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4 Meet a local resident who has started his own cycle repair business…
Hove Park person… Matt Bentham Matt Bentham lives in Dyke Road. His job was moved to China during lockdown, so consequently he has started a cycle repair business, Devils Bykes, from his workshop. What was your job before lockdown? Before lockdown my job was a technology leader for a large global bank. I managed the data analytics technology department, with a team of about 200 people. Why did you decide to set up your own business? Lifestyle was the biggest reason; I’ve spent 21 years going up and down to London.
During that time I spent lots of time out of the country, working for global banks and having global teams. So the opportunity to work and live in Brighton had a strong pull, and opening my own business seemed a good way of doing that. Tell us more about Devils Bykes… For as long as I can remember I’ve been interested in bikes. As a child I would take a sandwich and disappear for the day on my bike, only to surface again at tea time.
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My passion is my mountain bike, having had a few on and off for 25 years. I’ve always maintained my bikes and I really enjoy fixing things. If there are new problems I like the challenge of finding solutions. Applying that knowledge to repairing other people’s bikes seemed like a good way to make a pastime into a business. How is it going so far? It’s going really well. We thought it would be slow to begin with, but Coronavirus and lockdown have driven people back onto their bikes. This has accelerated the start-up of the business, and we seem to be getting many new bikes every day; the only problem is that spare parts are sometimes scarce. What do you do to relax? Obviously I do like to go out on my bike, that is something I need to make more time for. Practical stuff is something that I enjoy, whether that involves fixing things, mending random objects or decorating our house. Cooking is fun, and that definitely helps me to relax. My other great love is music and another bonus of working from home is spending the day listening to Radio 6. At last I can keep up with the music scene. For more information, visit devilsbykes.com, email Matt at matt@devilsbykes.com or phone 07775 582898.
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6 News from Conservative councillor for Hove Park Samer Bagaeen…
Hove Park Councillor News COVID-19 With social distancing between family and friends left up to personal choice, please stay safe and look after yourselves, loved ones and friends.
April. We also contacted officers straight away as the email from Aldi came out of the blue.
The site, Court Farm House, 2.2 acres and owned by Aldi, forms part of the wider Toad’s Hole Valley strategic area alloHOVE PARK BINS cated for new homes, commercial and Frustratingly, officers have now advised community space. Aldi are looking at circa that our request for more and larger bins 110-120 parking spaces, with a 20,000 sq is getting held up in council bureaucracy. ft retail store. We’ve been advised that the During consultations with internal stakeproposed store will be primarily designed holders, several key risks to delivery were to serve Hove but will take trade from the identified. These are mainly logistical issues rural hinterland off the A27. that officers claim could lead to inconsistent collections. I’ve asked what these risks Aldi are aiming for the building to be BREEare. Officers will now conduct further inter- AM excellent in design terms; it will have a wild meadow green roof, and a detailed nal consultations and amend the original travel plan and full transport impact asplans. We may yet be surprised! sessment will be submitted. SACKVILLE TRADING ESTATE Obviously, the holding objection from The developers, MODA, have appointed Midgard as a construction partner. The project’s Community Liaison Manager is Matthew White who is contactable on 07909 744 088 matthew.white@midgard.ltd.uk.
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT CONCERNS If you live on or if you have been affected by traffic on Shirley Drive then please fill in this petition, set up by residents, to push for a safer road: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/ petitions/traffic-safety-on-shirley-drive. I have also met with our local PCSO, Chloe Darling, and Sussex Police will run speed checks on Shirley Drive. COURT FARM - ALDI On 22 April, Cllr Brown and myself got an email from Aldi’s agents who are looking to prepare a planning application for a new store along King George VI Avenue. Cllr Brown and I asked to meet them immediately and did so in a virtual meeting on 29
Highways England on the A27 junction for the Toad’s Hole Valley development remains in place. Aldi has posted 4,000 leaflets to local residents and the consultation website is now live at www.aldiconsultation.co.uk/hove. Do also get in touch with me or Cllr Brown with any concerns. Councillor Professor Samer Bagaeen Samer.Bagaeen@ brighton-hove.gov.uk Your local representatives... Vanessa Brown and Samer Bagaeen are Conservative councillors for Hove Park ward. You can contact them at: vanessa.brown@brighton-hove.gov.uk 01273 291143 samer.bagaeen@brighton-hove.gov.uk 07562 437606
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Trimming the Copse For three weeks in May, Three Cornered Copse echoed to the sound of chainsaws and wood chippers, as the council’s contractors went to work on the larger inhabitants of our woodland. Their focus was to take away the branches that threatened to fall across the paths and into the areas that people might be. Some of the trees are quite old and had some evidence of rot in the trunk. So they were reduced to a monolith. This provides habitats for insects and small invertebrates over the years to come, and lasts much longer than a trunk on the forest floor. There were a few concerns about doing this at the time when birds are nesting, and some of our members spoke to the contractors, who reassured us that they did a survey of the trees they were working on to ensure no nests were threatened. Arboriculturalists tend to be part ecologists and sympathetic to the fauna of a woodland; it was good to hear them recognising our concerns. Much of the work was “taking the weight” off some of the older beech trees, to keep them living but also safe from dropping on to populated areas.
a dozen bags were filled with the debris of picnics, drinking parties and coffee meetings.
Recently, the bottom lane to Goldstone Crescent has been churned up by contractors accessing building works in the garden of one of the houses. As a bridleway, this is prohibited to motor traffic, but despite this, the damage to the lane proceeded unchallenged. We’ve requested a more secure gate to prevent this Our first work day for Friends of Three Cor- happening in the future. Despite the comings and goings, the nered Copse finally took place, accomcopse is looking at its best in this Spring panied by our Park Ranger. Only six of us and early Summer; it’s well worth a stroll were present, in line with the rules, and to see the vibrant greens and blossoms at the focus was on tidying up after a long absence. A large amount of litter had been this time of year. dropped over the months, and around Simon Baxendale On a recent BBC programme, a tree surgeon stated that beech trees can live for 300 years: “A hundred years to grow, a hundred years to live, and a hundred years to die.” Let’s hope our beech trees are now fit enough to make it further along this timeline.
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10 Meet local artist, Kate Scott...
Hove Park Artist...Kate Scott Kate Scott is a contemporary artist living locally, very near Hove Recreation Ground. Having worked for many years part time as a counsellor in a women’s health organisation, she is currently focused on painting.
Kate was born in Brighton and then studied Fine Art Painting BA in London and an MA in printmaking in Brighton. She worked from various studios in London after graduating, but now has a studio at home in Hove. Kate is very inspired by nature and the environment; she experiences the physical act of painting like a conversation in which, using mark making and layers of colour, she taps into the silent voice that cannot be communicated any other way. She seeks to explore and crystallize the intangible sense of a particular place, and how it feels to be there, emotionally and physically. Kate’s work was recently hired by a production company to be featured in the first episode of ITV crime drama ‘Grace’, screened in March this year. The drama, based on the books by Brighton author Peter James, was filmed on location in iconic settings in Brighton. Several of her paintings were seen on the walls of a key character’s flat, and some will be exhibited this year as part of Artist’s Open Houses which will take place a month later than normal due to Covid-19.
The other artists are Gary Goodman, Kate Strachan, Ingrid Boucher, Milena Deparis, Nick Gardner and Jo Delafons. 1 Rigden Road, Hove, BN3 6NP will be VENUE 12 of the 7 Dials art trail in the Artists Open Houses brochure. The dates are Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June – 11am – 6pm. It will be operating under Covid guidelines and a side gate can be used to enter the house where limited numbers will be kept to during the weekend. The exhibition will stay up for the following week, to be viewed by appointment. Contact Kate (info@katescottpaintings.com) for more information, or to be added to the mailing list for invitations. Kate’s work is in private collections in the UK and abroad, and she has exhibited in solo and group shows, and she is also a guest artist in Jane Palmer & Friends Open House in Fiveways Brighton, every weekend of June. info@katescottpaintings.com 07719 337676
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Plans for Flexer Sacks factory site rejected... Brighton & Hove City Council’s Planning Committee, meeting on 5th May, have rejected plans for a development on Wellington Road and Camden Street, Portslade, and the former Flexer Sacks factory site on North Street. The site is in the South Portslade industrial area to the west of Boundary Road. Luna Group, whose directors include former Brighton & Hove Albion footballer Bobby Zamora and West Ham’s Mark Noble, proposed buildings of up to 11 storeys, with office and leisure space on the ground floor. The development would be built in three phases, with 65 flats built in Phase 1, up to 55 in Phase 2 and up to 16 in Phase 3. Phase 1 would provide only three parking spaces, but 38 parking spaces were planned for Phases 2 and 3. A planning officer’s report recommended approval, saying the scheme would make a significant contribution to the city’s housing shortfall. The council received 29 objections. Simon Page of St Andrew’s Road spoke at the Planning Committee on behalf of local residents. He complained that there had been insufficient public consultation and objected to the “abnormal height proposals”, saying the development would cause a parking overspill of at least 100 cars in an area where the ongoing parking problem had not been addressed. Ward councillor Les Hamilton accepted that the site was suitable for development, but thought this was too high. “If we halve the number of units and double the amount of parking, that would be possibly an acceptable option,” he said. David Williams, speaking for the developers, said that the scheme would deliver 136 homes, all in high-quality design buildings, without any impact on any residential properties in the vicinity.
In the committee debate, Cllr Joe Miller commented that the scheme would be a vast improvement on what’s there, which is unsightly: “It’s always been my view that, constrained by the sea and the Downs, there’s only one place we’re going to house people and that’s if we go up.” However, Cllr Carol Theobald said the development was “a ridiculous height” and Cllr Bridget Fishleigh said: “I think it looks really really horrible and they should go back to the drawing board.” The application was refused by 7 votes to 2 due to the poor quality of consultation with residents; the lack of parking spaces; the lack of three-bedroom-plus units; and the unacceptable visual impact. Committee chair Leo Littman said the committee would be very keen on the applicants coming back with an alternative that they might be able to support.
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A new wholefoods store, Love Wholefoods, opened in May on Kingsway, near Hove Lagoon. Manager Alex Callahan tells us more… Why did you decide to open a wholefoods store on Kingsway? We identified the site as having a lot of potential - it is easy to park on Kingsway, there is a lot of footfall past the front of the shop and there aren’t many places in the local area selling quality food and drinks. The location will really come into itself in the summer as it is a convenient place to stock up on tasty treats to take to the beach. What do you sell? Our vision was to create a friendly, welcoming environment stocking an interesting range of high quality products. Wherever possible we are selling locally produced goods, supporting small businesses in and around Brighton & Hove and the wider area. We have a good range of gluten-free products, cater well for vegans, and have lots of healthy and organic everyday products. We also have fresh bread, seasonal locally-grown produce and a selection of wine (including some fabulous Sussex sparkling and still wines from the likes of Rathfinny and Stopham Estate), craft beers and ciders. What is your most popular product? It’s very early days so far (I’m writing this at the end of our second day of trading) but our fresh bread is proving to be very popular as well as our curated selection of wine and local beers. Sussex cheeses, antipasti and our eclectic coffee selection are also selling well.
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Volunteers at Wish Park are working with the artist Becca Angel on a second mural on the electricity substation, following the success of the first mural, painted in 2020. This year’s mural will be entitled “Who’s hanging out in Wish Park?” and will also feature the planting of shrubs, herbs and grasses alongside the mural. A kids art workshop is due to be held in the park on 29 May as part of the project, and some of this work will be incorporated in the final design. The workshop will include a “find the elephant” competition, which is a parkwide search for the names of sporty elephants. A social media campaign has been launched to fund the second mural. Local businesses have been terrific in supporting the project but at the time of writing there is still about £4,000 to raise. Becca and her team of artists are looking to start the mural on 28th June, with a celebratory launch picnic at the end of July.
Work on the 2020 mural in Wish Park
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There are now Eucharist services at 9.30am on the first and third Sundays of each month at St Philip’s Church, New Church Road.
The Blooming Boundary Campaign are holding a Planting Day in Boundary Road/Station Road from 10am-12 noon on Saturday 12 June.
(The next services will be on 6 and 20 June.) Please wear a facemask unless exempt.
Gardening presenter Kate Bradbury will be helping again. Planters will be cleaned and replanted. Gardeners of every level of experience are needed. Email Robert Nemeth on robert.nemeth@brighton-hove.gov.uk for more details.
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20 Councillor Robert Nemeth, Conservative councillor for Wish ward, on safety in Portland Road…
Wish Ward Councillor News After a succession of different campaigns to improve safety on Portland Road, and one particularly upsetting incident, our battle for improvements continues with a petition calling for a 20mph speed limit. We need your support if we are going to win this one. Safety on Portland Road has become a major concern in recent years. With more people using it, and of course, schools, nurseries, shops, takeaways and several large building sites nearby, Portland Road has become quite the worry.
Safety on Portland Road has become a major concern in recent years. With more people using it, and of course, schools, nurseries, shops, takeaways and several large building sites nearby... With the support of the community, Cllr Garry Peltzer Dunn and I were able to secure Hove’s first ever pavement parking ban outside Wish Park Surgery by School Road. The cars are now gone and trees are in place. It was a no-brainer but something of a bureaucratic nightmare to pull off. To tackle pollution around the schools – and to increase biodiversity and visual amenity – we worked on a project with parents (special mention to Deborah Griffiths in particular) to plant a hedge all of the way across the front of Hove Juniors. It’s now in place and looks fantastic. Related to this, we have worked closely with the schools to call on the Council to introduce build-outs to corners along the length of Portland Road to help kids walk to school. A thorough scheme has been drawn up but has sadly been delayed so that Valley Gardens can be finished (this would not be our priority of course). It is
very much still happening though and is mentioned in the petition. Speed is ultimately a factor in all of this and a 20mph limit now feels essential. Going faster than 20mph just feels totally inappropriate in some of the busiest sections of the street. We are under no illusion that the limit will be broken in the clearer sections of the street (the western end particularly), and that most drive slowly in the busiest sections already. Nonetheless, concerns over safety must be taken seriously and addressed. I’m sure that we can all agree that Portland Road now feels much more dangerous than Kingsway, New Church Road and Old Shoreham Road (the three other 30mph roads in our part of Hove). We’d hugely appreciate support and hope to submit to the Council as soon as possible. A link to the petition is as follows: https://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=764 Cllr Robert Nemeth robert.nemeth@brighton-hove.gov.uk
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Poets Person…George Coombs
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George Coombs of Sackville Road has spent the past year writing a book, “Day’s End”, as his lockdown project.
What is your background? I am single, 74 years of age and am a retired lecturer. I retired in 1995 and have kept myself busy with various activities including writing and painting.
in a few words - the careful embrace of change in one’s life and keeping going along the path before you might be companion underlying themes. Are you planning any more books?
How long have you lived in Hove?
Watch this space…
I have been in Brighton and Hove most of my life. My late parents ran a Tamplins pub (now a private house) in Tidy Street, Brighton.
What are you most looking forward to once restrictions ease?
What is “Day’s End” about? The book concerns a series of events and how these impact on the lives of the people involved. Prominent people are Rosalynd Taylor, her daughter Samantha widely known as Sam, Father George Kolbe, a priest, and Alan, chaplain to the local prison. The book covers George becoming Catholic chaplain to the local prison where Rosalynd also becomes involved the characters experience dramas in their lives including Sam being murdered and George leaving the priesthood to marry Rosalynd. The book is difficult to sum up
Getting my life back. “Day’s End” by George Coombs is available from Amazon.
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Friends of Stoneham Park
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We are preparing in earnest for the Stoneham Park summer fair, which will be held on Saturday 17 July. Our theme for the event is “Happy Days are Here Again”, a song first used to celebrate the end of Prohibition in 1933, which aptly sums up how we all will be feeling once the last of the Covid restrictions are lifted. Fingers crossed!
We are still on the look-out for helpers for the day, as well as musicians, dancers, and entertainers. Please do get in touch with us by email if you would like to participate. If all goes according to plan, it will be a fabulous day out and a real celebration of a return to better times. After a six-month hiatus, we have now been given permission to hold the outdoor cinemas, as mentioned in previous issues, and we are also pleased to announce that The Snug café is due to reopen this month, six days a week. Stoneham Park has been very lucky to have our two favourite mural artists return to paint four fantastic aquatic murals on the back wall of the park. We asked for an underwater
scene, and look what we got! A fearsome shark, two playful dolphins, a sunken galleon, and cuddly red octopus! If you haven’t been to see them yet, be sure also to take a look at Harry Potter and Hogwarts on the kick wall. Once again, we extend our gratitude to Fek and Mazcan, two local talents of whom we can all be proud. On 7 June, we will be having our quarterly meeting to which all local residents are invited. It will probably be over Zoom, so please get in touch if you would like to come. Finally, Wednesday 16 June is Sussex Day so keep an eye on our flagpole that day! Richard Hearnden events@friendsofstonehampark.uk
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Job vacancies: Midgard are also working with Brighton & Hove City Council to offer work experience placements, apprenticeships and jobs. They will be visiting local community groups and schools to talk about safety and careers, covering all aspects of the built environment, from architecture through to construction. All their job vacancies and training opportunities will be advertised locally and through work employment schemes and the Job Centre. If you are interested in apprenticeships, work experience, a training course or want to apply for a job on the Sackville site please contact Matt the Community Manager, whose details are below. A dedicated web page will be launching in the coming months with all the latest information and progress updates.
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Redevelopment work has begun on the Sackville Road industrial estate. Midgard, who are the principal contractor for the new Moda development, say they aim to keep disruption to a minimum and work with the local community to make the construction as smooth and efficient as possible.
If you have any queries relating to the project, you can contact: Matt White, Community Manager 07909 744 088 matthew.white@midgard.ltd.uk Ana Craciun, Environmental Advisor 07741 142 538 ana.craciun@jrlgroup.co.uk
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28 A Brighton group spreading their wings into Hove…
Nam Yang martial arts Nam Yang Brighton Community Association are incredibly excited to open our doors to the residents of Hove at our new location at Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road. Nam Yang Brighton has been teaching martial arts and combat sports locally since 1999 and since 2011 we have been operating at our full-time centre off the Lewes Road in Brighton. Everyone is welcome at Nam Yang and our classes are suitable for all ages, backgrounds and abilities. We teach traditional martial arts, including mindfulness and meditation techniques as well as combat sports. So, whether you’re looking for Kung Fu, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Savate Kickboxing (a speciality of ours), Lion and Dragon Dance or Chi Gong, we have a class for you. At Nam Yang, we’re passionate about martial arts. We’re even more passionate about community, friendship and inclusivity. We celebrate difference – whether that be about physical or mental disabilities, income, ethnicity, sexuality, or any other aspect of difference. We all train together and anyone and everyone is welcome. Our aim at Nam Yang is for each of our students to become physically and mentally healthier, happier and more confident as they develop their skills in a completely inclusive environment. We’re a space where students can enjoy fun and engaging classes, while making some great friends along the way. Community is at the heart of what we do. We are proud of the family we have built at our Brighton location and look forward to spreading our wings into Hove. Our ethos has always been to provide inclusive and affordable martial arts for our community, this means we offer a sliding scale fee system for people and
families on low incomes. We also deliver free workshops and demonstrations for schools and community hubs and discounted memberships to all students and service staff (NHS, Fire, Police). We also work with many people with disabilities, including the UK’s first disabled Savate kickboxing competitor. We look forward to starting an exciting new chapter in Hove and we look forward to getting to know more of you, whether attending our sessions, or seeing you out and about in the local area. If you would like to pop down for a free trial week, book a one-to-one private session, or if you’re interested in any of our workshops, please drop us an email at: info@namyangbrighton.co.uk For further details about our club, please head to our website: www.namyangbrighton.co.uk
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31 This article is by Anja Ashton of Language Garden…
Five essentials to raising a bilingual child If you’ve thought about raising your child bilingually, but find the prospect daunting, or have previously tried and given up, then this article is for you. No matter what age your child, by following these five steps, you should be able to give them the wonderful gift of a second language. 1. Define your goals
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Ask yourself what you want for your child. Would you like them to simply understand the second language, or be able to speak it, or read and write it, or ultimately to achieve a qualification that will allow them to work in the country of the second language? 2. Create an action plan With a bit of research, you can usually find a good range of resources. Every major language has a wide spectrum of learning materials from books and DVDs to educational software and apps. Once you’ve done your research, plan a weekly schedule with daily manageable activities. A Zoom call with relatives can be as valuable as more formal learning. 3. Maximise human exposure There’s no substitute for interacting with people who speak the second language. Indeed, without such interaction children don’t reach the comfort level that enables them to willingly use the language. 4. Activity based learning is king
5. Build a bilingual community When your child enters an English-speaking school, it is inevitable that English will become their stronger language, even if they continues to speak the second language at home. However, she can still progress in the second language if you continue to speak it to them. It will also make it much easier for them to learn new languages. Being a German mum in Brighton, it was very important to me that my children grew up bilingual. Back in 2014 I set up a small German kindergarten from our family home in Kemptown to create a community of families and children. Seven years on, we run a thriving pre-school setting at Falmer’s beautiful village hall. The children learn the language through creative play and adventures out in nature.
Children learn by doing, so any activity that uses their senses will enhance their learning. Using gestures helps them to learn the meanings of new words. So, for example, if you’re making pancakes, invite your child to get out the milk from the For more information contact Anja Ashton fridge, pour it in the bowl, count the eggs, on 07930 494822 or email mix in the flour and smell the vanilla sugar. info@language-garden.co.uk. Have a local editorial item? Email info@brightonandhovemagazines.co.uk
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33 Local history from Lindsey Tydeman of The Keep archive centre…
This photograph (ref AMS/7028/356/4) appeared on the front page of the Brighton Herald on 3 May that year, so it may have been an important event. Perhaps it was the first time that bowls had started again since the end of the war in 1945. It’s tempting to think so, as his audience looks very happy! Hove was – and still is – home to several bowls clubs. The dress code for players, depending on the event, is ‘whites’ (all white clothing), ‘greys’ (grey trousers or skirt and white tops) or ‘casual’. And while the bowls may look the same to the uninitiated, they vary in weight, from a lady’s ‘00’ which can be held in one hand, to a ‘7’ which most people can’t lift. There’s forehand, a straightforward cast from the right hand, and backhand, a throw from the same hand but from a starting position curved into the body. Passing by the greens (rinks) as play is in progress, it’s easy to underestimate the skills required. Although the idea is straightforward - get the bowl as close as possible to the jack (a small white ball)
which is rolled onto the rink first – it’s not easy, as each bowl is shaved on one side so it rolls on a bias. Players work to combine the pace of the bowl, which comes from the rink’s surface, with the line (direction) which comes from the bias. The weather adds complications. As veteran bowls player and Hove resident Nick Laver says, ‘The rink in the picture – at the Hove and Kingsway Bowls Club on Hove seafront – is a devil! The wind just swings your woods around!’ In recent years fewer people have been playing bowls and the local council has stopped maintaining the public rinks. One set is still maintained on Hove seafront but the other two there, as well as several in local parks, have been left to run to seed. Poignant reminders of a popular sport which has, perhaps, run its course, they will soon be unrecognisable. Without the diligent attention of groundsmen and their tools and chemicals it only takes weeks for weeds and holes to undo the work of years. www.thekeep.info
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Watched by an admiring group of men, the Deputy Mayor of Hove, Alderman Clarke, sends down the first wood to open Hove’s bowling season in 1947. His style shows he’s obviously a bowls enthusiast!
34 Glenn Norris of the Sussex Wildlife Trust looks at wildflowers in Hove…
Pavement Plants Now is the best time of year to go searching for wildflowers in Hove, and luckily for us and our crazy paving there are plenty of opportunities for them to grow and green our pavements, brick walls and cracked roads.
The Dandelion is ubiquitous. It can grow almost anywhere and is abundant in Hove on the Lawns, Hove Park and everywhere between. But the copiousness of this plant shouldn’t undermine its importance to wildlife. The Dandelion is one of the first plants to open and therefore is one of the most sought after plants by our spring bees, like this Tawny Mining Bee, as they provide essential nectar and pollen sources for them to feed and store in their nests for when their young hatch. Dandelions, named for the ‘lion’s tooth’-like leaves, are actually worth taking a closer look at. There are 250 species of Dandelion in the UK and each has slight variations in their flowers and leaves, some of which can be very rare, even the ones we walk past on the street daily. Another common sight is Shepherd’s Purse with its little white flowers and triangular seed heads, the shape of which give this plant its name. This is an interesting species for its journey from natural habitats to manmade urban areas. This is probably the most common flower in our pavements, yet you don’t see it as commonly in the wild, and even then it’s mostly along tracks and footpaths. Its main preference is for disturbed soil, so
before humans paved the towns, it would have been seen primarily in ploughed fields, before pesticides reduced its ability to survive. But this plant has been around before farming came along, so before then this plant was probably heavily linked to disturbance caused by wild grazing animals like Boar and Bison, even in Britain. Finally, one of the most delicate plants on our pavements and one for early risers is Scarlet Pimpernel. The flowers only open in sunlight and even then often close by early afternoon. The one in the photograph is actually in my garden, sprawling out from a bed in a typically untidy way, but the stunning little red flowers make up for it and are often visited by ants in the summer. These incidental plants provide fantastic resources for our urban wildlife, so take a closer look, and you might be pleasantly surprised by their appearance. glennnorris@sussexwt.org.uk
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37 News of the great work being done in the city by Age UK…
Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove Richard Harris is Volunteer Manager at Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, with a volunteer army of nearly 550 people. He tells us about the work of Age UK… We provide a wide range of services for older people, supporting and empowering them to make the most of life. We aim to help people remain healthy, stay independent, be informed and get connected. We offer information and advice and other services including things like help at home and nail cutting. Our social clubs and centres offer activities for fun, friendhave an amazing selection of volunteer ship and fitness. roles. All of them can be seen with role How has the charity been affected by the descriptions on our website (see below). lockdown? Some of these roles are specific to certain areas within West Sussex, Brighton & Hove. Lockdown brought huge challenges I have an amazing team of volunteers who as we had to close our centres to the public and lost a significant amount of our provide such an incredible amount of care, thought, empathy and a key understanding income. In addition, there was increased of what it’s like to be vulnerable out there demand for help, due to the number of in the community. I get a great sense of older people shielding or in self isolation. satisfaction when I am able to connect a We transformed our services, handling volunteer up with one of our services. The thousands of referrals to help vulnerable feeling of creating and building teamwork older people locally. We prioritised inforin the city is awesome and it’s only achievmation and advice, doorstep deliveries, emergency welfare and safety support for able with the time and goodwill of our the most vulnerable, telephone befriend- wonderful volunteers. ing and wellbeing advice. Do volunteers receive training? Where are your centres in Brighton & Yes they do, they receive mandatory Hove and are they providing activities training plus also specific service training again yet? (depending on what volunteering role In Brighton our office is based at 29-31 Prestonville Road, BN1 3TJ (near the Seven Dials). In May/June, we hope to be re-opening services in line with Government guidelines. Get in touch if you’re interested to find out what’s happening.
they choose). For more information or to donate, visit: ageuk.org.uk/westsussexbrightonhove
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39 Community Champion Kay Sexton tells us about initiatives at the Weald Allotments…
The Weald Community Fridge Local writer Kay Sexton was chosen as a Community Champion earlier this year by Brighton and Hove Buses for devoting her free time to local initiatives at Weald Allotments in Hove, including the Weald Allotments Community Fridge.
We’re based on an allotment site so it seemed natural to share any over-abundance of fruit and vegetables with others. But we had no idea that we were going to be facing a pandemic that turned us into a frontline food provider in our first week! How does it work? We receive surplus food from supermarkets, combine it with fresh organic produce from our allotment-holders and distribute it to the local community on Thursdays and Sundays between 10:00-12:00. Anybody can come and collect a bag of food, no questions, no hassle, no waste!
Kay Sexton (centre) with fellow volunteers Scott Jones and Rosamund Watson
resources to cook a hot meal or to heat their home. We hope that Soup Sunday will both offer a chance to eat a nourishing meal in pleasant company and - if necessary - share a cheap, simple and delicious recipe that they can later make at home.
Is there still a high demand?
Do you have a lot of volunteers?
Yes. Every week we have new people visit the fridge. Food insecurity is a hidden problem across our city, and many who look prosperous or secure may still be facing difficulties. Furlough and layoffs have made it tough for a lot of people at present. That’s part of our Soup Sunday strategy …
We do: fridge heroes, foragers and soup dragons! Until May 2021 we also had delivery drivers taking food to those most in need across the city, but today, as restrictions ease, we’re stopping deliveries to focus on building food resilience in our local community. Then there’s the countless anonymous voluntewers on the Weald Allotment site who donate amazing fresh fruit, veg and herbs every week, because without them we’d lose the backbone of our fridge’s supplies. And we’re always looking for more volunteers to join us.
Tell us more about your Soup Sundays… So Soup Sunday has three objectives. 1 - to bring together our allotment community once a month in the winter 2 - to offer a bowl of free, vegetarian soup to our wider local community 3 - to share an easy-to-cook recipe that may help people who are in ‘heat or eat’ - the form of food insecurity that is most common in winter when many individuals find themselves torn between using their
The Weald Allotments are off Weald Avenue, near the Old Shoreham Road. The Community Fridge is open from 10am to noon on Thursdays and Sundays. For more information email wealdallotments@gmail.com.
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43 News from the council…
Good news...more loos! Brighton & Hove City Council have installed 24 new toilets on the seafront. The portable loos are located at six sites with high footfall along the seafront, with the aim of easing queueing outside existing toilets. They are open 24/7, with the existing toilets closing as normal at 8pm. Each site has four individual Portaloo cubicles, with two sites in Brighton and four in Hove, where demand for public loos has grown significantly in the last year. There are also separate urinal blocks at four of the sites. The locations, and nearest permanent toilets, are: Hove •
Opposite Brunswick Square on Hove Lawns. Four loos plus one separate urinal. Nearest, King’s Esplanade 460m.
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Twenty public toilet sites in total The six new temporary sites have added to the 14 existing permanent loos, meaning there are 20 public toilet sites in total along the seafront. This includes the new toilets at Shelter Hall which opened in April. There are also dozens of loos in the pubs, cafés and restaurants along the beach. The temporary sites will be in place until the beginning of September. They will be cleaned three times a day at the weekends, bank holidays and school holidays, and twice on weekdays. The council aim to stock up all the toilets as much as possible with loo paper and soap. However, they cannot predict the amount individual people will use or, unfortunately, guarantee against theft. They therefore encourage people to carry their own supplies where possible…just in case.
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45 A socially distanced sport for all abilities…
Sussex County Croquet Club Sussex County Croquet Club, tucked away in Kingston Lane, Southwick is a hidden gem. Croquet is the perfect sport both for competitive and social play and is made for social distancing.
The club is known throughout the croquet world for its warm and friendly atmosphere, welcoming players of all abilities from complete beginners to internationals. The sport has been among the first to be permitted to reopen after each lock-down and is experiencing a surge of new members as more people discover this challenging, tactical but above all fun, sport. New member Elizabeth Bell says: “Joining SCCC has been a life-saver for me. Members have been welcoming, encouraging and happy to coach beginners. The setting is wonderful and it feels so very safe, playing in the open air.”
The club offers free taster sessions and four free lessons to anyone wanting to try croquet The club offers free taster sessions and four free lessons to anyone wanting to try croquet and while many members enjoy simply playing friendly games with friends, for those who enjoy competitive sport there are qualified coaches and tournaments for all levels throughout the year. When coming along for the first time you will be introduced to Golf Croquet, a game where the basics can be learned in an hour but which can take a lifetime to master as it’s all about tactics! Games generally take less than an hour and can be played as singles or doubles. As your
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skills improve and you begin to understand the intricacies of the game you’ll understand why this most traditional of games continues to intrigue. SCCC has been on its present site since 1901 but its origins go back as far as 1869 when the club was formed at its original location at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. In these strangest of times croquet is experiencing a resurgence as more and more people discover the benefits, both physical and mental, of this fascinating game. The club is looking forward to re-opening its members bar and kitchen when the next stage in the COVID roadblock is reached. After a challenging game or three there’s nothing finer than a cold pint, sitting in the sun, admiring the view across those 11 perfect lawns. Come and see for yourself!
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46 This year’s Artists Open Houses festival has moved to June…
Artists Open Houses 2021 The Artists Open Houses festival will take place across Brighton & Hove over five weekends, from May 29 to June 27. Free to visit, the festival will see over 1,000 artists and makers open the doors to their houses or studio spaces in more than 100 venues to exhibit and sell their artwork direct to the public.
Free to visit, the festival will see over 1,000 artists and makers open the doors to their houses or studio spaces in more than 100 venues to exhibit and sell their artwork direct to the public. Becky Blair is the artist chosen for the 2021 AOH brochure cover. Her lively and eclectic style, combined with her vivid use of colour and dream-like reflections, makes her work highly sought-after. Becky will be exhibiting at 66 Brading Road, Brighton. Some of the festival highlights in Hove include: Art at 21 - 7 Dials Trail Sat 19 & Sunday 20 June. Returning for a second year for one weekend only, this strong group of artists will be showing together in a pop-up venue. Paintings by Kate Scott (whose work was recently featured in ITV’s Grace), Nick Gardner, Kate Strachan, Gary Goodman, photography by Milena Deparis and mixed media by Jo Delafons. 1 Rigden Road, Hove Friends of St Ann’s Well Gardens 27 & 27 June, 11am-4pm. 25 local artists will be showing their work each day in the beautiful gardens. Live music, a lovely café and plenty of space to picnic.
Moonlight Sonata I by Clare Maria Wood in Carlisle Road
Clare Maria Wood – Independent Trail Clare Maria Wood is new to AOH and will be opening her home and studio for the 3rd and 4th weeks. Her ethereal seascape painting and hand-pulled collagraph prints are inspired by the Sussex coast and her most recent collection, ‘Hope’, is a response to the pandemic. 68 Carlisle Road, Hove Below Stairs at No 10 - Regency Town House basement Four artists will be sharing new work in response to this intriguing space. Much of it untouched for nearly 200 years, this servants’ living and workspace inspired a response in a range of media and perspectives. Mixed media from Fleur Cowgill and Hilary Kennett, paintings by Mark Wilson and Sharon Fraser Hall. Basement, No 10 Brunswick Square, Hove Full listings can be found at aoh.org.uk
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49 There’s a Comedy Festival this month at the BOAT in Dyke Road Park…
June at B.O.A.T. (Brighton Open Air Theatre)
For children, there’s a production of David Walliams’ best-seller “Mr Stink”; and a brand new musical adaptation of “The Further Adventures of Doctor Dolittle” by Illyria, which features a fully orchestrated score, amazing puppets and a plethora of songs that you’ll be singing along to for years to come. “The Ugly Duckling” is a lovely new ballet for the whole family. With crystal-clear story-telling, larger than life characters and gorgeous costumes, it tackles themes of social acceptance and liking yourself in a child-friendly, charming manner.
errors by Nikolai Gogol, performed by Year 12 students from Newman Drama Academy; and a humorous adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” by The Pantaloons. “The Bench” is a hilarious tale of an epic conflict over a public bench; and “Estella” is a ground-breaking, imaginative and vibrant adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, led by a band of three actor musicians. “Lord God” is a new musical comedy by Philip Reeve and Brian Mitchell, whose previous collaborations include “Pugs of the Frozen North” and “The Ministry of Biscuits”. Building on their reputation for thought-provoking comedy, Lord God takes a timely look at morality, faith, and why sometimes it is best not to take things too seriously. To celebrate the Summer Solstice, Brighton’s own maverick guitarist, composer and ukulele virtuoso Richard Durrant will be returning with his trademark blend of original music, British-flavoured folk, JS Bach and plenty of tales from the road, in his first appearance in front of a live crowd this year. For the full programme and to book tickets, visit brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk
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June at the Brighton Open Air Theatre brings a Comedy Festival, with performances from a host of household names, including Stephen K Amos, Sara Pascoe, Marcus Brigstocke and The Noise Next Door. Mark Steel will be going head to head with his son Elliot Steel for a Sunday afternoon not to be missed.
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51 Two great concerts in support of Martlets Hospice…
Musical Double Bill at All Saints Church Music Theatre 2000 and Showtime Productions are proud to be celebrating the long anticipated coming out of lockdown and a return to theatrical events by presenting a musical double bill at All Saints Church in Hove.
Saturday 3rd July at 2.30pm “WHEN YOU BELIEVE” A concert featuring music from popular Broadway and West End musicals and featuring a “Disney” finale – a pot-pourri of favourite songs from some of the best film and stage musicals to come out of the Disney studios. The cast comprises singers who have appeared in West End shows and national tours of musicals alongside some of the best local talent including the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus.
Saturday 3rd July at 6.00pm “A NIGHT AT THE OPERA” An evening of superb singing by experienced opera singers in a programme of arias, duets and ensembles from some of the most popular operas including Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, La Traviata, Carmen, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute and many more. The cast includes Lindsey McKee, Karen Orchin (Sopranos), Hilary Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Buxton, Guo Yao Yu, Calum Jones (Tenors) and Jonathan Fisher (Baritone). Both programmes have been devised by SIMON GRAY, an experienced producer and musical director. Further information from Simon Gray – simon@firstnight-cabaret.co.uk
Tickets “When You Believe” – all tickets £12.50 “A Night at the Opera” – all tickets £14.00 Special combined ticket price for both concerts - £22.00 Available from 01273 555089 Doors open 30 minutes before the performance starts. Music Theatre 2000 & Showtime Productions
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On Saturday 3rd July there will be two different concerts featuring great talent and glorious voices. In the afternoon, there will be a programme of musical theatre songs and choruses, and, in the evening, a concert of opera highlights. Both concerts are being given in support of The Martlets Hospice.
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54 A few Fringe events in Hove…
Brighton Fringe in Hove About the Garden The setting for this quirky, original performance is a charming garden where three couples become embroiled in a mayhem of mishaps and mistaken identities. Past, present and future collide, unearthing secrets, destabilising realities and changing perspectives. Devised in the bleak Covid winter, Wired Theatre has created a sprightly, light-hearted romp on a Hove lawn. This unique entertainment marks Wired Theatre’s 20th appearance in the Brighton Fringe and continues its ethos of making work in non-theatrical spaces. The authentic garden provides a colourful backdrop for a surprising and imaginative fiction. 29 May-27 June; 4 Rigden Road, Hove, BN3 6NP; tickets from £8
The Spirit of Woodstock Inspired by the hippie and counterculture movements, the multi-award-winning Something Underground Theatre Company brings you a super-cast. Meet festivalgoers, organisers, chopper pilots, performers (Garcia, Townshend, Janis), locals, policemen, dealers, Yasgur, toilet cleaners, TV reporters, astronauts, politicians, anti-war riots, Vietnam vets and many many more.
costumed in the Jacobean style, a slick edit and an inclusive pre-show interactive event. 20 June; 1pm & 5pm; St Ann’s Well Gardens; tickets from £15
A Bear Called Bottom and A Dog Called Snoop A tale of love, jealousy and sausages. The Purple Teapot Puppet Company are back with a brand new show about a teddy bear and dog vying for the affection of their very silly human. Suitable for age 3+. 13 & 26 June; 1pm & 3pm; The Brunswick, 1 Holland Road; tickets from £7
IntenSation A live music disco-funk night, with a six-piece live band playing original material interwoven with all the classic disco and funk tracks. 18 Jun; 7pm; The Brunswick; tickets from £30
WAY OUT WAY OUT is an exhibition of a new body of work by Stanley Donwood – a stunning reminder of the breath-taking landscapes found in the UK, Ireland and France. Stanley Donwood is known for his work with rock band Radiohead, whose album covers he has produced since 1994. 10am-6pm; free (ticketed); The Whistleblower Gallery in St John’s Road
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28 May – 27 June; St Ann’s Well Gardens; tickets from £10
Join Sew in Brighton Sewing School for a fun and creative afternoon learning to use a sewing machine. Leave with your beginner project of choice: tote bag or cushion. Suitable for complete beginners or refreshers.
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare’s masterpiece and most popular comedy ‘Twelfth Night’, an amazing, rounded play for actors and audience alike. Written c1602/3 it still packs a fun-filled punch today. Performed with a cast of nine professional actors, beautifully
13 & 20 June; 2-5pm; 18 Kingsway House, Church Road, Hove; tickets £25
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Celebrated singer/songwriter Alan Bonner is bringing his unique twist on the ABBA classics to the Brighton Fringe with some extra special surprises in store. The show will see ABBA superfan Bonner sing a selection of favourites including Chiquitita, The Day Before You Came and The Winner Takes It All, as well as some lesser known but carefully chosen ABBA classics. He will be joined by a five-piece band of acclaimed Brighton musicians and multi-award-winning singer Paul Diello on collaborative vocals. Together, they perform lovingly reworked ABBA ear candy with a lush, theatrical soundscape and distinctive arrangements and instrumentation. 25 & 26 June; 8pm; The Brunswick, 1 Holland Road; tickets £12
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Luca Cupani (Words in Progress) Storytelling meets observational humour. Burdened with a rather heavy luggage of classical culture and history studies, Luca talks about his personal life choices and the current state of the world through the lens of a dark, educated humour. 12, 19 & 26 June; 5.30pm; Artista Café, 42 Waterloo Street; tickets £8 More information and tickets at brightonfringe.org. Have a local editorial item? Email info@brightonandhovemagazines.co.uk
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57 The Warren is back in Victoria Gardens as part of Brighton Fringe…
The Warren returns It has been a tough 12 months, but good times are on their way – starting with the return of Brighton’s favourite festival hangout: The Warren.
Highlights include alternative comedy stalwart Arthur Smith; the return of Ethiopia’s dazzling Circus Abyssinia, the live adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s beloved children’s book The Snail and The Whale, plus after-hours comedy club The Late Show, which will be playing host to comic powerhouses such as Reginald D Hunter, Zoe Lyons and Paul Sinha. It will mark a triumphant return for live entertainment after a year in which venues were forced to pull their programmes as the Government imposed a nationwide lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst The Warren was unable to go ahead, production company Otherplace quickly responded to the challenges of the crisis and by July had opened The Warren Outdoors, a new, socially distanced venue on Brighton beach. Offering a platform for performers who had seen their tours and festivals cancelled, acts including Jimmy Carr, Sara Pascoe and Russell Kane brought much-needed laughs to an anxious public. The same sense of innovation drives this year’s edition of The Warren at Victoria Gardens. Otherplace has mothballed its existing indoor venues and instead built two new spaces that offer the thrill of live entertainment within a Covid-secure en-
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The multi-venue site at Victoria Gardens – now reconfigured to include two, purpose-built, Covid-safe outdoor theatres and four immersive bars - opens its gates on May 27 as part of this year’s eagerly-anticipated Brighton Fringe. More than 70 shows are on offer at The Warren 2021, spanning comedy, cabaret, theatre and storytelling.
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vironment. The McElderry is an open-air amphitheatre built out of shipping containers and named in memory of Adam McElderry, a friend of The Warren, who worked backstage in theatre before he passed away in 2015. The smaller venue, The Oil Shed, is constructed from chequered, repurposed oil drums allowing free-flowing ventilation around the theatre. Audiences in both theatres are seated with their own group at a safe distance from others in the auditorium. The Warren at Victoria Gardens runs until July 11, when both theatres will move down to the seafront for The Warren on The Beach, located on Madeira Drive just east of Brighton Palace Pier. An additional programme of comedy, theatre and family shows will then be on offer until 30 August. Find more information at warrenfestival.co.uk.
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What’s On in Hove… Pilates
26th June
6pm Hove Methodist Church Contact Emily 07709 357622 www.pilateswithemily.co.uk/ contact-us-five
Hove – from Brunswick to the Burbs
We try and ensure these listings are correct BUT please check with the organisers of activities when attending for the first time.
Tuesday
Nam Yang Martial Arts
4.30pm Hove Methodist Church Upper Hall info@streetfunk.co.uk
Friday
Tai Chi & Q-gong
Slimming World
6.45pm, Wish Park See wishwudangtaichi.org.uk or contact Tim 07914 388290
9.30am, Hove Methodist Church Contact Trish 07821 007881
Adult classes daily starting in June Hove Methodist Church Portland Road info@namyangbrighton.co.uk Table Tennis Junior 1-2-1 sessions and adult sessions Wed-Sat Hove Methodist Church Pedro at pedro@ brightontabletennisclub.com
Food & Friendship Lunch Club Returning with restricted numbers from 8 June Hove Methodist Church Contact Caroline: cookingcaroline@outlook.com Streetfunk Dance class
Wednesday AA meeting 3pm, The Ellington Room, Hove Methodist Church
Monday
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Music Bugs Parents and babies/tots 9.30am, Hove Methodist Church www.musicbugs.co.uk/ brighton/classes Pilates
5pm, Hove Methodist Church Upper Hall www.ggsussexeast.org.uk/ rainbows.html LAMDA Drama Classes Hove Methodist Church Sarah on 07973 291056
9.30am Hove Methodist Church Upper Hall Contact Helen 07970 047799
Thursday
Monday Guild
Midweek Communion
Drop-in fellowship group 2.30pm, Hove Methodist Church
10am Hove Methodist Church Contact office 01273 324600
Brownies 5.30pm, Hove Methodist Church Upper Hall Register at: www.ggsussexeast.org.uk/ Brownies.html Guides 7pm: www.ggsussexeast.org.uk/ Guides.html
Food & Friendship Lunch Club For people with learning disabilitiesand over-50s; Returning with restricted numbers from 8 June Hove Methodist Church Contact Caroline: cookingcaroline@outlook.com Slimming World 4pm Hove Methodist Church Contact Trish 07821 007881
Tai Chi on the Prom 8-9pm Next to the Armada Beacon See wishwudangtaichi.org.uk or contact Tim 07914 388290
Polka Tots Parent and baby groups 12.45 and 2.00, restricted numbers at the moment; Hove Methodist Church Contact Rachel 07813 707929 or see Facebook page
A guided walking tour through Hove Discover how a single-track village with a dubious reputation developed into the eclectic and distinguished place we know today. The tour starts from the Waterloo Street Community Garden and finishes in Hove Street. 10.30am-12.30pm; £10; booking essential, with contactless payment in advance Contact Tania at sussextours@sky.com or 07414 681197
Sunday Sun 6th and Sun 20th June Eucharist Service 9.30am, St Philip’s Church New Church Road
CoDA meeting (Co-Dependents Anonymous)
Sunday 27th June
12-2pm, Hove Methodist Church Contact Sarah 07973 291056
Holy Communion 10.30am, Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road
StreetfunkDance class
HMC hope to go back to regular services in July.
4.30 and 5.30pm Hove Methodist Church Upper Hall info@streetfunk.co.uk Chatty Café Drop-in café and support 10am Hove Methodist Church Rachel on 07813 707929
Saturday AA meeting 4.15pm, The Ellington Room Hove Methodist Church 5th June Hove Local Monthly Market 1.30pm-4.30pm, Cornerstone Community Centre, Church Road
Please send your local events and classes to email address at the bottom of the page
IMPORTANT NOTE... We will update this list as soon as we receive information, but we strongly recommend phoning ahead to check when attending an activity for the first time.
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61 Healthy living advice from Nathalie Sansonetti…
Positive people live longer! New research into ageing from Oregon State University shows that people with a positive outlook about ageing live an average of eight years longer than those with negative views.
One of the researchers further pointed out that our thoughts about ageing are very predictive of how we’re going to age. She advanced that even common comments such as ‘another senior moment’ could negatively impact your health and longevity, and concluded that the mind (words) and body are very closely interwoven. This comes as no surprise to me, working with patients with gut conditions that can be directly linked to their state of mind. I have noticed over the past 12 years in this field, that the more negative the person, the more anxious and the deeper their gut problems will be. So how can you improve your state of mind and positivity? Here are some great tips to help switch that niggling negative inner voice off. 1.
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Don’t watch the news. Filled with negative and fear-inducing messages, a sure way to nip any positive thoughts in the bud, especially first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Watch your words: replace ‘but’ with ‘and’. Try it. You may find that your train of thoughts takes you down some unexplored inner wisdom. Snap a band: wear an elastic band around your wrist and snap it whenever negative thoughts and words come up. Replace these immediately with a positive or grateful thought.
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Practise gratitude and self-praise. Three of each. Say them out-loud and write them down every night or morning.
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Meditate: to reset to a calmer, peaceful mind, rebalance your emotions and change your perspective of thought. Five minutes of closing your eyes and focusing on deep breathing will do just fine.
6. Acknowledge more: become great at acknowledging goodness and good actions in others and yourself. Negative thinking (and speaking) is a habit. All habits can be broken, if you choose to do so. These tips will work wonders right now, not just in your old age. Nathalie Sansonetti Nutritional Therapist & Health Coach Do you want support and accountability with your health? Book a FREE 30-min consultation with me at: https://gutlovinglife.as.me/freesession newleafnutrition.co.uk
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The key age seems to be around 50, which is when your view on ageing is more likely to determine how healthy and long your life will be.
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63 YMCA DownsLink Group want to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation in the city…
WiSE up to criminal exploitation
This activity, known as Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), has increased markedly over the last two years and Brighton is the top target of county lines dealers according to a new report from London City Hall, with vulnerable children as young as 10 being targeted. A new campaign, WiSE Up To Exploitation, is being launched by YMCA DownsLink Group, via its dedicated project leading on both child sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation, YMCA WiSE, to raise awareness of the issue. The new social media campaign, WiSE Up to Exploitation, has been devised by YMCA WiSE alongside a group of Brighton University student volunteers. It aims to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation and its links to drugs in Brighton and Hove. The campaign hopes to start conversations about recreational drug use in Brighton and Hove and the impact on children and young people who are exploited. Project worker Magdalene Mill explains: “Child criminal exploitation is a type of abuse where children are targeted, often through social media platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram; they are then
groomed and coerced into committing criminal acts. On the surface it may appear that children who are criminally exploited have made a freely given choice; however, among other tactics, intimidation, violence, sexual violence, debt bondage and weapons have been used to manipulate them to commit crimes.” Hove MP Peter Kyle, who until recently was also Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice, is backing the campaign. He says: “Consuming illicit drugs isn’t a pain-free choice. When someone orders their fix, they set off a chain of processes with exploitation at its heart. Young people are coerced to travel long distances, putting themselves in mortal danger and held in modern slavery to exploitative drug gangs. These gangs hold vulnerable young people in debt bondage, often threatening to injure or kill loved ones unless the victims do as they say.”__ To find out what you can do to help or how to spot the signs that someone you know may be being exploited, visit ymcadlg.org/wise-up-to-exploitation and follow @ymcawise on all social media platforms.
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Have you ever thought about how drugs arrive in and move around our city? Did you know that children are used by organised crime groups to transport, store and distribute drugs and the profits of drugs, within Brighton and Hove, and across the country?
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Meet Simon Baker of LongTallSilly Simon Baker is a musician, singer-songwriter and children’s entertainer, who runs LongTallSilly children’s music parties. How did you become a children’s entertainer?
Tell us about your children’s parties… LongTallSilly music parties revolve around the original action songs and music I’ve recorded and produced. There are also musical games. Typically it involves the children doing stuff with instruments and props so it’s quite physical too. I use the recorded material through a PA and add in a lot of live singing, guitar, percussion and ukulele playing throughout the hour. Often I’ll adapt from my stock of games and songs according to what’s going to best suit those particular children on that day and I’ll usually try to get a few parents involved with some of the games. The kids seem to love that, especially if it’s a bit daft. What is the most memorable party you’ve done? Probably when a painfully shy little boy whose 3rd birthday party I’d just done came up to me as I was packing up, took a deep breath and said with the utmost sincerity, “That was the most fun I’ve ever had.” But there’s always moments of magic. On one occasion I was able to write a song especially for a little girl turn-
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I am more of a singer/songwriter who’s specialised for 10 years in working with and writing for very young people and families, though it’s got to be fun so there’s always an element of entertainment involved. I was asked to do parties originally as an offshoot of the music sessions I was running in various early years settings. I try to make what I do more of an interactive experience for the kids than ‘a show’ per se. ing 5, since I knew the family personally as friends, that was kind of special. Tell us about your music… The songs are fairly story-based and often contain a secondary layer of humour aimed more at parents. I play and record everything myself, mixing electronica with live vocals and instruments. It’s quite a crazy eclectic mix of influences, but if there were a ‘genre leaning’ it’s probably towards the indie. One of my primary goals was to create rich and interesting musical content for children that wasn’t patronising or bland. How has lockdown been for you? Lonely, flat and two-dimensional! My real concern now is about finding the way forward for LongTallSilly music parties. It would be great to be able to finish the 4th album too. LongTallSilly children’s parties are available again from 21st June.
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Explore the Living Coast by bike
The Living Coast by Bike: Conquering the Scarp
You can now visit the South Downs, towns and coast of Brighton & Hove collectively known as The Living Coast, the UK’s only urban UNESCO World Biosphere Region, by bike.
tural heritage to keep your eye out for on the way. Some of the routes can be linked together to create a longer journey and all the routes start and end at train stations, to keep your journey low impact even if you’re travelling from further afield.
To encourage more people to explore sustainably and connect with nature Brighton What are you waiting for? Grab a bike and & Hove City Council worked with So Sussex start exploring the unique natural habitats to create a selection of cycle routes that and landmarks that surround you. highlight some of our unique habitats, species and cultural heritage. With routes that pass some of the most iconic local environmental landmarks, “The Living Coast by Sadly, Pride have announced the Bike” provides an excellent way to discover cancellation of Brighton & Hove the region, giving you a unique experience Pride’s Community Parade, Pride of the natural habitats a stone’s throw from Village Party and Pride Festival due to our city’s doorstep. take place on Saturday 7 and Sunday The Living Coast by Bike website (theliv8 August 2021. ingcoastbybike.co.uk) offers a variety of cyThe events are being cancelled due to cle routes around the region with a range the continuing complexities and uncertainof difficulty by colour, from a green route ties involved in running such large multiple that can be easily enjoyed by a family, to events across the city safely. red routes which will challenge even the Pride are still planning to run smaller keenest of cyclists - there is something for Covid-safe in-person satellite community everyone. The website is free to use and and pop-up cultural events throughout the summer and autumn, as well as an exciting each route is available to download proprogramme of online events. viding logistical information, and includes an overview of some of the natural and cul-
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Sussex PCC Election Result... Katy Bourne has been re-elected as Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, following an election on 6 May. Katy was elected with a total of 244,810 votes after a twostage count across East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. The runner-up was Paul Richards, who received a total of 128,259 first and second preference votes.
As no candidate had more than 50% of the votes cast, the two leading candidates went through to a second stage of the count when any second preference votes they have received on the other candidates’ ballot papers were added to their first preference vote total. This process determined which candidate was elected.
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The turnout across Sussex was 35.77%
“Where in Hove?” answers from page 69. Picture 1: St Barnabas Church
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Brighton Half Marathon The first race was held in the early 1990s, with the money raised used to help fund the building of the Sussex Beacon charity, which organises the race and supports a specialist HIV care centre in Brighton. The details for the 2021 race hadn’t been confirmed at the time of writing, but in previous years the race started and finished on Madeira Drive, with the course stretching between Roedean to the east and Hove Lagoon to the west.
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Corn Exchange restoration
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One of Brighton & Hove’s most historic buildings has reached a major restoration milestone. Throughout the lockdown period, work has continued on an ambitious project to refurbish Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre.
righton Rugby Club is B hoping to host a new 10,000 capacity event in Waterhall Road from 11-13 June.
Scaffolding has now been removed from the Corn Exchange facade on Church Street and along the front of the Studio Theatre on New Road, giving a first glimpse of the exterior renovation work, which has included restoring the stonework and replacing the roof with 16,000 Welsh slate tiles.
Competitive rugby 7s will collide with the most creative music from the city and beyond, alongside a conference for rugby enthusiasts, providing three days of entertainment. There will be men’s and women’s competitions, as well as an all-ability mixed-gender touch rugby tournament. The best independent and innovative musical artists will be showcased on two stages across the three days.
Inside the building, work continues, with many of the original interior heritage features being restored. They include 6,500 linear metres of oak cladding installed along the length of the Corn Exchange walls and roof arches, and 34 oak pilaster columns recreated from archive drawings to match how the building would have looked over 200 years ago. Work also continues on further internal improvements including: •
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If you have been alone in lockdown, with no family or reliable support, if you are especially sensitive or living with traumatic memories of any sort, you may have been affected more deeply than most. Would you like to meet others in a similar position, for walking, talking and making the most of the summer? The emphasis will be on positive plans, mutual understanding and encouragement. If you are seeking real connections and genuinely have time for new friends, this might be just what you are looking for. Suggestions welcome for scenic, uncrowded, outdoor areas suitable for sitting together (at a safe distance) and walking nearby. To ensure that suitable arrangements are made for everyone, please send a little information about your situation and interests, any times and days you are not available, and any restrictions you may have (in walking, for instance). No personal details are needed and there is no cost involved. This is a one-off notice, to gauge interest, so please send your response as soon as possible or, if you know someone who may like to join us, please pass the information on. Emails to: niftyuk@yahoo.co.uk *** If you are unable to email, messages can be passed on by Brighton and Hove Magazines - call 01273 551021
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The city’s Breeze Buses run every weekend to and from the city centre to Stanmer Park, Ditchling Beacon and Devil’s Dyke, making travel even more convenient to some of the most beautiful and picturesque parts of our countryside.
The mobile community vaccination service for Covid-19 is an alternative for anyone who is not able to get to one of the main vaccination centres at the Brighton Centre, the Racecourse and County Oak.
Prices on the 77, 78 and 79 Breeze Bus services are just £5 return for adults, with up to two children per adult
The quieter, more personal service is great for people who don’t feel ready to go out to busy places after the long lockdown, or who prefer to visit a local service. The vaccination ambulance visits regular locations at St Peter’s Church car park, York Place, Brighton BN1 4GU, and Brunswick Square (pavement on Western Road), Hove BN3 1EJ. There is also a new vaccination bus. To be sure of an appointment it is best to book ahead. Who can book: Everyone over 40 years old who: • • •
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If you’ve already booked to have your vaccination somewhere else but would prefer to come to the mobile service, please cancel your other appointment so that someone else can have your slot. You can also book to get vaccinated at the Brighton Centre or Brighton Racecourse seven days a week online at www.nhs.uk/conditions/ coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/ book-coronavirus-vaccination/ or by calling 119. Free transport to your vaccination appointment is also available if you need it. Full details of all the options available are explained on the council’s vaccinations page (brighton-hove.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/ vaccinations)
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79 Meet an award-winning local film maker who lives near the Hove Park area…
Local documentary maker… Phil Grabsky Phil Grabsky is a multi award-winning Brighton-based documentary maker. One film released recently to DVD is about painter Frida Kahlo. How did you start?
Why a film about Frida Kahlo? Frida was made for our cinema series Exhibition On Screen. We release five films a year to cinemas around the world. When we started EOS, it was always our intention to look as broadly as we could in terms of chronology, geography and gender.
us, inform us, and excite us. Picking any particular favourite is difficult. That said Monet, Raphael, Van Gogh and Cézanne would be in my top 10.
Frida Kahlo is arguably the world’s favourite female artist. And her face is very well known. But her biography and life much less so. When you think about it, she is a Mexican, disabled, transgressive artist that overcame all sorts of hurdles to become not only an extraordinary artist but also an extraordinary woman. It is a gripping story – and her art warrants our attention.
We are just now releasing a film about Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The next film, due in September, is a super film about Raphael. In all our art films, we encourage the audience to not be afraid of art. Art surrounds us and there are no stupid questions. Just be inquisitive. It’s easy to glance and move away but actually the more you look the more you see.
Tell us about some of your other films…
Have a look at Phil’s films at www.seventh-art.com
Other films include Making War Horse, In Search of Mozart, In Search of Beethoven, history films with Terry Jones, and many more. Right now we are about to complete a twenty year project about a young boy called Mir growing up in Afghanistan. It is called My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years in Afghanistan and, I must say, it is really quite something. Who are your favourite artists? The reason that these artists are considered great is that, even after hundreds of years, they still have the power to move
What are you working on now?
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I’ve been making documentaries for 35 years. We began with history films, I Caesar (for the BBC) and The Great Commanders (for Channel 4). About twenty years ago we started making art films and, to date, we have made over 200.
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Twin magicians return home to Brighton Twin brother magic act Kane & Abel will provide an opportunity for people to enjoy live entertainment while making a return to their former hometown of Brighton. The magicians will be performing as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival at The Warren on Friday 4th June at 8.15pm and Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June at 1.15pm.
The show will mark a welcome return to his former hometown for Kane. He said: “When we first performed at the Brighton Fringe in 2018 I decided I didn’t want to leave. So I didn’t. I moved to Brighton and was in love with living in the city. When the pandemic happened, I was forced to move back to live with my parents in Shropshire. It’ll be great to be back in Brighton for these shows and hopefully, I’ll be able to also start the process of moving back. I’ve missed the thriving live entertainment scene, pubs, cafés, coffee shops, beach and the general vibe.” Abel said: “We have been fortunate enough to perform all over the world, from Adelaide to Rhodes, but there’s something about the Brighton audiences that you don’t get anywhere else. They
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In “Split Egg: A Magic Show About Being Twins”, Kane & Abel perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins. Every question the identical twin brothers have been asked, whether they are harmless, hurtful or just hilarious, has been developed into the narrative of this fun-filled show. They prove they know what each other is thinking and feeling and whether they’ve ever used their similarities to steal each other’s girlfriends.
are without doubt the most supportive and enthusiastic people. We can’t wait to be back in Brighton and experience the whole festival.” Kane & Abel first started performing aged just 15 in Shropshire. They have since performed all over the world at five-star holiday resorts in Greece, Cyprus and Montenegro and arts festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Adelaide Fringe. The Warren: The Oil Shed, Victoria Gardens; suitable for age 8+ Tickets at brightonfringe.org
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Thank you for your entries... Below are just some of the great images we have received from you as entries to our cover competition. Sandra Bruce
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