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Hoverflies Hoverflies are remarkable. Deft & swift: able to reach speeds of 40km/hr, fly backwards and of course hover – keeping their head perfectly still at 120 wingbeats per second. But, the true wonder beyond all that, is their VARIETY due their extraordinary mimicry. They generally mimic bees and wasps including hornets (which not only taste bad but deliver a punishing sting to boot) to deter predators. This type of imitation is called Batesian – i.e. looking unpleasant without the cost of ‘arming’ themselves. Hoverflies neither bite nor sting. They are convincing mimics but can be distinguished from their ‘models’ by the fact that, like all flies, they only have one pair of wings. They are enormously helpful, the second-most important pollinators after wild bees. They are also hugely effective pest controllers. The adults eat pollen and nectar, over 110 species eat aphids and other soft bodied insects such as thrips. Indeed, for many, reproduction is prompted by the smell of aphids and their larvae go on to devour 70-100% of aphids in their vicinity. So, if you see hoverflies it probably means you need them! Gardeners often use companion plants to attract them, such as alyssum, statice, chamomile, parsley & yarrow. 6
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CHICKEN IN SPICY TOMATO SAUCE Seasonal Recipe by Valerie Hedgethorne
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Remove some oil, leaving a small amount to fry the onion until it is golden. Add all the other ingredients, simmer five minutes then pour over the chicken. Cover with a lid or tightly with foil. Bake at 350 C / Gas 4 for 50-60 minutes. Serve with rice. This improves after a day’s refrigeration.
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Hidden Stories: why we don’t talk about our invisible conditions At Brighton Fringe this May local arts charity Root Experience will be giving away their new book Hidden Stories which addresses the loneliness and stigma of living with an invisible condition. It’s a playfully illustrated book about what it’s like to live with an invisible condition whose symptoms aren’t easily identifiable to others. Conditions that range from anxiety to autism, diabetes to chronic fatigue syndrome.
Millions of people worldwide are affected day to day yet often face being isolated, misunderstood or stigmatised by society. Many are therefore discouraged from opening up, and even seeking the support they need, for fear of being judged. With Hidden Stories, Root Experience aims to inspire more people to speak out about their experiences – while also encouraging others to listen compassionately. That’s why the charity is giving away all 8,000 printed copies You can get your free copy at Jubilee Library on Saturday 25 May (between 10am and 3pm) as well as meet some of the contributors, join in conversations and find out more about the project. There will also be a photography exhibition and interactive games that guide self-exploration. A free digital version will also be available to download at www.hiddenstories.co.uk from the 4 May.
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Take Shelter - Downs Junior School air raid shelter project needs you! Take Shelter - Come and relive wartime history in Brighton - take a trip down memory lane, back to the 1940s! It is the 4th year that the Air Shelter at Downs Junior School has been opened to the public and it has come to be at the heart of Brighton’s festival and wartime commemorations. We have launched a fundraising campaign for £50,000 to build an entrance to the shelter to enable more people of all ages & abilities to share the Take Shelter experience. Building work to improve the access starts in June, you can help support us reaching the £50,000 needed: • Experience an Air Raid Shelter Tour – 11th 12th 18th & 19th May. Book your visit to our underground, interactive museum where
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St Peter’s Grand Annual Sale, Saturday 25th May 10.30am – 3pm. Entrance Free Our Annual Sale is back this year at St Peter’s, Preston Park, on Saturday 25th May. (Last year it couldn’t go ahead because of the restoration work on the Chancel). There’ll be a chance to buy books, plants and bric-brac, whilst enjoying tea and home-made cake. If people have donations for books or bric-a-brac (no jumble please) we’d be happy to receive them. Items can be brought to the church, next to Preston Manor, the day before from 2-4pm or on the morning of the 25th. St Peter’s is Brighton’s oldest church dating back to 1250 and is recognised by the Churches Conservation Trust as being historically significant for its 13th century wall paintings. A chance to visit and support a very special building which has a new role in community life.
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Now open for the spring/summer season! Come and rediscover Preston Manor. This charming old Manor House in the heart of Preston Village evokes the atmosphere of an Edwardian gentry home. Owned by the Stanford family until 1933 you can explore servants’ quarters, the elegant family reception rooms, bedrooms and attics. NEW for this season is a delightful Children’s Trail, providing a new way for you and your family to enjoy Preston Manor. Real life twins Lily and Diana grew up in Preston Manor in the Victorian period, being home-schooled here too. The trail introduces us to the sisters and their pet dog, Jim. Jim encourages the girls to explore their own house. Using rhymes, riddles, playthings and clues join Lily, Diana and Jim as they move through Preston Manor, having fun along the way.
Peter’s Church and Preston Park. Don’t forget admission is only £3.70 for Brighton & Hove Residents plus up to 4 accompanying children FREE, (proof of residency required) Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD Admission payable, Gardens Free Open Apr–Sep, Tue–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 2–5pm (last admission 4.30pm) Closed Mon (except Bank holidays) 03000 290900. brightonmuseums.org.uk
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Martlets Hove Park Carnival Monday 27th May including acrobatics, display dogs, dancers and theatre workshops
A fun day and a great way to raise funds to provide care for local people living with terminal illness and their families. As well as a huge range of stalls, amusements and rides, visitors to the event will be entertained with family friendly acts
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The Black Eagles Acrobatic Show, stunning acrobats from Tanzania, will perform their powerful and graceful acrobatic and dance routines: 11.45am, 1.30pm & 3.45pm. The K9 display team: see the skills of their highly trained dogs at 12.10pm and 2.25pm.
talented stage school students aged 4-21, members of The Theatre Workshop, will be singing, dancing and performing for the crowds. Charlotte Bolton, Martlet Hospice’s Fundraising, said: “We are looking forward to another fantastic Hove Carnival for young and old.”
Two different belly dance troupes perform: Ter’zim Belly Dance Troupe at 1.00pm; Brighton & Worthing Belly Dance at 3.15pm. At 1.55pm and 4.10pm,
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THE SEVEN AGES an antidote to the fear of ageing 7 Ages – St Augustine’s Centre, Stanford Avenue, BN1 6EA, 23-27 May PERFORMANCES: Thurs, 23 May 7.30; Fri 24 May 7.30; Sat 25 May. 2.00 & 7.30 Sun 26 May 2.00; Mon. 27 2.00 & 7.30
Billionaires pour money into research in the hope that scientists can extend their life-span or even discover the secret of immortality so they never have to part with their wealth. But for most of us ageing and death looks to be pretty much a certainty and the fear of losing our youth in a youth-orientated culture can be deeply depressing. Ageing and death have often been considered taboo in our society but this might be changing as the 'baby boomers’ (born between 1946 and 1965) come to terms with their mortality.
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A Walk in the Park By Jayne Shrimpton As the days grow longer and the outdoors beckons, we appreciate more than ever the beautiful public parks of Brighton & Hove. There is a fascinating history attached to city parks – open green spaces for the relaxation and enjoyment of all. An early example is St James’s Park in Westminster, open to the public since the 1660s. However, most municipal parks developed later, many becoming established in the Victorian age. Urban deprivation The 1830s witnessed the rise of a popular movement in response to the deprivations of the Industrial Revolution and to Enclosure Acts, which barred ordinary people from using many former areas of common land. Urban populations were soaring and workers had few opportunities to escape the clamour and pollution of overcrowded towns and cities. Streets and buildings were filthy, sanitation woefully inadequate and drinking water the bearer of fatal diseases, as demonstrated by the cholera epidemic of 1832. Yet, just when people needed fresh air and healthy exercise, fewer woods, open heaths and meadows were now accessible: even village greens where local residents traditionally enjoyed outdoor
Public gardens like London’s Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, pictured here in the mid-1700s, pre-dated the opening of most city parks recreation were disappearing. For example, in 1798 the Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent) sold off hundreds of acres of royal lands, including playing fields in frequent use by the silk weavers of Coventry for football and cricket. The proceeds helped to fund his extravagant lifestyle, and might well have helped finance the transformation of his Brighton lodgings into the elegant Marine Pavilion, underway precisely at that time. Social reform
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need of somewhere pleasant and convenient to spend leisure time with their families. In London both Hyde Park and Green Park were open to all classes, while St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens welcomed ‘all persons well behaved and properly dressed’. However such places were sorely lacking in the industrial midlands and north, where eventually a combination of municipal funding, private philanthropy and charitable subscriptions facilitated their creation. The first of the new public parks was developed in Lancashire in 1834 when Preston Borough Council enclosed part of Preston Moor, draining moorland, planting trees and creating an ornamental lake. This was followed in Derby when wealthy industrialist Joseph Strutt donated to the city some 11 acres of land for an arboretum that opened in 1840.
Hyde Park, London, original home of the Crystal Palace in 1851, was already established as a popular space for playing, walking and meeting friends Municipal parks Also in 1840, another government inquiry into the appalling living conditions in towns prompted Parliament to apportion £10,000 to help finance public parks. However, it was the growth of civic pride that would ultimately be the key player. In Manchester
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the public raised £35,000 for the opening of three parks: Queen’s Park, Harpurphrey; Peel Park, Salford; and Philips Park on the Bradford Estate. All three officially opened in 1846 and were equipped with playgrounds, provision for popular sports including archery and quoits, skittle and ball alleys, as well as refreshment and retiring rooms. There were also ornamental ponds, fountains and flowerbeds and pedestrian footpaths. Not everybody approved of the new public parks: some were concerned that residents were visiting parks on Sundays instead of attending divine service at Church; others disagreed with the use of public money for their upkeep when towns still lacked decent sewerage systems and other basic amenities. However, further municipal
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parks opened and in Cheshire the 100-acre Birkenhead Park (1847) became the first to be funded entirely by a local authority. Designed by Joseph Caxton (the architect of Crystal Palace) Birkenhead Park was laid out with lakes, picturesque bridges, Italianate and Gothic-style cottages. Indeed architecture played an important role in the unique character of each of the earlyVictorian parks, represented by ornate drinking fountains, terraces, Chinese pagodas, temples and fashionable tea houses. Some parks provided formal walkways bordered with vibrant floral bedding schemes, while others
19th-century parks sometimes centred on arboretums, like Ipswich Arboretum, shown here with the park gardeners in 1904
All public parks had one or more tea rooms or cafés offering refreshments, this postcard depicting a lively scene outside The Tea House in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens, c.1905 incorporated an arboretum or palm house with displays of exotic plants from across the globe. Recreational facilities were also important in parks and ranged from bowling greens and boating lakes to brass bands and fun fairs. The Victorians loved music and the first bandstands (or ‘band houses’) appeared in the 1860s.
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The 1871 Public Parks, Schools and Museums Act encouraged and assisted those wanting to donate land for the creation of public spaces; consequently during the 1880s there was a great blossoming of public parks and pleasure grounds up and down the country. Besides providing much-needed outdoor recreational facilities for local people of all social classes, parks were also viewed as valuable assets that would appeal to visitors and advance tourism in the region. This would have been especially true of Brighton & Hove, already a hugely popular seaside destination attracting numerous day-trippers and holidaymakers every year.
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Ornamental ponds were popular features in public parks, like Brighton’s Queen’s Park, pictured here in an Edwardian postcard Preston Park Preston Park was Brighton’s first and largest municipal planned park (Queen’s Park was older, but remained in private hands until 1890). It was first conceived in 1871, when William Davies, a Brighton bookmaker, bequeathed £70,000 to Brighton Corporation, his will stating that it must be used to purchase 67 acres of
meadow for £50,000 from Mr and Mrs Bennett-Stanford of Preston Manor. On 13th September 1883, the Brighton Herald announced the opening of Preston Park: “… now that the park is actually in the possession of the inhabitants [of Brighton] we think the town may fairly be congratulated.” Further landscaping of the park and creation of leisure
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facilities followed, costing £22,868. Iron railings were constructed along the Preston Road boundary, bordered by an avenue of elm, chestnut, ash and poplar trees; within the park flowers and shrubs were planted and seats installed. The Tile House was built in 1883, originally as the ladies’ cloakroom, and the park was formally opened on 8th November 1884 by the Mayor, Alderman Alfred Cox. A cricket ground was laid out at the north end of the park in 1887 with openair seating and in the same year the Chalet Café opened. Another major landmark familiar today, the clock tower, designed by the Borough Engineer Francis May in redbrick and terracotta in the Flemish Renaissance style, was officially presented to Brighton Corporation on 17 June 1892. Compared to the early parks
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of the industrial north, Brighton and Hove municipal parks were relatively late developments. Blakers Park, officially opened in 1894, was, like Preston Park, a late-Victorian creation, but most others were developed and modernised in the early 20th century, for instance Hove Park, officially opened in May 1906. Preston Park remains the largest neighbourhood park, comprising 67 acres including playing fields, tennis courts, cycle and athletics track, children’s play area, and two muchfrequented cafés. www.jayneshrimpton.co.uk
Between the wars, families often spent summer afternoons relaxing in deck chairs at the local park. This family photograph was taken in North London in 1932
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Here at Bowley & Gallagher we are excited to be opening our doors for the first time as an Open House this year. We are a family owned funeral directors based in Preston Park, on the busy A23 just opposite Preston Drove to the north of the park. Our premises are light and bright, and feature works by Brighton based artists all year round. Our mission as a business is to be open and accessible to the local community. The conversation around death, dying and bereavement is ever changing, and we want to demystify and gently chip away at the taboo surrounding our profession. We have brought together four wonderfully diverse and creative artists – and for three of them this is also their first time exhibiting - covering watercolour, ceramics, fine silver jewellery and stunning textiles, so there really is something for everyone. We are part of the Fiveways Trail and will be serving coffee and homemade cake throughout the festival. 30
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Till May is out By Lucinda Warner The old saying ‘Ne’er cast a clout till May be out’ (don’t discard any layers of clothing until the Hawthorn is in blossom) hasn’t proved such good advice this year with unexpectedly high temperatures occurring while the tree is still in bud. But now it has begun to bloom and soon everywhere from the top of the Downs, to the hedgerows and motorway edges will be festooned in white blossom. The May, Whitethorn and Quickthorn are all country names for this remarkable little tree that blooms so prolifically throughout much of this month. Hawthorn is the only plant I can think of that has the honour of being named for the month
it flowers in, so rooted is it in the collective imagination at this time of year. It was an integral part of the May Day or Beltane celebrations and thus developed a strong association with love and fertility. The smell of the blossom is earthy and sensual and interestingly is loved by some and hated by others. Hawthorns are generous trees, providing food for many insects, birds and small mammals throughout the year. The leaves are larval food plants for many caterpillars, the flowers much frequented by pollinators and the berries enjoyed by a wide variety of birds. With their dense spiky branches the trees also make an ideal shelter for many creatures.
The flowers and leaves, as well as the berries later in the year, are used by herbalists primarily to treat a range of cardiovascular symptoms, from angina to high blood pressure. This is partly due to their antioxidant content in the form of phenolic compounds which are found in the flowering tops as well as the berries. One of my favourite ways to use hawthorn blossom is as a tea, either fresh or dried in small sprigs. It tastes soft, earthy and honey-like and is very soothing and calming. I particularly like it to gently release feelings of overwhelm and anxiety. Though lovely by itself it also works well with
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Warming – Combine hawthorn with rosemary to revive the circulation and boost memory. Floral – Hawthorn is deepy calming and nurturing when combined with rose petals and linden blossom in a beautifully heart opening brew. Sleepy – Try it with chamomile and linden for a relaxing pre bedtime drink. other herbs to emphasise its different qualities. Try it in any of the following combinations that appeal to you:
Please be aware that hawthorn may have an additive effect with certain medications and consult your doctor or a professional herbalist before using it if you are on a prescription.
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Rainbows, Brownies & Guides: 505906 Stanford Avenue Methodist Church: 554141 Girlguiding Preston Park on 505906 or prestonparkguides@googlemail.com. St Matthias Church: 508178 Age UK Brighton & Hove - 29-31 Prestonville Rd: 01273 720603 Jubilee Library: 290800 W.I. - Mrs Sue Handley, County Federation Secretary 01323 442592 Cricket Practice Simon Coomber’s 07971 917524 City Gate Church / Centre: 693807 Scottish country dancing. Carol 564 963 One Church Brighton (OCB), Florence Road www.onechurchbrighton.org Preston Croquet Club - John Munt 562226 Shintaido: 07846752833 Brighton Cougars Sean at info@ brightoncougars.com Friday Club: Sue 01273700150
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