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Seeking Tawnies 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
Night is here. A sliver of moon crests the spine of clouds like a sail or fin, sharp and bright. I am on the path in Withdean Wood beside Withdean Sports Complex. In the orange glow of the stadium’s lights the wood becomes an eerie, sepia, stage-set scene. Traffic murmurs from the road and the lights of passing cars stipple the trees, setting them briefly alight. Here on the edge of town I’m in search of tawny owls hoping to hear the familiar ke-wick of the female and the male’s hoo-ooo reply. Round-eyed, harsh defender of its young, this bird of hollow tree and ivy was once associated with our fears of foreboding, of evil, witchcraft and death. It is sometimes mobbed by other birds as it is a predator and hunts mice and voles by stealth using its large eyes, acute hearing and silent flight. Adult owls defend territories all year round and year after year; they are resident birds. Come August, young owls start to disperse to find territories of their own and autumn is a good time to hear them. I have frequently heard owls on recent trips outside of Brighton. A few years ago I heard an owl here in Withdean Wood and my search has taken me to some of the city’s fringes – Ladies’ Mile Nature Reserve, Hollingbury Woods, Wild Park. Back in the wood I wait, torch turned off, rooted on the shadowy path, listening. Voices of young people are audible from the sports stadium, Over sixty years ago the stadium was the site of a zoo and I imagine ghosts of the animals silently roaming the green as in a
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PEAR TART DE CAMBRAI 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 is actually not a tart but is a cake which comes from Cambrai in France. It is lovely to have warm as a desert but equally good as a cake when cold. If eaten warm it is especially delicious served with single cream.
Canned peaches are an alternative to pears. You will need a flan dish or tart tin measuring 23cm/9in across.
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PEAR TART DE CAMBRAI CONTINUED INGREDIENTS:
METHOD:
• 3 pears
Heat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease the dish or tin.
• ½ lemon – juice
Peel, core and slice the pears. Put onto a plate and sprinkle with lemon juice.
• 150g (5oz) self-raising flour • 200g (7oz) caster sugar • 110g (4oz) butter
Mix the flour and sugar together. Melt the butter and mix with the eggs and vanilla extract. Beat with the flour and sugar until smooth.
• 8 tablesp milk • ½ tsp vanilla extract • 2 eggs Topping
Pour into the dish or tin and arrange the pears on top. Melt the 25g butter and drizzle it over the top then sprinkle with the sugar.
• 25g (1oz) butter
Bake until golden brown and firm, approximately 50-60 minutes.
• 15g (1/2 oz) caster sugar
Dust with icing sugar.
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Re-development of Old London Road Last year over 350 people objected to McCarthy and Stone’s planning application to build a block of 44 retirement flats at 46 to 54 Old London Road (opposite Patcham House School) and the application was rejected by both Brighton and Hove Council and the Government’s Planning Inspector. On 5 July 2018 the Council started consultation on their draft development plan for the City, called the City Plan Part Two. This includes a list of locations that the Council is happy to see developed to meet its target of 13,200 new homes by 2030. One of the sites is 46 to 54 Old London Road, where the Council would expect to see 30 residential units (flats or houses) built to replace the 5 family homes currently on the site. By allocating 46 to 54 Old London Road for a development of 30 units, the Council is indicating that they are happy in principle to see this land intensively developed. They also say that 'The indicated numbers of residential units may be exceeded if this can be justified through detailed examination of site specific considerations'. Any planning application put forward by a developer would need to comply with the Council's normal planning policies and will be open to public consultation. Why we object We believe that the site which currently accommodates 5 family homes is too small for 30 houses or flats. In particular, this density of housing will spoil the Village look and feel, and materially detract from the character and appearance of the area. This was the reason that the Government’s Planning Inspector rejected last year’s planning application on the site. What you can do You can object to the Council by emailing planningpolicy@brighton-hove.gov.uk Please head your email City Plan Part Two Consultation. Include your name, postal 10
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Best Foot Forward: Children’s Shoes By Jayne Shrimpton
Privileged young children wear fashionable early-Victorian footwear in this illustration from 1841 [Jayne Shrimpton] When I was young and moaning about having to wear boring regulation school shoes, my Dad told me to consider myself lucky, as when he was a child in 1920s London some of his classmates had no shoes at all, attending school in bare feet. This seemed unbelievable to me, but, sadly, was true: leather shoes and
boots were expensive and often difficult for large families to afford, especially in the days before the welfare state. Historically, appearing in public without shoes or stockings demonstrated extreme poverty: a person’s clothes might be worn or patched, but going barelegged and barefoot was
considered degrading. Yet until at least the 1930s, this was not uncommon in poor urban and rural communities, young children often going barefoot in the streets or fields. To address the ongoing footwear problem in manufacturing districts of the midlands and north, sturdy wooden-soled leather clogs were often worn - cheaper and longer-lasting than conventional boots. Housewives everywhere would sometimes go without new shoes so that their menfolk and older children could be prioritised and appear decent for work and school. Lack of footwear, important for a respectable image, was humiliating - a clear sign of reduced circumstances. For generations school pupils were aware of their classmates’ individual situations from the condition of their boots or shoes - or their absence.
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Traditional leather buttoned or laced boots were still worn prior to WW1, as shown in this family photograph, c.1910-13 [Kat Williams]
In the typical household, providing well-fitting footwear for growing children has always been a concern. Before mass-production, all cities, towns, villages and even small hamlets boasted professional shoemakers and bootmakers who made and repaired footwear for the local population, although bespoke made-to-measure boots or shoes were mainly restricted to privileged children from affluent families. Charles Darwin’s granddaughter, Gwen Ravarat, recalled in her memoirs how, as children in late-1880s/1890s Cambridge, she and her siblings had high leather boots made by the local shoemaker, ‘who ran a tickly pencil round our toes…We never had ready-made boots.’ However, in many ordinary working families new boots were more likely bought ‘off the shelf’ whenever finances allowed, sometimes without the prospective wearers even being present. A man receiving his week’s wages after work on 14
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a Saturday might visit a lateopening shop or warehouse and return home as the family patriarch and bread-winner, proudly bearing new children’s boots. As mechanised manufacturing advanced in Britain, some footwear began to be massproduced from the 1870s, with Clark’s (established 1825) a pioneer in the field. Tiny Victorian and Edwardian children were sometimes dressed in dainty shoes strapped with a narrow bar high across the instep, but school-age children typically wore substantial leather ankle boots: in the 1800s these were usually buttoned using a button hook, while laced boots became more common in the early-1900s, especially for boys. During the 1910s low-cut shoes began to replace traditional boots for men, women and children, reflecting the gradual modernisation of dress. However, some children continued to wear
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Victorian children wore high leather boots. This little girl, photographed in Brighton c.late-1870s/1880 wears very fashionable buttoned boots [Jayne Shrimpton]
Between the wars, children wore bar or strap shoes, or sturdier lace-ups for walking. This Barkers of Kensington advert appeared in The Daily Mail, 8th March 1921 [Jayne Shrimpton]
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old-fashioned boots after the First World War, the same footwear being repaired and then handed down from child to child in large families. Conversely, in comfortablyplaced households where new shoes were acquired regularly, there were recognised gradations in the style of footwear according to the age of the son or daughter, with small children wearing picturesque juvenile modes and ‘teenagers’ adopting more adult forms of shoe or boot. As school uniform developed and became established in the early 20th century, soft rubber-soled canvas sneakers or plimsolls were adopted for PE and children often wore these cheap comfortable shoes for play after school, on
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This photograph taken in Llandudno in the 1940s demonstrates the marked differences between styles of shoe considered suitable for different age groups [Kat Williams]
During WW1, children’s and teenagers’ low-cut shoes began to replace boots and canvas sneakers were worn for PE, as seen in this Harrods school wear advertisement from 1917 [Jayne Shrimpton]
weekends and for holidays. In disadvantaged families these were sometimes worn throughout the day, instead of expensive leather boots or shoes. During the 1920s as suntans became fashionable and going bare-legged without stockings or socks grew socially acceptable, sandals with a T-bar became popular for children. The basic T-bar shoe or sandal remained a familiar style throughout the 20th century.
rationed, mothers were especially fearful that their fast-growing children would develop foot deformities. Some government help in the form of extra coupons was given to families with young children rapidly outgrowing their clothes and shoes, while older women sometimes passed some of their coupons to young families. The WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service) also provided practical assistance, opening clothing exchanges at which decent children’s clothes and shoes could be exchanged for larger sizes, without spending money or precious ration coupons.
Between the wars it became more widely recognised that comfortable, well-made footwear was important for children’s healthy development and that ‘bad feet’ were the consequence of ill-fitting shoes. During the Second World War, when material resources were in short supply and dress items strictly
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measuring instrument to aid the shop assistant fitting children’s shoes.
Charles Brannock’s foot measuring device was first patented in the 1920s [Wikimedia Commons] human foot and formed an important prototype for many future models. Meanwhile Clarks had earlier appointed as a director an American, John Walter Bostock, experienced in superior US factory processes. Bostock devised a new shoe fitting system based on the detailed analysis of thousands of foot measurements taken from local school children. Reflecting the findings of the survey, the company launched its new children’s ranges in 1945 with a choice of four width fittings, at the same time as the new Clarks foot gauge that acted as a scientific
Start-rite (established 1792) also rose to prominence around this time for its quality children’s shoes, the company’s iconic twins’ advertising posters being displayed on the London Underground between the 1940s and 1960s. In 1955 Startrite was granted a royal warrant by HRH Queen Elizabeth II to supply footwear for the young Princes Charles, Andrew and Edward and Princess Anne. A second royal warrant was granted in 1989 by HRH the Prince of Wales to supply children’s footwear for Princes William and Harry, but this was withdrawn in 2003 when the company’s production moved abroad. Visits to Brighton’s key shoe shops are an annual family ritual at the start of the new school year. Parents will be concerned with the relevant school’s style specifications and the fit of the shoes, children themselves mainly interested in what looks cool. Once in the classroom they may not notice whether friends are wearing second-hand or ill-fitting footwear, but they will all have shoes. Best foot forward…. www.jayneshrimpton.co.uk
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A version of the memorable Start-rite poster, first designed in the 1930s and widely circulated throughout the 1940s-1960s [Wikimedia Commons]
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Elderberry Elixirs By Lucinda Warner
Tradition states that the summer has ended when the elderberries are ripe and right now they are hanging in generous clusters from the trees. A lovely way to herald the beginning of autumn is to gather a basketful and follow in the footsteps of previous generations in making elderberry preparations to enjoy over the autumn and winter. Elderberries are one of the most popular foods to forage and are not only delicious when properly prepared but are also excellent medicine for strengthening the immune system. Research has shown elderberry to be anti-viral as well as being packed with beneficial anti-oxidants so it is great to collect now in order to prepare for the colder months to come. Elderberries should not be consumed raw as they can make some people feel nauseous and may lead to vomiting and diarrhoea - it’s important to cook, tincture or similarly process them first. Also it’s important to be 100% 20
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sure of your identification before picking any wild plant as there are other purple/ black berries in the hedgerow that could cause confusion! There are many ways you can use your elderberry harvest once you have gathered it. First remove the berries from the stems and discard any that are green or shriveled, you want only the plump, juicy purple/ black berries. Traditional recipes include elderberry wine, elderberry jelly and elderberry syrup. Here are a few of my favourites that we make each year. Elderberry and Cardamom Infused Vinegar: This is simple to make and is delicious in a salad dressing or drunk in hot water with a little honey as an immune tonic. Elderberries – fresh or dried enough to fill a standard jar Tablespoon cardamom pods Apple cider vinegar Lightly fill a jar with the destemmed elderberries and
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“No change:” Brian McCarthy I am sure you all will join me in thanking Inspector Paul Ransome for all the hard work he has done as Inspector for East Brighton. As he cycles his way down to his new adventure as central prevention inspector I would like to introduce myself. Until recently I was the central prevention inspector. I have been in post a couple of months and have found the sense of community in Patcham, Hollingbury, Withdean and Westdean strong and I think people have a real “can do” attitude. I have met Councillor Lee Wares and look forward to working closely with him to continue the good work you as a community are doing. June and July saw an increase in the number of thefts in the area of motor cycles and mopeds. As a result we have started Operation Handlebars to address the situation. There have been reports of youth antisocial behaviour and my team are working to challenge and address the behaviour when it occurs. Overall there has been a reduction in reported incidents in the area in June and July compared to April and May. We will not, however, be complacent and ask you to call with your concerns so we can monitor and identify any potential issues early and resolve them. I look forward to a long and productive working relationship with you all. Inspector Brian McCarthy
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Young people paint a mural at Maycroft Manor A group of 16 year olds joined the National Citizens Service (NCS) this summer to learn new skills and improve social cohesion. I met three of them at Maycroft Manor, a Hallmark care home, where the young people were invited to paint a mural. Each group of NCS students enjoy two residential trips and they do a social action project. Some groups are working with the homeless and refugees but the group at Maycroft decided they wanted to bridge the generational divide and meet some older people. Maurice, a Maycroft resident who used to work in publishing in London before he retired, thinks the programme broadens young people’s horizons. He said: “If you are young, you can get information about how society was before. Life was totally different.” For example, he said he was evacuated as a child and used to collect shrapnel from the road in the war. Maurice is also very aware of how technology has changed working life, he was impressed by how quickly his photographs were copied and returned to him. Alton has just finished his GCSE’s at King’s School, Kai and Sara studied at Varndean School. Sara hopes to go to BHASVIC and then study medicine but Alton and Kai are worried about the cost of tuition fees so work experience may be even more important for them. One of Maycroft’s residents, Pat, sympathises: she went to art college in Brighton but she couldn’t afford to go to University. Jess, the team’s leader is a dance student at Bournemouth University and loves ballet like Maurice who used to go to Covent Garden every month to watch it. Pat prefers ballroom dancing and used to do the quick step, foxtrot, tango etc. Kai is the NCS team’s dancer but he prefers modern street dancing.
Alton said: “Before, I had no idea how to socialise and talk to anyone (or paint.) My great Nan used to be in a home. I just sat there awkwardly and smiled. Thanks to NCS, I’m making an effort to come out of my shell. This time last year, I wouldn’t have said a word.” The programme is heavily subsidised by the government, each place is estimated to cost £1,250 but young people pay £50.
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Community is the only way forward in 21st Britain My experience of growing up in Northern Ireland and ministering in South Africa has left me in no doubt that humankind is vulnerable and continually in trouble. I had a look at recent statistics on the lack of housing and was disappointed to read that Brighton tops the list in the UK. However this may be the tip of the iceberg with many types of silent poverty going unnoticed. Is it because society has lost their sense of what ‘being community’ really means? At Patcham Methodist church we have tried to build a sense of community. Twice monthly we hold a lunch club for about 40 seniors. The chatter, laughter and scraping of cutlery tells me that this community is enjoying themselves. I am also delighted that we host Fare Share once a week. Again our senior folk in the community gather for coffee and to purchase a bag of food items for £1.00 Sadly, we as a nation are losing that sense of community. It’s too easy to put items in a box marked for whatever charity and pat ourselves on the back saying ‘Job done’. But we can do so much more. Every blessing ,
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Did you know…? You’re four times more likely to die in a fire if you don’t have a smoke alarm that works. Around half of home fires are caused by cooking accidents. Two fires a day are started by candles. Every six days someone dies from a fire caused by a cigarette. About two fires a day are started by heaters. Faulty electrics (appliances, wiring and overloaded sockets) cause around 6,000 fires in the home across the country every year.
Choosing your smoke alarms Fit at least one smoke alarm on every level of your home. Smoke alarms are cheap and easy to install. They are available from DIY stores, electrical shops and most high street supermarkets. There are a variety of different models to choose from. Your local fire and rescue service will be happy to give you advice on which one is best suited for you. Look out for one of these symbols, which shows the alarm is approved and safe. Ten-year sealed battery smoke alarms are the best option. They are slightly more expensive, but you save on replacing the batteries.
How to make sure your smoke alarms work Test your smoke alarms at least monthly. If any of your smoke alarms have a one year battery, make sure it is changed every year. Only take the battery out when you need to replace it. Never disconnect or take the batteries out of your alarm if it goes off by mistake. Standard battery operated alarms are the cheapest option, but the batteries need to be replaced every year. A lot of people forget to test the batteries, so longer life batteries are better. Mains-powered alarms are powered by your home power supply. They need to be installed by a qualified electrician, but like battery alarms, they do require testing. Testing smoke alarms tests the smoke sensor as well as the power supply and/or battery. You can even have linked alarms installed, so that when one alarm detects a fire they all go off together. This is useful if you live in a large house or over several levels. Strobe light and vibrating pad alarms are available for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Contact the Action on Hearing Loss Information Line on 0808 808 0123 or text phone 0808 808 9000.
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Bringing the harvest home. Harvest is from the Old English word hærfest, meaning "autumn" and came to refer to the reaping and gathering of grain and other crops. Traditionally, the Harvest Festival takes place on the Sunday nearest to the autumn equinox full moon – the Harvest moon. Although sometimes neighbouring churches hold their festivals on different Sundays so neighbours can attend each other’s celebrations. We have given thanks for successful harvests in Britain since pagan times. The celebrations used to be much larger: ample food, merriment, music & romance plus the welcome freedom from toil. Right up until the 20th century farmers would celebrate the end of the harvest with a harvest supper, to which all who had helped bring the harvest in were invited.
The end of the harvest would be marked by cutting the last ’mell’ or patch … Seemingly cutting this last section had some bad luck associated with it. Different areas had different ways of dealing with the danger: in some places the workers would protect themselves by slinging their scythes at it until it was all down, in others they would take turns at being blindfolded and cutting it, elsewhere they would drive out the spirit hiding there by beating the final segment down. It was common to weave corn dollies from the last stand to keep over winter for luck, ploughing it in when the time to sow the new crop in spring came along.
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The Michaelmas Daisies, among dede weeds, Bloom for St Michael’s valorous deeds. Michaelmas is another name for the feast of St Michael and All Angels. St Michael was the Angel who hurled the devil from heaven. His feast day falling as the days shorten is thought to remind people of his strength - providing protection against the sinister forces believed to be more active in the dark months ahead. Michaelmas, 29th September, was an important day in the past – the third of the quarter days. It marked the end of the farming year and the next day labourers could present themselves, along with their tools, at the nearest market town for hire in the coming year. Michaelmas used to be a common day for the winter night curfew to begin, sounded by the tolling of the church bell at 8pm. Curfew was the time when household fires were to be doused, a law introduced by William the Conqueror to try and reduce the risk of fire – an ever present danger in the timber buildings of the time. The word curfew is thought to come from the French couvre feu, meaning ‘cover fire’. The bell was tolled every night, apart from Sunday, until Shrove Tuesday.
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Michaelmas also marks the end of the blackberry picking season. It is said that when St Michael hurled Satan out of heaven he landed on brambles, causing him to curse and spit on them. He is said to renew his curse on Michaelmas Day, so it is unlucky to gather them after this day.
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The Les Paul Big Band Fresh from summer, the big band is back! Patcham Community Centre • 28th September, 8pm to 11pm. Bring a fiver each, drinks, snacks and your toes to tap An outstanding 18 piece, the band includes 2 fantastic vocalists and focuses on recalling the great music from the 1940’s though to more contemporary arrangements. Where else will you hear the classic sounds of Miller, Fitzgerald, Sinatra, Ellington played any better for 3 hours and only £5 entry!
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WESTDENE GREEN WEEKENDER / 22 th & 23 rd Sept
Friends of Westdene Green are putting on another great weekend of events for all the community. The annual BARN DANCE with live band and caller kicks off the weekend at 7pm - 10.30pm on Saturday in the marquee. Fresh pizza and bar will be available so get your dancing shoes at the ready! Open to all the family. Tickets £8/£5 concs and under 18s. Book your ticket before they go! www.westdenegreen.org.uk. The VILLAGE FAIR promises to be a corker with lots of activities for all the family. Whether it's doing a spot of stall browsing, crafts and games for the kids, great food or getting involved in the Village Show or dog races. We look forward to seeing you all at the biggest celebration of our community. The Marketplace - Thinking of doing a clear out and making some cash? Book a stall and sell all those items lingering in your attic! Trade, community and charity stalls welcome. The Village Show - bring your best home-made and home-grown to the big marquee on the day of the fair from 9.30-11am. Prizes for Baking, Preserves, Produce, Blooms, and Arts and Crafts; different age categories.
Flyball - bring your pooch and have a go! Kids Zone – Activities for all ages including Model Railway Rides, craft stalls, music for toddlers in The Barn with Little Notes, assault course with Brighton Outdoor Fitness, fun game stalls to try your hand at and the Fire Brigade – emergency pending! The Wellbeing Area - Centred round our beautiful bell tent supplied by Bumble Bell Tent Hire there are a host of ways you can pamper yourself. A Weleda hand massage, beauty specialist Belles Hair and Beauty or try out some yoga with Nicole and Sabine or Trigger Point Pilates with Andy Paine. Sussex Injury Clinic will be there with some of their practitioners as well as a range of wellbeing products for sale. The Great Outdoors 'nature area' - Come along and learn some great things about our natural environment as well as meeting the bees, and finding out more about our hedgehogs, sparrows and stag beetles. The Sussex Wildlife Trust will be there and The Booth Museum who will be bringing some things weird and wonderful for you to see. Don't miss demonstrations from 'From Sheep to Knitting Wool' - turning a sheared fleece into balls of wool ready to knit.
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Litter, Litter everywhere... and then at last, came “The Tidy Up Team.”... While strolling through our lovely city do you find yourself muttering expletives under your breath, picking up half empty plastic bottles and lager cans and surreptitiously putting them in your fellow residents green bins (while hoping that no one can see you)........and then, to cap it all, boring your friends and family to tears with rants about all that dropped litter and anti social behaviour? Well if this is you – help is at hand! Put all that negative energy into purposeful action instead and join the “Tidy Up Team” today! The Tidy Up Team is a city wide team of volunteers who pick up litter in parks and streets and also campaigns
and educates around littering. It was the brainchild of Garry Meyer, a local city Park Ranger. He is passionate about our green spaces and realised that that there was an enormous pool of local residents out there who felt the same way. He wanted to tap into this and the TUT was born. This was 14 months ago and it has grown and grown - there are now 200 members Volunteers get a 2 hour training session and their own high viz vests (with logo) and litter picker stick. Volunteers can either go out individually – fitting it around their busy lives – or in groups. The response from passersby is positive and it is quite a therapeutic experience –
leaving a previously littered environment clean and tidy. Ah what bliss.......As you can see, all that negative energy can be put to productive use after all! Please contact us for more information: Cityparks. volunteers@brighton-hove. gov.uk. www.brightonhove.gov.uk/tidy-up-team 01273 292929
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All Saints’ Church, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8YE Saturday 15th September 11.00pm – 5.00pm and Sunday 16th 12.00pm – 4.00pm Come and visit our 12th Century church with its beautiful stained-glass windows, fascinating Doom Painting, medieval memorial and gravestones in beautiful Patcham Village Entry to the church is free Refreshments will be available in the Church Centre
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Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. G R E E N VA R N D E A N AC T I O N G R O U P
Did you know? Varndean College plans to sell off green space on the edge of the playing fields along Surrenden Road to the north of the college to build ten luxury houses. It has just received £1.5m funding so there is no justification for selling off this land. It also plans to build an all-weather artificial pitch in front of the college close to Draxmont Way. Please act now and object to these plans.
How does this affect you? The proposal sets a dangerous precedent for further development on green space. Any green space in Brighton and Hove will be at risk. A biodiversity reserve will be destroyed including habitat for bats, lizards and slow worms. A beautiful stand of elms and other trees will be damaged and an elm hedge removed. Let’s stop this crazy scheme now!
Key objections • It contravenes the City Plan CP16 which says our open space should be valued, protected and retained. Recent surveys showed that Brighton has only 15% urban green space compared with 20% plus in most other cities. • There isn’t enough green space now, let alone for future needs. • Brighton and Hove has UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status. This is not being respected in the application. The development will build
over an important green corridor for wildlife, which links Withdean Park to open downland and goes against the Council’s strategic objective (SO10)to “conserve and enhance” such green links. • The interconnected development of a floodlit pitch and new luxury housing will seriously damage the interconnectedness of the flora and fauna in the area and will have a specially bad effect on wildlife, displacing and disorientating many species. • The site, an established biodiversity reserve, is home to the Small Blue butterfly, which is in decline and fully protected by law (Schedule 41). The harm to the other plants and animals using the site and similarly protected has also not been taken into account. • Varndean College describes the development land as unused. This is untrue as shown by photos on the College’s own website. • One small advertisement in the Argus in May 2016 doesn’t amount to the College’s claim that the land was "robustly and transparently marketed" for Open Space use. The ad said the land had ‘no development potential’ yet the College is now claiming the exact opposite. • The development is contrary to CP12 in the Council’s City Plan where all new development should ‘protect or enhance strategic views into, out of and within the city’. It will block one of the city’s most iconic and historic views.
The proposal to build ten new luxury houses will do nothing to alleviate the local housing crisis. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FURTHER DETAILED OBJECTIONS www.greenvarndean.com Join our Facebook group - ‘GreenVarndean’ Contact us email: greenvarndean@gmail.com. Our Twitter feed is @GreenVarndean
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