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WELCOME TO FIVEWAYS ! Hope you are enjoying the longer days and warmer temperatures. I always feel that March 22nd is a great date to reach and represents the countdown to Summer...bring it on!! We have the usual mix of items for you this month with local people and activities featured and a record number of local businesses represented. Thank you for all your positive comments about The Fiveways Directory and please do let us know what you feel we can do to improve it. Your feedback is important to us. Also please continue to send in your local items for publication. Have a great April!! The Fiveways Directory Team info@fivewaysdirectory.co.uk www.fivewaysdirectory.co.uk Cover: James O’Sullivan
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FIVEWAYS FACE: NAOMI ALEXANDER Naomi Alexander lives in Havelock Road. She is the director of Brighton People’s Theatre and has founded the Starboard Festival, a theatre festival for children and young people, which will take place at Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) in July. 60 people came along. I have been overwhelmed by people’s support for the festival. Almost every theatre in the 5 city has become involved, along with schools, colleges, playwrights and local theatre companies. There is a huge groundswell of good will and energy to make Starboard Festival a success.
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WITCHCRAFT COLLECTION AT PRESTON MANOR One of Britain’s spookiest historic houses, Preston Manor, is to host a unique display of artefacts and documents from the personal collection of local witch Doreen Valiente from 2nd April until the autumn. Doreen Valiente (1922-1999) is internationally regarded as having been ‘the mother of modern witchcraft’, and played a key part in nurturing the modern Pagan revival. In 2013 she posthumously made history by being the first witch to be awarded a blue plaque commemorating her life and achievements, on her tower block home in Kemp Town. Her collection of artefacts, manuscripts and documents relating to witchcraft, magic, folklore and Paganism is 9 acknowledged by academics to be the most important of its kind in the world. On her death it was entrusted to her last High Priest, John Belham-Payne, now chair of the Doreen Valiente Foundation, who has worked extensively on safeguarding it for the future. Folklore, Magic and Mysteries: Modern Witchcraft and Folk Culture in Britain will include ceremonial items, statues and a witch’s altar, which will change with the seasons and contain genuine witchcraft working tools and historical artefacts.
On display on special days during May and July will be Gerald Gardner’s original handwritten book of witchcraft rituals, from the 1940s - one of the primary source documents for the worldwide religion now known as Wicca. Known as a ‘Book of Shadows’ it contains Gardner’s notes for rituals and magical work from the earliest days of this movement. Most modern witches now have their own ‘Book of Shadows’, with a great many based on this original work. Preston Manor is open from 10am to 5pm (Tuesday to Saturday) and 2-5pm on Sundays. For more information, see: brightonmuseums.org.uk/ prestonmanor Doreen Valiente
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KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE One of the key issues raised at Local Action Team meetings are people’s concerns about safe parking. It is not just blocking corners of course. Brighton and Hove City Council has gone to considerable lengths to ensure safe zones around schools. These stretches of road were the first in the city to be made 20mph zones, and zig-zag markings were painted here, making it unlawful to stop at any time during the school day, between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday, in these zones. Outside one school at present, there is even a banner paid for by the council that highlights the danger to road users of parking in these areas when dropping children 15 off or picking them up. Unfortunately though, some schools don’t seem to agree with the council on this issue, and prefer instead to use their zig-zags on a regular basis as a coach park! What makes it worse is that this illegal parking often occurs at the busiest time of the school day – in the morning, when pupils are arriving, and then again at pick-up time in the afternoon. This makes life more hazardous for all road users.
Surely safety, rather than convenience, should be the main concern of schools? David Alderton The Fiveways Directory is happy to publish views on local issues. This doesn’t mean it either agrees or disagrees with subjects covered. If you live locally and want to express a different viewpoint, please email us at info@fivewaysdirectory.co.uk
PRIMETIME: AIMED AT MEN AGED 50+ LIVING IN BRIGHTON & HOVE Here at Volunteering Matters, we’re really excited to announce our latest project: “PrimeTime”. Our aims and objectives are: •
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BRIGHTON MARATHON – 17TH APRIL This year’s Brighton Marathon takes place on Sunday 17th April. Volunteers are needed to help with a wide variety of roles and you can register to volunteer at: http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/volunteer. Volunteering at Brighton Marathon Weekend can be extremely rewarding – it’s a chance to meet new people and have fun. The deadline to sign up is 10th April. There will be some road closures during the Marathon morning. The Marathon Mass Start in Preston Park is at 9.15am, with the elite runners starting in Withdean Park. The Marathon will be preceded by a 10k race, starting at 8.30am, and there will also be Cancer Research UK 17 Kids & Teens Mini Mile Races in Preston Park on Saturday 16th April between 11am and 4pm, with over 2,000 children expected to take part. Both the men’s and women’s champions from 2015 are returning to the race this year. Last year Duncan Maiyo of Kenya took the men’s title in 2:10:15, while in the women’s race his compatriot Penninah Wanjiru won her debut marathon in 2:34:25. (The men’s course record is 2:09:25 and the women’s course record is 2:28:50.) If you want to see the end of the race, the first elite run-
ners are expected to finish in Madeira Drive at around 11.25 and you can cheer them on from a grandstand situated directly by the finish line, which will be filled on a first come, first served basis. There will be a charity village on the beach, where charities can greet their runners, with live screens, food, drink, entertainment and, of course, deckchairs! For more information, visit www.brightonmarathon.co.uk
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fiveways Important news of upcoming changes to school catchment areas...
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Model C: each secondary school being part of a catchment area with three schools in. Under Model A, some residents of Fiveways would have Dorothy Stringer as their catchment school and others would be in the catchment area for Varndean School. In Model B, most Fiveways residents would have a choice between Dorothy Stringer and Blatchington Mill schools. Those to the east of Ditchling Road would be in a three-school catchment area for Varndean School, Patcham High School and Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA). Model C would see the whole of the Fiveways area in a three-school catchment for Varndean, Patcham High and BACA.
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NICOLA HAYDN OF OTHERPLACE BRIGHTON ON WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MAY AT THE WARREN Nicola Haydn is the Artistic Director of Otherplace Brighton which has produced many shows and run a host of venues at the Brighton Fringe since 2006. The company started out at The Marlborough Theatre in Kemp Town, then went on to Upstairs at Three and Ten (2008 – 2014) and this year their pop-up festival site, The Warren, returns to St Peter’s Church North throughout May. In 2010 Nicola won an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Festival. Nicola lives in the Fiveways area and teaches Performing Arts at Varndean College. Tell us more about The Warren...
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This year will be the fifth year of our pop-up site The Warren, which sees Otherplace take over St Peter’s Church North for the whole of May. It features a total of four venues, a rooftop bar, kids area and stalls by local traders, and will be the setting for more than 150 shows, making it our biggest year to date. In addition to the Theatre Box (a studio theatre made out of four shipping containers joined together), we now have a 250-seat, bowler-hat shaped Main House, and two new smaller studio venues. The four venues will
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host a programme that spans theatre, comedy, cabaret, dance, opera, spoken word, music and film. We are open from 5 May to 5 June. Can you tell us about some of the shows we can see there in May? One of the highlights of the Fringe this year is El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi. El Blanco, aka The White One, struggles with being too white but manages to overcome his insecurities through songs based on Mexican myth, ancient Egypt and, er, George Clooney. A hilarious and unpredictable script for a ridiculously entertaining night of songs, stories and many, many lies, I am really looking forward to seeing this show. (May 6 - 8, 6.30pm, £10 / Conc £8.50 / Student £7) Other programme highlights include last year’s major hit The Biggest Marionette Circus in the World Part II, which returns for 13 dates; all four parts of the multi-awardwinning Bane series; an all-new operatic show The Pirates of Penzance, from the riotous team behind sellout Sh*tfaced Shakespeare; and a preview by cabaret superstar La Gateau Chocolat. How can we find out more and get tickets? The Fringe programme is online and you can pick up a brochure from outlets around the town. www.otherplacebrighton.co.uk Box office: 01273 987516 The Warren, St Peter’s Place North, York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU 5 May – 5 June COMPETITION: WIN TICKETS!! Mariachi originates from Mexico (unlike this South African Company). But what traditional suit do Mariachi bands wear whilst playing? Answers on a postcard or email info@otherplacebrighton.co.uk to win 4 tickets to ‘El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi’ at The Warren on 7th May at 6.30pm. Send postcards to: COMPETITIONS, Otherplace Brighton, 11 Jew Street, BN1 1UT. DEADLINE: 26th APRIL. All winners will be contacted via email. fiveways directory April 2016
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HOLLINGBURY PARK BOWLING CLUB GREEN: Ditchling Road, Brighton BN1 6JU The 2016 Season starts Thursday 21st April. Official opening by the Mayor at 13:45 hrs. New members (ladies and gentlemen), enjoy a special welcome. For new bowlers, we have a qualified County coach, free of charge. Free use of equipment, including woods of varying size. Casual clothing only. Just flat shoes are required. The advantages of our club are; we have two greens, one of which we maintain ourselves, One of only two clubs in this area. We have our own car park. A great aspect, a hidden gem some say. We are a mixed club with 80 plus members of varying playing ability from beginners to county champion. There is a licensed bar with light refreshments. Regular social events throughout the year. We are extending the Clubhouse. We have applied to Sports England for a funding. If our application is successful the ‘new’ clubhouse will be in use in 2017, ready for our centenary year in 2018. Short mat bowls will be introduced also. www.hollingburyparkbc.co.uk Email Contact - jvhayhurst@gmail.com
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What is the colour of the bullseye of an archery target?
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fiveways Not Fiveways but well worth knowing about plus an explanation on the missing recipe page this month!!
FUNK THE FAMILY & FUNK THE FORMAT FESTIVALS MAY 2016 IN HOVE PARK Following two spectacular sell-out festivals, Funk The Family is back with a bigger, better line-up and second, adults-only, day: Funk The Format. Artists include: Soul II Soul, Norman Jay MBE, Rodney P, Skitz, Jamie Rodigan, DJ Format, Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts), Mr Bongo Soundsystem, Russ Dewbury and Harleigh Blu.
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You may have noticed that we don’t have a recipe for you this month. That’s because Sarah Stubbs of Let’s Cook at Home, who sends us her fantastic recipes, has been busy getting married!
Like Funk The Family, the brand new Funk The Format Festival is a champion of soul, latin, funk, reggae, disco, hip hop, house, jungle, jazz and, of course, funk. As well as music, Funk The Family will have a plethora of outstanding, free family entertainment, including The Circus Project’s trapeze workshops, archery, family yoga, diabolo workshops, Cirque Du Funk big top, Punch & Judy shows, breakdancing and much more to be announced. Funk The Family Festival is on Saturday 28th May, 11am8pm, and Funk The Format Festival (adults only) is on Sunday 29th May, 12 noon-9pm, both in Hove Park.
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Here are Sarah and her new husband Pat after their wedding at Pangdean Barn in Pyecombe. Their amazing chocolate wedding cake was made by Evelyn Day at Chocadyllic.
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Sarah and Pat spent a few days in Bath after the wedding and will be going to Vienna in April.
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Which hills divide England from Scotland?
fiveways Welcome to the April edition of Fiveways Gardens....
FIVEWAYS GARDENS APRIL 2016 Silver-leafed shrubs such as lavenders, sage and Santolina should be cut to within 15-30cm of the ground if you have young plants that you want to keep compact. Just check that you can see new buds emerging on the lowest stems. If you have older woody plants that you want to try to revive, a good technique worth trying is to cut them back pretty hard, into the old wood, and then mound good compost on top of them. If you’ve tall perennials that needed staking last year, it’s a good idea to put supports in place now, before the plants really get going. This way, the plants grow up through supports and disguise them, and look better than plants that have been propped up once they’ve 27 been wind-battered. Climbing honeysuckle, or Lonicera, can be prone to powdery mildew infection – there seemed to be quite a bit of it about last year. As so many of us have and love this plant, it’s worth mentioning how we can better look after them this year. Powdery mildew is often caused by drought stress. Even when it seems to be raining quite a bit, we have to bear in mind that most of us have very freely draining, chalky soil, that dries out quickly. Given that most honeysuckles are planted at the foot of a wall, in particularly poor soil, and are sheltered from a lot of
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Will Writing Fortnight for hospice care at Martlets
9 to 20 May 2016 Book from 11 April
A great opportunity to make or update your Will and to support your local hospice
Suggested minimum donations are:
£120 for a single Will
£160 for a joint Will
Choose from 13 local Will writers offering their services in return for a donation to the Martlets
Nicola Jones Barwells 238 South Coast Road Peacehaven 01273 582271
Mark Scott Crosby Woods 75 Church Road Hove 01273 734600
Richard Shearing Dean Wilson 165 Dyke Road Brighton 01273 249210
Maureen Edwards Burt Brill & Cardens 30 Old Steyne Brighton 01273 604123
Julie Latham Burnand Brazier Malcolm Wilson 39 Church Road, Hove 01273 734022
Carl Ingram Goodlaw 6 The Drive Hove 01273 956270
Roger Tuffin John A Tuffin 12 Ship Street Brighton 01273 202071
Maria Turner Deibel & Allen 10 Franklin Road Portslade 01273 430999
Nadia Cowdrey Griffith Smith Farrington Webb 47 Old Steyne, Brighton 01273 324041
Jonathan Horner Sussex Law 45 Ladies Mile Road Brighton 01273 561312
Robert Simon Robert Simon St Mary’s Road Shoreham By Sea 01273 452333
Deanne Ferguson McMillan Williams 11 Prince’s Street Brighton 01273 830034
Christopher Thomas Fitzhugh Gates 3 Pavilion Parade Brighton 01273 666323
About the Scheme A professionally written Will is the best way to protect those you love and to remember your local hospice. Our Wills scheme is an ideal time to make or update your Will in return for a donation to Martlets. Contact one of the Will writers listed to make your booking and to find out more - quoting Martlets Will Writing Fortnight. Bookings open from 11 April and appointments will take place from 9 to 20 May.
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Which flower does the spice SAFFRON come from?
fiveways Spring is finally here, and with it, the buds of two exciting new projects here at Coachwerks have finally appeared...
NEW PROJECTS AT COACHWERKS Thanks to funding from Upstream Ideas, ‘The Bottle Room’ is set to open its doors at the beginning of May. We all know the planet is under increasing environmental pressure, and we all try to do our bit to ease the load. But as Kermit the Frog once sang, it’s not easy being green. So ‘The Bottle Room’ is here to help. We’ll be running workshops, holding drop-in sessions, offering advice and practical support on everything from food growing to cycling, setting up a coop to fixing up old furniture, and generally doing what we can to help us all reduce our footprint on the planet. We’re also looking for volunteers and ideas to help the project grow, and we also want to help you with ideas or projects of your own. For further information or to sign up to our email list, 31please email us at greenhands@riseup.net And after a hard day tending to your veg, retro-fitting your home, or cycling to and from work, you might want to relax with a pint or two of the most local and sustainable beer you could imagine. Bartleby’s, your very own local brewery here at Coachwerks, have teamed up with EarthSea, so you can now pop in and add a litre (or more) of beer to your scoop-and-weigh rice and locally grown veg. We have 1, 5, 10 and 20 litre containers, all fully returnable and re-usable, and you’re more than
welcome to bring your own containers too. We’ll always have at least three ales in stock, and we’ll be offering free home delivery in the local area for sales of 10 litres or more. You can place orders in the shop, or on-line at www.bartlebysbrewery.com… Needless to say, we’ll be delivering to you on our trusty bike, so it will still be the lowest impact beer you’re likely to find. As ever, if you’d like more info about what’s going on at Coachwerks, please email rachelmaryentwistle@gmail.com to sign up to our email list. We’ve also got a new website... coachwerks.org, so check that out too...
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WHAT’S ON IN AND AROUND FIVEWAYS MONDAYS Play and Stay 10.00 – 11.30am 0-3 yrs £2. Healthy snack included Fiveways Play Centre 8-10 Florence Rd 01273 500257 Brighton Community Acupuncture 10 AM until 8 PM, Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road,
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Hollingdean Yoga Everyone welcome 10-11am £5.50, concs £4.50 Hollingdean Community Centre Mary Grimes 01273 559829
Stanford Avenue Methodist Church
3rd Wednesday in month Stanford Avenue Methodist Church
THURSDAYS Mother & Toddlers 9.00am – 12noon Contact: Gill 07403 284708 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue
Rainbows 4.15 – 5.45pm St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/ get_involved.aspx
SUNDAYS Sung Eucharist 9.45am St Matthias Church, Ditchling Rd
Pregnancy Yoga 6pm to 7pm. £7 per class when you buy six classes £9 drop in. Please bring a mat St Matthias Church, Hollingbury Park Ave Yoga Flow 7.15pm to 8.30pm Contact: 07813712073 £8 per class when you buy six classes -£10 drop in St Matthias Church, Hollingbury Park Ave
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fiveways Regular fitness advice from local personal trainer Marianne Clark...
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RUN (26.2 MILES) Marathon season is upon us again. You’ll probably have noticed the constant stream of runners beating a path up Ditchling Road in pursuit of a pair of legs strong enough to carry them round 26.2 miles. The Brighton Marathon is only a few years old but has already become one of the UK’s “must-do” races. Last year there were 18,000 entries for the Brighton Marathon, and since it began the gender split of runners has been fairly constant at around 36% women to 64% men. Not quite an equal showing of men and women yet, but not so far off considering that it is only relatively recently that women have been permitted to race that distance. Did you know, for instance, that it was 1984 before the women’s marathon first became an Olympic 35 event? Previously the longest Olympic event for women was the 800m (less than half a mile), longer events being considered just too arduous for the girls. American Joan Benoit won the inaugural Olympic event, in a time of 2 hours and 25 minutes, demonstrating quite clearly that women were more than capable of taking on the challenge. The current women’s marathon record of 2 hours 15 minutes set by Paula Radcliffe has stood since 2003; few have even come close since. RUN YOURSELF FIT!
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The oldest continuously staged race is the iconic Boston marathon which began in 1897. For over seven decades it was an entirely male preserve and the organisers unapologetically refused to accept female entrants. As the American feminist movement gathered steam during the 1960s, a small group of women began to challenge their exclusion and a few even managed to compete in the race unofficially. However, it was news photographs of the Boston race organisers attempting to physically drag “illegal” runner Kathrine Switzer off the course in 1967 that really had an impact on the public consciousness and paved the way for the gender inequalities in sport to be seriously addressed. In 1973 the Boston Marathon finally accepted entries from female athletes for the first time. So, whether or not you believe it is utter madness to choose to run such a distance (without so much as a quick stop-off at Fiveways for coffee and cake), just remember that people fought for your right to take on the challenge of the hallowed 26.2 miles!! Marianne Clark is a personal trainer, GB age group triathlete, and running & endurance sports coach and offers personal training, run groups and 1-2-1 run and triathlon coaching for all levels from beginners upwards. New Preston Park run groups starting in April - email or call for more info. Email: mcla@sky.com contact@fitsofitness.co.uk or 07775 780844.
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What is the lightest chemical element?
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fiveways Your monthly book review by BBC reviewer Gary Mepsted...
RICEYMAN STEPS BY ARNOLD BENNETT WHEN I WAS OLD BY GEORGES SIMENON Life sabotaged my attempts to review a book last month and so I’m back this month with two titles which I urge you to check out. The first is a novel, “Riceyman Steps”, by Arnold Bennett. Bennett is an author who has been rather neglected over the last decade 37 or so. It’s possible to encounter well-read folk who’ve either not heard of him, or who have not read him. Riceyman Steps is one of the great London novels, a Modernist masterpiece that Virginia Woolf, had she been less snobbish and blinkered, might have been proud to have penned. Riceyman Steps won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1923 and tells the story of Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, and his wife, Violet, who devote their lives to the saving of money. By contrast, their maid, Elsie, is warm, vibrant and life-affirming. From what might appear bleak and unpromising material, Bennett fashions a darkly compelling tale of wasted opportunities. The novel is written in a subtly poetic and rather beautiful style which makes reading it such a pleasure. Bennett presents his characters without judging them and without asking the reader to judge them. London in the 1920s is powerfully evoked and wonderfully rendered. The novel is gloriously, and occasionally claustrophobically, immersive. Bennett’s consummate ability to handle, and deploy, language is a skill that most contemporary
novelists singularly lack. I recommend this novel most highly. Check on Amazon for best deals. Georges Simenon’s autobiographical notebooks have recently earned themselves a thoroughly justified reprint as a Penguin Classic. Famous for his Maigret novels, Simenon’s phenomenal output - he could write a novel in a fortnight - and his prodigious tally of sexual conquests are probably, and unfortunately, what he is best remembered for. Simenon was an extraordinary writer, a superb chronicler of the human heart and mind. Many of his novels, “The Blue Room”, “The Man Who Watched Trains Go By” and “Sunday”, are miniature masterpieces. “When I Was Old” scrupulously details Simenon’s working methods, his observations and experiences, his relationships and his fears of ageing. There is nothing apologetic or self-serving here, just a ruthless desire to be honest. This is a man having an almost Socratic dialogue with himself. You do not need to have read Simenon’s fiction to find his thoughts and recollections fascinating; they speak of the most basic human fears and desires. Not always a comfortable read, but a salutary one. (Penguin Classics, £8.99)
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fiveways Another fascinating story from the Royal Pavilion.....
PAVILION BLUES: DISABILITY AND IDENTITY This tale of adversity and opportunity is revealed through photographs, poetry and objects from the Pavilion Military Hospital, as well as insights into the lives and experiences of three patients. From 20th April there will also be panels in five of the Royal Pavilion’s rooms giving information on this moving story.
The Royal Pavilion as a World War One military hospital
Kevin Bacon of the Royal Pavilion writes: “The Royal Pavilion’s use as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers is well known. Its use as a hospital for
limbless men is less famous. It opened in the summer of 1916, and retained many of the same medical personnel who had run the Indian hospital. It continued to care for men who had lost arms and legs in World War One until 1920, when the Pavilion was returned to the Brighton Corporation. “The contrast with the earlier hospital is striking: the primary focus of the Indian hospital was to make the men fit enough to either return to the front or be invalided back to India. Although the men were celebrated for their bravery in combat, little official concern seems to have been given to what happened to those men who returned home. By contrast, the hospital for limbless men was established with the aim of equipping its patients with new skills with which to rebuild their lives. “A workshop named after Queen Mary was constructed on the northern grounds of the Pavilion, where the patients could learn new skills in carpentry and engineering. But it was not all about work: the men were also given a good deal of leisure time, and sports were regularly enjoyed. “Cricket, and the old Sussex game of stoolball, were popular in the hospital. As with the Paralympics today, technology was used to enable the men to take part in these sports. Football may have been amongst the other sports played.” Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is open from 10am until 5pm (closed on Mondays) and the display ends on 20th November. (Non-residents £5, residents free, members free.) For more information visit: brightonmuseums.org.uk fiveways directory April 2016
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QUIZ QUESTION TEN : Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?
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There is no need to take out the bath, disconnect the taps, remove tiles or side panels or anything else. way as to cause as little disruption as possible to your home and family. You can have your bath done in white or any colour of your choosing. We can change a coloured bath to white or a white bath to any colour. We can even match existing colours. This means that we could match the existing colour of the bath for you, whether it is avocado, primrose or any other popular colour of the past. We have restored many, many coloured Art Deco baths for the 1930s, for instance. So if you have a coloured bath which is looking
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SUSSEX SUPERSTITIONS – SHAPE-SHIFTING Until 100 or so years ago some people, especially those living in rural areas, believed that a human with special powers could change into an animal. There are references to this as far back as the 12th century and it was mentioned frequently by witnesses in the 18th century. The hare was a great favourite of the witches. It was thought that, in the form of hares, they sucked cows’ udders in the night, leaving them dry for the morning’s milking. Sometimes they were held responsible for damage to crops. One old lady – so it was said - could change into a hare and often roamed attended by her own dogs – her ‘familiars’ perhaps. On one occasion, just by her cottage, a farmer’s dogs managed to bite the hare’s behind but then the fleeing animal slipped away down a cottage drain. When the farmer burst into the cottage, there was the old lady, in human form. There was no sign of any hare, though the farmer noticed that she was rubbing her behind. Another time – and this is a creepy kind of tale – a man related how a cat was constantly coming into his garden and causing havoc. He seemed to think that this invasion always occurred when his wife went ashopping or a-visiting. One day, tired of the nuisance, the man took out his rifle and shot the cat in the leg. Shortly after this his wife came home from market and she was limping. She explained it away by telling him that she had fallen down. Poor chap, was this another example of a shape-changing witch being injured in her guise of an animal? first animal that crossed their path upon their leaving home, would turn back, regarding it as a warning.’ WH Johnson is the author of The Superstitions and Curious Beliefs of Old Sussex, an e-book available from Amazon.
Such stories have the feel of rural myth about them and accounts of animals and injured witches are common throughout the British Isles and beyond into Europe and they were believed not only by the uneducated. A vicar’s wife wrote in her diary in the 1870s: ‘I have met with even educated persons who, if a hare were the
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