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bexhill 100 motor club 10th Anniversary Classic Car Show!

BEXHILL TO BEXHILL

This incredible journey will soon be at an end, catch up in Montreal

Sunset beach bbq’s Over the holidays why not cook your fish at the beach?

Also LOOK out for: Music, Sport, Events, Local Stories, Parenting, Health & Wellbeing and positive Fitness advice!

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Thank you for sending us your colourful coastal shot, yes the duck does look like it’s enjoying the beach! Huge thanks to everyone for sending in their photos for our August front cover. Happy snappers and professionals alike, please send us your photos and who knows, your photo could be printed on next month’s cover! 6000 Readers will see it, it will also appear on our website and in social media. Please ensure that you own the photo that you enter and send it to us no later than 22nd August 2014.

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August? Already?

The long Summer holidays and sunny days out begin, sometimes the inspiration for things to do doesn’t come easy. Well we can help you out there, we have a mixture of events listed at the back of this magazine, in our “What’s on...” pages. Also to kick off this month, there’s the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club’s 10th Annual Classic Car Show, being held at the Polegrove, on Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August; see full details inside. That’ll certainly be one to mark in the diary.

We have more helpful parenting advice from Susie Marriott, in this month’s article she talks about “Supporting your children”. As a Mum I totally agree with all points raised. Children grow up so fast these days don’t they? So we’re grateful and hopeful that her articles will help some who may be struggling.

Enjoying time at the beach? How about a beach barbecue? Try cooking fish in paper, yes really, full recipe and method inside...

We aim to help promote businesses, to raise awareness for local charities and to serve the local Bexhill community by being informative and relevant to all of our readers.

As Bexhill is 20,000+ homes, it does mean that some areas will receive issues bi-monthly. But don’t worry we have ‘Pick up Points’ listed in the back, and on our website or email us your address and we’ll deliver a copy to you.

Thank you all for your continued support,

Scott and Samantha.

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YOUR STORIES gardening

gardening advice for AUGUST Welcome to our monthly gardening column, where we will keep you up to date with all the important jobs to keep your garden looking great all year round.

KEEP COOL

far? Well butchering back to the ground is not usually a great idea. Lightly trim the New Year’s growth and shape as desired. However if it is outgrowing its spot cutting back hard will be fine to reduce the height or width. If this is the case it will become a regular chore and might be worth visiting the local garden centre to replace it.

July has been a real mix of hot, beautiful sunny days and some AND really good downpours, a real recipe for growing success.

However this does mean everything you don’t want growing, the weeds as well. The sunshine Flower garden has probably meant you have Cut back the early flowering been reaching for a nice cool drink and the herbaceous perennials to prevent excessive lounger rather than your hoe and shears, but self seeding (foxgloves), promote new foliage don’t worry the heat has meant the garden (Lupins, Geraniums) and encourage further has slowed a little and we can play catch up flowering (Delphiniums). Poppies finishing will this month. Looking around, the lawn has not self seed or help them along with a good shake. suffered too badly and the rain has been just Use an envelope to gather seeds but don’t forget enough to keep it green, just “Keep cool and to label them! carry on – gardening!”

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Lawn care Keep your mower blades high at the moment (unless you are watering regularly). The grass is still cutting well.

Hedges All shrubs have done particularly well this year and hedging and cutting back Summer flowering shrubs should be in full swing – Formal evergreens (box, holly, privet), deciduous (Hornbeam, Beech and Hawthorn) conifers (Yew, Leylandii) can all be lightly trimmed and shaped as required. Summer prune Wisteria back to 4-5 buds.

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LOCAL EVENTS

The Bexhill 100 Motoring Club are hosting their

10th anniversary Classic Car Show

At the Polegrove, off West Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea, on Bank Holiday Monday, 25 August 2014.

This event attracted around 500 display vehicles and 4000 visitors last year. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the annual car show and with the wonderful vehicles on display together with a programme of interesting events, taking place throughout the day, including International violinist, Caroviolina (pictured right), it promises to be a day to remember. Over the past nine years the show has raised £36,000 for local charities and organisations. Formed in 1999, the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club was established to cater for the needs of all motor enthusiasts, whether they drive a classic car, commercial, motorcycle or even a modern day vehicle.

Membership currently stands at around 240 members. The Club attends many local shows, fetes and events during the course of the season so that members can show off their pride and joy and support others to raise funds for their organisations. The Club also holds informal social meetings at 7.30pm on every fourth Friday of the month – further details of the meetings plus pictures and information on events can be found on our website www.bexhill100mc.co.uk Bexhill 100 have raised £36,000 for locally based charitable causes in the last nine years, and hope that this year will be equally successful.

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What’s all this FASTING about?

Every year new vocabulary seems to hit us – this year it’s the ‘5:2’. For those of you unfamiliar with the expression ‘5:2’ – it refers to a diet in which you eat what you like for five days and for two days, you eat only 500 calories. There are derivatives of this concept, but that is generally the idea.

So we asked our Health and Fitness writer, Debi Arnold from The Beach Pad, for her views on this latest fad.

“First it works primarily and simply because of the deficit of calories you eat on the two days of what they call ‘fasting’. Secondly – this isn’t fasting. It is just eating less on two days. And whilst I am absolutely fine with what I call ‘skipping a meal or two’, a few times of the week (lets face it the sky won’t fall in if you miss lunch), I am not too happy with their suggestion you can eat what you like on the other five days. You shouldn’t eat what you like on the

HEALTH & FITNESS

other five days, and this is where the programme is flawed. It fails to meet or encourage eating nutritiously for your world, your job, your lovelife, your energy levels, or your health. Eating what you like is what has often caused too much stored belly fat in the first place, unless it is real food that is.

The only programme that I know works is shopping, cooking and eating real food. Not processed food, which is twice the calorie density of real food, with half the nutrients, OR LESS. It’s the programme we use which comes from Athletes to those struggling with obesity to those post baby weight Mums with four children and a hungry husband.”

Fasting is a serious business, and shouldn’t be dabbled with unless you know what you are doing and have been given the all clear by your doctor. That said, if you skip a meal, because you are still full, not hungry or ate too much to the previous day – then the sky won’t fall in and you’ll be ready for your next meal (just make sure it’s home made good stuff – EVERY time).

There is free advice offered to all Bexhillian readers.

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Cooking outside as the sun is setting is a great Summer treat. As the evenings are still light and the remaining heat of the day lingers, catch the last of the sun with those you love over a glass of something cold.

This unusual way of cooking fish causes a stir but you can rest assured in knowing that no bits of fish will get lost in the coals or gets stuck on the grill ruining the overall look of the dish.

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Place a sheet of baking paper over 4 double sheets of newspaper and place fish on top.

Put lemon slices under the fish, inside the cavity along with the fresh herbs and then finally more lemon sliced on top. Wrap the newspaper around the fish to form a parcel.

Fix with string.

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BEXHILL to bexhill... Quebec through to Montreal.

Dear Annie Quebec has an entirely different feel to the rest of Canada, many comment that it is more like Europe than North America. Certainly everyone speaks French and the city of Quebec has narrow winding streets with many more old buildings than perhaps the whole of the rest of Canada put together. It is a very pretty city, the old town of Quebec, yet you step outside and enter back into the world I have got used to being Canada, with wide streets and modern buildings, Tim Horton’s and Starbucks.

It is a slower pace here too, places practically pull out a chair and invite you to stop in the street to drink coffee.

Streets seem built for you to wander and take in the atmosphere, small artisan shops, jewellers and dress makers, and a wonderful farmers market filled with the most glorious colours and smells and tastes. A place you really can visit at leisure and feel quite indulgent enjoying.

Not far from the city sits the Montmorency Falls, still as magnificent as you described them and much more low key than Niagara in terms of visitors. With wonderful views out to the St Lawrence River, the weather was beautiful, and the city could be seen across the water. It really was a treacherous path to navigate for the Eothen, so many ship wrecks lie at the bottom of the ocean in this part of the world, I have a renewed respect for Lord Brassey and his seamanship.

Montreal is quite a contrast in many ways, although with even more opportunities for feasting - eyes, ears and mouths. It is considerably larger and with a faster pace of life. There is forever a festival of some kind going on, I watched cicus performers doing the most incredible acrobatics from ribbons and numerous musicians as the Jazz Festival got underway.

Also, I couldn’t visit Montreal without paying a visit to the Victoria Bridge. It stills stands magnificantly across the St Lawrence and is an engineering wonder. The plaque to the Grand Trunk Railway can still be seen at the entrance, although with several lanes of traffic as well as the railway lines it proved a challenge to get to. With so many train journeys through Montreal though I must have travelled across it on a number of ocassions once I had tracked it down on foot. Alas I did not manage to trace the plaque with Thomas Brassey’s name which was really disappointing. I will continue my pursuit to track it down, however, and will let you know of my progress.

With kind regards, Louise.

Louise Kenward is embarking on a rail journey from Bexhill, UK to Bexhill, Australia and on to Bexhill, Canada. Following in Annie (Lady) Brassey’s footsteps as far as possible, she will cross her path on a number of occasions along the way. An exhibition at Bexhill Museum serves as an introduction to the project, with information about each Bexhill, Annie Brassey and how it all connects. Supported also by the De La Warr Pavilion, a dedicated terminal is

planned for the foyer to follow the project blog www.bexhilltobexhill.com throughout Louise’s journey. You can also follow the project in social media.

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BEXHILLIAN – YOUR LOCAL FUTURECHARITIES FINANCE

how to protect your family home Most people who co-own their home with another person do so as Joint Owners. They both own the whole property. On the death of a Joint Owner, the home AUTOMATICALLY becomes the sole property of the survivor – who can then do what they want with it. However this can cause problems: 1. If the survivor then remarries, it is possible that the whole of the house will then pass to their new spouse on their death, thus disinheriting the children of the first marriage.

2. If the survivor has to go into a Nursing or Residential Home, as the sole owner of the property, the Local Authority has powers to charge the cost of care against the value of the whole house, again disinheriting the children.

The answer to all of these problems, is to change the way the home is owned from Joint Owners to Tenants in Common – a straightforward process that doesn’t involve the mortgage company even if the property is mortgaged. As Tenants in Common each owner owns one half of the property and, using a Will, can do whatever they wish with their share of the property on their death, including: 1. Leaving it to their (own) children so that is the surviving spouse remarries they will only own their own half of the property and can only give their own share to their new spouse.

2. Leaving it to their (own) children so that if a surviving spouse needs care, the Local

Authority can only charge the cost of care against the half of the house that they own – ensuring in either case that their children inherit at least half of the value of their home. In fact recent case law indicates that the value of half a house (providing the owners of the other half don’t want to sell their share) is effectively Nil and in these circumstances the Local Authority may not be able to charge any of the cost of care against the value of the house.

We do, however, recommend that in the above situations provisions are also made in the Will, through a Will trust, to delay the gift and prevent the surviving spouse being forced out of the home and also to ensure that the surviving spouse can have access to the capital and/or income if the house is sold. This type of trust is called a Life Interest Trust and is sometimes marketed as a Property Protection Trust.

Please note that these arrangements only apply to couples who are drafting Wills. They are not effective for single people. It is therefore essential to plan early.

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BEXHILLL HISTORY LOCAL CHARITIES

canadian soldiers sport in bexhill Canadians sport in Bexhill during the First World War: What it says about Bexhillians This month marks the start of the First World War centenary. Over the next four years, key aspects of the war will be retold and reanalysed. It is important, however, that we make the centenary relevant to current realities.

So often history is consumed without asking one pertinent question: Why should I care about this? History cannot exist in a vacuum; it must demonstrate a broader relevance to its target audience. With this in mind; what better topic to discuss than sport?

Baseball Team, O.T.C. Bexhill Capt. T.W. Macdowell, V.C., seated third from left and Cadet G.H. Mullin, V.C., seated 6th from Left.

Sport has been an enduring fixture of the Summer and has dominated TV schedules.

However, sport does not just exist as a form of entertainment. It can be a powerful tool of unity. In a military capacity, sport has been used to shape camaraderie, friendship and trust. For the Canadian soldiers who were based in Bexhill between 1917 and 1919 sport was a component of training for the frontline in France. Sport was a way of developing military tactics and values, enhancing the

fighting efficiency of Canadian soldiers and maintaining discipline. Individual sports, such as boxing, were valued for developing fighting spirit, while team sports built confidence and cohesion. As the Canadian Training School (C.T.S) magazine, Chevrons to Stars, put it: sport conveys to others that their comrades to the right and left are capable of doing their share at the critical moment.

Canadian sport was equally important for the people of Bexhill. Canadian sports events filled a void left by the suspension of local leagues.

On 22 August 1917, the C.T.S held a sports day in Egerton Park. The Canadians donated the proceeds of the day to the Bexhill Trust, a new organisation established to alleviate poverty and advance education in the town.

Herein is the link with today: charity. This example from the First World War tells us that Bexhillians possess a longstanding charitable spirit. This spirit is still evident today; a cursory glance of the Bexhillian magazine often shows an abundance of charity fundraising, mainly through sport. The lesson from history is that Bexhillians are a compassionate and caring people. This must be recognised and celebrated.

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Dr. Luke Flanagan is a researcher and academic currently based in Bexhill. Dr. Flanagan completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh and until recently held the position of Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

His paper entitled “Canadians in Bexhill during the First World War: A Reflection of Canadian Nationhood?� will be published in the British Journal of Canadian Studies this September.

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PARENTING – supporting your children When, all together, the ten or so churches in Old Town Eastbourne did a survey, they found the biggest stated need for many is the whole issue of Parenting – more than 60% of people interviewed in their 30s and 40s said they struggle with this issue. I wondered if it’s the same in Bexhill?

In my earlier years I found it difficult being a Mum, and made many mistakes with my three children. However, I learnt from them (at least in time to be a much better Granny to my Grandkids!), and have picked up some great relationship tools along the way!

their path. This does not mean completely taking over. In the long run, this hinders rather than helps, because it puts out the message, “This is too scary, too difficult for you. I’ll do it”. But neither should it mean standing at a distance while your child struggles alone.

Offering support involves showing through words and actions that we’re there for them, ready to help with the heavy loads, no matter what. Looking down the road towards growing up can be a frightening prospect. Your child needs to know he won’t be travelling alone!

Did you know?

Children have 10 main emotional needs: • 1 Affection • 2 Acceptance • 3 Support • 4 Respect • 5 Appreciation • 6 Comfort • 7 Approval • 8 Attention • 9 Security • 10 Encouragement Each month we will be looking at one or two of these to discover the “needs behind the deeds.” Last month we started with Affection and Acceptance, this month we will look at:

Support Kids need a parent who will walk alongside them to help them navigate the hazards on

THINK – What challenges and struggles are your children experiencing at the moment?

How might you come alongside them?

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Coping with... depression Recently, I heard a radio broadcaster invite listeners to discuss their experiences of loneliness and how it has impacted on their lives. I thought how difficult it must be for people who are desperately lonely, and then it struck me that I had previously experienced the awful feeling of disconnection and social isolation. I have friends, family and a great social network, but these feelings of isolation and hopelessness were due to a terrible illness called Depression.

One in four of us experience a mental health problem in the course of a year. Depression is different from our usual mood fluctuations and emotional responses to challenges in everyday life. It can cause us to suffer greatly and function poorly at work, home, with relationships etc. Day to day chores become almost unbearable. In fact it can, at times, feel like a long dark tunnel from which there is no escape.

Symptoms include disturbed sleeping and eating habits, anxiety, irritability, unexplained aches and pains, reduced sex drive, suicidal thoughts, tiredness, feeling over-emotional, and a lack of motivation.

Causes of Depression can be triggered by a life event such as a relationship problem, bereavement, redundancy, illness, hormonal imbalances, debt problems, substance abuse etc. Women are more susceptible than men, often after childbirth (postnatal depression) and during the menopause.

Treatment may consist of medication, counselling, lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise, and complementary therapy. The GP is the first port of call to discuss what is appropriate.

The vast majority of research shows how effective complementary therapy can be in alleviating the symptoms of depression.

Reflexology and Depression Reflexology helps to relieve the symptoms of depression by stimulating specific nerve endings in the feet which results in: • Increasing circulation to organs; • Reducing toxin build up in the body; • Stimulating the lymphatic system; • Activating the endocrine system; • Inducing a state of relaxation, restoring balance and calm to both the sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems; • Encouraging release of the natural feelgood hormones, endorphins, which helps to reduce the body’s stress response; • Clearing energy pathways, allowing for optimal nervous system functioning.

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football Competition season 2014-15 PLEASE RETURN ENTRY FORMS (paper or electronic versions) TO VERNON FINDLAY BY 10th AUGUST 2014 PLEASE.

The rules are very simple!!!

All you have to do is to complete the entry form showing where you think each of the twenty teams in the league will finish in the 2014 – 2015 Premiership. You can make up to three predictions at £10 per go.

At the end of the season, the final position of each team will be compared against your forecast. For each position you are different from the end result, you will be awarded 1 point. Therefore if you predict a team will be 1st and they are 3rd you get two points.

Similarly if you predict 20th and they finish 15th, you will get 5 points. If you get it right of course, you get nil points! The winner will be the person with the lowest number of points.

Interim results will be provided at least monthly at the Rotary Business Meeting and in the public section of our website at www. bexhill.rotaryweb.org.

If there is a tie at the end of the season then the FA Cup / Capital One Cup winner / final rounds results will be used to decide the tie break winner.

Prizes will be awarded to the first three entries - £100, £50 and £25. A wooden spoon prize will also be awarded. A minimum

of 50 entries is required for the competition to go ahead. The proceeds this year will be used to support Homecall, Bexhill Caring Community and other Rotary charities.

Our aim is to achieve 110 entries! Will you help? We do need your support! The recipients need your help!

Historically, it has been seen that those with the least amount of football knowledge have as much chance to win this as the football “experts”.

Go on give it a go – have a bit of fun each month – raise some money for Rotary and local charities.

If you are sending your entry by email and it is more convenient to give your money to a local Rotarian, please do so. However, please tell me in your email so I do not ask you to pay twice (as if I would).

Thanks, and have fun!

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Soldiers’ Stories – Children’s Activity | AUG 5th | 11.00-12 Noon A Bexhill Museum event as part of the ‘Bexhill Remembers Project’ and accompanying exhibition.

Children will learn about Bexhill soldiers in the First World war and be given a map to explore the memorials in Bexhill commemorating their lives. £2.50 per child, £3 adults, booking advisable. Children must be accompanied by adult. Email: enquiries@bexhillmuseum.co.uk or 01424 787950.

Blue Bayou | wheatsheaf inn | aug 5th | 8pm A little bit of County and a little bit of Rock & Roll. Further details, 01424 842004.

CHARITY GOLF DAY | HIGHWOODS GOLF CLUB | AUG 7TH | 1ST TEE 8AM 28th Annual Charity Golf Day. A chance to play the superb Highwoods Golf Club at reduced green fees plus raise money for St Michaels Hospice. Teams of 4. Handicap required. Breakfast and lunch included.

Many prizes to be won. museum family open day | AUG 8TH | 10.30-4.30pm | Free entry A Bexhill Museum event, Egerton Road, Bexhill. First World War themed special open day commemorating the beginning of the First World War. FREE hands on activities, workshops and events in the museum and Egerton Park. These events are all designed for and suitable for children of all ages. Further details, 01424 787950. barnett & the bishop | no.48 café | AUG 8TH | 7pm | £6.50 Acoustic Rock And Pop at No.48 Devonshire Rd. Bexhill. Duo Barnett and the Bishop will be playing a fun mix of acoustic covers. Coq Au Vin meal inluded. Further details, 01424 736600.

Model Railway Exhibition | AUG 9th | 10am-5pm | adults £4 – child £1.50 The Bexhill Model Railway Club are holding an exhibition, concessions are available (OAP etc) £3.50 and Family tickets (2+2) £9.50. Show running annually at various venues in Bexhill. jazz & soul with hannah & hudson | no.48 café | AUG 10TH | 2pm | £6.50 Jazz And Soul with Hannah And Hudson at No.48 Devonshire Rd. Bexhill. Meal is included in the entry price. Further details, 01424 736600. seashore surprises | bexhill museum | AUG 14TH | 2-4pm A Bexhill Museum event celebrating our centenary. Children will make arts and crafts based on collections of founder of Bexhill Museum Kate Marsden and Curator Henry Sargent. £2.50 per child, £3 adults, booking advisable. Children must be accompanied by adult. enquiries@bexhillmuseum.co.uk or 01424 787950. quiz night | wheatsheaf inn | AUG 19TH | 7.30pm | £2.50 pp Cash Prize Quiz Night. Entrance £2.50 pp for teams of up to 6. Optional hot supper £5.00 Booking recommended. Further details, 01424 842004. guided walk | bexhill museum | AUG 24TH | 2pm | adults £3 Stepping Out Around Bexhill In The First World War - A Bexhill Museum event as part of the ‘Bexhill Remembers Project’ and accompanying the current exhibition. Leader David Hatherell, meet Bexhill Museum, 2½ miles, 2½ hours, £3 adults, accompanied children £1.50, sorry no dogs. Further details, enquiries@bexhillmuseum.co.uk or 01424 787950. age uk east sussex summer fayre | AUG 25TH | 11am-6pm Age UK East Sussex Summer Fayre 2014 at Western Lawns, Eastbourne is a family fun day including stalls, dog show, live music, fun fair and much more. Details, lizzy.chapman@ageukeastsussex.org.uk

FLOWER FESTIVAL | ST. MARTHA’S CHURCH | AUG 23-25TH | 10-4pm (SUN 24th 10.30-4 pm) | ENTRY £2 Celebrating their 25th Anniversary, Little Common Village Flower Club present a Festival of Flowers entitled “A Blooming Year”. Also featuring an Art exhibition and sale by Rebel Art Group, refreshments and stalls. Supporting the local community with donations to Little Common Community Association and The Parish Fund.

MARINA TOWNSWOMEN’S MEETING | AUG 27TH | 7.30PM Marina Townswomen’s Guild will hold its next meeting at Bexhill Sailing Club. New members welcome.

Further details, Judith Lawrence: kewgoose24@judmar25.plus.com BEXHILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AUTUMN SHOW | AUG 30TH | 2-4.30PM To be held at the Pebsham Community Centre, Seabourne Road TN40 2SW. Come along and admire our show of prize vegetables, magnificent dahlias and other flowers, and a wonderful display of cakes and savouries. Refreshments available. Further details, 01424 210770.

ART EXHIBITION | DE LA WARR PAVILION | SEPT 10TH-13TH INCLUSIVE | FREE ENTRY Dr. Alan G. Whitehead is holding a free exhibition of pictures depicting aspects of environment from September 10th to 13th inclusive in the Studio of the De la Warr Pavilion.

Lawn Bowls – Free Coaching | Tuesdays 11am | Gullivers Bowls, Knole Road Please come along and give bowling a try whether rain or shine as Gullivers in Bexhill is lucky enough to have inside and outside bowling greens. You will find qualified coaches and a friendly club waiting to welcome you. Spare shoes and bowls available. Further details 01424 730619 / 01424 851882.

Events are posted on our Bexhill Events page: www.bexhillianmag.co.uk/bexhill-events

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Really Useful Telephone Numbers

A short directory of emergency numbers, helplines and local service numbers EMERGENCY NUMBERS NSPCC

................................................ 0800 800 5000 (24 hour) ParentLine Plus Police, Fire, Ambulance and 0808 800 2222 Coastguard 999 Red Cross Medical Loan Bexhill-on-Sea Police Station 01424 213583 101 - non emergency calls Samaritans (*24hr) Freephone Crimestoppers 01424 436666/*08457 909090 0800 555 111 Women’s Refuge Conquest Hospital: A&E Dept.

0808 2000 247 01424 755255 Eastbourne District General CHEMISTS ................................................

Hospital 01323 411188 Little Common Pharmacy National Gas Emergency 01424 843575 Service 0800 111 999 Lloyds Pharmacy South East Water Company 01424 220424 0845 278 0845 Marsh Pharmacy Garage Door Emergency Repair 01424 219516 07730 5570119 Pebsham Pharmacy Little’s Locksmiths 01424 736135 07702 849828 Trackside Pharmacy 01424 212555 HELPLINES ................................................

CHIROPODISTS/FOOT HEALTH Age UK ................................................

Naomi Creasey MChS BSc(Hons) Podiatry 01424 426162 01424 215300 Bexhill Information Centre Pamela Davey 01424 773721 01424 844820 Rother District Citizens Advice 01424 215055 and 01424 734549 Talbot Associates 01424 216488 Childline 0800 1111 CHURCHES ...............................................

Cruse Bereavement Care All Saint’s Church (Anglican) 01424 732093 01424 221071 Direct Debt Line Beulah Baptist Church 0800 587 0875 01424 730001 Domestic Abuse Project Bexhill/Hastings Jewish Society 01424 716629 07743 992295 Hastings and Rother Mediation Christchurch Methodist Church Service 01424 733137 01424 446808 Home Call - In and around Bexhill St Augustine’s Church 01424 210785 01424 214458 St Peter’s Church Home-Start 01424 734438 01424 443636 St Stephen’s Church Kidscape 01424 211186 08451 205204 Multiple Sclerosis Society DENTISTS >> ................................................

0808 800 8000

Eversley Road Dental Practice 01424 210610 Little Common Dental Practice 01424 845530 Precision Oral Design Ltd 01424 223293 Sussex Dental Design 01424 210777 DOCTORS ................................................

Collington Surgery 01424 217465 Little Common Surgery 01424 847575 Old Town Surgery 01424 739420 Sidley Medical Practice 01424 230025 OPTICIANS & EAR HEALTH ................................................

Green & Elliott 01424 212544 The Spectacle Hut 01424 213326 Bexhill Hearing Centre 01424 733030 PHYSIOTHERAPISTS & OSTEOPATHS ................................................

Peter Butcher MMACP, Mcsp, Grad Dip Physiotherapist Rebecca Lunn MCSP BSc (Hons) Tracey Butcher MCSP, Grad, Dip, Phys

01424 224164 Clare Kersley BSc (Hons) Osteopath 07954 327614

TV & SATELLITE REPAIR ................................................

Dannie Herbert 07525 793203 VETS ................................................

Chase Veterinary Centre 01424 224818 Claremont Veterinary Group 01424 222835 Greenleaves Veterinary Centre 01424 212225