Villages in Focus May 2021

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What should be valued in education?

By looking at what we should value in education, Martin Barker, Headmaster at Westbourne House School, highlights the benefits of a prep school education.

Almost every speaker from industry that I hear drives home the message that broader skills are required beyond academic success: businesses are looking for people who are resilient and adaptable, are able to work collaboratively and problem solve.

The breadth of opportunity at Westbourne House contributes enormously to shaping these types of skills each and every day. All children ‘have a go’ at everything the school has to offer from cooking to forest school, sports to public speaking, science experiments to design technology. The children discover a great deal about themselves – what do they love to do? What part do they play in the team? Can they persevere when things get tough?

From Year 5 to 8, our pupils have subject specific lessons taught by teachers from a secondary school background, which enriches the children’s

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experience and even our younger pupils benefit from passionate specialist teachers for sports, wellness, art, drama and music. We hire teaching staff who share our ethos of caring for each child as an individual, adapting teaching to their needs and encouraging them to aim high. This supportive environment provides lots of stability, which can be particularly important for pre-teen children, who are already going through significant physical and psychological changes. They benefit hugely from feeling safe and building their sense of identity at Westbourne, free from the influence of older children.

In short, we are establishing attitudes and building skills that set up a child for life, but of course many of these are developmental and not instantly measurable. However, I believe it is far more important that we measure what should be valued, rather than value what we measure.

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WELCOME Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well and you have been able to enjoy some of the recent sunshine outdoors with your friends and family.

It has been truly wonderful to reunite with loved ones and see some of our local businesses and shops able to re-open and flourish. This month we hope that progress will continue and Step 3 of the roadmap will see the return of indoor seating in pubs and restaurants and indoor entertainment venues like cinemas and theatres, the re-opening of hotels and B&Bs, domestic overnight stays and organised indoor adult sport to name but a few.

This next phase will allow us to support our local business community even more, I hope, so please do head out and spend #local if you can, as every penny counts.

Supporting each other has been more important than ever this last year and I must thank you, the readers, and all our advertisers most sincerely for your kind words and positive feedback since I took over the magazines in December. So many of you have taken the time to send in encouraging messages as well write articles and take photos which is fantastic and highlights our strong community spirit.

On that note I must thank local Felpham resident Judy Hewlett whose stunning front cover image can be seen, for the first time, on all of this month’s In Focus magazines. I hope this stunning image of Hoe Lane makes you feel like I did when I saw it – that we are finally on the road out.

Enjoy the May Bank holidays and very best wishes, Kate

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HRH PRINCE PHILIP 1921-2021

BY FELPHAM RESIDENT KIM LESLIE

The passing of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh has filled us all with great sadness.

Many of us will have watched his funeral and remembered him, and others dear to us we have lost during this difficult year.

He was well known in our own county of Sussex. His earliest time here was his naval days during the Second World War, stationed at HMS Vernon, the Admiralty’s Torpedo, Mining and Electrical Training Establishment in the requisitioned Roedean School, high on the cliffs above Brighton. It’s not recorded what he thought of the labels by the bell switches in the girls’ dormitories: ‘Press if you need a mistress for any reason during the night’ – his thoughts can only be imagined – but his one abiding memory was his dismay at the long walk down a half-mile corridor for all his meals!

Sussex was to bring him many happy memories. There was leisure time with his private secretary and friend, Lord Rupert Neville at his home, Horsted Place near Uckfield. Lord Neville also had a seaside home at Davenport Road in Felpham where the Queen visited in 1952 after racing at Goodwood.

One of Prince Philip’s favourite sporting passions was polo and he was a regular player at Cowdray Park in Midhurst. In 1969 the Queen presented her husband with the Cowdray Gold Cup when his Windsor Park team beat Pimms, the holders, in the final.

Uncharacteristically the Prince fell from his mount, but uninjured and more characteristically he ‘grinned triumphantly when he received the coveted trophy,’ the local press reported.

Local businesses have always done well out of Cowdray polo. One enterprising blacksmith had a pile of horseshoes outside his forge which he claimed were worn by Prince Philip’s ponies!

Through his friendship with the cricketing duke, Bernard, Duke of Norfolk, Prince Philip flew into the duke’s private cricket ground at Arundel, both as a spectator and occasional captain of his own team.

There was Sussex for his leisure and Sussex for his royal duties either accompanying the Queen or solo on his own account. Some notable visits to West Sussex were with the Queen: inspecting the Royal Military Police headquarters in Chichester, 1978; attending Chichester Cathedral’s Maundy Service in 1986; opening the new North Terminal at Gatwick Airport in 1988; marking the commemoration of Crawley’s 60th anniversary as a New Town in 2006. One of Sussex Prince Philip’s last solo engagements was in Sussex when he opened the British Airways i360 tower in Hove in 2016.

But for many people in West Sussex what is surely Prince Philip’s most enduring achievement and lasting legacy will be the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme (DofE) which he founded in 1956. Thousands of young peoples’ lives across our county have been energized and transformed by the Award’s challenges, and we hope this will continue for decades to come. In our loss we can celebrate his memory and all the goodly virtues of his public service.

To celebrate The Duke’s inspiring impact on generations of young people, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is asking anyone who’s been in the DofE across the decades to help them build a powerful collection of DofE stories, and inspire the next generation of young people to begin their DofE journey. To enter your memory visit https://www.dofe.org/memories/ and please do share with us at office@infocusmagazines.co.uk too.

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THANK YOU FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS THE REVD WILLIAM MARSTON, VICAR OF ST NICHOLAS, MIDDLETON, retires on 23 May 2021. Here he pays tribute to the parish he has served for nearly quarter of a century.

On first driving into Middleton-on-Sea, for an interview in the early months of 1997, I felt strongly that I would like to be the priest here and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here.

I think that many of us, having arrived, tend to spend a long time. I am delighted that, on a rough calculation, I have been here for over a third of my life.

It has been a privilege to have been your vicar. The Church parish is fascinating, dating back some thousand years and as with any sphere of life, there have been changes, in the life of the Church as well as in village life.

Walking the streets and meeting people, taking services, and offering pastoral care, I have always felt a deep inner satisfaction.

My lungs have enjoyed the fresh sea air. My knees have valued the flat surfaces. I have sensed great good will from all who live here.

I would like to thank everyone for their kindness and good humour.

With my prayers and greetings, Fr William

At the time of writing, I am pleased to say that St Nicholas, Middleton is open for Services on Sundays at 8.00/10.00a.m., Wednesdays at 8.00a.m., and Thursdays at 10.00a.m.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to have any singing. Also, we are required to wear face coverings. However, you will receive a warm welcome. If arrangements for Worship change, given COVID, any changes will be announced on our Church notice-boards, the website (stnicholasmiddleton.co.uk) and St Nicholas Middleton Facebook. I am very happy if you would like to ‘phone me (586348 takes you straight to my mobile) about prayer requests, any other matters, or simply if you would like to have a chat.

With my good wishes, Fr William (vicar of St Nicholas, Middleton)

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LOCAL HISTORY BY SYLVIA ENDACOTT The month of May is a time when we enjoy two Bank holidays and hopefully better weather. Do you ever wonder about the origins of these holidays?

May Day was regarded as the celebration of spring, with Maypoles and celebrations. This holiday can be traced back to Roman times, when it was associated with changing times for farmers to graze their cattle in fields and cows could even be milked three times per day! It was formalized as being the 1st Monday of the month from 1978 and providing us with another holiday.

The Whit Monday holiday, came into existence from 1871 with the Bank holiday Act and was celebrated according to Easter and the March equinox, with its name derived from the English word for Pentecost. However, it was replaced by a fixed spring holiday on the last Monday in May from 1971.

In 1914 there was a short report of May Day processions through the town, where ‘large assemblies of spectators witnessed them.’ In May 1918, events were held with collections for the Soldiers Comfort Fund, of which £1 8s. 6d. was raised in Felpham. However in May 1940 it was reported how the area was affected with the cancellation of May day, with shops and facilities being closed because of a lack of visitors. By the August Bank holiday It would appear that nerves had calmed and there were major events in Felpham. For one, May rail day trips to our area were advertised

by British Rail in 1979 costing £4.50. Enjoy your May holidays.

GIRLS CRICKET ALERT

At Middleton Cricket Club we are so proud to have almost 20 junior girls cricket players signed up to play and quite a few women – but we would love to have MORE. If you have never lifted a cricket bat but would like to have a go. Or you have played softball cricket and would like to play or try hardball, we would love to hear from you. The cricket season has just started and we are very keen to have a Middleton CC women’s softball team to join our girls’ hardball and softball teams playing this summer. The junior girls are also very welcome to play in the boys teams if they would like to.

We are inviting all junior girls aged 8-15 to come and have a free, beginners training session at Middleton on Friday April 30th from 5pm. No experience or long-term commitment needed, just lots of enthusiasm. For the Over-15s (!) we are asking you to get in touch to express your interest.

Please email Kate Stewart our Girls/Women’s Co-ordinator if you are interested in joining in at: ksastewart@googlemail.com or visit our facebook page @middletoncricketsussex There is also an Allstars programme running at Middleton for girls and boys aged 5-8 starting Friday May 7th as well as regular cricket training for all junior boys every Friday night for more information contact dkellingley@btinternet.com We really look forward to hearing from you and meeting you this summer. Please share this with anyone you think might like to have a go at cricket or a Whatsapp group that might be interested. For girls or boys, cricket is the best game ever and Middleton Sports Club is an incredible place to learn with a lovely bar and outfield for parents to watch.

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A STROLL AROUND BERSTED BROOKS

BY SIMON BAKER IRONS This month’s featured walk is a 3 km (2 mile) stroll around Bersted Brooks in North Bersted.

Established as a Local Nature Reserve in 2010, Bersted Brooks covers an area of 19 hectares and with its many habitats is an important site for wildlife. The reserve borders Rowan Way, Shripney Lane and the Aldingbourne Rife and is spread over three separate fields, it has wide areas of meadow, narrow reedbeds, ditches, ponds, and a floodplain woodland of Willow and Elder as these trees can live with their roots in water. The Brooks floods every winter, making it a good place for wetland wildlife.

The brooks can be explored in a variety of ways; however, a good way round is walking the perimeter of each field before moving on to the next. From the car park just off Rowan Way is the first field, a wide-open meadow with a small circle of black Poplar trees that borders three ponds of differing depths, in the winter following heavy rain these ponds tend to overflow and become one. There is a purpose made path which is accessible to all that goes around half of the meadow and I believe is planned to be extended all the way round. The far end of the meadow just beyond the trees is known as ‘Crickets Field’ and on a quiet summers day you can hear a whole chorus of crickets. Follow the Aldingbourne Rife and the narrow reed bed leading to the next meadow.

The second meadow is much more wooded than the others and adds a different perspective, more than 11,000 trees have been planted across the brooks since 2000 mainly Alder, Crack Willow and Grey Willow, this particular meadow has been renamed ‘Friends Field’ in acknowledgement of the contribution the friends make to Bersted Brooks. In this meadow along the rife, scrapes with gently sloping edges have been created to improve access for both birds and water voles.

The third meadow is also a mixture of woodlands and meadows. It contains an area that is fenced off providing a dog free wildlife sanctuary, this allows ground nesting birds such as skylarks to be undisturbed. An intriguing bench is situated by the rife in this meadow and is a great opportunity to take a rest. At the far corner of the field is an exit to Shripney Lane where the walk can be extended if so desired.

The walk back to the car park is along the northern edge of the Brooks that borders farmland. In the northern corner of the first field is an old farm pond, the mature reeds, and trees around makes it a good habitat for voles and other small mammals. The pond itself is home to many dragonflies.

The walk can be done as a stroll just around the Bersted Brooks or part of a longer walk taking in the Bersted Park sculptures the other side of the relief road.

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CURIOSITY CORNER

BY KIM LESLIE

A new series of little titbits, a bit of nostalgia, some local history and trivia The first is a postcard franked 1932 with its view of the old Summerley Barn on Limmer Lane just outside the entrance to the Summerley Estate when it was a café. It was demolished and replaced by the present flats known as Summerley Gate.

Years ago this was all farmland and there were three barns hereabouts, this one and two more, Rudwick’s Barn and Limmer Barn.

Summerley Barn was the last to survive. After its use as a popular café it was turned into an estate agency, the back used as an auction saleroom and stock room for two of the Summerley Corner shops opposite. (Like the barn, all the shops were demolished some years ago.)

The little open-topped car is a French-made Citroën Trefle in English meaning trefoil because of the clover leaf-shaped seating arrangement of two in the front and one in the back. The lady driver wears a typical 1930s cloche bonnet. The car’s registration prefix ‘YM’ indicates that her vehicle was first registered in London sometime between November 1925 and March 1926.

So this ninety-year-old postcard neatly illustrates the changing times: the new fashionable motorised society of the day meeting head on with the last vestiges of old agricultural Felpham.

And this is very much the story of 1920s-30s Summerley; the farmer’s fields and his barns auctioned off as building plots for a new estate ‘strictly reserved for good-class Residential Houses’. Bricks and mortar were about to destroy the ancient rhythms of the Felpham countryside. Summerley Barn was the last local survivor of the old order.

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LIVE MUSIC RETURNS TO SUSSEX

BY KAREN FLETCHER

After ten years in Oxfordshire the English Music Festival is coming back to St Mary’s Church in Horsham this Spring Bank Holiday weekend (28-31May) The English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the latenineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.

Having hosted several highly successful and well-attended live concerts in Horsham between lockdowns last year, the Festival is bringing its main four-day event, now in its fourteenth year, back to Sussex with concerts and talks throughout the weekend.

The charms of Sussex have long attracted and inspired composers. Amongst those featured at the Festival include Arnold Bax, Eric Coates, Gustav Holst, Cyril Scott, Roger Quilter and John Ireland, who for many years lived in a windmill near Washington.

Among the performers taking part are the Aurora Trio, formed by young, talented soloists Emma Halnan, flute, Jordan Sian, viola, and Worthing-based harpist Heather Wrighton. They will be performing works by, amongst others, Sussex-based film, television and concert composer Paul Lewis, who will also be giving an illuminating talk entitled ‘Memoirs of a Media Composer’. Paul’s concert music is tonal and melodic, often inspired by people and places dear to him, you can find some of his music recordings on the Festival’s record label, EM Records, www.em-records.com.

Pianist and well-known broadcaster, Paul Guinery, will present a selection of light music discoveries, including ‘Sussex Downs’ by Billy Mayerl and, similarly in lighter vein, the New Foxtrot Serenaders (pictured) will perform effervescent works by Ivor Novello, Noel Coward and Flanagan and Allen, in their own engaging style.

On Bank Holiday Monday, internationally renowned soloist, Roderick Williams, one of today’s most in-demand baritones, will be starring at what is likely to be a sell-out concert, when he performs Ivor Gurney’s rarely-heard song-cycle, The Western Playland, which sets words by A.E. Housman.

Festival Director, Em Marshall-Luck, is hugely committed to helping classical musicians perform live in Sussex. She said: “With each event that we host, we increasingly realise how inestimably important live music-making is for some people, and how heavily they rely upon it for their emotional, social, mental and spiritual health and well-being.”

“We have also become very aware of the plight of musicians, especially younger artists, now at a vital stage in their careers, but lacking the performance opportunities they so desperately need.

This has made us ever more determined to put on concerts wherever and whenever we can to support both our wonderful musicians and loyal audiences. We are absolutely delighted to be able to return to the beautiful, spacious and Covid-secure venue at St Mary’s for our main Festival it promises to be a gloriously exciting event,” she added.

To see the full programme and book tickets visit www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk or email em.marshall-luck@englishmusicfestival.org.uk or tel: 07808 473889 to request a booking form. Both Horsham venues St Mary’s Church, Causeway RH12 1HE and The Drill Hall, Denne Road RH12 1JF are in easy walking distance of Horsham train station and two multi-storey public car parks on Blackhorse Way and Denne Road.

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SHIPLEY ARTS FESTIVAL The Shipley Arts Festival is a diverse and inclusive UK music festival with internationally-based musicians returning year on year to perform. Celebrating its 21st Anniversary, the festival opens on Sunday 2 May 2021 with an online concert titled Musical Inspiration Lasting 21 Years.

Inspired by English music, the festival commissions new music written by leading musicians and composers, to continue a tradition of creating and performing music with strong Sussex connections.

Founded by Andrew Bernardi in 2000, the annual Festival brings world class music to Sussex and communities in and around Shipley, a village just off the A272 road approximately six miles (10 km) north east of Storrington.

The festival runs from April – November and performances take place in different locations each year; ranging from local community venues through to stately homes, heritage buildings, schools and churches.

Andrew Bernardi For more information on The Shipley Arts Festival, please visit: www.bernardimusicgroup.com or email andrew@bernardimusicgroup.com

JAZZ AT THE VILLAGE PLANS ARE NOW IN PLACE TO RESUME OUR REGULAR MONTHLY CONCERTS FROM WEDNESDAY 6TH OCTOBER We are taking this opportunity to thank so many of our regular attendees on our internet mailing list for expressing their preference for a cautious approach to a restart date and the suggestion of a slightly reduced total audience for which they will be more than willing to pay a higher admission charge. How encouraging too that so many want us to organise another ‘Picnic in the Park’ concert in early September with the usual high quality musical entertainment and supported by the Felpham Village Conservation Society.

Watch for further announcements on our website www.jazzatthevillage.org.uk, we will also resume regular advertising in this magazine from July. If you would like to add your name to our internet mailing list please send an instruction to:

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STRANGER THAN … WELL ART?

REVD. JOHN SEARLE, RETIRED METHODIST MINISTER, FELPHAM One of the pleasures of living near the sea, is to walk along the beach observing the amazing variety of flotsam and jetsam thrown up by the tide. I can never resist taking home an interesting pebble, or a piece of driftwood worn smooth by the tides and sculptured into some recognisable object. See my tiny Jenny Wren, carved by a friend, from a piece of driftwood.

Recently, while walking on the beach at Felpham, I noticed a large pebble, moulded by sea and sand to reveal two faces. On one side, the innocent face of a small child; on the opposite side, a somewhat grotesque face of a … man? ‘He’ appeared to glare at me with his two sunken, lopsided eyes; he had wide, flaring nostrils, hair, eyebrows, beard and lips formed by pin-prick holes and scratches. He seemed to dare me to pick him up and add him to my curious pebble collection. Instead, I used him as a doorstop, but first, with felt-tip pens, I tried to make him look less sinister. Of course, that was a mistake. Never try to improve on nature! And I soon regretted my crude artistry and began to scrub the stony face clean. Unfortunately, the bright red lips remained, accusing me of an unforgiveable act of vandalism.

Genuine Art trouve must be “untouched by human hand”.

I expect there are other Focus readers who collect Sea-art like me but a recent addition to my collection is not from the seashore. In fact, I am still baffled as to its origin and the medium in which it is crafted. I discovered it as I was having my tea! To be precise, while eating a buttered crumpet, liberally spread with raspberry jam. As I ate, I noticed something vaguely familiar about the remains of the jam on the side of the plate. Rotating it from a different angle, there in jam, was the unmistakable image of a Koala bear. Seeing is not always believing.

I could not explain it then. I cannot explain it now. I recalled Albert Einstein’s assessment of Quantum Entanglement as “spooky action at a distance” and I felt a chilling sensation of witnessing some kind of quantum ‘apparition’ which was, decidedly, “spooky”.

Later, my imagination started to run riot. Was this a new way of doing Art? I visualised my plate framed, hanging in a prestigious gallery, catalogued as, “An original, possibly unique, work of ‘art naturel’, created in the medium of jam on plastic; artist unknown.” Because it was created entirely without direct human assistance, I cannot claim it honestly, as my handiwork. The most I can do is to apply for copyright.

By studying the photographs you must be the judge of the jammy portrait’s authenticity and merit. Incidentally, I have now received an email from someone in Australia who saw the photo and asked if anyone else had noticed that my Koala appears to be playing a ukulele!

Perhaps a rendition of “Waltzing Matilda”?

What do you think?

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May sees the return of one of our most remarkable birds, the swift. Longer winged than the martins and swallows that arrived in March and April, they look like little black anchors as they zoom across the sky. As a child I remember ‘screaming parties’ of swifts racing between the houses where I lived and nesting under the eaves. On hot summer days I’d watch them hurtling in groups high above and imagined they were WW2 fighter pilots dogfighting.

So, what does make these birds so extraordinary? To start with they are fast. The peregrine is well documented as officially being the fastest bird, but this is only in a steep dive called a stoop.

Our swift holds the record for the fastest proven level flight, recording an impressive top speed of 69.3mph.

They also fly incredibly long distances. On migration they can fly over 500 miles a day. However, probably the most startling fact about swifts is that when they leave their natal nest for the first time, they will not land again for 3 years! They eat, mate and even sleep on the wing by switching one side of their brain off to ‘snooze’, and then swapping over later. They will only land again to build a nest and raise a family when they have matured as adults.

Originally swifts would have nested in holes in large Swift trees and crevices in caves and on cliffs. These days our UK population depends almost entirely on buildings – under the rooves of old houses or ‘swift boxes’ attached to the walls. The nest is made with materials the bird can catch in flight, such as straw, leaves, seeds and feathers, bonded together using their own saliva. The female will lay two or three eggs which both parents will incubate and hatch after about three weeks. Feeding exclusively on insects they hunt over a wide variety of habitats, from meadows and open water to over woods, towns and cities. Amazingly they are able to avoid stinging insects like wasps and bees, whilst still catching non-stinging insects that mimic them such as hoverflies and all at break-neck speed. The parents collect the insects in a special food pouch at the back of the throat, bound by saliva to create a ball or ‘bolus’ which can then be fed to the chicks. These food balls can contain over a thousand insects.

To prepare themselves for their aerial life, swift chicks start to exercise and get in shape, by performing ‘press-ups’ on their wings. By eight weeks they are ready to take to the skies, the ultimate masters of the air.

Unfortunately, our modern buildings lack the small crevices swifts need to make their nests and numbers have been dropping at an alarming rate. You can help these fantastic birds by buying and mounting a ‘swift box’ on your own home. See our online shop for details and let’s keep these fantastic birds flying in our skies.

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GARDEN VIEW RACHEL LEVERTON finds out why purple sprouting broccoli is a beautiful, tasty addition to the dinner table Purple sprouting has a great flavour, a long harvesting season and is nutritionally beneficial. A single portion provides half your daily requirement of carotenoids, plus high levels of folic acid and vitamins A and C. It’s definitely a ‘plan-ahead’ crop though. If you start planting now you will give yourself something to look forward to next January, and as it is a ‘cut and come again’ crop, that long season should keep you going until April or May. Purple-sprouting broccoli is extremely hardy, tolerating temperatures as low as -12°C. You can actually start raising seeds in March, for even earlier crops.

I usually start the new year with good intentions of staggering my planting like this (because it is one of my favourites veg), then forget and end up planting in April or May. One of the reasons I love it is that I garden on fairly alkaline soil, in which it thrives. It prefers a heavier soil than mine ideally but seems to do well enough in my garden. I dig in a fair amount of leaf mould and wellrotted manure to bulk it up. Purple sprouting broccoli doesn’t like exposed sites, because the wind buffets the stems, so if your garden is more open it will need a bit of protection.

Sow seeds into small pots or multi-cell trays, using a good quality multi-purpose seed and cuttings compost.

When the little plants are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out and transplant them into single 9cm pots. Watering them in well.

Once the plants have matured, fork the soil over. Remove large stones and perennial weeds.

Even if your soil is heavier it’s worth digging in some organic matter to improve texture and moisture retention. I don’t need to add lime to my soil but if you garden on neutral or acid soil, you’d be advised to work some in. Transplant when the broccoli plants are 7-9cm tall. Water them well before removing from their pots, and plant them 50-60cm apart, with a similar distance between the rows. Brassicas dislike loose soil, so make sure you firm around the plants lightly with your foot. Water again after planting. Six plants will produce enough broccoli to feed a family of four. I grow more because I love it.

Harvest when the flower shoots are well developed but before the flowers have actually opened. Cut the central spears with a sharp knife first, as this encourages the side shoots to develop quickly. Then crop the side shoots regularly to extend the cropping time.

January seems a long way away right now, but a little planning and preparation will ensure that deliciousness will await when we get there.

Happy gardening.

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A GOOD READ

BY WILLOW COBY

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens When a young man is found dead on the North Carolina coast the local police – and local residents – start looking for the culprit. It doesn’t take long before they turn their attention to Kya, also known as the Marsh Girl. But is she guilty of anything more than being an outsider?

What follows is actually two stories intertwined. As the hunt for the murderer continues we learn of Kya’s life in the marsh. At the age of six she watched Ma walk away from their shack with a blue case and high-heeled shoes.

Though Kya waited, her mother never returned and over the following months her siblings left as well, leaving her alone with Pa. He was often drunk or absent, so it was up to Kya to survive, until he finally left when she was 10.

To some extent, this is a coming-of-age story. It is an unforgettable novel; a celebration of nature and some of the most engaging parts are the descriptions of the marsh world through which Kya glides effortlessly in her canoe. It becomes a character in its own right.

There is no denying that this novel will stay with you long after you finish it and feel as if you have been along the journey though the marsh with Kya. A Good Day for Climbing Trees by Jaco Jacobs Don’t let anyone tell you that you are too young to take a stand. Sometimes all it takes is one simple, spur of the moment decision, to change your life forever.

Marnus was fed up. No one seemed to notice him.

His older brother acts as if he is in charge, and his younger brother seems to know everything. But a single knock on the door, a petition, and a tree under threat, will ensure that everyone notices him.

This charming novel from one of South Africa’s most popular and prolific children’s authors will hook you in straightaway. It will make you laugh and will make you think about grabbing those opportunities that life gives you.

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As we all hope to begin to return to some sort of ‘normal’ it is more important than ever to get our affairs in order and consider what may happen if we become incapacitated through accident or ill health. If you have not got a Power of Attorney in place and you become unexpectedly ill or incapacitated, then your financial affairs can only be managed with a Court Order.

If you would like the peace of mind of knowing that your affairs can be managed by someone who you wish to act for you by preparing and registering Lasting Power of Attorney documents then, in these uncertain times, Helen is offering her clients a £50 discount on her fee when instructed to prepare both a Will and Lasting Power of Attorney documents at the same time.

Helen is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) the leading worldwide professional body for practitioners in the field of Wills, Estate Planning, Trusts and related issues. Helen will be delighted to help and advise the local community in relation to: Wills and Trusts- Inheritance Tax – Care Fees Planning General and Lasting Powers of Attorney Probate – Administration of Estates Initial meetings are free of charge and at the moment are being carried out via video or telephone call. The office will open to the public for face-to-face meetings on Monday 17th May 2021 in line with the government easing of restrictions.

Fees are fixed and agreed so that everyone knows exactly how much the service to be provided will cost from the outset. Please feel free to telephone Helen’s office if you wish to discuss any of the above matters or to arrange an appointment.

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WHY WE LOVE AN ONLINE QUIZ

BY TRACEY ANDERSON

My friend Sally looked up from her phone and chuckled. ‘Look … this is me as a dog!’ She proffered her phone. The pic was of a Chihuahua, wearing Ray-Bans, lying on a sunbed next to a cocktail … actually pretty representative of Sal, with her diminutive stature and love of beach holidays.

Why do we find these online quizzes irresistible? Why do we have the urge to know what we will look like as an old lady, a man, or a biscuit?

Most of us are more than a little self-obsessed. We like to talk about ourselves and we like to learn about ourselves. 40% of the words we utter in life are about us!

Researchers in psychology at Harvard University ran a series of studies comparing how people felt when talking about themselves, compared to how they felt when talking about other people. The researchers found that, no matter how the studies were set up the results indicated that the reward centres in human brains were stimulated most during self-disclosure. We actually get a brain buzz from talking about ourselves!

Online quizzes and surveys tend to ask questions such as, ‘What is your favourite colour from this selection?’ or ‘Would your ideal Saturday evening be spent a) dancing in a nightclub? b) camping in the Cairngorms? c) curled up with a good book in front of a fire?’ etc. The quiz allows self-expression based on personal preferences. We disclose something about ourselves which releases the shot of dopamine which makes us feel good.

But we also like to learn about ourselves. Have you or any of your friends every taken part in an online quiz or survey which starts off by declaring, ‘Every woman has her own Eighties anthem. Which is yours?’ or ‘Which celebrity would play you in the movie of your life?’. You click the link, answer a couple of questions and the song title or photo of the celeb pops up, along with, ‘Tracey is a hardworking woman. She’s been through some tough times but always keeps smiling. She is fiercely loyal and will stand by her friends through thick and thin. If you hurt her, she may not show her feelings outwardly but rest assured, she’ll never forgive you.’ We could all probably be described like that, and even though we know it’s hokum, like horoscopes, we lap it up precisely because these online quiz results are relentlessly positive, and while we love learning things about ourselves, we love learning good things about ourselves even more. We share it with friends because it validates the positive things we feel about who we are.

Learning about ourselves is a national pastime. The self-help industry is a £7.5 billion per year business worldwide. Its entire premise is that understanding yourself is the key to a happier, more fulfilled life. People pay serious money to go on retreats, courses or to see a therapist to learn about themselves, which probably explains why a free quiz claiming to reveal our personality type based on which Avengers character we prefer is so alluring.

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Villages in Focus Update from the Arun Prevention Team – May 2021 You can contact your local team in the following ways: • Call us: on 101 to report a crime or 999 if it’s an emergency • Email us: arun@sussex.pnn.police.uk

WHAT IS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR? Antisocial behaviour is defined as ‘behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person’.

WHAT CONSTITUTES ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR? There are three main categories for antisocial behaviour, depending on how many people are affected: • Personal antisocial behaviour is when a person targets a specific individual or group.

• Nuisance antisocial behaviour is when a person causes trouble, annoyance or suffering to a community.

• Environmental antisocial behaviour is when a person’s actions affect the wider environment, such as public spaces or buildings.

Antisocial behaviour can have a lasting impact on neighbourhoods and communities as it often leads to an increase in crime, particularly violence and criminal damage.

If you are experiencing any of the above, we may be able to help. Contact us on 101, online or in an emergency, dial 999.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Aerial Installation Aerial & Satellite Connection

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Bathrooms Coastline 23 Everything Bathrooms 43 Builders Allbrights 46 Car repairs & Maintenance N L Autos

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Caravan Services T H Caravan Services

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Care Centres & Home Care Blue Cross Lifecare Hollymead House Platinum Care

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Care Services Angelcare 11 Carewise WSCC 29 Connect to Support WSCC 7

Dental Care Felpham Dental Surgery

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Double Glazing / Windows Andy Payne

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Electrical Contractor Danny H

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Farmers Market Felpham Farmers Market

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Financial Services Advice for Later Life

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Footcare Prescription Footwear

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Funeral Services Darren Miles

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Garage Doors A W Garage Doors Garage Door Services

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Carpets & Flooring Sargeants Carpets The Raven Flooring Co.

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Garden Services Gary Mortley 31 Garden Concepts 8 GreenBelt Tree Surgery Speciliasts 14

Chiropractor A Cobb

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Hair and Beauty Emma Jade Beauty

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Hairdresser Karen Hairdressing

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Hardware & Calor Gas A & M Barley

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Health / Wellbeing Physical Solutions Reset Bodyworks West Sussex Colonics

47 24 16

Church St Nicholas, Middleton Cleaning Services Astonish Cleaning Conway Cleaning

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Computer Services Scanstation 52 Curtains, Blinds & Fabrics Hillarys 15 Stock Blinds 50 Dance Dance Ed

Kitchens / Bedrooms Coastline 23 Dream Doors 9

Locks / Security Lock Medic GRN Locksmith Painting / Decorating J R Decorating The Decorator Man

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Pest Control TempPest 37 Plumbing & Heating A.D. Broughton Alan’s Plumbing Priority Heating & Gas JMG Heating Plumbing

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Property Maintenance Allbrights 46 Pub / Restaurant / Takeaway The Fox

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Roofing Roofing Solutions TCB Roofing

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Solicitors Helen Gagan Solicitor MJR Solicitors 40-1 Schools Westbourne House School

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Security GRN Locksmith The Lock Medic

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Taxis Five Star Taxis

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Tutoring West Sussex Tutoring Watches & Clocks Arundel Clockworks 27

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