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19th & 26th Apr, 3rd & 10th May 2:00 PM The stunning gardens at Fittleworth House open for the National Garden Scheme Fittleworth House RH20 1JH £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

22nd Apr 11:00 AM The garden at Warnham Park, Horsham open for The National Garden Scheme Warnham Park Horsham RH12 3RP £6 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

23rd Apr 10:00 AM Arundel Castle's Plant Fairs range of locally grown and unusual plants

Arundel Castle BN18 9AB £14 / £5 Plant Fair tickets 01903 882173 www.arundelcastle.org

23rd Apr 2:00 PM Manor of Dean, Petworth open for the National Garden Scheme The Manor of Dean Petworth GU28 9AP £5 ngs.org.uk hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

30th Apr 10:30 AM The Hidden Garden, a community garden in Selsey, open for the National Garden Scheme The Hidden Garden PO20 9EH £5 01483 211535 ngs.org.uk

30th Apr 11:00 AM The beautiful garden at Denmans Garden open for the National Garden Scheme Denmans Garden Fontwell BN18 0SU £9 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

30th Apr 12:00 PM The garden at Stanley Farm

Liphook open for the NGS Stanley Farm Liphook GU30 7LW £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

30th Apr 2:00 PM Fittleworth Garden Trail

Fittleworth Village Open Gardens Fittleworth Garden Trail RH20 1JB £7 Charles 01798 865202 charles.pymble@gmail.com

1st - 21st May 9:00 AM Arundel Castle's 2023

Allium Extravaganza Arundel Castle BN18 9AB £14 £6.50 (under 5s go free) 01903 882173 visits@arundelcastle.org www.arundelcastle.org

10th & 13th May 11:00 AM Beautiful garden open at Cookscroft Earnley NGS Spring opening gardens ngs.org.uk/west-sussex-spring-gardens/ Cookscroft Chichester PO20 7JG £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

14th May 1:00 PM Visit the garden at Hammerwood House, Iping terrace surrounded by tulips and iris Hammerwood House Midhurst GU29 0PF £6 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

14th May 2:00 PM Lavant Horticultural Society

Plant Sale Lavant Memorial Hall Chichester PO18 0BA Free. Susan J Jackson suejackson23@tiscali.co.uk lavanthortsoc.org.uk

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14th May 2:00 PM The National Garden Scheme: Champs Hill Coldwaltham Far-reaching views across to South Downs Champs Hill Pulborough RH20 1LY £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

Every Thurs 10:30 AM The Old Vicarage The Street, Washington open for The National Garden Scheme The Old Vicarage Washington, RH20 4AS £7 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

Music

1st Apr 7:30 PM Classical guitar concert featuring Serenata Guitar Trio A chance to hear three classical-Spanish guitars Regis School of Music PO21 1ER £15 / Members £10 01243

866462 recital@tiscali.co.uk westsussexguitar.org

1st Apr 7:30 PM Music for Passiontide baroque music, featuring Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Holy Trinity Church Cuckfield RH17 5JZ £15 / Child £5 Martin sussexstring4tet@btinternet.com sussexstringquartet.com

2nd Apr 3:00 PM Maya Irgalina at The International Interview Concerts @rtsspaces@sionschool Worthing BN11 4BL £14 / £2 facebook.com/TheInterviewConcerts interviewconcerts@gmail.com

14th Apr 7:00 PM Taylor Maid Concert

Storrington & Sullington Parish Hall RH20 3PP £13 01903 740188 storringtonmuseum.com/

15th Apr 7:00 PM The Leconfield Singers 10th Anniversary Spring Concert choral music concert with orchestra and soloists Arundel Cathedral BN18 9AY £15-30 info@leconfieldsingers.co.uk www.leconfieldsingers.co.uk/events

20th Apr 7:30 PM Evening of Dixieland and Traditional Jazz with the Featherstone Jazz Five DRNK Coffee House, Lancing Manor Leisure Estate BN15 0PH Derek 01903 249900 dglittle@ntlworld.com

22nd Apr 6:00 PM St

George's Eve Piano

Recital by Vasilis Rakitzis

St George's Church Trotton GU31 5EN £12

Amanda amandatownshend@gmail.com

SALES & MARKETS

1st Apr 10:00 AM Cinnamon Trust Easter Fair cafe, gifts and goodies Findon Village Hall BN14 OTA £3 Maggie Martin 07544 572702 maggiemartin8@googlemail.com

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15th Apr 9:00 AM Arundel Farmers Market local growers, bakers, meat, poultry, flowers, plants and food and drink makers Arundel BN18 9AA www.arundelfarmersmarket.co.uk

15th Apr 10:15 AM Junktique, Collectables & Clutter Sale Indoor sale of a range of items West Chiltington Village Hall RH20 2PZ £1 Carol 01798 813608 / Brenda 01798 813712 wchiltfloralclub@gmail.com

22nd Apr 9:00 AM Pulborough Farmers Market Eggs, bread, home made cakes, crafts plus cafe Pulborough Village Hall RH20 2BF Terri Ashpool 01798 848039 terriashpool@uwclub.net

29th Apr 9:30 AM Cheeki Monkeys Big Baby & Childrens market Buy or sell toys, equipment or clothes The Shoreham Centre BN43 5WU £1.50 www.facebook.com/Cheeki-Monkeys-BrightonBN2-and-Shoreham-by-Sea-107135655022217

7th May 9:00 AM Annual Sussex Car and Motorcycle Jumble Stalls and Vintage/Classic Cars display Worthing Rugby Club BN16 4AX £2 07760 793912 sheilahall22@hotmail.com

Every Fri 9:45 AM Storrington Community Market cakes, biscuits, preserves, eggs, fruit, & veg Katie 07909 681884 katiebridge17@gmail.com

SOCIAL & ENTERTAINMENT

1st Apr 7:00 PM 80s night in aid of Wolfram Syndrome charity event with 80's electro pop from Synthony 101 The Factory Live BN14 8BX £15 Tracy admin@wolframsyndrome.co.uk www.wolframsyndrome.co.uk

21st Apr 7:30 PM Murder, Mystery and Mayhem – a Forensic Fundraiser with 4Sight Vision Support with a meal Church of the Good Shepherd Shoreham BN43 5LF £15 01243 828555 www.4sight.org.uk/murder-mystery-23/ fundraising@4sight.org.uk

Spiritualist

28th Apr 7:00 PM Angel in Blue Monthly Medium Event Different medium each month Storrington Village Hall RH16 8DZ £6 07713 769978 vharber@btinternet.com

Talks

4th Apr 2:00 PM Arts Society West Sussex Talk on life and times of ‘Charlemagne’ Fittleworth Village Hall RH20 1EJ Guests £7 01903 411086 westsussex@theartssociety.org www.theartssocietywestsussex.org

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Emmausisaspecial placetovisit.

You can browse and shop, explore the grounds, eat and relax. All in the peaceful surroundings away from the hustle and bustle.

4th Apr 7:30 PM Heads to Tails talk by ex primary school headteacher Storrington Museum RH20

4LL £8 01903 740188 storringtonmuseum.com

4th Apr 7:30 PM A talk on Georg Jensen, Danish Silversmith Field Place Worthing BN13 1NP

£7.50 worthingantiqueclub.com 07984 403890 worthingantiqueclub@yahoo.co.uk

5th Apr 10:00 AM

Reading old handwriting get started with family and history research West Sussex Record Office PO19 1DD

£7.50 / £6.50 members westsussex.gov.uk/ro

01243 753602 record.office@westsussex.gov.uk

5th Apr 2:00 PM Rudyard Kipling - Travels in Rajasthan by Elizabeth Merry Boxgrove Village

Hall PO18 OEE £8 visitors, £2 students 023 9241 3664 infochichesterlitsoc@gmail.com www.chichesterliterarysociety.org

5th Apr 5:00 PM Fear, Fantasy and the Catholic Past in Sussex 19th-Century Sussex Oxfam

Bookshop Chichester PO19 6PE £5 01243 816235 m.leeson@chi.ac.uk oxfam.org.uk/ shops/oxfam-bookshop-chichester

12th Apr 7:30 AM Lavant Horticultural Society

Talk by Steve Edney Lavant Memorial Hall PO18 0PA Non-members £3 Susan 01243 527725 suejackson23@tiscali.co.uk lavanthortsoc.org.uk

15th - 19th Apr 10:00 AM Art workshop and book signing raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support Hobbycraft, Haskins Garden Centre BN16 4BD Christine cforbesweb@gmail.com

17th Apr 10:00 AM The Arts Society SteyningApril Talk Pop Art and Consumer Culture The Steyning Centre BN44 3XZ £10 visitors steyning@theartssociety.org www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk

18th Apr 2:00 PM Sussex industrial history in Midhurst: A different perspective Talk by Dr Geoffrey Mead Methodist Church Hall Midhurst GU29 9DU £2 members, £3 visitors Carol 01730 816101 midhurstu3a@gmail.com www.u3asites.org.uk/midhurst

25th Apr 7:00 PM Building-by-the-Sea An architectural history of the seaside West Sussex Record Office PO19 1DD £8 / £5 online record.office@westsussex.gov.uk 01243 753602 westsussex.gov.uk/ro

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26th Apr 7:15 PM An evening with my father's (Derek Cross) slides London Midland Railway journey 19581968 Bassil Shippam

Centre PO19 7LG £3 07403 885061 rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester

27th Apr 6:00 PM A History of Cataract Surgery cataract surgery and lens technology development Bassil Shippam Centre PO19 7LG booking@talksatsix.co.uk talksatsix.co.uk

2nd May 7:30 PM A Talk by Lars Tharp (BBC's Antique Roadshow) Field Place Worthing BN13 1NP £7.50 worthingantiqueclub.com 07984 403890 worthingantiqueclub@yahoo.co.uk

3rd May 10:00 AM Old photographs: how to identify, date and care for them get started with family and history research West Sussex Record Office PO19 1DD £7.50/£6.50 members 01243 753602 www.westsussex.gov.uk

10th May 5:30 PM ‘Romantic Venice’, Dr Miles Leeson Oxfam Bookshop Chichester PO19 1HS £5 m.leeson@chi.ac.uk oxfam.org.uk/shops/ oxfam-bookshop-chichester/ 01243 816235

Theatre

26th - 29th Apr 7:30 PM The Thrill Of Love by Amanda Whittington story of the last women to be hung in Britain Barn Theatre Southwick BN42 4TE £12 info@southwickplayers.org.uk 0333 666 3366 www.southwickplayers.org.uk

28th Apr - 20th May 10:18 AM The Vortex a troubled mother and son in the 1920s.

Chichester Festival Theatre PO19 6AP From £10 01243 781312 box.office@cft.org.uk cft.org.uk

Walks

7th, 10th & 22nd Apr & 6th May 10:30 AM Reptile safari at RSPB Pulborough Brooks WF17 0EE £12.50 members / £15.50 for non-members lydia.fletcher@rspb.org.uk 01798 875851 events.rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks

14 May 1:00 PM Arundel Castle Park Walk

Arundel Castle Estate Park BN18 9AU £5 £2 The Sussex Snowdrop Trust 01243 572433 www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com

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