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Hope you are enjoying the longer days and warmer temperatures. I always feel that March 22nd is a great date to reach and represents the countdown to Summer...bring it on!!
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Old Photo
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Local Updates
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Secret Garden
We have the usual mix of items for you this month with local people and activities featured and a record number of local businesses represented.
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Marathon & Road Safety
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Gardening
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School Catchment Areas
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West Hove Sports
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What’s On & Councillor Details
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Musical Bumps
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Local Art Club
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Health Tip & Farmers Market
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Local News & Event
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THE WEST HOVE ARTISTS’ OPE The West Hove Artists’ Open House Trail is back this year with seventeen houses offering an exciting array of sculpture, paintings, ceramics, jewellery, workshops and more. Alongside the illustrious Brighton Festival and Fringe, which attract throngs of people from around the world to the city each May, the Artists’ Houses consists of several trails running throughout Brighton and Hove every weekend from 30th April to 30th May. The Open Houses’ inclusive ethos means there is something for every type of art and culture lover, with work from a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Novice or professional, May is an opportunity to celebrate the whole spectrum of visual beauty. Judy Stevens, the festival director, said: “It is very important to us to give opportunities to marginalised artists, those facing barriers to the art world for any reason, including economically and geographically as well as those with physical and learning disabilities.” The West Hove trail has grown in popularity since it launched five years ago - a relative newcomer to the Artists’ Open Houses, which began in 2011.
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EN HOUSE TRAIL In 2014 the Open House Award went to a West Hove house - Peanut Butter Tree Arts at 3 Lawrence Road. The 2013 winner ‘Encounters’ at 12 Langdale Road was also awarded the VisitBrighton Visitors’ Choice Award in 2014. Last year ‘Encounters’ also won second place and housed talented artists from three continents. Villa LVI on 56 Payne Avenue was shortlisted for the award in 2015 and this year will be creating and showcasing a range of floral art, a unique and beautiful practice that hasn’t been seen much before along the trail. Breezier No. 46 will house a series of workshops where visitors can participate in and develop their 5 own artistic skills. Here you will also find works from silversmiths, painters, illustrators, and more.
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This year there are more opportunities to get involved in artists’ workshops than ever before, with Lawrence Art Studio in West Hove doing demonstrations on a variety of techniques, including oil paintings, watercolours, wood engraving, paper making, bookbinding, acrylics and pastels.
We are proud of the impact the West Hove Trail continues to have on the Open House festival and the fantastic collaboration that takes place within our neighbourhood during this time. But don’t just take our word for it, get out and celebrate with your fellow West Hove dwellers.
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SECRET GARDEN GROUP NEWS AND EVENTS The Secret Garden Group runs the Secret Garden situated behind St Leonard’s Church. Our continuing aim is to create a wonderful space the whole community can enjoy. We have free workdays on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 11am until 2pm, however the garden is open for all to enjoy any day of the week. On workdays you can come along with a pair of gardening gloves and join us growing organic vegetables, a variety of flowers and trying to create a wild woodland area with a mix of shrubs and fruit trees. We aim to make it a child-friendly space where wildlife can thrive. We have our own bee hives, safely contained in the new trellised apiary and run by our beekeeper Chris Hogarth, who is happy to talk about the bees and will sometimes suit you up in protective cloth11 ing for a closer look. She sells their delicious unprocessed honey in the summer months – it always sells out quickly! We also have a wildlife pond – no goldfish – but many tadpoles, frogs, solitary bees, dragonflies and butterflies are attracted to it. The Secret Garden hosts events throughout the year such as ‘Big Digs’, ‘Trick or Treat’ (with home grown and made pumpkin soup) and a Christmas Celebration. The next event to come up will be sowing wildflowers – this is in association with Grow Wild which sends out free seeds to community groups. In June we are planning a
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Secret Garden ‘Afternoon Tea’ to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday. All these events are free although we welcome donations. The Secret Garden Group has been very fortunate to have been donated many items. We have also been awarded funding from various sources including the West Hove Forum and the Sussex Community Foundation and this has enabled us to erect a fine potting shed to which we have attached guttering and four water butts in order to save water ready for the dryer months. If you would like to join or make use of our community compost scheme please email Joi Jones: secretgarden730@gmail.com. Joi Jones Secret Garden Group Volunteer Co-ordinator
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FOCUS, LOOK, LISTEN The road safety mantra for crossing the roads has been “Stop, Look, Listen” – from when we were in primary school. Failure to look properly is the biggest cause of collisions in the city – for all road users. Modern life gives us many distractions – mobile phones/devices and headphones. We are often caught up in our thoughts when using the roads. Taking time to be aware of how we are feeling before we get on the roads can help us focus on the roads when we are using them. Roads remain probably the riskiest environment we use each day – walking/ cycling/driving or riding. The new “Focus, Look, Listen” Share the Roads, Brighton & Hove reminds all road users in the city that a clear campaign focus on the roads allows you to look and listen effectively, able to make the best decisions.
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Volunteers are needed to help with a wide variety of roles and you can register to volunteer at: http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/volunteer. The deadline to sign up is 10th April. Road closures will include New Church Road and part of Boundary Road (9am to 3pm), part of Kingsway (7am to 3pm) and Basin Road South (9am to 4pm). This year’s official race starter on behalf of the Motor Neurone Disease Association is TV presenter Zoe Ball, a resident of Western Esplanade. She will be at the Mass Start in Preston Park at 9.15am, with the elite runners 13 starting in Withdean Park. Both the men’s and women’s champions from 2015 are returning to the race this year, Duncan Maiyo of Kenya and his compatriot Penninah Wanjiru. The first elite runners should reach Boundary Road at approximately 10.35am and Shoreham Harbour around 10.55am. If you want to see the end of the race, the first runners are expected to finish in Madeira Drive at around 11.25 and you can cheer them on from a grandstand situated directly by the finish line, which will be filled on a first come, first served basis. There will be a charity village
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IN THE GARDEN... APRIL 2016 Now that the weather is starting to warm up, there’s lots to do in the garden... Prune shrubs that have just finished flowering such as Forsythia and winter-flowering Viburnums. Using clean, sharp secateurs or loppers, cut back to create a pleasing shape. On well-established shrubs, you can cut back every fifth branch to the base of the shrub, to encourage new shoots to grow. Spring clean the plant beds by lightly weeding using a hand fork and then add fertiliser to the soil, following the instructions regarding coverage. Trees and shrubs don’t usually need fertiliser but roses love a good feed and, if you don’t mind using chemicals, this15 is the perfect time to spray roses with a fungicide to prevent blackspot. Insert plant supports now where they will be needed so that you don’t need to trample through the beds later in the season. Hopefully your lawn has had time to recover from the winter rain and you should be able to give the lawn its first cut, if you haven’t already. Set the blades on their highest setting for the first cut, if you have a choice of settings, and then gradually lower each time you mow.
Feed the lawn with lawn feed after mowing to help strengthen growth, but take care not to overfeed. This is a good month to plant summer-flowering bulbs such as lilies, gladioli and dahlias; my neighbour had such a good show of dahlias last year that she kept half the street supplied with cut flowers! Generally, summerflowering bulbs like sunny beds with well-drained soil. If your soil is quite heavy, add grit to the bottom of the planting hole to help with drainage. Allium neapolitanum Cowanii Group Earlier than other Alliums, this ornamental onion has a head of pretty white flowers that bees love and that look good as a cut flower in a small vase. Relatively inexpensive and quite easy to get hold of despite the name, these look good planted en masse. Height 40cm. Great places to visit Arundel Castle has a tulip festival throughout April and May with over 32,000 tulips to admire; www.arundelcastle.org, admission to gardens £9, more if you want to visit the castle as well. Happy gardening! Nareesa 07946 527280 www.leafgardendesigns.co.uk
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West Hove living to the west of Saxon Road would have the Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) as their catchment school. West Hove residents living to the east of Saxon Road would be in the catchment area for Hove Park School. Model B would give West Hove residents a choice between these two schools. Model C would see Blatchington Mill also included as part of a wider threeschool catchment area. Key - Average of the percentage of pupils in each catchment area receiving Free Residents’ views are sought on whether to keep random allocation within catchment areas as the “tie-breaker” for oversubscribed schools, or to use home to school distance instead. Councillors are also looking to see 525000E they can make 527500E 530000E 5 whether more schools more accessible to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The chair of the cross party working group is Cllr Daniel Chapman. He said: “The boundary lines indicated are suggestions at this stage. The feedback we get from this engagement exercise will help us draw up concrete proposals that will be the subject of a formal consultation process in the autumn.” Wish ward councillor Robert Nemeth said: “My ward colleague Cllr Garry Peltzer Dunn and I have alerted as many residents as we can about this worrying proposal and have written to the Administration for the date of a Hove consultation meeting. We feel that Options B and C would be far better for West Hove than A.” You can find out more and give your views via the council website at: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/2018-admissions. The closing date for comments is Sunday 24th April. WHD April 2016
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Animals in the Frame exhibition and Star Wars toy display 10am-5pm (Sunday 2-5pm) Hove Museum 19 New Church Road
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Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade; 7.15am-8am http://www.meetup.com/HoveWeekly-Beach-Walks/
Sewing Class For home-educated kids 6+ 1-3pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park Contact Fiona on 07767476556 or wickedfaerie1@yahoo.com
Ladies’ Exercise Class Suitable for all; drop in for a 30 min session any time between 3.30pm-6pm St Richard’s Church, Stapley Road Contact Eire on 07928 463279
Everyday Bread Workshop (for adults). Learn to bake bread 6-10pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park workshops@stonehambakehouse.org.uk
Pilates Mat Classes Beginners: 6.30pm-7.30pm Intermediate: 7.30pm-8.30pm Honeycroft, Sackville Road claire@hovepilates.com Beginners Flamenco Dance 7.30pm-8.30pm The Dance Station Unit 4, 57 North Street Portslade BN41 1DH 07939 938565 (Ana) www.flamencodance.co.uk Mini Music 09.40am (2yrs+) & 10.40am (babies) The Hive, Stoneham Park suzanne@minimusic.info Yoga & Mindfulness (10-12 year old girls) 3.40-4.40pm The Hive, Stoneham Park info@funkyoga.co.uk Holistic Yoga 6.45-8pm The Hive, Stoneham Park info@yogashanta.com Hove Zen & Mindfulness Sangha 7.15pm. Westwerks, 41-43 Portland Road. Contact Dheeresh on 07758 574567
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25th April 2016 Art and movement class 1-3pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park Contact Maya on 07591 856219 or purplemountain3@googlemail.com
Tuesdays Mini Art Cart Pre-school art club 9.30-11.30 (term time only) Drop-in; £4 per child. Pelican on Portland, 211 Portland Road www.theamazingartcart.com Pilates Mat Classes Gentle Beginners: 10am-11am Beginners: 11am-12 noon. Hove Methodist Church. Portland Road claire@hovepilates.com Badaboum! French musical playgroup 9.30-10.30am. The Hive, Stoneham Park. badaboum@talktalk.net Pre-School Ballet 11-11.45am. The Hive, Stoneham Park.vickymoteane@gmail.com Mindfulness 7.30-8.30pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park. solutions@janeodstressmanagement.com
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Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade; 7.15am-8am www.meetup.com/Hove-WeeklyBeach-Walks/
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Morning Yoga 10-11am The Hive, Stoneham Park Contact Kirsty 07986 616590 or yogakirsty@gmail.com
Magic Moves Dance class. 4-4.45pm (age 4-7) The Hive, Stoneham Park. magicmovesdance@btinternet.com
Ladies’ Exercise Class Suitable for all; drop in for a 30 min session any time between 9.30-11am United Reformed Church Hall, just off Boundary Road Contact Eire on 07928 463279 Writing for Radio Lunchtime course for all levels with an experienced scriptwriter 11am-2pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park beachhutwritingacademy@gmail.com The Real Junk Food Project A tasty meal from intercepted food on a “Pay As You Feel” basis on the first Wednesday of the month. 12-2pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park Pilates Contigo 6.15-7.45pm The Hive, Stoneham Park pilates@contigo.org.uk
Fiction Writing Course Beginners to experienced writers 9.30am-12.30pm. The Hive, Stoneham Park. beachhutwritin25 gacademy@gmail.com
Small Pilates Classes Taught by physiotherapist 7pm; booking required St Philip’s Church Hall Contact Naomi: 07875 755041 smallclasspilates@gmail.com Body Control Pilates 7.30-8.30pm The Hive, Stoneham Park sue.albery@gmail.com
7th April 2016 Over-50s Social Club 2.30-5pm.Vestry, St Philip’s Church
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Hovian Walkers Meet at King Alfred car park on the seafront at the end of King’s Esplanade; 7.15am-8am www.meetup.com/Hove-WeeklyBeach-Walks/
Arty, Crafty Club (8-12 years). Be inspired by an object in the museum and construct, draw, paint or print. 10.3011.45am; £5. Book in advance Hove Museum
Ladies’ Exercise Class Suitable for all; drop in for a 30 min session any time between 8.30am-12pm United Reformed, Church Hall, just off Boundary Road Contact Eire on 07928 463279.
Hove Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Stoneham Park
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Marathon Coffee and Cakes 9am-2pm. St Philip’s Church
Manine Italian arts and crafts playgroup for 2-5 year olds. 11am-12 noon The Hive, Stoneham Park maninepiccoline@gmail.com
Easter Activities (Up to 8 years). Fun activities including Easter trails, drawing and creating. Free, drop-in 10am-5pm. Hove Museum
babyballet® Pre-school song and dance for boys and girls 1.30-2.05pm Movers: 3-4 years 2.15-2.50pm Tinies: 18 months3years. Hove Village, 126-128 New Church Road. brightonwestandhove@babyballet.co.uk Vital Danza Dance for health and happiness 8.15-10pm; £10. The Tree of Life Centre, 143 Portland Road www.vitalhelen.blogspot.co.uk
Saturdays 2nd April 2016
Roots Night Concert by Dave Rogers 8-11pm. The Railway Inn. 2 Station Road www.railwayroots.co.uk
Vestry Café 10.30am-12 noon Vestry, St Philip’s Church
7th, 14th and 21st April Picture Time and Story 10am-12 noon (£2 per child, drop-in, 2-5 years) Hove Museum, New Church Road
Brighton Flower School Saturday Floral Crown Course. 10am-1pm The Hive, Stoneham Park info@ theflowerschoolbrighton.co.uk
Holistic Yoga 7.30-8.45pm The Hive, Stoneham Park info@yogashanta.com
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29th and 31st March 5th and 7th April Baskets, Bonnets and Bunny Ears Easter sticking, making and painting workshop. 3-8 years; £2 10.30am-3pm. Hove Museum
This is not a definitive list of events. If you would like to add your event, please email us at: info@westhovedirectory. co.uk . We try to ensure the listings are correct, but please check with the organisers of activities when attending for the first time.Some events may be term-time only.
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TAKE UP PAINTING AT YOUR LOCAL ART CLUB Have you ever thought of taking up drawing or painting? If you would like the opportunity, how about trying your local art club in Hove. Whether you have never done any art work before or wish to reignite a long lost skill, Dupont Art Club is there to welcome you. It is open to all abilities; some members had never held a paintbrush in their lives before whilst others have made art their careers. So why not go along and give it a try! You can start by having a free “taster session”, then if you decide to join membership is £35 per annum and each session you attend is just £5 for two and a half hours and you only pay for the times you attend.31There is a tutor at every session who will help and advise you as well as demonstrating interesting art topics. Sessions are held on Wednesday afternoons 1.30 – 4pm, Thursday mornings from 10am – 12.30pm and Thursday afternoons from 1.30 – 4pm. On Thursdays there is a model all day; if you wish to draw him or her you pay a small amount extra to cover their costs. Alternatively you may choose to do a still life or your own subject. On Wednesday every fortnight the tutor will introduce a different topic ranging from the use of varied media to a specific subject. These topics are discussed and demonstrated
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Will Writing Fortnight for hospice care at Martlets
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A great opportunity to make or update your Will and to support your local hospice
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Mark Scott Crosby Woods 75 Church Road Hove 01273 734600
Richard Shearing Dean Wilson 165 Dyke Road Brighton 01273 249210
Maureen Edwards Burt Brill & Cardens 30 Old Steyne Brighton 01273 604123
Julie Latham Burnand Brazier Malcolm Wilson 39 Church Road, Hove 01273 734022
Carl Ingram Goodlaw 6 The Drive Hove 01273 956270
Roger Tuffin John A Tuffin 12 Ship Street Brighton 01273 202071
Maria Turner Deibel & Allen 10 Franklin Road Portslade 01273 430999
Nadia Cowdrey Griffith Smith Farrington Webb 47 Old Steyne, Brighton 01273 324041
Jonathan Horner Sussex Law 45 Ladies Mile Road Brighton 01273 561312
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Deanne Ferguson McMillan Williams 11 Prince’s Street Brighton 01273 830034
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About the Scheme A professionally written Will is the best way to protect those you love and to remember your local hospice. Our Wills scheme is an ideal time to make or update your Will in return for a donation to Martlets. Contact one of the Will writers listed to make your booking and to find out more - quoting Martlets Will Writing Fortnight. Bookings open from 11 April and appointments will take place from 9 to 20 May.
For more information about our Will Writing Fortnight or about Martlets and our need for gifts in Wills contact Gary Moyle our Legacies Manager on 01273 718778 or email gary.moyle@martlets.org.uk
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WHY YOU CAN’T SHIFT THOSE LAST FEW POUNDS The Spring Equinox falls on March 20th this year. Aside from the tell-tale usual changes in nature, an equinox also triggers in us a lot of deep changes that occur at cellular level, making it an ideal time for a detox. You’ve done it all: hit the gym at ungodly hours when your body was SCREAMING for more sleep, you’ve cut out all carbs and introduced unspeakably bland smoothies to your life, and yet, you just can’t get rid of the extra pounds or get the energy you should – surely – be getting from such a healthy lifestyle. Trouble is: you’ve probably become insulin resistant. Insulin is your fat storage hormone. In an ideal world, it transports sugar to your liver where sugar is transformed into fat to be burned off. But if you have a history of 35 excess alcohol, sugar and carbs (‘good’ or ‘bad’ ones), then sugar is not burned off and stays as fat in your liver, leading to mid-section ‘tyres’ and ‘bingo wings’. So what’s the solution? Diet is of course vital to overcome insulin resistance, so reduce or cut out all refined carbohydrates (including all sugars) but you also need to reduce stress as it can lead to inflammation – a BIG precursor of insulin resistance. So increase good fats (avocado, oily fish, nut and seeds, olive oil, coconut oil), protein (lean meats, fish, pulses, nuts, seeds, quinoa, eggs) and lots of fibre (vegetables,
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PAVILION BLUES: DISABILIT A new display now in the Prints & Drawings Gallery at Brighton Museum tells the previously untold story of the 6,000 amputee soldiers who received treatment, rehabilitation and training at the Royal Pavilion during the First World War. This tale of adversity and opportunity is revealed through photographs, poetry and objects from the Pavilion Military Hospital, as well as insights into the lives and experiences of three patients. From 20th April there will also be panels in five of the Royal Pavilion’s rooms giving information on this moving story. Kevin Bacon of the Royal Pavilion writes: “The Royal Pavilion’s use as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers is well known. Its use as a hospital for limbless men is less famous. It opened in the summer of 1916, and retained many of the same medical personnel who had run the Indian hospital. It continued to care for men who had lost arms and legs in World War One until 1920, when the Pavilion was returned to the Brighton Corporation. “The contrast with the earlier hospital is striking: the primary focus of the Indian hospital was to make the men fit enough to either return to the front or be invali-
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TY AND IDENTITY ded back to India. Although the men were celebrated for their bravery in combat, little official concern seems to have been given to what happened to those men who returned home. By contrast, the hospital for limbless men was established with the aim of equipping its patients with new skills with which to rebuild their lives. “A workshop named after Queen Mary was constructed on the northern grounds of the Pavilion, where the patients could learn new skills in carpentry and engineering. But it was not all about work: the men were also given 37 a good deal of leisure time, and sports were regularly enjoyed. “Cricket, and the old Sussex game of stoolball, were popular in the hospital. As with the Paralympics today, technology was used to enable the men to take part in these sports. Football may have been amongst the other The Royal Pavilion as a World War One military hospital sports played.” Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is open from 10am until 5pm (closed on Mondays) and the display ends on 20th November. (Non-residents £5, residents free, members free.) For more information, visit: brightonmuseums.org.uk.
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RESIDENTS SUPPORT CONTROLLED PARKING AS NEW AREAS ARE PROPOSED Controlled parking zones have won the approval of residents in Brighton & Hove - as the council is set to ask two more areas if they want a scheme. A survey of recently-introduced zones including R (Bolsover Road) and W (Wish Park) drew just over 100 responses, with 67 per cent agreeing or strongly agreeing their scheme worked well for them. The council’s environment and transport committee agreed on 15th March to canvass views in the Preston Village and Surrenden areas, as well as in West Hove. It follows representations from residents concerned about being unable to park near their homes. Residents in West Hove will be consulted in early 2017. All households will get a leaflet asking whether they want restrictions all day, or for certain hours, or whether they want no change. They will also be able to choose whether restrictions should apply all week or Monday to Friday. There would be an option of having limited free waiting or exclusive paid parking outside shops and services. The West Hove area to be consulted is bounded by the A259 and the Worthing-bound railway, between Roman
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Road and Woodhouse Road in the east and St Leonard’s Road and Worcester Villas in the west. Committee chair Cllr Gill Mitchell said: “We’re proposing this in response to residents’ requests. It seems that where schemes are introduced people do like them. Controlled parking can make streets more pleasant and safe and there’s the obvious benefit of not having to drive round and round looking for a space.”
STARBOARD FESTIVAL Starboard Festival is a new festival arriving this summer at the BOAT (Brighton Open Air Theatre) in Dyke Road Park, celebrating performance by, for and with children and young people aged 0 to 21. The festival will run from 2nd to 17th July. The programme will be a mix of professional shows alongside productions from performing arts groups from local schools and communities. The festival has already received backing from a number of schools, theatre makers and institutions. Leading director Ria Parry and playwright Fin Kennedy are also involved. Starboard Festival are looking for people who want to perform and businesses who are interested in sponsorship opportunities. For further information contact Donna Hay at donna@starboardfestival.com or visit www.starboardfestival.com.
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