• Framing in Photography
• Storrington Film Nights: Elvis
• Win a ‘Mystery Trail’ Hamper this Spring
• Judy Upton - All Saints Church Buncton
Over the last year, interest rates have increased from historic lows. Fixed-rate mortgage payers that have been shielded from the rises so far could find their outgoings rise if their deal ends in 2023. 57% of fixed-rate mortgages ending have an interest rate below 2%
Data from the Office for National Statistics suggests that 1.4 million households will need to renew their mortgage deal this year.
Among the fixed-rate deals coming to an end, 57% have an interest rate below 2%. It’s unlikely you’ll find a new mortgage deal that has an interest rate this low. If your mortgage deal is ending, being proactive can help you prepare for the potentially higher costs. 5 practical things you should do if your fixed-rate mortgage ends in 2023
• Review your budget: Take some time to understand what rising interest rates will mean for you. Being prepared means the hike in your mortgage outgoings won’t be unexpected.
• Decide if taking out a new mortgage deal is right for you: While it can be tempting not to take out a new mortgage deal if there’s nothing comparable to your current one, you could end up paying more. Once your current deal ends, you’ll usually be moved on to your lender’s standard variable rate (SVR). This rate isn’t usually competitive, and you could save money by taking out a new deal.
• Decide what kind of mortgage is right for you: Interest rates may continue to rise over 2023. So, you may choose a fixed-rate deal again. This would
mean that your repayments could not increase during the term. However, if interest rates began to fall, you wouldn’t benefit.
In contrast, with a variable- or tracker-rate mortgage, the interest rate could rise and fall. Which is right for you will depend on your financial circumstances and priorities.
• Set out the mortgage term: Usually, each time you remortgage, the term falls. However, this doesn’t have to be the case.
You may choose to shorten or extend how long you’ll be paying the mortgage. If the cost of living crisis means your budget will be stretched, choosing a longer term could provide more flexibility and lower initial repayments but will mean the overall cost of borrowing is higher.
• Search for deals early: You can often lock in a new mortgage deal up to six months before your current one ends. Searching early means you can avoid paying your lender’s SVR while you find a new deal and it gives you more time to find a suitable option for you.
Please contact us on 01273 774855 or email advice@pembrokefs.co.uk if you would like more information and quote reference PFSVL.
Your home or property could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments. Think carefully before securing other debts against your home.
& Keith Bonner - Managing Partners
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Hello, Welcome to the latest edition of Village Hello, Welcome to our March Edition 2023 of Inside Shoreham. Happy Mothers day!
March is the end of Winter and the start of Spring! We can also look forward to clocks going forward on March 26th.
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Pembrokes Finanicial Services .........
All Saints Church Buncton .................
Sewing their mystery trail seeds.........
Ashingtons Pupils Plant an Oak..........
Council marks one year since start .... of Ukraine invasion .............................
Storrington Film Nights........................
Missing Sport: Jane Austen and the Art of Satire ..................................
Ropetackle Films................................
Win a ‘Mystery trail’ Hamper this Spring ..........................................
Storrington & Pulborough Probus Club
Framing...............................................
Rotary Collection for Syria & Turkey Earthquake Relief! ..............................
Just off of Water Lane near Wiston, is to be the found the small and picturesque All Saints church or chapel. Built in the 11th or 12th century its style and architecture is considered to be partly Saxon and partly Norman in origin. Built from stone and standing at the foot of the Downs, the chief building material of All Saints Church is flint. This is a fact common to many Sussex churches constructed in medieval times, as it was a material that was readily available locally.
The settlement of Buncton, near Steyning existed during the time of the Domesday Book when it was called Bongtune. The book, which is a manuscript of a detailed survey or census, records that around 1086, twentysix households resided in the village. There was once a Medieval manor house situated nearby, which was replaced by a seventeenth century one that is still standing today.
All Saints Church, Buncton is approached through a narrow, wooded hollow, which has a Downland chalk water stream flowing across it. A small footbridge accesses the church and its churchyard across this stream. In late spring the wood is known for its carpet of bluebells, which makes the church’s location one of the most attractive in our area and draws visitors from across Sussex and beyond.
The church itself has some tiles and rubble in its construction dating from Roman times. A Roman road once passed close by and in 1848, excavations discovered that a large Roman villa had once existed in the area. It seems likely that some materials that were once part of that villa were incorporated into the building of the church.
All Saints, Buncton is of a two-room construction with a wide and high chancel that is ambitious for an otherwise small Downland church. The chancel arch once had, among its carved stonework, a rather mysterious carving of person on one of its uprights. This figure though was sadly vandalised in 2004.
It is thought the carved human shape was designed to ward off evil. It may even have been a depiction of Adam at his creation, with a further carving of a plate of bread or possibly pomegranates above representing Eden. The figure was on Caen stone, a material imported from French quarries to construct other churches in the area, so there is the possibility that the carving originated in another building and its stone, like the Roman tiles was reused at All Saints.
The chancel of the church was altered in the 13th century and the church also gained a decorated Gothic window in its East wall around this time. Decorated Norman arches were added, possibly taken from another building such as the Sele Priory, a medieval monastic house in Upper Beeding. It belonged to a Benedictine order founded before 1126. The impoverished monks were known to have had to sell off some of the stonework from their own buildings from time to time in order to get by.
In more recent history, a 19th century bell-cote was added to All Saints and a small amount of renovation work also took place around 1906. The only art in the church is a small 13th or 14th century decorative painting, about which little is known.
In 1323, Buncton Church is recorded as
operating as a parish church with its rectors also officiating at nearby St Mary’s at Wiston. In the 15th century though, All Saints ceased to have parish status and was linked to the church of St Peter and St Paul in Ashington. From the 17th century the church held monthly services, though being set in a wood, and across a stream at a somewhat isolated location it was not used during winter months at that time, when services instead took place at Ashington.
All Saints Church was made a Grade 1 listed building by English Heritage on 15th of March 1955. More recently the church was in the parish of Wiston and the Chichester Diocese declared it redundant in 2009. Today though, Buncton Church is back in use, taking over the role of St Mary’s Church, Wiston, which is currently redundant and leased to the Wiston Estate. All Saints Church, Buncton offers a
Judy Upton
Victoria and Isabel are all set to plant their Mystery Trail Big Sow and Grow wildflower seeds.
Victoria and Isabel are all set to plant their Mystery Trail Big Sow and Grow wildflower seeds.
Having successfully solved a series of puzzles in the Horsham District Big Sow and Grow Mystery Trail they claimed their wildflower seed prizes from their local library.
The Horsham District Mystery Trails are a fantastic series of free outdoor ‘escape room’ challenges. Players of all ages and abilities can take part in the trails which start in the libraries of the District’s towns and villages, where they can pick up their quest cards.
For more details please go to: whistlestoparts. org/grow
We are delighted to share that Ashington Parish Council have planted an Oak tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy, assisted by pupils from Ashington CE School.
Their tree can be found on the Queen’s Green Canopy interactive map which showcases the planting projects across the United Kingdom. The Council provided funds and resources to enable trees to be planted across the Horsham District by Parish and Neighbourhood Councils, in a project organised by its Parks and Countryside team.
The Queen’s Green Canopy is a national tree planting initiative which invited people to “Plant a tree for the Jubilee” as part of Her
Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee commemorations. The project creates a living legacy with over a million trees planted. The initiative serves as a lasting tribute to Her Late Majesty.
The project is continuing into March to make the most of the best season for tree planting
Horsham District Council is marking the first-year anniversary of the start of the Ukrainian invasion by flying the Ukrainian national flag at the front of its Park House building in Horsham on the 24 February.
The Capitol also be lit up in blue and yellow in the evening to add to the commemorations.
The Council’s Chairman Cllr Kate Rowbottom and Rev’d Canon Lisa Barnett from St Mary’s Church in Horsham, with Rt Rev’d Ruth Bushyager, Bishop of Horsham lead a public Silent Vigil for peace at the War Memorial in the town’s Carfax at 1pm.
There was also an open prayer gathering at 10.30am in St Mary’s Church in the Causeway, Horsham led by local clergy.
The next film, on Wednesday 8th March will be “Elvis”. Starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler. The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950’s, while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
The showing commences at 7.00pm, at Sullington Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP. The April film, on Wednesday 12th at 7.30pm will be “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”. Starring Lesley Manville
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. Anyone requiring transport should contact John Ollerton 07523 322554
For further information please contact Ken Collins 01903 740745.
Jane Austen was a gifted social satirist. Despite the fact that her novels are best known today as love stories, throughout her work she takes delight in lampooning human folly and vanity. We know that Austen was inspired by satirical writings of the 18th century, but to what extent may she have been influenced by the satirical art of her day?
This lecture will explore links between the visual image and the written word; it will draw on a range of satirical prints published during Austen’s lifetime – including those by Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillrayand consider how far these visual images may have influenced and inspired one of our greatest and best loved novelists.
The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, BN44 3XZ 10:00am - 12:00.
Free to members, £10 donation for visitors. steyning@theartssociety.org; www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk
.The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, BN44 3XZ 10:00am - 12:00. Free to members, £10 donation for visitors.steyning@theartssociety. org www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk
Performance commences at 7.00pm
contact John Ollerton on 07523322554
Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough District All proceeds go to charitable causes supported by Rotary. Registered Charity No.1029115
My name is Rob, I enjoy golf and live in Shoreham. We play every Monday morning, each month.A\ll venues well be within half an hours drive from Shoreham, currently we have in excess of twenty members but there is always room for more. Ladies are welcome.
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Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, feminine and real, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in art. Presented to mark International Women’s Day, the , this film introduces us to the often-overlooked Impressionist whose own career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted. Cert U, duration 93 mins.
Wednesday 8th March, 7.30 pm. Tickets available from Box Office or on-line. £12.
DIVA
This intricate and stylish French film is presented as part of the Ropetackle Film Club 2022/23 season. It is free to club members who may also purchase guest tickets (£7). Additionally there are a limited number of general admission tickets available - details below. Cert 15, duration 117 mins. Subtitles.
Thursday 9th March, 7.30 pm. General admission tickets available from Box Office or on-line, £9. For information about the Ropetackle Film Club, see https://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/filmclub/.
9 TO 5
to all
Presented in relaxed and friendly conditionssuitable for all, especially people with any form of memory loss. The sparkling acting debut of Dolly Parton heralds one of the best comedies of the 1980s. The combined brilliance and hilarious performances by Dolly, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin make this screwball comedy one of the first films to champion ‘girl power’.
Cert 15 duration 109 mins.
Monday 20th March, 2.00 pm. Tickets available from Box Office or on-line, £5.
The delightful and timeless story of a mouse taking a walk in the woods. On the way he meets a fox, a mouse and a snake who might like to eat him. The clever mouse frightens them away with stories of his supposed friend, the fearsome Gruffalo. Based on the book by Julia Donaldson.
Cert U, duration 25 mins. Animation.
Friday 24th March. 11.00 am. £4.00 child & adult pair, £3 per additional child or adult, under 18 months old free “ tickets from Box Office or on-line.
Mrs. Harris, a widowed cleaning lady, is tidying the wardrobe of an extravagant client one day when she comes across a Christian Dior gown - she must have one of her own. Greatly determined, she works, starves and stints until she has enough money to head to Paris where she delights most of the city with her salt-of-theearth cheer.
Cert PG, duration 115 mins.
Tuesday 28th March, 2.00 pm. Tickets available from Box Office or on-line. £5.
Kryto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Kryto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.
Cert PG, duration 105 mins. Animation.
Tuesday 4th April, 2.00 pm. Tickets available from Box Office or on-line, £4.
‘Secret Seekers’ who have completed one or more of the free Horsham District Mystery Trails are being invited to enter a second fantastic prize draw where one lucky winner will receive a ‘hamper’ of locally sourced vouchers worth £100, just in time for Spring.
Families, young people and adults have been engaging with the Horsham District Mystery Trails since they launched in Spring 2022, finding clues and solving puzzles across Billingshurst, Henfield, Horsham, Pulborough, Southwater, Steyning and Storrington.
Following the success of the pre-Christmas prize draw and launch of the botanic themed side quests, the trails’ protagonist Answare has collaborated with local businesses to introduce a second exciting prize draw.
The randomly selected winner for the Christmas hamper was Hazel from Henfield, who has completed six of the trails and is looking forward to doing the final one soon. Hazel commented:
“The Council’s Mystery Trails have led me to places I would never have known existed, even in towns I thought I knew! They are great fun and I'm looking forward to completing the last one in Billingshurst by the end of March. I do hope we have more in the future. I was thrilled and surprised to discover I had won the voucher hamper; I'm looking forward to spending the vouchers in 2023.”
Commenting on the trails, Horsham District Council Cabinet Member for Economic Development Cllr
Richard Landeryou said:
“I am really pleased that our Mystery Trails have proved so popular with residents and visitors alike. “They are really helping to get people out and about throughout our District whilst spreading the Council’s message to ‘buy local’ whenever you can to support local suppliers and businesses. “They are a great free outdoor activity for all to enjoy and I would urge as many of you as possible to take part in the new Spring trails for your chance to win some vouchers.”
The deadline for entries for this second voucher hamper prize draw is 31 March 2023, just in time for the Easter break. For a chance to win, all
you need to do is complete a short online survey through the QR code and link in the window of the participating town libraries or on the Whistlestop Arts website. We value your feedback on the Mystery Trails but, to avoid duplication of visitor data, participants who completed the pre-Christmas survey are unable to take part in this one. Please do continue to enjoy the Trails and the Big Sow & Grow Side Quest. Find out more at whistlestoparts. org/grow.
Whilst completing the trails, ‘Secret Seekers’ can explore and spend time in some of Horsham District’s wonderful local towns and businesses, discovering places old and new. The prize draw survey will help gain valuable feedback from participants on their experience of the trails and impact on the local economy.
To take part in the trails, pick up a quest pack from the town library. Alternative pick-up points and a link to download the trail sheets can be found on the Whistlestop Arts website.
https://www.whistlestoparts.org/prize
Horsham District Council and Whistlestop Arts wish everyone the best of luck in this pre-Easter prize draw.
The Probus Club has had a busy time recently. On 7th February we enjoyed our annual Ten-Pin Bowling match, at the Out of Bounds Activity Centre in Angmering, as guests of Chanctonbury Probus.
This was an excellent occasion - especially as we won champion male & champion female who just happen to be husband & wife!
The bowling was followed by lunch, at the Black Horse, Findon
Thanks to Chanctonbury for inviting us and we hope to be able socialise on another occasion again soon.
On 8th February, we held our monthly lunch meeting, at the Old Tollgate, Bramber. Lunch was followed by a very interesting talk by Peter Edwards, one of our members, entitled “My Life in Fraud”. (As an investigator we must hasten to add!),
Also, on 8th February, a group of members’ wives, partners and Friends of the Club enjoyed an informal bimonthly lunch at Thirteen Church Street, a Thai restaurant in Storrington. One of the party, who had never had Thai food before, was so smitten with the cuisine that she she is now a Thai convert
On 15th February Nine members and partners joined one of the Club’s bimonthly walks. The wonderful woodland circular walk of 3.5 miles started at The Black Horse Inn in Nuthurst, leading the group through woodland bridleways, across sunlit fields and along rutted farm cart tracks followed by an enjoyable and convivial lunch at the pub.
On 24th February seventeen members and partners spent a hugely enjoyable afternoon playing New Age Kurling at Chanctonbury Leisure Centre in Storrington. Similar to traditional Curling, in NAK the “rubber” stones run on bearings so can be played on any smooth flat surface; a novel and different experience without the cold and slip hazard of playing on ice!! All the equipment was provided courtesy of Horsham District Council and their staff provided
initial instruction, organised the competitive part of the event and tracked the score from each game onto a league table using the official scored format. Despite the “intense” but friendly competition it was a convivial afternoon with great fun had by all. (Pictures attached)
The Club meets for Lunch on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Old Tollgate, Bramber.
Each year, social events such as coffee mornings, regular walks, visits to places of
interest, skittles, TenPin bowling etc. are enjoyed by Members, Partners, and Friends. The events for 2023 also include a trip to Exbury Gardens, and a 5-day holiday to Yorkshire. We are looking for new members and if this might be of interest, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please call Peter Edwards on 01903 740675, or email peter.edwards50@btinternet.com
One way to focus the attention of the viewer on the main focal point of your image is to leave a surround when you compose the image.
This could be by including a wider angle to include the walls of a narrow street as in the two outside photographs of my triptych on this page or leaving the vertical walls on either side of the door as in the centre picture. You could ˜frame” a landscape by shooting through a window or a hole in the wall of a crumbling castle. It focusses the eye but also gives a sense of place rather than isolating a subject.
The grouping of the images here may seem somewhat disparate but the outside images both have strong spots of colour which draw the eye and a contrasting mix of light and shade whereas the centre image is
more muted but has interest in the detail of the poster.
There are two figures in each outer image (one reflected in the shop window) and a single figure centrally placed in the poster in the middle.
All pictures were taken in my favourite place, Arles in France during their annual photo festival. The brighter images frame the quieter tones of the central picture - more use of framing.
Steve Boyle
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collected in Old Mill Square and at the Book Stall in Place Villerest, Storrington on Saturday 11 February and local folk were very generous in giving over £4,000. We’ve been able to send £1,350 each to:
• Shelterbox - providing tents and equipment to the homeless.
• Disasters Emergency Committee15 leading charities providing humanitarian help.
• Rotary District Centres in Turkeyfor generators, tents, winter clothes, diapers, hygienic pads, food, water and fuel as well as excavators and construction vehicles.
We wish to thank the local community for their prompt and generous support following this tragic earthquake disaster.
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