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April 2020

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESS Billingshurst • Barns Green • Five Oaks • Ifold • Kirdford • Loxwood • Plaistow • Slinfold • Wisborough Green

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t the time of writing (13th March) there is much uncertainty regarding the spread of Coronavirus and how big an impact it will have on daily life. A few event ads planned for this issue have been cancelled as a precaution against infection, no doubt more will follow after we go to press. If you plan to attend an event listed in the What’s On pages please contact the organiser if a phone number or e-mail is given to potentially avoid a wasted journey.

Readers interested in local history are spoilt this month. We have a full-page article by Geoffrey Lawes (renowned author of several books on Billingshurst’s history) on the history of Hammonds Mill, the ruin of which is thankfully preserved at the edge of the Devine housing development opposite St Gabriel’s (see page 44). And on page 10 is the opportunity to purchase the new DVD (or Blu-Ray if you prefer) film about George Butterworth (1885-1916) the legendary composer and folk song collector, many songs originating from Horsham, Billingshurst, Pulborough and other local villages. Highly recommended.

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Cover: Happy Easter to all our readers Food & drink Recipe: Beef Rendang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Onslow Arms pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 The Kings Head pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Health & wellbeing Billingshurst Leisure Centre . . . .

Holly Stone, Hypnotherapist . . . .

Jo Dowding, mobile hairdressing PilatesWise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rebecca Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Katherine Finn, Hyphotherapist . .

The Natural Way . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Park & Brown, opticians . . . . . . .

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About the house Fowlers, Estate Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 AK Forrester, domestic gas engineer . . . . . . . . . . .20 MW Wingate Painting & Decorating . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Heath Windows Ltd (Southern) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Lee’s Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Re-Nu Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 1A Acclaim Floor Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 JC Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Jef Wilson Painting & Decorating . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 GB Glazing Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 MPS Home Improvements Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Norsat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 The Odd Job People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Evans Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 PJM, Building & Property Maintenance25Terry Clohessey Painting & Decorating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Biji Property Services Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Flow-Serve Plumbing, Drainage, Heating . . . . . . . .28 Apex Aerials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Hamilton Cole, TV & Satellite Equipment . . . . . . . .29 Oven Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Goring Road Carpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 GJ Coles, Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Oven Cleaning Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Paul Nelson Painting & Decorating . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Alba Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Cadiss, Bathrooms & Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Delta Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 DM Handyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Sussex Carpet Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 AC Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Best Choice Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Miss Mop Domestic Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 N Francis Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Features Miranda Rijks, short story: Rich chocolate . . . . . . .12 Easter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Join a Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Stop snoring! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 A Good Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Spaniel Diaries by Jeannette Douglas . . . . . . . . . .37 Little Tweeters!

Weald School: Trip to Uganda . . . . . . . . .

Wisborough Green School: Mag No.2 now Weald School: Book Award . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kids Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yvonne Fleece: Introducing ‘Bluey’ . . . . . .

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DW Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Garden View: Container grown fruit JMB Gardening Services . . . . . . . .

Bygone Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . .

REM Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jonathan Carter Tree Surgery . . . . .

Village Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

West Chiltington Floral Club . . . . . .

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Miscellaneous Professional Services & Businesses Jim Hills Sports Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 A/c’s Direct, Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Nationwide Building Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Flackwoods Solicitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 HajduKino Productions: Local history DVD . . . . . . .10 Sussex Coin Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Dandelion Farewells, funerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Freeman Brothers, funerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Daisy’s Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Pest Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Rudgwick Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Community/Out & About/Farming/Smallholding St Catherine’s Hospice: Make a Will Fortnight . . . . .5 Ansells Vintage Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Rotary Club: Car Boot Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Horsham Museum & Gallery: Robin Alexander Elliott . .10 St Mary’s Church: Happy Easter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Community Minibus (Billingshurst) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 St Catherine’s Hospice: Midnight Walk . . . . . . . . . .18 Royal British Legion: Thank You evening . . . . . . . .18 Billingshurst Parish Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-27 HOADS: Sister Act! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Billingshurst Dramatic Society: Murdered to Death . .31 Catfish: Local band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Kelsey Hall: Fayre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 John Nash’s Column: The Best of British Butter! . .38 Mary How: Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Plaistow Pre-school: Maypole Fete . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Rotary Club Talk: Shoebox scheme . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Billingshurst Fire Station: Spring update . . . . . . . . .43 Wey & Arun Canal Trust: Boat Rally . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Geoffrey Lawes: Hammonds Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 CAGNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51, IBC Motoring and Private Hire Macs Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Billingshurst Service, Repair & MOT Centre Petworth MOT Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lintott Auto Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sussex Towing Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Games and quizzes Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8 Spot the Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40, 43 Last But Not Least What’s On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-50 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC

Welcome to Fowlers – the oldest independent estate and letting agent in our wonderful part of the South Downs. We have been a family-run business since 1984, when Tony Fowler established our agency to provide home movers with an honest, fair and friendly service.

Although the property market is forever changing, Fowlers remains a constant, as does

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our mantra ‘We’ll make you feel at home’. Part of our ethos is realising that the decision to buy, sell, invest or rent is one of the most important in anyone’s life. Taking time to understand your personal circumstances and getting to know you as an individual informs everything we do – it helps us deliver a truly tailored service.

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BILLINGSHURST OUTSKIRTS £920,000 GROUNDS OVER AN ACRE

IFOLD £850,000 LOTS OF GARAGING

WISBOROUGH GREEN £535,000 AGRICULTURAL RESTRICTION

BILLINGSHURST £635,000 VILLAGE CENTRE

The area’s longest-established, independent family firm To arrange a free market appraisal of your property please call us on 01403 786787.

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Jim Hills Sports Warehouse

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Make or update your will and support St Catherine’s Hospice

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as making or updating your will been on your todo list? If you don’t have a will, or your circumstances have changed, you can get a professional will made, and support terminally ill people in your community, during St Catherine’s Make A Will Fortnight, 11th-22nd May. None of us like to think about the end of our life but having a professionally written will means that when the time comes, you can be confident that people you love, and causes important to you will be looked after.

When Wendy’s husband Ken died, she wanted to know that their girls would always be cared for so she used St Catherine’s Make A Will Fortnight. She said, “Immediately after Ken died I couldn’t remember anything. I lived off Post-it notes, and even simple things weren’t possible. I’d never expected to lose my husband so soon or to become a lone parent, but I knew I had to do all I could to protect our girls.

That meant sorting out my will. After what happened to Ken, I wanted to know that if anything happened to me our girls would be looked after.

Writing my will, and acknowledging the huge change that had taken place, was so hard but St Catherine’s and a local solicitor made the process easy, and I felt comforted that I’d done it afterwards.”

For two weeks in May (11th to 22nd May),

carefully selected solicitors across Sussex and Surrey are generously giving up their time and expertise in return for a donation to St Catherine’s. Suggested donations are £120 for a single will or £180 for a joint will. Your donation will help provide hospice care for people in your community.

When making your will there’s no obligation to include a gift to St Catherine’s, but any gift, big or small, is a wonderful way to make sure your care for your loved ones and local community will live on.

Gifts left in wills to St Catherine’s fund the care of one in four hospice patients so they make a huge difference. Andy Perry, Legacy Officer at St Catherine’s said, “Currently our hospice isn’t able to help everyone locally who needs our support, but in the future, we want to make sure no one faces death and loss alone. If you include a gift in your will, you’ll take us closer to helping more people in your community.”

For full details and a list of solicitors taking part, please visit www.stch.org.uk/mawf or phone Andy Perry on (01293) 447369, or e-mail andyperry@stch.org.uk. Appointments are limited and must be booked by Thursday 7th May. Laura Mitchell, St Catherine’s Hospice Photo: Wendy and Ken with their daughters

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Village Tweet Quick Crossword

Solution on page 8

Dad’s memory might be fading but he can still tell stories about his old jag...

Make a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) to help to deal with his financial affairs

Creating an LPA will cost £149.00 Plus VAT at the current rate We can keep the price low because we are the local specialists in Wills, Probate, Powers of Attorney and Estate Planning Flackwoods Solicitors are members of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners. Our offices have Free Parking and Ground Floor Disabled Access To get half an hour’s FREE Advice - just phone: 01403 738777 or email: office@flackwoods.co.uk

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Food and drink / Private hire

Beef Rendang A tasty Indonesian classic

Preparation time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 2½ hours. Serves 6+.

METHOD

1. For the paste, place all paste ingredients into a small food processor and blitz until smooth.

2. Heat the oil in a heavy-based flameproof casserole dish or large saucepan. Fry the paste for 5-10 minutes until golden. Add the beef chunks and the lemongrass and mix well. Once the beef has coloured, add the coconut milk plus 250ml water. Bring to the boil, then lower to a very low simmer, uncovered for 2 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent the rendang sticking, and more often towards the end.

3. Towards the end of the cooking time toast the coconut in a frying pan on a low heat for 5-7 minutes until golden brown. Set aside to cool. Using a blender, coarsely blend it to finer pieces – but not too fine. Put to one side.

4. After 2 hours, add the coconut, kaffir lime leaves, stock cube, tamarind paste, sugar and salt to the pan. Stir well and simmer for 30 minutes. The meat should be tender and falling apart when touched.

5. Serve with rice and green salad.

Mac’s Private Hire 24 hours a day – 7 days a week

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INGREDIENTS

3 tbsp vegetable oil 2kg beef shin or skirt, cut into bite-sized chunks 2 lemongrass stalks, bruised 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk 4 tbsp unsweetened desiccated coconut 2 kaffir lime leaves, torn 1 Beef stock cube 2 tbsp tamarind paste 1 tsp sugar ¼ tsp salt For the paste ½ - 3 chillies chopped (depending on taste) 6-8 baby shallots 2 inch / 5cm piece ginger, chopped three cloves garlic

Village Tweet Quick Crossword Solution Puzzle on page 7 Across: 1, MASK. 3, ASTONISH. 8, GARMENT. 9, SENSE. 10, CHESS. 11, RECORD. 13, ACROSS. 15, BRIDGE. 18, LIZARD. 20, DENSE. 23, AGILE. 24, INSPECT. 25, REGAINED. 26, DEED. Down: 1, MAGICIAN. 2, SERVE. 4, SATURN. 5, IGNORED. 6, HEED. 7, CENSUS. 9, SAC. 12, DEFEATED. 14, RAINING. 16, RADISH. 17, ADMIRE. 19, APE. 21, NIECE. 22, FAIR.

Food and drink / Out and about Voted

West Sussex Pub of the Year 2019

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THE KINGS HEAD North Sussex

CAMRA PUB OF THE MONTH June 2017

RESTAURANT OPEN WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY

LIVE MUSIC IN APRIL Fri 3rd: Willie Austen & his band, Fri 10th: Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes, Saturday 18th: Groove Aces, Saturday 25th: Joe 90 KingsHead Billingshurst

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40 High Street, Billingshurst, RH14 9NY Tel: (01403) 782012. Mon-Thurs: 11am-11pm.

Fri & Sat: 11am-12 midnight. Sun: 12 noon-11pm

Billingshurst & District

Car Boot Sale Sunday 10th May (Spring Bank Holiday)

Car Park rear of Six Bells (off the Library Car Park) Set up time: 8-9am Trading from 9am-12 noon £10 per car, £15 per van To book your space please email: sandyduck@btinternet.com Pay on the day.

Book early to avoid disappointment.

BARGAINS GALORE AT

ANSELLS

VINTAGE SALE & MARKET Every Saturday 10am to 2pm FREE ENTRY & PARKING Stallholders welcome (tables £5) Antiques • Hornby Trains Furniture • Bric-a-Brac • Jewellery Garden Ornaments • Crafts etc ANSELLS, KIRDFORD ROAD, WISBOROUGH GREEN, RH14 0DD Book/details: (01403) 700633 or 07798 941940

All money raised will go to local good causes Future dates for your diary: Late May Bank Holiday Monday 25th May August Bank Holiday Monday 31st August

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Out and about / Local history

Radically Different Landscapes Horsham Museum & Art Gallery, open now until 23rd May

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fter nearly 60 years in the comfort zone, painting and perfecting great representational art, admired by collectors across the world, Robin Alexander Elliott has changed direction.

Still using the skill of the brush and palette first learnt under the tutelage of the great Frank Auerbach, Robin has looked at the landscape differently and created stunning vistas. No longer does the oil paint portray what the eye can see, now it creates the essence of the landscapes; using bold line, complex patterns, geometric shapes and a mastery of colour, only possible after years of practising, Robin portrays the world anew.

Horsham Museum and Art Gallery are delighted to be able to showcase this work in the powerful stunning exhibition Radically Different Landscapes – the new art of Robin Alexander Elliott.

As Robin explained, this new direction is not about being different, for difference’s sake. It is not about creating a shock, more about viewing it through a different lens, but still using the mastery of the brush to portray it. As Robin writes, “The concepts shifted dramatically from traditional landscape works to these new inspired architectural, regional scenes. These

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works are simplified executions of nature and refined representations that express a deep personal response to the terrain and wonders of natural world.”

Drawing inspiration from Portugal and the landscape of Sussex and Kent the paintings portray scenes of everyday life through a new prism, from The Tawny Owl Barn, to The Golden Eagle Plays the Waiting Game, or Thistles in Alcaria Val de Vaca Algarve – all show a changed perspective. These works along with the other 30 paintings on display in the exhibition are a testament to the ability of an outstanding artist, who knows his craft, to change at an age when official retirement was a distant memory.

Radically Different Landscapes – the new art of Robin Alexander Elliott is an amazing powerful and uplifting exhibition that demands your time wandering and admiring the creativity of an artist who lived through World War Two and is still going strong today.

Horsham Museum & Art Gallery is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, free admission. For more information see www.horshammuseum.org.

Rachel Weller, Administration Assistant, Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Image: Copyright© Robin Alexander Elliott

Sussex Coin Company are coming to Billingshurst.

We are holding a

Buying Day in the Stanley Room at the Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre on

Monday 20th April, 10.00a.m.-1.30p.m. %&&%! ' $"'# ')(($+!#%& &')+ *"*+ * Centre

We will be buying the following: Coins, gold, silver and copper coins, old or modern English or foreign, collections or left over holiday coins, pre-1947 English silver coins (12 x face-value paid), banknotes. Medals, war medals, police medals, masonic medals, fire brigade medals. Military items and war souvenirs. Swords, daggers, bayonets, uniforms, badges, helmets. Antique guns. Gold, silver and costume jewellery.

We pay the highest prices for your unwanted gold and silver, We use trading standards approved scales to weigh your gold and silver, We buy old or modern rings, bracelets, chains, ear rings, brooches, necklaces. Wind-up wrist and pocket watches, The following makes are always of value: Omega, Rolex, International Watch Company, Longines, Tudor. Collectors’ items and curios. We are well known for buying the unusual, old photographs, cigarette cards, petrol lighters, vestas, postcards, car badges and mascots, curios. Silver and quality silver plate including tea sets, candlesticks, cutlery, ashtrays, cigarette cases and boxes, cruets. English and foreign silver purchased.

Sussex Coin Company have been established in Worthing since 1968. If you cannot come and see us on the day we make free home visits with no obligation to sell your items. We pay the highest prices for items we purchase. Payment by cash or cheque.

Sussex Coin Company 20 New Broadway, Tarring Road, West Worthing BN11 4HP

01903 232080 sussexcoins@aol.com www.sussexcoins.co.uk Shop open Monday 9.30-3.30, Tuesday & Friday 10.00-1.00 & 2.15-4.30

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Short story

Rich chocolate – an Easter story A short story written exclusively for Village Tweet by local author Miranda Rijks

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t has been an annual tradition since the end of the war. Barbara makes the eggs and Daphne decorates them. They hide them together. Generations of Ifold kids have taken part, scrambling through the fields, gleefully finding the stashes of eggs, stuffing their faces with chocolate. It isn’t until they’re older, parents themselves usually, that they fully appreciate the confectionary skills of the two aging sisters.

She might be turning eighty this year, but no one bakes cakes and sweets that taste as scrumptious as Barbara’s. For Easter she creates little chocolate eggs filled with a surprise. Sometimes the centres ooze with jellies, other years it’s mints and last year was the best of all: popping candy. Daphne is an artist and she decorates the chocolate eggs, sometimes with fondant icing, other times with edible paint. They’re always miniature works of art.

It is rumoured that Mr Cadbury himself knocked on their door some 40 years ago, begging the women to sell their secret milk chocolate recipe. Whether it was true or not, they obviously said no, because Barbara and Daphne haven’t got two farthings to rub together. They still live in the same tumbledown farmhouse that their parents brought them up in. They ride their bicycles to the village shop and darn their clothes when they get holes. Barbara cooks on an old Belling oven and water is boiled on the stove.

Mr Pattinson, who is retired himself, runs a collection every February to raise money so that Barbara and Daphne don’t need to fund the raw ingredients for the Easter eggs themselves. He goes from house to house, refusing to budge until the residents have emptied their coins into his bucket. And then, in the week before Easter, he collects Barbara and Daphne just before midnight and drives them over to the big Tesco that’s open 24 hours in Broadbridge Heath, so they can shop for provisions. Woe betide any Ifold resident who glances into their shopping trolley.

Last year, snobbish Susan arrived in the village, with her London airs and graces and her banker husband who drives an Aston Martin. Her two little girls are cute enough. She dressed them in protective khaki clothing, waterproofs from head to foot. “Who is responsible for carrying out the risk assessments?” she asked in that strident, head-girl voice of hers, as all the children gathered excitedly at the gate.

“What?” Daphne asked.

A couple of the younger mums had sniggered, that was until Susan glared at them. “I trust you’ll be liable for any damages should Plum or Peach hurt themselves!” she growled, hands on her hips. Daphne had whispered something to Barbara but then Mr Pattinson had blown the whistle and the kids scarpered across the field.

This February Mr Pattinson knocked on Susan’s door, or rather pressed the electronic button that chimes like Big Ben. “Oh, hello,” she said, a glass of red wine in hand. “I won’t be contributing any money. I thought I’d provide some Easter eggs from my favourite chocolatier on Bond Street instead. Plum and Peach got terrible upset

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stomach aches last Easter and we can’t have that again. Shall I drop the eggs off at yours the day before the hunt?”

Mr Pattinson was so taken aback he just nodded. What the hell was he going to say to Daphne and Barbara?

He got himself into such a state, Mrs Pattinson agreed to break it to the sisters.

They took it remarkably well.

“We’ll do the eggs for the little ’uns as we always do,” Daphne said. “And Mrs Fancy Pants can provide the eggs for the adults. We’ll have two Easter Egg hunts this year.”

“What a marvellous idea,” Mrs Pattinson agreed.

Susan deposited the beautiful gold and navy carrier bag on the Pattinson’s doorstep, rang the bell and then left in her Range Rover before Mrs Pattinson could say a word. Inside were three boxes wrapped with gold bows, each with six tiny golden eggs inside. The price tags were still on the bottom. Over a hundred quid for eighteen miniscule eggs. Mrs Pattinson tutted. She made sure she removed the labels and put the eggs into a Tesco bag before dropping them round at Daphne and Barbara’s house.

The day of the Easter egg hunt dawned fine. Such a relief after all the terrible rain.

“Daphne and Barbara have organised something a bit different this year,” Mr Pattinson announced. “Adults Easter egg hunt in the bottom field and the kiddies one in this field here, as normal.”

“I thought it would be good to ring the change,” Susan said, puffing out her chest under her new Barbour and twizzling in her Hunter wellies.

Mr Pattinson blew on his whistle and the children darted across the field. “How many adults taking part?” he asked. A couple of the mums raised their hands, as did Matt the postman and Rory the farmer. They’d all been prepped, of course. Susan’s hand shot straight up into the air.

“Right. Ready, steady, go!” Mr Pattinson cried and blew his whistle again.

Half an hour later all the children were back, their faces smeared with chocolate, contented happiness on their faces. The adults returned too, licking their fingers, thanking Penelope and Barbara for making them eggs.

No one mentioned Susan. Plum and Peach waited patiently beside their mother’s Range Rover. Mrs Pattinson felt a surge of pity for the little girls.

It was lunchtime when the siren from the ambulance echoed through the village. Daphne had a good view from the attic of the farmhouse. She watched as Susan was stretchered across the field.

“Shall we try some of those fancy eggs she brought from London?” Daphne asked as she hobbled into the kitchen.

“Actually, I’ve already eaten most of them,” Barbara said, as she proffered the remaining few to her sister.

“Not as good as ours.”

Miranda Rijks writes psychological thrillers set in West Sussex, published by Inkubator Books. Paperbacks and ebooks are available on Amazon. Find out more at www.mirandarijks.com.

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Happy Easter Everyone!

pril encourages us to celebrate and relax with Easter Bank Holiday. Our Lent choices, what we have given up or taken on, are coming to an end bringing relief for our weary hearts.

Plans are made for happy strolls on the South Downs or traditional, special roast meals with friends and families. The bold may even dust down the barbecue. Many gardens are filled with the sound of children’s shouts of delight as sparkly chocolate eggs are found peeking out from their hiding places amongst the daffodils. Just how many eggs can be hidden around our Billingshurst gardens? The reason for all this celebration can also seem like a hidden treasure.

As you make your choice of how to spend your time this Easter, consider reflecting on the treasure secured for us all to find. The gift of love given by God who was prepared to die for us that we might have fullness of life now and the promise of an eternal home with the one who treasures us. Easter is a celebration to wholeheartedly join in with because death has been defeated and new life offered to all. A time when light and hope overwhelm our troubled lives and the world, we live in.

In the week before Easter there are services to lead us through the journey of Holy week

bursting through to the celebration of Easter day. Come on this journey with us and receive treasure that lasts and satisfies. If you can’t come in person check out www.stmarysbillingshurst.org and if you would like a visit please contact our office, tel: (01403) 782332 or e-mail: office@stmarysbillingshurst.org.

‘Maundy’ Thursday (a time to remember the last meal Jesus had before his arrest and the reason Communion services happen weekly at our church): 7:30pm Holy Communion Good Friday (whose name seems confusing at first glance) • 10:00am Family service • 11:00am Walk of Witness • 2:00pm Last Hour Service Easter Sunday • 6:00am Sunrise Service (Jubilee Fields where people gather together as the sun rises on this amazing day – it is even worth missing sleep for) • 7:00am in St. Mary’s Room: Breakfast makes up for this early start.

• 10:30am Main Easter celebration service Easter Monday. The Church will be open so that the Easter flowers can be enjoyed by everyone. Flower demonstrations. Refreshments (see website)

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Swimming as an adult

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wimming lessons are for adults as well as children, it’s never too late to start!

Did you know?

• 1 in 3 adults can’t swim.

• Every month 4.7 million people swim.

• 4 million adults can’t swim 25 metres.

• Over the last month 14 million adults went swimming, that’s just 31.3% of the nation. 7.8 million were women and 6.2 million were men.

• Swim England research reveals that 1.4 million adults in Britain felt that swimming had significantly reduced their symptoms of anxiety or depression.

• 492,000 British adults with mental health conditions have reduced the number of visits to medical professionals regarding their mental health. 490,000 people have reduced or no longer take medication for their mental health.

• With 70 per cent of the NHS budget being spent on chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, regular physical activity like swimming can reduce occurrence of these conditions by 20-40 per cent.

• Swimming is also associated with improved

sleep and improved quality of life in people with long-term conditions.

So how can you get involved?

Start swimming lessons, we offer swimming lessons in groups for beginners and improvers, our friendly teachers are on hand to help and encourage you start your swimming journey. We also offer 1 to 1 lessons at a time to suit you.

If swimming lessons are not for you we offer a swim-only membership, prices start from just £23.00 a month. You will also have free access to use Swimtag, wearable technology that’s helps you track your progress. More details can be found on our website.

To find out more call the swimming co-ordinator on (01403) 787500 or you can visit www.billingshurstleisurecentre.co.uk for more information.

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Big Deal, Small Talk Dying Matters Awareness Week: 11th-17th May

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n event is taking place at Freeman Brothers on Tuesday 12th May 2020 as part of the nationwide annual Dying Matters Awareness Week.

The firm recognises that talking about death and bereavement is challenging and this ‘Big Deal, Small Talk’ event will feature the opportunity to get free expert advice on funeral planning, and discussing your wishes with your loved ones. The goal is to create a friendly space for people to ask questions about funerals, with professionals on hand to offer free advice.

Although the event is being run in a drop-in format, if you wish to make an appointment to speak to the team regarding something specific, please get in touch.

The event will run from 11am until 2pm, there will be giveaways for those who choose to make advance choices about their funeral wishes, and refreshments available to all visitors. Full details of what will be on offer are available via the following Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.com/e/big-deal-small-talk2020-tickets-89793919029.

‘Big Deal, Small Talk’ is one of hundreds of

events taking place across England for Dying Matters Awareness Week, which this year runs from 11th-17th May. Freeman Brothers’ Billingshurst Branch Manager Martin Mitchell said, “We were delighted by the positive response to our events during the last two years. In fact, we now have some attendees who make sure they always visit for the event!

“Talking about death can be a bit awkward at first, but it is something we all have to face. We’re looking forward to meeting everyone who joins us.”

2020 is particularly special for Freeman Brothers, as the company celebrates 165 years in business, having first opened in Horsham in 1855. To mark the occasion, the team have committed to supporting the community with 165 activities in support of local organisations. The ‘165 for 165’ campaign can be followed via Twitter (look for @FBSussex) or you can ask the team about it on 12th May! The team look forward to welcoming you in their Billingshurst branch on 12th May! Becky Hughes Community Co-Ordinator, Freeman Brothers

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West Sussex Community Minibus Association (Billingshurst) April Schedule Wednesday 1st Thursday 2nd Friday 3rd Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th Thursday 16th Friday 17th Sunday 19th Monday 20th Wednesday 22nd Thursday 23rd Tuesday 28th Wednesday 29th

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Charity / Health and wellbeing

Midnight Walk Saturday 6 June 2020 Join over 1,000 people for a magical nighttime walk through Horsham.

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Royal British Legion Billingshurst Poppy Appeal Thank You Evening 2020 We will be holding our Annual Poppy Appeal Evening at Fishers Farm on 28th April at 7.30.

The event will be hosted by the Owners and Management Team.

There will be Presidential Awards, Presentations, a Raffle and Supper Tickets.

All are welcome, come and join us.

For catering purposes please contact the Branch President, tel: (01403) 784363.

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Snoring!

National Stop Snoring Week: 20th-26th April

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particularly dangerous side-effect of snoring, defined as the cessation of airflow during sleep, preventing air from entering the lungs caused by an obstruction. It is considered clinically significant if a person stops breathing for more than ten seconds each time and if it occurs more than five times every hour. OSA only happens during sleep.

When you experience an episode of apnoea during sleep your brain will automatically wake you up, usually with a very loud snore or snort, in order to breathe again.

People with OSA can experience wakening episodes many times during the night and consequently feel very sleepy during the day.

If you are excessively sleepy during the day and feel irritable or restless, you may be suffering from OSA. Your partner may point out that your snoring is loud, often interrupted by pauses and gasps.

You might fall asleep at work, while driving, or during conversations. You might be forgetful and irritable and suffer with morning headaches. Not everyone who has these symptoms will have sleep apnoea but if you suffer with them a lot, you should seek advice from a medical professional.

The British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association (BSSAA) has a very helpful website packed with advice and useful questionnaires and information about all aspects of snoring. They even sell approved anti-snoring devices.

The web address is britishsnoring.co.uk.

Here’s to a peaceful night’s sleep!

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During waking hours muscle tone keeps the airway in good shape. When we sleep our throat muscles relax and this decrease in tone can cause airways to narrow and vibrate.

Though it can certainly feel like your partner is doing it to annoy you, no-one snores deliberately, and unfortunately it can’t be cured. But it can be controlled.

The key to control is to find out the cause of your particular snoring. Snoring can be related to the tongue, nose, mouth, or it can be multi-factorial.

Historically it was considered to be a male problem, but it actually affects males to females in the ratio of 2:1. Women tend to under-report and fail to seek help due to embarrassment because even in the 21st century it’s considered ‘unladylike’ to snore! The risk factors for snoring are similar in women to men: being overweight, smoking, and alcohol are common factors, but women also snore more following the menopause and it’s one of the symptoms of hypothyroidism.

Snoring is often considered a joke, but it can have a devastating effect on people. Sleep deprivation (both the snorer and their partner) is physically and mentally debilitating and can lead to illness as well as relationship breakdown.

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Books / About the house

A Good Read April’s selection from book reviewer Kath Bennett Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams When Douglas Adams’ novel was adapted for television, purists complained that the version shown bore little resemblance to the original. That may be true, but it is perfectly possible to enjoy both.

The ‘detective’ element in the title is not entirely misleading – there is a detective story here, albeit one that doesn’t follow any of the usual patterns of the genre. As might be expected, Adams interweaves humour, science fiction and a strong sense of the absurd, along with characters who are essentially believable and sympathetic, creating a novel which is much more than the sum of its parts.

The plot is almost impossible to summarise. There is a horse stuck in the bathroom of a Cambridge college for a start. An Electric Monk is on the loose.

And Samuel Taylor Coleridge is particularly important. Early in the story, electronics entrepreneur Gordon Way, finds himself unexpectedly murdered and refuses to accept that death is indeed the end. His employee Richard MacDuff, soon finds that the sofa stuck halfway up the staircase to his flat is the least of his problems – not least when his old university acquaintance Dirk Gently, telephones

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What follows is often complex, mostly impossible, but always funny. If nothing else, it will make you think about time in a completely different way.

Winnie’s Dinosaur Day – Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul It is easy to see how Winnie the Witch has become such a favourite character for young readers everywhere. This is her thirteenth outing and, as always, things don’t go totally to plan.

Accompanied by her faithful cat Wilbur, Winnie loves to visit the museum. Not only are there buttons to press and levers to pull, there are dinosaurs! Not real ones sadly – just bones and skeletons. Winnie would love to see a real dinosaur; Wilbur is not so keen. So when the museum runs a competition to draw or model a dinosaur, Winnie is determined to win… even if she needs some magic to help.

Thomas and Paul work as a perfect team to bring Winnie and Wilbur to life. The words are well judged and often understated, while Paul's illustrations help to draw the reader in, giving depth and detail to the tale.

Winnie may not always get it right, but it is bound to work out in the end – and children will love returning to the story again and again.

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Weald School Trip to Uganda

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ver the half-term week in February, 18 Year 11 students visited our partner school, Namilyango College in Uganda.

After a long journey, everyone was pleased to arrive at their destination and to be greeted by welcoming hosts for their first Ugandan meal on the Friday evening.

Over the course of the week, students participated in various activities, including a tour of the college campus and farm, visiting various primary and secondary schools and running sports afternoons for three local primary schools. The students also visited Hands for Hope in Kampala and were delighted to see Mr Sladden, former English teacher at The Weald, who now manages the school for the charity. They also accompanied social workers from the charity for a tour of the Namuwongo slum where the Hands for Hope students live; a humbling experience that will

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Of course, there was also time for leisure activities: a trip to the source of the Nile at Jinja where a plethora of wildlife was spotted, an evening swim and even some dancing.

Mr Woodman and Miss Power were proud of how well the students coped in a new and sometimes daunting environment.

Miss Power will be organising the Uganda 2021 trip next term which will be open to our current Year 10 students.

If you would like more information about Hands for Hope or if you would be interested in supporting their valuable work, please visit their website at www.ugandahandsforhope.org.

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Wisborough Green School publish We Are Wisborough magazine to raise school funds

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isborough Green School’s magazine, We Are Wisborough, was launched in June 2019, and reported in Village Tweet, July 2019). This March pupils have published the second edition of the magazine which is aimed at raising funds for the school as well as teaching the pupils some new marketing skills along the way.

This Winter/Spring 2020 edition of We Are Wisborough has been extended to 28-pages due to advertiser demand and features some great content generated entirely by Wisborough Green School’s very own Marketing Club.

As well as recipes, upcycling ideas and puzzle pages, there is an interview with Wisborough Green’s very own aviation legend, Brian Smith, who runs The Spitfire Experience in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund, as well as organising the annual Wisborough Green Hot Air Balloon Festival.

The plan is to publish the magazine twice a year not only to raise much needed funds for a small village school of just 200 pupils, but also to provide an opportunity for children to learn new skills and build their confidence along the way.

As well as learning about marketing, branding and design, the children all phoned local companies to sell advertising, and were rewarded for their efforts, bringing in around £700 in advertising revenue.

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generously came forward as the main sponsor to cover the costs of printing, as part of a larger package of support for the school. Becky Penfold said, “We believe that Wisborough Green is an incredibly special place to live, and we want to become a valuable resource to our local community. It is also so important to us to support and become involved in our local school as a ‘new mum’ and a ‘new granny’ ourselves. We are absolutely delighted to be supporting several school and community projects in the village, and we hope to continue to build on that in the future.

Mrs Amanda Harrison, Head Teacher at Wisborough Primary School said, “Yet again the children of Wisborough Green Primary School have shown just what children are capable of doing if they are given the opportunity.

We are incredibly proud of them and the magazine that they have produced and hope that the business community also finds it a valuable marketing tool.”

We Are Wisborough Magazine is available for a suggested donation of £1 plus postage to anyone who would like one! (Contact details below.) It can be bought at Wisborough Green Stores, from the School Office, or at Wisborough Village Market (second Thursday of the month).

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Billingshurst Parish Council Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre Roman Way, Billingshurst, RH14 9QW

Billingshurst in Bloom 2020 Given the popularity of the scheme over the past couple of years, the Parish Council is once again holding its own local In Bloom competition. See facing page for more info on how you can enter.

Community Speedwatch Scheme

Hedgehog Awareness Week

Dogs Trust in Shoreham. We know that many of our residents are very interested in animal welfare so we do hope that you will come along. We plan to have a raffle so please bring your pennies and if you are able to donate a prize please drop it into the Centre in advance or on the night.

There will of course be the usual report from the Council, but the rest of the meeting is yours so come along and ask any question relating to the Parish. Don’t forget that this is YOUR Meeting, not a Council meeting! If you would like to join us please pop along to the Billingshurst Centre, Wednesday 15th April 7.00pm.

Did you know that Hedgehog Awareness Week runs from 3rd-10th May? Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machines in the garden. Please check grass and hedges thoroughly before using mowers, strimmers or hedge cutters.

If you would like to support the work of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society you can contact them on (01584) 890801 or visit their website www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk

The Community Transport Scheme urgently needs more volunteer drivers. If you have a few hours here and there that you can spare to help drive residents to and from medical appointments etc, Graeme and his team would love to hear from you. A mileage allowance is available; Call (01403) 787696 for more information on what is involved.

Billingshurst Parish Council often hears complaints from residents about anti-social driving in the area, including speeding. Our Community Speedwatch Scheme is back up and running but we are always looking for more volunteers.

If you would like to join up, please visit www.communityspeedwatch.org or contact our Neighbourhood Wardens Barry (07795 051516) or Glyn (07795 051529) who will be happy to give some more information on what is involved.

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Weald School Book Award 2020

he Weald Book Award celebrated six books and their authors on Tuesday 3rd March. Run

by Mrs Jane Fella (Learning Resources Centre Manager) and Ms Block (English Teacher), it brought together a number of Year 7 students from The Weald and Year 6 students from our feeder primary schools.

This year Billingshurst, Loxwood, Plaistow & Kirdford, Rudgwick, Shipley, Slinfold, Pulborough and Wisborough Green Primary schools all took part. The award not only encourages students to read more, but also supports the transition process that prepares Year 6 students for life at The Weald.

Six books were shortlisted by a committee of both Weald and feeder primary school teachers. The books are mostly written by new authors and have been published in the last year. Titles include The Train to Impossible Places by PG Bell, Speechless

by Kate Darbishire, Malamander by Thomas Taylor, Pages & Co: Tilly and the Book Wanderers by Anna James, We Won an Island by Charlotte Lo and A Darkness of Dragons by SA Patrick.

During book club sessions, students are actively encouraged to read as many titles as possible and then take part in competition categories that have inspired them, ranging from designing their own book cover, creative writing, making a film trailer or devising a new character for one of the books. Thomas Taylor, author of Malamander and illustrator, visited The Weald in January and gave a talk to all the Weald Book Award participants and year 7 about creating characters from scribbles and the inspiration for his book Malamander.

Mrs Fella, Learning Resources Centre Manager, said, “The students really enjoyed this year’s selection of books. The competition entries were impressive and presented quite a challenge to choose the winners.

Thank you to the Primary school staff and everyone else involved, especially the authors who were able to be with us on the night. We are looking forward to next

year and a new selection of books which we have started work on already.”

This year, for the awards evening, we were delighted to be joined by four of the authors in person, one via Skype the other sent a prerecorded interview as they had other commitments. Peter Bell highlighted the importance of bedtime stories saying, “you never forget your favourite.” The Train to Impossible Places started life as a bedtime story for his young son, inspired and enriched by The Magic Faraway Tree. In his speech Seth Patrick told us A Darkness of Dragons took 18 years to become a reality, and that writers are daydreamers wanting to share their daydreams.”

Mrs Fella presented the Book Award evening assisted by a small group of Year 7 students who introduced each author and their book to the audience of students, parents and staff. Authors then spoke about their book, the skill of writing and their inspiration. Awards were presented to a large number of students for their tremendous efforts with the project over the last few months; Wisborough Green Primary scooped the Trailer Trophy for their animation trailer of Speechless; runners up were Loxwood Primary and Slinfold Primary for their trailers of Pages & Co: Tilly & The Book Wanderers. The evening culminated in the trophy for The Weald Book Award being presented to Thomas Taylor for Malamander. Thomas was delighted that he had won the trophy, and warmly thanked the students for their votes saying, “this was the first book award evening he had attended and that it was a lovely surprise to win.”

Mrs Jane Fella, LRC Manager & Tutor Top: Thomas Taylor, Winning Author (Malamader).

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Sister Act!

Local talent perform hit musical at Horsham’s Capitol in May

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tacey, Lisa and Sharon are Billingshurst Mums, brought together by their love of Musical Theatre and all belong to HAODs – Horsham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society – which was established in 1954 and is still going strong!

Stacey James, who joined in 2011, has a Master’s Degree in Direction and has appeared both onstage as Adelaide in Guys ’n’ Dolls and Lily in Annie as well as behind the scenes with her Director’s hat on! She and Lisa first met when Stacey directed her as Miss Bingley in Pride and Prejudice.

They have worked together on three other shows since: White Christmas, Made in Dagenham and The Witches of Eastwick, the latter two in which Sharon also performed and they now are great friends.

The friendship between Stacey and Sharon has also grown over the last three years and they now find themselves as gym, running and pole-fitness buddies!

Lisa Faulkner joined in 2008, three years after the birth of her second child, and has formed part of the ensemble in many shows but it was while playing Barbara Castle in Made in Dagenham that she first shared the stage with Sharon. The two already knew each other having previously worked together and

soon formed a strong friendship.

Sharon Vibert joined in 2016 as part of the backstage crew for Annie which helped her at a difficult time following surgical menopause and redundancy and she soon realised that being part of the cast would be an amazing challenge while re-igniting her love of performing. Meeting Stacey and hooking up again with Lisa has meant that many funny moments have been shared during rehearsals, performances and social occasions but that’s another article in itself!

The trio’s latest collaboration is the musical Sister Act, based on the popular movie starring Whoopie Goldberg and Dame Maggie Smith.

Directed by Stacey, with Lisa playing Mother Superior, and Sharon as Publicity Manager, Sister Act will be performed at The Capitol Theatre Horsham from 11th-16th May and promises to be a knockout show!

HAODs is always looking for new members both onstage and behind the scenes, in wardrobe, props, scenery and publicity. A warm welcome is always assured. Visit www.haods.co.uk to find out more and to book tickets.

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Murdered to Death

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usband and wife team, Will and Ted Gooda, are set to make their directing debut for the Billingshurst Dramatic Society’s May production of Peter Gordon’s Murdered to Death.

Ted, who has been a member of the BDS for nearly thirty years off and on, plied her unsuspecting husband with red wine one night and roped him into playing a part in the 2015 production of Country Dances. He was a lastminute replacement for another actor, and hasn't looked back since.

“Acting has replaced sport for me – I get the same feeling of being part of a team all striving for the same thing when I step out on stage as I did playing football and cricket.”

Now the pair find themselves making their co-directing debut.

Murdered to Death is a spoof crime thriller in the best traditions of Agatha Christie. Set in a 1930s country manor house, ageing spinster Joan Maple pits her wits against the local bungling detective to solve a murder, with plenty of twists and turns – and laughs – along the way. So, how do they feel about directing?

“It's hard work with a cast of ten to direct,” explains Will.

“Well, eleven, if you include the elephant,” says Ted, rather cryptically.

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When not treading the boards, or sitting in the director’s chair, Will is to be found working alongside his brother at local Porsche Garage, Mortimers in Daux Road. Ted teaches in the English department at the Weald School. Both are longterm residents of Billingshurst and met 20 years ago in the Kings Arms Public House on the High Street.

“So it’s great to be continuing the long tradition of BDS productions – and also do something creative within the community.”

Why not come along and support your local drama group?

Performances of Murdered to Death are on Thursday 28th, Friday 29th and Saturday 30th May at 7.45pm. Tickets are available from Mansell McTaggart on the High Street and via the website: www.billingshurstdramaticsociety.com.

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Catfish Local band nominated for 2020 UK Album of the Year Local band Catfish – featured in Village Tweet, February 2016 (viewable online) – are enjoying national success having been nominated for three UK blues awards. They have several European tours booked for 2020. nternational touring blues rock powerhouse Catfish are making waves on the music scene in the UK and Europe.

Two of the four members, Matt Long (guitar and vocals) and his father Paul Long (keyboards and vocals), are based in Wisborough Green. The bass player, Adam Pyke, met Matt while studying at ACM Guildford and they have recently been joined on drums by internationally renowned Kev Hickman.

In 2018 they won the UK Blues Award for Blues Act of the Year (England) to add to their 2016 British Blues Award. They have recently been nominated for three UK Blues Awards for 2020: Band of the Year, Blues Instrumentalist of the Year (Matt Long) and Album of the Year for Burning Bridges.

In the last few years, the band has played at almost every major UK blues festival and have established themselves as a real force in the British blues scene. They now tour regularly in Europe.

Their first two albums So Many Roads and

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“Catfish are one of the finest live bands in Britain today. The quality of musicianship is outstanding and in Matt Long, they have one of the greatest young guitarists on the scene today,” say Blues Matters magazine.

Catfish will be playing a few local gigs over the next few months at the Farnham Maltings on Thursday 9th April and at the Rec Rooms in Horsham on Saturday 25th April, then at the Factory Live in Worthing on Friday 19th June.

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The Spaniel Diaries Jeannette Douglas, author of the long-running SPR Centre series of articles has now left the employ of SPR. This month is the third of her new series. t long last we have the lighter evenings. This means lovely long walks for me and Maverick, but I heard mum saying something about extra training, ermmmmm really? I think I do quite enough frankly; I shall have to devise more plans to get out of it, although I don’t want another bout of bad tummy like I had recently. Mum was quite worried so took me to see a lady in a white coat.

She started out being nice, checking my heart and lungs and feeling my tummy, then she took my temperature – you all know how that’s done for a dog – the indignity! I then got stabbed in the neck and sent home, but I felt much better afterwards, mum was saying stuff about money and how I’m worth every penny even if I do bankrupt her so that made me happy.

Mum was also saying that she’s lucky to have us and live and work by the coast and South Downs meaning she doesn’t have to get on things called trains and go to work in crowded cities as the humans are still worried by some sort of virus that’s been in the news a lot. Humans are funny things – they are panic buying hand gel. Ugghhh!

That stuff smells and reminds me of the time I had my temperature taken, I would rather Mum panic bought dog biscuits to be honest! Still, I hope all my readers are keeping safe.

Maverick is more of an idiot than ever – he hasn’t worked out that if you are good and do as Mum asks and bring the dummy back the training thing is over quicker. But, oh no, he parades around like a circus monkey with the thing in his mouth and Mum actually praises him, she thinks it’s great he keeps the smelly lump of canvas in his mouth. Me, I spit

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them out – she threw it, she can get them – I have better things to be doing like sniffing out mice in the hedgerows!

It’s Easter this month and Mum makes sure she keeps all of her chocolate away from us dogs, as apparently it’s poisonous to us, doesn’t stop her eating loads of it though! When we go to the pub with mum and dad we are made to sit under the table, but sometimes something tasty comes our way, especially if we are good boys!

We often accompany Mum to see the big, big dog things in the field, now they are really stupid, all they do is eat grass and run around. We small dogs are not allowed to chase them. Sometimes the huge dog things have people sitting on them – how very odd, but still they seem to enjoy it, both the people and the big dog things. Mum calls them ‘horses’ and said we dogs must have impeccable manners around them and must never ever chase them or bark at them as they are easily scared – told you they were silly. If we meet them when we are out on a walk, we must go straight back to Mum and be put on our leads. I don’t mind, but I find the big dog things boring anyway, I would rather be sniffing out rabbits!

Mum says she has these things called ‘scurries’ she wants me to do in the summer. They better not be hard work, hopefully it means scurrying after mice or bunnies but I don’t think so somehow. I shall see what it entails as to whether I entertain her ambition or not, Mav will probably do it because he’s an idiot and doesn’t have a thinking brain like me! Mum calls him trainable, I call him silly!

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The Best of British Butter!

John Nash is a retired, well sort of retired, fruit farm manager in Kirdford who enjoys scribbling about life on the farm from the now to days gone by.

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haven’t spoken about farming in those days of yore for a while so I thought this month I would!

By ‘days of yore’ I refer to my young days in farming in the late ’fifties.

The first two farms I worked on were dairy farms of the ‘old school’, in other words, hand milking. Most of the larger farms where milking by machine by then, but many of the smaller herds still worked in the old ways.

This particular farm was in the beautiful county of Kent and boasted a herd of wonderful Jersey cows and a cantankerous old bull who spent his waking hours trying to do mortal damage to anyone who ventured near enough to be knelt on. (Yes, bulls may use their horns to knock you down but it’s kneeling on you with that tremendous forward weight that does the most damage).

Those were the days of the milk churn. Each morning after milking the milk would pass through a filter, into a churn, then onto a cooler, before being placed on a wooden staging in front of the farm’s gate ready for the milk lorry morning collection.

Milking around a dozen cows each we would every morning and late afternoon be found crouching on our three-legged stools (a brilliantly simple concept – a four-legged stool would wobble on uneven ground whereas three legs cannot), heads buried into the warm flanks of a cow, legs tucked under and ankles clasping the stainless buckets against any sudden movement from a hoofed leg. Always waiting in the entrance doorway of the shed would be an assortment of the farm’s cats, each one eager for its share of the rich foaming milk as it was carried to the dairy.

There were a couple who would stand by you with their front legs on your bent knee waiting for a squirt of milk to be directed straight into their waiting mouths. Messy… but fun!

The inside leg area of your trousers would get covered by the rich, thick milk, and as lads in digs, we knew they were due a wash when they could stand upright on their own in the bedroom!

They must have stank, but we where immune!

A few gallons of the daily yield would be put to one side and after milking was over it was poured slowly into the waiting bowl of the cream separator. A hand crank on the side of this machine span a number of perforated discs that

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separated the lighter cream from the rich Jersey milk. The faster you turned the handle, the richer and thicker the cream and the more ‘skimmed’ the remaining milk.

Twice a week the herdsman’s wife would come into the dairy and commence her magic…

A beautiful wooden churn was pulled out into the centre of the room, the warmed cream was poured in and with a constant eye on the temperature of its contents she would spend the morning reading her book or listening to the wireless as she turned the handle of the machine.

At first there would be just a gentle sloshing as the liquid was thrown around the churn’s interior.

Then, as time passed, it gradually altered to a much firmer soft thudding noise as the cream gave up its fat content to the constant agitation.

Once she was satisfied, the remaining liquid – buttermilk – was drained from the churn and poured into a barrel to give the farm’s pigs a treat. The large lump of butter was then loaded onto a huge slab of marble on one of the stainless steel tables.

She would then spend ages with large wooden butter pats, pummelling any remaining liquid from the deep, rich, yellow butter, then divide off the amount she wanted to salt before cutting and patting both into roughly half-pound blocks, each one with its distinct ribbed pattern that the pats imprinted into the golden surface.

We would take a couple home ourselves to our digs and enjoy thick slices of home-baked bread from the farmhouse kitchen, toasted and coated with a generous layer for supper. I can still taste it!

I was first introduced to this delicacy on the first day I went to work on the farm after college.

Myself and another lad were placed on the farm together and we both faced this gourmet delight at the same time. Neither of us had ever eaten such a rich delight in our lives before; most of our young lives being spent under the thumb of the ration book.

Thick farm churned butter on toast. Breakfast of cornflakes floating in a sea of pure Jersey milk.

We were in heaven.

We were as sick as pigs! Serves us right of course; we’d made pure pigs of ourselves. No regrets though.

If you ever get the chance to eat fresh churned Jersey butter, grab it. You’ll never find better. I promise!

John Nash

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pril is the perfect month for planting container-grown fruit trees and bushes.

Even if your garden space is limited you can still grow fruit trees and bushes. You can even grow them in containers on a balcony.

The trick is to read the label. Look for dwarf varieties that won’t grow too large for your pot or garden. It’s a good idea to buy self-fertile plants too, especially if you don’t live in an area where lots of people grow their own fruit.

Even on a small plot buy the biggest pot you can fit into the available space. Bigger pots hold more compost, so they contain more food, more water and more space for strong root growth.

Make sure the pot has drainage holes and cover the base with drainage material.

Handy hint: if wind is a problem on your site use heavy material like broken crockery or stones to add weight. Conversely, if you will need to be able to move the pot easily use polystyrene chunks, which are very lightweight.

Fill the container with a loam-based potting compost. Remove the tree or shrub from its original pot, spread the roots a little and plant it in the new container to the same depth. Water the compost well initially and then whenever the surface is dry.

If you want to plant your fruit tree in the garden dig a hole as deep as the root system, and about three times the width. Place the plant into the hole and refill it, finally firming the soil with your foot. If the tree is in an exposed area you might need to stake it.

Fruit is very easy to grow, and there are a huge

variety of fruit trees or bushes to suit every garden size and aspect, so you’re bound to find the perfect plant for your space. Try the following: Dwarf apple trees, which provide interest all year round as well as fruit in the autumn.

Any of the currants. Blackcurrants are particularly nice. They are low maintenance and great in jams and pies. They like a sunny spot and plenty of water.

Raspberries are lovely.

They fruit in summer and like a sheltered sunny spot. You buy raspberry canes rather than bushes. Look for a thorn-free variety.

Blueberries grow really well and are great for growing in a container because they like acid soil and in a container, this is easy to provide. Look for ericaceous compost which you should keep moist because like most soft fruits they are quite thirsty plants. Collect rainwater for the purpose as blueberries are not keen on tap water.

Strawberries. Large hanging baskets will make the most of the space. They are easy to grow this way but make sure you keep them well fed with a high potash fertiliser as nutrients leach away from hanging baskets very easily.

I protect all my container-grown soft fruit with netting – my garden birds tend to view my patio display as a rolling all-season buffet laid on especially for their benefit.

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In April we look forward to welcoming Jennifer Thompson with her demonstration A Moment of Time (see photo).

Unless otherwise stated, meetings are held at West Chiltington Village Hall, Mill Road, West Chiltington, RH20 2PZ, 7pm for 7.30pm (1.30pm for 2pm in February & November).

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Charity / Out and about

Rotary Shoebox Scheme Billingshurst & District Rotary Club & 1st Billingshurst Cub Scouts working together

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illingshurst Cub Scouts have once again risen to the challenge given to them by Billingshurst and District Rotary Club and successfully filled their Rotary shoeboxes with gifts bound for children and families in Romania.

These were presented to Billingshurst Rotary Club at recent Cub Scout meetings. Rotary members thanked the cubs for all their efforts and explained how Rotary helps people across the world, who are less fortunate than we are in Billingshurst.

The Rotary scheme began in 1994, when Rotary clubs in north-west England filled shoe boxes for the children at a kindergarten that Rotary financed and built in Lasi in north-east Romania. The scheme has grown since then and now over a million boxes of gifts have been donated with the help of Rotary clubs throughout the UK. This initiative proves that by working together we can

The Mary How Quiz Night is back! Are you a match for the inn-quizzator?

Local health screening charity, the Mary How Trust for Cancer Prevention, is holding its popular Spring Quiz on Saturday 25th April at West Chiltington Village Hall.

Join Doug ‘The Inn-Quizzator’ Brown for an evening of fun brain-teaser questions, with team prizes, a licensed bar, and a raffle.

Teams are 6 to 8 people. Tickets cost £8 per person. Doors open at 7pm; eyes down at 7.30pm.

Bring a picnic for a tasty half-time break. A licensed bar will be open throughout the evening, selling beer, wine and soft drinks, as well as tea, coffee and cake.

The team prizes are generously sponsored by LMC Auto Services. Will your team snap up first prize?

The Spring Quiz is supported by Freeman Brothers Funeral Directors as part of their ‘165 charitable acts for 165 years’ celebration of their anniversary in 2020.

This quiz night is always entertaining, and a fun way to support your local health screening charity. Roanne Moore, fundraising manager of the Mary How Trust, says, “Come braced for fun, and your support will give your community a healthier future.”

Tickets are on sale now from Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/ MaryHowTrust-SpringQuiz2020 Roanne Moore

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make a difference in the world and also in our own communities.

Check out our website for our local events and projects: billingshurstrotary.org. If you want to hear more about them, or get involved in any of the projects we are currently working on, you would be most welcome to join us for a drink in The Six Bells on the 1st Monday of each month at 7pm.

Our next gettogether is on Monday 6th April when we will be putting the final touches to the Easter Monday Car Boot Sale, where all proceeds will be used for those in need within our community.

For more information about Billingshurst Rotary e-mail Sandy Duck on sandyduck@btinternet.com or call her on (01403) 786146.

Sandy Duck, Billingshurst & District Rotary Club Left: cubs with their shoeboxes. Right: gratefully received!

Fire station / Out and about

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Billingshurst firefighters: spring update

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ets hope spring can bring some better weather! February was the wettest to beat all records. We certainly had our fair share of involvement, with plenty of flooding related calls. We can only hope that the bad weather we have had is behind us now, and we can look forward to the summer.

Next month I will give an exact figure on how much we raised from our charity car wash in March. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that came and supported this worthy cause. Also thanks to the crew, partners and kids for all your help.

We love doing these events, but also takes just as much effort from everyone else if it is to be as successful as recent years. If you missed this one, don’t worry, we will be doing it all again in September.

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to serve the local community of

Billingshurst?

Do you live or work close to Billingshurst Fire Station?

Are you interested in joining a varied, rewarding job with great opportunities?

Would you like be part of a great team providing a crucial service to the local community?

If you answered YES to the above questions, then we’d love to hear from you.

Billingshurst Fire Station are on the look out for Firefighters to respond to emergency calls within the local area from either their home or main employment.

Visit our website for further details (Google ‘billingshurst firefighters on call’), call (01243) 642134 or email firejobs@westsussex.gov.uk.

We’re waiting to hear from you!

Twitter: @Station49Fire Facebook: Billingshurst Fire Station Dan Game, Billingshurst Fire Station

Invitation to take part in the River Arun Boat Rally

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The Wey & Arun Canal Trust is once again running its popular boat rally on the River Arun, an event which proves navigation rights still exist on the river.

The free event will be held on Sunday 10th May and is open to all small crafts, canoes, kayaks and paddleboards.

The River Arun Boat Rally began in 1983 and has been run by the Wey & Arun Canal Trust since 2011. The aim is to ensure that when restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal is complete, there will be no legal reason why boats cannot venture from the canal into the Arun. The Trust aims to restore the 23-mile waterway which runs from Shalford in Surrey to Pallingham in West Sussex.

Last year’s event saw a record turnout of small boatstaking the three-and-a-half hour trip from Pulborough and Stopham to the tidal limit at Pallingham in West Sussex. The route reaches the furthest navigable point for boats.

The Wey & Arun Canal is now well used by canoes, kayaks and, more frequently, paddleboards.

For more information on taking part and to register, visit weyarun.org.uk/events54.

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Local history

A tribute to Victorian enterprise The 200-year history of Hammonds Mill

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oe Fowler of Devine Homes, on behalf of the Development consortium, is preparing a public information display board to enhance the newly refurbished remnants of the early 19th century structure, known as Hammonds Mill.

Planned for erection at the end of May it will have a potted history and highlight points of interest.

2025 will mark the bi-centenary of the construction of the mill for John Streeter of Hammonds House, with Richard Chennell as the first miller. Hammonds Farm had been in the Streeter family ownership since at least 1795 and it had an interest in the land as early as 1738.

John Streeter, despite extending Hammonds House in 1825, or perhaps because of it, fell on hard times. The property was auctioned in 1832 at The Kings Arms.

His lands were seized and he lived as a pauper in East Lane.

Subsequent millers were named Sprinks (from 1839); then Isted, Weller and Underwood.

William Sprinks, a prosperous farmer, who died in 1881 and is buried in the Baptist Chapel yard, owned the mill in its Victorian heyday. It was in disrepair after the cap blew off in 1895. Finally the weather-boards all caught fire in 1920. The stone base was used as a store. 70 years of productivity culminated in 125 years of steady dereliction. Mr Sprinks seems to have been a thoroughly respectable citizen, contrasted with Chaucer’s Miller, a ‘stout carl’ who cheated his customers, told rude stories and could split open a door with his head. Mary Ann, the daughter of a Streeter married a Trower, another Baptist farming family, and the Hammonds lands came into the Trower possession.

The industrious non-conformist Baptist congregation were an influential force in the society and economy of Victorian Billingshurst. Sprinks, Trower and

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Evershed plus five other farmers and shopkeepers were made Constables in 1848 when the establishment feared a Chartist revolution.

Hammonds Farm, once known as ‘Coxsbrook’, is now largely redeveloped.

The display board will feature an image of the likely appearance of the octagonal tower in its heyday. (Pic 1.) It was a ‘smock’ mill in a Kentish design with a stone base, tapered weather-boarded upper storeys and capped with a revolving ‘wagon’ roof. Surrounding the base was an externally supported ‘reefing stage’ which gave access to the four ‘sweeps’ (sails) and the manual gear for turning the cap into the wind by hand-winding. A diagram will illustrate the grinding machinery running through four floors and how power was transmitted to the millstones.

The remains of the two stone storeys largely survived the depredations of man and the elements.

Much of the fallen stonework and even one of the millstones were ‘recycled’ over the years into the walls and gardens of other village houses. Brambles and ivy had shrouded the ruin for many decades. (Pic 2.)

A vigorous self-set ash tree flourished in the floor and of necessity was stripped (Pic 3.), felled and chopped up during the dig (Pic 4.) to enable a thorough archaeological investigation prior to the restoration.

The ruin now stands proudly as a fitting monument to the 1500 years of gritty rural selfsufficiency that characterised the history of Billingshurst between the departure of the Romans and the coming of the railway.(Pic 5.)

Geoffrey Lawes (Author of Billingshurst’s Heritage, 400 pages, £20. For a copy please call 01403 785799)

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Introducing Bluey

Once upon a time on a used car lot in East Sussex…

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tood a dejected blue Mini. Although it had been prettied up, cleaned inside and out it was still very sad. It had seen other cars being tried out and happy people emerging from the office and driving away in them; but not it. No one had even looked at it let alone had a test drive.

The poor Mini couldn’t understand why it had been abandoned. It had had owners it was very proud of and it had treated them well, taking them on holidays, to work and shopping. It thought about those good times with sadness because its last owner had brought it here and had driven away in a bigger flashier car and left it behind, waiting. And time passed.

Meanwhile on a little farm near Billingshurst Anne and Gary were getting ready to take a weekend break in Battle, East Sussex. They both worked hard and needed some real downtime to refresh themselves. Brody would be going with them as he loved going on Everyone loves a Mini! holiday and he had heard the word ‘beach’. Brody loved the beach.

Gary picked Anne up from the train station in Battle and they soon arrived at their accommodation, a lovely rented barn conversion. Two trips to the beach and some good walks later, with batteries recharged, they had another task scheduled as a detour on their way back home…

Two of the children were taking driving lessons and Anne – good mother that she is – was going to get a car for them. (Actually less altruistic than it sounds – with their own transport the kids could chauffer themselves and their siblings around, freeing up the adults.)

Attempts to sell the idea of a sensible car to them had failed; the kids wanted a ‘cool’ car – a Mini.

Gary had found an advert on the internet and had pre-visited the car in question. Now, together, they visited that car dealer in East Sussex. Anne looked at the little blue Mini. She liked the look of it: its colour, its white roof (with a sunroof!), its pretty white wheels, leather seats and the racy white ‘Cooper’ stripes on the bonnet. Yes, it ticked all the ‘cool’ boxes. Gary examined the little blue Mini carefully. The engine sounded good

and was free of leaks. And the price was affordable.

The little blue Mini perked up. Had its time come after all? It put on its best behaviour during the test drive. It waited with baited breath as Gary and Anne went into the office. If Minis could pray this blue Mini was on its knees.

After some haggling hands were shaken (this was pre-Corona virus!) and the sales person handed Gary and Anne the keys. They walked over to the blue Mini. “Well, do you want to come home with us?”

If Minis could clap hands and jump with joy this blue Mini surely would.

Gary drove the Kia home and Anne – with Brody beside her, his nose peering out the windscreen – drove the Mini to Horsham to pick up young Izzie from Collyer’s College.

Izzie knew her mum was picking her up but had no idea it would be in a blue Mini. Anne honked the horn and Izzie stopped in her tracks. Her mum was in a blue Mini. “Well do you like it?” asked her mum.

“It’s for you guys to drive.” Izzie stood with tears in her eyes – this little blue Mini was just what she had wanted.

And it was going to be theirs. Well, hers if she could pass her test first!

They arrived home and everyone came to look at it.

Grandad, like Gary had done, looked at the interior and exterior for damage and listened to the engine. Nanny didn’t really understand such things but liked the colour.

In fact she loved it!

Later, Sarah took it up the drive and back for a little test drive and smiled for the rest of the evening. Izzie had a go too but, having had fewer lessons, found it a bit more difficult. (That made her all the more determined and she managed much better the next day.)

Then they all went in for dinner and began to discuss (argue?) what to call the blue Mini – Cornelius or Reginald maybe. But Gary and Anne favoured Bluey.

So, Bluey settled down outside and smiled. He was very happy. A new family wanted him and loved him. He had a new home on that small farm near Billingshurst.

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What’s On – April Every Mon

Table Tennis. St Mary’s Room, East St, Billingshurst, 2-4pm. An informal sociable group for all ages.

Newcomers welcome, tea & biscuits included, £1 (goes to church funds). Tony, tel: (01403) 783496 Every 2nd Rotary Club. Blacksmiths Arms, Adversane. 7.30pm. Supper (£13) & talk. Visitors welcome. Social activities & 4th Mon & occasional business meetings. Stuart Pullen, Attendance Secretary, tel: (01798) 873791 or 07967 159034 Every Mon, Shipley Men’s Shed. Shipley football ground off Dragon’s Lane. Part of the international Men’s Shed Tues & Weds organisation. For men interested in woodwork or wish to spend time with like-minded, local chaps. www.HorshamShipleyCommunityProject.org. Tel: 07786 070939 or email philipgibbs669@gmail.com Every Mon Wisborough Green Short Mat Bowls Club. Village Hall. Mons 2.30-4.30pm, Weds 1.30-3.30pm. & Weds New members & visitors welcome. £2.50 (includes Tea/Coffee & biscuits). Trial session free for newcomers. Further information: www.wisboroughgreen.org or contact Keith Carter on 01403 700502 Every Tues Stitch & Knit. Six Bells, Billingshurst. 7-9.30pm. Welcoming & helpful, just bring your project & make new friends. No fees. Sarah, tel: 07817 699865 (leave message) Every Tues Short mat bowls. Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre (formerly Village Hall). 2-4pm. £4 per session. Come and try a game. It’s great fun with friendly people in a small club. Further details please contact Joan, tel: (01403) 785082 or Henry, tel: 07522 626566 Every Tues Billingshurst Choral Society rehearsal. Billingshurst Primary School, 7.30-9.45pm during term time.

New members always welcome. For details see www.billingshurstchoralsociety.org Every Tues Slinfold Concert Band rehearsal. Slinfold Village Hall from 7.30-9.30pm. Brass, woodwind and percussion players all welcome. www.slinfoldconcertband.org Every Tues Billingshurst Youth Club. Women’s Hall, High St, Billingshurst, 7.30-9pm, term-time. 11-16 years. Varied activities such as indoor obstacle course, miniature football tournaments and crafts. £1 per session. Contact Ben Sheldon, Community Youth Worker, tel: 07763 302456, e-mail: ben.sheldon@horsham-matters.org.uk Every Tues Walking Football. 10-11am. Holbrook Club, Horsham (winter) or Shipley football ground off Dragon’s Lane. (Check website or phone for venue.) Followed by refreshments. Men & women welcome. www.HorshamShipleyCommunityProject.org. Tel: 07786 070939 or email philipgibbs669@gmail.com Every Tues Drop in Baby Zone! St Mary’s Room, East Street, Billingshurst. 1.30-3pm. Meet other parents and their babies. Every week except between Xmas & New Year. Emma: babies@stmarysbillingshurst.org Every Tues Neighbourhood Warden drop-in sessions. Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre. 12-2pm Every Tues Preschool Ballet and street dance classes. Jubilee Fields, Billingshurst. VMA Dance run fun, friendly & Thurs classes for preschool children. Free trial then £4pw pre-booked. 07879 773705 www.vmadance.co.uk Every Tues Petanque Club. Meets at Shipley Football Ground, 10.15am for 10.30 start (in the summer months & Fri meet Friday, 6.30pm). Coffee after. All equipment provided. All ages and abilities welcome. www.HorshamShipleyCommunityProject.org. Melanie, tel: (01403) 782134 or email: melcjrob@gmail.com Every Weds Horsham Accordion Band. Practises in Slinfold Chapel from 7.30-9.30pm. Varied repertoire. Band Leader Mags Fisher tel: (01403) 790717 or email: magsfisher@btinternet.com Every Weds The Millennium Bridge Club. Storrington Village Hall, 1.30-4.30pm. All abilities. Please contact: Barbara: (01903) 741365 or daisy.campling@btinternet.com Every Weds Line dancing. St Gabriel’s Church Hall 7-10 pm. All levels welcome, beginners from 7pm. Details from Maureen 07774 828282 Every Weds Billingshurst Bell Ringing practice. St Mary’s Church, Billingshurst. 7.30-9.15pm. New learners and visitors welcome, just turn up. For information email Kathy at kathyfitzp@hotmail.co.uk Every Weds The Leconfield Singers. United Reformed Church, Petworth. 8-10pm. Mixed voice non-audition community choir. Newcomers welcome. More details and term times see www.leconfieldsingers.co.uk Every Weds Billingshurst Rock Choir. Primary School. 7.30-9pm, term times. No experience required. A friendly choir singing upbeat pop, rock and Motown. Book a FREE taster session at www.rockchoir.com Every 2nd BilliUke: Billingshurst’s Own Ukulele Jam! The Six Bells, from 7.30pm. If you already have a & 4th Weds ukulele, or are thinking about getting one, please come along and join us. It’s a fun couple of hours and you also get to make new friends from the village and beyond. www.billiuke.com Every Thurs Stitch & Knit. 10am-12.30pm. We rove round local cafés & car share, lifts may be possible. Welcoming & helpful, just bring your project. No fees. Sarah, tel: 07817 699865 (leave message) Every Thurs HDC Health Walk. Billingshurst (2). Cancelled due to Corona virus Every Thurs Wildlife walkabouts. RSPB Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve, Wiggonholt, RH20 2EL. 10am-12 noon.

Our regular gentle ramble is an ideal introduction to some of our very special wildlife. £8 per person (£2.50 for RSPB members). (01798) 875851. www.rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks Every Thurs Toddler Church. St Mary’s Church, Billingshurst. Term-time only, 12.15-2pm. Voluntary contribution for lunch £2.50 per family Every Thurs Spy Café. The Chapel, Spy Lane, Loxwood, RH14 0SS. 12.30-4.30pm. Family-friendly. Fairtrade teas, coffee, hot chocolate & home-made cakes. Light lunches until 2pm. www.emmanuelfellowship.co.uk Every Fri Open days at The Blue Idol. Quaker Meeting House, Oldhouse Lane, Coolham, RH13 8QP. 10am-4pm. (March-November.) www.blueidol.org, Facebook @BlueIdolQuakers, (01403) 740174 Every Fri VMA Dance classes for children 2-18yrs. Jubilee Fields, Billingshurst. Classes in Ballet, Street Dance & Contemporary. Free Trial available then £5pw pre-booked. 07879 773705 www.vmadance.co.uk Every Fri Nationwide Building Society. Billingshurst Community Centre. Cancelled due to Corona virus Every Sat Indoor table top sale and market. Ansell’s Yard, Kirdford Road, Wisborough Green, RH14 0DD. 10am-2pm. No entrance fee. Tables £5 (must be pre-booked). Tel: (01403) 700633 or 07798 941940 Every Sun The Emmanuel Fellowship meet every Sunday at ‘The Chapel’, Spy Lane, Loxwood. 10.30am for about an hour with refreshments afterwards. www.emmanuelfellowship.co.uk SPACE IS TIGHT IN THE WHAT’S ON PAGES. IF ANYONE HAS TRIED TO TAKE PART IN ANY OF THE REGULAR ENTRIES (ABOVE) AND FOUND THEM TO BE NO LONGER AVAILABLE PLEASE LET VILLAGE TWEET KNOW

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The Arts Society – South Downs lecture by Douglas Skeggs: ‘James Whistler and the Gentle Art of Making Enemies’. Fittleworth Village Hall. Coffee from 9.50, lecture 10.45. Visitors (£6) are very welcome. Hilary, tel: (01403) 785302. www.theartssocietysouthdowns.org.uk Ifold Gardening Club Spring Show. Kelsey Hall, Ifold. 8pm. Come along and support our exhibiting members. New members always welcome, just pop along or contact Vickie Kirby, tel: (01243) 585269 Messy Church! Billingshurst Village Hall. 3.30-5.30pm. (Note: not the usual 2nd Wednesday.)

Billingshurst churches welcome families to have fun with games, crafts, singing and stories. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Sit-down meal, donation. www.messychurch.org.uk Wisborough Green WI Evening. Wisborough Green Village Hall. 8pm. Every first Thurs (except Jan: 2nd Thursday). No August meeting. Visitors welcome. Ruth Isaacs, Secretary: (01403) 785402 Reading Friends. Billingshurst Library. 10.30-11.30am. Are you interested in meeting new friends, having a good chat and sharing your love of books? Everyone welcome, just turn up. Tel: (01403) 783145 Billingshurst Horticultural Society Meeting. Talk: ‘Architectural Plants’ by Guy Watts. St Gabriel’s Parish Hall, East Street, 8pm. Admission free to members. Visitors welcome – £1 (inc refreshments) Parish Council Planning & Environmental Committee meeting. Billingshurst Centre. 7.30pm HDC Health Walk. Barns Green (1). Cancelled due to Corona virus Charity Lent Lunch. Talk: The Leprosy Mission. St Mary’s Room, Billingshurst. 1pm. All welcome Billingshurst Choral Society Concert. Cancelled due to Corona virus HDC Health Walk NEW. Itchingfield to Lower Toat Farm. Cancelled due to Corona virus ABC Animal Sanctuary Sunday Opening. Cancelled due to flooding Indoor Antiques Market & Collectors Sale. Ansell’s Yard, Kirdford Road, Wisborough Green, RH14 0DD. 10am-2pm. No entrance fee. Tables available £8 (must be pre-booked). Telephone (01403) 700633 or 07798 941940 Wisborough Green Horticultural Society Talk: ‘Hostas by John Baker. Village Hall, 8pm. Coffee served before meeting. £2 non-members, £1 members Rotary Club monthly ‘Friends’ get together for new members. Six Bells, Billinghurst. 7pm. Come along and find out about what we do!

Trefoil Guild Meeting. St Mary’s Room, East St, Billingshurst. 7.30-9pm. First Tuesday of the month.

Open to all ex-Brownies, Guides & Guiders. Hillary, tel: (01403) 783792 The Arts Society – West Sussex lecture by Ian Swankie: ‘Great Railway Stations – Evoking the Spirit of Romance and Adventure’. Fittleworth Village Hall. 2pm (doors open 1.40). Lectures held on all matters relating to the arts on the first Tuesday of the month. Tea & coffee is served after the lecture.

Visitors welcome, £5. New members welcome: Jackie Buckler, tel: (01903) 411086 or email: jackiebuckler@sky.com. Visit theartssocietywestsussex.org Laughter Yoga Club. Unitarian Hall (side door), Billingshurst, RH14 9TB. (Park Lakers Mead.) 1.50pm.

Boost immune system & improve your wellbeing! All welcome. Linda, tel: (01403) 452773 Messy Church! Billingshurst Village Hall. 3.30-5.30pm. Billingshurst churches welcome families to have fun with games, crafts, singing and stories. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sit-down meal, donation. www.messychurch.org.uk Billingshurst Carers Group (for carers of people with dementia or long-term condition). Longfield Manor, West Street, RH14 9LX. 2.30-4pm. (Every 2nd Weds.) info@carerssupport.org.uk or www.carerssupport.org.uk Wisborough Green Market. The Village Hall, 9am-12.30pm. Up to 30 stalls selling high quality local artisan foods & crafts. Stalls include: fresh fish, meat, bread, cheese, turkey products, cakes & jams, flowers, skin care and more. Relax with tea, coffee and home-made cakes by Macmillan volunteers.

E-mail: wisboroughmarket@gmail.com Billingshurst Local History Society Film: ‘The restoration of the Blue Idol’. Billingshurst Community and Conference Centre, 7.30pm. Membership £20 per annum. Visitors £5 per meeting. Ms G Knight, tel: (01403) 451401, email: g.j.s.knight@btinternet.com Billingshurst WI Talk: ‘Half a Continent in 80 days’ by Dr Helena Griffiths. Stanley Room, Community Centre, Roman Way. 2.30pm. Interesting speakers, hobby groups, various outings.

Visitors welcome. Contact, tel: (01403) 782244 CDC Health Walk: Kirdford. Meet opposite The Half Moon, RH14 0LT (but not in their spaces), 10.30am. A level 3½ mile walk. 1½ hours. No dogs. www.chichester.gov.uk/heartsmart Billingshurst United Reformed Church Dementia Café. In the Church Hall, on the Second Saturday of every month, from 10am-12pm. Please join us for tea, coffee and cake. All are welcome Parish Council Annual Parish meeting. Billingshurst Centre. 7pm Horsham District Archaeology Group talk by Luke Barber: ‘History and Archaeology behind the Bishopstone Tidemills project’. Brighton Rd Baptist Church, Horsham, RH13 5BD. 7.30pm. Members free, non-members £4. Light refreshments. Contact horshamarch@hotmail.co.uk or (01403) 731695 Family Cinema: Frozen 2 – Relaxed Screening. Cranleigh Arts Centre. 2pm. Our relaxed screenings are designed for those on the autism spectrum, people living with dementia and anyone who would benefit from a relaxed cinema environment. Tickets £8.25 (£7.25 Friends, £5.50 Under 25), tel: (01483) 278000 (Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm) or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org Barns Green & Itchingfield Women’s Institute Meeting. Barns Green Village Hall. 2.30pm followed by tea. New members welcome. Meetings 3rd Thurs of the month. For more information contact Annette Relph (01403) 732580 Parish Council Property Committee meeting. Billingshurst Centre. 7.30pm Carolyn Gibbs gives an update talk on Ometepe. Uniarian Chapel, Billingshurst. 7pm. Light supper (donation), bring your own wine. To book, tel: 07810 565226. See March’s Village Tweet, page 35 HDC Health Walk. Barns Green. Cancelled due to Corona virus

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Macmillan Film night. ‘1917’. Billingshurst Conference & Community Centre. 7pm for 7.30pm start.

Refreshments, raffle and Macmillan stall. Tickets £6.50 from www.touringcinema.com or Austens Home Hardware, 48-52 High Street or Terri Ashpool, tel: (01403) 588996 or on the door (subject to availability) Billingshurst and District Wine and Beer Circle Talk & Tasting: ‘Around the World’ by Mike Dobson. Note date change due to Easter. Circle normally meets 2nd Friday of each month (except August) at St Gabriel’s Hall, East Street, 8pm. New members welcome. Contact Tony White on (01403) 783475. www.billingshurstwineandbeercircle.com Loxwood Movie Night: ‘Judy’. North Hall, RH14 0SF. 7 for 7.30 start. £5 on the door. Bar Classical: Anna Kondrashina (Flute) & Pavel Timofeyevsky (Piano). Cranleigh Arts Centre. 7.30pm.

Bach’s Sonata in E major, Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Tchaikovsky’s Lensky’s Aria from the opera Eugene Onegin, Dutilleux’s Sonatine & Frank’s Sonata in A major. Tickets £15 (£10 under 25), tel: (01483) 278000 (Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm) or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org HDC Health Walk. Bluebell Walk. Slinfold (1). Cancelled due to Corona virus Billingshurst Bowling Club 2020 Season opens. Off Station Road Gardens. 2pm. Come along and have a go. New members most welcome, no experience necessary. Contact Beryl on (01403) 784599 or Barry on 07858 407537 for further information or visit www.billingshurstbowlingclub.co.uk Billingshurst Lions Club Meeting. Sports Pavilion, Jubilee Fields, Billingshurst. 8pm. For information about the Club contact Alan Ridout on (01403) 871370 or call in at the Lions Bookshop, Jengers Mead Macmillan Film night. ‘1917’. Pulborough Village Hall. 7pm for 7.30pm start. Refreshments, raffle and Macmillan stall. Tickets £6.50 from www.touringcinema.com or Pulborough Village Hall or Terri Ashpool, tel: (01403) 588996 or on the door (subject to availability) HDC Health Walk. Barns Green (2). Cancelled due to Corona virus Sussex Coin Company Buying Day. Stanley Room, Billingshurst Centre. 10am-1.30pm. See page 11 Loxwood Jazz & Blues Club. Village Hall. With candlelit tables and a licensed bar, it has a very intimate atmosphere with international standard jazz and blues. All profits go towards the renovation Loxwood Village Hall. Tickets are priced at the amazing price of £12 each, available from Loxwood Village Stores or Anita Bates on (01403) 752954 CDC Health Walk: Wey & Arun Canal (Loxwood). Meet in the Canal Centre car park, behind the Onslow Arms, RH14 0RD, 10.30am. A level 3½ mile walk. 1½ hours. www.chichester.gov.uk/heartsmart St Mary’s Guild Members’ talk by Alan Sargent: ‘Behind the Scenes at Chelsea’. St Mary’s Room, East Street, Billingshurst. 10.30am. We are a friendly women’s group and we welcome visitors. Beryl Peacock (01403) 782835 The Arts Society Cranleigh Talk: ‘The New Dawn in the Houses of Parliament’ with local artist Mary Branson. Cranleigh Arts Centre. 2pm & 7.30pm. All welcome. The Society meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except August & December. www.theartssocietycranleigh.org Women’s Circle Meeting. Unitarian Chapel, Lakers Meadow, Billingshurst, RH14 9QS. Meets monthly to share wisdom, experience and sisterhood in a safe and friendly space. £5 on the night includes refreshments. Dates and themes at www.intentionalhealing.co.uk/events, or Sarah, tel: 07970 976877 Sing for Pleasure. Billingshurst Community Centre. 3.00-4.30pm. We are a friendly, informal group who enjoy a sing-along. If you are a lady or gentleman in the more mature age group, even if you think you can’t sing, we’d love you to join us for an enjoyable afternoon. £3, includes tea and biscuits Parishes Wildlife Group Talk by Nik Knight from the Hampshire Bats Group: ‘Bats, Superheroes of the Night’. Followed by a local walk, weather permitting. Wisborough Green Village Hall. 7.30pm Mary How Trust Spring Quiz Evening. West Chiltington Village Hall. 7.30pm. Time. See page 42 Pulborough Village Market. Pulborough Village Hall, Swan View, RH20 2BF. 9am-12.30pm. Fresh produce, bread, delicatessen, local honey, organic condiments, plants, local crafts, fairtrade goods and much more. Café serving a full English breakfast, tea/coffee and cakes. Free entry. Please like us on Facebook. Market Coordinator Terri Ashpool, tel: (01403) 588996, e-mail: terriashpool@uwclub.net Harvest Home Folk Evening. Trinity United Reformed Church, Billingshurst. Refreshments. Tickets £10 from Fowlers Estate Agents or tel: (01403) 784153. See March’s Village Tweet, page 20 Community Event: Community Drum Circle. Cranleigh Arts Centre. 2pm. We are delighted to welcome Ray Watters back for another fun-packed community drum circle. This fun, noisy, family friendly event is open to everyone and anyone. No musical experience is necessary, and all drums and percussion are provided. There are no wrong notes and no mistakes. It’s all about taking part and having fun so come along, grab a drum, and have a go! Tickets £5, £15 family of 4, tel: (01483) 278000 (Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm) or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org The North Singers present ‘Songs from the Shows’. Cancelled due to Corona virus The Mary How Trust Film Society, ‘Knives Out’. West Chiltington Village Hall. 7.30pm. 4th Tuesday of every month. Bar, raffle, refreshments. Tickets £6 (Loyalty card: watch 6 films get 7th free!) on the door or from The Mary How Trust clinic and its Pulborough charity shop; The Card Centre, Storrington; Cherilyn/Nisa Local, West Chiltington; Mary How Trust Ticket hotline: (01798) 877646 Royal British Legion Thank You Evening. Fishers Farm Park. 7.30pm. See page 18 Parish Council Billingshurst Centre & F&GP Committees meetings. Billingshurst Centre. 7 & 7.30pm Quiet Garden Afternoon at The Blue Idol. Quaker Meeting House, Oldhouse Lane, Coolham, RH13 8QP. 2-4.30pm. (Last Weds of the month, April-Sept.) Enjoy peace in the garden. Stay as long as you like. Refreshments. Free, all welcome, wheelchair accessible. Further information www.blueidol.org Billingshurst Community Partnership Informal Gathering: Senior Citizens & Disabled.

Billingshurst Centre. 7pm. See March’s Village Tweet, page 39

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CAGNE: Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions The umbrella aviation community and environment group

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missions and decline in air quality cited as reasons to oppose Gatwick expansion plans.

A survey randomly conducted during the months of October and November 2019 has proven that residents of Sussex, Surrey and Kent cited reasons for not supporting Gatwick expansion plans due to more aircraft noise (51.8%), more rail and traffic congestion (82%), and more pressure on building on green spaces (39.1%), but the top concern (93.8%) was emissions and decline in air quality.

Humans can live for three weeks without food and three days without water but only three minutes without air.

63.30% of those asked said no to letting Gatwick Airport increase the number of flights per hour from 55 to 75 with two runways, with only 35% agreeing to proposed growth plans.

Gatwick stated that their October 2018 survey showed overwhelming support of their Master Plan for a three-runway airport, Gatwick conducting their survey away from noise impacted areas and at Gatwick itself. However, 64% of those questioned a year later by aviation community and environmental group CAGNE, either did not know of the survey or did not take part.

Over 66% of those asked do not support the Gatwick Master Plan for a threerunway airport in West Sussex with just over 62% stating that they do not support Gatwick rebuilding the emergency runway as a second runway.

Other results showed that night flights are disliked, with over 67% of respondents stating that night flights should be banned between 11.30pm and 6am.

Asked in view of the concerns over climate change should the government be seeking to encourage people to flyless, 62.36% agreed compared to 8.66% who disagreed with 7.81% stating that flying should be stopped until aviation is carbon neutral with 21.16% unsure.

To ensure that a balanced view was obtained, CAGNE distributed the survey from house to house, online, via social media, elected and environmental bodies, and roadshow of events throughout Sussex, Surrey and Kent to ensure that it did not only reach noise groups that now surround the airport. This resulted in just under 800 residents participating.

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