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Welcome to OUr June edition of the west hove directory... Another four years passes and once more the World Cup is here. For once the expectation levels amongst the majority could be termed as ‘realistic’, with the gradual realization since the last World Cup that we are no longer a major force in world football. That said, however, and what keeps us all gripped and fascinated by sport is that it can throw up amazing stories and unexpected heroes. Fingers crossed!! So, we have the usual mix of articles for you this month, all written and supplied, proofread and distributed to you by local people. Many thanks for all who send us items each month and if you want to see something published about something local you are involved in, please get in touch. Have a great June!! The West Hove Directory Team info@westhovedirectory.co.uk Cover shot: by Brighton and Hove Photography
Publisher: Sussex Magazines Ltd.Ltd. 10 Hollingbury Road, BN1 7JA info@westhovedirectory.co.uk Cover Photo: Brighton and Hove Photography Printer: Gemini Distributors: Kempster 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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Bake Off and Boogie June 21st 2.00pm to 5.00pm The Hive Café in Stoneham Park is hosting a fun event in June. Not only a baking contest but also a concert featuring the local band The Austrelles who are a 70’s funk band. The baking contest comprises three categories that you might like to enter. They are as follows:
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Judging will begin at 3.30pm with winners being announced at 4.30pm
Freestyle Are you cupcake crazy or muffin mad? This is the category for you! Bake anything you like! Bake it big or small, let your imagination run wild. Under 12’s Do you have budding baker in your kitchen? This is their time to shine! Goody bags for all entrants in this category. A few things to bear in mind: Enter as many categories as you wish, please name any cake plates so you definitely get them back and also the competition is not open to professional cooks and caterers.
So…get baking, all categories will be judged on appearance, texture and taste and will be awarded marks out of 10 by a panel of judges. The Hive Community Cafe has a community room for hire where many activities take place each week. Please see the Whats On page in this magazine for the activities taking place there. The Whats On listings include as well all other local venues in Poets Corner. To enquire about booking space in the Community Room please contact Colin on hive.roomhire@gmail.com
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LOCAL GROUP.. The monthly article from the Hove Civic Society....
Reaching out to hove From a hydrogen-filled balloon 65 feet in the air in the 1960s, to Twitter in the 2010s, Hove Civic Society has always found ways to communicate with our local community. At the heart of what we do is the aim to stimulate interest in the beauty, history and character of Hove and its surroundings. This means reaching out to residents and encouraging our members to spread the word.
Back in 1960, a local resident used a balloon to show her neighbours the height of a proposed new building development, and as a result collected 2,000 signatories to her petition. From this interest in local community matters, Hove Civic Society was born. Today the society produces a regular newsletter for members, has an email list, a popular website and a presence on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
two-way. We can use them to gather the views of our members and local residents, and encourage conversation and debate about the issues that affect us all. If you are interested in joining these discussions, we want to hear from you! We are always looking for new members who want to celebrate and support our local area, and have a range of projects that you are welcome to become involved in. To find out more, please visit our website:
Through these media we keep our members, and the wider community, up-to-date with our work: from involvement with planning decisions to planting street trees; from fundraising for seafront art to fascinating lectures from local experts. But these modern communication channels also have the benefit of being
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KINGSWAY AND WEST HOVE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Time travel in west hove A 1920s estate agent’s brochure published when the ‘West Hove Garden Estate’ was built has survived, passed down to the occupants of one of the houses. So people living in the area from Derek Avenue to St Keyna Avenue can see the original drawings showing what the interior of their homes looked like. This one shows a dining room which, after 90 years, still looks retro - stylish. The black painted beams on the ceiling are in fact the joists that support the floor in the bedroom upstairs, so the ceiling between the beams is the underside of the upstairs floor. When I moved into our house I wondered if some past occupant had removed an original ceiling to expose the beams - but the brochure shows that this was how the house was originally built. This means that there isn’t as much sound insulation between the upstairs and downstairs rooms as in a modern house. This seemed odd until I realised that when these houses were built kids didn’t have any loud sound equipment in their bedrooms. So parents could dine in peace downstairs! A local resident told me that in the 1970s, when DIY stores sold stick-on fibreglass fake beams, a visitor confidently insisted that these had been used for the dining room ceiling. Fed-up with trying to convince the
visitor of his error, the resident said, “My grandmother’s bedroom is above here, and she’s up there. So if those beams are only fibreglass she will be joining us any minute now!” Over the years there have been many changes to the houses, so in some the beams are now hidden behind ceilings added when there was a post-war fashion to ‘modernise’ houses by hardboarding over character features. The ghost of the original features recently appeared in our house when wallpaper was stripped off our dining room wall. We saw the clear grey outlines of the tall mantelpiece that once surrounded a long-gone fireplace; the now blocked-up door; and between them the clear outline of the serving hatch between the dining room and the adjoining kitchen. Serving hatches were a clever feature of 1920s homes that sadly went out of fashion post-war. Many were blocked up, but some survive. As my friend handed me my meal through her serving hatch she said, “I know serving hatches are old-fashioned – but it’s too useful to lose!” When the food is ready the person who cooked it just hands it through the hatch - no need to trot in and out carrying plates between the two rooms. Also, hatches usually had little doors which could be shut, hiding the sight of piles of used pots, pans and plates. So when doing the Sunday roast the jazz-age homeowner could enjoy the convenience of open plan, whilst being able to shut off views of the waiting washing up. Who knows, future designers may introduce these useful features again in new homes! Sue (kawhra@gmail.com)
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LOCAL EVENT... The ‘not to missed’ annual event Paddle Round The Pier is back...
Paddle Round the pier Brighton’s favourite and the world’s largest free charity beach festival, “Paddle Round The Pier”, returns to Brighton on July 5th & 6th 2014.
This annual water-sports and beach lifestyle celebration offers something for all the family, whether you like to join in or simply sit in the shade with a cocktail while the kids play. There are performances, world class races on the water and also the chance to have a go yourself. It’s not all wet stuff, as there are plenty of dry activities to enjoy too! Taking up most of Hove Lawns (just west of the old West Pier wreckage), the Paddle Village hosts exhibitions, retail and performance space. It’s a free-to-enter event; however, as it’s for charity, they do ask for a donation of just £1 from adults, but kids go free! “Paddle” (as it’s affectionately known among the locals) began back in 1996 and last year saw visitor numbers of 60,000, proving its ongoing popularity and laid-back appeal. Over the last few years the event has donated over £200,000 to charity. This year’s charities are the RNLI, Freddysmile - a Sussex-based, family-run charity raising money for children who have been diagnosed with cancer - and Surf Life Saving GB, a charity which has approximately 6,000 members nationwide helping to make our beaches a safer and more enjoyable place for everyone. Features for 2014 include: The Fabulous Kids entertain-
ment stage, kids’ area, rides and amusements, huge sandpit, skate and BMX ramps, the main Music Stage, Ukulele Stage, Tea Dance, world food courts, bars, Parkour, slalom skate, retail stands, a seated grandstand, exhibitions, displays, demo beach, Surf Life Saving Competitions, SUP races (competitors for some of the races have come from as far afield as France, Belgium, Brazil and Hawaii), boat races, Streetball, strongman, muscle beach, beach volleyball and the title event “Paddle Round The Pier”. A firm favourite of local businesses and clubs alike is the chaotic carnage of the “Paddle Something Unusual”, where teams have to think of the most ridiculous thing they can - then try to paddle it round the pier! Any disabled child, young person and their family/carers can use the “Paddle Access Beach” (full of every water-sports toy possible). The Paddle Crew work on a ratio of 3:1 to enable the kids and young people the full support they need to enjoy a day in the sea with family and friends, ensuring this great event is completely inclusive! To see last year’s promo - www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QxqOluLufqI For further detail: www.paddleroundthepier.com
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Featuring local nursery My First Word...Grows up. Read on...
my first word grows Up...Hove (PART OF THE MY FIRST WORD GROUP NOW COMPRISING TWO PRE SCHOOLS, ONE BABY UNIT AND A NEW PRE SCHOOL DUE TO OPEN IN MARCH.) MY FIRST WORD GROWS UP.....HOVE has been open now for 15 months, and was rated GOOD in all areas from OFSTED at their first inspection, and has just been awarded the QUILT Quality assurance badge for their 2 year old module and introductory work with 2 year olds. Manager Dena James said, “We are thrilled with the way the setting has grown and progressed and are very excited to be adding an acting/imaginative play class led by DEBUTOTS from March this year. We already offer Yoga on a weekly basis led by TATTY BUMPKIN. Yoga and Acting are a great way to help children build self esteem and have fun. We are also lucky enough to have a qualified level 3 Spanish teacher on our staff so are able to provide Spanish conversation and singing on a daily basis and the children performed in Spanish for the parents at our Christmas show.”” “We have just added an Astroturf garden area, which the children love and is perfect for our football skills training, twice weekly provided by one of our staff who holds a level 2 football training qualification. All of these activities link to the Early Years Foundation Stage and promote our ethos of “learning through play”.
The setting which is conveniently located close to Boundary Road, within easy walk of Portslade station, and Hove’s main Church Road, is open Monday to Friday 8 – 6. We offer funded hours for two, three and four year old children with no restriction on when these hours can be taken. Director, Lisa Southon, who started as a childminder over ten years ago, said “We know how hard it is to find good childcare, and we believe in offering our parents the flexibility they need to meet their individual needs. As working parents ourselves, we are aware of how hard it is to juggle family life and work. “ MY FIRST WORD ....BABIES is now also located at GLEBE VILLAS with a beautifully renovated room and which leads directly onto the Astroturf garden, this unit also offers the flexibility of hours, baby yoga weekly and trips out for walks to local parks, and places of interest in the community. MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8 – 6. TELEPHONE 01273 933161
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Welcome to the ANYone for Tennis? February edition of Fiveways Gardens Regular article about local exercise opportunity by local west Hove resident Isobel Muir...
Although it is hard to believe, summer is on the way and what better way to get out and get fit than having a go at tennis? I was never very good at it, as precision and finesse is not my strong point, thus I would generally hit the ball at full strength way out of the court (and indeed the entire park on occasion).
Brighton & Hove City Council have a good selection of tennis courts, the closest to this area being those on the Kingsway. All the council’s courts are free before 10am, with various fees thereafter depending on the location and the time. I would suggest getting out there bright With the increasing interest in growing our own food, andand maybe not so much money to go round, why not give it early one day (possibly not a day like the day I am a go this year? But what if you have no spare ground to plant into? aboutwheelie some carefully chosen writing this,Well, as it ishow so windy bins are flying pastnice big containers in your front garden. Or, even better, get rid of some of that tired looking concrete or paving slabs my window as I type) and seeing how you get on. Hopeand plant straight into the ground. fully you will find you want to go out another day to try and improve. Frustration about one’s limitations can be I’m often asked what’s easy and suitable for growing in In about late June/July, you’ll find a lovely crop anthem. excellent motivator, I find. limited space. Top of my list are onion, beetroot, carrot If of salad potatoes that you can digjoining up as aand when you really want to get into it andjust fancy and a lovely waxy salad potato, such as Charlottes. Nip youthat want Easy, huh?and If the whole dug club canthem. give you lessons training socrop’s you can out to your local garden centre or chat up friends that up by the end of July, why not use the space to grow a become the next…whoever the big cheese is in tennis have an allotment, who’ll be able to get you a dozen range of gorgeous late summer Rudbeckias, currently…there are various groupsflowers you can–join. or so seed potatoes from the allotment shop. Growing etc, will keep youCity smiling Allverbenas, the detailsasters, can begrasses found on thethat Brighton & Hove potatoes is simplicity itself. through the rest of summer and well into autumn. Council website (http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/conHowever, when I spent a week in Wales on a running tent/leisure-and-libraries/parks-and-green-spaces/tennis). 1. club buy holiday seed potatoes ASAP. 2. put them a dark I was at a meeting recently with the council Parks where we played every day,inI did findcold myself place (the loft works wellthe for first me)few for days a fewofweeks to department in Preston Park and I’m chuffed to report improving rapidly (after the ball “chit” or sprout. pushthe these the ground that there’s a strongFor commitment to about planting constantly going3.over fencepotatoes into the into nettles). By the more details mysome where you to grow about banks of wild flowers the park and somevisit native end of thewant weekthem we had some and goodcover rallieswith going and lifeinin exercise please spend anywhere near as much accidentally 3-4didn’t inches or 10cm of your garden soil.time 4. relax and go shrubs and trees. Both of these measures are great my blog “IMFitHove”. hitting the ground or eachfor other. (We were mainly playand do some other things a month or two. 5. when news for us and local wildlife. Thanks. ing doubles thereleafy weregrowth a few oftous.) there’s lots ofas green about 8-12 inches, Happy days Happy exercising! Ofanother course, having comeofback to Brighton, I have done put few inches garden soil (or the bought isobelmuir@hotmail.com nothing since but think it is a good way of getting fit stuff) onto the growing potato plants. You don’t want amongstcover other them like-minded Take a friend toand completely up, butpeople. this “earthing up” and you will soon yourself engrossed tryingspuds to process means you find won’t get green bits oninyour actually get a rally of more than two going, and you shall and you’ll get a bigger crop. Do this several times over Deadline for adverts and articles for discover an hour or so has passed without you really the early summer months. Keep the plants well watered noticing. That’s an hour of physical activity to add to once plenty You don’t the July edition is 15th June yourthere’s collection for of thefoliage. week. Better than need a slapto in feed the face with a cream doughnut.
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LOCAL activities... Here we feature some NEW classes going on for kids at the Tree of Life Centre in Portland Road...
News Kids Yoga, Pilates & Relax Classes in WEST HOVE The Tree of Life Centre has become a local favourite for complementary health & wellbeing since it opened last year on Portland Road. Offering everything from massage to private GP services, in addition to 30+ weekly classes in yoga, pilates, bellydancing and more, their timetable is now due to expand. Manager Simon Fuller said, “We are delighted to launch an exciting and affordable range of classes for children aged 4 to 12 years old. Local kids now have the chance to learn yoga, pilates-inspired movement, dance and relaxation techniques with teachers who make it fun to learn new ways of staying healthy and happy throughout their lifetime.”
The teacher of award-winning Relax Kids, Laurie Blount, added, “The aim of these classes is to let kids unwind and have a great time whilst improving their concentration, boosting confidence & self-esteem, making new friends and learning skills for life at this lovely local venue.” There is also a special yoga class for parents to enjoy with their 2 – 5 year olds, plus Brighton & Hove’s only Bumps & Babies Bellydancing class, designed for pregnant women and Mums with pre-crawling babies. Weekly baby massage classes are available for the Centre’s very youngest clients and children of all ages are welcome at the Centre’s Community Choir on Sundays, 5-6:30pm. Further information is available on 01273 220159 / www.tolcentre.com / or on the Centre’s facebook page at facebook.com/tolcentre
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LOCAL EVENT...
THE GARDEN GADABOUT 2014 IN AID OF THE SUSSEX BEACON No more peaking over the garden fence, you can explore your neighbour’s garden and get ideas to take home!
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The Garden Gadabout in aid of The Sussex Beacon will take place on Saturday & Sunday 21-22 and 28-29 June 2014 from 11am – 5pm each day. More than 40 private gardens and community spaces have already signed up, from small city courtyards to expansive open spaces in Hove, Montpelier, Fiveways and Roundhill, Preston Park and Surrenden, Stanmer, east of Brighton, and coastal areas. Many of the gardeners will be providing gorgeous cakes, lunches and refreshments, and even a glass of Pimm’s! Details of the gardens are available in the colourful brochure from local cafés, shops and venues, and the gardens are all listed online now at www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/gardengadabout. How to Buy Tickets: Advance Day Tickets cost £6 / £7 on the day. Advance weekend tickets are £10 / £12 during the
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weekend. Under-12s go free. Tickets can be bought online from www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/gardengadabout or from one of The Sussex Beacon charity shops on St James’s Street and London Road, Brighton. The event raises money for The Sussex Beacon, a charity that provides specialist care and support for men, women and families affected by HIV. West Hove Gardens 8 St Leonard’s Gardens, Hove BN3 4QB Saturday 28th June 11am – 5pm Several things in the garden have been changed and added to (you know what gardeners are like, always something new), so come along and spot the differences. Quiche and ‘slaw available in the garden. The Secret Garden, St Leonard’s Church, 211 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4ED Saturday 21st June 11am – 5pm
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The Secret Garden is a plot of land behind St Leonard’s Church that last year was completely overgrown. It is being transformed into a vegetable garden and wild garden with a pond. A path is due to be completed and some large raised beds are also soon to be completed. Wild iris, several shrubs and elm trees surround the garden and make it feel secluded. We have a beehive too. 43 Glebe Villas, Hove BN3 5SL Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June 11am – 5pm In summer our garden becomes our living area with comfy seating for relaxing and socialising. The patio, with its pretty pots, leads onto the lawn and colourful flower borders, and to a ‘secret’ area at the end which opens into a compact raisedbed vegetable garden.
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42 Brittany Road Hove, BN3 4PB Sunday 29th June 11am – 5pm A contemporary garden on two levels. A lawn is surrounded by borders with lots of interesting plants and combinations, perennials, annuals and shrubs to encourage wildlife. A large collection of succulents are displayed in original and creative ways. A coastal front garden. 22 Modena Road, Hove BN3 5QG 22nd, 28th and 29th June 11am – 5pm The garden is low maintenance and drought tolerant, with many rare and unusual plantings, amongst which there is the additional interest of statues.
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