Shipley Parish News

Red Deer Stag on a frosty morning on the Knepp Estate, Shipley

February & March 2020 Shipley Parish News

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Parish directory

Church Gavin Kenny T: 01403 734387 Wardens Meadowcroft, Polecat Lane, E: [email protected] Copsale, RH13 6QR

Sarah Nuttall T: 01403 733878 College Farm, Church Lane, E: [email protected] Southwater RH13 9BT

Honorary Colin West T: 01403 741912 Treasurer E: [email protected]

Honorary Jo Nunn E: [email protected] Secretary

Organist and Peter Sanderson E: [email protected] Choirmaster

Assistant Anne Haimes Organist

Sunday School Liz Cockerill E: [email protected]

Safeguarding Andy Guy E: [email protected] officer

Bell Captain Simon Meyer E: [email protected]

Bell Secretary Sue Meyer

Andrew Hall Jane Gardner E: [email protected] Amanda Jupp

Magazine John Davies E: [email protected] advertising

Magazine Lucy West T: 01403 741912 subscriptions

Magazine Greg & Rachel Huitson-Little E: [email protected] editors

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The Churchwardens’ letter

As you read this, Christmas might seem like a distant memory, January will be behind us and the days are starting to get longer! But before we leave the Christmas of 2019 to the annals of time I would like to thank you all for the great celebrations we had, across a number of services, it was really amazing and the work of many hands. So many people got involved it is hard to thank everyone enough, but I must make a few special mentions.

 To the Christmas Tree team who dressed the tree and risked life and limb standing it up, (I also must thank the Knepp Estate who gave us our magnificent tree as they have done for many years),  To the flower team and cleaning team who kept the Church looking so amazing, and spent many hours cleaning up candle wax after the Carol Service,  To the Choir and Bell Ringers who worked so very hard over Christmas, and special thanks to Peter who organised the Carol Service, trained the Choir, had new service sheets printed and played so wonderfully.  To the West End beating Crib Service team and the Sunday School Children who did such a great job. I don’t think there way any other Church in Sussex, possibly the UK with not only real Sheep, real Donkeys but also a REAL BABY!  To all the readers, intercessors and sides men and women who greeted everyone, handed out candles and helped find places for everyone to sit, yet again we were packed for our main services.  To Richard Kilner who helped in many ways, turned up to all the working parties, who built all our lovely window candle holders and was so supportive,  To Sarah, my fellow Church Warden, who was always there and helped make sure everything ran to plan.  And finally, to every one of you who came to Church over Christmas, often many times! A church without anyone in it is just an empty building, it is our amazing community of Shipley Parish, coming together in fellowship and friendship, to hear the Christmas story, that is the Spirit of Christmas.

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A quick update on the Interregnum, we advertised for a new Priest in Charge in the Church Times before Christmas and had two applicants. Unfortunately, after discussion with the Archdeacon, it was agreed that they would not be a good fit for Shipley and so we have decided to keep on looking. We have re-advertised the position and hope to be holding interviews at the end of February. I hope you agree that we are blessed in that we have a strong team of priests who taking our services during this Interregnum and so we do not need to rush into making an appointment. It is vital we get the right person for the role and we shall do that with careful consideration, thought and prayer. On a slightly more mundane note, as you all know our roof is in desperate need, we have had experts in and had some initial estimates from several builders to do the work. It is going to cost a lot, tens of thousands of pounds, but considering we are talking about Horsham stone and a listed building that isn’t that much. However, we must get the work done this year, and so we are going to focus a lot of our energies on raising funds to fix the roof. I would therefore ask all of you to think of ways we can do that, or of organisations we can approach for a donation. The PCC has been looking at this for a while and we already have a list of organisations we are going to approach but innovation and lateral thinking help spread the load. It may be your golden idea that gives us that breakthrough.

Finally, a quick look forward. Easter is early in April (12th April) and Lent covers all of March. Audrey Bernardi has kindly offered to run a Lenten Course at her house in March so please support that if you are able. Holy Week will be the 6th – 10th April and there will be services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday as we prepare for Easter Sunday, I will release more details on our website at www.shipley.church closer to the time, do please come if you are able.

Yours in Christ Gavin and Sarah

2020 Lent Course

The Lent Course this year will take place on Tuesday afternoons at 2.30pm Dates are 10th March, 17th March , 24th March and 31st March

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Church calendars

Sidesmen Reading and reader Prayers

2 February at 10:00am: Candlemas, Holy Communion, Sunday School Gordon Lindsay Hebrews 2, V14 to V18 Andrea Quigley Carole Cooper Joan Lindsay

9 February at 10:00am: Holy Communion 1 Corinthians 2, V1 to V12 Richard Killner Audrey Bernardi Andrew Bernardi

15 February at 8:00am: Said Eucharist Romans 8, V18 to V25 (no sidesmen) Gavin Kenny Sarah Nuttall

15 February at 10:00am: Family Service Romans 8, V18 to V25

Rob Ebdon Claire Ebdon Gavin Kenny Matthew 6, V25 to V34 Liz Cockerill

23 February at 10:00am: Holy Communion 2 Peter 1, V16 to V21 Nigel Jupp Mandy Jupp Nigel Jupp

26 February at 7:00pm: Evensong, Ash Wednesday 2 Corinthians 5.20 to 6.10 (no sidesmen) Sarah Nuttall Lucy West

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Sidesmen Reading and reader Prayers

1 March at 10:00am: Holy Communion, Lent, Sunday School Romans 5, V12 to V19 Carole Cooper Claire Searle Andrea Quigley

8 March at 10:00am: Holy Communion, Lent Romans 4, V1 to V5, V13 to V17 Nick de Zoete Andrea Quigley Ginny de Zoete

15 March at 8:00am: Said Eucharist, Lent Romans 5, V1 to V11 (no sidesmen) Gavin Kenny Richard Killner

15 March at 10:00am: Family Service, Lent Romans 5, V1 to V11

Sarah Holt Carole Cooper Gavin Kenny John 4, V5 to V42 Liz Cockerill

29 March at 10:00am: Mattins, Lent Romans 8, V6 to V11 John Hall Eve Kenny John Hall

5 April at 10:00am: Holy Communion, Palm Sunday, Sunday School Philippians 2, V5 to V11 Bob Phillips Peter Sanderson Josie Phillips

12 April at 10:00am: Holy Communion, Easter Day Alan Haimes Colossians 3, V1 to V4 Mandy Jupp Nigel Jupp Anne Haimes

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Cleaning rota

1 February Jane Sanderson Peter Sanderson Caroline Dowse

8 February Claire Searle Sarah Nuttall

15 February Carole Cooper Chris Seymour Shirley Killner

22 February Annabel Jordan Ginny de Zoete Ros Wild

29 February Claire Ebdon Lucy West

7 March Jane Sanderson Peter Sanderson Caroline Dowse

14 March Claire Searle Sarah Nuttall

21 March Carole Cooper Chris Seymour Shirley Killner

28 March Annabel Jordan Ginny de Zoete Ros Wild

A note for your diaries:

THE BIG CHURCH CLEAN

will be 10am to 12am on Saturday 25th April. Coffee and cake will be served!

Thank you so very much for all your time and support so generously given to help care for our Church!

If you would like to help, please contact the Churchwarden Sarah Nuttall (details inside the front cover)

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Flower rota

Altar Vases Memorials

1 and 8 February Shirley Killner Christine Seymour

Angela Brumwell 15 and 22 February Ann Roberts Carol Blackwell

29 February to 4 April —————— Lent, no flowers ——————

—————— Decorate for Easter —————— 11 April All welcome

2020 Shipley Parish News publication and submission dates

Publication Article submission deadline April and May 2020 13 March 2020 June and July 2020 15 May 2020 August and September 2020 17 July 2020 October and November 2020 18 September 2020 December 2020 and January 2021 20 November 2020

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Editor’s letter

Welcome to the February and March Shipley Parish News!

Yellow-Dog’s stint as guest editor was short and sweet; she is now tucked up close to the fire keeping warm in these cold winter months. We’ve just enjoyed this year’s Masters Snooker, and now I am in my man-cave to do the Parish News. To be fair, it’s quite nice to escape to the man-cave; it is on the top floor of our house, and Mrs Editor barely ventures up to it. I think she thinks it’s inhabited by some strange man-cave goblin. Maybe it is. Maybe that’s me. At Christmas, we welcomed a new addition into the family menagerie: Herbert. Herbert is no ordinary pet however. Rather than dropping hair everywhere, he collects it. For Herbert is a robot vacuum cleaner. Herbert is the latest incarnation of a mission by Mrs Editor’s brother, BiL, to infuse technology and automation into every aspect of our lives. It started a few years ago when he gave us lights that are controlled not by switches but by an app on your iPad or iPhone. Our heating is now also controlled by a similar app. For her birthday a couple of years back, he gave us an Alexa dot. For those not in the know, Alexa is Amazon’s voice controlled magic box of tricks that allows you to shout from the downstairs cloakroom and order new toilet rolls when the need becomes apparent (but hopefully not too apparent). Conspiracy theorists also believe that Alexa is listening… to everything. Now, having repeatedly replied to Mrs Editor saying that she can’t put the dirty cups in the dishwasher, or get up from the sofa and be useful (instructions I think weren’t actually aimed at Alexa), Alexa has been banished to the man-cave to keep the goblin company. I do wonder what is behind BiL’s mission. One of benevolence? Perhaps he is seeking to make our lives easier with technological assistances, so Mrs Editor and I can concentrate on living our lives. Is it one of torment? As brother and sister, despite the multiple decades that have passed, they still find ways to tease and wind each other up, and he plays on the fact that Mrs Editor isn’t the most embracing when it comes to new technology. Or is it one of espionage and control? Will I come home one day to find the house has been taken over by the EvilBiL, the heating turned up to unbearable levels, lights switching on in the dead at night, and Alexa holding us to ransom? Only time will tell. So returning to Herbert. You charge him up, and then send him on his way to suck up dust, hair and other particles from the floor. He takes himself on random walks, moving forward for a bit, turning, moving forward, turning, etc, slowly covering the floor space. Whist he has “eyes” in the form of sensors, we think he needs glasses as he has been bumping into cupboards, chair legs, even walls. That’s okay though; on the front is a soft bumper, which tells him, when he bumps into walls or other obstacles, to reverse, turn around a bit, and try

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again. Herbert is, I suppose, the perfect pet. Aside from needing to be emptied every so often, he is mess-negative, doesn’t need food, won’t drool on your lap when you’re trying to eat, doesn’t need a walk, and won’t bark in the dead of night wanting a moonlit wee and biscuit. I think Herbert has, however, designs on domination here at PNHQ, and his sweet wanderings accompanied by the low hum of his tiny little motors hides a dark streak. The clues where there to be honest. He’s gloss black for a start, in true baddie style. Darth Hoover perhaps. He has two little brushes at the front which spin around, but rather than being friendly fluffy looking things, they are long, thin, wispy, rotating just fast enough to work, but just slow enough to be deliberately menacing. And of course he has a little light that pulses while he goes about his business. No doubt communicating to the mothership in orbit. And so it was, early into the new year, that Herbert launched his offensive. At the time, Mrs Editor was spending time on the sofa knitting, the relaxing click- clack of the needles creating a woollen wonder. Yellow-dog and I were in the man-cave, enjoying a bit of Pink Floyd together (she’s particularly fond of their 1977 album “Animals” and especially track two, but does rather think it would sound better on vinyl). We were all completely oblivious to the ensuing onslaught in the utility room. For there, rudely awoken from her slumber and now trapped in her bed, Black-Dog was being continually rammed by Herbert. Forward, back, twist slightly, forward again, back, twist slightly. Brushes flailing away like medieval weapons. It was relentless torment for the poor Labradog. We’ve kept a close eye on Herbert ever since. Anyhow, onto a more pleasant scene. One lazy Saturday very early into the new year, Mrs Editor and I sat down together and watched a film straight through - a rare treat these days. Our choice: The Lion King. Not the original from some twenty years ago, but the “live action” remake. If you have not had a chance to see it, I implore you to. Not because of the story or the music – the story is predominantly unchanged from the original and the music is just as good (if maybe with a little less of the energy compared to first time out, but then I’ve doubled in age since, which might explain that one) – but because of the animation. It is stunning. If you ignore the fact that the animals talk and sing, it is genuinely impossible to believe that it is not real, so good is the animation. The director did slot in one short scene that was actually real and filmed in Africa, but you will not spot it. The film also has the rare distinction of being one which Yellow-Dog was genuinely glued to; watching intently, pondering whether it was safe to pounce on the meerkat knowing there was a not insubstantial Big Cat lurking off screen. Black-dog wasn’t so bothered; she was probably plotting revenge on Herbert.

Until next time,

Greg and Rachel [email protected]

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Crib Service 2019

Gavin Kenny

The Crib Service this year was a massive success with real donkeys, sheep and baby Jesus (thanks Ivo)! The Crib Service has become one of our most popular services with so many people it was standing room only.

The Sunday School children put on a great show for the Nativity Scene and members of the Junior Choir narrated parts of the story.

Many thanks to Liz Cockerill and Sarah Holt for organising a brilliant service, for all the children who took part, Louise and Helen Butler, and Nicky Clark for Sheep wrangling and Darren and Jean Rolfe for bringing their donkeys, it made it a memorable service.

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Choir and Bell Ringer’s Dinner and The Kenny Cup

Gavin Kenny

Just after Christmas and before the New Year was the time for the annual Shipley Chorister and Bell Ringer’s party, kindly hosted by Claire and Robert Ebdon. A great time was had by all, with delicious food and drink, great conversation and some group carol singing thrown in as well.

The same as last year the Kenny Cup for Choristers was awarded by Peter Sanderson the Choirmaster, to the chorister it was felt had attended the most practices and contributed to the Church the most over the year. This year it was awarded to John Kenny for all his work not only in the choir, learning the base parts to all our anthems, but also in acting as server to all our visiting priests. Well Done John!

Many thanks as always to all the choir and the bell ringers and Peter and Simon for all the work they put into making sure Shipley has some of the best music to support our services.

A Colourful Christmas Family

“….and the prize for the most co-ordinated and colourful family at Christmas goes to….

…Will Burrell and his family from Australia. Taking the Christmas Jumper to a whole new level!”

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National Gardens Scheme

Zsa Roggendorff reports, and invites you all to visit this year

I did not realise quite what superb work they do, raising money for all the various Cancer charities each year just by people opening their gardens to others interested in plants and planting. It was started by a group of friends who visited each other’s gardens and left a tip for the owners to use how they felt best. That was 73 years ago and now it numbers some of the greatest gardens the land (Prince Charles is their patron of course) down to some of the prettiest smaller gardens in town streets, or village lanes. In West Sussex we are spoiled for choice, just glancing through the famous “Yellow book” which lists gardens and the dates on which they are open, one can hardly wait for summer and all the visits ahead. For years I perused the Yellow Book without noticing the second page! Most odd as this page always lists how much was raised each year, and which Charities had donations. The total sum each year is in excess of £3 million, quite astonishing as it comes from those generous souls who open their gardens to visitors each year! Macmillan, Marie Curie, The Queens Nursing Institute, MS Society and Parkinson’s UK and many many others all benefit each year. Then there are the teas! Home made cakes and tea, usually served in the garden (weather depending of course!). We really love all our visitors here at Oaklands Farm, and have so much in common with each other, every single one arrives keen and smiling, busy looking at dear Lou who brings her unusual perennial plants for sale, and then on to see what is happening in the garden this year (oh I just spotted several Dandelions in that bed!) Of course no garden is perfect, we all battle the weather (this year the WET!) and various bugs and diseases, also various animals in our case (Charlie Burrell’s pigs got in one day just after we had a new lawn laid! Luckily they were spotted and chased out before they manage to find the lawn! No harm done that day). Some years the shrubs grow so massive that they stop the Dahlias flowering with the lack of direct sunshine, some years the slugs eat all the annuals before the visitors arrive and then there are our delightful hens; what with dust bathing and pecking the sweetest buds, however they are great slug and snail dispatchers and have the huge fun chasing slugs too This year January has been busy ordering seeds, and getting my husband to agree to share his greenhouse for planting the flower seeds ( greenhouse is very much his, for vegetables ) and ordering Dahlias from our local grower over near Turners Hill.

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New roses are already planted, and am longing to see the colours when they flower, much excitement ahead.

This year we are opening twice:

Oaklands Farm is open for NGS visitors on

May Bank Holiday, Monday 25th May and Saturday 18th July

Both from 11 am to 5pm

Do come along and visit!

We are also open for small groups to visit by arrangement, just email [email protected]

Why not come and help? Selling tickets or doing teas? Or just make me a cake and I shall help you with whatever you are raising funds for in return!

Subscriptions

Parish News subscriptions for the year are now due, and will remain the same as in previous years, £6 payable to the person who delivers your magazine please. I hope you’ll agree that although you only receive the magazine 6 times a year, instead of 10, the quality has just got better and better and there are so many good things to read. A big thank you to editors Rachel and Greg!

If you get your Parish News by post, please send a cheque for £10 made out to Shipley PCC to Lucy West, The Old Vicarage, School Lane, Shipley, Horsham RH13 8PL.

Once again thank you so much to those who deliver the magazines – it is much appreciated. If you know someone who is new to the parish and would like to start getting the Parish News delivered, please let me know.

Lucy West, 01403 741912

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Ten years of the Shipley History Society

Lucy West sends in this report from the Shipley History Society

We celebrated the first 10 years of the Shipley History Society at our recent Christmas AGM and were delighted to welcome Andrew Bernardi and his Stradivarius, which made it a very special and memorable musical evening.

The inspiration for the society was a small book published in 1947 - The History of Shipley: A Wealden Village by M.M. Hickman, who as it happens was the mother of Sue Horner, one of our founder members and most stalwart supporters.

Here is an abbreviated version of our 10 year review:

We embarked on our first SHS walk exactly 10 years ago in late November 2009, when Gordon Brown was still Prime Minister and the year a young Barack Obama was sworn in as US President. With instructions from Bob Phillips about what to look out for on the way, a group of us set off on a fine day down Boar Lane, past the Zero Station and back along Green Street. And so the Shipley History Society was born, and since then we have had 38 talks, 12 walks, 16 visits to places of interest, 10 AGMs with assorted musical entertainment and many summer parties with Gina’s famous spam sandwiches!

Some of our talks have been on topics of general interest. Two talks by Dr Geoffrey Mead - Sussex Agricultural History and Sussex on the Rocks gave us a good introduction to the landscape and geology of the area. We’ve had a talk on the Sussex coastline and its role in history and another on Dark Age Sussex – apparently not nearly as dark as you might expect – both by Mark Perry Nash, a wonderful speaker who also talked to us about his famous forebear, John Nash and the Brighton Pavilion. John Nash was the Regency architect who designed Buckingham Palace, as well as Knepp Castle for the Burrell family.

We’ve had a talk on the Wealden Iron Industry and another on the Caryll family, the prominent Shipley family of ironmasters, who lived at Bentons, and we followed this up with a visit, thanks to the Barton Jaynes. One talk was so good we had it twice! Timber-framed buildings of the Sussex Weald with Annabelle

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Hughes, well known for clambering around in the roof spaces of ancient houses looking for evidence of crown posts and purlins.

Another speaker who is a firm favourite is Janet Pennington, who has been three times and given brilliant talks on Chanctonbury Ring, the history of the Adur Valley and recently Sussex pub signs.

Our most popular talks are ones which relate directly to Shipley, its people and places. Stewart Angell came to talk to us about Wartime radio networks and Shipley Zero Station. Local historian Chris Hare spoke about Hilaire Belloc, the renowned poet and writer who lived at Kings Land in Shipley for nearly 50 years until his death in 1953, and Chris and his wife, playwright Ann Feloy came again one Christmas to sing the folk songs of the South Downs, which seemed to involve a lot of Belloc’s drinking songs with rousing choruses!

John Lytton gave us a fascinating talk on his great grandfather, the poet and diplomat Wilfred Scawen Blunt, but probably our best attended talks have been the two that Gordon and Pippa Reay gave us, firstly on their home the old Shipley Workhouse and then on Dragons Green and the history of the George and Dragon – and you can’t get more local than that. Or not until last summer, when Ian gave a talk about the Heinkel bomber which crashed at Broomers Corner, and we were sitting in Derek and Gina’s house looking directly over the site of the crash.

We are very grateful to the Burrells for our three visits to Knepp over the past 10 years. Our first visit involved a trailer ride around the estate and out to the Norman keep, the second was a summer visit when Issy Burrell talked to us about the history of the Burrell family and Knepp castle, and the terrible fire of 1904, which destroyed much of the castle and many valuable paintings. The third was this summer, when we had a memorable visit to see the white storks and learn about their reintroduction as part of the rewilding project.

Where possible we’ve tried to follow up talks with visits, such as Ockley Windmill, Parham House and Shoreham Fort. We’ve had many other visits - to Saddlescombe Farm, a downland farm which has been farmed for around 1000 years and was once owned by the Templars, Sullington Barn, the Blue Idol Quaker Meeting house and St Mary’s House at Bramber, a 15th century pilgrim inn.

We’ve visited the West Grinstead Clergy House, John Prince’s collection of antique armaments at Itchingfield, Saucelands, another historic house in Shipley and this summer a memorable visit to Christs Hospital. We were introduced to the art of dowsing by Bob, trying to locate the leylines around Shipley Church

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and he also led two walks to Dragons Green and Scawen Blunt’s grave. Hidden away in woodland and flanked by an avenue of yews, the grave is inscribed with lines from Blunt’s sonnet ‘Chanclebury Ring’ beginning ‘Dear Checker-work of woods, the Sussex Weald!’

Over the years some of us have been involved in research. Jean has gleaned fascinating facts from the old Shipley school log books and produced several booklets about different aspects of village school life. She has also researched the lives of the Shipley men who died in both world wars and are remembered on the church war memorials. Claire has been involved with the Horsham District Heritage Forum project which has recently produced a book ‘The Heritage of Horsham District in 100 Objects’, a celebration of this beautiful part of the country.

We’ve also been involved with the heritage lottery funded project ‘Belloc, Broadwood and beyond’, led by Chris Hare, who has run workshops teaching traditional Sussex folksongs written by Belloc and those compiled by early 20th century folksong collector Lucy Broadwood of Rusper. Chris has also introduced some of these songs and poems to the children of Shipley and Rusper primary schools, bringing them to the next generation.

We finished our review with a few words from Belloc, from the last verses of his poem ‘The South Country’:

If I ever become a rich man, Or if ever I grow to be old, I will build a house with deep thatch To shelter me from the cold, And there shall the Sussex songs be sung And the story of Sussex told.

I will hold my house in the high wood Within a walk of the sea, And the men that were boys when I was a boy Shall sit and drink with me.

The evening ended with music, mulled wine and merriment!

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Shipley History Society

Gina Larcombe reports from the Shipley History Society

The new Shipley History Year began in November with our Festive AGM. This being our 10th anniversary, we felt the occasion should be celebrated in style and so this year we were most fortunate to welcome our special guest Andrew Bernadi along with his Stradavarius violin. Andrew spoke about the local composers who were inspired by the West Sussex countryside and more especially, Shipley. Andrew also treated us to some beautiful performances playing some of the pieces which had been written locally. To remind us of all that the SHS had achieved over the years, Lucy West spoke about the talks, visits and events which had been organised by the committee. It was nice jog to the memory remembering previous programmes of speakers and activities and what the SHS had achieved during the last ten years. A truly special evening.

Thursday 20th February at 7.30 pm Oliver Tempest will be coming to speak about the history of the Knights Templar in Sussex.

Thursday April 16th A welcome return of historian Helen Poole who will give a talk on Sussex during the Elizabethan Era.

Thursday 18th June at 6:00 pm We will take our local summer evening walk to Shipley Church where Peter Sanderson will give us a guided tour of the historical features of the church. Following this we return to the Old Vicarage to enjoy our annual social evening hosted by Colin and Lucy West.

September (date and details to be confirmed) A visit to the Music Box Museum at Bucks Green.

Unless otherwise stated, all the Shipley History Society meetings are held at Andrew Hall, Shipley, RH13 8PH All events are free to members (membership is £10 per year) or £3 for guests.

You can contact the Society at [email protected]

You can find Shipley History Society on the Shipley Parish Council website www.shipleyparishcouncil.org.uk and follow the Sports and Recreation link.

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New Year New You?

Your Editor has been out to meet Stuart Wilkinson, who tells us a bit more about his year-old business

Tucked away just off the main drive down to Knepp lies a fairly unassuming wooden building, the Bothy. A peaceful place – the birdsong a gentle backdrop to the tranquillity and relaxation that we’re lucky to have here in and around Shipley. Until, that was, Stuart Wilkinson moved in just over a year ago and set up his new fitness venture… come at the wrong time now and the birdsong will give way to energetic music and Stuart shouting away motivating his guests!

Stuart is a personal trainer, marathon runner and fitness guru. For many years he was based at South Lodge hotel not too far away, but towards the end of 2018 he decided to set up his own business, and has ended up here in Shipley. Having taken the lease on part of the Bothy, he’s set up a small gym and fitness studio equipped with modern state of the art fitness equipment, free weights and probably one of the most pleasant locations for getting fit anywhere in West Sussex!

It’s there that Stuart runs a mixture of personal training (one-on-one) and small group fitness classes throughout the week. This can be for anyone and everyone – from those looking to run marathons to those looking to lose a few of those Christmas pounds or to just have and maintain a general level of fitness that we really should all have.

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Stuart originally wanted to be an accountant, and used exercise as a way to deal with stress really only as a hobby. It was someone at his gym who suggested turning that hobby into a career – perhaps seeing a talent for encouraging others. The spark happened, and Stuart started on his way to becoming a personal trainer. Along the way, he’s worked with Crawley Town Football Club, as their sports massage therapist, where he helped the squad to recover from injury in as short a time as possible, and so at the Bothy as well as getting us into shape he can also help those who are recovering from illness or injury to get them on the road to a full and lasting recovery.

Here at Knepp, it’s the love of nature and countryside that, like for many of us, is the real attraction. He loves looking out the window whilst training, loves running around the estate taking in nature. You might also find him feeding the local birds, though much of the time he’s trying to outwit the Knepp squirrels!

Originally born and breed in Horsham, Stuart spent quite a number of years across the way in Southwater before moving back to the road he grew up on! For him, Horsham is well served by gyms, studios and personal trainers, and his ethos really is about being a much more local part of the community – helping those who may not want to go to Horsham or want to do things closer to home. It seems to be working and resonating. In the coming year his plans are to continue building up the business, meeting new people and helping them achieve their goals, and if the weather improves and mud dries out, use more of the outdoor space for training and activities.

Stuart runs Absolute Fitness at the Bothy, Knepp Castle Estate. Email on [email protected] or call on 01403 390193

He’s offering a free initial consultation, so give him a call if you want to find out more.

Website: https://www.absolutehealthandfitness.co.uk/

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Shipley Arts Festival 2020

Andrew Bernardi and Tracey Carr report

We are delighted that this year is the 20th year of the Shipley Arts Festival and our programme gives many opportunities for communities and musicians to come together to celebrate music, heritage and our wonderful villages and people. From our early roots back in 2000, we have brought together leading national and international musicians in a variety of different concerts, including: world leaders such as the baroque trumpet player, Crispian Steele Perkins, Maria Marchant internationally acclaimed pianist, Roderick Williams OBE, cellist Jonathan Few, and many other leading musicians and composers. We have also brought together young musicians through the String Academy and exchanges with pupils from Asia through our summer school and the Yehudi Menuhin School and throughout the county culminating in 2019 with a superb performance of Malcolm Singer’s Dragons which involved over 350 young musicians and singers from local schools. Over the 20 years, we have had several new works commissioned by leading UK composers and our Stradivarius String Trio has toured internationally including to China and we are thrilled and excited to be sharing our music and culture with new friends and partners in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. This year, we will be holding concerts again in local churches and venues including our own Shipley Church as well as at Knepp. Each concert is absolutely unique, featuring different musicians and different music, often with a particular relevance to the venue whether it might be something composed by John Ireland at Shipley as this was his final resting place, or a composition by Roderick Williams inspired by our local landscape and nature. Many lives have been changed through music and the building of friendships and communities. This is what our Festival has been so keenly involved in for

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the past 20 years. Our sponsors and supporters have been vital in supporting the concerts since 2000 without whom we could not put on these fabulous world class concerts in our local communities, so our thanks go to all our supporters and friends and particularly to Toovey's, Wakefields, Luxury Cave, Nyetimber, NFU Mutual (Henfield) and Kreston Reeves.

Our full programme will be issued in the Spring, but in the meantime, please make a note of a particularly special concert and an historic date, which so relates to our Coolham Airfield and so much more:

Shipley Church A Concert for VE Day on Friday 8th May 7 pm Shipley Festival Choir and Strings

Shipley Psalms, J.S.Bach Chaconne in D Minor for unaccompanied violin with Chorals, John Ireland ‘My Song is Love Unknown,’ sung by all, Shipley Psalms conducted by composer Malcolm Singer, Shipley Arts Festival Choir and much more.

Other dates to note include:

 Leonardslee Opening Concert: Sunday March 29th  St John’s Chapel, Coolhurst: Sunday 26th April 6.30 pm  The Blue Idol: Friday 5th June 7.30 pm  Knepp Castle: Sunday 21st June 6.30 pm, The Wilding Concert  Warnham Park Barn: Sunday June 7th 6.30 pm  Findon: Friday 26th June  Nuthurst Church: 28th June 6.30 pm  Durrance Manor: Sunday 12th July 6.30 pm  Sullington Barn: September 19th 2.30 pm, Opera Holloway ‘Carmen’  Great Ballard School: Thursday 15th October  The NFU Nyetimber Shipley Arts Festival 2020 Review for Gold, Silver Friends and Sponsors: Friday November 20th

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this wonderful journey over the past 20 years and we look forward to this year with great enthusiasm with opportunities to bring more people together in our communities.

Contact: [email protected] Websites: www.shipleyartsfetsival.co.uk, www.BMGLive.com and www.trinitysannyi.co.uk

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Kingerlee’s Khinese

Michael Kingerlee has been reflecting on some Chinese proverbs and how they apply to today’s modern world

“A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month’s study of a book”

In an age when we spend a lot of the day with our eyes glued to our computer or phone screen, it’s important to remember the value of talking to one who knows or is an expert rather than getting the information from the net.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now”

Don’t put anything off for tomorrow if you can do it today.

“Dig the well before you are thirsty”

Plan ahead and prepare for the future before it occurs. It is short sighted to build electric cars to save global warming if we don’t plan what to do with the old batteries and can all the parts of wind turbines or solar panels be re-cycled? Plastic packaging is a classic example of not planning ahead and now it is destroying the planet. Make a long-term plan rather than rushing into things, or expecting instant results, as you will then reap the benefits and possible save money in the long run.

“Different locks must be opened with different keys”

Every problem we face in life will require a different set of skills to overcome. Dealing with different relationships cannot be solved in the same way as every personal negotiation will have to be solved in a different way.

“The longer the string, the higher the kite will fly”

The more you put into a project the more satisfaction you will get out of it.

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Kingerlee’s Konundrum

Do you buy enough for the week? Looking in the “Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book” published in 1869, it states that the required food for one person for a week is generally as follows, but the quantity of meat can be reduced if a large supply of fish, vegetables or pudding are available:

 2 ozs of Tea  ¼ lbs of Coffee if used for breakfast only  ¼ lbs of Cocoa paste for breakfast  ½ lbs of sugar  ½ lbs of cheese  ½ lbs of butter  1qt of milk  8 lbs of bread for a woman, 10lbs for a man or boy  6 lbs of meat  1 gallon of beer for a woman, 7 quarts for a man  3 ½ lbs of potatoes

Seems like quite an interesting diet!

Defibrillators Where's your nearest?

Some of you may be interested to know where the defibrillators around the parish are sited. As Shipley is widely dispersed, the nearest may be found at the following locations:

 Foxfield Cottages phone box on the Shipley Road  Shipley Football Club  Coolham Village Hall  Dial Post Village Hall  William Penn School (this last during school hours only).

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The FOSS report

Lachlan Robson reports

Christmas fair

Our Christmas fair raised £618.75.

It was amazingly busy with lots of fantastic stalls. Santa came and gave us all presents – chocolates! We had hot dogs and cakes, tea and coffee and juice. There was a raffle and a bottle tombola with lots of great prizes donated to our school Christmas fair.

Sycamores class made reindeers out of logs and twigs and we even made homemade pom poms for their noses. We sold our reindeers to raise funds for our school and raised over £100

The 5p challenge

Each class had a bottle to fill with 5ps. Woohoo Sycamores class won. The total amount of 5ps collected was £322.20. My class, Sycamores, chose to spend this money on a whole school trip, which we are going to agree this term.

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Jaws and claws will be coming into school. We get to see different animal skins, hold critters and talk about animals. I don't want to touch the centipede again as its legs felt weird on my hand. Not sure I want to hold a spider or a snake but the lizards are ok.

Movie night

We watched The secret Life of Pets 2. It was really funny and we even had a packed lunch of sandwiches, crisps, cake and a drink. As a special treat, we had fresh cooked popcorn. If felt like we were at a proper cinema.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our school. Thank you for all the money we have raised at our fairs and events. We will soon have enough money for a new Forest School shelter which means we will be able to cooks and learn outside in all weathers during our Forest School lessons.

Thank you for reading my report Lachlan, FOSS reporter.

Shipley Fete – Plant Stall

I know we are still at the start of the year but already we are starting to think about the Shipley Fete on the 25th May.

The Fete is the major fund raising event of the year and Pat and Bernard have run the fabulous plant stall for the last 20 years. This year we don’t want the Fete to be without a plant staff, I am therefore asking for volunteers to grow plants we can sell on the stall, if everyone grew a few plants then we would have all the stock we need. So when you sowing for spring could you add a few extra for the Church?

If you think you could provide something, please let me know and what plants you will be providing and I’ll will keep track.

Many thanks

Gavin Kenny

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Sports and Activity clubs

Badminton

Every Tuesday night 8:15pm to 10:15pm at Dial Post Village Hall. All welcome. Any skill levels - we play doubles and rotate partners throughout the night. For more information call Peter Buckley on 07788 133965

Shipley Bowmen

Sundays and Wednesdays. Beginners’ tuition starts on the first of Sunday every month. Visit https://shipleybowmen.co.uk or contact Philip Baxter on 01403 741093

Shipley Petanque

Every Tuesday morning, 10:30am to 1pm at the Football Ground in Shipley. Beginners most welcome and all equipment is provided. For more information, please contact Melanie Roberts on 01403 782134

Short Mat bowling

At Southwater Leisure Centre in Pevensey Road - sessions are run throughout the year on Tuesdays at 1.30 and from the first week of October also on Saturday mornings at 9.00. All equipment will be provided. Please come along 10 minutes before the start time if you want to have a go. If you want any more details please call Tony on 01403 731177 www.southwaterbowlsclub.co.uk

Walking football club

Every Tuesday morning, 10am to 11am at the Football Ground in Shipley. Everyone welcome! For more information, please contact Philip Gibbs at [email protected] or on 07786 070939

If you would like to include your sports or activity club, please email us at [email protected] with a short description and contact details, or call Greg or Rachel on 01403 741469

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THE DAN AND MORFA POPE MEMORIAL FUND

Shipley’s charity for young people

The Trustees of the fund would like all members of Shipley Parish to be aware of the above fund which was formed to help young people enhance talents they would otherwise have found difficult to develop due to lack of funds.

The terms of the Charity are as follows:

 The young person must be under 25.

 Must live in the ecclesiastical parish of Shipley (which includes Coolham, Brooks Green and Dragons Green)

 Or if not living in the parish, must attend or have previously attended Shipley C of E Primary school.

GRANTS

If you have a child, or are a young person who fits this description, we encourage you to get in touch and apply for a grant.

The fund has limited resources and it may not be possible to fund all applications, however, we promise we will consider them all.

Please contact Nicholas de Zoete at [email protected] if you are seeking a grant.

Registered charity no 10887795

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An update from our neighbours on their 2020 Village Show

Competitions are at the heart of our village show and we were delighted with the increase in entries last year. We really appreciate the effort people put into their entries and would love to display even more this year. Why not have a go!

There is something for everyone: gardeners, florists, artists, crafters, bakers, embroiderers, knitters and photographers. You have six months to plan, develop, create and grow items to exhibit at this years’ show.

We would like more children and young people involved and have updated classes for them. We now have specific classes for children in the Home Produce section: encourage them to have a go and have some fun! And for the first time we have an interesting class for individuals or groups, visit the web for more details or contact Pat at [email protected]

The show is a great opportunity to showcase your products, If you would like to book a stall, contribute to the raffle or help out on the day, please contact Nick at [email protected] or leave a message on 01798 368655

Visit our web site for all competition, stallholder and volunteer information and lots more www.westchiltshow.org

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Countryman

The weather seems to have been a focus in the parish and the country for the last few months. We had some official flood warnings issued for Shipley from the environment agency but fortunately, although the levels were high, they didn’t seem to reach the levels of some previous years. In the last parish magazine, I mentioned the importance of keeping ditches and culverts clear. Thanks to Dave, a very kind and helpful neighbour, we had just done some serious ditch and culvert clearing so we felt more secure following our efforts. Magnificent Oak tree on Pound Lane during the recent storm - However, the volume of ditches overflowing and flood plain behind is full of water water once the big storm arrived was too much for one of my ditches and it started to overflow. I resorted to cutting a channel on the house side ditch to force the water on to the road and then on the other side of the road. I cut two channels on the other side of the road to take the water off the road and into the ditch on the other side of the road. It sounds complicated but it worked a treat and the water kept flowing.

I went all around the village and realised the importance of the flood plains that we have in A different wet view of Shipley Church on the parish. The one behind the 19th December 2019 from Church Farm South

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Church, towards Church Farm South was full and overflowing. The fields by Smithers Hill, Swallows Lane and the bottom of Pound Lane were all flooded. These habitats are absolutely essential and it helps you realise their importance to the area. Whilst I was passing the Willow Trees on Swallows Lane, I saw what looked like a White Egret. Very annoyingly, I didn’t have my camera with me so with my camera in hand, I am still looking for another opportunity to take a photograph of this beautiful bird. Watch this space!!

We enjoyed a quiet family Christmas at home and it was lovely. Christmas for me doesn’t start in November when carols start to warble from High Street shops, or when adverts appear on the Television. The commercialisation gets on my nerves a bit if I’m honest. For me, Christmas starts when we get to hear the Shipley Scouts sing carols and it has become a brilliant tradition. It is Post-Christmas present opening, fantastic for Shipley Scouts there was a rustle of wrapping paper … as they raise funds for their group and they bring lots of enthusiasm and joy to so many in the parish who hear them. This is when I start to get excited about Christmas, so thanks to all of Scouts, the Scout Leaders and those kind folks who host.

After hearing the Scouts in Shipley, I was lucky enough to attend a carol service in St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London. It is the RAF Church. We were lucky enough to hear three separate choirs sing in St Clements and it added to the Christmas spirit that had started with the scouts singing here in Shipley. Just a note, St Clement Dane is thought to be the church that features in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons and the bells do play that tune.

Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clements, I owe you five farthings, Say the bells of St. Martins. When will you pay me? Say the bells at Old Bailey? When I grow rich? Say the bells at Shoreditch When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney. I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow

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However, St Clement's Eastcheap also claims to be the church from the rhyme. That argument may never be sorted but my money is on St Clement Danes.

The Big Garden Birdwatch will have come and gone by the time this edition goes to print. It is a nationwide survey that provides the RSPB with vital data about bird species and their trends over time. There are a lot of variables when a survey like this is done. For example, in previous years when we were having sub-zero temperatures up north there was a mini Blue Tit on the Fat Ball feeder with an incoming Great Tit migration of Blackbirds, I remember counting something like 23 Blackbirds at one time during a January Birdwatch. Taking these exceptions out, the base data shows the success of species and the sad decline of others. It is a great way to get children involved and interested in birds and bird welfare. We regularly feed the birds in the garden and they give us a lot of pleasure and in our little pocket of Sussex hopefully when the weather is harsh or food sources scarce, we can provide some sustenance to help these amazing creatures survive. A handsome Buzzard in an oak tree in the garden . It is the rainy season, as they say in other countries. Hopefully we all survived Storm Brendan. Once it all calms down here, we can all start to get excited about springtime. The first daffodils have already flowered and primroses are like shiny jewels against the dark soil.

Enjoy the transformation towards Spring. Your Countryman

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Gina cooks… ...Mushroom Risotto

This is a nice simple dish which is ideal for lunch. Serve on its own or with a salad. This recipe also makes use of some of the turkey stock made with the Christmas turkey carcass. I always seem to have rather a lot in the freezer which is perfect for soups but also adds a delicious flavour to a risotto. You can substitute chicken or vegetable stock if you prefer. This serves two.

Ingredients

4oz / 125g chopped leek 40z / 125g sliced mushrooms 4oz / 125g Arborio (risotto) rice Knob of butter ¾pt / 400ml hot turkey stock Freshly ground salt and pepper A glug of double cream Fresh basil (optional)

Method

Melt the butter in a pan and add the leeks. Fry gently for a few minutes then add the mushrooms, rice and a little seasoning stirring well. Now pour in all the stock and simmer gently for about 30 minutes stirring regularly. No need to cover. When the rice is cooked, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary and stir in enough cream to loosen. Sprinkle over some fresh basil and serve straight away. . Gina Larcombe

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Health and Leisure Walks February and March 2020

All are welcome to guided, free, sociable Horsham District Council walks led by trained volunteers. There is no need to book, just turn-up at the start point.

A walk leader will be at the start of the walk whatever the weather! Beginners are recommended to contact the Walk Leader to discuss suitability. All walks can be wet and muddy in places.

Some forthcoming walks in the Shipley Parish and neighbouring areas:

Every Thursday at 11:00am Billingshurst 2.3 miles 60 mins / Walk 1013. Meet at Billingshurst Library, Mill Lane, RH14 9JZ. Walk around Billingshurst ‘s footpaths or Jubilee Fields. Stay for coffee afterwards. Can be muddy, wear suitable footwear. Dogs on leads allowed. Parking 75p per hour - annual parking permits are available Chris 01403 782745

Fridays 7 and 21 February and 6 and 20 March at 11:00 am Barns Green 2 miles 60 mins / Walk 1010. Meet in new car park above the Village Hall, enter by way of the car park outside the Village Hall which is marked by yellow road markings RH13 0PT. Firm going underfoot on the outskirts of Barns Green. One gentle incline, some views but can be muddy. Well behaved dogs welcome. Chatter 07720 714306

Saturday 8 February 2:00pm Roundabout West Chiltington 3.8 miles 1 hr 45 mins / Walk 2166. Meet at West Chiltington Village Hall, RH20 2PZ. A lovely varied walk around West Chiltington. Dogs welcome, refreshments provided. Mick 01903 745971

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Fridays 14 and 28 February, 15 and 29 March at 11:00am Southwater 2.6 miles 75 mins / Walk 1009. Meet in the Visitor Centre car park of the Country Park, (off Cripplegate Lane, RH13 9UN). Along bridleways and country lanes and return via the Downs Link. No stiles but can be muddy. Not suitable for wheelchairs or prams. The café and toilets at the Park will be open. Sorry no dogs. £1.50 parking charge applies at the Country Park. Alex 01403 273751

Thursday 20 February at 10:00am Southwater Footpaths and Lanes 5.5 miles 2.5 hrs / Walk 2217. Park in the car park of the Country Park, (off Cripplegate Lane, RH13 7UN, TQ161259). Mainly flat, circular walk along quiet footpaths, tracks and lanes. Two stiles. Good views to the South Downs. We are likely to encounter cattle. The cafe at the Park will be open for coffee and/or lunch. No dogs. No parking charge. Lynne 01403 268157

Saturday 28 March at 2:00pm NEW WALK Knepp Castle Rewilding 5.6 miles 2.5 hrs / Walk 3162. Meet at Knepp Walkers Car Park, off Swallows Lane, Dial Post, RH13 8NN (£2 donation requested). The rewilding work at Knepp is becoming world famous. The estate have done away with traditional farming ways and now allow cattle, pigs and deer to roam freely over the 3,500 acre estate. The walk is flat and can be very muddy in places. Dogs welcome, refreshments provided leader. Mick Denness 01903 745971

A booklet containing over 250 walks is available from the Walks Co-ordinator (telephone 07720 714306) or online at www.horshamhealthwalks.co.uk

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News from Chichester

The Friends and Music in the Cathedral

Among the many glories of Chichester Cathedral is its wonderful musical tradition which is enjoyed by worshippers and visitors alike throughout the Christian year.

Chichester Cathedral Friends are proud supporters of this aspect of the life of our Cathedral, helping to fund a whole range of musical activities. 2019 in particular was a very special year for both the Friends and the Cathedral.

The Friends celebrated their 80th birthday and the Cathedral hosted the Southern Cathedrals Festival. This festival alternates between Salisbury, Winchester and Chichester Cathedrals and 2019 was Chichester’s year. The Friends were delighted to sponsor this highly successful festival of choral concerts which culminated in a much acclaimed performance of JS Bach’s St John Passion. This special anniversary year ended with The Friends sponsoring an inspiring performance of The Messiah performed by vocal ensemble NMH and conducted by Master of Choristers, Charles Harrison.

To mark the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War in 2018 the Cathedral choir produced a CD of appropriate sacred music entitled ‘Lest We Forget’ and again the Friends were the proud sponsors of this.

A warm welcome to Corporate Friends

The Friends of Chichester Cathedral have marked the start of their 9th decade by launching The Corporate Friends – a new membership category especially for the local business and commercial community.

During the eighty years of its existence the Friends have played a major role in supporting the Cathedral. Over the last three years alone the Friends have contributed over £375,000 towards such diverse projects as a new choral scholarship, new chairs throughout the cathedral and sponsorship of the 2019 Southern Cathedrals Festival.

The Cathedral is central to the wider community in Chichester primarily, of course, as a centre for Christian worship. However it is also a major feature in

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the Chichester landscape, attracting many visitors and enterprises to the city and surrounding region each year from which the local business and commercial community derives considerable benefits.

Membership of the Corporate Friends provides businesses and enterprises with the opportunity to support the Cathedral and to ensure that it continues to thrive and serve the local community.

Corporate Friends membership subscription costs £100 per year and, in addition to contributing to the funding of the Cathedral, Corporate Friends will enjoy full Friends membership benefits as well as an annual invitation to a Corporate Friends Reception.

Chichester Cathedral Friends very much hope that the local business community will support this important new initiative. Prospective Corporate members can join online at: https://chichestercathedralfriends.selz.com

Chichester Cathedral Friends is a charity formed to support the mission and ministry of the Cathedral. The musical life of the Cathedral is central to this and the Friends will actively and enthusiastically continue to support the choir and all the musical activities of our Cathedral.

Membership costs £15 per year and £25 for a couple.

For more information visit: https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/get-involved/chichester-cathedral-friends or email [email protected].

The Friends are a registered charity.

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