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Welcome to The Kemptown Rag! This month we have a competition to win two tickets to the Luna Beach Cinema, which will be back on Brighton beach from 31st July. We also have details of upcoming Pride events. The founder of Pool to Pier, Brighton’s first sea swimming course, tells us how the course has grown over the last 10 years – they are planning a number of events to mark their anniversary – and we hear from a volunteer for local charity Time to Talk Befriending on the benefits of befriending. Volunteers are particularly needed in this part of the city. We didn’t quite get the weather most of us wanted in June... Here’s to a sunny July! The Kemptown Rag Team

Contents... Page 4 Old Photo Page 7 Pool to Pier Page 9 Brighton Pride Page 11 Local History from St Mary’s Page 13 Greenfingers Page 15 Catherine Considine Page 17 Luna Beach Cinema Page 19 Befriending Charlotte Page 21 Bike Sup Brighton Page 22 List of Advertisers

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St. George’s Community Centre (beneath St. George’s Church) St. George’s Church houses the St. George’s Community Centre. We have a range of spaces for hire, from conference rooms to hall size, at very reasonable rates from £4.25 - £9.60 per hour. Rooms have projection facilities available and there is access to a kitchenette. We host a wide variety of events from children’s parties, through dance/ yoga classes to NHS training days. The centre is open from 8:30 until late most days (Sundays by arrangement) so do feel free to come in and see what is going on and what we have to offer. Enquiries can be made by contacting Chris Ryan on 01273 279448 (ext. 2) or emailing him at inthecrypt@msn.com. Church Sunday Service 10:30am followed by tea and coffee. (Parish office telephone: 01273 279448 Ext. 1) Café Opening Hours Weekdays from 9:00am until 2:30 pm (catering for events by arrangement. Telephone 01273 279448 Ext. 3)

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7 A great course for anyone wanting to become a confident sea swimmer...

Ten years of Pool to Pier! “Pool to Pier” - Brighton’s first sea swimming course - is ten years old this summer. Since it started with 13 plucky pool swimmers in 2009, it’s grown into one of the most popular courses in the city with the aim of turning competent pool swimmers into confident sea swimmers. Almost 1,000 swimmers have taken part and become confident at swimming round the Palace Pier and beyond. Based at the Brighton Swimming Centre in Kemptown and the beach on Madeira Drive, the year-round programme focuses on stroke development, stamina, tides and currents, and becoming proficient and capable open water swimmers. Paul Smith, who founded Pool to Pier, commented: “I was smitten with sea swimming myself and wondered if other people would be equally interested and passionate about the sea. I always had an environmental perspective in the back of my mind that the more people who swam in the sea, the more people who would care about the sea!” The swimmers who have completed Pool to Pier have been from very diverse backgrounds, but they share similar aims – they are keen to learn something new, have an adventurous spirit and often see open sea

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swimming as a way to “switch off” from a hectic life. During the ten years we have encountered a fascinating range of marine life including dolphins, porpoises and seals, and keeping the beach and sea clean is paramount. The environment is too big an issue now not to see litter (especially plastic) as everyone’s problem. We should always think, “Yes, it’s not our litter – but it’s our ocean!” It’s been an immense privilege to help introduce both adults and teenagers to the sea. I now see many of them swimming every day in the sea and I can see how it’s beneficially impacted on their lives. I’m so grateful for their support and for that of my team of coaches and lifeguards. We’ve planned a number of events to mark our anniversary including a huge beach clean, a swim on route to the wind farms and a social reunion with former swimmers. We are passionate about the sea and are looking forward eagerly to the next ten years. If you would like to find out more about the Pool to Pier programme, please get in touch. 01273 434400 www.pooltopier.com. Paul Smith Pool to Pier, Brighton Swimming Centre

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Not long to go until Brighton Pride...

Brighton Pride Weekend 2019...2nd to 4th August Pride Community Parade...Saturday 3rd August This year’s Community Parade begins on Hove Lawns at 11am and will take a slightly different route this year due to the Valley Gardens regeneration scheme – the floats, marching bands and community groups will make their way to Preston Park via North Road and not down North Street or past the Royal Pavilion. Pride Village Party...3rd to 4th August St James’s Street and Marine Parade will be hosting the Pride Village Party over Pride Saturday and Sunday. Anyone wanting to attend will require a wristband (available to buy from the Pride website). Pride Festival...Saturday 3rd August This year’s Pride Festival in Preston Park begins at 12 noon on 3rd August. It will be headlined by global superstar Kylie Minogue. Supporting Kylie are British chart stars Clean Bandit, X Factor finalist Fleur East, plus Björn Again, Alice Chater and Zak Abel, as well Pride Community Parade; photo from Brighton & Hove Pride

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It was his voice, which did not break during adolescence, that led him into drag. He was born Isaac Whitehouse in Birmingham in 1883, the son of a brass finisher who had worked his way up to own a small foundry. He was working for his father and contemplating a career in chemistry, when his sister’s singing teacher, the contralto Grace Ivell, overheard him singing effortlessly at the top of the countertenor range. She took him on as a pupil and by the time he was 20 he was singing professionally as a tenor and a male soprano. From there it was a short step – possibly not one approved by his father, who was also a Wesleyan preacher – to a career in vaudeville as a female impersonator. His first shows billed him as ‘The Perfect Lady and The Perfect Man’, and featured him switching rapidly between costumes and voices. Quite soon, however, the lady came to dominate,

and he became as famous for his exquisite gowns as for his singing and comic turns. In 1910, he married Rachel Isaacs, a London variety artist known professionally as Ray Hartley. After the birth of their daughter Betty in 1911, Ray returned to the stage with Bert, performing solo dances during his costume changes. In time, Betty joined the act too. Bert was on the cusp of success in America when the Great War began. He spent most of the war performing in Britain, but appears to have had a stint in 1918 entertaining American forces on the Western Front. After the war, his fame soared. He had top billing in Britain, Ireland, America, South Africa and Australia. Music publishers clamoured to feature his photo on sheet music covers, and dozens of postcards were published showing him as a perfectly primped flapper girl. In the 1930s, nearing 50, he shifted his drag act from believable illusion to the broad comedy of pantomime. He performed in Brighton virtually every Christmas until the Second World War. A superlative Widow Twankey and Dame Hubbard, he used to bring the house down with his song ‘Nobody loves a fairy when she’s old.’ He and Ray were living at Fairways, on Dyke Road, when he died of an asthma attack on 29 November 1949. For one recently so celebrated, his death was surprisingly little noticed in the press. Katherine Prior

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Befriending Charlotte... “Before I met you I didn’t use to care if I lived or died. Now I want to live forever!” (Charlotte, Time to Talk Befriending Scheme member aged 89 years). Whenever I’m asked what it’s like to be part of Time to Talk Befriending, I always want to get across that it is hugely rewarding to be “part of the solution to loneliness and making an impact on someone’s life”. However, personally I don’t feel like I’m giving up anything to spend time with Charlotte, who I have been visiting for three years now, or that it’s even a charitable thing! The duality of the benefits to the be-friendship is just as important in my life as it is for Charlotte. There is something underrated about simply making time to sit and have a face to face chat - no technology, no mutual gossip but a connection stripped back to basics of wanting to have a real and quality connection with another human being. I have a hunch that if we dug into why people volunteer for this scheme it would show that we

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(volunteers) are looking for company in just as much the same way as the members are. Whilst it’s not necessarily loneliness in the conventional sense that is driving us to volunteer, with the increase of isolation in society - especially in the millennial generation (because of social media quite frankly) - I think the work Time to Talk Befriending do and their befriending model will become increasingly important in society in recognising the value of connection. I can’t recommend befriending enough so if you have an hour to give once a week or once a fortnight please contact the team on 01273 737710 volunteers@tttb.org.uk www.tttb.org.uk/volunteers/ for further details. Harriet (Volunteer Befriender at Time to Talk Befriending)

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School holiday adventures... Stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) - one of the fastest growing water sports in the world - is taking the UK by storm with a number of active and enthusiastic SUP communities springing up across the South East. Calum, co-director at Bike SUP Brighton (an adventure sports company based in Brighton) outlines why mountain biking and SUP combine to make the perfect adventure experience: “SUP has similarities to other water sports like surfing or kayaking, but it is much more accessible than either. Beginners can achieve a basic level of competence relatively quickly and it is suitable for a wide variety of ages. It’s incredibly relaxing once you get the hang of it! Mountain biking offers more of a thrill, as you get that rush of adrenaline by exploring and navigating flowing trails. Both activities give people the opportunity to invest in both their physical and mental wellbeing.” If you have tried SUPing you’ll appreciate the physical benefits - although it looks quite sedate you’ll still probably discover muscles you never knew you had!

As a BSUPA instructor, Calum adds that “once you have got to grips with the basic paddle technique, SUPing can be a fantastic way to unwind, engage your core and escape the urban jungle.” Visitors to Sussex beaches may have seen SUPs out in the waves, but there is an abundance of inland SUP venues in Sussex too, including rivers such as the Arun, Ouse and Adur, with many routes providing a chance to escape and enjoy unspoilt beauty and an abundance of wildlife. First-timers will appreciate the accessibility, safety and views of the meanders at Cuckmere Haven, whereas more experienced paddlers can enjoy the fast-flowing fun of the rivers Adur and Arun. Mountain bikers are also spoilt for choice in the Sussex area, with great riding to be had at Friston and Bedgebury forest, not to mention the abundance of secret singletrack spots for more experienced riders. With the numbers of SUPs set to increase again this summer, Calum notes that new paddlers should have a good understanding of the potential hazards, including wind and tides, and should consider doing a ‘ready to ride’ course with a BSUPArecognised school. Bike SUP Brighton offer Paddle Board and Bike Adventure Days over the school holidays for 12-15 year olds as well as Paddle Board lessons for all ages and adventure days for groups. For more information visit www.bikesupbrighton.com

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