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July 2017 Cover Photo Collector Earl’s Garden, Arundel by Sheila Mills
Welcome... I hope you are enjoying the summer so far. Our July issue has another bumper What’s On Guide featuring summer fairs, music events and family entertainment listings aplenty! Starting on page 4 with more listings on our website. We are lucky to live in a very affluent part of the country but unmanageable debt is still a real concern for many. Our main article highlights the free course for people with debt problems run by CAP (Christians against poverty) see page 27. This month you can win tickets to the fabulous Loxwood Joust, see page 26. Taking place over the first two weekends in August, the Loxwood Joust sees knights in full battle armour on thundering horses setting their lances at ‘full tilt’ against each other. You can win tickets to the event as well as VIP seats in the Royal Pavilion. You can also win tickets to the Firle Vintage Fair near Lewes, page 17 and John Otway’s new CD box set ‘Montserrat’ see page 30. We have an interesting local history article this month on Arundel’s old shops and trades, see page 11, kindly supplied by Rupert Brooks. Andrew Staib our gardening guru gives ideas to help your garden ’sing’ as well as July’s main gardening tasks. See page 19. Finally we have our regular local walks page 18 the prize crossword page 32 and young readers’ puzzles page 14. Thanks for reading,
Kris & Jeff
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Shops and Trades of old Arundel By Arundel historian Rupert Brooks
wildfowl, so that the gunsmiths like Heskith, Toogood or Tisdell have all gone as well. For those needing attention to wooden longcase clocks, or mantle clocks, Burfield and Walders have gone, though a memorial to Walders features in the High Street as does those displaying an anvil (for harware) and a cartridge (for guns) on apexes on the gables above the buildings. With the coming of the supermarkets like Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys, Arundel has lost a great number of its traders who once provided what the townsfolk needed without having to travel to Chichester, Littlehampton or Worthing. At one time there were eleven bakeries and now there is but one. The loss of the side flu bake ovens that existed in King Street and a number in the High Street is only reflected in memory by inspecting the one that remains in The Moathouse cafe still with a pyrometer in situ. Greengrocers and fruiterers abounded bringing in produce from nearby market gardens and orchards now to be replaced by that flown in from Spain and other countries with warmer climates. Hardware traders existed in the High Street supplying everything for the kitchen, the scullery and for lighting homes and keeping them warm before central heating and refrigeration existed. The number of coal chutes that can be identified in Maltravers Street and Tarrant Street is evidence of coal fires burning before the Clean Air Act was made law. With the loss of Alfred Pain, Joyce & Joyce and Wimble, where can anyone here buy a saucepan or a kettle? For the days when it was the power of the horse for transport, and not horsepower, there were harness makers, saddlers and tanners making fine leather. Many folk have taken to cycle riding for exercise round the town but where can one obtain new cycle tyres or repairs to damaged spokes now that Hammonds Cycle Agent, Bells or Carvers have ceased trading. Gone are the days when weapons were carried by all for personal protection or for hunting for venison or
Earlier there were pharmacies in the High Street like Savory and Moore Ltd and a string of names going back to Victorian days known as "chemists" and druggists now long gone but now followed by a campaign to restore a pharmacy in the High Street once more. I am omitting confectioners, sweet shops, tobacconists and garment purveyors - as the nature of Arundel has changed over the years, so many of the town centre shops have adapted to suit. They now house coffee shops, estate agents, art galleries and antique stores.
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Berlin Break
Mike visting Potsdamer Platz
Barnham-based Travel Counsellor Mike Frank visits Berlin A recent family occasion offered the opportunity to visit Berlin and see how the city has developed in the years since my last visit. After attending my nephew’s confirmation ceremony and family get-together, I stayed an extra two days and made use of Berlin’s excellent and reasonablypriced public transport system. Taking the S1 local train line, I stopped at Potsdamer Platz and the magnificent new Sony Centre with an array of buildings looking more like Dubai than Berlin. Close by, the recent history of Berlin is captured by pieces of the infamous wall on display, and a holocaust memorial park consisting of plain concrete blocks all lined up. Continuing up Ebertstr, we came across the famous Brandenburg Gate, so long a symbol of the divided city – the wall was right at this spot. Now, it’s the location of embassies and the deluxe Adler hotel. Further up, the German parliament building is here, restored nicely to the purpose it was originally built for in the 19th century. This area borders the central park of Berlin, the Tiergarten, giving this part of Berlin a feeling of openness and space with it’s greenery. A little further along and you come to the River Spree, which runs right through Berlin, and opposite the main train station building we came across a “ beach bar” that’s been set up on the riverbank as a spot to have a drink and typical German meals whilst watching the tourist excursion boats ply up & down the Spree. Returning to the Potsdamer Platz area, I visited the new Mall of Berlin, like malls in other cities, as shopaholics dream.
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The next day I returned to the city centre and visited the Kurfurstendam, Berlin’s Champs Elysee. At one end is the remains of Kaiser Wilhelm church, a reminder of war’s destructive forces. Also in this area is the KaDeWe department store – Berlin’s Harrods. Plus a visit to the new Museum, another nicely restored building from it’s mid-19th century origins, and re-opened in 2009. This area also has an active restaurant and nightlife scene, and regular classic concerts are held at Schloss Charlottenburg in the west of the city. All too soon it was time to leave and from my cousin’s house in the leafy northern part of the city we took the local train again and changed to a regional service to get to Schonefeld airport that easyJet use, an old facility that is due to close when Berlin’s new airport eventually opens. I thoroughly recommend Berlin as a city break destination. For all your holiday and travel requirements, contact Mike Frank on 01243 885910 or send an email to mike.frank@travelcounsellors.com
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Young Readers’ Puzzle Page Wordsearch - At the Seaside
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Find the listed words in the grid. Words may be hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally and in either a forwards or backwards direction.
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BUCKET ISLAND SHELLS
DECKCHAIR FISHING LOW TIDE SAND SNORKEL SPADE
GLASSES SEAWEED SWIM
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Cappuccino Special This is the perfect cheat’s show off pudding for summer eating al fresco!! Ingredients - serves 4 1 chocolate Swiss roll 6 tbsp prepared strong roast coffee, warm 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp brandy or other liqueur (optional) 200ml whipping cream 50g grated dark chocolate
Method: 1. Cut the Swiss roll into four thick slices and place in four serving dishes. 2. Stir the coffee, sugar and brandy together until the sugar has dissolved, then spoon over the Swiss roll evenly. Leave to soak in for about 5 minutes.
3. Whip all the cream until it stands in very soft peaks and then swirl over the top of each Swiss roll slice. 4. Sprinkle with plenty and plenty of chocolate 5. Chill until they are ready to serve. Cookery Courses for all Why not give a Voucher for the perfect gift? Contact Alex 01243 532240 www.cookwithalex.co.uk
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Win a weekend family ticket worth ÂŁ250. 12th - 13th August Step back in time and style and experience the best Vintage Fair in England. Firle Vintage Fair is located in the heart of the downs and is a celebration of the beauty and antiquities of the past. Featuring a host of cherry-picked vintage stalls, including gardenalia plus croquet games and original 1880 Victoriana style fairground rides. Complementing our countryside location this year we present Flower Crown workshops, talks on Sussex Beekeeping and Wild Food workshops. For the foodies there will be the very best artisan food and beverages with Iced Sloe Gins from Gin & Bear It and a Champagne bar on the lawns. Live entertainment throughout the weekend including Temple of Artemis cat-walk, Swing Jazz bands, Solo artists, the Spitfire Sisters Windups and Vintage DJs..
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Also returning as one of the most popular elements of the festival will be over 200 vintage car owners who will shine up their bonnets and proudly show off to motor enthusiasts!
So dust off your tea dresses, braces and brogues and hop on your bicycle or our vintage double-decker Routemaster bus. Come and join us at Firle and step back in time in style! www.firlevintagefair.co.uk
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Local Walks - July 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. If the weather is poor the walk be cancelled, if unsure please check, contact 01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Sun 2nd 10.30am Thornham Marina L: Dominic 2 ¾ hours 3 ½ miles A harbourside walk. Meet at Thornham Marina car park Mon 3rd 10.30am Houghton L: Pete 2 hours 2 miles Walk up Monarch’s Way, along South Downs Way. Meet at Amberley railway station car park Mon 3rd 10.30am Rowlands Castle L: Anne 1½ hours 4 miles Hilly, some stiles. Not suitable for beginners. Meet at Recreation Ground off Links Lane, PO9 6AQ Tues 4th 10.30am Marina to Dell Quay L: Janet H 1½ hours 3 ½ miles Flat walk, can be muddy. Meet at Chichester Marina car park (free), PO20 7EJ Wed 5th 10.30am Eartham Woods L: Peter 2 hours 4 mile Walk up into Eartham woods and back down Stane Street. Meet at Free Forestry Commission car park on the right, ¾ of a mile north of The George PH at Eartham Thurs 6th 10.30am Pulborough Brooks L: Jane 1 hour 3 ½ miles A flat walk with stiles. Meet in RSPB Reserve car park Wigginholt Pulborough, RH20 2EL Thurs 6th 10.30am Selsey L: Helen 30 minutes 1 mile Meet at East Beach Car Park in Selsey – it is a pay and display Mon 10th 10.30am Midhurst L: Helen 30 minutes 1 mile Meet at entrance to The Grange Leisure Centre Bepton Road, Midhurst, GU29 9HD Wed 12th 10.30am Drovers Walk, Singleton L: Fiona 2½ hours 5½ miles Leisurely and will include a lightlunch/snack stop so bring picnic. Park in Singleton and meet at the cricket pavilion between the turning for the Weald and Downland museum and the Partridge Inn Fri 14th 10.30am Pagham to Sidlesham L: Jane 2 ½ hours 5 miles A circular, flat walk with several stiles, taking in parts of Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve. Meet at the harbour end of Church Lane - where the road ends Mon 17th 10.30am Langstone and Hayling Billy L: Anne 1 hour 3 miles Meet in free car park at the Ship Inn Langstone Road, PO9 1RD Tues 18th 10.30am Stansted L: Janet 1.½ hours 3 miles A mostly flat walk. Meet at Stansted Garden Centre Car Park, Rowlands Castle, PO96DX Wed 19th 10.30am Slindon Woods to Folly L: Dominic 2 ¾ hours 3 miles Generally flat but last part uphill. Meet in National Trust Car Park, Dukes Road, Slindon Thurs 20th 10.30am Ambersham Common L: Bruce 2 hours 4½ miles Wonderful heathland. Meet in Heyshott at Ambersham Common crossroads, GU29 0BZ Thurs 20th 6.00pm Bow Hill L: Pete 2 hours 4 miles Bring sundowner refreshments. Meet at Stoughton Down Forestry Commission free car park Fri 21st 10.30am West Marden Loop L: Jane 2 ½ hours 5 miles A pleasant walk with some hills and stiles through woodland and open countryside. Not suitable for beginners. Meet at West Marden on the corner of Noredown Way Mon 24th 10.30am Emsworth to Warblington L: Anne 1 hour 2 miles A flat muddy walk, ok for all. Meet in Emsworth Town square Tues 25th 10.30am Petworth Park, Upperton L: Simon M 2 hours 4 mile Circular walk with a few short climbs. No stiles. Meet in Sylvia Beaufoy car park Wed 26th 10.30am Iping Common L: Bruce M 2 hours 4½ miles Lovely heathland area. On paths, no stiles, might be muddy. Meet in Iping Common car park Thurs 27th 10.30am Stoughton Down L: Jane 2 ½ hours 5½ miles A hilly walk not suitable for beginners. Meet in Stoughton Down Forestry Commission car park, east of Stoughton on the sharp bend (SU815126) Fri 28th 10.30am Tangmere L: Peter 2 hours 3 miles Flat walk via Aviation Museum. Meet at Oving park roadside on Church Lane, outside the church Sat 29th Isle of Wight Special Contact Chichester Wellbeing by Wed 19 July. info@chichesterwellbeing.org.uk 01243 521041 Mon 31st 10.30am Hayling Billy L: Anne 2 hours 4 miles Along the track to the Theatre and back. Ideal for beginners. Meet behind the Esso garage
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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens So how do we free up our garden and make it feel abundant? One question you can ask is how can I let the plant off it’s leash. The other is do I need to move it or pull it out and start again. A good example of the first point is how we treat our Philadelphus. This popular Orange Blossom is basically a multi stemmed small tree that we treat as a shrub. It has a very tall, arching nature, sending lots of stems up from the base to rejuvenate itself each year. Most well intentioned gardeners will just cut it into a 5 foot rectangle after flowering each year. But if you
Designing a Graceful Garden Letting Plants Sing As a garden designer I am often called in to renovate a garden that has become tired or stultified. Two problem elements often stand out for me. The first is that plants are not in the right place. This leads to owners having to prune them to size on a regular bases. If you are wanting a tight, formal look to your garden this can work out well if the right plant for controlled pruning has been chosen. However, plants are just normally hacked back because they are too big for the allotted space and the poor householder has no choice. The second problem I often encounter is that the planting has no real connection to the house. Neither the texture or structure of the plant, it’s leaf colour or personality relate to the house and its characteristics. It goes without saying that houses tend to be large and hard objects but often the planting is equally hard and atrophied, pruned to fit into a border rather than being free to ‘do it’s thing’. Nigel Phillips, a well known Sussex garden designer, has a wonderful way of looking at it. He says - Ask yourself a simple question - Does that plant in that place SING? That is, does it embody all the beauty and unique characteristics of its nature without looking bound, chopped, squashed or held back. It is surprising what answers you will get once you start asking yourself this question of each plant in your garden.
20 Gardening want it to 'sing' the best way to prune is to thin out a third of the oldest stems right down to the ground and encourage the new stems to freshen up the plants. This will leave you with a graceful yet very tall plant, about 12 foot. The second issue becomes - Now I have let my plant sing, it too big for its spot? Then you will need to be brave and either move it or pull it out. Getting rid of plants is a whole issue in itself. In my oil painting class what we struggle with a lot is not just getting something to look right but knowing when to start a whole area again in the service of getting the whole picture to work, even though what we have done ‘looks good’. This courage to ‘destroy’ is arguably more important than the skill in making something look presentable. If you can muster the courage to take out something then you find you can start working towards a greater goal. We often baulk at taking out a healthy plant but if a garden is to work and inspire you and others with the beauty of nature then the sacrifice is worth it. And in my experience once you have the nerve to do it, you end up planting a richer garden with possibly more plants than before.
SUSSEX LOCAL Look at the shrubs you have Every plant has its own characteristics, forged from thousands if not millions of years of growth in particular habits. The amazing thing is how adaptable they are. If you work with them rather than against what they want to do, your garden will have a natural and effortless feel and you won’t be feeling there is a fight on your hands every weekend. You can let the shrubs you have let their hair down this Summer and see what happens. They might go up and out in which case you could try a different type of pruning which would be thinning out whole branches rather than chopping them into a round shape. If they do get too big you can think about training them against a wall, moving or removing them. Here are some of the common garden shrubs that you could re think. Rosa rugosa - leave at the back of the border to become wonderfully leggy letting it throw its blooms over the plants at the front. Escalonia - this can be thinned and the small
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The National Garden Scheme Founded in 1927 the scheme encouraged people to open up their gardens to the public to raise money for the newly formed district nurses role in poor urban areas. It has moved on since then, from “a shilling a head” to raising over 20 million pounds for a variety of charities in the last 10 years. If you go to the NGS website and type in ‘Sussex’ plus the dates you are free and you will find 36 gardens that are opening their gates in July though each garden is just open for a day or two only. Most serve tea and cakes so you can burn off 15 calories by walking around and then put on 600!
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What to do in July Deadhead perennial flowers as they will often create a new flush of buds as you inhibit the energy of the plant going into seed production. Plus the first flush of Hybrid and Patio roses may have finished so deadhead them back to a couple of new, outward facing buds Bring out any tender plants out from your conservatory now Ponds - Make sure any ponds don’t get swamped with blanket weed Watering - Any new plants that went in this year will dry out much faster than established plants as their roots are not as plugged into the surrounding soil. Keep pinching out side shoots on your tomatoes Keep sowing salad for a continuous crop
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Sussex Snippets Imm ers ive Cine mat ic Events are hosting a three day film event at Newhaven Fort over Armed Forces Weekend from the 23rd - 25th of July. The organisers sought out this location with the idea that it would be the perfect setting for an event themed around wartime Britain. Each evening there will be a screening of a military themed film with two hours of immersive experience beforehand: Friday 23rd: Saving Private Ryan; Saturday 24th: The Great Escape; Sunday 25th: Warhorse. Newhaven Fort was the location where many service personnel left Britain for the DDay landings. For this event guests are transported back to wartime Britain by taking advantage of this incredible location. The organisers plan to create a set that comes alive through real feel action and production A sporting lunch held in aid of Sussex children’s charity Rockinghorse, has raised £35,550 for its 50th year appeal. Held at The Grand Hotel in Brighton on Friday 2nd June, the Best of British event, sponsored by solicitors Mayo
SUSSEX LOCAL Wynne Baxter, welcomed special guest speaker Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards. Rockinghorse is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and aims to raise £500,000 during its Golden Jubilee, to be split between 10 children’s centres and paediatric services in Sussex. The Wey & Arun Canal Trust and the National Trust are jointly celebrating the 150th anniversary of JB Dashwood’s adventurous journey down the River Wey along the Wey & Arun Canal towards the Solent. His mission was to see the Spithead Review in 1867 and he took his small boat ‘Caprice’ from Thames Lock at Weybridge, along the Wey & Arun Canal on his way to Portsmouth. Small boats are invited to take part in a reconstruction of the journey. www.weyarun.org.uk Advance notice of Littlehampton Town Council’s Screen on the Green on 19th August when there will be a free screening of The Goonies at 8.45pm on the East Green at the seafront. Meanwhile, Worthing is attempting to boost visitor numbers with a new website www.discoverworthing.uk Aldingbourne Trust, local charity supporting adults with learning disabilities celebrated Volunteers’ Week. Their volunteers have built up over 1,700 man hours in a year. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or have an organisation that would like to “give a day to charity” contact either Tracy Milward at tracym@aldingbourne.org or Debbie Wells at debbiew@aldingbourne.org. Meanwhile a team from the centre tackled a sponsored walk to Halnaker Windmill for up to 5 ½ miles, assisted by several community volunteers as well as staff from the Kitchen centre in Lancing. £300 was raised. www.aldingbournetrust.co.uk . News from Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne - Ahead of HMIC’s Legitimacy Inspection, the DCC said that the number of Stop and Searches had fallen from 24,000 in 2011 to 6,000 a year because of the concerted effort by the force to ensure stops were targeted, proportionate, justified and legitimate. Ms Bourne is also repeating the warnings of courier fraud crime, where you get a phone call from fraudsters posing as bank staff or, as in this case, a police officer. They persuade you that your bank account has been hacked or that they need your help to catch organised crime gangs and tell you to withdraw money and hand it to one of their trusted associates the courier- who will either keep it safe or use it in their fake police operation. Ms Bourne recently welcomed the first conviction in Sussex for exercising coercive and controlling behaviour in a relationship. Robert Conlon from St Leonards, was sentenced to four and a half years and also received an indefinite restraining order which prohibits him from any contact with his 28-year-old ex -partner and from entering Sussex. www.sussexpcc.gov.uk
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“Ford is better for development” The Villages Action Group report they have “taken some time to examine the latest additions to the Arun Local Plan” The statement, which appears on their website continue “There are very few local employment opportunities, both now and into the foreseeable future and therefore the vast majority of the new incomers would actually be out-commuters, which will only add to the energy footprint in this area as well as adding quite unnecessary extra air pollution.” “This Local Plan threatens mass housebuilding across the district at 1000 homes per annum over 20 years.....The road infrastructure in this area will not be able to cope with such a huge traffic increase and particularly now that the improvements to the Chichester Bypass have been shelved.” Flood risk is one of the major issues they highlight. “The major constraint is obviously the Flood Risk issue, since the whole area is part of a major Flood Plain. Any displacement of water by excessive numbers of new foundations for houses plus covering fields with tarmac and concrete can only result in greatly increasing the flooding risk to many existing properties even if the new houses are built much higher to alleviate their own flood risk.“ They also mention concern about greenfield land being lost forever. “This area has large amounts of high quality land ideal for growing food. It is surely a
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crime against the future population to remove it from the Earthʼs resources permanently at a time when the population of our world is rocketing to huge levels at an alarming rate.” Their opinion is that brownfield land, once decontaminated, is the right way to supply land for house building, and suggest Ford might be a suitable alternative area on which to build. “Ford itself has a fairly small number of houses proposed in the latest Local Plan....... and apparently, according to some sources, residents here would welcome more houses in order to prevent Ford being turned into a waste treatment centre. Oddly, Ford already has a very new waste water treatment plant which would be very useful for a larger scale development and it is mid way between Bognor and Littlehampton which make it much more sustainable in terms of commuting and employment. Ford also has a Main Line Hub Railway Station for any longer distance commuters plus the fact that the A27 Arundel Bypass has been confirmed by HM Government for completion in 2022. All these factors must surely now make Ford far more suitable for large scale development (up to 5,000 houses) than any of the other Greenfield proposals in this latest version of the Plan.” www.villagesactiongroup.wordpress.com
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Here is a list (with acknowledgments to the Arundel Community Partnership) of prominent voices in the A27 bypass debate: Arundel Town Council who have a dedicated section on their website www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk ABNC - Arundel Bypass Neighbourhood Committee “A network of businesses, organisations and individuals concerned to solve the Arundel A27 tailbacks problems with long term viable solutions causing the least damage.“ arundelbypass.co.uk The Arundel A27 Forum is a network of organisations and individuals aiming to protect Arundel’s countryside and neighbouring villages, homes and businesses, whilst improving transport and access arundela27forum.org.uk Arundel SCATE “a networking group for communications between independent organisations all of whom are sympathetic to the promotion of sustainable transport solutions and who oppose damaging road-building schemes along the south coast corridor” www.a27arundel.org One Arundel “a group of like-minded individuals who support the essential and long-overdue proposal for the building of an off-line, dual carriageway A27 Arundel Bypass, and we welcome the Government’s commitment to its early provision.” onearundel.co.uk Tortington Local Community “Tortington, more than any other parish in this area, will be changed forever by any new road which might be built” www.tortington.org.uk/a27-bypass/
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Arundel Festival Fundraiser Party The annual Arundel Festival Fundraiser Party is being held in the fantastic location of the Arundel Castle Cricket Club, with kind permission of Duke of Norfolk and FACCC. It should be the usual lively evening with live music from Electric Youth and the Boston Showband, supper by Food for Thought and donation bar by Arundel Brewery. This is a great way to support Arundel Festival, which is a charity run by volunteers. Funds are raised at the party with a gift tree, raffle and auction. We always have special prizes and tickets for great experiences generously donated by local business and others further afield. This year there will be long party tables, so no need to book as a group. You can purchase tickets (cash only) at Sparks Yard on Tarrant Street in Arundel (£30 - booking fee does not apply). The party is on Saturday, July 1, 2017 from 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm.
Deadline to the Breadline By Richard Cohen FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner Recent research conducted by Legal & General as part of their “Deadline to the Breadline” study shows on average UK employees could be on the breadline in just 32 days if they lost their main source of income due to sickness, accidental injury or death. Of course, averages can hide a multitude of sins, as shown by the fact that a quarter of people would run out of money within a week and a further quarter would run out of funds the next day. Everyone has three possible solutions to this problem. Don’t die, have an accident or get sick. Build up more savings. Insure your income. I think everyone would agree that solution one is outside of your control. If the second solution was realistic then there wouldn’t be a need for articles such as this! That only leaves the third option. Whilst, most people with dependants recognise the need for life insurance, very few seem to recognise the need to insure their income. Less than one in fourteen people have any kind of income protection insurance.
SUSSEX LOCAL Amberley Museum Summer Fun
Amberley Museum will be open every day during the Sussex school holidays, and there are lots of events planned for you to enjoy. The Museum will be hosting Toddler Tuesday activity mornings on the 25th July, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th August. With a range of activities for the under 5’s, including story time, song and crafts, looking at different aspects of the Museum each week. Also, there are Activity Wednesdays for children of all ages on the 26th July, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th August. Each Wednesday will look at a different theme around the Museum, along with hands on activities in the woodturners workshops and birds of prey displays from Hawking About. The highlight of the summer includes Robots Live shows on the weekend of the 29th and 30th July. The robots from BBC’s Robot Wars will be visiting the Museum, including the champion Apollo. This special show is included in the Museum’s standard entry price. There will be workshops available to try your hand at building a robot, but these spaces are limited so pre-booking is advisable by contacting the Museum office on 01798 831370. Tickets for the event itself are available to purchase online at www.amberleymuseum.co.uk. A good Income Protection policy will provide a tax free monthly payment of half of your gross salary, either until you are fit to return to work, you die or you reach your chosen retirement age. The policies have a deferred period, that being the length of time you must be off work before it starts paying out and the longer the deferred period the lower the premium. A policy with a deferred of one month, which would meet the needs of the “average person” above, would cost around £30 per month for £1,000 of cover for protection until age 68. If you have no savings at all and need “day one” cover the premium increases to around £43. This is based on a thirty year old administration manager, in normal health. In case you’re yet to be convinced of the need I’ll finish with a quote from Winston Churchill on insurance. “If I had my way, I would write the word “insure” upon the door of every cottage and upon the blotting book of every public man, because I am convinced, for sacrifices so small, families and estates can be protected against catastrophes which would otherwise smash them up forever.” For more details visit www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review please call 01903 821010
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WIN a Family ticket to the Loxwood Joust Plus VIP seats in the Royal Pavilion to watch a live joust! Sat 5th & Sun 6th, Sat 12th & Sun 13th August 10am - 6pm companies of actors, wandering minstrels, the Court Jester and dance troupes entertain and delight throughout the day. But do not miss Gilbert Savage, aka The Executioner, putting his new rack with its gruesome assemblage of rollers, ratchets and metal framework, to good use in the woodland or the den of the Witches with their beguiling ways. Be enchanted by The Mediaeval Baebes, let little ones enjoy their very own Children’s Kingdom, become an apprentice knight in Sword School, pelt the peasant and revel in Sir Lancelot the Bald’s improbable stunts.
Fully armoured knight in a thunderous battle
Perhaps after dining on local organic fayre, you will venture into the The Mediaeval Gaming Zone” where children and adults can try their hand at Tafl.
A jousting knight
The Loxwood Joust is the most spectacular mediaeval festival in the Realm. An unrivalled programme of mediaeval revelry guarantees a family day out like no other. Experience the all action jousting tournaments, daring displays of weaponry, archery, cannon fire and fully armoured knights meeting in thunderous battles. Explore the recreated mediaeval battle camp where fully armoured knights will be showing what life was like at that time. And in the Mediaeval Market Place, Traders and Hawkers Dancing entertainment will vie for your attention as
The Loxwood Joust is open each day from 10am to 6pm, is conveniently located just off the B2133 between Wisborough Green and Loxwood and has ample Free Parking. www.loxwoodjoust.co.uk
Win a Family Ticket to the Loxwood Joust Sussex Local has 6 family tickets to give away including the VIP Royal Pavilion seats, valid for any of the show days. To be in with a chance of winning simply answer this question:
Q. In what time period is The Loxwood Joust Set? A) Victorian
B) Stone Age
C) Mediaeval
Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: Loxwood Joust Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: competitions@sussexlocal.net. The winners will first 6 correct entries drawn after 24/7/17. Please indicate if you would like to be on our/The Loxwood Joust’s mailing list.
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Free help for debtors Registered charity Christians Against Poverty help people to manage their finances According to recent figures, there are almost nine million people in debt in the UK, that’s around one in six adults. Being unable to keep up with bills and other financial commitments can result in people spiralling into debt and evidence shows that often the people who are most in need of help and advice on how to manage their finances, those who are teetering on the brink of debt or in debt already, either have no idea how to find this advice or else do not seek it until it’s too late. Registered charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) offers help to anyone struggling with their finances, finding it difficult to budget or in debt. The charity believes that “nobody should be held hostage by debt and poverty,” and wants to help people escape the grip of poverty. CAP’s aims are threefold, to give people the skills to improve their money management, to encourage people to look at their own finances and make changes that are tailored specifically to their needs and to enable people to successfully budget, save and keep out of debt – supporting people to take control of their finances. The organisation offers a range of courses designed to do just this.
Chris Jay CEO and Chairman
The CAP Money course is a free money management course that teaches budgeting skills, promising attendees they will be on top of their finances in just a few weeks. The course is made up of three sessions and is open to everyone – irrespective of faith, income, financial circumstances or knowledge. Each session lasts two hours including refreshments, is informal and confidential and there are specially tailored courses available for Students, Youth and Kids available.
CAP was established in the late nineteen-nineties by John Kirkby, who was employed in the consumer finance industry and found himself in considerable debt. He managed to turn his life around and established the charity in his hometown of Bradford to help others in unmanageable debt. Since then CAP has grown to have over 290 debt centres helping more than 21,000 people a year out of debt and poverty. CAP developed the CAP Money Course In 2008 and it is the largest provider of face-to-face financial education in the UK.
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The organisation has a relationship with the Department for Work and Pensions, who regularly refer people with money issues to CAP. The services provided by CAP are completely free of charge, and the charity receives its income from donations, fundraising dinners, sponsored events and regular givers, who provide the majority of CAPs income. In fact, 63 per cent of the charity’s income comes from individuals, with
He is keen to further extend CAP’s network and to encourage as many churches as possible to offer these courses to the community. “Churches I have contacted have all been supportive and we have been running courses in a variety of venues in Chichester, Bognor and Littlehampton.” Peter estimates that around 6000 people go through a CAP Money Course every year and that with 46 active churches in West Sussex, there is potential for around 200 people go through a course in West Sussex a year. In addition to the courses CAP has debt centres in Chichester, Bognor, Littlehampton, Worthing, Crawley and Shoreham-on-sea, and also in Brighton, Bexhill and Hastings; and there are currently job clubs available in Billingshurst, Horsham and Chichester. Although all of the courses are run by a Christian charity, the services provided by CAP are open to all irrespective of faith or no faith at all. Peter says that, “CAP encourages all who wish to do the course to attend. The CAP money course is not an evangelical event and focuses purely on the financial issues.” Since its inception the charity has grown enormously, and garnered a number of awards – including being named Debt Advice Provider of the Year at the Collections and Customer Service Awards 2015 – and has a wide range of supporters. One of whom is Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert, who regularly recommends CAP to people who are in debt and struggling to cope, and is quoted as saying: “CAP is unsurpassed in its debt counselling.” Peter tells me that CAP has enormous credibility within both the private and public sectors; the charity’s website carries endorsements from, amongst others, HRH Prince Charles, former Prime Minister David Cameron and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
nineteen per cent from church donations and the bulk of the remaining eighteen per cent coming from charitable activities and charitable trusts. All of the 300 staff at CAPs Bradford Head Office are paid. But the CAP Money Course is run completely by unpaid volunteers from churches; there are currently 3,500 CAP Money Coaches running the course across
through the door the UK. Volunteers are trained by CAP and do not require any experience of the finance industry, details on how to become a volunteer are available on the website. Peter says, “We never give financial advice on a CAP Money Course, we just facilitate an amazing DVD based course full of handy principles to get your finances in order.” The DVDs used during the course are also available on line from the CAP Money website, and also focus on many whose lives have been transformed following attendance. In addition to the existing CAP Debt help and CAP Money Course, there are also CAP Job Clubs – to help people support back into work – and CAP Release Groups - helping people to tackle addictions. The organisation has recently piloted a new venture – CAP Life Skills, which equips people to live well on a low income and was launched at Westminster in March at an event attended by around seventy guests, including thirty-one MPs. Interestingly, when I ask Peter Sutton what he sees as the greatest challenge faced by the charity, he doesn’t reply with the usual – and understandable – response from those involved in the charitable sector, namely funding, but rather that the greatest challenge CAP Money faces is: “getting people to know about CAP and encouraging them to come.” CAP Money courses are scheduled locally on a regular basis, and at a variety of venues and times. Anyone
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who thinks they would benefit from attending a course can find more details on the website, where simply inserting your postcode will bring up your nearest venue. At a time when everyone is feeling the pinch and when anyone’s financial health can be hit by an unexpected event, and debt so easily entered into, learning the skills that could mean the difference between healthy money management and spiralling levels of debt can only be a good idea. Contact: Peter Sutton – Telephone: 07813024585, petersutton@capmoneycourse.org www.capmoney.org
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Win John Otway’s Signed Box Set CD ‘Montserrat’ When John Otway has an idea he usually carries it through. Others may wilt at the first hurdle, trip at the second or just plain retire hurt at the third. But not Otway if he can help it. ‘Where do real rock stars go to make an album?’ he mused...and the answer was loud and clear, Montserrat. Montserrat was the go to place in the 70s and 80s for all major rock stars to make their records - The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Dire Straits, The Police, the list goes on. Then two hurricanes later and one erupting volcano and it all changed. Air Studios fell into disrepair, the capital city became a modern day Pompeii and half the island became uninhabitable due to the spread of ash. Until now.... Otway liked the idea of following in the footsteps of the stars and wasn’t going to let a little thing like weather conditions and topography deter him. In January 2016 he visited the Island with a view to recording. The people of Montserrat are incredibly proud of their iconic musical status and when the Otway team arrived they were greeted at the airport by the Premier, several members of the cabinet and Miss Montserrat. Bathrooms Coastline Bathrooms Blinds Direct Blinds tensARC Events Event Stock Ltd St Mary Church Walberton Music Night Food Delivery Services Phoenix Frozen Foods Ltd Garden Design Glorious Gardens Gardeners Grayshaw & Yeo Gardening Company Home Care Angelcare Southern Ltd Home Property Maintenance Home is Where the Hearth Is Homecare Carol Steere
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Otway had not recorded an album for over 10 years and, though he is best known for his self-effacing humour, his avid fan base are also very fond of his song-writing. His Kickstarter campaign generated £40k in a month. “It was a big job,” says Otway, “I wanted to make a better album than Steel Wheels – and I did!” The 11 track CD, ‘Montserrat’, was released in May 2017 on Red Bowler records. www.johnotway.com.
Win a ‘Montserrat’ box set To be in with a chance of winning answer the following question: Q: When did Otway last record an album? a) 10 years ago b) 20 years ago c) 1 year ago Send your answer and full contact details including daytime telephone number to: ’Montserrat’ Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after 31st July 2017. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list.
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