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INSIDE THIS MONTH...
A long hot summer like this is such a rarity, it is becoming hard to imagine it ever ending! The holiday month of August stretches ahead. The fun of Pride and the BN1 festival will kick it off, to be followed the next weekend by the fabulous Firle Vintage Fair on the 11th and 12th. It is a fantastic affair, full of vintage delights in a beautiful setting. Of course, the month will end with the Bank Holiday weekend, a precious chance to catch up with friends and family.
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Every Picture…… Brighton and Hove got a new Coat of Arms in April 1997 to mark our amalgamation and new status as a city. The new emblem is a blend of the old arms of the formerly separate Brighton and Hove Councils. The two dolphins, inherited from the Brighton arms, have an uncertain pedigree now. It is possible that they were originally adopted to incorporate the insignia of two of the leading families in the town: the Scarse family who were associated with the Manor of Brighton; and the Lashmar family, one of whose
member was High Constable in 1799. They certainly illustrate our close association with the sea. The ship atop is from the Hove arms and represents a 16th century French galley. It commemorates the French attack on the town, then village, in 1514. The six martlets (an heraldic representation of House Martins/ Swallows) represent Sussex: one for each of the ‘rapes’ – the ancient administrative areas of the county. It is likely these were a visual rhyming reference
to the all-powerful Earls of Arundel, the leading family for many centuries. (The French word for swallow is hirondelle) The Latin motto INTER UNDAS ET COLLES FLOREMUS means “Between Downs and Sea We Flourish”.
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SAUSAGE PICNIC PIE SERVES 6-8
Seasonal Recipe by Valerie Hedgethorne
Valerie Hedgethorne taught cookery & cake decorating for many years in Brighton before becoming a Home Economist and writing for the national magazine CAKE for 20 years. Valerie is a past president of the British Sugarcraft Guild & is a member of the local Guild Branch, which meets monthly in Rottingdean for demonstrations of all types of cake decorating. Anyone with an interest in cake decorating is welcome – for more information phone Valerie on 01273 505223.
This tasty pie is good either for a buffet or for an outdoor lunch or picnic.
You will need a 20cm/8” spring form tin or a deep cake tin with a loose base.
It can be served hot but it is best served cold on the day it is made.
I used a spring form tin from Lakeland.
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SAUSAGE PICNIC PIE CONTINUED INGREDIENTS:
METHOD:
• 1 ½ lb (675g) sausage meat
Filling: chop the onion and apple finely.
• 1 large apple
Grease the tin. Heat the oven to Gas 6/400C.
• 1 medium onion
If using a block of pastry roll out 2/3 to line the tin, taking care not to form creases.
• 1 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves or ½ teaspoon dried • 6 thick slices cooked ham – depending on size • ½ teaspoon mustard • 1 lb (500g) block of puff pastry or 350g ready rolled • 1 egg
Mix the sausage meat, the apple, onion and thyme. Cover the pastry base with slices of ham, cutting them to shape and spreading on a little mustard. Cover with half the sausage mixture then repeat with ham slices and mustard. Spread the remaining sausage meat evenly on top.
Roll out the remaining pastry to a circle to form a lid. Brush the top side edges with beaten egg and press the lid neatly on to them. Brush with egg and make a hole in the centre. Place on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes then lower the heat to Gas 5/190C for a further 30-40 minutes. If using a spring form tin, remove the sides 10-15 minutes before the end of the baking time and brush the pastry sides with egg, returning the pie to the oven. Cool on a cooling rack and leave until cold before slicing.
Don’t forget you can see this and many of my other recipes on the magazine website
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The Butterfly and the Elm WILDLIFE REFLECTIONS By Alexi Francis. Alexi also drew the illustration. If you would like to buy the original or see other work, go to her website:www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk
Back in June on my way to the supermarket, my eye was caught by a flutter both familiar and strange on the ground beside a solitary elm tree. It was a small butterfly with brown wings traced with a thin white line and edged by orange dots. At the end of the wings were two hairlike ‘tails’. This little creature, that had captured my attention, was a white letter hairstreak. To see any butterfly amidst tarmac and concrete is special, but the white letter is particularly so. A few days later I found another close to St Peter’s Church. I tried to pick it up, but it flew off over the grass and was gone. White letter hairstreak butterflies aren’t rare but they’re not that common either as they need elm trees to lay their eggs and many elms were lost in the 1970s due to Dutch Elm Disease. The tree’s demise saw white letter numbers decrease as well. In Brighton we’re lucky to still have a good variety of mature elms in our streets and parks, including the famous Preston Twins of Preston Park. They’re perfect for white letters. The butterflies I saw were out early. Usually they’re on the wing by late June, peaking in numbers by late July. There’s still a chance of seeing them in August. A good place to catch
sight of white letters is Hollingbury Park where they can be seen fluttering erratically high up in the tops of the elms where they feed on honeydew. They also come down to take nectar from the thistles and brambles below. In summer it’s not uncommon to see the occasional khaki clad naturalist with notebook and camera knee deep in the thistles looking for a white letter. If you’re lucky you’ll see one resting on a leaf, wings closed and angled like a sail to the sun, the white letter on the undersides of its wings visible.
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Fun Filled August - Laughing at Ourselves for that Holiday Feeling By Dr Sima Patel
‘Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century’. Barry Humphries August is usually a month when many people get to have holiday fun and so what better time than now to remind ourselves of how laughter can make a difference to our wellbeing. Most of us know from experience that having a sense of humour about things can make life a little easier for everyone.
• Accept that you are just as prone to
And there’s science to back that up: being able to laugh at yourself may be a sign of an optimistic personality and a sense of humour, according to a small 2011 study, and it might even improve your mood. Humour has also been identified as a possible factor in the development of personal resilience.
realise that it’s just a mistake and that your best option is to laugh it off.
It is so easy to become frustrated, embarrassed, upset and so on when we make mistakes which lead us to feel even worse about ourselves. How can we start to turn this around by laughing at ourselves? Here are some strategies that you may want to use over the month of August to remember this as a time of blissful holiday laughter.
• Think about a time in the last few
months when you said or did something embarrassing.
• Think of yourself as an observer. Step outside of yourself for a moment and imagine how silly it might have looked or sounded to an outside observer.
• If you’ve ever laughed at someone else for making a similar mistake, you should be able to see the humour in your own mistake.
• Remind yourself that it is okay to make mistakes. Everyone does from time to time.
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mistakes as everyone else. It is what makes you human, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
• If you are able to correct your mistake, then try to do so. If not, try to
• Consider the alternative to laughter. What good will getting angry or upset really do?
• Encourage yourself to be more lighthearted about life: Life can be very serious at times, and that seriousness may even be devastating emotionally and physically. There is and will always be suffering in everyone’s life. While suffering is awful, it is important to remember that there are many good times, too, which hopefully outweigh the bad times. The next time life throws a suffering curve at you, try the following strategies:
• Tell the suffering that you acknowledge it but it will not take over your life completely because you are going to embrace all the good things in your life too.
• Think about how you have made others laugh in the past.
• Then think about some of the crazy, fun, adventurous, funny moments of your own behaviours until you find at least one that gives you belly aching laughter.
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Fun Filled August - Laughing at Ourselves for that Holiday Feeling Continued
• Laugh at yourself to avoid being laughed at. It is normal and natural to feel embarrassed when we make a mistake or do something foolish in front of others. That embarrassment can be painful, but it cannot undo the fact that other people witnessed the mistake. In situations like this, laughing at our own mistakes can actually take away the power of others to laugh at us. It puts us in control of the situation rather than others. So why not try the following when this happens to you:
• When you next make a mistake, immediately joke about it. Other people can then laugh at your joke rather than your mistake. For example, if you are prone to tripping over a lot or dropping things or walking into that extra bit of pavement that seems to come from nowhere, try saying something like “Wow, I haven’t even had anything to drink”.
• Your joke does not have to be all that
and starts seeing it as more of a challenge to be overcome. So if you have something stressful going on, why not try the following:
• Instead of letting yourself feel overwhelmed by everything going on in your life, try seeing the situation as something that can be joked about.
• Try imagining your stressful situation as the plot to a comedy show that you are writing. You have been given the basic materials of the situation, and now it is your job to find something funny in all of it.
As you begin to see the humour in your situation, you should be able to break out of the mindset that your situation is as awful as anticipated. Instead, you may be able to realize that you can manage this stress and get through the situation, even if it takes some work. Dr Sima Patel Chartered Psychologist and Coach
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In the Shade: A History of Parasols By Jayne Shrimpton
This section from a panorama of the durbar procession of Akbar II, India 1835, displays the ceremonial parasols that featured prominently in Asiatic cultures [Wikimedia Commons] Parasols closely resemble umbrellas - and for good reason. The word ‘umbrella’ derives from Latin umbra (‘shade’) and initially the shadegiving device was used as essential protection from the sun. Ancient sculptures dating from around the 11th century BC reveal sunshades being used over 3,000 years ago in Egypt, India and the Middle East, and later they were adopted by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Initially inspired by the shady canopies of trees, the first portable sunshades used in hot climates were literally large fleshy leaves, such as banana leaves, or even a converted tree branch. The word ‘parasol’, from Latin papare (to prepare) and sol (sun), also signified a sunshade, but there was a significant difference between a personal umbrella held by the user and the larger parasol held over a person of distinction, by a servant. Indeed, 16
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This detail of a glazed terracotta tile from Nimrud, Iraq, illustrates the Assyrian king below a vast parasol borne by attendants, c.875-850 BC [Wikimedia Commons] from early on sunshades were associated with social rank, vast parasols becoming potent symbols of status and power throughout
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Asia and Africa, where fair skin signified high birth. Ceremonial parasols carried by attendants in public processions helped to preserve the pale complexions of the elite, thereby reinforcing their entitlement to rule. For this reason, the use of such emblems could be subject to the law, for example in Assyria, where only the king
himself could use a parasol. So important was the stately parasol that in some societies its form became highly significant. In particular, a large number of tiers implied great wealth and prestige, the Emperor King of Siam (Thailand)’s parasol boasting seven or nine tasselled and fringed tiers. Playing a key role as
Walking Dress for August 1814 from Ackermann’s Repository of Arts demonstrates the Regency vogue for picturesque parasols with Chinesestyle shades [Jayne Shrimpton]
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Catholic Church and the Pope’s authority. By around the 1600s, personal sunshades were becoming customary in Mediterranean Europe, chiefly among women, and it is believed that Catherine of Braganza in Portugal popularised handheld parasols among English ladies following her marriage to King Charles II in 1662. From the late-1700s onwards, a more pronounced distinction was drawn between functional umbrellas used for protection in the rain and picturesque parasols or sunshades carried to guard against the sun’s glare and heat. Whilst the harmful consequences of over-exposure to the sun’s rays were not yet fully understood, the visible effects of sunburnt or freckled skin - directly associated with the
Mid-Victorian parasols were made from various materials, often ornately trimmed and might be fashioned in bold colours to match an outfit, as seen in this fashion plate from 1869 [Jayne Shrimpton] working classes who laboured outdoors - were generally avoided at all costs in polite society. Genteel ladies went to great lengths to preserve the pale, feminine complexion expected of their rank and sex, and as more outdoor leisure pursuits developed, parasols became both a necessity and a major fashion accessory throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dainty summer parasols were highly fashionable in the early-Victorian era, as seen in this plate from Modes de Paris, 1837 [Jayne Shrimpton] 20
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During the late-Georgian and Regency periods, fabric parasols tended to be rather utilitarian and plain, typically formed of long wooden sticks, perhaps with an ivory handle, and featuring green or brown silk twill covers, although small summer parasols might match the shade of a gown or pelisse coat. Parasols occur frequently in Jane Austen’s novels and letters: for instance, in Sanditon, her unfinished novel of 1817, Mrs Parker was concerned about the children playing outdoors in the sun and declared that she would ‘…get Mary a little Parasol, which will make her as proud as can be…she will…fancy herself quite a little Woman.’
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Several ladies carry summery white and pastel-coloured lace-edged parasols in this plate from the Illustrated London News, September 1887 By the early Victorian era, a period of demure, dainty fashions, parasols were typically small, lightweight and the focus of elegant display. Extant parasols in museum collections reveal that sticks and handles ranged from turned wood to elaborately carved ivory and coral. Some diminutive ‘carriage’ parasols were made with folding sticks; covers were colourful and fashioned from myriad materials, including woven, printed and hand-painted silks, embroidery and lace, beadwork and various novelties such as raffia and even feathers. During the 1860s and 1870s, following wider fashion trends, parasols grew larger and bulkier, perhaps bright-coloured and showy to match a favourite purple, emerald or chestnut gown, some ornately trimmed and fringed. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, they became generally long and slender, often appearing exuberant with ruched chiffon, lace flounces, and ribbon, while white, frothy parasols were especially popular for summer occasions. Conversely, the late-Victorian vogue for Oriental style also favoured picturesque Japanese- or Chinese-effect parasols fashioned with slender wooden or bamboo sticks covered in painted paper or silk. 22
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Parasols remained essential in the early 20th century and this lady carries a large striped parasol while walking in her garden, 1900/1901 [Private Collection]
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Parasols remained both fashionable and functional in the early 20th century. A large parasol or sunshade could be installed in the garden to shade lounging chairs or a tea table, while ladies carried parasols to match a favourite outfit: indeed a formal summer costume was not complete without a co-ordinating parasol. Oriental-inspired parasols with wooden, ivory or lacquer handles and flat, circular paper or silk shades, remained popular during the 1910s and 1920s, following the prevailing art deco aesthetic for picturesque styles drawn from many cultures. Other parasols from the mid-1920s were more robust, featuring sturdy sticks with quirky handles and domeshaped fabric covers in vivid colours, accentuated by bold geometric trims. Only from the later 1920s onwards, following the lead of socialites who frequented the glamorous beaches of California and the French Riviera, did it become fashionable to acquire a suntan. Within just a few years, as more ordinary British people enjoyed a summer holiday and beachwear grew more streamlined, golden flesh was no longer the dreaded emblem of outdoor manual labour, but expressed fitness, health and leisure time. With a few exceptions, parasols disappeared from fashion and the pale, languid lady sheltering in the shade emerged from the shadows walking, swimming, playing sports, embracing the sun and the great outdoors. www.jayneshrimpton.co.uk 24
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This Vogue cover from March 1924 displays various umbrellas and parasols: soon parasols would become outmoded, reecting the new fashion for gaining a suntan
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The 1514 Attack Recorded on the City’s Coat of Arms
Representation of the sacking of Brighthelmston, reproduced by the kind permission of Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove The post-medieval inhabitants of Brighton had to endure a series of raids by the French for many years. But one night in June 1514, the village of Brighthelmstone suffered the most devasting attack in its history. Almost every building was burnt to the ground. The attack was led by a feared foe of the English, a French naval commander known by various forms of ‘Prior John’. An account of the raid was published in Holinshed’s Chronicles, a popular Tudor history book that was used as a reference by Shakespeare and others. According to Holinshed, Prior John and his men succeeded in burning and looting most of the village before reinforcements arrived. Eventually, archers from Lewes and across the county - alerted by a warning beacon lit on East Cliff - came to their rescue, managing to drive the raiders off with a hail of arrows. (One arrow struck Prior John in his eye… which he miraculously survived). Almost the only building to survive 28
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was St Nicholas church, thought to be due to its position on top of the hill. These were tough times, and a retaliatory raid on Normandy was organised by Sir John Wallop, resulting in the burning of twenty-one towns and villages. Although the town was almost completely destroyed, it was rebuilt along the lines of the original streets, and the layout of the Lanes still reflects the shape of the town prior to the invasion. This can be seen from one surprising legacy of the attack: the very first map of Brighton. The map was a coloured drawing by Henry VIII’s cartographer. It is fascinating, depicting the ships of the invading French, with annotations describing the course of the attack and the arrival of the Lewes men who came to help defend the town. The map was probably produced later in 1545, perhaps for use as a military planning aid to withstand any repetition as war broke out with France.
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Queen of The Meadow By Lucinda Warner
Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria, is one of the most distinctive plants of high summer, growing in frothy swathes by the sides of rivers and canals or spilling forth from damp ditches and roadsides. The name meadowsweet is said to come, not from the fact that it grows in meadows as one would expect, but from its early use to flavour mead, evolving from the Middle English Medewurte, which appears in Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale.
Meadowsweet is rich in folklore and also has a long tradition of medicinal use. This is a herb that has had its place through all the ages of European history. Evidence of meadowsweet has been found in several Bronze Age burial sites suggesting the value placed on it even many centuries BCE. The Druids are said to have considered it one of their most sacred herbs for use in ritual and medicine and it was a favourite of medieval herbalists too, being regularly used by folk healers and monastic communities
alike. It was prized at this time as a strewing herb, one that was used to cover floors in medieval homes and churches to disguise unpleasant smells, reduce fleas and lice and help counter infections. In Irish mythology, Cú Chulainn, the warlike hero of the Ulster Cycle, is said to have used meadowsweet baths to calm his frenzied rages and fevers and in Wales, the beauteous but ultimately adulterous Blodeuwedd, was made by two magicians from the flowers of oak, broom and meadowsweet. In modern times it is perhaps most famous for its role in the development of aspirin, a drug named for meadowsweet’s previous Latin name, Spiraea ulmaria. In the mid nineteenth century salicylic acid was isolated from meadowsweet and later willow bark, which lead to the creation of aspirin. Meadowsweet has many medicinal actions and is a herb I would hate to be without. Just like Cú Chulainn,
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people commonly used it as a treatment for fevers where it works through a gentle diaphoresis as well as reducing inflammation and heat. It was used to treat hot conditions in other ways too; cooling sunburn, as a wash for inflamed eyes, as a compress for swollen, arthritic joints, to give relief from headaches and for calming an irritated cough. It’s a joy to see this plant when out walking with its reddish stems and creamy puffs of tiny, fragrant white flowers. Keep an eye out for it by the sides of streams and water ways and remember to always consult a good guide book if you are in any way unsure of identification. “How lovely she is, queen of the springs and of the running brooks, standing there in the damp shady places with her big clouds of flowers; little white flowers that make up big feathery tufts and give off a strong sweet perfume.” Maurice Messegue Lucinda Warner is a Brighton based herbalist and plant lover. For more information on the herbs and preparations mentioned see whisperingearth.co.uk
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Save the Trees trees in our area and to bring back the lost green lungs to our neighbourhood. The BHCC arboriculture team have suffered extreme loss of funding and resources and there is now only one arboriculturalist looking after the whole city’s trees. They simply do not have the funds to replace these trees.
The beautiful large Horse Chestnuts have stood in Ditchling Rise and Shaftesbury Road since the 1890s and despite being home to a variety of wildlife and nesting birds they are sadly under threat. In the last few years the Ditchling Rise Area has lost five trees (mostly horse chestnuts) to disease. Our street trees are increasingly subject to a ‘perfect storm’ of pathogens: bleeding canker (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Aesculi or Phytophthora), horse chestnut leaf minor
(Cameraria ohridella) and leaf blotch (Guignardia aesculi). Unfortunately there is not much that can be done to help save these trees once the disease has set in and unfortunately the trees have had to be felled. According to the arboricultural team it sadly will only be a matter of time until many of the remaining trees will be lost too.
If we want to replace street trees in Ditchling Rise, then we need fund-raise to purchase the trees. The variety being recommended is the Indian horse-chestnut (Aesculus indica), slightly smaller than the established variety we have growing in Ditchling Rise currently (Aesculus hippocastanum). We have to raise a token amount of £336 (£320 plus 5% Just giving fees) to preserve the spaces where the trees have been felled.
The Ditchling Rise Area Resident’s Association are working in partnership with BHCC (Brighton & Hove City Council) to work on an action plan to reinstate the felled
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From Time to Time in Summer
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With its yellow-and-black-striped body, the Cinnabar moth’s caterpillar looks ready for rugby. It’s a warning, as the caterpillar, like the adult moth, is distasteful to birds. These caterpillars are ragwort specialists and in fact help control it. They gain toxicity and protection from the poisonous alkaloids in ragwort.
The Emperor is everybody’s favourite moth: it’s so big and beautiful. The mature caterpillar is spectacular too. The favoured food is heather but brambles, blackthorn and hawthorn are also devoured. The caterpillars can be found from May to August, before spinning a large cocoon from which the moth will emerge the next spring. The male emperor is renowned for being able to locate a female by scent, even over long distances.
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½in, Ochre-white Appearances can be deceptive, no caterpillar has a more bizarre life than this. After hatching, the young caterpillar feeds on thyme but after two or three weeks, it develops a minute honey- gland. Red ants find this irresistible. They milk the caterpillar, eventually adopting it and taking it into their underground nest. Once inside the ant nest, the caterpillar proceeds to prey on the grubs, eating as many as 1,200 of them and increasing its own weight 100 times by the time it pupates in late May. 34
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1 ½in, green with black bands. Until their third moult, the caterpillars resemble small bird droppings, so are difficult to find, but the mature caterpillar is much easier to spot. It’s handsome, with a green body and black bands spotted with red. When alarmed, the caterpillar flicks out a pair of orange scent glands from behind its head, emitting a strong smell. But sadly that’s not sufficient to deter reed buntings and sedge warblers, both of which are major predators.
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Red Admiral Butterfly 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length. Their coloration is variable, but they are usually black with white spots and spines. The spines persist into the pupal phase. The primary host plant is the stinging nettle but it can also be found on the false nettle. Male red admirals court females for several hours before they begin mating. Because of female choice, only males with territory have the opportunity to mate. In order to maintain their territory, males fly around and patrol the area 7 to 30 times per hour. Only males of exceptional flying ability are able to chase off intruding males and successfully court females.
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Service - St Matthias 10am Stretch and Relax 50+, 12-1.30pm, 29-31 Prestonville Rd,720603 Holy Communion – 11am 2nd & 4th Wednesday in month at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Caterpillars Toddler Group @ Calvary Hall (Preston Circus-next to Fire Station)1012pm (Term Time) Community Lunch Club 12.30 at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton Orpheus Choir Varndean High School in term time 7.30-9.30 Girls Brigades from 6pm Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Meditation/Music. 7.30pm 3rd Wednesday in month at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Little Lambs toddler & baby , 1.30-3pm, Church of the Good Shepherd, Preston Coffee Pot 10.45am at St John’s Church Knoyle Road Parent and Toddler Group Calvary C. Hall, Viaduct Rd, 10-12 (term time) Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30. BeginnersOK Friendly Sussex walking group. Walks average 8 to 10 miles. Visit brightonhframblingclub.co.uk or 01903 877939
Thursdays Prayer Break, 10-11 Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton Chess Club 6.30-11pm C/O Avenue Bridge Club. 15 Third Avenue Tai Chi 50+ 11.45am-12.45pm, Age Concern. Prestonville Road Women’s Institute Meet 4th Thursday each month, 7.30pm City Gate at The Dip, Hollingdean Terrace Downland Quilters - Patcham CC. - 1st Thursday of the month. 7.30pm. Marie 624878. Craft and Chat Group 2 – 4pm (fortnightly) at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Dragonflies playgroup, 10am12pm, Knoyle Hall, term time only. dragonfliesbrighton@gmail.com Age concern Yoga 10.30 - 12. 30
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Fridays Tai Chi 50+ (beginners), Friday 11am12pm Age Concern Prestonville Rd Coffee Morning at 9.30 – 10.30am , Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Music Group Practice. 7pm Stanford Avenue Methodist Church. 1st Fri in month Art of Living Group - 7pm 07723 089 676 Friday Club, (Social Snr Cits) 2.00pm in the Knoyle Hall
Saturdays Dad’s Breakfast. 9.30am, Big Sky Café £1 dad. Kids free. 10am Eucharist (1st Sat- healing service anointing with oils) Service, 7pm, St Matthias Church Lions Book Fair+ cds, videos etc. the deneway, from 10am - 12 1st of the month www.brightonlions.org.uk (1st of the month) Brighton Cougars City All Stars 9.30-10.45 am basketball coaching for girls & boys in school years 3-6 at Dorothy Stringer Gym, Loder Rd. Inclusion Play Club 9.30 -12.30 Term time. Fiveways Nursery, Florence Road. Contact: Naomi 07843867626 Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30. BeginnersOK
Sundays 9.30am Eucharist St Peter’s One Church Brighton Sunday Services at Florence Road 10.30a.m. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church, serving the community. Sunday Services: 10.30 (weekly) & 6.30 (monthly - check website or Notice Board for dates). Calvary Church Viaduct Road, 11.00am and 6.30, Rev. Philip Wells 687721 St Matthias Church. Family Eucharist Service 9.45pm Baha’i Centre, 19 Stanford Avenue. 505895. 5.30 to 6.30. ‘Open to all’ St John’s Parish Church Knoyle Road Sung Communion 10.00 am Friendly Sussex walking group. Walks average 8 to 10 miles. Visitbrightonhframblingclub.co.uk or 01903 877939
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