Sussex Local Magazine Pulborough December 2016

December 2016

SUSSEX LOCAL

Pulborough - Bury - Fittleworth - Nutbourne - West Chiltington

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MISSION PEAKE

With the opening of the Tim Peake exhibition in Chichester we speak to Tim’s father Nigel

WIN!

Peter Pan Panto Tickets

NEWS

Parish Council & Community

GARDENING

Designing with layers

PLUS

Events, Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Charity, Young Readers’ Puzzles, Local Groups & News, Business Directory

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Cover Photo The White Hart at Stopham Bridge by Sheila Mills

Welcome... to the last month of 2016, I can’t believe another year is nearly over. It has certainly been a year of change culminating in the astonishing presidential election result in the US. Change is not always good, “better the devil you know” as the saying goes.

It’s also been a full year since astronaut Tim Peake blasted off from Kazakhstan and orbited the earth for six months. On the anniversary of the mission launch, the Novium Museum in Tim’s home city of Chichester opens it’s major new exhibition 'Tim Peake: An Extraordinary Journey'. We speak to Tim’s father Nigel Peake for an exclusive interview. See page 24 .

Also this month you can win Panto tickets to see Peter Pan at the Worthing Pavilion in January see page 17. Starring well-known TV celebrities, it promises to ’hook’ the audience (sorry)!

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...........................................................................What’s On ..............................Win family Panto tickets to Peter Pan ........................................................................Local Walks ..............................................Charity & Community News ...................................Mission Peake by Veronica Cowan .................................................................Prize Crossword .................................................................................Recipe ...................................................................In Your Garden .............................................................................Motoring ............................................Young Readers’ Puzzle Page .............................................................Bury Parish Council ..............................................Coldwaltham Parish Council ..................................................Fittleworth Parish Council .................................................Pulborough Parish Council .........................................West Chiltington Parish Council ..............................................................Business Directory ...........................................................Index of Advertisers

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Much gardening work can be done indoors this month (with a mince-pie and a cuppa?) by planning your garden for next year.

Andrew has plenty of ideas see page 34 We’ve extra Parish Council news this month starting on p43 and would welcome any input from council members. We are happy to publish your news every month for free.

Finally we wish you good health, happiness and all you wish for yourself this Christmas.

Seasons greetings,

Kris & Jeff

Words of Wit & Wisdom “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”

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The views and opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher.

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Tuesday December 6th Jackie Free’s Chicagoans, swinging jazz in the Chicago Style Tuesday January 3rd Graham Hughes Sunshine Kings with vocalist Julie McKee. One of our most popular bands Tuesday February 7th Tony Waller and Prohibition Jazz, a great new band with a wide range of music

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Win a family ticket to see Peter Pan at Worthing Pavillion between 1st & 7th January 2017 Patrick Monahan (Show Me the Funny) as the dastardly Captain Hook, Amelia Lily (X Factor) as the feisty and fun-loving Tiger Lily, and Lloyd Daniels (X Factor) as Peter Pan. Win tickets to this family favourite (see below) or to book call the box office on 01903 206206 or more details and bookings: www.worthingtheatres.co.uk

Win a family ticket to see Peter Pan Panto at The Pavilion is definitely going to hook audiences of all ages this year as it’s anchors away and sails set for the launch of The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan. The JM Barrie classic tale of the boy who refused to grow up gets plenty of 21st century treatment, with spectacular flying sequences and the introduction of the essential pantomime dame, Able Mabel.

Starring Richard ‘Dick’ McCourt (Dick & Dom in da Bungalow) as the hilarious pirate Smee, funnyman

Q: Who is the author of Peter Pan? a) J M Barrie

b) Roald Dahl

c) Enid Blyton

Send your answer and full contact details including daytime telephone number to: ‘Peter Pan’ Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after the closing date 20th December 2016. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list.

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Local Walks - December All walks are led by friendly, trained volunteers - please do check with the organisers for full details and for any last minute changes. Health walks are 30 – 90 minutes, supported by Walking for Health & Horsham District Council. Level 2 & Level 3 are more challenging, for fitter walkers, supported by Horsham District Council Thu 1 10:00am Broadbridge Heath Circular 4.5 miles 2 hrs 15 mins Level 2 Broadbridge Heath recreation ground, RH12 3JY Lynne 01403 268157 Sat 3 8:30am Washington Common 6.5 miles 2 hrs 45 mins Level 3 National Trust Georges Lane Car Park Washington, RH20 3JH Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sat 3 2:00pm Warminghurst Church 4.7 miles 1 hr 45 mins Level 3 Georges Lane NT car park, Storrington, RH20 3JH Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sun 4 10:00am Roundabout West Chiltington 3.8 miles 1 hr 45 mins Level 2 West Chiltington Village Hall, RH20 2PZ Mick Denness 01903 745971 Mon 5 9:35am Pulborough (Bus and Walk) 5 miles 3 hrs Level 3 Pulborough’s public car park, Brooks Way, RH20 2BQ Mike P 01798 874319 Tue 6 11:00am Health Centre, Steyning 2 miles 75 mins Health Steyning Health Centre, Tanyard Lane, BN44 3RJ Ann 01903 297553 Sat 10 9:00am Wiston/Steyning Dog Walk 2 miles 1 hr 15 mins Level 2 Steyning Cricket Pavilion, BN44 3LE Ann 01903 297553 Sat 10 2:00pm Fryern Park 3 miles 1 hr 15 mins Level 2 Glebe Surgery car park, Monastery Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sun 11 10:00am Sullington Hill 5 miles 2 hrs Level 3 Glebe Surgery car park, Monastery Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sun 11 11:00am Parham Glider Field 3.6 miles 1 hr 45 mins Level 2 Glebe Surgery car park, Monastery Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971 Join us for our traditional Christmas Social after either walk on the 11th Dec at 12:30pm. Tickets £3.50 Tue 13 12:00pm Conservatory Café Horsham Park 3.3 miles 1 hr 15 Level 2 Bandstand in Horsham Park, by café, RH12 1RJ Carol 01403 263201 Sat 17 10:30am West Grinstead Mince Pie Walk 5.5 miles 2 hrs 30 mins Level 2 WSCC car park adjacent to the Downs Link RH13 8L Jean 01403 250869 Mon 19 9:35am Pulborough (Bus and Walk) 5 miles 3 hrs Level 3 Pulborough’s public car park, Brooks Way, RH20 2BQ Mike P 01798 874319 Wed 21 10:30am Storrington Riverside Walk 2.5 miles 90 mins Health Storrington Recreation Ground Car Park, RH20 4PG Mick Denness 01903 745971 Sat 24 2:00pm Sandgate Park 3.6 miles 1 hr 45 mins Level 2 Glebe Surgery car park, Monastery Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971 Thu 29 11:00am Billingshurst 2.3 miles 60 mins Health Billingshurst Library Jean 01403 581865 Fri 30 11:00am Barns Green 2 miles 60 mins Health Barns Green village sign, RH13 0PT Chatter Cheema 07720 714306 Sat 31 2:00pm Sullington Warren & Church 4 miles 1 hr 45 mins Level 2 Glebe Surgery car park, Monastery Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LR Mick Denness 01903 745971

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Sat 3rd 10:30 Ashington Leisurely Frankland Arms, Washington Sat 10th 10:00 Steyning Bowl Leisurely Bostal Road, Steyning Bowl - limited parking Sun 11th 10:30 Shoreham Moderate Adur Recreation Ground car park, west of Norfolk Bridge - access from A259 travelling east only Sat 17th 10:30 Findon Leisurely Findon village, near The Gun Inn Weds 21st 10:30 Storrington Leisurely Storrington Leisure Centre car park Sat 24 Dec 10:30 Santa's Arundel Stroll Moderate Castle entrance, Mill Road, Arundel

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Sussex Snippets One-year-on since it was opened, Tangmere Solar Farm has generated enough clean electricity to power 1,500 homes for an entire year - almost 5,000 MWh (megawatt hour) of clean electricity from 18,000 solar panels - and is one of the country’s first councilowned solar farms and built on 29 acres of land owned by West Sussex County Council on part of the site of the former Tangmere Airfield. Louise Goldsmith, Leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “This is the first part of a very exciting on-going project to produce clean, efficient energy harnessing nature’s resource.” www.westsussex.gov.uk/energystrategy.

It is estimated that there are 120,000 unemployed military veterans, and up to 20,000 are leaving the services each year - many will be forced to leave early through physical or mental trauma and are unsure what to do with their futures. Building Heroes was formed two years ago to offer free construction skills training to service leavers and support them into a career in the building trades. Building Heroes is entirely reliant on fundraising, sponsorship and donations, and is holding a Christmas Market on 17th December, at the Brinsbury Campus, near Pulborough, as well as a Santa Run. For more details see: www.buildingheroes.org.uk

SUSSEX LOCAL First Steps Childcare operates three full-day care nurseries in West Sussex in Brinsbury (near Pulborough), Chichester and Bersted, and the nurseries have committed to supporting The Big Build Kenya, in partnership with Chichester College, to construct a new primary school in Nakuru, Kenya.

This year, the nurseries have raised £4,738, through bake sales, sponsored safari hunts and Africaninspired fun weeks, and hope to raise a further £3,000 next year, and are currently running a sponsored bike ride from Chichester to Nakuru on an exercise bike in the nursery reception, with children and staff following the route, kilometre by kilometre and celebrating each new country destination as they reach it. Contact: First Steps Nursery – Lucy Oldham 07971 436329 www.firststepschildcare.co.uk lucy.oldham@chichester.ac.uk The Big Build Kenya – Rachel Northover - 023 8178 0957 africanadventures.co.uk rachel@african-adventures.co.uk Sussex Wildlife Trust, the largest nature conservation charity in the county, has published its first printed calendar following requests from members and other supporters. It features twelve stunning full colour photographs showcasing some of the most beautiful examples of wildlife found in Sussex, as well as fun facts about the featured species and reminders of key UK dates.

The calendars are priced at £8.99 and Christmas cards supporting the work of the Trust are also available - money raised from sales will be used to support conservation work throughout the county.

Contact: www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/shop, or call 01273 497532. Postage and packing applies.

A new model of support for children and families is beginning to take shape with a vision to create an environment where a number of the County Council’s Children’s Services work together more closely to enable better help for families at the earliest opportunity. This hub model encompasses a whole range of services and the current staff and stakeholder engagement will feed into the proposed structure and plans which will go back to the Select Committee for further discussions on 8th December.

More than 100 volunteers were celebrated at a recent, special West Sussex event to mark the Diamond Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE). Volunteers came from 26 of the county’s DofE centres to share memories from the past six decades and were awarded a special commemorative certificate by Mark Spofforth OBE, The High Sheriff of West Sussex. Contact: d.of.e.award.youth@westsussex.gov.uk

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There is however one fact that is not frequently admitted. This is… that the earlier this move takes place, the better the result for the resident as they are able to cope with the changes to their lifestyle. No-one wants to make this sad decision, and in reality the temptation is to wait and “see how it goes”. Unfortunately, what so often happens is a catastrophe! A fall, midnight walk, not to mention all the little things that can play havoc with Dementia - lack of nutrition, hydration, cleanliness leading to infections and indeed the appearance that the actual Dementia is worse than it is!

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So This Is Christmas

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Brought to you once again by The Fairy Tale Fair and The Northbrook Friends of St Barnabas group, you can visit ‘So This is Christmas’ on Sunday 4th December at The Charmandean Centre, Worthing.

Inside will be over 70 craft and vintage stalls selling handmade or hand designed gifts and offering plenty of Christmas gift ideas - jewellery, prints, cards, chocolates, decorations, children’s items, baby clothes, art, vintage accessories. There will also be face painting, homemade bakes, a visit from Santa, and live performers. As well as supporting St Barnabas Hospice, you will also be supporting talented designers and makers, many of whom are local. The fair is open 10.30am to 4pm with visits from the town crier and visits from the Mayor.

Contact: www.thefairytalefair.co.uk. www.stbh.org.uk

Thanks to a £3,000 donation from the Southern Cooperative’s ‘Love Your Neighbourhood’ campaign, Sussex Wildlife Trusts (SWT) is able to develop their work with children and young people. SWTs Nature Tots programme of muddy fun for under-fives is taking places at six different places in Sussex, and their Youth Ranger groups have given volunteers aged 16-25 years the opportunity to learn new skills and enhance their career prospects.

The My Wild Neighbourhood campaign is supported by proceeds from the 5p carrier bag levy collected by the Southern Co-operative and distributed to Sussex Wildlife Trust and other Wildlife Trusts in the South East.

Funds Boost Small Businesses Horsham District Council’s Economic Development team has teamed up with other local authority colleagues across West Sussex to secure £500,000 to set up a grant pot for small businesses - called the Local Enterprise and Apprenticeship Platform (LEAP) and Horsham district’s share of this pot is £83,000. If you are hoping to set up a new business, want to grow your existing small business, or want to take on an apprentice, you can apply for a share of these grant funds to help you out. For small business grants, you can apply for up to £2,000, and if you’re looking to take on an apprentice, you can apply for up to £1,500 to match the funding that the Government makes available.

Companies must be registered with Companies House, have fewer than 20 employees and be based in Horsham District. Funding can be used for equipment, marketing, website development etc, but not for salaries, rent or overheads. It is available until September 2017 and will be decided by a grants appraisal team at the Horsham District Council.

Contact: www.horsham.gov.uk/businesspages/ Business-Development/business-support-andopportunities/information-for-businesses

Film Success for Josh Horsham film-maker Josh Merrit, 27, has a new short film released which was selected for an international film festival in Eastbourne last month www.crossingthescreen.org. where he beat out 800 other submissions from 61 different countries for a place in the last 70. Echoes, written and directed by Josh, is a film about an ageing recluse rock star who gives a rare interview with an inexperienced, anxious young music journalist. The script/production was enough to attract some talented people. Our sound recordist (Dickie Earll), worked in the sound department on films such as Bridget Jones' Baby, Paddington,The Lady in the Van, Rush, etc. www.joshmerritt.co.uk/echoes

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Family Tree Workshops in 2017 A new programme of workshops has been organised for people who want to trace their family tree. The “coffee-time” sessions, which are aimed at beginners, will be run by staff at West Sussex Record Office in Chichester throughout 2017. The workshops will be held at 10am on the first Wednesday of each month, starting on 11th January with an introduction to the vast range of family history sources available at the Record Office. Participants will be given an opportunity to learn how to read old handwriting and introduced to the popular family history websites, Ancestry and Findmypast, available free-of-charge at the Record Office.

Further sessions will look at the range of archive sources available at the Record Office, which date from as early as 780AD, and how best to use them for family history research. The full programme for 2017 is as follows: 11 January - Introduction to family history sources at the Record Office 1 February - How to read old handwriting 1 March - Beginners guide to Ancestry.co.uk and Findmypast 5 April - Researching the history of your house 3 May - Tracing your army ancestors 7 June - Beginners guide to manorial records

5 July - Parish records (not just the registers) 6 September - Beginners guide to Ancestry.co.uk and Findmypast 4 October - How to read old handwriting 1 November - Crime and punishment Anyone interested in signing up for a workshop is advised to book early by calling 01243 753602. Each session costs £7.50 and includes refreshments. For more information, visit the Record Office website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ro) and view the ‘What’s On’ page.

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Mission Peake

By Veronica Cowan. With the opening of the Tim Peake exhibition in Chichester this month we speak to Tim’s father Nigel Peake

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If you met someone at a party who said their son was an astronaut who had orbited the earth, you would think they were off their rocket and dash for the nearest exit. But Nigel Peake seemed well-grounded when I spoke to him about his astronaut son, Tim’s momentous mission, which ended on 18 June 2016, so it must be true. West Sussex born Tim blasted off from Kazakhstan on December 15 last year, bound for the International Space Station, and orbited the earth for six months. The trigger for my space-talk with Nigel was the Novium Museum’s major new exhibition 'Tim Peake: An Extraordinary Journey' - opening in his home city of Chichester on 15 December, the anniversary of the mission launch.

Visitors will be able to follow Tim’s astronomical adventure, from growing up in Chichester to becoming the first British European Space Agency astronaut.

The UK Space Agency has given a £12,500 grant for the exhibition, which will also celebrate the work of Helen Sharman, the very first British astronaut and first woman in space. It is hoped Tim will visit the exhibition in person. His father, seventy-three-year-old Nigel, is very much part of the project group pulling the exhibition together, but we weren’t about to let him get away with just telling us about that: finding out about Tim is our mission, so how is he doing and is he still suffering from any of the after effects of being in space? “Bone density and muscles can be affected, but the only thing not back is bone density.”

Nigel reports. Was that aspect worrying for him and

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his wife, Angela, I wondered: “No, because everyone had warned about that, so you don’t worry. The worst part only lasted a few hours after the landing.” The British astronaut has himself described this as the “world’s worst hangover”.

hero, Nigel doesn't sound at all spaced out by the media attention he and his wife have been on the receiving end of and gave a down-toearth response: “We are very proud but it makes us laugh that we are now introduced to people as Tim’s parents.”

He adds that 44-year-old Tim was delighted and has said it is the pinnacle of his career.

Nigel noted that Tim had had 18 years in the Army, and that training for the space mission was so thorough, adding: “They have to cover every eventuality, even the docking and when another astronaut got water in his helmet outside the space station, they just switched into training mode.”

As to whether it is tricky being the father of a national

How have they coped with Tim’s fame and the excitement and worry of having a son who is an astronaut, and did they have any nightmares about space whilst Tim was up there? “No, I can honestly say not,” said Nigel, continuing: “It was wonderful to watch the space walk and we were reassured by the training and kept informed. It was fantastic back up.

It gave Tim a new perspective on the earth and space” adding: “He was probably safer up there away from all the traffic!”

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Tim must be exceptionally resilient, both physically and mentally, I observed, so does he get that from you, I asked Nigel. “He has always had a positive attitude, and Tim has said he had a very stable family life”, Nigel said. Tim was selected from more than 8,000 candidates, who had applied online to become an astronaut, following a selection process that took a year, followed by five years of training. Was there anything about his childhood that gave any insight into the fact that he would want to go into space as an adult? “He was always interested in flying helicopters, and his main career path was flying helicopters” said Nigel, who recalls that most of the testing was psychological, to test for tenacity and irritability: “With six people in the space ship that is very important.

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Chichester High School, of which Tim is a former pupil, must be on Cloud 9 with all the positive publicity, but can it take much of the credit? Nigel gave an emphatic “Yes!”, in response, adding that Tim has paid tribute to the teacher in charge of the cadet force, which focussed his mind and he knew then that he wanted to join the army. His physics teacher, Mike Gouldstone, was also very supportive of Tim, he added. On finishing school, Tim went to the Royal

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Is it true that Tim rang you from the International Space Station but got the wrong number? Nigel recalls: “He rang us but we were out, and he got our Ansaphone, but he also called someone - a pensioner - and she put the ‘phone down.” Well, it’s not every day that one picks up the telephone to be asked: “Hello, is this planet Earth?”

The mission was Russian so is Tim now a fluent Russian speaker? Not fluent, said Nigel, but he has a good command of the language. Tim’s sister, who studied Russian at university, helped by having conversations with him in Russian.

Since his return to Earth, Tim has been visiting major cities and speaking at events about what it's like to live and work in space, joined by his flight crew member Tim Kopra, NASA and former commander of the International Space Station. But he has a more local engagement ahead of him: Tim has said he would be honoured to take part in a parade through Chichester, after eight-year-old Rufus Knight, a pupil at Oakwood School, asked him

to take part in a ticker-tape parade through his home city. Has the parade occurred yet? “He is still trying to find a date.” Reports Nigel. It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase: “I will look for a window in my diary.”

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Pulborough December 2016 October 2016 solution shown below.

Across: 7 Entertainment, 8 Assuming 9 Laws, 10 Cottage, 12 Usual, 14 Italy, 16 Schools, 19 Fist, 20 Acrobats, 22 Determination.

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1 - Congratulations (13) 2 - ___ Mortensen: actor (5) 4 - Mean (6) 5 - List of books referred to (12) 6 - Greek white wine (7) 7 - Conceptually (13) 8 - In a carefree manner (12) 14 - Motorcycle attachment (7) 16 - Within this context (6) 19 - Bamboo-eating animal (5)

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Roast Turkey Village Larder have been supplying Sussex reared Turkeys for six years. We wanted to share our family tips for a truly tasty turkey with especially succulent breast meat.

Remember that the white (breast) meat of the turkey cooks quicker than the dark (leg) meat and wings, so it is best to cook your turkey breast side down to start with. This should keep the juices in the breast and prevent it from becoming too dry. Another tip for even cooking is to loosen the trussing.

How to cook your turkey: If you wish to stuff your turkey, prepare your favourite stuffing recipe and fill the neck cavity only. You may like to put a large Bramley apple or peeled onion into the body cavity.

Sprinkle the bird with salt and pepper, rub generously with goose/duck fat then place it breast side down (covered with foil if you prefer) in a roasting tin. The oven should be pre-heated to 230°C/450°F/Gas mark 8 and the bird cooked at this temperature for 30 to 60 minutes depending on size, before reducing the heat to 190°C/375°F/Gas mark 5. For cooking times please see, www.villagelarder.co.uk/turkey

About 30 minutes before the end of cooking, open the foil if used and turn the bird onto its back to brown the breast. Do try to avoid over-cooking. Test with a fork on the inside of the thigh, ensuring that clear juice comes out of the thigh when you pierce. After removing the turkey from the oven and before carving, allow it to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Carving: The following sequence makes for easy carving: 1. Hold the leg by the end knuckle, cut close to the body and twist off. Carve this dark leg meat.

2. Similarly remove the wing and cut in half.

3. Slice the breast meat from one side.

4. Repeat for the other side.

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens Trees Choose your trees carefully. Often I arrive at a client’s garden and there is either one massive tree that dominates the rest of the garden space or there is a lack of trees. People sometimes assume that planting trees will create too much shade but if your garden is small/medium, well positioned trees with a delicate and spacious leaf and branch character can create a canopy that will give your garden a sense of height, enclosure and intimacy. Some trees for the smaller gardens are Amelenchier lamarki, Weeping Birch, Malus, Sorbus, Viburnum Tinus, Albezia and Rhus. All of these trees will give your garden a lovely sense of breadth without a tree surgeon being called in every year.

Taller Shrubs

Designing your Garden using Layers Are you bored of your garden?

Has it felt two dimensional this summer with long periods where nothing much is happening?

If you take a walk in nature you will realise that plant life tries to occupy all the different layers of space.

From tall trees to a canopy of small trees underneath, to shrubs then ground cover, bulbs and climbers.

Different plants survive on different levels depending on their light requirements with other factors such as wind, soil stability and ability to grow next to other different species.

The result is powerful and achieves a complexity that most gardens lack.

Of course in many ways gardens are simplifications of nature, bringing out the essential elements whilst allowing for more functional human spaces as well as ease of maintenance.

Yet it is possible to bring some of that rich wovenness into the smallest of gardens and the results will give you a deeper satisfaction and a more three dimensional beauty.

So if there are gaps in your beds or just one or two layers going on compared with the eight I have mentioned below, you can notice what is missing and plan to enrich your layering for next year!

Underneath this layer one can plant a layer which I call Tall Shrubs. These plants can contribute lots of height when needed but can also be pruned severely each year depending on the plan you have for the shapes in your garden.

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Smaller Shrubs Smaller shrubs can then be chosen that will tend to give longer periods of colour and fit snuggly under the ‘umbrellas’ of the taller trees. Some interesting shrubs that come to mind are: Rosa rugosa, Teucrium fruticans, Japanese Quince, most of the Hebes, Hydrangeas, Cistis, Pittisporum ‘Tom Thumb’ and the Choysia range.

Ground Cover Ground cover can be used as the ‘glue’ that holds all the different layers together. Not only can you plant these in large ribbons and drifts to give your border a sense of flow and unity but they solve the practical job of suppressing the weeds whilst the trees are establishing themselves.

Some tried and tested ground covers that I like are the Geraniums, Sedums, Chaerophyllum ‘Roseum’, White Bay Willow Herb and Persicaria.

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to be at the front of borders where they won’t be swamped by the bigger plants. Some nice examples are: Pachysandra, Ajuga, Brunnera, Galium odoratum, Epimedium, Bergenias, Lilly of the Valley and Periwinkle.

Climbers It is surprising how many gardens I visit and see unsightly spaces that a week chosen climber could easily transform.

Climbers hide fences, can shoot up trees like rambling roses or drop languidly gown from shed grooves or pergodas. They are a first choice for many unsightly wall or tool shed and with their exuberant need to spread out can give your garden a new dimension of space.

More unusual climbers are Akebia, Campsis, Berberidopsis coralline and Solanum Bulbs The bulb range is enormous.

Some come out before the trees have come into leaf to grab the early sunlight when they can, others push through other plant life tenaciously. As I have written in previous articles, plan your bulbs with the months of the year in mind and you can have

36 Gardening bright splashes of colour almost all year. (The bright blue of Gentians at Wakefield were intense to look at this weekend).

I would like to include another dimension to designing your garden with layers and that is what is called ‘Window Plants’. These are plants that even though some are quite tall they can be planted in the middle or even the front of a bed and you can see through their spacious foliage to other plants. Examples of theseand please look them up as they have a great ethereal feeling - are; Sanguisorba ‘Pink Elephant’, Dierama, Qaura, Molinia Tranparent and Molinia ‘Karl Foestar’, Allium Sphaerocephalon and the more commonly known Verbena Bonsariensis and Stips gigantia.

What to do in December Obviously it is the time of Christmas Fairs - Horsham Sunday Christmas market, plus the Ukfield Festival of Christmas, Arundel by Candlelight on Dec 3rd and ice skating at the Pavillion in Brighton are just a few things to do! Happy Xmas Everyone and give your back a well earned rest.

SUSSEX LOCAL What to do in December  It’s the right time to plant trees and hedges taken straight from the field. They are normally called ‘bareroot’ as opposed to ‘container grown’. They are half the price and settle in nicely into the cool moist earth.  If you have any tomatoes left in the green house harvest them all even if they are green. In a bowl in the sun indoors they will still ripen.  It is still ok to order and plant bulbs. The soil is still very warm even if the air isn’t.  Prune heavily sapping trees like Birches now and Grape vines before the winter sets in.  Harvest the rest of your root crops and lift and store your Dahlia bulbs.  Don’t worry if your garden looks messy. The more mess the better for wildlife that needs a place to hide during the winter. You will have plenty of time to clean your beds in Spring. Just think, laziness now is creating a 5 star hotel for wildlife!  However where needs must, continue to rake up leaves and store them separately from the summer’s grass clippings as they need a different process to break down quickly.

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Winter Motoring See and be Seen by Rex Lloyd ‘See and be seen’ should be the motto of every safety -conscious motorist. So many drivers tend to overlook the necessity of using headlights during daytime driving in bad weather conditions.

The first priority of every motorist should be to ensure all the car’s lights are operating at their most efficient.

This means clean lenses. It means clean, uncorroded reflectors. It also means changing bulbs as they become dimmed, since at the stage they do not produce the best of light and they are about to ‘go’ anyway.

Inspect your lights, at least once a week, more often if you motor daily. Get a friend to help you check rear, brake, reversing and indicator lights. These are extremely important because they warn other drivers of your moves.

Light lenses should be cleaned rather more often than the car itself is cleaned. They can so quickly become obscured or dimmed by road dirt. In winter, frost and snow can reduce headlight beams to almost nil. Some cars however do have lamp wipers. And make sure your lights are correctly directed. It is of no use whatsoever, dipping the beam, if the dipped lights are still directed to dazzle, or if the lights are

directed beyond the kerbside.

Lights will help you see ahead but it is also important to ensure you can see through the windscreen in the first place. Keep you screen wash topped up, and not with just plain water. Always use a screen wash, it not only cleans better but acts as an anti-freeze in winter.

Wipers must be in good repair to work efficiently.

They are too often neglected till they split and fall away, just when you need them most. Always replace them as soon as they start to show missed areas when they are in use.

Don’t forget to clean your screen on the inside; It is often forgotten how quickly dust and greasy deposits arrive here. If you or your passenger is a smoker, the screen will become dirty even quicker, so keep a cloth and cleaner handy in the car and wipe that screen over at least every other day.

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Bury News www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk Bury Neighbourhood Plan Presubmission Consultation The Pre-Submission Bury Neighbourhood Plan is out for consultation pursuant to Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.

The consultation is running from Sat 12 November 2016 until midnight on Sat 24 December 2016.

The Pre-Submission Plan can be downloaded from www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk and a hard copy can be viewed at Bury Village Hall (old Post Office room) between the hours of 10:00 and 16:00 Monday to Friday between the above dates.

For more information and to download the consultation documents please look at the Neighbourhood Plan page on www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk

Mobile Post Office Mondays and Thursdays 11:15–12:15 from the Village Hall Car Park. This new service offers all the services you would normally receive from a local village branch. Please do try to use it, as we do not want to loose this vital service altogether. Let me know what you think (clerk@buryparishcouncil.org.uk). Noel Reidy is our new Mobile Postmaster.

Parish Councillor vacancies We are looking for volunteers who are prepared to get involved and make a real contribution to the Parish. Council meetings are held every two months with online discussions in between to keep things moving so use of a computer is essential. please email clerk@buryparishcouncil.org.uk

Bury Wharf The land at the Wharf was awarded by an Inclosure Award in 1854. It is a valuable Village Asset and featured very high on the Neighbourhood Plan Survey responses to open and green spaces. The Parish Council has been considering improving the facility to launch boats (by Bury Parishioners) and is considering a slipway. Would anyone interested in joining a working party for the future of the wharf please get in touch at clerk@buryparishcouncil.org.uk

Village Hall Bookings Bookings at the Village Hall are shown on the website. Bookings cannot be made online but this is a good place to look to check if it is available, or just to see what is going on.

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Coldwaltham News www.coldwalthampc.org.uk Silverdale Building works The building works at the top of Silverdale have started again after the SDNP/Horsham agreed a full set of conditions for the builders to follow. We have been in touch with SDNP, Stonewater and Trinity Homes to try to tease out the schedule of deliveries and works – we have secured a measure of contact with the team ‘on the ground’ who will try to notify us of significant arrivals and departures, in terms of trucks and equipment. We appreciate hearing of any difficulties that arise from this.

River footpath We have secured an arrangement about the footpath along the river in Watersfield for Parish residents.

This path will be available throughout the year except one day (1 February), and Barlavington Estates have confirmed in our agreement that they have no intention to withhold access in future. The previously locked gate near Thorndale Bridge has now been replaced by a kissing gate. This is a very attractive part of the river, with clear views across to the Downs, and parishioners are encouraged to make full use of the path. If it can be cleared, it now provides a footpath all along the river back to Greatham Bridge.

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Alban Head Playing field There has been a villagewide consultation about how Alban Head should be managed – it does attract a significant portion of the Parish budget. If you would like to see a copy of the current consultation document do please contact our Clerk who will send one out to you – from this, we are sure questions will arise. We want to have a revised process of managing this excellent facility by the beginning of April.

Speedwatch A small group of residents are keen to establish a ‘Community Speed Watch” operation. It was not only the speeds what we discussed at the last PC meeting but the nature of the traffic – very heavy truck vehicles; we are wondering if something needs to be rethought about signposting the A29 as a “major route”? You might wish to post your thoughts via the web site. Speeding through Brook Lane and across Greatham Bridge is also a major problem; anyone who spots what they think are inappropriate speeds or truck sizes using the bridge should notify Sussex Highways The next Coldwaltham Parish Council meeting is on Tues 13th December 6.30-7.30pm at Lodge Hill Centre. More details on www.coldwalthampc.org.uk

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Fittleworth PC News

www.fittleworth-pc.org.uk New website!

The new Fittleworth website is now live! The Newsletter sign up is also live, so do sign up it may be used in the future for urgent village notices.

Fittleworth Playgroup Are fundraising for a new ‘Over the Rainbow‘ themed book corner. Please support them by donating – for details contact Fundraiser Zoe on 07508 377390 or email committee@fittleworthplaygroup.co.uk

Fittleworth Shop & Café Following a village-wide survey and consultation process, it is felt that a shop would be a great asset to the village. As well as being somewhere to buy goods and local produce it would serve as an important social hub for the village. In addition, it will enable us to provide other valuable services, such as local post office services.

In October there was a Consultation Day where suggested location and proposed design drawings were displayed - details can now be seen on the website.

To enable the shop and café to be owned and run by the community for the community a Community Benefit Society (CBS) has been set up, called Fittleworth

Community Shop Ltd. The initial members of the CBS are a mix of Parish Councillors and other residents of the parish, although it should be noted that the CBS is its own entity and is now independent of the Parish Council. People in the community will be able to buy shares in the CBS through a share offer.

Shareholders will vote on its future direction and key decisions and there will be a Management Committee elected by the shareholders. More information on the share issue in the CBS will follow once the shop location has been decided and when any necessary consents, such as planning approval, have been obtained. In addition to raising funds through the share offer, it is also hoped donations will be received and grants will be applied for to finance the shop set up.

Christmas events Fittleworth Christmas Market 3 Dec 10 am-12:30pm Fittleworth Village Hall, School Lane RH20 1JB Fittleworth School Christmas Fete 9 Dec 6:30-8pm Fittleworth Village School, School Lane, RH20 1JB The next Fittleworth Parish Council meeting is on 12th December 7:00 pm at the Sports and Social Club, The Pavillion, next to the Village Hall 01798 831804 www.fittleworth-pc.org.uk

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Reader Letter - Thanks to St Barnabas Dear Editor My wife Susan died at the end of November last year.

She was just 63. Susan had collapsed suddenly at her golf club in August the previous year. Scans were taken and showed that she had a large terminal growth on her brain.

Her doctor referred us to St Barnabas House and when I took Susan into the hospice for the first time we met with Jackie, a Community Nurse, who we came to know very well. Jackie regularly came out to our home in Storrington and helped me to cope through the bad times.

Susan started going to the Day Hospice and it was brilliant for her, a chance to relax, have some therapy and chat to the staff and other patients.

Susan spent her last few weeks at St Barnabas. I was with her every day, but each evening I could go home knowing she was receiving the best possible care. All the nurses were so attentive to her, so supportive.

The memory I have of Susan, in bed in her room at the hospice, is that she was dignified, serene. On her last day I was with her and she slipped away without discomfort and in peace.

St Barnabas House nurses gave Susan the most incredible care. This Christmas, please join me in

helping them to offer the same care to other local people at the end of their lives. Thank you and may I wish you and your loved ones a happy and peaceful Christmas.

Ian, By Email St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care services to adults with advanced progressive lifelimiting illnesses, both within the hospice and in the comfort of patients’ own homes across West Sussex.

One simple way to support St Barnabas in Storrington is to visit their shop in Old Mill Square, opposite Waitrose, and either buy or donate an item. www.justgiving.com/St-Barnabas-Christmas-2016. www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk

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 Dog Waste Bins, as requested by Cllr. Tilbrook  Heavy Traffic Management - as requested by Cllr.

Agendas available at the time of going to print for November 2016 meetings include: 1) Planning & Services Committee held in the Sports Pavilion on 3rd November  The Committee considered the following planning applications: DC/16/2319 - 2 Glebelands Pulborough. Proposed first floor side extension and external cladding to existing house.

DC/16/2334 - 31 Lower Street Pulborough. Single storey front extension with glazed roof.

DC/16/2376 - Woodleigh, Nutbourne Lane, Nutbourne, Pulborough. Use of building for storage of building tools, equipment and materials (Lawful Development Certificate - Existing).

Dc/16/2439 - The Deck House, Hill Farm Lane, Codmore Hill Surgery x 1 Oak Tree.

Ref DC/16/1798 - Lakers Building & Fencing Supplies Ltd, Station Approach Ind Est, Station Rd, Pulborough.

Retrospective application for use of yard as storage area and construction of perimeter fencing for security and storage of building material and gates to match.

Ref SDMP/16/05308/FUL - Barn Meadow, Toat Lane, Pulborough. Change of use of site to agriculture.  State of Rectory Lane Road

 Pavement conditions, as requested by Cllr. Quested

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 New Post Office Services at Elite, as requested by

Cllr. Kay at the meeting on 6th October 2016.

2) Agenda from Finance & Policy Committee held at the Sports Pavilion at the Sports & Social Club on Thursday 10th November  To discuss the potential budget for the 2017/18 municipal year, for recommendation to full council.

3) Recreation & Open Spaces Committee held in the Committee Room at Pulborough Sports Pavilion on 17th November  To welcome Karen Brooks, Community Champion, at Tesco Pulborough and receive and discuss proposals of work that can be carried out by Tesco volunteers in Pocket Park.  To discuss the option of fencing around the outside gym equipment and to receive and discuss fencing quotations.  To receive the final Electrical Installation Condition Report for the S&SC and quotations for works To receive and discuss a quotation for yearly worm control on the cricket outfield.

Pulborough Parish Council, 01798 873532 or email clerk@pulboroughparishcouncil.gov.uk

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West Chiltington Parish Council Outdoor Gym and Fitness Trail The order has now been made for the Outdoor Fitness Gym and the Walking/Jogging Trail markers, and we can look forward to it being installed before the end of the year. We have been able to do this as a result of S106 money from the building of Bracklyn and Jayswood developments.

Reporting Crime The Parish Council is receiving an increasing number of emails about criminal damage to cars and property and anti-social behaviour around the parish over recent months. Some people feel that the separate incidents are too small to report, but the police request that we report everything so that they can build up a picture of the situation. If we can offer anything in the way of evidence to establish who the culprits are that would be all the more welcome. A reminder that you can report domestic abuse, hate crime, sexual offences, anti-social behaviour, assaults, criminal

damage, fraud, internet crime and more online by going to www.sussex.police.uk/ contact-us/report-online/ report-a-crime/ or phone 101.

In an emergency dial 999.

Scams It cannot be said too often that we need to look after our family, friends and neighbours to ensure they are not being targeted by criminals who recognise vulnerable individuals in order to defraud them. Sometimes lonely people enjoy phone calls and post from those who appear to take an interest in them, so they may be in denial and/or embarrassed once they realise what’s happened. Scams are becoming more sophisticated and harder to spot so they can happen to anyone of any age and we must all be more aware of the methods that are being used. For the latest news or to report any scams phone 0300 123 2040 or go to www.actionfraud.police.uk/news This is UK’s national fraud reporting centre and is very informative.

To contact the Parish Council tel: 01798 817434 email: wcpcclerk@aol.com or write to: Parish Clerk, West Chiltington Parish Council, Church Street, West Chiltington RH20 2JW or visit www.wchilt-parishcouncil.org.uk

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Installation, Service & Breakdown Call Matthew No job too small for prompt No VAT to pay reliable local service

553992

07979 746239

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Boiler & Central heating installations & upgrades Radiators OIL & GAS Engineers Powerflushing Servicing Landlord certificates 01903 791491 Plumbing 07584 650669 www.sussexboilerreplacements.co.uk

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SUSSEX LOCAL

54 Business Directory Plastering

PLASTERING

RENDERING All areas covered Free quotations Fully insured

northyathome@msn.com

01903 504 877 07920 798 071

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Roofing cont.

 Door Hanging RIVERSIDE HOME  General DIY MAINTENANCE  Painting & Decorating  Kitchen & Bathroom

R & R Roofing

Fitting & Tiling  Wooden Flooring  Patios & Decking  Flat Pack Assembly  Fencing & Sheds

Specialists

For a free quote please call Nigel on

07768 510 463 01903 745 685

www.riversidehomemaintenance.co.uk

Podiatry/Chiropody     

DAWN N JONES MSSCh MBChA

Pulborough Podiatry

Visiting appointments available

01798 872 647

30 years experience Flat Roofing Leadwork 01903 746 487 Tiling 07795 821 627 RandRRoofing.co.uk Slating

STEVE CHISWELL Roofing & Building

Pre School

New roofs, Chimney repairs, Re-pointing, UPVC fascias/guttering, Flat roofing, Leadwork. Est. 30 years

PULBOROUGH VILLAGE - Happy PRE PRE--SCHOOL Welcoming Friendly - Fun

01903 872365 07801 295889

 For children 2-5 years  Open 5 mornings

including lunch club Allison Walter

01798 875329

www.pulboroughvillagepreschool.weebly.com

Roofing

Property Services

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HANDYMEN

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LANDSCAPING, GARDENING NO JOB TOO SMALL Rob 15 YRS EXPERIENCE

Shirley

07796 950 876

allin1handy@hotmail.co.uk

01798 873311

YOUNGER ROOFING       

Flat Roofs Slating /Tiling UPVC Soffits Fascias Guttering Lead work Free estimates

Roofing since 1988

No VAT

01903 713 423 07984 884 642

younger.roofing@yahoo.co.uk

Tree Surgery D.R. GRADY

TREE SURGERY

- West Chiltington  Felling  Hedge Cutting  Pruning  Stump Grinding dr.grady@yahoo.co.uk

01798 815415 / 07703 358874 Insured & Fully Qualified

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01903 873 365 07517 368 468 rbdakin@aol.com Fully Insured - NPTC Trained & Qualified

through the door Tree Surgery cont.

Climbing Reductions Felling Stump Grinding Pruning

JONATHAN CARTER

Covers Pulborough, W. Chilt & surrounding villages NPTC City & Guilds. Insured Call or Text

KEVIN L. JONES

TREE SURGERY All aspects of tree surgery & hedge cutting. Fully Qualified & Insured.

01798 813550 / 07968 858087

SUSSEX TREES & HEDGES For all aspects of Tree Surgery

 C o m p l e te Removal

 S t u mp G r i nd i ng  P r u n i ng  H e d ge T r i m m i n g

 C r o w n R ed u ct i o n  D e a d W ood i ng  G a r de n C le a r an c e  F u l l y Q ua l if i ed  Fully Insured

Garry Miller 07786 447 554 sussextrees and hedges@hotmail.co.uk

Window Cleaning

Traditional & Professional

Window Cleaning

Interior & Exterior Conservatories  Year round 01903 745 949 07971 000 270 Services  

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Window Cleaning Services Locally Based

0800 677 1712 ppcwindowcleaners.uk

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