Seaford Scene November 2015

SEAFORD Scene November 2015 Issue 103

Your Community Magazine, Business Directory and What’s On Guide

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Welcome to the November issue of Seaford Scene, your monthly community magazine, business directory and what’s on guide.

Remember, remember the 5th of November... and don’t forget to keep all your pets indoors whilst the fireworks are flying! In this issue we have musical news from Seaford Choral Society and the Afternoon Recorder Workshop, and sporting news from Seaford Striders, Seaford Kurlers and Seaford Bowling Club. There are gardening tips from Seaford & District Horticultural Society, and news from Seaford Gardening Club, Seaford Community Garden, and Seaford, Allotment and Leisure Garden Society. Looking after our local wildlife are Friends of Tide Mills, Sussex Wildlife Trust and Seaford Head Nature Reserve. Read our fascinating article about local resident, Len Stout, who was an officer steward on the aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable, page 10 and find out about the 36th Ulster Division, who visited Seaford for a special occasion last month. Oh, and Seaford Christmas Magic is on it’s way too, page 14. The count down starts here!

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Seaford Town Council Present Grant Cheques to Local Community Groups ‘Lady Seaford’ to be New President Three Days More Seaford Community Cinema Seaford Christmas Magic Returns!

Newhaven Country Market Seaford Mayor Endorses a New Lease of Life for Seaford Charity Community Theatre for Young People Named as Winners Mercread Youth Centre The ‘Hole’ Truth About Clothes Moths WAVES Gets Crafty: Fayre For All Who’s Who In Seaford?

‘French Twinning Group News A View From The Potting Shed Seaford Community Garden Seaford Gardening Club Seaford Allotment and Leisure Garden Society (SALGS) Herds Flock to the Nature Reserve on Seaford Head for Round Two of Grazing Danger! Cliff Edge!

Wildlife Hit Squad Needs You Seaford Bowling Club Charity Event Running Commentary...

Seaford Striders Lewes Downland 10 Miler The Game of Happy Families Seahaven Lioness Club Raises Funds Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Look Younger & Feel Better the Natural Way Age UK East Sussex Day Club Open Day Macmillan Cancer Support The Guesthouse Storytellers Hard of Hearing Club Lip Reading Classes Rotary Club of Seaford 36th Ulster Division Seaford Kurlers Martello Rotary Club Seaford Inner Wheel of Seaford From Salad to Stew Tea-Dance is a Toe Tapping Success Friends of Tide Mills Afternoon Recorder Workshop What’s On in November?

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Seaford Town Council Presents Grant Cheques to Local Community Groups Seaford Town Council is pleased to announce that it has been able to award large financial grants to nine local organisations. Large grants are those that amount to over £500. The total awarded for large grants this year has been a staggering £21,700, all of which will be directly benefitting the residents of Seaford and the town itself!

Lewes District Citizens Advice Bureau was awarded £5,000 to contribute to its running costs, Community Transport for the Lewes Area received £5,000 to assist with funding its Dial A Ride Service for two additional days a week, and Seaford Musical Theatre and SMTJ were awarded £2,500 to contribute to electrical repairs at The Barn Theatre.

Seaford Allotment & Leisure Garden Society was awarded £2,000 to purchase a composting toilet to replace the current chemical toilet, Seaford Bonfire

“An Evening of Bishopstone Nostalgia”

Saturday 31st October, 7.30pm

Bishopstone Parish Hall Presented by Ian Everest & Philip Pople

Part 1 “What about Women?”

Homes, buildings, people and landscapes associated with the women of Bishopstone and Norton – as seen through the eyes of the Women’s Institute.

Part 2 “Manor Farm during the 1950s” A tribute to John Willett and ‘Smokey’ Everest - John’s famous cine film

To ‘make hay’ and bring in the harvest sounds like idyllic past times, but this talk shows just how tough life was at Bishopstone during the 1950s. The war was over, but the battle was still being fought to feed the nation.

Admission by ticket only – £7.50 with light refreshments included.

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Society was granted £1,500 towards the provision of public safety requirements, and St Wilfrid’s Hospice received £1,950 toward the purchase of pressure relieving cushions for patients at risk of medical sores.

Seaford Community Events Committee was given £1,500 to cover the costs of the event support for the Seaford Motorfest event, SeeAbility was awarded £750 to assist with the refurbishment of the garden at The Bradbury Centre, which is a specialist skills facility, and Waves Seaford Ltd was granted £1,500 to fund specialist counselling support for clients in need.

The Mayor of Seaford, Councillor Dave Argent, and the Chairman of the Finance & General Purposes Committee, Councillor Mark Brown, both welcomed representatives of these organisations to the Council Chambers to present them with the grant cheques.

The Mayor of Seaford, Councillor David Argent said “These organisations are a credit to Seaford and it has been a delight to be able to present their awards along with Councillor Mark Brown.”

The Council would like to thank these organisations for their continued hard work and contribution to the Town; it is thrilled to be able to assist and support these organisations where possible.

For more information on all of the financial grants awarded this year (included the Small grants i.e. under £500) please visit the Council’s website at www. seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/grants.aspx The next grants process will commence in February 2016. If you would like your organisation to be included on our register then please email Lucy Clark, Support Services Manager; lucy. clark@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk (all previous applicants will be automatically registered).

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‘LADY SEAFORD’ TO BE NEW PRESIDENT Margaret Darwall-Smith ARCM Perf. GRSM

At its August meeting, Seaford Choral Society’s Committee unanimously agreed to recommend to the membership, that Margaret (photo right) should be appointed as our President. It was felt that, as she would no longer be singing with the choir, this appointment would be a just reward for her many years of service to music, both within the Society and in the town of Seaford. Margaret is very happy to take up this role as she is keen to continue her long association with the Choral Society.

The archives suggest that Margaret came to Seaford after graduating from the Royal College of Music, where she studied piano and viola. She came to Seaford to teach at Micklefield School for Girls. This was a school with a reputation for music and three of the girls were accepted for the National Youth Orchestra. Margaret

was wife of the Headmaster of St Wilfrid’s Prep.

School and soon became a key figure in the music life of the town. She subsequently became Director of Music at Newlands School. It appears that she joined the Seaford Choral Society in about 1957.

Margaret Darwall-Smith’s services to the Seaford Choral Society include periods as Music Director (1965-69, 1970-77 and 1981-82). She was Chairman for nine years from 1964 to 1973.

Our new President will be presiding over our forthcoming AUTUMN CONCERT on Saturday 28th November at St Leonard’s Church, Seaford 7.30pm, to include: Benjamin Britten’s ‘Saint Nicolas’.

Solos and choruses from Handel’s ‘The Messiah’.

A Selection of Traditional Carols.

With Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks, tenor soloist.

Tickets for this concert are £12 and £6 for children aged 16 and under. They are now available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 52, Church Street, Seaford, from Choir members or at the door.

We look forward to seeing you all to enjoy this musical treat!

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Three days more On September 5th this year Len Stout, his wife June, a couple of friends and a photographer observed two minutes’ silence at Seaford War Memorial to mark what he considers to be true VJ Day. For when Len, an officer steward on the aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable, sailed into Tokyo Bay, Emperor Hirohito had yet to agree detailed terms of surrender.

Consequently the vessel was fully armed and battle ready, he recalls.

Len, now 89, has been a member of the HMS Indefatigable Association since its founding in 1947, and would have liked this day marked in a larger way to reflect what he feels should be recognised as the true surrender. VJ Day is generally accepted as August 15, 1945, when the initial announcement of Japan’s surrender was made, and the formal surrender took place on September 2nd aboard the USS battleship Missouri. However, says Len, with some of the surrender details still to be sorted out, HMS Indefatigable steamed in with its flight deck cleared for action rather than with a victory parade of seamen to mark the end of war in the Pacific.

The Association marked September 5th with just a dinner at Portsmouth, so to commemorate the day Len fashioned a model of Indefatigable from polystyrene and placed it at the War Memorial.

He said he could have gone to the ceremony held at Horse Guards Parade, London on August 15th but chose not to “because it’s not VJ Day as I know it.” He had told the secretary of the Association that he had a dream, that VJ Day would mark the day they sailed

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into Tokyo Bay, three days after the official surrender but with the Emperor’s many conditions still to be settled. “With all this going on we were continuing operations,” he recalled.

“We had heard that Japan had 4,000 planes, including 2,000 with kamikaze pilots, that they could have used.”

Flying operations continued until September 5th. Three days later the carrier left for Sydney, the city where Len, who chose to serve in the Navy because he had been a Sea Cadet, had joined her when she came in for repair following a kamikaze hit.

“We were made much of when we returned to Sydney, then did a victory tour of New Zealand,” he recalled, showing me an album of photos marking key moments and remembering how air crew dropped medical supplies and goodies to prisoners of war. A standard was laid at Portsmouth’s Cathedral of the Sea in 2007 and the ship’s ensign and a plaque can be found in the stairwell of the Parish Church of St Giles in the Fields, Camden, London.

At war’s end Len joined Ordnance Survey where he trained as a map maker and met his wife June. “We were going to the Isle of Wight in 1951 when we saw this rusty old boat and it was Indefatigable,” he recalled. The ship was decommissioned in 1956.

From the sunny sitting room of the Bishopstone house they have lived in since falling in love with the sea view in 1992, he reflected: “My war was longer than anyone else’s. It went on for six years and three days.”

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Remember, remember the 5th of November... a plot fit for any film Autumn is well and truly here, with All Hallow’s Eve past and Guy Fawkes Night upon us. The story is well known; in November 1605, a group of English Catholics attempted to assassinate King James I of England and VI of Scotland by blowing up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament.

The historical drama is ever popular and many films have covered the turbulent reigns of monarchs. The BBC ran a mini-series called ‘Gunpowder, Treason & Plot’ specifically on Mary, Queen of Scots, her son (who became King James I of England) and the failed attempt on his life.

And this month Seaford Community Cinema is showing its own programme of historical and political film to transport you in time and place: Timbuktu is set in the ancient Malian city where the community is overwhelmed by Islamic extremists who try to ban the simplest pleasures, while The Imitation Game (photo left) takes us back to the time of Winston Churchill and the creation of the code cracking proto-computer invented by Alan Turing.

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Seaford Christmas Magic Returns!

Seaford Christmas Magic will be returning to the streets of Seaford on Saturday 5th December!

Organised by Seaford Town Council and the Seaford Chamber of Commerce, the event will be animating the streets of Seaford from 10am until 7pm with the All Day Market and Family Entertainment.

The event is organised in order to celebrate the festive season in a really special way for Seaford but also the Lewes District as a whole; to involve the community with their town centres and enjoy their local trade. It also aims to bring new visitors to Seaford, allowing them to experience what the town has to offer.

Place Lane, Broad Street, Sutton Road and High Street.

Activities and Entertainment: There are lots of activities with small fair rides, perfect for young children, street entertainers and music on the main stage and in other performance areas around the town throughout the day.

There are children’s activities and the popular Lantern making, this time at St Leonards Hall on Church Lane.

Children will be invited to come along to make and decorate their own paper lanterns which they can then use to take part in the charming lantern parade. The lantern making will be available from 10am to 3pm, with the parade setting off at 4.45pm on a short walk around the town centre lighting the way to the top of Broad Street for the switch on of the Christmas lights at around 5.30pm.

There will be regular Story times every hour at Seaford Library, as well as indoor activities at the Clinton Hall too.

The shops will open for their normal opening hours; there will be lots on offer for your Christmas shopping needs and many traders will have their windows dressed to celebrate the festivities.

Stalls and Traders: The town centre will be bustling all day and into the evening with stalls from local traders, organisations and charities, ideal for picking up Christmas gifts, sampling the foods on offer or learning more about the organisations.

This year there is also an evening funfair located in Church Street, open from 5.30pm following the Christmas lights switch on in Broad Street. Then why not stay on a little later into the evening for a little more shopping at one of the stalls or try one of the local eateries for an evening meal may be with the kids.

Stalls and Pitches are now open for applications, there are plenty available, competitively priced; so contact Seaford Town Council to book yours now and be a part of the Magic.

All types of trade and produce are considered so get in touch to discuss your options for Stall or Pitch hire. We are looking for crafts and festive produce of all types; may be even something unusual! Stalls will be located on

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Newhaven Country market On Thursday 26th November the popular annual Christmas Market takes place with opening extended to 2pm.

As the gift-giving season approaches, a visit to Newhaven Country Market provides shoppers with the opportunity to select from high quality, unique handmade local crafts and produce, not found on the High Street or from large chain-stores.

Goods available for purchase include a variety of baked cakes and savouries, whole foods, jams and preserves, fresh free-range eggs, local honey, fish, Indian foods and spices, fudge and sweets. You can even place an order for Christmas cakes and puddings and mince pies, as well as ordering a gift hamper. All food producers have the required food hygiene certificates and Food Premises inspection certification.

In addition, there is a wide selection of crafts. These range from jewellery, wood carving, hand-made cards and textile crafts. Knitted and crocheted items such as hats, scarves and gloves and children’s wear are popular as well as sewn articles ideal for gifts and made to a high standard.

See for yourself on our Facebook ‘Hillcrest Country Market’, which is up-dated regularly to show what’s new in the market. Another benefit of the Hillcrest Centre is the highly regarded café, offering very good food cooked on the premises. The centre has free parking, disabled access and toilets.

Supporting the Country Market and buying direct from the producers helps to reduce food miles and benefits the local community. Make note of the date of the Christmas Market, 26th November; come along and see us. You will be very welcome.

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SEAFORD MAYOR ENDORSES A NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR SEAFORD CHARITY On the morning of Saturday September 19th at 11am.

Councillor Dave Argent Mayor of Seaford accompanied by his charming wife and Mayoress Marian and supported by Seaford Councillors Rahnuma Hayder, Mark Brown and Phil Boorman ( a volunteer driver at the Trust) presided over the reopening of the new look Club House. The Mayor said that St James’ is a very useful asset to the town and hopes that it will be well supported. Trust Chairman for the last 7 years, Mr Bryan Turner said that the Club House was something to be proud of and he hopes it will become a Centre for the community. All the facilities along with the disabled access Mini Bus are available for hire to community groups within the charity’s remit. Mr Turner thanked the Mayor and Councillors for their support and Administration Manager Viv Reynolds presented the

Clock Restoration Service

Mayoress with a bouquet of flowers.

40 members of the public, along with volunteers and clients, enjoyed Coffee and cakes while local guitarist Richard Caustic provided background music and then toured the Club House; approval for the upgrade was unanimous.

Mr Turner thanked all the volunteers without whom the Trust could not continue its service to the community.

St James’, Trust is a local charity tucked away down Blatchington Road and hidden by a row of old terraced cottages. When you walk down the driveway you will find the large club house, with three halls, a compact meeting room, a large catering kitchen and a genuine old fashioned charity shop; dedicated to the needs of the elderly people and those with disabilities in the Seaford area. After eight years of struggling with crumbling buildings and old decrepit equipment the Trust can now look forward to a positive and productive future. Having sold a near derelict building on the site the Trustees were able to refurbish and redecorate the Club House inside and out.

Anyone wishing to find out more about the Charity, who wishes to offer service as a volunteer or who needs a hall to rent can contact Viv on 01323 492800.

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Community Theatre For Young People Named As Winners Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors (SMTJ) have been named winners of the Sussex Life Awards category for Services to the Community 2015.

At a gala awards dinner, held at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on Thursday 1st October, well known radio presenter hosts Richard Reynolds and Anna Bingham announced the three finalists followed by the outright winner.

SMTJ Director, Paula Woolven, said,“Just to be named as finalists, alongside the amazing charities Fareshare and Active Sussex, was overwhelming. To be named as the winners was simply incredible. I’d like to thank all my volunteers and supporters, without whom the opportunities we offer young people would not be possible.’

Judge Iain Nicol, CEO of the South of England Show said, ‘All three nominated charities are deserving of the award for their work, commitment and engagement with their local communities. I was particularly struck by each group’s care, attention and energy on ensuring that the maximum resources are focused on the people and groups that benefit most from their work.

They represent such a diverse range of needs that it was almost impossible to decide on one winner.

However, for the sheer energy, enthusiasm and dogged determination to start a charity from nothing and build and fund a community theatre group from 12 to 100 young people in four years that empowers every one of its members to comprehend their unique value whatever their background or barriers; learn essential life and leadership skills in a mutually supportive and inclusive environment, and pass on their confidence to benefit others in their community, the final award must go to Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors and their inspirational leader, Paula Woolven!’

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CENTRE

While strolling the Salts this week I was reminded what a good job the old Youth Forum did in creating the Green Gym and, in the same week, I’ve been privileged to witness the fruits of the labours of the excellent current Forum. On 3rd October they turned Mercread into a riot of gold when they laid on a Cocktails and Mocktails party to raise funds for Children’s Cancer charities. It was a great mix of ages with Charley Bear’s Nursery open for the tinies, ball games in the Sports Hall and a ceaseless adult buzz around the cocktails. In two hours Youth Forum raised £600, a great outcome for all the work that they had put in.

On a more general note, the Centre is hoping to start a Seniors’ session on Thursday evenings and an After School Group on Wednesdays. To make this possible we need an additional freelance Youth Worker paid for up to 8 hours and new volunteers.

If any of you are interested, please contact Roger Daw on 894947 or Jane Spencer on 07770 229517. While Mercread is pleased to host the County’s targeted groups, we are very much looking forward to an expansion of our work with all young people.

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The ‘hole’ truth about clothes moths None of us like the idea of sharing our homes with uninvited guests.Yet insects of all varieties can, and do, delight in invading our personal space, sometimes with expensive and all too damaging consequences.

While houseflies, crane flies and even spiders are annoying or even a little bit scary, they’re generally pretty harmless, especially when compared to the potentially destructive havoc that can be wreaked by moths!

There are some 2,500 species of moth and most, like these nocturnal visitors, feed mainly on trees and leaves and are attracted to light sources, hence they make their presence known simply by being irritating.

Just two or three species of moth are known to damage clothing. Clothes moths don’t like light and are so secretive you will probably never see them. What’s more the adult moths won’t do any harm. It is actually the larvae of two very different insects – clothes moths and carpet beetles – that can both cause the sort of damage usually attributed to moths. But whereas after hatching moth larvae are active for just a couple of months the beetle larvae can feed on fabrics and fibres for more than a year!

Both larvae shun bright light so they seldom attack frequently worn clothing or carpets and soft furnishings that are heavily trafficked. They prefer clothing that’s been packed away or carpeting under beds, wardrobes and sofas where they can feed undisturbed on an abundance of wool, pet hair and pretty much any fibrous household

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Vacuuming certainly helps as you may well be removing moth eggs and larvae without even knowing it before they get the chance to hatch. Also, never pack away seasonal clothing without first ensuring it’s clean, as stains and food spills will attract and nourish the pests.

Neither moth or beetle larvae will eat items made from synthetic or cotton fabrics, but if these are packed away with woolen items it’s vital that they too have also been thoroughly washed. To safeguard your stored clothing against attack, use sealed storage bags. Moths can infiltrate even the smallest gap so those that close with zippers, or vacuum-type bags are ideal.

But even if you are best friends with your vacuum cleaner and meticulous about your cleaning regime it’s still possible to be caught unawares, as every home has a few warm dark corners that are potential breeding grounds.

Obvious signs of a problem are finding unexpected holes in items of clothing or even bald patches or fraying in woolen carpets or rugs. Moth larvae leave silvery threads or cigar-like cocoons while beetle larvae deposit dried skins like tiny grains of rice.

If you discover any of these signs you must take action.

Legislation regarding the manufacture and sale of chemical pest treatments can appear both limiting and confusing, so pop in to Seaford Home Hardware Seaford. We have an affordable range of tried and tested DIY products to tackle all forms of infestations from insects and household pests, and plenty of free help and advice about how best to tackle your particular problem.

Where once clothes moths were mainly a seasonal phenomenon, central heating and poor ventilation has turned our homes into a year-round breeding ground.

While lifestyle and a good housekeeping regime can certainly reduce the risk of infestation we are none of us immune from the scourge of the clothes moth. So it’s good to know that our Seaford Home Hardware team can help if you ever get in a bit of a flutter.

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The Rotary Club of Seaford needs to find a garage in Seaford to house my sleigh. It needs a door opening height of 9 feet.

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activities are available from the WAVES Centre, 8 Church Street, Seaford. Ring 01323 873797 or email wavesseaford@btconnect.com

WAVES Gets Crafty: FaIR for All WAVES Family Support is calling all ‘crafters’. On 21st November we are holding an Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Fair. It’s free for all non-professional makers and stallholders. No charge will be made for a table, but WAVES request a contribution of 15% of sales.

If you are a craft or hobby enthusiast, please consider joining in this event. If you don’t have a particular hobby, just come along and enjoy the skills of others. Perhaps you can find that elusive Christmas present!

It’s at Seaford Baptist Church from 10am until 5pm. Tea, Coffee and cakes will be available.

During the afternoon there will be children’s art and craft activities available at only 50p per child, per activity.

Booking forms for ‘crafters’ and for the children’s

WAVES have also started a Knit and Natter Group. The first meeting was held on Wednesday, 14th October at the Centre in Church Street. This group will meet fortnightly from 2pm until 3.30pm. You are welcome to join us on 11th and 25th November. If you don’t knit, or indeed crochet, but would like to learn, come along and we will show you how.

WAVES is the Seaford-based Family-Support organisation offering drop-in facilities Monday to Thursday mornings. Parents and Carers are encouraged to visit with babies and toddlers.

S. J. Hampton Join us for an Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Fair On Saturday, 21st November Seaford Baptist Church Hall 10.00a.m.—5.00p.m.

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There’s no place like Seaford... well, actually...

Seaford is a special place. Great countryside, lovely beach and strong community spirit. But its name isn’t unique. In fact we share it with towns across the USA and in Australia.

In the state of Delaware in the aptly named Sussex Country district lies a small town called Seaford. It has a population of around 7000 people, was once voted the 28th best small town in the USA and is home to one weekly newspaper the Seaford Star.

There is also a Seaford in Nassau County, New York State. The original settlers of Seaford were the Marsapeaques, a Native American Indian tribe. They called the area “Great Water Land.”

Then Europeans arrived around the 1640s when Captain John Seaman, who was originally from Seaford (our one), oversaw its development. It currently has a population of around 15,000. A five bed home will cost you around $679,000 (around £445,800) and the town’s station is on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

Completing a trio of stateside Seafords is one in York County, Virginia. It was first settled by Europeans in 1636 and was originally called Crab’s Neck. The name was changed to Seaford in 1910. It gets on average 44 inches of rain every year compared to the American average of 37 inches. It averages more sunny days than many other places in the US.

bed house will set you back around $449,000 (Australian Dollars – the equivalent in pounds would be around £207,600).

The one thing all of the Seafords across the globe that we looked at had in common was their easy access to the coastline, just like us.

Thanks for reading.

Andrew and Stephen PS: Do you know of any other Seafords across the World? Send us an email at: info@ newberrytully.co.uk PPS: Check out our News section on our website for more articles on property, community and what’s on in Seaford.

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Family law specialists in the heart of Seaford When times are difficult, don’t face them alone.

Arrange a consultation with Tia Clarke in our Seaford office for any matters concerning: • Divorce and separation • Financial issues • Cohabitation

• Pre and post nuptial agreements • Civil partnership dissolution • Children issues

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Who’s Who In Seaford?

Andy Bishop, Captain of Procession for Seaford Bonfire Society

Andy has lived in Seaford for 15 years and is responsible for running the Seaford Bonfire Society Procession. He has a big, German Shepherd dog called Diesel.

What do you most enjoy about your role? Working with different teams of marshals and members to deliver perhaps the biggest night in Seaford’s year. Last year an estimated 10,000 people turned out to line the streets or watched the aerial display from the Field. It takes a lot of people many months to prepare what the Community sees on the night. To witness this work all coming together is such a buzz.

What is your favourite piece of music?

Cross Road Blues – BB King & Eric Clapton.

What is your favourite film? Depending on mood either The Usual Suspects or Airplane.

What book are you reading at the moment?

The Running Diaries (The Midlife Crisis Years) by Graham Himmelhoch-Mutton.

Where is your favourite place to go in and around Seaford?

Martello Field on Bonfire Night – the smells, the sounds, the displays.

What is the first line of your favourite poem?

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children – ‘For The Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon.

How would you spend a million pounds?

I would see my children are secure, and set up a Trust Fund to ensure Seaford Bonfire Society’s future is safe.

What makes you sad? After 27 years I still sometimes want to talk to my dad.

What words or phrases do you most overuse? Incidentally.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

Delegate what you can but still know what’s going on.

How do you relax? Cooking.

What is your most memorable learning experience? Running the London Marathon, from never believing that I could.

What is your favourite smell?

A recently dipped Bonfire torch, oh and coffee!

What is the best advice you have ever been given?

No one owes you a living.

Which person in history would you most like to meet?

Imhotep – the man believed to be the architect of The Great Pyramids of Giza.

What or who is the greatest love in your life?

My wife Claire.

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Seaford Little Theatre

70th ANNIVERSARY GALA PRODUCTION

Relative Values

by Noel Coward

directed by DEREK WATTS A gala production, the culmination of an important year in the life of Seaford Little Theatre.

MatinÉe: Saturday 14 November

Evening performances commence 7.45pm Matinee 2.30pm All seats £8

Opening night and Matinée - all seats £7

Coward’s sardonic look at snobbery, both straightforward and inverted. Of course the characters are brilliantly drawn. Of course the dialogue sparkles.

We are delighted to present this repolishing of another gem from the pen of The Master.

Our audiences are in for a great time!

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It’s never easy when we lose someone. Whatever your situation, we can help you sort out all issues that can arise when someone dies, including any complex financial issues. We keep things simple and promise to keep in regular contact with you.

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French Twinning Group News “La Mayonnaise Prend” Clearly, the weather gods smiled kindly on our hugely successful Twinning Weekend in early October. The Cuckmere sparkled in perfect Autumn weather and our countryside looked at its best.

On Friday morning, the first contingent of a thirty-five strong group of French families and friends arrived at Newhaven and were welcomed with aperitifs chez Babette Kundrat, before moving on to their host families. Later that afternoon in the Tye Twitten, a plaque commemorating our twinning, which reads ‘Commemorating the twinning of Veules-les-Roses, Normandy and Alfriston, two villages divided by the Channel yet joined by close links throughout the centuries’ was unveiled before the Mayor of Veulesles-Roses, Jean-Claude Clare, Dr June Goodfield – on behalf of the Twinning Association – and a group English

and French Twinners. A private dinner followed in The Star which had also offered us space for a fascinating photographic exhibition of Veules-les-Roses ‘then and now’.

On Saturday morning, as special guests of Harvey’s Brewery, we were greeted in Lewes by Sue Jenner and Miles Jenner, the Managing Director, who had reserved places for us to attend the Special Harvest Thanksgiving Service in St Thomas a Becket Church. The Choir in the period costume of 1790, when Harvey’s was founded, provided a stunning musical entrée to the service in the

beautifully decorated old Church. The launch of this year’s brew of Harvey’s Old Ale followed the service, with much conviviality. Morris teams danced in Harvey’s Yard, and there was free beer and refreshments for our lucky twinners!

In the evening, our Pot Luck Supper took place in the prettily decorated Old Chapel Centre, which was packed with over a hundred twinners, with a wide variety of great food and wine provided by our members. It was an informal evening full of lively conversation and laughter. The day ended as we made our way home on a perfectly calm, starlit night, with Orion looking down from the heavens in approval at the friendship and happiness between our two villages in Normandy and Sussex. As the Maire commented with a big smile ‘La Mayonnaise prend’ a metaphor for something which is successful due to its wonderful combination of different elements.

This happy mood continued the following day, Sunday, with a superb lunch for eighty twinners at Deans Place Hotel. It was excellent and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Alas all good things must come to an end. Our French friends and their children who had to be at work or school at 8 am the next day, left on the night ferry due to arrive in Dieppe at 4am! Our retired friends left at a more leisurely time on the Monday morning sailing. See you all in France next year, À la prochaine.

Tony Palmer/Jean Cash

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Nowadays only the Sutton Drove Allotments still exist and these are still very popular, with a small waiting list for plots. Nationally there is a movement to make the government make a commitment to ensure that a percentage of all new housing schemes should include the provision of allotment sections!

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Following the end of The Great War Seaford Council decided that allotment land could now be returned to its previous owners from January 1919. They also decided that they would offer to purchase the land from the owners for use as allotments. Subsequently four plots were purchased at East and West Southdown Road, Heathfield Road, Bramber Road and Sutton Road/Sutton Drove. The Sutton Drove plots were ready by 1922. The annual rent per allotment was set at one shilling. Tenants were invited to visit the site on Saturday or Sunday morning and choose their plot.

During the 1930s the Allotment Association held regular Monthly Competitions and Annual Shows in the Simmons Institute, The Drill hall and the Plough Inn Hall. From September 1939 all competitions and shows were suspended due to ‘war activities’. The War Time Allotment Act 1939 allowed the keeping of one pig per plot, providing the animal was only fed by the plot owner. On 9th November 1943 both Florence and Mary Hart-Buck, founder members of the Allotment Association were killed in an air raid on Seaford. Their names are recorded on the Seaford War Memorial. In 1944 conditions were declared safe enough to resume the monthly competitions and the Annual Show. During the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s the society membership grew

and the annual shows developed into grand affairs. In December 1968 it was decided the words ‘Allotment Holders’ be omitted and the new title would be The Seaford and District Horticultural Society. In 1986 it was decided to have a separate ‘Allotment Section’ within the society and Mr Harry Dollin was elected as their first Chairman. In 1989 the Allotment Section became a separate body.

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3 Cover outdoor vulnerable plants and pots if severe frost is forecast. Use Hessian, horticultural fleece or cloches. Move them inside a greenhouse if you have room.

3 You can still plant roses if the weather iS fine. Prune climbers and ramblers. Cut back hybrid tea roses and floribundas to reduce damage from wind rock.

3 Clear fallen leaves and other debris around the garden so that slugs, snails and other pests have nowhere to overwinter.

3 Order new plants and tubers for next year. Check existing stored tubers monthly and remove shrivelled or rotting ones.

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Please note that the Society Annual General Meeting and Awards Night is on Thursday 26th November at 7pm. This is always a popular event with elections, refreshments, details for 2016 and Grand Raffle.

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Summertime, September in the Rain, Those Falling Leaves… yes, those old favourite songs aptly described the all too brief Indian summer followed by drenching downpours that characterised the onset of autumn.

Here in the Crouch the welcome sunshine extended the life of the runner beans – Red Rum and Lady Di, not Enorma as stated last month – and raspberries, and we had a good run of mainly poly tunnel-grown tomatoes, peppers and some challengingly hot chillies. Although the toms were not quite as prolific as last year, at least we had no blight.

But the rain that followed that all too brief bright respite signalled the end of harvest and marked the Big Clear Up, so thank you Jimmy for sweeping up all those fallen leaves. Early October saw a big sortout going on, with the plant table getting its annual scrub, plants being tidied up and the labelling checked to ensure varieties are correct following consultations with the classroom’s horticultural library.

The poly tunnel was a hive of activity as bulbs were potted up and placed in the dark, hopefully to emerge in time to flower for Christmas. These include prepared hyacinths, miniature and standard daffodils; who doesn’t get pleasure from these in the dreary days following New Year?

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We are open throughout the year on Wednesday mornings and usually have seasonal produce for sale.

Currently we can offer kale, and plentiful sowings of leeks should keep us going through the winter.

And however cold the weather gets, you will be sure of a warm welcome, a tour and a hopefully useful exchange of ideas. After all, to start as we began, in lyrical mood and in the words of Guns ’N’ Roses’ November Rain: We still can find a way/’ ’Cause nothin’ lasts forever/Even cold November rain.

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Photos from top: Maggie is the smiling face of our produce and plant stall, here with the last tomatoes and raspberries of the season, Bill makes sure our plants look their best, Veronica and Cameron prepare to feed the compost heap with welcome offerings from Bishopstone Nurseries.

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Seaford Gardening Club We are now well into Autumn with cold, dank winter months looming ahead. The shops are already full of Christmas goodies to buy. Is it me, or does it start earlier each year?!

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Steven Moore made a welcome return for our September meeting, giving us a talk on seasonal colour for our gardens. He brought various plants to demonstrate how we could combine different specimens to create an interesting display through the winter for ourselves and wildlife.

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After relating his start in setting up Rapkyns Nursery near Broad Oak, he said it had been hard work for him and his wife, but that they have now achieved a very successful business. 2015 had not been a good year at the start, but after May the weather cheered up and the beds soon filled with a good variety to sell. The Salvia (right), which likes dry conditions, is one of his passions.

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After the talk, Steven sold many of the plants – not many went back to the van! A very informative talk.

Our next talk will be on Wednesday 25th November, when Ray Hale will speak on ‘Alfred Russel Wallace: the Man Who Lived in Darwin’s Shadow’. Proceedings will begin at 7.30pm at the Clinton Centre, Clinton Place, Seaford (using front door opposite Tesco). Visitors are most welcome for a fee of £2. Annual subscriptions of £10 can be paid if desired. There are no extra charges. Refreshments are available. We hope you will join us for a friendly and informative evening.

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Seaford Allotment and Leisure Garden Society (SALGS) wins BIG Lottery Fund and Local Grant SALGS is delighted to announce its success of a Big Lottery award of £9,716 for its ‘Wilderness Project’ and Compost Loo plan. Seaford Town Council has also supported this project by generously awarding £2,000 to the Society. The project is to prepare the ground and plant a traditional Native Hedge along the Vale Road boundary this autumn/winter, and to site a disabled access compost loo to replace the current porta loo.

The Allotment is about cultivation but it has a very difficult area to maintain, nicknamed the ‘Wilderness Area’, which has become a nuisance to the Vale Road neighbours. The land needs clearing, which sounds simple, but ‘taming’ unruly sycamore trees, removing

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jungle style brambles, perennial climbing weeds, clearing rubbish and improving soil, all on a slope, is not easy and definitely not for the faint hearted. A band of enthusiastic ‘Wild Bunch’ volunteers cleared massive amounts of brambles and small sycamore saplings along the Vale Road boundary last autumn and winter.

The grants will fund diggers and landscaping equipment to completely clear the area and purchase saplings, guards and fertiliser for a traditional native ‘stockproof ’ style hedge, as advised by the South of England Hedge Laying Society who visited in February to advise on planting.

Within this area will be Wildlife Stations created from rubble covered with soil planted with wild flowers. An Orchard / Coppice area of nut or fruit trees is planned and, to conserve water, some Rainwater Collection Stations will be built.

Funds will be allocated for a Disabled access Compost Loo installation to replace the portoloo at the back of the Hut. This will be cost effective, be nicer to use and aesthetically pleasing compared to the current Tardis !

The hedge will take several years to mature. SALGS is delighted that the Hedge Laying Society are to assist with hedge maintenance by using it as a training and practice site. It will become a wildlife habitat, providing nectar for insects and bees.

Carol Whitehead and Liz Davies have been the force behind this project and SALGS thank them for their time and expertise. They will now take this project, forward with help from the Allotmenteers. To find out more about the Allotment, visit the website: www.salgs.co.uk

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Herds Flock to the Nature Reserve on Seaford Head for Round Two of Grazing Seaford Town Council and Sussex Wildlife Trust are pleased to announce that they have welcomed back sheep and cattle to carry out grazing on the Nature Reserve at Seaford Head.

Sussex Wildlife Trust has been managing the 83hectare site for Seaford Town Council since June 2013.

Coordinating the conservation work is the Trust’s Assistant Reserves Officer, Sarah Quantrill.

The sheep and cattle have been brought back to the reserve for a second time as part of the management plan that was commissioned by Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve Committee to provide a guide on the best possible management for the nature reserve over the period, 2013 to 2017. The first round of grazing achieved very notable positive results so it has been decided to repeat the grazing..

There are 29 Herdwick sheep which will graze the area for a few months to help control the vegetation. Also there are three cattle, which are a particularly good breed for conservation grazing, and will help control the coarser grasses and scrub, contributing to the improvements on this area of chalk grassland.

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A concerned pet-owner and Seaford resident, has contacted Seaford Scene with the following warning...

My husband and I went to visit the idyllic place that is Hope Gap on 1st October. To our shock we saw a lady standing by the cliff edge in obvious distress. As I am a caring and sensitive person I approached her with caution to console and maybe comfort her, not knowing from the onset why she was so upset.

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Once away from the cliff edge, to my horror, she told me her beautiful little dog had gone over the cliff. I then learnt that her husband had gone down to the beach under the cliff to see if he could find their pet. The lady and I stood for sometime whilst we waited for her husband to return. She told me they had come to visit Seaford for a couple of days holiday.

In due course we saw her husband coming towards us up the hill, carrying their beautiful little dog. Sadly, we could see that it was dead.

Please, please be aware of the dangers of walking dogs near the cliff areas around Seaford so as to avoid any more heartache.

The last thing the distraught lady said to me was, ‘What am I going to tell the children?’

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A big thank you to the local businesses that supported us with donations. These included Diella’s restaurant, Osborne fish bar, Paradise Park, Roy’s Liquor store, Seaford golf club, Co-Op supermarket, Morrisons, Strandz hairdressers and the Langham Hotel, Eastbourne.

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Running Commentary...

As I stood by the finishing line of the Bournemouth Marathon recently, applauding the efforts of all the runners, I soon became aware of the large numbers who, within a few strides of finishing, had lost the look of elation on their faces. The course contained no really steep climbs to sap the energy, in fact the majority of the route was spirit-level flat. The sea breeze had softened the bright sun but the pained expression of so many runners gave the impression of a tougher than usual marathon.

I’ve watched runners finish our local and extremely hilly Beachy Head Marathon in various states of exhaustion but still wearing an overriding sense-of-achievement smile.

Although there is no such thing as an easy marathon, the Beachy Head is recognised as a very tough event while the Bournemouth Marathon has definite PB potential. So why did those Bournemouth runners look so wiped out?

I believe it was because it was too flat and entirely run on tarmacked roads. Such courses can knock the stuffing out of you! The eyes of the runner may feast on the beauty of the coastal scenery of Bournemouth and Poole, but the legs will hate the monotony of the flat, hard surface that almost forces you to run faster and for longer. Ian Taylor,

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of the Bungay Black Dog Running Club and close friend of the Striders was there to complete his 150th marathon, which he did in 4hrs 18mins. Afterwards, he praised the event for its excellent organisation and marked it down as one he would like to do again, being a fan of road marathons.

The road versus off-road debate is applicable for all distances of running, whether it be racing or training, and in the light of all the marathons that I have run I would recommend doing 90% or more of your running off road.

Not only does it help to avoid running injuries, it also makes you a stronger runner. The famous Pheidippides, a messenger for the Athenian army, whose 520km run from Athens to Sparta and back, then on to Marathon, two and a half thousand years ago may not have been completed if he’d had to run on modern tarmac roads. One of the reasons why so many top long-distance athletes come from Ethiopia is the fact that so much of their running is done off road.

The Seaford seafront is very popular with runners, so I hope it’s only because it’s a convenient link between two excellent off-road areas for running – Seaford Head and Tidemills. On the Sussex Races website over the next five months there will be details of a good number of cross-country races, a few ‘mud’ runs and some character building off-road marathons. My pick of them would be the Firle XC race this month, the Framfield XC in December, The Dark Star River Marathon in January, the Pett XC in February and the Moyleman Marathon in Lewes in March. This sort of winter training would really set you up for a successful 2016, whatever races you choose to enter. Obviously, these events are available to club runners and unattached runners alike. If you’ve never run a cross country race or not since you had to when you were at school, I suggest you try out one or more of them but make sure you have plenty of grip on your trainers and the mindset to laugh at mud and more mud!

Martin Bulger, founder member of Seaford Striders Running Club

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Thursday’s 10.00-11.30am (for all levels of ability, beginners welcome) Regular yoga practice can help you:

• Improve physical fitness and

well-being • Increase flexibility, strength, concentration and stamina • Reduce stress, attain calmness, relaxation, and inner stillness

Cost: 5 class pass £40 (£8 per 90 minute class) valid for 8 weeks or £10 per class (drop-in) Mats available at classes if you do not have one.

It is wise to leave at least two hours after eating before practising yoga. Wear comfortable clothing that allows freedom of movement.

Private classes for individuals or groups are available.

No need to book, just come along. If there is anything you wish to ask about the classes please call Philip on 07774 862499 or email pb@satyamyoga.co.uk web www.satyamyoga.co.uk To advertise in Seaford Scene please call 01273 710793 or email fran@seafordscene.co.uk

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Seaford Striders

with Claire Keith leading in an impressive 1:45:16; Natasha Swan was hard on her heels in 1:45:45; with Vicki Blaber, 1:53:27 and Anna Norman, not far adrift in 1:55:34.

The course profile for the Barns Green half marathon resembles a figure of eight and is held on closed roads through beautiful countryside, which includes the grounds of Christ’s Hospital School.

Chris Le Beau closed for the Striders in an equally respectable 2:06:17.

In an already highly successful year, Seaford Strider Simon Fletcher produced yet another outstanding performance, once again winning his age group and finishing 8th overall in a time of 1:18:40, just seconds outside of a new personal best (PB).

This race is one of the most beautiful in the UK, with the start and finish being on the Long Walk, with Windsor Castle as a backdrop and within the confines of the Windsor Great Park. The twolap course is all on road and quite challenging, with plenty of hills spread around the route.

Barns Green Half Marathon, 27th September 2015

Undeterred by the warm and humid conditions, impressive times were also recorded by another proven performer, Phil Robinson who was also seconds off a PB in 1:32:58 and relative newcomer Luke Borland, 1:40:17.

The ladies contingent of the Striders also impressed and finished in close formation

Windsor Half Marathon, 27th September 2015

For the runners who took time to look, there was beautiful scenery to be had but it was fundraising that was very much on the mind of one of our local runners, Scott Hitchcock (photo left).

This particular Seaford Strider was running on behalf of the CLIC Sargent cancer charity for children and young people. Scott ran the half marathon in a very impressive time of 1:32:55, and he is hoping that the readers’ generosity will prompt them to visit his ‘Just Giving’ page and donate to this leading cancer charity: https:// www.justgiving.com/Scott-Hitchcock/?utm_id=25 Also competing in this race was fellow Strider Beth Ruddock, who finished in a very creditable time of 1:48:51.

Bexhill-Hastings Link Road 10k, 20 September 2015

Two Seaford Striders also took part in a unique 10k race, which was held on the almost completed BexhillHastings Link Road. The route, which takes in some stunning scenery, will be open to vehicles this autumn.

Once completed the road will be renamed Coombe Valley Way, indicating the road is undulating, a fact also true of the race!

The route had several large Archaeological digs taking place during the construction period and in this sense the race was said to run through time, from Modern to the Mesolithic period of 8000 to 4000BC. Times were immaterial as Richard Honeyman who took 57:37 also stopped to take photos along the route and stalwart of the club, Ken Browning walked in a time of 1:28:11.

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Concerned about your home being sold to fund your future care fees?

The Issue

You probably own your home as joint tenants if you are a couple and solely if you are single.

For couples this means you own it wholly, jointly and severally. Ultimately therefore you do not own it 50:50 as you might have assumed. You actually own all of it together and when one partner dies the surviving partner owns it solely and absolutely.

It is sole and absolute ownership that enables a whole property to be taken into consideration as an asset by the local authority and puts the property in danger of needing to be sold to fund care.

The Reality Today

The care Act 2014 introduced in April 2015 allows local authorities to assess your assets to determine if you need to pay for your own care under the new charges and assessment of resources regulations.

Currently if you have assets above £23,250, you are on your own and require care, you will probably have to pay for it all - currently averaging around £1,000 per week.

Savings, cash and income would be used first and then your property would need to be taken into consideration. You would be expected to pay for all of your care until such time as your assets were depleted to below the £23,250 threshold.

You would then pay for a proportion of your care until your assets were below £14,250 - at which point all your future care would be paid for after any relevant income was taken into account.

The Solution

For couples, simply by changing the way you own your property well in advance of any care considerations i.e. from joint tenants to tenants in common and by setting up two property Trusts either immediately or within a properly structured Will at the same time will in most cases, protect the integrity of your home should you ever require care in the future, so long as avoiding care fees was not a primary motivating reason behind the implementation fo the strategy - i.e. you should be looking to protect your half of your property should your spouse remarry after your death, or you should be looking to ensure that your children would not lose 50% of their inheritance should they be made bankrupt or divorce or for example you should be looking to prevent a generational inheritance tax burden in the future. These are all sound reasons for implementing this strategy which in themselves are not deliberate deprivation of assets, but the implemantation of which protects the integrity of the property.

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For sole owners the process is simply to set up a Trust now and convey your property into it which will produce the same result again this must be well in advance of any care considerations and the motivation must not solely be for the purpose of preventing your home being used to fund your care.

The Reasoning

When you own your home as tenants in common you actually own half each. With our Post death Property Protection Package when the first partner dies, they leave their half into their Trust. The surviving partner is the Trustee of that Trust and also the Primary Beneficiary which means that as they own half and are Trustee of the other half they have complete control over the property and what happens to it. The children and/or whoever else is also nominated as ultimate Trust Beneficiaries will have access to that half of the property when the surviving partner dies. The first half of the property then is 100% securely in Trust for the beneficiaries and will not be at risk. As a result of this simple strategy and because it is not possible to sell just the survivor’s half of the property, the integrity of the property is protected. While the ‘’market value” of half a property is negligible, The Care Act 2014 guidelines do allow for this half to have a charge placed on it under a deferred payment arrangement for care fees which is why this package includes a Lasting Power of Attorney grant for Property and Financial affairs which will enable a pre-appointed Attorney to act on behalf of the survivor should they be unable to themselves and negotiate with the Local Authority for the property to be rented out and a percentage of the income given to the Local Authority instead of a charge being placed. The second half of the property would then ultimately go into the Trust for access by the nominated beneficiaries when the surviving partner eventually dies.

With our Whole of Life and Post Death Complete Property and Family Protection Package both halves of the property are conveyed into Trust IMMEDIATELY. This means the whole property is protected straight away and not just after the first party dies. The benefits of this package are that it then protects the property even if both parties go into care before the death of either. It also means that if the survivor goes into care the property does not have to be rented but if it is 100% of the income goes directly into the Trusts for the benefit of the survivor or any of the other Trust Beneficiaries and does not have to be given to the Local Authority. The most important benefit of this package though is the property can be sold at any time and the resulting proceeds be fully protected for the whole family within the Trusts and no negotiation with the Local Authority is required.

Sole owners and couples who have immediately conveyed their properties into Trust well in advance of any care consideration and not solely for the purpose of preventing their home being used to fund their care (deliberate deprivation of assets) secures the integrity of the property (so long as entry into care is not within 6 months of setting up the strategy) as the property is not absolutely owned by an individual anymore and it is not legal to force a Trustee to do something that is not in the ultimate best interest of the Trust Beneficiaries.

Call us now on 01323 301383 for a friendly chat about which package would be of best benefit to you and your family.

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LEWES DOWNLAND 10 MILER Lewes was the venue for the latest event in the Sussex Grand Prix calendar, the Downland 10 miler. Held on chalk paths and through fields in the rolling countryside around the County town, this race is something of a rarity in this competition, being totally off road.

The start/finish is in the meadow at Landport Bottom near the old Lewes race course and begins with a climb of over 2 miles as the route heads west along the South Downs Way over Plumpton Plain then south climbing Waterpit Hill. The rollercoaster run continues with a welcome descent into Ashcombe Bottom but it’s a case of what comes down must go up, with a vicious 1 mile single track climb out again after 7 miles. It is at this stage that many runners feel that crampons might be useful.

Held on a beautiful, unseasonably warm sunny day, this tough course challenged the 14 Seaford Striders present.

They were however keen to post good times as the competition draws to a close, non-more so than Gareth Hutchinson, who was the first Strider home in a sizzling

1:07:42 giving him 13th overall and first in his age category.

Also out to impress was Scott Hutchinson in an equally impressive 1:12:59; Dave Dunstall 1:14:57 just managing to hold off fellow Strider Phil Robinson 1:15:05. The main pack of Striders all gave a very solid performance and came in fairly closely together, Luke Borland 1:20:35; Kevin Ives 1:22:11; Christian Morton 1:26:18; Peter Weeks 1:28:14; Natasha Swan 1:28:40; Anna Norman 1:33:11 and Karan Clinton 1:39:40.

The race held some poignant moments for both Jackie Webber 1:41:21 and Rob Webber 1:49:20, this being the last race they will run for the club ahead of their forthcoming move to Bude in Cornwall. They received hearty applause from the runners who had already finished and the whole club unites in wishing them good luck for their future – they will be sorely missed! Tom Roper 2:07:59 was the last of the Striders but they can all be proud of their efforts in a tough but enjoyable race.

New STOP SMOKING QUIT CLUB TUESDAY 5th JANUARY at

SEAFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE 5.00-6.30pm Call 0800 622 6968 to book your place A free course run by experienced stop smoking advisors working for the award winning Quit51 in a friendly and supportive environment.

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An Autumn offer you Will not want to miss out on Call Thy Will Be Done during September, October or November and you will be able to arrange: A SINGLE OR PAIR OF WILLS to protect your partner and your children for just £99 + VAT (£118.80) usual price (£222 inc) A TRUST to help prevent your home being sold to pay for your care for just £99 + VAT (£118.80) usual price (£479 inc) A LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY for Health & Welfare or Property & Finance for just £99 + VAT (£118.80) usual price (£359 inc) And all severance of tenancy work during Autumn will be provided FREE OF CHARGE

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The Game of Happy Families

The changing face of family life throughout the decades

By Tom Lockyer BA (Hons) Dip Couns.

MBACP As children we might remember playing the game of “Happy Families”, mixing and matching characters on playing cards with the goal of making as many “Happy Families” as possible. And of course, the family was made up of a Mum, a Dad and one boy and one girl.

Undeniably, the way we live our lives has gone through extraordinary change, since the game was invented by John Jaques II, in 1851. John Jaques lived at a time when in all likelihood, we would have been born and buried in the same district as our parents and grandparents; where, as families, we worked together, worshipped together, joined together for ritual celebrations of the seasons, harvests, births, coming of age, marriage and death.

And in those days, the experience of family extended beyond the blood ties of grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins, nephews and nieces to something more akin to the idea of a clan or tribe: the existence of a community of individuals living and working together, sharing communal values, goals and beliefs.

Belonging to a tribe also provided another service, as an unwritten manual of “The Do’s and Don’t’s of Happy Families”. In our daily lives, we would have had the opportunity to watch and figure out what worked and what didn’t as those around us went about the business

of living a life and making ends meet.

And then when we grew up and had families ourselves we had some options at our disposal – not just the way our own mums and dads did things.

And if one way didn’t work then we could draw on our experience and try another.

And in the tribe, sat somewhere in the shade, we might imagine some wise old heads, wise enough to be able to share their wisdom without the need to big themselves up in the process. Sages who could act as peacemakers, boundary keepers, or even just someone to be there, to listen without judgement.

That was then. By the end of the twentieth century, the concept of having shared goals and shared responsibility seems to have been mislaid. Indeed some regard such aspirations as a sign of individual weakness. The tribe is long gone. The dawning of the twenty-first century has seen us retreat ever further behind the walls of our homes and the cages of our cars.

Now I am not imagining that living in 1851 was a bowl of cherries nor that we haven’t made significant improvements in the quality of our living conditions. I am asking myself questions raised as a consequence of my experience of seeing families in distress and breaking apart. Is there something that we have mislaid along the way? Would we do well to look back to find a way forward?

In our “nuclear” families or our single-parent families, where the adults struggle to juggle work and family commitments, finding the time to sit around a table together, for whatever reason, can be a huge challenge.

And yet I believe the quality of our relationships, with our family, friends and children, and indeed even those who are strangers to ourselves, is the underpinning of a happy existence. Happy people make for happy families, and we are all one big family. We can either work together or we can tear each other apart. The choice is ours.

Tom works as a couples and family counsellor at ‘The House’ Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre in Seaford. 01323 895594.

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‘The House’ is a counselling and psychotherapy centre, in the heart of Seaford, offering talking therapies with therapists trained to work with a variety of issues. ‘The House’ is a place where positive change can be realised in a safe and supportive space where intimate and personal feelings and issues can be discussed in confidence.

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Individual Talking Therapy is based on the relationship between an individual and a psychotherapist or counsellor.

Grounded in dialogue, it provides a supportive environment that allows you to talk openly with someone who’s objective, neutral and non-judgemental.

At ‘The House’ we will work together to identify and change the thoughts and behaviour patterns that are keeping you from feeling your best.

Adolescents today can struggle to cope with the stresses of modern life; pressures at school, family dynamics and peer pressure. Teenagers preparing for adulthood in an ever-complex world, may feel that no one can understand their feelings, especially parents and teachers.

This can lead to anger and being confused about their changing identity. Counselling can give clarity to young people helping them to overcome their problems.

Having someone alongside us in whom we can trust and depend, enriches our lives.

When things go wrong we can end up feeling neglected, rejected or even abandoned by those we hold dearest. Whether working through a break up or resolving relationship issues; ‘The House’ offers clients a safe and respectful environment where, through mediation with a trained therapist, you can find a way forward.

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Anita Steer Couns, Dip. (MBACP)

Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Neurodiverse Support Worker

Supporting you in making the connections for change.

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Seahaven Lioness Club Raises funds for local charities The Seahaven Lioness Club’s latest quiz night raised nearly £200 for local charities.

Held at the Over 60s Club in Seaford, on Saturday 10th October, the quiz was won by the ‘MPs’ team (photo right) whose four members were each presented with a bottle of wine. Around 50 people enjoyed the quiz and the delicious fish and chip supper.

New members from Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford are warmly welcomed by the club, which raises around £7,000 a year for charities. Contact president Pat White on 01323 894085 for more information.

Seaford Afternoon Flower Club At our September meeting Pat MacDonald entertained us with her demonstration entitled ‘Celebrations’.

The displays were colourful and imaginative and she gave us many ideas about using accessories and plant material.

September was a busy month with St Leonard’s Church Flower Festival held on 18th to 21st September on the theme of Our Caring Town of Seaford. Several members took part, as did many members of the Seaford Evening Club and flower arrangers from the church. The result was a beautiful display which depicted the theme in a thoughtful and creative way.

On 24th September, members of the Afternoon and Evening clubs were invited to a joint coffee morning in Victor Close and were treated to a tour of Jo’s interesting and well tended garden, as well as coffee and cakes. Even the sun put in an appearance for us.

At our October meeting on the 15th Lucinda Knapman demonstrated ‘Fabulous Flowers’ and members were invited to bring a guest for just £2.

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LYNTON LASERS British manufactured and listed on the NHS Supply Chain, the LUMINA offers the UK’s most in-demand treatments: Tattoo Removal Thread Vein Removal Pigmentation Removal Hair Removal Acne Reduction Anti-Ageing Skin Resurfacing Now is the perfect time of the year to start laser treatment.

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Our November meeting on the 19th is an In House Demonstration by Members on the theme of ‘Tis The Season’. This will doubtless prove to be an entertaining and fairly informal afternoon.

We meet on the third Thursday of each month (except January) at 2pm at the Baptist Church in Belgrave Road. Visitors are always made welcome. Contact Georgie Wall on 01323 490979 or Sue Ward on 01323 894848 for further details.

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Look Younger and feel better the natural way An anti-ageing holistic facial will not only make you look younger but you will feel great too!

At the Blue Room in Seaford, Marijana and Paula will give you anti-ageing treatments that are both natural and holistic. They specialise in organic anti-ageing facials, non-invasive, rejuvinating laser treatments and massage.

As everyone’s complexion is different, an initial consultation and facial examintaion is undertaken to establish your skin type and which organic products and treatment are best to suited to you – treatments can differ each time, depending on how your skin is on the day.

The luxury organic facial that I had started with warm steam blown over the face, which encourages pours to open up. This was followed by a deep-cleansing treatment, which involves a series of massages which reinforce the cleansing and help to improve blood circulation.

Next was the exfoliation, which removes dead skin cells, encourages blood circulation and enhances skin colour, enabling more oxygen and nutrients to be absorbed into the cells.This is then followed with a gentle massage of the face, neck and decolletage. Marijana spent a good 20 minutes on this and incorporated reike and acupressure healing techniques too, which she felt would be very beneficial. It was a pleasant, relaxing experience.

After the massage, a creamy face mask was applied to restore and correct my skin’s moisture balance.

Different masks are used depending on your age and skin type.

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The final stage of the facial was the moisturisier, which was applied all over the face, neck and shoulders to rehydrate the skin.

At the end of the treatment, I looked in the mirror and was delighetd to see that my face had a wonderful, healthy glow. My skin felt very smooth and toned and even some of my wrinkles had magically disappeared!

The beauty of this treatment, I discovered, is that by using different massage techniques, muscle tension in the face and neck is released, and as a result, the skin becomes softer, toned and is more refined. Exfoliation helps to remove dead skin cells, which enables the newer cells to work more efficienlty. Fine lines and wrinkles can dissapear and any puffiness is reduced.

The condition of the skin is rebalanced, and the texture and appearance are greatly improved. The result is a youthful looking appearance, healthy skin and one happy customer...naturally!

One treatment every four to six weeks is recommended. Free consultaions are available.

Mini Facial: 30 mins £30, Full Treatment: 60 mins £60, Luxury Organic Facial: 75 mins £70 Tel 07960 561874 or 07725 999650 for a free consultaion or to book an appointment, or visit: The Blue Room, 22 Clinton Place, Seaford, BN25 1NP. Tel: 01323 899563.

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SERENITY CABIN A tranquil, secluded setting for Beauty Therapy in Seaford

LF D health & beauty therapy With 30 years experience in health and beauty you can be sure you are in good hands when you book a treatment with Deborah at her new Beauty Rooms in Seaford.

Relaxing Facials - including neck, shoulder, arm, hand and foot massage.

Specialising in facials for the ageing skin and holistic massage that’s guaranteed to put the spring back in your step, Deborah knows her stuff and the benefits both physically and mentally will soon become evident.

Coming soon - Thai Foot Massage.

And as a welcoming gift during November, mention this advert when booking, and a one and a half hour Ultimate Facial is yours for half the price – ONLY £22.50!

Indian Head Massage - Traditional massage for head, neck, shoulders and upper back.

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Shellac Polish - Fingers and toes For Appointments and prices phone Angela Winbolt on 07961708718 See my facebook page for special offers

Also gift vouchers are available. A perfect Christmas gift.

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Along with the Mayor and Mayoress of Seaford, visitors enjoyed a delicious buffet, cream tea, magic and sing along with Marco the Magician.

In a warm, safe and caring environment the Day Club offers companionship and support for local older people with a person centred approach to the provision of care. Clients can take part in quizzes and games, reminiscence, discussion and debates, therapeutic activities, days out and enjoy a freshly cooked hot meal.

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Age UK East Sussex runs Day Clubs throughout the county. For more information visit ageuk.org.uk/ eastsussex or call 01273 476704.

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Rotary Club of Seaford Boot, Craft & Produce Fair, September

Yet another very successful Car Boot, Craft and Produce Fair was held by the Rotary Club of Seaford on Sunday 6th September. The sun once again shone and many sellers and buyers turned up on the day. The Rotary Club’s own stall had a great day selling all sorts of items, from tennis balls to a complete set of garden chairs.

Other stall holders were also busy, and many enjoyed the food, refreshments and ice creams. We managed to collect almost £850, and we thank all the sellers and public for their generosity.

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Denton Island Bowled over by Rotary Club’s MacMillan Fund donation On Friday 25th September President Peter Fenwick presented a £200 cheque from Rotary Club of Seaford to Denton Island Indoor Bowls Club in aid of their fund raising for MacMillan Cancer Support at what was entitled ‘The Biggest Coffee Morning in the World.’

Even as part of a nationwide campaign the title of the event might have been something of an exaggeration yet at times it certainly felt like it could be true. The six-rink indoor bowls club, tucked away on Denton Island, over the bridge from Newhaven’s North Way, was packed to the walls with members and visitors, many of whom discovered this spectacular social amenity for the first time, to boost a very worthy, and vital, cause. And with cash still coming in, the DIIBC organisers expect to top the £3,000 mark. Our president was accompanied by Mayor of Seaford and fellow Rotarian Dave Argent – along with Lady Mayoress Marian – plus Community Service Committee Chairman, Steven Willox and Deputy Mayor of Newhaven, Paul Boswell. Bowls Club Chairman, Len Woodrup, accepted the Rotary cheque.

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Cancer, it seems, touches all our lives in some way, and as President Peter remarked in his presentation speech, we must do everything to support the people who are leading the fight against it. And it never ceases to amaze that, despite having their own everyday problems to solve, how many people are prepared to commit to an event like this one. The bowlers were indeed bowled over by such generosity.

Charity Boogie On Saturday 12th September many were treated to a Charity Boogie given by the Seaford Rock and Jazz Orchestra at Seaford Head School. They were also supported by members of the Seaford Head School Orchestra and the exciting Seaford Head School Samba Band. What an excellent evening it was, with members of the Rock and Jazz Orchestra performing some really

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It was a great evening, and a good time was had by all.

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In beautiful sunshine on 3rd October over 150 Orangemen and women from throughout England and Northern Ireland took part in a parade and church service in Seaford to mark the 100th anniversary of the departure of the 36th Ulster Division from the south of England to fight in France in 1915. The Division camped at Seaford in July and August 1915.

At midday, a wreath was laid and a short service held at Seaford’s war memorial. Later, the parade walked a mile along the seafront from Martello Tower before Councillor Mark Brown kindly unveiled a plaque alongside the existing plaque on the sea wall. The parade then marched through Seaford to St Leonard’s parish church for an excellent church service. The music for the parade was provided by 30 members of the Kilcluney Volunteers Flute band from County Armagh.

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Seaford Kurlers

At the time of writing, Seaford Kurlers’ 2015 AGM is still to happen. So it may be out with the old and in with the new – committee members that is. I will let you know.

October also saw the Older Peoples’ Day events, was one held at the Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven on behalf of Meridian Mature Citizens’ Forum in which the Kurlers showed the sport of New Age Kurling and the Seaford Seniors’ Forum event was on Tuesday 27th October, 2015, which we also attended.

At both events there were other activities that older people could take part in. No matter what your age or level of mobility is, there was something for everyone.

There was also a lot of information about help and assistance that is available to the older generation. Quite often it is knowing where and who to turn to for help and guidance that is important. Both of the local forums hold information about how to access help. The libraries and information centres can give you their contacts. A few of our current members found out about us purely because of these events in past years. Maybe you too will join us after the ‘taster’ sessions. Many were surprised to find that they were able to enjoy New Age Kurling despite any mobility problems as we do have aids to help you to play without being disadvantaged. The added bonus is that we are also a very social club. We have the occasional outing and always have a Christmas lunch and mince pies in December.

On the weekend of September18th 2015, Penny Coomber, one of our flower arranging members, did a floral display in St Leonards Church. The event was to show the diversity of activities in Seaford. I hope that many of you went to see the displays. The photo shows a kurling target with the stones depicted in flowers. Very ingenious.

Contacts for Seaford Kurlers: Secretary June Wood, tel. 01323 895376. Email: sally1989@tiscali. co.uk We are an ESDA (East Sussex Disability Association) group. ESDA are also a great source of information and help for people needing guidance about disability problems.

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On Saturday 12th September Martello Rotary Club set up its refreshments bar at Seaford Head School for the ‘Boogie’ concert in memory of Derek Larter, one-time headteacher at Seaford Primary School, who died last year. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Seaford for many years. The proceeds raised on the night are going to the Elin Rose Appeal and to the two Rotary Clubs in Seaford. Seaford Rock and Jazz Orchestra provided music for the night, supported by members of the Seaford Head School Orchestra and the rhythmic Seaford Head School Samba Band. It was a great evening, toe tapping changed to animated dancing from all ages as the music enthused those who attended.

nominated young sports persons for the event. There were more nominations this year for all categories, which shows the wealth of young talent in Seaford. A big thank you to the following local businesses for their kind donations of Raffle Prizes. l Star Dry Cleaners l The Blue Room l Seaford Sea Angling l Strandz l Seaford Osteopathic Clinic l Be Creative l Sussex Eye Care l Carole Electra l Toy Town l Retro Market l Roy’s Liquor Store l Stitches A full report and pictures will be published in a future edition.

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The Proms concert will pay tribute to ‘The Few’ in this, the 75th year since the Battle of Britian, and close to Rememberance Sunday. The programme will include music that pays tribute to those who took part and lived through those tumultuous events.

Last year we had a large and enthusiastic audience who sang and waved along with Seaford Silver Band and special guests. If you would like to join us this year the event will take place on Saturday 14th November, 7.30 at Seaford Head Upper Site.

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It is with the greatest sadness that Seaford Inner Wheel announces that Joan Ketley, our most senior and longest serving member, died on Saturday 3rd October. Joan had been a member of the Club for 50 years, President of the Club in 1975/76 and 1994/95 and held the position of Treasurer countless times. President Eileen considers it a privilege to have had Joan’s expertise as Treasurer if only for a few short months.

Although 95 years of age, only a few weeks ago Joan’s creative skills were very much in evidence. For many years she has combined her talents with those of Rotarian Tony Lees to produce the Martello and Seaford Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs’ floral exhibition at the St Leonard’s Flower Festival. The artistic display would have been an exhausting task for anyone half her age.

She was always generous with her time; the second picture is of Joan holding a scarecrow she had knitted, which will be sold for charity by the Crafty Ladies group within Inner Wheel.

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From Salad to Stew

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Our salad days are well and truly over until next year.

As the outside temperature drops, the kitchen temperature rises and we go for hotter, more substantial dishes such as stews.

It’s not all gloom. What could be better than frosty grass crunching underfoot on a cliff-top walk on a bright, crisp winter’s day, a pint of bitter in the local on the way home to a pot of stew bubbling away in the oven? OK, grass springing underfoot on a cliff-top walk on a balmy summer afternoon, a pint of cold lager and a barbecued steak and cool, crisp salad, maybe. But we need to make the best of things.

Here’s a BBC recipe for a hearty, chicken stew. It’s called, appropriately enough, ‘Winter Chicken Stew’. The quantities provide a good meal with some for the freezer.

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1 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 1.4 litres hot chicken stock; 1 large potato, finely grated; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf; 2 tsp fresh rosemary leaves; 2 x 850g family packs skinless chicken thighs (count the number in the pack – you need 16 in total); 6 carrots, halved lengthways and cut into chunks; 2 parsnips, halved lengthways and cut into chunks; 3 leeks, well washed and thickly sliced.

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Tea-Dance is a Toe Tapping Success!

CTLA, in conjunction with Margaret and Jean Cantell of Studio Tempo, held a fundraising tea-dance on Friday 18th September at the Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven.

The event raised over £500 for the only Community Transport charity of its kind covering the Haven’s area of the Lewes District.

Dancers enjoyed a variety of music from cha-cha-cha to line-dancing, and those with mobility problems were encouraged to take part from their chairs. Volunteers provided a vast selection of home-made cakes and biscuits for the guests to enjoy.

An Autumn Raffle was drawn and the winners of the first prize of a ‘Year of Flowers’ were Mr and Mrs Ward of Seaford (photo).

Business Development Assistant, Dawn Norman, thanked the volunteers of the Hillcrest Centre for their support in putting on the event, and all the other

supporters and participants for making the event such a success.

CTLA aims to reduce isolation and loneliness in the community by providing accessible transport options for people whose need is unmet by public transport. A dial-a-ride service, popular travel club and affordable minibus hire for charities and community groups are just some of the services they provide whilst making over 8,000 passenger journeys a year.

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Friends of Tide Mills 11 Friends of Tide Mills have just completed their September meeting. Now that the main holiday season is behind us, the bird nesting signs are recovered and our winter bird visitors are starting to arrive we can see sure signs of the changing season. We collected just nine bags this time which, as we have seen over the Summer is undoubtedly in no small part to the many visitors who, like us, want to see Tide Mills in its best light and well cared for and who make the time to keep the area clear of rubbish.

This joint effort makes all the difference and is essential to ensure Tide Mills continues to be this fantastic quiet

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Next month’s meeting is Sunday 18th October, always the third Sunday of the month. We meet between 10 and 12, but any time that can be spared is appreciated just the same. Tide Mills continues to need as many people as possible to help maintain and care for it, you will be made most welcome if you do decide to join us in the bracing (and still free!) sea air.

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We soon learnt that, as the tongue is used in speech, so it is used when playing notes on a recorder. It can shorten notes, soften notes and aid the rhythm of whatever is being played - so many things which had never occurred to me before. Michael had prepared some written notes for us to keep and peruse, which explained all these things to us quite simply, with exercises and examples to demonstrate the various techniques he discussed.

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Following a break for tea and cakes, we embarked on playing some music, which Michael had also provided for everyone to keep and study after the class. Minuets (Dieupart and Telemann) suddenly came alive, with recorders and tongues working away at improving the sounds and textures of the music. Gavottes (Dieupart and Telemann) gave us the chance to ‘strut our stuff ’, by making the most of all the notes inégale they contained and we finished with a beautiful Chaconne (Lully) , in which we, hopefully, applied all the techniques we had learnt.

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WHAT’S ON IN NOV? Sat 24th Oct - Sun 8th Nov Hop Contemporary Art Exhibition Hop Gallery, Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes 11am - 4.30pm (Tues-Sat, closed Thurs 5th), 12 noon - 4.30pm (Sun). 12.30pm - 3.30pm.

Intriguing and eclectic collection of paintings, prints, sculptures, photography and jewellery. Free. www.hopgallery.com Saturday 31st October An Evening of Bishopstone Nostalgia Bishopstone Parish Hall 7.30pm. Presented by Ian Everest and Philip Pople. Proceeds to the Willetts Trust, Tickets £7.50 from Linda’s Store, Bishopstone Station. Tel 01323 492246 or 01323 690088 Sat 31st Oct - Sunday 8th Nov Chris Hill & Moira Wills Arts@theCrypt Gallery, 23 Church Street 10.30am - 5.30pm. Chris’s new botanical drawings is inspired by a love of plants, gardens and gardening. Moira’s screen prints are lively, colourful figures and landscapes. Free. www.thecryptgallery.com Sunday 1st Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Freeman Iceberg 1&2.

Open Event. www.nssc.org.uk Tuesday 3rd Local Market Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 10.30am - 2.30pm. Weekly market’s monthly visit from local group/charity. RNLI selling amazing Christmas decorations.

Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington Monthly meeting and lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Conserving National Trust Downland’, talk by Adrian Harrison. Tel: 01323 492618 www.seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk Public Drop-in Session for Development Proposals Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd 4.30pm - 7.30pm.

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session regarding proposed developments at Buckle Car Park and Alfriston Road. Tel: 01273 471600 www.lewes.gov.uk/ newhomes/23309.asp Seaford Lecture & Literary Club St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7.30pm - 8.30pm. ‘Dorset, Devon to Yorkshire’, illustrated lecture by W Cdr Patrick Coulcher.

Tel: 01323 899932 or 893270.

Seaford Folk Club The Royal British Legion, Claremont Road 8pm. Silk Purse. Mother and daughter duo sing their own and traditional songs.

Tel: 01323 899405 www.seafordfolkclub.com Open Mic/Jam Sessions The Seven Sisters, Alfriston Rd 8.30pm. Perform or jam with some great local musicians. Full PA/keys etc. supplied. www. facebook.com/seahavenopenmic

Wednesday 4th Seaford Bonfire Society Open Committee Meeting The White Lion Hotel, Claremont Road 7pm. A chance to join and meet the committee. www.seafordbonfire.co.uk

Saturday 7th Ouse Valley Artists Art & Craft Fair Denton Community Centre, Denton Road 10.30am - 4pm.View the artists’ work and buy some Christmas gifts. Raffle, tea/coffee and cakes.

Free entry and parking.

The Wednesday Group Wesley Room, Cross Way Church, Steyne Road 7.30pm. ‘Autism’ by Margaret Mayhew-Pilaar. Tel. 01323 871292

Lunchtime Concert St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm. Maeve Jenkinson, violin, and Rachel Fryer, piano. Free event, self-supported by donations. www.seafordparish.org.uk

Thursday 5th Seaford Inner Light Club St Peter’s Hall, Belgrave Road 2pm. Entertainment, tea & raffle.

Tel: 01323 899592 Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School,Victoria Drive, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘Kent and Sussex Heroes’ with Chris McCooey.

Members £1, visitors £1.50, inc. refreshments. New members welcome. Helen Warren tel: 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Friday 6th Seaford Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Clubhouse, Blatchington Road 2.15pm. Guest speaker from the Royal British Legion. Tea and biscuits, raffle. Transport available.

Tel Pauline White: 01323 895216 Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Seaford Clubhouse 6.30pm. Bonfire and Fireworks. www.nssc.org.uk Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘Timbuktu’, cert.

12A. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Advance booking from Seaford Tourist Information or www. seafordcinema.org

Foundation of Spiritual Healing and Guidance St James’ Clubhouse, Blatchington Road 2pm - 4pm. Free healing, qualified approved healers in attendance. No appointment needed. Tea and homemade cakes. Donations welcome.

Tel: 01323 896192 www.facebook.com/Thefshg Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 2.30pm. ‘Dark Horse’, cert.

PG. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Advance booking from Seaford Tourist Information or www. seafordcinema.org Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane 8pm. Race Night with John Day. Tel: 01323 890087 The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Race Night.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th Krissy of Sussex 14th Annual Christmas Fare 25 Chyngton Way, Seaford BN25 4JB 11am - 4pm. Christmas gifts and afternoon tea, cake and scones.

All profits to Help for Heroes.

Tel. 01323 872400. www. krissyofsussex@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday 8th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Freeman Iceberg 3&4 Open Event. www.nssc.org.uk Tea Dance Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. £5, including tea and biscuits. Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813 Tuesday 10th Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm lunch.

Monthly meeting with 3-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 890418 or 01323 897546 Seaford Lecture & Literary Club St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7.30pm - 8.30pm. ‘Pirates and Brigands’, illustrated lecture by Ian Gledhill.

Tel: 01323 899932 or 893270.

The GuestHouse Storytellers Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 7.30pm. ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’, with professional storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton.

What happens when magic goes wrong? Adults only. Tickets £6 in advance/£8 on the door (if available). Available from the Hillcrest Café or email: wendy.atkinson@btinternet.com Wednesday 11th Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2pm - 4pm. Speaker Gilly Halcrow ‘Christmas Traditions’.

Stall: Christmas items. Waiting list for membership. www.esfwi.org.uk/seaford.html Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower, The Esplanade 2.30pm. ‘Magnus Volk and his Electric Railways’, illustrated talk

by Ian Gledhill. Admission £2/£1 (members). Tel: 01323 898222 www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Seaford & District Stamp Club Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 7.30pm. ‘Members’ night showing a display of stamps. All stamp collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 890699 www.seafordstampclub.co.uk Weds 11th - Sunday 22nd ‘Out of the Box - The Return’ - Chris Dawson Hop Gallery, Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes 11am - 5pm Mon-Sat), 12 noon - 5pm (Sun). 12.30pm - 3pm.

Meet the artist with coffee and cake (Sat 14th only). One man show of funny, quirky and original paintings and cartoons. Free. www.hopgallery.com

Friday 13th Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane 7pm - 9pm. Children In Need family night. Disco with Jim, basket meals. Pudsey Bear fancy dress competition for kids.

Tel: 01323 890087 Friends of Seaford Library Seaford Library, 15/17 Sutton Park Road 7.30pm. AGM, followed by Extraordinary General Meeting to decide the future of FoSL. All members and interested parties welcome. Light refreshments provided. Tel: 01323 898367 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/fosl Seaford Folk Club The Royal British Legion, Claremont Road 8pm. Jody Kruskal. Virtuoso Anglo concertina player and singer from New York.

Tel: 01323 899405 www.seafordfolkclub.com Friday 13th - Saturday 21st Relative Values Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd 7.45 pm, plus 2.30pm matinée Sat 14th only. 70th Anniversary Gala production of Noёl Coward’s classic.

Tickets £8/£7 opening night and matinée. Available from Redgold Opticians, 32 Broad Street.

Enquiries tel: 07984 280067 www.seafordlittletheatre.co.uk

Coffee Morning Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 10am - 12 noon. In aid of Seaford Stroke Club. Stalls, cake, tombola, gifts and raffle. Free entry. Tea/coffee and biscuit 50p.

Tel: 01323 873646 Sale of Work Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Rd 10am - 12 noon. Crafts, cakes, Fair Trade, plus tea/coffee.

Martello Rotary Club Proms Concert Seaford Head School Upper Site, Arundel Road 7.30pm. Programmes, song sheets, flags and noisier props included in ticket price. Bar and raffle. Tickets £10 in advance/£12 on the door if available.

Tel: Jackie on 07967 049988 Email: jackiearkwell@yahoo.co.uk Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane 8pm. Perfect Harmony.

Tel: 01323 890087 The Vox Beatles The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 8pm. A night of hits from the fab four. Tickets £12, available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street or tel: 07796 484605 www.voxbeatles.com The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Crystal Clear Country.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk

Saturday 14th - Thurs 19th ‘Expressions’ - Newhaven Art Club Arts@theCrypt Gallery, 23 Church Street 10am - 5pm. Celebrating 60 years as an art club. Framed and Saturday 14th unframed paintings available to Create Your Own Mandala view and purchase, along with Workshop St James’ Clubhouse, cards and notelets. Free entry.

Blatchington Road www.thecryptgallery.com 10am - 2pm. Create your own Mandala. Tel. 01273 962095 or Sunday 15th 07557 539507 Friends of Tide Mills meeting Tide Mills 2015 Sussex Mineral Show 10am - 12 noon. Meet at beach Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, end of the old village road.

Haywards Heath Help us to care for this special 10am - 4.30pm. Displays, place. Email Jim Skinner: brian. illustrated talks, children’s skinner2@btinternet.com. workshop, stalls and open

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Thursday 12th Seahaven RAFA Lunch 12 noon for 12.30pm. Twocourse lunch at either the Royal British Legion or the White Lion. Please book one week in advance by phoning 01323 898907.

competition, organised by the Sussex Mineral & Lapidary Society. Refreshments and bar.

Admission £2.50 adult, 50p child, Rockwatch members free.

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martellotaxis@googlemail.com Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Freeman Iceberg 5&6.

Open Event. www.nssc.org.uk Age Concern Sunday Lunch Club The Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Corner 12.45pm. Sherry, roast lunch, dessert, coffee/mints and raffle with relaxed and friendly atmosphere. £5.50. To book tel: 01323 899434 The Joyce Campbell Sunday Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 1pm. Sunday roast and gettogether for Seaford senior citizens. £5. Transport can be arranged. To book and further details tel: 01323 892327 Tea Dance Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. £5, including tea and biscuits. Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813

Seaford Lecture & Literary Club St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7.30pm - 8.30pm. ‘The Mary Rose’, illustrated lecture by Dr Dudley Moore.

Tel: 01323 899932 or 893270.

Wednesday 18th National Trust Seaford Assoc.

Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 2.30pm. AGM, followed by ‘A Bright Future’, talk by Zara Luxford, General Manager of Sheffield Park. Visitors £2.50. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Thursday 19th Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2pm. ‘’Tis the Season’, in-house demonstration by members. Visitors £2 incl. refreshments. Tel: 01323 490979 or 01323 894848

Sussex Wildlife Trust Seaford & Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Tuesday 17th Road, Eastbourne Seaford Natural History Society 7.30pm. Illustrated talk ‘Nature’s St Luke’s Church Centre, Curiosities’ by naturalist and Walmer Road wildlife photographer, Colin Page.

2.15pm. ‘Storms of 2013-14’, talk £2/£3. Tel: 01323 506540 or

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Friday 20th Comedy at the Clubhouse Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7pm. Monthly comedy night hosted by Julie Jepson. Tickets £10 on the door or in advance from Golf Club and Seaford Tourist Information, 37 Church St. Tel: 07773 522943, email: comedyseaford@outlook.com Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘The Imitation Game’, cert. 12A. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Advance booking from Seaford Tourist Information or www. seafordcinema.org Seaford Music Society Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 7.45pm.Young pianist Riyad Nicholas plays works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Paganini.

Tickets on the door £14/£5 (students), accompanied children free. Concert sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust. www.seafordmusicsociety.com Seaford Folk Club The Royal British Legion, Claremont Road 8pm. Dave Ellis and Boo Howard.

Brilliant guitar and mellow vocals.

Tel: 01323 899405 www.seafordfolkclub.com Saturday 21st Lewes, Seaford & District Cats Protection Christmas Bazaar Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 10am - 12noon. Entry by donation. Tel: 01273 809229 National Trust Seaford Assoc.

Christmas Fair St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 10am - 11.30am. Stalls include cakes, books, puzzles, gifts, bric-a-brac and raffle. Entry 50p including tea/coffee and biscuit. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt WAVES Family Support Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Fayre Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 10am - 5pm. Stalls, tea/coffee and cakes, children’s afternoon art and craft activities (50p each). Booking forms for nonprofessional makers and for children’s activities from WAVES, 8 Church St.Tel: 01323 873797 Email: wavesseaford@btconnect. com

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Lunchtime Concert St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm. Buxted Symphony Orchestra. Charity concert for St Cecilia’s Day. Free event, selfsupported by donations. www.seafordparish.org.uk Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane 8pm. Bucklers Reel.

Tel: 01323 890087 The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. 6Ts. Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd Society of Eastbourne Artists Art Exhibition & Sale Assembly Rooms, Eastbourne Town Hall, Grove Road 10am - 4pm. Annual exhibition of original paintings, cards, framing products and gifts. Supporting the Mayor’s Charities, Eastbourne RNLI and The JPK Project.

Refreshments available. Free entry. Tel: Janet on 01323 767963 www.facebook.com Societyofeastbourneartists Saturday 21st - Sunday 29th Christmas Craft Fair Arts@theCrypt Gallery, 23 Church Street 10.30am - 4.30pm, 11am 4.30pm (Sun only). A plethora of arts and crafts ideal for unique and unusual Christmas gifts.

Email: cryptcraft@hotmail.co.uk www.thecryptgallery.com Sunday 22nd Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Freeman Iceberg 7&8.

Open Event. www.nssc.org.uk Tea Dance Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. £5, including tea and biscuits. Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813 Tuesday 24th Ladies’ Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington Monthly lunch for members and guests. Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Lecture & Literary Club St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7.30pm - 8.30pm. ‘Eastbourne Police Eastbourne Murders’, illustrated lecture by Kevin Gordon.

Tel: 01323 899932 or 893270.

Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 8pm. Monthly meeting. New members welcome. www.seafordwi.co.uk

exhibition on Rowlandson at the Queens Gallery, London.

Tutor Prasannajit de Silva. £15.

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Wednesday 25th Seaford Gardening Club Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 7.30pm. ‘Alfred Russel Wallace: the Man Who Lived in Darwin’s Shadow’, talk by Ray Hale.

Refreshments available. Annual subscription £10, visitors £2 on the door. Tel: 01323 491331 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sgc

Seaford Choral Society Autumn Concert St Leonard’s Church, Church St 7.30pm. Britten’s ‘Saint Nicolas’, extracts from Handel’s ‘The Messiah’, and a selection of traditional carols. Soloist Alexander Mackenzie Wicks, tenor. Tickets £12/£6 (child), available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street, from choir members and on the door. Tel: 01323 891307 www.seaford-choral-society.com

Thursday 26th Newhaven Country Market’s Christmas Market Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 9.45am - 2pm. Annual Christmas Market with unique local crafts and produce.

Facebook: Hillcrest Country Market Seaford & District Horticultural Society St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Street 7pm. AGM and Awards Night.

Refreshments, elections, details for 2016 and Grand Raffle. www.seafordhorti.com Friday 27th Seaford Folk Club The Royal British Legion, Claremont Road 8pm. Singers and musicians night.

Tel: 01323 899405 www.seafordfolkclub.com Saturday 28th Christmas Fayre Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 10am - 3pm. Two rooms of stalls.

Handmade gifts, arts and crafts, wreaths and flowers, foodie treats, cakes, savouries and more.

Café open. Tel: 07883 611677 Email: sussexmarkets@live.co.uk

Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane 8pm. Animal Magic Quiz.

Tel: 01323 890087 The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Disco with Wayne.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sat 28th Nov - Sun 20th Dec ’Baubles & Bells!’ - Sussex Arts Collective and Star Pottery Group Hop Gallery, Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes 10.30am - 5pm (Tues-Sat, plus 6pm - 8pm Thurs 3rd Dec only), 12 noon - 4pm (Sun-Mon).

Annual event bringing together a diverse range of artists and makers. Free. www.hopgallery.com Sunday 29th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Freeman Iceberg 9&10.

Open Event. www.nssc.org.uk Tea Dance Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. £5, including tea and biscuits. Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813

RNLI Newhaven Christmas Fayre Hillcrest Centre, Hillcrest Road, Newhaven 10am - 1pm. Stalls for all the family, visit from Father Christmas Further Ahead and Winter Raffle. Entry 25p, all Wednesday 2nd December profits to RNLI Newhaven.

The Wednesday Group www.rnli.org/newhavenbranch Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd Satirical Prints 1720-1830 7pm. In aid of St Wilfrid’s St Thomas’ Church Hall, Cliffe Hospice. Christmas Carols, Hand High Street, Lewes Bell Ringers, stalls. Admission £2 2pm - 5pm. Satirical prints incl. coffee/tea and mince pie. formed a major part of British Tel. 01323 871292 visual culture for around 100 years. Coincides with the

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Sunday 6th December Chyngton Community Carols Chyngton School, Milberg Road 3pm. With Seaford Silver Band and Seaford Hand Bells. Sing your favourite carols followed by tea and mince pies afterwards.

Free entry or donate a packet or tin of food to Seahaven Food Bank to help with Christmas food boxes, greatly appreciated.

Sat 12th & Sat 19th December Concentus Sings Christmas St Leonard’s Parish Church, Church St, Seaford (12th) St Saviour’s and St Peter’s Church, Eastbourne (19th) 4pm. Traditional and modern favourites for Christmas, with a spicing of the unexpected!

Tickets £10, £5 (under-16s) from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, Church St, Seaford; tel 01323 643358; or online at www.concentus-sings.com

WHAT’S ON WEEKLY

ARTS & CRAFTS

Chinese Painting Group Hellingly Village Hall off A22 Weds: 1 - 4pm. Professional Chinese tutor. Materials available.

Beginners and new members welcome. For more details contact: 01273 515452 Drawing for Beginners/ Intermediates Bishopstone Parish Hall, St Andrew’s Church Mon: 1.30 - 3.30pm, starts 14th Sept. 6 weeks, 3 vacancies only, register by 17th July. £55 total cost. Tel: 01323 370907 or 01323 890644

Knit & Natter WAVES Centre, 8 Church St. Weds fortnightly: 2pm-3.30pm.

You are welcome to join us on 11th and 25th November. If you don’t knit, or indeed crochet, but would like to learn, come along and we will show you how. Tel. 01323 873797 wavesseaford@ email: btconnect.com Little Acorn Machine Knitting Club Baptist Church, Belgrave Rd 2nd Fri of month: 2 - 4pm. Tel: Helen Doran on 01323 872218 or email: hdoran@talktalk.net Newhaven Art Club Peacehaven Evangelical Church Mon: 2pm. Members meet to paint and draw together with discussions, demonstrations, life drawing and sketching outdoors.

Annual subs. £25. Why not come along and see how you get on? www.newhavenartclub.org.uk

East Sussex Moviemakers St Luke’s Parish Rooms, Stone Cross, Pevensey 1st & 3rd Weds: 7.45 - 9.45pm.

Members show videos, advice available, speakers on videorelated topics. Contact Harry Lederman: 01323 301997, Seaford Art Club harrylederman@tiscali.co.uk Downs Leisure Centre www.eastsussexmoviemakers.org Fri: 2 - 4pm. A friendly, active group of enthusiastic, competent Jewellery Classes Seaford Mon: 6 -9pm, Wed: 10am - 2pm, artists. Demonstrations, practical sessions, gallery visits and other Fri: 10am - 2pm. tel 07952 trips. Tel Anne: 01323 491008 195341, email: info@leprevost. http://seafordartclub.weebly.com co.uk, www.leprevost.co.uk Knit & Craft Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Millberg Road, Seaford Thurs: 2pm - 4pm. All welcome, come and learn new skills making articles for charities. Tel: Viola on 01323 890271 Knit & Natter Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd Weds: 10am - 12 noon. Knit, natter and crochet. All made welcome. Tel: Eileen on 01323 491638 or Lyn 01323 893412

Seaford Photographic Society Chyngton Methodist Church Hall Fri: 7.45pm. September to June. www.SeafordPS.org.uk

CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS

Age Concern 6 Church Street Mon - Fri: 10am - 2pm.

Information and support for older people eg. medical transport, form filling, visiting and befriending. Tel: 01323 899434 E: ageconcernseaford@tiscali.co.uk

Air Cadets 1218 Sqn. Air Training Corps Transit Road, Newhaven Mon & Thurs: 7 - 9.30pm.

Aged 13 to 17 and interested in aviation? Come along any evening.

Tel: 01273 513218

Encompass St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd 3rd Mon of the month: 2 - 4pm. A variety of speakers, tea, sandwiches and cake. All welcome. Tel: 01323 891749 or 894608 or 872281

Civil Service Pensioners Alliance Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 1st Tues of month: 10am. Friendly chat inc. group business and info on pensions/benefits/ socials & days out. Refreshments.

French Conversation by the Fireside Alfriston Mon: 7pm - 8pm.

Thurs: 1pm - 2pm. Drop-in session for all levels. £6 per hour. For information and bookings tel: 01323 871492 or email babette@cosmofil.com

Clinton Centre Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Tues: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee/tea and biscuit or toast and butter, £1.

Tel: 01323 873262

Friendly Hour Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd Tues twice monthly: 2.30 - 3.30pm. Talks on a variety of subjects. Transport can be Coffee Morning & Bring & Buy St arranged. Tel: Rita Evans on Luke’s Church Hall, Walmer Rd 01323 896877 or email: Weds: 10am - 12 noon ritaevans@hotmail.com Coffee Pot Growing Old Disgracefully Chyngton Methodist Church Hall Group Thurs: 10 - 11.30am. Assorted The Archway & various venues items on sale. Disabled access.

2nd Fri of month: 2 - 4pm.

Friendly atmosphere.

Monthly meeting including, talks, Tel: 01323 891534 discussions and outings. For Confidence Building Sussex Downs College, Denton Island, Newhaven Weds: 10am - 3pm. Free 5-week course begins 1st July.

Booking mandatory. Tel 01273 516032, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Cuckmere Valley Transition Group George Inn, Alfriston 1st Thurs of month: 7pm Energy Group meeting.

Tel: 01323 870409. email: cuckmeretransition@gmail.com www. cuckmerevalleytransition. org.uk

more details tel: 01323 490154

Happiness Workshop Intensive Sussex Downs College, Denton Island, Newhaven Thurs: 10am - 3.30pm. Free 4-week course begins 9th July.

Booking mandatory. Tel 01273 516032, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk

HIVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 7.15 - 8.45pm. (School year 7 – sixth form). Games, activities, workshops, pool, table football, table tennis, Xbox, Playstation, Downs 60+ Club instruments, social events and Sutton Corner, Seaford (Old trips out, advice, encouragement Flint Building, grounds of Downs & guidance. Annual membership Leisure Centre) £5 (excl. social events and trips).

10am-12 noon and 2-4pm.

Term time only.

Mon am: Art, snooker. pm: Tel: 01323 896009 Snooker, table tennis, Phase 10. www.seafordbaptistchurch.

Tues am: Snooker, art, keep fit org.uk (10.30-11.30) pm: Rummykub, Kids Aloud table tennis, social. Weds am: Kingswell, 115-117 Vale Road Art, snooker, choir (10.30-11.30), (Community Church Hall) lunch club 12.30pm pm: Snooker, Fri: 3.45pm - 5.30pm. Free craft & chat. Thurs am: Art, after-school activities for Scrabble, snooker, exercise & line children aged 4-12. All welcome dancing pm: Art, snooker. Fri am: for games, art and stories. Tel: Art, snooker pm: Table tennis Tina 01323 492833. www.kingsSat am: Table tennis, snooker. well.org.uk/kids_aloud.htm Monthly discussion group and occasional minibus trips. continued...

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Lipreading Classes Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Tues: 10am. Newcomers welcome, first two sessions free. £21 per six sessions, incl. membership of Hard of Hearing Club. Text: 07519 386035, tel: 01273 585339 L: IVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 6 - 7pm. (School year 3 - 6). Games and activities inc. pool, table football, table tennis, games consoles, craft zones, and a tuck shop. Admission £1 inc 50p worth of tuck.

First week free. Term time only. Tel: 01323 896009 www. seafordbaptistchurch.org.uk Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford Mon: 6pm - 7pm. Seaford Youth Forum Tues: 3.30pm - 5.30pm. Juniors Youth Club (Year 8 & 9), £1.

Weds: 3.30 - 6pm. After School Club (Year 6 & 7), £1.

Thurs: 3.30pm - 5.30pm.

T.O.A.S.T. Girls Only Group, £1.

6.30pm - 8.30pm. Seniors Youth Club (Year 9+), £1.

For more details contact Roger Daw on 01323 892531 Midland Bank/HSBC Retirees Group Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne Last Thurs of month: 10.30am - 12 noon. Calling all retired members. Coffee, tea and biscuits with friendly people.Tel Mrs Doreen Woodward-Davies 01323 898907 Mitchell House Monday Tea Club 43 Lexden Drive Mon: 3 - 4.30pm. Tea, chat and a game or two. 50p and extra charge to play games (for prize funding). Tel: 01323 891804

Newhaven & Seaford Sea Cadets The Old Church, Chapel Street, Newhaven Mon & Fri: 7pm - 9pm (seniors) Fri: 7pm - 9pm (juniors) Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd 4th Thurs of month: 8pm meeting. www.npslions.co.uk Parish Tea Party St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Rd 3rd Mon of month: 2.30pm4pm. Drop in for tea and cake in the church hall. Transport available. Tel: 01323 895552 Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd 2nd Tues of month: 12pm for 12.30pm lunch. Monthly meeting with 3-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 890418 or 897546 The Rotary Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd Weds: 12.45 for 1pm. Weekly meeting.

Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes The Royal British Legion, Claremont Road Sun: 3pm. Weekly meetings Tel: 01323 325121 l.dmurray@yahoo.co.uk The Royal Society of St George Monthly events. England’s leading patriotic society. Contact Chairman 01323 899985 or email: 514928@talktalk.net.

St John Ambulance St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Cadets Mon: 6.30 - 8.30pm.

(10 to 17 yrs) Adults Tues: 7.30 - 9pm Badgers Tues: 5.45 - 7.15 (6 to 10 yrs) currently not running. Tel: 07817 604279

Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 3rd Thurs of month:1.30pm for a 2pm start. Talks, demos, National Trust Seaford outings, etc. Past and Association (NTSA) new members welcome.

Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 3rd Wed of month (Oct - Mar): Membership £27 per year.

Visitors £5 inc. refreshments 2.30pm. Illustrated talks on per meeting. Tel Tina: 01323 diverse subjects, plus outings.

873162 New members welcome.

Visitors £2.50.

Seaford & District Stamp Club www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 2nd Weds of month: 7.30pm.

Newhaven & District Model Railway Club Beach Road, behind Monthly speaker. All stamp collectors welcome.

Harbour railway station Tel: 01323 890699 Weds: 7pm. New members welcome. www.seafordstampclub.co.uk Email: swd@chasjenka.plus.com

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Seaford Bonfire Society White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd First Thurs of month: 7pm.

Membership and open committee meeting. www.seafordbonfire.co.uk

Seaford Quakers Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd Sun: 10.30 - 11.30am. Meeting for worship followed by refreshments. All welcome. Tel Joyce Bowley on 01323 89241

Seaford Branch ESDA Various locations First Fri of the month: Lunch/afternoon tea to catch up with friends and make new ones. All welcome. Contact Jane on 01323 514531 or email: marianne.colliard@esda.org.uk Seaford Bridge Club Downs Leisure Centre Tues:1.30 - 5pm. Duplicate bridge in a friendly atmosphere for intermediates and above.

Fri: 6.30 - 10pm. Duplicate bridge for intermediate and above. Tel: 01323 893022 Email:lesliefowle@tiscali.co.uk

Seaford Stroke & Caring Club St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Rd Mon: 2 - 4pm. Slides, music, quizzes, bingo, tea and homemade cakes. Some transport available. Tel: Joyce Woodgate: 01323 894547

Seaford Community Club for Over 65s St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Road Thurs: 10am-3pm. A club for people in later life who need a little help to enjoy their day. Run

by Age UK East Sussex.

Tel Nicola on 07850 987131, Lewes office 01273 476704, email: Nicola@gf-g.net Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon: Cribbage & Line Dancing.

Tues: 9.30am Slimming World.

3rd Weds: Klondyke Whist.

Thurs: Tea Dance/Dance Classes.

Fri & Sun: 8.15pm Bingo.

Tel: 01323 890087 Seaford Evening Flower Club St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd 1st Thurs of month: 7 for 7.30pm demo. Affil. to NAFAS. New members welcome.

Visitors £4.50 inc. refreshments.

Tel Marian on 01273 515544

Seahaven (Afternoon) Trefoil Guild Afternoon Meeting St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church Street 1st Tues of month: 2.30 4.30pm. Tel: 01323 897959 Seahaven (Evening) Trefoil Guild Evening Meeting Downs Leisure Centre Over 60s Club 3rd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Tel: 01323 893250 Southdown Bridge Club 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Weds: 6.30 - 9.45pm. Friendly duplicate bridge for any age.

Tel: 01323 892171/896236 Spanish Conversation & Coffee Morning Micklefield Way, Thurs: 10am - 11.30am.

Qualified and experienced teacher. £15. For more details Tel: 07504 881848 Email: pastorcita24@gmail.com The Submariners Association (Sussex Branch) Royal British Legion Club, Claremont Road 1st Fri of month: 7.45pm.

For all ex and serving submariners. Tel: Harry Summerton 01323 734132

Survivors of Suicide The Matthew 25 Mission, Brodie Hall, Christ Church, Seaside, Eastbourne Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington 2nd Mon: 7pm-8.30pm. Group for people affected by suicide.

1st Tues of month: Monthly www.sussexcommunity.org.uk lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Sussex Army Cadet Force Seaford Lecture & Literary Club No. 2 Platoon (Seaford) Mercread Youth Centre, St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church Street Mercread Road Mon & Weds: 7.30 - 9.30pm.

Tues: 7.30 - 8.30pm. Illustrated lectures by well-known speakers For ages 12 (school year 8) to 18 yrs. For further information on a wide range of subjects. email kevin.falconer@serfca.org From Oct to March. Tel: 01323 or tel: 01273 552222 899932 or 893270 Seaford Martello Rotary Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Mon: 7.15pm for 7.45pm.

Tel: 01323 891009 or seafordmartellorotary@gmail.com

Sussex Wildlife Trust Various locations in and around Seaford 1st Thurs of month10am 3pm, Sept to May. For details tel: 07824 151935. Email:

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sarahquantrill@sussexwt.org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Whist Drive St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church Hall, Sutton Rd Thurs: 1.45pm. £2 inc. tea and biscuits. Tel: 01323 896412

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Local Market & Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Tues: 10.30am - 2.30pm. Local community market and cafe, serving light lunches. Stalls available. For more info tel Wendy on 07883 611677 www.sussexmarkets@live.co.uk East Dean Farmers’ Market East Dean Village Hall Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

01323 423481 Love Heart Community Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Thurs: 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Supporting people with learning difficulties through work experience. All welcome. Tel: 01273 812976 Monday Coffee Mornings Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. Everyone welcome to come and enjoy a coffee/tea with biscuits.

Seaford Old Town Hall Community Tea Room Church Street, Seaford Mon - Fri: 10am - 1pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon.

Come and enjoy the comfort of a rest, hot drink, friendly chat.

Seaford Police Neighbourhood Policing Team Meet & Greet Downs Leisure Centre Thurs: 3.30pm Meet your local Police Community Support Officers. www.sussex.police.uk

Ladies’ clubs

Blatchington Hill Townswomen’s Guild Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

New members always welcome.

Tel: 01323 899845 or email blatchingtonhilltg@gmail.com Inner Wheel Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Members only.

Ladies’ Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington 4th Tues of month: Lunch for members and guests. Tel 01323 896373 Seaford Martello WI St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church Street 2nd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Tel: 01273 583484, email: coraandken@sky.com

Newhaven Country Market Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven Thursdays: 9.45am - 1pm (open Seaford NWR (National until 2pm Thurs 26th Nov).

Homemade produce, free-range Women’s Register) Members’ eggs, fresh fish, plants, crafts, café. homes and out and about Various days: For women who Newhaven Street Markets are interested in everything Newhaven High Street and talk about anything. More Thurs & Sats: 9am - 2pm. Fresh details visit www.nwr.org.uk produce, bread & pastries, fish or contact us directly by email: & seafood, street food, clothes, nwrseaford@gmail.com arts & crafts, household goods, Seaford Sweethearts WI fishing tackle, handmade Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd jewellery etc. For market stall hire tel 01273 517544 or email: 4th Tues of month: 8pm. New newhavenmarket@outlook.com members welcome. www. seafordsweetheartswi.com Quit51 Stop Smoking Service Seaford Medical Practice, Dane Rd Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Tues: 9am-6pm Fri: 9am-1pm.

Mon: 9.30am - 12 noon.

One-to-one clinics. Tues: 5pmArt (painting for pleasure).

6.30pm. Quit club in a friendly 2pm - 4pm. Play reading group environment. (fortnightly).1st & 4th Weds of Tel: 0800 6226968 month: 1.30pm - 4pm. Craft & Quiz Night The Hampden Chat. Monthly: Book reading in Arms, South Heighton member’s home. Waiting list for Weds: 8pm. Tel: 07873 751166 membership. www.esfwi.org.uk/ or 01273 514529 seaford Seaford Community Garden Seahaven Lioness Club Crouch Gardens next to the The Old Plough, Church St, Peace Garden Seaford, Function Room Weds: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Garden open, plants and Monthly meeting. Tel: 0845 produce for sale. All welcome.

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music & drama The Archway Blatchington Rd Tel 01323 897590 www.thearchwaygroup.com Gospelish Choir Mon: 8pm - 9.30pm. Gospel & soul-inspired music. £7 a session.

Contemporary Choir Con Club, Crouch Lane Weds: 12.30pm - 2pm at Archway, 8pm - 9.30pm Everything from Ellington to Supertramp. £7 per session.

Bishopstone Chorale 10a Hurdis Rd, Bishopstone Sat: 10.30-12.30pm. Small friendly group (est 17 yrs) sing madrigals to songs from musicals.Tenors & basses needed.Tel: 490886 Chyngton Youth Academy of Arts and Drama St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Rd Thurs: 4pm. Ages 5-12 Fri: 5.30pm. Ages 12-18.

For drama classes contact Ellen on 07791 081935 The Downs Singers Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Crn. Weds: 10.30am - 11.30am.

Friendly. No need to read music.

Tel: 01323 896422 on Tues 10am -12 noon, or come on the day.

Haven Harmonies Hillcrest Centre, Hillcrest Road, Newhaven Mon: 7 - 9pm. Contemporary repertoire accompanied on guitar. No need to read music. £5 per session. Contact Marian Stanley for more information on 01273 611068 or email: marianstanley43@gmail.com Play Readings at the Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road 1st Tues every month: 7.30pm.

Everyone welcome to join in or just listen, play readings are held in the coffee lounge. Tel: Mary 01323 351882 or email gmaryyoung@gmail.com Seaford Choral Society Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Mon: 7.15 - 9.15pm. No experience necessary. Tel: 01323 482387, email: info@seafordchoral-society.com www.seaford-choral-society.com Seaford Handbell Ringers St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Rd Weds: 10am and 2pm. New members welcome.

Tel Jo on 01323 893878

Seaford Little Theatre Workshop & Social Evening Steyne Road Weds: 7.30 - 10pm (except during productions). Set building, props and backstage activities.

Tel 01323 351882 Seaford Musical Theatre The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Tues & Thurs: 7.30pm.

Rehearsals - new members welcome. Tel: 01323 492240 Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Weds: 6 - 8pm. Performance based learning for young people.

Enquiries: 07710 426321 or email: paulawoolven@hotmail.com Seaford Silver Band Seaford Head School, Steyne Rd Weds: 8 - 10pm. Rehearsals.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 892424 or 07740 646386 visit www. seafordsilverband.co.uk Seaford Youth Drama Group Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd Mon: groups from 5pm.

Very reasonable prices. New members welcome. Contact Chris on 01323 892023 Sound Baths The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road 1st and 3rd Tues of the month: Bathe in these lovely soothing sounds. Tel Therese on 07515 961327 Southdown Society of Recorder Players St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Road 4th Sat of the month: 2 - 5pm.

Contact Maggie Jakeman, 01323 895552 or email: mjakeman@sky.com U3A ‘Hotch-Potch Orchestra’ St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Road Fri: 10am - 12 noon. Conductor Pat White. Tel: Phyllys Merrifield on 01323 893882 U3A Recorder Group St James’ Trust Clubhouse, Blatchington Road Weds: 2 - 4pm. Contact Maggie Jakeman on 01323 895552

Baby & Pre-School

Ante- & Postnatal Excercise Class Downs Leisure Centre, Seaford Tues: 10.45 - 11.30am. Specialtist excercise class for mums to be and new mums. Crèche on site or baby welcome in class. Tel: 07901 683577 or 01323 490011 or email c.s.cornish@hotmail.com

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Boxercise® Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd Mon & Weds: 7-8pm. Beginners class.

Fri: 6-7pm. Circuits.

Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Tues: 7-8pm. Ladies only.

Tel: Claire 07711 890956

Baby and Toddler Experience Seaford, Lewes and Newhaven Classes for babies & toddlers to develop, learn and have fun.

Tel: 07834 231971 www.the babyandtoddlerexperience.co.uk

Circuit Training Lewes Road Hut, Robinson Road, Newhaven Thurs: 9am - 10am. Free 4-week course begins 2nd July.

Booking mandatory. Tel 01273 516032, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk

Artsmart Pre-school Messy Play Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 11am - 12pm. Drop in £4.50, siblings £3. Artsmart holiday workshops contact Ann on 07834 629133 or facebook

Parent and Toddler Group St Peter’s Church Chapel Rms Tues: 9 - 11am. Open to all.

Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. Parents and toddlers group for fathers, grandfathers or male carers and their pre-school children.

sport & dance Aerobics Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Tues: 6.30pm - 7.30pm.

Tel: 07786 425758 www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Alfriston Badminton Club Pleasant Rise, Alfriston Weds: 8 - 10pm. Small friendly group looking to expand its membership. All standards welcome. Tel: 01323 645210

Denton Indoor Bowls Club Denton Island, Newhaven Mon - Sun: 9am - 7pm. New members welcome. Tel 01273 514664 Expressive Creative Dance Class Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Road Weds 7.15 - 8.30pm. Starts 7th October. 6 weeks £30, drop in £6. Tel Bettina on 07712 345981 Extend Activities to music, suitable for older people. have fun while you improve your balance and mobility, with seated options.

For classes and times in the area tel Sandria on 01273 514152

Fitness League Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Tues: 7 - 8pm. Fun and friendly classes suitable for all abilities and ages (term time only). First class free, then £5. Call Jackie on Ballet, Tap and Modern 01435 812950 or wood555@ Bond School of Dance, St aol.com. www.thefitnessleague.

Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road com Weds, Fri & Sat: from 3 years.

Fitness Pilates Free trial class. Tel: 01323 Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd 492795 or 07703 485348 Tues: 12.30 - 1.30pm. £7.50 pay www.nikki-b-danceschool.co.uk as you go or £49 for 8 sessions.

Ballet,Tap, Modern & Jazz Have fun! Suitable for all. Contact Seahaven Dance, Seaford and Karen on 01273 305827 email: Newhaven Mon - Sat Contact Mechele on karen.funandfit@gmail.com 07738 831616, email: info@seahavendance.co.uk www.seahavendance.co.uk

Body Vibes Windover Fitness, nr Alfriston Tues: 10am. Thurs: 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Body Works Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 1.30pm: All age circuits, 2.45 - 4pm: Older adult stretch & tone. £5 pp. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034

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Football Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: lunchtime. Indoor kickabout for Seaford Head Year 7 & 8 students only. Steyne Site sports hall. 5pm - 6pm. Free kickabout for Year 7+, Downs Leisure Centre. Fri: 9 - 10pm.

Football Street League session with Brighton & Hove Albion in the Community. Downs Leisure Centre, £1. Tel: 01323 892531 Forces Fit The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Weds: 7pm Sun: 10am Free tasters available. Book online at www.forcesfit.co.uk

Health Walks Martello Tower/The Salts Café 10am - 11am. New health walks, subsequently to run every first Tuesday (from Salts Café) and third Tuesday (from Martello Tower) of the month. All ages and abilities welcome. Free. Run

by The Conservation Volunteers.

Tel Paula on 07740 899559, email p.hubens@tcv.org.uk

Line Dancing with Studio In Line Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon 7.30 -10pm. All levels Downs Leisure Centre Thurs 9.30 - 10.30am. Absolute beginners, 10.30am - 12pm All levels. Tel: 07931 930770

Meditation The Yurt, side entrance Florence House, Southdown Rd Sun: 6.30 - 7.30pm. Come Health Walks by Sussex and sample meditation Community Development from different traditions. All Association Various locations Mons: 10am - 12 noon. Meet at are welcome. Donation by Morrisons, Dane Road, Seaford, contribution. Tel Marisha: 07739 440883 and 1 - 3pm meet at Big Park, Piddinghoe Avenue, Peacehaven. Meditation & Relaxation Tues: 10.30am - 12 noon.

St James’ Clubhouse, Meet at the Tye by St Andrews Blatchington Rd Church, Alfriston.

Sat: 10 - 11am.

Weds: 10.30am - 12 noon.

The Archway, Blatchington Rd Meet at Guinness Court, Iveagh Tues: 11am -12 noon.

Cresc., Denton and 12.30 Fri: 6 - 7pm. Tel on 01323 2.30pm, meet at Kiosk Foyles 365802 or 07557 539507.

Way, Upper Dukes Drive, Email: pia1807@hotmail.co.uk Eastbourne Mums’ Fitness Mercread Fri: 10am - 12 noon. Meet at Linklater Pavillion, Railway Lane, Centre, Mercread Rd Mon: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Lewes.

Weds: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Also a wide range of free courses - exercise, cooking and Fri: 9.30am. Total Toning Seaford emotional wellbeing. Tel. 01273 516032 email: healthylifestyles@ Tues: 9.30am. Tots and Tums Thurs: 9.30am. Tots & Tums sussexcommunity.org.uk Children welcome in all classes.

Kettlercise £25 for 5. New members first Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd 3 classes £10. www.facebook.

Mon & Weds: 6-7pm. Amazing com/MumsFitnessUK new fat burning and toning class. Tel Alex 07540 551054 Tel: Claire 07711 890956 Pilates The Archway Arts Kids’ Boxercise® Centre, Blatchington Road Seaford Primary School, Tues & Thurs evenings Wilkinson Way Weds, Thurs & Fri mornings Tues: 3.30 - 4.15pm. Tel: 01323 Tel Tricia 07941 922129 896600 or 07711 890956 www.pilatesofseaford.co.uk Line Dancing Pilates - Movement for Life Daytime classes for mixed abilities. Tel Val on 01323 325993 Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House,Warwick Road Line Dancing Mon, Weds, Thurs, Sat: daytime Mercread Youth Centre, Thurs: evening. Classes for Mercread Road all ages and abilities daytimes Tues: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - and Thurs evening. Back care, Modified and Progressive Pilates.

9pm Intermediates.

Tel: Karen 01323 873309, email: Fri: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - karenmoves@gmail.com www. movementforlife-pilates.co.uk 9pm Intermediates.

Tel Gina on 01273 470456 Purrfect Yoga or 07443 425621 Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Line Dancing with the Dance Co. Thurs: 6.20pm The Yurt at Florence House St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd Thurs 9am - 10.15am. Beginners Tues: 7am Weds: 11.45am and 1pm Thurs: 8.15am followed by coffee.

St James’ Clubhouse, Tel: 07477 600096, email: Blatchington Rd, Seaford donna_steele@rocketmail.com Mon: 8.30am beginners yoga, 9.30am. Tues: 6.30pm pregnancy and new mum yoga. 7.30pm (with Beautiful Yoga). All abilities welcome. Ante- and postnatally

trained. Tel: Catherine 07901 683577. www.facebook. com/purrfectyoga or email c.s.cornish@hotmail.com Seaford & District Folk Dance Group Sutton Hall, Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon: 7.45pm. New members welcome. Tel: 01323 890759 or 07941 378080 Seaford Bowling Club Chichester Road April-Sept: Outdoor bowls.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 892831 www.seafordbowlingclub.org Seaford Kurlers Downs Leisure Centre Tues: 2 - 4pm. All welcome. Tel: June Wood on 01323 895376 Seaford Netball Club Seaford Head Sports Hall Mon: 5pm-5.30pm. Starlets, age 7-9, £2.50.

5.30pm-6.30pm. Shadows, age 10-12, £3.

6.30pm-7.30pm. Shadows, age 13-15, £3.

7.30pm-9pm. Seniors, £5.

New members welcome. Tel Clare Flack: 07724 956649.

Seaford Rambling Club Various locations A varied programme of walks for active people. For details tel 01323 894370 or www.seafordrambling-club.freeola.org Seaford Rugby Football Club Salts Recreation Ground, Marine Parade Tues & Thurs: 7 - 9pm.

Recruiting new players for two teams in the Sussex leagues.

Come along or contact Paul Burns on 07732 202208

Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Wed: 10.15am-12.15pm. Visitors, new members welcome. £4 pw.

Tel: 01323 897315 Sk8school Inline Skating Hard Football Pitch near the Salts play area, Marine Parade Weds: 10am - 11am & 4.30 5.30pm. Beginners class Learn a new skill and get fit for summer. £8 adults, £5 children. Advance booking essential. Protective gear must be worn and can be hired in advance. Skate hire £5.

Call 07988 151632 email: info@simonewells.com www.sk8school.co.uk Swimming Lessons Newlands School, Eastbourne Rd Sat: Beginners: 9.15 - 9.45am, Improvers: 9.45 - 10.30am, Improver 2/advanced: 10.30 -11.15am. 6-week courses, £30.

Tel: 07989 455020 Tea Dancing Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Thurs: 2 - 4.30pm tea dance with Peter Harvey. Tel: 01323 890087 Wave Leisure Health Walks From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Thurs: 10am. Tel: 01323 490011 Wellness Centre, Seaford Sun: 9am. FREE Fit Club All ages and abilities, includes advice on nutrition.

Tues: 9.15am. FREE health walks.

FREE sports nutrition talks and evaluations by appointment 1:1 or for clubs and groups. Booking required call Sue: 07969 041865

Yoga Newhaven Tues: 10am. 60+ yoga 7pm. Pranayama and meditation Weds: 10am. Pregnancy yoga 2pm. Gentle yoga for those living with cancer, ME and heart ailments 7pm. Classical therapeutic yoga.

Thurs: 10am. Mixed abilities Seaford Striders Running Club New yoga studio with all equipment provided. 5-week From Downs Leisure Centre Mon & Weds (main night): 7pm. courses for small groups with highly qualified teacher.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Tel: 01273 512306 www.seafordstriders.org.uk Yoga Classes for the Less Able Seaford Table Tennis St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd Seaford Head College, Sports Thurs: 11am - 12pm. Seaford Hall, Steyne Road Group of Eastbourne & South Thurs: 7 - 9pm. Players of all Wealden Multiple Sclerosis levels welcome.

Society. Exercises on floor and Email: john.jrinst@gmail.com chair with trained yoga teacher. £4 per lesson. Tel. 01323 492351 Seaford Rugby Football Club Junior Training Salts Recreation Ground, Marine Parade Sun: 10.30am -12pm. Ages ranging from 6 to 16, a friendly but ambitious squad. Come along or tel 07818 438378

Yoga Living Sussex The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road Weds: 6pm-7.30pm.

Lewes Subud Centre Thurs: 5.15pm-6.30pm.

Gentle hatha yoga An easy introduction with a set series of postures to stretch and relax.

Tel: Sophie 07444 549859, email: yogalivinghome@gmail.com www.yoga-living.weebly.com

Zumba: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs 10am-11am Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Weds 7.30-8.30pm Zumba Gold: Peacehaven RC Church Hall Weds: 11am-12 noon Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Weds: 6.30-7.30pm Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Thurs: 2pm-3pm Downs Leisure Centre, Seaford Yoga – Satyam Yoga Fri: 2pm-3pm Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Road Tel: 07786 425758 Thurs: 10am -11.30am. www.louisecavefitness.co.uk All levels of ability, beginners welcome. £40 5 class pass, £8 Weight loss & per class valid for 8 weeks or Beauty £10 per class drop-in. Tel: 07774 12-Week Community Weight 862499. www.satyamyoga.co.uk Loss Challenge The Wellness Centre, Seaford Yoga – Seahaven Yoga The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Tues: 10.30am Thurs: 6.30pm. £35 (£2.90 pw) Weds: 6.30pm, Sat: 9.30am Summerhayes Centre, Marshall with chance to win £300.

1:1 consultations for health and Lane, Newhaven wellness including 3 day weight Tues & Thurs: 6.15pm. loss trials. For mor information The Anahata Health Clinic Tel: 07969 041865 119/120 Edward St, Brighton www.weightlossseaford.co.uk Weds: 10.45 - 11.45am.

The Yurt, Florence House, Overeaters Anonymous Southdown Road, Seaford A self-help group for people Thurs: 2.30pm who wish to change their Gentle traditional yoga suitable behaviour around food and for all. Tel 07983 622840/01323 eating. www.oagb.org.uk 892638 seahavenyoga@ Skincare Consultations btinternet.com Wellness Centre, Seaford www.seahavenyoga.co.uk 1:1 or groups - gifts for hostess.

Yoga – Smile Yoga Call Sue on 07969 041865 Seaford, Newhaven & Peacehaven Slimming World See website for schedule.

Seaford Constitutional Club www.smileyoga.co.uk Tues: 9.30am. Tel: Annette 07581 email: diana@smileyoga.co.uk 751116 or 01273 757339 Yoga with Therese Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 6.30 - 8pm Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Thurs: 6.30 - 8pm Meridian Community Centre Peacehaven Thurs: 10.30am - 12pm.

Beginners and intermediates welcome. Tel Therese on 07515 961327 or email: theresesaunders7@aol.com

Zumba & Fitsteps with Becky Chyngton School, Milberg Road Mon: 7 - 8pm, Zumba Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Tue: 7.15pm - 8pm, Fitsteps Discounts for loyalty cards.

Tel: 07892 884944 Zumba and Dance & Tone with Louise Dance & Tone: Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Tues 7.30-8.30pm.

Weight Loss Challenge & Wellness Club WellnessWorks, Seaford Fri: 11am. £35 for 12 weeks.

Free private consultation by appointment. Tel 01323 897671 Herbalife Healthy Breakfast & Sampling Free. Tel 01323 897671 Skin Care Workshop & Facial Free. Tel 01323 897671 Weight Watchers 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Sutton Road Mon: 9.45am. Join us and relax with a cup of coffee or tea.

Leader Sally 01273 605749. www.weightwatchers.co.uk Weight Watchers Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Weds: 5.45pm. Come along and learn about ProPoints. Contact Sue on 07786 967000.

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