Chichester Local Nov 15

November 2015

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IN YOUR GARDEN The Autumnal Garden

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THE NOVIUM

Contemporary statement or Chichester’s ‘Beige Elephant’?

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Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Local Groups, Local trades & services

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Nov 2015 Cover Photo The Novium Museum, Tower Street, Chichester

by Peter Langdown

Welcome...

Welcome to the new look Chichester Local magazine. We hope you will enjoy it.

Our What’s On guide starts on page 4, with news of events from charities, clubs and societies in the local area. if you have en event, do enter it on the What’s On guide at www.sussexlocal.net.

In our gardening feature on page 13, Bo talks about autumn shrubs and how to get the children inspired in the garden, as well as tips on the jobs to do this month. Page 18 sees a selection of walks in and around the area, from the programme supported

by Chichester District Council.

Our Charity and Community news pages start on page 20. If you run a club, a charity or a community organisation then please do get in touch by email with your stories.

You can win a £10 M&S voucher in our prize crossword on page 24 and, as winter approaches, the recipe on page 26 is for a warming and comforting cheese fondue.

Finally, every month we run a main feature article, and what better to start with but a look on page 28 at the city’s striking Novium Museum.

Until next month,

Kris & Jeff

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Bo Cook from Alitura Landscape & Garden Design Trees and Shrubs for the Autumnal Garden Trees and shrubs do a lot for the garden. They can provide us glorious spring/summer flower, sensational autumn leaf colours and berries and in the winter they can provide strong structure with their bare branches. Some trees do it all; Some really fly in a specific season. Here are some autumnal must-haves.

October was glorious. Just glorious. Autumn excites me. There is so much change and every day seems to offer up something different: misty mornings, beautiful sunsets, sensational colour changes in the trees as they start to turn…My garden continued to perform, not with as much energy and vitality as in previous months, but stoically the buds on some of my flowers continued to burst forth. My highlight was the colour combination of Geranium rozanne and Verbena bonariensis with the oranges and the glowing blushes of the Amelanchier lamarkii, Hellenium ‘Septemberfuchs’ and beiges of the drying grasses; impossible to give justice in a photo sadly.

What on Earth will Flower now?

You would be surprised! Schizostylis coccinea for starters. I have a white variety (they are normally on the pink/salmon spectrum) and it is glowing at the moment. I have continually deadheaded my Cosmos atrosanguineaus ‘Chocamocha’ and it will keep performing until the frosts. Nerines and Cyclamen hederifolium will also be flowering into November. Those with sheltered gardens will have all sorts of delights still flowering forth in their borders.

Prunus x subhirtella, Mahonia x media, and Jasminum nudiflorum are shrubs that also perform well in November. For scent, then try Eleagnus x ebingii and Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn. Just because we are battening down the hatches for winter, it doesn’t mean we should have bare, unexciting and unscented borders.

Shrubs: Euonymus europeaus ‘Red Cascade’ is simply stunning in the autumn. Not only do you get beautiful vibrant autumn colour form the leaves, but it is the orange and pink berries that sell this to me. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ needs no description – it is all in the name! Cotoneaster horizontalis and Pyracanthas provide a bold flash of colour with branches heavily laden with vibrant berries that excite the birds no end. If you want a complimentary colour combination, then try Callicarpa bodinieri, where the purple berries sit beautifully against the yellows and yellow/oranges of other autumnal plants.

Trees: Acer griseum has bark that peels off in curls of fine paper-like pieces, providing a beautiful winter feature, which is prequelled by fiery hot pinks and reds of the turning leaves. Ginko biloba with its buttery yellow autumn leaves brings warmth and light briefly into the chillier autumn garden. Cercidiphyllum japonicum and Cercis canadensis (no guesses for where they hail from!) are not just full of burnt oranges and reds, but also have beautiful leaf form too. Prunus sargentii is also an autumn classic with its reflex leaves, clinging on while they fill the canopy with every colour on the yellow-red side of the colour wheel!

Getting the Children Inspired When I was a child, I used to love earning a little pocket money, and one of the tasks I used to do was raking up the leaves. It

14 Gardening always took me a long time because I would rake up a pile and then spend the next ten minutes kicking and throwing the leaves about with my sister and friends! My little one is too small for raking, but isn’t too small for jumping and kicking about in the leaves! We spend a lot of time collecting up bunches in as many different colours as we can, superb opportunity to expand their descriptive language! ‘aubergine, plum, burnt orange, cinnamon, buttery, fiery, earthy, buff…’

Accessory of the Month It has to be a rake right? How much time do we spend raking up those leaves in autumn! I recommend a fairly wide-tined plastic rake as the leaves don’t get jammed on the tines like they do on the metal ones. Don’t forget, leaves make fantastic mulch and soil improver. Store them in a corner and let them break down over a year before adding them to compost or adding straight to the borders.

By Bo Cook - email: bo@alitura.co.uk telephone: 01273 401581 or visit www.alitura.co.uk

CHICHESTER LOCAL Garden Tasks for November Plant it: Tulip bulbs are best planted now. Roses are also best planted now for best results. Bare root hedging is now in season and being pulled from the growing fields. These are also a lot cheaper than buying hedging in pots, so start thinking about ordering your hedging now. As with all bare root plants, they are ‘in season’ until they break bud in spring, so you have some time.

Jazz it up a bit: You can start planting out winter bedding now it is all back in stock in the local garden centres.

Tie it: Tie in your climbers and other plants that may suffer in the winter winds.

Lift it: Lift and store dahlias, cannas and begonia tubers.

Divide it: Water lilies are best divided now, particularly if your specimens are getting large.

Dig it: Giving your beds a light digging over exposes pests to the birds who will do a grand

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Trim it: Most deciduous trees, shrubs and hedges can be pruned when they are dormant.

Some, such as plums, must not be pruned in winter (they can suffer from silver leaf). Always check before starting works. Cut back grasses and perennials if you are not a fan of overwintering seed heads.

Clean it: Pond pumps can be cleaned out now.

If you are worried about the ponds freezing over and impacting on the wildlife, pop a floating glass ball or similar on the pond’s surface.

As it moves around, the pond will be less likely to freeze in that area.

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Local Walks - November

These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 minutes before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead. If the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled, if unsure please check.

01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Mon 2nd November 10:30am ROWLANDS CASTLE L: Anne A 1 hr 30 mins Hilly, some stiles. Not suitable for beginners. Meet: Recreation Ground off Links Lane PO9 6AQ

4 Miles

Wed 4th November 10:30am ARUN RIVERBANK Flat river bank walk returning by same route. Meet: Arun Yacht Club.

2 hrs

4 miles

Fri 6th November 10:30am GOODWOOD COUNTRY PARK L: Peter Br 2 hrs Goodwood and Halnaker. Car park on the right after passing Goodwood racecourse

4 miles

Mon 9th November 10:30am EMSWORTH TO WESTBOURNE Through meadows to Emsworth and back

L: Anne A

1 hr 30 mins

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Mon 9th November 10:30am PETWORTH PARK TO SEE THE DEER The Horse Guards Inn, Upperton Road, Tillington, GU28 9AF

L: Gerald

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L: Dominic

Tue 10th November 10.30am MARINA STROLL L: John 30 mins A level walk for beginners or less able walkers. Meet: Car park opposite the “Boathouse Cafe”

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Thurs 12th November 10.30am DURFORD HEATH AND WOODS Picturesque walk along the Sussex border path Meet at Durford car park

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Fri 13th November 10.30am TANGMERE L: Peter Br 2 hrs 3 miles Flat walk via Aviation Museum to Tangmere . Meet: Oving park roadside on Church Lane, outside the church.

Mon 16th November 10:30am EMSWORTH TO LANGSTONE L: Anne A 2 hrs 30 mins Level walk along the foreshore to Langstone returning via the fields. Meet: Town square, Emsworth.

4 miles

Tues17th November 10:30am BIRDHAM TO ITCHENOR Flat, no stiles. Can be muddy if wet. Meet: Birdham Church. PO20 7HG.

4 miles

L: John

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Wed 18th November 10:30am STEDHAM TOTE HILL L: Bruce 2 hrs 20 mins 5.2 miles Ascent 130m. A very varied walk. 4 stiles. Meet: Opposite Hamilton Arms (Nearest postcode GU29 01NF ) Sat 21st November 10.30am BINSTED WOODS Could be muddy. Meet: Walberton Village Hall car park, BN18 0PQ.

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Tue 24th November 10:30am SIDLESHAM STROLL Flat and no stiles. Meet: Pagham Nature Reserve car park PO20 7NE.

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Wed 25th November 10.30am ARUNDEL PARK L: Peter Br 2 hrs 30 mins Through the Park to South Stoke and the Arun riverbank. Meet Swanbourne Lake, Mill Road, Arundel

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Thurs 26th November 10.30am IPING COMMON L: Jane W 1hr 45 mins Minor hilly bits, on paths, no stiles, might be muddy in places.Meet: Iping Common car park

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Fri 27th November 10.30am MARINA TO DELL QUAY Meet: Park at Chichester Marina car park (free). PO20 7EJ.

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Sat 28th November 10:30am ARUNDEL BLACK RABBIT L: Dominic 2 hrs Easy, flat riverside walk, no stiles. Meet: Mill Road car park by the river in town centre (charge).

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Mon 30th November 10:30am EMSWORTH TO PRINSTED L: Anne A 1 hr 30 mins Easy flat walk. Allow sufficient time in the car park. Meet: Meet in Emsworth town square.

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20 Charity & Community Sussex Snippets Leading councillors at Chichester District Council have agreed to invest £50,000 in developing a vision for Chichester to help improve and support the local economy. Working with partners, the council intends to prepare a clear vision, focusing on the function and future of the city over the next twenty years, which, once developed, the vision will be placed at the heart of future economic and planning policy for the city. www.chichester.gov.uk Influential figures from the world of arts, sport, and education have been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Chichester, in recognition of the fact that their pioneering work reflects its values and heritage of inspiring students to exceed their expectations. The group included the University of Chichester’s first ViceChancellor, Philip Robinson, Principal of Passmores Academy Vic Goddard, leading choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, and Professor Kari Fasting, a past president of the International Sociology of Sport Association and a founding member of Women Sport International. www.chi.ac.uk/graduation

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CHICHESTER LOCAL September’s Bark! In the Park has been declared a barking success, with more than 1,000 visitors to the event at Petworth House and Park. The event hosted the Big Petworth Walk and Run where more than 130 walkers and runners stomped their support to raise more than £1,500 for Canine Partners. www.caninepartners.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth The first confirmed evidence of an otter on the Upper Rother River in Hampshire since 2001 has been captured on film as part of work to boost local wildlife in the South Downs National Park. A camera trap, set up on the river was put in place to monitor whether invasive species American mink, which threatens our native wildlife, was at large in the area, but instead it recorded a young otter visiting the site on two separate occasions since the start of September. youtu.be/ MVoIBt31OgU, A four-legged carer from Hailsham has become a qualified Assistance Dog before she has even reached her second birthday. Jazz, who is owned

by Mo Aegerter (69), who has secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and is a wheelchair user, has been trained with Dog Assistance in Disability (Dog A.I.D.), a charity which help people with disabilities train their pet dog to Assistance Dog level. www.dogaid.org.uk.

Learners on the autism spectrum are being taught in state of the art classrooms designed especially for them in West Sussex. LVS Hassocks unveiled its brand new classroom block at the start of September. The specialist school in Sayers Common, which helps young people with Asperger’s, autism and dyslexia thrive, can now accommodate up to 25 new learners thanks to a two-storey block with stunning views – the building hosts seven classrooms including a purpose-built food technology area. www.lvs-hassocks.org.uk Tel 01273 832901 Until January, children in school years 1 and 2 in England will be offered a flu vaccination in the form of a nasal spray. Sussex Community NHS Trust (SCT) will administer the vaccination in West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. The vaccination is offered in school because school-based immunisation programmes provide a very effective means of delivering important health programmes to children, so ensuring good uptake.

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22 Charity & Community Novel for Charity Yapton resident David Bathurst has just published his first novel, “Stumbling on Mountains”, with all proceeds going to the Sussex Snowdrop Trust, helping families of children in Sussex with serious illness. The book tells the story of Mike Partridge, described as “clumsy, careless and lazy,” who discovers the joy of walking and begins a pilgrimage through England and Wales through which he reviews and rebuilds his life. David Bathhurst has written and published a number of books about walking, and Stumbling on Mountains is his first work of fiction. The book is published by Walk & Write Publications, costs £10 and can be bought from the author direct. Contact David Bathurst on 01243 551467 or send an email to: davidbathurst@btinternet.com www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com

A Celebration of Nature Writing

Following its success at the Arundel Festival, a repeat performance of SACRED NATURE, A Celebration of Nature Writing, will be held in St Nicholas’ Church, on 7th November at 5pm, under the auspices of The Friends of St. Nicholas.

Sandra Saer, Charles ‘Ricky’ Richardson and

CHICHESTER LOCAL Indigo Ashworth will be reading poems by, among others, Seamus Heaney, John Masefield, Sandra Saer and World War One poet, Isaac Rosenberg.

The poems will be interlaced with beautiful and nostalgic music provided by the St Nicholas’ Barbershop Quartet.

Tickets £6 for adults and £3 for children under 12, on sale in the Parish Office. A bar will be available.

Chichester University Honours Influential figures from the world of arts, sport, and education have been recognised for contributions to their fields with prestigious accolades from the University of Chichester. The dignitaries, who received honorary doctorates alongside nearly 2,000 graduates, have been chosen to join the University as their pioneering work reflects its values and heritage of inspiring students to exceed their expectations. Those awarded degrees included the University of Chichester’s first Vice-Chancellor, Philip Robinson, Principal of Passmores Academy Vic Goddard, choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh (pictured) and Professor Kari Fasting. www.chi.ac.uk

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Cheese Fondue When did you last cook or eat a fondue? This traditional cheese fondue is both easy and delicious for an Autumn supper and great fun for all ages. Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, halved 2tbsp cornflour  75ml dry white wine or cider  Cheese (Gruyere, emmenthal or cheddar or a mix)  Ground black pepper To serve:  Crusty white bread, cubed; Cherry tomatoes;  Baby sweetcorn or small new potatoes, cooked  

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1. Rub the cut garlic round the inside of the fondue pan. Blend the cornflour with 2-3tbsp wine.

Grate the cheese and put into a fondue pot with most of the wine and the dissolved cornflour. Stir over a very gentle heat, stirring frequently, until the cheese has melted and blended to a smooth bubbling sauce.

2. Serve immediately with the prepared bread and vegetables.

If possible place the fondue pan over a nightlight or pan heater on a heatproof mat on the table to keep it bubbling very gently as you eat. And the tip to remember – the crust in the bottom of the pan at the end – if not burnt – is the best part! . Cookery Courses for all Plus Summer special - Self

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Novium Museum A stunning contemporary statement or Chichester’s ‘Beige Elephant’? By Veronica Cowan Chichester District Council’s museum, in crushed Bath stone and lots of glass, really makes a statement, although not one welcomed by all locals. One letter to the Chichester Ob-server described it as a “beige elephant”, whilst others have been critical of the admission charge, and questioned whether it represents value for money.

The former museum was in an 18th-century disused corn store in Little London, but in moving to the new building on Tower Street, known as the Novium, which derives from the Roman name for the city "Noviomagus Reginorum”, the Chichester District Council hopes it will become one of the jewels in its crown, attract locals and visitors and give a boost to the local economy.

It is certainly a departure from the typical fustymusty museum buildings, with lots of steps, that ‘decorate’ many towns, but once inside there is a lot to like about the contemporary style, with lots of space, beautifully carved benches, stairways flooded with natural light and a large lift offering access to all. Designed by Keith Williams Architects, designers of Ireland’s Wexford Opera House, the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, and London’s Unicorn Theatre, this look-at-me structure is built on piles, rather than foundations, to protect the remains of the Roman Bathhouse underneath, which has been dated to the Flavian period, 69AD to 96AD. Indeed, like Yours Truly, you might have parked over these when shopping in Chichester in times past. They were preserved under the former temporary Tower Street car park since first being excavated in the 1970s, pending construction of the purpose-built Novium. The archaeological remains were boxed in and had sand put over them for preservation purposes.

Archaeologists working at the site in the 1970s also found remnants of small-scale Saxon pottery production, medieval housing, a public house and a school.

The centrepiece is the Roman bath house, which has been uncovered and dominates the ground floor. They were a type of Roman leisure and beauty centre, and an audio visual film shows how these baths were built and used in Roman times.

There is a large entrance gallery, with a viewing platform and glass vitrines built around it.

The construction cost of almost £7 million did not include heritage lottery funding, but sale of the residential development site next to the Novium to McCarthy and Stone has helped offset the capital costs. With such an investment it would be a shame if it didn’t get the visitors it merits, so what are the barriers I asked the museum’s manager Cathy Hakes. “There have been issues with signage, and local maps that we are working on.

Being up a side street, doesn’t help. It is tucked away but we have produced promotional materials with easy directions. We have to remember that not everyone knows we are here, so we are doing Outreach, and talks, and attending parish council meetings [to raise awareness].”

I noted that after the Department for Culture, under the previous Administration, had removed charges for entry to public museums and galleries several years ago, visitor numbers soared, and satisfaction levels rocketed. Could charging be a handicap, given that entry to the previous museum was free of charge, I wondered. “We are looking at different arguments and talking to other museum directors.

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30 Local Places but we may need to look at other income streams” said Ms Hakes. [Ed -this article was first published in Sussex Local in June 2014 and entry to the Novium is now free of charge.]

Moving to the building facilitated installation of the massive Chilgrove Roman Villa Mosaic, dating back to the fourth century. This was found by a local farmer whilst ploughing a field fifty years ago, and had been on display at the purpose built store within the Discovery Centre at Fishbourne Roman Palace. Following conservation work, it is now on the ground floor of the Museum opposite the bath house remains. Other exhibits include the Jupiter Stone, a piece of Roman sculpture base, dating from between the late first and early third century AD. This was found in an ancient rubbish dump during excavations at West Street in 1934, and has been conserved and rebuilt to take a prime position in the museum. Another prominent structure is the Bosham Head, a remnant of ancient art and all that remains of a Roman statue, which was found in the Vicarage garden in Bosham.

The Novium contains about 150,000 artefacts, both on display and in its store, and the challenge is to choose which to display. Many have never

CHICHESTER LOCAL been displayed to the public before, and the galleries will use them to observe continuity and change across the district and influences from different people, as well as to map wider technological and social developments. The basic aim is to tell the story of Chichester over the past 500,000 years, a city with a rich and varied story to be told by a large number of objects spanning its Saxon, Norman and Medieval heritage through to comparatively recent Georgian and Victorian eras. An exhibit which appealed to me - the Municipal Moon Lantern – dates to around 1600, and was used in a procession at the opening of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962. It was carried behind the Mayor of Chichester when he made official visits at night.

The new building makes it easier to preserve the collection in the correct atmosphere, explained Ms Hakes. “It has computer monitored environmental controls and the store is first class. We have done intense conservation work on the collection.”

When I visited, the second-floor gallery was being prepared for an exhibition commemorating the First World War, which aims to “explore the bravery, creativity, joy and sorrow of WW1 and it's impact on Chichester.”

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Chichester is a rich source of Roman finds, and visitors often discover items in gardens and bring them in to the museum. “We have a ‘finds afternoon’ when the public come in and the collections’ officer will help them identify what they have found,” I was told. Outreach projects include links with the local college design students, an after-school club and a dementia group. The Woodstaplers Room on the second floor is used by study groups. It has views of the Cathedral, as does the gallery on that floor - of the city’s rooftops, the cathedral spire and its bell tower.

The Novium also has a shop with a wide range of souvenirs, gifts and books as well as housing the city’s Tourist Information Centre. It also runs the Guildhall in Priory Park, which is part of a medieval Friary dating back to 1289. This was closed by Henry VIII, as part of the dissolution of the

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monasteries in 1538, and gifted to the Mayor of Chichester. It has been used as a Town Hall and law courts, and the poet and artist William Blake was tried there. “We have had it cleaned and invested in new seating and are trying to open it on a regular basis,” said Ms Hakes “and we are also looking at summer events as well as potentially getting a wedding licence.”

We can drink to that!

The Novium museum, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH Email: thenovium@chichester.gov.uk Tel: 01243 775888

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