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Heathfield town Diary June 2024

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A Note From Your Editor Dear Readers, Welcome to my first magazine for Heathfield, hopefully by now the sun is shining and the rain is long gone. Let me introduce myself, my name is Dawn and I am not new to publishing magazines, I have been publishing magazines for 12 years and I currently publish three, including the Horam & Vines Cross Village Diary.

I have had several of my advertisers encouraging me to publish in Heathfield, so after putting out a Facebook post, where the response was overwhelming, it was clear that Heathfield was crying out for a community magazine, so here we have it theLunch Heathfield Town Diary.

Events Coming up Qi Gong Days Out Events Coming up Lunch Qi Gong to be aDays Out of information I am keen Tea for the Knitting magazine source that the community Bingo & Tea Dance Afternoon Watercolour Painting Xmas Wreath Making Afternoon Tea Knitting Watercolour Painting 2nd & 4th Thursday month would find useful.Baking Monthly regulars will include diary, every seasonal Singing Crafting & Creatingthe gardening Visits to local schools for their Singing Baking Crafting & Creating 2-4pmfrom at TheNus Union Church If you Dancing Fun with the Children recipe, news fromGames the Parish Council, What’s On and news Ghani.

Christmas concerts Dancing Games Fun with the Children would like to contribute an article or a recipe etc please email me at heathfieldtowndiary@gmail.com.

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NEWS FROM NUS GHANI I am sure that like me, you were deeply saddened to hear the news about His Majesty The King and The Princess of Wales’s recent cancer diagnosis. My thoughts and prayers are with the Royal Family, and I wish both His Majesty and Her Royal Highness a full and speedy recovery.

This sad news has brought into focus how impossible cancer is to avoid, how it can affect any of us, and how it is never far away. We all know someone who is impacted by this dreadful disease, and like many families across Wealden, my family too has been affected by cancer and its devastating consequences.

The impact of cancer on a young person is particularly heart-breaking. The diagnosis of childhood cancer is some of the worst news a parent can possibly receive, and as children often cannot advocate for themselves, we must do it for them. I continue supporting several local families that have been impacted by childhood cancer, including in Mayfield, Crowborough and Forest Row, and I have called for more awareness, genetic testing and more funding for research for childhood cancer.

However, there is some good news and thanks to ongoing breakthroughs in research, cancer survival in the UK has doubled in the last 50 years. Some cancers are prevented completely, and an early diagnosis really can change lives and outcomes.

During the pandemic, the country’s endeavour was used to tackle the virus and we must now remain committed to applying this same spirit to tackling cancer. I welcome the Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for cancer care and multi-billion-pound investment to help deliver millions of additional checks, scans, and operations, and expand the number of surgical hubs across the country.

I am hugely grateful for the range of healthcare services provided in Wealden and across East Sussex, and I would like to strongly encourage anyone who is worried and may have symptoms to get them checked out.

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Wealden Works are there to support, provide guidance, networking opportunities and resources to help discover those hidden careers and employment opportunities to young people, whilst offering a unique 1:1 consultancy service to those just needing advice and guidance on career and employment opportunities and support with CV writing.

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JUNE GARDENING DIARY "A dripping June brings all in tune" Gardeners and farmers alike are hoping the proverb cited above comes to pass, as we have now had nearly two months with no appreciable rainfall. It will come of course, and the way our weather seems nowadays, it will probably mean twelve weeks' worth in a morning. And on the first morning of Wimbledon too probably.

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 mid-month we may give in the urge to drive the mower over the old daffodil foliage, this two month stay of execution will have helped the bulbs build up for next winter.

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. Straightforward washing-up liquid and water in a spray bottle will work for aphids and the collecting of caterpillars may be profitably delegated to the underemployed youths and children we may discover stooging about the house.

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 Paeony flowers should also be removed, though one may wish to keep a few seed pods 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 thin and straggling specimens which will never regain their figures.

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JUNE GARDENING DIARY 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 on the wireless the happy sound of New Zealandish wickets a-falling.

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Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council News from Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council

Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council Heathfield andbeen Waldron Parish Heathfield and WaldronNews Parishfrom Council have recently carrying out itsCouncil Annual Audit of all of its assets This is a big undertaking, with everything from the War memorial at Cade Street, to individual litter bins being checked for their condition. The Audit covers over 290 separate spaced out overCouncil the Parish’s square miles.

The result of Annual the audit is then Heathfielditems and Waldron Parish have 20 recently been carrying out its Audit of all used to recommend any improvement works that are required to the Council. of its assets This is a big undertaking, with everything from the War memorial at Cade Street, litter bins being checked forregarding their condition.

The work Auditthat covers over 290 In April to theindividual Council organised a public meeting the major is being separate items spaced out over the Parish’s 20 square miles.

The result of the audit then undertaken by South East Water in Punnetts Town, this gave members of the Public is the used to recommend any improvement works that arework required toundertaken, the Council.so they are opportunity to ask questions and be informed on the being aware theCouncil impactorganised it will haveaon them.

In Aprilofthe public meeting regarding the major work that is being undertaken by South East Water in Punnetts Town, this gave members of the Public the opportunity to ask questions and be informed on the work being undertaken, so they are aware of the impact it will have on them.

Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council recently agreed to purchase and install a new swing and basket set at Hardy Roberts Recreation ground and a multi-play climbing frame at Waldron Recreation ground. Above is the design of the swing set that is going to be installed.

Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council recently agreed to purchase and install a new swing and basket set at Hardy Roberts Recreation ground and a multi-play climbing frame at Waldron Recreation ground. Above is the design of the swing set that is going to be installed.

If you ever have any questions or concerns that you would like to raise with the Parish Council please do not hesitate to ring or email us, our details appear below.

Helen Johnson, Parish Council Clerk, 73 High Street, Heathfield TN21 8HU If you ever have any questions or concerns that you would like to raise with the Parish Tel: 01435 865700. info@hwpc.org.uk opening hours Mon-Fri 9:30-1300, Council please do notEmail: hesitate to ring or email us,Office our details appear below.

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Trudi - Mothering Mojo

We’ve all heard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” and, ironically, many of us reading this do live in lovely villages. But, when you have a baby, it can often feel isolating and lonely. Not to mention overwhelming and like you’ve been deskilled. Throw in some extra challenges like feeding issues, sleep deprivation and lack of family nearby and you have the recipe for a miserable postpartum.

You might suggest just ‘getting out’ and meeting other mums.

And whilst this can be helpful, it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. And what about the house? It might be slowly unraveling and getting out might feel like you’ve just got to come back to it again.

Birth Doulas are fairly well known now, but less people know about Postnatal Doulas, although word is getting out and we are growing in popularity. In fact, from 2020 to 2022 we have seen a 50% increase in the number of families supported postnatally (2,463 in 2021 just from Doula UK doulas alone).

A postnatal doula is someone who is employed to ‘mother the mother’. It’s different from a nanny, maternity nurse, home help or health visitor. But a practical mix of all of those, and then some. We might do some light chores around the house, hold the baby whilst you sleep and prepare a dinner for when the rest of the family get home. Making sure the mother is rested, nurtured and supported.

Although anyone can claim to be a doula, A Doula UK doula will have excellent training and a thorough mentoring programme under their belts. Postnatal doulas often come with other skills. I am also an Infant Feeding Specialist (I volunteer at the NHS Crowborough Breastfeeding Café every Thursday), a Holistic Sleep Coach and Pelvic Floor rehabilitation yoga teacher.

A postnatal doula might also know about where to get further specialist support for particular issues like tongue tie, allergies, etc. She might know where the local baby massage, sing and sign, baby yoga and other groups are. She will possibly even run one of them herself.

I have been a doula, both birth and postnatal, for 17 years. I’ve also got three children of my own.

So I’ve seen it all. There is nothing my client can tell me that will shock me, she can be her most authentic self with me and I will carry all of her emotions alongside her. We usually become great friends and share some really special moments together. But it’s also okay if I just empty her dishwasher, coo over baby and then be off to the next mum.

If you’re interested in employing a postnatal doula or gifting a postnatal doula to a new mum, please feel free to get in touch with me directly via trudi@motheringmojo.com or look for information on doulas at www.doula.org.uk ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES HEATHFIELDTOWNDIARY@GMAIL.COM

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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 heathfieldtowndiary@gmail.com. This month’s seasonal recipe is delicious Strawberry Pancakes.

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

INGREDIE NTS: 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 450g straw berries the strawberries have broken down, then push them through 100g caster sugar a sieve, collecting the syrup in a bowl and discard the pulp.

Fresh thym e sprigs, Cut up the remaining strawberries.

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If you would love to come along or know someone that would If you would love to come along or know someone that would Grease a non-stick pan with oil and set over a medium heat. When hot, Follow us Call Rachel on 07971 032667 Follow us Callinto Rachel 07971 032667 drop large spoonfuls of the batter the on pan.

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puffed and golden, turning with awww.youngatheart.me.uk spatula.

Serve with the reserved quartered strawberries and www.youngatheart.me.uk the strawberry syrup.

Horam and Heathfield Repair Cafe We meet 2nd Saturday of every month at Horam Village Hall TN21 0JE (A267) Next Session 8th June 2023 - 9.30-11am 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.

Items weEveryone repair include: computers, electrical items, minor mechanical problems, is welcome - Yummy home-baked cakescycles, & refreshments while you wait! andtosmall repairs On most occasions wefurniture will be able repair:sewing computers - electrical items - cycles Everyone is welcome - join us for- home-baked refreshments minor mechanical problems furniture - small cakes sewing&repairs Email repaircafeheathfieldandhoram@outlook.com https://sites.google.com/view/heathfieldrepaircafe/home?pli=1

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It’s time to Subscribe or renew Garden Waste Collections New subscription year - 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025 Quickly and easily subscribe or renew at:

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✓ 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.

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* 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 Find further information about our garden waste service including what can be collected, how the garden waste is composted and the terms and conditions at:

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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.

Heathfield Morning WI Our next meeting is ‘Wine Talk’ on the Tuesday 11th June.

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, email us at heathfieldmorningwi@gmail.com or speak to Devina on 07488 279722.

Visitors welcome for taster session at The Main Hall, Union Church Station Road, Heathfield, TN218LB

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Welcome to Walter & Mair, your local family Estate Agents As a local family, we are proud to announce that we will soon be launching our services to Heathfield and the surrounding communities.

Walter & Mair is a well established successful Agency operating on the Surrey/London border and we are now ready to bring our unique services to our local community.

We go beyond the conventional to ensure your home truly stands out. From meticulous staging to handpicking the perfect photographs for our advertising, every detail is thoughtfully crafted to showcase your home in its best light, ensuring your property gets the attention it deserves.

Although we do not officially launch until September, we are open for valuations and home-moving advice. We look forward to meeting you soon.

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