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Page 5 Physiotherapy and Sackville Players Page 7 The Hive Cafe Page 8/9 Old photo of Poets’ Corner Page 12/13 YMCA and National Trust Page 15 Health Tip Page 16/17 What’s On Page 21 How to Choose Your Builder Page 23 Stay Up Late Page 25 Hushhush Cakes Page 26 List of Advertisers
Welcome to the twelfth edition of
Poets’ Pages!!! Horrible to have to admit, but I think it is now indisputable that summer has indeed passed and that we are now in autumn. Autumn isn’t so bad however...the colours are amazing and you can’t beat those fresh autumnal mornings. So what have we for you this month? Well, we actually have a bit of an expanded magazine for you!! We have had to add four pages more than usual to accommodate the articles that we have received from the Poets’ Corner community this past month. We are delighted about this as it’s your articles that make Poets Pages what it is, so please don’t stop but keep them coming! Our only criteria are that the article is about something happening in or near to Poets’ Corner or is about something that a local Poets’ Corner resident is involved in. So, enjoy the season and watch out for all the ghosts and ghouls at the end of the month! The Poets Pages team info@poetspages.co.uk Publisher: Sussex Magazines Ltd. 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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A Community Fall Prevention Class for People with Age-Related Balance Problems...
Keeping Your Balance - Keeping Active How does good balance help keep us active? As we get older we can experience loss of balance control and this loss can lead to a general lack of confidence or even falls. Our sense of balance and good balance reactions can be retrained through specific exercises. With regained confidence we will go out more and this will, in turn, keep us fitter and more active. How will the class help with your balance system? I assess you before we start the classes to see what your needs are. In the classes, I give exercises tailored to improving your balance system, in sitting, standing or walking, depending on your fitness and ability. The course is based on the Otago Exercise Programme, a strength and balance retraining programme designed to prevent falls in older people. This exercise programme has been shown to reduce falling and the likelihood of injury when older people fall. Who will run the classes? Martina Bisping is a qualified physiotherapist who practises in her clinic at the Shadi Danin Medi Spa in New Church Road. She has been keeping older and younger adults active and balanced for twenty years. She is run-
Martina Bisping Chartered Physiotherapist Specialised in Treating: n Neck and back pain n Sports and other injuries n Post-surgery conditions n Headaches and jaw pain n Vertigo and balance disorders n Arthritis Also, fall prevention classes for the elderly at the Hive Community Rooms, above Stoneham Park Cafe
Tel 01273 958478 Tel 07768020146
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ning these classes as she has noticed how many of her elderly patients with other conditions have benefited from specific balance exercises. From Thursday 23 October, at The Hive Community Rooms above Stoneham Park Café Call to book the course: Martina Bisping Physiotherapy Shadi Danin Medi Spa 70 New Church Road 01273 324926 www.martina-bisping-physiotherapy
With possibly the longest title for a play ever, here we bring news of a local theatre group’s latest offering…
Sackville Theatre Company’s Latest Offering Amateur dramatics is alive and well in Hove with The Sackville Theatre Company’s latest production being staged locally in October. Here is a paragraph outlining what promises to be a fun evening for all who attend. Flushed with their previous successes, the stalwart veterans of The Farndale Dramatic Society are poised to conquer yet another dramatic idiom. This production sails the SS Farndale Avenue into the world of thirties musical comedy. The ladies prove that the age of glamour, elegance and enchantment is not dead - “well, not quite”. Circumstances almost beyond their control threaten to wreck the evening’s entertainment, but the ladies and Gordon in true Farndale form soar above such mundane matters to present some catchy numbers and a stunning underwater sequence.
THE SACKVILLE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS The Farndale Avenue Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s WE FOUND LOVE AND AN EXQUISITE SET OF PORCELAIN FIGURES ABOARD THE SS FARNDALE AVENUE A Comedy by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin jnr At the Glebe Villas Hall, Glebe Villas, Hove Thursday October 23rd -7.45pm Friday October 24th – 7.45pm Saturday October 25th 2.30pm (matinee only) For further details call: 01273 600983 or email: sidneyjones5@btinternet.com
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St. Anthony's Pre-School Your local early learning centre for young minds St. Peter's Church Hall Tamworth Road Hove, BN3 5FJ. Email: info@stanthonyspreschool.co.uk
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Now it is fully up and running we thought a trip to The Hive Cafe was in order to see how it is going...
The Hive Café and Community Rooms
We Bake, We Make, We Brew!!
The above line is written on a blackboard at The Hive Café in Stoneham Park and, truth is, you would do well to argue any different. As the name suggests, The Hive Café is indeed a veritable hive of activity. Bustling with the delightful chatter of toddlers while Mum grabs a snack, or friends sharing a coffee at a table under a tree in the park, or one of the wide range of community groups that utilise the upstairs community rooms, The Hive Café really is a happening place in the heart of the Poets’ Corner community! The café is actually a Community Interest Company, meaning all profits after wages and expenses go back into the project to improve it and make it even more of a community asset. It is self funding but this status allows it to apply for grants and awards and, indeed, it was several grants that enabled the project to get up and running in the first place. The Hive’s stated purpose is to provide affordable, healthy food to the community whilst providing a ‘hub’ where people can meet and organise activities. The centre has three staff and welcomes volunteers to get involved with the day-today running of the café. The Cafe uses local suppliers as much as possibe for example the coffee comes from the Horsham Coffee Roaster and the non homogenised milk from Downsview Farm Dairy and bread from Spade Fork Spoon (Poet’s Corner)
Since opening in April, the café has gradually established itself and is now offering a full menu to the good people of Poets’ Corner and beyond. All the food is cooked on site, with the exception of some of the cakes that are made in Poets’ Corner. The menu is designed to cover breakfasts and lunch for example...an all day breakfast sour dough sandwich or sweetcorn fritters with mango salsa, can both be eaten as a brunch or a lunch. The Cafe also has excellent homemade soups and sandwiches with a real emphasis on healthy food. Each day there is a specials board with several options available in addition to the standard menu. On my visit I sampled the meatball & mozzarella focaccia bake which was extremely tasty and tastefully presented! Another feature of the cafe is that they have a wall featuring work done by local Poets Corner artists which are all available for purchase. In its previous existence, the café was more of a kiosk with lots of randomly arranged office spaces behind the counter and upstairs. It is now a light, spacious café with a contemporary style and comfortable atmosphere, providing a real service to the community with its excellent food and community rooms available for hire. If you haven’t been there yet, get yourself along to check out the menu and the spaces - The Hive Café is a real local resource for Poets’ Corner.
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Poets’ Corner Past... Sackville Road The bus standing at the terminus in Sackville Road opposite Clarendon Road.
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Our local association was inaugurated in 1972 to promote and prosper the National Trust (NT), and to arrange social events for the enjoyment of our members. Our objectives remain the same and our friendly group, until now restricted to NT members, is now open to anyone wishing to support our ideas. We meet twice a month on a Thursday afternoon at the Ajex Centre, Hove, and on a Monday evening at Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC). We have a variety of speakers during the autumn, winter and spring giving talks, usually illustrated, on a wide range of subjects, including Charles Dickens, the Olympic Games, Brighton In Pictures Over The Last 100 Years and Bee Keeping, to mention just a few. We also have a NT sales table at these meetings, not forgetting a cup of tea and biscuits. We have several coach outings during the summer months, visiting NT properties and many other places of interest. In the autumn we have a lunch, a Christmas tea, and a New Year lunch. Each year a five day holiday is organised, visiting places of great national beauty and NT properties. All these activities raise money and we are proud that over the years we have donated over £100,000 to the NT, priority being given to local properties, namely Nymans Gardens and Saddlescombe Farm. The annual subscription is £10 and details of the dates and times of all our meetings and how to join are available from our Membership Secretary, Miss E RaynarSmith, tel: 01273 562404. Please contact her for more information and an application form. Come along to one of our meetings for a taster; you will be most welcome.
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Roz Scott visited Sussex Central YMCA to find out what happens at this community hub.
Sussex Central YMCA, Marmion Road Yolandi Taylor heads up the YMCA Centre on Marmion Road as one of her five hats. She is Head of Education, Youth, Sport and Community as well as of the youth centre. The YMCA centre is a community hub in the heart of Poets’ Corner. She likes the regeneration of Poets’ Corner and would love to oversee the development and refurbishment of the youth centre into an all-singing and all-dancing, 21st century, purpose built youth centre. Her ambitions are constrained by ever-reducing funding which is Yolandi’s primary frustration. The YMCA is a Christian organisation which rightly has a zero tolerance policy towards drugs. Yolandi regrets the end of the ParkSafe programme, where the YMCA provided three youth workers to put on activities for young people and patrol Stoneham Park. She welcomes the opening of the Hive café in the park with graffiti provided by young people from the YMCA. Further investment is needed to organise positive activities for young people in the neighbourhood. Sussex Central YMCA has merged with YMCAs across Sussex in Hastings, Lewes and YMCA Surrey in Guildford to form YMCA DownsLink Group, which will be a big enough organisation to attract more and larger pots of funding.
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The employment strand of DownsLink Group finds Positive Placements for young people that give them work experience and training which may lead to an apprenticeship or employment. Three students from this programme have got jobs in leisure centres and three young people have been offered jobs in the YMCA.
A programme of illustrated lectures for 2014/2015
The DownsLink Group YMCA can refer to their sister organisation, the Dialogue Centre, which offers a range of counselling services, and to the Youth Advice Centre for housing, sex education or careers advice.
Casanova: the story of Venice’s most notorious son. Performance by Mr Ian Kelly BA MA.
The YMCA has activities for people aged 0 to 50+. For young people, after-school clubs at the centre include a toddlers’ gym, trampolining and tots’ trampolining, Playzone Extra, basketball, Force Football, street cricket, street dance, tennis and netball for juniors and seniors. The centre also offers a Glee-style performance group, who jam street music, plus jazz and modern dance classes. Insanity is a high-energy exercise club; others include Zumba, over 50s fitness and Tots’ Yoga. The Playzone Extra programme for children from Reception to Year 6 provides a range of fun-filled activities on Tuesdays for £3.50. This is even more important since the safe play area called Westows closed when the funding was withdrawn.
We meet on the last Wednesday evening of the month at The Boundary Rooms, Sussex County Cricket Ground, Eaton Road, Hove BN3 3AN. Wednesday 29th October 2014
Wednesday 26th November 2014 Star of Wonder, Star of Light: a new look at part of the Christmas story, by Mrs Hilary Hope Guise MA. Wednesday 28th January 2015 Lalique: the story of one of France’s most well-known glass artists, by Mr Andy McConnell. These are just a few of our lectures. The venue is accessible by local bus services and there is free parking on site for the lecture evenings. Guests are welcome to attend two meetings - the charge is £5. A bar is open at 6.45 so you can meet fellow members and to check visits and holidays. The lecture is at 7.45pm. (No lectures are held in July, August or December.) For details, phone 01273 206456.
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Brought to you by locally based nutritionist Nathalie Sansonetti
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Breakfast of Kings and Queens A study published in the Telegraph a few years ago revealed that two thirds of Britons did not eat breakfast and another recent survey found that one in 7 primary school children were going to school without breakfast. Though economics are a contributing factor to these startling figures, it is (thankfully) not the main reason why so many are missing the most important meal of the day. So if you still don’t know why you should get out of bed 20 minutes earlier to have a little something before heading off to work or school, here are a few reasons why you should ‘break your fast’ every day: - Children and teenagers who eat breakfast are less likely to become obese and develop diseases such as type 2 diabetes or heart disease in later life. They also perform far better in school and in IQ tests. - Adults who skip breakfast have a 20% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 27% higher chance of suffering from heart disease. Low blood sugar levels, naturally occurring after many hours without food and drink, will prevent your brain from functioning normally. You will also be far more sus-
ceptible to snacking on sugar or high carbohydrate foods throughout the day, thus contributing to weight gain, low energy and generally low moods. (Don’t miss your next issue of Poets Pages for delicious and energy-packed breakfast ideas.) Bon appetit! Nathalie x Email Nathalie at nathalie@newleafnutrition.co.uk today to receive your free ‘High-Energy Muesli’ recipe. Packed with taste and goodness! Nathalie Sansonetti BA, MA, DNN, mFNTP is a fully qualified Nutritional Therapist practising in various locations in Hove. She can be contacted by email: nathalie@newleafnutrition.co.uk or on 07980 620010 for private consultations & painless and non-invasive food intolerance tests for adults and children. www.newleafnutrition.co.uk
St. Barnabas Church Church of England Sackville Road Every Sunday at 10:30am there is a Traditional Sunday School for children aged 4 and upwards. Come and join us! Everybody very welcome www.stbarnabashove.co.uk Send your local editorial features to info@poetspages.co.uk
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Babybeeps (Suitable for sitting to toddling) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 10am. Contact Nicci on 07979 122560 Babybeeps (Suitable for newborn to sitting) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 11am. Contact Nicci on 07979 122560 Walking Club Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade.7.15am to 8am 50p Debbie on 07748678564 Toddlers Gym 9.30am - 12.00pm Under 5’s £3.50 per family YMCA, Marmion Road 01273 715439 Holistic Yoga At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 6.45-8pm. Contact Neela on 07796 562494 Tots Trampolining 2.30pm - 3.30pm 2 -5yrs £3.50 per session YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Monday Guild Fellowship & friendship 2.30pm Hove Methodist Church Relax Kids with Laurie 4.00 to 5.00pm 4-8yrs ( £36 for 6 weeks) Tree of Life Centre Portland Road Trampolining 3.40pm - 4.40pm 5-10yrs 4.45pm - 5.45pm 9-15yrs £4 per session Block booking needed YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Street Dance 3.30am - 4.30pm 7-9 year olds £4 per session (block booking required) YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Contemporary Dance 4.40pm - 5.40pm 12-16 yrs £4 per session YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439
Tuesday Badaboum! Music for toddlers at The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 9.3010.30am. Contact Barbara or Anthony on 07917 282679
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Over 50’s Fitness 9.30am - 10.30pm Over 50’s £3.50 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Tots Yoga 9.45pm - 10.30pm 2-5yrs £5 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Singing for Pleasure 2pm taster session £3.50 Methodist Church Portland Road Hove. Trampolining 3.30pm - 4.30pm 7-9 yrs £4 per session Block booking needed YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Pre School Ballet At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 11-11.45am. Contact Vicky on 07812 466719 Playzone 3.30pm - 5.00pm 5-12yrs £3.50 per session YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Playzone Extra 3.30pm - 5.30pm Over 7yrs £4 per session YMCA, Marmion Road 01273 715439 Playclub (4-7yrs) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 3.45-4.30pm. Call on 07855 366181 Playclub (8-11yrs) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 4.45-5.30pm. Call on 07855 366181 DLG Allstars 3.30pm -4.30pm 7-11 years, £4 ( block booking) YMCA, Marmion Road 01273 715439 Y Lounge Central 5.30pm - 7.00pm 7-12yrs £2 per session YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Mindfulness Learn to relax and make positive change at The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 7.45-9.30pm. Call Jane on 07812 578 181 Zumba 6pm - 7pm Adults £4 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Bokwa 7.30pm - 8.30pm Adults £4 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Ageless wisdom for the new age 7 30 pm Ring for details 731161
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ganisers of activities when attending for the first time. INSANITY Training 8.45pm - 9.15pm Adults £4 in advance, £5 drop in YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439
Wednesday Future You Career, health and wellbeing changes for women. At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 9.30am12pm. Call Lara on 07960 122525 Walking Club Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade.7.15am to 8.00am FREE Debbie on 07748678564 Jumping Beans 10:00-11:30am All pre-school children £1.50 per child Holy Cross Church, Tamworth Road 01273 230899 Funk Yoga (5-10yrs) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 3.45-4.45pm. Call Jane on 07812 578181 Pilates Contigo At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 6.15-7.15pm. Call Neela on 07796 562494 Holistic yoga At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 7.30-8.45pm. Call Neela on 07796 562494 Tots Training 2.00pm - 3.00pm Under 2 - 5’s £3.50 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Basketball 3.30pm - 4.30pm 7 - 11 yrs £3.50 ( block booking) YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Street Dance 3.30am - 4.30pm 5-7 year olds £4 per session (block booking required) YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Gymnastics 3.30pm - 4.30pm 5-11yrs £4 (block booking required) YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439
Kidilates with Simone 4.00 to 5.00pm ( £36 for 6 weeks) Tree of Life Centre Portland Road Off the Blocks Christian Club 3:45-5:00 Primary School Age 50p per child Holy Cross Church, Tamworth Road 01273 230899 Youth Club 6.15pm 5-11 yrs 7.15pm 11-14yrs Hove Methodist Church Zumba 7.00am - 8.00pm Adults £4 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Prayer Circle Vestry 7.30pm Hove Methodist Church
Thursday Craftclub (4-7yrs) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 3.45-4.45pm. Call Heidi on 07717 665200 Craftclub (7-11yrs) At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 5-6pm. Call Heidi on 07717 665200 Over 50’s Fitness 9.30am - 10.30pm Over 50’s £3.50 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Body Control Pilates At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 7.30-8.30pm. Call Sue on 01903 812450 Mid week service Holy Communion 10.30am Hove Methodist Church Street Dance 3.30am - 4.30pm 9-11year olds £4 per session (block booking required) YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Tots Trampolining 2.00pm - 3.00pm 2-5 yrs £3.50 per session YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439
Trampolining 3.20pm - 4.20pm 9 -11yrs 4.45pm - 5.45pm 5-8yrs £4 per session Block booking needed YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Inclusive Y Lounge Central 5.30pm - 7.30pm 13 - 19yrs YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439
Friday
Walking Club Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade.7.15am to 8.00am 50p Debbie on 07748678564 Toddlers Gym 9.30am - 12.00pm Under 5’s £3.50 YMCA, Marmion Rd Tots Dance 1.15pm - 2.00pm 2-5’s £3.50 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Polka Dots Parents & Toddlers 2.00pm, 0-5yrs Hove Methodist Church Kids Yoga with Jess 4.00 to 5pm 6-12yrs (£36 for 6 weeks) Tree of Life Centre Portland Road Chi Qong At The Hive Cafe, Stoneham Park at 9.30-10.30am. Call Dheeresh on 07758 574567 Force Football 6.00pm - 8.30pm 12 -16’s £3 YMCA, Marmion Rd Men’s Social Club 7.30pm - 10.30pm Hove Methodist Church Insanity Training 7.30pm - 8pm Adults £5 drop in / £4 in advance YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Film Night 8.00pm 2nd Friday of month Hove Methodist Church
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Saturday Zumba 8am - 9am Adults £4 YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Insanity Training 9.15pm - 9.45am Adults £5 drop in / £4 in advance YMCA, Marmion Rd 01273 715439 Community Breakfast 8.45am - 10.30am Last Sat of month Hove Methodist Church Kids Yoga with Jess 11.15 to 12.00 noon 6-12yrs (£36 for 6 weeks) Tree of Life Centre Portland Road Parents & Tots Yoga 12 to 12.45 noon 2-5 yrs (£36 for 6 weeks) Tree of Life Centre Portland Road
Sunday
Morning Service 10.30am Hove Methodist Church Weekly Sunday Service 10 30 am Family Eucharist with Sunday School St Barnabas Hove Sackville Road BN3 3HE Morning Service 10:30am Holy Cross Church, Tamworth Road 01273 230899
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We build fabulous spaces www.360-home.co.uk info@360-home.co.uk Call: 01273 358901
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How to Find the Right Builder A Quick Guide from 360 Home Poets’ Corner offers beautiful terraces that require sympathetic remodelling to create the extra space modern living requires.
Once your plans have been drawn up and approved and the finances have been cleared, you need to find the right builder. This can often be the trickiest part of the process. There are many places you could try: Checkatrade, friends’ recommendations, local adverts. But what makes a ‘good builder’? And how can you be sure that the relationship you form at the beginning of the project is as smooth at the end? When we started 360 Home, we drew up a list of qualities we considered paramount. We instil them into every member of our team and hope they’ll help guide your decision-making at this crucial stage. 1. Professional skills supported by an intelligent approach to building. 2. Friendly, polite, genuinely helpful craftspeople. 3. Skilled workmanship with fine attention to detail. 4. Innate knowledge of different period styles and a feel for what will work in each space. 5. Clear, open communication and pricing structures. 6. Reliable and responsive client care. We don’t pretend to be the cheapest builders in Sussex but we do aim to offer extremely good value for your money. We encourage all our new clients to talk to our previous clients – after all, they’ve been through the process of finding the right builder and they’re best placed to give an honest appraisal. A good builder is a busy one It’s always worth waiting for the right builder. We schedule our projects carefully so we can be as attentive during the final stages of your build as we are at the beginning. We have a wealth of clever design ideas and experience of working with period houses that will transform your home into your ideal living space. Our craftspeople
are highly skilled and everyone takes personal pride in achieving an excellent finish. To arrange a meeting, an estimate, or for a no-obligation chat about what you’d like to do, please call Sian or Karl on 01273 358901 or email Sian@360-home.co.uk. Visit our website for further details: www.360-home.co.uk.
MOBILE DOG GROOMING SERVICE BN1, BN2 and BN3 UK's largest and most successful dog grooming company Convenient. Professional. Personal
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ALAN PATCH CARPENTRY AND BUILDING Rooms in the roof Complete refurbishments Extensions From architectural drawings to the last lick of paint Supplier of all trades and of course a hoover!
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John Renbourn - Legendary Guitarist Hove Methodist Church, Friday 7th November Stay Up Late, the Brighton-based charity, are proud to announce that the legendary guitarist John Renbourn is appearing at a benefit gig for them at Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road, on Friday 7th November. John is maybe best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle. His work is often categorised as folk but it also covers blues, early music and classical, and he is a true master of his art. Support comes from wellknown local folk treasure Bob Lewis, a fine singer of traditional Sussex songs. The night will be raising funds for the charity’s Gig Buddies project, which enables socially isolated people with learning disabilities and autism to enjoy live music by matching them up with a volunteer ‘buddy’ who loves the same kind of music. The scheme was started by the charity in Brighton and Hove in 2013 and has now spread to the rest of Sussex, with them recently being included in Nesta’s 50 New Radicals in the UK, working to change communities for the better. Stay Up Late’s roots as a charity lie firmly in music as it was founded by the punk band Heavy Load. Three of the members of Heavy Load had learning disabilities and the band were frustrated at seeing the lack of social opportunities that people with learning disabilities had, often typified by their fans having to leave gigs at 9pm due to inflexible staffing rotas for support staff. Hence the call to ‘Stay Up Late’. (The band’s story was featured in the award-winning feature documentary, also called ‘Heavy Load’.) West Hove resident Paul Richards was the bass player in the band and is now the director of Stay Up Late, working to ensure that people with learning disabilities have full and active social lives, something that many of us take for granted.
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For more details on the event, contact Paul on paul@stayuplate.org or visit www.stayuplate.org where you can also find out more about the Gig Buddies project. All money raised on the night will go towards providing more opportunities for socially isolated people in Brighton and Hove.
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Another fantastic local Poet’s Corner business...
Poets Based...Hushush Cakes
So, Hayley and Bash - why did you launch Hushush Cakes? We both have two young children and needed a job that would work around our family lives. We love cake and we seemed quite good at baking, so it was the obvious path for us to choose. It took a lot of courage as we didn’t want it just to be a pipe dream we’d discussed many times over a glass of wine. We dared each other to make it happen, and the next thing we’ve got a website, market stall and are up to our elbows in butter, sugar and flour!
Is it fun working with your best friend? Yes, lots! We only live three doors away from each other and are constantly running back and forth with ingredients, utensils and samples of our latest bakes. We both have different strengths and weaknesses, so balance each other out quite well. For example, Hayley is terrified of tempering chocolate, while Bash gets nervous about piping icing. We share the responsibilities and get great results. How did you come up with the name Hushush Cakes? This was the most difficult decision to make. We found it hard to both agree on the right one for our style of brand, as we wanted to steer away from the vintage look which is popular with cakes. We wanted a more grown-up feel about it and viewed eating delicious cakes as a naughty, secretive pastime (for some people!). But your secret IS safe with us; we’ll keep it hush hush, promise. What’s your favourite cake to make? Bash – Red Wine Velvet Cake and Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Tarts. Hayley – Children’s Octonauts Mint Chocolate Cake. It was the first attempt at a novelty cake and made me realise that I was good at it. Where can I buy your cakes? George Street Saturday Market or contact us directly through our website/Facebook/Twitter. We’re often found at local festivals. These are all advertised on our website: www.hushushcakes.co.uk How much notice do you need if I am ordering a cake from you? 24 hours’ notice unless it’s a novelty cake, in which case, three days. Where do you see yourselves in five years’ time? Serving our delicious cakes in our own Hushush shop and looking to open our next one! We would also like to be holding children’s baking workshops to encourage the next star baker. www.hushushcakes.co.uk
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POETS CORNER HOUSES NOW BEING MARKETED FOR OVER £500.000
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