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Police hear firms' concerns SENIOR police officer Laurence Taylor has been tackled by business leaders in Bognor Regis about town centre crime.

Assistant Chief Constable Taylor spent almost two hours on a walkabout around the area to hear the concerns and comments of a wide range of businesses.

He pledged their views would be taken into account and that Sussex Police would continue to work with its partners to try to ensure the anti-social behaviour

that had plagued the London Road precinct would not return.

“There has been a mixed message today,” he said. “There is definite concern in the community and I recognise that.

“There has been some positive comments that people have noticed what the police are doing and that there has been an improvement.

“There are differences between some of the more serious incidents and the

underlying behaviour. We need to be able to tackle both.”

But he warned the police could not solve the matter on their own.

Partnership working was taking place with Arun District Council and that had made a difference with the young people who were behind the recent problems in the town centre.

ACC Taylor toured the London Road and High Street areas on Monday with

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Mrs Bourne arranged the visit after she was given a heated reception at the latest town electors’ meeting last month.

Traders and residents criticised the police response to the situation in the town centre. She was warned crimes were being carried out brazenly.

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FIRST World War enthusiast Dave Smith will be explaining the events of 100 years ago at a talk to a Bognor Regis group.

Mr Smith is guest speaker at a special meeting being held by Bognor Regis Twinning Association to mark the forthcoming centenary of the end of the 'war to end all wars'.

His talk will take place at 7.30pm tonight (Friday) at Aldwick Parish Council's offices in Pryors Lane. Tickets cost £5 each and include coffee and cakes.

Mr Smith said: "I love the history of the 20th century and the First World War is obviously an important part of that.

"I've been to the battlefields about 30 times. There are so many visitors there now that a lot of money is being spent on modern visitor centres.

"You can talk to people all you like about the war but you have to go to the sites to see them for yourself.

"When you see the cemeteries, it particularly brings it home to you. You think 'Wow, this is incredible' and the reality strikes you about the trench warfare and the way of life at that time."

Mr Smith's talk will bring to life the last days of the war in autumn 1918.

His focus will be about how the effort of the Allied forces saw Germany decline

from its strong position at the start of the year to having to surrender in the November.

Retired Aldwick resident Mr Smith, 67, was a history teacher for 34 years. The last 25 of them were spent at Chichester High School for Boys.

He took some pupils to the war's battlefields for their history lessons but found there was a lack of explanation about what they were seeing.

He decided to carry out research and provide a commentary - and his enthusiasm grew from there.

"I would take groups of 30-40 high school boys and they would be laughing and joking in the coach on the way there.

"But their mood would change as soon as they arrived at the sites and they saw what the war must have been like," he said.

Mr Smith retired in 2007 but still returns to the battlefields when he is asked to lead a guided tour for a group.

His latest talk follows one he gave to the twinning association in 1916 for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

He also gave a talk about the same subject for the town's Rotary Club as well as one about the war in general to the town's branch of the University of the Third Age.

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A FRESH attempt is being made to build flats on a former commercial site in Bognor Regis.

Mr P. Meredith wants to construct eight one-bedroom and six twobedroom flats at a location in Durban Road once used by Westside Supplies.

His latest planning application comes after the most recent bid for the housing was refused by Arun District Council in 2016 because of the lack of a contribution towards affordable housing. But an earlier scheme, in 2011, was backed by councillors.

The planning agent for the latest proposal, Tony Rogers, says in a

statement: "The proposal is a three storey building as before, with two linked blocks with (a) driveway under giving access to the rear car park, and all flats meeting the council's space standards.

"Due to the council's adopted space standards, the proposed building is slightly larger than that approved under the outline application, whilst still maintaining the same number of car parking spaces.

"As the concept of a development of this size has already been agreed in principle, it is the detail that needs to be agreed."

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Caravan used by Sir Billy is set for scrap A DECAYING caravan which served as Sir Billy Butlin's HQ in Bognor Regis has reached the end of the road.

The temporary office used by the leisure entrepreneur soon after he built his holiday camp in the town is to be scrapped.

Its owner, Louise Gaye Tiernan, has decided to get rid of the accommodation after she has owned it for some 50 years.

She said: "The caravan has been in my garden since the sixties. When Butlin's first opened, I used to go to dances there. It was free for residents and, for some reason, I got talking to Billy Butlin.

"There was something I said, and I can't remember what it was, but he got to know I had this caravan.

"He came here a couple of times with two or three of his businessmen. They were dressed in black suits and had black cars. They had meetings of some sort in

there. They looked like a committee when they arrived."

Mrs Tiernan, of Chichester Road, was told the caravan was the longest on the road when she bought it. It measures some 16-17 metres long and is about two metres wide.

Accommodation comprises a bedroom, a small spare room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a lounge.

"Years ago, the main road to London ran past this house, with all the buses and coaches going past. I don't know how the delivery men got the caravan in my garden," she said.

The caravan was damaged several years ago when vandals broke into her garden and stamped on its roof to let the rain in.

But Mrs Tiernan has kept hold of it until now. She has decided to take advantage of an offer by the developer of flats next door

to crush the caravan rather than having to pay for it to be taken away.

"I shall be sorry to see it go. I've used it as an office and as accommodation.

If anybody came to see me and stayed overnight, they stayed in it," she said.

Mrs Tiernan has lived in Bognor Regis since the 1960s. She ran several shops in the town centre. The biggest was a former supermarket in Canada Grove, which is now an Eastern European shop.

Sir Billy opened his first business - a seafront 'recreation shelter' - in Bognor Regis in 1932. He thrived in the town and opened a zoo the next year.

It was in 1958 that Bognor Regis Urban District Council agreed Sir Billy could use the 39-acre Brookland site for a holiday camp. He rented accommodation in the town with his wife, Norah, while it was built.The camp opened on July 2, 1960.

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Police walkabout From page one Taylor visited were Unique Promotions, Wilko, Morrisons, Sports Direct and Mountain Warehouse.

She said: “This has been a lot more positive experience than the town meeting. We have been to a lot of shops, some of the bigger stores and some smaller stores.

“Some of the shopkeepers have been really positive. Some were very keen to make sure the police understand the anti-social behaviour has got to stop.

“People are seeing a change but there is still a lot to do – and we recognise that.

“There has been a huge amount of work going on by the police and partners. The situation has been a lot better since some of the particular young people involved in the problems have been dealt with.

“It is a step in the right direction but we are under no illusions we need to take more steps.”

As reported, the increase in this year council’s tax precept charged by Mrs Bourne will lead to 200 extra police officers in the next four years.

That additional money, added to £17m taken from reserves, would pay for the increased staffing.

“We all want to see the police being as effective as possible. We don’t want to see the problem with the young people getting out of control. It shouldn’t be getting to that level and we need to prevent that," she said.

The walkabout was also joined by the Bognor Regis Business Improvement District’s chairman, Paul Wells.

He said: “There has been a small improvement in terms of anti-social

behaviour. Mrs Bourne has been able to speak to several businesses in the town on a one-to-one basis and hear their first-hand experiences.

“Hopefully, as a business community, we are now starting to get the message across to Sussex Police that some of the issues we have been experiencing have got to stop. We hope they will take that on board.”

Squires Model and Craft Tools owner Roger Lewis had talked to ACC Taylor before his walkabout about the crimes he had suffered and his criticism of Sussex Police’s approach to shoplifting.

He said: “I hope the extra 200 police officers will be deployed in a proactive way. The most common thing you hear from the public and businesses is that there has to be some visible presence.

“If you don’t have that, you are relying on people’s integrity to observe the law but there is no real deterrent if you are taken to court. It’s the lack of fear of shoplifting and that there’s no real consequences to it.” * A repeat shoplifter from Bognor Regis has been sent to prison.

Lauren Shepherd, 30, of Merchant Street, pleaded guilty to six separate shoplifting offences in Chichester and Bognor Regis from March 1 and April 13. She stole a variety of goods with a total value of just over £300.

She was arrested on April 17 after being identified on a shop's CCTV footage.

Shepherd pleaded guilty to all offences and on Wednesday was given a two week prison sentence and fined £115.

Pensions fight is on the radio A BOGNOR REGIS woman is going on air tonight to talk about her fight for better pensions.

Angie Taylor is being interviewed on Radio Respect, based in the town, about the work of the Women Against State Pension Inequality in tackling the government's treatment of fifties-born women and the raising of their state pension age.

A member of WASPI's Bognor Regis and Chichester branch, she will be quizzed by interviewer Chris Collins,

the station's joint founder, on show from 7pm-10pm.

Ms Taylor is also hiring a vintage London Routemaster bus to take fellow pensions campaigners from the town and others from around the country on a tour of the capital on May 8.

They will visit the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and the Department for Work and Pensions as part of their call for fairer pensions' treatment. A few spare seats remain. Email her at: policepandacar@gmail.com for a place.

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` New parking fees CHARGES for the shortest stays in seasonal car parks around Bognor Regis have been frozen.

Senior Arun district councillor Paul Wotherspoon has agreed with his fellow councillors' call for the visits for up to one hour to be kept at £1 or £1.50 from next Tuesday.

The lower of the charges applies to the Rock Gardens and Culver Road car parks and the higher to Gloucester Road.

The charges at the sites for the two bands of longer stays will rise from £3 to £3.20 and £7 to £7.40 in the three car parks and the council's other seasonal car parks in the Littlehampton area. They apply from March 1 to October 31 yearly.

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by Specsavers for its branch in Bognor Regis town centre.

The company has asked Arun District Council for planning permission for one internally lit fascia sign and one internally lit hanging at the front of its premises in the London Road shopping precinct.

The opticians has also requested approval from the council to fit two air conditioning condenser units.

` Stolen cash A BURGLAR has stolen a small amount of cash and a bank card during a break-in in Westergate.

The raid happened from 12.30pm3pm on April 13 in Woodgate Road.

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Lidsey oil well backed again PLANNING permission has been approved for the retention of the Lidsey oil site for a further period of ten years.

West Sussex County Council's planning committee approved the extension of the drilling until 2018.

Production of hydrocarbon (oil) at the site in Lidsey Road lapsed on February.

17 this year.

Planning permission was sought for the retention of the existing two wellheads and boreholes at the site to enable renewed production operations at the site.

The operator, Angus Energy, sought the use of the site for ten more years to allow for the remaining reserves to be extracted, after which restoration would be undertaken.

Speaker Jim Kelsey, who researches and monitors hydro-geology, was opposed.

He said: "Like many people, I thought this planning application would be a formality. But then I saw the word re-injection on the application. It is a stimulation technique to pressurise the reservoir and can be widely accepted as a cause of induced seismic activity."

Mark Aldridge, the applicant, quoted the oil and gas commentary on the council's website as saying: "Oil and gas - hydrocarbons - make an essential contribution the country's prosperity and quality of life."

The last speaker was Cllr Derek Whittington, county councillor for Barnham, Aldingbourne and Eastergate.

He said: "I am somewhat puzzled that Eastergate wasn't included in the consultation because its border is all but 100 yards north of the site in question.

"I represent those three parishes and we recently held parish meetings and at no point was this application raised by any of the 70-odd members of the public who were there. There was no objection to this application at all."

The proposed development would involve HGV movements from the site to deliver oil products and receive fuel and essential site equipment. Officers confirmed there would be no increase in the number of vehicle movements over that set out in the 2006 permission of 20 HGV movements a week - ten in each direction.

Cllr Simon Oakley raised concerns over the possibility of fracking occurring.

He said: "Can we get clarification that this application is to maintain the two boreholes on the site and that the third borehole would need a further application?

"If there were any unconventional methods of trying to agitate the preproduction from the existing boreholes, that would also require an additional application."

Chris Bartlett, the principal planner at the county council, said: "They haven't applied for that, they have not stated they want to do anything regarding the stimulation on the site. It's a completely different process and they would need another application."

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Plenty of pasties from bakery sold after store opens in town PASTY fervour has seen hundreds of the bakes a day bought from a new Bognor Regis store.

A staggering 1,595 pasties was sold in the first four days after the Warrens Bakery branch opened in The Arcade.

Of those, 781 were the firm's well-known medium steak pasties as residents gained a taste for the premium craft bakery's award-winning signature product.

The first few days of trading at the outlet saw 1,745 customers through its doors.

They were queuing to get their hands on the firm's famous Cornish pasties, freshly baked bread and breakfast treats.

The bakery company joined with franchisees Lee and Emma Johnson to open the outlet earlier this month.

Mr Johnson said: "We're immensely proud to be part of the much-awaited regeneration scheme for Bognor Regis and employing six local residents."

Mrs Johnson said: "We have been truly overwhelmed by the level of support shown by the people of the town.

"So many members of the public have shared with us their fond memories of holidays to Cornwall, eating Cornish pasties and enjoying saffron cakes."

Warrens Bakery franchise operations manager Jackie Dillon said the company was proud to open its 17th franchised store in Bognor Regis.

"The store has already been a great success and the team look forward to welcoming many more customers."

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A BOGNOR REGIS businessman has become a local hero after he singlehandedly caught a youth with a knife on Monday.

Eric Yilmaz, owner of Tonsorial Parlour in London Road, restrained a boy suspected of carrying a knife outside his barber shop before police turned up.

A police spokesperson said: "Police received a report of a boy with a knife and an altercation on London Road in Bognor at 2.30pm on Monday, April 23.

"When officers turned up, a boy had been detained. A 16-year-old boy from London was arrested on suspicion of affray and possession with a knife. He has been released under investigation."

Mr Yilmaz said he was working in his immenselyshop when he saw a boy rush past with uch-awaitedthree other people chasing him. He ognor Regissaid: “I saw a guy running up the street ents." and three guys behind, chasing him. e been trulyThey got on top of him and had him on of supportthe ground on the florist’s flowers next wn. door and started kicking him. public have “I got involved because there were memories ofthree against one and the one on the ng Cornishfloor looked young, maybe about 12 cakes." years old. operations “I picked him up off the floor and the he companyother guys started shouting that he had h franchiseda knife and that’s why they were chasing him. een a great “As I picked him up, he went to run forward toaway and threw threats at me. I said it mers." didn’t matter and asked him where the

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“At that point, a police officer came round the corner with a big knife which he had picked up from the corner and I passed the guy over to him.

“The knife was huge, it was like a knife from a kitchen. I was concerned about

the lady next door and her flowers. But I went to stop them because there were three of them picking on one person, and I said that wasn’t fair.

“I went to help my neighbour at the florist because I love her, she’s my neighbour and she’s on her own, too.

“I saw the size of the blade and I am really glad it wasn’t on him to be honest.

He could have turned on me.

"After, I thought, what do you do? He could have hurt me but then again, if you let him go with a knife, he could go and hurt someone else.”

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AN EFIT impression, above, was issued by police this week of a suspected armed robber in Bognor Regis.

The man had a knife when he was one of two men who approached a 19-year-old local man in Steyne Street. A Sussex Police spokesman said: "(The victim) was not hurt but they stole his mobile phone and house keys."

The suspect with the knife was described as slim, in his early twenties, with a trimmed full beard, black hair that was grown out on top and pushed forward with no hair products in.

He wore a grey zip-up hoodie with a black top underneath, grey tracksuit bottoms and had a silver chain around his neck.

The other suspect was also white, bigger in build than the first man, in his mid-twenties, wearing a blue baseball cap that had a grey tick on it, a white scarf covering his face from below his eyes and grey tracksuit bottoms.

The robbery took place just after 10pm on April 14.

Detective Constable Laura Webb said: "If you think you recognise the man from the efit, or you have other information about what happened, please contact us online: sussex.police. uk/appealresponse or call 101, quoting serial 1289 of 14/04."

Pupils in national final SIXTH FORMERS at Felpham Community College have devised a scheme which is a breath of fresh air.

Talented Charlie Davies and Owen Simons were awarded the runners-up place in a national competition to tackle the potentially deadly problem of air pollution.

Their suggested solution won the backing the judges and business leaders in the final in London last week against the efforts of their rivals from around the country.

The judges' commented: "This is the most technically accomplished product we have seen...a very sophisticated piece of work...with a potential to grow through crowd sourcing."

The Year 13 students focused on pollution caused by the growing number of airline flights.

They created a website, among their projects, which tracks flights above the Bognor Regis area and estimates the amount of carbon dioxide and nitrous OXIDE which has been emitted by them since the website page loaded and in the past hour.

They have contrasted the seeming lack of action taken to clean up airlines compared to the advances

in green energy elsewhere.

"However, in one major place the issue of air pollution is vastly overlooked. Aircraft and the aviation industry are major contributors to the issue of global warming and to air pollution.

"Given that the aviation industry is such a major contributor to global warming, why is so little being done?"

Their efforts in the PA Raspberry Pi competition saw them voted through from the regional final.

Judges praised their knowledge and passion and for explaining their cause clearly and concisely.

For the national final, their first challenge was to decipher Morse code and decrypt the message using replica Engima machines based on the Second World War originals. Their second task was to build a bridge over which model cars could pass.

A speed networking session with senior industry figures was followed by their presentation.

Aaron Coleman, the college's curriculum leader for ICT, said: "Every teacher hopes to have students with this level of dedication to their subjects and I foresee great things in their future."

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Crossing will cause queues MOTORISTS have been warned that making Yapton’s level crossing safer will lead to long queues.

Waiting times at the site where North End Road and Yapton Road meet will increase about two-and-a-half times their current length if work goes ahead.

Network Rail’s level crossing manager for Barnham, Clive Robey, told a public meeting: “I don’t anybody to leave here thinking it will not be that bad – because it will be. It’s not going to be nice.”

He gave statistics which showed the current half-barriers at the crossing were down for about 50 seconds for every train.

The proposed full barriers would be closed for two minutes and 30 seconds.

He agreed with a member of the audience who said this meant the barriers would be closed for 45 minutes in the peak weekday hours of 8am-9am and in the evening peak. Those periods see 18 trains and 19 trains pass the site respectively.

A typical off-peak period Mondays to Fridays sees 16 trains an hour.

Detailed talks had been held with West Sussex County Council but the installation of full barriers had emerged as the only option. Network Rail has yet to apply for formal permission from the government to allow the £4m upgrade to go ahead.

If approval is given, work will begin on September 23, continue on a weekend between mid-November and midDecember and be completed in a ten-day closure of the site from January 4, 2019.

Trains would be stopped from passing through on the Sundays of the first two dates and on January 12 and 13.

“This is not a done deal but it is likely it

will happen,” said Mr Robey.

As reported, Network Rail has proposed the improvements because of the dangerous conditions at the crossing.

An average of 3.7 incidents of motorists ignoring the warning lights and swerving round the barriers occur every day.

Since cameras were installed last June, 231 notices of intended prosecution had been issued to motorists as a result of their driving, he said. But the proposals attracted plenty of criticism from among the 50-strong audience in Yapton Village Hall’s small hall on Tuesday.

Walberton resident Kevin DurbanJackson, a member of the community speedwatch scheme, said Network Rail had been aware of the problem since 2010.

“You have dramatised the risk. There’s going to be just as much risk after the work is done,” he said. “There will be an economic impact of vehicles trying to get to businesses in Yapton and Ford and further down. It’s hugely disruptive.

“I think West Sussex County Council should be putting in speed bumps. If people had to slow down for them, they would not hit the barriers.”

Others spoke of fears of tailbacks along Yapton Lane to the A27.

County councillor Derek Whittington said he was worried about motorists seeking alternative routes.

"I am concerned rat run traffic from the south east going up to the A27 may be tempted to come along to Barnham, under the low railway bridge, where there have been a high number of road accidents, and on to the Eastergate War Memorial, which has tailbacks at peak hours."

Residents' minibus users told parking at store is not allowed A SHOPPING service has warned its users face having to walk to a town centre store in Bognor Regis.

The Pagham and District Residents' Association vehicle used to stop outside Morrisons in Bedford Street to allow passengers to easily go into the store. But an article in the group's latest newsletter says this is no longer possible. It states: "We have added a new service to our shopping trips.

"We now go to Tesco on a Friday at 9am and 10am. We have found that trying to stop near the entrance of Morrisons is impossible without, rightly or wrongly, attracting the

attention of the local traffic wardens.

"We take a number of passengers who are mobility-restricted and cannot manage the walk from Morrisons' car park to the store.

"Tesco have been extremely helpful to us and the feedback so far is overwhelmingly positive.

"Our Tuesday service to Morrisons will continue but passengers will have to walk from the car park."

The shopping trips are used by 2,500 passengers a year and have long been popular during the group's 51-year history. They also visit Lidl and Marks & Spencer regularly.

VETERANS have been urged to apply for their Veterans Badge in time for this year's Armed Forces Day in Bognor Regis.

The latest commemoration of the men and women in the military will take place on June 16 in the Waterloo Square and pier area.

As usual, it will include a drumhead service, which will be followed by the presentation of the badges to those who would like to receive them in public.

One of the organisers, Sue Holmes, said: "Anyone who has served in any of the armed forces is entitled to receive a Veterans Badge.

"If you have not already received your badge, application forms can be obtained from the RAFA Club, Waterloo Square, or by emailing: sjholmes1@ yahoo.co.uk" Popular Armed Forces Day has been moved from its usual staging on a Sunday to a Saturday this year.

The drumhead service has also been changed from its usual slot at the start of the day.

"The Armed Forces Day event will begin at 11am with stalls and displays in Waterloo Square Gardens and entertainment on the stage," said Mrs Holmes.

"At 12.30pm, a parade of service and exservice personnel and local cadet groups will take place from the bandstand to The Esplanade in front of the pier, where the drumhead service will take place.

"Further displays and entertainment will take place in the afternoon. A full programme will be available nearer the time."

The day has taken place in Bognor Regis for about ten years - but it has always be held just before the official date towards the end of June.

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` Members' concert A MEMBERS' musical evening is the next event to be held by Bognor Regis Music Club.

The occasion will comprise vocal and instrumental items performed by club members under the leadership of Rebecca Grove.

Those taking part will include Alison Blenkinsop, Jenny Chislet, Rebecca Grove, Barbara Leech, John Luck, Michael Nott, Stephanie Peat, Joanna Wright and John Wyatt.

John McSweeny will perform on the clarinet and Mike Compton on the oboe.

Piano accompaniment and solos will be played by Pauline Hastings, Rex Latter, Alison Blenkinsop, Chris Coote and Sylvia Rota.

Music club chairman Chris Coote said: "Our music club is unusual in that we hold members' evenings during the year when club members can perform to a sympathetic audience, and I am pleased that Rebecca Grove has put together a varied programme for us.

"Some members will be performing at the club for the first time and we hope very much that they will enjoy the experience."

The concert will be held at the club's concert room at 2 Sudley Road. Admission is £6 for members, £8 for visitors and £4 for students.

` Cycle is stolen A BLACK and white Brevetto pedal cycle has been stolen from a domestic garage in Felpham. The burglary took place between April 13 and 14 in Wedgwood Road.

New appeal for help to find man CONCERN is increasing for the welfare of a missing North Bersted man.

James Leedham, known as Jimmy, has not been seen since April 14.

Sussex Police has released a new photograph of him in a bid to jog the memories of people in the area.

A spokeswoman said: "He has lost some weight since the picture was taken but it is still a good likeness.

"He has recently been suffering from depression and there is natural concern for his safety.

"He has slept outdoors in the past and people in Bognor and surrounding areas are asked to keep a look out for

STAFF at a Bognor Regis home treated residents and guests to a day of fun.

Workers at Aldwick House care home organised traditional fairground games and entertainment from local singer Holly Gregory last Saturday.

She sang all of the residents' favourite English songs. Her performance was followed by an afternoon game of bingo and guests joined residents for a delicious buffet feast.

Karen Crosby, home manager at Aldwick House, said: "Everyone loved this year's event, especially our residents, who got the chance to re-live some of their favourite childhood games and songs and meet new friends.

him."

Mr Leedham is white, 5ft 9in tall and slim, with grey receding hair. He may be wearing an all-weather jacket and blue trousers.

Sussex Police Detective Constable Ali Hoad, of the West Sussex missing person team, said she was keen to receive news about Mr Leedham.

"There have been no reported sightings of Jimmy since he left home and he has not been in touch with anyone. If you see him, please contact us right away on 101 or online: sussex. police.uk/appealresponse, quoting serial 988 of 14/04."

"Events like this are the hallmark of good care and help to keep our residents healthy and happy.

"We would like to thank everyone who joined us and made the day feel extra special."

The care home, in Nyewood Lane, took part in national care home open day. Now in its sixth year, members of the public are invited into care homes in their areas to learn more about care services, celebrate staff who work there and form lasting relationships with residents.

This was the first time the open day had taken place on a Saturday in the hope of making it as popular as possible.

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Thousands like to be beside the seaside at event held by students EVENTS students brought the Bognor Regis prom into the town's park.

The five-strong team turned Hotham Park into a slice of the seaside for a popular community event.

Some 5,000 visitors were estimated to have attended the free Seaside Rox day.

Deckchairs, Punch & Judy shows, ice creams, (plastic) ducks and bandstand musicians added up to a glorious time in the sun.

Production manager Lauren Andrews said: “We want to promote the seaside and to bring back the prevailing popular view of seaside towns because we feel they have been run down a bit in the past. This is a community fun day to bring people together and to bring the seaside into the heart of the town.”

Rustington resident Lauren and her fellow organisers – Zina Livoti, Laura King, Maria Lippin and Thomas KillnerBrown – are final year students on the events degree course at the University of Chichester.

For five years or so, undergraduates have joined with the Rox Music and Arts charity to stage an event for everyone to enjoy. The work replaces a final dissertation for the students and raises money for other Rox projects.

“We have been planning this since last September,” said Lauren. “It has been a lot of hard work but has possibly been the most rewarding thing I have done.

“You see the community coming together on a day like today and it is really beneficial.”

Last Saturday’s Seaside Rox saw nine acts take to the bandstand. They included Beaten Tracks, REMbrandt REM tribute, Razzmatazz Stage School, Beatroot and Luna Blue.

There were also about 25 stalls for visitors to enjoy wandering around.

Among them was Surfers Against Sewage. Regional rep Rob Hills said the occasion was a good chance to continue turning the tide against single use plastic.

“It’s good to be able to talk to people about how they can reduce their use of single use plastic,” he said. “There is a lot of momentum building in that direction and we want to carry it on.

“SAS carried out 571 beach cleans recently. They collected 70 tons of litter and a third of that was single use plastic.

That can’t carry on.”

He and the Gosport regional rep, Cliff Culver, had examples of plastic found on beaches in the Witterings, Bracklesham Bay and Gosport. They include an intact 1972 bottle made in Poland.

Town mayor Cllr Phil Woodall opened the day and wished the students success.

He said: "The students' vision for this event is to change any negative perceptions of seaside towns.

"I would like to personally thank all the students for their hard work towards today, which I know is not easy, being involved in events like this myself."

The thousands of visitors included Debbie Hewick, of South Bersted. She

said: “This is a really good event. I think the organisers have put on some really nice stuff. We come to these events – Rox and the country park – in the park.

“We can have a sit down, there’s things to interest the children and it’s safe for them.”

She was with town centre resident Joanne Lewis, who went along with her two daughters and her step-sister. She said: “This is a good place to have events like this.

“It’s better for the children than being stuck at home. I always look out for these events on Facebook and say I like them or that I’m coming along to them.”

The six hours of fun were being assessed by the university’s programme co-ordinator for events management, Wendy Sealy.

She said: “Today is a lot of hard work for the students. They should be highly commended for what they have put on, especially because one of their members pulled out.

“What I am looking for is good organisation, such as processes like contracting, procuring and the logistics of getting everyone in the right place at the right time. That means 98 per cent of the work happens before the event takes place.”

She was joined on the day by two external markers to add their assessment to the students’ abilities.

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` Walk for water A PIER to pier walk is being staged today by Bognor Regis students and staff for charity.

The 30-strong party from The Regis School are completing the 15 miles between Worthing Pier and Bognor Regis Pier.

A school spokesman said: "The aim of the walk is to raise awareness of the many children that have to collect water each day and, as a result, miss out on schooling.

"The idea for the walk came from our ambassadors, grateful that new water fountains have been installed in the school, but mindful too many children don't have water on tap."

It is hoped to raise £15 for each walker to equal the cost of providing one person with clean water for life.

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` Plan for new use A CHANGE of use has been sought for an empty shop in Bognor Regis town centre to a restaurant or cafe.

The Worst Kept Secret Bognor Ltd has applied to Arun District Council for the restropective planning permission for 65 High Street.

` Window smashed A WOULD-BE burglar smashed a patio window at a Middleton property.

The rear window was broken when the individual unsuccessfully tried to get into the premises in The Layne. The incident happened from 2pm-3pm on April 13.

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TWO PACKED days of entertainment will make this weekend the biggest yet for a Bognor Regis event.

Bognorphenia is being held for the fifth year and hundreds of performers will be taking part during tomorrow and Sunday in Hotham Park.

Founder Kez Bridger said: "It's a lot of hard work but I love doing it.

"There is such a sense of satisfaction at the end of the day, especially when I have given all these kids the opportunity to show their skills. They can often be ignored because of their age but some of them have fab ideas."

Tomorrow, from 10am to 6pm, is the second Our Generations Young Peoples Day to be held as part of the free performing extravaganza. " I am definitely looking forward to the weekend. All those taking part are aged from 13-24," said Kez. "Last year was a pilot for Our Generations and I was having to ask people to take part.

"But I have managed to do a lot of networking since then and people have been approaching me.

"It can be so frustrating for young people.

This day is for them. As well as giving them an opportunity, it gives them a sense of achievement when they have performed."

The day will begin at 10am with the first of seven short sets by singer Charlee Hatcher. Other performers will include Outlaw Allstars Cheerleaders, Susan Hill's School of Dance, Savannah, A27 (students from Chichester College), rapper Adam Turner, Rubin and Shamann Back, Family Race, Glass Pheonix and Work in Progress.

The Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group will also be taking part.

As well as the music and dance, there will be a host of arts and crafts, stalls and

games to play.

Some of the games - like throw the bean bag in the monster and tin can alley skittles - were devised by children at Easter workshops held by Bognorphenia.

Young peoples' artwork will also be on show to highlight another aspect of their creativity.

Kez said the National Citizens Service would also be present for the first time.

She hoped this would lead to a youth committee being formed to help to run the event.

Sunday sees the return of the Modfocused Bognorphenia. A scooter show will put the Mods' favourite form of transport on display.

A wide range of music will also be performed from 10am to 5pm. Nic Dunnaway, Rock Choir, FOCS, Sid Marshall, London band The Regents, The Masquerades, LEVI and The Aim will be performing on the bandstand.

A range of stalls will be present as well to provide plenty to interest those who go along.

"I take May off each year and then I start again in June for the following year," said Kez. "A lot of co-ordination is involved, especially with the younger performers, to make sure everything is in place for them as it should be."

Kez began Bognorphenia on the May bank holiday in 2014 with a scooter show along the seafront. It was briefly held in West Park before it started to become established in Hotham Park. * Blues Brothers tribute band 106 Miles to Chicago will be performing at a fundraising night for Bognorphenia at 7pm tomorrow at The Waverley on Marine Drive West. Tickets are £8 in advance from the pub or bognorphenia.org.uk

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Chance given for say about fire service CONSULTATIONS are taking place about the future of the fire and rescue service in Bognor Regis and Chichester.

A six-week period has started in which residents are being asked for their views about the service's integrated risk management plan.

This outlines how the service intends to use its resources to help to protect the public in the future.

Drop-in meetings to explain the plan and to find out the public's opinions are taking place from 5pm-7pm on May 3 at Ede's House in Chichester and at the same time on May 8 at The Regis School in Bognor Regis.

The consultation lasts until May 28. Details of other meetings can be found on the county council's website: westsussexgov.uk/IRMP2018 Cllr Debbie Kennard, the county council's cabinet member for safer, stronger communities, said: "If you were to ask people to describe the work of firefighters, most people would probably talk about fighting fires and possibly dealing with road accidents.

"In fact, the service does a lot more than that, including dealing with many other types of rescues. It carries out safe and well visits, has a business fire safety team, works with teams across the

county council and with others in the community to make sure people are safe.

"We know the service will have to continually evolve to provide a first class emergency service.

"Some of the things we will have to consider include how to make the best use of resources."

The plan explains the fire and rescue service's activities in detail around prevention, protection, response, people, value for money and partnership and collaboration.

But campaigner Tony Morris has called on residents to tell the county council they want a significant improvement in the cover provided by the service.

Retired firefighter Mr Morris claimed: "Drastic cuts to our fire and rescue service have put residents and firefighters at greater risk, and this consultation hides even more cuts.

"This is a life and death consultation.

When people are in trouble, they need properly crewed fire engines to arrive quickly."

He has called on the public to list its priorities as ending cuts to fire engines and firefighters, fire engines to be normally crewed by firefighters, at least 30 fire engines available round the clock and no reduction in response standards.

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TEN new animal welfare complaints across Sussex are being looked at by inspectors daily.

New figures have revealed the RSPCA investigated 3,811 alleged incidents of cruelty across the counties each day last year.

The figures have placed West Sussex - with 1,821 cases - as the eighth cruellest county in the south east in 2017. It was the 29th of the 47 counties across the country.

Patrick Hamby, the RSPCA's chief inspector who covers Sussex, said: "Our officers are stretched to the limit as we try to help all the suffering, sick and dying animals in our county.

"Even though I have been with the RSPCA for a very long time now, I am still shocked and saddened by the awful incidents of cruelty which our officers are dealing with, day in and day out."

The most calls in West Sussex related to dogs (935), followed by cats (412) and equines (265). This year sees the RSPCA focus on the plight of horses as animal rescuers and welfare charities struggle with a crisis of abandoned horses. Many of them are very sick, dead or dying.

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SUNNY weather after the long winter has led to long queues at waste sites in Bognor Regis and Chichester. West Sussex County Council has urged residents to visit the locations when they are likely to be quieter - in the afternoons and on weekdays - to fully load vehicles and use any bay at the sites.

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Bourne hosts successful first Business Breakfast On Friday 20th April, Bourne opened it’s doors to local businesses can work in conjunction with further members of the local community and local businesses for education to offer alternative pathways for our students. our first Business Breakfast.

Patricio Columbo from CIO on Demand, then gave a presentation on GDPR. He spoke about the effect of This was a great opportunity to network with other changes on businesses throughout Europe and how all businesses and the atmosphere was buzzing with companies will need to be responsible for implementing enthusiasm. Amongst the guests were Alan Stannah, changes within their establishments. from Stannah Stairlifts, a key sponsor of our Greenpower We would like to thank all of our guests who made the car and our STEM work; Shelagh Legrave, Chair of event such a success and we look forward to workGovernors and CEO of Chichester College; ing even more closely with them as well as other local Derek Weisner, Governor; Erin Johnson and Ian Milner of Morgan Furniture in Southbourne and Gavin Woodruff companies, in the future. and Olivia Proctor from Greenpower.

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Scouts turn out in force for St George HUNDREDS of Scouts filled Bognor Regis town centre for their biggest event of the year.

The parade of the town's Scouting members stretched beyond the length of the London Road precinct as they took part in their St George's Day celebration.

Some 500-600 Scouts, Cubs, Beavers and Explorers aged from six to 25 turned out for the occasion on Sunday afternoon.

Bognor Regis Scouts' training manager Wendy Morris led the parade for the first time and praised all those who had taken part.

She told them: "This has probably been the most exciting thing I have done in my life.

"Well done everybody. You have done yourselves and your uniforms, your pack, your troop and your unit very proud."

She later added: "I love St George's Day. It's lovely to see all the Scouting family within the community.

"It shows the strength of Scouting. I told people taking part today they need to look back as we parade along the precinct and see how many of us there are - and we are still growing.

"Today was the first time for our 2nd Felpham pack. But we always need adult leaders. We have a waiting list for Scouts but we need the adults to lead them.

"Within Scouting, we encourage one another and give people the opportunity to do new things.

"Scouting doesn't ask us to be perfect.

It just asks us to do our best."

The parade left the London Road coach park and proceeded along London Road, into the precinct and the High Street to Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Clarence Road. It was standing room only in the church.

South Bersted was the duty guard for the day and staged a drama which retold the story of St George for modern times.

The parade followed the reverse route back to the coach park about 90 minutes later. Dignitaries inspected the parade from outside the former post office in the High Street.

They included Tim Taylor, Scouting's county training manager, Bognor Regis town mayor Cllr Phil Woodall and Cllr Brian Knight, chairman of Bersted Parish Council.

Among the standards proudly on show was that for 1st Felpham Sea Scouts, carried for the first time by 12-year-old Daniel Boon on his third parade.

He said: "It was exciting to be the standard bearer. It was heavy but I managed to carry it all right.

"It was nice to see the

smiles on all the young children's faces who were taking part for the first time.

"Today is a proud moment to celebrate the tale of St George, because he was strong and courageous."

1st Felpham Sea Scouts Leader Chris Broeham was taking part in about his tenth parade.

He said about 16 of its Scouts, 30 Cubs and 12 Beavers were involved in the parade.

"This enables people to see how big Scouting is in the Bognor Regis district and how well supported it is - to see all these children taking part," he said.

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Centre's celebration of day PATRIOTISM turned a Bognor Regis centre red and white this week.

St George's Day on Monday was celebrated in the Laburnum Centre with an afternoon of music, words and drama.

The centre's hall and dining area were decked in the flag of St George and audience members also had flags to wave.

Ann Ashley, 78, a member of the Laburnum Singers, was chosen to sing a solo version of Rule Britannia to enhance the English atmosphere of the occasion.

She said: "It's the first time I've performed with the singers and I only found out I was singing solo three days ago.

"I am a bit nervous but singing here is great because it give your lungs a workout and you make a lot of friends."

The singers' performance also included Land of Hope and Glory, Jersualem and a selection of songs from the 20s and another from the 30s.

Comedy was provided by the six-strong troop of the Laburnum Drama Group with their Daylight Robbery and The Mobile Library sketches as well as the mime story of The Park Bench.

One of their actors, Margaret Holland, 70, said: "We had some sketches and we played around with them. We've been going for a year-and-a-half and this is our

third show at the centre.

"We are always searching for new members."

The entertainment also consisted of poems as well as music by singer Arthur Faithfull, 78, who also led a Neil Diamond

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Karen Haskett, the centre's activity worker, said: "It's important we celebrate events like St George's Day. It's also good for our groups to get together and put on concerts together."

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` Rural crime survey VILLAGERS around Chichester and Bognor Regis have been urged to take part in national rural crime survey.

The latest survey went live for comments last week. Sussex Police wants those who live and work in or visit the area's rural communities to make their voices heard.

In late 2017, the force appointed Superintendent Emma Brice and Sergeant Tom Carter as dedicated lead officers for crime and crime concerns in the countryside.

Supt Brice said: "A large proportion of Sussex residents live, work in or visit rural areas regularly and we really want to hear your views on issues related to rural policing and crime. We know that there are certain types of crime and areas of vulnerability which impact rural communities and businesses differently from those in urban areas."

It has been three years since the first national rural crime survey took place.

Sussex police and crime commissioner Katy Bourne said: "It's vital that the voice of rural communities is heard by those who can make a difference - from the police to government."

One of the focuses of this year's survey is whether rural crime continues to be under-reported.

"Three years ago, one in four people who responded to the survey nationally said they didn't report the last crime they'd been a victim of because they didn't see the point.

"This is an uncomfortable thing to hear, and for all those involved in protecting rural areas, so it's important we ask these questions again and find out whether people are more willing to report crime and feel safer," she said.

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Hospital Rolls-Royce has clean bill of health f Cllr Debbie Kennard

Chance for more facts on funding WORKSHOPS are being held to enable Post area residents to find out more about a new way of funding.

West Sussex Crowd has been started as a crowdfunding platform to enable individuals to share community ideas and neighbours, local businesses and other interested parties have the chance to pledge their support to make the idea a reality.

Two of the workshops will take place in Chichester and Bognor Regis. The first will be at Swanfield Community Centre in Chichester from 9.30am11.30am on May 15. This will be followed in Bognor Regis from 10ammidday on May 18 at the Regis Centre.

Cllr Debbie Kennard, cabinet member for safer, stronger

communities, said: "This is a really exciting time for groups and projects in the West Sussex.

"If you have an idea which will benefit your community, whether it's a renovation project, a festival or even equipment for a club, then upload it to West Sussex Crowd.

"Groups have already started using the site (westsussexcrowd.org.uk) and I hope we will see many more crowdfunding campaigns launch on there soon."

The county council is making £330,000 of its community initiative fund available to pledge to projects on the site.

This will replace its previous funding initiatives like the small grants fund.

A MINI Rolls-Royce has received its first year's service at the company's Goodwood factory where it was built.

The special scaled-down replica was given a clean bill of health by engineers after 12 months of being driven by young patients at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, to their operations.

An average of one child a day has motored to the operating theatre in the Rolls-Royce SRH model. It has performed faultlessly through the paediatric unit corridors, which are lined with 'traffic signs'.

Sue Nicholls, the hospital's paediatric matron, said: "We've received fantastic feedback from families who've expressed how excited their children have been at the prospect of coming on to the day surgery unit to drive our Rolls-Royce motor car.

"Rather than being anxious about their upcoming procedure, our young patients are positively distracted by the fun experience of negotiating the corridors to the theatre in a car they can drive all by themselves.

"We've also noticed that dads,

especially, love to admire the engineering and design specification and often ask for a turn. The whole experience of being in hospital for those children, and their loved ones, is enhanced by having the opportunity to drive such a special car."

Rolls Royce Motor Cars' head of corporate relations, heritage and philanthropy, Andrew Ball, said: "We are delighted that the Rolls-Royce SRH has delivered successfully on its promise making a positive impact on children and their patients during their time in hospital."

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Trustee – Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group (MWHG) is a volunteer led charity dedicated to the preservation and restoration of habitats and heritage, and caring for the shared green spaces of the Manhood Peninsula. They require a committed volunteer to help lead the small but successful, well respected conservation charity. This will involve over-seeing the charity’s work to ensure that it is of the highest standard and meets all necessary charity commission requirements, as well as giving strategic direction to the Group. It is a key role. The role requires someone with integrity, a commitment to the group’s objectives, the ability to think creatively and strategically, open-mindedness and the ability to work as a member of a team. Of value to the group, but not essential, would be knowledge or experience of: Finance, Charity Commission requirements, legal matters and/or commerce.

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Shows & Events YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON To promote your event email us at: entertainment@sussexpost.co.uk or phone: 01243 908506

EXHIBITIONS LEONARD ROSOMAN: PAINTING THEATRE until Sun, April 29 Ticket price: adults £12.50, free for children up to 16 years and students, Art Fund members £6.50 Address: Pallant House Gallery, 9 N Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ Tel: 01243 774557 www.pallant.org.uk

SCALE MODEL SHOW Saturday, May 5, 10am – 5pm Ticket price: adults £9, over 60s £7, children between 5 and 16 £3 Address: Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Nr Chichester PO20 2ES Tel: 01243 790090 www.tangmere-museum.org.uk FOOD FESTIVAL Sat, May 5 - Mon, May 7, 10.30am - 5pm Ticket price: adult £14,senior £12, child £6.50, disabled + single helper £4.50, family (1+3) £25, Family (2+3) £38 Address: Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, Chichester PO18 0EU Tel: 01243 811363 Email: office@wealddown.co.uk www.wealddown.co.uk/events/ food-festival

CHRIS PRINCE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY Tues, May 1, 9.30am – 4.30pm Ticket price: included in regular admission Address: Arundel Wetland Centre, Mill Rd, Arundel BN18 9PB Tel: 01903 881530 Email: info.arundel@wwt.org.uk www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/ arundel/

FAMILY FUN BOGNORPHENIA OUR GENERATION YOUNG PEOPLE'S DAY 2018 Sat, Apr 28, to Sun, Apr 29, 11am–5pm Address: Hotham Park Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1HW Tel: 07543 96300 KIDS PARTY IN THE PARK Sat, April 28, 10:30am - 4pm Ticket price: Free Address: Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP Tel: 01243 534798 Email: kidspartyinthepark@gmail. com VOYAGE TO GIANT JUPITER AND ITS MOONS Sun, April 29, 3.30pm Ticket price: adults £7, children £5 Address: South Downs Planetarium, Kingsham Farm, Kingsham Road, Chichester PO19 8AE Tel: 01243 774400 www.southdowns.org.uk

CASTLE SIEGE Sat, May 26 – Mon, May 28, 10am – 4.30pm Ticket price: adult £21, child 5-16 £10, 60+ £18.50, family £50 Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AB Tel: 01903 882173 www.arundelcastle.org

CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC Fri, May 4, at 7.30pm Tricket price: from £20.50, family of 4 £70 (£18.75) Address: Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 023 9282 8282 Email: boxoffice@kingsportsmouth.co.uk www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk

MUSIC SOLENT MALE VOICE CHOIR Sat, April 28, at 7.30pm Ticket price: £7 to include a glass of wine in interval.

Address: St. John’s Church, Southbourne, Emsworth PO10 8LB Tel: 01243 214146 Raw Singers, a young vocal quintet, will be our guests in a concert in aid of St. Wilfrid's New Hospice Appeal.

MEET THE CREW OF THE MARY ROSE Sat, May 5 - Mon, May 7, 11am – 4pm Ticket price: adult £16, child £8, concession & student £14, family (2+3) £36, family (1+3) £25 Address: The Mary Rose, Main Road, Portsmouth PO1 3PY Tel: 023 928 12931 www.maryrose.org CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE DAY Sun, May 6, 10am – 5pm Ticket price: adult £14, children £8 Address: Amberley and Heritage Museum, New Barn Rd, Amberley, Arundel BN18 9LT Tel: 01798 831370 Email: office@amberleymuseum.co.uk www.amberleymuseum.co.uk MILITARY VEHICLE HOME FRONT WEEKEND Sat, May 19 - Sun, May 20, 10am – 4.30pm Ticket price: adult £12.50, child £7 (child under 4: free), senior £11.50 Address: Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre,New Barn Rd, Amberley, Arundel BN18 9LT Tel: 01798 831370 Email: office@amberleymuseum.co.uk www.amberleymuseum.co.uk

RANDOM / GENERATIONS Fri, May 4 – Sat, June 2, at 7.45pm Ticket price: £20 Address: Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP Tel: 01243 781312 www.cft.org.uk

OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT WITH JON Wed, May 9, at 8.45pm Address: The Hothampton, 49-51 London Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1PR

SOCIAL FUN MOONLIGHT WALK Sat, May 5, 10pm – 3am Cost: £16 per person (register now) Address: Westgate leisure Centre, via Ravenna, Chichester PO19 1RJ www.stwh.co.uk

THEATRE PRESENT LAUGHTER Until Sat, May 12 Ticket price: from £10 Address: Chichester Festival Theatre Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP Tel: 01243 781312 Email: marketing@cft.org.uk www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/ present-laughter

FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL Mon, May 14 – Sat, May 19, Various times Ticket price: from £32 Address: Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 02392 828282 www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk WAR HORSE Wed, May 16 -Sat, June 9 Ticket price: from £18 Address: Mayflower Theatre, 22-26 Commercial Rd, Southampton SO15 1GE Tel: 02380 711811 www.mayflower.org.uk DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE Thur, May 17 – Fri, May 18, Various times Ticket price: £14 Address: Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 02392 82 82 82 www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk/ CREATIVE MINDS - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN SCREENING Thur, May 24, at 2pm Ticket price: are £5 each but a carer will go free. This is open to anyone who is living with dementia, their carers, friends and family.

Address: Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 02392 82 82 82 www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk/ THE CHALK GARDEN Fri, May 25 – Sat, June 16 Ticket price: £10 Address: Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP Tel: 01243 781312 www.cft.org.uk

CIRQUE BERSERK Sun, May 27 - Wed, May 30 Ticket price: adult from £19, child from £10 Address: Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 02392 828282 Email: boxoffice@kingsportsmouth.co.uk www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk BORN TO WIN Sat, July 7, 7:30pm Ticket price: £30, £28, VIP: £50 Address: Worthing Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing BN11 3PX Tel: 01903206206 Email: theatres@adur-worthing.gov.uk www.worthingtheatres.co.uk

OTHER ANNUAL TULIP FESTIVAL until Tues, May 15, 10am-5pm Ticket price: from £11 for a child (5-16 yrs), from £13 for an adult, from £51 for a family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) Address: Arundel Castle & Gardens, Arundel BN18 9AB Tel: 01903 882173 ext 230 Email: visits@arundelcastle.org www.arundelcastle.org PMN WEDDING FAYRE Sun, April 29, 11am – 3pm Ticket price: £2 entry (under 18s free) Address: Fontwell Park Racecourse, Arundel Road, Fontwell BN18 0SY Tel: 01243 543335 Email: info@fontwellpark.co.uk WEDDING FAYRE Sun, April 29, 11am to 5pm Tickets free Address: Gilbert White & The Oates Collections, High Street, Selborne GU34 3JH Tel: 01420 511275 Email: info@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk OPEN MIC POETRY - MANDY PANNETT Wed, May 2, at 7.30pm Ticket price: Entrance £5 on the door Address: Jubilee Hall, New Park Centre, New Park Rd, Chichester PO19 7XH Tel: 07813244731 www.sdpf.org

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THE ARTIST’S VOICE - OUTSIDE IN HOSTS EUROPEAN OUTSIDER ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE Fri, May 4 - Sun, May 6 Tickets for the weekend cost £150 (plus a booking fee) Address: Pallant House Gallery, 9 N Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ www.outsidein.org.uk/eoa_ conference_2018 'LET'S PLAY BOWLS' Sat, May 5, 10am – 12pm Coaching lessons will be available.

Please wear flat soled shoes.

Address: Pagham Bowls Club, Swansea Gardens, Bognor Regis PO21 2JG Tel:01243 261059 THREE FORTS CHALLENGE Sat, May 6, 10am Entry fees marathon and half marathon £30 Address: Rotary Playing Fields, Hill Barn Lane, Worthing BN14 9QD www.threefortschallenge.org.uk

THE BOGNOR FRIENDS OF CHESTNUT TREE HOUSE INVITE YOU TO THEIR EVER-POPULAR PLANT SALE Thur, May 10, at 10am Entry: 50p Join us for coffee and homemade cake too.

Address: St Mary's Centre, Grassmere Close, Felpham PO22 7NU Contact Paula on 01243 584843

CHICHESTER GARDEN AND CRAFT MARKET Fri, May 11 - Sun, May 13, Fri and Sat: 9.00am-5.30pm, Sun: 10.00am4.30pm Tickets: free Address: North Street and East Street, Chichester www.woodlandcrafts.co.uk SALE OF OLD AND DISCONTINUED BOOKS Sat, May 12, 10am – 4pm Address: Bognor Regis Museum, 25 -27 West Street, Bognor Regis PO21 1XA Sale of old and discontinued books relating to Bognor, Sussex and general history plus general interest, including children’s, by order of the Curator LAVANT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – ANNUAL PLANT SALE Sun, May 13, 2pm – 4pm Admission free.

Address: Lavant Memorial Hall, Pook Ln, East Lavant, Chichester PO18 0AH Come along and buy some plants and enjoy a cream tea.

Email: info@lavanthortsoc.org.uk www.hantsfedhortsoc.org.uk A wide range of good quality plants from members and East Ashling Nursery – bedding, perennials, vegetables – plus the always popular cream teas. Come and buy those plants you need for your garden (plus those you won’t know you need until you see them at the plant sale)! If you have plants to donate to the sale, please bring them to the hall from 12.00 before the sale or email info@ lavanthortsoc.org.uk

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BOGNOR PROM 10K Sun, May 20, at 10.30am Registration fee: affiliated (£16.50 after fees): £14.38, unaffiliated (£18.50 after fees): £16.24 Address: West Park, Bognor Regis PO21 2RB www.bognorprom10k.org

The Bognor Prom 10K is a fast, flat course and is perfect for that 10K PB...... just watch out for the wind on the return leg!

The race starts at West Park in Aldwick and follows the Bognor Regis esplanade through Felpham, and then returns along the seafront back to West Park.

COMPANION DOG SHOW Sun, June 17, from 11.30am Entry £2.00 per dog/class 1st entry and £1.50 each subsequent dog, free admission and car parking Address: North Bersted Community Centre, Chalcraft Lane, North Bersted PO21 5UB Tel: 01243 586770 www.bognordogclub.org.uk In support of Lowland Search Dogs Sussex. Sponsored by THW Landscape Construction.

Judging starts at 1.00pm All classes, breed, obedience and novelty, also Kennel Club good citizen bronze award and fastest recall, agility & flyball.

Many stalls, refreshments, raffle and much more.

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The Regis Centre Thursday 3rd May 7pm- 8.30pm Come along and have a good old nose at our social adult drama group ‘Act Your Age’.

AYA is for frustrated performers who would run a mile from a stage. We read plays and scripts, play drama games, improvise and have a lot of laughs.

AYA is for either the shy, confident, inexperienced, enthusiastic – or all four!

Curiosity killed the cat but do come along to see what we do and hopefully join us. No pressure to take part on the night and refreshments will be available.

Although it is an informal evening, it would be great if you could let us know if you’re coming or just call in on the night suzannaduxbury@hotmail.co.uk

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by Denise Kelly

A taste of honey will soothe sore throats in natural way THE SUN may be shining, but there are plenty of bugs around that can potentially make you feel pretty unwell.

Spring viruses can take you by surprise, and I have seen a lot of people at the moment suffering from colds and sore throats, but especially tonsillitis seems rife. If you find yourself suffering, the most important thing you can do is to keep your immune system fighting fit.

Get plenty of sleep, and while you are feeling unwell, try to remove any excess stress from your life, and even lay off your exercise regime for a few days until you start to feel better.

Tonsillitis is a situation in which the throat of a person is inflamed. Two oval-like tissue pads in the back of the throat can cause this pain and discomfort. These soft tissue pads are located in your lymphatic system, which is the human body’s first line of defence against all kinds of alien bodies and infections. The tonsils are responsible for the production of blood cells, which can prevent bacteria and virus from entering your body through your mouth.

Most people think that making a trip to the doctor would make the throat inflammation go away with a prescription of antibiotics, but this is not the case, necessarily.

If the infection is viral, the antibiotics will be ineffective, so you may need to look for alternative, more natural solutions. When it comes to tonsillitis, it's important to cure those tonsils permanently, because re-occurring infections can be common.

Here are some symptoms of the problems of tonsils: sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, often

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They are both antimicrobial as well as antibacterials. They fight against the infections and viruses that are known to cause the problem. They will effectively tackle the issue of tonsils by healing your throat inflammation. If you are in search of the best tonsil treatments, this should always be on the top of your list.

Simply take two to three cloves of garlic. Peel the garlic, wash and then crush it to make a paste. Add about two teaspoons of honey to this paste of garlic.

Mix the newly-made mixture of honey and garlic in a glass of warm water and swish it around your throat for a while before you swallow it completely. Do this daily until your symptoms vanish.

2 - It's common knowledge that honey has curing properties, which are going to control the microorganism growth in the throat and heal it. This time, honey is teamed with turmeric. Just like garlic, as mentioned above, turmeric has natural antiseptic agents, which can cure throat inflammation because of tonsils. It is also antimicrobial and antiinflammatory. Together, they are going to give you a power-packed solution to throat inflammation.

Mix about four teaspoons of honey with three to four teaspoons of turmeric powder. A teaspoon of this mixture should be swished around your throat for a while, before swallowing it completely. This

process should be repeated about two to three times every day until symptoms vanish.

Don’t feel you have to suffer. Sometimes, the solution is easier than you think. Give it a go and see what happens.

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The Ned, named after the tallest of mountains overlooking the vineyard, sends half of its production to the UK and has been called the house wine of the chatterati.

Crisp, zesty, fruity, fresh and grassy, the

Ned oozes lime and gooseberry flavours with a vestige of gunflint and is one to have in stock at home as this vintage will not disappoint!

My final white, part of the Irresistible range, was a 2016 Chardonnay from Western Australia courtesy of esteemed winemakers Larry Cherubino and Rob Merrick.

This well-crafted wine exudes orchard fruit along with creamy nuttiness, has fresh acidity and great minerality and would be an ideal accompaniment to

smoked salmon or roasted white meats and is one I thoroughly commend to you!

For £18.99, the Les Pionniers Champagne Brut is a veritable gem, being creamy and complex with citrus and white apple flavours and also has biscuity notes, a hint of brioche and toast and culminates in a long dry finish - a no-brainer at this price!

Three reds then caught my attention, with a Hereford Tempranillo Malbec, on offer for just £4.99, a bargain buy from Argentina which is pleasingly unpretentious with a nice, soft texture.

I recommend opening for an hour before imbibing to fully appreciate a smooth wine bursting with lashings of youthful sweet red fruit - a decent tipple at such a low offer price!

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Method 1. Make sure the egg whites are room temperate before starting. Beat egg whites at low speed in a mixer with the whisk.

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Community News & Views PEOPLE living in West Sussex are being urged to say what they really think in a new survey.

The latest version of What Matters to You? is being run by the county council to find out the views of residents and businesses on all its services. These range from highways to libraries to social care and the fire and rescue service.

The council spends more than ÂŁ500m a year of taxpayers' money on its services for 821,000-plus residents.

It stages the survey every two years and the current questions will be available until July 16. They give people the chance to influence how the council shapes its services, what its main priorities should be and how its budget is set.

Participants are asked to select their top three areas from the West Sussex Plan 2017-2022, which sets out the county council's focus. They will also be asked their views about the future level of council tax.

West Sussex County Council leader, Cllr Louise Goldsmith, said: "As an elected member, I am here to put into practice what people in the county need and want.

"I am here to represent our residents and businesses and make their life a little bit easier with the decisions we make.

"Getting people's views into the way we work and what we focus on is vital if we are to continue to offer our residents the very best services and the best value for money."

The last survey results urged the council to focus on giving children and young people the best start in life, ensuring West Sussex is a prosperous place, creating strong, safe and sustainable communities, support in later life and making a council which works for its communities.

Feedback from the 2018 survey will help to decide which three of the five priorities gain the most resources. Visit: westsussex. gov.uk/whatmatters2018

COELIACS from around the county will be celebrating in Bognor Regis next month.

Dozens of members of Coeliac UK will enjoy a family day out on May 5 at Butlin's to celebrate the charity's 50th anniversary.

Families from across the south of England will enjoy a range of activities. They will include a gluten-free lunch prepared by Butlin's chefs as well as the attractions on the site.

Anna Henderson, pictured above, organiser of the Coeliac UK West Sussex Group, said: "We are organising this event so that, for one day, both children and parents can relax and have fun together just like any other family - free from worry about their special dietary requirements as they tuck into a wholly glutenfree lunch and enjoy a gluten-free cupcake tea later.

"All 150 tickets have already sold out and we have a long waiting list. So, this shows how important it is for families to have the opportunity to get together, enjoy safe, gluten-free food and meet other families - and also help celebrate the 50th anniversary."

Coeliac UK is the national charity for people who need to live without gluten, whether because of coeliac disease or another medical condition requiring a gluten-free diet.

Coeliac disease is a serious autoimmune condition caused by a reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

People diagnosed with the disease must maintain a strict gluten-free diet for the rest of the life to avoid complications such as osteoporosis, infertility and, although rare, small bowel cancer.

Coeliac UK chief executive Sarah Sleet said: "Fifty years ago, little was known about coeliac disease and the gluten-free diet.

Bread used to come in a tin and people wrongly thought children would grow out of the autoimmune disease.

"Fast forward to today and both the disease and the diet are firmly on the worldwide map and 150,000 diagnosed people in the UK now live a better way of life thanks to improved recognition and diagnosis."

A SUCCESSFUL year of fundraising has seen Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Chichester raise more than ÂŁ26,000 for a charity.

The luxury car maker has presented the result of its support for Coastal West Sussex Mind by handing over a cheque for that amount to some of its representatives.

The money will help to fund the charity's support network for young people, adults and families in the area.

Coastal West Sussex Mind provides a support service for those experiencing mental health issues. It also works to challenge stigma and discrimination about mental health and offers training support for businesses wishing to increase mental health awareness in the workplace.

Katie Glover, Coastal West Sussex Mind's chief executive, said the funds would make a real difference to its work.

"We are overjoyed to receive such a generous amount from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and we are very grateful indeed.

"At Coastal West Sussex Mind, our belief is that no-one should have to face a mental health issue alone and these funds will help us continue to support local people who are facing mental health difficulties," she said.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' director of manufacturing, Frank Ludwig, said: "We are delighted to celebrate a successful year of fundraising for Coastal West Sussex Mind.

"We are humbled that our efforts will ensure the operation of the charity's local support network."

Employees at the car maker created some igenious fundraising activities. These included abseiling down the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, a chilli plant growing competition, sponsored runs and creating hundreds of personalised hand-crafted leather items.

They have chosen The Ickle Pickles Partnership and its work supplying lifesaving equipment to neonatal units as their latest charity.

RESIDENTS of Chichester are again being offered the chance to improve their health in a few minutes.

The city's Rotary Club is joining forces with the Stroke Association to help to raise awareness of one of the biggest risk factors for stroke - high blood pressure.

They are staging free blood pressure tests from 11am-3pm tomorrow at the Old Court House (Assembly Room) in North Street, Chichester.

More than half of all strokes can be caused by high blood pressure and it is estimated more than five million people of all ages across the UK do not realise they have the condition.

Vivienne McGavin, president of Chichester Rotary Club, pictured below, said: "For the sixth year running, the club is running the 'know your blood pressure' day.

"It's all about raising awareness of the link between high blood pressure and the serious disabling effect of stroke.

"Stroke strikes every five minutes in the UK but, with events like ours, we hope to change this.

"In the previous five years, we have been able to advise 264 people (out of 809) to take medical advice and to identify some serious conditions.

"A blood pressure test is quick and painless and it could save your life. We invite everyone, young and old, to come to our event. We will even look after your children while you're tested."

The Stroke Association's Alexis Wieronley said: "High blood pressure often has no symptoms and it's much common than people think.

"That's why we're urging as many Chichester residents as possible to take a moment and have theirs checked at Chichester Rotary Club's event tomorrow.

"A blood pressure test only takes about 10 to 15 minutes and it's such as simple way to reduce your risk of a stroke."

A stroke is a brain attack which happens when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, caused by a clot or bleeding in the brain.

There are more than 152,000 strokes in the UK each year that works out at around one every five minutes. More than 1.2 million people in the UK are living with the effects of stroke.

Stroke Association is working to conquer stroke by working with health and social care professionals, scientists and researchers. It funds research to develop new treatments and ways of preventing stroke.

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Sir, I understand the problems in repairing our local roads with all the large potholes but what a waste of money to see just the edges of the Pagham Road repaired.

The repairs have been done with a loose material that within hours has been scattered across the road as the lorries and cars drive by.

Let's spend public money wisely, potholes first please.

Gillian Kriehn, Harbour View Road, Bognor Regis

Sir, You may be aware that Chichester District Council have sent out a round robin advising us that stickers showing what can and cannot be recycled will be applied by members of their staff travelling around with the

waste carts, to our bins, over the next few weeks.

Do any of your readers have any opinions about this - to my mind - total waste of rates?

Peter Bartram, Stockbridge Gardens, Chichester

Sir, Absolutely hilarious last night production of Jeeves & Wooster Perfect Nonsense at the Alexandra Theatre in Bognor Regis.

Sadly, it was a sparse Saturday night audience who enjoyed the brilliant performances of Ben Cassan as Bertie, Tim Kimber as Jeeves and Mark Roberts as Seppings.

Re-enacting the superb Wodehouse masterpiece, The Code of the Woosters, the three-man cast portrayed all the characters to great comic effect.

Stephen Barr, London Road, Bognor Regis

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Long-gone theatre still fondly remembered

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Esplanade Theatre attracted the crowds to see its variety of entertainment HOW MANY people are aware of the history of the site opposite the Royal Norfolk Hotel, which today is a skate-boarding area?

The site originally formed part of the Royal Norfolk Hotel grounds, but the hotel sold it in 1901 for the princely sum of £60. The town surveyor, Oswald Bridges, was then called upon to design a bandstand on the site for use by the large number of military bands that travelled around the resorts to entertain the public.

By 1913, the venue was so popular that it was enlarged and deckchairs were made available for the comfort of the audience. The charge for these chairs helped to raise the £500 a year needed to hire the bands.

In 1936, Bognor Regis Town Council put forward a proposal for a Winter Garden to replace the modest wooden bandstand.

These plans included: a) a hall for band and orchestral concerts, entertainments, theatrical performances or dances; b) sheltered promenades and open terraces adjoining the hall, from which band concerts may be heard, and c) a café adjoining the hall where light refreshments could be supplied and from which refreshments might be serviced to the hall and promenade.

The building was apparently designed to ‘express its function of modern entertainment'.

This sounded quite interesting. The actual plans looked somewhat different from the new theatre.

An enclosure was proposed and approved and finally opened on June 19, 1937, at a cost of £3,666 and, according to the press, the opening was attended by a staggering 3,000 people. This bandstand enclosure comprised only a horseshoe-shaped wall and was turfed inside, but still open to the sky. However, when it rained, the noise was deafening, especially if you were able to rush under cover.

In 1945, further improvements were made as the turf was removed and replaced with tiles. The area was covered in the next year with a canvas roof and renamed the Esplanade Concert Hall.

However, many of the audience were not able to see the stage because of the design of this structure. So much use was made of this concert hall that, by 1951, further improvements were made, including 720 tip up seats, in one raked tier, and when it reopened in 1951 there was to be yet another name change, this time to the Esplanade Theatre. Many stars performed there. They included Tony Hancock, Roy Castle, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Cyril Fletcher and the frequent visitor Bill Pertwee.

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remember the shows that regularly graced the stage, such as the Bouquets or the Dazzle shows in the 1950s and 60s? In one of the 1968 summer programmes, there is a list of ticket prices. Adults up to 6/- (30p) and a 1/- (5p) reduction for Theatre Club members, children and OAPs. Also included is a bus timetable for people travelling around the area with late buses at 10.30pm.

The Esplanade Theatre was always well used and a licensed bar was added in the mid-1960s.

In October, 1978, and by popular demand again in March, 1979, evenings of Old Films of Bognor were shown to packed audiences.

This was to be my introduction to the history of the town, and the start of my enjoyment with research, talks and writing on my adopted home. Sadly, trends changed. Television became more popular, theatres were in decline and the Esplanade was no exception.

It was finally closed on February 10, 1980, creating much sadness and anger in the town at its demise. The final show at the theatre was reported as ‘an extravaganza.’ The show lasted four and a half hours, and in addition to the entertainment, funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust were raised.

By April, 1980, the theatre was demolished, leaving just the popular Macari’s café remaining on the seaward side of the site. It was suggested more than £100,000 would be needed to carry out structural repairs to the theatre, and this was more than was available at the time.

When it closed, it was the fifth theatre to shut in the town, after the Theatre Royal, Pier Theatre, Roof Gardens Theatre and Pierrotland.

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manager at the theatre for 29 years, until his retirement in 1978, commented there was ‘no doubt the theatre was a very important factor in the life of the town'.

Sadly, Mr Powell has passed away but he was always ready to extoll the virtues of the theatre and entertainment in the town. He is sadly missed. The decrease in holidaymakers and the increase in entertainment provided on site at holiday camps and caravan parks helped with this demise of the theatres.

In 1981, students of Felpham Community College painted a mural on the wall of the café to try and brighten the area, for the benefit of the general public, who only saw it as an eyesore.

Towards the end of the year, there was also a low-key attempt to use this area, when groups tried their hand at petanque, but this was short lived. At this time also Leisure Union Ltd had shown an interest in placing a model boat concession on the site, but this plan, like the others, did not materialise.

It was not until 1996 that a more permanent and full-time use for the area was found, with the introduction of the skateboarding park for young people. It is always popular and is still a leisure area, but sadly only for a small sector of our community.

A fine model of the Esplanade Theatre can be viewed in the Bognor Regis Local History Museum, just around the corner in West Street, open until October.

It is interesting that a theatre that was closed so many ago is held in such high esteem. This was obviously due to the management, staff and entertainers who provided the much enjoyed entertainment for the town.

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Mixed campaign ends with defeat PostSport as Chi's poor away form continues CHICHESTER RFC’s first season back in London 1 South ended in a disappointing high-scoring defeat against bottom-half side Sevenoaks.

While Chi failed to end their season on a high, they will fancy their chances of a more sustained push to return to a higher level in the new season.

They bounced back well from conceding the game’s first try last Saturday after just three minutes and turned the game on its head in a blistering opening eight minutes to lead 14-7 and were still very much in the game at half-time when trailing 17-14.

Chichester remained in the game despite an early second-half sin binning, during which they conceded just two penalties, but a second yellow card midway through the second half was to prove their undoing and left them with a mountain of 37-21 to climb when they returned to full complement to trade closing scores.

Victory was sealed for the Kent side with Chichester pushing to get within one score

when an intercept was returned two thirds of the pitch.

For Chichester, it has been a season of solid rebuilding after relegation.

But the standard set by runaway leaders CS Rugby, who lost just twice all season, shows the level of relentless intensity and consistency they will need to climb back up the league system.

The defeat was their sixth on the road and it has been their away form which has been Chichester’s Achilles’ heel this season.

It was also the sixth time that Chi had dropped points to teams below them in the season and followed similar disappointments against fellow strugglers Thurrock in February and London Cornish in November.

In the end, the club will look back on a three-game losing streak to start 2018 which really put paid to any hopes of a series promotion push this time around.

Chris Johnson ended the season as top tryscorer after bagging 15 in 20 appearances.

f Chi can reflect on a season of consolidation

DARTS: A blind trebles knockout ended the 60th year of the Benevolent Darts League, formerly the Bognor Regis & Chicheser Old Folks Darts League.

An excellent turnout of 81 players, only three short of last year, took part in the knockout. Among them were 14 former champions.

But the first round saw one of last year's winning team, Lewis Kalli (QE2 Galleon), leave the competition held at the Newtown Social Club.

The first semi-final saw Conner O'Hara (The Legends), Rob Collins(Friary Z) and Terry Smith (Aldwick Legion) take on Esme Davis (Richmond B), Rob Rice (Chi Snooker Club) and the other member of last year's winners, Andy Cooper (Claremont).

The scoring power of O'Hara, Collins and Smith was too much for Davis, Rice and Cooper.

The second semi-final saw Andy Chant (Aldwick Legion), Wayne Wadsworth (Friary Z) and Jamie Middleton (Newtown C) against Stuart Gray (QE2 Galleon), Colin Mace (Friary Z) and Debbie Ling (BRSA Jokers).

Four years ago, Ling was a winner of the Blind Trebles, but it wasn't to be this time as Chant, Wadsworth and Middleton took the doubles and the place in the final.

The final saw Collins beat Chant at the bullseye to start the match. O'Hara hit the first ton of the night and Chant followed with 121, but that still left them behind.

On only his third throw, Collins hit double 10 to take the first leg.

The second leg saw Collins start with 83 and then a 140 and, although O'Hara and Smith were not on form, neither were their opponents, who couldn't score more than 60.

Collins missed the bullseye for a 118 out-shot, and Smith was so close to finishing the game. But it was O'Hara who hit double 5 with his second dart, winning the game 2-0, and making himself, Collins and Smith, pictured below, this year's Blind Trebles champions and taking home £210 between them.

Another great selection of raffle prizes were won as were a lovely selection of trophies supplied by Aford

f The club's pack can rest limbs after a weary season

Winning end to U16 tour around Belgium

f Bognor under-16s on tour in Belgium

BOGNOR under 16s enjoyed a fine end to the season when they took their fine form on to the continent.

The second day of their Belgium tour again took place in tropical temperatures that topped 27 degrees.

After a not so early night for the Bognor boys, the pink kit was again donned ready for action. Injuries from the day before meant no action for Corbould and his huge swollen face but despite the energy-sapping tour up to then, the boys seemed ready for action against the previously undefeated Coq Mosan.

A disciplined and at time ferocious start saw Bognor attacking with passion and tempo that had not been seen the day before. in the 36-19 defeat by FC Shilde.

A huge scrum saw skipper Joyce, Stan Wright and Atanasov driving ther opponents back. Big Brad Smith picked up and got over the gainline.

The ball was moved wide to Cellan Robinson, who made good ground. From the ruck,

Spurle sniped and Orchard finished superbly in the corner. Trodd used his enormous boot to good effect and Bognor had the lead.

Back came the Coqs. However, great defence from Decarteret and Turner on the wings prevented a score and the ball was cleared.

Defences were winning the battle in the heat but Bognor were in determined mood, the forwards hitting rucks ferociously throughout as the backs looked for opportunities.

With time running out, a great kick from Clark was gathered by Orchard. A fantastic tackle from the Belgium fullback looked like preventing the score but Trodd was on hand to take the off load and canter over.

Clark converted for a 14-0 win to the raptures of the pink-clad Bognor faithful and seal what was the performance of the season from Bognor. * The first team are in unexpected play-off action tomorrow with a chance to get into London SW three against Old Georgians from Surrey one. Kick-off is 3pm.

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Awards (the owner of C&M Trophies of Littlehampton) for the presentation.

The final league positions were: Division 1 - Overall winners: Friary Z; Overall runners-up: The Legends; Singles winners: Friary Z; Singles runners-up: The Legends; Pairs winners: Friary Z; Pairs runners-up: Hunston Hares.

Division 2 - Overall winners: QE2 Galleon; Overall runners-up: BRSA Ravens; Singles winners: QE2 Galleon; Singles runners-up: BRSA Ravens; Pairs winners - QE2 Galleon; Pairs runnersup: BRSA Ravens.

Division 3 - Overall winners: Newtown C; Overall runners-up: Pagham Cricket Club; Singles winners: Newtown C; Singles runners-up: BRSA Jokers; Pairs winners: Newtown C; Pairs runners-up: Pagham Cricket Club.

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Chi undone by top marksman again as tough matches loom

f Pagham press for another goal

CHICHESTER City's cup final preparations have been dented by a surprise home defeat.

Chi have been riding high in the league and were comfortably above visitors Newhaven before Tuesday's defeat.

But the men from East Sussex, and star striker Lee Robinson in particular, appear to have the measure of Chichester this season and with a 2-0 victory became the first side to do a home and away double over City in the league this season.

Robinson has bagged all five of the goals for Newhaven in those two fixtures, following up his hat-trick in October’s first meeting between the sides with a brace on Tuesday night to take his tally to a league high 44.

There will be no gentle amble towards the summer break now for Chichester who welcome league leaders Haywards Heath to Oaklands Park tomorrow.

That game is followed by two fixtures with Pagham in four days including one which will define both clubs' season - the final of the Sussex RUR Cup at Lancing on Wednesday.

Lions hopes of going up end after draw Battling Selsey end with draw Ne PAGHAM’S promotion push has ended after rivals Three Bridges clinched second spot with a thumping midweek victory.

Three Bridges ran out 3-0 winners on Tuesday night to move seven points clear of third-placed Pagham with just two games to go.

Pagham could have taken the battle down to the penultimate week but threw away the advantage of a blistering start on Saturday against Eastbourne Town to drop two points.

The prolific Dan Simmonds had Pagham fans cheering twice in the opening ten minutes, adding to his large goal tally for the season, as The Lions threatened to blow away their visitors in the summer sun.

But their East Sussex opponents had their own double-quick two goal marksmen in Christopher Cumming-Bart who bagged a brace in just three second-half minutes to give Eastbourne a share of the spoils.

The draw, coupled with Three Bridges’ weekend win at home to Peacehaven and Telscombe, had left Pagham with a four-point gap before Three Bridges kicked off their promotion party in style with a handsome win over relegation threatened Arundel.

They will join Haywards Heath Town in the Isthmian League Division One South next season.

The Lions will play out their final two games of the season, away to Hassocks tomorrow Saturday before finishing their league campaign at Nyetimber Lane against Chichester City.

Both fixtures give them the chance to hold on to third spot from the challenge of Horsham YMCA and their final day visitors.

Pagham and Chichester City will also lock horns next Wednesday in the final of the Sussex RUR Cup – a final that comes one day short of 100 days since both teams qualified for the final way back in January.

f Pagham go on the attack

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SELSEY ended their season with a battling display against Wick to jump a place in the final standings.

Mo Seye grabbed a final point of the season for the Seals in the 82nd minute on Tuesday night after rising highest to meet Ryan Morey’s free-kick.

The goal was enough to lift Selsey above St Francis Rangers, who had already completed their fixtures, into eighth on goal difference.

The club had been trailing to a 66th minute opener from Wick, who finished the season in fifth and 14 points better off than their

f Chichester City's Scott Jones

hosts.

On Saturday, it had been a role reversal for Selsey after they dropped points from a winning position in the dying minutes of their last away game of the season at Billingshurst.

Ryan Morey had put Selsey ahead in the 15th minute but their hosts levelled in a scramble from a corner and following sustained second-half pressure.

While Selsey can now look forward to their summer holidays, Division Two rivals Sidlesham still have three more games to

f Sids are looking to finish the season on a high

play and the chance of promotion to fight for.

The Sids are three points off second-placed Alfold with a game in hand and a marginally superior goal difference.

They kept the pressure up on Saturday with an excellent 1-0 win away to fellow promotion hopefuls Roffey but know they will have to better that performance on Tuesday when they travel to leaders Rustington.

Sidlesham manager Daren Pearce said: “The players have looked a bit rusty but that's understandable given the lack of match practice caused by postponements.

“I'm pleased with them, we had a blip after Christmas but we've got back on track in recent weeks.

“I feel sorry for them at the number of games called off. As an ex-player, I know that the lads always look forward to the games.”

Chichester Ladies clinched a come-frombehind victory against Swindon Town on Saturday in the first of four home games on the spin.

Jess Lewry was the hero of the hour with a 94th minute winner following on from Jade Widdows’ second-half equaliser.

Chichester now play Coventry on Sunday, followed by Charlton Athletic on Wednesday and Queens Park Rangers four days later in a triple header sure to test late season fitness and squad depth.

Middleton's just fail to win opening game MIDDLETON CC’s first XI narrowly failed to chase down 188 in losing their first game of the season.

The Sussex Premier League Premier Division side will be disappointed after a 15-run defeat against Division Two Chichester Priory Park in the first round of the ECB National Club Championship on Saturday.

Winning the toss, captain Sean Heather’s decision to put Chichester PP into bat initially seemed vindicated as Craig Fowle had opener Matthew Bennison leg before.

However, Chichester PP rebuilt well around a second wicket stand of 111 with Simon Hasted (50) and Mike Smith (62) making impressive half centuries with Smith as the aggressor, hitting three sixes in his 68-ball knock.

Middleton managed to put the brakes on just before the 30-over mark with a double blow with the economical Fowle (2-19) getting his second lbw decision while opener Hasted fell with no more runs added to the scoreboard when stumped by Matthew Robinson off the bowling of Glenn Houchen.

Two further wickets in the final ten overs from Brandon Hanley kept Chichester PP in check and Middleton feeling they had found a way back into the contest.

The home side lost both openers with only 32 on the board in reply but pushed on as Patrick Colvin joined his captain in a stand of 91 before Colvin departed for 35. Heather continued to take the fight to the visitors’ attack but his dismissal for 38 led to a middle-order collapse.

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f Bognor could not recover from a slow start | Pics: T McMillan

The only way is up for Rocks after defeats put them bottom Next Game

DARTFORD (H) Tomorrow, 3pm

BOGNOR’S miserable season back in the National League South was sealed on Tuesday night when another home loss confirmed the Rocks would finish rock bottom of the table.

With relegation already a certainty, the club now have only pride to play for on the last day of the season after defeat to Chelmsford Town opened up an insurmountable seven point gap to fellow Sussex strugglers Whitehawk.

The club’s 12th home league defeat was sealed by a goal in the fourth minute by their promotion-chasing visitors.

It compounded another tough week for Bognor after they were thumped 4-0 away to fellow strugglers Oxford City on Saturday.

The Rocks were on the ropes from the start at the Marsh Lane Stadium and Matt Patterson put the hosts on course for victory with a first half brace.

His first was a 39th minute penalty bizarrely awarded for a late challenge after Oxford had the ball in the net following a neat onetwo. Four minutes later, he had found the opposite corner of the net, smashing home from eight yards after the Rocks failed to deal with a corner.

A well-hit Frankie Musonda drive from the edge of the box gave Oxford their third via a slight deflection on 76 minutes before Robbie Sinclair sealed the rout a minute

from time, following up after Patterson had been denied his hat-trick by a Dan Lincoln save.

After the weekend thrashing, the Rocks restored some pride with a battling display in midweek - albeit with the same outcome of no goals and no points.

As well as another moral sapping defeat, the weekend fixture had created a central defensive crisis with Sami El-Abd’s suspension and Gary Charman’s injury forcing manager Jack Pearce to partner midfielder Tommy Block with Keaton Wood for the home game.

The pair were still getting to know each other when the deadlock was broken as a through ball freed Chelmsford’s Christopher Dickson to slot home the opener unchallenged.

The Rocks battled hard for the remainder of the match but again the lowest scorers in the league could not carve out enough clearcut chances and failed to put away the halfchances that fell their way.

The hope of better days to come back at a level at which the Rocks can hold their own beckons.

But, before that, they face a tough finish to the season with a visit from high-flying Dartford who need a win, and potentially a big win, if they are to overhaul Havant and Waterlooville at the top of the table.

Rocks' hero Dabba departs THE SUMMER overhaul at the Rocks has begun before the season has had its final kicks.

Club legend Darin Killpartrick has confirmed his departure from Nyewood Lane after 18 years' service as a player, manager and coach.

Known affectionately as Dabba, the man who has personified the club as much as anyone in the past two decades, is set for an emotional send-off tomorrow when the Rocks endure their National League swansong against promotion hungry Dartford.

Rocks manager Jack Pearce has paid tribute to his fellow Rocks' stalwart, describing Killpartrick as a club hero who would be greatly missed and very difficult to replace.

Killpartrick, side by side with Jamie Howell for eight years, was instrumental in the Rocks’ run of success and heartbreak which finally saw them promoted last year after so many near misses. He will remain in his roles as head of the football academy at Chichester College and also coach for the England Colleges FA u-18 team.

Pearce’s position has also come under question from some fans throughout the season of struggle with more calls for the long-standing servant to stand down after Saturday’s defeat while the playing squad is set to also undergo a significant overhaul.

f The Rocks pushed in vain for an equaliser

SO WE are now relegated and everyone is deeply disappointed as we head back to Bostik League football next season.

News came out this week revealing head coach Darin Kilpartrick’s departure at the end of the season.

For me, this is very sad news indeed. ‘Dabba’ has been the lynchpin of this team for almost 20 years and has brought on a lot of the players we are seeing today.

He has also gone a long way in improving the fitness level of the squad to enable us to play the ‘Bognor Way’ wherever we go because you need a strong team to be able to pass the ball as much as we do.

Thanks to Dabba for all he has done for the club – and, yes, he is a Rocks Legend.

I hope we haven’t seen the last of him at the club because he’s one of the most qualified coaches around and he loves BRTFC. Those are big shoes to fill for whoever takes over next season – I sent him a text to say as much.

On the pitch, unfortunately ,things haven’t improved but I love the coach trips to the away games. Our last away game of the season saw us travel to Oxford City who I thought played really well against us on their rubber crumb 3G pitch.

We actually did all right up until just before half time when it looked as though the linesman had his flag up for offside and the referee pointed to the spot for a foul

in the area and they scored from that.

For me, when we went 2-0 down our heads dropped and we struggled to get back into that game.

I loved the banter on the coach trip home, though, and the fans were superb at that game.

Unfortunately, I missed the Concord Rangers away game in midweek before this. It sounded like a similar story to the one we have had this season, conceding early.

I enjoyed Lee Roberts and Len Kilpatrick’s commentary of the game. Fair play to Rocks' fan Rob who has been at every game this season, and spent A LOT of money getting home from Concord in a taxi after our 2-1 defeat!

I thought we improved and had a lot of the ball against Chelmsford this past Tuesday night but, unfortunately, didn’t turn these into chances.

The Clarets, therefore, secured their play-off place.

So it's Dartford at home tomorrow in our last game of the season in the Vanarama National League South.

Would be nice to cause an upset wouldn’t it? I hope to see many of you there to cheer on the Green Army and let’s make this a great send off for Dabba who has given so much time and effort to the club over the years.

I know the players will try their best. See you tomorrow.

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