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PODIATRIST & CHIROPODIST Over 13 years NHS experience Mara Ragaiolo BSc (Hons) Podiatry HCPC registered and a member of the College of Podiatry Now at Horam Healthcare Clinic, High Street, Horam TN21 0EL All aspects of Podiatry and Chiropody including: Nail Cutting, Ingrowing Toenails, Corns and Callus, Verrucae Therapies, Foot Pain, & Diabetic Footcare and Assessment.

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NEWS FROM CORNELIE USBORNE The draft Local Plan once more None of us councillors like the planning system. We have to take the flack for rules imposed by national government. So, I stood up at the Q&A session on 26 April in Horam Village Hall and expressed my deep sympathy with all of you who will be affected

by Horam’s building programme of potentially 800 plus dwellings during the next ten years. Greg Collins and I also explained why they would happen also without the Local Plan. With the new plan, there will be fewer houses (750 rather than 950 in Coxlow Farm) and much more environmental protection; and many more smaller, cheaper houses.

Everyone’s comments will be studied, and responses posted on the website. They will feed into the Regulation 19 consultation before submission to the Planning Inspectorate for (hopefully) approval in 2025. The Plan will govern planning decisions for 10 years.

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Come and see me at the Repair Café, Horam Village Hall, 11 May, 9.30-10.30am.

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Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturday 9am - 1pm* 01435 812075

Horam Fun Day Horam Recreation Ground & Village Hall

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Come along, watch & join in HAVE FUN.

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‘Our aim is to provide each resident with a caring and secure environment and the means to live life to the full extent, with privacy, independence and dignity’.

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CROSSWAYS COFFEE MORNING Wednesday 5th June 10am - 12 noon at Christchurch, Horebeech Lane, Horam.

EVERYONE WILL BE MADE WECOME INCLUDING CHILDREN. Meet with friends, make new friends and enjoy good coffee/tea and homemade cake.

We meet the first Wednesday of every month, everybody is welcome.

We shall look forward to seeing all.

CHERRY TREE COURT Welcomes you all

A warm welcome awaits you.

Every Monday we hold a bingo & raffle evening join us from 6pm for a 6.30pm start Every Friday we gather for a coffee morning from 10.30am We look forward to seeing you!

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CROSSWAYS COFFEE MORNING

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Wednesday 1st November 10am-12noon at Christchurch, Horebeech Lane, Horam.

EVERYONE WILL BE MADE WELCOME INCLUDING CHILDREN. Meet with friends, make new friends and enjoy good coffee/tea and homemade cake.

We meet the first Wednesday of every month, everybody is welcome.

We shall look forward to seeing you all.

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We are very lucky to have such an amazing charity locally that cares for our wildlife. WRAS are always grateful for donations of towels, pillow slips, blankets and cat food. These items can be left at: Unit 8, The Shaw Barn, Whitesmith, BN8 6JD. Why not visit their charity shop in Eastbourne? 01323 643111.

Any animal in trouble call 0781 50 78234, for anything else call 01825 873003.

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What’s On In June Bexfest, Beach Festival, 1st, to purchase tickets visit www.dlwp.co/events 999 Emergency Services Display, Western Lawns, Eastbourne, 1st – 2nd.

Sheep Racing & Family Fun Day, South Brockwells Farm, 1st, 11am – 3pm, to purchase tickets visit https://www.southbrockwellsfarm.com Super Car Sunday, Nash Street, 2nd, 10am.

Wealden Times Midsummer Fair, Rolveden TN17 4JA, 6th, 9am.

Heathfield & Horam Repair Café, Horam Village Hall, 8th 9.30am – 12.30pm (see pg 26 for more information.)

Black Deer Festival, Eridge Park 14th-16th, to purchase tickets visit https://www.blackdeerfestival.com/ High Weald Steam Working Weekend, Pippingford Park, 15th – 16th 10am – 5pm.

Heathfield Farmers Market, Co-op car park, 15th 9.30am – 12.30pm, (see pg 19 for more information.)

Sussex Day Barn Dance, Gun Brewery, 15th from 6pm.

Borde Hill Garden Festival, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, 22nd, 10am - 5pm, to purchase tickets visit https://bordehill.co.uk/ Fossils, Flags & Ancient Features on Beachy Head, 24th, to purchase a ticket visit https://heritageeastbourne.onlineticketseller.com Eastbourne & District Armed Forces Day, Five Acre Field, Eastbourne, 29th, 10am - 5pm.

Jumping Beans

A group for 0-3s and their carers Term-time: Thursdays 10.00am-11.30am (50p per morning)

Horebeech Lane Horam TN21 0DT

LARGE and SMALL TOYS + SINGING REFRESHMENTS + FRIENDSHIP

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HORAM PARISH NEWS

Thank you to any members of the community who came along to the Annual Parish Assembly on Thursday 16th May. We hope you enjoyed the guest speakers and found the evening informative.

We hope some of the local children are enjoying the Horam Detached Youth Session on a Monday evening from 6pm-7pm which is open to children and young adults from the ages of 10 to 19 at the Horam recreation ground. Younger children are welcome if accompanied by an appropriate adult. The parish council continues to actively work with East Sussex County Council to find a permanent youth facility for the young people of Horam.

Wealden District Council are hoping to arrange an Open Day in the Horam Centre in June to talk about the exciting changes to the Cuckoo Trail platform in Horam. Watch this space!!

The council can confirm the owner of the road which is used to access the village hall/bowls club/scout hut and football fields will be repairing the large potholes on entry. The contractor has scheduled the repair works to be completed within the next 8 weeks.

Cllr Greg Collins has resigned from the parish council but will continue his work as a Wealden District Councillor.

As a result of Cllr Cornelie Usborne’s resignation, the parish council can now begin the co-option process. If you are interested in becoming a councillor please contact the Clerk for an application form.

All the meetings of the council are public meetings. Please come along and have your say. There is a public participation part at the beginning of each meeting where members of the public are invited to speak on any of the agenda items. The agenda for any council meeting is always published at least 3 days before the meeting and is available on the council website https://horam. com/ and the parish council notice boards. These are located at the Horam Centre and in the Memorial Garden. The council will be adding all the agenda documentation onto the website for public information. This will be completed as soon as practically possible.

If you have any accessibility issues regarding physically attending a council meeting please contact the Clerk directly who will arrange access to the meeting via zoom.

The Parish Council wish to clarify that they are a non-party political corporate body.

Please report any crimes or anti-social behaviour to the police through 101.They cannot investigate an incident unless there is a crime report.

The parish council office hours: Tuesday:

9.30am – 12.30pm

Wednesday:

9.30am – 12.30pm

Thursday:

9.30am – 12.30pm

Friday:

10.00am – 1.00pm

You can contact the Parish Council by email, post or telephone.

Parish Clerk: clerk@horam.com , 01435 812151 or 07900 576236 The Clerk, Horam Parish Council, The Horam Centre, High Street, Horam

THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS 10+ DUE TO THE SERVICE CATERING TO 10-19 YEAR OLDS. YOUNGER THAN 10 USUALLY TEND TO HAVE PARENTS WITH THEM BUT THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN IN WITH ACTIVITIES IF APPROPRIATE

NEWS FROM NUS GHANI

Regular, reliable and affordable public transport is key to our lives in Wealden. I have always been relentless in my work to secure more funding to deliver better infrastructure and services, and I’m proud that we’ve had some great successes in improving transport accessibility in Wealden over the past couple of years.

Thanks to the Department for Transport’s £1.9m investment at Eridge and £4.7m refurbishment at Crowborough, both train stations are now fully step-free, accessible to all commuters, and fit for the future. This comes in addition to the investment of £41.4m, which enabled East Sussex County Council to deliver improvements to bus services in Wealden and across the county; the £2 single bus journey cap which has now been extended to the end of 2024; and the investment of £157,000 to expand electric vehicle charging points in car parks across Wealden district including in Forest Row, Crowborough, Uckfield, Wadhurst and Hailsham.

I know from my regular surgeries and casework that potholes and road standards are one of the biggest concerns locally. I’m pleased that Frant, Groombridge and Uckfield will benefit from the nationwide programme of pothole repairs and road resurfacing projects, made possible by the first tranche of £8.3 billion in reallocated HS2 funding which saw over £52.4m allocated to East Sussex County Council as part of a long-term, 11-year plan to improve local roads. These muchneeded improvements will ensure smoother journeys as well as increase the safety of all road users, and I will continue to work with local authorities to ensure that Wealden continues to receive funding to improve the safety and durability of our roads.

However, I know that there is more to be done and I continue working to deliver further improvements for services in Wealden. I am always keen to hear your views, which allow me to better represent you in meetings with local authorities and putting forward a stronger case for additional resources for Wealden from national government including improving our transport network. If you’d like to share your thoughts and priorities with me, please feel free to do so online via my website at: www.nusghani.org.uk/transportsurvey.

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Seasonal Recipe of the Month June

Each month we will have a seasonal recipe, if you have a recipe you would like to share email horamvillagediary@gmail.com. This month’s seasonal recipe is delicious Strawberry Pancakes.

METHOD Cut 75g of the strawberries into small pieces and set aside.

Put 150g of the berries in a pan with 75g sugar, a generous splash of water and the thyme. Simmer over a low heat until the strawberries have broken down, then push them through a sieve, collecting the syrup in a bowl and discard the pulp. Cut up the remaining strawberries.

Beat the egg yolks, ricotta, melted butter and milk together in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt, lemon zest and the remaining sugar. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the ricotta mixture and mix gradually until smooth.

Add the chopped strawberries. In a separate, clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks, then carefully fold into the batter.

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450g straw berries 100g caster sugar Fresh thym e sprigs, 5 large free -range egg s, separated 350g ricott a 2 tbsp unsa lted butter, melted 200ml who le milk 300g plain flour 1 tsp bakin g powder 1 lemon Oil of your choice to grease

Grease a non-stick pan with oil and set over a medium heat.

When hot, drop large spoonfuls of the batter into the pan. Cook for about a minute on each side until puffed and golden, turning with a spatula. Serve with the reserved quartered strawberries and the strawberry syrup.

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PUMPTRACK AT HORAM RECREATION GROUND

We are going live with a Crowdfunding page on Saturday 18th May.

We need to raise £79,167 for a Pumptrack at Horam Recreation Ground.

In addition to applying for grants we are asking members of our local community to help us on our journey. If we can raise £10,000 we can go back to the larger funders, including Horam Parish Council. We already have planning permission and we will be installing an asphalt surface some 100m in length which will feature a beginner loop as well as jumps and banked turns.

The Pumptrack will be designed for all abilities yet will be safe for beginners, and will cater for those on scooters, skateboards and bmx.

It will be awesome!

You can donate by using the QR code shown, or by using the link: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bmx-scooter-pumptrack-at-horam-recreation-ground-1

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WE ARE OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 9AM - 5PM

Services for June: Sun 2nd

10.30am

Family Communion

Sun 9th

10.30am

Family Worship

Sun 16th

10.00am

Together@10 Church for Everyone

(with children’s groups yrs1-6) (with children’s groups yrs1-6)

(please see information elsewhere in the Diary)

Sun 23rd

10.30am

Family Worship

(with children’s groups yrs1-6)

Sun 30th

10.30am

Family Worship

(with children’s groups yrs1-6)

An audio copy of the Sunday morning reading & sermon is available on our website within 24hrs of each service.

Other Activities: Crossways - drop-in for refreshments & chat Bible Study - Growth Groups Jumping Beans - Parent & Toddler Group Fellowship Group Supporting Horam Christian Care Group

(Wednesday 5th June 10.00-12.00) (Thursdays 10.00-11.30 during term-time) (Tuesday 25th June at 2.00pm)

If you’d like the opportunity of a chat, or if you’d like us to pray for or with you, please do make contact: Vicar: Revd PJ Guy 01435 813372 vicar@christchurchhoram.org Wardens: Maryanne Ford 01435 817769 Davina Jones 07809 545397 Hall Hire: Jane Thomas 01435 810398 www.christchurchhoram.org

It’s our church for everyone -

together@10 - at Christ Church Horam.

together @10 church for everyone

Come along and find out what it’s all about!!!

We start with refreshments, with chat, activities for the children, then a service for ALL the family. Why not enjoy it with us!!

Our together@10 Service is on Sunday 16th June at 10.00am

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Wealden’s plan for Horam – “approaching a small town” Various events1 over the last couple of months have provided the opportunity to find out just what Wealden District Council’s (WDC’s) Draft Local Plan proposes in terms of development and change locally.

As WDC’s lead Councillor has acknowledged, the upshot would be that Horam’s character would change from a rural village to one “approaching a small town”.

While WDC cite a combination of Government pressure to boost housebuilding and the protection afforded the High Weald National Landscape2 (which Horam lies just beyond), Horam’s growth is still exceptional - and would be transformational.

The Parish Council has made representations (as have we) arguing that such a transformation, from village to small town, would be simply wrong, as well as inconsistent with the lower levels of growth (proportionally) of all Wealden’s towns and other more accessible settlements.

We have to say that WDC has yet to show any sign of reviewing its proposals, with the large tract of land around Coxlow Farm being strongly promoted by developers.

However, it is early days and we can only hope that proposals are scaled-back and more in keeping with Horam’s rural character in the next iteration of the Local Plan. _____________________________

Neighbourhood Plan As previously reported, the independent examination of the Horam Neighbourhood Plan is ongoing. In fact, the Examiner’s report is expected around the end of May, so we will review that in next month’s Update. _____________________________

Planning decisions An appeal for up to 46 dwellings on the pasture land between Rosemead Place and Laundry Lane (WDC reference WD/2022/1694/MAO) has been allowed.

Although not of the same scale as the Coxlow Farm proposal, we see this scheme (which had huge local opposition) as also having a real effect in terms of eroding the character and rural setting of Horam and Marle Green.

David Marlow & Sue Lane (HNP Steering Group members)

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Via two public meetings organised by Horam Parish Council and local WDC Councillors respectively, as well as WDC’s own exhibition at the Village Hall The new name for the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

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JUNE GARDENING DIARY

"A dripping June brings all in tune"

June is one of the more pleasing months of the gardener's year; The blooms of spring may have faded but in their place is a wealth of summer blossom. By the end of the month we may give in the urge to drive the mower over the old daffodil foliage, this two months stay of execution will have helped the bulbs to build up for next year.

The season of the sucking and biting pests is in full swing so to allow for a good night's sleep, the diligent gardener must wage unceasing war on insect pests.

If aphides and caterpillars are allowed to multiply unchecked they will wreak havoc in the flower garden and amongst the vegetable and fruit crops.

It is at this time of year that the benefits of deep and thorough winter digging begin to show; Drought has nothing like the same effect on thoroughly prepared ground as it has on shallow soil hastily dug to the depth of a mere few inches.

Planting out of summer bedding will be carried on, room for growth should be allowed when planting, water until established.

Our minds may now be turning towards displays for next spring. Wallflowers, fox gloves, sweet william, forget-me-nots and canterbury bells may be sown now in finely prepared beds to give them as long as possible to grow before planting out in autumn.Staking and tying and the feeding of plants that are actually in bud and bloom are other tasks which command our attention; A heavy June downpour will quickly lay any tall plants face down and spread-eagled across the lawn, always a chastening sight.

Be alert to suckers growing from the bases of roses, they usually have more thorn and leaf than an ordinary stem and should be removed on sight.

We may not be afeard to thin out crowded stems of such plants as Rudbeckia, Helianthus, Michaelmas Daisies, Phloxes and Solidagos. A few strong stems will make a far better display than overcrowded clumps.

No faded flower heads should be allowed to remain on Rhododendrons and Azaeleas, snapping them off above the foliage will free the new growth and the buds will thus be freed from restraint and begin at once to grow vigorously. Yellowing leaves on the aforesaid plants may indicate a liming of the soil which should be corrected with an acidifier. Any black bristly buds that won't open must be removed and burnt. Old Peoony flowers should also be removed, though one may wish to keep a few seed pods ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES HORAMVILLAGEDIARY@GMAIL.COM

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on the old types which make useful material for dried-flower displays at Christmas.

In the vegetable garden we may continue to remove all unwanted runners in the strawberry bed. Seeds of French and runner beans may still be sown, that deep trench of organic matter the reader dug in some months ago will pay back with a heavy crop. Lettuce, radishes and spinach can still be sown for succession.

Maincrop turnips and swedes around the middle of the month. Plant brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflowers, sprouting broccoli and savoys as the ground becomes available.

Continue with the thinning of previously sown crops; overcrowding in the nursery bed will produce rangy and straggling specimens which will never regain their figures.

Earth-up potatoes little and often as growth proceeds. We should cease cutting asparagus around the middle of the month and give the bed some nourishment to encourage strong top growth of the stems still remaining. That hoe should be stirring the soil from time to time to break up any panned surfaces and keep the soil from drying out and baking hard. No Hoers' Elbow please.

During the summer months plants in pots should be watered every day regardless of the weather and given a liquid feed once a week.

If we have kept up to speed with jobs through winter and spring we should soon have a thoroughly effulgent garden, one fit to make our neighbours green with envy, calling for just some minor daily pottering, so allowing us the time to enjoy long pipes in the sunshine listening to the summer noises of bees buzzing at safe distance and the merry shrieks of joy as the great grandchildren discover yet another caterpillar.

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HORAM AND HEATHFIELD FLOWER CLUB Friendship Through Flowers

We meet every second Thursday of the month excluding January Doors open 7pm commencing at 7.30pm Heathfield Community Centre Sheepsetting Lane Heathfield TN21 0XG Contact details Phyllis Stevens

01435 863224

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Christ Church Fellowship We invite you to come and join us on Tuesday 25th June at 2.pm We will have an interesting speaker The meeting will be followed by afternoon tea 2024 Dates April

Monday Tea Club

ALL WELCOME 22nd We meet at

from 3.00pm to 4.00pm at Horam Chapel We have an interesting speaker followed by afternoon tea All are Welcome

Christ Church Horebeech Lane Horam TN21 ODT

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Summer Social Evening Thursday July 11th 2024 6.00pm. for 7.00pm at Horam Park Golf Club Two course meal @ £24.00 Speaker: Jacob Vince

Sunday June 23rd at 6.pm Welcome to our United Service of ‘Choral Evensong’ Followed by refreshments

‘Christian Friends of Israel’ Please book with your CTH & D representative or with Sue Mumford 01580 819415 (You will be asked to choose your menu when booking) (Bookings & payments not later than Thursday June 27th please)

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Horam WI

Heathfield Morning WI Our next meeting is on

We meet on the

Tuesday 11th June

First Tuesday of every month

Wine Talk We are a morning group meeting at 10am-12am Just come along and meet sociable ladies Do some activities Go on outings Listen to some great speakers Enjoy Tea/Coffee and chat If you would like to find out more you can email us at heathfieldmorningwi@gmail.com or speak to Devina on 07488279722 Visitors welcome for taster session at The Main Hall Union Church Station Road Heathfield

2pm - 4pm at West End, Christchurch, Horebeech Lane, Horam This month we are holding our Annual Meeting Ladies, you’re very welcome to join us at any of our meetings they always include time for a cuppa and a chat!

Our activities include guest speakers, monthly craft club, lunches and outings.

Other courses and activities are also available through East Sussex Federation of WIs and ‘The WI Learning Hub’ T: Kim 01435 813942 horamwi@gmail.com

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HORAM AND HEATHFIELD FLOWER CLUB Friendship Through Flowers

We meet every second Thursday of the month excluding January Doors open 7pm commencing at 7.30pm Heathfield Community Centre Sheepsetting Lane Heathfield TN21 0XG Contact details Phyllis Stevens

01435 863224

2024 Dates

Monday Tea Club

April

22nd

from 3.00pm to 4.00pm at Horam Chapel We have an interesting speaker followed by afternoon tea All are Welcome

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PROFESSIONAL CURTAIN MAKER ALSO: BLINDS, CUSHIONS, CURTAINS, PELMETS, SWAGS AND TAILS. Tracks and poles supplied and fitted.

Private tuition available.

KATE RAVEN - 07967 828389 PROFESSIONAL CURTAIN MAKER TO THE TRADE FOR 30 YEARS

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TREE - SURGEONS

Tree Surgery Hedge Cutting Hedge Laying Tel 01435 01323 831938 Tel 868836 Mobile 07885 Mobile 07885950755 950755 Company Established 25 yrs. Fully Insured.

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