Bersted in Focus November 2020

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November 2020

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Hello, welcome to November’s magazine. Thank you to those of you who have got in touch to let me know how much you appreciate this magazine, particularly during the difficult times we are having. Our readers really like to have access to local businesses and want to support their local community; thank you to residents & businesses alike.

We are fortunate to live in such a supportive community.

We have a number of new advertisers this month, it is great to see new businesses and new ventures opening. Good luck to you all. If you run or work for a company where this area is part of your target market please do get in touch to find out about our great value advertising options.

The next magazine will be our joint December / January edition with a deadline of 7th November.

Have a great month, stay safe This month’s cover photo is courtesy of Best wishes Paul Vincent

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Making friends as an adult The world is going through uncertain times and friends have never been more important. They provide stability, comfort, and connection. The defining feature of friendship is that it’s voluntary. We retain friendships because we want to, not because we have to.

The downside is that friendships often fall by the wayside. Our adult lives are incredibly busy with obligations to work, spouses, children and older parents, and friendships can suffer as a result. We can lose friendships so rapidly that some of us live our lives as adults essentially friendless and this has ramifications for our mental health. Studies suggest that, without friends, we’re at higher risk of depression and anxiety, and that the key difference between the happiest and unhappiest people is how socially connected they are.

Making friends as an adult takes deliberate effort, and this can be an issue if you lack confidence socially. Shy people often avoid events where they might have to interact socially. One way to get over this is to assume that people will like you. Studies show that this mindset is actually a selffulfilling prophecy. People who assume they will be liked share more about themselves, disagree less, and have a more positive attitude, which of course makes positive social interaction more likely.

As a child friendships seem to happen organically. As an adult we need to let go of this idea and take responsibility rather than waiting passively. We need to show up at event and say ‘hello’ when we get there.

We need to introduce ourselves yourself to other people, and ask for their phone numbers, then follow up and arrange to

meet, and we need to go through this initiation process repeatedly. It can be scary but the pay-off is worth it. In studies, people with good initiation skills tend to have more and better friendships.

Initiation doesn't turn a person into a friend. Some people are good at connecting but struggle to sustain relationships. Sociologists have long recognised that friendships thrive on continuous interaction.

This means choosing activities carefully. It's a good idea to sign up for activities that provide multiple opportunities to connect, such as a language class, a writing course, or a book club a book club. Repeated interactions capitalise on the 'exposure effect', our tendency to like things more, the more familiar they are. So, if we want to make friends, we should commit to showing up somewhere for a few months. At the moment this is even more difficult than usual because of pandemic restrictions, but in fact people are starting to connect more in online groups. Some studies have shown that shy people actually find online interaction easier and that people tend to open up more because they have time to think before posting. These online relationships have the capacity to become lasting friendships in the real world. If your aim is to find local friends to hang out with after the pandemic then its best to find local based groups, even if they are online for now. A quick search of my local area on Facebook threw up groups for crochet, ecoliving, gardening, cooking, and a book club.

We all need friends so take a deep breath and be the first to say ‘Hello’.

By Tracey Anderson

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Local History © S. Endacott WINDMILLS Felpham was mentioned in the Doomsday Book as "Falcheham", primarily an agricultural community, comprising farms and cottages around the church. Many buildings associated with the area's agricultural life two of these were windmills. The White Mill on a site occupied by Admiralty Gardens at its junction with the sea. This was a seven‐storey white stone smock mill, where the sweeps (sails) could make the 27 h.p. which was needed to drive the four pairs of stones. This mill stood for approx. 80 years until the 1880’s. The name of the first miller and for the first 30 years was Mr. Hayne.

Another was the Black Mill with the earliest records in 1801 showing William Cosens who purchased an area named Mill Field for the sum of £555. Records show the next owner in 1870’s was Charles Digwell and the last owner in 1884 was Henry Reynolds, until it apparently failed c1887. Henry had a grocery store in one of the buildings which by the 1890s had lost its sails and was finally demolished in 1907. The area in this vicinity, become known as Felpham Mill Building Estate.

Eventually in 1907 Ameys, a Petersfield Brewer, took over the premises and built a general store and off licence, using bricks from the demolished mill as foundation material. Henry Snook eventually took this over in 1916. As late as 1966 the buildings were still called “The Old Mill Off‐licence” and the advertising board outside showed a windmill. Today this corner of the village is always referred to as ‘Snooks corner.’

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Why do we wear poppies?

Why do we wear a poppy? Scarlet poppies grow wild all over Western Europe wherever the soil has been disturbed. The battles of the First World War churned up such vast areas of earth that millions of poppies germinated and bloomed, often around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

Honey first proposed a respectful silence to remember the dead. He wrote a letter to the London Evening News which was brought to the attention of King George V. The king then issued a proclamation which called for a two-minute silence.

These days Armistice Day is known as A Canadian surgeon called John McRae Remembrance Sunday and is a chance to wrote the poem In Flanders Fields in which honour the fallen soldiers of all conflicts. the poppies symbolise the deaths of those who fought. It is a haunting memorial to those soldiers who have died in any war.

Why do we have a two-minute silence? It was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month that the guns of World War I fell silent. Four years of fighting and devastation finally ended. The following year ceremonies of remembrance took place on what was known as Armistice Day. An Australian journalist, Edward George

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Coming in from the cold With winter looming we see an influx of birds to our shores as they leave their freezing breeding grounds and seek milder climes that can still provide food and shelter from the worst weather. Britain’s estuaries and lakes are a magnet for migrating wildfowl and waders and RSPB Pagham & Medmerry reserves are no exception.

The rich mud exposed at low tide is full of crustaceans, shellfish and other invertebrates - a massive mud pie packed with protein and nutrients. Examine the waders more closely and you will notice how each species is adapted to specialise targeting different prey. The diminutive dunlin for example has short legs and therefore spends its time picking around the water edges.

Longer legged species, such as avocet and black-tailed godwit, wade out further into the water to feed.

Dunlin: Andy Hay RSPB‐images

Then look at the bills. Again the dunlin’s bill is quite short, but an excellent tool for picking prey off the surface. The godwits longer bill and perfect for delving deeper into the mud, while the extraordinary long, down-curved bill of the curlew, allows it to probe deeper still.

Curlew: Andy Hay RSPB‐images

Then there are the ducks. Dabbling ducks, such as wigeon and pintail, feed by up-ending, their heads underwater and their bottoms in the air. Meanwhile, diving ducks, like the tufted duck and goldeneye, obviously dive for their food in deeper water.

For many locals and birdwatchers alike, there is one species that is especially welcome back at this time of year. The brent goose. The smallest of our geese, it is similar in size to a mallard duck, dark, plump, and with a small white neck patch and white undertail. There are actually two distinct races of brent geese. Pale-bellied brents breed mostly in Canada and Greenland and spend the winter predominantly in Ireland. Dark-bellied brents breed in northern Russia and winter in southern and eastern England. It is these dark bellied brent geese that we see across our reserves, although you may very occasionally find a pale bellied brent hidden among them. They feed in flocks sometimes on the water upending like ducks to Dark bellied brent geese reach vegetation beneath the surface, sometimes grazing in the surrounding fields. The constant low hubbub of their honking always brings a smile to my face and is one of my favourite sounds during these harsher months.

Here at Pagham Harbour, there is no shortage of species to observe and plenty of vantage points to do so, from Pagham Lagoon, Breech Pool and the North Wall, to Ferry Pool, the West Side and Church Norton. Wrap up warm, wander our many footpaths and you will be rewarded with the sights and sounds of our wonderful natural world.

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Bognor Regis Tide Table November 2020 Time Zone GMT

Tidal information is reproduced by kind permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office & the UK Hydrographic Office. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved

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This month - Rhubarb Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a reasonably easy trouble-free plant to grow. It is also a handsome plant, with large leaves and striking red stems, and who doesn't love a rhubarb crumble?

The trick is to choose the right spot. Ideally it needs to be planted in full sun but if your garden is very sheltered it will tolerate partial shade. Don't plant it anywhere where it might be in the way, disturbed, or need to be moved from. Rhubarb has an extensive root system and prefers to stay put, for at least a decade, so give careful thought to the spot.

Rhubarb dislikes wet soil, so make sure it's well-drained. Dig in plenty of organic matter a month or so before planting. It’s generally easier and more productive to grow rhubarb from crowns (divided plants) rather than seed, and from now until Christmas is the perfect time to plant.

Dig a hole a little wider than the rhubarb crown in your prepared ground. Plant so that the growing tip is about an inch /2.5 cm below the surface. Firm the soil well around the roots to removed air pockets. Water well and mulch with organic matter, avoiding the growing tip.

During the growing season keep the area around the plant free of weeds and give an occasional good soaking in prolonged dry periods. Remove any flower heads that appear in the spring.

Flowering will weaken the stems.

If the crown rots, your soil was too wet, but following all the advice I've given earlier should prevent this happening! Harvest time is May until July, but rhubarb is a long-term investment so don't harvest it during the first year. It needs that full first year of growth to establish a strong root system. Second year leave at least five strong stems when you harvest. After that you can leave three or four stems each time. You should get 23 crops per season.

Remove only the largest stems when picking and wait till the leaves have fully opened. Pull gently from the base with a slight twist. The leaves are poisonous but can be safely composted.

Once your rhubarb is established you might want to try a forced crop for sweeter more tender stems. Rhubarb is forced by growing it in the absence of light in a microclimate slightly warmer than the outside temperature. You can start forcing in January for best results. Remove dead leaves and weeds from around the crown and add a layer of straw or shredded paper to warm the emerging shoots and to protect them from frost. Then cover the crown with an upturned dustbin or large crock pot to cut out all the light. The rhubarb should be ready for harvesting 8 weeks later.

Happy gardening.

By Rachael Leverton

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Christmas Float News Covid-19 has been a testing time for people across the world but as we move towards Christmas we realise that social distancing restrictions are going to affect what we can and cannot do.

The Christmas Float has been maintained and operated by the Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham for over 30 years. It hasn’t missed a single year and each December tours the Bognor Regis streets bringing Christmas spirit to thousands of people young and old. We are often told by the people of Bognor that they know ‘Christmas has truly arrived’ when they hear or see the float.

Through our fund raising collections and the generosity of local residents the Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham have been able to give over £40,000 this year alone, both locally and internationally, to people suffering through hardship or illness.

Unfortunately social distancing regulations mean that this year the float will be unable to tour local streets without risking drawing crowds of people and children.

We realise that this will be very disappointing for children but the directives are quite clear.

We have learnt though that we will be able to offer selected STATIC CHRISTMAS FLOAT displays provided we ensure a 2 metre no contact boundary.

To this end we hope to arrange static displays with Father Christmas and his Sleigh playing seasonal music at locations throughout the area.

We hope this will bring a sense of joy and seasonal fun to December but it must be remembered that our reason for doing this is primarily to raise funds for those who are disadvantaged by hardship.

We are not yet clear on how we can make our usual bucket collections but we have arranged for a secure on-line link to enable donations to be made directly to the Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham.

This can be accessed via facebook: Bognor Hotham Rotary Club - Bognor Hotham Christmas Float, or by our website: www.bognorhotham.rotaryweb.org or directly by using the QR Link shown.

These collections and donations to the Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham are essential if we are to help local people through difficult times and we ask you to take just a moment of your time to make a donation to us.

In due course our website and facebook pages will indicate the locations of our Static Christmas Float displays.

Thank you for your understanding and generosity.

The Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham.

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