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FEBRUARY 2024 | Contents

06 What’s On 07 News 22 Local Interest 28 Local Interest 31 Local Interest 34 Local Interest 43 Countryside 48 Local Interest 62 Index

from the BN5 area

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A tribute to Malcolm Eastwood

Editor’s Letter Welcome to the February issue of BN5. We were thrilled to hear that no less than five Henfield firefighters - Tony Hills, Jim Mundy, Andy Tullett, Gary Singleton and Darren Ware received prestigious long service awards from West Sussex Fire & Rescue at a formal awards ceremony in Arundel late last year. It’s a wonderful achievement, not least because Henfield is a fully ‘retained’ unit.

I went along to find out why Henfield Fire Station is such a great place to work. They are always looking for new recruits, so please have a read on page 28 and find out if the role will suit you.

There was great shock and sadness across the village in December with the news that Horsham District Councillor and ex-Chairman of Henfield Parish Council Malcolm Eastwood had passed away after a very short illness.

The loss to Henfield is enormous, Malcolm’s contribution to village life was immeasurable and his energy and enthusiasm boundless. There will be a memorial service for Malcolm at St Peter’s Church in February, all are very welcome. We send our deepest condolences to Carol, Peter and Annabel, as well as all Malcolm’s friends in Henfield.

Emma Cole, Editor

Henfield Fire Station

Henfield Theatre Company

Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men

Henfield Birdwatch Talk

Henfield Computer Club Anniversary

Of local advertisers

Many thanks to our editorial and photographic contributors this month; Sue Willis, Mike Russell Clive Funnell, Mandy Ainsworth, Sarah Butler and Paul Samrah.

Cover photograph by Amanda Lucas with additional design by Ream Creative.

BN5 magazine is printed on 100% FSC approved managed forests paper at Gemini Print in Shoreham and is printed using vegetable-based inks.

Copy deadline & contacts

Copy deadline for advertisements or editorial submissions for the March 24 issue of BN5 magazine is Friday 2 February.

If you have a local interest story for us please email editor@bn5magazine.co.uk. If your not-for-profit club, group or charity has an event you would like us to publish on our what’s on pages, please submit via our website www.henfieldbn5.co.uk, this gives you additional automatic website entry.

Please note we no longer accept postal or email diary submissions due to potential inaccuracies when transcribing. Priority is given to local, charitable and non-repeating events when we are oversubscribed. Advertiser Terms and Conditions and all Disclaimers appear on our website.

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Public Meeting: District Local Plan

Wurlitzer Organ Concert

Henfield Parish Council Plans Advisory Committee open meeting. Residents invited to express views on two new Henfield sites identified for development.

See news page 13 for details.

A nostalgic concert, played live by top musicians on our Wurlitzer pipe organ. £12 per person, free parking, bar and restaurant.

Thurs 1 Feb, 7pm, The Henfield Hall

Sun 4 Feb, 3pm, Singing Hills, Albourne

Henfield’s Year of Biodiversity Project

Seed Swap

An introductory session for the new iNaturalist app, available to use by anyone. www.henfield.gov.uk/2024-biodiversity

A fun opportunity to get your seeds on the cheap, or even free if you bring your own to swap! http://www.henfieldhaven.org

Thurs 8 Feb, 7pm, The Henfield Hall

Sat 10 Feb, 10:30am-12:30pm, Henfield Haven

Henfield Tennis Jumble Sale

A Night at the Musicals

Come along for a quality bargain and some scrumptious refreshments!

Please bring your jumble along to the Hall on the morning of the event.

An exciting night of Musical Theatre with West End Star Dean Chisnall, accompanied by a three course dinner. £99 per person. www.tottingtonmanor.co.uk/events.shtml

Sat 10 Feb, 2pm, The Henfield Hall

Sat 10 Feb, 7pm, Tottington Manor

The Life and Times of Puccini

The Artists Who Outwitted Hitler

A talk by Sarah Lenton, presented by the Steyning Arts Society. www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk/ Lectures/FutureLectures.aspx

A talk by Matthew Wilson, presented by the Henfield Arts Society. www.theartssociety.org/events

Mon 12 Feb, 10am-12pm, The Steyning Centre

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Mon 12 Feb, 2:15-3:15pm, The Henfield Hall

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Henfield Theatre Company Spring Jumble

Kid’s Creative Writing Workshop

Please drop off any jumble items (not too large) at the Henfield Hall from 9:30am or call on 01273 970775 for collection.

A writing workshop led by children’s author Liz Flanagan. £5 per child, ages 8+

Sat 17 Feb, 2pm, The Henfield Hall

Sat 17 Feb, 2:30pm, The Steyning Bookshop

One Life (12A)

Woodmancote and Henfield WI

Presented by Cinemobile Mobile Cinema, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter.

Tickets from Marcus Grimes or online via the booking link: www.cinemobile.uk

This month we will be having a scavenger hunt!

Come and join us for a fun afternoon, along with refreshments. New members always welcome.

Tues 20 Feb, 7:30pm, The Henfield Hall

Weds 21 Feb, 2-4:15pm, The Henfield Hall

25 Years of Henfield Birdwatch

BP Guild Fun Quiz

A celebrity lecture by local professional wildlife photographer David Plummer. Advance booking.

Free for Henfield Birdwatch members but they will still need to secure a ticket.

Doors open at 7pm, quiz starts at 7:30pm.

Snacks, raffle and bar available. £60 for a team of 8 adults, or £8 per person.

Fri 23 Feb, 7:30pm, The Henfield Hall

Sat 24 Feb, 7pm, The Henfield Hall

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New appointment for Reverend Canon Paul Doick who leaves Henfield

Thank you Henfield Football Club!

A big thank you to children and managers from Henfield Football club for their lovely community gifts this Christmas. As part of their ongoing ‘Score some Smiles’ campaign, children drew Christmas cards, decorated pots containing Christmas floral decorations and gave gifts of sweets and biscuits to others around the village.

Many recipients were residents and staff in local care homes, as well as people throughout the village who volunteer and do things for others.

At BN5 we were thrilled to receive gifts and beautiful cards, as were two of the volunteers from Henfield Food Bank, Dave Malkin and Roger Bentley.

A big thank you to all the children and adults involved - you definitely succeeded in scoring smiles!

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As many of you are now aware, the Bishop of Chichester has recently appointed me the new Rector of St Paul’s Chichester and St Peter’s Westhampnett. Jan and I are therefore moving away from Henfield in the next few months - my last Sunday here will be 31 March (Easter Day) and I should be installed in Chichester on St George’s day, 23 April.

I will miss Henfield and the many people I have worked with over the 9½ years I have been here. I am leaving 3 months short of my 10th anniversary and it’s been a huge privilege to serve the community here. Leaving brings me mixed emotions but I feel the time is right. I’m sure there will be time to say goodbye to most of you before my final services on the 31 March, but if not – thank you so much for working with me.

The Rev’d Canon Paul Doick

Peter’s Recycling Progress

To date Peter has handed in 1.27 tons of tin cans for recycling – which is approximately 64,000 cans! In addition to this he has recycled just over 5 tons of metal, all of which has allowed him to plant 35 trees so far! Congratulations Peter, this is an impressive sum and a huge recycling effort.

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Henfield Parish Choir needs you!

The Henfield Parish choir are actively recruiting more singers to our choir - you do not have to be a church-goer or be able to read music, you just need to be willing to do a bit of homework occasionally!

We rehearse on Friday evenings from 6-7.30pm and we lead the mass setting and sing an anthem at the morning service on second Sundays at St Peter’s Henfield. On fifth Sundays we lead Choral Evensong which moves between the three churches of the parish, Henfield, Woodmancote and Shermanbury. Other choral events include a Requiem for Remembrance and Christmas Carol services. Next year we will lead Choral Matins for four services at St. Peter’s Woodmancote – a great opportunity to get to know a traditional service close in style to Evensong, marking a different part of the church day.

We are not yet a gowned choir but we do have the use of a choir vestry and benefit from a substantial music library. We also have a new grand piano at St Peter’s Henfield and a traditional church organ, both of which we use for concerts and services. For further information or if you would like to come and join us or email me at sidonie.winter@live.co.uk or call me on 07973 315413.

Sidonie Winter, Choir Director

Henfield History Group

Which other local society would take you from a History of British TV Crime Fighters to Glorious Goodwood via Victorian Street Life in one season of talks? You don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy the Henfield History Group!

Following our move to the Henfield Hall, with its great accommodation and facilities, this very sociable and welcoming group now has over 165 members. Our monthly meetings not only provide a presentation on a wide variety of topics, but also the opportunity to socialise over refreshments and much more.

Highlights of 2023 include: our summer outing to Dover Castle, a summer BBQ and a fascinating walk at Tidemills. We recently formed a very popular family history research group and this runs alongside our lending library of books

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of local historical interest for the benefit of members.

We’re proud to call ourselves a true community group and are delighted to support local good causes through our monthly raffles which are well supported. We also collect donations of cash, and bags of food and other essential items for the Food Bank at most meetings, raising around £400 in 2023. During the year we also raised over £300 for local good causes for children by selling gardening tools, gloves and shoes to members generously donated to us by local Woodmancote company Zenlo. We look forward to doing more to support the Henfield community in 2024!

Ruth Robotham

A big thank you from the Foodbank

It means a lot to us all to know that we continue to have the support of our local community in helping people in need through these difficult times.

We would particularly like to thank Brass Fusion again for supporting the Foodbank at their recent concert. With over 150 items donated, we now have a full load to take up to the Horsham Matters depot! We would also like to express our thanks to Henfield History Group for their regular monthly collections of essential items and cash throughout 2023. Thanks so much.

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Awards Success for Tottington Manor Squirrel Scouts What a year is has been for the team at Tottington Manor! Having not yet completed their third year of trading, 2023 became a bumper year when their hard work and investment in the property was recognised. With strong Sustainability values, they received a Green Tourism Bronze Award, the only hotel in the area to receive this, following huge efforts and investment in energy saving equipment.

Their success continued after being nominated and winning the LUXLife Best Rural Accommodation & Restaurant in the South Downs, closely followed by a Blue Ribbon Good Food Award voted for by our guests. Their awards entries with Visit England and The Beautiful South Awards saw further recognition, being awarded a Commendation for Best Small Hotel in the South of England alongside a Bronze Award for Best Wedding Venue when faced against such strong competition throughout the South East.

Helen Pomery, Director of Tottington Manor said “We couldn’t be more proud of an immense year of achievement for us. Our guests are at the heart of everything we do and as a team we always strive for the best quality and service we can possibly offer. To see our team rewarded like this is incredible and we would like to thank all the guests who have supported us since we arrived in March 2021 and look forward to the years to come.”

Squirrel Scouts is the new section to Scouting and caters for the four and five year olds who were getting very impatient at having to wait until they were six to be able to start their Scouting adventure with Beavers! Henfield’s first ‘Drey’ is called the Tanyard Squirrel Scout Drey, and takes its name from the Groups old Venture Scout unit that disbanded with the formation of the replacement Explorer Scouts.

Our Squirrels have really taken to the fun of Scouting, and that is a huge credit to all the new leadership team at Squirrels who are all parents and have done so well to build not just

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FEBRUARY 2024 | News this new section but also the confidence and determination within this cohort. It was a huge thrill at the annual Scouts carol concert to be able to present the first two Henfield Squirrel Scouts with their Chief Scout Acorn awards, something I am sure we’ll be presenting more of in the very near future. A massive well done to both recipients!

Although successful (proven in the large waiting list we now have for Squirrels), unfortunately without more parent leaders we are unable to open a second Drey.

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Danielle’s Channel Swim for Mencap Charity

I’m Danielle Kaelin, mother to Stanley and Barnaby, wife to local Vet Fabian, associate Director at Hawthorn Vets and ‘Otter’ to Henfield Beaver Scouts and I’m excited (and very nervous) to announce that I’ll be swimming the English Channel in relay in July 2024 as part of the Mencap Marvels Squad.

I’m one of four local swimmers who’ll be swimming the Channel under the strict Channel Association regulations. This means only wearing a swimsuit, goggles and hat - no wetsuit allowed!

We’ll start in Dover and take it in turns to swim an hour each towards France. To qualify, we’ll be

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completing an official 2 hour ‘skins’ (no wetsuit) swim in early June with water temperatures less than 15.5 Celsius, in order to obtain the Channel Association ‘licence’ to be able to go ahead with our challenge.

Our training involves plenty of long swims, lots of cold water acclimatising and also practicing swimming in the sea at night as it’s likely our swim will start in the dark. We’re delighted to be doing this to raise money for Mencap, a charity whose vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. I couldn’t be prouder to be raising money to support them.

If the wonderful people of Henfield wish to donate to this fantastic cause please visit my Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/page/daniellekaelin-1704041665602

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BP and Trefoil Guilds, the Beavers and Cubs, Youth Club, the Henfield Ukelele Group (who gave us a musical hug!), the ladies of our wonderful Christmas Chorus and many individual performers who added to the variety of the evening. Steve Bailey and Friends took us back to Silent Night in the trenches and Pete Tiplady got us singing a memorable rendition of Mrs Fogerty’s Christmas Cake! Behind the scenes a small army of ‘Mince Pie Monitors’ and ‘St Barnabas Elves’ organised our raffle and served copious amounts of mulled wine - no wonder the audience singing was loud and hearty! Huge thanks must also go to Denny Field and Sarah Mattock, our chorus master and pianist.

Henfield’s Year of Biodiversity

This year is Henfield’s Year of Biodiversity and to celebrate, Henfield Parish Council and local community groups are teaming up together to organise a wide range of nature-inspired events and workshops. We hope these encourage people of all ages and abilities to take an active role in recording and enhancing our green spaces, and that 2024 will leave a lasting natural legacy in the village.

One of the events we have created is a project within iNaturalist – an app which allows you to identify the plants and animals around you whilst generating data for science and conservation.

Any significant records can be taken from this data and passed on to the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Biodiversity Records Office which in turn, will help conserve the biodiversity within Henfield.

It’s easy to take part in, you just download the iNaturalist app and start recording things that you see around the parish. The records will automatically be uploaded to the project page for everybody to see. Don’t worry if you’re not sure what it is that you’ve found, there’s a global community of scientists and naturalists ready to assist!

We’ll be running an introductory session to iNaturalist on Thursday 8 February from 7pm in the Garden Room at Henfield Hall. This workshop will teach you how to use the app to create records, how it can help you with identification, and how the iNaturalist community works together to help each other learn. Please visit www.henfield.gov.uk/2024-biodiversity for more information. Happy hunting!

Libby Morris

Henfield Friends of St Barnabas

I’m sure that anyone who came to our ‘Christmas is Coming’ concert would agree that it was big fun! We were thrilled to welcome over 70 performers who entertained us, with ages ranging from 7 to 93 - It was a real ‘community’ event.

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We’re greatly indebted to the many generous local businesses who sponsored the event with their donations and raffle prizes. The result was astonishing, with nearly £2,500 raised by the concert and boosted to £3,500 with the kind donations that followed. As you know, most of St Barnabas’ running costs depend on such fundraising so I’ll leave you to reflect on how much your support brought to our Hospice. We thank you all for coming and look forward to seeing you again next year!

Lesley Besson, Chairman

Vacancy on Henfield Parish Council

There is currently a vacancy for a Councillor on Henfield Parish Council. If you are interested in volunteering to work for your local community, please contact the Parish Office for more details by calling 01273 492507 or email office@henfield. gov.uk. Application forms will need to completed and returned to the Parish Office by 5pm on Friday 15 March and will be considered at the Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 2 April.

Kevin Wright, Henfield Parish Council

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Contributions (memories, photos, reports are gratefully received. Please contact: Ruth Brown rmbrown42@btinternet.com 01798 874149, or John Burstow john@burstow.org.uk 07958489365.

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By approving this Plan, the Council’s ambitions are for more affordable homes, better standards of building design, greater protection for nature, and support for active travel as the natural first choice for shorter journeys, as well as requiring the delivery of appropriate community infrastructure and opportunities for local jobs.

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Horsham Local Plan - includes sites NOT on the approved Henfield Neighbourhood Plan - have your say!

Horsham District Council has published its Local Plan 2023 – 2040 and this has implications for Henfield.

The Plans Advisory Committee (PAC) of Henfield Parish Council has scheduled an open meeting for 7:00pm on 1st February in the Henfield Hall and invites residents of the Parish to come and their views and opinions on any aspect Horsham District Local Plan 2023-2040 express of the Local Plan, and especially the two sites In December 2023, councillors approved the identified for potential development (the former Horsham District Local Plan Regulation 19 Sandgate Nursery in West End Lane and land to document and recommended that it proceeds to the south of New Hall Lane in Small Dole). the next stage of preparation. You are now invited Neither of these form part of our agreed Henfield to share your views up until Friday 1 March on Neighbourhood Plan, which was voted on and whether the revised Horsham District Local agreed by local residents in 2019. The PAC Plan meets its national planning tests. Find out is a statutory consultee and will be making more at: www.horsham.gov.uk/localplanreview representations to Horsham District Council by . Your representations will then be submitted the deadline of 1st March. In formulating the with the Draft Local Plan for consideration by a Parish Council’s own view, we would like to hear Government appointed, independent Planning the thoughts of local residents.

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It would be helpful to manage logistics if anyone This revised Local Plan has lower housing who wishes to attend could inform the Parish numbers than the previous draft - from the Office of their intent by sending an email to original government target of 1,200, to just office@henfield.gov.uk. Residents are able and 480 for the next five years – meeting the new indeed strongly encouraged to make their own requirement for delivering water neutrality. The views known in writing to Horsham District Council is also pushing for much improved eco Council, or online at the following link - www. building standards to be demonstrated by the horsham.gov.uk/localplanreview developer in ‘Sustainability Statements’. This will Kevin Wright - Clerk to Henfield Parish Council help cut carbon emissions and slash the cost

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news sent straight to your phone, book a special collection service, and look up the location of your nearest recycling centres or leisure venues.

You can even check the hygiene rating of your local restaurant and café. The app is still in development and the Council hopes to add more services in the coming year. To find out more and download the free app to your phone, visit: www.horsham.gov.uk/mobileapp

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Sheep Trail Winner!

Congratulations to Leo Marsh aged 8, who is the winner of this season’s Free Church Sheep Trail, pictured here with Revd. Andrew Lawton. This lovely festive trail is organised by the Henfield Evangelical Church and involves children spotting all the named knitted sheep in windows up and down Henfield High Street.

Our thanks to Karmel, Andrew and the congregation for keeping this Christmas tradition alive.

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New Sculpture Art Trail at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens for 2024

Access Council with a brand new app!

Horsham District Council has now launched a new app for residents which will make accessing Council services even easier from your smartphone, wherever you are, whenever you need it. Whether you need to check your next recycling and waste collection day, find out if an item can be recycled or not, get personalised collection day reminders or receive personal notifications of changes to collections, all this is available via the new app.

Use the app whilst on the move to report missed bins or overflowing public bins, check the latest

Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens and the Surrey Sculpture Society have launched a new collaboration for 2024, showcasing local artists from Sussex and Surrey.

The Society, which has previously exhibited during the summer months at the West Sussex estate, has designed and curated a new Art Walk featuring over 100 sculptures. The exhibition will run year-round in the Grade I Listed gardens, with admission included in the entrance price to Leonardslee.

The design of the Art Walk and the artful location of each sculpture take advantage of the setting with its diverse range of trees and shrubs, often rare and threatened in the wild. The trail winds down to the estate’s seven lakes and conveniently ends with a return shuttle service.

Visitors are treated to an extensive exhibition of affordable sculptures, starting from just £175, in a range of styles and sizes, suitable for almost any garden or home. The works are by both established and emerging artists and are made in a wide range of materials including bronze, resin, glass, metal, wood, stone, ceramic and found objects.

Admission to the Surrey Sculpture Society’s Sculpture Art Walk Trail is included in the

entrance price to Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens. The venue is open daily from 9am to 4pm, off-peak in the autumn and winter, and 9am to 5pm in the spring and summer.

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host more local artists work and to hear local musicians playing so please do join-up and take part. Not sure how you can take part or how you could support us? Contact us via the website or email our chairperson Suzanne on sjfisher19@btinternet.com. We look forward to welcoming you to this village event.

Suzanne Fisher, Chairperson of the organising group

Henfield Gardens & Arts Festival 2024

The weather may not be tempting you out into Image © Hayley Kim Hall Photography your gardens yet, but the plans for our 25th Henfield Gardens and Arts Festival are well under way. The Festival will be held over the weekend Congratulations Henfield Theatre Co! of Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June from 11am to 5pm each day. We have updated our website Many congratulations to the cast and crew from www.henfieldgardensandarts.net. and the forms Henfield Theatre Company’s fabulously colourful needed to take part as an open garden, an artist and accomplished performance of ‘The wizard of or a musician are all ready to be completed and Oz, The Pantomime’. posters are up around the village. We would Four sell-out performances in January brought also like to invite garden openers, artists and audiences to their feet, with those lucky enough musicians that are interested in joining in this year’s Festival to a meeting at The Henfield Haven to have tickets full of praise for this very professional production. on Thursday 7 March from 7pm.

We are always keen to welcome new gardens,

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The Fox Small Dole ~ at the heart of the village This year, Lynn Baldwin will be celebrating 22 years as landlady of The Fox in Small Dole, she’s kept the pub at the heart of her community thriving and popular. The Fox is renowned for serving traditional and delicious food, with winter favourites like Beef Stew and Dumplings, Sussex Smokie or Bacon Roly Poly are regular warming treats. All home-cooked classics, with generous portions!

This Valentine’s on Wednesday 14 February, be sure to book your table early – there will be a chalk board of fun Valentine’s themed specials as well as an offer of a free bottle of Prosecco or house wine for any table of four or more.

Situated in Small Dole, the Fox is in a perfect location for walkers, with Tottington Woods just opposite the pub. The woods offer several levels of walks and even has a pushchair and wheelchairfriendly path. For the rambling enthusiast it’s the gateway to walks taking you to Fulking, Poynings and up onto

the South Downs. In springtime the bluebells will be magnificent, so book your table for a welldeserved lunch after your walk!

The Fox prides itself on its good quality, freshly cooked traditional food. This is served lunch times and in the evening, Tuesday-Saturday, with Sunday lunches between 12-4pm and a pizza van serving the pub on a Monday evening from 5.30pm. Pizzas can be ordered directly from Fratello’s in advance, for collection at The Fox. “You can order your pizza from outside and they’ll even bring it into the pub so you can eat at one of our tables with a drink,” said Lynn.

The bar is very well stocked, Harvey’s brewery in Lewes provide the real ales served at The Fox and alongside these, they also stock guest ales and lagers. The Fox also has a large range of non-alcoholic treats and specialist spirits.

Finally, we can’t miss the pudding menu, which is well-worth saving a space for! The Fox sticky toffee pudding is legendary, as is their homemade seasonal crumble served with custard and a divine homemade chocolate fudge brownie. Is that tempting enough?!

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Hamfelds – the shop with (almost) everything!

There are certain shops in Henfield which keep the community together and serve a purpose greater than the transactions across the counter.

Hamfelds is one such store, and it’s been such a pleasure to see the shop grow and diversify to serve the needs of everyone in the village.

Chris Ditchburn took over at the helm in 2020, after some considerable time involved with the shop after the former owner and friend of the village Olivia Pugh passed away. Chris and Olivia were a fantastic team, the mark Olivia made on the business is still very apparent and her untimely loss was a real blow to the business and the village, as well as her friends and family.

Chris’s achievement of bringing the shop back into a new post-pandemic era, brighter and with more stock lines, has been a labour of love.

The competition of cheap online imports has been a huge threat, as it is to lots of small retail outlets which have to carry the overheads many larger businesses don’t. He’s managed to carve a path through this and remain competitive, he’s been brave in trialling new stock lines and has made a policy of pushing forward and making the shop look enticing.

Chris recognises that he can’t compete with some online offers, but what he can provide is high quality items which defy the disposable and breakable norms where he can. He is passionate about returning to a ‘mendable’ society, a policy which is reassuring after years of frustration for customers buying goods which are manufactured with deliberate obsolescence. Added to that, it seems

that online deliveries are getting less and less reliable, so we’re all very grateful to have the wellstocked convenience of Hamfelds on our doorstep!

Chris’s latest product line, due in February, is a whole range of haberdashery supplies including the entire range of Gutermann threads. As any dressmaker will tell you, these are the very best quality, and the vast colour range will be a huge draw. He is also pushing forward with more small electrical appliances from trusted brands, a perfectly curated range of very useful goods which will be very popular, and so refreshing not to be shopping ‘blindfolded’ online!

It’s almost impossible to go into Hamfelds and leave with only the product you were looking for – and this is the key to Chris’s success. It’s an enormous pleasure to find a full range of items, all beautifully displayed, and find those special things which are so hard to buy online!

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A tribute to Malcolm, who did so much for Henfield In this article, we are celebrating the life of Malcolm Eastwood. Malcolm died in December after a very short illness, his sudden passing sent shock waves through the village. His legacy for Henfield will live on through the various projects he initiated and the clubs and groups he supported.

Malcolm was born on 4th May 1959 in Gillingham, Kent. He was a life-long Gillingham FC supporter, after being taken to his first match at just seven years old. His parents continued to live in the town and Malcolm returned frequently, making sure he saw a home game when he could.

Malcolm achieved impressive career success in banking with HSBC. He met Carol in Hove in 1990, when he was Branch Manager and she had just become Area HR manager. He subsequently joined the Area Team with responsibility for all the branches in East Sussex. It wasn’t long before they were married and settled in Henfield. Peter and Annabel, born in 1994 and 1996, came along to complete the family unit, affectionately referred to by Malcolm as ‘Team Eastwood’.

Malcolm and Carol always had each other’s backs, supporting each other and working together, finding the funny side of a tricky situation and respecting the advice offered to each other. The dynamic worked well, and as the children grew up Carol stepped back from her career to manage family life while Malcolm became CEO of HSBC in Kazakhstan. He went on to become Global Head of Change Delivery within the company before his retirement in 2014.

‘the beautiful game’ was an influence.

His unique skill was in motivating others. He truly believed in people and enthused them to keep trying with his contagious energy. This is a common thread running through the countless letters and messages the family have received about Malcolm, his incredibly positive approach to life made Malcolm the man he was.

Sport was important to Malcolm and some of his happiest times were spent coaching at This phrase, ‘Team Eastwood’ crops up a Henfield Football Club, making sure all the boys lot in the story of Malcolm’s life, and not just got a game, regardless of their level of skill. He concerning family. He loved being part of a team encouraged the boys to enjoy the game, and and recognised the power of people working many, including his own son Peter, continue that together for a common cause, perhaps his love of love of participating in team sports to this day.

Later, he was enormously supportive of the Club in their various expansion ambitions and his support at HFC will be sorely missed.

Malcolm was a key support er of Henfield Football Club, from being a coach with his children back in the day righ t up to the last couple of months where Mal colm was working with us on new ideas for the future. The Club will miss his upbeat personality and helpful nature, he was a credit to his family and to the village of Henfield.

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…When the local district elections came forward last year, he asked me if I would be prepared to act as a second in his application standing as an Independent District Councillor.

I was only too pleased to do this as I had every confidence he would make an excellent District Councillor. Sadly, Henfield has been deprived of a man of great ability and energy who has always had Henfield`s best interest at heart and fulfilled whatever role he undertook on Henfield`s behalf to the full.

Ray Osgood When he retired, Malcolm wanted to give something back and share the skills he had developed during his career. He became a Parish Councillor in 2015, which is how we came to know him at BN5. He was always a pleasure to work with, full of ideas for improving the village, making things ‘work’ better (from road systems to clunky management systems) and always pushing to get extra funding for Henfield. He fought our corner as a village and made things happen, with an enormous grin on his face and an Excel spreadsheet in his hand. In the purest terms, it was hard not to be motivated after a meeting with Malcolm, and before you knew it you found yourself getting involved!

Malcolm became Chairman of Henfield Parish Council in 2017 and his time in office was out of the ordinary for two reasons; the first was the threat of Mayfield’s development, which Malcolm defended the village against with huge energy a father/ I first met Malcolm when he was 9-yearmy and FC field coach/referee at Hen for both its ble nota team a d joine son old ip – reflecting competitiveness and sportsmansh thought it s boy The . ence influ s olm’ Malc a banker”... hilarious to chant “the referee’s Mayfield n whe n We worked together agai field and he Hen ing aten thre was ns Market Tow He was a BS. LAM threw himself into assisting one of the ably prob and or ribut cont tremendous rs of the orte supp tive most committed and effec . with ed work ever have I ity Commun Geoff Zeidler

FEBRUARY 2024 | Local interest Malcolm is one of those very special peop le who has made a positive difference to our community.

He has always been such a valued supp ort for the Medical Centre. He had a brilliant mind , and I am in awe of what he has achieved in Henfi eld to improve the environment in which we live. I was so grateful to be able to thank Malcolm personally, a few weeks before he died, for all his wonderful work . He took it in, in his usual modest way.

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and passion. His work in galvanising other villages and Parish Councils to stand firm was instrumental in the success of the LAMBS (Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl) campaign, although he was always aware that the threat still lurked.

The second enormous challenge was the Covid pandemic, when, as a trustee of the Henfield Haven his organisational skills were invaluable, helping to save the Henfield Haven from threat of closure. His fine work in a time of crisis and will always be recognised. As HPC Chairman he led the village response to helping people who were isolated, including the formation of the Henfield Helpline. He teamed up with Henfield Medical Centre in their bid to become a vaccination centre, ensuring vulnerable residents were able to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

It wasn’t just about solving problems for Malcolm, but about proactive change and improvement. His work-rate was phenomenal, he threw his weight behind all sorts of community projects including

I worked with Malcolm on three Henfield walking trails, part of the Hidden Henfield projec t, and was looking forward to working on a furthe r two with him next year - alas, not to be.

Malcolm was a joy to work with - always focuse d, always ready to listen, and always keeping the projects driving along - with great enthusiasm and good humour. I shall miss Malcolm and his friendship.

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orter of Malcolm was an enthusiastic supp aware that it the Henfield Shed and was keenly re of the needed a permanent home in the cent persuasive village. He applied his considerable outside the and negotiating skills, both inside and with other village, brokering a range of solutions ht behind the organisations and throwing his weig its use. plan to develop the Tanyard Barn for Neville De Moraes, Henfield Shed

The Malcolm we all knew was like an iceberg, we all saw what he did, but there was so much more that we never saw. Aside from his seemingly inexhaustible fund of stories and anecdotes, I knew Malcolm for his love of music. He relished telling of when he played emergency bass for Status Quo (yes, he did!).

Malcolm did not do things by halves, if he was going to be involved, he was 110% involved and not just a bystander. His final initiative was to help secure funding for development in 2024 at Henfield Leisure Centre which will allow the expansion of after school safeguarding activities for children. His legacy will live on.

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the creation of the link road behind Henfield Leisure Centre, bringing the Memorial Field back to life as a sporting area for football and cricket, as well as signposting and promoting many special walks around the village to secure Henfield’s place as a visitor attraction. He worked closely to champion the village at Horsham District Council and amongst other Parishes, eventually becoming Chairman of Pete Jenkins, who recalls many nights of fun, HALC (Horsham Association of Local Councils). introducing each other to new musicians and As a champion of Henfield, Malcolm was a great coming back enthused to listen to more. supporter of those who gave their time. The B-P Last year he took an important decision – to stand Guildsmen, the Scout Hut, Youth Club and the for Horsham District Council as an Independent Shedders (amongst many others) all benefited councillor - and was duly elected in May 2023. from his support, ideas and backing.

Henfield has a fine tradition of Independents Although infrastructure and management systems representing the village, with great work from Sheila Matthews and Mike Morgan. It was important for were important to Malcolm, he will also be Malcolm that the village had a representative who remembered for how he encouraged community truly had their interests at heart. celebration during his tenure as Chairman of the Parish Council. The team helped to organise Malcolm was a true champion of the people, and his events like Piazza Italia, the Henfield Summer enormous love of life and capacity to care was a rare Show and the Memorial Field event, collaborating and valuable gift. He was never afraid to speak out closely with Henfield Community Partnership. (and stand firm) on something that was important.

He didn’t complain about something being wrong, he Malcolm was incredibly musical, having been in simply made it right. a band which toured pubs and clubs in South London during his youth. Music was a thread Carol, his children Annabel and Peter, his friends through his life, something that he’s passed on and the entire Henfield community have lost to his two children. The memories of gigs with Malcolm far too soon. We hope that they will take Malcolm will be lasting for many of his friends, some small comfort in knowing that his good particularly his great friend and ‘gig-mate’ work will continue, and that he made such lasting and valuable contributions to our village.

il Malcolm was held in the highest regard by counc got lm Malco , simply Put alike. ers memb officers and rative things done. His visionary leadership and collabo will that s policie g shapin in ental instrum spirit were positively impact the lives of all our residents.

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Emma Cole There will be a memorial to celebrate Malcolm’s life at St Peter’s Church, Henfield at 2pm on Friday 16th February, all are welcome.

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Standing left to right: Adam Dunn, Steve Mundy, Darren Ware, Tom Oakey, Nick Whiting, Kevin Wadey Seated left to right: Jacob Welstead, Andy Tullett, Jim Mundy, Simon Funnell, Hank Cheng.

Henfield Fire Station

a fine tradition of community service Did you know that the firefighters at Henfield Fire Station, a retained unit, have combined experience of almost 190 years? There’s the recently retired Tony Hills coming in at 40 years, Andy Tullett at 36 and Watch Manager Jim Mundy with 30 years.

They, along with Gary Singleton and Darren Ware who have both served for 20 years each, collected long service awards in a prestigious ceremony at Arundel Castle back in November. Congratulations to them all for such a significant achievement.

So, why is Henfield so unique, as a fully retained station, and one which attracts such loyalty?

It was my second visit to meet the team (we featured them on our cover back in June 2018), the first was on a much sunnier Monday evening during their training session. This time it’s January and a little frostier outside, but the welcome is just as warm.

To clarify, Henfield doesn’t have any full-time staff, but it’s manned by qualified retained firefighters. These are just as highly qualified as ‘regular’ full time firefighters, and they have their own careers and day jobs. After the rigorous training programme and two years’ probation, they’re qualified and start to be ‘on call’. Each firefighter commits to different weekly on-call hours, ranging from 40 (minimum) right up to 120 hours a week, plus a one-night a week training session.

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two pilots and one cabin crew member at Henfield) and some work very close to Henfield. If they’re on call then they need to live a maximum of a fourminute journey time to the Fire Station, which is opposite the Shell Garage at Golden Square.

There are no age limitations (aside from being over 17.5 years on application), but there are medical and fitness tests which need to be passed on a regular basis, the ‘bleep test’. This involves ladder climbs & lifts, casualty evacuation, enclosed spaces tests and equipment assembly and carry tests.

It’s an achievable test but does need some physical strength and agility – it would be suited to most people (both male and female) of decent physical fitness levels. That’s just the start, the other attributes, if you feel keen to join, you may already find you have. The ability to work as a team and put your crew and their wellbeing above your own. The knowledge to know that someone else’s life may be in your hands. The ability to take orders and remain calm. The ability to make a decent cup of tea and get on well with others is also an advantage!

The role would work around school hours if you’re thinking about going back to work after having children. Female applicants are encouraged, and if you’re at all worried about being in a male dominated environment, I can reassure you, Henfield is the most open and friendly station with no sense of one-upmanship or bravado, there is no space for egos in the Fire Service. The role would also work for someone who runs their www.henfieldbn5.co.uk

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own local business, especially if your customers are local – it means your ‘on call’ hours can be daytime as well as night. The job is flexible and incredibly rewarding, which is illustrated by the long-service awards – it’s clearly a great job and a highly respected role in the community.

in their combined experience, of knowing when someone needs to talk or when they need to have their own space. The team acknowledge that the ‘hard calls’ can be challenging. But these are the ones that can make a difference, they know how important their presence is and the professional autopilot of ‘doing the job’ kicks in, even if sometimes the outcome isn’t good. The families will always know that people who cared did the very best they could.

One of the Henfield retained crew is also a full-time firefighter attached to East Grinstead station, Kevin Wadey agreed to become retained at Henfield from a sense of community. It’s important that Henfield keep their crew numbers The Henfield crew are very proud to be up to man the appliance, which needs a minimum firefighters, they love their jobs, in fact Tony Hills of four crew to attend a call-out. said “it never felt like coming to work,’” which is as good a recommendation as you can get. We Henfield do a huge amount of ‘proactive’ safety are in their debt, for all the call-outs they’ve done, work and are happy to visit individual addresses for the lives they have saved and the people to give Living Safe and Well advice. They enjoy they’ve comforted. this outreach part of their jobs and always love a chat about their jobs and you’ll often see them at Finally, to the crew at Station 56 Henfield; Henfield events such as the Village Fair, School thank you for your service, from us all.

Fete or the Christmas evening. Raising awareness Emma Cole and fire prevention is hugely important.

The station receives, on average, a call-out every other day. These could be almost anything; from fires and floods to RTCs and even animals in distress. Their catchment goes from Horsham to Haywards Heath and Worthing, the call-centre immediately summons the nearest available appliance to any distress call. Sometimes the calls are hard, and the crew need some help to process what they’ve witnessed. The strength is

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Give Jim Mundy, Henfield Station Watch Manager, a call on 07742 128900 or email james.mundy@westsussex.gov.uk and pop round for a ‘brew with the crew’.

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Henfield Theatre Company has a ‘FUNNY TURN’

Guest Director, Vicki Woods says, “This fastmoving amusing comedy is both entertaining and wicked in parts, a humorous play that combines poignancy with comedy. If you like witty oneliners, this is the play for you.”

Performances are from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd March at 7.45pm at The Henfield Hall, with a matinée at 2.30pm on the Saturday.

Tickets cost £13 per person for floor seating and £15 per person for raised seating. On sale now via www.henfieldtheatrecompany.com, and at Stevens Estate Agents in Henfield High Street.

In a theatrical boarding house in the 1930s, Mandy Ainsworth struggling comedian Norman Tate (Tim Swinton) passes his time rehearsing his (very average) Congratulations to the cast and crew of act with Sally (Zarinna Danaeva), the daughter ‘The Wizard of Oz – The Pantomime’ for an of his landlady, Alice (Jane Haines). Sally is in incredible show! love with the ambitious song-and-dance man, Charlie (Charlie Sharp), and does not understand why he cannot return her affections. Norman’s ex-wife, Nellie Price (Karen Blunden), moves into the lodgings, causing tensions, and is followed by one of her “gentlemen friends”, well-known actor Laurence Mason (Steve Law). We learn that Alice and Laurence knew each other twenty years previously. Another of Nellie’s “friends”, impresario Harold Chance (Ken Jones) calls on her, but meets Charlie instead, with dramatic consequences.

Added humour is provided by Martha (Lesley Barnes), an eccentric pianist, and Victor (Tony Westwood), Norman’s loyal friend and drinking partner. This is a tale of humour, heartbreak and To get involved in the next Henfield Theatre eventual redemption which demonstrates that life Company production please email us is indeed full of Funny Turns. membership@henfieldtheatrecompany.com

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This March sees Henfield Theatre Company presenting another comedy for your enjoyment.

Written by David Hampshire, “Funny Turns” is delightful, funny, sad, and exactly what good theatre is all about. It’s a glimpse into an old-fashioned way of thinking and believing. It reminds us of that wonderful era long ago when we had no TVs, cell phones, videos, or social media and when entertainers devoted their lives to our amusement each at a cost to themselves.

Their life was artificial, insecure and rootless, yet it had an excitement and a charm that kept the actors acting and the comedians telling jokes.

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Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men... JOIN US! Like many local clubs, Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men, known as the Chancs, are looking to recruit more dancers and musicians to join them.

But why even try Morris Dancing? According to new Squire (the leader) Les, is all about the traditions it maintains, as well as the social and fun side of the hobby. And why ‘Chancs’?

“Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men is quite a mouthful to say,” says Les. “So we’re often referred to simply as Chancs!”

Morris dancing is really quite old, but no one really knows how old. The earliest known mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448 and records the ‘payment of seven shillings to Morris dancers’ by the Goldsmiths’ Company in London. Later in the 16th century Morris Dancing became linked to village fetes and May Day celebrations. Shakespeare said “As fit as a Morris for May Day” and William Kemp danced a solo Morris dance from London to Norwich in 1600.

Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men were named after the famous landmark near Steyning in West Sussex – a circle of trees on the top of the South Downs planted in 1760.

Many legends are attached to the Ring. Its origins are said to derive from Satan’s labours in digging Devil’s Dyke. Chanctonbury was one of the clods of earth thrown up as he attempted to dig a channel through the Downs to drown the Weald. However, since the Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men took to dancing on the top of the hill on First of May, sightings of the satanic apparition have become a rarity.

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FEBRUARY 2024 | Local interest Keeping tradition, on First of May every year, Chancs dance at the top of Chanctonbury Ring, and if a weekend, go on to a day-tour, after a hearty breakfast of course! Another tradition kept alive is ‘Apple Howling’ on Twelfth Night, also called wassailing, and Chancs’ is well known as the best! During the festive season we have ‘tipteering’, a mummers play performed on Boxing Day, with St George, a dragon and a scary Turk.

So, who are the Chancs? “We are an all-male Cotswold Morris dancing side, with bells. sticks and handkerchiefs, based in central Sussex,” says Les. “We were formed in Shoreham 70 years ago in 1953, and just celebrated our Anniversary Dinner and joined a Fools and Beasts tour, hosted Beginners are welcome to come to either venue

by Chancs.” to chat with the men or have a go, and by the first season dancing out usually only need to know Chancs is looking for more men, between 16 a few simple dances. “Of course, we welcome and 60 is ideal but not a rule. “Drop in and talk musicians to join us too; and men from any other to us at our practice nights September to May, Morris sides who fancy a change, or who have currently at the Catholic Church Hall by the moved to the area”.

Tanyard in Henfield,” says Les. “We dance there from 8-10pm every Wednesday and then have See more about CRMM at refreshments afterwards. Then in the summer, crmm.org.uk or follow us on Wednesday nights are spent dancing at pubs Facebook or simply email around Sussex to appreciative audiences”. bagman@crmm.org.uk

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Richard Bates, Henfield resident and consultant solicitor at Cognitive Law in Brighton, considers how trusts claiming to protect assets from tax and care fees are usually too good to be true.

In the last two months alone, I’ve been instructed by four different clients who had ‘property protection trusts’ (also called ‘wealth preservation trusts’, or similar). Each had relied on the advice of non-solicitor advisors to variously save inheritance tax (IHT), probate fees and care fees. In all cases, the legal work was done remotely by companies who aren’t regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

In each of these cases (and every case I’ve come across in over 23 years of practising), this type of product was (a) unnecessary, (b) not provided with sufficient care to ensure that the client actually understood what they were letting themselves in for and (c) typically cost £2,000-£8,000.

To be clear, it’s rarely a good idea to give your property away, even to a trust, as this leaves you without ownership, control and difficulty in arranging future finance.

Most trusts I’ve seen were sold to save IHT, including when the client had no tax liability. Broadly, spouses or civil partners can, between them, give up £650,000 tax-free, and a further £350,000 if their main residence passes to direct descendants. For the majority of the UK, this means that no IHT will be payable. In any event, unless you pay an open market rent whilst you continue to live there, the gift of your home to the trust will be caught by ‘reservation of benefit’ rules and not count as a gift at all for tax purposes, not even the ‘7-year rule’ applies.

‘Discretionary trusts’ are used for these products, and clients seem unaware that these trusts are taxable.

For trust assets over £325,000, there is an ‘entry charge’ (20%). However, clients don’t expect the 10 yearly 6% charge and so don’t budget for it. There may also be an ‘exit charge’ depending on the trust’s lifespan. This is pretty heard to bear for those clients that didn’t have an IHT problem in the first place.

The other (misleading) selling point of these trusts is that they will ‘protect the home from care fees’.

A ‘Deliberate Deprivation of Assets’ is where someone intentionally diminishes their wealth to accelerate local authority care contributions. Local authorities routinely try to use this to refuse to make contributions. Their case is much easier to prove as a person ages, where there’s a relevant diagnosis or where the trust receiving the gift is advertised to ‘save care fees’!

Unwitting clients can pay thousands for a questionable scheme, provided by an unregulated limited company, often with insufficient professional indemnity insurance, meaning there’s little recourse when things go wrong.

There are various ways to protect your wealth, including simply having the right will. Such wills cost a fraction of the price of these trusts, and you won’t be parting with your home, paying rent or have unexpected tax bills. So please, do the research before falling for the pretty brochure and promise of ‘protecting your inheritance’.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Henfield Birdwatch 2024 sees Henfield Birdwatch celebrating its 25th anniversary and planning a great programme of events throughout the year, which all tie in with it also being the designated ‘Year of Biodiversity’ in the parish.

We are delighted to kick off our year of celebrations with a celebrity lecture by local professional wildlife photographer David Plummer.

David lives in Small Dole and made a decision to try and forge a life and career in wildlife photography at the end of the last century and with his proximity to Woods Mill, he began running photography courses for the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Within a few years, he expanded his range by buying a small piece of woodland in the north of Sussex where he set up a badger-watching hide and for many years, people experienced very close views of these wonderful creatures.

close views of Tawny Owls in his own garden and at the Knepp Re-wilding Project, particularly focusing on Little Owls and Kingfishers.

Fifteen years ago, David was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease which is devastating for anyone but when your career is in photography As his experience and expertise grew as a it has particular consequences but he has photographer, so did his horizons and over the continued to adapt the way he took photographs next few years he organised safaris to the Pantanal and has still managed to carry on and develop in Brazil to photograph Jaguars and to Africa his work. In 2017, he wrote a book ‘7 Years of where again he specialised in the big cats but also Camera Shake’ which highlighted the fantastic Gorillas in Uganda. Alongside this, David began to pictures he has taken over the years and also develop experiences for photographers to capture described how he adapted his life and work to coping with the disease. For a few weeks, the book topped the non-fiction best seller’s chart.

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Credit: David Plummer

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This is a ticketed event so booking in advance is required. The talk is free to Henfield Birdwatch members who will still need to obtain a ticket, £3.00 to non-members. Tickets can be obtained from the Henfield Birdwatch website. https://www.henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk

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In all this time his media profile grew, with a number of appearances on the ‘One Show’ and more recently he appeared on Hamza Yassin’s ‘Strictly Birds of Prey’ that featured the Tawny Owls in his garden and the same owls were filmed for David Attenborough’s series ‘the Wild Isles’. Before Christmas, he found out that a film made about him called ‘15 Years’ has been nominated for a best film award at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.

If all this wasn’t enough, for a number of years now, David has been a wildlife and conservation advisor to Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas.

Throughout the last 25 years, David has maintained a close association with Henfield Birdwatch, providing many photographs for our survey books, being a member of the committee and doing previous talks for us. He also undertook a survey of Tawny Owls breeding in the parish during the winter of 2013/14 and estimated there were 37 territories across the parish.

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Hugh Daniels, Steve Bailey and Rose Sharp, three of the original team of organisers.

Henfield Computer Club is 10 years old!

It all started in 2013 when 35 reconditioned computers were donated to the village. A subgroup of Henfield Community Partnership, Action for Older People, organised an information day where the main topic was ‘Getting Connected’ and addressed the difficulties many older people had in using a computer and getting online. They were amazed that 61 people came along!

they naturally made friends at the Club and became able to communicate better online. With technology moving at such a huge pace, it was important that the Club was responsive to change and to need – and it’s been a huge success because of this openness to change.”

After presentations and demonstrations, over 20 people were interested in ongoing support. Two training sessions were organised but it became clear that individual needs and interests varied widely. This was how the Computer Club was born.

One of the founding organisers, Steve Bailey, said: “Like all good organisations, the Computer Club was born from a position of need. We were inundated at the Get Connected meeting and knew we had the potential to really help people with a new skill-set, and it turned out that we could also give people confidence and 48 | BN5 Magazine

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The meetings were held at the Leisure Centre for the first couple of years in the room that is now Sharky’s. With the development of this soft play area, the club had to find another venue. The Garden Room at Henfield Hall was ideal but the hall had no WIFI. A couple of the club’s mentors made it their mission to address this.

The Hall now has excellent WIFI throughout the building. At about that time the club moved from being run by Action for Older People and became an independent group open to anyone.

However, it remained under the umbrella of Henfield Community Partnership as a service to the community.

“Our mentors are patient and want to help, and we know the Club has helped many people and kept them safe online” Today the club has over 130 members and 14 mentors. It is not only a place to come to learn or get help, but also somewhere to meet others socially. The club has regular presentations with topics suggested by members, often on subjects such as keeping your passwords safe and avoiding internet scams, or using social media effectively.

These talks are open not just to members but to anyone interested and are very popular. You will find them advertised in BN5 magazine and on the Computer Club Facebook page.

Rose Sharp, another founding organiser, said: “Henfield Computer Club has never been geeky!

Just people helping each other and taking away the stigma of not understanding the internet.

Our mentors are patient and want to help, and we know the Club has helped many people and kept them safe online.”

The club is unique in the Horsham District and members come from far and wide. Our existence is thanks to the original members of Action for Older People and their foresight in creating a Computer Club. Rose is still with us and spoils us with delicious biscuits and the occasional cake to have with our drinks.

If you are interested in joining the Computer Club as a member or mentor, we meet in the Garden Room, Henfield Hall every Wednesday 10am to 12pm. Whether member or mentor, we all find we are all still learning! Annual membership is £5 and £2 any week you attend.

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Tax implications of divorce/separation Whilst divorce can have some serious tax implications, the act of separation is in fact more significant from a tax perspective.

Understandably, many couples may have no immediate appetite for addressing anything beyond their emotional fall-out. They may lose sight of the real financial benefits to the family as a whole that can be achieved if a coordinated separation is put in place with clear timelines and tax elections. Early and accurate fact finding is necessary. It is essential to look at where parties reside and are domiciled for tax purposes. Tax advice in all countries in which the couple has assets should be taken without delay. Most tax regimes run to a calendar year, the UK being an exception.

It can take some time for both parties to work out what is in the financial pot. It may take a bit longer, even with legal and financial advice, to identify and explore the range of possible financial outcomes. In legal terms, there is no one right solution. Instead there is a range of possible blends of division of capital and income, which can be tailored for each family. If possible, values of assets and potential tax calculations should be made and agreed between advisers and the couple. Assets are normally valued just before negotiations start, rather than at the date of separation.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is an important consideration and can have significant implications on how a couple decide to sort out their financial arrangements and even when they decide to separate.

Married couples who live together enjoy the ability to transfer assets between themselves free of CGT under inter-spouse tax rules. For disposals on or after 6 April 2023, the separating spouses or civil partners are given up to three years, after the year of separation, to make no gain/no loss transfer of assets. They also have unlimited time to transfer assets, when they are subject to a formal divorce agreement. A spouse or civil partner, who retains an interest in the former matrimonial home, has the option to claim Private Residence Relief when it is eventually sold.

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For Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes, transfers between spouses are exempt transfers right up until the final dissolution of the marriage or civil partnership. Transfers made on divorce, or for the maintenance of the family, are exempt from IHT too.

In summary, when considering the financial order and split of assets, it is important to consider the tax position of the couple in detail, as tax can still reduce the total value of the assets to be divided between the parties. In most cases, it will be necessary to understand any latent capital gains within the assets, to ensure there is an equitable split of net value.

My message is simple - anyone planning to separate or divorce should speak to a tax adviser as well as their lawyer. Working together might sound slightly strange when a marriage is ending, but needs must! With lenders demanding higher percentage deposits and costly mortgages available to fewer, any capital or Income Tax savings that can be made are going to be very welcome.

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