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WELCOME TO YOUR JUNE HOVE PARK LIVING!! With the festival now over we move into what undeniably should be referred to as ‘Summer’. Whether this is reflected in the weather we experience remains to be seen but with fingers and toes crossed for all intents and purposes Summer is here!!! We know the football season is now over but there is a distinct football theme this month with the Tales from Goldstone Bottom being about Brighton and Hove Albion back in the day when they were residents of Hove Park. There is also news of a footballing achievement by Hove Park School. So signing off we wish good luck to England this Summer in the European Championships and hard luck Brighton on your near miss this season just gone!! The Hove Park Living Team 01273 551021 info@hoveparkliving.co.uk Publisher: Sussex Magazines 10 Hollingbury Road, Brighton BN1 7JA info@hoveparkliving.co.uk Printer: Gemini Press Distributors: Hove Leaflet Distribution
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Tales of Goldstone Bottom National Volunteers’ Week Health Tip Old Photo Photography Tips Local Church Three Cornered Copse Hove Park School Cup Final
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June Events at the BOAT Fines for Littering Royal Pavilion Local News & Event List of Advertisers
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OK, so the Seagulls grew up and flew the Goldstone nest to set And I will be cheering their success as wildly as anyone. Brighton and Hove United FC was founded by its first manager John Jackson in 1901 but other local clubs objected that the name gave the erroneous impression that it was formed by uniting two former independent clubs. Precisely why “Albion” was chosen to replace “United” is lost in the mists of time but it surely can be no coincidence that an early director Albert Grinyer ran the Albion Inn in Church Road, Hove; club members Tom and Harry Gadd ran the Albion Hotel in Brighton; and shareholders Tamplins Brewery had earlier purchased the Albion Brewery in Albion Street. No contest then! After a period of ground share the Albion took sole possession of The Goldstone Ground in 1904. A few years earlier the ground had been an unused field in a market garden whose proprietor allowed local footballers to play there provided the view from his home in Fonthill Road was not obscured. The accompanying photo taken many years later shows that his wish was still being honoured. It remained so until the houses in Goldstone Lane were built.
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TTOM... BE IT EVER SO ‘UMBLE up in a posh new place in Falmer where they are now on the verge of great things. Fantastic! having previously been used in Preston Park for an agricultural show.
The first stand with changing rooms behind was built on the west side of the ground and accommodated 400 supporters on 12 levels, the top one being christened Spion Kop after the famous Boer War battle, although for important matches farm carts were placed behind the Kop for additional viewing. In 1910 a stand was erected behind the south goal. It was second-hand
Until the early 1920s there was a small pond behind the north goal complete with a long pole with a metal hoop at the end to recover balls that missed the net. Moving forward to the 1930s one very keen supporter regularly took his carrier pigeon to away matches so that he could relay half time scores back to headquarters. The story is also told that when the first Albion match to be televised in colour was about to be recorded, groundsman Frankie Howard could be seen frantically painting bare patches with green emulsion. All of which is quite a contrast to the Albion of today. The club has come a long way since those early ‘umble but ‘appy days so I do hope they remember that “be it ever so ‘umble” there really is no place quite like your very first home. COME ON YOU BLUES! Tony Pelling
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HOVE PARK Introducing the next ‘healthy living’ article written by local personal trainer and nutrition adviser Mary Henderson...
HEALTHY LIVING... FUSSY EATERS It’s not unnatural for kids to show fear towards potentially poisonous novel foods. They look to mummy and daddy to guide them on what’s safe to eat. Nutrition is important at every stage of life but never more so than for kids who are developing both lifelong eating habits as well as building strong healthy bodies and brains. Just this week was another report showing that children attain better grades having had breakfast. Infants should always be weaned on veg before fruit to avoid hardwiring their taste buds preferentially for sweetness. It takes as many as 15 attempts for little ones to accept new foods, so give it time. Studies have also found that kids will eat more healthily when eating with their parents. Mealtimes should never be a drama but neither should kids rule the roost – chips and chocolate would be on the menu every time! Attempts at healthy eating are undermined if not everyone’s playing ball – Mum, Dad, Gran… Younger children pick up healthy habits more easily than the older ones. The earlier you expose an infant to fruit and veg, the more they are likely to eat in adulthood. Letting them feel involved in some small way in the cooking process will encourage them to taste their wares.
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ORPEN ROAD - 1963 Last year we featured a photo of the corner of Orpen Road and Radinden Manor Road in 1963. Here is a different photo of the same site, after the removal of a hedge prior to the development of The Martlet. Local resident Hugh Robinson has sent us an up-to-date picture. The wall on the right appears in both photos, as do the Orpen Road sign and tree. Hugh says that a house in Dyke Road on the corner of Wincombe Road, with two little gabled windows, can also be seen.
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The man behind the cover shots. From Stephen Batey, the seventh in a series of articles about photography...
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY OR LESS IS MORE When I took my first photographs black and white photographs were a lot more common than colour ones, which were very expensive. Today most people use digital cameras and produce colour photographs by default. Yet there’s a lot to be said for black and white - and not just for its novelty value. Black and white is more than just the absence of colour - it can bring a new appreciation of other aspects of the imaged objects and a new freedom to add our own interpretation to the image.
scene with some predominantly brown stumps sitting in shallow muddy brown water, but losing the colour removed the muddy association giving a tranquil view with a clean pool of water.
Whilst superficially a colour image appears to depict the real world, our response to colour brings a number of problems. Some colours are so vibrant that they dominate our attention irrespective of the overall importance of the object having that colour. A feeling that some colour is incorrect or unnatural can be unsettling. If we want to change some emphasis to give our own interpretation with the image still appearing natural, it is difficult to do so without the inevitable colour changes making the result appear false. Colours have associations - red and orange will inevitably suggest warmth, and blue cold - and it is difficult to overcome these associations which may sometimes work against the mood we are trying to create. In real life the following is a rather uninspiring
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HOVE PARK News from The Church of the Good Shepherd in Dyke Road...
JUNE EVENTS AT THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Watoto Choir 6.30pm Saturday 4th June We are hosting a concert of this choir of orphaned children from Uganda. They are wonderful singers, well worth coming to hear and hit the news during the Jubilee tour when one little girl ran up and gave the Queen a hug. Free Entry. You can register for a ticket on Eventbrite via our website below; this helps us keep track of numbers but you won’t be turned away if you just turn up at the door. Good Shepherd Festival 11th - 19th June The festival starts with our Family Fun Day, Saturday the 11th, 2-5pm. Back by popular demand is ‘Marvellous Mutts & Friends Dog Show’ and this year, to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, we have a children’s ‘Kings and Queens Fancy Dress’ with prizes for the best costumes. As well as all the old favourites, stalls, free tea and cakes, games & competitions, tombola & raffle, BBQ, bouncy castle and live music, we are having a visit from our local fire brigade.
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HOVE PARK Here is your regular update from the Friends of Three Cornered Copse...
THREE CORNERED COPSE AT ITS BEST As the spring gets under way, Three Cornered Copse is starting to look at its best. The cow parsley stands tall, and is in blossom, sending a buttery, toffee scent to permeate the woodland, when the air is still and the foliage is at its best. There is still plenty of sunlight penetrating the higher woodland, and those of us brave enough to rise at dawn would be deafened by the birdsong that echoes through the green canopy. As the trees begin to look their best, the diversity of species in the copse becomes more evident. There is mainly beech, with many elms and birch trees, together with the ubiquitous sycamore and alder, and there is a small, but persistent, population of yew trees, particularly on the higher slopes of the woodland. You’ll find the yew trees hidden amongst the denser parts of the wood, distinctive with their dark green needles, growing on two sides of each branch. The yew is rich in mythology and history, often planted, and found, in graveyards, some say to sanitise the buried plague victims, but often many years old. In Wakehurst Place recently, a yew was discovered which dated back to mediaeval times. It’s unlikely the copse has such elderly inhabitants. They are one of our native evergreen conifers, favoured by goldcrests and firecrests for nesting because of the dense foliage in which they are clothed. At the top of the copse, the large muddy areas are now covered with chalk rubble to raise the paths, and make a passable route for the park vehicles which need to access the area from time to time. We are very grateful to the Community Payback groups who did such a splendid job of carrying many tons of chalk from the roadside. And for clearing up so well. Over the months the instant chalk effect should lessen as the path weathers and blends into the surrounding vegetation. Covering with wood chip helps of course. As a footnote to one of our previous activities, on the “Clean for The Queen” day,
our chair of the committee, Ruth Baxendale, spent the afternoon at the Palace of Westminster, as a guest of Keep Britain Tidy. Several speakers talked about the motivation of volunteer groups, and caring for our green spaces, as a thank you for helping clear the litter from our countryside. It’s good to know the friends groups exist across the country sharing the same objectives.
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HOVE PARK Exciting news from Hove Park School...
HOVE PARK SCHOOL REACH NATIONAL FOOTBALL FINAL Hove Park’s Year 9 Under 14 football squad were not only the pride of their school in May, but of Brighton & Hove too as they played in the final of the ESFA National Schools Cup at the Madejski Stadium at Reading FC. Despite being defeated by an incredibly strong team from Thomas Telford School, getting so far in a national competition is an amazing achievement. The Hove Park boys have had an incredible season, also becoming Sussex champions after winning the County Cup final earlier this month. A coach full of fans including students, teachers and parents travelled to Reading and despite the heavy rain created an atmosphere of support and excitement in the stands. The match was streamed live on YouTube enabling many more of the school community to watch the game and the commentary gave it the feel of a professional game. Hove Park were given a standing ovation at the end and the boys were commended on their performance as well as being very gracious in defeat. Team manager Mark Pulling said: “It’s a fantastic achievement to have reached the final. In this competition we play against teams with a lot of professional academy
players representing their school sides. Our side only has one academy player so the boys should be immensely proud of themselves. We’ve competed against schools with better resources and facilities, which encourage them to be able to spend more time training with their teams. It’s a really positive thing for the school that we were able to take so many spectators yesterday. It shows that our school community is very strong and that our students are very supportive of their peers.”
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HOVE PARK June at the Brighton Open Air Theatre...
JUNE HIGHLIGHTS AT THE BRIGHTON OPEN AIR THEATRE June at the BOAT in Dyke Road Park begins with a tribute by the Brighton Beach Boys to David Bowie in Golden Years: David Bowie Remembered (June 4, 7.30pm, £12/£10) and on June 5, there’s Sunday in the Park with Jazz, featuring three of the best local big bands (1pm, drop-in, pay-as-you-feel). Ancient and modern folk tales are brought to life in hilarious, exhilarating musical fashion in Cornish band 3 Daft Monkeys’ award-winning and family-friendly show. With Celtic and Eastern influences, their unique style of world-influenced folk music with infectious rhythms will leave you breathless, enthralled and uplifted. Their music leads you through a musical journey of the senses and emotions, and the desire to dance is irresistible (June 9, 7pm, £8/£5). Lifeboat is a special family event created in response to the refugee crisis and featuring some of the best-loved authors and illustrators in children’s literature, including Axel Scheffler and Polly Dunbar, hosting performances, puppetry, poetry, painting, comics and more. All proceeds go to the School Bus Project which funds full-time teaching in Calais refugee camp ‘The Jungle’ (June 19, 1pm, suggested donation £10). 3 Daft Monkeys
Also for children, Rainy Day Bear’s Adventure is a fun, interactive show suitable for 2 to 6 year-olds, with singing and dancing (June 12, 2pm & 4pm, £8/5). On 24 June, This Is My Theatre invite you to celebrate Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary with their telling of his most famous love story, Romeo and Juliet. Modern characterisation, choral song and physical theatre will bring this epic and emotional tale to life (7.30pm, £10/£8). Another Shakespeare offering is Oddsocks’ hilarious new musical adaptation of Macbeth (June 30 & July 1, 7.30pm, £16 on door/£14 in advance). And don’t miss: A new production of Don Giovanni from Heritage Opera (June 10, 6.30pm, £22/£20). The Pantaloons’ Canterbury Tales – the whole of Chaucer’s timeless tales in under two hours – and their version of classic Jonathan Swift satire Gulliver’s Travels (June 22 & 23 respectively, 7pm, £12/£10). The Marlowe Papers, which tells the tale of the doublelife of Kit Marlowe, the most successful playwright in Elizabethan England (June 25, 7.30pm, £14/£12). Tight Squeeze’s family-friendly, toe-tapping Midsummer Ceilidh (June 26, 2pm, £10/£5). You can book tickets and find out about other shows at: www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk. Please mention Hove Park Living when responding to adverts
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HOVE PARK Just in case you had any inclination to drop litter...
DROP LITTER – PICK UP A FINE! People caught dropping litter, flytipping and allowing their dogs to foul in public places anywhere in Brighton & Hove now face £75 on-the-spot fines. Enforcement officers, employed by private company 3GS Environmental Solutions, began patrolling in the city in March. The new service supports the council’s strategy to encourage everyone to produce less waste and recycle more. It aims to tackle antisocial and illegal behaviour, improve the environment and reduce waste clean-up and disposal costs. Each year the council receives dozens of complaints from residents about fly-tipping, litter and other antisocial behaviour and the issues are often raised at residents’ groups and community meetings. The scheme was approved by councillors last year and 3GS was awarded the contract following a competitive tendering process. It covers fly-tipping, littering, flyposting, graffiti, dog fouling and disposing of commercial waste illegally. The enforcement officers wear body cameras to gather evidence and identify offenders. The council follows Government guidelines to ensure that any fines are issued responsibly. Officers also work with businesses, schools and other community groups to educate and raise awareness of environmental crime. They are looking out for good examples of people picking up litter and improving their neighbourhoods and there is a gift voucher reward scheme as part of the initiative. Councillor Gill Mitchell, Chair of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee, said: “We are often asked to take a tougher stance around antisocial behaviour such as dropping litter, fly-posting, dog fouling and graffiti. This enforcement scheme, along with the publicity and education programme, will tackle the problem head-on and send out a strong message that
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deliberate antisocial behaviour which blights our city will not be tolerated.” Those issued with a fixed penalty notice who refuse to pay could end up in court and not only be ‘named and shamed’ but also landed with a much higher penalty and possibly court costs. Regular updates on how the scheme is operating and the effect it is having on improving the city’s environment will be reported to the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee. Under the terms of the agreement, no targets will be set for issuing fines and 3GS is prohibited from paying its officers any form of performance pay, commission or bonuses linked in any way to the number of tickets individual officers issue. For more information, visit: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/enforcement
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HOVE PARK The story of The Royal Pavilion as a World War One military hospital...
PAVILION BLUES: DISABILITY AND IDENTITY A display now in the Prints & Drawings Gallery at Brighton Museum tells the previously untold story of the 6,000 amputee soldiers who received treatment, rehabilitation and training at the Royal Pavilion during the First World War. 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. There are also panels in five of the Royal Pavilion’s rooms giving information on this moving story. 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
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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.
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HOVE PARK News of a hall that will be available for use by the local community...
NEW HALL FOR PREP SCHOOL IN THE DROVEWAY Lancing College Preparatory School at Hove in The Droveway (formerly Mowden School) has received planning permission to build a new multi-purpose building. This has been designed for use by the local community, as well as the school. The hall will meet the school’s needs for a state-of-the-art space for assemblies, dining, indoor sports and music and drama performances, and members of the community will be able to use it for meetings, performances and indoor sport. The new energy-efficient, two-storey building will be set back from The Droveway, to the right of the existing school entrance. It will include a multi-purpose school hall, changing rooms and kitchen, a small gallery and foyer space. There will be a reconfigured school car park to enable more efficient parking. Work will start in July 2016 and is scheduled for completion in July 2017. The school will then start a programme of improvement work to the main school building.
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20 YEARS OF PADDLE ROUND THE PIER Paddle Round The Pier, the world’s biggest free charity beach festival, is back this July 2nd and 3rd to celebrate its 20th anniversary. “Paddle”, as it’s affectionately known, features much more than its simple name suggests, with loads of events over the weekend supported by a huge Paddle Village full of retail, exhibitions and entertainment stages all based on Hove Lawns. With a packed programme of water and land events, there’s something for everyone to either watch or have a go for themselves. The event is still run by volunteers and, although it’s free to enter, you are expected to donate a couple of pounds on the gates - after all it is in aid of charity! The title event Paddle Round The Pier takes place on the Sunday at 2pm, but the real crowd pleaser is the “Paddle Something Unusual” at 12 noon where teams attempt to paddle the most ridiculous thing they can think of around the remains of the West Pier. In 2016 Paddle is raising funds for the RNLI, Amaze children’s charity and Surfers Against Sewage. paddleroundthepier.com
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