Sussex Living Magazine - June 2013

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Is summer on its way? It should be – but if this year has taught us anything so far, it’s to take nothing for granted. While you’re waiting for the sun to shine, why not open the June issue of Sussex Living where you’ll find that we’re being very predictable indeed, bringing you yet more informative and entertaining content, same as we do every month!

Amore are a stunning classical vocal quartet that you may well have seen and heard before.

They were thrilled to have been asked to sing on the royal barge at last year’s Diamond Jubilee river pageant, so much so that even the terrible weather didn’t put a stop to their performance. Since then, there’s been lots of media attention, and this July they’re coming to Haywards Heath! Lisa de Silva caught up with them, and tells their story on pages 7-12.

Everybody loves a secret. So when we were told of a hidden army operating in Sussex, we sent our very own ex-Royal Marine Roger Linn on a reconnaissance mission. Sure enough, he came back with a story of wartime subterfuge and hidden tunnels that’s safe to tell now and, we hope you’ll agree, well worth sharing (pages 55-58).

Back in 2013, we’re taking a look at how to blur the boundaries between house and garden in this month’s Home & Garden section. For some easy tips on how to bring the outside in, turn to pages 15-21.

The Hurstpierpoint Players are a true village institution. Formed in 1937, they’ve been bringing drama, comedy and panto to their Players Theatre on the High Street year after year. Suzi Reeve talked to Chairman Richard Coney to find out more about them (pages 70-71).

The Charity Open Garden season is now in full bloom, and what better way to spend an afternoon in a beautiful garden where someone else has done all the hard work? See pages 25-26 for ideas on where to visit locally.

And don’t forget to check our Diary Dates for all those Mid Sussex events you don’t want to miss.

Finally, may I take this opportunity to say a big ‘thank you’ to you all for your continued support of Sussex Living. We love producing the magazine for you – do please tell us if you think we’re doing a good job (or not, as the case may be!), by emailing editorial@ sussexliving.com

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Contents 7-12 3 Editor’s Comment 7-12 Amore: Singing for the

cover love of music by Lisa de Silva 14-23 Home & Garden: Bringing the outside in

by Suzi Reeve

25-26 Open Gardens for St Catherine’s Hospice

by Ruth Lawrence

30 Blooming Times

by Flo Whitaker, Burgess Hill Horticultural Society

31 Win tickets to the Sussex Game & Country Fair at Parham Park 32-36 Local Living 37 The View from the Downs

by Roger Linn

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38 Mirror mirror on the wall…

by Nicole Tata

40-41 Health, Beauty & Style: In the mood for sunny days…

42-43 Back to health at

Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital 44 Herbs for Health

by Sarah Furey

49-50 Littleworth Walk

by Les Campbell

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52-53 Life is precious at St Peter & St James Hospice 55-58 Sussex Secret Army

by Roger Linn

60 What’s Cooking?

by Gillian Reay-Young

62-68 June Diary Dates

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Village Drama with the Hurstpierpoint Players

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Business to Business

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Distribution

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Letters & Feedback

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vocal quartet Amore will be supporting Katherine Jenkins in Haywards Heath in July.

But wait: Haven’t we seen them somewhere before?

Amore: Music is the

food of love

Last June, classical quartet Amore made headlines around the world for continuing their Diamond Jubilee performance despite torrential rain. Drenched, cold and with unreadable song sheets, their rousing rendition of Land of Hope and Glory was an iconic moment of the celebrations and a wonderful display of the ‘Great British Spirit’.

Performing with the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Peter Brathwaite, David Webb, Victoria Gray and Monica McGhee, who make up Amore, were part of the river pageant and nothing, not even atrocious weather conditions, was going to stop them from performing for the Royal Family.

Having discarded their cagoules and umbrellas and resigned themselves to getting very wet, nobody will ever forget their gutsy performance.

“When we were first approached by the organisers to be part of the Jubilee celebrations, I remember thinking: it’ll be June, we’ll be on a boat, we can have some cocktails. How wrong was I?” laughs Monica. In fact, when Monica was finally helped off of the boat, she had to be treated by paramedics. Despite this, she still claims that it was one of the most memorable days of her life, a sentiment echoed by the rest of the group. continued on next page SuSSex Living June 2013

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Amore from left to right: David Webb, Victoria Gray, Peter Brathwaite and Monica McGhee.

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“There will be nothing like it in my life ever again,” Peter tells me. “We knew that it would be a prestigious occasion, but seeing the crowds that turned out, and with so much passion, was overwhelming.”

The ‘singing in the rain’ image appears to be burnt into the collective consciousness.

“Even now, almost a year later, whenever people find out that you were one of the people singing on the boat, you get a spontaneous round of applause,” says David.

Yet, Amore are the first to acknowledge that the downpour helped to put them on the map.

“We never expected it to be as huge as it was,” explains Victoria. “It was an honour to be singing on a boat which was part of the pageant, but we had no idea the weather would play such a large part in it.”

The media loved the story of these singers powering on despite the horrendous weather, and Amore ended up on BBC America and CNN. As Monica remarks, “if it had been sunny, nobody would have remembered us.”

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continued from previous page Amore: David, Victoria, Peter, Monica. © Pino Gomez for GC watches

people were somehow meant to be, which is also reflected in the fateful way that Amore came to be formed, involving a chance encounter at Starbucks. Having popped in for a coffee, one of Peter’s friends, a tutor at the Royal College of Music, overheard a couple of A&R executives from Warner Brothers Records discussing their quest to find fresh young singers for a British classical group.

He reported back to the students, and Victoria saw an opportunity to form such a group with three of her closest friends. “I thought: this is perfect. I already have three friends to make a quartet and as we all know each other. It’s an organic, as opposed to a manufactured, group,” she explains.

The friends auditioned, and the Warner team were so impressed by their talent, passion and charisma that Amore were immediately signed to

We’re all great friends

from similar backgrounds, and there’s something deeper between us than just having a technique a six-album deal. That was just 18 months ago, and with their debut album Stand Together and a string of professional appearances, including the unforgettable Jubilee performance, things are really taking off for the quartet.

While Amore love to sing classical music, they did not have the start in life you would normally associate with a love of opera. In fact, their individual stories offer a fascinating insight into how raw talent and hard work, whatever your background, can change your life.

When I talk to tenor David Webb, he is not just recovering from running the London Marathon, but also from a 300-mile charity bike ride which he completed the weekend before. 29-year-old David is an avid supporter of charities that can help to change children’s lives through their involvement in music.

“Music changed my life. I had a very humble start, growing up in Devon. We had no money, but Exeter Cathedral School did an outreach programme with my primary school. My brother had a beautiful voice, and he auditioned and got in.”

Inspired by his brother’s success, David auditioned at the age of 7, but was unsuccessful until two years later, when he was accepted as a chorister.

Choral scholarships followed to Plymouth College and Truro Cathedral, where he enjoyed three great years of singing, surfing and playing rugby. From here, David moved to London to the Royal College of Music, where he spent four years training as an undergraduate and two years at the Opera School.

“When I auditioned, they stopped me before I’d finished,” he tells me. “I thought: Oh no, I’m rubbish, I’m not going to get in, but they offered me a scholarship on the spot. It was amazing.”

Peter Brathwaite, the group’s 29-yearold baritone, first met David 11 years ago when they were both choral scholars at Truro Cathedral. Originally from Manchester, Peter was encouraged to join a choir by his mum to give him more discipline, but his talent shone through and, after Truro, he went to continued on next page

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The once painfully shy mezzo soprano, Victoria Gray, used her voice to help find her identity, and she credits the support from her Nottinghamshire school and the Cantamus Girls Choir in encouraging her to take her singing seriously. A lover of musical theatre, 26-year-old Victoria had never even seen an opera until she was 15, when a teacher recognised that her voice would be suited to classical music and suggested she went to a performance. “I went to see Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and from the minute the orchestra started to play, I was captivated. Until then, I’d never even heard a live orchestra play and that was emotional enough, but when they started singing, even though I didn’t understand any Italian, I felt every word they sang. It was like they were doing acrobatics with their voices, and I knew that was what I wanted to do.” Victoria went on to win a scholarship to the Royal College, studying music for four years, followed by a Masters in Vocal Performance.

Since forming Amore, the friends have been part of a whirlwind of activity, which has produced an album and a whole series of performances, playing venues as diverse as the Royal Albert Hall, The FA Cup Final at Wembley and the 100 Club on London’s Oxford Street. “The minute we all sang together, we knew that it just worked,” says

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Victoria. “We’re all great friends from similar backgrounds, and there’s something deeper between us than just having a technique.”

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“Because we’ve all had to look after ourselves as individual performers in the classical world, we can all bring that discipline to Amore. So, at any one time, one of us is pushing or supporting the others to improve the performance and work harder,” explains David.

We hope to ignite something in the audience that makes them want to

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To help expand the ambitions for De Novo Flowers further, Ryma is pleased to announce the promotion of Caite Cameron-Bond. Initially, Caite was taken on as Saturday/ have been really busy Part-Time Girl while studying developing the business, for NVQ Levels 2 & 3 at Plumpton College. Caite and they’re looking forward then went to gain valuable to a new shop front in the experience at a leading events florist in Manchester upcoming Haywards Heath and, upon her return, was selected by Plumpton Station development. College as one of only five The future looks bright students to compete in the World Skills 2012 competition and definitely rosy at to find the UK’s best florist.

De Novo Flowers. Caite was awarded second place – a tremendous result!

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designers such as Gregor Lersch, and through this gained the highest level of qualification for a florist – a Level 4 NVQ. Now back on home turf, Caite has returned to De Novo Flowers where Ryma and her team are delighted to have Caite’s skill and personality back in the shop. De Novo customers are loving the creative injection that Caite has brought to De Novo, and Ryma is able to continue to build upon the strong design and imaginative element that has always been De Novo’s driving force.

Ryma’s keen sense for quality and freshness in all aspects of her flower work and for the highest level of customer service have seen her build De Novo’s reputation as one of the leading florists in Sussex. She is now introducing three new services to the business: www.sussexliving.com

By popular demand: New De Novo Design Flower School Ryma has secured the attractive setting of a Victorian glasshouse on the beautiful Borde Hill Estate to hold her first class for the Design School on Saturday 15th June, 10.30-12.00. This class will focus on table centre design techniques, and wedding table centres in particular.

The cost (£47.50 per person) includes flowers and tools needed to complete the table design that Ryma will be teaching. She will also be on hand to provide advice for vases or other containers that you are unsure how to arrange flowers in.

New improved De Novo website and webshop Through denovoflowers.co.uk, you can order flowers online, view weekly special deals and browse galleries of the different types of flower designs that De Novo have already completed.

New reminder service: De Novo Dates Spurred on by a rather high proportion of gentlemen who call/turn up on the days of their anniversaries, desperate to make sure the flowers get delivered urgently so as not to get in trouble with their wives, Ryma decided to set up De Novo Dates. All you have to do is give the De Novo team your important dates (birthdays, anniversaries etc) and they will remind you 7 days and 2 days in advance by email and/or text message to let you know that your flowers are available for collection or delivery. The De Novo team will be able to tell you what flowers you ordered last time, what your card message was and check to see if you would like to repeat or amend your order. “We are trying to deliver a local and personal service nationally,” says Ryma. “The customer is king, and we realise that the personal touch and being able to get hold of us by email or phone is important when using an online service.”

The next class is scheduled for Saturday 19th October, in time for Christmas, and will show techniques for making your own wreaths and swags. Class sizes will be kept small, so call or email to register. Further dates will be advertised and will feature Caite teaching some of the many skills she has learnt.

More news! Together with landscaper Andrew Bunt, Ryma has formed De Novo Designs, a sister company specialising in private and corporate landscaping, office plant maintenance, flowers and living walls.

Visit denovodesigns.co.uk for more information.

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for St Catherine’s Hospice This month, garden gates in Crawley Down and Hurstpierpoint are being thrown open for the public to come and visit, with all proceeds going to charity.

St Catherine’s Hospice in Crawley is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, providing valuable end-of-life care and support to patients, families, friends and carers. I took a look at just four of the many private gardens participating in this wonderful fundraising initiative, while discovering some stunning local gems in the process.

Sarah Furey is well known to readers of Sussex Living for her Herbs for Health column, so I imagined her garden in Hurstpierpoint to be an alchemist’s paradise, bursting with herbs and concoctions. This proved an accurate description: She transformed her garden three years ago from grass and bramble towards an impressive array of over 40 herbs and medicinal plants, a particular challenge on the heavy clay soil. Plants in Sarah’s garden possess healing properties: Elecampane is a lung expectorant, Wild Lettuce is good for sleep, Motherwort and Valerian are calming. Wood Betony helps migraines and Goats Rue balances blood sugar.

Visitors can discover dozens of medicinal uses for the plants they see before them on Sarah’s ‘herb hunt’; kitchen herbs fill the front garden while healing plants blend into wild areas at the rear of the house. Fruit trees dating from when the house was built in the 1950s overlook swathes of useful plants, which Sarah blends and bottles in her therapy studio. Once visitors have learned how herbs can treat illness and encourage health, they can relax in Sarah’s sun room to enjoy teas and gluten-free cakes and even buy herbs for their own natural medicine chest.

A short walk away, inspiration awaits in Alison Truelove’s expansive cottage garden. Now 2/3 of an acre, the original garden was half the size when the 1820s cottage was purchased 27 years ago. Alison

loves flowers of every season, keeping interest alive throughout the year. Swathes of snowdrops give way to hellebores, followed by numerous coloured poppies and old-fashioned rose varieties. Gaps are filled with delicate woodruff, with its delicious scent like mown hay, while ox-eye daisies, Lady’s Smock, primrose, wood anemones and clematis bring colour and contrast to the garden.

A wild area where cowslips and buttercups grow among fritillaries is mown just once a year, and a formal cutting garden sits among neat box ball topiary. Alison’s husband Richard has built

Hurst Secret Gardens: Top: Alison Truelove’s cottage garden.

Bottom: Echinaceas in Sarah Furey’s garden.

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Crawley Down Open Gardens: A sense of peace in Wendy and Bruce’s garden (top); the pond in Brenda and Gerry’s garden (bottom).

several productive compost bays to provide free year-round nourishment for the entire garden.

Tall beech hedging acts as a windbreak around and within the garden, and a group of tall silver birches lend scale and movement to the intimate planting underneath. There is even a stately sequoia in the garden’s far corner, giving a darker contrast to the shimmering birches, while plum, greengage and apple trees provide a plentiful crop of fruit.

Wendy and Bruce Ogilvy’s house in Crawley Down offers spectacular raised views of their colourful garden, flanked by tall larches overlooking a wellstocked pond. The couple moved

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here 28 years ago when the garden consisted of bare lawn and a few shrubs. “It’s evolved over the years. I’ve changed things so many times,” said Wendy, adding that she’s gained inspiration from different places, without having a defined plan. I could hear birdsong surrounding us from the tree canopy, and Bruce told me that green and greater spotted woodpeckers, jays and herons regularly visit the garden. Fuchsias, pink azaleas and camellias provide hot colour to this north-facing site, and there is a real sense of peace and privacy in all areas of the garden.

Fruit grown under netting include raspberries, gooseberries and the delicious giant fruits of a thornless blackberry. Visitors will find plenty to fire their imagination here; Bruce and Wendy are enthusiastic hosts who have gleaned lots of knowledge from nearly three decades of nurturing their garden.

Nearby, Brenda and Gerry Law bought their house 40 years ago when it was newly built and the garden was just bare earth – literally no more than a blank canvas. Wendy’s inspiration was her father, who was a keen gardener and first began work on the couple’s plot.

There are no straight lines in this delightful garden; natural curved borders snake around the pond and divide the garden into three ‘rooms’. A large vegetable patch is Gerry’s domain while Brenda loves the plentiful forget-me-nots and flowering cherry that provide rich colour to the overall view.

A towering eucalyptus overlooks the lawn, balancing the twisting paths and gnarled apple tree white with blossom. The garden is a haven for birds, and Brenda told me that blackbirds will come to be fed without flying away when people appear.

Crawley Down Open Gardens Sunday 9th June, 13:00-17:00 Tickets and maps available from village shops.

Enquiries to Lanna Peile at 01342 712738.

Hurst Secret Gardens Sunday 16th June, 13:00-17:30 10 gardens in three areas of the village are connected by a community bus (£1), allowing visitors to leave their vehicles in the car park at Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint. www.hurstsecretgardens.org.uk

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Blooming Times

Assemble a group of gardeners in a room and I guarantee that within three minutes they’ll be commiserating about the weather. Three minutes after that, a ‘Worst Weather’ competition will have reared its ugly head: “Uncle Frank was never the same after he froze his nethers to the crossbar in the winter of ‘63” and “Call that flooding? Pah! I’ll show you flooding!” as mobile phone footage is brandished, showing a rising tide of mud lapping at a greenhouse door.

Bad weather is always the lazy gardener’s convenient excuse, but the exceptional climate of recent months means even the most diligent and experienced gardeners are rushing to play catch-up, after a spring that finally arrived one morning in late April. It was as if Mother Nature, tired of waiting, decided to get the whole thing over with in a day: narcissi scenting the air at breakfast time, forget-me-nots in full bloom by noon and the last of the cherry blossom falling at dusk, shrivelled by the heat of the sun. I missed the crocus this year – I was having a bath at the time.

About now, it seems everything needs your immediate attention, as you run about ‘headless chicken’ style, cursing and thinking of the seeds you meant to sow but didn’t. Fear not!

June days are long and the soil is warm, making the ideal requirements for germination.

And seedlings can appear, literally, overnight.

Like James Dean, salad crops live fast and die young, so make sowings of lettuce, radish, spring onions and beetroot. ‘Cut-and-come-again’ lettuce seed is super-speedy to germinate, producing delicious leaves at a fraction of the price of bagged supermarket salads. Small, ball-rooted carrots, such as ‘Parmex’ are quick and easy. Try planting them in a patio pot or use them to edge a border; the feathery foliage is the perfect complement to flowers.

If earlier attempts with beans and peas were disappointing, make further sowings now. Provided

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Cut-and-come-again lettuce seed is super-speedy to germinate and produces delicious leaves we have decent weather, you’ll be cropping well into September.

Garden centres stock an increasing range of vegetable plants. As well as the old favourites such as tomatoes and courgettes, you’ll find sweet corn, peppers, aubergine and many varieties of pumpkin and squash.

Looking further ahead, Brussels sprouts and purple winter broccoli plants can be purchased now.

Their succulent, fleshy leaves are loved by pigeons, so it’s essential to use a barrier of netting and do keep the plants regularly watered; they do not appreciate a drought.

And there you were, thinking you’d left it too late… Oh, by the way, what’s the collective noun for gardeners? An ‘enthusiasm’, of course! www.sussexliving.com

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Downlands Summer Fayre

Arthritis Care

Join us for a day of fun at our annual summer fayre on 22nd June, 12-4pm.

We have so many exciting activities taking place including the Fun Run (1 mile for juniors and 5 miles for seniors – registration from 11am). We have a Fun Dog Show with registration commencing at 1pm and we very much look forward to welcoming back our Dog Lovers. By popular request, Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Biker Scout Trooper, Imperial Navy Trooper and a Tusken Raider will also be returning (see picture)! Come along and have your photo taken with them at 1-1.45 and 2.30-3pm.

New for this year is the In Crowd Quiz at 1.45pm and a Nearly New Uniform Stall, Talent Show at 2pm and Fashion Show at 3pm. Grateful thanks to Sussex Springers and Gemma Stockford with the Karate Club

The Haywards Heath and District Group of Arthritis Care is open to anyone in Mid Sussex suffering from any form of arthritis as well as those wishing to support the charity’s work. Group meetings are usually held every 4th Monday of the month at The Yews, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1BJ, at 7pm and include a variety of talks (both medical and general interest topics). Other social events, including monthly tea afternoons, are arranged throughout the year.

Our meeting on 24th June will see a welcome return of Dr Karen Walker-Bone, who has helped and cared for many of the branch’s members at various times as Consultant Rheumatologist at the Princess Royal Hospital in

for agreeing to put on displays.

Our pupil stalls welcome your support and our regular attractions, including Harris Funfair, Coconut Shy, Mr Guratsky’s Driving School, Plant Stall, Art Stall, Inflatables, Animazing with their giant tortoise will all be with us.

Why not join us for lunch? The Science Department will have the BBQ ready for 12.00 noon and a selection of sandwiches, cakes and cream teas will be lovingly prepared by our Downlands Association.

It is a Fun Day for the whole family, and with the sun shining and live music to entertain you, what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon? There is a ‘lucky’ programme this year, (available from the School Office and some local traders), so remember to bring it with you.

Thanks to all our supporters and programme sponsors for their continued support.

Haywards Heath. She is currently a Reader and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology and Clinical Academic Sub-Dean at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and a visiting Research Consultant Fellow at the School of Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Dr Walker-Bone has been a member and great supporter of Arthritis Care in Mid Sussex for many years, and walked two stages of the South Downs Way Walk with former branch chairman Terry Salter in 2010 to raise much-needed funds.

Further details concerning Arthritis Care and the local group’s activities can be obtained from Dave Spershott, Branch Secretary.

Telephone 01342 313314 or email davespershott@hotmail.co.uk

Fletching Garden Trail The Fletching Village Garden Trail will be celebrating its 21st birthday on Sunday 16th June 2013, 11am-5pm. The annual event in the picturesque East Sussex village has become an integral part of the Sussex Open Gardens Calendar. From the children’s school vegetable plot to the stunning Clinton Lodge, there is something for everyone in over 20 private gardens.

Highly acclaimed local artist Lorna Holdcroft will be capturing the mood of Garden Trail with a specially commissioned picture, which will be raffled at the end of the day.

There will be a wide variety of activities on offer throughout the day. Children will once again be able to hone their tracking skills on the now famous duck

trail around the gardens, and visit the friendly alpacas at Spring Farm. Experts will be on hand on the plant stall to advise on all aspects of vegetable growing, including advice on ways to combat common pests and avoid disease.

The 12th-century Church of St Andrew and St Mary the Virgin will be open to visitors and a selection of local businesses will have stalls in the Village Hall.

The Garden Trail was set up in 1992 as a means to raise funds for Fletching CoE Primary School.

Headteacher Lorraine Kirkwood commented: “Every year, we are overwhelmed by the generosity of the local community and do so enjoy the enormous diversity that so many gardens offer. As a direct result, our PTA are able

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Burgess Hill Flower Festival The Burgess Hill Flower Club is delighted to have been asked to arrange a flower festival in the Church of St. John the Evangelist at Burgess Hill to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the church’s dedication. The Festival will be staged by club members, church members, demonstrators for the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies and various churches from the area. We are also fortunate enough to have three local florists taking part.

The themes include, appropriately this year, the opening of the London Underground in 1863. Also the opening of Tower Bridge in 1894, the conquering of Everest in 1953 and a very large arrangement at the back of the church dedicated to the church, which will be done

by members of the Flower Club.

Over 30 large arrangements will be complemented by 35 further arrangements, making 71 in all.

The church and club will be delighted to welcome as many of you as possible to come and visit and see this beautiful church full of flowers. the Festival takes place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June (10.00-17.00) and on Sunday 16th June (11.30-17.00). Entrance is free but donations towards the organ restoration fund will be most welcome.

Our club meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the Cyprus Road Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill at 2pm and we invite anyone interested in learning about the fun and pleasure of flower arranging to come and visit us for the demonstrations and workshops.

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The East Grinstead Art Society was founded by a group of enthusiastic amateur painters in 1983. Their aim was to promote art in East Grinstead by bringing artists of various standards together for mutual benefit.

The Society meets for interesting demonstrations, lectures, and workshops twice a month in St. Swinthun’s Church Hall, Church Lane, East Grinstead.

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editorial@sussexliving.com A term first coined in the USA in 1996, a bioblitz is any event in which people attempt to record as many living species in one place, usually within about a 24hour period.

You don’t need any special skills or be an ‘expert’, and you don’t have to be observing for all 24 hours. You can observe at different times of the day, write down what you see, and take lots of photos.

If you can identify some of the things you see, so much

the better, but there will be a community of people on hand to help.

Post your pictures to the iSpot website (www.ispot.org.uk), and chances are that someone will tell you what it is within minutes.

Alternatively, you can use Twitter (@GardenBioblitz with hashtag #gbb13) or Flickr to post your pictures. For details bout the bioblitz, visit the website http:// www.naturewatched.org/gbb. html

My Grandfather – Winston Churchill

On Friday 28 June at 7.30, The Rt Hon Nicholas Soames MP will give a talk entitled ‘My Grandfather – Sir Winston Churchill’’ at Danny House in Hurstpierpoint.

Mr Soames is a Patron of the Hurstpierpoint based charity reMEmber and Mr Richard Burrows, the owner of Danny, is a trustee. Mr Burrows invited Mr Soames to give this interesting talk about his grandfather in order to raise funds for reMEmber. Mr Soames has worked on behalf of ME patients in Sussex and also liaised with other Sussex MPs in order to get the best services for patients. This has been a very time consuming task and taken many hours of valuable constituency time and we are very grateful to Mr Soames for all his dedication and hard work.

In addition he has helped us to apply for funding from grantgiving bodies. He also has given us very generous raffle prizes to help raise funds to continue our work.

Mr Soames is also a member of

the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME/CFS at Westminster, as is reMEmber.

Mr Burrows has given very generous support to reMEmber by allowing us to use Danny House for fundraising activities.

Danny House has many historical links, the main one being in 1918, when it was rented for three months for Prime Minister David Lloyd George. At that time, Winston Churchill stayed at Danny House on several occasions. Lloyd George held regular conferences in the Great Hall, where on 13 October 1918 they agreed the preliminary terms of the Armistice to be offered to Germany at the end of the Great War, which was to become documented as the Treaty of Versailles.

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LOCAL patients being recognised at such a high level.

Mr Soames will give his presentation in the Great Hall.

There will be wine and a finger buffet. Dress is smart casual. Tickets (£20) will be on sale at the Mint House, High Street, Hurstpierpoint, or you can send a cheque payable to reMEmber to: reMEmber, PO Box 1647, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9GQ. Tel. 01273 831733 or email: me_cfs@hotmail.com. www.remembercfs.org.uk

Volunteers needed!

A 24-hour fundraising walk in aid of Blind Veterans UK is looking for volunteers to support participants on their challenging journey from London to Brighton on 22/23 June.

The epic 100k walk aims to raise money for national charity for blind ex-Service men and women. Volunteers will be meeting and greeting at stops,

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helping with refreshments, chatting with fundraisers and cheering them on each step of the way! Each volunteer will be a pillar of support, motivating fundraisers to keep on going.

No previous experience is required and necessary training and support will be provided. All volunteers will get a free meal, a free Blind Veterans UK T-shirt and a sense of achievement for helping out with a very worthy cause.

For more information on how to become a volunteer contact Catherine Attwood at catherine. attwood@blindveterans.org.uk

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by RoGeR Linn

opinion

WRIGHT WORKS • The picture shows a unique ID bracelet featuring prints on a handmade braided strap.

• Personalised silver print products, the perfect gift for Father’s Day. • Finger, hand, foot, paw, lip, nose prints and inscriptions can be incorporated into your design.

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07825092621 On 16th June 1910, an American woman called Sonora Dodd invented Father’s Day. I think she put the apostrophe in the wrong place, but maybe she just intended it to be for her own father, in which case she must be pretty amazed by what happened to her idea.

I had always believed that Father’s Day was invented by the greetings card industry, but then I’m a cynic. However it began, you may judge how significant it is nowadays by simply putting “Father’s Day Gifts” into Google. I tried this – purely in the name of research, you understand – and got nearly 3 million results. I have passed this information on to my children, lest they should be short of ideas.

And there are some crackers. I already have the Star Wars Jedi bath robe, but the novelty Golf Ball Finder Glasses might come in handy in the unlikely event that I ever hit the ball far enough to lose sight of it.

Actually, I hope none of my children buy wacky presents because, like most dads, I’d prefer just to have their good wishes and perhaps a book or a day’s fishing, although the latter doesn’t have good track record. Last year, I spent the day being ‘recovered’ by roadside assistance while my son fished. The previous year, he wanted me to take him to hospital because he’d suddenly become hot and feverish. I pointed out to him that his new car had a heated driver’s seat, which he had inadvertently switched on.

Whatever present I end up with, it is unlikely to mean more to me than the card I received from my daughter many years ago and which is still pinned to the wall of my office. On it is a slightly deranged looking figure made out of felt and stuck to the card. He is wearing a blue felt top and white felt shorts; they complement his orange felt face and yellow, tufted wool hair. A small plastic trophy is stuck to his right arm, above which is written ‘Calcutta Cup’ to celebrate a Scotland win over England at rugby – yes, I did say it was a long time ago. Inside, a childish hand had written ‘Happy Fathers Day xx’. That’ll do me.

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by niCoLe TaTa

HeaLTH beauT y sT yLe

Having a part of your body pierced ‘for fun and fashion’ shouldn’t be a big deal.

Or should it?

Lend me your ears…

Long ago, when I was 15 years old, my mother agreed that I could have my ears pierced. I remember it clearly, not because it was a major event or anything, but because it defined a rite of passage into womanhood, like discovering make-up, high heels and boys.

I felt grown up with my piercings (please note: one per ear), and it wasn’t until my 20s that I felt the need to add another, and then another, as I experimented with fashion and the impact of my appearance on the world around me.

Body art has come a long way since my teenage years. These days, anything is possible, making my experience seem quaintly naïve, if not ludicrously out of date. As any self-respecting youngster will tell you, body piercings are just one of many available and perfectly acceptable forms of creative selfexpression, and certainly no biggie.

And I agree, up to a point. A diamond nose stud can look very cute on the right face, and a navel piercing can do much to show off the toned midriff of the piercee.

I can’t quite understand why anyone would want their tongue pierced, frankly, but hey – each to their own.

That said, there’s a clear threshold between pleasing and off-putting, even for liberal types like me. When that line has been crossed, my aesthetic sensibilities are offended. Flesh tunnels, anyone?

The term alone makes my skin crawl, and the sight of someone deliberately stretching their earlobes to create a 50p coin-sized hole is, in my humble view, bordering on body mutilation. If they’re meant to shock, it’s working. As for body piercings I don’t

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MIRROR MIRROR MIRROR on the wall...

know where, the current teenage vernacular has the most appropriate riposte: hell to the no!

Of course, the good thing about piercings is that you can take them out when you’ve grown tired of them. Fashion is a fickle friend, and people are likely to change their views and preferences over the years.

It may take a while for the hole to close up, but no lasting damage is done (bar flesh tunnels, which will be with you long-term). My extra ear piercings have long disappeared and I’m back to one in each ear, no longer feeling the need to rebel.

As things come full circle, I can now take my 15-year-old daughter shopping for earrings. She currently has three piercings and is hoping for more soon… www.sussexliving.com

Azari Hair & Beauty is located in the Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath.

We offer a full range of Hair and Beauty treatments, specialising in a range of colour techniques using Paul Mitchell products.

We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary on 12th June.

Why not come along and join us between 7pm and 9.30pm when we will be hosting a charity promotional evening (see Diary Dates).

To reserve a place for the evening or to book a treatment, call us on 01444 441520 or check our Facebook page for more offers available.

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Sarah Lacey Dry Cleaning Your wedding dress is very precious to you, and deserves to be cleaned and heirloomed with care. Sarah and Deborah will care for your dress, discussing the best cleaning techniques with you.

She and her team will also care for the Groom, Mother of the Bride and Bridesmaids’ garments.

You can choose from boxes by The Empty Box Co, or our own Treasures Box, should you wish to preserve your dress for the future.

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A simply beautiful qualiďŹ cation in the health and beauty industry could be for you: Sussex Beauty Training School are enrolling/interviewing NOW for Level 2 & 3 Beauty Therapy, Massage Therapy, Waxing and Nail Treatment courses commencing in September. www.sussexbeautytraining.co.uk Tel: 01444 233060 43 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill www.facebook.com/Tamarind-SussexBeautyTraining www.sussexliving.com

Mignon Springett MBACP, MBPS BA (Hons) Psych, MA Couns Psych Adv CBT Certified.

BACP Registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist

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Experienced in working with children, adults, couples and families. I specialise in: • Bereavement • Anxiety and Panic Attacks • Stress and Depression • Couples / Relationship Issues • Eating Disorders • Anger Management • Conflict and Behavioural problems I offer generous discounts to children, students and retired. Lovely consultation rooms in Haywards Heath and Brighton.

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Look after your body this Summer!

Stocking: Noa Noa, Nougat, Northlands, Cocoa Cashmere, Emily and Fin, Dranella, People Tree and Paul Green.

Tuna, Swordfish, Shellfish and Sardines available for the BBQ.

Discover JoJo’s Summer Vibe in our Stunning Nancy Mac dresses and our fabulous Paul Green shoes.

Choose from our daily catch selection.

For a healthy diet, visit our shop in Hurstpierpoint High Street.

Unique clothing available in JoJo’s for all occasions.

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Granary Flowers Floral Demonstration Thursday 27 June 10.30am - 4pm Dennis van Wonderen Gold Medal Winner at Hampton Court Flower Show and Exhibitor at Chelsea Flower Show.

This is a full day event with light lunch.

The cost is £15. Ticket Only.

Heaven Farm Summer Fete Saturday 29 June 10am – 4pm Local crafts, gifts, food and wine.

Children’s fun rides. Stalls available.

Wedding Receptions in our beautiful woodland venue.

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Call me if you would like help with: • Weight management • Stop smoking • Alleviate anxiety • Lift depression • End phobias • Fertility & Hypnobirthing Clinics in Hurstpierpoint and Haywards Heath.

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Back to health at

Haywards Heath Hospital

“People come to us because they know that the quality of care we offer is second to none. Our patients have access to some of the leading specialists in their field and our staff are all committed and caring,” explains Andrew Lennox, Hospital Director of the Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital.

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As well as individual treatment sessions, the Hospital’s physiotherapy team also runs a 6-week Back Programme, which will maximise recovery pain by giving Nuffifrom eldback Health comprehensive information on the causes Haywards Heath Hospital and treatments, including an exercise programme to improve and maintain From orthopaedics to gynaecology,

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The Hospital has been part of the local landscape for the past 20 years and, during that time, has built an enviable reputation for high-quality private health care, medical and surgical Do you have private services.

While many healthcare insurance, or are you thinking of paying for patients yourself? have medical We have the highest standards insurance andfor infection prevention and can be referredcontrol to and along with our culture oftheir cleanliness; the Hospital via GP, a you will see that our commitment quality is considerable number choose toto‘pay-aseverywhere. you-go’ with our self-pay option, as many services are cheaper than you might think.

What’s more, the Hospital also works with the NHS under the Choose & Book scheme.

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Many working days’ and nights’ sleep are lost due to back pain, which highlights the importance of early treatment and prevention of spinal problems. However, back pain does not always need surgery.

Our pain management consultant Dr Ward, along with a top-class team of physiotherapists, can offer a range of support. From one-stop advice clinics to extensive rehabilitation programmes, patients can be confident that the Hospital will soon have them back on their feet. A full assessment and treatment plan can be tailored to the needs of both people who are covered by health insurance policies and those wishing to ‘pay-as-you-go’ for their own treatment.

strength and mobility. A Pilates course is also available at the Hospital. Appointments for physiotherapy are usually available within 48 hours of enquiry or referral.

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The Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital is an excellent choice for those suffering with this debilitating condition.

The neurosurgeons at the Hospital have many years of experience with the management and treatment of back pain, and they have access to the only mobile 3T MRI scanner in the South at the Hospital. Provided by the Medical Imaging Partnership, this state-of-the-art equipment provides far more detailed imaging than a standard scanner, allowing for more accurate diagnosis and treatment.

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ack pain in its many forms can strike at any time, bringing both discomfort and misery to sufferers and seriously affecting their quality of life. With back pain the second most common cause of long-term sickness in the UK (after stress), getting a correct diagnosis, treatment and aftercare is important. By finding ways to reduce the stresses and strains on the spine during our daily activities, the risk of developing back pain can be lessened. We should always be aware of good posture, both at home and at work, to help prevent back pain becoming a serious problem.

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by Ley Finlayson (right), will help to get you moving again with a range of programmes and treatments.

Mr Carl Hadwidge Carl was appointed as a Consultant in 1992 and has held a number of positions since that time, including Head Clinician Neurosciences Hurstwood Park, President of the British Skull Base Society and he is an Examiner and Board Member of Intercollegiate Fellowship in Neurosurgery. His specialities include skull base surgery and degenerative spine surgery.

Mr Giles Critchley Giles is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre. Having qualified at Cambridge University and St Thomas Hospital, London, Giles continued his training in Manchester and at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, Wimbledon. He specialises in central nervous system tumour surgery and his interests include cervical and lumbar disc surgery, cerebral and spinal tumours as well as spinal stenosis.

Mr John Norris Having completed his postgraduate surgical training in Nottingham, London and Toronto, John has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon for 13 years and is currently the Principal Lead Consultant in Neurosciences within the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust. His professional interests include cerebral aneurysms and head injury, along with cervical, thoracic and lumbar surgery.

Mr Sorin Bucur A Consultant Neurosurgeon at Hurstwood Park, Sorin has recently been granted practise privileges at the Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital. After training and working in the UK, Sorin became an International Fellow in skull base surgery and microneurosurgery at the George Washington University, Washington DC. Sorin has a wide range of experience in cranial and spinal surgery and a particular interest in degenerative spinal diseases, brain and spinal tumours and vascular malformations.

Dr Stephen Ward Stephen qualified in anaesthetics in 1991 and is a Consultant in Pain Medicine for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust. Along with pain management, his interests include neuropathic pain, cancer pain, lower back and neck pain and interventional pain therapy.

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by saRaH FuRey

HeaLTH & beauT y

Herbs for Health Local herbalist Sarah Furey on how to brighten and protect your

skin and hair.

Face Toner or Hair rinse 4 parts lemon balm 4 parts german chamomile flowers 4 parts rose petals 3 parts marigold flowers 1 part rosemary leaves 1 part lemon or orange peel Organic wine vinegar or vodka to cover A few drops of lavender or frankincense essential oil 1. Crush all the leaves and flowers (use fresh or dried) 2.

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and slice the citrus.

Place in a preserving jar and cover with the liquid.

Shake once a day for 2 weeks.

Strain and add the essential oils.

Store in a cool dark place.

We’ve waited a long time for the sun (and that Vitamin D) to arrive. While enjoying the sun’s healing benefits, why not think about how you can look after your skin and hair at the same time?

We all know the sun can be very drying. To combat this, I always use an infused oil on my skin and a different, more oil-based hair conditioner in the summer months.

Chamomile and rosemary oils both have antiinflammatory properties and are very nourishing.

They work on all but the most greasy hair.

Rosemary is also a lovely conditioner – it will make the hair shiny and encourage growth. I infuse the herbs in almond oil, which is kind to the scalp, but coconut oil is a good alternative.

Nettles are also an excellent hair tonic. Use a couple of fresh nettle tops for each cup of boiling water, infuse for 15 minutes and use as a hair rinse to promote hair growth. Or try the tonic recipe below.

I was recently given a recipe for a wonderful body scrub. It stimulates the blood supply to the skin which, in turn, promotes healing and will make your skin silky smooth. Bring on summer!

Body Scrub 50g fresh mint leaves 50g rosemary leaves 50g chamomile flowers Peel of 2 lemons 300ml olive oil 400g fine sea salt 4 tsp Vitamin C powder 1. Infuse the finely chopped herbs and lemon peel in

the olive oil at a medium heat for about 5 minutes, then allow to cool and squeeze all the oil out of the herbs, using a muslin cloth.

2. Mix the sea salt and Vitamin C powder into the oil.

Put into a sterilised jar and label.

3. Apply to wet skin in the bath or shower. Scrub and rinse off well with warm water.

cauTion: always consult a qualified health care professional if you are unsure of any medical symptoms.

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Sussex Health Care - Excellence in care Sussex Health Care are an independent group of twenty care homes, predominantly based in Sussex. This dedicated group offer specialised care services for older people, including those suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer's, and also specialist support for adults with physical or learning difficulties including young people with acquired brain injury/neurological problems. Their caring and highly trained team of staff provide dedicated care to those who need it, 24 hours a day.

Sussex Health Care do wonderful work and it most certainly became apparent from the staff team, relatives and residents themselves, just how happy they feel with the level of care that they are receiving. Many people worry when they first consider a loved one going into a care home. However Sussex Health Care are proud to offer a fantastic homely atmosphere that feels both peaceful and relaxed for residents and their visitors. Additionally, the accommodation that each resident receives is clean and spacious; to provide a comfortable space that really feels like a home from home.

All of the facilities at Sussex Health Care are built to the very highest of standards; allowing residents to reap the benefits of up-to-date technologies and therapies. The environment is both clean and comfortable, allowing everyone within the establishment to feel safe and relaxed - there is always a warm smile to welcome you in. The group has won numerous awards including international ISO 9000:2000, Hospitality Assured and Care Training Consortium Award for Leading in Learning and many more over the years for their high level of care and they really do set the standards high for themselves.

There is no wonder why Sussex Health Care are now leaders in the field of nursing and residential care in Sussex and the wider area.

Care and consideration is paramount when dealing with their residents. All of the staff are friendly and will go out of their way to ensure that all residents

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are happy and comfortable in their home. Being trained to offer the highest quality care possible, the staff team pride themselves on being able to offer physical, emotional and social care tailored to each individual. Residents are offered all of the support they need to enjoy as full a life as possible, with as much or as little help as they require.

Sussex Health are fully committed to providing experienced care for both elderly residents and specialist adult care, due to this they are constantly retraining to keep up-to-date with all of the latest medical and therapeutic practices. Friends and families can also rest assured that the Sussex Health Care group also have strong links with the medical world - they have their own unique Research and Development group in partnership with the medical academic world. This is just one of the ways in which the group continues to develop their already superior caring strategies. Sussex Health Care also have their own dedicated training academy (Bolding’s Brook Academy) which offers numerous accredited course.

The residents staying with Sussex Health Care are never short of things to do and all stops are put out to guarantee that they enjoy their time here. During a visit to one of the Sussex Health Care homes an amazing woman called Lillian could not sing the praises of the group enough. She was asked what she enjoyed about her home with Sussex Health Care and she replied that she loved how well the staff looked after her. They could not do enough for her and made her feel ‘happy’ and completely at home. This glowing testament shows just how well thoughtof the staff at Sussex Health Care really are and also provides families with the wonderful knowledge that their loved ones are being compassionately looked after. At Sussex Health Care everybody is treated with the utmost dignity and respect, whilst being allowed to enjoy their own freedoms too.

Lillian is a great example of how a care specialist can really enhance the enjoyment of ones life - knowing that

the support you need is there for you really is a comfort. During our meeting, Lillian also spoke of her love of meal times with a warm twinkle in her eye.

Sussex Health Care understand the importance of food for health as well as the expectation that rests on a good meal throughout the day - everybody tends to look forward to it as a highlight of the day! The resident chefs freshly prepare each wholesome meal using local ingredients, creating healthy dishes for everybody to enjoy.

Additionally, following on with their philosophy of giving all of their residents a great quality of life, Sussex Health Care offer a range of activities for residents to choose to get involved with. These happen both inside the care homes and in the wider community, giving residents fun days out and entertainment to look forward to.

As well as having the space to rest and relax, these activities at Sussex Health Care can provide a joyful break in the day, allowing all to take part in something different with friends. The freedom of choice that is provided here is reassuring as staff respect each individual to rule over their own life and enjoy it to the fullest.

Sussex Health Care provides high level of care and the overwhelming welcome that everybody receives is a breath of fresh air as is their personfocused ethos. Sussex Health Care provide individual care for the elderly and specialist care for adults that you can trust - your loved one will be safe and happy in the company of Sussex Health Care.

To discover further information please contact Corrine Wallace, Head of Operational Care Services or Becky Davis on 01403 219828 or visit www.sussexhealthcare.co.uk www.sussexliving.com

Award Winning Care Homes Sussex Health Care is an award winning group of care homes providing 25 years of healthcare in Sussex.

The Group operates 20 homes, predominantly in the West Sussex area, providing nearly 550 beds, incorporating specialist care provision as well as care for older people.

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Choosing the right care home for Mum was made easier.

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ester From the moment my mother and I first visited her Barch nt home, we knew we had found somewhere pretty special. Elega even surroundings, delicious food and beautiful gardens were made whom more appealing by the presence of like-minded residents with that she can socialise and enjoy activities. For my part, knowing team she’s safe in the care of such a dedicated and compassionate ful. gives me great peace of mind. And for that I’m extremely grate

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A flat walk through mixed farmland and a short stretch of woodland, this route passes by the imposing monastery at Parkminster, near Cowfold.

From the Windmill pub at Littleworth, walk south towards Partridge Green to cross Mill Lane and, after about 200 yards, look for a signed path to your right, opposite Oakfield.

On reaching a junction of paths by a playing field, turn right on an indistinct path which meanders through a strip of woodland before becoming enclosed alongside an allotment. On reaching Mill Lane, cross to the path opposite and go over a stile beside a pair of iron gates.

Follow a narrow path beside buildings, go over a stile and follow up a lefthand field edge to a threeway path junction. Sidestep to your left and follow down a right-hand field edge. Go through a metal gate and maintain direction ahead to a three-way path junction, and go over a stile beside a metal gate.

Just before the house and outbuildings of Chucks Farm, go left over a stile and turn sharp right to walk uphill alongside the property. At the top of the rise, go through a gap beside a stile and turn sharp right along a right-hand field edge, then left at the next field corner to go

over a stile and on to a road.

This will be your first view of the majestic buildings of St Hugh’s Charterhouse (Cowfold Monastery).

Turn left along the road for about 50 yards, then right through a blue gate on a signed path. Walk downhill beside a post and rail fence and go through a gate at the bottom of the field.

Cross the next field, aiming for a stile a little to the right of a pair of oak trees. Go over the stile and maintain direction along a fence line which divides two large fields.

Ignore a four-way path junction to shortly go right up a slope and walk in front of Mockford, currently under renovation.

On joining a gravel track, turn right with the Monastery now immediately in front.

St Hugh’s Charterhouse at Parkminster was founded in 1873 and the buildings are in a French Gothic Revival style. It is the only postReformation Carthusian monastery in the country and occupies a 240-acre site. The unusually tall spire, which can be seen from the South Downs, is 203 feet (62 metres) tall!

Keep right at the next path junction, where the track swings left alongside a large barn to curve round a pond out to a gravel track.

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On reaching the A281, turn right for about 300 yards, then right on a bridleway signed to Greentree Farm. Follow this surfaced track to the farm, then take the left of two tracks and follow this wide track through Waymarks Wood, ignoring all turnings off to the left and right.

Go through a gate and follow a path slightly uphill to join a drive close to a house. Cross to the signpost opposite and curve right around a post and rail fence to a gate. Go left, ignore a crossing path and follow this track (Reeds Lane) out to the road. Turn right for your car and a well-earned pint!

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Above: Just some of the St Peter & St James team.

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This is clearly a complex, vibrant and ambitious organisation with some exciting plans for the near future.

The Day Hospice is used to offer patients who are cared for at home the opportunity to come in for activities, including complementary therapies, group physiotherapy, socialising, art therapy or simply the chance to get out of the home and relax with other patients in a friendly environment. For many patients, this is an invaluable resource, and yet the limitations of space mean that not enough patients are able to benefit from the facility. And as it is a single communal space, it doesn’t much appeal to the younger adult patients. Equally, only a limited amount of clinical and social activity can take place side by side.

For these reasons and because the existing facility has now become dated in comparison to the new state-of-the-art inpatient centre, plans are well advanced to replace the Day Hospice with a brand spanking new Community Patient Support Centre. “We aim to create a modern, integrated centre that increases our patients’ sense of wellbeing and adds life to their days,” says Colin. “I want more of our patients, and particularly the younger adults, to get added value from their time with us.”

At the heart of the new Community Patient Support Centre is going to be a social hub and café for the enjoyment of patients, family members, carers, staff, volunteers and visitors. It will be a lively, informal meeting

We aim to create a modern, integrated centre that increases our patients’ sense of wellbeing and adds life to their days place and will set the tone of friendliness and mutual support, which is so central to the hospice philosophy. The adjacent large social room will be re-modelled to offer different usage ‘zones’, such as an internet café style area, and there will be facilities for video creation and editing to help users make ‘memory boxes’ for family and friends. There will be an arts & crafts area, a physiotherapy area with exercise equipment and a Nintendo Wii console as well as a comfortable seating section for simply relaxing.

A new extension will accommodate new rooms of different shapes and sizes for patient and family use, and the Clinical Nurse Specialists will have a space in a setting where they are more easily accessible to patients and central to everything that’s going on.

A great deal of careful, creative thought has gone into the planning of the new Patient

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Once upon a time, this charming hostelry was the headquarters of a secret Sussex army of ‘saboteurs’, whose job it would have been to attack the Germans if they had succeeded in invading this country.

Few, if any, of today’s hotel guests are aware that, as they enjoy their meal in the pretty dining room, deep below their feet lies an underground bunker complex designed to accommodate the men who ran our own Sussex ‘resistance movement’. They were responsible for a county-wide network of trained resistance fighters formed into discrete sub-units called patrols, each with its own secret hideout and resources.

Originally, in 1940 when a German invasion seemed all too likely, this secret force was raised from members of the Home Guard and, to disguise it, it was given the deliberately misleading title of ‘Auxiliary Units’.

Initially, training in the dark arts of sabotage, the use and handling of high explosives, ambush techniques, night movement, unarmed combat and much more was given at Coleshill House in Wiltshire, where group members were sent on weekend courses. Further training by regular army instructors took place locally and the patrols carried out many dummy night attacks on key buildings, petrol dumps and army camps around the county.

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Above and left: The tunnels at Tottington Manor, Edburton

When I began to discover something of their history, I was puzzled as to why this high risk, extremely difficult role should have been given to the ‘part timers’ of the Home Guard, rather than more battle-hardened veterans of the British army. The reason was simple: The patrol members had to have an intimate familiarity with their area, so they could operate effectively at night and remain undetected for as long as possible – hence the decision to recruit and train local men. The ideal candidates would have been people who lived and worked in the countryside – farmers, gamekeepers and the like.

The men were all volunteers; they were required to sign the Official Secrets Act, which is why, like the code breakers who worked at Bletchley Park, very little was known about their activities until many years after the war was over.

Although Tottington was the regional headquarters, there were 20 or so patrols in Sussex, distributed throughout the county from Arundel in the west to Herstmonceux in the east.

Hurstpierpoint, Idem, Hellingly, Ditchling and many other small villages each had their auxiliary units, all composed of these ordinary local men who were prepared to face real hardship and terrible danger

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should they ever be called into action. Everybody was aware that their chances of survival were very poor; indeed one estimate from the ‘higher ups’ gave them only weeks before being killed in action, or discovered and put to death by firing squad.

Most patrols comprised six to eight men and had a dedicated, specially constructed hideout called the Operational Base (OB), which was skilfully concealed below ground and typically could store their food, water, ammunition and explosives.

Foldaway bunk beds and a chemical toilet completed these necessarily cramped and Spartan conditions.

Living in the hideout for any length of time would have been an immensely stressful and claustrophobic experience, especially since the men would have been actively and energetically hunted by the forces of occupation. Luckily, a thoughtful War Office provided patrol leaders with useful rules for maintaining efficiency, discipline and morale under these enormously trying conditions. They included a suggested daily programme which, as their deadly work would of necessity be carried out at night, commenced with ‘reveille’ at 2.30 in the afternoon and ‘lights out’ at 7.30 in the morning. There were other useful tips like ‘beware of pessimism and despondency’ – I’ll say! And ‘smoking MUST be controlled. 10-15 minutes in each hour must be sufficient’. Can you imagine the atmosphere after six chaps had been smoking in an underground hideout for 15 minutes…

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throughout the war was Sergeant Frank Mayston of the Royal Engineers. Francis George Mayston, as his family knew him, was a well-known local man, born and brought up in Ditchling and therefore well acquainted with the Mid Sussex countryside. He was one of the very few people who knew the exact whereabouts of all the Sussex patrol OBs because he had overseen the construction of most of them. Many years later, he became President of Henfield Cricket Club but according to his niece, Susie Harrison, and despite the fact that Frank personally constructed many of the patrol hideouts, that he was a central figure at the Tottington headquarters and played a significant role in the training of the units, he, like the men under his command, never spoke about this secret war.

Sergeant Francis George Mayston, Royal Engineers.

Unlike other, occupied nations, we had the advantage of setting up an effective resistance organisation before an invasion It was the mid 1990s before the extended Mayston family discovered anything about his aspect of his history. Frank recruited the Ditchling Patrol and, according to George Thomas, a local farmer who became the patrol leader, Frank gave him his initial training in his living room.

How successful would they have been? It is well known that small, but highly trained and determined groups of men can cause disruption and damage quite out of proportion to their numbers. And there’s no doubt that with 20+ patrols in Sussex alone, the auxiliary units would certainly have made their presence felt. In their role as observers, they might even have been able to provide valuable intelligence information on the enemy’s movements, but the Weald of Sussex is gently wooded farmland and that makes ongoing concealment very difficult. There are no deep forests in which to hide and the South Downs aren’t exactly the gruelling mountainous terrain which hinders the movement of searching troops.

Brutal retaliatory measures would certainly have been taken against the civilian population and these, of course, would have increased the intolerable psychological pressure on the men of the Auxiliary Units, whose activities would have been the cause. However, unlike other, occupied nations, we at least had the advantage of setting up an effective resistance organisation before any invasion could take place, so perhaps the network might have proved itself to be more robust than the original planners anticipated. Certainly, there was no lack of commitment from the volunteers.

The Auxiliary Units were disbanded in November 1944 as discreetly as they had been raised. The regular army staff rejoined their regiments, stores were returned and the men resumed their ordinary, everyday lives. They each received a ‘thank you’ letter; were reminded of the need for secrecy and what was to become one of the best kept secrets of the war was over.

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See also Stewart Angell’s book: ‘The Secret Sussex Resistance’, Middleton Press, 1996.

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01273 842645

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Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QT

EVENTS Sunday 9th June 3pm:

THE PLOUGH INN

Chailey Airfield Memorial Service in conjunction with Royal British Legion.

A friendly family pub, open all day every day from noon. Quality meals made from locally sourced produce, served daily in a friendly relaxing atmosphere.

Always a warm welcome.

We pride ourselves on our cask marque real ales. Rooms available for functions & our beautiful meadow is available for camping.

Call Nicole on : 01273 890311 or email: theploughinnatplumptongreen@hotmail.co.uk The Plough Inn, Station Rd, Plumpton Green, Plumpton BN7 3DF

Some very good reasons to visit

Tottington Manor HOTEL • RESTAURANT • WEDDING VENUE

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THE SPORTSMAN Goddards Green, West Sussex BN6 9LQ

open log fires • locally sourced menu • cask marque ales • friendly atmosphere families & dogs welcome • gift vouchers • plenty of on-site parking

New Summer Menu Now Available Chef/Proprietor Matt Palmer has created a range of fabulous new menus for lunch, dinner and Sundays.

Come and give them a try.

Monday Nights Fish & Chips take away from 6pm til 9pm Follow us on Twitter: @thesportsmanpub and Facebook: The Sportsman Pub, Goddards Green

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The Eight Bells

Summer Party Saturday 6th July at The Eight Bells, Bolney Featuring

Supported by

The Crossroads Band UK A Delicious Way To Spend The Afternoon Afternoon Tea from £15.00 per person Set Lunch Menu from £10.50 per person Traditional Sunday Lunch from £13.00 per person 01903 815757 • Edburton Road • Edburton • BN5 9LJ info@tottingtonmanor.co.uk • www.tottingtonmanor.co.uk

Doors open 7pm Live Music Starts 7.30pm Tickets in advance £12.50 £15 on the door For tickets, contact 01444 881396 or buy online go to www.theeightbellsbolney.co.uk The Street, Bolney, West Sussex RH17 5QW SuSSex Living June 2013

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by Gillian Reay-Young

Food & Drink

What’s Cooking? go and eat in the sunshine, with these

This month, let’s

three summery dishes, perfect for picnics or garden parties.

Crab and Asparagus Tart serves 4

Avocado & Kiwi Salad serves 4

Ingredients: 2 small avocados, diced 4 kiwi fruits, sliced 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley 1 tbsp chopped chives

1/2 a small cucumber, cut into matchsticks 1 bunch of washed watercress 1 tbsp good olive oil

Combine all the ingredients and serve. This recipe was reported to have been one of Princess Diana’s favourite light lunches!

Ingredients: 150g/6oz of shortcrust pastry (ready made) 2 eggs plus 1 extra yolk 140ml double cream 1 tsp brandy 200g/8oz crabmeat 25g butter

25g plain flour 140ml milk 2 tsp grated Cheddar cheese 8 cooked asparagus spears Salt and cayenne pepper to taste

1. Line and slightly grease a 20cm/8” flan dish with the rolled pastry.

2. Beat the eggs, cream and brandy together, flake the crabmeat with a fork and mix into the egg mixture.

3. Melt the butter in a solid pan and stir in the flour,

Tomato & Cheese Quiche

then cook for a minute or two.

serves 4

Ingredients: 150g/6oz shortcrust pastry (ready made) 4 large tomatoes, peeled and sliced 100g firm goats cheese (choose a strong flavour)

4. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk.

3 eggs 140ml milk Salt and ground black pepper to taste

1. Line and lightly butter a 20cm/8”quiche tin with the pastry and evenly crumble the cheese onto it.

Return to the heat and stir until the sauce thickens.

Add the cheese and seasoning to your taste.

5. Stir the crabmeat mixture into the cheese sauce

and pour into the flan. Decorate the top with the asparagus spears, pushing them slightly into the mixture.

6. Bake in a preheated oven 190C/375F/Gas mark 5 for 35-40 minutes until slightly set.

2. Arrange the sliced tomatoes over to cover the cheese.

3. Break the eggs in to a bowl and gently beat in the milk and

seasoning. Pour the mixture over the cheese and tomatoes, pressing down gently with a fork.

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6 for 15-20 minutes until set and golden.

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GILL’S BRILL TIP OF THE MONTH: To make your own ‘sun’-dried tomatoes: Set the oven to the lowest temperature, halve a batch of ripe (not over-ripe) tomatoes and place them on a baking tray for 10-20 hours. Store in a jar with olive oil.

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David Hampson is the proud new owner of the New Inn, Hurstpierpoint’s beautiful 600-year-old village pub.

Having lived in Hurstpierpoint nearly all his life, David is looking forward to making a real contribution to the vibrant social life of the village. “I am excited to have the chance to work with the great team here at the New Inn,” he says. “Hurst is a big, lively village with a bustling high street. The New Inn is right at the heart of the village, and we will do everything we can make that heart beat loudly – for everyone!”

With a wealth of experience in hospitality and catering provided by the management team, including Melanie Dobson (Manager) and Peter Hampson (Assistant Manager), the New Inn couldn’t be in better hands. So what are David’s plans for his new pub?

“The inside of the pub is beautiful and steeped in history – I don’t want to change that. We’ll be making sure each of the bar/dining areas has a distinct look and feel, giving our customers a real choice on how they wish to socialise.

We’ll also be adding a family area.”

In the kitchen, both the menu and opening times will be extended, providing greater flexibility and choice. “Do look out for Weekend Brunches, which should go down a storm with all customers,” says David.

With summer just around the corner, the New Inn’s pretty garden is well worth discovering. “It’s a wonderful place to relax,” says David. “We’re planning more outside catering and events to really make the most of this wonderful facility. The large walled garden is totally enclosed and

The New Inn is right at the heart of the village, and we’ll do everything we can to make that heart beat loudly!

Above: David Hampson, Melanie Dobson and Tom Henton

safe for children, and we’ll be putting in a children’s play area to make it even more family friendly.”

The New Inn is well known for its large and varied events programme, something David is very keen to build on. Check the website for regular Quiz Nights, Comedy Nights and Music Nights and look out for new events too. “I’m looking at BBQs, open air music, plays and even some opera,” smiles David.

With a clear idea of what today’s customers are looking for in a village pub, David takes his new role very seriously.

“The New Inn has been around a long time before me and will be here a long time after. It’s changed and evolved over the centuries and we will make sure it continues to move with the times, so that future generations can enjoy it too.”

Isn’t it time you discovered this jewel on Hurstpierpoint’s high street?

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Diary Dates Thursday 30 May, 19:30

Friday 31 May, 18:30-22:30

open mic night

moulin Rouge Charity evening

The Greyhound Inn, Keymer Road, Hassocks

Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road

Every Thursday 01273 842645 www.thegreyhoundkeymer.co.uk

Friday 31 May

Queen’s Coronation diamond Jubilee Celebrations The Redwood Centre, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN Celebration with entertainment. Please support Age UK West Sussex. Call 01444 450248 for more information and prices

Friday 31 May – Saturday 1 June 10:00-17:00

Vintage Fair – Village Vintage Plumpton Racecourse, Plumpton BN7 3AL Village Vintage, the award-winning vintage and country fair business created by Sussex duo Lucy Haywood and Darcy Shepherd, is gearing-up for its biggest ever event, a vintage, antique and country fair set in beautiful open countryside. Over 100 stall holders selling decorative antiques, vintage treasures and country furniture.

Country Café and Real Ale Bar. £4.00 entry, under14s free, well behaved dogs welcome. For further info, contact Darcy on 07773 360631, info@village-vintage. co.uk. Find us on Facebook (VillageVintage) or Twitter @villagevintage1

Charity Fundraising Evening supporting Alzheimer’s Research UK. Moulin Rouge theme, fancy dress, bar, raffle, entertainment, ‘best dressed’ prize, canapés. A fun-filled evening for a great cause. £10.00 per ticket. Contact: Teague Hampson 07917275605.

Friday 31 May, 19:45-22:45

R J Thompson

Studio, The Hawth, Crawley

RJ Thompson is a critically acclaimed singer songwriter from the UK, best known for his stirring live shows and performances with Gabrielle Aplin, Sandi Thom and The Proclaimers. Support: Sussex-based singer/ songwriter and guitarist Edd Mann. Tickets £10 (£12 on the door) available from Box Office: 01293 553636 or www.hawth.co.uk.

Saturday 1 – Sunday 16 June, 10:30-17:00

aRTscape

Shoreham Airport Terminal Building

Free art exhibition open every day.

Talented artists exhibit their work of local scenes and faraway places: William Frank Willoughby, Brian Hastings-Clough, Sheila Lea, Holly Sellors, Jo Hodder, Maureen Welfare. Contact WF Willoughby at 01903 239905, thetideisinnow@gmail.com

Saturday 1 June – Sunday 2 June, 10:30-17:00

burgess Hill open studios

All over Burgess Hill www.art-in-burgess-hill.co.uk

An exhibition and celebration of locally produced arts and crafts. Visit artists’ homes and view their work. Free admission. Leaflets with venues, map and artists’ details available at local libraries and Burgess Hill Help Point. www. facebook.com/burgesshillopenstudios or call 01444 236501.

Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 June, 14:00-17:30

nGs open Garden

Chestnut Farm, Fords Green, Nutley, Uckfield TN22 3LL

A naturalistic garden in the heart of the Ashdown Forest developed over 20 years by the current owners. 1-acre garden on a variety of levels and including lawns, large mixed borders, seasonal planting, spring-fed pond and waterfall, vegetable garden, small integral orchard, extensive bird and insect life. Look out for the topiary teddy bear!

Saturday 1 June, 10:00- 16:00

burgess Hill Town Centre Fun day Town Centre, Burgess Hill

Family entertainment, live music and free giveaways. For more details and other events, see www.cometoburgesshill.co.uk

Saturday 1 June, 10:00-16:00

mid downs Lacemakers

Redwood Activity Centre, Haywards Heath Our group meets six times a year on Saturdays to make lace and exchange ideas about technique. Speakers and suppliers are invited to the meetings. We also hold an annual lace day in June.

Visitors are welcome – entry fee is £3. gillian.lobb@btinternet.com

Saturday 1 June, 13:00-17:00

pamper shopping & Craft Fair

Southway Junior School, Southway, Burgess Hill RH15 9SU

Lots of stalls including homemade crafts, jewellery, cupcakes, candles, food tasting, beauty treatments available plus lots more, all in aid of St Peter & St James Hospice.

Free Admission. More information from Paula 07883 473916 or Nina 01444243105.

Saturday 1 June, 14:00-16:00

morris dancing Weekend

Ditchling Morris will be hosts to a French Dance Group, Les Polletais. This group aims to relive the past of the fishing quarter known as Le Pollet in Dieppe by telling stories through dance about its fishing history and lifestyle. Ditchling Morris and their French guests will be dancing at venues throughout Mid Sussex. www.ditchlingmorris.co.uk

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Saturday 1 June, 20:30-23:30

micky Hart & the Hartbrakers Clayton & Keymer Royal British Legion, Woodsland Road, Hassocks BN6 8HE Come on down and dance the night away to all the classics of the 50s. £2 non-members, free to members.

Claytonkeymerbl@aol.com or 01273 845829.

Sunday 2 June, 9:00

burgess Hill bike Ride

Wednesday 5 June

dressmaking from patterns Made by Me, Semley Road, Hassocks

Wednesday 5th June and two weeks thereafter. Learn how to read and use shop-bought patterns with confidence. £80 for three sessions. For information and to book visit www.madeandmaking.co.uk

Wednesday 5 June, 19:00

pudding night – sumptuous summer Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Friday 7 June, 19:30

a night of Variety Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks

In aid of Crohn’s Disease Research – an evening of song, dance, fun, magic and audience singalongs with Friends and Neighbours, including an audience competition for the best hat or crown decorated in red, white and blue to help us celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. Advance tickets at £4 each (£2 child), to include refreshments, from Pavilion Electrics, Hassocks, or call 01273 845291.

Sunday 2 June, 10:00-12:00

Eat your way through a delectable delight of summer puddings. David Allen will once again host this fun, interesting and thought-provoking talk about the very best of summer puddings, why we love them so and the history that surrounds them. Tickets from 01444 242888 or online at www.freedom-leisure.co.uk

Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve, Burgess Hill

Wednesday 5 June, 19:45

Hassocks Flower Club

Illustrated talk: ‘A field trip to the Eifel region of Germany’ by Dr Trevor Devon, chairman of SMLS. Free to members and interested public. Contact 01444 483041. www.smls.org.uk.

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks

Friday 7 June, 20:00

Choice of 10, 20 or 40-mile routes. Entry: Adults £10; Children (accompanied 10-15 years) £5. Registration starts from 7.30am.

Free event T-shirt for advance bookers. For details see www.burgesshillbikeride.co.uk or call 07855 327234.

pond dipping

Meet at Burgess Hill FC car park. Discover hidden minibeasts below the water.

All ages welcome. Contact Mary Smith (Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle Network) on 01444 242667, Mary.s.smith@ talktalk.net

Sunday 2 June, 14:00-17:00

Go With the Flow – Jean Plaskett. £2/5.50.

Contact Jean Piper on 01273 401026.

Thursday 6 – Wednesday 19 June, 10:00-19:00

oldland mill open afternoon

east Grinstead annual art show

Mill Lane, Keymer, West Sussex

The Greenstede Gallery, Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead

Come and see the 18th-century postmill, restored to full working order by a dedicated team of local volunteers. www.oldlandwindmill.co.uk

Sunday 2 June, 14:00-17:00

Charity open Garden

Forest Ridge, Paddockhurst Lane, Balcombe

This is our 30th Anniversary Show and we are delighted the Town Mayor will be opening the show. Free admission. Free car parking after 6pm. Meet the artists and perhaps join the Club. Further information: Jean Mendez 01342 315225 or email jadewood@btinternet.com.

A chance to see the oldest cedar tree in Sussex. Entrance is £4 and refreshments will be served. More info: Rosie Wiltshire 01444 811890. Raising money for St Catherine’s Hospice. www.stch.org.uk

Thursday 6 June – Saturday 8 June

Sunday 2 June, 19:00

Visit Frontline security, the security and automation specialist, at the South of England Show. More details on 01444 248292. www.frontline-auto.com

Taste of the Town

Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Special taster session of fairtrade wine and Sussex cheeses. An expert will guide you through the wine tasting, with a number of classy fairtrade red and white wines. Just sit back and enjoy some music whilst drinking a glass of wine (at an extra charge). A lovely way to spend an early summer evening. Tickets 01444 242888. www.freedom-leisure.co.uk

Monday 3 June

Taster day

Tavistock and Summerhill School, Summerhill Lane, Lindfield, RH16 1RP

For further information or to book a place at one of our open events please contact Deborah Charrington: 01444 450256 admissions@tavistockandsummerhill.co.uk

Tuesday 4 June, 19:45

burgess Hill Horticultural society Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill

Illustrated talk with Jack Dunckley from Birchfield Nursery, Henfield. Jack is an award-winning garden designer, who won a silver-gilt medal at the 2012 Hampton Court show. He exhibited for the first time at this year’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Members free. Visitors £1. Contact 01444 232769, bhhs@talktalk.net

Frontline automation at The south of england show Ardingly RH17 6TL

Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 June

Friday 7 June, 19:30

sussex mineral and Lapidary society Redwood Centre, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath

adrian Cox Quartet

Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Adrian (clarinet/sax) was born and raised in Burgess Hill and has been working as a professional musician for over 15 years.

Adrian has now put his own quartet together with three of the UK’s leading jazz musicians: Nils Solberg ( guitar), George Trebar (double bass) and Mez Clough (drums). Tickets from www.freedom-leisure.co.uk

Friday 7 June, 20:30

Wilbury Jam

The Sportsman, Goddards Green, Nr Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9LQ

Sit back and enjoy beautifully arranged ballads, popular songs from iconic acts such as The Beatles, Eva Cassidy, Cat Stevens, and Simon & Garfunkel. Entry is FREE. www.wilburyjam.com

Saturday 8 June – Sunday 9 June, 10:30-17:00

burgess Hill open studios For details, see 1-2 June.

Wright Works at The south of england show

Saturday 8 June, 11:00-13:00

Cottage Industry Association Marquee, South of England Show, Ardingly RH17 6TL

Studio, The Hawth, Crawley

Come and see our large range of silver, yarn and fabric keepsake products. All prints can be taken at the show and we specialise in putting children and pets at ease! Get your orders in for Fathers Day. www.seas.org.uk for details.

Emily Wright, Wright Works, 07825 092621 Email: wrightworks@hotmail.co.uk www.wright-works.co.uk

Friday 7 June, 14:00-16:00

Hurst, Hassocks and ditchling u3a Ditchling Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling, East Sussex

Talk by Dr Geoff Mead: ‘Coasting Along Sussex.’ Geoff is a geography lecturer with a special interest in urban and rural Sussex landscapes who is also involved in environmental projects as well as ‘Greeneland’, the setting for Brighton Rock. Refreshments available. £1 to members. Non members may join at the door. Contact Liza Greaves: 01273 835072, liza.greaves@btinternet.com

bin men

A story of music, movement, recycling, reusing, puppetry and fun from multi-awardwinning writer Mike Kenny. Bin men see everything we throw away – and we throw away so many things. With Don and Sam around we may just need to think again.

Box Office: 01293 553636 or book online at www.hawth.co.uk

Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 June, 11:00-17:00

Hassocks artists open Houses Various Locations in Hassocks

Exhibition and sale of arts and crafts by local artists. Maps available from Ripples and other shops in Hassocks and Keymer.

Saturday 8 June, 11:00-15:00

The old Town Church Fete

Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul and Old Town, Lingfield

Loads to do for all the family, including games, competition stalls, refreshments, raffles, BBQ and bar. This year we are having a ‘Cup Cake’ competition and we’d

love as many as possible to enter a plate of their fanciful cup cakes. All proceeds of the Fete will go towards Church projects.

Volunteers are always very welcome too.

Please call Johnny on 01342-833416 if you want to be involved.

Saturday 8 June, 14:30-16:30

Hassocks Horticultural society

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road Hassocks

Summer Show with exhibits of flowers, floral art, fruit and vegetables, cookery, preserves, handicrafts and photography.

Children’s open class: An edible necklace.

Raffle, plants for sale. Refreshments. All welcome. Admission 50p.

Saturday 8 June, 19:30

The ConChord big band

Haven Centre, Crawley Down

A 1940s-themed evening of entertainment.

Swing along with popular ballroom dances and jive with members of ‘Surrey Jive’ .

Includes a 1940s quiz. Fancy dress optional!

Admission £15, to include a fish & chip supper. Contact Frank Osborne, 01342 322646, frankosborne@btconnect.com

Sunday 9 June, 11:00-16:00

mansion market

Kidbrooke Park, Priory Road, Forest Row

Crafts and gifts, clothing, plants and organic produce in and around a beatiful 18thcentury mansion. BBQ, musicians, puppet shows, taster therapy sessions and much more. Free admission and parking.

Sunday 9 June, 13:00-17:00

Crawley down Charity open Gardens See page page 25-26 for details.

Sunday 9 June, 14:00-18:00

nspCC Village open Gardens Cuckfield Village

All all gardens will be well signposted from the centre of the village. £5 for a programme to all the gardens (accompanied under 16s free), available in advance from Wealden Stores, Whitemans Green or at any garden on the day. For details call 01444 459579 or 01444 452395.

Sunday 9 June, 14:00-17:30

open Gardens

Plumpton Village, East Sussex

Wonderful village trail of 12 gardens in the village. All 12 gardens £5 or £1 per garden.

Children under 14 free. All proceeds go to St Peter & St James Hospice. For details visit www.stpeter-stjames.org.uk or pick up an Open Gardens brochure from Reception or one of our Hospice charity shops.

Sunday 9 –Sunday 23 June, 15:00-17:30

strictly Fun dancing

Little Horsted, Uckfield TN22 5ES

Trip the light fantastic to the sounds of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ. An afternoon of ballroom and popular sequence dances hosted by international organists Michael Wooldridge and Chris Stanbury. Tickets £5 per person, free parking. Contact Reception on 01825 880088 or email reception@eastsussexnational.co.uk

Sunday 9 June, 15:00

Chailey airfield memorial service The Plough, Plumpton, East Sussex BN7 3DF

In association with the Royal British Legion.

For more details: 01273 890311 or visit www.theploughatplumpton.co.uk.

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Diary Dates Monday 10 June - Friday 14 June

5-day Workshop

John Lloyd, Bankside Farm, Jacobs Post, Ditchling Common RH15 0SJ Finishing: Hand polishing techniques, including preparation, colouring, staining and French polishing.

Contact 01444 480388 or visit www. johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk

Monday 10 June, 10:00-12:00

steyning decorative & Fine arts society The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft Car Park, Church Street, Opp St Andrews Church, Steyning Lecture by Imogen Corrigan on The Bayeaux Tapestry. £35 annual subscription or £5 donation per visitor for maximum of 2 visits. Contact Penny Hill, mrspennyhill@ yahoo.co.uk, 01903 814390.

Monday 10 June, 19:30

Quiz night

Lewes, Brighton, Horsham and Worthing.

Walking, eating out, sport, arts & music, theatre, travel. Not a dating agency, but an opportunity to make new friends doing the things you enjoy. www.thegroup.org.uk

Tuesday 11 June, 19:30

stringFever

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath Stringfever are a little bit classical, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, a little bit manic and a whole lot entertaining! Box office: 01444 455440. www.freedom-leisure.co.uk

Wednesday 12 June, 19:30

mid sussex Ramblers

Meet North Chailey Sportsground car park

Chailey Commons Circular Walk via Memorial Common – Townings Farm – Pound Common – North Chailey. Leader John C. Optional refreshments at the King’s Head afterwards.

Wednesday 12 June, 19:00-21:30

azari Hair & beauty’s 10th anniversary The Members Lounge, The Dolphin Centre, Haywards Heath To celebrate our 10th anniversary we’re having a special charity evening to raise money for The Greek Animal Rescue, with demonstrations from industry experts, Greek cakes/ pastries with a glass of bubbly. Also a raffle with fantastic prizes including Cryo-Lipolysis inch-loss treatment from Sussex Laser Lipo (worth £300!), Colour, cut & style by Azari Hair & Beauty, A day of gardening services from Godwin’s gardens and an RF facial skin tightening treatment from Sussex Laser Lipo! Contact Angela Godwin, 01444 441520, appointments@azarihair.co.uk

Wednesday 12 June, 20:00

mid sussex Franco british society Function Suite, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath

herbaceous border, walled herb garden, ornamental grasses, ancient hollow oak, orchard and potager. ‘Green’ Priory Church and Cloisters.

Thursday 13 June, 19:30

mr blue sky – The eLo experience The Hawth, Crawley Relive the fantastic music of the Electric Light Orchestra and take a magical trip down memory lane with a 7-piece band.

The ELO Experience has wowed audiences up and down the country and are winners of the National Tribute Act 2013. Box Office: 01293 553636 or online www. hawth.co.uk

Friday 14 June, 09:30-13:00

Cuckfield Crafts and market The Queens Hall, High Street, Cuckfield 35+ quaint, contemporary and quirky stalls – jams to jewellery, vintage homewares to Italian handbags! Refreshments, free entry.

Contact Beverley Smith 01444 440274, allthingsnicecft@aol.com

2nd Monday of every month. 01273 842645. www.thegreyhoundkeymer.co.uk

Wednesday 12 June, 19:45

Monday 10 June, 20:00-23:00

Hassocks Horticultural society

Soirée amicale (for members and invited guests). Following tradition, the main language of the evening is French.

Contact 01444 452385, dandbstevens@ btopenworld.com

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks

Thursday 13 June, 14:00-18:00

United Servies Club, 6-8 Wivelsfield Road, Haywards Heath RH16 4EG

Town Place, Ketches Lane, Freshfield, nr Sheffield Park RH17 7NR

An eclectic mix of music from the last 50 years. All proceeds going to the British Heart Foundation. Bring the family! Earlybird tickets £4 adults £3 children from BHF

The Greyhound Inn, Keymer Road, Hassocks

The Group

A pub near Haywards Heath

A club for unattached men and women, aged 45+, meets in Haywards Heath,

The 90th birthday celebration of the Society, with an evening of memorabilia, history, trips and events. Buffet to follow.

Admission by ticket only. Contact Jose Gargett on 01273 842666.

nGs open Garden

3 acres with over 600 roses, 150ft

Friday 14 June, 20:00

pop up disco

A fAntAstic Assortment

of stAll holders

Special Events at The Bluebell Railway

Edwardian Weekend at Bluebell Railway Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd June A visit to the Bluebell over this special weekend will rekindle memories of the “Downton Abbey” days when the Butler was the head of the house and the maids and valets went about their daily duties for the family upstairs.

Horsted Keynes Station – Enjoy a summer fair with a wonderful selection of traditional stalls with games at only 20p a go!

As well as listening to the Afternoon Band Concert whilst sipping on Real Ale from the beer tent.

High Afternoon Tea – Enjoy a selection of sandwiches, cakes, tartlets and scones served on a traditional old-fashioned cake stand in the grand marquee at £17.00 per person. Advance booking essential.

For more info call the Sales & Information Office at Sheffield Park 01825 720800 or visit the Travel Centre at the Railway Station, East Grinstead.

The Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex TN22 3QL www.bluebell-railway.com

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KFIELD CUC VINTAGE EMPORIUM 11am - 4pm

QUEEN’S HALL High St, Cuckfield

offering vintAge h om e & ga rd e n wa r e ,

collectAbles A N D

c l o t h i N g

TEAROOM sERving

hOMEM Ad E cA kE s teas and coffees

Friday 21st June 2013

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Twitter.com/darcyvintage CuCkfield Vintage emporium returns to Queen’s Hall on 26tH July 2013

Cuckfield Crafts & Market Friday June 14th 9.30am-1pm Lively village market offering a delightful mix of stalls with something for everyone, including a huge plant stall.

Tea, coffee and cakes are available.

Admission Free.

Next Market 12th July Contact Beverley allthingsnicecft@aol.com | 01444 440274 Queens Hall, High Street, Cuckfield

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Shop, 96 South Road, Haywards Heath, 01444 459526. Tickets on the door £5 adults, £3.50 children.

Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 June, 08:30-18:00

sussex Country Fair

Parham House & Gardens, Storrington, Nr Pulborough RH20 4HS Now in its 22nd year, the Sussex Country Fair is renowned across the South of England for showcasing its fine rural heritage, offering a unique blend of family entertainment, country sports and working vintage displays. Advanced tickets – Adult £12, Child £5 (4-16 years), Family £33 (2 adults & 3 children), Senior £11 (65+), Adult Weekend £22, Child Weekend £8, Camping Pitch £35, Camping with Electric £80. Tel: 01889 563232, email: info@countrymanfairs.co.uk

Saturday 15 June, 10:00-16:00

mid downs Lacemakers: Lace day Redwood Activity Centre, Clair Hall, Haywards Heath Visitors are welcome – entry fee is £3.

Contact gillian.lobb@btinternet.com

Saturday 15 June, 14:00-17:30

nGs open Garden

Ridge House, East Street, Turners Hill RH10 4PU Large, beautifully manicured bi-coloured

Leylandii hedge, paths to unexpected vistas... www.ngs.org.uk

01342 833814 or Julie Hearn 01342 835313. www.lingfieldreserves.org.uk

Tuesday 18 June, 19:45

Saturday 15 June, 18:30-01:00

Sunday 16 June, 13:00-17:30

Club Suite, Hurstpierpoint Village Centre

Royal society of st George: summer Charity ball

Hurstpierpoint secret Gardens See page 25-26 for details.

Wolstonbury Wi

‘Graphology.’ Speaker Mr David Bennett.

Sunday 16 June, 14:30-17:00

Wednesday 19 June, 10:00-16:00

Welcome Reception followed by sumptuous 3-course dinner and entertainment provided by The Band of the Royal Marines. Fantastic raffle and auction prizes. All proceeds to Armed Forces Charities. Tickets £50 pp. Contact rssg.events@gmail.com

Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill Library, The Martlets RH15 9NN

Saturday 15 June, 20:30-23:30

Monday 17 June, 19:45-21:45

Wednesday 19 June, 10:45-12:00

Contraband

east Grinstead natural History society

Clayton & Keymer Royal British Legion, Woodsland Road, Hassocks BN6 8HE

St Barnabas Church Hall, Dunnings Road, East Grinstead

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN

Millennium Ballroom, Copthorne Hotel, Effingham Gatwick, Copthorne RH10 3EU

The elephant bridesmaid

A magical musical about weddings and wombats and the loveliest elephant the world has ever known. Suitable for children aged 4 years and over. For details/ tickets 01444 242888 or www.freedomleisure.co.uk

5-piece band covering Kings of Leon, Duffy, The Killers and much more. £2 entry for non-members, free for members.

Contact claytonkeymerbl@aol.com or 01273 845829.

Demonstration and talk: Animazing – A Variety of Live Exotic Creatures, by Steve Bridger. Visitors £4 including refreshments.

Contact Lesley Berry on 01342 324955.

Sunday 16 June, 10:00-12:00

age uk: Falls awareness Week

pond open day

Lingfield Nature Reserves, Entrance by Fire Station in Saxbys Lane Event open to everyone, admission is free and equipment is provided. Accompanied children welcome. Contact Sally Cole

Tuesday 18 June, 10:00 - 16:00

Redwood Centre, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3DN

Events running throughout the day.

Slippers for Slurps - bring in your old slippers and have a cuppa! Tel. 01444 450248.

Fostering drop-in session Come along and meet some of the West Sussex County Council (WSCC) Fostering Team and talk to those in the know, ask questions and discover more about what it takes to become a foster carer.

mid sussex decorative & Fine arts society A lecture on ‘The Hitler Emigres: Their Impact on British Artistic and Cultural Life’

by Daniel Snowman. £5 including coffee and biscuits. More info: 01444 414537 or angelafaymagness@hotmail.com

Wednesday 19 June, 13:00-14:00

mindful Hour

The Clinic at Borde Hill, Naldred Farm, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath RH16 1XR Mindful awareness of the body and a

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Diary Dates guided meditation to calm and inspire.

Come and experience the benefits of mindfulness. £7. Please call Nicola to book your place on 01444 819075, nicola@nicolaprestonbell.com, www. nicolaprestonbell.com

Wednesday 19 June, 19:30

mid sussex Ramblers

Meet Hassocks Railway Station, West Side

Hassocks circular walk via Hassocks Golf Course – Clayton Wickham Farm – Hammonds Mill Farm – Friars Oak – Woodside. Leader Ann P. Optional refreshments at Hassocks Hotel (east side) after the walk.

Thursday 20 – Sunday 23 June, 09:00- 17:30

The british Jumping derby meeting The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead West Sussex RH17 5NU Gates open to spectators from 9am daily Competition in the International Arena finishes between 5.30pm - 6.30pm daily The British Jumping Derby is one of the most famous equestrian events in the world. A fabulous day out to be had, with all your friends and family. There are countless bars, children’s entertainment and hundreds of shops.

A range of ticket types and prices starting from just £8.00. Call: 01273 834315 or www.hickstead.co.uk

Friday 21 June

Friday 21 June, 19:00-22:00

Semley Road, Hassocks

Imberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT

Get to know your sewing machine with made by me

Ladies Fashion show

Learn how to get the best from your sewing machine and put all that you learn into practice making a cushion or machine cover. For details and to book (£60), visit www.madeandmaking.co.uk, email sarah@madeandmaking.co.uk or call 07967 819540.

Don’t miss this fun ladies evening, refreshments available followed by a compèred fashion show in aid of Family Support Work. Tickets £5 per person, available from Marion 01342 324196 or Christine 01342 32208. Details from www.familysupportwork.org.uk

Friday 21 June, 12:00

Friday 21 June, 19:15

music for everyone

Care with Compassion Spaces are limited to 50, so please book early. Care with compassion seminar with Dr Rosie Simpson. This starts at midday with a buffet lunch. For bookings contact Patrick Gillan patrick.gillan@barchester. co.uk 01825 731706 www.barchester.com

Celebrated National and International Organist/Keyboardist Paul Carman in concert. Entry is £5 on the door. For more details: Rosalie Birchmore 01444 241269

Cuckfield Vintage emporium Queen’s Hall, High Street, Cuckfield

A fantastic assortment of stall holders offering vintage home and gardenware, collectables and clothing. Tearoom serving homemade cakes, teas and coffees. facebook.com/cuckfieldvintageemporium Twitter.com/darcyvintage

York Road, Victoria Business Park, Burgess Hill RH15 9TT

east Grinstead society meeting

Join Park Cameras at their annual Imaging Festival where you can share your passion for photography! Great offers on the day, bite-size seminars and product experts available. Call 01273 237070 or visit www.

ParkCameras.com/Festival2013.

Main Hall, East Court Mansion, East Grinstead

Saturday 22 June, 10:00-14:00

Friday 21 June, 19:30

Ian Gledhill will speak on ‘The Story of Crystal Palace’. All welcome. Nonmembers £1.50, members £1, to include refreshments. Contact Joan Roberts 01342 322648. www.eastgrinsteadsociety.org

Friday 21 June, 11:00-16:00

Saturday 22 June, 09:00 - 17:30

park Cameras imaging Festival

The Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Rd, Burgess Hill

Hurstwood View Care Home, Linum Lane, Five Ash Down, Uckfield TN22 3FH

members are exhibiting together: Sue Barnes, Angie Perrin, Lesley Robertshaw, Kate Penoyre and Sheila Marlborough.

Their paintings are of varied subjects and media, from realistic to abstract, atmospheric or vibrant, with something of interest for everyone. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. For more info: Sheila Marlborough spmarlborough@aol. com, 01444 246605. info@hopgallery.com, www.hopgallery.com

Saturday 22 June - Thursday 4 July

’paint 5’ art exhibition

Hop Gallery, Star Brewery, Castle Ditch Lane, off Fisher Street, Lewes BN7 1YJ Five established ex-Chalk Gallery

Craft, Gift & Local produce market Victory Hall, Balcombe

Local produce, cakes and jams, sausages and pork from Richards Farm, cheeses, chocolates, sweets, plants by Rapkins Nursery. Free entry and refreshments and table in aid of Balcombe Youth Club. The Victory Hall is renowned for its World War One Frescoes, well worth a visit!

Contact 01444 811462.

3 Lucastes Mews, Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1HE

Clark & Company

A c c o u n t a n c y & Ta x C o n s u l t a n t s

Clark & Company is a firm of Accountants and Tax Advisers based in Haywards Heath, Sussex.

Our aim is to ensure that our accounting finger is on the pulse of your business for today and the future; that we’re proactive in our approach, ensuring that your business objectives and tax compliance issues are on target.

So, whether you’re at the start up stage or looking for a strategy to grow, Clark & Company are focused on providing the best accounting knowledge, support, tax expertise and personal one-to-one service required to run your flourishing business.

“The tax landscape is changing all the time and it’s my job to help my clients to plan their tax position, so that they don’t pay any more than they need to.”

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Saturday 22 June, 11:00-16:00

Saturday 22 June, 14:00-16:30

See Local Living for details.

Fanners, Wivelsfield Green

downlands school summer Fayre Saturday 22 June, from 12:00

Fun Family open day & midsummer motown

Cockhaise Farm, near Lindfield RH16 2QP

Church summer Fete Bring the family for a fun afternoon. There will be lots of stalls, games, a Bouncy Castle, children’s swimming, a raffle, hot dogs and cream teas. Proceeds to the upkeep of the 11th-century church.

12.00-17.00: The Family Day includes Ferret Racing; Water Zorbing; Skittle Alley; Welly Throwing; Birds of Prey; Tractor Rides; BBQ & Refreshments, including succulent Home-Made Cockhaise Farm Burgers. £5 per car, to raise funds for St Peter & St James Hospice - Just turn up and play.

19.00-23.00: Midsummer Motown – the unmissable music event of the year!

Kindly supported by Dinnages and Nova Mail. Tickets just £16.50 to include a burger supper. Tickets from www.stpeterstjames.org.uk/event/midsummermotown, 01444 471598.

Saturday 22 June, 14:30-16:30

Saturday 22 June, 14:00-16:30

shakedown

a Walk in Flower meadows Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve, Burgess Hill

Meet at Football club car park at 1.50pm.

Discover the wealth of wild flowers on ancient meadows. Contact: Mary Smith 01444 242667 Mary.s.smith@talktalk.net

RnLi Garden party

60 Wickham Hill, Hurstpierpoint

Tickets £3 per person (to include a cream tea), available from: Mishon Mackay, the Mint House, High St, Hurstpierpoint, Shafers, Keymer Rd, Hassocks or on the day.

There will be a raffle, sales of homemade cakes and jams etc, as well as Lifeboat souvenirs. All proceeds will go to the RNLI. Please come and support us.

Saturday 22 June, 20:30-23:30

Clayton & Keymer Royal British Legion, Woodsland Road, Hassocks BN6 8HE

4-piece band covering a unique catalogue of rock and classics from the Small Faces, The Who, Tom Petty and many more. £2 for non-members, free for members.

Contact claytonkeymerbl@aol.com or 01273 845829.

Sunday 23 June, 11:00-17:00

divine empowerment midsummers day Workshop Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex

Come along and celebrate Midsummers Day and join in with four empowering Workshops: Laura Topper- You Can Heal Your Life, Carmen Vesztergom - Theta Healing, Dandy Christofi – Feng Shui, Jacqui Martin – Sacred Drumming.

Special guest appearance by Garima who will serenade us with her beautiful Sitar playing throughout lunchtime. £45.

Contact Laura Topper, 07980 568021, selfbelief@lauratopper.com or buy online at www.lauratopper.com

Sunday 23 June, 13:30-18:00

ansty open Gardens Ansty nr. Haywards Heath, RH17 5AS

Ansty’s gardens offer interesting contrast.

Parking is in a field opposite the lane leading to Whydown Cottage, 3 Lavender Cottages, Appletree Cottage, Springfield’s, The Barn House and Little Orchard. www. ngs.org.uk

Sunday 23 June, 19:30-22:30

mid summer opera St Wilfrid’s Church, Haywards Heath, West Sussex A special evening concert of well-known opera music, featuring Sussex choir Coro Nuovo and talented local soloists led by conductor Andrew Rees. Tickets £12.50 Concessions £10.00 (including refreshments in the interval). For details and tickets please contact tickets@ coronuovo.org.uk or 07740946276

Monday 24 June – Thursday 27 June

Taster Courses Plumpton College, Plumpton, East Sussex BN7 3AE Taster courses for those in year 9, 10 and 11 at school. For more details visit www. plumpton.ac.uk or call 01273 890454.

Monday 24 June, 19:00

arthritis Care See Local Living for details.

Sunday 23 June, 14:00-17:00

Wednesday 26 June, 19:45

Jazz on the Green

ansty Garden Club June meeting

Chailey Green, East Sussex

Ansty Village Hall, Deaks Lane, RH17 5AS

Traditional Jazz Band with Church Fete & Open dog Show. Admission: FREE

Neil Miller - Secrets of Hever Castle Ring for more details: 01444 482055.

We've got the balance just right.

To book a visit call 01444 483528 or email registrar@greatwalstead.co.uk, we would love to show you around

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Diary Dates Thursday 27 June, 10:30-16:00

Friday 28 June, 19:30

Granary Flowers, Heaven Farm, Furners Green Nr Danehill TN22 3RG

Franklands Village, Haywards Heath RH16 3RS

Floral demonstration

Let’s Get Quizical!

Hosted by Chrysal UK Ltd and presented

by Dennis van Wonderen - Chelsea Flower Show Exhibitor and Hampton Court Gold Medal Winner. This is a full-day event with Light Lunch. Tickets £15. For details contact Kate granaryflowers@btconnect. com www.granaryflowers.com or 01825 791115.

Thursday 27 June, 16:00 - 20:00

information afternoon/evening Plumpton College, Plumpton BN7 3AE

Courses and Careers. Advice.

Apprenticeships. Employer Training. For more details www.plumpton.ac.uk or tel: 01273 890454

Friday 28 June, 19:00

burgess Hill Flower Club open evening Burgess Hill School for Girls, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill

Demonstration of flower arranging: ‘Globe Trotting’. Buy tickets from Burgess Hill Help Point or at the door. £10 to include canapés and drinks. Details from Mrs. A.M. Todd amt33gvt@btinternet.com 01444 235823.

1st Haywards Heath Scout Group are having a Quiz Night to raise money for new camping equipment. Food will be provided, please bring your own liquid refreshments and glass etc. Cost £20 per team for max. 6 people. Fab prizes to be won! Tickets need to be purchased in advance. Call Kate: 07546 943939 or email chairman@1sthaywardsheathscoutgroup. org or beaverparent@1sthaywardsheaths coutgroup.org.

Saturday 29 June 10:00-16:00

Heaven Farm summer Fete Heaven Farm, Furners Green, Nr Danehill East Sussex TN22 3RG

Gifts, craft, local food and wine, children’s fun rides, lamb BBQ, mini traction engines, wildlife trust and lots more. Stalls also available. For details contact Kate at granaryflowers@btconnect.com www. granaryflowers.com or 01825 791115.

Hand Toy and Book Stalls, Photo Booth, Crafts, Home-made Cakes, Tombolas, Bouncy Castles, Hook-a-Duck, Lucky Dip, Tattoos and more. For details: Karen@ sargentfamily.me.uk 01444 248631

Saturday 29 June, 14:00-16:15

burgess Hill Horicultural society Cyprus Hall Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill Traditional Summer Show of Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables. Plant, produce and cake stalls – everything homegrown and homemade! Refreshments and raffle.

Admission 50p. Contact Flo Whitaker 01444 245509. bhhs@talktalk.net

Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks

Celebrated National and International Organist/Keyboardist Tim Flint in concert.

Tickets £5 from Orion Newsagents and Pavilion Electrics in Hassocks or 01273 846763/842812 or 01444 241269.

Saturday 6 July, 19:00

summer party at The eight bells The Eight Bells, The Street, Bolney

Sunday 30 June, 10:00-12:00

Work party

Lingfield Nature Reserves, meet in the Butterfly Gardens

Saturday 6 July, 19:30

For details contact Sally Cole 01342 833814, Julie Hearn 01342 835313 or Anne Richards 01342 870200 or visit www.lingfieldreserves.org.uk

Methodist Church, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath

Sunday 30 June 19:00

Quiz night for st Catherine’s Hospice

Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill

Teams of 4 and £2.50 per person. Food available to purchase from 6pm. Contact Barbara on 01444 400667 for details.

BBQ, Café, Beer Tent, Pimm’s, Popcorn, Ice Cream, Fun Stalls by Year 5/6 pupils, 2nd

music for everyone

‘Mainly Madness’ supported by ‘The Crossroads Band UK’. Tickets £12.50 in advance, £15 on the door. For details please contact 01444 881396 or visit www.theeightbellsbolney.co.uk

Saturday 29 June, 11:00-14:00

birchwood Grove school summer Fayre

Friday 5 July, 19:15

The Victory Inn, Warninglid Road, Staplefield, West Sussex RH17 6EU

summer Concert

The Haywards Heath Sinfonietta under its conductor Sundari Heller will be performing works including Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 22 with Jennifer Kirk as soloist, and Schubert’s Symphony No.2.

Entry is free with a retiring collection in aid of the RNLI. For more info: Thelma Manning 01342 327587 Thelma.manning@ homestall.co.uk

Drusilla Duffill Theatre School Presents

Mon 3 - Sat 8 June

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

The smash hit musical from the Dreamboats and Petticoats team

Wed 26 June 7.30pm

CHRIS BARBER & ACKER BILK Jazz legends with their bands Fri 28 - Sun 30 June

Wed 12 June 7.30pm

HABADEKUK

Thrilling 9-piece Danish folk band

CRAWLEY FOLK AND BEER FESTIVAL

Fri 12 July 7pm

The ELO Experience recreate the band live

Open air performance of the comic opera

THE MIKADO

Wed 17 July 7.30pm

Direct from China, a thrilling and spectacular martial arts feast

The totally unique Australian choir

Fri 21 June 6.30pm

BABE THE SHEEP-PIG

Special open-air performance

SPOOKY MEN’S CHORALE

July 6th 2.30pm, 7.30pm July 7th 2.30pm 2013

Fri 9 - Sun 11 August

DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE!

A musical song and dance spectacular

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Fri 21 June 7.30pm

SHAOLIN WARRIORS

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Free music and dance and over 50 ales and ciders

Thur 13 June 7.30pm

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June Films Ditchling Film Society Ditchling Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling

Monsieur Lazhar (12A) Philippe Falardeau, 2011 THURSDAY 6 JUNE DOORS: 19:30, FILM:20:00 In Montreal, an elementary school teacher dies abruptly.

Having learned of the incident from the newspaper, 55-year-old Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. He is quickly recruited only to find himself in an establishment in crisis whilst going through his own personal tragedy.

A sweet and soulful drama about a teacher who is not quite what he claims to be.

An exhibition and celebration of locally produced arts and crafts

Hurstpierpoint Film Society

Visit artists’ homes and view their work - Admission is free

Players Theatre, High Street, Hurstpierpoint

Burgess Hill Open Studios 2013

The Portuguese Nun (12A) Eugene Green, 2009 FRIDAY 14 JUNE DOORS/BAR: 19:00, FILM: 20:00 Mesmeric and beguiling, this wonderful film centres on the story of a French actress who arrives in Lisbon to make a film. In some way ensnared by the spirit of the character she is playing, she wanders through Lisbon, and the encounters she has with a range of enigmatic characters change her life.

Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd June Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June 10.30am - 5pm

Carancho (15) Pablo Trapero, 2010 THURSDAY 27 JUNE DOORS/BAR: 19:00, FILM: 20:00 This ultra-smart contemporary thriller grips like a vice from the opening shot. An unlicensed lawyer chases ambulances and prowls the hospitals of Buenos Aires looking for accident victims to use in insurance scams by sinister criminals. Things change when he meets someone and wants out, but the crime bosses aren’t sympathetic.

Tickets: Members £4, Non-Members £6.

Hurstpierpoint Saturday Cinema Players Theatre, High Street, Hurstpierpoint

Sheila Marlborough

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Sunday 21st July 2013

Love Is All You Need (15)

Susanne Bier, 2012 SUNDAY 16 JUNE DOORS/BAR: 19:00, FILM: 19:30 A lush lemon orchard, stunning Italian locations in Capri and Sorrento, love, a wedding…

Leaflets with venues, map and artists’ details, at local libraries and Burgess Hill Help Point

Victoria Park, Haywards Heath RH16 4LY Tickets £10 Children under 15 FREE

01444 800045 www.itsmagic.org.uk

Tickets (£5.50) on the door, in advance from the Post Office & Village Stores or The Cock Inn, or online at www.wivelsfield.net Refreshments and parking.

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There are many local amateur dramatic societies in Mid Sussex, but only a few who are lucky enough to

own a theatre.

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Drama

Above: Chairman Richard Coney in the auditorium.

Below: Jack & The Beanstalk, 2001.

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The Players Theatre on Hurstpierpoint’s pretty high street is home to the Hurstpierpoint Players. I met with two very active and long-standing members of the theatre group, Chairman Richard Coney (pictured above) and veteran Player Alan Needham, to learn more about their fascinating journey.

The Hurstpierpoint Players were originally formed in 1937. Initially, they had no home, but performed in whatever venues were available.

During the summer months, they used to set up marquees in local gardens for their performances, including Shakespeare’s As You Like It in 1964 and Love’s Labour’s Lost in 1966.

In 1976, the Players were able to purchase their own premises on the high street. The building dates back to the 1820s and, through the years, had variously been a non-conformist Chapel, a school and, latterly, Graveley’s General Stores. The Players and their friends quickly embarked on pulling together to create a theatre in which they were able to put on their first performance in early 1977: Bird in Hand, a comedy

by John Drinkwater.

Importantly, it is this ethos that has enabled and sustained the Players Theatre’s existence. All the members of Hurst Players play a full part in the community of the Theatre – not just in character on stage, SuSSex Living June 2013

but in the endless work, upkeep and maintenance that goes on behind the scenes. One of the Players, carpenter Mike Amiet, was busy working on the set of this year’s April performance (The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild by Paul Zindel) during my visit, and smiled poignantly: “The only thing that’s amateur about us is that we don’t get paid.”

And if anyone should doubt their commitment to their craft and the local community, Alan put my mind at rest with a lively retelling of what happened in 1987.

In the Great Gale of October 1987, the Players Theatre lost half of its roof. It was a Friday and the Hurst Players were due to perform the following Monday – the show must go on, as the saying goes. So, the whole group pulled together, secured tarpaulin and carried on. Although water leaked through the ceiling, the Theatre did have power and, as they were one of the only places in the village that did, they had a full house every night! John Chapman and Anthony Marriott’s hilarious comedy Shut Your Eyes and Think of England went down a storm (!) and the whole community had great fun.

Since 1937, the Hurst Players have put on more that 250 performances, which means at least three shows a year: typically, there’s a spring, summer and www.sussexliving.com

All members play a full part, not just in

character on stage, but in the endless work that goes on

behind the scenes.

autumn performance, and then a Pantomime over Christmas and New Year.

Sales of tickets go a long way to help with the costs but, so often, it’s not quite enough to keep going. The Hurstpierpoint Players are a registered charity, and fundraising and donations are essential to raise the necessary sums required to maintain the period building and the high quality of shows into the future.

The Players Theatre seats 85 people and has all the technology, audio, lighting, costumes and whatever else is needed to put on professional performances. As a community hub, the Theatre can also be hired for corporate events. Touring companies regularly use the Theatre, as do local community groups such as the Hurstpierpoint Film Society and the youth theatre group Centre Stage.

The Players Theatre is a valuable local resource for the whole community, and the early Victorian building is a well-known landmark on the village

high street which deserves to be supported, now and in the future.

What’s more, it’s easy to get in on the act.

Whether you fancy joining the Hurstpierpoint Players as an actor or off-stage helper, or perhaps you just enjoy seeing great theatre on a high street near you, everyone is welcome.

This page (clockwise from left): The Players Theatre in Victorian times; The Players Theatre today; Cinders – The True Story, 2012; Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, 2002; Barefoot in the Park 2010. The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, 2013.

For details on the Hurstpierpoint Players and a current schedule of their productions, see www.hurstplayers.org.uk or call the box office on 01273 833696.

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So said Maureen Scholefield, Chair of the Haywards Heath & District Business Association: “It’s all about growth – for HHDBA, for our members and for the community of Haywards Heath.”

Driving Growth With membership racing past 141, members say the key to its success is that it truly offers variety – from networking business events to business skills-building activities. The ‘Planning for Profit’ workshops, designed to help members with their business planning, have been a big hit, while the breakfast seminars on key business techniques proved very popular. The Action Learning Group has been equally successful, having already helped many members through the sticky minefield of business problems.

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HHDBA is also a lead player in the Haywards Heath Town Team, which has the ambition of providing one job for each home in the area and is working hard to attract inward investment and help our home-grown companies succeed.

The HHDBA intern programme, introduced last autumn, has been so successful that all four interns now have full-time jobs and two new interns have been appointed: Emily Miller is on her placement with Cullen Scholefield, while Joe Coltherd is working at St Peter & St James Hospice. Work experience is gained with HHDBA itself, helping to promote the organisation, as well as gaining experience with member companies, while work-readiness training is provided by people consultancy Cullen Scholefield and HR specialist Assessment4Potential.

The committee now has several newcomers, including Neil Tomlinson of AquaPax, John Berry of Timeless Time, Karim Mohammed of Mayo Wynne Baxter, Peter Cogle of Suffuse Solutions and Hannah Simcoe-Read of NVH Technology – and they’re all raring to go to drive that growth! www.sussexliving.com

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Left: Greater Haywards Heath Bike Ride 2013. Above: HHDBA Officers (top picture, from left): Peter Sutton, Dulcie Brookfield, Maureen Scholefield and Brian Cook. Our Intern Team (bottom picture, from left): Mike Cogle, Rob Gordon, Hollie Dunster (Intern Co-ordinator), Emily Miller, Adam Hayhoe-Smith and Joe Coltherd.

Growing a Social Side HHDBA set up the inter-business association quiz across Mid Sussex and is looking forward to the next round, hosted by the East Grinstead Business Association on 4th June. Also under careful wraps is an event in early July, aimed at members and their families. Rumours say it will be a hybrid between a traditional school sports day and ‘It’s a Knock Out’ – so watch this space!

Already an established success, the third Greater Haywards Heath Bike Ride this April saw more than 900 riders setting off, with numbers swelled by family, friends and well-wishers. Cyclists were sent on their way by UK discus champ Jade Lally, accompanied by the Haywards Heath Town Band. The teams from Haywards Heath’s ‘twins’, Bondues in France and Traunstein in Germany, joined in the event too, welcomed by bunting along The Broadway and national anthems from the Band. To welcome the riders home, Vivace Choir gave a magnificent performance.

With nearly £16,500 raised, the event looks set to reach its target for buying defibrillators for the area – another truly fantastic community day!

For further information please contact: www.hhdba.com Tel. 01444 453399

Dear business community, I am a local trader in Hurstpierpoint, helping small businesses expand and become more profitable with strategic marketing services, web development and design.

About 5 years ago, my wife Andrea was diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis), which affects her ability to walk any kind of distance, and it has got a little bit worse over the years.

About 6 years ago, I got the bug to do different events and work with different charities, including the MS Society and the British Heart Foundation, with cycle and abseiling events.

On 8th June, I will be skydiving (for the first time ever!) from Headcorn airfield near Maidstone in Kent from 10,000ft with a tandem jump. I’ve already raised £325 for the MS Society and am looking for more donations through my website.

Photos of the jump will be posted on my website in July. If you are a business and you are donating, you will get a free business link on my site for the rest of the year.

Thank you so much!

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Summer is here. I think. In terms of motoring, a bit of sunshine can go a long way to making us feel we’re King of the Road. Out come the sunglasses, down goes the soft top, with the Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations pumping that holiday vibe. Reality is a suspended for blissful moments of self-delusion.

Actually, self-delusion helps enormously in getting psyched up for The Big Road Trip. This is something I know only too well. I blame my parents’ refusal to embrace package holidays when I was a kid, and instead inflict all manner of absurd perambulations around the nation – usually with a caravan and mostly before the motorway network had extended to its present coverage. Suffice to say that many of my childhood holiday memories consist of mindnumbingly boring, never-ending road trips.

You would think I’d learnt from the experience.

Unfortunately, I belong to that demographic who migrated from all points north of the Watford Gap, meaning return trips for hatches, matches and dispatches become a periodic necessity. So, last Bank Holiday, I set off once more, with kids in tow, another push northwards to see the folks. A relaxing drive it could have been.

Getting stressed on the M25 on a choc-a-bloc Friday afternoon, I was jolted out of my delusions.

Had I not vowed never to be so careless again, and avoid ‘the world’s largest car park’ at all cost?

And surely, surely, technology could be deployed to eliminate the hour of unnecessary grief queuing at the tollbooths to cross the Thames. Could Automatic Number Plate Recognition not be used to keep traffic free flowing, instead of paying cash to a man who breathes fumes for a living?!

On we drove, counting yellow cars, then Minis, then Punch Buggies (that’s VW Beetles, for those over 25), to keep up the kids’ spirits and my sanity.

Time, speed and distance merged and blurred dreamlike as we trekked further north, punctuated only by the occasional “are we nearly there yet?” from the youngsters.

I momentarily hallucinated about an ice-chilled lager greeting my arrival, forgetting that after 30 years in the South, I was now back in Tetley country, where real men drink proper beer: Bitter. Now that’s worth driving 300 miles in a day for! www.sussexliving.com

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May has been a busy month, both in and out of the office.

We were delighted to be sponsoring the Sussex Living Marathon Weekend again – and didn’t the weather make a huge difference! From the feedback we’ve received from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead, a great time was had by all.

We’re extremely proud that our very own Steve Ramsey completed the 10-mile Haywards Heath race in 1 hour 29 minutes – well done! Just a shame we missed him on the finishing line; either he sped past us too fast for the eye to see or we were distracted by Colin Buxton selling Union Jack tea towels!

Also in May’s calendar was Burgess Hill Means Business – a brilliant local networking event, which was again well attended, with 60 businesses taking part. Make sure you don’t miss the next one.

The Sussex Living Online newsletter is gaining momentum. This month, we’re featuring exclusive offers from some of our advertisers which are only available to readers of our newletter. If you haven’t signed up already, do please take advantage. Just go to www.sussexliving.com and click on the Newsletter button. Like the magazine, it’s free too!

Finally, we’re curious to hear how you got on with our local dialect quiz. For answers to last month, and some new questions, see below.

TANIS BANHAM & Carla Faulks Co-Directors. Sussex Living Ltd

Sussex Dialect Quiz: Can you guess the correct meaning of these interesting words?

1 tantaddlings a) small jam tarts b) downy particles which accumulate under furniture from the negligence of housemaids c) freckles 2 paddle a) to walk around indoors with muddy shoes b) a turnstile c) to flick a marble with finger and thumb 3 stranger a) a single ear of corn b) any customer that fails to leave a tip c) a single tea-leaf floating in a cup of tea

Letters Please email your feedback to editorial@sussexliving.com Follow us on Twitter (@sussexliving) and Facebook (facebook.com/sussexliving)

Dear Sussex Living… … We enjoy your magazine, and particularly the recent walks, e.g. Scaynes Hill and the Balcombe railway viaduct. However, could you provide details in future from the perspective of using the train, rather than proposing we should drive a car to go for a walk!

In Switzerland, where I lived for five years, walkers and hikers invariably use public transport or cycle. Wouldn’t it be a good thing to encourage this behaviour in Sussex too?

Meanwhile, thank you again for your excellent publication and the contribution you are making to the quality of life in Sussex.

David Butter, Horsham We do, where possible, include public transport links to get to the start point of our walks, as we are fully aware that not everyone has access to a car. However, the beauty of many of our local walks lies in the fact that they are often remote – giving the walker the opportunity to explore areas previously unknown – and thus not served well by public transport, meaning driving there is the only feasible way. (Ed)

… Seeing the picture of Mr Marc Patterson in Sussex Living magazine reminds me of 22 years ago when I first met a very young looking Mr Patterson. He performed operations on both my hips. Since then (touching wood!) I have been able to live a normal, happy life. I am now 90 years old and, on the whole, a little worse for wear, but the hips are, I think, still OK. Thank you, Mr Patterson, and thank you, Sussex Living, for the magazine.

Renée Hill, Burgess Hill

From Adam Jacot de Boinod’s book: The Meaning of Tingo Answers to last month’s questions: 1 goitering = b) loud feminine laughter 2 spannel = c) to make dirty foot marks on a clean floor 3 scrumping = c) stealing fruit from trees

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Price Green and Co are your local accountants and tax advisors. We specialise in helping businesses comply with accounting and tax matters, ensuring that they pay the correct amount of tax.

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