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Metaphorical Pools of teenage boredom/

Parkour boys mock ‘Catch me if you can!’

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was recently walking through the Carfax to The Candy Box for a bag of barley sugars to stash in my delivery van.

They’re just about the only sweets my two sons don’t constantly pinch.

Sat on a bench were four teenagers. Two were chatting, one was checking their phone, and the fourth was sat forward, making a small puddle of spit on the ground beneath him.

He didn’t seem to care about the repulsed looks of passers-by; he was quite engrossed with his project. He would even move his head ever-so-slightly between spit drops, as if trying to link one pool of teenage boredom to another.

Like a Daily Mail reader (I’m sorry, I can’t help it anymore!) my natural inclination was to despair of the younger generation.

However, I remember that one of my own friends used to do exactly the same thing when I was growing up in Horsham. Strange boy...

AAH: OCTOBER 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 Horsham Bands feature David Plummer/Charlie Burrell for additional Knepp images Nathan Hassall & Rachel Tester for images from the chapbook

We all hate spitting, don’t we?

Thankfully, it’s not something you see too often in Horsham, but Ì i i `>Þ Þ Õ w ` Þ ÕÀÃi v >Ì a bus stop or train station where some moron has ‘honked up a greenie’ under the only available seat.

Seeing as our council is aiming for Truman Show levels of cleanliness and social order in the town, I would like to see an Ì i ë Ì w i v À «i « i caught spitting, as I’m sure the Û>ÃÌ > À ÌÞ v «i « i w ` Ì abhorrent.

Whilst on the subject of antià V > Li >Û ÕÀ] ½` > à L> y>à mobs. They embarrass people into taking part in something that Ben and Toby at Knepp campsite is feigning some form of quirky, spontaneous fun, but is actually the peak of naffness. cars and revving their engines, I accept I may be in the minority and playing music loudly. on that one!

Those sorts of things were okay once, weren’t they? When young Instead, Horsham town has people met in their Ford Anglias enhanced its reputation as a funand Consul Cortinas, listening free zone (unless it’s a councilto Elvis or Cliff songs. It was like organised event with public Happy Days! liability cover) by banning the free-running discipline of parkour. But apparently, some people This is among a raft of new Public w ` Ì i `iÀ iµÕ Û> i Ì ÃÌ unappetising, and they’ve found Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) Horsham district councillors in initiatives, which also prevent agreement. I guess there are a young people gathering in their

lot of Richie Cunninghams sitting in the chamber, and not many Fonzies.

But the most controversial PSPO q Ì Ü>Ã vi>ÌÕÀi` > wÛi ÕÌi news report on BBC South - is the banning of parkour in the town centre.

It’s fair to say that the news has hardly invoked fear in the town’s w iÃÌ iÝ« i Ìà v «>À ÕÀ] Ì i world-renowned group known as

Storror. Having evolved from The Horsham Movement to become Storror, their Youtube videos have been viewed by millions.

Within days of the order, Storror posted a video on their channel in which they turn security cameras around and mock the ban by doing what they do best; running and jumping on, off and over street furnishings!

Their attitude appears to be ‘catch me if you can!’

The group were featured in the wÀÃÌ i` Ì v ƂƂ Ó䣣] Ü i we photographed the likes of Max Cave (who recently made international headlines by leaping between Hong Kong skyscrapers) and Toby Segar (before he became one of Ninja Warrior UK’s w iÃÌ V «iÌ Ì Àî à iÀÃ>Õ Ì } off Carfax bandstand.

Now, are such antics banned?

Are we saying that people can walk around the stone walls of the Carfax, but can’t run around them? Can people jump along the rocks at The Bishopric, so long as they don’t perform a tuck and roll afterwards?

I am - as I tend to - playing Devil’s advocate to a degree, because the real issue is not about parkour; it is about trespassing and criminal damage.

If business owners in the town centre are incurring damage to their property - and it would seem that in West Street they are - then there are enough cameras to catch those responsible and hold them to account.

As the website of Parkour Generations, founders of the National Governing Body for Parkour, points out: ‘The ban, it seems, is a result of a few misguided young people who think climbing on rooftops and damaging property constitutes training in parkour, which of course is not the case. Parkour is not predicated on entering private property, anti-social behaviour or criminal activities and never has been.’

Banning parkour as a discipline itself is a poor judgment and demonstrates a generational misunderstanding.

Ben

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ALL ABOUT HORSHAM

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News Round-Up

iÌ> Ã v wÀiÜ À Ã displays, free school plan for town and watercolour exhibition at Museum

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My Story

Gilbert Saunders recalls the day when shells began exploding around him on a tragic day in Steyning

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Food and Drink

Before celebrating one year in business, Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom is already a great success

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Special Feature

Visitors are enjoying safari tours to see progress on Knepp’s incredible ‘re-wilding’ project

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Business

Knepp has also created a beautiful glamping site, with luxurious beds within a wild meadow

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Group Discussion

Kat Giannini is using her vast ballroom and Latin experience to teach fans of Strictly Come Dancing

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One to Watch

Nathan Hassall has written his fourth book of poetry, tackling the dark subject of lobotomy

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History

Horsham Museum reveals the roots of some of the town’s best-known bands and musicians

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Tracie Callaghan has created some brilliant nature-themed work over maps and postcards.

The Cover Story

Our October cover features Ryan Greaves and Rachel Knott at Knepp Safari and Campsite, Dial Post.

They are perched outside the Tamworth Hut, with Little Owl Tipi in the background, at the campsite they manage on the Knepp estate.

We had been to the campsite two weeks earlier and taken photos for the main feature, including the shot of the stag head oak bed, above.

When it came to the end of the month, our cover options weren’t quite right; I didn’t want just a bed on the cover, the shot of poet Nathan Hassall and illustrator Rachael Tester in a graveyard

was too sombre, and at the time we didn’t think the artist feature with Tracie Callaghan (above, left) would be included in this edition!

So we returned to Knepp for a portrait picture of Ryan and Rachel outside the hut, which Toby chose for its colour and because it offered a hint of the tipi.

Toby set up a studio light in the long grass, and had to wait for the sun to hide behind the clouds to prevent huge shadows in the photo.

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7 5 Horsham Museum and Art Gallery hosts a major exhibition, In Pursuit of the Watercolour, until 15 October. The exhibition covers art from medieval watercolours to the modern era, with artists including Francis Grosse, Henry Edridge, Varley, Wheatley, De Wint and Horsham-born Victorian artist Helen Cordelia Coleman. Tooveys have also donated a stunning watercolour to the collection; A Market Boat on the Scheldt by Frederick Clarkson, painted in 1828 as a study for his oil painting in the V&A Museum. Awardwinning artist Gordon Rushmer will reveal techniques as part of a wider programme of events and activities linked to the exhibition. www.horshammuseum.org

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South Downs Gliding Club claims its future is at risk if plans by Farnborough Airport to control air space over the Downs were approved. Some 3,000 objections have been raised during a consultation process to Farnborough’s proposals to allow private aircraft to make WPKPVGTTWRVGF ĆƒKIJVU CETQUU C designated area. A statement

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from SDGC, based in Cootham near Storrington, has said: “The proposals are like a limousine company buying up two lanes of VJG / GZENWUKXGN[ HQT VJG DGPGĆ‚V of the wealthy and famous. This is the biggest threat to general aviation in the south.â€? www.southdowngliding.co.uk The Gatwick School, which opened in 2014, is looking to open a new, co-educational, all through free school in Horsham to meet a growing demand for places. An ‘all through’ sees pupils attend the school from four through to sixteen. The Gatwick School has vowed to work with West 5WUUGZ %QWPV[ %QWPEKN VQ Ć‚PF C suitable site for the school, to be funded by the Education Funding Agency. The Gatwick School offers parents in Horsham the chance to support the application at www.thehorshamschool.org

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Meanwhile, Schoolsworks Academy Trust is seeking the views of Billingshurst residents and parents, regarding its plans to open a new primary school on the site of a planned housing development in

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September 2020. Schoolsworks Community Primary Billingshurst, would aim to meet the anticipated demand for pre-school and primary places to the east of the village, initially opening with one class of 30 and growing to two classes per year. A 60-place pre-school nursery is also included in the plans. The Trust invites local people to review plans at http://www.schoolsworks.org/ about-us/new-schools/ The Alexandra Bastedo Champions (ABC) Animal Sanctuary hosts a celebration of Alexandra’s life at The Goodwood Hotel, Goodwood, on Sunday 16 October, at 2.30pm. Some of her closest friends, including Susan Jameson, James Bolam and William Guant, will share their memories. The event will be hosted by Craig Henderson, presenter of BBC One’s ‘I Love to Read’ and ends with tea and a silent auction. Tickets ÂŁ40 from 07770 667319 or email cheryl@abcanimalsanctuary.co.uk

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Tomfoolery returns to The Capitol with his revamped Beans on Toast

Show on 27 - 28 October. The entertainer then follows up last year’s successful ‘Tomfoolery Saves Christmas’ show with a new show ‘Christmas Foolery’ on 10 - 24 December. There will be Special Educational Needs performances for both shows.

Tickets to either show cost ÂŁ11 from 01403 750220 or www.thecapitolhorsham.com

Children can help Warnham wildlife at a half term event, hosted by the Friends of Warnham Local Nature Reserve. Youngsters can hunt for wildlife, enjoy wild art and make a bug house from recycled materials at the reserve on Wednesday 26 October, 10:30am – 3.30pm.

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Horsham Cricket and 5RQTVU %NWD ƂTGYQTMU night will be held on 29 October. The display comes from Aurora ƂPCNKUVU KP VJG PCVKQPCN ƂTGYQTMU EJCORKQPUJKRU in Plymouth. The display will include effects used during VJGKT ƂPCNU 6JG GXGPV KPENWFGU C fairground with food stalls and a Hepworth’s beer tent. The evening concludes with an 80’s

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Feeling the Rhythm by Angela Brittain

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tribute by Cinnamon Street in the clubroom. Tickets on sale priced £6 (£9 on the gate) with children under 5 free. www.horshamsportsclub.com

$KNNKPIUJWTUV Æ‚TGYQTMU display is held at Jubilee Fields on Saturday 22 October. The Aurora display begins at 8pm with a disco, BBQ, bar and refreshments.

Tickets £6 (£5 children 3-16, under 3’s free) from Billingshurst Community Centre, Chestnut Tree House, Jack Fuller’s Fish and Chips, Jake’s Cars, King’s Arms, Lions Bookshop and Whispers Tea Room. There will be a collection for Chestnut Tree House.

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The Holbrook Club hosts C Æ‚TGYQTMU PKIJV QP (TKFC[ 4 November. The display starts at 7.30pm, with entertainment including Punch & Judy magic shows, bouncy castles and live music. www.theholbrookclub.co.uk

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Horsham Rugby Club’s DQPƂTG CPF ƂTGYQTMU night is held at the ground in Coolhurst on Saturday 5 November, from 6pm.

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The Ashington School Fireworks Extravaganza will be held on Friday 4 November, from 5.30pm.

Tickets £3 in advance from the school and Ashington Pharmacy, or £3.50 on the night (children 2 and under free). As well as a display

by Aurora, there will be a BBQ, DQWPE[ ECUVNG TCHƃG CPF UVCNNU

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Following a successful Art Trail in July, the Horsham Artists Open Studios group host an Art Fair at VJG 9GUV 5WUUGZ %QWPV[ QHƂEGU KP Chart Way, Horsham, on 22 – 23 October. The event will feature the work of about 60 artists and makers including painting, fabric and wood work, jewellery and ceramics.

There will be demonstrations, allowing visitors to talk with artists, and work will be available to buy. horshamartistsopenstudios.co.uk

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Barns Green hosted its annual half marathon for the 34th time on 25 5GRVGODGT (QT VJG Æ‚TUV time, the organisers introduced a 10km race, with 400 runners taking part. The half marathon was won by Max Dumbrell from

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Neil Boniface wins the 10km race

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19 Horsham in a time of 1:13.32. The women’s race was won by Emma MacReady of Worthing & District Harriers in 1:21:20. The 10km race was won by Neil Boniface of Horsham Joggers in 33:31, with the women’s race won by Elspeth Turner from Horsham Blue Star Harriers in 39: 34. About 140 volunteers helped with the event, which will raise almost £6,000 for St Catherine’s Hospice. Entries for next year’s half marathon and 10km, with an early bird offer open. www.barnsgreen-half.org.uk

In April, AAH featured the life of Henry Burstow.

Horsham Museum will be holding a concert to celebrate Burstow’s life at St Mary’s Church, Horsham, on Saturday 22 October. Horsham Bell Ringers will wake up the town before Horsham Folk Club and Broadwood Morris sing a selection of songs listed by Burstow in his ‘Reminiscences of Horsham’. Ralph Vaughan Williams, who visited Horsham in 1904, wrote one of the outstanding British works of the 20th century; Lark Ascending. This will be performed by Andrew Bernardi on the 1696 Stradivarius together with his Music Group, String Academy and Christ’s Hospital Director of Music in Andrew

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Cleary. Tickets to the event cost ÂŁ10 ( ÂŁ12.50 on the night) from The Capitol on 01403 750220 or Horsham Museum. Funds raised will be donated to the Friends of Horsham Museum. www.horshammuseum.org

Horsham Symphony Orchestra’s concert season begins with a Shakespeare-themed evening at The Capitol on Saturday 26 November, from 7.30pm. The concert opens with excerpts from 2TQMQƂGXoU Romeo and Juliet, followed by a performance of Berlioz’s sublime Scène d’amour from RomÊo et Juliette. After the interval, the orchestra perform Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Tickets £14 (Concessions £12/Under 18’s £5) from 01403 750220 or www.thecapitolhorsham.com

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Horsham Museum is currently hosting Street Portraits, an exhibition by photographer Greg Turner. A formal portrait of a stranger, approached in the street and persuaded to pose in a short moment, raises some interesting questions about how people see themselves, and how they might be seen by others. Greg Turner

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explores these concepts in this small but fascinating exhibition, which runs until 22 October. www.horshammuseum.org

West Sussex County Council libraries has launched a free eMagazine service. A new search function means you can pinpoint articles from numerous titles, including Hello, Match of the Day, Radio Times, Q, BBC Good Food and Empire. It’s free to register to the service if you have a library card number and an email address. Visit www.westsussex.gov.uk and follow the ‘eLibrary’ link.

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St Catherine’s Hospice held its annual Dragon Boat Festival on Tilgate Lake on 4 September.

Horsham teams including Assurity Consulting, ERG Air Pollution %QPVTQN 6JGTOQ (KUJGT 5EKGPVKĆ‚E Rockwell Automation, CMED Group and Keysource were among the 28 teams taking to the water.

A team from a Three Bridges car dealership were crowned champions, setting a new record time of 01:00:32 in thier 40ft Dragon Boats. The festival is one of the hospice’s most popular fundraisers. www.stch.org.uk.

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Chestnut Tree House, which provides hospice care for children, is looking for volunteers to assist at a fundraising event on Saturday 22 October in Billingshurst. Help is needed with running an awareness stand, collections and selling glow products. The Community Minibus Association, which covers the Horsham District, seeks a volunteer fundraiser and an outreach coordinator, while Horsham Matters requires volunteers for youth clubs.

Parkinson’s UK is looking for a XQNWPVGGT VQ ƂNN VJG TQNG QH C NQECN ƂPCPEG OGPVQT (KPF OQTG opportunities at Horsham and Mid Sussex Voluntary Action, 01444 258102 or VolunteerCentre@hamsva.org.uk

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Billingshurst Choral Society presents Mozart’s Requiem at Chichester Cathedral on Saturday 22 October, at 7.30pm. The Society, under musical director Cathal Garvey, also perform Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Eternal Source of Light Divine. Tickets cost £20 (students £10) from www.billingshurstchoralsociety.org or 01403 785648.

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Ambitious proposals for Piries Place in Horsham could see the site redeveloped with a cinema, shops and restaurants.

If approved, joint venture plans by a property development and investment company would see a major restoration of the site, dominated by the now vacant former Waitrose unit, with a ‘boutique-style’ cinema at its heart. Developers hope to outline an application soon to invite the views of the public and local

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The Brighton Road Baptist Church Art Group will be holding an exhibition of their work in the Church Hall on Saturday 5 November, from 10am to 4pm.

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November from 10am - 4pm. Buy FairTrade gifts from a wide variety of stalls, with café, children’s CEVKXKVKGU CPF TCHƃG Rain didn’t stop play on Friday 16 September when 400 senior pupils from Christ’s Hospital, along with the choir and the Band, were escorted through the City for their annual St Matthew’s Day ceremony and church service. The pupils, wearing their distinctive Tudor uniform, marched through the streets

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before a service at the Church of St Andrew, Holborn, conducted by the Bishop of Horsham, The Right Reverent Mark Sowerby.

Following the Service, the pupils marched to the Guildhall where they each received ‘largesse’, a coin fresh from the Royal Mint, presented by the Lord Mayor of London, Alderman the Lord Mountevans and the Lady Mayoress, Lady Mountevans.

Christ’s Hospital celebrates St Matthew’s Day each year when it returns to its roots in the City of London.

Rush Hour at Victorian Station, by Marian Goddard of the Double Exposure Photography group

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Trick or Treating will return to Horsham town over the half term holiday from 22 – 30 October. Accompanied children can visit a number of shops and businesses, and draw Halloween cards to discover whether they have won a ‘treat’ or will have to perform a ‘trick’. The children also have to obtain passwords from shops, with prizes to be won. Horsham Rotary Club will be providing competition forms listing all of the participating shops.

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High Beeches Garden at High Beeches Lane, Handcross, hosts a Craft and Plant Sale on Sunday 16 October, from 11am – 4pm. Held in the Old Coach House, the event includes plants from Rapkins Nursery and Christmas cards, and visitors can enjoy the Tea Rooms. The event is held in aid of Parkinson’s UK Horsham. www.highbeeches.com

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Mainly Madness are back at the Holbrook Club on Friday 21 October, from 7.30 – 11pm. Prepare to get your Skank on to the heavy heavy monster sound and rock steady beat of Mainly Madness. Tickets cost £8 (Under 14s £7) from the club on 01403 751150 or QHƂEG"VJGJQNDTQQMENWD EQ WM

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The Double Exposure photography group will be holding a ten-year retrospective at The Hawth, Crawley, on 8 - 21 October.

Photographers include Lucy Cairns, Paul Bradford, Marian Goddard, Sandra Davies, Barry Williams, Jill Lowe, Rosie Bentley and Jon Hughes.

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29 Horsham Blueprint Neighbourhood Forum has announced the publication of its Interim Report. Drawing on all the contributions received from across the community, the report will form the foundation of the draft Neighbourhood Plan, which is being prepared this autumn.

The Interim Report is available at www.horshamblueprint.org

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Ashington Social Club hosts two nights of high quality live music in the coming weeks. On Friday 1EVQDGT 5CMKC )TKHĆ‚VJU /QQTG performs, with support from Maisie Peters from 8pm. On Friday 11 November, Jodie Munday and Hollie Rogers

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perform in an informal, cafĂŠ style setting. Both events will be free, with donations for musicians rather than an entry fee.

Barns Green Village Hall hosts an Autumn Craft and Gift Fair on Saturday 12 November, from 10am - 3pm. This will be the third year for this popular fair, featuring a wide variety of hand-made artefacts, bric-a-brac and gifts.

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Boobs and Brass present a concert at The Drill Hall, Denne Road,

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Horsham, on Saturday 26 November, at 7.30pm. Enjoy popular brass band classics with a feminine touch, with proceeds to Breast Cancer. Tickets ÂŁ10 from IKNNTGPINKUJ"IOCKN EQO QT 01403 754663. www.boobsandbrass.com

Murder in the Music, presented by GROPE (Goring Region Occasional Players Ensemble) is held on Saturday 15 October, in aid of the West Sussex North branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

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5WGG UJGRRCTF"VGUEQ PGV QT The Big Nibble in the Carfax was once again very well attended.

Highlights included Live Cookery Theatre demos in the Carfax, with etch chef Steven Edwards among those sharing their secrets. During the Little Nibble Children’s Food Festival, recipes from the new Gruffalo Crumble Cookbook were baked in the Kitchen Academy, thanks to Steyning Bookshop, Steven Edwards and Jethro from the Kitchen Academy. Next year’s Big Nibble will take place on 2 and 3 September 2017.

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MY STORY: 21

Gilbert Saunders

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After growing up as one of eleven children in a small council house, Gilbert joined the Partridge )TGGP *QOG )WCTF PCTTQYN[ UWTXKXKPI C VTCIKE KPEKFGPV QP 5VG[PKPI 4KĆƒG 4CPIG He then set off on a secretive mission to Burma with the Sussex Regiment.

was born in Partridge Green on 13 January 1927. My father had a few jobs, although spent many years at one of the two brick makers in the village.

There was one at the end of South Street and another just off the High Street over the railway line.

My father fought at The Somme in The Great War. The Sussex Regiment marched from Horsham to Shoreham and passed through Steyning on their way. My father was a 16-year-old ploughing on a Steyning farm at the time. He saw them and said, “That’s it, I’m off!�

+ YCU VJG Ć‚HVJ QH GNGXGP EJKNFTGP I had two older brothers and two older sisters and half a dozen

followed me! Growing up was tough, as we had no money. I would often go to bed hungry.

We did have a huge garden though, so we grew potatoes and our greens. Dad would capture the odd rabbit and bring them home too.

+ YGPV VQ ,QNGUĆ‚GNF %JWTEJ QH England School in Partridge Green. Mr Garton was a great headmaster; he was a former Major so was a disciplinarian, DWV JG CNUQ RTQXKFGF C VGTTKĆ‚E standard of education. When he retired, a new head came in who we nicknamed ‘Gummy’. I didn’t like him.

On Friday afternoons, we had an individual reading session. I was reading Black Beauty and was so engrossed in it that I hadn’t

realised that some of the boys had been coughing to annoy the teacher. She said “the next person who coughs will be sent to the headmaster!â€? Well, I genuinely needed to cough, and YCU UGPV VQ )WOO[oU QHĆ‚EG *G wasn’t there, so I went home, but on Monday morning during assembly, I was pulled out and given the cane on both hands.

Gummy used a big pointer stick rather than a standard cane, and he caught me across the wrist.

It came up in a big lump. When I got home, my dad was fuming and wanted to go and lump Gummy!

We lived in a terrible house; there was no electricity, no heating, no running water and VJG VQKNGVU FKFPoV ĆƒWUJ +P O[ TQQO Ć‚XG QH WU UJCTGF VJG DGF

with three at the top and two at the bottom, so we were feetto-feet and would kick each other during the night.

When I was nine, we moved into a brand-new council house at the end of South Street. We JCF GNGEVTKEKV[ ĆƒWUJKPI VQKNGVU and running water, so it was like luxury! Still, the family was often separated. My two older sisters lived with my Grandma above the draper’s shop on the High Street, and my eldest brother YGPV VQ NKXG KP *GPĆ‚GNF I didn’t have a bike until I was about 17. I was a newspaper boy, and would get up at 6am to meet the 6:45am train at Partridge Green station, before Dr Beeching swung his axe and closed the South Downs Line. I

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A news report after shells fall in Steyning in 1944

z Gilbert (centre) pictured with his parents and ten siblings

would load the newspapers on to a wheelbarrow and take them to Mrs Paris, who ran the newsagents. She had a rusty old bike that was in a bad state, but she let me have it. My dad, who was very mechanically minded, stripped it completely, painted it and made it a proper bike.

I was 12 when war broke out. I remember that there was much to do, as we had to arrange for gas masks, and mum added

blackout material to the curtains.

Dad taped up the windows to make sure they wouldn’t shatter if a bomb dropped. One night, eight bombs dropped on the Lock Estate in the village. A ,WPIGT ,W )GTOCP ƂIJVGT DQODGT ETCUJGF KPVQ %QQRGToU %QVVCIGU CPF UGV VJTGG JQWUGU alight. My grandad lived in one of them! Only the Germans on board lost their lives. The pilot who shot the plane down came to Partridge Green the next day

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to apologise for dropping him over the village. He had wanted to drop it over the sea, but was running out of petrol and couldn’t pursue him any further.

The Partridge Green platoon of the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) was initially just a group of civilians, much like Dad’s Army.

6JG[ YQWNF DTKPI VJGKT QYP TKƃGU and wear their own clothes. My dad was a gamekeeper at that time and joined straight away,

with his 12 bore shotgun. Later, the LDV became known as the Home Guard. The platoon would patrol the village and attend training exercises with Army instructors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and sometimes Sundays.

They needed a ‘runner’ who knew the area. I knew Partridge Green like the back of my hand, so I was perfect. That was how I joined the Home Guard.

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I remember using a Sten gun for the Ć‚TUV VKOG 6JG[ ECOG YKVJ C TQWPF magazine, but were so sensitive. I was loading the gun by banging the OCIC\KPG QP VJG ITQWPF CPF KV Ć‚TGF all 32 rounds in one go, straight into the air. My Sergeant went ballistic!

We would join with other local Home Guard platoons, including /CRNGJWTUV %QYHQNF CPF 5JKRNG[ HQT GZGTEKUGU YKVJ %CPCFKCP UQNFKGTU Once, they had to attack our post, which was the Hare and Hounds in %QYHQNF #U TWPPGT + YCU NQQMKPI out on a barn roof and when I saw them, I jumped on my bike and rode like hell through the woods. But the soldiers had placed wire right across my path, intending to take out the bike. I never saw it and went straight over the top. I still have a scar on my leg from that today!

z Gilbert (far left) joined the Home Guard before serving with the Army from 1945.

The platoon would regularly go to 5VG[PKPI TKĆƒG TCPIG QHH /QWUG .CPG WUKPI TKĆƒGU 5VGP IWPU CPF $TGP guns. Sometimes, they would go to Soper’s Bottom at the southern end of the village, to train with hand grenades. Occasionally they went across to Kithurst Hill. Both those sites were also used by the %CPCFKCP #TO[ 5GEQPF &KXKUKQP HQT training.

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During the Normandy landings, the Home Guard were on standby for 72 hours. We all had our guns, as it was feared that the Germans might drop soldiers on the South Downs.

Two concrete anti-tank shelters were built that are still there now, and mines were hidden too. For a while, we were on high alert.

The majority of the Home Guard were ex-servicemen, like my dad.

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Several Home Guard platoons YGTG QP 5VG[PKPI 4KĆƒG 4CPIG for training with Army instructors. The Partridge Green group were there, as was /CRNGJWTUV %QYHQNF 5JKRNG[ and Dial Post, and one or two QVJGTU 9G JCF DGGP Ć‚TKPI TKĆƒGU KP VJG OQTPKPI CPF YGTG about to go inside a building used for gas chamber training.

They gave us cotton wool with a special lotion used to repel a mustard gas attack. I hadn’t even wiped it off when I heard VJG ƂTUV DNCUV For a second, I didn’t register

what was happening, as it was a situation I’d never faced before.

My dad had dived straight on the ground. I was still standing, CU YCU QWT %QOOCPFKPI 1HĆ‚EGT .KGWVGPCPV )TGGPYQQF who was next to me. One shell exploded near us and shrapnel ripped through the back of his legs.

The Maplehurst Home Guard were lined up along the wall of the gas chamber when poor old Les Wylie took the full force of a shell and lost his life.

There was panic. I ran over to check that my dad was okay,

z Gilbert and Ivy met in Crowborough shortly after the war and settled in Cowfold.

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as most of the Home Guard were quite old and couldn’t run down the hill like I could. We had no idea YJQ YCU ƂTKPI QP WU UQ YG CNN TCP down to the lorry and got out of there. Six shells fell around us and VJG[ YGTG UVKNN DGKPI ƂTGF CU YG drove back to Partridge Green.

The next day, we heard that a lad, #TVJWT ,QJP %JCPFNGT YJQ YCU QPN[ 16, was killed as he was helping his dad clean out the chicken run at his home in Steyning. Another shell landed in the High Street but didn’t GZRNQFG QPG JKV VJG ETKEMGV ƂGNF and another one landed at the gas works. They were anti-tank shells ƂTGF D[ %CPCFKCPU HTQO 5QRGToU Bottom. They were aiming at the hill, but their range was completely wrong and the shells sailed over the hill, towards the village.

In February 1945, I joined the Army.

I wanted to follow my father and grandfather into the Royal Sussex Regiment, so needed more training after my initial six weeks of training in Maidstone. I went to Wrexham for a three month course to toughen us up, and was assigned to the Kent Regiment. I said “I’m not having this! I’ve done extra training to get into Sussex.�

We were all lined up outside the Sergeant’s Mess at Norton Aerodrome in the early hours of November 8, 1945. A friend of mind from Lewes called out ‘Sandy!’ which was my nickname. I moved up the line to chat to him. The sergeant came along, tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘Everyone up to JGTG KU QP VJG Ć‚TUV RNCPG [QW CPF the rest are on the second plane.â€?

Moving along the line would save O[ NKHG 6JG Ć‚TUV #XTQ ;QTM RNCPG took off half an hour ahead of us, but it crashed on the approach to the runway at Malta and exploded.

Those of us on the second plane spent a few days in Karachi and later boarded B-24 Liberator bombers. But we lost another plane in woods over Iraq, and only one UGPKQT QHƂEGT YCU UVKNN CNKXG They didn’t know what to do with us, but where was not enough of us to go to Burma. Instead, we were placed in The Queen’s Regiment and stayed in India until the country gained independence in 1947. I didn’t particularly enjoy my time there; the stench was terrible!

We caught a ship home, and I GPFGF WR KP %TQYDQTQWIJ YJGTG I met my wife, Ivy. She was working at a private girls’ school. After a short visit to Dortmund, I was de-mobbed. I nearly signed on to pursue a career in the Army, but instead returned to Partridge Green.

I married Ivy and we had a son, Derek, but we were still living with my mother. After I left school at 14, I spent four years working for Goacher’s grocery shop in South Street. Having left the Army, I went back there, this time as a van driver.

I was working 70 hours a week for ÂŁ3 7s & 9d.

They were building in Blanches Road, so I walked over and spoke to the foreman, Jack Travers. At that time, most tradesmen were VTCXGNNKPI VQ %TCYNG[ YJGTG VJG[ were paying London rates, so Jack

z Gilbert (far left, standing) was a part of the successful Cowfold team of 1955-56

The war ended before I was sent QWV VQ Ć‚IJV KP 'WTQRG +PUVGCF + was one of 98 men chosen for a ‘silent killing’ operation in Burma.

We were trained by a commando WPKV YKVJ VJG KPVGPVKQP QH Ć‚IJVKPI guerilla groups of Japanese soldiers, who would rather die with honour than surrender. The plan was to acclimatise in India, before heading to Burma.

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‘I felt I was also honouring the Home Guard and the people who died that day’

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needed men desperately. After a couple of years as a labourer, I noticed I was working a lot harder than the bricklayers for less money. I couldn’t afford training, but the foreman let me learn from his best bricklayer. I spent the next four years bricklaying and 45 years in the building trade.

I stayed in Partridge Green until I was 21, when we moved to a EQWPEKN JQWUG KP %QYHQNF YJGTG Ivy and I lived for 46 years, eventually having two children.

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For many years, I was involved YKVJ %QYHQNF (% Ć‚TUV CU C RNC[GT then a coach. I suffered three UOCUJGF TKDU KP C EWR Ć‚PCN CICKPUV Nuthurst. I went for a header with a stocky lad called Bob Potter and he landed on top of me! For about 25 years I helped coach and in 1955-56 we won the league and cup double.

For 18 years, I’ve lived in Steyning, close to my daughter. I have three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Ivy passed

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CYC[ UGXGP [GCTU CIQ ;QW NGCTP VQ adapt, but it was horrible to begin with. Ivy was known as Liz, and for a while I would still walk in the door and shout ‘Hi Liz, I’m home!’ before realising she wasn’t there. ;QW LWUV IGV UQ WUGF VQ FQKPI things like that.

I think as a society, we are going downhill fast. We have too many unproductive people coming to our country. I don’t know much about politics, but no government - irrespective of party – has been willing to grab this issue by the throat and do something about it.

I can’t complain because I haven’t voted for years, because whatever you hear and read is a pack of lies.

Recently, I had the honour of unveiling an information board at 5VG[PKPI 4KĆƒG 4CPIG VQ OCTM VJG 70th anniversary of that tragic day.

The Steyning Download Scheme organised it. It was an honour for me personally and I felt I was also honouring the Home Guard and the people who died that day.

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How a Storrington Tearoom became a ‘Destination’

Joanna and Luca (centre) hope to expand in the future

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efore opening her new Tearoom in December 2015, Joanna Chadwick could visualise how it would look.

She knew that the dÊcor would be based around a grey and pink stripes colour scheme; that her father’s Welsh rarebit would be on the Specials board; even that the staff would all wear matching white Converse trainers.

However, Joanna did not know YJCV VQ ECNN JGT ĆƒGFINKPI business... “I was speaking to my friend %NCKTG YJQ TCP C ĆƒQTKUVU CPF she told me that her biggest mistake was not naming the business after herself. “So I thought, that’s it then; Jo’s CafĂŠ!â€?

#HVGT C URTKPMNG QH TGƂPGOGPV and a spoonful of marketing nous, Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom opened in the winter.

Tucked away up a driveway, it’s DCTGN[ XKUKDNG VQ RCUUKPI VTCHƂE on Storrington High Street, with only an A-board to notify people of its whereabouts.

Which makes it all the more remarkable that the tearoom has been a resounding success.

With two months to go until Joanna and long-term partner Luca Belenchia celebrate one year in business, regulars know they need to book ahead at the tearoom that’s been described – by one customer at least – as ‘a slice of The Savoy in Sussex.’

A Carrot Cake Revolution

The idea for the business evolved - as so many do - as a result of Joanna’s previous catering experience.

Whilst running the front of house at Smith & Western restaurant in Horsham, Luca took some of Joanna’s carrot cake to work, to share with his colleagues.

The cake was so well received that the restaurant owner asked Joanna if he could add it to his Desserts menu.

Joanna said: “As a result of that carrot cake, I was soon producing 250 desserts for Smith & Western restaurants every week. “I also make their home-made lime posset, chocolate brownie and caramel cheesecake, under the name ‘Made with Love’.

“Initially, I was baking at home, but now I have a strong team behind me and we do most of the baking at the Tearoom kitchen, starting at 4am, so the deliveries are made long before we open the doors.

“Gradually, demand grew and I started supplying more cafés and restaurants including Proper Cycling & Coffee in Hassocks.

“We also supplied kits for vintage tea parties. We have had to limit what we make, due to the success of the Tearoom, although we are still baking HQT DWUKPGUUGU CU HCT CƂGNF CU Tunbridge Wells.

Creating a Destination

A successful home-based catering business might have been enough for some people, but it was a lifestyle decision that led

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However, it was Joanna who envisaged the location’s potential; even if others needed convincing!

“I didn’t mind which town or village we were in, provided the setting was right,” she said.“I knew we would eventually become a

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‘destination’ venue. “Before we opened, I brought my friends and family here and some thought I was mad. “I had no doubts though. I could picture people walking up the driveway and discovering this little hidden oasis, with the conservatory doors open in the summer and people sitting outside too. “I could see people of all ages coming here; parents with children popping in for a treat after school, or elderly friends coming here for afternoon tea “I was 100% sure it would work.

This is my passion; entertaining and looking after people, and Luca is no different. Everything about this location felt right.�

Storrington Proves the Right Choice

Having established a successful catering business, Joanna and Luca invested time and money into creating a beautiful tearoom, which now attracts customers far and wide.

For much of the summer, the tearoom has been fully booked, although outside tables are available for walk-in customers.

Joanna attributes such popularity to the detail of the dĂŠcor, with distinctive pastel grey and pink striped wallpaper creating a certain elegance, especially when complemented with chandeliers, polished cake trays, vintage tea sets, HTGUJN[ EWV ĆƒQYGTU CPF GXGP C UJKP[ bucket of Nyetimber sparkling wine perched on the marble worktop. “For me, it’s all about eating with your eyes,â€? says Joanna. “Before EWUVQOGTU GXGP VCMG VJGKT Ć‚TUV DKVG I want them to be enjoying themselves. “Customers are always warmly

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greeted by Luca or one of the girls, and we keep the place immaculate. Because we make the effort, customers do too, with some even dressing up for their visit.

“As a result, the tearoom has become a destination venue, and I hope an asset to the village.

Storrington is a lovely place and people like it as the parking is free and there are lovely antique shops and quirky stores, as well as Waitrose of course.

“I want everybody’s business to succeed here, because it will help mine too, so if more people are coming to Storrington, it will be better for us all.”

From Salmon to Bacon and Eggs

It may be the elegance of the tearoom that draws in customers.

However, some of the credit must go to the beautifully presented food, including Joanna’s elaborately-decorated cupcakes, which you might even feel a little guilty for biting into!

“We have a bit of everything on the menu,” says Jayne Lovett, who works closely with Joanna and Luca.

“For breakfast, customers can enjoy anything from smoked salmon to croissants to a full English breakfast, with sausages from the local butcher’s.

“We also have healthy options, including granola and yoghurt.

“Our sandwiches and ciabatta are presented on a wooden serving board with salad garnish and home-made crisps, and we also offer jacket potatoes, salads and a Ploughman’s lunch.

“Naturally, we have a wide selection of cakes and savoury

‘This is my passion; entertaining and looking after people, and Luca is no different.’

treats, including Joanna’s delicious sausage roll, which is something of a speciality.

“Afternoon tea is very popular, and many regulars love Joanna’s dad’s Welsh rarebit too. Along with the carrot cake, it’s probably our best-seller!

“We are licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, so some people like to come in and enjoy a glass of Champagne or Pimms in the summer.”

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Ned Burrell takes a safari tour

34: SPECIAL FEATURE Visitors enjoy a Safari

Knepp Safari Tours

A herd of fallow deer on the estate

Tamworth pig

A Step Back in Time Wild Things Take Over at the Historic Knepp Estate

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here was a time when a privately-owned 3,500-acre estate stretched across land to the south of Horsham.

There was a scattering of dwellings, along with the ruins of a 12th century castle, but the land was not farmed.

Instead, wild animals including Tamworth pigs, Exmoor ponies, fallow deer and Longhorn cattle grazed the land, whilst birds of prey nested along the River Arun, which meandered through the estate.

Red deer would engage in ruts to command power over the herd; turtle doves would breed on the land and, during spring, a handful of inhabitants staying in tipis or tents would be woken by the Nightingale.

If such an idyllic setting makes you pine for the simpler life of days long gone, then fear not; this is precisely what is happening today on the Knepp Estate.

Knepp has been owned by the Burrell family for over two hundred years, and today Sir Charles Burrell lives at the castle with his wife, Isabella, and their family.

The John Nash-designed castle, which looks out over the stunning Knepp Lake, is one of the most historic and beautiful homes in the county.

But it is the unique conservation project in place across vast tracts of the estate that is proving more interesting to the wider world.

‘Nobody could have predicted what was going to happen and what species would turn up’

For generations, land on Knepp estate was used for farming, both arable and dairy. However, on land that was not suited to productive and versatile farming, Charles consistently struggled to VWTP C RTQƂV Faced with diminishing dairy quotas and with facilities in need of expensive modernisation, he began to look at alternative income options for the land.

It was only after Charles and Isabella visited a site in The Netherlands, where land had been successfully reclaimed by nature, that they made a very bold decision; albeit one that was not well received by all.

Speaking to AAH in 2011, Sir Charles said: “We decided that

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the time had come to abandon the way we had farmed the land. “Instead, we opened up the estate to land regeneration, to explore ways that unproductive former agricultural land can be WUGF VQ DGPGĆ‚V $TKVKUJ YKNFNKHG q The regeneration process began in 2001 with the introduction of fallow deer, Exmoor ponies, old English longhorn cattle and Tamworth pigs on 750 acres of the estate. Early success saw the grazing area extended by 750 acres in 2005, then a further 1,000 acres in 2009.

The project has created an income source for the estate, with some of the animals including the longhorn cattle harvested for meat.

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Fifteen years since the start of the re-wilding project, the transformation of the estate from arable farmland to natural habitat is more evident.

With only gentle land management, brambles and bushes have taken hold in some

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“We ‘ve seen some amazing things during the course of this project. Nobody could have predicted what was going

36: SPECIAL FEATURE Ecologist Penny Green

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POPULAR SAFARI TOURS

Rachel also acts as a guide on the increasingly popular Knepp Safari tours, run alongside a fascinating camping experience (see separate article) at New Barn Farm, Dial Post.

Exmoor ponies at Knepp

Half day safaris are available throughout the season, with occasional safari specials focusing on nightingales, bats, deer ruts or the purple emperor DWVVGTĆƒ[ Penny said: “It is like stepping back in time. Centuries ago, horned cattle called Aurochs would have grazed here, so we now have a herd of longhorn

cattle. We can’t have wild boar as we did not want to build fencing, which would have been necessary as public footpaths cross the Knepp estate. So instead, we introduced Tamworth pigs. “Exmoor ponies roam the estate, as well as red deer and a healthy herd of fallow FGGT .CUV [GCT YG DTKGĆƒ[ JCF record-breaking antlers for a fallow,which is a sign that we have good genetics. “However, Knepp has become just as important for rare species of bird. There has been a massive decline in cuckoo numbers in the last decade, but we are helping this species with our natural scrub-land. “We’ve recorded 13 of the 18 species of bat found in the UK on the estate, including Bechstein’s and Barbastelle, which we’re very excited about.

extinction, so we are very pleased we had singing males here last year. We recorded several breeding pairs here, so what is happening here is something truly special.”

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Turtle Dove

Nobody will be sending their true love two turtle doves for Christmas this year, as they are on the ‘red list’ and at risk of extinction. This dainty dove

is smaller and darker than the collared dove, and is rarely spotted. However, Knepp is leading the way when it comes to saving the species.

Booking details for the safari are outlined at the end of our Knepp camping feature on Page 40.

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They are using the hedges, tree lines and streams.

“Because there are no pesticides in the ground, insect feeders like the lesser spotted woodpecker and the little owl are nesting here too.

“In a single cow-pat, we found 26 different species of beetle.

It’s not pleasant work, but the results were very encouraging!

“Finally, we have our Holy trinity; the turtle dove, the nightingale and the purple GORGTQT DWVVGTƃ[ “The turtle dove is close to

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Nightingale

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This diminutive bird may not have the most striking appearance, but it is famous for its beautiful birdsong. They are seen on the Knepp estate in spring.

Penny said: “They are making

The male of this beautiful and GNWUKXG DWVVGTƃ[ KU CHHGEVKQPCVGN[ known as His Majesty. It was thought to prefer deciduous woodland in southern England, the most of the blackthorn hedges to nest. We’ve had a really good population of nesting nightingales and we CTG UJCTKPI QWT ƂPFKPIU YKVJ the RSPB, who have been here to study as well.”

but the purple emperor has thrived in a scrub-land habitat at Knepp. Penny said: “We believe we now have the biggest population in the UK.”

38: BUSINESS

Pitch Perfect

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ith bed frames made from ‘stag head’ oak inside huge, 10 metre diameter tipis, you could argue that the Knepp estate is taking ‘glamping’ to a new level.

Yet whilst the tipis, yurts, tents and shepherd’s huts are lavished with antique furnishings and PCVWTCN ƂDTG OCVVTGUUGU KV KU VJG campsite’s integration with its natural surroundings that attracts visitors.

As highlighted in the safari feature, Knepp - which covers a 7km stretch of land from the southern tip of Southwater, through Shipley and on to Dial Post – has been handed back to nature in one of the country’s OQUV UKIPKƂECPV TG YKNFKPI projects.

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Glamping with a Natural Touch on Re-wilding Land

The Burrell family, who live at Knepp Castle, has also created a small campsite on a wild meadow at the southern end of the estate at New Barn Farm, Dial Post.

Here, visitors can enjoy the wild, tranquil surroundings and stay in accommodation named after animals found on Knepp.

These include the Tamworth Hut (named after the pigs that roam the estate) Exmoor Hut (wild

ponies are here too) Little Owl Tipi, Turtle Dove Yurt, Nightingale Bell Tent, Purple Emperor Yurt (after the extremely TCTG URGEKGU QH DWVVGTĆƒ[ CPF VGPVU named in honour of resident bat species, Barbastelle and Bechstein’s.

Rachel Knott, who manages the campsite with partner Ryan Greaves, said: “Charles Burrell and Lady Isabella were looking for another way to engage the public with the re-wilding project, as it’s been relatively well hidden for such a big estate. “So they created a campsite to run alongside safari tours. “The campsite has been running for two years. Ryan and I arrived in February 2015, having previously worked at Sussex Wildlife Trust with Penny, the ecologist at Knepp. “The focus of the campsite is

COLUMN: RSPB Pulborough Brooks Emily Summers RSPB Pulborough I struggle to choose between spring and autumn when asked for my favourite season. They are both exciting times of year, when the natural world undergoes dramatic changes.

However, as I watch the leaves taking on UJCFGU QH Ć‚GT[ QTCPIG CPF IQNF + CO swaying towards the latter.

With the daylight hours getting shorter and the temperature dropping, now might not seem an inviting time to venture into the wild. I’d like to convince you otherwise!

‘We have an outdoor bath house for guests to enjoy’

to peacefully observe nature. It’s a fantastic location, as we’re little more than an hour from London and 30 minutes from Brighton, yet you are in another world. We are in the OKFFNG QH C YKNF ĆƒQYGT OGCFQY CV the heart of a re-wilding project. You can truly relax and feel involved with nature.â€?

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The accommodation may be in the heart of a meadow, but they are not without creature comforts!

Whilst each possesses a degree of quirkiness, the shepherd’s huts have double beds whilst the tents, yurts and tipis have king-size beds, with Egyptian cotton bed linen. Other touches include candle lanterns, and in some instances sheepskin rugs.

Take a stroll in your local woodland or visit your nearest nature reserve and you’ll be guaranteed a wonderful display of autumnal wildlife.

You’ll be familiar with the sight of grey squirrels caching acorns in the ground but look out for the distinctive white rump and peachy plumage of the jay; they have a habit of following squirrels and digging up their nuts!

Discover the variety of fungi that has popped up in the woods. Tree trunks play host to bracket species such as the turkey tail fungus and the vibrant yellow chicken of the woods. Look at fallen logs and kick

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Rachel Knott and Ryan Greaves

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For those who prefer a more humbling camping experience, there is an area for tent pitches too!

Rachel said: “Our guests can use The Go Down, which has modern showers and bathroom facilities, as well as a shop selling local produce, including chocolate by Cocoa Loco, based on the estate, and pasturefed meat from our Longhorn cattle. “We have a lovely camp kitchen providing a sheltered area with tables and chairs, and The Bathenon, an outdoor bath house where guests can enjoy a heated shower or bath.

“There are only ten units here, as we want everyone have to have space and feel like this is their own little haven. “Visitors can sit in The Glamping Kitchen QT CTQWPF C Ć‚TG RKV CU VJG UWP goes down, looking out for birds of prey and owls, and in the morning are woken up by birdsong. “When the Nightingale is here, in April and May, they sing all through the night! It’s a wonderful site, and through word-of-mouth it’s becoming really popular.â€?

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Strictly Fun Dancing

Dance Show Fans Struck with Ballroom and Latin Fever

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trictly Come Dancing has had a huge cultural impact since hitting our TV screens in 2004.

For millions of people, it’s even changed the way they say ‘seven!’ Over the years, we have laughed as Anton du Beke dragged Ann 9KFFGEQODG CETQUU VJG FCPEGƃQQT to Wild Thing; We have sighed as Bruno Tonioli fails to provide an opinion without having to stand up and thrust his hips; we have booed as Craig Revel Horwood reduces another contestant to tears by comparing them to a drunken kangaroo; you might even have cried at Brucie and Anton’s duet!

If you’re a fan of the show, the one thing you almost certainly do is judge the dancers on their performances, possibly despite having no experience of Ballroom or Latin dancing at all!

If you’ve ever fancied trying it, then Kat Giannini - who competed at a high level as a junior and amateur dancer - provides an Introduction to Ballroom and Latin course at Broadbridge Heath Sports Centre.

As ‘Strictly’ hits our screens for another season, we talk to Kat about her life as a dancer and also to some of the novices enjoying Kat’s class.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;At the age of 10, I started dancing with a boy, which was an interesting experience. Very quickly, we were entering national competitions and for two and a half years we formed a successful partnership. We reached the

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46: GROUP DISCUSSION Jacqui King and Alan Rumary want to dance on the cruises they enjoy

Jacqui: Alan and I took an Adult Education course in ballroom and Latin some years ago and really enjoyed it, but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t carry on and forgot everything. We were looking for a refresher course, as we wanted to take up dancing again, as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great social thing to do.

Alan: We did attend another local class initially. However, they were all accomplished dancers, with a few practicing for performances at Blackpool! We were out of our depth and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to teach us, so we looked for a class more suited to novices.

Jacqui: We enjoy the occasional cruise as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a great way to see the world, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be able to dance. Also, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fantastic way VQ MGGR Ć&#x201A;V FCPEKPI KU IQQF HQT [QWT brain and your body. If you have a good social class, you all improve together as you enjoy it.

Lyn: We also like going on cruises and it would be nice to be able to join in, rather than sitting down wishing we could dance! We joined a dance class about four years ago, but I had problems with my knee, so had to stop. I wanted to learn the steps again and Katâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s course has JGNRGF WU TGICKP UQOG EQPĆ&#x201A;FGPEG We are still beginners, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re improving!

Karen: Simon and I attended Salsa classes some 20 years ago, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never tried ballroom until now. Every time 5VTKEVN[ %QOG Dancing is on TV, I say how much I would love to try it. Then one of my friends told me about this class and I had to join after talking about it for so long!

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Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Viennese Waltz, whilst the Latin dances are the Cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive. In O[ ENCUU VJG Ć&#x201A;TUV VJTGG YGGMU YGTG spent on basic steps for the waltz and Cha-cha, which are really good starter dances. I then introduced them to Tango and Jive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to mix it up, as on cruise ships you may waltz to the songs of Andy Williams and Frank Sinatra, but many modern songs are built around a cha-cha or jive beat. Taylor Swiftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5JCMG +V 1HH makes for a great jive.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We like going on cruises, and it would be nice to be able to join in with dancing rather than sitting downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Simon: The dances are harder than they look. We have been focusing on steps and not involving much arm movements or posture. To add those elements must make it harder, but the steps and rhythm need to become second nature before you start worrying about making it look pretty! As we only have one hour a week, Karen and I try and go over some of the steps at home. Kat has been very thorough in class too.

Kat: Ballroom and Latin is quite FKHĆ&#x201A;EWNV VJGTGoU C NQV QH HQQVYQTM and no set pattern in terms of timing. So you have to take people through it step-by-step from a basic level. Gradually, dancers loosen up as they learn, and start making smaller steps with more speed.

Teaching is a different discipline for me; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still learning.

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Kat: Strictly has been brilliant for ballroom and Latin dancing, and has led to social change too. The show really helped my brother cope at

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The men have shown increased enthusiasm over the courseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duration

school; beforehand, he was teased for being a dancer. Now I know so many guys of his age that wish that they had learned how to dance properly.

Jacqui: The men are really enjoying dancing and trying hard to improve, which is wonderful.

Some of the women Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spoken to here said that they initially had to drag their husbands out kicking and screaming. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all enthusiastic and are having fun.

Kat: I was so chuffed to see so many men on the course, and several of them have told me that they really enjoyed the class. I know it must be very intimidating at the start, for everyone. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to look silly as you think everybody else knows what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really fun thing to do together.

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Kat: People enjoy dancing more and more as they get better at it. After all, dancing is all about having fun; if you are not enjoying it, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no point carrying on.

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From The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy

Dark Rhymes A-Head Who’s this then?

This is Nathan Hassall, a Horsham poet who has just published his fourth book called ‘The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy.’

Not one for kids then?

Certainly not a happy kid anyway. / iÞ >Þ w ` « i à V> i` Experiments in Flesh, Black Bile, Blood Trumpets and Nihilism, and The Absurdity of Existentialism a tad heavy.

Nathan looks pretty normal in the photo!

He is, but when it comes to poetry, Nathan’s not afraid to tackle dark subjects head on.

He said: “I wouldn’t encourage anyone to read depressing, dark, angry words all the time, because there’s no point. However, I do think it’s important to have a total vÕ w i Ì v iÝ ÃÌi Vi] > ` v À that you need to experience the full range of emotions.”

He sounds intense…

Hell of a quote though! Nathan’s previous works; Nascent Illusion (2009) A Conscious Void (2011) and Of Gods and Gallows (2015) all carried dark undertones, but it’s fair to say that The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy plummets deeper into the abyss, as it’s based around a continual theme.

What’s the theme?

Whilst studying History as an undergraduate, Nathan wrote his dissertation on lobotomy, which is the practice of severing the pre-frontal lobe of the brain, primarily on patients with mental illness to dull their symptoms.

Nathan said: “Lobotomy was once used on manic-depressives and schizophrenics in asylums, and these treatments form the framework of my book. I’ve also used ideas and imagery from death and black metal music for this collection.”

Is there a hint of anything happier?

Afraid not. Nathan said: “There is `iw Ìi Þ iÀ Ì >««Þ Ü À Ã v poetry; but it’s not something I’m attracted to.”

Can much satisfaction be gained from writing Lobotomy - inspired poetry?

If only I had a penny for every time I was asked that question.

Nathan explains: “One of the most interesting primary sources for my dissertation was the story of a man who had a lobotomy procedure and consequently suffered hallucinations and delusions. Yet he was thankful for that experience, so wrote a nine-page letter by hand. It took him six months to write, because the surgery left him with such a short attention span.

I’m not exposing what once happened; I just wanted to share such visions and experiences that people with mental illness had. We have to tackle dark topics head on, as these things happened.”

So are all the poems about this one subject?

Pretty much as there is a continuous narrative in a chapbook format.

What’s a chapbook?

It’s a small paper booklet, like a pamphlet but with poems or short stories. Chapbooks were once very popular, with the likes of T.S Eliot writing chapbooks.

They are now enjoying a mini resurgence. Nathan said: “In the modern world, people’s attention span tends to be shorter; we aren’t attracted to lengthy blocks of text. There is an appeal to something that you can pick up and read in one session, as it suits our culture.

That also tends to suit my own attention span. When I’m writing, I like to be short and snappy, and cut any line or word that I don’t think is powerful or original.”

Is this artwork all Nathan’s too?

That’s the work of his friend, Rachael Tester. She’s drawn ten images for the book, including a vulture picking over a corpse, Death enjoying a glass of blood, a serpent coiled around the moon, and Nathan’s portrait in semi-skeletal form. Nathan

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said: “I wrote the book before illustrations were added, but I thought Rachael’s drawings would add an extra dimension.

I didn’t feel all of the poems needed a picture, but for those with less imagery, I wanted Rachael’s interpretation. I offered loose guidance, but I encouraged her to do as she pleased. It’s worked out really well and people are just as interested by the images as they are the poems.”

Is Rachael’s art normally so dark?

Rachael said: “I have drawn some dark imagery before, although not quite to this extent! I usually like to mix dark with light, for contrast, but perhaps Nathan’s brought up something a little darker. I really enjoyed the challenge; to come up with something creepy was fun!”

There can’t be much of a market for this?

Nathan rightly points out that there is a lot of dark poetry out Ì iÀi] Ü Ì Ì i ÌiÀ iÌ w ` } a market for all kinds of bleak work. The collection that stands

out in terms of popularity is Crow: The Life and Songs of the Crow by Ted Hughes, based on a crow in various situations. But there are many more with macabre subject matter to be found on the internet, and Nathan had a good turnout to his recent book launch at The Dead Parrot in Horsham.

How did all of this begin for Nathan?

He started writing poetry aged 17, having been prompted by a former girlfriend to pursue his ÌiÀiÃÌà vÕÀÌ iÀ° >Ì > ½Ã wÀÃÌ piece written outside of school was about killing a man with a spade.

And then things took a darker turn!

Nathan posted his early work on > ÜiLÃ Ìi v À yi`} } « iÌÃ] where it was well-received, } Û } Ì i V w`i Vi Ì continue. After a while, he moved away from the website, feeling he needed more constructive criticism and less praise if his work was to improve. Two years later, he Ài i>Ãi` Ã wÀÃÌ L ] Nascent Illusion. However, he’s not one

z Rachael’s illustrations for Nathan’s latest book have been very well received. They may work on a collabrative project in the future.

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to look back. “When I look back at my early poetry, I hate it! I think that anyone involved in a creative process is constantly seeking to improve. I am proud of what I have achieved, yet at the same time I always look to move on quickly.”

What’s next for Nathan then?

He recently started a Masters course in creative writing at the University of Kent. His next book may well be another collaboration with Rachael.

He said: “We may do something fully collaborative in future, so rather than drawing to poetry, we will work on ideas and concepts together.”

Is poetry staging something of a revival?

The internet has given poetry a new platform and we’re seeing more performance poets and acts like The Penny Dreadfuls breaking through.

“People use poetry in all aspects of life,” said Nathan. “You hear poetry at weddings and funerals and often > w Ü i ` Ü Ì > « i ° 9iÌ everyday life poetry is neglected, which is strange as obviously it has a powerful, emotional impact on people.”

That’s another really good quote!

Well, he is a poet. Although hardly any of it rhymes…

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I started having pain in my hip in July 2015; being 74 I thought perhaps I might eventually have a hip replacement. In August, whilst on holiday in Cornwall, I was woken with excruciating pain down my leg from the hip to the ankle. My ankle felt like it had a vice around it and painkillers did nothing to help. Fortunately I was able to see a local GP who after examination confirmed that I had a trapped sciatic nerve and prescribed Naproxen and Co-codamol.

After my holiday, still experiencing agonising pain at night and not sleeping, I saw my own GP. He prescribed Amitriptyline and Co-codamol. A friend then recommended her Chiropractor who confirmed there was nothing sinister and agreed with the trapped nerve diagnosis. However, after 12 sessions working on my back I still had no relief from the leg pain.

I returned to my GP in desperation and he told me to stop the Chiropractic treatment and referred me to a pain clinic, but there was a long waiting list! While waiting for this appointment to come through my daughter read an article in the AAH magazine about a young woman who had experienced exactly

On reading this article myself I immediately made an appointment to see Keith. Within a few hours of my first appointment my pain was reduced and two days later I was pain free, although my back still felt a little stiff and sore. During my second appointment with Keith, he concentrated on my back and the relief was noticeable almost immediately. Two days after my second appointment I felt normal again. After 11 weeks of awful pain and horrible strong drugs, Keith had put me right and eradicated my pain in just two sessions! I cannot recommend him highly enough.

Judy Whittaker Steyning, West Sussex (November 2015) ‘The big advantage to external neuromodulation is that the treatment can give a very immediate effect. Treatment programs are on average three sessions but this is dependent on individual circumstances. Whilst Judy initially thought she may have a hip problem, it was classic sciatica with pain travelling down the nerve from the buttock to the ankle. It was pleasing to see how the treatment removed her pain and settled everything into place very quickly.

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THE BEAT GOES ON

How the Big Band Sound has Endured in Horsham Town A special concert will soon be held at St Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish Church to celebrate the life of Henry Burstow - a Horsham-born folk singer, bell ringer, cobbler and writer of local stories.

Some of the best-loved musical acts in Horsham today will be involved, including Broadwood Morris and the Bernardi Music Group.

So Horsham Museum thought it apt to reminisce about the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical heritage in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History feature...

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start with Vaughan Williams...

As you travel along the A281 towards Brighton, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see a road just south of Mannings Heath that leads to the hamlet of Monks Gate.

This hamlet gave its name to a Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;`Â&#x2C6;wi` Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC; Â&#x153;v Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i v>Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192; hymn, He Who Would Valiant Be, best known as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the pilgrimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from John Bunyanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pilgrims Progress.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Two hundred years after the Â&#x2026;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x201C;Â&#x2DC; Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x192; wĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;] VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x20AC; Ralph Vaughan Williams gave the hymn a new tune and a new name; Monks Gate.

Williams had heard a traditional Sussex folk song called Our Captain Calls All Hands being sung by Peter and Harriet Verrall of Monks Gate in 1904.

He recorded them singing it on his phonograph (kids, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing the dog was listening to

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on the HMV logo!) and whilst there also recorded the carol On Christmas Night All Christians Sing, now known as the Sussex Carol.

In later years, the Verralls moved from Monks Gate to 34 North Street, Horsham. They are buried at Hills Cemetery.

Musicians â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;borrowedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; old folk songs!

There were musicians, including Williams, who toured Britain collecting popular folk songs on phonographs or in notebooks.

They would then gain credit for

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them, with the original singers and even origins often being forgotten.

Between 1903 and 1913, Williams â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;collectedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; about 800 songs from England, 138 of which were from Sussex. In 1904, he recorded 29 songs in Horsham and Lower Beeding, including 16 from Henry Burstow, 10 from Harriet Verrall and three from Ted Barns of Plummers Plain.

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Bands continue to use the Carfax Bandstand to perform

The remarkable band at Christ’s Hospital

Christ’s Hospital School moved from London to Horsham in 1902 and with it came school band.

It was formed in 1868 when à i «Õ« à w ` } `À boring - asked if some musical instruments could be bought to enliven their marching.

The school treasurer, Forster White, bought the instruments and paid the salary of Richard « Ã] Ì i wÀÃÌ > ` >ÃÌiÀ° Three years later, Mr White became ill, but the Governors decided to continue funding the band.

The school newspaper, The Blue, provides an account from the 1870’s: ‘We were proud of our band which, with its big drum, kettledrums, cornets, trombones and other instruments of torture, could make more noise for less money, the musicians not being paid, than any other band in the Metropolis.’

Horsham Recreation Band (Images: HDC/Horsham Museum)

By the 1920’s, the band had grown to 30 - 35 members who played to the whole school into lunch each day. The smaller

Bugle Band accompanied the march into tea.

The band continues to perform at the school every day, as well as several major City of London events including the Lord Mayor’s Show.

One of its other annual highlights is the ‘Beating the Retreat’ parade in honour of departing pupils.

Horsham also has a famed bell tuner!

A Horsham canon published two articles in the late 19th century, which are now seen as the foundation of modern day bell tuning.

Canon Arthur B. Simpson, born in 1828, was the son of the vicar of St Mary’s Church. In 1876, he became vicar of Fittleworth, but not before spending time in Holland exploring the history of bellfounding (the casting of bells.)

Shortly before his death in 1900, he had two articles published in order to encourage the public to demand tuned bells at church.

He claimed that no peal in England was in tune and that

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The Christ’s Hospital School Band continues to march every day and maintains its City links by participating in annual parades

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These articles were important enough for them to appear in Pall Mall magazine. Consequently the public started to demand tuned bells. Sadly, Canon Simpson died before he could see this happen.

The Silver Band. It’s Still Going, you know...

In 1922, the West Sussex County Times ran an article written by William Albery, marking the ‘coming of age’ of the Borough Silver Band.

Albery was the only member to have been in the band for its entire 21-year history.

The band started when Messrs Wallace and Cheeseman’s Orchestra folded. Four of its members, including Albery, met at Mr Wheeler’s photographic studio in North Street on 7 December 1900. Four other musicians joined them.

They moved to The Queen’s Head Ìi > ` Ì i L> ` }ÀiÜ] Ü Ì Ì i wÀÃÌ public engagement being the Cowfold coronation celebration of King Edward VII in June 1902.

However, on Good Friday, they had given an experimental outdoor concert to the inmates of Horsham workhouse!

They were called Horsham Recreation Band and on 28 January 1903, gave Ì i À wÀÃÌ «iÀv À > Vi ÀÃ > bandstand, raising funds for the Horsham Unemployed Fund. £ ä{] Ì iÞ i ` Ì i À wÀÃÌ ` À concert at the King’s Head, and then acquired a full set of silver-plated instruments. / iÞ i « Þi` Ì i À wÀÃÌ «À viÃÃ > conductor, Mr H Bampton, in 1907, before changing its name to Horsham Borough Silver Band in 1920.

They won numerous prizes in the Southern Counties Band Association competitions they entered.

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A very special evening performed by Horsham Folk Club, St Mary’s Bell Ringers, Broadwood Morris, Bernardi Music Group and String Academy with the 1696 Stradivarius Violin.

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The band was so good that it was engaged to broadcast by the BBC every year from 1932 to 1939, excluding 1933.

The band still exists today as the successful Horsham Borough Band.

There were Bands Long before Albery’s lot...

Henry Burstow, in Reminiscences of Horsham, writes about an early band in Horsham consisting of 12 players yÕÌi] V >À iÌ] iÞ LÕ} i] ÌÀÕ «iÌ] French horn, trombone, serpent and drum.

They played at events marking the coronations of William IV in 1830 and Queen Victoria in 1837.

By 1854, a new band was formed under the leadership of John Tugwell, which seems to have faded away when the Horsham Town Band was formed under Edwin Potter.

He was succeeded by Mr Attwater - who seems to have linked it to the wÀi LÀ }>`i > ` >À Õ ` £nÈ ] Ì i instruments changed to sax-horns and slide-trombone.

Under a new conductor Mr Garman, a cornet player, the band had its longest run of success until his death in 1899.

It later took on the name ‘Military’ Band.

Henry Burstow did more than write things down...

Burstow also had a well-trained memory, which he put to good use both in remembering the change sequences as a bell ringer and as a singer of folk songs.

Yet he never learnt music or played an instrument, apart from church bells.

Burstow wrote: ‘The most important public occasion I ever sang at was the Recreation Silver Band Concert

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on 12 March 1908 at the Kings Head Assembly Rooms. I felt and still feel proud of the appreciative reception.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Burstow also became connected to Lucy Broadwood who lived in Rusper (she was later editor of the Folk Song Society) and gave her a list of local songs, even singing some of them to her.

Vaughan Williams would later visit and record many of them on his phonograph, and some were printed in the Journal of the Folk Song Society.

In 1958 or 1959, Tony Wales (who wrote many books on Sussex folklore and music), along with Charlie and Marjorie Potter and their son Terry, started a group called Horsham Song Swappers in Burstowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory.

A year later, the Song Swappers were performing traditional plays, meeting in the Albion Hall, which today lies underneath the Swan Walk.

In the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Song Swappers evolved to become the Horsham Folk Club, formed by Dave Toye.

Which encouraged some Morris dancing!

In 1971, a group of singers and musicians started Morris dancing.

They had enough members, so decided against becoming a northern branch of Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men. Harry Mousdell decided to name the group the Broadwood Morris Men after the following incident, described in a 1926 letter sent

by Lucy Broadwood about local music.

She wrote: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The only traditional dance I ever saw was 50 years ago. I was lunching alone at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lyneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, my old home in Rusper when â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was May Day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there appeared a man with blackened face. He had a white shirt, ribbons and fringe of paper on him.

As he bounded in this circular fashion he blew on a cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horn. I thought him to be a modernised country lad imitating the Christy Minstrels, and I despaired him.

Later, I realised that I had seen my one and only Sussex Morris caper!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In the early 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the women formed Magog Morris, out of which grew the Sun Oak Clog and an Appalachian step side called High Jinks. Whilst out of the Broadwood Morris came the Bonabrill Band.

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On May Day, Broadwood pay tribute to Lucy Broadwood by placing a garland on her memorial and dance on the lawn where Lucy saw her Sussex dancer.

Bopping down at the Drill Hall!

The 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saw an explosion in popular music and the Drill Hall was a popular dance hall.

People such as Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller were household names, and songwriters such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin were also very famous.

Horsham, like all towns, had musicians who could play the favourites of the day to a very high standard.

Bands that played included Stan Redfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Band, Mickey Kennedy and his Dixieland Jazz Band, Ray Ellington, The Squadronnaires, the RAF Big Band and The Progressonaires, which included the late Freddy Woods, a trumpet player who led his own band in Horsham for nearly 40 years.

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