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CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESS Barns Green • Billingshurst • Five Oaks • Ifold • Kirdford • Loxwood • Plaistow • Slinfold • Wisborough Green

… amd when you blow its pearl globe you’ll live inside the wind

Full poem: Google The Dandelion Clock by Carol Lynn Grellas

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March 2011

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elcome to the March issue of Village Tweet. At last we leave winter behind and greet spring, my favourite season.

For me, the lambs, daffodils and longer days have always given me a feeling of vitality.

I have been talking to local photographer Rob Warde (see his moody photograph of St Mary’s church in our Spot the Difference competition and also the cover pic). Rob has started a project, Faces of Billingshurst, the aim being to take photographs of local people in their normal surroundings, be it at work, leisure or at home.

Some of the photos can be viewed at www.facesofbillingshurst.com. If you would like to be featured call Rob on 07947 590873.

Grahame Cover photo: Dandelion clock in the spring.

By Rob Warde.

If you have a suitable photo for the cover of Village Tweet please email it to us Health & Beauty Karen Jones Hypnotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Annette Knight Holistic Therapist . . . . . . . . . . 10 Nikki Durrant Hypnotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 KG Haircare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Food & Drink Recipe: Beef in Guinness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Selsey Arms Pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Burdfields Country Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Clayfield Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 DK Vintners Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 21 Little Cakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Monsoon Indian Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Leisure & Living Lodge Hill Photo Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Fred & The Barnstormers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Golf Trolley Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 South Downs Way in Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Professional Services & Businesses Care Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Bookkeeping & Accountancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Street-Wise Secretarial Services . . . . . . . . . . .7 Stephen Pearson Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Alec McCabe Guitar Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Gozone Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Across the Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Beadelicious Jewellery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 ADC Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Hallam Trim Window Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Jon Lane Private Tutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Wakoos Centre4Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Hydropower UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Pets, Animals & Farming Kellys Kreature Komforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 John Nash’s Farming Column . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Catherine’s Pet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Jane’s Farming Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Out & About Wey & Arun Canal Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Contents COPY DATE FOR APRIL ISSUE: 7th MARCH Published by A272 Design, PO Box 371, Billingshurst, West Sussex RH14 4AS

Editorial and Advertising: Grahame Pearson 07762 767084 editor@villagetweet.co.uk Website Design: Stephen Pearson stephen@pearson-design.co.uk

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Homes & Gardens Cousins Conservatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Miss Mop Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Solid Fuel Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 BGC Treecare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Fergus Elder Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Floral Elegance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Martyn-Johns Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Village Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Batchelor & Bacon: Kitchens, Bathrooms . . . .19 Pest B Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Bathstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Time for You Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Churchill Conservatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC Games and quizzes Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Wordsearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 14 Kids Page and Maze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 23 Spot the Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 26 Motoring Macs Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Ivans Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Ashpark Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 KB Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Kevin Griffin Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OBC Community Billingshurst Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rainbows Helper Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Features St Patrick’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hair Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Garden View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Adventures of Ebony the Lamb . . . . . . . .24 Last But Not Least Twitter and Tweeting explained . . . . . . . . . . . 19 What’s On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Advert Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

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Lifestyle

St. Patrick’s Day Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

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hich, roughly translated, is “St. Patrick’s Day blessings upon you all.”

17th March is St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and Eire). You may be surprised to learn though that he wasn’t Irish at all. He was English!

So how did an Englishman become the symbol of all things Irish?

Patrick’s early life was the stuff of a Boy’s Own adventure. He was kidnapped as a teenager and sold as a slave in Ireland. There he worked as a shepherd, in harsh conditions, for six years.

Then one night, so the story goes, he heard God speak to him and tell him it was time to escape. This he did and he travelled back to Britain by boat. Once there though he was recaptured and returned to slavery. But Patrick didn’t give up. He escaped again, this time successfully, and journeyed through Europe before he finally settled in a French monastery, where he trained to be a priest. Then he returned to Britain.

One night he heard voices calling him back to Ireland. He decided that his mission was to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity. First though, he resumed his studies in France and was eventually made a bishop, whereupon he finally returned to Ireland.

The High King of Tara was the most powerful man in Ireland and was initially angered by Patrick’s arrival, but the bishop’s quiet confidence in his faith won him over and the King gave Patrick permission to preach Christianity around the land.

St. Patrick is famous for having used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity, “There is one stem but there are three leaves on it. So it is with the Blessed Trinity. There is one God but three persons stemming from the same divinity.”

He’s also famous for having banished snakes from Ireland though in fact this story is symbolic. The snake was a symbol of paganism and was therefore ‘banished’ only by way of being replaced with the Christian cross.

Patrick died on 17th March, 461AD and is believed to buried in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

Today St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated enthusiastically even by people who’ve never set foot on the Emerald Isle. It’s a chance for everyone to celebrate their love of Ireland and all things Irish.

Why not join in the celebrations.

Order a green beer, a Guinness or an Irish whiskey (note the spelling – whisky is Scotch!) in your local Irish pub, then raise your glass and shout Sláinte … that’s ‘cheers’ to Photo: John Lindie (Flickr) you and me!

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Food and drink

Beef in Guinness With herby onion dumplings It’s St Patrick’s Day on 17th March.

Celebrate in style with this Irish dish 1. Heat the oven to 150°C/fan 130°C/gas 2.

2. Heat a little of the oil in a large oven-proof pan.

3. Lightly flour the pieces of braising steak and fry in small batches until well browned. Remove them with a slotted spoon and place on a plate.

4 Add the onions to the pan and fry on a fairly high heat until they soften and tinge brown at the edges.

5. Pour the Guinness into the pan, letting it bubble up, then return the meat to the pan along with the thyme. Cover the pan and transfer to the oven for 2-2 1/2 hours or until tender. The sauce will sweeten and thicken during the cooking time.

6. Make the dumplings (towards the end of the cooking time by mixing the suet, flour, onion and thyme together and season well.

7. Gradually add water to the dry ingredients until you have a soft dough. Divide into 12 balls.

Place the dumplings on top of the casserole and return it to the oven, uncovered, for 25 minutes.

Serve with shredded Savoy cabbage

INGREDIENTS

For the stew 2 tbsps oil 1kg braising steak, cut into large pieces 2 tbsps plain flour, well seasoned 3 onions, sliced 500ml Guinness 2 sprigs thyme For the dumplings 75g butter, frozen and grated 150g self-raising flour 1 small onion, grated 2 sprigs thyme, leaves stripped and chopped Water for mixing

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Village life

Snippets of local history

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ne of the lovely things about running our pub in Barns Green and our Farm Shop and Tea Room in Billingshurst is the opportunity to meet so many interesting people from all walks of life. Not a day goes by without us changing the world and then changing it back again.

Having written the two little articles about the history of Burdfields in Billingshurst, a number of people have popped in to see me to add more information about how it used to be, and I have collected some bits and pieces and put them into a folder which can be referred to, should anyone be interested, or want to add more.

One such interesting story is that of Rita Leaney who opened the Flower Box in about 1958. During the war, she had been on a train at Bramley Station with her ten-week-old son Paul, when a German bomber machine-gunned the

Our Farm Shop sells wholefoods, herbs & spices, seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables, biscuits, cakes, jams, chutneys and other ingredients.

train. Rita was badly injured by a bullet which shattered her jaw, and she also lost an eye. The Flower Box is still a florist, but so many of the shops in Billingshurst have changed, over and over again.

Did you know there used to be a Brewery?

The Malt House was next to the Kings Head with the “Swallows” Brewery behind and can be seen in the photo, scanned from an old postcard. The picture was taken looking down the high street to the south.

Was this connected to the 16th Century Arundel Brewery?

Does anybody have a bottle?

In Wendy Lines’ book, there is a picture of the Malt House with an advert from the 1930s, when it had become a Luncheon & Tea House. I wonder if their “Full English” was anything like ours. Anita Burdfield

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A sensitive subject for men

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s there more hair clogging up your shower recently? Or perhaps there seems to be more hair on your pillow than on your head? Hair loss can be extremely distressing to many men. Male pattern baldness is so common as to be normal, but this doesn’t stop the anxiety and depression of those experiencing it.

Men losing their hair usually have one concern – getting it back. But it’s easier to look after your remaining hairs than it is to grow new ones.

However, countless men spend vast amounts of money on various hair loss remedies in an effort to reverse the balding process. Hair transplant surgery is extortionately expensive and good results are usually only seen on very rich celebrities. A really good toupée can look natural but only if you are able to spend a lot of money to buy the best quality.

Baldness has bothered men for millennia. Some ancient cures were frankly, hair-brained! Bizarre

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suggestions from the past included rubbing onions on the head or applying a potion including goat, goose or hippo dung among other horrible and useless ingredients.

Thankfully, hair restoration medications have dramatically improved recently and one in particular actually does work. Minoxidil was first developed as a drug to treat high blood pressure. However, an interesting side effect was noticed; it made hair grow. This was capitalised on and now Minoxidil is used as a topical treatment for male pattern hair loss. The preparation is called Rogain®.

Unfortunately, if you stop using Rogain® your hair quickly returns to its former state. So you’d have to keep using it forever … and it isn’t cheap.

The simplest, cheapest and most effective solution is to accept your situation, visit your barber for a funky new hairstyle and grow bald gracefully.

As a general rule, keep your hair as short as possible. Choose a “buzz cut” or even shave it all off. Think Yul Brynner and Patrick Stewart; very attractive and charismatic men indeed. If you aren’t quite ready for such a dramatic step, another good cut to cover a receding hairline is the “short Caesar”, made famous by George Clooney. Another option is to grow your facial hair to draw attention away from your thinning locks. A neat moustache and goatee look best. And never, under any circumstances, go for a “comb-over”. Just don’t!

Above all, recognise that a man who radiates confidence will always be attractive regardless of the amount of hair on his head. You aren’t Samson and a lack of hair will not reduce your strength, affect your career or anything else for that matter. If you don’t make a big deal out of your thinning hair, nobody else will, either. If in doubt, remember this anonymous quote; “God made some heads perfect – the rest he covered with hair”. Suki North

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Travel notes from Across the Globe: Australia

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y passion and enthusiasm for ‘Down Under’ began many years ago when I travelled this vast, exhilarating continent as a lone, young backpacker. Hospitable, friendly, safe and relaxed are but a few words to describe the warm welcome extended on arrival. The world’s smallest continent and largest island, Australia is a land of extreme contrasts and idyllic destinations. So diverse is this land it extends across three time zones and, whose climate can vary from near desert conditions in its Red Centre to the humidity of the tropics in its northern reaches.

Vibrant, cosmopolitan cities all famous for their ‘café culture’ display a range of iconic architecture such as the familiar Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

This, in contrast, with unique land formations such as Ayers Rock, the Bungle Bungles and many more – not forgetting to mention the quirky wildlife and world heritage reefs – Ningaloo Reef, home to the massive but gentle whale shark and The Great Barrier Reef, home to spectacular diving and snorkelling all make for a hugely spiritual country to embrace.

Exploring Australia has never been easier with a great network of internal flights, amazing rail journeys crossing the country from north to south, west to east, and even, given time, a self-drive tour by car or well equipped luxury camper van allow to meander the incredible, uncrowded scenic roads. Whichever means of travel you choose you will be guaranteed to enjoy a staggering array of landscapes, lush rainforests,

endless beaches and colourful fauna and flora.

We must not forget Australia has some of the oldest natural history on the planet with its indigenous population, the Aboriginal Australians, a traditional history that can be traced back through their rock paintings and story telling known as ‘dreaming’ over many centuries.

And … after a day filled with endless activities, what better way to wind down with a glass, or two, of exquisite Australian wine. Australia has deservedly owned its place amongst the top in the world with its most refined wines.

The Barossa, Yarra, Hunter Valley and Margaret River, all wine producing areas, not only offer pallet tickling juices but are definitely worth visiting and exploring.

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Garden View This month – Hardy annuals

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ardy annuals: the name is an oxymoron.

Hardy plants are supposed to be able to survive the winter aren’t they, but annuals, by their definition, don’t.

In fact the names hardy, half-hardy and tender, when applied to annuals, refer to the relative cold tolerance of the newly planted seeds.

Hardy annual seeds can handle being frozen in the soil so are ideal for planting outside, either in the autumn or now.

Productive, adaptable and cheap, they are the ideal credit-crunch plants.

They are also easy-togrow so are brilliant for beginner gardeners.

For best results sow them as thinly as possible, cover lightly with sifted soil then firm it down. Protect them from cats and birds with netting until the seedlings are well established then thin them out to the distance recommended on the packet.

Good flowers for the annual-novice include poppy, calendula, larkspur, fried-egg plants (limnanthes), love-in-the-mist, clarkia and cornflowers.

If I could grow only one it would be Nigella damascena (love-in-the-mist). It’s an old cottage garden plant and ‘Miss Jekyll’ is a beautiful, soft, pure blue variety with the added bonus of stripy seed pods once the flowers have faded.

The king of the hardy annuals has to be the sunflower. Children particularly love to grow them.

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Sow them singly in small pots or directly into the earth. If you sow them directly, plant two seeds into each hole and thin to one once they are established. They may need to be staked as they grow. There are some terrific varieties. A favourite of mine is Prado Red, which as the name suggests, produces deep red flowers. If you pinch them out they‘ll grow to five feet and produce numerous blooms on each plant.

If sunflowers are the kings of the hardy annuals then sweet peas are surely the fragrant queens. Old-fashioned or antique varieties tend to be best for scent though their flowers are slightly smaller. The great thing about sweet peas is that you have to pick them to prolong flowering so you have a wonderful excuse to have a fragrant home all summer long. Sweet peas should be planted a little deeper than other annuals. They are very thirsty flowers. My granddad used to line his sweet pea trenches with lots of wet newspaper. He won prizes for his blooms so he obviously knew a thing or two about it.

Next time you’re at the garden centre walk past the showy (and expensive) potted plants and head for the seed section. For a very small outlay you can add colour, shape, interest and completely transform your plot. And if you don’t like it, you can always change it again next year.

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The Cow John Nash is a retired, well sort of retired, fruit farm manager in Kirdford who enjoys scribling about life on the farm from the now to days gone by.

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mazing creatures cows. They can be gentle as a lamb, stubborn as a mule and yet I feel certain that lurking beneath that huge bulk there lies a wicked sense of humour.

It was well over fifty years ago that I had my first encounter with the species.

A new boy into farming I was straight out of school and was being trained as a budding young herdsman by a lovely farmer down in Kent.

The herd was made up of those most beautiful of cattle … Jerseys. Wonderful glowing and gentle eyes, soft muzzles and a trusting nature that would melt the hardest of cynics.

The herd was hand-milked as were so many at that time and so I was to be given my first instruction in the art of the task by the Herdsman. He was a kindly man … but he hid a dark humour behind his soft smile.

He duly introduced me to Stella. An older cow with a darker coat than many of her Jersey sisters in the stalls alongside her. She turned her head at my approach and studied me with liquid eyes under huge long lashes. Her head boasted a pair of gently curving horns, as did most cows of that period. And her musty breath wafted over me as she lifted her muzzle to sniff me over.

“She’s a gentle old girl,” stated my instructor. “Just put your trust in her and she’ll see you through.” I washed her udder following the quiet instructions and took a quick sample from each teat into the strip-cup that checked for mastitis problems – something that had been drummed into me from the first day.

In those days cows had a far longer ‘shelf-life’ in the herds and as a result they were inclined to suffer a few more such problems from time to time. In fact some of the old girls had udders that only just cleared the ground as they walked and often would suffer from torn teats where they stood on them as they got up from a lazy nap.

So … I approached Stella with milking stool in one hand and stainless steel bucket in the other. She turned her head to observe me once more and I patted her muzzle. She snorted a spray of warm snot at me and went back to her hay in the manger. I sat down. The tail that caught me around the neck and face was not only rather painful, but exceedingly filthy. There was a muffled snort from the watching herdsman and he had the courtesy to turn away and

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pretend to study the milk record sheet that sat on the window ledge beside him. I wiped my face on my sleeve and washed the offending tail before reseating myself once more beside the old girl.

I started to milk. First the front two teats so that as the udders’ weight slowly lifted the two rear teats would become more accessible. I thought I was learning.

I should here mention a curious feature of a cows anatomy. When a cow kicks, her back leg does not follow a straight line at all. It first of all is drawn forward and then arcs in a half circle that has just one sole purpose as far as I can see. And that is to remove horrible little twerps like me who have the nerve to think they can just sit there and pull her dangly bits whenever they felt like it.

The action was swift, accurate and extremely painful. She caught me on the kneecap, and the bucket, stool and myself headed for the dung-passage that ran behind her rear quarters. For some reason this was apparently hysterically funny as the herdsman and the other milker in the shed collapsed into gales of mirth and stood banging their fists against the shed wall in some form of ritual festivity. I picked myself up and between gritted teeth and moans of pain collected the scattered equipment. I washed the bucket out and glared my darkest thoughts at Stella as she carried on chewing thoughtfully on her hay with no sign of the chaos she had caused.

The herdsman at last seemed to have his enjoyment under a form of control and had the decency to show me how to carefully tuck the cow’s tail under my bent knee as I sat beside Stella once more. “There, lad,” he said, between giggles. “Now if she tries to kick she’ll pull her own tail.” He never explained why he had not shown me the simple task beforehand, but I suspect that he figured that example was the easiest way of learning – albeit the most painful!

Once more seated on the three-legged stool I passed her tail between her leg and her udder and tucked it securely behind my bent knee. It worked!.

She gave me a knowing look and returned to her food with a resigned snort and allowed me to continue in warm comfort.

Over the next few years I would be kicked many more times. Most would be my own careless fault and a few would be by animals who had a distinctly malignant attitude to being handled. Who can blame them? But at least old Stella had taught me that if I took them for granted again it would be my own fault, not theirs. John Nash

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pring has arrived on the farm if, for example, a young first-time Don’t drop him, Maria! as we have our first lambs. ewe has a large lamb.

We were caught out When the ewes and new lambs slightly by the first ones as my are in the barn we check them calculations were about a week out over and make sure they have their but these things happen as giving first drink; this can take some time birth is not an exact science. depending on the lamb.

We lamb outside in the field; this If we have a small, weaker lamb means the ewes are more relaxed we give some artificial colostram after they have given birth but (which is very thick and rich) for within a few minutes we take them their first drink. This kick-starts them indoors. into finding mum’s udders so they Our rare-breed ewes prefer this are soon getting antibodies the more natural way of lambing as natural way from mum just a few ewes like to walk about threehours after birth. quarters of a mile while in labour. They then find So far this year our lambs and ewes are a sheltered spot under a hedge or brambles to looking good. Jane give birth.

You have to keep a closer eye on the ewes lambing this way and it is not suitable for the very large commercial flocks. But, for us, it works and we have fewer problems and do not have to interfere more than perhaps once in a season

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The Adventures of Ebony the Lamb Once upon a time on a small farm near Billingshurst …

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ow nice of you to want to come here and interview me. Who am I? Well I’m Ebony and I am a Hebridean lamb. That means I have black wool – well it’s sort of brown at the ends because of the sun but underneath it is black. And I have horns which are even bigger than Sam’s and they’re black too. Actually Sam’s are pretty weak looking really. They’re puny compared to mine. Both Sandy and Lily are quite jealous of my lovely wool and horns. But I can’t help it if I am beautiful can I? “You want me to tell you what’s happening around here? My, what a busy month we’ve had and exciting too! The first exciting thing of course was when I smelled the fox and got Aunty Moppy to rescue Lily from the blackberry. Ebony the hero stars again! That was in last month’s Village Tweet.

“Then we had some very bad weather. It rained and rained and it was really windy. Everyone tried to keep warm. And guess what! Aunty Little Jenny had a baby girl lamb. Poor little thing it got so cold and wet. It was born at night in heavy rain so Sally called her ‘Flood’ and she and Bill did everything possible to get her warm. They wrapped her in Magnus’ little red dog coat and gave her a hot water bottle. But she died the next day. Little Jenny was very upset of course and we girls cried our eyes out. We were so looking forward to having some more girlfriends to play with.

“Well it wasn’t a week later and it was really cold – like freezing – when Aunty Dora and Aunty Tanface had babies too! Aunty Dora’s was a little boy. And he was little too. What a little runt! Aunty Dora was Lily’s mum and Lily could hardly believe her eyes when Aunty walked away from her little brother. Sally noticed too and tried to get Aunty to let the little guy feed but she just walked away again. Sally called for Bill and together they caught Aunty Dora and picked up the little lamb.

They struggled to get Aunty back to the little barn where they had a lovely little pen for her.

“Yvonne saw them and put on her gumboots – or that’s what she calls them any way. They’re not real wellies because they’re too short. She did look ridiculous though running around in her long red dressing gown and pink ‘gumboots’ helping Sally and Bill. Sally let her hold the lamb while they got Aunty Dora to the barn. They had to put Magnus’ red dog coat on him and give him some extra food. But I heard he’s alright now. Just like a boy though to make a fuss!

“After they all got Aunty Dora settled they went back out to get Aunty Tanface. This was the first

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time she’d been a mum and she had twin girls and were they were ever so big and healthy. Cute too. Aunty had already cleaned her babies and fed them but still they had to go into the little barn.

This time Yvonne had to have a lamb under each arm while Sally and Bill caught Aunty and took her to the barn. Aunty didn’t want to go so it was very hard work.

“Then that same week Sam caught a really bad cold. He coughed and coughed. He lay down under the trees and wouldn’t talk to anybody. He really was very poorly. So Sally took him to the vet’s (I don’t know what that is but it sounds like an okay sort of place).When he came home he had to have injections! They looked really scary but he felt better after a while.

“Now the sun’s out and it’s warm lying here under the trees. Before you came, Sandy and I were just wondering about when the babies will be allowed out to play. Lily said she hoped they would stay in the little barn forever. But I think she’s just jealous of her little brother. It will be fun to have some little ones around to play with.

“Well if you’ll excuse me, it’s been nice talking with you.

See you around. Ciao.

“Come on girls let’s find Utha and Sam.” Yvonne Fleece to be continued …

Left: Tanface, proud mother.

Below: Dora’s little boy snug in Magnus’ coat Photos: Grahame Pearson

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Billingshurst Horticultural Society evening meeting. Women's Hall, High Street, Billingshurst. 8pm. Spitsbergen Summer, illustrated talk by Joyce Pope. Visitors welcome. £1 (inc refreshments). More info from Hon Sec (01403) 784599.

HDC Health Walk. Billingshurst. Meet in Library car park, 11/2 miles, flat, easy, free, just turn-up at 11am. Jean (01403) 786201.

HDC Health Walk. Barns Green. Meet by the Village Club, 2 miles, mostly flat, can be some muddy patches, free, just turn-up at 11am. Peter (01403) 741305.

Blackheart: the invisible tour. Folk concert. Slinfold Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm.

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Fred’s Flying Circus. Suitable for ages 4-10 (accompanied by an adult). Followed by a workshop by Fred explaining how things happen. Billingshurst Village Hall. 3pm. Tickets adults £5.50, children £4.25 from Village Hall reception or (01403) 787690.

HDC Health Walk. Slinfold. Meet in Red Lion pub car-park, choice of 31/2 or 5 miles, mostly flat, some stiles, free, just turn-up at 10am. Liz (01403) 263920 or Simon 260599 Film: Black Swan. Pulborough Village Centre. 7.30pm. Tickets £5.50 from Four Seasons, Pulborough or on the door on the night. Any queries please call Jenny on (01403) 782105 or Pam on (01403) 784427.

‘An Elizabethan Conman – Sir Thomas Sherley of Wiston’, Janet Pennington, Billingshurst Local History Society. Billingshurst Village Hall. 7.30pm HDC Health Walk. Billingshurst. Meet at Sports Pavilion car-park, 4 to 6 miles, some slopes and stiles, may be muddy, free just turn-up at 10am. No dogs. Carol (01403) 785016.

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Film: Black Swan. Billingshurst Village Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets £5.50 from Mallards, Billingshurst or on the door on the night. Any queries please call Jenny on (01403) 782105 or Pam on (01403) 784427.

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HDC Health Walk. Barns Green. Meet by Village Club, 4 miles, some slopes and stiles, may be muddy, free just turn-up at 11am. Peter (01403) 741305 St John’s Passion (Bach). Billingshurst/Weald Leisure Centre, with Billingshurst Choral Society and the Sinfonia of Arun. 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £6 (students) available from (01798) 813748 or email tickets@billingshurstchoralsociety.org HDC Health Walk. Mucky Duck, Tismans Common, Rudgwick, 41/2 miles to Baynards, some slopes and stiles, may be muddy, free, just turn up at 9.30am in pub car-park. Jane (01403) 261672 or Pauline 240419.

HDC Health Walk. Billingshurst. As for 3rd March.

Craft Fayre. Alfold Village Hall. 7pm-9pm. FREE ENTRY. Great selection of quality crafts and gifts. Proceeds in aid of Cherry Tree House. Lisa (01403) 783012 ‘Some early churches in West Sussex and Hampshire’, Dr David Parsons, Billingshurst Local History Society. Billingshurst Village Hall. 7.30pm Come Fly With Us! Tandem Skydive, Headcorn Aerodrome. Held by The Dame Vera Lynn Trust for children with Cerebral Palsy at Five Oaks. Must sign up by 26th March.

Rosie Wyer (01403) 780444.

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