AAH (All About Horsham) August 2016

AAH ALL ABOUT HORSHAM

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Parking Charges at Dinosaur Island

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Like Thowing a Child’s Lolly in the Dirt

“Okay, we can go to Dinosaur Island, but not for long, I’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Nick, my eight-year-old son (who I had dragged out after ÃV Ì Àiw à i v Ì i AAH stands) had asked if we could go to the play area, as he hadn’t been there for “ages”.

Last summer, we seemingly had time to visit more often.

“Just for half an hour, as I’m very busy” I said. I wasn’t actually busy at all. I had just w i` Õ« Ì i ÃÌ> ` ÕÌÃ `i CoCo’s salon in the village and couldn’t resist buying a Crunchie four-pack from the Co-Op for £1.

Didn’t want them melting...

So I drove into Southwater Country Park.

‘Quiet’, I thought.

I was soon to discover why; Horsham District Council had decided to introduce parking charges.

I looked in my wallet, and didn’t see much change. 40p. Hold on, there are some coins in the side of the door. 50p. 55p. 60p.

“We’re in luck, Nick! Run and check how much it is.”

He runs back. “It says £1.50.”

“Don’t be daft! Go check how much for one hour.”

Off he runs again. “I’m not sure.

Can you check?”

It is £1.50.

I think about parking along Andrews or College Road - as others surely will - but instead I just drove home, in a huff. Like the parking machine had ruined any hope of a nice afternoon!

Once back to work, I looked through all the press releases, news snippets and event notices that I compile over the month ready for the News Round-up, and sure enough there was one from the council about new parking charges.

Once again, local Councillor Jonathan Chowen has been attributed with the quote that will provoke displeasure amongst the general public.

As the Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture at Horsham

possible!

As low as possible would be allowing people the option of a quick visit, wouldn’t it?

50p to walk your spaniel around the park, or to let the kids climb up the volcano for 20 minutes before dinner.

It’s not as though parking machines are manufactured to comply with one single tariff!

AAH: AUGUST 2016 Ben Morris

Wrote the articles

Toby Phillips

Took the photos

Thanks Jeremy Knight of HDC/Horsham Museum for providing images

and text for the feature on Horshamosaurus Sue Leverett for additional images of Luke Hill Jack Cottingham for supplying old images for the My Story article

District Council, Mr Chowen is the spokesman for many of the cutbacks that people most care about!

In this particular press release, he is quoted as saying: “We think that £1.50 for a day out for the family – including the exciting Dinosaur Island – represents very good value.”

A day out?

London Zoo is a day out!

Thorpe Park is a day out!

Fishers Farm is a day out!

Southwater Country Park is somewhere to take the kids to unwind for a little while, and a decent enough place to walk your dog.

By all means, walk around the Park twice. Go crazy! But you’ll still be back at the car within an hour.

If you’re there all day, you either have an extremely poor sense of direction, or are unfathomably fond of ducks.

Southwater Country Park is lovely; it really is. The Dinosaur Island adventure park is great for the kids, and (credit where it’s due) is one of the better council-funded ideas of recent years.

The area generously referred to as ‘The Beach’ is even a passable alternative to the coast for parents with very young children who can’t face the ÌÀ>vwV >À Õ ` V iÃÌiÀ° However, height of summer family days aside, the majority of regular visitors are not there for a ‘day out’.

In the press release, the council said that ‘the new charge has been kept as low as possible so that local people are not deterred from visiting and enjoying the Park.’

Now, I found this comment quite annoying - as somebody who just moments earlier had indeed been deterred from visiting the park because the new charge is not as low as

The uncompromising £1.50 daily charge has been set by the Council. In my view, it’s quite underhand, when you consider that most visitors are there only for a short time.

People aren’t daft, Cllr Chowen.

We appreciate that you might need to charge for parking, so that the council can invest in better toilet provision, improved pathways and litter picking services, as you point out in the press release.

But we also know that you – the council – must know that most of us make only brief visits to the park.

So, with that in mind, we’ll take that £1.50 standard rate for what it is; very sneaky.

It’s not terrible news in the context of the world today, but there will be children who miss out on a bit of play time as a result of this charge, Cllr Chowen.

You’ve not told a child the truth about Santa, or made blowing bubbles in milkshake a capital offence. But you have burst their balloon and thrown their ice lolly in the dirt!

I hope that other free parking sites are not similarly burdened with parking machines to earn pocket money for the council.

Take, for instance, woodland car parks for Leechpool and Roosthole, Sullington Warren, or anywhere else that you might enjoy for an hour, but pay for a day.

Ben

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News Round-Up

Big Kahuna Festival cancelled, Birch trees replace Shelley Fountain, and ice rink announced

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My Story

Jack Cottingham on being evacuated from Dunkirk and a lifetime spent under the bonnet!

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Business

Goldsmith’s Melanie Paul in Storrington offers a traditional service on the High Street

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One to Watch

Luke Hill of Barns Green has been selected for the } > ` Þ ÕÌ yÞ wà } team

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Special Feature

Lady Emma Barnard and head gardener Tom Brown take us on a tour of the historic Parham House

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History

A world-renowned artist >Ã «À `ÕVi` Ì i wÀÃÌ picture of Horsham’s unique dinosaur

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Group Discussion

We meet the men of Broadwood Morris as they wave their hankies around the Carfax

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Letters

What will dinosaurs look like in 100 years time, and how does AAH choose its front cover?

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Music

Hollie Rogers has given up a career in teaching to focus on her true passion; writing music

The Cover Story

Our August cover features Hollie Rogers, a Horsham-based musician competing in the acoustic Battle of the Bands competition later in the year.

The picture is taken in Horsham’s Õ > >ÌÕÀi >À`i ° / L޽à wÀÃÌ idea was to use the vertical wooden beams of the garden’s stage for the main shot, but there was so much colour on the walkway that it made a far better backdrop.

Tom Holder, Hollie’s bass player, can consider himself unfortunate not to make the cover. Toby only took a landscape image of the two

musicians together and this shot is featured inside. However, Tom was a cover star in 2012, as a member of jazz band The Five Foot Twos.

Had we chosen the image of Lady Emma Barnard at Parham House for our front cover, that would have had an amusing side story; Editor Ben was mercilessly attacked by pollen, causing his eye to swell up. He conducted his interview with a sympathetic Lady Emma whilst in great discomfort, with a wet tissue over his eye, having used up Parham’s entire stock of Antihistamine.

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The Big Kahuna Festival, a three-day music event due to take place in Holmbush Forest, has been cancelled. In a statement, organisers said: “After extensive meetings with the council, it has become apparent that a small but vocal opposition has meant that insurmountable hurdles have been put in place.�

Organisers have contacted all those who bought tickets. www.bigkahunafestival.co.uk

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Nearly 400 women walked through the night for St Catherine’s Hospice’s Midnight Walk.

The ninth annual walk included a warm up by international wĂŒÂ˜iĂƒĂƒ ÂŤĂ€iĂƒiÂ˜ĂŒiĂ€ Âœ ÂœÂœÂŤiÀ° Donning beach-themed attire, walkers entered into the summer spirit as they took on seven, 13 or 20 mile routes. All were rewarded for their efforts with breakfast and a “i`>Â? >ĂŒ ĂŒÂ…i wÂ˜ÂˆĂƒÂ… Â?ˆ˜i° /Â…ÂˆĂƒ year’s walk was sponsored by Assurity Consulting, who also provided a photo booth. www.stch.org.uk

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6 Horsham District Council has announced the introduction of parking charges at Southwater Country Park. There will be a ÂŁ1.50 daily charge with annual permits available for ÂŁ30. The Country Park has recently been enhanced by improvements to car parking, access paths, the beach area and the installation of the Dinosaur Island adventure play area. Visitor numbers have almost doubled and the income from the new parking charge is needed to help cover maintenance costs.

Charging will be in force every day from 10am – 6pm. A lower charge of 50p will be in place over winter. For season tickets email parking@horsham.gov.uk

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Sussex Wildlife Trust is making an urgent appeal to its members and supporters to help protect dormice in the county.

Dormouse numbers have plummeted throughout Britain and they are now vulnerable to extinction due to habitat loss.

Sussex Wildlife Trust is hoping to raise ÂŁ40,000 to improve

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8 woodlands on their nature reserves, providing ideal habitat for them to thrive. www.sussexwildlifetrust.or.uk/ dormice

Max Cave, a member of the parkour team Storror, has been featured on news websites around the world for a daring leap in Hong Kong. The Horsham runner, 24, jumped between two 25-storey skyscrapers. The video clip quickly gained more than a quarter of a million views on Instagram, whilst Time and The Daily Mail were among the news outlets to highlight the ‘insane’ leap. Storror – featured in a 2013 edition of AAH – have become renowned in the parkour world through their brilliantly made videos on YouTube. http://storror.com Max – now you’ve got that out of your system, please don’t try it again!

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St. Mary’s Church has received a grant of £59,300 towards the cost of carrying out urgent repairs to the roof. The grant

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from the Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund requires match funding by St. Mary’s to cover the cost. In recent months it has been necessary to place buckets inside the building to collect water leaking through the roof.

The money will cover a proportion of the most urgent repair work. A ÂŁ600,000 roof restoration project is proposed for major maintenance and repair work to the Horsham Stone roof on the Grade 1 listed building. www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk

At Horsham Museum’s new exhibition Going with the Grain, visitors can appreciate pieces in wood by three craftsmen. The exhibition features the sculptural `iĂƒÂˆ}Â˜Ăƒ Âœv œ…˜ *Â?>ĂŒiĂ€] ĂœÂœÂœ`i˜ lattice structures by Paul Baden and Colin Norgate’s fabulous furniture. Going with the Grain ÂœÂŤi˜i` œ˜ Ă“Ă“ Ă•Â?Ăž >˜` Ă€Ă•Â˜Ăƒ until 9 September. www.horshammuseum.org

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Award-Winning Farm Shop New House Farm Shop and Tea Room is located in a beautifully renovated 16th Century barn, hidden in a quiet spot on the edge of Horsham. People come from all over to enjoy our cafe and locally sourced produce.

Strawberry Fields Tea Room A Horsham Cricket Club XI will take on The Lashings All Stars International XI at ÂœĂ€ĂƒÂ…>Â“Â˝Ăƒ Ă€ÂˆVÂŽiĂŒwiÂ?` ,Âœ>` ground on Wednesday 24 August. There is free admission to the 20/20 match, held in aid of club funds. The ground opens at 10:30am, with fairground rides and the Horsham Ladies Tea Tent in residence. At 11am, the Lashings players will provide coaching sessions for HCC Ă•Â˜ÂˆÂœĂ€ ÂŤÂ?>ĂžiĂ€ĂƒÂ° Ć‚ĂŒ ÂŁĂ“\Î䍓] ĂŒÂ…iĂ€i ĂœÂˆÂ?Â? Li > VÂœĂ€ÂŤÂœĂ€>ĂŒi Â?Ă•Â˜VÂ…] Ă€>vyi >˜` >Ă•VĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜] ĂœÂ…ÂˆÂ?ĂƒĂŒ ĂŒÂ…i Ă•Â˜ÂˆÂœĂ€ 8 play a side from West Chiltington.

The main 20/20 match will begin at 4pm. For corporate packages and sponsorship opportunities email Colin Mitcham at hsc@horshamsportsclub.com

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Birch trees have been planted on the former spot of the Shelley Fountain in Horsham’s Bishopric. Horsham District Council removed the ,ÂˆĂƒÂˆÂ˜} 1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€Ăƒi œ˜ £™ Ă•Â˜i >˜` swiftly replaced the divisive sculpture with 16 trees in what was the splash pool. Summers

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Place Auctions in Billingshurst later invited bids on Angela Conner’s kinetic water sculpture, originally installed in the town centre back in 1996, to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Alexandra Bastedo’s Champions Animal Sanctuary in West Chiltington is appealing for volunteers. The charity, which rescues and rehomes abandoned or unwanted animals, needs volunteers to feed animals, clean animal quarters, grooming, helping at fundraising events and carrying out general maintenance.

If you can help, call 07770 667319 or info@abcanimalsanctuary.co.uk

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St Catherine’s Hospice has organised a 100ft superhero-themed abseil on the outside of the Sandman Signature Hotel, Crawley, on 7 - 8 October. Friday’s abseil is primarily a chance for local businesses to challenge themselves in aid of their local hospice whilst Saturday’s abseil is open to everyone. The registration fee is £20 before

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Our tea room was voted Best Tea Room in the Sussex Life Food and Drinks Awards 2014.You can enjoy cakes and sandwiches, paninis and Ploughman’s Also, don’t miss our Full English Breakfast (Served until 12pm).

Local Food and Drink Produce Our locally sourced produce include fresh fruit and veg, freshly baked bread, fresh meat from local farms, beers by local brewers, wines from the Bolney Estate, Sussex cheeses, greetings cards and local crafts.

Visit our award-winning tea rooms, serving a Full English Breakfast until midday.

www.newhousefarmshop.co.uk 01293 851890 New House Farm, Old Crawley Road, Horsham, RH12 4RU Open 7 Days a Week: 10am - 5pm NOW OPEN ON MONDAYS

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Wednesday 31 August (code Ć‚ - 9 ,Ž° *>Ă€ĂŒÂˆVÂˆÂŤ>Â˜ĂŒĂƒ >Ă€i asked to raise a minimum ĂƒÂŤÂœÂ˜ĂƒÂœĂ€ĂƒÂ…ÂˆÂŤ Âœv ËÓää° ,i}ÂˆĂƒĂŒiĂ€ >ĂŒ www.stch.org.uk/abseil

-ÂœĂ•ĂŒÂ…Ăœ>ĂŒiĂ€ Â…>Ăƒ ÂˆĂŒĂƒ wĂ€ĂƒĂŒ public access >Ă•ĂŒÂœÂ“>ĂŒi` `iwLĂ€ÂˆÂ?Â?>ĂŒÂœĂ€ at the front of the village hall, Church Lane. The Village Hall Committee was able ĂŒÂœ ÂœLĂŒ>ˆ˜ ĂŒÂ…i `iwLĂ€ÂˆÂ?Â?>ĂŒÂœĂ€ ĂœÂˆĂŒÂ… joint funding from the Village Hall Management Committee and British Heart Foundation.

The committee would like to thank Clover Construction, /Ă•Ă€Â˜iĂ€ Â?iVĂŒĂ€ÂˆV>Â? >˜` ,ÂœLiĂ€ĂŒ Piper.

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Les McKeown’s Bay

ÂˆĂŒĂž ,ÂœÂ?Â?iĂ€Ăƒ Ă›ÂˆĂƒÂˆĂŒ /Â…i Capitol on 6 November as part of ĂŒÂ…i ,ÂœÂ?Â?iÀ“>˜ˆ> Ă“Ă¤ÂŁĂˆ ĂŒÂœĂ•Ă€Â° /Â…i band perform all the original hits including Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang and Remember, as well as songs from the new >Ăž ÂˆĂŒĂž ,ÂœÂ?Â?iĂ€Ăƒ >Â?LՓ° /ˆVÂŽiĂŒĂƒ VÂœĂƒĂŒ ËÓÓ°xä vĂ€ÂœÂ“ ĂŒÂ…i LÂœĂ? ÂœvwVi on 01403 750220 or www.thecapitolhorsham.com

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Âœi >Ă€Ă€Âœ` vĂ€ÂœÂ“ Warnham, is taking part in the Mongol ,>Â?Â?Ăž ĂŒÂœ Ă€>ÂˆĂƒi vĂ•Â˜`Ăƒ vÂœĂ€ ABF The Soldiers Charity and Cool Earth. The Mechanical Engineering student was due ĂŒÂœ Â?i>Ă›i œœ`ĂœÂœÂœ` œ˜ £Ç Ă•Â?Ăž] riding a 20-year-old Honda

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The 2016 Ashington Festival will be held on Saturday 20 August.

Highlights include Lurcher and falconry displays, ÂœĂƒiÂŤÂ… *i>ViÂ˝Ăƒ >“>Ă˘ÂˆÂ˜} wĂ€i stunt spectacular, children’s entertainer Tom Foolery and The Medina Marching Band.

The carnival procession starts at 1.30pm, with regular features on the village recreation ground to

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include Harris Brothers Funfair Â­ÂŤÂˆVĂŒĂ•Ă€i`ÂŽ ĂŒÂ…i Ć‚Ă€Ă•Â˜ 6iĂŒiĂ€ÂˆÂ˜>ÀÞ Group fun dog show, car boot Ăƒ>Â?i] yÂœĂœiĂ€ ĂƒÂ…ÂœĂœ >˜` V>Ă€ ĂƒÂ…ÂœĂœÂ° In the evening, Creative Covers and Elvis Lives perform live, LivÂœĂ€i > wĂ€iĂœÂœĂ€ÂŽ `ÂˆĂƒÂŤÂ?>Ăž >ĂŒ 10pm. ashingtonfestival.co.uk

The Children’s Society ĂœÂœĂ•Â?` Â?ˆŽi ĂŒÂœ w˜` volunteers for help with running a charity shop in Southwater. Guide Dogs for The Blind require a fundraiser and also a secretary to help with >`Â“ÂˆÂ˜ÂˆĂƒĂŒĂ€>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜] ĂœÂ…ÂˆÂ?ĂƒĂŒ ĂŒÂ…i ,ÂœĂž>Â?

Society for the Prevention of

ÀÕiÂ?ĂŒĂž ĂŒÂœ Ć‚Â˜ÂˆÂ“>Â?Ăƒ ­,-* Ć‚ÂŽ ÂˆĂƒ Â…ÂœÂŤÂˆÂ˜} ĂŒÂœ w˜` > V>ĂŒĂŒiÀÞ >ĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂŒ>Â˜ĂŒ vÂœĂ€ ÂˆĂŒĂƒ ,ÂœvviĂž >ĂŒĂŒiÀÞ° Ć‚}i 1 ] based at Lavinia House, Horsham, is looking for volunteers to help out with leading an activity. This could be arts & craft, singing, music, digital photography, family history, or a language. West Sussex M8s are looking for adults who would be interested in sharing their skills with young people with special needs in Horsham. Find more local volunteering opportunities by contacting Horsham and Mid Sussex Voluntary Action on

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01444 258102 or email VolunteerCentre@hamsva.org.uk

Horsham District Council’s Horsham Museum features an exhibition of the Independent Photographers South East. To mark its 25th anniversary, the IPSE will be showing photographs that are thought-provoking, interesting and original. They range from pinhole images and cyanotypes to surreal, contemporary and abstract images. The show is curated by Mick Williamson, who is Head of Photography at the London Metropolitan 1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€ĂƒÂˆĂŒĂž] -ÂˆĂ€ Ă•}Â… >ĂƒĂƒ iÂŤĂŒÂ° of Art and Design. The exhibition is open at Horsham Museum in both the art gallery and the photographic gallery until 16 September. www.horshammuseum.org

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Horsham Park tennis courts are to be improved with new fencing, new surfacing and re-marking.

Horsham District Council, working in partnership with the >ĂœÂ˜ /iÂ˜Â˜ÂˆĂƒ Ć‚ĂƒĂƒÂœVˆ>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ ­ /Ć‚ÂŽ] will also introduce a Clubspark

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We regularly update the Latest News & Events sections on our website at www.aahorsham.co.uk

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gate entry system. The re-introduction of the £6 per hour court fee will ensure that players are guaranteed use of a court at their chosen time and will ensure that the courts can be maintained to a quality standard.

Horsham audiences were treated to a preview of HAODS’ summer production, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, during the Horsham Festival. The comedy

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tells the story of four runaway ÛiÀÃ Ü w ` Ì i Ãi Ûià in the middle of an argument between the King and Queen of the fairies. The production runs from 10 – 13 August at The Capitol, Horsham. Tickets cost £15 from (01403) 750220 or visit www.thecapitolhorsham.com The Association of Sussex Artists, established in 1928, hosts its annual exhibition of painting, pottery

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and sculpture at The Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, on 19 27 August. Numerous high calibre artists are involved including Kerry Vaughan, Wendy Standen, Tim Wheeler, Patsy Moore, Mick Oakey, Derek Golledge, Jenny Bleakley, Jill Coombs, Alison Ingram and Pam Gowing. The exhibition is open from 10:30am - 5pm. associationofsussexartists.co.uk

Teenager Alex Reed achieved his maiden win in the 2016 Pirelli British GT Championship at Spa-Francorchamps in July. The Horsham racer, driving a Lanan Racing Ginetta, did well Ì Ã > i à Ü>Þ «>ÃÌ > wÀÃÌ corner shunt, before holding his own against drivers from the European GT4 scene. Alex drove a sensible race at the sharp end v Ì i wi ` > ` iÀ Ìi` wÀÃÌ place when the leading McLaren ground to a halt. He then passed

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21 over to his team mate Joey Foster, Ü Ì Ì i V iµÕiÀi` y>}° Ƃ iÝ said: “I’m very happy with the progress I’ve made this year. The support I’ve been receiving is fantastic and I’m loving every step of this journey!”

Crickmay Chartered Surveyors has announced that CEX, a second hand goods chain that buys and sell games, phones and other electronic goods, is to take over the premises formerly occupied

by Ladbrokes. CEX are one of the fastest growing franchise retail chains in the South East, with over 500 stores worldwide.

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Mannings Heath WI host a coffee morning in the Village Hall on Thursday 18 August, from 10.30am – 12pm. Meet friendly WI members > ` w ` ÃÌ> `iÀÃ vviÀ } > range of crafts, fashion, cosmetics and home produce. The Members Centenary Recipe Book will be launched at the coffee morning.

Admission £2 to include tea/coffee.

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Collyer’s students enjoyed a taste of the business world at the Challenge of Management 2016 event at South Lodge Hotel. A key part of the college’s ‘Planning Your Future’ initiative, the event enabled teams of 10 students, each led by a representative from the regional business community, to compete in a number of business games and team-building exercises.

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Classes range from the ages of three, all the way up to adults, with dance styles including hip hop, commercial street, contemporary, jazz and more. The company take part in a number of local events and host an annual showcase. The most recent show was at The Capitol in January and now the dancers are looking forward to the Spring 2017 show, which will have a rock ‘n’ roll theme. Joining the company is a great way to make new friends and show off your moves. For details contact Amber Thompson on 07584 679211 or w ` 1«Li>Ì >ViL °

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The Big Nibble, the popular launch event for the Horsham District Food and Drink Festival, returns to Horsham on 3 4 September. The two-day event, organised by Horsham District Council, Horsham Markets and Food Rocks, offers a wide range of food markets, displays, interactive shows, live cookery theatre and children’s activities. The Horsham District Food and Drink Festival includes several other food-related events. www.horshamlocalproduce.co.uk

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Cranfold: Patience is the key following

A Sprained Ankle

By Wendyanne Harrison (MCSP)

Owner, Cranfold Physical Therapy Centre

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sprained ankle is the most common form of sports injury. As this happens to 7 out of 1000 people every year, this means about 420 people in the Horsham area alone will need this information!

At Cranfold, we often see people who complain of recurrent sprains or “weak ankles” and this is usually because they have returned to activity without properly retraining the joint, ligaments and balance, leading to further occurrences.

When you twist your ankle you may hear or feel a crack or pop which could indicate a more severe sprain or even a fracture.

Pain will get worse with movement and you may not be able to stand on the leg.

Swelling can occur very quickly with bruising coming out over 24hours.

If your sprain is severe, then go to A&E as there may be a fracture or a broken ligament. If it is less severe, then your treatment should be: • REST – stop your activity. Use crutches if needs be in order to walk normally as

this will speed recovery • ICE – apply wet ice for 20 minutes, repeating every two hours to bring the swelling down • COMPRESSION – wrap a bandage around the foot and ankle during the day, working your way up the limb from the base of the toes as far as the knee. This should be firm but comfortable – if your toes are not pink or if they go numb, then redo the bandage a little looser! This will limit the amount of internal bleeding and subsequent bruising • ELEVATION - Put your leg up. This allows swelling to drain away and will result in a faster mend Use anti inflammatories (Ibuprofen) if you need to, but there is some evidence that this should be avoided in the first 48 hours, so paracetamol will help in this period.

Once you are over the first 24 hours, start to gently point and stretch your ankle to regain your movement. Try rolling a tennis ball under your foot in patterns – now try with your eyes closed! Using a towel hooked round your foot pulling your toes towards you will help stretch the back of the leg.

Theraband exercises, in particular strengthening the outside aspect of your foot will be helpful.

Exercises to regain the ankle balance and stability are extremely important. Start by balancing on one foot. Once you are accomplished at this, shut your eyes and try again, or progress to throwing and catching a ball while you stand on one leg. Be careful!

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MY STORY: 21

MODEL CITIZEN I was born at Star Cottages in Rusper in 1919. My grandfather rented Great Benham’s Farm in the village. He bought a horse and cart and would travel to Ockley to collect coal, then distribute it around Rusper.

Eventually, my grandfather bought a Foden steam lorry with a trailer, and needed somebody to wake up early > ` wÀi Ì Õ«] Ã Ì >Ì LiV> i my father’s job. They set up their own business, Cottingham Removals, transporting goods between Horsham and Crawley.

It took a long time, because they were travelling at 5mph.

My father, George, served in the First World War and was married in 1918, a year before I was born. He then bought a second-hand Army lorry, which could reach 12mph!

Cottingham Removals moved to Nightingale Road, where the old market was. They had a good name, but when he died, his brothers needed to sell the business to pay off death

Jack Cottingham Lives: Horsham

97-year-old Jack speaks frankly about his life, from starting work as a motoring-mad 12-year-old, through World War Two and a retirement ëi Ì L>ÌÌ iwi ` Ì ÕÀð duties. It was bought by Pickfords.

My parents bought a house in New Street, Horsham, and I went to East Parade School on Clarence Road, then Oxford Road School. I passed grammar school exams, but my parents sat me down and said, ‘Son, you’ve got two brothers, and if you carry on with school it’s going to be a real job for us to carry on living as we are.’ So I said ‘Scrap this grammar school idea, I will go to work.’

When I was 12-years-old I left school. I didn’t want to go into the family’s business, as I was

interested only in motor cars.

Even at that age, I knew a guy with a lorry and on Saturdays he would let me drive it around.

My dad took me to Rice Brothers -«À }wi ` , >` and they offered me a threeyear apprenticeship. I was paid half a crown per week in my wÀÃÌ Þi>À] wÛi L L > Üii Þ second year and seven and six in my third year.

The Rice Brother’s was a huge three storey building. We had the electricians at the bottom, carpenters in the middle and the paint shop up top. Then we had panel beaters and the

garage, so it was really something. Jackson’s Garage was at the other end of -«À }wi ` , >`] Ã Üi >` > friendly rivalry as we sold Morris cars and they sold Austins!

I didn’t go out much in Horsham, as people didn’t have the money. Even on my low wage, I used to ride a lot though, and would ride my push bike to Brooklands race course in Weybridge. I must have been bloody mad!

War broke out when I was 19-years-old. They wanted people with motor engineering experience, so I went down to The Drill Hall on Denne Road with a friend and we both signed up. They didn’t have enough uniform for everyone, so one of us was given a forage hat and the other a coat! There were so many volunteers for the 4th battalion that they formed a duplicate - the 6th Battalion of Royal Sussex Regiment. As I was young and uneducated, I went into the 6th.

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‘It was pandemonium. People didn’t know whether to surrender or try and get back to Britain.’

We travelled to Chichester, where they plucked out half a dozen of us for Bren Gun carrier training. It was a light armoured vehicle and Üi ÜiÀi Ì>Õ} Ì Ü Ì `À Ûi] wÝ] maintain and operate it.

z Daniel Cottingham (Jack’s grandfather) is pictured at the front of the steam engine with son George (far right)

z The mighty Matador that Jack used to drive

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Eventually, we went to France in 1940. Our initial aim had been to build a bakery that could provide bread for the troops, but that never happened as we were pushed back by Jerry. My job was to unload whatever arrived at the port and transport it to various places, but soon we were part of the evacuation from Dunkirk.

We set down in the port town of St Nazaire. It was a scary time, as we were waiting for a ship to take us home, but we knew that RMS Lancastria had sunk with the loss of 4,000 men off St Nazaire. It was pandemonium. People didn’t know whether to surrender or try and get back to Britain. In the end, we chose the latter.

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I would have liked to have been more involved in the war effort.

But like many others, I simply did as I was told.

Meanwhile, my father, who had fought in the Great War, had men from the Ministry knocking on his door. They commandeered one of his lorries to help the 4th Battalion, and during the Blitz he used to take workers from Horsham to London, so he certainly did his bit.

Some of us from the Royal Sussex Regiment were placed at various aerodromes around Cambridge.

I served at a satellite drome at Duxford and it was there that I met my wife, Dolly. She arrived with a telegram, delivered from the local shop. It was a long ride to the base, so I used Dolly’s bike to deliver the message to one of my crew, Albert Noble. His daughter had just given birth to a son. I took one look at Dolly and

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There were a few scary moments.

One night, we were camping out Ì i > Àwi ` Ü i > 7i }Ì L LiÀ > `i` Ì i wi `° 7i were quite fortunate it didn’t come down on us! I later moved to RAF Thetford to train new recruits on the bren gun carriers.

Jack married Dolly after they had met at an aerodrome during the Second World War

thought, ‘She’s a good ‘un!’

JACK COTTINGHAM: 23

The war stoked my interest in motors. The whole transmission of the bren gun carrier was made

by Ford and it had a beautiful V8 engine. There’s nothing to touch it today. If the spark plugs were clean, it would run like a dream.

I found an old Lanchester 18 car with no engine at a depot. There was a box full of Ford V8 parts, so I bought the car and engine for a score, and towed it back from Edenbridge. I put the car together > ` Ì ÃÌ>ÀÌi` wÀÃÌ Ì i° / i found out you had to pay £1 per horsepower and there was no way I could afford £30. So instead I registered the car as a Hackney carriage, which only cost £12!

When I found out that what I was doing was against the law, I sold it for £35!

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I was demobbed and didn’t know what to do. I had married Dolly in 1942, and we had to move in with my parents in New Street, whilst I went back to work for Rice Brothers.

I took a chance when I was offered a job with George Boseley, who ran the timber yard at Faygate. I looked after his timber trucks, which meant working with bigger diesel engines, cranes and bulldozers too, which I hadn’t done before. The work was okay, but Mr Boseley would treat you like he owned you.

One day, he drove me to Skegness in his Jaguar to look at three bulldozers. He ended up buying all three, then said to me ‘If you get them all back to Horsham in one week, I’ll give you a bonus.’ We had a huge AEC Matador, which could do 30mph but only 25mph with a bulldozer on the back. So I hardly slept, driving more or less 24 hours a day to get the ‘dozers back to Horsham. But I did it!

Why my wife never left me, I’ll never know! I was always off on long trips or heading out in the middle of the night as a timber truck had broken down. They were always having trouble, as Mr Boseley didn’t believe in buying anything new!

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‘I feel sorry for my family, as when I pop my clogs, boy, have they got a job on ther hands!’ Þ wÀÃÌ Ã Ü>Ã L À Ü ÃÌ Þ and I were squatting! After the war, Duxford Aerodrome was left with some beautiful timber Army huts, complete with running water. Some of Dolly’s old friends were squatting there, and we went there for a while. I found work at Aero Research Ltd, where Norman de Bruyne made Aerolite glue. It was a good job and I’m not entirely sure why I left!

À iyÞ] Ü À i` v À >vvÞ ½Ã Horsham, and my second son, Stephen, was born three years after Maurice. I was headhunted

by J.S Agate, who was now operating the sawmills at Faygate (now the site of Durrants retirement village). Agate’s modernised the mill, and I helped bring the new equipment down from Perth, Scotland.

I worked hard and everything went more or less according to plan, until Dolly was diagnosed with cancer. Fortunately, they caught the cancer quickly which gave Dolly a couple more years. I spoke to Jeffrey Agate, and said I would need to help my wife attend radiotherapy, so could he alter my wages He was very good, and said ‘You don’t need to worry about that.’

As I was nearing retirement, Dolly and I were invited to Australia to see family. We weren’t sure if she should make the journey, but we decided to go for it. I’m very glad we did.

Since the visit, I’ve enjoyed watching TV shows about

outback truckers, driving on straight roads for hundreds of miles. Still, it’s nothing like as tough as driving an old Matador, with the gear stick rising high up in the air and a huge steering wheel with no power steering.

The whole cabin would shake as it was made of wood, so there was no danger of falling asleep back then!

I lost Dolly when we were living at New Street, now in our own place of course, after 44 years of marriage. New Street was very different then. Now, you have cars parked all the way along the road, but when I lived there hardly anybody had a car!

After losing my wife, I started going on coach trips. You have Ì w Þ ÕÀ vi° 9 Õ ÕÃÌ ½Ì iÌ vi get you down.

On these trips, I made many new friends, but gradually over time some have passed away. I «>ÀÌ VÕ >À Þ i Þi` L>ÌÌ iwi ` tours to Germany, Italy, Belgium, France and other countries. You } Ì w ` Ì µÕiiÀ] >Ã ÃiÀÛi` the Army, but to me Germany is the most incredible country. It is always clean, and the people are warm and respectful of history.

I once visited the Reichswald Forest War Cemetary. I was taking pictures of graves displaying the Royal Sussex Regiment emblem. A couple of other chaps on the coach trip asked me about my interest, and I told them about a school friend, Fred Winch, who had joined the RAF and who I believed had

I’ve loved model toys since I was a little boy and for years, we bought models for Maurice. He was diabetic, so we couldn’t give him sweets. On his birthday, we’d buy him a Dinky toy instead.

I feel sorry for my family, as when I pop my clogs, boy, have they got a job on ther hands! I have models all over my house and most of them have boxes that are scattered all over the place! Some I’ve made up and painted myself in honour of companies I have worked for. So I have several models of Cottingham Removals vehicles and trucks in J.S Agate colours, which were all orange. I won’t forget that colour, as I used to paint the real thing too!

I’m still active. I have a good family around me and visit my wife’s grave at Hillside Cemetery every week.

We always watched Songs of Praise together and Dolly would often help out at the St Mary’s Church y ÜiÀ viÃÌ Û> ° - ÃÌ Ü>ÌV Songs of Praise on a Sunday.

I refuse to be old. I’m happy where > > ` Ü> Ì Ì w à i` Þ `>Þà here. I don’t want to go to a home.

I have a friend, Linda, who pops in and helps me whenever I need it.

That, to me, is a true friend.

Hundreds of thousands of young men died in the two World Wars to make this country what it is today, and now we’ve got a load of scum here. People don’t always like what I say, but it’s how I feel. I think the world today is a bloody disgusting place and that’s mainly down to greed. Some people just want money, no matter who they’re pushing down.

Having said that, I think Horsham is a lovely place. I met a woman whilst out walking, and she had just moved here from London. She found it amazing that she could walk out of her front door and in wÛi ÕÌià Li LiÞ ` Ì i VÀ V iÌ ground, over the railway line and in the countryside. I think we take that for granted.

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MELANIE PAUL: 27 Melanie Moore is a Storrington based Goldsmith

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n a charming little shop on the corner of Church Street and West Street in Storrington, Melanie Moore is busy at her workbench.

She uses a blow pipe to create > Ìi Ãi Þ Ì y> i Ì i Ì and move precious metals, whilst pliers, tweezers, hammers, VÕÌÌiÀà > ` à >« } w ià >Ài > ` out across the bench.

Melanie is facing the window, looking out to Ye Olde Forge, and proudly displayed behind iÀ Ã > ViÀÌ wV>Ìi vÀ Ì i Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, granting her the freedom of the City.

As a freeman, Melanie can exercise her long-established right to herd sheep across London Bridge.

Honestly, what year is this?

1642?

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Where did the idea of being a Goldsmith stem from?

When I was 15, I went for work experience with a Goldsmith. I was forever making things out of beads anyway, so I asked a family friend if I could spend the week working with him. After just one day, I went home with blisters on my hands, yet I had a smile on my face. I came away at the end of the week knowing that I wanted to be a Goldsmith.

I assume it’s something you can jump straight in to?

At the time, there were no apprenticeship opportunities, so I studied at Kent Institute of Art and Design. But there’s nothing quite like learning on the job.

I was fortunate as, during the holidays, I worked for the same Goldsmith who offered me work experience. There were seven jewellery makers there and I could pick their brains.

Did you focus on one particular skill?

For a time, my niche was

> « iÛj] > ëiV wV ÌÞ«i v enamelling, although I don’t do much of that now. One of the diamond mounters taught me a different set of skills, and I was able to learn many new

techniques. But there is always more to learn.

Eventually, you decided to go it alone?

I started out in a garage at my parents’ house. But I was only doing trade work, mainly enamelling for other jewellers.

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Whilst it was interesting, it was not what I wanted. There’s less satisfaction in trade work. I love that moment when - after spending time designing and creating a piece of jewellery - you w˜>Â?Â?Ăž Â…>˜` ÂˆĂŒ ÂœĂ›iĂ€ ĂŒÂœ ĂŒÂ…i VĂ•ĂƒĂŒÂœÂ“iĂ€ and see if your efforts were worthwhile.

So you decided to open a shop?

I had worked with a Goldsmith called Paul Gardner and we talked about having a workshop of our own, as we were both working from home and were fed up. I liked the idea of actually meeting the people that I was working for. We had a chat about it and the very next day, I opened the newspaper and this unit in Storrington was advertised.

What was it about the site that appealed?

We didn’t want to be on an average high street, and we didn’t need to be in a big town as our intention was never to rely on sales. We wanted to create the experience of a traditional Goldsmiths. When I looked inside the building, I could see it had lots of history, and being Goldsmiths, we are part of an old-fashioned industry. The building perfectly complements what we do.

It is in effect a workshop?

That is part of the experience.

You enter the shop and the work benches are there in front of you.

That was always important. One of the reasons people come back here is that they are not faced with a salesman, but with the person who will be working with the jewellery. In other shops, you have to talk to people with no idea how jewellery is made. They have to send pieces away for the work to be done, and when it comes back, it may not look how the customer

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A selection of pieces Melanie has created, showing the range of styles and stones people request for their bespoke jewellery

envisaged.

When did the shop open?

The doors opened in October 2006. Rather than using our ÃÕÀ > iÃ] Üi ÕÃi` ÕÀ wÀÃÌ names, so the shop is called Melanie Paul.

Paul is no longer working with you though?

After a few years, he decided to go back to full-time employment. Still, Paul does come in from time to time when

I need an extra pair of hands.

What is the main source of your business?

Made-to-order jewellery.

That may be engagement or wedding rings, birthday or anniversary gifts, and can involve making something totally from scratch with freshly sourced gemstones, or creating something from old items of jewellery that may need a contemporary look.

Is there much variety in the jewellery you create?

Every job is different. I can work on rings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets and with a wide range of diamonds and gemstones that all require different skills and techniques, which makes life interesting. I am seeing a rise in popularity in coloured gems, which is pleasing, as there are some beautiful stones out there that you don’t see too often.

Do you use computer software to create designs?

No. I like to sketch out various ideas. I keep sketch books as they provide customers with inspiration and show them possibilities that they perhaps hadn’t considered. If you browse the sketch books, you’ll see that an idea usually evolves, often quite dramatically!

Most customers have an idea of what they want though?

It varies. Some bring in a

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picture of an item worn by someone – often a celebrity – and wants a more affordable version. Sometimes people have inherited jewellery and want to use elements of them to create something new. One woman saw a ring on a lady sitting on the table next to her in a restaurant in France, and fell in love with it! She didn’t

have a picture, and couldn’t draw at all, so we had to work together on several concepts before settling on an idea.

It was the best feeling in the world when she opened the box, as she said ‘It’s just what I wanted!’

There can’t be many high street Goldsmiths left?

We are one of the few around.

Most Goldsmiths are tucked away in workshops in the middle of nowhere. I have loved my time at Storrington though.

I’ve met some lovely people here and hopefully I’ll be here for many years to come. I still enjoy it, as every day is different, and you never know who’s going to walk through the front door.

You also have a ‘shop’ section too?

I never wanted to be a West End jeweller in West Sussex, as I feel that they only cater for one end of the market. I like it that people can come to Melanie Paul and buy a nice piece of jewellery for £20. Some are made by local makers, whilst other pieces are just here because I like them. I wanted the shop to be like my jewellery box; a few special bits but also some simple designs that don’t cost much. We’ve also become well known for pearls, as I like to identify different colours and styles.

Is there anything you don’t do on site?

My skills are in creating the mount, and I use specialists to ÃiÌ Ì i ÃÌ ið Ì Ã > wÛi Þi>À apprenticeship just to learn how to set stones! If the pitch of the stones is even marginally wrong, it can ruin the whole piece, and I can usually tell when a jeweller has set their own stones. It really is an art form. The other thing that I don’t do is engraving, >à >}> Ì ÀiµÕ Àià > wÛi Þi>À course to became a Master

engraver. When you start looking into the skills required, you can understand why it takes so long.

‘With the freedom of the City, I have the right to walk sheep over London Bridge!’

You’ve also been granted the freedom of the City of London?

I was granted my freedom from Goldsmith’s Hall in 2014. I was able to achieve it as I’d served the trade for a certain length of time. With this freedom, I can walk sheep over London Bridge!

I’ve not done that yet, but there is an annual event in September where that happens. It’s not something that I’m encouraged to do at any time I please, as it brings London to a standstill!

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What does that mean?

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Parham: Staying Ahead With

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Such a claim to fame could shape the legacy of many an English country home.

Yet for Parham House, near Storrington, it is little more than a footnote; an obscure piece of trivia for a home of fascinating treasures and a garden of beauty and colour.

All of which is made all the more interesting by the fact that Parham has, since 1948, been open to the public.

We met the Châtelaine of Parham, Lady Emma Barnard,

to discover the unique story of one of the district’s most historic estates, and tour the walled garden with head gardener, Tom Brown.

A Historic South Downs Home

Robert Palmer (no, not the Addicted to Love singer!) was granted the manor of Parham

by Henry VIII in 1540.

However, he didn’t do a great deal with the land. It was his grandson, William, who chose to build a house at Parham.

William gave his young son,

Thomas, the honour of laying the foundation stone in 1577.

Much of Parham’s history is dominated by the Bishhopp family, who moved there in 1598 and stayed for 321 years.

The estate – which once extended to 3,733 acres – was then bought by the Pearsons.

Lady Emma’s great grandparents, Clive and Alicia Pearson, carried out extensive repairs.

“My grandparents were amazing people,” says Lady Emma. “They were the ones who made the decision to open Parham to the public, which

Parham House was built in 1577

The pleasure gardens at Parham

Lady Emma in the Great Hall, featuring a collection of Stuart and Tudor portraits

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Finding Parham’s Past Treasures

If they were initially surprised by the popularity of the house and gardens, Clive and Alicia Pearson soon got stuck in!

To create a better experience for visitors, they began a second wave of collecting items for Parham.

Lady Emma said: “They had contacts in most of the London auction rooms, so if something came up that had been sold by previous owners at Parham, my great grandparents would buy it back. They were fortunate as they had the money to do it.

“They would also buy things they thought visitors would appreciate, including art and furnishings that was in-keeping with the building’s history.”

Thanks primarily to their efforts, Parham has arguably the most important collection of 17th century embroidery in the country.

It also boasts a wonderful collection of Tudor and Stuart portrait paintings. One of these

portraits is of Queen Elizabeth I, which prompts the question: Did she ever visit Parham?

“Legend has it that she did dine here in 1593, although scholars get frightfully cross about it,” says Lady Emma. “They claim that she never came to Parham.

We’ll ever know for sure!”

Tragic Secrets of a Special Painting

The Great Hall - along with The Long Gallery - commands the most attention from visitors.

ÕÀ } Ài Û>Ì ] wÛi wÀi« >Vià >` Ì Li Ài Ûi` before the original 16th century â>LiÌ > wÀi« >Vi Ü>à revealed! But stealing the i } Ì Ã > >} wVi Ì portrait by Robert Peake, of a young Henry Frederick, Prince v 7> ià > ` Ì i wÀÃÌ Ã v James I, riding a white horse.

As heir to the throne, The Prince Ü>Ã > « «Õ >À w}ÕÀi] > ` Ã death in 1612 at the age of 18 was a national tragedy.

The original painting, however, was only uncovered relatively recently.

Lady Emma explains: “The

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The Glasshouse is one of the fascinating assets of the Walled Garden at Parham, whilst the Grand Hall includes some historic paintings

‘An X-Ray revealed an extraordinary hidden painting.’

Prince of Wales was seen as the great Protestant hope of Britain at Ì i Ì i] > ` Ì >̽à ÀiyiVÌi` Ì i painting’s symbolism.

“However, for a very long time, it was a different image that hung on the wall at Parham.

“My great aunt was asked to lend the painting to an exhibition in the 1980’s, where an X-Ray revealed an extraordinary hidden painting.

“Following the Prince’s death, the highly symbolic meaning of the original had been shattered. So as England went into mourning, the painting was altered.

“Nobody knew that this secret original painting existed. So they rang up my great aunt and asked ‘What do you want to do?’

“Wisely, she asked for the original painting to be restored. It remains the most interesting in our collection and was shown in the National Portrait Gallery.”

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Seeds of Success

Tom Brown, Head Gardener, walks us through Parham’s sights How long have you been at Parham?

“I’ve been here for seven years, having previously worked at Wisley Gardens, Surrey.

Do you live at Parham?

I do live on site with my family.

Aspects of the gardens here - particularly the glass house never really go to sleep, so I can always make sure that none of the plants perish. It’s wonderful for us as a family to live in such a beautiful place that we could never afford otherwise.

You’re always at work though!

It’s a nice trade-off when you live on site. You enjoy the lifestyle, even though you’re never really off duty!

How many gardeners work at Parham House?

We have seven people working in the garden with a pool of about 25 volunteer gardeners.

Some are very experienced gardeners who may have retired, whilst some are students from Brinsbury College who come here as part of their education.

What changes have you made to the gardens?

We looked at increasing the plant selection and generally make the garden more professional, as beforehand it was very much a domestic garden. During my time here, the garden has evolved so it now has a nice nursery and a lovely rose garden.

What are the expectations of your visitors?

They don’t want to come here and see weeds everywhere and grass up to their knees. They want a spectacle, and it needs to hold interest from Easter right through to October, so it’s no good having a garden that looks great for only three weeks of the year. At the same time, it is still a family garden, so it needs to be a place of tranquility for the family.

Tom worked at RHS Wisley before moving to Parham; The Walled Garden features a range of alliums

What does the garden provide for the family?

7i «Ài«>Ài vÀiÃ Þ VÕÌ y ÜiÀà for Lady Emma every day, as it is a family tradition to have them in the house. We grow different varieties of fruit and vegetables, including strawberries, aubergines, sweet potatoes, broad beans, runner beans, onions, potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes. It’s all grown organically, just on a domestic scale to provide a steady supply, although some additional produce is used by the café.

What aspects of the garden stand Parham out?

I’m very proud of our plant

collection. We have a lot of herbaceous plants, with a vast range of perennials. A lot of these plants are old varieties which we have nurtured, and over the years we’ve found that Ì iÞ½Ài VÀi>à } Þ ` vwVÕ Ì Ì w ` >Ì ÕÀÃiÀ ið 7i >Ûi about 50 different types of Pelargoniums, and I know that some of these can’t be found anywhere, as I’ve tried! So we have to look after what we have and maintain them in various spots around the garden.

You also have a lot of sweet peas?

We are working with Roger Parsons, who manages the national collection of Lathyrus

‘You need to be creative, or there is a danger of being formulaic with gardening’ (sweet peas) in Chichester.

Roger has given us his top 50 VÕÌ y ÜiÀ Û>À iÌ iÃ Ì « > Ì here.

Is the layout of the gardens important?

You do need to be creative, otherwise there is a danger of being formulaic with gardening.

I think that, walking around

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complacent, because you need to give the visitors what they want, but maintain that essence of private space for the family. So although people can have a cup of coffee and a nice lunch, and even buy a couple of souvenirs, we try to avoid the corporate feel. It’s not one of those places where you exit through a gift shop.

the garden, it has a naturalistic feel, as though it just appeared and hasn’t been orchestrated.

We like it to be on the edge of chaos, so the plants are billowing over but are not so out of control to be poking you in the eyes! So it feels like a place where you can relax.

You don’t have labels or information on many of the plants?

At Wisley Gardens, they wanted the garden to be delivered to visitors in a certain way. I came to Parham with that mindset so I wanted to signpost everything. It was Lady Emma who said, “Just ease off” and over time I’ve come to agree with her perspective. We’re not spoon feeding visitors with information. When I conduct the garden tours, we will stroll around for an hour, and then I say, “Over to you.” It’s down to them to explore.

Brahma chickens provide some animation for visitors too.

Generations of the family at Parham have restored these features; invested in them, and cherished them. That gives the gardens a warm feeling, so it is not a sterile environment.

There are quite a few quirks around the walled gardens to explore…

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How many people visit each year?

We have about 30,000 visitors from Easter to October, and in my time here I have certainly seen a growing interest in the gardens. So you can never be

Your biggest event is July’s Open Gardens weekend?

Yes. We are fortunate that some nurseries have been coming to Parham for 20 years because we attract keen gardeners. The nurseries will come here with unusual plants and people as we have keen collectors, as well as families just enjoying the house and gardens. We are careful to avoid certain things. We do have sundries and ornaments but there is a certain quality to these products. If people were to start Ãii } } iÃ Ü Ì wà } À `Ã] then they may lose faith in the event.

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Both an Honour and a Burden

Lady Emma Barnard lives at Parham House with husband James and their two sons.

Benjamin hopes to read History at Oxford, whilst Arthur is targeting a place at Cambridge.

After her great aunt, Veronica Tritton (daughter of the Pearsons) died in 1993, Lady Emma moved into Parham.

For 22 years, the Barnard family have lived in one half of Parham House, whilst the other half is open to the public.

Parham is owned by a Charitable Trust, and was left in perpetuity by Clive and Alicia Pearson, so that it would always be open to the public.

“It was the dearest wish of my great grandparents, and indeed my great aunt, that Parham should be open to visitors,” says Lady Emma.

“They felt strongly that it should be shared by people, which I

V Ã `iÀ Ì Li > ÛiÀÞ Ãi yiÃÃ >VÌ which has to continue.

“Living at Parham is both an honour and a burden. I love it when we open and I love it when we close, and that’s the truth of it.

“But the thought of closing Parham to visitors would break my heart, because it would go against absolutely everything that my family held dear.

“As it is, I believe that my great-grandparents and my great aunt would be over the moon if they could see the

garden today.”

The Imaginative Walled Gardens

The Parham Estate today stretches to about 875 acres.

Visitors can enjoy the house and walled garden, as well as the pleasure gardens, which includes Veronica’s Maze.

Named after Emma’s great aunt, it was built in 1991 as part of the celebrations for The Year of the Maze.

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garden, orchard and a 1920s 7iÂ&#x2DC;`Ă&#x17E; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;i° Lanning Roper, a celebrated landscape architect, was a close friend of the Pearsons and instigated much of its `iĂ&#x192;Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2DC;° >`Ă&#x17E; Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;> Ă&#x192;>Â&#x2C6;`\ Âş Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x17D; Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i }>Ă&#x20AC;`iÂ&#x2DC;] Â&#x2C6;v Â&#x201C;>Ă&#x17E; Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x17E; Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;] Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192; Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153; one of the great gardens in the Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026; Â&#x153;v Â&#x2DC;}Â?>Â&#x2DC;`° One of the reasons for that Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192; Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x152;] >Ă&#x192; ­Â&#x2026;i>` }>Ă&#x20AC;`iÂ&#x2DC;iĂ&#x20AC;ÂŽ /Â&#x153;Â&#x201C; Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x192; Ă&#x192;>Â&#x2C6;`] Ă&#x153;i `Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152; Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x203A;i to chase that pot of gold by LiÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} > VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;VÂ&#x2C6;>Â? }>Ă&#x20AC;`iÂ&#x2DC;° â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can afford to be lush and imaginative with our planting Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;i°

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Living on site, Lady Emma and her family have a unique insight into public opinion of all of the events held there.

As a child, she would hide in the bushes and eavesdrop.

Since living at Parham, she has occasionally listened in on conversations from behind a tapestry! â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is fascinating to hear what people say,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can learn a lot from the public, >Â&#x2DC;` >VĂ&#x152;Ă&#x2022;>Â?Â?Ă&#x17E; wÂ&#x2DC;` }Â&#x153;Â&#x153;` Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤĂ&#x192;] >Ă&#x192; criticism can be useful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy with where we are at the moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my responsibility to hand on Parham to the next generation in preferably a better state than what I inherited. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you rip things out, you can never get them back, so the most important thing is to maintain what we have here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a world where everything is changing and being jazzed up, I want to avoid that and keep Parham in its own skin, which itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been comfortable with for centuries.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Places like Parham are becoming increasingly rare because they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been souped-up with modern lighting or hosts of big jazz nights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an old-fashioned break from a commercialised world and gives a sense of an England that is disappearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that there are people who have been coming here for years because in many ways the place is unchanged, and it is good for the soul. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parham has always been loved and lived in, and it still is, which I think is a great thing.â&#x20AC;?

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aving given an account of the discovery of the Great Horsham Iguanodon in July’s AAH, we turn our attention to Horshamosaurus.

Yes, there really is a dinosaur named after the town, and this is how it happened...

In the summer of 1985, Morris Zdrzalek was working at the brickworks in Lynwick Street,

Rudgwick when he discovered what he believed to be a dinosaur bone.

He contacted Horsham Museum’s then curator Miss Kelley, who in turn spoke to Sylvia Standing, who had an interest in archaeology and geology.

In an account published in the Bulletin of the Museum Society, Sylvia wrote: “Miss Kelley and

I saw the bone. It was obvious that it was part of a dinosaur – probably Iguanodon. There were also some badly damaged bone fragments 10 feet away, so it was unlikely that the skeleton was complete and the whereabouts of other bones Ü Õ ` Li ` vwVÕ Ì Ì determine.”

The article caused

consternation amongst some in the professional geological wi `] Ü Ì Õ} Ì Ì >Ì -Þ Û > and the Museum should have contacted professionals to ÀiÃVÕi Ì i w `° As a result of this criticism, Sylvia went into far more detail about the discovery of the bones in a letter to the Geological Curator.

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50: HISTORY

More Bones Discovered

The dinosaur bones were discovered on a Tuesday, with the brickworks staying open in the evening to allow the museum staff to view the site.

Sylvia expected the brickworks to carry on stripping back the clay the following day.

She wrote: “It was obvious that if > Þ Ài w `Ã ÜiÀi Ì iÀi] Ì iÞ would probably be destroyed Ì i wÀÃÌ Ì } Ì i iÝÌ `>Þ >Ã the most likely place for them Ì Li Ü>Ã Ì i iÝÌ ÃÌÀ « Ì Li removed – although there were no signs at all to help in tracing them.”

As Sylvia could not drive and staff could not leave the museum, it was Thursday before anyone could revisit the site.

Sylvia expected the site to be destroyed, but the brick company didn’t excavate the strip, so on Thursday she returned to Rudgwick.

The clay was rock hard as it was hot and sunny. So, Sylvia arranged for the digger to strip

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A selection of John Sibbick’s sketches and notes from his Horshamosaurus commission ©Horsham District Council/ Friends of Horsham Museum

back half an inch at a time and whenever a dark stain revealed itself, they stopped digging and discovered several undamaged bones.

º,> Ì i iÝÌ `>Þ i >L i` ÕÃ to probe the area thoroughly on Ì i v Ü } -Õ `>Þ > ` w ` three more bones which were slightly lower down in the clay.

“We also found some small bits in the spoil heap. Several members of the brickworks gave up their Sunday to work under my direction.”

Questions at First Exhibition

In 1989, the Museum Curator held an exhibition called ‘Did Dinosaurs get Tooth Ache?’

The dinosaur bones found at Rudgwick were put on display v À Ì i wÀÃÌ Ì i] Ü Ì > >Li identifying them as Iguanodon.

The museum asked Dr Alan Charig from the Natural History Museum to open the exhibition;

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he had promoted dinosaurs through the TV series ‘Before the Ark’ in the 1970s and was also involved with the excavation of Baryonix Walkeri at Ockley a few years earlier.

On seeing the fossils, he questioned if they were iguanodon, as they do not have body armour.

But as Dr Charig had retired and had a busy programme of work in China, nothing happened…

Iguanodon or Polacanthus?

The fossils went in to storage.

In 1993, as the Museum was re-displaying the geology gallery, Sylvia Standing had been looking into the question about the bones and thought they might belong to Polacanthus.

She contacted William Blows, a lecturer in biological sciences, who was looking at Polacanthus for his Doctorate.

In 1992, he visited the museum and agreed they could be, but may be a new species, as the bones suggested that they belonged to a dinosaur some 20 feet long. All he was certain of was that they required a lot more research.

Horsham Museum hadn’t announced the discovery, but due to an off-the cuff remark by Blows to a reporter about another specimen, the press picked up on it and in November 1994 news broke.

Suddenly, the museum was the centre of attention.

It was inundated with calls, including those re-directed from the Natural History Museum: Horsham Museum had a unique Polacanthus.

Mr Blows told The Times: “When I saw what they had at Horsham I rubbed my eyes in disbelief.

“Apart from the four in this country, there have been only two other Õ V wÀ i` ` Ã>ÕÀÃ v Ì Ã

A vertebrae of Horshamosaurus in the Museum’s collection ©HDC/Friends of Horsham Museum

xĂ&#x201C;\ -/",9 species found anywhere else in the world, and they are in America.â&#x20AC;?

John Sibbick has had to consider the unique features of Horshamosaurus for his drawing ŠHorsham District Council/Friends of Horsham Museum

A Different Dinosaur

It took some time - 22 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for Polacanthus to become Â&#x153;vwVÂ&#x2C6;>Â?Â?Ă&#x17E; Ă&#x20AC;iVÂ&#x153;}Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;i` >Ă&#x192; Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i Horshamosaurus.

In 1996, The Geological Magazine published Dr Blowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; article and Horsham now had on display Polacanthus ,Ă&#x2022;`}Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x17D;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;] Â&#x201C;i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Many spines from Rudgwickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

However, Dr Blows was never 100% sure about the specimen because it was so different from other Polcanthus.

In 2015, in his book â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;British Polacanthid Dinosaursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Dr Blows announced that it was it a Ă&#x192;iÂŤ>Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;i }iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;\ Horshamosaurus.

Ć&#x201A;Ă&#x152; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;}Â&#x2026;Â?Ă&#x17E; wĂ&#x203A;i Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC; Â?iÂ&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;] Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152; Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x192; >LÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152; Ă&#x17D;ä¯ Â?Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;}iĂ&#x20AC; Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x2DC; the type species of Polacanthus, Polacanthus foxii, and differs from it in numerous characters of the vertebrae and dermal armour. /Â&#x2026;i Ă&#x20AC;i>Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC; Ă&#x20AC; Â?Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x192; }Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x192; vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dr Blows was never 100% sure about the specimen as it was so differentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

V>Â?Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;] Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192; because it is housed in Horsham Museum.

The First Illustration

The Friends of Horsham Museum have commissioned Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â?`½Ă&#x192; Â?i>`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} `Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC; artist, John Sibbick, to re-create the dinosaur so that the public

can see what it looked like.

John has exhibited at the Natural History Museum and >Â&#x201C;>}Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;] >ÂŤ>Â&#x2DC;° i `iĂ&#x192;Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2DC;i` Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i `Ă&#x20AC;>}Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192; vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC; Animal Planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Last Dragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; documentary, whilst the pterosaur Ludodactylus Sibbicki was named after John.

He is also known for his work in Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i v>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x17E; }iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x20AC;i] Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} produced fantasy illustrations for Time Life Books and

numerous illustrations for *Ă&#x2022;vwÂ&#x2DC;½Ă&#x192; Fighting Fantasy series.

His incredibly detailed `Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x192; Â&#x153;v Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192; are displayed in Horsham Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current exhibition, Dinosaurs of Horsham - Art, Reality and Fun, which runs until 5 September.

This exhibition, supported by Tooveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, includes remains of dinosaurs discovered locally, Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;VÂ?Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i }Ă&#x20AC;i>Ă&#x152; }Ă&#x2022;>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;`Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC; and Horshamosaurus. Ć&#x201A; Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2DC;}i Â&#x153;v `Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC; fun sessions will complement the exhibition and a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinosaur themed trail around the museum will help keep the VÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â?`Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;i` `Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i school holidays.

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54: LETTERS

LETTERS FROM THE READERS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DINOSAURS?

Mr R. Hughes writes: Thank you for continuing to produce such a quality publication. I always enjoy reading AAH, perhaps because Þ Õ ÀivÕÃi Ì w Þ ÕÀ «>}ià with reports of car crashes and petty crime.

They say bad news sells, so whether your positive approach to local news coverage yields results, I don’t know. But I hope so, as AAH provides some relief from the general doom and gloom.

I often visit places that you write about, particularly the restaurants (although I see from the Letters pages that I’m not the only one who disagrees with some of your reviews.)

In my opinion, you’ve been too kind on several occasions...

After reading July’s AAH, (History feature) I decided to visit the dinosaur exhibition at Horsham Museum.

Whilst it was not very big, I found it interesting for a short time, although I ended up spending more time at other parts of the Museum.

But some of the pictures from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London displayed left a lasting impression on me. I researched the 1851 Exhibition in more detail as I was fascinated by the way dinosaurs were interpreted

by Victorian dinosaur ‘experts.’

These huge, ugly, plodding beasts look entirely different to those imagined by today’s ‘experts’.

Now, as I understand it, we are living in a golden age of dinosaur discovery, with new fossils being uncovered in all corners of the globe.

Yet I wonder if - in another 160 or so years - people won’t look back and laugh at some of our modern interpretations of dinosaurs.

They are being drawn in a huge variety of colours and in recent years scientists have decided that some of the best known dinosaurs, including T-Rex, may have been covered in feathers.

Are we close to a true depiction of dinosaurs, or in time, will these prove equally ridiculous as the sculptures of the 1851 exhibition?

Seeing as we live in a town with great fossil hunting tradition, perhaps somebody out there could offer a view?

Editor: Thanks; as a result of your letter, I’ve wasted an hour looking through Google images of Velociraptors that look like killer chickens and become confused by pictures of T-Rex with punk-inspired head hair.

You’ve ruined Jurassic Park!

So come on readers, anyone out there writing a thesis on what dinosaurs really looked like?

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The Heritage Trail is now available in a downloadable PDF format on the Horsham Visitor Information’s website https://www.horshamvisitor. co.uk/places-to-visit/ historic-buildings and the Museum’s website at https://www.horshammuseum. org/learning/district-history

A Heritage Trail booklet priced £3.50 is also available at Horsham Visitor Information Centre, 9 Causeway. In response to the question raised about the condition of the plaques, they were all repainted in 2015 by Horsham District Council.

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A Merry Feeling

Broadwood Uphold Morris Traditions in Horsham

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MUSIC: 63

Big Hair, Big Dreams

Hollie Rogers has left a job to focus on her Music

D

uring her University days, Hollie Rogers stumbled upon an interesting musical combination.

She found that the lyrics of The Blower’s Daughter, the best known song by her favourite songwriter, Damien Rice, made a pleasant companion to the tune of No Surprises by Radiohead.

She posted a video of the ‘mash-up’ on YouTube and was delighted to see the song clock up over 20,000 views.

“I posted the video in the days before every musician in the world was on YouTube,” remembers Hollie. ‘In those days, it was easier to reach an audience and pick up views.

“People started to share the video and it was actually played to Damien Rice on Irish radio, which was a nice moment for me as he was a real idol of mine at the time. He was complimentary too, which was a relief.”

Nine years after Hollie posted the video, she turned to her popular cover version as she opened for the Kaz Hawkins Band at Coolham Live Music Club.

But Hollie’s outlook on music now is somewhat different to what it was when she was a student at Exeter Univeristy.

Now, it’s not so much a story of No Surprises, but of No Regrets...

‘You know that’s a

BASS guitar,

right?’

“I start learning guitar when I was 15 and living in Cornwall.

I wanted to impress boys and I thought that girls with guitars looked cool! That’s the only reason!

I was trying to teach myself and after an unsuccessful two months, a music teacher told me that I was actually playing a bass guitar!”

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66: MUSIC

‘My MUM was a big

BLONDIE fan!’

“Eventually, I took some guitar lessons, joined a band and things started to progress. Damien Rice was > L } yÕi Vi Þ i>À Þ Ã }Ã] which had ab acoustic folk style.

Although my music doesn’t sound anything like Blondie, I was a big fan of Debbie Harry too, as my mum would always play her records.”

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The album did very well as I had a good following at Exeter University.

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stage!’

“I moved to Horsham about four years ago, to teach at a local school. I loved every minute of it, but I decided that I would leave to try and play more music. I left teaching in July, as I felt that I would always regret it if I didn’t give music a proper go. Whenever I play a gig, I always feel it’s what I want to be ` } > Ì i Ì i° ̽à Lii ` vwVÕ Ì to juggle music and teaching, as of course work takes priority. During holidays, I can say ‘Yes’ to more gigs, but during term time it’s very ` vwVÕ Ì° 9 Õ V Õ ` Li L i` v À Glastonbury, but if it clashed with Parents Evening, you’d have to turn it down.”

HOLLIE ROGERS: 65

‘Music is 95% luck

5% TALENT’

“I have given myself a time window of a couple of years just to see what happens. If it doesn’t work out for me, then I hope I can return to teaching. I don’t want to be rich and famous; it would be great just to make a living from being a musician. I believe that to be a successful singer/songwriter you need more luck than talent, and you need to be in the right place at the right time. So I believe that by playing more gigs, I am maximising my chances of meeting people and making the right contacts.”

‘Crowdfunding

SHAPED my second album’

“My second album, All That Fire, came out last year, seven years after my debut album. With my wÀÃÌ > LÕ ] >` > à > `i> Ü Ì a label and studio in Cornwall. I had no such support for All That Fire, so I used a crowdfunding method and was really surprised to raise enough money to record the album. I think it’s a more mature, polished record than my wÀÃÌ° ÜiÛiÀ] «i « i ëi> Ì are pretty evenly split as to which of the two records they prefer!”

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doesn’t worry me’

“My songs are generally about love, hate and sex. But I can’t sit down and write a song; the ideas just kind of happen, usually at 3am, which is really inconvenient asI have to get up and write them down! Singing about love and sex doesn’t worry me at all, even though they are very personal songs. The lyrics to one of my songs, Beethoven, is very blunt and has no hidden meaning! I’m just an honest person generally, so I don’t mind talking or singing about relationships.”

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66: HOLLIE ROGERS ‘Tom’s double bass and

‘For our demo, we’ve

are eye-catching’

back old songs’

BIG HAIR

“Tom Holder played at my album launch. When I needed a cello player, a member of staff at my former school suggested that I contact Tom. He now performs on the double bass at most gigs, to the extent we’re now more of a duo. So many singers just perform with a guitar, so it’s more eye-catching to have Tom with his big hair playing the double bass! Greg Walton, who plays with Tom in The Fabulous Fug Band, also plays on drums sometimes.”

‘We need to raise our

Stripped

I’m writing new material at the moment and the intention is to release a third album. I’ve been learning the piano and that has changed the feel to some of the new sounds. The songs often change a lot when we perform them live, so we’re going to polish sthe new material before we go into the studio. We have though recorded a new demo, which includes some of my old songs that have been stripped back, with just me and Tom playing.”

GAME

for the Acoustic contest’ “We have lots of gigs lined up in August, including a support slot for Janet Devlin in Worthing and we’re playing the acoustic Battle of the Bands in Horsham too. We came second last year to Jodie Munday, so we need to up our game to win! There’s a nice local music scene and everyone is friendly, so we’re looking forward to that.”

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Horsham Battle of the Bands Details Announced This year’s Battle of the Bands will take place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August in Horsham Park’s Human Nature Garden.

The covers competition will take place on Saturday >vÌiÀ Ü Ì Ì i w > v Ì i originals competition taking place in the evening. Last year’s covers and originals Ü iÀÃ] >Ìwà > ` /i> iÜ Band, will also perform while Ì i Õ`}ià > i Ì i À w > decisions.

The event will then come to a close on the Sunday afternoon with the acoustic competition, also taking place in the Human Nature Garden, with last year’s winner Jodie Munday performing while judges deliberate.

Prizes to be won include a professional music video and photo-shoot, studio time, and an iTunes single release package.

This year, the weekend will

Team New Band have a circus theme with workshops for kids, themed food and drink vendors and professional circus performers on site.

The Horsham BotB website will also once again host an online People’s Choice poll where fans can get involved, check out the bands that have entered and vote for their favourites. www.horshambotb.co.uk