Seaford Scene November 2018

SEAFORD Scene November 2018 Issue 139

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

World War I Remembered Seaford Choral Society

Rotary Club of Seaford Hatful of Rain – Seaford Sessions

The Youth Counselling Project

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Welcome...

to the November issue of Seaford Scene. Remember, remember the 5th of November...and also remember this year it’s the Amistice Centenary on 11th November when we mark 100 years since the end of World War I. We have articles about the event throughout this issue including an illustrated talk at the Crypt (page 11), Seaford Choral Society’s Only Remembered concert (page 18), Friends of Bishopstone Station (page 115) and St Peter’s Church (page 65). We have news from Seaford Music Society on page 16 and Seaford Sessions – a new non-profit community venture that brings live music to Seaford – invites A Hatful of Rain to play at Seaford Little Theatre on the 24th, very exciting! See page 25 for more details. Cradle Hill Community Primary School celebrated 50 years last month with a party for past and present students and staff, see page 47 and we have all the latest news from the Youth Counselling project on page 22. Seaford Photographic Society once again amaze us with some wonderful images on page 83 and a new podcast ‘Blank’ is launched by local writer Giles Paley-Philips and comedian Jim Daley, who chat with well-known celebrities about what happens when your mind goes... err...blank! See page 40. Oh, and Christmas Magic returns on 1st December...the countdown begins here!

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Cycle Seahaven WWI Remembered Celebrating Sussex Artist at VR Flowers & Son Seaford Music Society Discover the Songwriter in You...

Seaford Choral Society Murder on the Nile – Seaford Little Theatre Concentus Catch-up The Youth Counselling Project Hatful of Rain Seaford Evening Flower Club Hypnotherapy for Phobias and More...

Citizens Advice – Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club Blank – A Podcast Series The Seaford Silver Band Cradle Hill Community Primary School Newhaven Hillcrest Country Market Christmas Event Seaford Stamp & Post Card Club U3A News Short’s Sussex Don’t Forget Painted Beach Garden Seats Rotary Club of Seaford Seaford Photographic Society Plastic Free Seaford Refill Seaford and Newhaven is Spreading the Word Stay Safe on the Sussex Cliffs!

Seaford Kurlers Neighbourhood Watch Roundup Newberry Tully – Picture Perfect Who’s Who in Seaford?

Fun All Round as Seaford Sends in the Clowns Clifden House – Fulfilling and rewarding Job Opportunities in Seaford Battle of Britain Night Silent Soldiers in Remembrance A View From The Potting Shed Elms For Armistice Seaford Community Garden Seaford Tree Wardens The French Twinning Group Burleys is Named a Finalist in National Groundsmanship Awards What’s On in November?

What’s On Weekly?

Index of Businesses

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Seaford Christmas Magic is back!

With only a few weeks to go, Seaford Town Council and the Christmas Magic Committee elves are busy at work bringing together plans for another magical Christmas experience here in Seaford! Make sure to put the date in your diary – Saturday 1st December. Seaford Christmas Magic will be bringing the sounds and smells of Christmas with a full range of entertainment and attractions for the people of Seaford and the surrounding areas. This year includes live music, a Children’s Area with Santa’s Grotto, Reindeers, Owls and lantern making.

A full day of entertainment has been booked on the Main Stage in Broad Street starting from 10am.

Acts confirmed are Jamie Morgan with Virginia Thorn Music, Rebecca Clay with Colin Hughes, Seaford Choral Society, Pop Up’s, Concentus, SPRuNG, Up the Tempo Dance School, Vocal Repertoire, Kings Church, Archway Choir, and the Boogie Sound Machine. The evening ends with the Christmas lights being switched on by the Mayor at 5.30pm.

Thanks to Tansley’s Printers there will be a Tansley’s Performance stage in their entrance off Broad Street, where Shannon Smith will be hosting a thrilling mix of vocalists, musicians, and other exciting contemporary performances.

Also, listen out for the Stix Drummers as they will be drumming around the Town throughout the day. The Library will be hosting story times on the hour for 15 minutes between 1pm and 4pm, and St Leonard’s Church will be open between 10am and 5pm for children’s crafts, along with an eclectic mix of seasonal readings interspersed with acoustic music and song.

Seaford Cinema’s Christmas Presentation is Paddington 2. The performance starts at 6pm at the Barn Theatre in Saxon Lane. Tickets are on sale from the Tourist

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Information Centre. More information can be found www.staylewes.org There will be a Free Lantern Making Workshop on Saturday 1st December at St Leonard’s Church Hall from 12 noon until 4pm (suitable for all ages). The children are then invited to participate in the Lantern Parade which assembles at 4.45pm.

Lanterns can be taken home after the parade. The lanterns are lit by LED lights and are a safe and fun decoration for all during the festive period. Thank you also to the ‘Chalk Cliffs Trust’ who have very kindly sponsored the Lantern Parade. This has enabled us to to offer this magical activity for free.

Shop owners in the Town Centre are also invited to enter into the Shop Window Display Competition.

This is being organised jointly with Seaford Chamber of Commerce and Seaford Town Council. Windows will be judged on Friday 30th November from 5pm, by the Chamber President, Seaford Mayor and the Young Mayor. There will be one winner and two highly commended displays. Flyers will be delivered to shops in the weeks beforehand with further details.

Seaford Christmas Magic success relies completely on gaining sponsorship from local businesses. Thank you to all our sponsors this year so far, who have sponsored the Christmas Magic Programme. The programme will be available from local shops, cafés and businesses in the weeks before the event. It will also be available to pick up on the day. Thanks also go to local businesses who have made it possible to bring back the Reindeer!

We only have a few stalls remaining. Contact us before they sell out or to find out more!

Email: facilities@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk www.seafordxmasmagic.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/seafordchristmasmagic If you can give a little of your time or support in other ways, the Seaford Christmas Magic Team is always looking for volunteers to help on the day.

If you are interested in being part of the event in any way, please contact Seaford Town Council on 01323 872975 or facilities@seafordtowncouncil. gov.uk Photo: Reindeer ay Seaford Christmas Magic 2017.

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Arts@theCrypt

Arts and cultural events in the Seaford area Welcome to the latest update on what’s going on in our vibrant town, compiled by Andrea Hargreaves.

Cinema

Allan Bennett’s ironic Alleluja! (15) at the Barn Theatre on Thursday 1st November at 7pm opens the month’s packed Seaford Community Cinema programme with an NT Live screening. Set in an NHS hospital geriatric ward, it is far from gloomy and tickets to see it are selling fast. On Friday 2nd November at 7.30pm go behind the camera with New Wave era director Agnès Varda (90) as she travels round France with photographer JR creating murals of individuals, communities and locations for Oscar-nominated Faces Places (PG).

In collaboration with Arts@theCrypt, Sunday 11th November at 4pm sees the showing of Journey’s End (12A), set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918 as a group of British officers await their fate. The film is being preceded by a short film in which Brighton poet Tommy Sissons recites Our Children Will Inhabit a Wilderness.

Best Picture Oscar winner The Shape of Water (15) is being shown on Friday 16th November at 7.30pm. This dark fantasy is set in Cold War era America. Then on Saturday 17th November at 2.30pm there’s a matinée screening of Edie (12A) in which a feisty octogenarian (Sheila Hancock) proves that it is never too late to follow her dream of trying to climb a remote Scottish mountain. Another Alan Bennett play, The Madness of George III (12A) (NT Live), is being screened on Tuesday 20th November at 7pm, with Swedish Oscar-nominated and Palme d’Or winning comedy-drama The Square (15) on Friday 23rd November at 7.30pm. Thursday 29th November sees a screening of The King and I beamed from the London Palladium, an award-winning reprise of the original musical. Tickets NT Live £13.50 non member, £12.50 member, £8 18 and under; films £6/ £5/£3.50.

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Go to the Church Street gallery on Sunday 4th November for a poetry workshop at 11am, tickets £8 from Eventbrite or on the door. Between Thursday and Saturday 8th to 10th November the gallery is commemorating the end of World War I. On Saturday 17th November Modern Makers are holding a bookmaking workshop from 10.15am until 1.30pm costing £30, tickets from www.modmakersgallit@g.mail. com. From Tuesday to Sunday 13th to 18th November there’s to be a mixed media show called Living Things 2018, with Andrea Crook, Natalie Deane, Belen Gomez, Chris Hesketh, Sophie Wake and Emily Warren.

Drama

From Friday 9th until Saturday 17th November the Little Theatre is staging Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile directed by Gary Fowler. This well-known play was from a Christie story written in 1937 and first performed in London in 1946.There’s a matinée on Saturday 10th November starting at 2.30pm, with no evening performance on that date. All other performances start at 7.45pm.Tickets are available in person only from Redgold opticians, costing £9 for tiered seating and £8 for flat.

Music

Splash Point Jazz is jamming at The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, on Sunday 11th November when trombonist Jeff Williams is joining the Neal Richardson Trio.

Florence House is the venue for a jazz/blues evening with Jane Reeves on Thursday 22nd November, tickets £10 to raise money for The Youth Counselling Project, see page 22.

The very popular Seaford Sessions is introducing Brighton-based three-piece English, Celtic and American Bluegrass fusion band Hatful of Rain to the Little Theatre on Saturday evening, 24th November, doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start, see page xx. Tickets £10 in advance from www.seafordsessions.org and Seaford Tourist Office, or £12.50 on the door.

Meanwhile Seaford Choral Society is presenting an autumn concert called Only Remembered, at the Baptist Church the same evening, starting at 7pm, to include an audio-visual experience to commemorate the end of WW1, with pieces from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man. Email me your events at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com Photo: Sheila Hancock in Edie showing on 17th November

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Cycle Seahaven Cycle Seahaven is keen to play a part in the local community and a couple of months ago, CSH assisted Lee Wakefield, Service Manager of Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA) with its open day by organising a ride for Staff and Work Colleagues, who are involved in a bike recycling project.

SCDA is a charity which supports a range of community activities, helping people gain confidence in the workplace whilst learning new skills. They up-cycle donated bicycles destined for scrap and these are then available to the public to buy. You can find them on Denton Island – great if you are looking for a decent cheap bike to come and join us.

Our Ride Leader Co-Ordinator, Mike Winser, organised a route with the assistance of three more Ride Leaders – Sarah Winser, Dave Sutton and Roger Lambert. The ride started at the Centenary Park, Peacehaven, and then 11 riders from SCDA, who were riding bikes that had been up-cycled by themselves,

SEAFORD MUSEUM and HERITAGE SOCIETY Wednesday 14th November at 2:30pm An illustrated talk by Kevin Gordon

"Sussex 1918 The Armistice and Beyond" In The Little Theatre Admission £5.- or £2.- for Members

Summer opening times are: Sundays & Bank Holidays: 11am to 4pm Wednesdays and Saturdays: 2pm to 4pm Winter opening times are: (from 28 October) Sundays & Bank Holidays: 11am to 4pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Group visits are available at other times by appointment. Archives are open on the first Sunday afternoon of each month.

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cycled 9 miles via cross country, cyclepaths and road to Denton Island where SCDA was running an open day which Cycle Seahaven supported with the help of Denis Bass and Diane Norman. A great day was had by all and we recieved a lovely repsonse from Lee: ‘Hi Mike, I wanted to thank you and the others in your team for playing such a huge part in making the day a success. Your team was a real credit to the club. I wanted to say a special thanks to the way you supported a number of different riders, those who had bike difficulties to encouraging struggling riders to enable everyone to get to the finish point. Really grateful to those who had taken time off work to be there.’

Cycling Without Age: The CSH nominated charity this year was Cycling Without Age and at the beginning of October, we were excited by the news that not only was the charity able to afford a tri-shaw, but the Rampion Wind Farm had matched the funds to enable the Charity to purchase two tri-Shaws. Many of CSH members have volunteered to pilot the tri-shaws and these are available to hire, free of charge in order to get those individuals who are isolated either through age or disability, out into the fresh air. We will continue to support the charity to help cover the costs of insurance and maintenance of the bikes and donations will continue to be welcomed.

Our Health Rides and Ride the Downs project may have drawn to a close for this year, but don’t let that stop you. They will be back next year and bikes are available to borrow, including some e-bikes. But, you don’t have to wait until then – you can join us on up to three rides before becoming a member and reaping the benefits of membership. Join now and your next payment of £7 (single membership) won’t be due until 1st January 2020. What are you waiting for?

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WWI Remembered Eighteen months ago a group of local artists and historians met to plan an event that commemorates the 100 years anniversary of the end of WW1 this November.

Kevin Gordon begins with a free talk in the Crypt Gallery on the Armistice on Friday 9th November at 7pm.

Throughout the weekend, images of the local and stationed troops who died will be projected on local buildings in the evening, as well as specially created animated sequences by film and animation specialists, Filmspot Ltd. On Saturday, The Crypt Gallery will have two installations from the ‘There But Not There’ campaign,

which is a national commemoration initiative providing silhouette artworks to communities throughout the country, as well as an exhibition of artefacts including two local residents talking about their grandfathers – local serving men – with their memorabilia.

On Sunday Seaford Community Cinema is showing a poignant film about WW1, ‘Journeys End’, at 4pm, preceded by a short film in which Brighton poet Tommy Sissons recites ‘Our Children Will Inhabit a Wilderness’. See the Seaford Community Cinema website for ticket details.

The event finishes on Sunday evening 11/11 with St Leonard’s Church bell ringers joining with other bell ringers around the country in a joined-up ring.

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Seaford Music Society Seaford Music Society (SMS) will be holding its second concert of the autumn/ winter programme at 3pm on Sunday 25th November in St Leonard’s Church.

The Touchwood Piano Quartet are no strangers to Seaford, having given several concerts for Seaford Music Society over the past few years. They are led

by Fiona McCapra, who grew up in Seaford, attending Seaford Head School before going on to study violin at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Fiona formed the McCapra Quartet and later became a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In 1996, together with Judith Busbridge (viola), Adrian Bradbury (cello) and Andrew West (piano) she formed Touchwood. The Quartet have performed concerts all around the UK, in Canada and throughout Europe as well as participating in the International Music Festival in Nuremberg and at Banff Centre for Arts in Canada. Whilst there the Quartet recorded a highly acclaimed CD of piano quartets by Chausson and Saint Saens.

For this concert they will be playing Beethoven’s Opus 16 written when he was just 15 years old and before the composer had arrived in Vienna. It is a hugely entertaining work, brimming with youthful energy.

Following the interval we will hear the C minor quartet composed by Johannes Brahms in 1875, the very same year Alexander Bell invented the telephone. The work cryptically references the composer’s love for his lifelong friend and muse Clara Schumann, by including the letters of her name in the main theme. Of course, had he known about it, he might have simply used the new-fangled telephone instead!

All are welcome to the concert, admission for nonSMS members is £15 per person, students in full time education £5, accompanied children admitted free.

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Seaford Choral Society

humour and encouragement makes learning the music a pleasure.

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road.

Saturday 24th November at 7.30pm.

Tickets available on the door.

We always start with a warmup relevant to the music planned for that evening and we have a tea break half way through the session. We realise the importance of feeling welcomed and the break is a chance to chat with other choir members. We are lucky to have John Eady, our accompanist who is an extremely able musician. He and Colin work very well together and entertain us with their jokey banter, and sometimes it is easy to forget, with all the laughter, that they are very able musicians, not comedians! Nevertheless, we still work hard! We are lucky to have at times a professional mezzo, Rebecca Anstey, who teaches us how to project our voices.

So, referring back to the October Seaford Scene, it was also acknowledged that singing is good for you. It encourages effective breathing and it is very satisfying to sing harmonies in four parts – soprano, alto, tenor and bass.

ONLY REMEMBERED concert

Following on from our last October entry, we are pleased to say that we have some new, keen singers who have joined us. We would welcome still more singers as the choir is an enjoyable and fun place to be on Monday evenings, starting at 7pm. If you are considering trying us out, you are most welcome to come along.

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Murder on the Nile

Seaford Little Theatre 9th-17th November Seaford Little Theatre is looking forward to its forthcoming production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile which opens on 9th November at 7.45pm and runs until 17th November There will be one matinée performance, on 10th, November with no evening performance that day.

After the matinée the run resumes on Monday 12th November, with all performances beginning at 7.45pm.

One of the interesting things about this production is that Murder on the Nile is the original play from which Death on the Nile has been adapted. Poirot does not feature in the original version, although there is certainly a sleuth and lots of the red herrings we have

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come to expect from ‘an Agatha Christie’.

The whole theatre is going to become an extension of the Lotus, the cruise ship on which the play takes place, so audiences can really feel part of the action. It’s all going to be a lot of fun, so come along and share it with us!

Tickets go on sale to the general public three weeks before opening night. The box office is Redgold, the opticians in Broad Street.

Rehearsal photos: Garry Fowler, Director, points out the Philae temple at Shellal on the banks of the Nile. Canon Pennefather (Alan Lade) and Jacqueline De Severac (Andrea Lowe) have a cunning plan…perhaps!

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Concentus Catch-up Concentus is the choir that never stops and is continually looking for ways and venues to sing at every given opportunity!

In June they performed two very well received concerts, delighting their appreciative audiences and raising £1,284.63 for their chosen charity the JPK Project. The charity provides training for local people requiring learning difficulty support at its specialist centre in Church Street, Eastbourne and is working towards enhancing their students learning skills by constructing supported living accommodation.

During the summer break, choir members met in July to sing at the Lakeside Festival in Eastbourne where people were able to sit in hot sunshine to enjoy the performance.

In August Concentus held its annual BBQ which provided a much enjoyed opportunity to socialise with a fabulous feast of food and to be royally entertained with various acts bravely performed by fellow members!

In October Concentus was once again invited to appear at the Big Charity Concert at Eastbourne’s Hippodrome Theatre where, with other acts, they entertained a large audience to raise money for St Wilfred’s Hospice. And on Saturday 1st December Concentus is delighted to be returning to sing and help raise the Christmas spirit as part of Seaford Christmas Magic.

Rehearsals for the ‘Concentus Sings Christmas’ concerts started at the beginning of September. New members were personally greeted and made to feel very welcome when introduced to their singing sections and were very well supported as they ‘learned the ropes’ and got to know new people. Concentus welcomes all new members throughout the year and especially singers from the lower voice ranges.

Preparations for the concerts are well underway, the choir members once again enjoying learning and polishing to perfection the wide range of music which is one of Concentus’s ‘trade marks’. Adrian White, Musical Director has again chosen pieces that he knows will be thoroughly enjoyed by members and audiences alike and will take the singers to new levels of achievement!

The programme includes carols some, like ‘Gaudete - Rejoice!’ (M Hurd), through to ‘Stable Carol’ (V Meakins) from more modern times. Other Christmas songs include ‘Feliz Navidad’ by the Puerto Rican songwriter and ‘Ring out Wild Bells’ the musical setting (by P Fletcher) of a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

There are classical pieces too, including: Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’; ‘He Watching over Israel’ from Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’; a Vivaldi duet ‘Laudamus Te’ and a modern piece entitled ‘The Prayer: Laudamus Te’ from Karl Jenkins’ ‘Gloria’.

Concentus has many more Christmas treats in store for you, including ‘Christmas at the Movies’ which contains many well-known songs and carols for audience participation making this the perfect start to your seasonal festivities.

So note the date, buy your tickets and come along to enjoy all the many delights on offer.

If you would like to find out more about Concentus then do go to their website www.concentus-sings. com. For an informal trial sing, contact Louise on 07799 116653 or email, info@concentus-sings.

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The Youth Counselling Project As this issue of Seaford Scene went to press, town-based group, The Youth Counselling Project, was persuading its volunteers and friends to take to the catwalk as models for a fund-raising fashion show at Broad Street store M&Co and planning an intimate Jazz and Blues evening.

Meanwhile, local hairdresser Penny Jenner is so aware of the need for the service that she is holding her own charity event on Wednesday 14th November from 9am until 5.30pm at her Salon Sassy Hair and Beauty in the High Street when, instead of paying the salon, clients will make a suggested minimum donation of £10 to go to The Youth Counselling Project.

Penny said: ‘I feel we need to take youth mental health very seriously, and give them services that are easy to access. Between my husband and I we have four children between 14 and 21 and are very aware of the pressures children are under whether it is school, social or family pressures.

‘Also we have a large number of customers who are young and we see them go through the stages of school, and they talk to us about things. I feel we need to do a lot more as they are the future. They should have the right to grow up feeling safe, without pressures, and with self-esteem.’

Singer and Archway Choirs leader Jane Reeves, currently touring with the London Symphonia, is giving her time on Thursday 22nd November to entertain at the Jazz and Blues evening at Florence House, Southdown Road. The event, with tables for four to six, and eight, starts at 7pm and continues until 10pm. The £10 tickets are limited, so book up early. There will be wine to buy but you are welcome

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to bring along nibbles to share at your table.

The fashion show was just the latest in a series of events that are being regularly held to raise muchneeded money to pay for counselling to support local young people. Under the scheme, around 40 youngsters a year are receiving 10 therapy sessions each from appropriately trained counsellors. Each therapy package costs £400. Students who would benefit from counselling are referred from local primary schools and from Seaford Head School, with sessions taking place at the senior school.

So far this year local people have generously supported a number of events including quizzes at the Old Plough pub in Church Street – the last one raising more than £300, a Mid-Summer Party in the house and grounds of Florence House, Southdown Road which brought in over £2000, and a mammoth nine-peak mountain walking challenge generously undertaken by Ieuan Ford of Ford Fitness and his wife Rosie in which they walked 71 miles in 41 hours 14 minutes, drove 1,249 miles in 31 hours 30 minutes, climbed 21,713 feet in 163,390 steps and burned 31,023 calories. So far the challenge has raised £895. To donate go to www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/fordfitness.

On 11th December a Christmas pub quiz starts at the Old Plough at 8.30pm, with teams of up to eight, while coming up in 2019 will be the annual Archway concert in April, date to be confirmed, and another Mid-Summer Party at Florence House on Sunday 16 June, back by popular demand.

The Youth Counselling Project is run entirely by volunteers and receives no statutory funding, instead relying on contributions from the public, grants and trusts, businesses and funds generated through the project. To find out how you can help go to www.tycp. org.

Ieuan and Rosie Ford on top of Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the UK and included in their nine-peak challenge, which saw them climbing mountains in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Hatful of Rain

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After their sell-out success with Contraband, Seaford Sessions are returning to the Little Theatre on Saturday 24th November with Hatful of Rain, a band which combines English, Celtic and American Bluegrass traditions. Fusing powerful songwriting with musical flare, this band was formed in 2011 and quickly signed to the Folk/ America label Union Music Hatful of Rain Store.

Their first album, Way Up on the Hill, led to a session on the Bob Harris Radio 2 Saturday show. A second album, The Morning Key, followed in 2014 after which the Hatfuls were nominated to perform at the Americana Music Awards at Nashville and as Best Group in the Spiral Earth Awards. In 2016, the band set about exploring the music that had influenced them in their early music careers. Released on their own label, Long Way Home Music, their EP brought together new arrangements of traditional British and US songs.

The band’s third album, Songs of the Lost and Found, was officially released in July this year and responds to experiences of loss, redemption, migration and austerity.

Between them the band members enjoy an amazing musical range. Phil Jones was raised on psychedelic rock and heavy metal in South Wales, moving to London in the mid-70s where he developed a fascination for folk rock and free jazz. Stumbling into various studio jobs with indie scene-makers Cherry Red Records, Phil was also briefly a member of Felt. In Brighton he became committed to roots music.

Chloë Overton’s maternal grandfather was Belfast fiddle player Arthur Lundy and her paternal greatgrandfather the Swiss classical composer Jean Binet.

She says she started singing at the age of 14 in a bid to get out of piano practice, gaining her Grade Eight in classical voice with Trinity College under the tutelage of Lord Gwain Douglas. She says her love of roots music stems from the chance purchase of an album

by Nanci Griffith, whose music featured covers of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton and Townes Van Zandt songs.

Aged 15, Fred Gregory became a bass player on the jazz/rock scene. In London he played guitar in numerous post-punk-style bands of the era, as well as busking 50s rock ’n’ roll with a friend in Covent Garden, meeting Billy Fury with whom he worked until Fury’s sudden death in 1983. Comedy duo Fred & Dickie formed in 1986. Playing songs from John Denver to the Sex Pistols they came with an X-rated health warning. Later Fred concentrated on studio work and moved to Brighton where he says he sold his soul to American roots music. He is also a member of roots combo Porchlight Smoker.

Previously a foursome, the Brighton-based group will be playing their first gig as a trio since fiddle player James Shenton left to go solo. Seaford Sessions is a new non-profit community venture bringing live music to Seaford featuring the best folk, roots, Americana and other acoustic music.

Buy tickets for Hatful of Rain for £10 from www.seafordsessions.org and Seaford Tourist Office, or on the door for £12.50. Doors and bar open from 7pm for the 7.30pm performance.

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Seaford Evening Flower Club Members of Seaford Evening Flower Club have been busy again, creating a wonderful colour burst of autumn colour for their creation ‘Garden Paradise’.

The display at Paradise Park in Newhaven is complete with a potting-shed feel, with bulbs ready for planting and autumnal fiery tones.

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‘We look forward to welcoming them back again to our charity coffee morning too, when they will be raffling off three lovely displays throughout the morning in aid of St Wilfred’s Hospice.’

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Seaford hard of hearing club Our speaker for the October meeting was Ian Gledhill, who gave a really interesting talk on Johann Strauss. Did you know his father, Johann Strauss snr had six children and left his wife and children to live with his mistress? He did not want his children to have any musical education but his wife saw the boys had musical talent and arranged for them to have lessons. Johann jnr held his first concert at the age of 19 years. It was a great success and in 1954 he conducted at a ball for Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna.

Johann jnr married Yetti Strepps, who was 10 years older than him, in 1862. His success continued, and his waltz The Blue Danube was first played in Paris and become an instant success. Once, when Johann became ill, his younger brother Joseph took over as conductor for him. Joseph was an engineer, who invented the first mechanical road sweeper, he was not really interested in music as a vocation but once his first performance was over he was hooked. He wrote and conducted music for the rest of his life but died young. The youngest son, Eddie, was also a musician but not as successful as his brothers. In fact he destroyed all the written manuscripts of his brothers, including ones that had not been performed.

successes. Yeti died in 1877, and Johann moved from Vienna to Italy and he never played the violin again.

He then married Anjelica Deitrich and that marriage was a disaster. Anjelica left Johann.

When he met Adele, a widow with a young daughter, he was unable to marry because he was a catholic and could not divorce Anjelica. At the suggestion of the Emperor of Saxe Coburg (Ernest) he moved to Coburg where divorce was allowed and became a protestant. Ernest made the declaration of his divorce so he was able to marry Adele. He died in June 1899 aged 74.

Throughout the talk Ian played some of the music of the Strauss family. A great afternoon it was.

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A cream tea is being held on 26th October and our next meeting will be on Friday 2nd November at 2.15pm at St James’ House, Blatchington Road, Seaford, when our speaker will be Neil Sadler on ‘A policeman’s lot can be a quite interesting one’.

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SASSY HAIR & BEAUTY AWARDED 5-STAR RATING The Good Salon Guide, the only independent guide to quality standards in hairdressing in the UK and Ireland, has awarded Sassy Hair & Beauty a prestigious 5-Star rating.

The Good Salon Guide is the easiest and most reliable means of checking out the best Salons in the area. Recognised salons are visited and objectively assessed by top industry professionals, giving potential clients total confidence in their choice.

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A podcast series produced and directed by writer Giles Paley-Philips and comedian Jim Daly A writer and a comedian delve into the human condition with a new podcast that looks at those moments for people when things aren’t working. Titled Blank, the new longform interview podcast series produced and presented by Seaford writer Giles Paley-Phillips, and comedian Jim Daly, is a podcast that looks behind the curtain at well-known people’s careers and what happens to them when things aren’t working. Whether it’s writer’s block, losing an audience, forgetting lines, being off form or just wanting to give up, Blank explores these moments to find out what is causing them and what we can do to get through them.

I’ve been wanting to do this show for many years, having had several bouts of not being able to write and lacking a creative drive, and I wanted to talk to others from other creative industries, sports and politics about when they have these periods, and what they can do to get through it,’ says Giles.

A chance encounter with comedian Jim Daly spurred the project on.

Giles continues ‘Jim and I were talking about me being on his acclaimed podcast FYP about Crystal Palace FC and he’d mentioned about having not done stand-up for a while and his trepidation and wanting to get back into it. I mentioned the idea of podcast, and it soon became obvious we had something special on our hands.’

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The pair have lined up an incredible list of guests to appear including Jon Ronson (top photo l-r Jim, Jon, Giles), Roisin Conaty, Reginald D. Hunter (bottom photo centre) Michael Rosen, Gary Lineker, Susie Dent, Amanda Abbington and many more ‘It’s been incredible,’ says Jim ‘to have such a variety of guests, many of which are heroes of ours, wanting to share their experiences with us, and these kinds of longform interview podcasts make for a very personal and laidback approach.’

Giles adds, ‘We knew we wanted our show to be like a relaxed chat over a cup of tea or coffee, and from the shows we’ve recorded so far it’s led to some amazing insights that I think will really surprise a lot of our listeners.’

Blank launched at the end of October with writer Jon Ronson as the first guest and will be available on all the usual podcast places including iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and Castbox.

For more information please contact info@ theblankpodcast.com or visit www.theblankpodcast. com. You can follow Blank on Twitter, facebook and Instagram at @blankpod.

SHORTCUTS BARBER SHOP

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Jason’s Barber Shop 30 Sutton Road, Seaford East Sussex BN25 1RU Tel. 01323 895655 www.jasonsbarbershop.co.uk

Traditional Barbering for the Modern Man The way a man approaches life’s little rituals tells you what kind of man he is.

At Jason’s Barber Shop we understand that having a trusted, local barber shop gives you more than a good haircut - it gives you the peace of mind that comes with knowing you always look your best.

Visit Jason’s Barber Shop in Seaford and let’s start a new ritual today.

At Jason’s we specialise in traditional, classic and on-trend hairstyles/cuts, as well as offering an exclusive hot towel cut throat razor shave service.

Great location The new-look Jason’s Barber Shop is located in Sutton Road, just off of Broad Street, with free parking right in front of the shop and Sutton Road car park just 30 metres away.

No more waiting We offer the usual walk-in service, or you no longer have to turn up unsure of how long you will have to wait. You can now book an appointment by calling us on: 01323 895655. You can also pre-book your place online by downloading our app or visiting our new website at: www.jasonsbarbershop.co.uk

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Brighton Up your Smile Today!

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Did you know that you don’t have to be referred or move from your current dentist to receive Hygienist Services?

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The Seaford Silver Band ‘A Touch of Brass’ video presentation, https://youtu. be/vBnEJFj7HGk highlights summer performances with interviews from Isla Sitwell, members of Seaford Silver Band Martin Cornforth, Chris Goodchild, and local residents enjoying Tea ’n’ Scones, as brass tones echo across the lawn.

Top ranking Military music, pop and a touch of Bond create the ultimate English garden party atmosphere. Here’s a potted history...

1939

Disbanded due to call-up of members into the armed forces.

1977

Performed on board the MV Senlac at HM the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet.

1984

Performed, also on board the Senlac off the coast of Normandy during the 40th anniversary celebrations of the D-day landings.

1990s

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The band reformed and undertook small engagements.

It was decided to change to Brass instruments in order to undertake contesting. Sylvia Lockwood joined the Band to learn to play a Cornet. Up to this time bands only had male members – Sylvia was the first female member of a Brass Band, in the South of England.

Played the part of the Seaside Band on Eastbourne Bandstand in the then Queen Mother’s Command Performance film 84 Charing Cross Road. Judy Dench, Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins featured.

Several performances at the Brighton Engineerium playing background and, unusually, dance music, for functions, weddings and also for the Mayoress of Hove’s Annual Charity Ball.

1947–1960

1990s to date

The Lockwood Family Contesting continued very successfully in the early 50s so that the Band moved from fourth to first section competition in as many years. In recognition of the Band’s success the Southern Counties’ summer brass band contest was held in the Crouch Gardens during this period, involving many other bands.

In the Video, Chris Goodchild, lead cornet/trumpet player describes his time serving in the army as a musician they didn’t fight – they played their instruments, which brought people together in a time of crises.

2002

1945-46

The Band changed its name to Seaford Silver Band and to a Brass Band format instead of Brass and Reeds to enable it to compete in Brass Band competitions. One of the early contests took place at the Central Hall Westminster.

1960s - 1970s

Regular exchanges took place with the School of Music in St Valery-en-Caux, France, with the Band performing many times in St Valery and on one occasion entering a festival of music with the French Bands. Performances also took place in Dieppe.

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The Band has undertaken several visits to Boenningstedt, our twin town, performing there and also in Hamburg. For the first few visits the Band travelled by ship from Harwich, giving several performances on board. This year, at the invitation of the Friends of Boenningstedt, the Band went to Windsor, with the visiting choir, playing on board a Thames river boat.

Played on Eastbourne bandstand (pictured above) on the day of HM Queens’ Golden Jubilee.

2004

The first ‘Proms’ Concert at Seaford for the Seaford Marello Rotary Club. Repeated each year to date.

The video includes interviews from younger player members and Isla Sitwell invites other musicians to come and be part of this Seaford’s very own Silver Band.

Chris Conil video Producer and member of the Pop Ups.

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Come and join us at our club house for our:

● Home-made cakes ●Jams and pickles ●Tombola ●Puzzles

●Raffle ●Bottle stall ●Cards

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Seasonal gifts

Saturday 17th November 2018 At 10:00 – 12:00

Seaford Bowling Club offers outdoor bowling during the summer season. Short mat bowling over the winter and lots of social activities throughout the year.

Free admission Refreshments available Chichester Road, Seaford BN25 2DT. Membership enquires: 01323 892831

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

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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

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Cradle Hill Community Primary School celebrates 50th Anniversary

Cradle Hill celebrated its 50th anniversary in September. The day started off with a street party after lunch where 534 children enjoyed party food and games in the playgrounds. After school, past and present pupils and staff enjoyed an afternoon cream tea with other VIPs, such as the mayor of Seaford, architects who built the school and East Sussex County Council representatives.

Mrs Andrea Keith, Head Teacher said, ‘It was so lovely to show ex-pupils around and hear about their memories of the school. There have been so many improvements and extra rooms built from when the school first opened, but we still managed to find original classrooms, pegs and wall bars in the halls! It was also wonderful that some of the first pupils in school are now grandparents of current children in our school!’

Children were invited to take part and design what they think the school will look like in 2068 (50 years time). There were some amazing entries which were all displayed in the hall for the celebrations. One of the judges is an architect who was very impressed with the creativity. Some showed the school on the moon or in space. One even said the aliens have taken over!

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NEWHAVEN HILLCREST COUNTRY MARKET CHRISTMAS EVENT The Newhaven Hillcrest Country Market is a branch of the national organisation Country Markets Plc, based in Chesterfield. These regional markets promote locally baked, locally grown and locally crafted produce.

All our food producers have the required standard of food hygiene certificate and the Food Premises Accreditation.

Open every Thursday between 9.45am and 1pm in the Hillcrest Community Centre (formerly the Old Boys’ School), our market has been operating for more than 10 years. The premises offer free parking, disabled access and toilets. The Hillcrest CafÊ is well known for its very good food, cooked fresh daily on site.

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A special date for your diary is Thursday 29th November, when our popular Christmas and Winterthemed market will be open for an extra hour until 2pm to enable customers to buy unique gifts, and to place orders for seasonable fare such as Christmas cakes, puddings and mince pies.

There will also be the usual wide range of stalls including fresh free range eggs, fresh fish dishes, Indian food and spices, baked goods for sale, jams and preserves. Textile crafts are well represented with handknitted and sewn goods as well as jewellery, handmade cards, decorative glass pieces and wood carved items. Supporting the Country Market directly from the producers helps to reduce food miles and benefits the local community. Come along and see us.

You will be very welcome.

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£ £ NEED EXTRA CASH? £ £ Sell your broken and unwanted jewellery Gold, Silver, Old Watches, Amber, Jade and Oriental items wanted.

Gold up to £905 per troy oz.

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Call in to 16 High Street, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1PG Tel: 01323 873090 Mobile 07818 035675 Open 9am - 5pm Monday to Saturday.

Closed Wednesday afternoon.

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Seaford Stamp & Post Card Club At a well-attended meeting on Wednesday 12th September we were privileged to have a visit from the Eastbourne Stamp Club. Chris Morrison, the first speaker, has only been collecting Australian, New Zealand and South African airmail covers for about six months but in that time has managed to find an impressive range of material which was beautifully mounted and displayed. He was particularly proud of his First-Flight covers which had been signed by the famous Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith who, in his hey-day (1930s,) had a large celebrity status.

Chris shared the first half of the meeting with John Wright who used to be the President of the

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His knowledge of Canadian stamps and postal history is second to none and he showed us his collection of the George V stamps which contained imperforate stamps, coil strips and many other varieties which are ‘scarce’ and in some cases unique.

The final speaker was Bill France with his excellent collection of the First-Flight covers which opened up the airways from America westward across the Pacific.

He showed covers carried by pioneering flights to Honolulu, South East Asia, India and Australia. He included many anecdotes which highlighted the dangers inherent in using light aircraft ill-equipped for these long flights.

We had a very informative and entertaining evening and would like to thank the Eastbourne club for coming to visit.

Our 10th October talk is entitled ‘Thematic Display’ and gives our members a chance to bring along post cards or stamps they find interesting.

On14th November, Lionel Jones will display his excellent collection of Eastbourne Postal History.

If you are interested in any of these talks then please come along. The club holds its meeting every second Wednesday in the month at the Constitutional Club in Crouch Lane. The meeting starts at 7.15pm and ends at around 9.15pm.

Details can be obtained from the club secretary David Manthorpe 01323492433, email: david. manthorpe10@gmail.com.

Pictures from top: John Wright: Canadian GV stamps; Chris Morrison: Australian First Flight Airmails; Bill France: Pacific First Flight Airmails.

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U3A News

Hursey will explore the subject ‘Music and the Good Life’. This is open to members and non-members.

Some readers might be asking themselves ‘What is U3A anyway?’

Well here we go with some answers.

Seaford U3A is part of a nationwide network of U3As. The guiding principle of the U3A movement is lifelong learning even after full-time employment has ceased.

An introduction to new subjects and ideas is led by the members for the members, and friendship and fun are a large part of the plan.

The new subjects and ideas are channelled through groups which are held in people’s homes or in halls, through talks by outside speakers and members, through outings to places of interest and the simply fun part is pub lunches and coffee mornings. Nice to catch up on the chat.

The Sussex U3A Network (SUN) enhances the U3As in East and West Sussex by running study days, workshops and an annual summer school. The next SUN study day is on Saturday 10th November at Steyning, when John

2 Central Buildings Sutton Park Road Seaford BN25 1QU Tel: 01323 490048 www.stckitchenandbathrooms.com Mon to Fri: 9am - 5pm, Sat: 9am - 3pm

It was good to see some new members and visitors at the last Seaford U3A coffee morning and we would be delighted to see more at the next one on 21st November. For the very reasonable cost of £2 you can get a good cup of coffee, nibbles and a friendly chat.

Come along to the Con Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford between 10am and 12 noon to take part.

Some new home and hall groups have been introduced for members and the range of topics is expanding. If you can’t get into a Group this term there will probably be new courses starting after Christmas for you to try. For a full list of courses see the Seaford U3A website at the address below.

The monthly Tea Parties are held at the Con Club when a variety of talks is on offer over the year. On 5th November David Hitchin will speak on ‘Managing a residential care home’ and on 3rd December the subject of ‘Three strong women in history’ will be covered by Michael Allen. We had an excellent and inspiring talk on 1st October on ‘Plastic Free Seaford’ when problems of the flood of single-use plastic were highlighted. A sobering but highly topical subject, and some good ideas were put forward about how we can help. Pub lunches are an opportunity for members to meet again. These take place at the White Lion Hotel on the A259 and are on the last Wednesday of each month. November’s pub lunch is on 28th November. Details on the website.

The AGM will take place on Thursday 8th November at The Downs Leisure Centre. The speaker will be from the charity Medical Detection Dogs. All members are welcome.

For more information about events run by Seaford U3A go to their website. The address is https://u3asites.org.uk/seaford. You can also find some information there about membership. To find out about events run

by SUN either keep reading the Seaford Scene or go on the SUN website https://u3asites.org.uk/sussexu3anetwork/home If you are interested in joining and would like to talk to someone about it please ring 01323 899572 or come to a coffee morning when a committee member will be happy to talk to you and introduce you to some of the members.

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SHORT’S SUSSEX After making a name for himself as the country’s most influential printmaker, Sir Frank Short spent much of his later life in Seaford.

Between the wars he produced hundreds of images of his surroundings at all times of day and in all weathers.

Many of these are featured in a new book called Short’s Sussex written by James Trollope, the author of Slater’s Sussex about woodcut artist Eric Slater, who also lived in Seaford.

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‘For more than 30 years he taught at the Royal College of Art, but in retirement in Seaford he produced some of his best work and it’s that which I have tried to celebrate in the book,’ said James Trollope.

There are more than 40 illustrations in Short’s Sussex mostly of Seaford, Newhaven and the Cuckmere Valley. The book, which costs £12, is available from www.ericslater.co.uk, Sussex Stationers in Seaford and amazon. There will be an exhibition of prints

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Don’t forget St Peter’s Church in Belgrave Road, in collaboration with several groups from Seaford is preparing to mark the 100 years since the end of World War I. The church and its churchyard will be open to visitors from Sunday 4th November , to ponder on various works of art and installations to help us remember the sacrifices of the 800,000 who lost their lives, to give thanks for peace, and to continue to pray for an end of conflict in our world.

The churchyard will be decorated with artwork created by parishioners and by Clifden House Dementia Care Home, who are also making banners for the interior of the church. In addition, local quilters are making special and unusual banners to hang in the sanctuary, either side of the east window. The church flower arrangers will also be hard at work.

‘Tommys’, figures (photo right) produced as part of the project which has the title of ‘There But Not There’, will be installed, and there will be a special corner of the tower dedicated to remembrance. It is also hoped to include artwork from the St Peter’s art group and from local schoolchildren.

On Remembrance Sunday itself, 11th November, there will be a service of Holy Communion at 9.30am at St Peter’s, with a visiting preacher Father David Milnes. All are welcome to come and pray for peace.

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Belle Tout Lighthouse Revisited Perched high up on the Sussex Downs is the Belle Tout Lighthouse. With 360* panoramic views – catching the eye from seascape to the Weald and beyond.

Five years ago The Builders’ Club renovated this rather forlorn and dilapidated building back into what we see today: “Belle” is more beautiful than ever! Its new life brought along hundreds of guests ready for a break. In a place where fine furniture, local history and delicious food for breakfast make one feel at home no matter the weather.

I stopped there for a cup of coffee, invited by the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw. Of course I was delighted and jumped at the opportunity as I eager to see the place I spent 2 years of my life restoring. I was not to be disappointed! As I walked in and up the steep steps to the lounge and kitchen, it was so lovely to see that little had changed, in fact, it had been made even more homely. The attention to detail, not only in the care of the restored work we completed, but the dressing of the rooms and carefully positioned artefacts, antiques, pieces of local history were so precise, it was no wonder the lighthouse was still busy.

I was greeted by the one of the most friendliest of people who I recognised as Paul (the assistant manager, who we left there opening the doors to the general public all those years ago and had such a great relationship with) and Louise (the duty manager) who was serving some of most sumptuous food I could have ever imagined eating for breakfast.

There were still guests eating their wonderfully prepared breakfasts and admiring the views from the lounges tables. After being introduced I spent the next hour regaling stories to the eager listeners of the 2 long years it took to complete, including confirming the ghost stories that had been muttered about for years past!

As I wandered around the building and remembered the problems we had with the Council Conservationists, the Sussex Downland Trust, the Eastbourne Historical Society, the M.O.D. Bomb Squad, not to mention the eroded access road!! Today, all pressure groups are appeased. Back into pristine condition, the lighthouse is as good as new!

I have to say I feel privileged and honoured to have played such a large role in breathing not just new life into this beautiful piece of local history, but seeing it so well maintained. If you are ever lucky enough to be able to book a bedroom here, it is certainly well worth a stay, it is just to admire and take in the breath taking views from the numerous picturesque windows.

After wandering around the well kept grounds, seeing the 2 ton pieces of granite that were virtually impossible to move and sitting at ’The Knights Table’ I felt as though I was at home once again. You cannot understand unless you visit here, how much love and hard work has been given into making The Belle Tout Lighthouse, one of the most fascinating and historical places in Sussex. This is a ‘must stay’ in your life time for any body interested in local architecture, luxurious accommodation and genuinely outstanding staff.

Thank you Mr Shaw and all the lovely attentive and interesting staff who made my albeit short visit so memorable.

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ROTARY CLUB OF SEAFORD

be on sale this summer. Driftwood art reappeared after being absent last month and concrete garden toadstools and tortoises were also for sale.

We wonder how long our luck with the weather will hold. After five boot fairs this summer with blue skies, our luck held, and the morning of the sixth fair on Sunday 2nd September dawned dry and sunny for the penultimate Rotary Boot, Craft and Produce Fair of 2018 on Martello Fields.

All the money raised by Seaford Rotary will be put to good use for charitable causes. Our gratitude goes to all those who attended, whether stall holders or members of the public – you all helped to make this fair a magnificent success.

Another record Boot, Craft and Produce Fair

Although September is the first month of the meteorological autumn, summer was still with us and the air was warm and inviting, but not oppressively hot as for some boot fairs earlier this year.

Consequently, the number of stalls was greater than the August fair, and we were pleasantly surprised that the Martello Field was filled by stalls, so much so that as for the June fair, it was necessary to start a third but unplanned row of stalls and allow some stalls around the perimeter at the end furthest from the entrance from the field. After the June Fair Tony Henley from the Fundraising committee said that he would never see another 96 stalls – he was right because at the September there were not 96 but a new record of 100 stalls, exceeding the record highest number of stalls at a Seaford Rotary Club Boot, Craft and Produce Fair.

The stall holders all appeared to be doing good business, with many customers searching for bargains.

Goods for sale included traditional wares such as clothes, children’s toys, books, DVDs, jigsaws, antiques and collectables, costume jewellery, pictures, glassware and crockery, as well as some more quirky or large items including an ironing board, a lawn mower, furniture, a standard lamp, fishing rods, a dustbin and a Christmas tree, although this was not the first to

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Seaford Rotary Young Player of the Year The Youth Services Committee’s Deputy Chairman, Jim Anderson, and Tony Osborne, the Club’s regular contact with the Seaford Cricket Club attended the Cricket Club’s Annual Awards Evening to present an award on behalf of Seaford Rotary Club.

This is a new award which the Youth Services Committee has agreed to sponsor for three years for the junior member, who is not only a valued team member in his own age group, but also makes a significant contribution to the Club by readily volunteering when there are other jobs to be done.

The award provides the winner with an engraved shield, £100 towards kit and free subscription for the following year.

Our award was one of many to be presented during Photos from top: Boot, Craft & Produce Fair; 100 stalls; Seaford Young Player of the Year Cosmo Martin with his award, (l-r) Jim Anderson and Tony Osborne; (l-r) President Steven Willox, Callum McElwaine and Peter Posgate.

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an evening well attended by players, parents of junior members, and friends of the Club. The evening commenced with reports by all the junior team managers who selected for special mention their best batsman, bowler, and fielder, who each received a personal memento. We were on next but there was a slight hiccup.

Our winner had been told he would be receiving an award but not what it was for, and he had already been singled out during the presentations to his own age group. Not knowing there was something more to come he had then gone home, but the Club managed to recover him quite quickly and Jim Anderson duly presented the award for the Seaford Cricket Club Young Player of the Year to Cosmo Martin.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Callum McElwaine visited the Club to give a talk about his experiences at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards for which he was sponsored by Seaford Rotary Club.

Callum apologised that he didn’t have any photos as he didn’t take his phone with him to camp. This was a huge shock to us, as we didn’t think it was possible for a teenager to be without a phone for an hour let alone 5 days. It was also great to hear that Callum arrived early for RYLA which is not usual for a teenager.

As he was the first there, he was able to meet everyone on the course as they arrived. To meet so many new faces all at once was strange and challenging at first. It did go a long way, however, to reinforcing his social skills. He did mention that his all-boys cabin was opposite a girls’ cabin, which resulted in interesting eavesdropping on the first night. The details were, however, not elaborated upon.

The task on the first full day was to climb a large frame with logs chained together at one-metre intervals. In order to make the challenge more interesting it was done in pairs tied together. To make it even more interesting the pairs were deliberately mis-matched in terms of size and strength – excellent for team building and teamwork. Tyres and deep mud also made their first appearance on this challenge.

The second day was a guided obstacle course through mud while blindfolded. Again, listening skills were to the fore when in the afternoon they had to build a Lego-type structure with one of their group remotely describing how it should look.

On the third day Callum excelled himself by carrying his 25kg soaking back pack for 6 miles, and then carrying a team mate for half an hour through a mudfilled ditch after she got into trouble. We were all pleased that this special effort was recognised by the staff, who awarded him Hero of the Day. The fourth day was the most fun, with river kayaking and raft building. Callum’s raft held together and carried eight people round the course, although losing and recovering some on the way.

Their final day was a theatre trip to see ‘Wicked’.

The animated dragon obviously left a big impression on Callum. It was great to hear that he is now keeping in touch with a several of those on the course and has even visited them. He gained not only new friends, but also new skills that will benefit him as he goes through life.

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Seaford Photographic Society The winner of the summer film camera competition, details of which were in last month’s newsletter, was new member Fawzia Whittuck.

Congratulations to Fawzia on winning her first club trophy.

A lot of people were still away on holidays for Round 1 of the Print League, so the attendance was a bit low and there were only six entries in the Standard Group. New member Tony Bradbury scored a respectable 18/20 for a lovely silhouette sunset picture, his first ever club competition entry. The judge was Stuart Pickford, who had come down from Carshalton for the evening. Two prints in the Advanced Group scored the maximum 20/20: ‘Up on the Roof ’

by Janice Hewitt, a stunning image of a little egret, and ‘Children of the Mountains’ by Carol Adam.

Next up was a lecture by our very own Gary Carter and Colin Bell, on making and showing audio-visual (AV) presentations.These are digitally produced ‘slideshows’ with music and titles, ideally around 5 to 6 minutes long, often created using specialist software. Colin played a selection of AVs, some of which he includes in his presentations to other organisations, to give us a feel for what can be done. He then gave us an introduction to

the ‘ProShow Gold’ software by Photodex and demonstrated the procedure of loading photographs, choosing suitable music, and matching the two together. He then showed us various ways of adjusting the time lengths for the slides and the transition periods between them, plus the many styles of transitions – some of the more outlandish being included at the audience’s request, to great amusement during the play-back! If you run an organisation or club and would like Colin to come and show some of his large collection of AVs, then he can be contacted through our secretary, whose email address is on the website.

The final meeting in September featured the first round of the PDI League, for Projected Digital Images, which got off to a slightly late start because of major traffic

problems in the area.

Thankfully our visiting judge, the excellent June Sharpe LRPS, from Canterbury, eventually arrived safely and she had 52 competition entries to get through.

In the Standard Group she gave new member Simon Rigby 20/20 for his lovely image of Cuckmere Haven.Tim King, Gary Carter and Janice Hewitt all scored 20s in the Advanced Group, with very varied subjects – The Seven Sisters taken from out at sea with a drone, a colourful close-up portrait, and a simple but effective nature photo.

The club has entered its first external competition of the year, the prestigious KCPA Ross Cup for prints, which takes place on 10th November in Aylesford, Kent.

This event is open to the public and more details can be found here: www.kcpa.co.uk/2018/08/ross-cup-2018.

Our website has been undergoing a major overhaul but you should be able to see our programme of events and recent competition results. www.seafordps.org.uk.

Photos from top: Children of the Mountains by Carol Adam; Up on the Roof by Janice Hewitt; Shield Bug by Janice Hewitt; Cannibal Drummer by Gary Carter.ww

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MOCKFORD’S THE BLINDMAKERS ANNOUNCEMENT For over three decades Mockford’s has been a small family business manufacturing and fitting blinds for discerning customers, who appreciate quality and the personal service only a small business can provide.

At various times over the years, they have taken action to ensure they remain a small business, for example closing the Seaford and Eastbourne showrooms, cancelling all advertising except the Seaford Scene.

It is now necessary to take further action to restrict their business, consequently they will not fit blinds in commercial premises, for example, hotels, offices etc, they will only fit blinds into homes in Eastbourne, Seaford and the surrounding villages.

The showroom attached to their workshop will be closed, the premises will be used for making roller blinds, some blinds will be displayed on the windows for those who wish to visit but please telephone, before travelling, to ensure Jean or Harvey Mockford are there to welcome you.

Mockford’s the blindmakers Most types of blind supplied and fitted, their speciality is handmade roller and vertical blinds, including spare weights and chains for verticals etc supplied.

Workshop: The Industrial Estate, 1 Green Street, Eastbourne, BN21 1QN Telephone 01323 417518 during office hours.

If you live in the Seaford and Eastbourne area and wish to arrange for Jean or Harvey to visit you with samples and submit an estimate, please telephone. If they are not in the office your call will be diverted to their mobile.

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SEAHAVEN BLINDS & SHUTTERS Tel 01323 899011 sales@seahavenblinds.co.uk www.seahavenblinds.co.uk Seahaven Blinds is a family run business, located in Seaford.

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Plastic Free Seaford The campaign is on a roll! Our first Community Meeting held on the 27th September was a success, with new faces coming along to see how we can all help each other dramatically reduce the plastic waste and consumption from our own lives and as a community. It’s great to see so many people interested in helping our beautiful planet.

I represented the campaign at various local events: the Seaford & Bishopstone Neighbourhood Watch ‘Be a Good Neighbour’ Expo (and look forward to attending the next one planned for Spring 2019). I gave a talk to U3A on the 2nd October; and lastly attended Seaford Community Network meeting on 3rd October which was a cross-sector event for everyone in the local community. Phew!

24th October sees Plastic Free Seaford join forces with Plastic Free Lewes and Plastic Free Eastbourne for ‘The Truth about Plastic’ free event, an evening of speakers and discussion about the confusing issue that is plastic and how we can REALLY recycle and stop using so much plastic. I’ll report back as this promises to be an informative evening.

On 13th November, 9.30-11am I will have a stall in Morrison’s entrance foyer where I’ll be raising awareness of which swaps you can make with your Supermarket shop. Do come and say hello!

So how are you doing with swaps? If you tick ‘Yes!’ to any of the swaps below then you are cutting your plastic footprint!

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• You can get milk, bread and cheese delivered! Milk & More deliver in glass bottles to Seaford and you get to see an actual person (he’s called Stuart) deliver your milk! Tel: 0345 6063606.

• Take a reusable bag, coffee cup, straw, drinking cup, drinks bottle out with you everyday.

• Stop buying cleaning products in plastic bottles and make your own. It’s easy and money saving!

• Take your own bag to the baker instead of having a plastic one each time you buy a loaf.

• If you buy meat or fish, take your own container.

Remember – it is a lifestyle change so don’t try and do everything at once! Choose one or two categories at one time like bathroom plastics and cleaning product plastics.

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Refill Seaford and Newhaven is spreading the word

On 27th September we had our first National Refill Day and celebrated by welcoming a new local Refill station, Litlington Tea Gardens. We are really keen to make sure there are more water points in the South Downs National Park and on all our walking routes. Please do get in touch if you know anywhere that might be happy to join us – church taps, out of the way cafés and snack bars, in fact anywhere with access to our fabulous Sussex tap water.

We also want to encourage people to carry a refillable water bottle with them when they are out and about.

Apart from reducing single-use plastic, they can save money. We were delighted to a hold a competition to win one of our very special Chilly’s bottles. We started

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this at the Neighbourhood Watch Good Neighbours event and carried on through our Facebook group.

The winner Charlie Herridge was presented with his bottle at Bacas coffee shop. Nimeir Baca was one of the first in Seaford to join the scheme so it was a great place for me to go and meet Charlie. I was very pleased to hear he is now using the app and has told his friends already. As we approach Christmas watch out for our stall at local events and maybe you can win a Chillys bottle as well.

We can all make a difference! Let’s make drinking tap water from your own reusable bottle the norm and stop this plastic habit.

Don’t forget you can download the Refill app at https://www.refill.org.uk/get-the-refill-app/ to get the location maps to find them and also register your business and others if you have their permission. Since our app was updated recently you can see how much Water UK is donating to further the cause – 13p per Refill, so do remember to log in when you refill.

Just to remind you these are our local Refill stations: Seaford: Frankies Beach Café, Bacas, Holy Cow, Jasons Barbers, The View at Seaford Head, Church Lane Tea rooms, Cupani Gardens (seasonal), The Front Room, Cloe’s Café, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, The Horder Centre, Sub-Station.

Exceat: Seven Sisters Visitor Centre.

Litlington: Tea Gardens.

Newhaven: Warrens Café, The Patchwork Cat, Denton Island Community Centre, Bite to Eat, Brewers Fayre and Premier Inn. Southease Church (South Downs way tap) and YHA Café.

Find us on Facebook Refill Seaford and Newhaven as there is a group and a page to follow.Twitter @ RefillSN plus new social media account on Instagram @refillsn. General enquiries for talks and information to RefillSeafordandNewhaven@gmail.com Christine Brett, Chair, Refill Seaford and Newhaven Photo: Competition winner Charlie Herridge receives his Chilly’s bottle.

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Stay safe on the Sussex cliffs!

Following the two recent cliff falls at Seaford Head, Seaford Town Council would like to remind residents and visitors to stay safe and take full notice of warning signs. Keep a safe distance from the cliff edge, at least 5 metres or 15 feet, and also away from the cliff face when on the beach beneath it at all times.

As was unfortunately shown last year, it is also easy to lose your balance on a cliff edge – when a visitor did so whilst having her picture taken, she fell to her death.

The chalk sea cliffs are in a constant process of erosion caused by the sea and weather. Cliff falls can occur at any time of year, and can be of a significant size such as the 50,000-ton fall which occurred on Seaford Head during the summer of 2017.

At many locations there are overhangs or faults in the cliffs that cannot be seen from the cliff tops.

Everyone enjoying the downland and coast needs to exercise common sense and take heed of the warning signs in the area. These signs inform visitors through pictures and clear statements of the risk of falling from the cliffs.

If you see anyone in danger or witness someone who has fallen, the advice is to immediately dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard, and not to attempt to rescue them yourself.

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Seaford Kurlers Hello Readers...

Are you all ready for the annual feast of sparklers, bangers (those that you hear and those you eat) bonfires and Guys Fawkes? I personally love it all.

Sadly my poor little cat does not.

This time of year seems to come round far too soon.

I am sure that a lot of work has been put into this year’s Seaford Bonfire Society’s bonanza. The displays have got better year on year. They deserve a special round of applause and I wish them a successful night.

Seaford Kurlers will by now have had their Annual General Meeting. The changes to the committee and officers will not be known until after this article goes to press. The next event on the calendar is our annual Christmas Lunch on 4th December at the Seaford Royal British Legion.

Sadly, one of our members that was with the club since the very early days has died. Tim Wood, who has been my husband for 36 happy years celebrated his 92nd birthday on 23rd September 2018. Almost all the family were with him to help celebrate it. He was a very active member and committee member of Seaford Kurlers for years, almost from the start in 2006. He slowly became unwell over a number of years until the 28th September, when sadly, he died in The Royal Sussex County Hospital after a very short illness.

Tim served in the army during WWII. He ran away from home at under 16 years old, lied about his age and joined the Royal Scots. The truth was uncovered later, he was punished for that offence and later joined The Royal Sussex. He was soon asked to join the SAS

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Meanwhile, Seaford Kurlers will be at the Wave Leisure Centre as usual every Tuesday from 2pm until 4pm in the sports hall. There will be a number of gaps during December. The Wave Leisure will be closed on 18th December for staff training. Therefore the only club day at the Wave Leisure Centre will be Tuesday 11th December.

For more details contact June Wood, Secretary.

Tel 01323 895376. Email: sally1989@tiscali.co.uk.

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Neighbourhood Watch Roundup It is an absolute truth that nobody knows your neighbourhood better than you. You know what looks and feels right and what doesn’t. When things are not right, none of us are the type of person who would ignore a threat to ourselves, our neighbours or our friends. It’s this on-the-ground knowledge that our Police rely upon to keep Seaford and Bishopstone a safe and relatively crime free town. They rely on us to be their eyes and ears, and none are more qualified than us to be those eyes and ears.

A wise man over the pond once wrote that the more things change, the more things stay the same. 21st century Policing is no different. While we don’t see Bobbies on the beat anymore, this doesn’t mean that the Police can’t see you, or that we don’t have effective policing. Modern policing is both proactive and reactive, utilising resources to best serve you. Proactive policing is about prevention, and it’s this aspect of modern policing that relies on us, good neighbours, the eyes and ears, to support Police efforts and do our bit to keep our town a safe one.

By reporting every incident, online preferably, the Prevention division of policing can quickly and efficiently focus resources to where they are needed most. The police are reliant on us, the neighbours, to tell them what’s going on and what’s needed where.

This is particularly true for petty crimes, anti-social behaviour, anti-social driving and acts of vandalism. By reporting online, hot spots are quickly identified, and the right resources can be despatched to attend to those issues. The reactionary arm of modern policing can therefore be used more efficiently.

The Police Call Centre and Online Reporting Tools are state of the art and are relied upon by decision makers for Police funding and resource allocation.

When incidents are not reported, this translates into

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low crime statistics and as a result, funding and resources are allocated elsewhere. In Seaford we are lucky to have, by comparison, very low crime figures, but unless we get behind our Police, and embrace our role in crime prevention, this will not always be the case. Unless we change and embrace modern policing, our town will change too.

Posting incidents on social media takes more time than it does to report online at www.sussex.police. uk/contact-us/report-online/. Typically, the powers that be do not follow social media and do not rely on our various Facebook noticeboards for accurate crime statistics. If we want solutions, we have to stop being part of the problem.

By joining the Neighbourhood Watch (a steal at £3 a year) you are also doing your part, quite visibly, to deter criminals just by displaying the logo on your door.

Report all incidents online, and you are doing your bit to focus police resources where they are needed the most. We criticise the Police for ‘doing nothing’ when we have to ask ourselves what we are actively doing to support policing efforts. Most of us would answer ‘very little’. It’s time to be the change.

Emergencies, crime in progress, suspicious behaviour in progress, anti-social behaviour in progress or anything else that needs immediate police action must be phoned through to 999.

Non-emergency incidents can be phoned through to 101, but preferably reported online at https://sussex. police.uk/contact-us/report-online/.

Stay safe and savvy, and remember you can join the Neighbourhood Watch by visiting our website www. sandbnhw.org or by dropping an email to members@ sandbnhw.co.uk, or by popping into the police station for a form. Join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ sandbnhw for regular updates and alerts. Have a warm and happy winter, Seaford. Be generous with your smiles, your care for yourselves and each other, and above all, be safe.

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Picture Perfect

When it comes to marketing a property, the most important thing to get right from the very start is the quality of the photographs taken to showcase it.

The importance of having professional photographs of your property cannot be underestimated, especially when 99 per cent of prospective buyers get their first impression of a property looking at pictures of it online.

And that is why we always use a professional local photographer, Matt Bode, to take photos at properties we have been instructed to sell. Matt, who lives in Seaford with his family, has been working with us for several years.

He said: “When it comes to property photography the most important things are to maximise its space and the light that comes into the rooms.

“It’s also a massive help to use professional standard equipment, which isn’t cheap, but certainly helps to create better photographs.

“Editing always plays a big part in preparing photos and my experience in other areas of photography really helps with this. I enjoy my work with Newberry Tully and also cover weddings, commercial, portraits and other celebrations.”

As they say, a picture paints a thousand words so above are two photographs, of the same room, one taken by Matt and the other taken by one of us in the office.

And one of the best bits of choosing Newberry Tully to sell your property, is that we do not charge for Matt’s professional photographs of your home. They are free as part of our package to ensure your property benefits from the best possible marketing.

Thanks for reading,

Andrew and Stephen PS:To find out more about Matt’s work visit: www.mattbode.com For the full list of the groups and clubs we support, join our mailing list by visiting our website where we share monthly updates on our community activity.

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Who’s Who In Seaford?

Michael Arrow, President of Seaford Head Probus Club Michael has lived in Seaford for 30 years and has been President of Seaford Head Probus Club for the past eight months. He is retired, but worked as a heating engineer from the time he left school, being self-employed for 30 years. He was educated at Fawcett School in Brighton and Croydon Technical College. Michael particularly enjoys bowls and rambling, and belongs to several local clubs. He’s also supported the Seagulls since 1949! He and his wife Dorothy have been married for 56 years, and have a son and daughter.

What does your role as President of Seaford Head Probus Club involve? Meeting all members before our monthly meetings and overseeing our lunch dates.

What do you most enjoy about your role? Talking to fellow members and hearing about their lives, which are very interesting.

Any pets? Not since our lab died some years ago.

What do you like best about Seaford Its seafront – not commercialised – and you can be in the countryside without taking the car.

What is your favourite piece of music? 1812 Overture.

What is your favourite film? Any musical.

What book are you reading at the moment? Peter James, Need You Dead.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being with my family and friends, enjoying a glass of good red wine.

What has been your most embarrassing moment? When rambling in Devon I thought I would take a short cut. I ended up falling 30ft down an embankment and landed at the bottom in a heap.

Where is your favourite place to go in and around Seaford and why? Looking eastwards from The Barn across to the Seven Sisters.

Which living person do you most admire? The Queen.

What makes you sad? The suffering of children in developing countries.

How do you relax? Play bowls and ramble.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

Never take things for granted, you only get out of life what you put into it.

What is your greatest extravagance? Buying cars.

What is the first line of your favourite poem? I am not into poetry!

What is your favourite journey? The North Island of New Zealand to the South Island.

How would you spend a million pounds? On other people.

What keeps you awake at night? Nothing, I sleep like a log.

What is your greatest fear? Heights, and I have white coat syndrome.

Which person in history would you most like to meet?

Tutankhamun.

What is your favourite smell? New-mown grass.

What is the best advice you have ever been given? You are never too old to learn. Watch, look and take notes.

What or who is the greatest love in your life? My wife Dorothy (who sadly died from breast cancer in 2004) and my family.

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Fun all round as Seaford school sends in the clowns The sun shone, the burgers sizzled and the ‘best little big top in town’ boomed with music and laughter as a packed house of kids (and parents) enjoyed an action-packed session of classic clowning, courtesy of Circus Pazaz.

The setting was Annecy Catholic Primary School’s Summer Fayre – scheduled for the start of the autumn term to create time to finalise arrangements but ‘well worth the

wait’, according to enthusiastic parents and youngsters.

Other attractions included Acting Head Paul Gallaher plying his culinary skills as he frantically flipped burgers to satisfy a hungry crowd of customers. Says Paul: ‘The children really related to the circus performers and vice-versa. And it’s a great morale boost as we focus on the term ahead.’ PTA stalwart Fiona Skilton agreed: ‘Booking the circus was a master stroke. It was hugely popular with the children and it’s a novel and effective way to raise funds for the school.’

Pictures from top: Ketchup with that? – acting Head Paul Gallaher gets serious with the spatula; All the world loves a clown; PTA leading light Fiona Skilton with a member of the Circus Pazaz’s talented troupe.

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We at Sussex Elderly Care can help you achieve this. We are your local home support service with that special personal touch.

We provide a service similar to what friends and family provide whether at home, in hospital or in a residential home.

Alternatively, you may be caring for someone or simply need a helping hand, we will tailor a service to your requirements. We provide an adaptable, responsive service, so please give us a call, and we will do our best to help you. We offer a free consultation with no obligation. Phone us now at 01323 301338.

We have a high demand for our service and we are urgently recruiting now for more staff. Contact Mary on 01323 301338.

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Fulfilling and Rewarding Job Opportunities In Seaford Clifden House in Seaford is one of the leading specialist dementia care homes in the South East. We are on the search for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our growing team.

We provide a stimulating home from home for our residents. We pride ourselves on offering a varied activity schedule for all our residents, to include days out in the community, taking part in activities such as bowling, shopping, fishing, and even going to the pub!

We help our residents to continue living as full a life as possible.

We are looking for dedicated full-time night team members plus a Senior Carer to join our fabulous team delivering the very best of care.

Career progression opportunities available.

For more information please contact Sam Hill on 01323 896460 or email: office@clifdenhouse.co.uk

Each staff member receives comprehensive induction training and continual developmental training throughout their career with us. We understand the importance of having a work-life balance, so we provide flexible working hours plus a generous holiday allowance. This is supported by a competitive hourly rate, pension and career progression opportunities.

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that has developed into a leader in specialist dementia care.

Our location on the coast in Seaford, East Sussex, gives us easy access to Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne and London by road and rail.

It is a vibrant and active environment that is home to a diverse range of people from different backgrounds, taking part in everyday activities, just like in any other family home or community.

Our guests and residents may be catching up with the news, chatting at the hairdressers, heading out to the pub, shops, exercising, fishing, dancing or taking part in everyday tasks.

This is a home too for family, friends and carers to spend quality time with their loved one. We offer day care, overnight stays, respite and residential care.

We can deliver choice and options, whatever the circumstances.

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN NIGHT SEAHAVEN BRANCH, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST GEORGE. Saturday 15th September 2018 saw the 78th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day commemorated in style at the View, Seaford Head Golf Club, with a formal dinner.

The event was graced by the Mayors of Newhaven, Cllr Paul Boswell, and Peacehaven Cllr Jackie Harrison-Hicks (a member of the branch) and the Deputy Mayor of Seaford. Also present was Peter Butterworth from the Forces Charity, Combat Stress to receive cheques worth more than £1,200 – the surplus monies from this year’s Veterans and Armed Forces Day. Guest of Honour was Joanna Cadman, Chairman of The Royal Society of St George who announced details of her 100 miles for 100 years walk in November to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice 1918 and raise funds for The Royal British Legion, which starts

on 6th November at Sandwich in Kent and finishes just before 11am on Sunday 11th November at Newhaven War Memorial. She also outlined details of our Royal Society’s 125th anniversary 2019. Under her guidance there are some 100 branches and many thousands of members worldwide. A reading about the Battle of Britain was given by committee member Nick Dutt. The raffle that evening raised more than £100 for branch funds.

Photo: prestation of cheques, (l to r) Cllr Lindsey Freeman, Deputy Mayor of Seaford, Laurie Holland, Branch President and Peter Butterworth, from the Forces Charity, Combat Stress.

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Silent Soldiers in Remembrance To mark the final year of the World War I centenary, The Royal British Legion is inviting the public to take part in a movement to say ‘Thank You’ to the generation who served, sacrificed, rebuilt and changed the nation.

Catherine Simmons, Sussex Community Rail Partnership, Seaford to Brighton Line Officer for more information catherine@ sussexcrp.org 07375531987

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The newly formed Friends of Bishopstone Station (FOBS) are planning a centenary remembrance display.

They hope to install a British Legion Silent Soldier Silhouette on the disused platform surrounded by poppies and display in the station foyer.

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The friends will be signing their official GTR station adoption on Saturday 10th November at 11am in conjunction with the event. The group aims to get the station looking its best through a variety of art and community projects.

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If you would like to be involved or have a poppy you could donate towards the display, please contact

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SEAFORD and DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY www.seafordhorti.com

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Garlic is closely related to onions, shallots and chives, all of which belong to the onion genus known as Allium. Garlic has a history of human consumption worldwide and, used as a common seasoning for several thousand years. It is native to northeastern Iran, Central Asia and to the ancient Egyptians, where it was also used as a traditional medicine. China produces around 80% of the world’s supply of garlic – in 2016 world production was 26.6million tonnes. It is an easy crop to grow, but it has no significant nutritional value. Its uses around the world are numerous for flavouring and adding to many dishes. Wild garlic appears in gardens and woodlands in January. It can be eaten and is recognised for its antibacterial and antibiotic properties, and contains A & C vitamins, iron and sodium. It may reduce blood pressure, so reducing the risk or stroke and heart disease. Its stem, leaf and flowers are all edible and can be added to risottos, omelettes, soups and sauces.

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of fresh produce available. Vegetables to plant now are garlic, broad beans and onions, as well as plug plants of spring cabbage and winter lettuce. Garlic likes a one to two month cold spell at temperatures of 0 -10ºC for good bulb development. Onions sown in autumn will produce their crop by June, broad beans sown early don’t get black-fly and are ready to pick in June. Hardy annuals such as marigolds, cornflowers and delphiniums will flower in May if the seeds are sown in autumn. If winter is particularly hard and cold, cover with a cloche.

Often gardens during winter are left to their own devices– perhaps this year those sunny bright autumnal days can be used for sowing and planting. Sylvia Reeve

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utumn has made its mark with its variable weather – sunny one day, chilly and dull the next and very little rain. The garden, though, still needs attention and any sunny days need to be taken advantage of to weed, prune, mulch and generally tidy up, as well as some sowing and planting before winter sets in. There are a variety of seeds and plants that will do well if put into the ground this month, overwintering quite happily. Several vegetables can be sown as well as fruit bushes and flower seeds. They will start to grow, survive in the ground during the cold weather springing into life when the weather starts warming up, resulting in an earlier crop. This helps prevent what is known by gardeners as the ‘hungry gap’, the term used for the two or three weeks in spring when there can be a lack

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give it a good sweep out to clear debris then wash shelves and windows with a mild disinfectant.

3Now is a good time to buy bare-root roses, remember to keep roots in a bucket of water until they are planted into the ground.

3Divide rhubarb crowns, making sure each piece has some root and a crown, dig over the new ground, add manure.

MEMBERS’ NOTICE BOARD The final social evening of 2018 is the Society’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Night due to be held at 7pm on Thursday November 29th in St Leonard’s Church Hall. The business and activities of the society will be reviewed and discussed together with the election of committee members. Following the AGM business, trophies will be presented to those who won awards at the horticultural show.

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Seaford Tree Wardens Elms for Armistice There’s been a tremendous response from Seaford residents, schools, churches and local organisations to a campaign to commemorate the Armistice Centenary by planting 104 elm trees – to remember each man and boy from Seaford who died in World War One.

Remembering Seaford’s war dead

104 men and boys are listed on Seaford’s war memorial as having lost their lives in World War I. Planting a tree is a traditional way to remember a loved one and it’s hoped that each of these 104 new elm trees will be a fitting memorial to Seaford’s war dead.

104 memorial elm trees

Elms have been chosen because they are iconic to this area and so many have been lost to Dutch Elm Disease in recent years. However, the new trees are specially bred to be resistant to Dutch Elm Disease. As well as being a beautiful memorial, elms are havens for a huge range of wildlife species.This includes the rare and endangered White-letter Hairstreak butterfly, which relies entirely on the elm tree for its survival. Colonies of this butterfly exist in Seaford, and it’s hoped that if enough new, disease resistant elms can be planted the butterfly may survive.

Where will the memorial trees be planted?

All going well, the trees will be planted at the end of November/beginning of December with help from children, teachers, church congregations and volunteers, including at the following places: • Chyngton Primary School • Annecy Catholic Primary School • Cradle Hill Primary School • Seaford Head School • St John’s School • Bowden House School • St Leonard’s Church • St Peter’s Church • Seaford Baptist Church • Seaford Head Golf Course • Cheyney’s Lodge Retirement Home • Florence House

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Brilliant-red poppies.

In addition, many individual residents will be planting a memorial tree in their gardens.

Bishopstone Village:

Residents in Bishopstone Village are also taking part in Elms for Armistice and will be planting nine memorial elms to remember the nine men and boys from Bishopstone Village who died in World War I.

Thank you!

The Elms for Armistice organisers would like to thank all the schools, churches and organisations mentioned above, as well as Burleys, Cllr Stephen Gauntlett, Chair of Lewes District Council, staff and councillors at Seaford Town Council and East Sussex County Council for their help and support. We’d also like to thank the many individuals who’ve offered their help, or support and made donations towards the cost of the memorial elms.

How you can help

To get involved contact Seaford Tree Wardens we are all volunteers, and are looking for help planting, looking after the trees. To make a donation: www.gofundme. com/elms-for-armistice. To find out more about Elms for Armistice: www.seafordtreewardens.wordpress.com or email seafordtreewardens@outlook.com.

You can find out more about the White-letter hairstreak and how you can help – visit www.sussexbutterflies.org.uk/species/white-letter-hairstreak.php or email: storm_of_elements@hotmail.com. To find out more about the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Wild About Seaford Project please visit: Wild about Seaford: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/get-involved/ community-projects/seaford-community-wildlife-project.

Elms for Armistice is being organised by Seaford Tree Wardens, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Butterfly Conservation and the South Downs National Park Authority with support from Seaford Town Council and East Sussex County Council.

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For the past 10 years or so the success of the vegetables grown in our sheltered garden at the Crouch have for a large part been due to the green fingers and common sense of Star Gardener Mike.

But at the age of 78 and with some health concerns, Mike has reluctantly decided to step down from the responsibility of ensuring that the veg is expertly sown into his home-grown compost, nurtured and watered – a task that took him into the garden during the week as well as on opening days.

On what was Mike’s last Wednesday, chair Allison assured relieved volunteers that he wasn’t going to be allowed to skulk away without a party, to be held on the last Saturday of summer opening. She thanked him for all his efforts over the years and suggested that things might never have been watered without his care.

Mike said that he had had to make a very hard decision but that what he had accomplished was down to teamwork. ‘I’ve enjoyed what I’ve done and I shall be back, but it’s time to step back.’ He is handing over his responsibilities to Bill and continued: ‘You all know what you are doing and this garden will go along for a long time.’

Although his first love is growing vegetables, Mike is passionate about the whole ethos of Seaford Community Garden, joining it in its very early days and taking a great interest in its development. ‘We’ve got to keep it as a garden.

A lot of people say it’s an allotment but it’s not, it’s a garden where we show people how to grow different things in various ways.’

Hampshire where he did 29 years’ service, much of that time on the Isle of Wight, home of his late wife Marilyn.

After she died, aged 60, he came to Seaford and lived with his daughter and her family, and began mentoring a family group in what was then the Exchange garden.

‘Then I drifted onto this side to do the veg. It’s very hard to leave and I know I won’t be able to keep away.’

Mike is the kindest, most thoughtful of men and he said: ‘It’s about talking to people; some have problems.

People come here because of the atmosphere. It’s like a family.’ And so it is.

When our cake maker Steph and husband Ron needed a bit of help with their garden, a team of nine piled in the other day and got it ready for winter. Of course, the promise of one of Steph’s magnificent lunches could have been a bit of a lure…

Meanwhile, back in the garden and Allison was asking for suggestions for unusual plants she could look out for at a plant auction, to bring back and take cuttings from, to grow on for our sales table.

Mike, we will do our best to maintain and develop the garden as you love it, and look forward – with some trepidation that we are doing it to your high standards – to your visits. We’ll miss you hugely, but be assured, we will make you proud of our family’s achievements.

The Garden Team Photos (top to bottom): The Wednesday crew with Mike (front row, third from left) on his last day; Mike cuts his cake; volunteers clear runner beans overseen by new veg supremo Bill (back).

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As we slip into the cooler months, now is the perfect time to give your trees some TLC before winter sets in. Below are some tips to help you get your trees winter-ready.

• If you have trees that drop large leaves, it is best to rake them from your lawn, as otherwise they can create a suffocating layer on top of the grass, putting your grass at risk of developing fungal diseases.

• Autumn is the ideal time to mulch your trees.

Remove the grass from around the base of your trees, and lay mulch down. Make sure that the mulch isn’t making direct contact with the base of the tree as this can cause dampness and sponginess in the bark.

• Make sure any dead or damaged branches are pruned in autumn, as high winter winds can tear these weak limbs from trees, causing damage to the tree. General pruning and shaping for deciduous trees (trees which lose their leaves in the autumn/ winter) is also best carried out in the autumn/early winter when they are in their dormant phase. Pruning these type of trees in the late winter/early spring can result in the tree ‘bleeding’ sap, as the sap is beginning to rise within the trunk of the tree.

• If you have young trees in your garden, continue to water them if the weather is dry, until they either lose their leaves (if they are deciduous), or the weather becomes cool enough for the ground to freeze.

• Don’t forget – if you are having a bonfire with leaves/ prunings from your garden, make sure to avoid building your bonfire more than one day in advance, and dismantle it and move to another spot before lighting. This will help to avoid any hedgehogs or other small mammals nesting in the bonfire pile, and moving the pile will hopefully disturb any that have managed to nest, to stop them from perishing in the fire.

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Our latest visit at the beginning of October was great fun, with both groups collaborating to create a weekend of music, dance, meals and informal gatherings.

Our aim, to foster as many links and friendships between our two communities as possible, has been realised with firm friendships established and informal visits now taking place throughout the year. We also organise events with a French flavour on this side of the channel for members and non-members alike. So how about joining us for a special evening as we celebrate our 5th anniversary with a night of Christmassy music, fun and Frenchness?

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Burleys is named a finalist in national groundsmanship awards Burleys’ excellent turf care at The Crouch Bowling Club of Seaford has earned it a place as a finalist in the prestigious National Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Awards.

The company was shortlisted for its maintenance of The Crouch Bowling Green which is used by top-class players competing at a national level. The green, owned

by Seaford Town Council, has been in use since 1935 and its team plays 70 games a year in national and county championships.

Burleys’ work has been praised by bowling club secretary Pat Purser who said: ‘Since you took over

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As part of its ongoing maintenance, head of fine turf, Hadrian Lear, and his team also use a revolutionary sports turf aerification machine. The Air2G2 Soil CPR machine, which won the 2015 Innovation Award from the Sports Turf Managers Association, is the only machine of its kind to use air injection technology to help oxygen circulate in compacted soil. The CPR element of the machine’s name stands for compaction relief, increased porosity, and enhanced respiration.

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Hadrian explained: ‘The presentation of our greens is paramount, and we do everything we can to ensure they are always in the best condition they could possibly be.

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‘We use garlic-based products to deter the worms, nematodes and our eco-friendly weedkiller, Foamstream. Our fertiliser is seaweed based and we recycle everything. All our green waste is composted and reused.’

Burleys manages 16 greens throughout the South East. Other clubs looking to get their greens up to competition standard can contact Burleys for a free site visit and advice.

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What’s On In Nov? Thursday 1st Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7pm. National Theatre Live - ‘Alleluja!’, cert. 15.

Tickets £13.50/£12.50/£8.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘The End of the First World War’, talk by Dr Chris Kempshall. New members welcome. Members £1, visitors £1.50 inc. refreshments. Tel: Helen Warren 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Seaford Bonfire Society Open Committee Meeting The White Lion Hotel, Claremont Road 7.30pm. A chance to join and meet the committee. Email: seafordbonfire@gmail.com www.seafordbonfiresociety. co.uk Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Royal British Legion, Claremont Rd 8pm. Singers, musicians and audience welcome to perform or listen. Hosted by Derek Seed.

Friday 2nd Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 2.15pm - 4pm. ‘A Policeman’s Lot can be a Quite Interesting One’, talk by Neil Sadler, plus tea and biscuits, raffle. Transport available. New members always welcome. Visitors £3.

Tel: Pauline 01323 895216 Email: white-65@talktalk.net Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Seaford 6pm. Bonfire party (members only). www.nssc.org.uk All Souls’ Day Service St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd 7.30pm. A special service for people to remember loved ones who have died and light a candle in their memory.

All welcome. Refreshments provided afterwards.

Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘Faces Places’, cert.

PG. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org 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.face book.com seahavenopenmic Saturday 3rd Lunchtime Concert St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm. Sussex Chamber Ensemble. Free event selfsupported by donations. www.seafordparish.org.uk Autumn Fayre St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd 2pm - 4pm. Many stalls and refreshments. Free admission.

Foundation of Spiritual Healing and Guidance St James’ Trust Community Centre, Blatchington Road 2pm - 4pm. Free healing, qualified approved healers in attendance. No appointment.

Tea and cakes. Donations welcome. Tel: 01323 896192 www.facebook.com/Thefshg The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Karaoke with Keith.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th Krissy of Sussex Christmas Fayre 25 Chyngton Way 11am - 4pm. Homemade marmalades, jams, pickles, chutneys, cakes and our worldfamous Christmas puddings.

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

Sunday 4th Open Church St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd Open church and churchyard with art works and installations, marking 100 years since the end of the First World War.

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

Beach Clean Martello Tower, The Esplanade 10am. Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, or bring your own bucket. Supervised children welcome. Rubbish sorted for recycling.

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Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th WW1 Remembered Arts@theCrypt, Church St 7pm, Fri: Free talk by Kevin Gordon on the Armistice.

Sat: Installations from There But Not There, plus an exhibition including two local residents talking about their grandfathers. www.thecryptgallery.com Various venues, Seaford Sat/Sun: Images of local and stationed troops projected onto buildings in the evenings, plus specially created animated sequences by Filmspot Ltd. Seaford Community Cinema, The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Sun: ‘Journey’s End’ (see separate listing). www.seafordcinema.org St Leonard’s Church, Church Street Sun: Bellringers join others around the country in a joined up ring. www.seafordparish.org.uk

Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Freeman Iceberg 1 & 2. www.nssc.org.uk Poetry Workshop Arts@theCrypt, Church St 11am. A stimulating session to help you think about planning and writing your own material.

Explore the work of established poets in tackling a theme and produce a poem on that subject by the end of the day.

Tickets £8, available on the door or online. www.thecryptgallery.com Monday 5th Seaford U3A Tea Party Con Club, Crouch Lane 2pm. ‘Managing a Residential Care Home’, talk by David Hitchin. £4 incl. afternoon tea (members only). Please book before 10am on the day.

Tel: 01323 899572 www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford Tuesday 6th Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Monthly meeting and lunch for members and guests.

Tel: Dennis Cockram 01323 491332, email: dcockram1@ sky.com Wednesday 7th The Wednesday Group Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 7.30pm. Informal: Jan Clay, paper book candles. All welcome.

Thursday 8th Seaford U3A Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road AGM, with speaker from Medical Detection Dogs. All members welcome. www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford

Friday 9th Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries & Hearing Loss Advice Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Cnr 10am - 12 noon. Drop-in with your local friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your brown NHS record book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org.uk www.eshrc.org.uk Friday 9th - Saturday 17th Murder on the Nile Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 7.45pm (9th & 12th-17th), 2.30pm (10th only). Tickets £9 tiered, £8 level. Available from Redgold Opticians, 32 Broad St. Enquiries tel: 01323 492821 www.seafordlittletheatre.co.uk Saturday 10th Cancer Charity Book Signing Cancer Research UK, 33 Broad Street 10.30am. With D. Austin Wilson, local author of The Big Walk, an

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account of his 3,200km solo walk around England, aged 73.

Percentage of proceeds to Cancer Research UK. Sovereign Seas Music Festival Warm Up Concert Seaford Baptist Church 4pm - 6pm. In support of Newhaven Lifeboat. Free entry, retiring offering.

The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Parlophones.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 11th Remembrance Service St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd 9.30am. Service of Holy Communion. All welcome to come and pray for peace.

Seven Sisters Lace Society WI Hall, Claremont Road 10am - 4pm. Make lace with a friendly group meeting bi-monthly on 2nd Sunday. All lace makers welcome, including beginners. Tel: 01323 483659 Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 11am. Remembrance at the pond. 11.15am. Freeman Iceberg 3 & 4. www.nssc.org.uk Sunday Tea Dances Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Rd, Newhaven 2pm - 4.30pm. Ballroom, Latin, popular sequence and occasional line dances. £6, including tea and biscuits (first visit £1.50). Tel: Fred Weston on 01323 898813 Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 4pm. ‘Journey’s End’, cert. 12A. Preceded by short film in which Brighton poet Tommy Sissons recites Our Children Will Inhabit a Wilderness. WWI commemoration event. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50 from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church St, tel: 01323 897426, or at www.seafordcinema.org Splash Point Jazz Club The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 5pm - 7.30pm. The Neal Richardson Trio with special guest Jeff Williams (trombone). £10 (kids free) on the door or online: www.wegottickets.com/ splashpointjazz

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Tuesday 13th Plastic Free Seaford Morrisons, Dane Road 9am - 11am. Stall in the entrance foyer raising awareness of the swaps you can make with your supermarket shop.

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Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 7pm for 7.30pm. ‘Eastbourne Postal History’, talk by Lionel Jones. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc

Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘The Shape of Water’, cert. 15. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org

Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm lunch.

Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024

Thursday 15th Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2pm. ‘Tutti Frutti’, demonstration by Michelle King. Annual fee £28, visitors £5 on the door, including refreshments. Tel: Mary Morris 01323 893899 or Sue Ward 01323 894848

Comedy Seaford The View at Seaford Head, Southdown Road 8pm (doors 7pm). Monthly comedy night hosted by Julie Jepson. Tickets £10 on door or in advance from Golf Club and Seaford Tourist Info, 37 Church St. Tel: 07773 522943, email: comedyseaford@outlook.com

Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Cevennes: Butterflies, Bees and Orchids’, talk by Mike Kerry. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory. org.uk GuestHouse Storytellers Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 7.30pm. ‘The Gift’, told by Dominic Kelly. Tickets £7 advance, £9 on the door. www.guesthousestorytellers. com Tuesday 13th - Sunday 18th Living Things Arts@theCrypt, Church St 10am - 4pm. Mixed media exhibition. www.thecryptgallery.com Wednesday 14th Sassy Hair and Beauty Charity Event 32 High Street 9am - 5.30pm. Instead of paying the salon, make a suggested minimum donation of £10 to the Youth Conselling Project. www.sassyhair.co.uk wwwtycp.org Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2pm. Waiting list for new members. To hire the hall for events, tel: Hilary Elworthy 01323 894066. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford Seaford Museum & Heritage SocietySeaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 2.30pm. ‘Sussex 1918: The Armistice and Beyond’, illustrated talk by Kevin Gordon.

Tickets £5/£2 members.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust Seaford and Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘A Sussex Farm During the 1950s’, illustrated talk by Ian Everest, Sussex natural history speaker. £3 SWT members/£4 visitors. Tel: 01424 777291 or 07946 753135 www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Thurs 15th - Sat 17th East Dean Players presents Three One Act Comedies East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane, East Dean 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Email: edpboxoffice@gmail.com Friday 16th Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries & Hearing Loss Advice St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 10am - 12 noon. Drop-in with your local friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your brown NHS record book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org.uk www.eshrc.org.uk Deafblind Support Group Ashleigh Glegg House, Grosvenor Road 10.30am - 12 noon. Small, friendly group run by East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Meet other deafblind people for a tea or coffee and find out about current issues.

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Saturday 17th Cats Protection Christmas Bazaar Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 10am - 12 noon.

Seaford Bowling Club Autumn Bazaar Seaford Bowling Club, Chichester Road 10am - 12 noon. Various stalls, including homemade cakes, jams and pickles, tombola, raffle, bottle stall, books, puzzles, cards and seasonal gifts.

Sussex Mineral Show 2018 Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath 10am - 4.30pm. Displays, competition, illustrated talks and children’s workshop. Over 40 dealers with minerals, gems, fossils, meteorites, flints books and accessories for sale.

Admission £2.50 adult/£50p child/Rockwatch members free. www.smls.online Modern Makers Workshop: Creative Bookmaking Arts@theCrypt, Church St 10.15am - 1.30pm. An introduction to some exciting and straightforward ways to create your own books.

Suitable for beginners, aspiring and professional artists. £30 incl. materials, tea & coffee. Email: modmakersgallit@gmail.com www.thecryptgallery.com Lunchtime Concert St Leonard’s Church, Church St 1pm. Buxted Symphony Orchestra charity concert for St Cecilia’s Day, raising funds for

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Christian Aid. Free event selfsupported by donations. www.seafordparish.org.uk Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 2.30pm. ‘Edie’, cert. 12A. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50. Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Hillcrest Community Cinema Hillcrest Community Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 6pm (café), 7.30pm (film). ‘The Death of Stalin’, cert. 15. Tickets £5 on the door. www.facebook.com/ HillcrestCinema The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Firetones.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th Society of Eastbourne Artists Exhibition and Sale of Work Eastbourne Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne 10am - 4pm. Over 300 original pieces of members’ work for sale. Refreshments, raffle, cards and framing supplies available.

Free entry.

Tel: Andrew 01323 721700 www.sea-art.co.uk Sunday 18th Friends of Tide Mills meeting Tide Mills 10am - 12 noon. Meet at beach end of old village road.

Help us to care for this special place. Email: brian.skinner2@ btinternet.com Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Freeman Iceberg 5 & 6. www.nssc.org.uk The Joyce Campbell Sunday Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 1pm. £6. Sunday roast and get-together for Seaford senior citizens. Transport can be arranged. To book and further details tel: 01323 890175

Corelli Ensemble St Pancras Church, Ireland’s Lane, Lewes 4pm. Pieces by Corelli, Marcello, Peter Copley, Handel and Bach.

Followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet the performers. Tickets £12 on the door/£10 in advance. Children free. www.corelliensemble.co.uk Tuesday 20th Plastic Free Seaford Community Meeting The Seven Sisters (function room) Alfriston Rd 7pm. Monthly meeting for the Plastic Free Seaford campaign.

All welcome.

Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7pm. National Theatre Live - ‘The Madness of George III’, cert. 12A. Tickets £13.50/£12.50/£8.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Wednesday 21st Seaford U3A Coffee Morning Con Club, Crouch Lane 10am - 12 noon. Find out about courses, workshops and outings. £2 incl. tea/coffee/cake.

Prospective members welcome. www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford National Trust Seaford Association Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 2.30pm. AGM, plus talk by Adrian Harrison of NT Birling Gap on ‘Coastal Erosion’. New members (including non-NT members) most welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Relax into a Mindful Christmas Workshop The Blue Room, Clinton Place 6pm - 9pm. Learn mindful new ways of dealing with the festive season. For information and to book, tel: Ian 07941 348312 The Wednesday Group Cross Way Church, Steyne Rd 7.30pm. Rehearsal for Hospice Evening. All welcome.

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Thursday 22nd Jazz and Blues Evening with Jane Reeves Florence House, Southdown Road 7pm - 10pm. In aid of The Youth Counselling Project. Tables for 4-6 & 8, wine available, bring your own nibbles. Tickets £10. www.tycp.org Friday 23rd Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘The Square’, cert.

15. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50.

Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Saturday 24th National Trust Seaford Association Autumn Fair St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 10am - 11.30am. Various stalls, including cakes, books, puzzles, gifts and bric-a-brac, and a Christmas raffle. Entry 50p, incl. tea/coffee. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt RNLI Newhaven Christmas Fayre Hillcrest Community Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 10am - 12.30pm. Variety of festive stalls, a visit from Father Christmas and a Wonderful Winter Raffle. Entry 25p, all profits to RNLI Newhaven. www.rnli.org/newhavenbranch Seaford Sessions: Hatful of Rain Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 7pm (doors), 7.30pm (show).

Brighton-based trio combining English, Celtic and American Bluegrass traditions. Tickets £12.50 on the door or £10 in advance, available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordsessions.org Seaford Choral Society ‘Only Remembered’ Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 7.30pm. A multi-media memorial of the end of WWI. Includes pieces from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and Suffragette Anthem, and features Seaford Primary School. Tickets £10 adults, £5 children, available from

members, Steamworks, 2 Station Approach, or Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street.

The Sinatra Years East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane, East Dean 7.30pm. A celebration of Sinatra’s music with Tony Jacobs and the Jim Barry Quartet, plus local saxophonist Sue Greenway. Tickets £15.

Tel: Frances: 01323 423137 www.tonyjacobs.net The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road, Seaford 8.45pm. Full House.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 25th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Freeman Iceberg 7 & 8. www.nssc.org.uk Seaford Music Society: Touchwood Piano Quartet St Leonard’s Church, Church St 3pm. Works by Beethoven and Brahms. Tickets £15 nonmembers, £5 student, members free. Available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street, or via SMS treasurer Paul Moore. Membership available at the door. www.seafordmusicsociety.com Tuesday 27th Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Birding in Antarctica and the South Atlantic’, talk by Matt Eade. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory. org.uk Plauschgruppe The White Lion, Claremont Rd 7pm. German conversation group. Very informal. For details, tel: Peter 01323 897360 Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 8pm. Monthly meeting.

Email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com.

Wednesday 28th Seaford U3A Pub Lunch The White Lion, Claremont Rd 12.30pm for 1pm. Monthly lunch. Please book with organiser by Monday 26th.

Tel: 01323 892244 www.u3asites.org.uk/seaford

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Thursday 29th Newhaven Hillcrest Country Market Christmas Event Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven 9.45am - 2pm. Buy unique gifts and place orders for seasonal fare. Wide range of stalls.

Seaford & District Horticultural Society St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7pm. Members’ social evening.

AGM and Awards Night with raffle and refreshments. Last meeting of the year. www.seafordhorti.com Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7pm. From the London Palladium - ‘The King & I’, cert. 12A TBC. Tickets £13.50/£12.50/£8. Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Thurs 29th Nov - Sat 1st Dec Seaford Arts & Crafts Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 10.30am - 4.30pm (Thurs/Fri), 10.30am - 5.30pm (Sat). High quality goods from artists in Seaford and further afield. Visual art, textiles, jewellery, paper crafters, mosaics, Christmas decorations and wreaths, fairtrade tea and coffee and more. Refreshments available.

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Coming up Saturday 1st December Lewes Craft Market Christmas Fair Market Tower, Market Street, Lewes 10am - 4pm. Locally made arts and crafts at affordable prices.

Seaford Christmas Magic Various venues 10am - 6pm. A full range of entertainment and attractions, including live music, children’s area with Santa’s grotto, reindeer, owls and lantern making. Lantern parade from 4.45pm, Christmas lights switched on 5.30pm. www.seafordxmasmagic.uk

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Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 6pm. ‘Paddington 2’, cert. PG. Christmas Magic event. Tickets £6/£5/£3.50. Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.seafordcinema.org Lo Polidoro Fleur de Paris Duo Alfriston War Memorial Hall, The Tye, Alfriston 6.30pm. The French Twinning Group presents a musical affair, with chanteuse Lo Polidoro and accordionist Nigel Broderick.

Chanson, swing and the American songbook. Cash bar, light snacks and raffle. Tickets £12. Tel: Jean 01323 890373 or Sylvia: 01323 871188 Email: jeannecash@gmail.com The Old Boot Inn 13 High Street 9pm. Kangaroo Juice.

Tel: 01323 895454 www.facebook.com/ theoldbootinnseaford Sunday 2nd December Beach Clean Martello Tower, The Esplanade 10am. Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, or bring your own bucket. Supervised children welcome. Rubbish sorted for recycling.

Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Wednesday 5th December Cross Way Church St Wilfrid’s Hospice Evening Clinton Centre, Clinton Place 7pm. An evening to be enjoyed with the Wednesday Group. Coffee, tea and mince pies, carols, stalls and more.

Admission £3 incl. coffee/tea and mince pie. Raising funds for St Wilfrid’s Hospice.

Saturday 8th December Concentus Sings Christmas St Leonard’s Church, Church St 4pm. Modern and traditional seasonal favourites. Also at St Saviour’s, South Street, Eastbourne on Saturday 15th.

Tickets £10/£5 under-16s.

Available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church St, Seaford; Semantics, 33 Grove Road, Eastbourne; Eastbourne Tourist Info Centre, Cornfield Road; on the door or at www. concentus.ticketsource.co.uk

What’s On Weekly?

ARTS & CRAFTS Art Workshop Be Creative, 13 Sutton Park Road Thurs fortnightly: 10am - 12 noon. With Lesley Harvey. All mediums used. £15. Tel: Terri on 01323 490912

Art Workshop Paradise Park Café, Avis Road, Newhaven Last Sat of the month: 9am - 11am. With Lesley Harvey.

All materials provided. £12. Tel: 07722 236741 to reserve a place. Email: lesleyharvey17@ hotmail.com 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 Craft Social St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Tues: 9.30am - 12 noon.

Exchange tips and ideas, help each other and make friends.

Bring your own craft projects to work on. £3 per session.

Tel: 07721 948357 Email: craftsocialuk@hotmail. com www.craftsocialuk.com 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 video-related topics. Contact Valerie McManus: 07950 904778, valmcmanusuk@yahoo.com www.eastsussexmoviemakers.org Jewellery Classes Seaford Mon: 6 -9pm, Wed: 10am 2pm, Fri: 10am - 2pm. tel 07952 195341, email: info@ leprevost.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 Road Weds: 10am - 12 noon. Knit, natter and crochet. All made

welcome. Tel: Eileen on 01323 491638 or Lyn 01323 893412 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 Newhaven Knit ‘n’ Natter Group Hillcrest Centre Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Mon: 2pm-4pm. Room 4.

Friendly support for knitting and needlework enthusiasts.

All ages and abilities welcome.

No fees or subscription. Bring along your knitting and enjoy refreshments in the café.

Free parking and access for the disabled. Further details, tel: 07540 199616 or 01323 890205 Seaford Art Club Downs Leisure Centre Fri: 2 - 4pm. A friendly, active group of enthusiastic, competent artists.

Demonstrations, practical sessions, gallery visits and other trips. Tel Anne: 01323 491008 http://seafordartclub.weebly. com Seaford Machine Knitting Club Baptist Church, Belgrave Rd 2nd Fri of month: 2 - 4pm.

Tel: Helen Doran on 01323 872218 or email: hdoran@ talktalk.net Seaford Photographic Society The Martello Room, Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Fri: 7.30pm. September to May. www.SeafordPS.org.uk

CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS

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

Mon - Sat: 10am - 2pm. Shop.

We offer the following services for older people: information and support, medical transport, visiting and befriending, contact time. Volunteers required.

Tel: 01323 899434 www. ageconcernseaford.btck.co.uk

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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 Bipolar UK Support Group St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 2nd Weds of month: 1.30pm-3.30pm.

Information and support for individuals affected by bipolar, including friends, family and carers. www.bipolaruk.org Canasta Afternoon Seaford & Blatchington Lawn Tennis Club, 47 Belgrave Road 1st & 3rd Weds of month: 2pm. £2.50 per session incl. tea/coffee and biscuits. For info, tel: June 01323 896456.

Civil Service Pensioners Alliance The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 1st Tues of month: 10am.

Friendly chat inc. group business and info on pensions/ benefits/ socials & days out.

Refreshments.

Cuckmere Valley Transition Group George Inn, Alfriston 1st Thurs of month: 7pm Energy Group meeting.

Tel: 01323 870409 email: cuckmere transition@gmail.com www. cuckmerevalleytransition.org.uk Deans Senior Tea Club Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 2pm - 4pm. Social club for all. The aim is to combat loneliness and isolation.

Tea, cakes, games, raffle and entertainment. All welcome.

Dog Training The Scout Hut, The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Tues evenings: Seaford & District Dog Training Club. Dog training classes in accordance with the Kennel Club Good Citizens Scheme.

Class levels are puppy, bronze, silver and graduate.

Tel: Dave 07516 934927 www.seaforddogclub.co.uk Downs 60+ Club Sutton Corner, Seaford (Old Flint Building, grounds of Downs Leisure Centre) 10am-12 noon and 2-4pm.

Mon am: Art, snooker. pm: Snooker, table tennis, board

games. Tues am: Snooker, art, keep fit (10.30-11.30) pm: Board games, table tennis.

Weds am: Art, snooker, choir (10.30-11.30), lunch club 12.30pm pm: Snooker, craft & chat. Thurs am: Art, board games, snooker, exercise & line dancing pm: Art, snooker.

Fri am: Art, snooker pm: Table tennis Sat am: Table tennis, snooker. Occasional discussion group, card games and minibus trips. Visit twice then pay £55 for the year; no more to pay for unlimited visits (excl. lunch).

Come along or call 01323 896422 on Weds 10am -12 noon.

East Dean & Friston Gardening Club East Dean Village Hall, Gilberts Drive 2nd Fri of month: 2.15pm 4pm. Variety of guest speakers.

Membership £7 per year, visitors welcome. Tel: Fran 01323 423529 French in the Cuckmere Valley Near Littlington French conversation groups led by French teacher. One-toone’s, preparation for exams, Skype lessons, proofreading, translation, French film and literary groups. For more information tel: 01323 871204/ 07903 610880 or email babkun@gmail.com French One-to-One Conversation and Tutoring For adult beginners and improvers and GCSE level students, with former legal translator. £25 per hour. For details tel: 07446 884435 sarah.rigler@clara.co.uk Friendship The Base (next to the Salts Café), Marine Parade Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon.

We chat, enjoy music, play games and buy a drink in the café next door. £2 each week (carers free).

Tel: Sam 01323 897320 The Havens Day Clubs for Over 65s Kempton House, Peacehaven: Tues: 10am-3pm, or half day. Newhaven Age Concern Club: Weds: 10am3pm, or half days. Care, support, friendship and respite care.

Run by Age UK East Sussex.

Tel Nicola on 07850 987131, Lewes office 01273 476704 www.ageukeastsussex.org.uk

Heartsease Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 1st Fri of month (except August): 2.30pm. Monthly group welcoming anyone who finds themselves alone and would enjoy some social interaction. Speakers, activities, companionship and tea. Tel: John and Jill Hughes 01323 898678 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, instruments, social events, trips out, advice, encouragement & guidance.

Annual membership £5 (excl. social events and trips). Term time only. Tel: 01323 896009 www.seafordbaptistchurch. org.uk Kids Aloud Kingswell, 115-117 Vale Road (Community Church Hall) Fri: 3.45pm - 5.30pm. Free after-school activities for children aged 4-12. All welcome for games, art and stories. Tel: Tina 01323 492833. www.kings-well.org.uk/kids_ aloud.htm Know Dementia Memory Moments Café Meridian Centre, Meridian Way, Peacehaven Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Informal café for people with dementia and their family supporter/carer. Includes tea, coffee and cake, and a little fun and laughter with games, talk, music, dance etc. Tel: 01273 494300 Email: info@ knowdementia.co.uk Lipreading Classes St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tues:10am - 11.45am.

Newcomers welcome, first session free. Great confidence builder. Six week terms. Fee includes membership of Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club. Tel: Jenny 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.

Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford 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 National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

3rd Wed of month: 2.30pm.

Illustrated talks on diverse subjects from Oct to March.

Outings from spring to autumn plus other social and fundraising events. New members welcome. Visitors £2.50. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt 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 Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd 2nd Tues of month: 12pm for 12.30pm lunch. Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024 The Rotary Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd Weds: 12.45 for 1pm. Weekly meeting.

Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes RAF Club, Wish Road, Eastbourne Sun: 6pm. Weekly meetings.

Tel: 07766 404133 or 07709 290934 or email: dkg53@ talktalk.net The Royal Society of St George Monthly events. England’s leading patriotic society.

Contact Chairman 01323 899985 or email: 514928@ talktalk.net.

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

Membership £28 per year.

Visitors £5 inc. refreshments per meeting. Tel: Mary Morris 01323 893899 or Sue Ward 01323 894848 Seaford Bonfire Society White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd First Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Membership and open committee meeting. Email: seafordbonfire@gmail.com www.seafordbonfiresociety. co.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. For further information please refer to our website www.bridgewebs.com/seaford 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 Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Blatchington 1st Tues of month: Monthly lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Martello Rotary Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Mon: 7.15pm for 7.45pm.

Tel: 01323 490777 or email: seafordmartellorotary@gmail. com Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower Summer opening Sunday & bank hols: 11am-4pm.

Weds & Sat: 2pm-4pm.

Winter opening Sunday & bank hols:

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11am-4pm.

Tel: 01323 898222 www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Seaford Quakers Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd Sun: 10.30 - 11.30am. Meeting for worship followed by refreshments. All welcome.

Tel Margaret Brandram on 01323 381282 Seaford Social Club for Blind & Partially Sighted People St Peter’s Hall, Belgrave Road 1st Thurs of month: 2-4pm.

Entertainment and tea.

Tel: ESAB 01323 832252 Seafordspirit: Seaford Independent Spiritualist Church 3 Warwick Road Tues: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Healing. Thurs: 7.30pm Divine Service. Friday: 10.30pm 12 noon Healing. Alternate Saturdays: Clairvoyant Evenings 7.30pm. Demos/ workshops see website. All welcome. Tel 01323 737407 Email: enquiries@seafordspirit. co.uk www.seafordspirit.co.uk Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 2nd Weds of month: 7.15pm.

Monthly speaker. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc Seaford Stroke & Caring Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Mon: 2 - 4pm. Slides, music, quizzes, bingo, tea and homemade cakes. Some transport available. Tel: Joyce Woodgate: 01323 894547 Seahaven (Afternoon) Trefoil Guild Afternoon Meeting St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church St. 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 Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd 1st Friday of month: 2.15 - 4pm. Guest speakers and other activities, tea and biscuits, raffle. Local transport may be available at a small cost.

Contact Pauline 01323 895216

Southdown Bridge Club 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Weds: 6.15pm for 6.30pm start. Friendly Duplicate Bridge club for improvers up.

Tel: 01323 896071 Email: creamer@uwclub.net www.bridgewebs.com/ southdown Spanish Conversation & Coffee Morning Micklefield Way, Seaford 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 2nd Mon: 7pm-8.30pm. Group for people affected by suicide. www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Sussex Army Cadet Force No. 2 Platoon (Seaford) Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Mon & Weds: 7.30 - 9.30pm.

For ages 12 (school year 8) to 18 yrs. For further information email kevin.falconer@serfca.org or tel: 01273 552222 Sussex Wildlife Trust Various locations in and around Seaford 1st Thurs of month:10am 3pm, Sept to May. For details tel: 07824 151935. Email: sarahquantrill@sussexwt.org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk U3A Members’ Interest Talks Downs Leisure Cent., Sutton Rd Thurs: afternoon. Subjects range from Japanese Ideas to Bonnard in Search of Rainbows, Chickens, Parliament and more. www.u3asites.org. uk/seaford/home The Union Club, Seaford 1 Stafford Road A non-political social club for residents. Lounge bar, dart board, snooker table, TV screens, and events.

Applications for membership all welcome. Tel 01323 890015 email: membership@ theunionclub.plus.com

Whist Drive St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church Hall, Sutton Road Thurs: 1.45pm. £2 inc. tea and biscuits. Tel: 01323 896412 Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. For children 0 to 11 yrs with their dads, granddads and male carers. Tel: 01323 896009

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Clinton Centre Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Tues: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee/ tea and biscuit or toast and butter, £1. Tel: 01323 873262 Coffee Morning & Bring & Buy St Luke’s Church Hall, Walmer Rd Weds: 10am - 12 noon Coffee Pot Chyngton Methodist Church Hall Thurs: 10 - 11.30am. Assorted items on sale. Disabled access.

Friendly atmosphere.

Tel: 01323 891534 East Dean Farmers’ Market East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane off Gilberts Drive Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

01323 423481 Family Learning and Youth Activities Please call for information.

Tel: 01273 517250, email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk International Coffee Morning St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 2nd & 4th Weds of month: 10.30am - 12.30pm. FebruaryDecember, term time only.

Local Indoor Market Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Fri: 10.30am - 2.30pm. Local community market, formerly held at the Clinton Centre on Tuesdays. Stalls available. Email: sussexmarkets@live.co.uk Facebook: Sussex Markets Love Heart Community Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Thurs: 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Supporting people with learning difficulties through work experience. All welcome.

Fundraisers: raise funds and enhance your profile for free, any Thursday with booked slot.

Tel: 01273 812976

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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 Monday Coffee Mornings Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am.

Everyone welcome to come and enjoy a coffee/tea with biscuits.

Newhaven Country Market Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LH Thursdays: 9.45am - 1pm (2pm Easter and Christmas markets). Homemade produce, free-range eggs, fresh fish, plants, crafts, café. Free parking, access for the disabled.

Tel: 07540 199616 Newhaven Street Markets Newhaven High Street Thurs & Sat: 9am - 2pm. Fresh produce, bread, pastries, fish & seafood, street food, clothes, arts & crafts, household goods, fishing tackle, handmade jewellery. For stall hire tel 01273 517544 or email:new havenmarket@outlook.com One You East Sussex Various locations Free healthy lifestyle service.

Supporting East Sussex residents to eat well, move more, drink less, be smoke free and lose weight through internal programmes and 1-2-1 support. Plus free NHS health checks. To self-refer or refer a friend go online or tel: 01323 404600 www.oneyoueastsussex.org.uk Plastic Free Seaford The Seven Sisters (function room) Alfriston Road 3rd or 4th Tues: 7pm. Monthly Community Meeting for the Plastic Free Seaford campaign.

All welcome.

Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Seaford Community Garden Crouch Gardens next to the Peace Garden Weds: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon.

Garden open, plants and produce for sale. All welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/scg Seaford Old Town Hall Community Tea Room Church Street, Seaford Mon - Fri: 10am - 1pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Come and enjoy a comfortable 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 Seaford Street Markets Sutton Road 2nd & 4th Friday of the month: 9am - 1pm. www. seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/ Street-Markets.aspx Seahaven Storehouse Seaford Community Church, 115-117 Vale Road Thurs: 10am - 1pm. Providing basic food items to individuals and families in need. Tel/ text: 07921 844930 Email: seahavenstorehouse@gmail. com www.kings-well.org.uk/ storehouse.php

Ladies’ clubs

Blatchington Hill Townswomen’s Guild The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford 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.

Seaford Martello WI St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church Street 2nd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01273 583484, email: angeaston@sky.com Seaford NWR (National Women’s Register) Members’ homes and out and about Various days: For women who are interested in everything and talk about anything. More details visit www.nwr.org.uk or contact us directly by email: nwrseaford@gmail.com Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 4th Tues of month: 8pm 10pm. For further info about attending, please email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com

Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2nd Weds of month: 2pm.

Other activities include: Mon: Art (weekly), Play Reading (fortnightly), Walking Group (fortnightly). Weds: Craft & Chat (fortnightly). Every other month: Book Reading. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford

music & drama The Archway Blatchington Rd Tel 01323 897590 www.thearchwaygroup.com Gospelish Choir Mon: 8pm - 9.30pm. Gospel & soul-inspired music. £8.50 a session.

Contemporary Choir Chyngton School, Millberg Rd Weds: 12.30pm - 2pm at Archway, 8pm - 9.30pm Everything from Ellington to Supertramp. £8.50 per session.

Chyngton Youth Academy of Arts and Drama St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Thurs: 4pm. Ages 5-12 Fri: 5.30pm. Ages 12-18.

For drama classes contact Ellen on 07791 081935 Concentus Choir JPK Project, 39-41 Church Street, Eastbourne Mon: 7.30pm - 9.45pm. No need to read music to join this friendly choir, which regularly sings in Seaford. www.concentus-sings.com 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 -12pm or come on the day.

Haven Harmonies Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven BN9 9LH Mon: 7 - 9pm. Contemporary repertoire accompanied on guitar. No need to read music. £6 per session. Tel 01273 611068 or email: marianstanley43@gmail.com for more information.

Michael Piraner’s Recorder Workshops The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat every month: 2pm - 4.30pm. For adults over 18 years of age. For more information, email: val. underhill@googlemail.com

Play Readings at the Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road 1st Tues every month (except November): 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 SBC Singers Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 7pm. New members always welcome.

Tel: Peter 01273 586687 Seaford Choral Society Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Mon: 7.15 - 9.15pm (plus 1pm on 24th Nov). New singers always welcome, no experience necessary, no audition. Tel: 01323 301683, email: info@seaford-choralsociety.com www.seafordchoral-society.com Seaford Drum Group The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Tues: 7pm - 9pm. Group drumming. No experience necessary, everyone welcome.

Tel: Jamie 07863 159742 Seaford Handbell Ringers St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Weds: 10am - 12.30pm. New members welcome. For more information, tel: Margaret Hopkins 01323 325305 Seaford Little Theatre Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee morning for members and potential members. Tel: Mary 01323 351882. Last Mon of month: £1 tea and toast charity breakfast. Tel: Debbie 07596 709044.

Weds: 7.30pm - 10pm (except during productions). Workshop and Social Evening. Set building, prop, wardrobe and chat over a coffee.

Tel Ray: 07984 280067 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

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Seaford Silver Band Seaford Head School, Steyne Rosd 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 Singing for Fun Seaford Baptist Church Weds: 11am - 12 noon.

Thurs: 7 - 8pm. For adults of all ages and abilities – join us for an hour of musical fun.

No need to read music. £5.

Phone 01323 365495, 07799 818590 email: sallyann@ crystalclearaudio.co.uk Sound Baths The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road 1st and 3rd Tues of the month: Bathe in these lovely soothing sounds. Tel 07515 961327 South Downs Society of Recorder Players St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 4th Sat of the month: 2 - 5pm.

Contact the secretary, email: sdowns@srp.org.uk U3A Recorder Group St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Weds: 2 - 4pm. Tel: Val Underhill on 01323 895230 Email: val.underhill@googlemail. com Vocal Repertoire St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Fri: 5pm for 8 - 12 year olds, 7pm for 13 to 20 year olds.

Join our wonderful, talented and friendly bunch for group and solo singing sessions For more details visit: facebook.com/vocalrepertoire

Baby & Pre-School

Ante- & Postnatal Excercise Class Downs Leisure Centre, Tues: 10.45 - 11.30am. Specialist exercise 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 Artsmart Pre-school Messy Play Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 11am - 12pm. Drop in £4.50, siblings £3. Artsmart

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holiday workshops contact Ann on 07834 629133 or facebook

Ballroom. 8.30pm. Followon class. Classes also held in Newhaven. Tel: 01273 476565

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

Barefoot Boogaloo Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 4th Tues of the month: 7.30 - 9.30pm. £7£5 concs.

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Big Park Buggy Walk Gateway Café, Big Park, Piddinghoe Avenue, Peacehaven Weds: 10am. No need to book - just turn up. www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Jitterbugs Under 5s Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Fri: 9.30am - 10.30am. Term time only. Tel: 01273 517250 Email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Parent and Toddler Group St Peter’s Church Chapel Rms Tues: 9 - 11am. Open to all.

Piglets Toddler Group St Thomas More Church Wednesdays: 9.30 - 11.30am.

Facebook: Piglets Seaford 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 preschool children.Tel: 01323 896009

sport & dance

Alfriston Badminton Club Pleasant Rise, Alfriston Weds: 8 - 10pm. Small friendly group looking to expand its membership. All standards welcome. Tel: 01323 645210 Ballet, Tap and Modern Bond School of Dance, St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Rd Weds, Fri & Sat: from 3 years.

Free trial class. Tel: 01323 492795 or 07703 485348 www.nikki-b-danceschool.co.uk Ballet,Tap, Modern & Jazz Seahaven Dance, Seaford and Newhaven Mon - Sat Contact Mechele on 07738 831616, email: info@seahavendance.co.uk www.seahavendance.co.uk Ballroom Dance Classes with Studio Tempo Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

Thurs: 5.45pm. Beginners Sequence. 7.30pm. Beginners

Basketball with Seahaven Force Seahaven Academy, Southdown Road, Newhaven Thurs: 7pm - 9.30pm. Adults open scrimmage (mixed).

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Open squad session 11-17 years.

Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Sun: 11am - 1pm. Mini Ballers 6-11 years.Tel: 07900 817868 www.seahavenforce.com 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: 2pm: All age circuits, 2.45 - 4pm: Older adult stretch & tone. £5 pp. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Boxercise® Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 7pm. Circuits and Bootcamp. Tues: 7.30pm.

Cardio Padwork and Aerobox.

All classes suitable for beginners.

Tel: 01273 510784 or book online: www.waveleisure.co.uk Boxercise® Constitutional Club, Seaford Sun: 10am.

Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Weds: 10am Thurs: 7.30pm Thurs: 6.30pm. Indoor Boot Camp Tel: 07904 818746 Facebook: Fitness & Personal Training Breakfast Bootcamp The Salts Recreation Ground, Seaford Thurs: 6.30 - 7.15am. An all over body workout this class is aimed at getting you stronger, leaner and will help you burn more calories! Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@ whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Crouch Bowling Club Crouch Gardens, East Street April-Sept: Outdoor bowling.

All age groups welcome. Free coaching by qualified coaches Tel: 01323 654788 www.crouch bowlingclubseaford.co.uk Cycle Seahaven Various locations Organised rides for MTB and road riders of all levels of fitness and experienc. £5 per year All rides are listed on www.cycleseahaven.org.uk Denton Indoor Bowls Club Denton Island, Newhaven Mon - Sun: 9am - 7pm. New members welcome. Tel 01273 514664 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 Pilates Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd Tues: 12.30 - 1.30pm. £7.50 pay as you go or £49 for 8 sessions.

Have fun! Suitable for all.

Contact Karen on 01273 305827 email: karen.funandfit@ gmail.com 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 Golf Seaford Golf Club, 111 Firle Road Learn how to play at our new academy. £50 adult/£25 under-16s for six months’ use of practice facilities, two free lessons with our PGA pro and a discount card in the clubhouse. Tel: 01323 892442 Health Walks Martello Tower/The Salts Café 10am - 11am. Health walks, Tuesdays First Tuesday of the month from Salts Café and

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third from Martello Tower. All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Run by The Conservation Volunteers. Tel: Jennifer on 07740 899559, email j.deering@tcv.org.uk Health Walks Seaford First Weds of the month: 10am - 11.30am. Free guided walks starting and finishing at various locations in Seaford until November. 1-1.5 hours. Walks also running in Newhaven and Peacehaven.

Full schedule online. www.waveleisure.co.uk Holistic Core Restore St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Unique six-week pelvic floor and core restore exercise programme for every woman at every life stage. For more info and how to book, tel: Denise 07725 358811. Email: denise@bodywisemusclecare. co.uk www.eastbourne holisticcorerestore.com Kettlercise and CoreAbility Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 6pm. Kettlercise. All over body toning and fat burning workout. Tues: 6.30pm.

Core-focused kettlebell and bodyweight workout.

All classes suitable for beginners.

Tel: 01273 510784 or book online: www.waveleisure.co.uk Line Dancing Daytime classes for mixed abilities. Tel Val on 01323 325993 Line Dancing Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates Fri: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates. Tel Gina on 01273 470456 or 07443 425621 Line Dancing with Southern Stomp Various venues Absolute ‘Two Left Feet’ workshops and an afternoon beginners class. To reserve a place, tel: 01273 587714 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 & Relaxation St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Sat: 10 - 11am.

The Archway, Blatchington Rd Tues: 11am -12 noon.

Fri: 6 - 7pm. Tel: 01323 365802 or 07557 539507.

Email: pia1807@hotmail.co.uk Meditation Group Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 7.30pm-8.30pm. £6.

Please contact Jacqueline for details. Tel: 07963 014560 Meditation Groups Seaford Tues: 10am-12 noon & 7pm9pm. Meetings held in Ann’s home. 1 to 1 sessions, massage and life coaching also available.

For further details, tel: Ann 07989 294445 Mums’ Fitness Mercread Centre, Mercread Road Mon: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Weds: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Fri: 9.30am. Total Toning Seaford: Tues: 9.30am. Tots and Tums Thurs: 9.30am. Tots & Tums Children welcome. £25 for 5. New members first 3 classes £10. www.facebook. com/MumsFitnessUK Tel Alex 07540 551054 Newhaven Bowling Club Fort Road, Newhaven Sat: 10am - 11.30am. Junior Bowls Club. 11.45am - lunch. #Letsplaybowls adult try-it-out sessions. Qualified coach and members to help all learn and improve. Tel: 07401663519 www.newhavenbowling club.weebly.com Nordic Walking Various locations Sat: Morning walks in Sussex.

Afternoon taster/introductory sessions on the seafront.

Weds: 7pm. Evening taster/ introductory sessions at Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd. Tel: Kathryn 01323 891492, email: kathrynmcdonald2@ googlemail.com Obstacle Course Training The Salts Recreation Ground 8.45am - 9.30am. Running, jumping, crawling, pulling, pushing, carrying and other movements to help you get stronger and fitter for your first obstacle course race.

Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Outdoor Walks & Activities Various locations - Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Eastbourne Free, informal, friendly group walks and gardening outdoor activities. Tel: 01273 519149, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk

Seaford & Blatchington Tennis Club Belgrave Road, Seaford The club is open 7 days a week, providing a wide variety of tennis activities. For further details, please contact membership secretary Dee Kellaway on 01323 891372 Seaford & District Folk Dance Group Sutton Hall, Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon: 7.45pm. New members welcome, first visit free.

Tel: Judy 01323 890759 or Pam 01273 585551

Pilates – Alfriston Pilates Lower Ground Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Road Daily and evenings (except Sunday). Pilates, Kettlebells, Tai Chi, Body Con, Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Sunday SUP pilates, 9am at the beach. Tel: 07903 681962. Email: alfristonpilates @btinternet.com www.alfriston-pilates.kinto.club

Seaford Bowling Club Chichester Road, Seaford April until October: Outdoor lawn bowls. Members play every day. Competitive and social bowling. Many social events throughout the year.

Friendly atmosphere. New members very welcome.

Tel: 01323 892831 www.seafordbowlingclub.org

Pilates Mat & Barre Dance Studio. Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Thurs: 6.15pm - 7.15pm. With Karen Hall. Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com

Seaford Cricket Club Salts Recreation Ground, Park Rd Junior outdoor training Fri: 6pm-7pm. Under 10s to under 13s. 7pm-8pm. Under 14s to under 16s. Email: seanwootten@rocketmail.com Senior outdoor training Tues & Thurs: 6.30pm-8pm.

Email: smithjps@hotmail.com New players and beginners welcome.

Pilates – Movement for Life Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic,Warwick Rd Mon-Sat: daily and evening classes. Back care, Gentle and Dynamic Pilates, Reformer and Wunda Chair, Pelvic Floor Restore, Men’s Group, Yoga, Meditation, Seniors Chairbased Exercise - something for every and any body!

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Rural Rambles Seaford Third Thurs of the month: Free guided walks starting and finishing at various locations in Seaford until November. 2-3 hours. Walks also running in Newhaven and Peacehaven.

Full schedule online. www. waveleisure.co.uk Scottish Country Dancing Alfriston War Memorial Hall, 4 The Tye, Alfriston Weds: 3.30pm - 5pm. Fun and laughter guaranteed. All ages and abilities welcome. No previous experience needed.

Bring water and comfortable shoes. £3 per person. Email: sue_fulham@hotmail.com

Seaford Kurlers Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford 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. seaford-rambling-club.org.uk 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

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Seaford Rugby Football Club Junior Training Salts Recreation, Marine Parade Sun: 10.30am -12pm. Ages ranging from 6 to 16, a friendly but ambitious squad. Come along or tel 07818 438378 Seaford Striders Running Club From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon & Weds (main night): 7pm. All ages and abilities welcome. www.seafordstriders.org.uk Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Wed: 10.15am-12.15pm. Our repertoire spans over 400 years of pleasurable dancing, with a focus on the 17th century. We look forward to welcoming anyone interested in joining/visiting us. £4 pw.

Tel: 01323 897315 Tai Chi Alfriston Pilates, Lower Grd Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Rd Thurs: 12 noon - 1pm. £8 per class, first class free. Soft, slow and gentle movement suitable for all. Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud.com Wave Leisure Health Walks From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Thurs: 10am. Tel: 01323 490011 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 New yoga studio with all equipment provided. 5-week courses for small groups with highly qualified teacher.

Tel: 01273 512306 Yoga – Chair Based Yoga Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Block of 6 classes £48. Drop in £10, space permitting. Max class size 7. For those who find floor work less suitable. Gentle class for posture, increased flexibility and relaxation. Tel: Christine 07764 188615. Email: savvachristine@gmail.com Yoga Classes for the Less Able St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd Thurs: 11am - 12pm. Seaford Group of Eastbourne & South

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Wealden Multiple Sclerosis Society. Exercises on floor and chair with trained yoga teacher. £5 a lesson.Tel. 01323 500932 Yoga – Himalayan Hatha Yoga Dance Studio, Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Mon: 7pm - 8.30pm. With Karen Hall. Dynamic yoga to invigorate and restore.

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Yoga – In Balance Hatha Yoga Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 6pm-7.15pm.

St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tues: 10am-11.30am.

WI Hall, Claremont Road Weds: 7pm-8.15pm.

Newhaven Enterprise Centre, Denton Island Fri: 7.30am-8.45am.

Small group hatha yoga sessions for all abilities.1-2-1 yoga sessions can be arranged.

Relaxing body massage and therapeutic sports massage also available. Tel: Sophie 07444 549859, email: inbalancesussex@gmail.com www.in-balance.org.uk Yoga Meditation Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Warwick Road Fri: 6pm - 7pm. With Karen Hall. Unwind and look after your body and mind. Donation.

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Yoga – Purrfect Yoga St James’ Clubhouse Blatchington Rd, Seaford Mon: 9.30am mixed ability yoga, 11am parent and baby yoga Tues: 6.30pm pregnancy yoga, 7.30pm mixed ability yoga The Yurt at Florence House, Southdown Road Weds: 12.50pm baby massage.

1.50pm mixed ability yoga.

Thurs: 8.15am mixed ability yoga, Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Weds: 3.15pm children’s yoga, 4.15pm family yoga.

St Thomas More Church Hall, Sutton Road Thurs: 6.20pm mixed ability yoga Tel: Catherine 07901 683577. www.facebook. com/purrfectyoga or email c.s.cornish@hotmail.com Yoga – Samtosha Yoga Samtosha Studio, 80 Court Farm Road, Newhaven Thurs: 10am -11.30am (term time only). Senior trainer

with 46 years’ experience in teaching. Maximum 10 participants ensures individual support and personal attention. £32 for 4-week course or select dates for £10 weekly in advance. Booking essential. Tel: 01273 512306 Email: samtosha4u@btinternet. com www.samtosha4u.com Yoga – Satyam Yoga Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Thurs: 10am -11.30am.

All levels of ability, beginners welcome. £40 for 5 class pass, valid for 8 weeks or £10 per class drop-in. Tel: 07774 862499. www.satyamyoga. co.uk Yoga – Seahaven Yoga The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Sat: 9.30am.

Weds: 7.30pm.

The Anahata Health Clinic 119/120 Edward St, Brighton Weds: 10.45am.

The Rendezvous, 168 South Coast Road, Peacehaven Fri: 1.30pm.

Gentle traditional yoga suitable for all. Tel 07983 622840/01323 892638 Email: seahavenyoga@btinternet.com www.seahavenyoga.co.uk Yoga – Transformation Hatha Yoga The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road Tues: 10am -11.30am.

Bishopstone Village Hall Tues: 6.30pm -8pm.

A gentle form of yoga suitable for all ages, from beginners to experienced practitioners.

Tel: Susannah 07862 263869 www.breathing-spaces.com Yoga with Therese The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road Mon: 9.30am - 11am Thurs: 6pm - 7.30pm & 7.30pm - 9pm Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Mon: 6.30pm - 8pm Weds: 10am - 11.30am Bishopstone Village Hall Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon Also regular sound baths and workshops. Tel Therese on 07515 961327 or email: theresesaunders7@aol.com Yoga – Yin and Tonic St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Rd Thurs: 9.30am - 10.45am. Yin yoga, a gentle practice that will increase mobility, flexibility and strength. £8 drop-in, £7 concession. First session free.

Tel: 07816 154644 Email: jacqui.johnston@hotmail.co.uk Zumba with Louise Zumba Fitness: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 10am-11am.

Shimmy your way to fitness.

Zumba Gold: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 2pm-3pm.

Peacehaven RC Church Hall, Horsham Ave Weds: 10 am - 11am & 11am12 noon. Two classes – pick which time you prefer.

For those who prefer a slower paced class.

Zumba Toning: Meeching Hall, Newhaven Weds: 7pm-8pm Sculpting the arms and core.

All classes £5 each or £20 for 5. Tel: 07786 425758 www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Weight loss & Beauty

Overeaters Anonymous A self-help group for people who wish to change their behaviour around food and eating. www.oagb.org.uk Slimming World Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Tues: 9.30am, 11.30am. 5.30pm & 7.30pm. With Tina Simpson, tel: 07534 901591 Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Road Thurs: 5.30pm & 7.30pm.

Emma, tel: 07790 214806 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.

Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Tues: 6.15pm.

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 5.45pm.

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SEAFRONT HOUSE WITH ANNEXE £795,000 Detached and individual seafront residence commanding panoramic views over Seaford bay and the English Channel & further benefiting from a self contained one bedroom annexe. Good size frontage mainly laid to lawn with gravel driveway leading to rear with access to double garage, 24’ Boat/Motorhome Shed (with 10’7” height) and a rear lawn.

PRIVATE SOUTH FACING GARDEN £725,000 An attractive and extended four bedroom detached house immaculately presented throughout with 100’ south facing rear garden and two storey detached garage offering potential for annexe accommodation or studio.

NEW BUILD TOWN CENTRE BUNGALOW £420,000 A superb detached, new build town centre two bedroom bungalow, contemporary designed but traditionally brick built, within easy reach of Seaford seafront and the beach. Built to high specification with light and spacious open plan living space.

IMMACULATELY PRESENTED £350,000 Immaculately presented det bungalow with 2 double bedrooms and beautiful landscaped rear garden. Improved to a high standard by the current owners.

Ample off road parking with access to garage. Rear is secluded, mainly laid to lawn with patio, covered arbour, water feature, pond and studio/games room.

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01273 474101

IMMACULATE AND EXTENDED £495,000 An immaculately presented and recently extended (2014) four bedroom detached house with sea views and 100’ rear garden. Versatile accommodation with a high spec kitchen/diner, luxury family bathroom and ample off road parking.

NO ONWARD CHAIN £140,000 Chain free 1 bedroom first floor maisonette. Well presented, spacious and light. Benefits include gas fired central heating, storage shed, uPVC double glazing and communal gardens.

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