Horam & Vines Cross Village Diary by hvcvillagediary

Horam and Vines

Cross Village Diary

June 2024

What

Reasons to join us in 2024

we have to offer:

A full range of dental services including cosmetic dentistry and in house implant placement

Facial aesthetics carried out purely by doctors

Invisalign® - barely visible tooth straightening treatments

A newly renovated surgery with top of the range, state of the art equipment and CadCam Technology

Late night opening until 7pm on Thursday

A friendly team always available to help and support

Practice Plan - available for adults from as little as £10 per month, and £5 per month for children

0% APR Finance options available (subject to T&C’s)

Referral Scheme - recommend us to your family and friends and receive 50% off your next check up for every successful referral

WE’VE RECENTLY EXPANDED!

£10 OFF HYGIENIST WITH THIS £10 OFF HYGIENIST WITH THIS ADVERT ADVERT £20 OFF NEW PATIENT £20 OFF NEW PATIENT EXAMINATIONS WITH THIS ADVERT EXAMINATIONS WITH THIS ADVERT Telephone: 01435 873070 Email: info@woodhilldental.co.uk Website: www.woodhilldental.co.uk Address: Woodhill Dental Centre Station Road Mayfield East Sussex TN20 6BW FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/woodhilldentalcentre @woodhilldentalcentre PLEASE QUOTE ‘ PLEASE QUOTE ‘ VILLAGE DIARY VILLAGE DIARY ’ AT ’ AT TIME OF BOOKING TIME OF BOOKING THE DENTIST THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT...

TAKING ON NEW PATIENTS

Lunch Qi Gong Days Out

Events Coming up

Lunch Qi Gong Days Out

Afternoon Tea Knitting

Lunch Qi Gong Days Out

Watercolour Painting

Afternoon Tea Knitting Watercolour Painting

Singing Baking

Afternoon Tea Knitting

Dancing Games

Singing Baking

Dancing Games Fun with the Children NEW FOR 2024

Crafting & Creating

Watercolour Painting

Fun with the Children

Crafting & Creating

Singing Baking Crafting & Creating Dancing Games Fun with the Children

Bingo & Tea Dance

Events Coming up Xmas Wreath Making

Community Bingo & Tea Dancing Union Church Heathﬁeld Every other Thursday from 2pm

2nd & 4th Thursday every month 2-4pm at The Union Church

Visits to local schools for their Christmas concerts

for their Christmas concerts

Visits to local schools for their Christmas concerts

Uniting generations in the glorious setting of Heathfield Park Cricket Club, The Pavilion, Old Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 9AE 10-4pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Uniting generations in the glorious setting of Heathﬁeld Park Cricket Club, The Pavilion, Old Heathﬁeld, East Sussex TN21 9AE 10-4pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Uniting generations in the glorious setting of Heathﬁeld Park Cricket Club, The Pavilion, Old Heathﬁeld, East Sussex TN21 9AE 10-3.30pm Thursday & Friday

Uniting generations in the glorious setting of Heathﬁeld Park Cricket Club, The Pavilion, Old Heathﬁeld, East Sussex TN21 9AE 10-3.30pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

If you would love to come along or know someone that would Call Rachel on 07971 032667

If you would love to come along or know someone that would call Rachel on 07971

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We meet 2nd Saturday of every month at Horam Village Hall TN21 0JE (A267)

Next Session 9th December 2023 - 9.30-12 noon

Next Session 11th November 2023 - 9.30-12 noon

Next Session 8th June 2023 - 9.30-11am

Next Session 11th November 2023 - 9.30-12 noon

Next Session 11th May 2024 - 9.30am -11 am

Next Session 11th November 2023 - 9.30-12 noon

We hope to see you! Help us preserve our environment and dent our throw-away culture. Everyone is welcome - Yummy home-baked cakes & refreshments while you wait!

Items we repair include: computers, electrical items, cycles, minor mechanical problems, furniture and small sewing repairs

We hope to see you! Help us preserve our environment and dent our throw-away culture. Everyone is welcome - Yummy home-baked cakes & refreshments while you wait! On most occasions we will be able to repair: computers - electrical items - cyclesminor mechanical problems - furniture - small sewing repairs

On most occasions we will be able to repair: computers - electrical items - cyclesminor mechanical problems - furniture - small sewing repairs

Everyone is welcome - join us for home-baked cakes & refreshments

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• Back and Neck Pain • Arthritic Pain

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• Sporting Injuries • Tension Headaches

• Shoulder Pain

• Sciatic Pain

Safe and effective treatment for adults and children including:

• Pregnancy related Discomfort

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Horam Healthcare Clinic

• Back and Neck Pain • Arthritic Pain

• Sporting Injuries • Tension Headaches

• Shoulder Pain • Sciatic Pain

Jane Richmond - B.A., B.Sc (Hons) Ost

• Pregnancy related Discomfort

Safe and effective for adults and children including:

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• Shoulder Pain • Sciatic Pain

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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.

Payment by Cash, Cheque or Bank Transfer.

To book an appointment with Mara at Horam Healthcare Clinic

Tel: Pauline on 01435 866227 where you can also leave a message at anytime.

Home Visiting Service also available.

To book a Home Visit with Mara call 07703156799 or email tmfootcare@mail.com

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Jane Stoner BSc(Hons) MRCPod HCPC registered

• Professional and friendly service in the comfort of your home.

• All aspects of foot and nail care.

• Areas covered: Heathfield, Horam, Mayfield, Uckfield and surrounding villages.

To arrange a visit: 07809 210836 steppingstonespodiatry@gmail.com www.steppingstonespodiatry.co.uk

MARIA SMITH SPORTS & REMEDIAL MASSAGE THERAPY

How can sports massage help you?

-relieves tension -eases sore/tight muscles -improves circulation -improves joint mobility -enhances wellbeing -increase flexibility & range of motion

Fully air conditioned studio in Horam or mobile service available. Appointments: 1 hour = £40 45 minutes = £35

Each massage caters for your needs – relax and unwind!

Tel: 07786 220179 Email: mariasmassage21@gmail.com Website: mariasmassage.co.uk

These are some of the treatments we offer :-

 Kinesiology

 Hypnotherapy & NLP

 Massage

 Reflexology

 Beauty treatments using 100% natural products

Therapies and treatments available in a quiet and relaxed setting in Horam

 Biofeedback therapy using the amazing QUEX ED device

 Weightloss Help

Give us a call to book something you fancy … all our therapists also offer vouchers which make great gifts

Tel Daynna - 07770 820673

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SHANNON WALDEN-LOWE – PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COUNSELLOR

MNCPS Accred. BA Social Work. Cert. in Trauma -Focussed Therapy Welcome, my private practice The Space Between counselling provides a space to explore & resolve what may be causing you h harm, difficulty or distress Working with individuals aged 14 and over from a welcoming, confidential space at the Horam Healthcare Clinic.

Short or Long-term Therapy | Available Mondays (AM) & Wednesdays (PM)

A decade of experience in working with people of all ages to achieve positive change T: 07908 690211 E E: TheSpaceBetweenCounselling@gmail.com W: www.thespacebetweencounselling.co.uk

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• We offer home visits across East and West Sussex for your convenience

• As a qualified lawyer, I can provide the best advice around all aspects of your Will, Probate and Lasting Power of Attorney

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• Service & repairs to your existing double glazed windows eg replace old misted glass units, replace broken handles, hinges and locks, re-trim and seal old windows.

• Install UPVC fascia, soffit and guttering - full replacment or cap over.

• Install new or replace shiplap cladding in UPVC or timber.

Carpentry:

• Hang doors, fit door liners, architrave, locks, handles skirting etc.

• Custom built in wardrobes/shelves, build flat pack furniture etc.

• Stud walls, insulation board, plasterboard.

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• Fit curtain poles and blinds.

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Always ask to see a waste carrier licence before you let someone take away your rubbish Your rubbish is your responsibility

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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.

Free health checks return to Wealden

East Sussex ONE YOU is offering free NHS Health Checks to residents aged between 40-74 (not on blood pressure or cholesterol medications), for them to lose weight, stop smoking , move more, eat well and drink less.

Book in advance: sam.bentley@oneyoueastsussex.org.uk for these dates:

30 May - Hailsham, Vicarage Lane car park;

13 June - Heathfield, Station Road East car park;

20 June - Crowborough, Croft Road car park;

27 June - Uckfield, Luxford Field car park.

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

Cornelie Usborne, Green Party councillor for Horam & Punnetts Town, cllr.cornelie.usborne@wealden.gov.uk, 07979336401

Chimney Sweep

Sadly, due to Victorian health & safety regulations, only children of under 14” shoulder measurement may be employed.

A Clean Sweep - your local chimney sweep

Make sure your fireplace is safe with a professional sweep.

• All types of residential chimneys swept.

• Wood & multi-fuel stoves cleaned and serviced.

• Inspection & preparation of all chimneys for stove installation.

• Bird guards & cowls fitted.

• RSPB nominated bird removal man for East Sussex.

• Smoke test & certification for every sweep.

• Member of Association of Professional Independent Chimney Sweeps (APICS).

• Now certified woodburner installer. Ross Atabey on 01435

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New subscription year - 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025

Quickly and easily subscribe or renew at: www.wealden.gov.uk/gardenwaste or scan the code with your mobile device.

✓ Pay in full by debit or credit card.

✓ You can request up to four bins at £60* per bin.

✓ If you don’t have internet access, please call Customer Services on 01323 443322.

✓ You will be sent a licence sticker to attach to each brown bin. This should arrive within 10 working days of payment.

* New customers signing up before 25 June will also be charged for the remaining month/s of the current subscription year.

Please renew by 17 July to avoid any disruption to your service

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• Collection & delivery service.

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• Courtesy car available if required.

• Mini service.

• Full service.

• Diagnostics

• Holiday check from £20.

• Winter check from £20.

• Clutches, exhausts & brakes.

Follow the road out of Horam High Street to Maynards Green, turn left at the oast house Unit 18, Bridge Farm, Horam, East Sussex, TN21 0BP

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All Saint’s Church Bell Ringers

Beavers, Cubs, Scouts Explorer

Bowling Club

Cross In Hand Bridge Club

Heathfield & Horam Football Club

Brownies

Christ Church Fellowship

Dementia Supper Clubs

Diamond Dance

Eastbourne & District Canine Society

Heathfield Choral Society

Heathfield & District Horticultural Society

Heathfield Folk & Dance Club

Heathfield Food & Wine Circle

Heathfield Road Runners

Heathfield Bridge Club

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Heathfield Silver Band

Horam Christian Care Group

Horam Parish Allotment Society

Horam Parish Council, Horam Centre

Horam Flower Show

Horam Fun Day

Horam Guides

Horam & Heathfield Flower Club

Horam Pre-school

Horam Tennis Club

Horam Toddlers

Horam Village Hall Hire

Horam WI

Oxney Vines Cross Tug @ War

Rainbows

RSPCA

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Vines Cross Bonfire Society

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Vines Cross Community Association (VCCA) 07453377956

Wealden Youth Choir

Welcome Art Group

01435 810321

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Non emergency medical 111

Non emergency police

Manor Oak Surgery

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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! Find us opposite Horam Chapel

CROSSWAYS COFFEE MORNING

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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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.

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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.

Web: horamchapel.org.uk Email: info@horamchapel.org.uk Meeting

mornings Fairly informal, with refreshments served after. You’re very welcome to come along

together at 10.30am on Sunday

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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.

INGREDIENTS:

450g strawberries

100g caster sugar

Fresh thyme sprigs, 5 large free-range eggs, separated

350g ricotta

2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

200ml whole milk

300g plain flour

1 tsp baking 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!

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Services for June:

Sun 2nd 10.30am Family Communion

(with children’s groups yrs1-6)

Sun 9th 10.30am Family Worship

(with children’s groups yrs1-6)

Sun 16th 10.00am Together@10Church for Everyone

(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 (Wednesday 5th June 10.00-12.00)

Bible Study - Growth Groups

Jumping Beans - Parent & Toddler Group (Thursdays 10.00-11.30 during term-time)

Fellowship Group (Tuesday 25th June at 2.00pm)

Supporting Horam Christian Care Group

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

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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)

1 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

2 The new name for the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

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JUNE GARDENING DIARY

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

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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

HEATHFIELD & DISTRICT

CHURCHES TOGETHER

ST PHILIP’S CHURCH BURWASH WEALD

Sunday June 23rd at 6.pm

Welcome to our United Service of ‘Choral Evensong’

Followed by refreshments

www.east-sussex/thewi.org.uk/find-wi/horam

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

Monday Tea Club

2024 Dates

April 22nd

from 3.00pm to 4.00pm at Horam Chapel

We have an interesting speaker followed by afternoon tea All are Welcome

We meet at Christ Church Horebeech Lane Horam TN21 ODT

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEATHFIELD & DISTRICT 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

‘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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Heathfield Morning WI

Our next meeting is on Tuesday 11th June

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

Horam

WI

We meet on the

First Tuesday of every month 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 www.east-sussex/thewi.org.uk/find-wi/horam

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