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SHOULD YOU TAKE A TAX-FREE LUMP SUM FROM YOUR PENSION TO CELEBRATE RETIREMENT IN STYLE? If you’re nearing retirement, you may be thinking about taking a tax-free lump sum from your pension. But would you be better off leaving your money invested?

While it can be tempting, you should think about your short- and long-term plans.

The Pension Freedoms introduced in 2015 allow you to take up to 25% of your pension without paying Income Tax at age 55, rising to age 57 in 2028. This has proved popular among retirees. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, between October 2019 and March 2020, £3.8 billion was withdrawn from pensions as tax-free cash. It could mean having the cash to turn your retirement dreams into a reality.

As tempting as it may be to take the money on offer, you need to consider: What do you plan to do with the money?

Whether you want to book a trip of a lifetime or lend a helping hand to family, planning where the money will go can help you understand if it’s something you want to pursue, or if there are alternative ways to fund your plans. If you simply put your tax-free lump sum into a savings account, you could lose value in real terms. Interest rates are lower than inflation, so the spending power of the money will decrease over time.

How will it affect your long-term income?

While you may be thinking about using your tax-free lump sum to kickstart retirement, you need to look at the bigger picture. Saving into a pension creates an income throughout retirement, not just those first few years.

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Taking a quarter of your pension to spend from the outset could impact the income your pension will deliver for the rest of your life. So, it’s important to consider the pension lump-sum in the context of your wider retirement plans and ask questions like: • How long does my pension income need to last?

• What income do I need throughout retirement?

• Do I have a buffer in case of the unexpected?

It can be difficult to understand how taking a lump sum now could affect your income in 20 years and there are many ways to take advantage of the tax-free lump sum when accessing your pension. A good Independent Financial Adviser will help you weigh up the long-term impact of the decisions you make now.

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Welcome to the September Edition..

Hello Welcome to the September edition of The Village Living Magazine.

Our Cover this month is painting by

This month’s issue has the latest from our wonderful contributors.

Judy Uptons newest historical article, which is always a great read, is about ‘ The Major of Casterbridge’ author Thomas Hardy!

Local Artist

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In this months’s issue, Steve Boyle view in the use of ‘decay’ in photography! We also have some articles just for September plus a puzzle page at the back of this months magazine when having that cup of tea!

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Wishing you a fabulous month and we will see you in October. We are here to help you connect up with local businesses and of course your continued support is very important to us in terms of using local services in your area.

Please do write or email us about any local events or activities or charity events you may be running or would like to promote locally. We would be happy promote them in the magazine. The dead line for

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Dog Days Essential preparation for ensuring that both you and your dog have the happiest start to your new life together.

DO discuss who will be responsible for any new jobs your pet brings with them, but DON’T be too rigid once your new buddy arrives.

Animals are unpredictable so there needs to be an element of ‘wait and see’, because pets can really alter the dynamic in a household.

-DO take a trip to the pet shop, but DON’T buy it out.

Daydreaming about walks and cuddles is natural, but be realistic about the more practical side of caring for an animal, such as a reputable vet, pet insurance and the regularity (and cost) of vaccinations and medications.

-DO ‘puppy-proof’ your home, but DON’T expect your dog to follow the rules right away.

Buy the essentials such as food and water bowls, training pads, a few toys and a comfy bed for your new best buddy to sleep in, but avoid unnecessary accessories or gimmicky items.

-DO focus on the positive and fun side of pet ownership, but DON’T forget the important stuff too.

Lay out puppy pads, tidy up loose wires, put up the stairgate and store away valuable shoes and furniture, yet still chaos may ensue, so be patient and understanding.

-DO show your new dog a lot of love and attention, but DON’T overwhelm them.

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Storrington Film Nights Storrington Film Night is organised by the Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough District.

The next film on Wednesday October 13th, will be “Dream Horse”, starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis. The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender and his neighbours.

The showing commences at 7.30pm, at Sullington Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP. All Government Covid guidance will be Observed.

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The November film, on Wednesday 10, will be “The Good Liar”, starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

For further information please contact Ken Collins 01903 740745.

Tickets are £5, and are available from the Card Shop in Storrington. Any unsold tickets will be available on the door, on the night.

There is a Bar and a Raffle during the interval.

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Appy Days A selection of apps that are transforming the lives of blind and deaf people.

SIGHT - Virtual vision restored The non-profit project Be My Eyes, invented by a partially sighted man named Hans Jørgen Wiberg, provides an easy way for partially sighted people to get around the multitude of small obstacles and challenges they might encounter, day-to-day – from reading the small print on a train timetable, to checking an expiry date on a pint of milk.

Be My Eyes works by connecting blind and visually impaired people to sighted volunteers via a remote video connection. Through the phone’s camera, the blind person is able to show the sighted individual what they are looking at in the real world, allowing the volunteer to assist them with any of their visionrelated problems.

The app launched in 2015, and boasts almost 2.5million users across 150 countries.

HEARING - A world of words for the hard of hearing - Rogervoice is an app that produces a live transcription of a phone call, displaying spoken content on the screen, before allowing the recipient to respond. It can translate over a hundred different languages, and thus far over two million calls have been made using it.

documentation at passport control, can be done easily.

In face-to-face settings, Google Live Transcribe will perform similar heroics. It means encounters as simple as ordering a coffee, or as complex as providing correct

Finally, AVA works by combining several audio conversations into one stream, removing the difficulty deaf people have when trying to lipread in group situations.

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Decay

I realise that I may be in a minority but I don’t really like or take pretty pictures.

I prefer pictures that tell a story rather than, say, general landscapes, sunsets or formal portraits. I look for more gritty images that depict life, moments in time, shadows, silhouettes or texture. I’ve written about capturing texture before so I won’t repeat myself but it leads me on to a favourite subject photographic of mine which is ˜decay’. Decay creates texture, for example, peeling paint, rust, rotting wood or decomposing organic matter and it can depict a sense of place and a sense of history, of being, of existing.

My image, ‘Africa Fete’ has a blend of warm colour with varying shades of yellows and browns with a shock of orange on the poster.

Further inspection shows that the poster has been pasted over an older, larger poster which his fast wearing away from exposure to the weather. This in turn has been pasted

onto decaying wooden window shutters.

The door doesn’t look as though it has been opened for many years but it seems that someone has delivered a package as a brown envelope sits half way through the letterbox. A broken window above the door allows a glimpse of a blacked out interior.

The previously ornate stonework is weather beaten and worn, the rendering missing, cracked and discoloured but still clinging to odd spots of paint. It asks questions : who lived there and why has it been allowed to fall into disrepair ? There is an intriguing story to be told.

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The Major Of Casterbridge The first film adaptation of the 1886 novel ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ by Thomas Hardy, was notable because the famous author himself was involved in the making of this 1921 British silent film. Although set in Dorset, the county where Hardy grew up, this film was largely shot in and around Steyning.

Sidney Morgan a prolific reader with a photographic memory both adapted the book and directed the film. In 1919, the exterior scenes for The Mayor of Casterbridge were filmed in Steyning High Street with the White Horse Pub altered to become the setting for the mayor’s house. Inspector Thomas William Bubb of Shoreham police station arranged for traffic to be stopped and the crowds of observing Steyning residents to keep respectfully out of camera shot.

focusing on their story. The characters of Farfrae and Lucetta who feature in the book were completely left out of Morgan’s screenplay.

The cast of the film were: Fred Groves as Michael Henchard, Pauline Peters as Susan Henchard, Mavis Claire as Elizabeth-Jane, Warwick Ward as Other scenes of the film were shot at Morgan’s Newson, Nell Emerald as The Furmity Woman. beach studio in Shoreham. The studio was an Sidney Morgan’s daughter Joan also appeared all-glass structure using natural daylight for in the film. The film’s producer was Frank lighting, where six films could be shot during Spring and cinematography was by Stanley the six months of good daylight each year. In the Mumford who worked on fourteen feature films dark winter months the films were edited in postshot at the Shoreham studios. ‘The Mayor of production.

Casterbridge’ film’s running time was sixty-five minutes.

The studio was built in 1915 and was purchased

by Morgan’s new Progress Film Company in 1919 Among Sidney Morgan’s other films was an to become one of the Britain’s first film studios. adaptation of Dickens’ ‘Little Dorrit’ shot in 1919.

During the 1920’s Shoreham was the equivalent Joan Morgan was fifteen years old and took the of Hollywood, with many of the stars of the silver lead role of as ‘Little Dorrit’ becoming a star of screen living in what was known as Bungalow the silent screen in the 1920’s. She turned down Town on the beach, and working in the studios a Hollywood studio contract upon her father’s of the thriving film industry there. Thomas Hardy insistence, because of her age and the fact that was at the time ‘The Mayor Of Casterbridge’ was American studios exploited their actresses. made, eighty years old confined to a wheelchair, but he still made a valued contribution to the Sadly the Progress film studio burned down film. in 1922. The American film industry was now establishing its Hollywood monopoly with cheap Hardy was insistent that motion pictures should films shot in quantity in electrically lit studios. not distort his novels, but made an exception British studios prided themselves on technical for ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ by approving quality but equipment costs made their films Morgan’s screenplay. It differed greatly from the more expensive to make. novel, with the character ‘Elizabeth-Jane’ now the daughter of of Michael Henchard, with the film Joan Morgan’s acting career ended in 1929 when cont/d 14 Have a local editorial item? email: Villagelivingmagazine @gmail.com September 2021 11

Shoreham Wordfest 24 Septem Shoreham-by-Sea’s Wordfest has a stellar arts programme for autumn 2021, with the theme of Fast Forward, a celebration of words and ideas

The festival starts on Friday 24 September with Radio 4’s Any Questions? Alexander McCall Smith will launch the main Wordfest programme at Sussex Yacht Club on 30 September, appearing live by video link from his home in Edinburgh.

Other authors featured include William Shaw and Elly Griffiths, Sally Bayley (Girl with Dove, Radio 4 Book of the Week), and Yvonne Bailey-Smith, mother of Zadie Smith, with her first novel, interviewed by Environmental concerns are a major theme of the festival; there is a whole day event, Ending The War on Nature, featuring Isabella Tree of Knepp Estate and Tony Whitbread, President of Sussex Wildlife Trust.

David Olusoga, the high profile social commentator, is talking about “The Job of a Historian.”

There is an evening in conversation with Radio 6 Music’s Cerys Matthews and the comic poet Murray Lachlan Young will be offering his humorous take on life as well as a family event of “Cautionary Tales for Children.”

There will be discussion with political journalists Katy Balls (The Spectator) and Stephen Bush (New Statesman) and former Foreign Correspondent Robin Lustig offers an international perspective.

Jane Austen at Home is performed by Emerald O’Hanrahan, voice of Emma Grundy in The Archers. This one-woman drama takes place in the ancient St. Nicolas Church, visited by Jane Austen herself while staying in Worthing.

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mber to 17 October 2021 Fast Forward festival will take place in various venues around our lovely town, and we will also be recording and live-streaming many of the events. This means that people can participate from home as well if that is their preference. We will ensure good Covid precautions at all our events and look forward to welcoming people back to live performances.”.

There is mesmerising story telling by Mara Menzies and five family shows, including a children’s detective game with author Gavin Milnthorpe. There is music from Laura Ward and Risen Road, creative writing and a whole day celebration of National Poetry Day on 7 October.

Full programme details and tickets are available from www.shorehamwordfest.com.

Tickets are also available seven days a week from Shoreham Art Gallery, 27 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WA

Shoreham Wordfest’s Programme Director, Rosalind Turner said, “This year’s Fast Forward

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Authors for Autumn

Lose yourself this September within the pages of these thrilling fictional offerings.

Never Saw Me Coming

by Vera Kurian (September 9) Thriller lovers will enjoy getting stuck into Vera Kurian’s fresh take on the psychopath trope whose main protagonist is Chloe, a ‘First-year student, ordinary, legging-wearing, girl next door...and highly intelligent diagnosed psychopath.’ A sharp, electrifying and hugely entertaining thriller with an antiheroine who will work her manipulative magic on you.

Apples Never Fall

by Liane Moriarty (September 14) Fans of Moriarty will revel in the twisty, thrilling joys in this highly anticipated release, centred on the disappearance of wife Joy Delaney.

No note, no calls, her bike missing – it’s natural that tongues will wag…

but for the children involved there is a much more terrifying question: did they ever know their parents at all?

The Magician

by Colm Tóibín (September 23) The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. Through war, he would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden; a man forever connected to his family and yet bore witness to the ravages of suicide, eventually winning the Nobel Prize.

The Hill We Climb and Other Poems

by Amanda Gorman Anyone who watched the

Joan Morgan’s acting career ended in 1929 when the sound films or ‘talkies’ came into being. Joan went on to become a successful screenplay writer and novelist who also wrote under pseudonyms of Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood.

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inauguration of the 46th President of The United States, Joe Biden, will remember the stirring and highly emotive reading by Amanda Gorman of her poem The Hill We Climb. Now presenting her debut collection of poetry under the same name, Gorman further proves her extraordinary talent and potential as one of literature’s brightest rising stars.

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