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Bohemia’s Phil beats ‘em all in Old Town bike race Keen cyclist Phil Dempsey of Bohemia Road has won the Hastings Festival Bike Race for the second year in a row in a record time of 14.72 seconds (writes Greg Lee). The charity race is a popular Old Town carnival week attraction and starts at the bottom of Crown Lane. The object is to cycle a large heavy butcher’s bike up the very steep hill while sitting on a reproduction of a ten shilling note. If the note is lost before reaching the finish the rider is disqualified. This year over 100 contestants including four previous champions attempted the steep hill climb. Phil made his winning run just as the competition came to a close and also managed to beat his previous winning time of 15.2 seconds. After a period working abroad in Taiwan, engineer Phil decided, three years ago, to relocate to Hastings due to work commitments, and divulged his winning formula was a pint (or two) of Guinness before the race. He is hoping to enter next year and is already in training – at the Crown public house!
Bohemia’s Phil Dempsey – wins Old Town’s Bike Race (photo: Greg Lee)
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Editorial
September 2008
In Short
Four new businesses are opening in Bohemia: Buddies Pizza (p 4), Eclipse Hair Salon (p 17), Clifford’s Automobiles (p 16) and a new supermarket at the old Lullabuys premises. Good, eh? Read about the dangers of black henna (p 17) and Dorothy Wood’s ‘nightmare ordeal’ (p 12). It’s also Village Fayre time again – don’t forget to drop by and sample the fun: Sunday September 7th from 1pm to 9pm (p 3). The editor.
September in Bohemia AUGUST Sat 30 Eclipse Hair Salon Meet & Greet 11-3 pm 444422 SEPTEMBER Mon 1 Hastings Museum. Moments Musicaux. Local history lecture by Edward Preston.10.30am. 0845 274 1052. Mon 1 (to 5 Oct) Hastings Museum. Japanese prints The art of Kabuki. Mon-Sat 10–5pm. Sun 11–5pm. 0845 274 1052 Fri 5 Wheatsheaf. Riot, Riot Live music. 8.30pm. 432803 Sat 6 The Rooms. Essay for the ordinary. 8.30pm. 713555. Sat 6 Hastings Museum. A Thousand Cranes presents Ogres & Giants 10.30 am – 12.30 am 0845 274 1052 Sat 6 Hastings Museum. A Thousand Cranes presents Tales from Old Japan. 2–3 pm. 0845 274 1052 Sat 6 (to Sun 7) Open Studio, 3 Upp Pk Rd 12–6 pm. 721679 Sun 7 Bohemia Village Fayre. Summerfields Green (by sports centre).1 pm–9 pm. 07814 659 729 Fri 12 Friends of Summerfields Wood Conservation Task. 1 pm – 3 pm. Meet entrance to Summerfields Leisure Centre. Sat 13 Friends of Summerfields Wood Conservation Task. 10–12 noon. Meet entrance to Summerfields Leisure Centre. Sat 13 (to Sun 14) Open Studio 3 Upp Pk Rd. 12–6pm. 721679 Sun 14 Alexandra Park Conservation Task. 9–1 pm. Meet Harmer lay-by, Upper Park Road. Wed 17 (to Sun 21) Walk East Sussex Coast events organised by St Matthew’s Church. 425863 Fri 19 Hastings Museum. An evening in the company of... Opera South East. 7.30 pm. 0845 274 1052 Sat 20 The Rooms. Humble Grumble. 8.30 pm. 713555. Sat 20 Hastings Museum. Haiku workshop for adults. 10.30 am – 12.30 am. 0845 274 1052 Sat 27 The Rooms. Groove Test with Red Diesel. Live music. Doors 8.30 pm. 713555. Date ? YMCA Monthly meeting Bohem Area Assoc. 445086.
Bohemia Village Voice Edited and published by John Humphries at 79, Bohemia Road, Bohemia Village, Sussex, TN37 6RJ. Tel: 01424 430460. Email: editor@bohemiavillage.com www.bohemiavillage.com Assistant editor: Susan King. Website manager: Leah Davidson. Proofreader: Sheila Shepheard. Researchers: Sophie Fennessey, Imogen Pybus. Consultant editor: Julian Beecroft. First published 2006. © John Humphries. Circulation: 6,000 (unaudited). Copies delivered to homes and businesses in and around Bohemia and distributed via shops and other outlets. Advertising sales: Sue King. Deadline is 7th of the month preceding publication, e.g. 7th Jan for Feb issue. Subscriptions: for copies by post for one year (12 issues) £6 (UK). Photographs: copies of photographs, size A4: £7 including post & packing. Printed by Fastprint & Design.
HORNTYE PARK CRICKET – Horntye Park played host to Lashings World XI on Thursday 7th August, playing against Hastings Priory CC and Bexhill CC in the 7th 1066 Sporting Club Challenge. About 700 people watched some of the world’s greatest players. It was a victory for the Lashings team, and the results were as follows: Lashings vs Bexhill: Lashings win by 50 runs. Hastings vs Bexhill: Hastings win by 5 wickets. Hastings vs Lashings: Lashings win by 49 runs. West Indian cricketing legend Alvin Kallicharren, manager of Lashings, told the Voice, “It’s fantastic to be in Hastings on such a wonderful day. Twenty20 cricket is really going well. People aren’t bored; they’re really enjoying it.” Horntye’s Kevin Miller, added, “We had lovely weather, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. There was never a dull moment; it flowed from start to finish.” AGE CONCERN – announces a free service to those over 60 ‘who feel their voice is not being heard’. A trained volunteer advocate will visit in confidence, listen and explain the choices available. Call 01424 775721. BUDDIES – ‘Speedy Tomato Pizza’ opening soon at 87 Bohemia Road. Square ‘Chicago-style American pizzas’ are offered, along with doner kebabs, chicken kebabs, 1/2 pounders, chicken burgers, cod & chips and chicken & chips. Free delivery is offered. Tel: 203344. MIKE BAKER – local mathematics tutor Mike Baker’s logo (see right) is a clever collection of the letters of his surname. But do the symbols actually have any meaning? ‘Yes’, says Mike, ‘the formula represents an exponential series for biological growth and can for instance, be used to calculate the return on an investment of a certain sum of money each month; ‘e’ is a natural constant, found in many biological and other situations’. Ah, right, now we know. ST PETER’S CHURCH – the minibus which was reported stolen in our last issue, was recovered at 4am in Mount Pleasant Road. The driver’s seat had been set on fire which caused so much damage the vehicle has been written off by the insurers. Father Alex says ‘It’s a terrible shame, a big tragedy. Lack of funds means there are no plans to buy another bus’. Positive news is that the sandstone wall at the front of the church has been rebuilt – at a cost of £2,000, mostly paid by the insurers. ST MATTHEWS CHURCH – has recently relaunched its website to a very high standard. It has many attractive features, such as what’s on and when, maps, jokes, staff profiles, answers to important questions; and some recent sermons including one by Bishop Ken Barham and one by Edward Towner. Well worth a visit! Website: www.stmatts.co.uk DRIPPING SPRING – managers Joan & Robin are on the lookout for photos of old Bohemia. Having decorated the outside of the pub, they are busy on the inside and they think some pictures of old Bohemia will add that finishing touch.
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Puzzle Corner
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Puzzle 63. This owl, one of a pair, won’t be flying anywhere – but where in Bohemia Road is it permanently ‘perched’? £10 token (kindly donated by Empress Art of Tower Road) for the winning entry. Closing date: 7th Sept. Our full address can be found on page 4.
Stapley’s Shoe Club Dear Sir, I’ve been trying to remember precisely where, in Bohemia Road, Stapley’s Shoe Shop was. I have clear memories from the period during WWII and just after, of going to Mr Stapley’s shop with my mother and two sisters. At the time we lived near The Ridge in Landsview Terrace, (between Grange Road and Hillside Road, then just a muddy track) and we used to walk over fields - to Old Road Road which had a locked gate across it, then along ‘Tingle’s Dingle’ (the wooded glen with the stream running under St Helen’s Road), and finally across Alexandra Park to reach the prime shopping centre of Bohemia! I also remember that my mother paid in regular amounts to Stapley’s Shoe Club, the sums being entered onto a savings card which she carried with her and presented each time she made a deposit. When there was enough on the card, she could buy one of us a pair of shoes. Savings Clubs were quite normal for those days. We also belonged to one run by Henson’s Stores at the Harrow, on The Ridge, small regular payments being made so that we could afford the luxury of a chicken (!) for Christmas.
Puzzle 62 answer. Last month’s puzzle picure showed the glass rooflight at Christchurch School in Woodland Vale Road. The winning entrant is Mr Tim Whitfield of Cornfield Terrace who has been sent a £10 gift voucher from Empress Art. Well done, Tim.
Priory Avenue resident, (name & address supplied). Can anyone else remember Stapley’s, and where, precisely, it was situated in Bohemia Road?
Panagram 63 Which four, 6-letter words, lips, etc)? For answers see all anagrams of each page 25. other, mean 1) modest, 1 prim persons; 2) fruits 2 such as peaches, plums and cherries; 3) deceivers; 3 4) contracted into a small rounded shape (mouth, 4
Voice for Ore Village? Dear Sir, I am involved in the Ore Valley Action group and the Speckled Wood group and I run a local lunch club. I have seen a copy of the Bohemia Village Voice, and I’d like to say how lovely it is. I think Ore Village would benefit greatly from such a publication, but I’m not sure how we would go about it. Could you give us some guidelines? Aubrey Ingleton, Ticehurst Close, Ore Village.
Gardeners’ Questions by Dave Kent Questions to ‘The Voice’: address p 4. Dave – I want to become famous and be on tv – how can I do this? Anita Harris (Mr). Dave writes: You could become proficient in one or more of the performing arts, or perhaps a popular sport. If you do not become famous, then you could shoot someone who has, give yourself up, and become the subject of news items and documentaries. You might also have programs made about you if you have a spectacular disease of the face or some sort of syndrome that causes you to shout obscenities in church or at members of minority groups. It is, of course, possible to become famous without doing anything notable; ask Tony Slattery, Gary Bushell or Chris Moyles for guidance.
Thanks for the kind words Aubrey. The ‘Voice’ is written and put together by volunteers, but we pay for printing, distribution and office overheads. Our only source of income is advertising which just about allows us to break even. The main thing is to start. You can get a lot of news onto a single sheet of A4. It’s important to get the first edition actually written and to run off some copies. You can ask local shopkeepers to put some on their counters (the shops in Bohemia have been incredibly supportive). Once you’ve published a few editions you can then try for some advertising. It’s great fun and a real service to the community. Good luck! - ed.
Road safety Dear Sir, thank you for publishing Father Alex’s letter [Voice, issue 61, July 2008]. The Highways Authority (East Sussex County Council) is seriously underperforming. To quote from the Audit Commission’s report of Oct 2007: “... Improvements to the transport (cont. p 22)
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It’s payback time for offenders in YMCA makeover repainted the main hall and public gallery, stripped and varnished the floor, laid new carpet in and decorated the youth wing and revamped two activity rooms upstairs. Karen Manning, chief executive officer of Hastings and Rother YMCA, said: “Initially I was sceptical that they could carry out the work in the hall in such a short space of time but they pulled it off, and to a very high standard. It was so good we asked them back to do all the other rooms at the centre. As a charity there is no way we could have afforded professionals to carry out this work so this has been a great service to ourselves and our customers.”
The YMCA benefitting from the Community Payback scheme
A charity-run sports and leisure centre has been given a dazzling new makeover by offenders on probation. Up to 50 offenders spent almost 1,000 hours painting, laying carpet and clearing old furniture at the YMCA sports centre in St Paul’s Road, Bohemia. Under the Community Payback scheme, teams of offenders sentenced to unpaid work by the courts are used to improve local facilities. Over the course of two weeks offenders
Mark Burden, Sussex Probation Area’s Community Payback manager, said: “Some offenders worked 12 hour days, fuelled by food laid on by the YMCA, to get this project finished. The result is fantastic. As well as helping a very worthwhile charity this project has vastly improved a facility used by thousands of Hastings and St Leonards residents. Projects like this provide offenders with invaluable skills and teamwork experience which is proven to reduce reoffending.” Last year some 2,500 offenders were sentenced to carry out unpaid work under the supervision of Sussex Probation Area with more than 200,000 hours worked. Suggestions for Community Payback projects can be emailed to sussexcommunity.payback@sussex.probation.gsi.gov.uk
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St Peter’s Church Chapel Park Road/St. Peter’s Road, Bohemia
Principal Services Sundays 10am Parish Eucharist 1st Sunday of the month 8.00am Eucharist BCP Advance Notice!
‘St. Peter’s Autumn Fayre’
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n the 18th of October 2008 10.0am – 2.00pm St Peter’s Church is holding an ‘Autumn Fayre.’ This will be replacing our Christmas Bazaar usually held in November. We would like to involve as many people as we can in the preparation. There will be many stalls, all of interest. We need over the coming weeks things like Good Quality Bric-a-Brac, Quality Gifts for an Autumn Hamper, Good Jam Preserve Jars with Pressure Lids, Gifts for the Bottle Tombola, Handicrafts and Objets d’art, Books, Wrapped Gift Tombola, and much nearer the time home made cakes for the cake stall, There will also be a Grand Raffle with lots of Good Prizes! If any readers can help with these items please contact Fr. Alex. Thank you! St. Peter’s Church will take a part in the ‘Diocese of Chichester’s Harvest Appeal 2008.’ This year we are supporting three projects in our link Dioceses in Guinea, Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Cameroon, enabling them to build for the future. This harvest, learn something new about the Church in West Africa. Please give generously to the appeal and pray for the people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. On the 28th of September at 10.00am we will celebrate the ‘Harvest Thanksgiving’ with very few examples of harvest produce. But envelopes will be provided for gift donations and especially ‘GiftAided Donations’ can be given for those who pay income tax. The area of West Africa is extremely poor. The parish of Dublin, Banana Islands Sierra Leone wants aid to finish a church building which will serve also as a school for the local children. This is only but one of the projects Chichester Diocese is pioneering in West Africa. The villagers are desperate to complete the building but most of them are fishermen and farmers and they do not have the resources to do the job. An extract from the Bishop of Chichester’s letter :- “These are projects close to the heart of our link communities and by helping them in their work to build the Kingdom, in a very real way we are sharing.” So we must give generously to help these people who need our assistance. With warm regards, yours in Christ, Fr. Alex
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Turner’s ‘Fishmarket’ painting off on UK tour
Hastings Fishmarket on the Sands – one of our local museum’s prize works is off on a tour of the UK in September
“Hastings: Fishmarket on the Sands, Early Morning”, the watercolour by J M W Turner is leaving Bohemia at the end of September. It is off on loan as part of a national Turner touring exhibition. It will be visiting Nottingham Castle Museum and the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, before returning to Hastings for display in the summer of 2009. This is your last chance to see it before it disappears on its travels.
Annabel’s art unveiled
The Museum acquired the painting, "Hastings: Fish Market on the Sands, Early Morning", in 2006 when it was sold at Sotheby's auction for £210,000. It is the largest of ten known watercolours of Hastings by JMW Turner. The 1824 painting shows an early morning market with the Sussex town and castle in the distance. It depicts fishermen and fishwives selling produce, joined by a group of fashionable women and a boy with a hoop. It also has two figures in Greek costume, said to be a reference to the Greek War of Independence which had support in Britain at the time. Hastings Museum already had a collection of Turner engravings, including sketches, objects and Annabel Tilley’s ‘Heritage 1’, on view in Kings Road, St Leonards furniture from the painter's house, but this was the London Road artist Annabel Tilley saw her work unveiled by museum's first Turner watercolour. n Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is located in Bohemia the mayor this summer in St Leonards. The piece, ‘Heritage Road just oppositie Falaise Road. Tel 0845 274 1052. 1’, an enamelled metal collage, is on permanent open air disOpen Mon - Sat 10am to 5pm and Sundays 11am to play by the steps leading from Kings Road to London Road in St Leonards. It’s easy to miss, being fixed quite high up. 5pm. www.bohemiavillage.com
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Empress Art launches stunning new range of cards
‘Les Baux de Provence’ – one of twelve new greetings cards by Brian Fleming now being stocked by Empress Art in Tower Road
Empress Art, in Tower Road, has just launched a new range of greetings cards by prize-winning Winchelsea artist Brian Fleming. The twelve different designs, all in full colour cover botanical subjects and views of the Caribbean and other travel destinations. A gouache of Les Baux de Provence, based on a recent trip to France, has been accepted for the Royal Watercolour Society / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2008, to be held at the Bankside Gallery in London from the 10th to the 21st of September. Brian, who has formed Winchelsea Designs Ltd. with a partner to market the cards, has used Empress Art exclusively for framing his paintings since moving to the area over ten years ago. The cards are printed by St Leonard’s company Fastprint & Design (printers of Bohemia Village Voice).
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Communal bins coming to Bohemia? Are communal bins coming to Bohemia? Local councillor Andrew Cartwright says “The Council will shortly be writing to all residents of Bohemia regarding the possible introduction of communal bins and more wheelie bins. The proposals are only tentative at this stage. The Council has promised to consult with residents and undertake a property survey. Current thinking is that a mixture of wheelie bins (twin bins) and large communal bins might be appropriate for Bohemia depending upon the circumstances of each street. Although the Council’s approach is much more professional than their previous attempt to introduce wheelie bins – in 2007 – some mistakes are still being made. Please let me know your concerns. My belief is that, all things considered, this second attempt is likely to prove much more successful than the first. It should lead to cleaner streets and increased recycling without causing unnecessary inconvenience to residents. As always, I will be willing to assist residents with their concerns and take action on their behalf where appropriate”. In August Andrew visited Brighton to see their onstreet communal bins, where they are used only for refuse - not recyclables. “Hastings Borough Council is considering using them for both refuse and recyclables”, says Andrew. “Most of the bins there are oper-
ated by foot pedal only - which I felt might cause some residents to overbalance, however, a new model with a handle is being trialled”.
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Maggots in your dustbin? ‘No problem’ says Ian Bloe of Sussex bin cleaning service IB Clean & Tidy. Ian will wash and deodorise your bins on a regular basis, leaving them ‘maggot free and hygenically fresh’. Visits are scheduled for the day your bin is emptied.
‘Thanks, but no thanks’ seems to be the attitude of St Peter’s Road residents to the councils twinbin scheme. Colin Fox and Bill Third are busy collecting signatures for a petition against the p r o p o s e d Colin Foxand & Bill Third ‘No wheelie bins’ plans. ‘Last year we were promised consultation with a Field Officer, but no-one from HBC came to see us’, says Colin. ‘Currently, we simply leave our rubbish for collection in Cornfield Terrace at the rear of our garden, where the bins are stored. It will be madness having to drag them up the back steps, through the house (more steps) and then down the front steps’, he continued. Bill Third said ‘When Vivienne Bond was our local councillor she fought hard to keep the bins away. I just hope Andrew Cartwright will be as effective’.
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Letter triggers recall of nightmare ordeal
Dorothy Wood being interviewed by Paul Siegert of BBC South East Today. Camerman is Dave Painter. [Photo: Bill Third]
By Bill Third A letter from the Sussex branch of the National Probation Service brought back terrifying memories to an 80 year old shopkeeper of an attempted robbery six years ago in which she was dowsed in petrol by her attacker who threatened to set her alight if she did not open the till. The attacker Duncan Snape is due for release in September having served two thirds of his total 10 year prison sentence. Although he will be required to stay out of an exclusion zone, roughly from the needle point at the conjoining of Bohemia and London Roads to Chapel Park Road, the lady who was attacked, Dorothy Wood of Wood’s newsagents Bohemia Road, feels that the exclusion zone will allow Snape to get quite close to her. “He is excluded from Newgate Road, but he could practically wave to me from the end of Amherst Road if he chose to,” she says. Recalling the build-up to the ordeal that brought her close to death, Dorothy said,”He came into the shop early one morning in November 2001, just looked around and then left. Then he came in the next morning and I asked if I could help him. He said ‘no I’m only looking around.’ Then he came back on the morning of November 6th. carrying a petrol can. I repeated my question of the day before.” He replied “Get back behind the counter woman,” and bowled me over. He then poured the petrol over me and
produced a lighter, “Open the till or I’ll set you on fire,” he said. I refused, then a car door slammed loudly right outside the shop which gave him a fright and fortunately for me he ran off, although he did manage to snatch about £100”. The lady who slammed the car door saw Snape making his escape up Newgate Road where he attempted to get into a car, and phoned the police on her mobile. Fortunately there was a patrol car nearby and he was arrested in Aldborough Road with the petrol can under his arm. When Dorothy received the letter from the Probation Service in Shepherd Street, her first reaction was to say to her son Keith, “Right, that’s it. We are shutting up shop.” But despite a few sleepless nights she decided she wasn’t going to be frightened off, displaying the same tenacity and bulldog spirit which she has shown after attempted robberies in the past. But questions remain: will pictures of Snape be posted in the exclusion zone, so that he can be identified if he does come into the area? And can it be extended to help Mrs Wood sleep a little easier in her bed at nights? According to the probation service, it would be hard to get permission to use Snape’s picture – presumably to protect his privacy! And in any case there were so many people on exclusion orders that there would be posters all over the place. However, they would look into extending the exclusion zone so that Snape would not have sight of the shop.
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Dorothy Wood -– from p 12)
Bill Third, who along with his wife Anna, delivers papers for Dorothy at the weekend, was so concerned about the situation that he dashed off the above press release which was picked up by the BBC and on Thursday August 14th, BBC South East Today’s reporter Paul Siegert and cameraman Dave Painter came along to Woods’ Newsagents on Bohemia Road and interviewed Dorothy for their evening programme. This attracted a lot of attention and the good news is that the proposed exclusion zone has now been extended to cover a much larger area – see map, right. Representatives from Sussex probation Victim Contact scheme called to see Mrs Wood to discuss this with her. It is stressed that the exclusion zone is only a proposal which will need confirmation.
ALEXANDRA PARK
EXCLUSION ZONE
The revised proposed exclusion zone (thick black line), Wood’s Newsagents (circle)
Horntye Park ‘delighted’ with auction results Kevin Miller, manager of Horntye Park Sports Complex said he was “delighted” with July’s cricket memorabilia auction results. “We made considerably more than we’d been hoping for. It will give us working capital until the land deal goes through”. Before the sale, Kevin said he’d be pleased with £30,000. It is believed that the total sum raised was about £63,000, so he should be very pleased. This collection of cricket books, photographs and other ephemera was sold on behalf of the Horntye Park Sports Club and the majority of the items originated from the old Hastings Cricket Ground at Priory Meadow. The auction was conducted by Knights Sporting Auctions at Leicester on Saturday July 19th A total of 190 lots of Horntye Park’s cricket memorabilia went under the hammer in July. The one above , (lot 5), an 1886 handbill, fetched £1,200.
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nal 1895 sepia photograph of W G Grace in batting pose and signed in black ink by Grace, fetched £2000 (the auctioneer's estimate had been £500 to £800). Another excellent result was for an original official scorebook for the 1880-1881 seasons which fetched £2,100 (auctioneer's estimate: no more than £250). An early handbill for an 1886 match between Hastings & St Leonards Cricket Club v The Parsees (Bombay, India) was knocked down for £1,200 (estimate £250-£350). This interesting item listed the names of the two teams and at the bottom, it reads 'Admission 6d, Carriages 2s. 6d, Bath Chairs 1s'. Not all lots found buyers however – for instance, a black and white photograph of the Hastings team which played Barclays Bank in 1937, estimated to fetch at least £40, remained unsold.
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Bohemia Lighting praise for ‘lovely customers’ after as well! The boys used to go to St. Paul’s School. Now they are 37 and 35!” In 1991, Maurice started Security First, and ran this from no. 65. In 2006 the Dunfords decided to sell no. 65 and run both businesses from no. 71. 65 is now occupied by Cheap and Cheerful. These days Maurice concentrates on the security side, while Annette runs the shop. She said, “It’s more difficult now than it was when we started, because of parking and the internet. It’s going to be even harder for us if another supermarket comes to Silverhill.” She continued, I like meeting people, and we have some lovely customers who stop for a chat. I’d miss that if I didn’t run the shop. It’s a personal service. We try to give a friendly face.” Annette key-cutting at Bohemia Lighting
Maurice and Annette Dunford have been running Bohemia Lighting Centre at 71 Bohemia Road for thirtyfive years. Maurice was working as an electrician at the time, and the couple decided it would be a good idea to buy the premises as a base. Initially they bought both no. 71 and no. 65, both formerly Roger’s Haberdashery, as empty shops. “It was a challenge working in the shop when we first started,” said Annette, “as I had two small boys to look
At Easter 2007 the couple had to cope with a flood, when they arrived one morning to find water all over the floor. It was coming from a cracked sewage pipe in Newgate Road. After the pipe was repaired, the shop had to be substantially refurbished and everything contaminated had to be removed. Even the walls were replastered, and new counters put in, as well as a new carpet laid. But after all the remedial work and the extensive damage that had been done, it was back to business as usual. Maurice and Annette are obviously survivors!
Garden team ‘delighted’
Guest Accommodation Tower House 1066 – when you need to escape your battles Walled gardeners: Bob Hart, Susan Thomson, & Judy Clark.
Open to non-residents Bookings now being taken for afternoon teas and small private function hire
The Bohemia Walled Garden Association (BWGA) is delighted with the response following our feature article last month. Sue Thomson says “We have 150 signaTel: 01424 427217 tures to our petition, we’ve met the manager of Hastings www.towerhousehotel.com Borough Council’s Estates Department and another meeting is scheduled”. Sue, ‘I’m writing a letter a day’, says she’s in now in contact with MP Michael Foster, Hastings Environment Network (HEN) and Bohemia’s three primary schools. “Anne Hannay of Christchurch School thinks it’s very exciting and wants to be involved”, says Sue. “A lot of local people have never been to the walled garden and didn’t even know it existed”. o BWGA: bohemiawga@yahoo.co.uk www.bohemiavillage.com
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Under 5s playgroup loses its kind, caring Helen Helen Dempsey, supervisor at the Park Road Under Fives Playgroup, retired on 23rd July after 18 years service. Helen, of Clarence Road, was trained to teach children, but never actually worked as a teacher because when she moved Helen – a ‘great boss and friend’ down from southeast London to Hastings in 1971, there were no teaching jobs available locally. She started work at Park Road playgroup in 1990, but had already been associated with it for some years, as her own children went there. “My daughter was one of the first group when it initially opened in March 1986, so I’ve been part of the playgroup as a parent, then as an ordinary session worker, then as deputy supervisor, and finally as supervisor.” Helen’s friend and colleague Sally Crockford, who has worked under her for five years, said, “Helen is a really kind, caring, considerate person, a great boss and an
even greater friend. She’s given a lot to children round this area.” At Helen’s last session with the playgroup, she received gifts from the committee, the staff, and the parents. Asked about her favourite memories, Helen said, “What stand out are the annual visits, because the children enjoy them so much. Every year we go to places like the Seven Sisters Sheep Farm, the Rare Breeds Centre near Ashford, Drusilla’s Zoo or the Sea Life Centre. We’ve also taken the children to visit the Fire Station. There’s also the Christmas parties and the summer parties, with a magician.” Looking back, Helen speaks of the changes since the playgroup’s early days. “There are about 45 children there now. There used to be over 90 at one time, but there are now lots more private nurseries. We at Park Road are a non-profit-making organisation, a real community group. We offer a service for people who can’t afford a private nursery. When we first started, we didn’t have OFSTED. Now we’re ofsteded and have to follow the early years system. It’s much more professional: we all have training courses, and there are more qualified staff. It’s much more hard work, but I think it’s a better level of care. The parents have higher expectations.” Helen will be continuing in her duties as a lollipop lady at St Paul’s School. “I’ll see quite a few of the little children, because some are going to St. Paul’s in September of course, so I’ll still keep in touch.”
Clifford the baker & Sue selling & repairing cars Clifford and Sue Pearce took over the former Bohemia Motors garage in Upper Park Road on 4th August. The couple have decided to make a clean sweep by giving the business a new name, “Clifford’s Automobiles”. Immediately they got the keys, they set about redecorating and getting staff. They already have a mechanic, and are now getting one or two apprentice mechanics. Initially they had intended to spend a week or two getting everything prepared, but, said Sue, speaking three days after they took over, “It’s all taking off already. We wanted to get it all set for the opening, but people who have just walked past have asked if we can do things” As she spoke, a customer was having his MOT done on his vehicle and several other cars were awaiting attention. She said that a lot of passers-by had made encouraging comments when they saw new developments going on, and “the people from Hillcrest Garage have come down and wished us well.” At present, Clifford is continuing to commute to his present job as a baker at the family business in Bookham, Surrey. He is planning to give that up and run the garage when business has built up. “I’ve been in business since I was twenty-four, and I’m now sixty-six, so business isn’t new to me,” he said. “I used to sell cars in North Road, but I closed down because the Council wouldn’t give me planning permis-
Clifford & Sue Pearce set up in Upper South Road
sion. I wanted to buy a garage, so I looked in the Friday Ad and found this. I just fancied doing it, I’m just interested in cars.” o Bohemia Motors, formerly owned by James Clarke, ceased trading on 1st July this year.
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Name change for pub?
New hair salon opens
Jason Burgess, has been the new manager at the Wheatsheaf public house in Bohemia Road, for only a few weeks, but already wants to change the oldest pub in Bohemia’s name. “I want it be a Bohemia Village family-style pub and I’d like to see the ‘Bohemian Arms’ as its new name. I believe there used to be a pub by that name on the corner of Tower Road and Bohemia Jason – wants name change Road. Most of my customers think it’s a great idea”. Jason, (38), with twenty years experience of the licensed trade, has previously worked at the North Star and has been a licensee at the Duke in Silverhill. Bands will continue on Friday evenings. “We have two real ales always on tap and on Sundays we provide free food”, says Jason. Football, shown on large screens, will continue, with ‘free food at half-time’. Although Jason sees the Wheatsheaf essentially as a family pub, he hasn’t ruled out the occasional strippers nights, started by his predecessor, Emma, who has returned to her studies. o The owner of the Wheatsheaf also owns and runs the ‘Kings Head’ pub in Battle.
New hair s a l o n ‘Eclipse’, at 73 Bohemia Road, is due to open for business on Monday 1st September. Manager Rachael Martin, and L i s a Castleman, are holding a New salon – set to eclipse the competition? “Meet and Greet Day” on Saturday August 30th, with refreshments and the opportunity to meet the stylists, family and friends. The inside of the salon, formerly Waves, has been totally refurbished. Everything has now been completed, apart from the new windows. It was intended to replace the existing timber front door and bay window with pvc units, but Adrian Martin, Rachael’s father, said “Planning permission has been refused, on grounds of the thickness of the pvc, so the shop-front is being repainted for the present, and we must re-submit for planning permission.”
Warning: this is what a black henna tattoo can do Parent Vanessa Gent, of St Peter’s Road writes: One of my sons decided to try a temporary henna tattoo, which was advertised as being perfectly safe and allergy-free. He came home with a black Chinese pictogram of the word “gamble” on the side of his neck. I do not like tattoos but thought there would be no repercussions from something which would quickly fade. A couple of weeks later, my son said he was having problems with the tattoo - an allergic reaction resulting in intense itching and soreness. By the next day he was feeling feverish and had developed huge pus-filled blisters on the site of the tattoo and all round the area, plus a generalised rash around his face, eyes and trunk. He went straight to A & E, and after being prescribed covering antibiotics he was told to see his own doctor, at Warrior Square, immediately. He prescribed further antibiotics and antihistamines and after a few days the itching is starting to subside and the blisters have discharged their poison; at their worst it required 11 different dressings overnight to contain the fluid.
Black henna – blisters on Vanessa’s son’s neck
dangerous they are, and so far I can only speak of the short-term effects. The photograph, of course, cannot indicate just how painful the sores have been and was taken when they were starting to subside. Long-term scarring is likely and my son may have a life-long sensiHe is so depressed and self-conscious as a result of his tivity to any substance containing PPD, the active chemrecent experience that it is impossible to persuade him ical in the dye which is found in a plethora of hair to leave the house. I am very concerned not only for my colourants, sunscreens and cosmetics; he may find it is son but for anyone who thinks these things are safe. impossible for him to expose his skin to sunlight and at They want to look like their friends, be fashionable and any time in the future when his immune system is comto look different. I can’t emphasise strongly enough how promised, such as by the herpes virus, the allergy could be reactivated, with effects which worsen over time. www.bohemiavillage.com
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Slimming success inspires Marie to start own class Clarence Road and now in Aldborough Road. As a child she attended St Paul’s School, and later worked in Alldays. “I love Bohemia, “ she says, “ It’s just my home. I’d never live anywhere else.” Marie knows what it’s like to make the effort to lose weight, and that’s what prompted her to help others. At her biggest she was 18 stone and size 22 in clothes. She managed to get her weight down to 16 stone, then joined a Rosemary Conley class in January 2006, reducing her weight to 12 stone and size 12/14. Her ultimate aim for herself is 11 stone. She confesses to having felt very nervous when she first went along to the Rosemary Conley class herself. When she discovered that the instructors had been in the same boat themselves, she felt much more at ease. “It was a great help, “ she said. “That’s what I want to do myself. Being such a local girl, lots of people know me and have seen me lose weight. If they come along to the class, they’ll know that I understand.” Last October, when her baby girl was four months old, Marie enrolled on a YMCA Fitness Industry training course, passing the necessary exams to become an instructor in July. She is now a YMCA Fit Qualified Aerobic Instructor and an Exercise to Music Studio Instructor. As we go to press, (August), she is about to go up to Leicester to do further training with Rosemary Conley in person.
Aldborogh Road Marie starting own fitness class at St Paul’s
Local girl Marie Dove, who managed to get her weight down from 18 stone to 12 stone will be starting her own diet and fitness class at St Paul’s School, in September. Marie was born in the Buchanan Hospital in London Road, and has lived in Bohemia all her life, formerly in
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Rush to get ‘Fabulous Bohemia’ T-shirts to Fayre Will ‘Fabulous Bohemia’ Tshirts be available at this year’s Bohemia Village Fayre? ‘Yes’, says designer Chris Steele of iDLEHANDS, a new company based in St Leonards. ‘Although we have been extremely busy, we are quietly confident that we’ll have plently of ‘Fabulous Bohemia’ T-shirts on sale at the Village Fayre.
Chris models his ‘Fabulous Bohemia’ design. Chris: “St Leonards is a very cool place to be”.
Chris has worked as a fashion designer in London for such companies as Voyage, Unconditional and Billionaire but feels the time is right to strike out on his own. He says “I’ve always been inspired by the unique vibe of Hastings and St Leonards – this is a very cool place to be. We’ve shown at the St. Leonards festival and the Old Town street party and it’s wonderful to get such a great response from locals
and visitors alike. We are really looking forward to showing at the Bohemia Village Fayre”. iDLEHANDS sells T-shirts and bags with prints that are inspired by vintage advertising and oldfashioned branding. Print runs will be experimental and kept to a minimum. The T-shirts and tops are 100% cotton and come in a range of prints and colours so there will be plenty to choose from. They also sell a range of accessories including bags, caps and cards featuring the same prints and slogans. Prices for T-shirts start at £14. o iDLEHANDS Set up by Chris Steele MA (RCA) with the help of 1066 enterprises and McCarrons of Mercatoria. www.idlehandsclothing.com email: casteele_7@hotmail.com
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infrastructure are limited. Funding decisions have reduced standards and improvements to the network are slow. ... The rate of deterioration of the road network exceeds the maintenance investment of the Council by £1 million per year. The Council estimates the current gap to be about £5 million had funding kept pace with inflation ... Overall the transport system is not providing an effective network”. Indeed, many of the fairly routine works on the roads and pavements currently in progress in St Leonards are being paid for mainly by the Government as part of the regeneration of the local economy.
Letters (from p 5)
Hastings Borough Council acts only as agent to the local Highways Authority. Unfortunately, the Highways Department at the Borough Council has very limited resources and it is clear that they are understaffed. My belief is that most local residents would prefer our local roads and pavements to be managed by Hastings Borough Council. East Sussex County Council is too remote to be sensitive to public opinion. I have written to the Director of Environmental Services at the Borough Council urging him to raise the issue of the need for more staff in the Highways Department at both Borough and County levels. However, my understanding is that the County Council is reluctant to give further control or funding to the Borough. At present I am working with several groups of local residents to improve our roads. Local residents and traders from the Bohemia Area Association are very active, and there are new groups of active residents in Tower Road West and Alexandra Road - both campaigning for better highways management. New groups are likely to be formed soon in Dane Road, Church Road and elsewhere. Please get in touch if you would like to be part of a campaign. Although it can take years to bring about real change it is well worth the effort of persevering. Ultimately, the whole community will benefit from improved road safety. Andrew Cartwright, Labour Councillor, Gensing Ward.
Wingfield’s Tower
September 2008
Summerfiels’ Sports Centre]. As for the Oval, if the writer had done their homework, they would have discovered that the Oval was opened and given to the children of the Borough by the then Prince of Wales in the early 1920s. If they really want a usable green area, well, in the Bohemia area why don’t they support those residents fighting to get Newgate Field – if they know where it is – back to its former glory, a beautiful wooded picnic and play area, not the stinging nettle-covered area it is today. If I remember rightly in an earlier issue of the Voice, Mr Humphries [Voice editor] said something about campaigning for this. Vic Chalcraft, Aldborough Road. The ESCC website states “If your community has an area that is used for sport or other pastimes, then registering it as a village green may ensure that it stays that way. A ‘village green’ is legally defined as any area where people in the community have enjoyed legitimate sports or pastimes for a number of years. Such activities include things like cricket matches, blackberry picking, dog walking and fetes”. We will be doing a piece on Newgate Fields before the end of this year – that’s a promise – ed.
Burn down all their houses? Dear Sir, I refer to the letter from ‘St Peter’s Road residents’ about dog mess [issue 61, July 2008]. Yes, we do have a dog excrement problem, sadly caused by a minority of uncouth dog owners, who really should not be allowed to keep dogs. As for the morons who suggest burning down the houses of those who allow their dogs to foul the pavements, would their efforts not be put to better use burning down the houses of people who continually cycle on our pavements, without consideration for elderly people or young people, burning down the houses of people who openly deal lethal drugs in our area, burning down the houses of people who smash bottles in the streets and those that put the wrong kind of rubbish in their bins? Leave respectable dog owners alone and start to address the real problems. Bohemia resident (name & address supplied)
Dear Sir, I note in your last issue the date given for the demolition of Wingfield’s Tower in Lower South Road is 1974. I enclose a photocopy of a press cutting of an article, ‘Tower is to topple’, from the Hastings & St Leonards Observer of 17th March 1973 which clearly shows the tower enveloped in scaffold and ready for demolition. I therefore think the correct year is 1973.
When this orgy of destruction is over, how many buildings will be left standing? – ed.
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Bohemia Village Directory A free listing for all businesses, advertisers and organisations in Bohemia. 1066 ENTERPRISE 205500. 1066 TYPESETTING 441390. A21 CAFE For lunch & breakfast. Erkan & Fatma. Tel: 433375. A & M Glaziers 717161. 235 London Road, Bohemia Village. ALEXANDER SCHOOL Speech & drama. Children & adults. 424843. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE helps postural & breathing problems. 465838. lizjeffries50@hotmail.com AQUA TRIDENT Window cleaning 427988. Bohemia Road ARKO PROPERTY Management of blocks of flats. 439786. 123 Boh Rd. ARTEMIS Nursery. Chapel Park Road. 0-5 yrs. Emma: 461188. ASTEC Computers. 460721. AUTOPOINT Hastings Services for all makes. 718700. 221 London Rd. AUTOTEC Servicing, MOT, repairs. 07802 648374. 30b St Peter’s Rd. BADMINTON CLUBS at Horntye Park: Tues 440820. Wed 722640. Thur 432916. At S’fields: 781777. BAKER, Mike Maths tuition. 717053 BARCO Brickwork 26 Salisbury Road. 0800 169 6995. BARTLETT ARTS Paintings & prints. 721566. 45/47 Bohemia Rd. BASE PIZZA 201120. 99 Boh. Rd. BATTLE Electronic Services Commercial microwave engineers. 447799. 52 Bohemia Rd. BEDTIME Frames & mattresses. Impartial advice. Free delivery. 440034 & 715650. 134 London Rd. BEST KEBAB YE Turkish & British takeaway. Free deliveries over £7. Yasmin. 719889. 69 Bohemia Rd. BET BET BET 24/7 Indie bookmaker. 444044. 43 Bohemia Rd. BIZFIZZ Business counselling Clive Gross. 205509, 07771 645263. BLOOM’S PHARMACY 421072 & 200255. 55–57 Bohemia Rd. BODY, Richard Solicitors. 66 Bohemia Rd. 201301. BODY WISDOM see under ‘Yoga’ BOHEMIA AREA ASSOC. Peter Holland, chairman: 445086. BOHEMIA CONSERVATIVE CLUB Vic Chalcraft 439827. R Harris 854779. Upper South Rd. BOHEMIA COUNSELLING 133A Boh. Road. 722923. BOHEMIA LIGHTING Lamps, bulbs, keys. 427550. 71 Boh Rd. BOHEMIA MOTORS Car repairs & servicing of all makes & models. 421205. Upper South Rd. BOHEMIA VILLAGE FAYRE Sunday 7th Sept at Summerfields Green by Sports Centre. katdogleeryan@yahoo.com BOHEMIA WALLED GARDEN Assn. BWGA@dynamicaudio.co.uk.
BOND, Vivienne LibDem rep. 431054 BOOKMAN’S HALT Clive Linklater. 421413. 127 Bohemia Rd. BRACEY & BROWN Tel: 854084 BRECKLAND MOBILITY Mechanical aids for elderly & disabled. 438300 & 0800 783 8205. Mob: 07780 995413. 35 Tower Rd. BRIC A BRAC Stan: 07967 806103 BRITISH RED CROSS Medical loan office. 425342. 38 Newgate Rd. BUCHAN, Stewart Illustrator. 435922. 77 Amherst Rd. BUDDIES Pizzas 87 Boh R. 203344 CAFÉ 67 423291. 67, Bohemia Rd, CAKE BOX 420872. 49 Boh.Rd CAPITAL LEGAL SERVICES 444461. 9-15, Sedlescombe Rd N . CARTWRIGHT, Andrew Labour cllr Freepost SEA 9848. St Leonards, TN37 6BR. 203231 or 717140. cllr.andrew.cartwright@hastings.gov.uk CASA LIFELINE alarms. 776640
CASSIDY’S Car Mechanics 201128 & 07706 916969. 1, Salisbury Yard CHEAP & CHEERFUL Discount. 65 Bohemia Rd. 07739 706 570 . CHRISTCHURCH Primary School 422953. 34 Woodland Vale Rd. CLIFFORD AUTOMOBILES Upper South R. Car sales, repairs. 201483. CONCORDIA HALL 07964 065474. COMMUNITY INFO Centre Report dog fouling, noise nuisance, dumped cars, litter & rubbish dumping. 438291. 16 Silchester Rd, St L. CO-OPERATIVE FOOD (previously Alldays). 423875. 45 Bohemia Rd. CO-OP FUNERALCARE 444325. 233 London Rd. COUNTRYMAN DECOR Painter & decorator. 201849 CREDIT UNION Mondays (9-10am) at 54 Boh. Rd (Mundays). 437233 CROWN TAXIS Local family firm. 855855 & 07900 333829 CRYSTAL HEALING, Flat 2, 42 Church Road, 07940 181 215. CURRY HUT Take away curry food. 200451. 51 Bohemia. Rd. DENTAL SURGERY 433666. 56 Chapel Park Rd. DESTINATION MX 439767. 18B Tower Rd. www.destmx@aol.com DOGGIE REHAB Janis Paton, animal behaviourist. 07878 739467 DOMINIC’S BARBER SHOPPE Gents. 712252. 119 Bohemia Rd. DRIPPING SPRING CAMRA pub. Robin & Joan. 436222. Tower Rd. ECLIPSE 73 Boh R. 44 44 22. EDDIE Music & Lights disco. Old & new catered for. 07761 544 250. EFTON (UK) 91 Bohemia Rd. 429491 & 05602 962526.
EMPRESS ART All types of picture framing, mounting, dry-mounting, conservation framing, prints & greetings cards, vintage Hastings photos, original watercolours by local artists. Colin Green. 442000. 3/4 Tower Rd. ESCC Children’s Services. 720702. Tower Bldg, Lower S Rd, EVERSFIELD Food & Gifts 257 London Road. 437961 EXPRESS CLEAN Complete interior & exterior cleaning service. 01424 436282 & 07971 673623 FAIRYTALE PHOTOS 420588. 68/70, Sedlescombe Rd South. FIRE BRIGADES UNION Admin. 447700. Fire Station, Bohemia Rd. FIRE STATION Open 24/7. Bohemia Rd. 01323 462166. FLICKERS Ladies’ & gents’ hairdressing. 439621. 16 Tower Rd. FLOWER SHOP 46 Bohemia Rd. Sharon. 423377. 429464. FORWARD, Cllr Kim. Cllr.kim.forward@hastings.gov.uk Tel: 781066. FOSTER, Michael MP. 84 Boh. Road. Tel. 460070. mp@1066.net www.michaelfoster.labour.co.uk FRYDAYS Traditional fish & chips. 461391. 53 Bohemia Rd. GABLES Day nursery 426426. GARAGE on the Green 718080. Repairs & servicing:425599. GENSING RESIDENTS’ ASS, 9 North Street, St Leonards. 715764. GEORGE STONE Building contractor. 436166. 10 Tower Rd West. GOOCH UPHOLSTERY Recovering antique & modern furniture. Workshop: 200301. 717129. GORDON BUSBRIDGE Lounge, dining, beds & bedroom furniture, curtains, carpets, fitted kitchens, bedrooms & home/office. 289 London Road. 420368. HASSAN PET SUPPLIES Ann & Terry. 105 Bohemia Road. 421358. HASTINGS BADGER Protection Soc. Park in Church Rd. 439168. HASTINGS COUNTY COURT 710280. Law Courts, Bohemia Rd. HASTINGS MUSEUM 0845 274 1052. John’s Place, Bohemia Road. HASTINGS POLICE STATION Open 8am–midnight. Emergency: l 999. Non-urgent: 0845 60 70 999. To speak anonymously: 0800 555 111. Constable for Gensing ward: Nick Marriott, 0845 60 70 999 (ext 16226). See also ‘Street Bobby’ HBC ESTATES 451641. HBC Estates Div, Horntye Park, Boh. Rd. HEALTH & BEAUTY ROOM 241 London Road. Tel: 435355. HERCULES Newsagent, groceries & lottery. Springfield Rd 712272.
Hercules (Premier) Newsagents Groceries – Lottery Off-licence
Tel: 712272 45 Springfield Road
September 2008 HIGH SPIRITS Newsagents, confect, Paypoint. 460996. 255 Lond R. HILLCREST GARAGE MoTs, repairs, Tower Rd West. 422157 HKS Kitchens 443464. 138 London Rd. hastings@hks-uk.com HOLDEN ROOFING Contractors. All work guaranteed. 01424 715223 & 07967 360398. HOPE, Maurice Complete building service. 222002 & 0792 758 4488. HORNTYE PARK SPORTS Centre Banqueting, conferences, meeting rooms, wedding receptions, parties. 7 days per week, 8.30am-11.00pm. 716666. Boh. Rd. kevinmiller@horntyepark.org www.horntyepark.org HYPNOPSYCHOTHERAPY James Caspian. Positive change & achieving goals. 714647 & 07939 542632. I B Clean & Tidy bin cleaning service. Tel: 751477. IMPERIAL Motor Co 442200. www.imperialmotorcompany.com
Imperial Motor Company www.imperialmotorcompany.com INDEPENDENT CHURCH Edward Preston, 63, Bohemia Rd. 435849. INSIDE OUT Theatre company. 12, Woodland Vale Rd. 438200 KARINA’S Wool Shop 712226. 131, Bohemia Road.
Karina’s Wool Shop Stockist of Sirdar & Stylecraft wools, as well as cottons, needles and knitted baby clothes. Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri: 9am to 5pm, Wed, Sat: 9am to 1pm. Tel: 712226. 131 Bohemia Road KC COMPUTERS Computers & accessories, sales & service. Kim Callow. 203799, 714713 & 08717 500202. 261 London Rd. sales@kccomputers.co.uk www.kccomputers.co.uk KÖTTING, Leesa Installation artist. 447303. www.leesakotting.co.uk LABOUR Party (Hastings & Rye) 424125. 84 Bohemia Rd. LEEVES, Simon Plumbing & heating engineer. Corgi reg. 444362. & 07940 791116. 11 Aldborough Rd. LIDL Supermarket 0870 444 1234. LITTLE FROG Interiors. Murals & wall hangings. 0845 428 0259 & 07855 869 471. 422133 LITTLE MILL BAKERY 265 London Road. Telephone: 421474. LONGLEY Publications Family tree research. 714423. M. HALL Motor Servs . Shornden Works, Clarence Rd. 07773 216363 MAGISTRATES’ Court 437644. The Law Courts, Bohemia Road. MARTEL Colour prints. 205491.
MASQUERADE Fancy dress for all ages, face paints, wigs, accessories. 720733. 77 Bohemia Rd. www.masqueradefancydress.com MONAGHAN, Samantha 426387. www.samanthamonaghan.co.uk MICK’S KEYCUTTING Dry cleaning, handbags, shoe repairs, etc. 253 London Road. 201775.
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for Key cutting Shoe repairs – Bags Watch batteries Watch straps MUNDAY’S NEWSAGENTS confectionery, tobacco, greetings cards, newspaper deliv. 437233. 54 Boh. Rd. Credit Union: Mons, 9–10am. MUSIC GYM For people with profound disabilities, 444322. enquiries@decoda.org NATWEST Bank Silverhill branch. 0845 610 1234. 142 London Rd. NICE CHINESE FOOD Take-away service. 30 Tower Rd. 01424 435279. Telephone orders very welcome. Open for seven days per week. NEWMAN’S CLEANERS Clothes cleaning. 465006. 62 Bohemia Rd. NORTH STAR INN Real ales. 436576. Clarence Rd, TN37 6SD. OLD BAKERY Bric-a-brac 130 London Road. 07967 806103. OPERA SOUTH EAST Local proam co performing 2 operas a year. 443316. 111 Bohemia Road. OUTDOORSMAN Outdoor kit, nature watching, work, trekking, military, security, shooting, hunting, survival, camping. 429343. 122 Boh Rd. www.outdoorsman.co.uk PARK LANE Group Residential letting: 0870 752 2540. 141Boh Rd. PARK ROAD CHURCH. Sun services: 10.15 & 6.30. Rev. Marion Proud. Coffee Shop 10 –12, Tues. 422350. Under 5s: 443030. PARSONS, Bob Brickwork, roofing, plastering, painting, decorating. 14, Bohem. Rd. 07979 502842, 200135. PAVILLION DECORATING Services. 136 Boh. Rd. 0808 1559546, Tel/Fax: 432255, 07764 850755. PIZZA HUT 728866. Fax: 422806. www.pizzahut.co.uk 172A Boh. Rd. PORTOBELLO Furniture Anthony. 200650. 269 London Rd. PRESTON, Edward local historian, minister of religion & lecturer. 63 Bohemia Rd. 435849. REGISTER OFFICE Births, deaths, marriages. 721722. Horntye Park. hastings.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk REIKI Mary Destin. 201849. RESTO CLASSICS Clarence Rd.
RE-DEC Decorating Services Richard Morris, painter & decorator 47 Cornfield Terrace, Bohemia
Tel: 425725 Mob: 07748 373 061 richardmorris@re-decoratingservices.co.uk
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Bohemia Village Voice No. 63 RODMELL, (Nicola) School of dance & performing arts. 07814 680933. St Paul’s Sch, Amherst Rd. ROSEANNA & BRYAN’S Gifts & bespoke greetings cards. 429796. 07762 060921. www.roseannaandbrianscards.co.uk. SADIE WORLD Dog walking and care. 07884 111656. SCOTT JAMES Windows. 431422 & 435229. 64 Bohemia Rd. SECURITY FIRST Intruder & fire alarms, servicing, locks, safes, keys. 427550. 07973 322697. 71 Boh. Rd. SEDLESCOMBE HOUSE Surgery. Dr Kaliniecki & Dr Lewis. 720574. SELLENS FRENCH Accountants. Keith Sellens, John French. 93 Bohemia Road. 446488. S.H.TACKLE Angling supplies. Live bait. 431583. 58 Bohemia Rd. SHELL SERVICE STATION 728950 or 0800 731 8888. Bohemia Rd. SIAM PROPERTY 76, Bohemia Rd. SILVER RIVER Chinese takeaway food. 433439. 56 Bohemia Rd. SILVER SPRINGS Medical practice, Beaufort Rd, Silverhill. Drs Cameron, Young, Schneider, Rae & Fmialowski. 422300; 428766. SILVERHILL BISTRO Thai restaurant & takeaway. 3 Sed R N. 718889. SILVERHILL Post Office Sedlescombe Rd North, Silverhill. 435902. SLIMMING WORLD Various meetings in Hastings & St L. Mon-Thurs. Denise: 431107. Sue 756823. www.slimmingworld.com SLM Van Centre 755966. SMART, Richard Accounts, 120 Bohemia Road. 422297. SOUTH-EAST ENTERTAINMENT 2B Tower Rd W. www.seents.co.uk SOUTHWATER CENTRE Stainsby Street, (Warrior Sq Stn). Tel:461414
Southwater Centre Fresh fruit & veg stall Wednesdays 10am – 12 noon Southwater Community Centre Located opp Warrior Sq station Support your local farmers
01424 461414 Southwater Centre Coffee Morning Every Monday 10am – 12 noon Everyone welcome For further details telephone
01424 461414 enquiries@southwatercentre.org ST JOHN AMBULANCE 421105. ST MARY Primary School Jane Smith, head. Magdalen Rd. 427801. ST MATTHEW’S CHURCH, Silverhill. Sunday services at 10.30am & 6.30pm. Rev’d Mike Coe. 430262. m i k e @ s t m a t t s . c o . u k www.stmatts.co.uk ST MATTHEW’S RESIDENTS’ Assn. Gaby Hill, chair. 434653.
ST PAUL’S Primary School. Pat Lock. 424530. Horntye Road, office@st-paulscofe-pri.esussex.sch.uk ST PETER’S CHURCH Rev’d Alex Brown. St Peter’s Church, St Peter’s Road, 445606 & 446606. Mob: 07759 311375. apeteraidan@lineone.net Vicarage: 10 Blomfield Rd. Parent & toddler group: Fridays, Rosemary: 445117. ST THOMAS’ Church Rev Ian Byrnes, 31c Magdalen Rd. 420815 STEVENS Richard Lib Dem leader on HBC. 781026. STREATFEILD HOUSE Residential home in Cornfield Terrace. 439103. gillclusker@hotmail.com STREET BOBBY To contact our local PCSO Andy Hubbard direct, call 0845 60 70 999 & then dial extension 21185. This takes you straight through to Andy. SUCHART THITTICHAI Web design & development. iNetVendor software, for trading securely online. 715235. 3 Upper Park Rd. www.inetvendor.com SUMMERFIELDS GUEST HOUSE Luxury en-suite rooms, family suite, disabled suite, open all year. 718142. Bohemia Rd. liz.summerfields@btinternet.com www.summerfieldshouse.co.uk SUMMERFIELDS SPORTS CENTRE Bohemia Road. 781777. SUSSEX AMBULANCE SERVICE. Ambulance Station, Bohemia Rd. T & D AUTO REPAIRS Clarence Road. 07885 719769. TALAY THAI restaurant. 249 London Road. Mrs N. Barnes. 721852. THAYRE, Chris. Swimming pools. Shornden Passage. 439831. TIFFINTIME Sandwich & Cappucino shop. 10 Sedlesc’be Rd N. 432629. TILE DESIGN Ceramic wall & floor tiles, suspended-ceilings. Tiling fixing. Mon-Fri: 9-5pm, Sat: 9-3.30. 2 Upp Pk Rd. 446613. 07973 176554. tiledesign.contracts@virgin.net www.tiledesigncontracts.co.uk TOP GUN Specialist sportswear. 2 Shornden Passage. 719734, 719707. www.topgunclothing.co.uk TOWER HOTEL. Public house 721773. TOWER HOUSE 1066 Guest accommodation. 26-28 Tower Rd West. 427217 www.towerhousehotel.com TOWER LAUNDERETTE 447889. TRAVELODGE Hotel Open 24/7, 365 d/y. 0870 085 0950. 0870 191 1810. www.travelodge.co.uk Boh Rd TRAVIS PERKINS. 424300. Springfield Valley Rd. www.travisperkins.co.uk TW CAR SALES 17 Tower Road. 719888. www.twcarsales.com TYRELL, Allena. Artist. Bohemia Studios, 9 Horntye Rd. 718727. ULTRA SAFE Fire extinguishers. 719563. 263 London Rd. VISUAL MAGIC 81 Bohemia Rd. 2pm-10pm. 445578. www.visual-magic.biz
Page 25 WASHTEC Recon domestic appliances. 74 Bohemia Road. 444784. WBM INSURANCE Business insurance, home, private, car & travel insurance. MonFri: 9-5, Sat: 9-12. George Ware, Steve Mann. 78 Bohemia Rd. 434675. Fax: 716420. waremann@aol.com www.wbminsurance.co.uk WEBB, Trevor. County Cllr for Cent St L & Gensing. 07876 036931. cllr.trevor.webb@hastings.gov.uk WEIGHTWATCHERS 07801 701 823
WELCH, Matthew. Artist. 443804. WELFORD, Peter. Electrical engineer & contractor. 6, St Paul’s Rd. 713611. peterwelford@tiscali.co.uk WHEATSHEAF Public house. 172 Boh Rd. Jason Burgess. 432803 WOODS’ NEWSAGENTS Newspapers, confectionery, greengrocery. Every day, 5am–6pm. Dorothy & Keith Wood. 86 Boh. Rd. 443340. YESTERDAY STUDIO Your memories on DVD. Tony Wade 443229. YMCA Sports centre & youth club. Roller skating, badminton, afterschool & activity clubs, chess, senior-citizens’ sports, judo, roller disco. 429677. St Paul’s Rd. hastingsymca@hastingsymca.plus.com YOGA & natural therapies. 07930 442 639. www.bodywisdom.org.uk
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Mathematics Tuition Retired mathematics lecturer (Masters degree and CRB clearance) offers maths tuition at all levels: IB, FM, A level, AS level, GCSE and Common Entrance Tuition available on a one-to-one basis (ÂŁ25 per hour) or in a small group of up to four students of matched ability, age, examination subject and syllabus. These sessions enable students to surpass school/college expectations and predictions, and are enjoyable, advancing creativity and building confidence. These 1 hour sessions are ÂŁ10 per student, at mutually convenient times, Saturday & Sunday mornings/early afternoon. Further details:
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Crest House Charming Residential Care Home Crest House Care Home has been privately owned and managed by mother and daughter team Jo and Lisa since 1987. Our philosophy at Crest House is to create an environment in which residents feel at home. We offer care, comfort, respect and dignity within an environment that is safe and believes in family values and individual choice. l Single & double rooms – all rooms with en-suite facilities l Passenger lift to all floors l External wheelchair access l Two Victorian conservatories l Short-term (respite) care l Visiting chiropodist, optician & hairdresser l Arranged activities and entertainment
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Your local neighbourhood care home Telephone in all rooms Short-term care available Dedicated and trained staff Under same management since 1987 Home cooked excellent meals Special diets accommodated Preferred provider to East Sussex Social Services
Contact Jo Crawford or Lisa Willard on: 01424 436229 St Matthew’s Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0TN
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