable people unable to get to their destination.

Trained investigators have been working with the council’s Civil Enforcement Officers to detect and retain Blue Badges which are being used fraudulently.

Civil Enforcement Officers have also been trained to spot fraudulent Blue Badges on their daily patrols.

If anyone is unsure about how the scheme operates, they can find out at www.westsussex.gov.uk/ bluebadge

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Pet of the Month This month allow us to introduce Denny and Kerrymaid male and female rabbits both now 8 years old. Kerrymaid, a gorgeous harlequin rex, came to us a year ago - her original owner was joining the armed forces. Kerrymaid was loved a lot but she was a little overweight when she arrived here, and with a bit of encouragement Kerrymaid has since lost quite a lot of weight. Denny, a black Netherland dwarf, arrived in July 2018 as his rabbit companion sadly passed away and his previous owners wanted to find him a new friend. Thankfully we had just the rabbit for him, in the form of Kerrymaid! We bonded them here at The Centre and it was love at first sight. They are both very loving rabbits, Kerrymaid is more sedentary and enjoys picking her favourite spot to lay for the day, whereas Denny is very inquisitive and likes to hop over for cuddles.

They are looking for an indoor home together. If you think you may be able to give Denny and Kerrymaid the new home they deserve please give The Cat & Rabbit Centre a call Monday to Friday from 9am-4pm. Contact by calling 01243 641409 or email info@crrc.co.uk

CHICHESTER LOCAL Santa Streetdance Record Attempt Join Santa in St Wilfrid’s Guinness World Records Record Attempt of the World's Largest Street Dance lesson! At 11.00am on Sunday 16th December in Priory Park Chichester there will be a professional teacher, Natalie Temple of Fit Joy, leading people through the moves step by step, and then the hundreds who gather will all attempt to perform the dance together in their Santa hats.

Before and after the attempt you can play in team snowball dodgeball games, listen to story time with Santa inside the Guildhall, and explore the park on an Elf hunt. There will also be seasonal refreshments, and a visit to Mrs Claus’ bake stand will be a must.

St Wilfrid’s Hospice is much more than a building.

They provide tailored end of life care both in the community and at the Hospice, supporting patients living with a terminal illness, and their family and friends.

Their vital services are all provided free of charge, thanks to the generous support of fundraisers and donors. Only 16% of the running costs are currently met by the NHS and they rely on the community to fund the remainder, which equates to just over £7.5 million each year. You can find out more information at www.stwh.co.uk or by calling 01243 775302. For more information contact 01243 755185

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Cash Flow Planning

By Mark Lloyd, Financial Planning Consultant, Lucas Fettes Financial Planning, Chichester With the introduction of pension freedoms, people who are approaching retirement age have reduced, or are considering reducing their working days to instead supplement their income by drawing funds from their assets. However, many are unsure if their assets are sufficient to maintain an income throughout their retirement. Cash flow planning and forecasting is key to understanding what you can achieve with your assets. It can help you to make the right decisions about timing your retirement, like calculating your likely income depending on whether you choose to retire earlier or later in life.

Cash flow planning provides:  Peace of mind that you won’t run out of money or

alternatively, a realistic view of what you can afford

 A way to identify where and when shortfalls may

occur to your income in the future

 If you have surplus assets, an understanding of

how much you might be able to afford to give away without running out of money

 An assessment of whether your future income

targets are realistic or not

A cash flow forecast should be regularly revisited to ensure that it reflects your changing situation. It can help you make a range of lifestyle planning decisions, for instance whether it would be financially beneficial to downsize at retirement, or help you assess when and how much you can afford to pass on to your family.

It can also have a valuable role to play in tax planning, reducing the tax you pay in funds drawn and enabling you to make plans to reduce inheritance tax that might otherwise be payable by your estate when you die. Mapping out your future cash flow also means you’re able to plan for later life expenditure, like the cost of residential or nursing care. We can help access your cash flow needs and make the right decisions for your wealth.

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CHICHESTER LOCAL Conservation students

High quality education in arts and conservation

by Veronica Cowan Idly thinking of branching out into screenwriting, under the illusion that it is easier than writing a book, I reflected that I have never knowingly written fiction (honestly!). But as Mark Twain might have said: “Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story,” so where to start?

Well, there are numerous courses on screenwriting, and Channel 4 annually offers twelve writers, new to television drama, an insight into how the industry works. It provides a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write a television drama commission, for a one-hour series and serial drama, as well as the experience of working with Channel 4 to write an original drama script.

The down side is that thousands of aspiring screenwriters apply each year, and I don’t think I am keen enough to compete, so I’ll leave that to younger, ambitious and enthusiastic starters.

A number of colleges around the country run screenwriting courses, some for beginners and others for more established writers who want to develop their material and learn from established writers. But not wanting to stray too far from home, I rang West Dean College to see if they were running such a course.

They weren’t but they did have a copy-writing course coming up, directed at writing for the theatre, so I signed up for a three-day residential course. It was a happy and useful few days, and I discovered that there are all kinds of courses running simultaneously at the College.

Situated in the West Dean Estate, near Chichester, the college is the former home of the poet and patron of the arts Edward James, who inherited it on his father’s death. An admirer of the Surrealist movement (a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind) he formed one of the largest collections of their works.

In 1939, he wrote to Aldous Huxley (an English writer, novelist and philosopher), expressing his fear that after the war, certain arts, particularly the techniques of the craftsmen, would be lost. In order to prevent this, James suggested his Estate be set up as an educational community where the techniques of craftsmanship could be preserved and taught, whilst restoring old work and creating new art works.

In 1964 he conveyed the Estate to the Edward James Foundation, which established West Dean College in 1971 as a centre for the study of conservation, arts, crafts, writing, gardening and music, providing both full-time and short courses.

I wondered whether the college is a registered charity, or a different kind of structure. Francine Norris, its director of education, explains: “[It] is an independent Higher Education College supported by The Edward James Foundation, a charitable trust (charity number 1126084). The Foundation also covers West Dean Gardens, West Dean Estate and West Dean Tapestry Studio (a professional Studio that also operates closely with the College's School of Art).

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The courses included on West Dean’s programmes include MA degrees and diplomas in Conservation Studies, and Visual Arts, validated by the University of Sussex.

The college is developing its partnerships and professional networks to extend impact, both nationally and internationally, and to increase graduate opportunities.

Many West Dean College alumni have gone on to work with significant collections in some of the world’s top museums and heritage organisations, or have successfully exhibited their work around the world. Conservation Graduates from West Dean have gone on to work at renowned institutions, including the Bodleian Library, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum. Many have ended up abroad, including at Royal Swedish Palaces, Smithsonian Museums in America and the Vienna Clock Museum, while others have gone into private practice.

As to how the courses are selected, Francine notes that the choice is influenced by the College’s founding principles: “Our courses range from one-day arts and craft courses to Foundation, Diploma and Masters degrees.” Learners can be beginners, or more advanced students.

She continues: “Whether it’s our relatively new FdA Historic Craft Practices degree or one of 800 short courses, the choice of courses reflects the founding aim of teaching and preserving crafts and supporting emerging talent. This was the vision of College founder, poet and arts patron Edward James, who is best known for his collaborations and support of surrealist artists including Dali.”

Most popular are the short courses, which range from art, craft, gardening, music and textiles to metalwork, ceramics, woodworking, writing, photography and more, Francine said, adding: “Among the most popular are painting, drawing and pottery because there is a huge variety of courses within these fields. Many of our tutors are very well known and their courses book quickly. New courses are continuously introduced and we find the appetite to try something new is always strong.”

Painting student One thing I liked about the script-writing course on which I had enrolled was the varied background and age of the participants, and one thing that united us all was that we wanted to sell what we wrote. Therefore, as well as being able to share experiences, and test our character plotting, we wanted to learn about the varied outlets for scripts.

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“Students are attracted to West Dean College of Arts and Conservation from across a wide demographic,” she said, continuing: “Our degree and diploma students come from across the UK, Europe and internationally, attracted by our reputation for conservation and arts education.”

She added that those registering for the arts and craft short courses range from those who haven’t stepped into an art studio since their school days to practising professionals: “Then there are those who are embarking on a second career to pursue their art, [and] many more are here because they now have the time to develop their creativity.”

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significant proportion come from across the South, including London. She adds: “Sussex students tend to come more often and our one-day taster courses appeal as they don’t need to stay overnight.”

As to the teachers, I wondered whether it was difficult to recruit people to run courses.

“Because we are purely an arts and conservation college we’re very invested in those spheres and have extensive networks and knowledge,” Francine explains, adding: “We keep a close connection with what's happening professionally and we’re always discovering talented individuals to deliver our courses. There’s a Jewellery for beginners class lively cultural programme of events here with visiting artists and authors, and these are open to the public and often free.”

As to what proportion of course participants are local, as in across Sussex, Francine said that whilst students come from across the UK and internationally, a

Find out more at www.westdean.org.uk You can also ring the reception on 01243 811301 or email reception@westdean.org.uk

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34 Recipe

Crunchy Winter Trifle

Method

For this light and healthier version choose your favourite winter fruits, top with creamy yoghurt and then toasted oats.

1) Mix the orange segments (saving the juice), apple and pear together, then stir in any orange juice, the grapefruit juice and most of the sliced bananas (keep aside 4-5 slices for the topping). Spoon into a glass dish and chill.

Ingredients - serves 6 

2 large oranges, peeled and segmented

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1 large crisp green apple, cored and sliced

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1 large firm pear, cored and sliced

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2-3 tbsp grapefruit juice

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2 large firm bananas, sliced

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150ml low fat whipping cream

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100g sponge fingers or macaroons, broken up

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2) Whisk the cream until thick and fold in the yogurt and sweetener as required. Top the fruit with the broken up biscuits and then spoon over the yoghurt mix. Chill again.

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36 Gardening

In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks

by Andrew Staib, Principal Designer of Glorious Gardens What’s it like to run a small garden nursery?

Garden designer Andrew Staib talks to Ed Nugent from Garden Sage Nursery in Hassocks about the joys and difficulties of running a nursery.

Ed Nugent

It was a great leap of faith three years ago when Ed Nugent and his wife Josie decided to set up their own nursery in Hassocks.

It was 2015 and they knew both they were in the shadow of two large commercial garden centres and despite a life time working in retail horticulture, they had never had to put their own savings into such a venture.

It was a risk that has paid off, despite working their fingers to the bone. During the summer Ed starts work at 5.30am and doesn’t finish sometimes until 8pm. Josie, who works as a professional gardener during the week, comes in to work on the weekend.

And they have kids! Hasn’t the hard work of running a nursery orphaned their children. “Luckily they are still at an age where they can run around and have adventures here!” The sacrifice is worth making.

“I’m lucky” Ed says, taking a sip of tea as we sit in the

nursery cafe, “I earn an income from the thing I love the most - talking about plants. It has been my whole life. I have been around plants since I was 16 and I’ve worked for all the major plant nurseries as well as doing the plant arranging for Chelsea and Hampton Court displays.”

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“Our goal here is to offer something very different to other nurseries. Give excellent advice to members of the public about which plants to buy that will suit their garden and how to care for them. People come in here ready to invest in their garden and we take that responsibility very seriously. We don’t sell people plants because we have a lot of a particular plant in stock. If we don’t have the plant that we think will be the right one then we will order it.

“Yes that’s it” Ed continues, “we sell good plants with good advice. That’s our ethos. I have worked in lots of big garden centres and it becomes all about squeezing money out of people. I was fed up with the commercial aspect and wanted to do something different. It is for this reason I will only employ people with a solid horticultural knowledge and an appetite to learn more”.

Ed takes me on a tour of the nursery. It is a delicate maze of paths with well presented plants in interesting combinations, so different from the rows of the same plant arranged in alphabetic order in a typical garden centre.

“One of the things we do here is concentrate on unusual species like Helwingia chinensis and sometimes this means returning to old varieties that have gone out of fashion like the green Ophiopogon. We make sure we

have plenty of standard plants in stock but it is exciting to offer unusual plants to the public not just designers.”

The cafe is a work in progress and the coffee and food is of unusually good quality.

“We will also bend over backward trying to source unusual plants. It takes way too much time to do this and I don’t get paid for it but, at the end of the day it is not the time it takes but not wanting to be beaten. I get obsessed with trying to find particular plants!” He grins. Ed comes over as a very hard working but gentle and honest man and you have a feeling that the plant choices he would give you would be spot on.

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And Ed would loose the very thing that is dear to himtalking about plants and caring for plants all day long!

They are open all throughout the winter from 8.30am to 5pm and on Sundays from 10-4pm.

If you bring this magazine along they will give you complimentary 30 Allium Drumsticks.

Where to go in December It is the time of Christmas fairs - Horsham Sunday Christmas market plus the Uckfield Festival of Christmas Trees are some you can visit. There is also Arundel

by Candlelight and ice skating at the Pavilion in Brighton, which are just a few things to do! Happy Christmas everyone and give your back a well earned rest.

Uckfield Festival of Christmas Trees

CHICHESTER LOCAL December tasks  It’s the right time to plant trees and hedges taken straight from the field. They are normally called ‘bareroot’ as opposed to ‘container grown’. They are half the price and settle in nicely into the cool moist earth.  It is still ok to order and plant bulbs. The soil is still very warm even if the air isn’t.  Prune heavily sapping trees like Birches and Grape vines before the winter really sets in.  Harvest the rest of your root crops and lift and store your Dahlia, Canna and Ginger Lilly bulbs.  Don’t worry if your garden looks messy. The more mess the better for wildlife that needs a place to hide away during the winter.

You will have plenty of time to clean your beds in Spring. Just think - your laziness now is creating a 5 star hotel for wildlife. However where needs must, continue to rake up leaves and store them separately from the summer’s grass clippings as they need a different process.

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Energy performance certificates

By Chris Ennis FRICS Energy performance certificates (EPC’s) have been around now since 2008 and I imagine that most of us have seen the multicoloured ratings on fridges, freezers and other electrical equipment.

A similar rating regime is shown on all sales and letting particulars prepared by estate agents. The aim of the EPC is to alert owners and purchasers of the property’s energy efficiency and identify areas where capital expenditure could reduce running costs.

Some years ago, there was considerable debate concerning the Home Information Pack (HIP) which was, at the time likened to a house ‘MOT’ and included a type of survey, legal documents and an EPC. The HIP was proposed to be included with most sale and letting documents, but from the outset there were many legal and other issues to overcome. The need to provide a HIP was dismissed by the Conservative Liberal democratic government in 2010, but due to EU regulations the need for an EPC was retained.

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Currently an EPC is required when any self -contained residential building is sold or let.

Listed buildings are exempt as are properties sold privately and not publicly advertised. A listed building is exempt since by its very nature and likely construction it cannot be insulated or improved with modern materials.

An EPC is provided by a specially trained inspector who will call and assess the construction of a property, and examine the insulation, windows, water tanks, heating systems and boiler controls. In the Worthing area, the preparation of an EPC might cost between £50 and £100 excluding VAT and could take up to say 1 hour to complete.

The EPC visual rating chart shows a coloured and alpha-numeric scale ranging from green (very efficient) to red (poor efficiency). The report indicates how the expenditure of capital might reduce household bills. Energy efficiency is highly topical in this era of global warming.

EPC’s are logged in a central database at the Ministry of Housing Communities and local government and can be readily accessed on the internet.

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‘Being Good’ Over Christmas?

By Heather Smith, Personal Trainer Christmas is such a tricky time of year nutrition-wise.

There’s delicious looking food everywhere you look, everyone tells you to relax your rules (‘it’s Christmas!’), and you’re being invited out for drinks and food every other day. It leaves you stuck constantly needing to use your willpower to fight off the urge, temptation and encouragement to give in. And we all know willpower runs out fairly quickly!

you’re not that bothered by it, decide in advance to only accept a half glass, or none at all if she won’t be offended.

My answer is that it only happens once a year. Have what you want, but don’t have everything; if you fancy a mince pie, have a mince pie. Don’t eat the whole pack.

Forward planning is also a great practice to use for small things you might not otherwise think about until the moment is upon you; like how many Quality Streets you’re going to have when Corrie comes on Christmas day. Know yourself well enough to know how detailed your plan needs to be.

Of course you’ll put weight on. And that’s ok, if you’re making conscious decisions. Christmas is really only 2-3 weeks, and whatever weight you do gain will go quickly once you get back to your usual way of eating.

The key is in deciding IN ADVANCE what you’re going to do. Always decide beforehand, never when you’re hungry and trying to decide how much willpower to summon.

If your friend makes a mean mince pie, its ok to accept one, and enjoy it guilt free! If you also know she’s likely to try to pickle you in mulled wine and

Above all, it IS Christmas, and if everything goes to pot and you find yourself needing to start afresh in January, that’s ok, no punishment required. Just pick yourself up and get back to what worked for you before Christmas.

Heather Smith is a fat loss specialist Personal Trainer. www.fitbiztraining.co.uk

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44 Council News

Chichester City Council Edited extracts of minutes of the Finance Committee held on 23rd October 2018.

Cycle to Work Scheme The Chairman welcomed Simon Ballard, Environmental Protection Manager of Chichester District Council, to the meeting who gave a brief presentation of the ‘Cycle to Work’ Scheme that the District Council currently implements.

The Scheme enables an employee to lease bicycles and accessories from their employer through their salary. The Scheme is an HMRC compliant tax avoidance scheme and the contributions paid through employees’ salaries do not have an impact on their pensions. The maximum value of goods is £1,000 and any bike and associated costs are paid initially by the employer and then salary deductions commence to reflect the costs. At the end of the hire period, the employee can either extend the hire period, purchase the bicycle or return it.

It was resolved to support in principle and that Officers deal with the technicalities of implementing it.

Cycle Racks To consider the following Recommendation from the Property Sub-Committee : (i) £32,500 be allocated for this project

CHICHESTER LOCAL (ii) 182 cycle racks in the City be replaced with the new stainless steel ‘Sheffield’ style rack; (iii) up to 20 cycle racks in the City be replaced with the new stainless steel circular style rack subject to the extra cost incurred for these racks being funded

by Chichester BID; (iv) the Property Manager liaise with West Sussex County Council on the current locations of the cycle racks as some of them would benefit from being relocated in the nearby area, eg, Eastgate Square; (v) the Property Manager and Councillor Sharp liaise on other possible sites for cycle racks.

It was recommended to Full Council that these measures should be adopted.

Review of Earmarked Reserves A copy of Earmarked Reserves Balances as at 31 March 2018 had been circulated to all members. (i) the Lift Replacement, Council House and Council House Redecoration Earmarked Reserves be combined and made up to a combined figure of £100,000 with any supplement needed being taken from the General Reserve; (ii) The Staff Salary Adjustment Earmarked Reserve be removed. www.chichestercity.gov.uk

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