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Contents
Welcome to our March edition!!
What an uplifting time of the year Spring is! The days are not only getting longer but generally they are also getting warmer and also towards the end of March we change the clocks and suddenly all those long months of winter start to become a distant memory! Combine that with all the new growth bursting open all around us and Spring is definitely a season to enjoy! We also hope you find some items of interest in this month’s edition of The Fiveways Directory. We have some new features for you as well as the old faithfuls so please spend a moment to have a flick through and see what you find. Here are some March dates for your diary… Sunday March 1st- St. David’s Day, Sunday March 15th – Mother’s Day, Tuesday March 17 - St Patrick’s Day, Friday March 20th - March equinox, Sunday March 29th Palm Sunday , Sunday March 29th - Daylight Saving Time starts/ Clocks change Have a great month. The Fiveways Directory Team info@fivewaysdirectory.co.uk www.fivewaysdirectory.co.uk Cover Shot: The first daffodils in Blakers Park
Publisher: Fiveways Directory Ltd. 10 Hollingbury Road, Fiveways BN1 7JA info@fivewaysdirectory.com Printer: Gemini The views expressed by individuals in any letter or article included at the discretion of the publishers are not necessarily the views of the Editor. Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this magazine and the statements contained herein are believed to be correct, the publishers of this publication will not hold themselves responsible for any inaccuracies. Inclusion of advertisers in this magazine is not necessarily a recommendation but we do hope they give a good quality service. No part of the publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publishers and contributors We take complaints you make about our advertisers seriously. We have the following policy on this: First complaint about an advertiser is logged here in our offices, if we receive another complaint we write to the advertiser concerned and notify them we have had two complaints and if we receive another complaint we will no longer accept their adverts. If and when a third complaint arrives we will verify that all complaints received were genuine and inform the advertiser that we will no longer be promoting their business and inform them why.
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LOCAL PERSON
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Read about a Fiveways resident who sings in Brighton Festival Chorus…
Tim Rounding of Brighton Festival Chorus Tickets to St John Passion on Friday 3 April at 3pm range from £5 to £25 Tim Rounding lives in Ditchling Road and is a member of Brighton Festival Chorus, who will be singing at the Brighton Dome on 3rd April in their 500th performance. How long have you lived in Fiveways? I was an undergraduate at Sussex when I first moved to the area in 2003. I grew up in Yorkshire and didn’t know the city at all – it was a complete gamble - but something felt right. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. What do you most like about the area? It’s a terrific location and has been really handy for every phase of my life over the past few years. Its proximity to London Road station and Lewes Road meant that it was extremely convenient for getting to and from the University. I now commute to London for work, which is perfectly manageable – and you can easily walk in to the centre of Brighton. All this sounds like I want to get away from Fiveways … not so! There are some fantastic local shops, eateries and amenities right on the doorstep. Is there anything you would like to change? I’d encourage everyone living in the area to do a positive thing in 2015 to support the community spirit – be it visiting a local shop, becoming a Friend of Blakers Park, or supporting a community group. How long have you been singing with the Brighton Festival Chorus? I joined after I graduated in 2006. I’d been singing choral music since my teens and it has brought me such a lot of pleasure over the years. Tell us more about the choir and its 500th performance… Brighton Festival Chorus was founded to great acclaim for the 1968 Brighton Festival. We regularly perform with the London orchestras and across Europe. In the
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past year we’ve appeared in the annual BBC Big Sing and featured on Alfie Boe’s latest album. In June this year we’re commissioning a piece to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta which we will perform in Brighton Dome with 120 school children. Our concert in Brighton Dome on Good Friday is our 500th. What will you be singing and how do we get tickets? We’re performing a semi-staged Bach, St John Passion. The audience will be very much involved. We’re taking all the seats out of the main section of the Dome and will be moving round the whole auditorium during the performance. Tickets to St John Passion on Friday 3 April at 3pm range from £5 to £25 and are available from Brighton Dome Box Office: http://brightondome.org/ event/6878/st_john_passion/. To find out more about Brighton Festival Chorus, visit www.bfc.org.uk .
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Have you ever thought that your caring nature could start earning you money? Hallifax Care, the locally run, award winning company is now recruiting home care workers to work in the Hollingdean to London Road, Hollingbury and Patcham areas. We provide all training, we just need people who communicate well, and would be willing to go the extra mile to help someone else. Although a car is not essential, to take advantage of our great rates of pay, it would be an advantage. We work from 7am – 10pm in three shifts, carers can work morning, lunch or evening shifts or a combination of all three. We are very flexible with hours and can fit round your commitments.
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LOCAL HISTORY
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The first in an occasional series of articles about how some of our streets got their names....
Story behind the street name: Lowther Road Lowther Road is named after Alderman Edward Lowther, councillor for Preston ward at the time the road was developed, at the beginning of the twentieth century.
a coal-getter. The getter would shovel the coal produced by the hewer into coal corves (large baskets) or tubs (small carts). He married Esther Reid at the age of 21; their first child was born in Cramlington in 1873 and they went on to have 12 children. After 17 years down the mine, he became the secretary of a colliery company, then moved to London to start a business as a coal merchant. By 1878 the family had moved to Brighton, where their daughter Esther was born in 1880. Edward had bought a business there, with Andrew Cameron: Messrs Lowther and Cameron coal merchants. The family is recorded in the 1911 census as living at 41 Ditchling Rise. Edward was elected to Brighton Town Council in 1884 and took an active part in serving the community. He was interested in trying to improve conditions for people in the area and believed they needed a pure supply of water. He joined the board of the waterworks committee and one of the main pumping engines at Brighton Corporation Waterworks in Falmer was named after him. He was also the Society Steward of the Primitive Methodist Church in London Road for over 25 years, where there was a commemorative plaque to him. He died in 1912 following a fall during a visit to an electricity works.
Photo reproduced with permission of John Everard He was born in 1846 in Northumberland. At the age of ten, he started working in West Colliery, Cramlington, as a trapper; this meant opening and closing the doors to ensure proper ventilation. Edward said that when he was first employed he was paid one shilling a day in return for 13 hours’ work! He later became
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GARDENS
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Brought to you each month by Fiveways gardening expert Lisa Attwell...
Fiveways Gardens... Welcome to the March edition 2015 Let’s have a look at the basic principles of garden design, as now’s a good time to do a bit of re-modelling and tackle the bits of your garden that aren’t as successful as you’d like. First, you need to carry out a site analysis – what is the soil type, where are the sunny and shady areas and how do these change throughout the year, what about dry patches and, conversely, areas that rarely get a chance to dry out, and what about the prevailing wind direction?
These factors determine ‘what to plant where’. How big is the space? An accurate site survey involves measuring the width and length of the space as well as the height of boundaries. Planting that worked five years ago may be struggling now because of maturing neighbouring trees casting more shade. From the survey you can produce a scaled plan showing the area you have available, noting key fixed features such as mature plants. In our town gardens a scale of 1:50 is best; this means that 1cm on your plan represents half a metre in your garden. Decide at this stage what you want to keep. That old shed may not be pretty, but is it still useful? It could be smartened up or disguised with climbers. What about putting a green roof onto it? Try something bold, like painting it matt black. Imagine how fiery reds and rich oranges will look with a black background. Could that space be used for something else? We’re working with a client to create an amazing garden retreat at the bottom of her garden. Somewhere she can go, whatever the weather, open-fronted, but with a glass roof to keep the elements at bay. With the base plan done, it’s time to think about esoteric matters such as concept, shape, pattern and style. You can take inspiration from garden styles such as formal, cottage or modern gardens. Or you could create a more personalised design based on something meaningful to you. Once you have chosen a style it is a good idea to collect images from magazines and start putting them together, creating a mood board, or online with something
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BOOK REVIEW
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BBC book reviewer and local resident,Gary Mepsted reviews another book…
Travelling Sprinkler by Nicholson Baker Serpent’s Tail, paperback, £8.99 As promised, it’s a bona fide book review this month and I’ve chosen Nicholson Baker’s beautiful and brilliant new novel “Travelling Sprinkler”. The book appeared last year and my tardiness in getting around to reviewing it should not be regarded as any kind of criticism. So many books, so little time... Poet and academic Paul Chowder, whom, if you’re a fan of the author, you will have met in Baker’s novel “The Anthologist”, has fallen out of love with verse, but he definitely hasn’t fallen out of love with Roz, his ex, who has embarked upon a new relationship with a doctor. Paul turns to his guitar for solace, spending his time writing protest songs, attending Quaker meetings, keeping fit, and wondering if he might be successful as a techno DJ. Baker’s astonishing ability to mine gold from the thinnest seam, very much in evidence in his first two novels, “The Mezzanine” and “Room Temperature”, is glitteringly present here. Nothing much of consequence occurs within the novel’s pages, but in the hands of a true writer small incidents can have a seismic effect upon the reader. Baker’s facility for showing us how life is essentially composed of small, quotidian events is nonpareil. His kookiness (yes, it’s the perfect word) never grates or seems arch, there for mere effect. Baker’s prose has a sublimity and grace which makes him a joy to read. Only those readers who value plot above all else will fail to be almost instantly seduced. Baker is on dazzling comedic form here. For my money “Travelling Sprinkler” is easily his funniest - and perhaps most moving - novel. It’s shot through with melancholy which never sours into schmaltz. The almost OCD quality that the writing possesses perfectly evokes Paul’s
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character, the enormity of his loss, and his desperation at no longer having Roz in his life. In lesser hands Baker’s protagonist might be dubbed a royal pain in the ass, but Baker’s gift for communicating Paul’s humanity elevates him to a genuinely tragic figure, out of step with both himself and the world he inhabits. There’s at least a smidgeon of Paul Chowder in all of us. “Travelling Sprinkler” is a book that will delight and live long in the memory.
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WELCOME COMPETITION
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ABBA Gold Competition Abba Gold are one of Europe’s finest tribute bands and have toured all over the world. They are coming to Brighton & Hove for one day only and will be performing two shows in an amazing venue at All Saints Church in The Drive, Hove, which has superb acoustics. Tickets cost between £10 and £22. You can book online through the website, www.abbagoldbrighton.com, or phone the box office on 01273 565130. Don’t leave booking too late, as tickets are limited. COMPETITION: We have one prize of four tickets to give away. To enter, answer the following question: In which year did Abba win the Eurovision Song Contest at the Brighton Dome?
They will be performing on a full-size stage with an amazing light show, and there will be plenty of room to jig and dance in the aisles. The audience can join in and sing along to all the well-known Abba songs. All the costumes have been meticulously recreated and the show includes a minimum of eight costume changes. Abba Gold have their own sound engineers with them to re-create that special Abba sound. The shows are on Saturday 11th April, with a matinee at 2.30pm and an evening show at 8pm.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Charity Cake Sale
going to be the Lauren Hills Foundation ((https:// www.facebook.com/LaurenHillsFoundation) and also Whoopsadaisy (http://www.whoopsadaisy.org/)
Friday 27th March 2015
Lauren Hills are raising money for charities supporting brain injury as well as Lauren’s family. Whoopsadaisy use the principles of Conductive Education to help children with physical disabilities live life as independently as possible and are based in Preston Park.
Do you enjoy marmalade on your toast in the morning or do you enjoy jam on your scones for tea? If so, have you tried our homemade Seville orange marmalade or homemade cherry, plum, apricot and damson jams? Each year the staff of Hallifax Care, a locally based homecare agency opposite St Matthias’ Church, make wonderful cakes, jams, marmalade and lemon curd to raise money for a local charity.
Fix My Street!
With the support of the people around the Fiveways area, as well as the young people going to and from school, we raised over £1,100 last year for The Chestnut Tree Hospice for children. As well as thanking those who tried our goodies last year, we just wanted to let everyone know that once again we will be having our cake and jam sale on Friday 27th March – just in time for Easter gifts or feeding hungry children on Easter holiday.
Bumpy ride this morning? View blocked by dumped rubbish? Potholes and fly tipping are just two of the street faults that can be reported via the website www. FixMyStreet.com, along with vandalism, graffiti, dog fouling and many other common community issues. While most of us know that the council are responsible for fixing these things, we may not know which department. With FixMyStreet, all you have to do is locate the problem on a map, and select a category: the site then sends it off to the right place to get it fixed.
This year’s charities for the cake sale are hopefully
All reports are published on the site. Browsing your own postcode can be interesting, as you soon learn what the persistent problems are in your area, and whether or not they are being fixed. There’s also the opportunity to discuss individual reports in the comments section. FixMyStreet comes from the UK not-for-profit organisation mySociety, and is one of its longest-running and most-used services. It is just one of several projects aimed at making it easier for citizens to get things changed in their own community. So, next time you see something that needs fixing, be it a broken paving slab or a flickering street light, all you need to remember is FixMyStreet.com.
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The Sussex Pet Rescue Charitable Trust
Fancy becoming a ‘Foster Home’ for a dog?... Sussex Pet Rescue is your local registered charity which re-homes and helps sick and unwanted dogs across the county. The charity is run by volunteers and raises its running costs by donations, sponsored walks, table-top sales, raffles etc. Although several veterinary practices help us by discounting fees, our vet bills exceed £25,000 per annum - a vast sum to raise. Dogs come into care for varying reasons, eg owner’s death, illness, divorce etc. Unlike most other animal charities, we place the dogs in our “foster homes” until loving homes can be found for them. This can take a few days, weeks or even months but it gives us a chance to have the dogs neutered/spayed, vaccinated and chipped where relevant. It also means we have an accurate picture of what each dog needs in its forever home, eg does it get on with cats, children, etc. We are always seeking new fosterers so if you have experience of looking after a dog, have someone at home for most of the day, own a secure garden and have a real love of dogs, please consider helping us by fostering. Obviously we pay all the necessary vet and food bills and any out-of-pocket expenses incurred. A dog currently in a “foster home” gives his story below, but we anticipate that by the time you read this, Jimmy will have found his “forever home”. What is your name and how old are you? My name is Jimmy and I am nine years old. I am neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. What breed of dog are you? I am a small/medium terrier mix. Why do you need re-homing? One of my owners died last year and my other owner now wants to travel and visit family members in Australia and the UK. No home for me now! What kind of home are you looking for? I am looking for a loving forever home with a couple/family with or
without children over five years of age. I am not used to cats and might chase them but I really enjoying chasing a ball and going for walks! Do you get on with other dogs? Yes. I was living with another dog before I came into SPR’s care and my doggy friend has already found a forever home. For further information about SPR, please look at our website at www.sussexpetrescue.org.uk. Then, if you are considering fostering for us, please telephone Chris on 01273 553735 or Marcia on 01273 551815. Thank you.
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Marmalade Fruit Cake A fabulous everyday fruit cake recipe with the bittersweet taste of marmalade, the perfect weekend treat! Ingredients: 250g self-raising flour, sieved 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice 150g margarine or butter 150g soft brown sugar 1 tablespoon marmalade 2 eggs 375g dried mixed fruit 25g glacé cherries, halved 2 tablespoons milk 20g flaked almonds This cake is an old family favourite that I have tweaked over the years and as it is marmalade-making season I thought I would share it with you! I love the orangey tang of marmalade and it makes a beautifully moist cake that I have topped with crunchy flaked almonds. It keeps for about 5 days in an airtight container or freezes well, making it a great standby for visiting family or friends Method: •
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Sarah Stubbs is a local Kitchen Coach, passionate about teaching traditional home cooking and baking through her locally held cooking lessons and baking demonstration evenings. She also bakes celebration cakes and caters for afternoon tea events. For more information: www.letscookathome.co.uk Facebook: Let’s Cook at Home 01273 646474 / 07905 701386
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QUIZ QUESTION NINE : In UK TV’s ‘Noel Edmonds’ House Party’, the ‘house’ was situated near to which village?
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Welcome to Sarah Hurst Skin & Beauty - Industry leaders in results driven Beauty and Aesthetic treatments....
Sarah Hurst - Skin and Beauty It has been quite a journey for Sarah to be achieving her dream of opening up her own salon. She has always had a passion for the industry since the age of 13 and was also very ambitious, hoping in the future to open her own chain of salons! Relocating to London from the Midlands allowed her to gain experience in a very prestigious salon at the time before relocating again to Surrey with her boyfriend, and she decided to set up a mobile business at the age of 19. This was hugely successful over the 18 months of living there as Sarah built up her customer base rapidly, offering high quality treatments in the client’s own home. Relocation came again 18 months later to Brighton and Sarah split her time between building her business in Brighton and commuting to Surrey to maintain her existing business. Sarah fell in love with Brighton and despite splitting up with her boyfriend and being in a city where she barely knew anyone, she decided to stay and make a life in this wonderful city. That was back in 1991! Since then Sarah married, had children and set up the business from a room within her house. She developed her skills constantly by attending training courses, reading professional magazines and attending trade shows to make sure that she was keeping at the forefront of this rapidly changing industry. Sarah also studied for her teaching certificate (CertEd) and taught at Sussex Downs College in Lewes for three years around her business, until she had to change things rapidly due to the demands of the business. A Studio was erected next to the house, which allowed for a further treatment room, and enabled her to take on a full time employee and leave teaching to concentrate on the business. Now, 6 years on from that transition, the business has relocated to a beautiful salon on Carden Avenue in Hollingbury, which offers a fantastic experience for the client. With 4 treatment rooms
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the salon provides innovative treatments often only found in the city centre or London, with the luxury of easy, free parking. Sarah herself now has 27 years of experience and her fabulous team each bring something unique to the business. Catch up with us next month to find out more‌
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We educate We nurture We unlock potential Children educated by the Montessori method are more confident, more socially adept, and develop a life-long love of learning. The Montessori classroom equips children with the essentials for learning and life. An increasingly popular education choice, the Montessori principles stimulate intellect, creativity, and social and self-responsibility.
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It’s Preston Park’s Easter-Egg Hunt time again, courtesy of the Friends of Preston Park!
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veways Gardens There are more than 24,000 carers in Brighton. The Carers Centre for Brighton and Hove provides information, support and advocacy to them.
Yes, on Easter Sunday, 5 April, from 11am to around 2.30pm in Preston Park near the playground, we’ll be handing out questions about the park to all accompanied children up to the age of 13.
We have started a new project that will support carers to learn new skills or achieve other goals. The Carers The answers will be found on special information boards od, and maybe not so muchismoney go round, whytonot give it around the park. Complete the answers about its history Reablement Service a pilot to scheme designed supportinto? carersWell, to achieve positive changes in their lives. nice and wildlife to win a choccy Easter egg! nd to plant how about some carefully chosen will beofdone assistance of volunteers, , get ridThis of some that with tiredthe looking concrete or pavingwho slabs And there’s a drawing competition to be entered. We’ll will help the carer to reach a clearly-defined outcome, in provide the drawing equipment; the best picture of a period of up to ten weeks, to improve their wellbeing. something interesting in the park will win a special prize. in them. In about late June/July, you’ll a lovely crop Examples of these ten-week goals mayfind include learning rrot of use salad potatoes that yougoing can just diggym, up asdrawing and when There’ll be face-painting and Brighton’s fabulous Punch to a computer, starting to the and Judy show. Nip youand want them. Easy, huh? If plan, the whole crop’s basic dug up beginning a weight-loss or acquiring at up by the of July,skills. why Itnot usealso the involve space to grow a It’s only £1 to enter, it’s fun, and full of fascinating facts! cooking or end car repair could taking range of gorgeous late summer flowers – Rudbeckias, up a new hobby. Some carers have expressed an interwww.friendsofprestonpark.org ng verbenas, asters, grasses etc,musical that willinstrument, keep you smiling est in dancing, learning a new or info@friendsofprestonpark.org taking upthe painting, creative writing. through rest ofdrawing, summerorand well into autumn. The Centre isrecently thereforewith keenthe to council recruit as many d I wasCarers at a meeting Parks volunteers asin possible, thatand we I’m can chuffed offer as wide a department PrestonsoPark to report range of skillsa and services as possible this project. und that there’s strong commitment to with planting some People often seem to worry that they don’t have any banks of wild flowers in the park and some native skills, or that they’re not good enough at the skills they go shrubs and trees. Both of these measures are great do have. In this case, they need not worry. If someone en news for us and local wildlife. Rock, Blues, Jazz / Acoustic and Electric can offer to pass on the basics of a certain skill or craft, es, Learn to read music too then that in itself is a fantastic contribution – espeHappy days cially since they’ll only have ten weeks with each carer RGT registered teacher nt anyway! All ages / Beginners to Advanced
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ROOF & FIREWALL Specialists Have you got damp in the corner of a bedroom or along the ceiling of an upstairs wall? Nine times out of ten it’s faulty lead flashings and firewalls causing these problems. The majority of Brighton homes are at least 100 years old and so are their firewalls. Many firewalls are coming to the end of their natural lives. If you want them to last another 100 years we are the FIREWALL experts. If it’s not the lead or the firewall we can help with most other roofing problems from complete reroofing to minor repairs.
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Mondays Play and Stay 10.00 – 11.30am Contact: 01273 500257 0-3 yrs £2. Healthy snack included Fiveways Play Centre 8-10 Florence Rd Brighton Community Acupuncture 10 AM until 8 PM, Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road, BN1 7BH. 07964291417. Brownies 5.45 – 7.15pm St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue www.girlguiding.org.uk/ get_involved.aspx Guides 7.30 – 9.00pm Contact: Lucie 07737 093675 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Yoga flow for strength 9.30-10.30am £6 per class when you buy six classes £8 drop in
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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
Body Boost 9.30am Contact: 07809 228035 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Mothers’ Union 2pm (2nd Tuesday monthly) Contact: 01273 502449 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Zumba 6.30 - 7.30pm Contact: 07989 973008 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Wednesdays Drama Group 4.00 – 5.00pm Contact: 01273 500312 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Pregnancy Yoga 6pm to 7pm £7 per class when buy six classes
Thursdays Mother & Toddlers 9.00am – 12noon Contact: Gill 07403 284708 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Local Action Team 6pm (1st Thursday monthly) Contact: 01273 233746 St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue Badminton Club 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Varndean School Contact 01273552151 if interested (Sorry - not beginners)
Fridays Play and Stay 10.00 – 11.30am Contact: 01273 500257 0-3 yrs £2. Fiveways Play Centre, 8-10 Florence Rd BN1 6DJ Brighton Community Acupuncture 3 pm until 8 pm Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road, BN1 7BH. 07964291417 Rainbows 4.15 – 5.45pm St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue http://www.girlguiding.org. uk/get_involved.aspx Sundays Sung Eucharist & Children’s Church 9.45am St Matthias Church, Ditchling Rd Children’s Praise Service 10.00am (4th Sunday of the month) St Matthias Church Hall.
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Ballet, Tap, Modern Theatre Dance and Jazz Venues in the Preston Park and 5 -ways area at: St. Mary’s Church Hall, Surrenden Rd and Downs Infant & Junior Schools, Ditchling Road Brighton. EST 1995 'Free Trial Lesson', fully qualified ISTD and CRB checked teachers Exams in all genres, fun friendly atmosphere. Principal Lynda Forster A. l.S.T.D. (Dip) CDE DDE
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HEALTH ADVICE
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Some advice on getting fit in the new year from local resident Marianne Clark…
Ten compelling reasons to take up Running! Have you noticed how many runners there are around Brighton at the moment? They’re everywhere! In case you didn’t know, it’s marathon season, and all those who aspire to take on the challenge of 26.2 miles are busy clocking up the miles ready for the big day. But you needn’t be the next Mo Farah or Paula Radcliffe to run. The truth is, running can benefit anyone. Here are some convincing reasons to give it a go. 1.
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It’s fantastic for your health. As well as making your heart and lungs stronger, it can improve muscle tone, increase bone density, help weight loss and improve balance and co-ordination. It’s very time-efficient and even short runs (15 - 20 mins) at a gentle pace can be beneficial. You can run pretty much anywhere (and in any weather) straight from home or the office, around town, in the park, on holiday... Just be sure to build up slowly. You can do it for free! Running burns big calories, whatever your speed (up to 850 calories / hour) and you keep burning more calories even afterwards. No special equipment is required, just some comfortable clothing, a decent pair of running shoes, and, ladies, a good sports bra! You can do it solo and in company. Running alone
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can provide “me-time” away from the demands of work and family, whilst running with others can be sociable and motivating. 7. Heard about the “runner’s high”? It’s not a myth. Running triggers the release of endorphins in the brain which can improve general wellbeing for hours afterwards. 8. Regular running is a proven energiser. So, if you’re feeling fatigued, a run can help boost your energy levels, and you can top up your vitamin D levels and boost your immune system at the same time. Physical activity can help improve the quality of your sleep too. 9. There are hundreds of organised events you can join in - fun runs, your local ParkRun and major road races. Go and watch the Brighton Half Marathon (22 Feb) or Marathon (12 April) for a bit of inspiration. If they can do it, so can you! 10. It’s fun. Really! And it can give you a huge sense of achievement when you hit those goals, whether that’s a continuous lap of the park, a 5k or a marathon. Go on, give it a go! Marianne Clark is a personal trainer, GB age group triathlete, and running & endurance sports coach. She is the founder of FITSO FITNESS. Contact: mcla@sky. com or contact@fitsofitness.co.uk or phone 07775 780844. Website: fitsofitness.co.uk
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From August to September 2014, you can attend 16 Martial Art classes for ONLY £50. All ages welcome. Contact Robert on 07738 608 447 or email CKDBrighton@gmail.com
Dorothy Stringer Sports Complex Loder Road, Brighton Adult & Child Classes (5 years onwards) Monday
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Strawberry Hill Nursery Baby places now also available for term times only
For children aged 3 months to 5 years. Open from 7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Open all year, except 25 December to 1st January. Very secure space with large outdoor area, set back from the road. Minimum ratio of 1 adult to 2 babies.
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WHERE IN FIVEWAYS? Where in Fiveways was this photo taken?
Conor's Conundrum Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I? Answer: See bottom of p25
MARCH QUIZ
Find the 10 questions spread throughout the Directory at the foot of various pages... here are the answers
Last month’s photo:
A silhouette of the clock tower in Blakers Park
1. COINS (and/or Medals) 2. CAPTAIN NEMO 3. CAMELS 4. ERIC CLAPTON 5. ALIEN
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Estate Agents David and Co Event A to B (Cycling) 10 Firewood The Logman (Fire Wood) 16 Flooring Services Brighton Floor Sanding 37 Funeral Directors 32 Sussex Funerals Furniture 30 Featherstone Furniture 26 Garage Services 13 Marine Garage 20 Garden Services 36 Lilybud Gardens Green Rooms 23 Tree and Hedge Services Ozzie the Gardener 18 MB Landscapes Living Colour Landscapes 3 Gifts 8 Wigwam Hairdressers 12 Streakers 24 LJ Barbers 28 Val Cussell Handyman 21 Gavin Graham Health 6 Health Clinic (Glovers Yard) FITSO Fitness 26 Heating ABBA Heating 31 Capricorn 15 Local Attraction The Royal Pavilion 38 Locksmiths Lee Locks 38 Loft Ladders 33 Loft Ladders Martial Arts 11 CDK Market 30 Open Market Massage 22 Me-naturally
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Strawberry Hill 24 Oven Cleaners Dirty Ovens 22 Painting and Decorating Decorative Interiors 28 Finishing Touch Greg Glowacki 8 Paul Robertson Plasterer Pacific Plastering 21 MV Plastering Lewis Byard 11 Peter Gheauru 12 Stephen Brawn 22 Plumbing 7 AJ Dean 21 GT Plumbing 16 BrightonBasedPlumbing FP Plumbing 19 Property Maintenance JL Property 16 cover BN3 Property 18 Fred Thomson (AT Construction) Seymour Locksmiths 5 Acquisitions Landlords Roofing 25 MB Roofing 35 Ridgeline Roofing Mark Campbell 20 CWM Roofing 9 Sash Window repairs Sashes and Sills 18 Scaffolders Independent Scaffolding 16 Tiling Bells Pentagon Tiling 36 Tree Surgeon The Arbor Barber 18 Tree and Hedge Will Writing 12 Thy Will be Done
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Concerned about your home being sold to fund your future care fees? The Issue
You probably own your home as joint tenants if you are a couple and solely if you are single. For couples this means you own it wholly, jointly and severally. Ultimately therefore you do not own it 50:50 as you might have assumed. You actually own all of it together and when one partner dies the surviving partner owns it solely and absolutely. It is sole and absolute ownership that enables a property to be taken into consideration as an asset by the local authority and puts the property in danger of needing to be sold to fund care.
The Reality
The Law (C.R.A.G - charging for residential accommodation guide) allows local authorities to assess your assets to determine if you need to pay for your own care. Currently if you have assets above £23,250, you are on your own and require care, you will probably have to pay for it all - currently averaging around £800 per week. Savings, cash and income would be used first and then your property would need to be taken into consideration. You would be expected to pay for all of your care until such time as your assets were depleted to below the £23,250 threshold. You would then pay for a proportion of your care until your assets were below £14,000 - at which point all your future care would be paid for.
The Solution
For couples, simply by changing the way you own your property well in advance of any care considerations i.e from joint tenants to tenants in common and by setting up two Trusts within a properly structured Will at the same time will in most cases, prevent your home from being taken into account by the local authority altogether should you ever require care in the future.
The children and/or whoever else is also nominated as Trust beneficiaries for that particular Trust will subsequently have access to that half of the property when the surviving partner dies. The first half of the property then is 100% securely in Trust for the beneficiaries and will not be at risk. As a result of this simple strategy the survivor is protected from having to sell the property to pay for their care should they need it because it is not possible to sell just their half of the property and the Crag guidelines clearly state that the market value of half a property is £0. The second half of the property will then ultimately go into Trust for access by the nominated beneficiaries when the surviving partner eventually dies. The beneficiaries will at that stage have both halves safe and secure in Trust and will be able to share and dispose of the property according to the wishes of the settlors (the original owners of both halves). By leaving 1/2 the property into Trust on first death, the surviving partner can still sell the property to downsize if they wish and are not restricted in any way with regards to what they wish to do to or with the property - it simply means that it is safeguarded and therefore will definitely be able to be appointed to the chosen beneficiaries when the time comes. For sole owners immediately conveying at least half of your property into Trust well in advance of any care consideration and becoming a Trustee and primary beneficiary of the Trust with others nominated to become beneficiaries after your death is usually enough to take away the risk of the property being considered as an asset to be sold if care is required as the property is not absolutely owned by yourself anymore and again it is not possible to sell half a house or force a Trustee to do something that is not in the ultimate best interest of the Trust beneficiaries. Call us now on 01273 911142 for a friendly chat about how this strategy could be of real benefit to you and your family.
For sole owners the process is simply to set up a Trust now and convey at least 1/2 of your property into it which will produce the same result.
The Reasoning
When you own your home as tenants in common you actually own half each. When the first partner dies, they leave their half into their trust. The surviving partner is the Trustee of that Trust and also the primary beneficiary which means that they have complete control over the property and what happens to it.
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