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CHAIRMAN'SREPORT Officer were willing to take legal advice to challenge interpretationsof PPG7.This, and theirstrong position over Muchof the work of the Societyconcerns responding to Smither's Rough (see Planning Matters) gives us planning ln doingso we aim to representthe applications. reassurancethat in HorshamDistrict we have a planning membersin pressureon the viewsof our order to bring authoritythat is on our side. LocalAuthority to resistthe types of developmentwhich, in our view, would be detrimentalto the characterof On a more domesticnote I would like to welcome Hilary Rudgwick.This task howeveris increasing!mdde more Alkerto the Comminee.Hilary, as manyof you willknow, is difficullby the policiesol centralgovernment, in particularthe DistrictCouncil Recycling Officer and will clearlybring a the Departmentof the Environment. wealth ol interestand experienceto the Society'swork. Hilary has writtenan articlein this issue which describes frustrationswe have is the situation .n exampleof the some ol the issues involved in wasle managementand ( years) local whereafter months sometimes of debate,and recycling. the DistrictCouncil has refusedan application(sometimes severalapplications), a Departmentof the EnvironmentI have just heard that Catchpole'sStore has won the Inspectorcan overturn this on appealafter what seems like prestigiousIndependent Grocer of the Year award. Roger a cursoryinspection without local knowledge thus allowing and Lesleyhave long been supportersof this Societyboth thedevelopment to go ahead.The reasonsfor this.goback personallyand throughtheir businessand I would like to to the early 1980'swhen the Governmentdecided that congratulatethem on theirwonderful achievement. housesshould be built.The methodit chose to more FinallyI would like to thank CopytecOffice Supplieswho this was to alter the rules by which the DoE achieve have sponsoredthis issueof the newsletter.Their supporl Inwhat has become a inspectoratecome to theirdecisions. is muchappreciated. notoriouscircular in 1985(DoE 1{85) inspectorswere told that thereshould be a "presumptionin favourof allowing Leslie Hawkins applicationsfor development,having regard for all material considerations".lmpofiantly one o{ these considerations was the Government'sdesire to allowmore houses to be built.So at a strokethe authorityol local plannerswas erodedand localplanning decisions were ultimatelyin the handsof CentralGovernment. lt may take a littlelonger but PLANNINGMATTERS _ ll a developerhas to do is to appealagainst a local LOWEB LODGE SHOOTING SCHOOL authorityrejection and the chancesare thathis application willbe granted.No wonderthen that since 1985 planning An applicationto extend the use of the shootingschool tc appealshave increasedfrom 11,000 a year to around includeSaturdays, Sundays and BankHolidays was almosi 33,000ayear and the number of appealsallowed has risen universallyopposed, since the unacceptablenoise of the fourfold. guns would seriouslyaffect the amenitiesand quiet enjoyment of the countryside for local residents at This has givendse to some absurdplanning decisions weekends.The DistrictCouncil refused the applicationand not we, findhard to understandbut which only as a society, an appealwas setfor 26thAugust 1992. we knowthat in mostcases the localplanning authority findsit equallyfrustrating. A recentaddition to the central Subsequently,this was withdrawn,and anotherappeal is to interferencein localplanning control has appearedin the be arrangedfor November.Naturally, the Haven Society form of anotherDoE circular(Planning Policy Guidance were concernedat this sequenceof events,and prudently No.7- PPGZ) This reducesthe powerof the planningdecidedto be professionallyrepresented at the poslponed authorityto rejectan applicationfor a mobilehome on appeal.Legal representationis very expensive,and it was agriculturalland on the grounds that the plannedcalculated that costs could be as much as e4,000. undertakingwas not financially viable. Many applicatrons for However, by much hard work by Brian Murgatroyd mobilehomes are basedon spuriousagricultural need and (Chairman) and Gillian Wyness (Secretary)the Haven the viabilitylest was an importantway of preventingSocietyhave succeededin gainingfirm mmmitmentsfrom unjustiliablesiting of mobilehomes in thecountryside. Now, those prepared to contribute towards the costs of however,the financial test is deemednot to be the "proper professionalappeal representation. planningsystem" What is heartenrngto us concernof the We congratulatethem in the successof their appeal for LocalPlanning Authority the ChiefPlanning is thatthe and financialsupport, and sincerelyhope that they can secure

RPSNEWSLETTER AUTUMN 1992 the existingrestriction to weekdaysonly at the shooting Street,where the developerhas already planningconsent school. (on appeal)for five houses.lt is proposedatso that there Sil/THEBS BOUGH should be a new housing development with some affordablehousing (whatever that means)for local people, Progressis being made by lhe DistrictCouncil to remove car parkingand a childrens'play area. the unauthorisedmobile homes on this site, despite The problems created by the cumbersome provisons for new Plan will be availableal the end of September EnforcementControl. 1992,and untilwehave considered its implications,both for the districtas a whole, and Rudgwickin particular,it is Delays largely resulted from an Appeal that ended in impossibleto comment.Nevertheless, il we are requiredto confusion, arising from the non-appearanceof the surrender a greenfield site, this must be for low cost defendantsat a publicInquiry before a D.O.E.Inspector, housinginvolving a housingassociation, to meetthe needs and the subsequentwithdrawal of the Appeal. There of first-timebuyers and accommodationfor rent. The latter, followedvarious hearings at the Magistrate,sCourt,all of we believe,should have top priority. which were completelyineffective. A further Appeal was heard in the High Court on Tuesday,22nd September,Commentson the draft Plan are requestedbefore 13th November when the defenceconfessed that they had lost the relevant 1992,although further comments may be made when revised Plan placed "on papers.Not unnaturallythe Court was not pleased,but a the is deposit" in 1993. Following final hearing has been set down lor Tuesday, 29th this,a PublicLocal lnquiry will take ptaceand the September,and there is a feelingof optimismthat an Order document will then be considered by an Inspector, producing will be madeto evacuatethe site. a final decisionon the contentsof the Plan beforeAdootion. DistrictCouncil have successfullyovercome all the unwarranteddelays in the legalprocesses, but we must congratulateour councillorsand the planningand legalstaff lortheir dedication and firm commitmentto ensure that GUIDEDWALKS EnforcementControl is effectivelyconcluded. We had anothersuccessful programme this summer and Foolnote-'Sne wrirng thls an/b/e lhere was a heanng h lortunatelywe avoidedthe wet August.The May and June the High court on lhe 2glh.september granl/hg Hosham walks provided some lovely warm evenings which is Dslnbt Councr/ an /nlunctbn aganst lhe peop/e oeupyng reflectedin the numbersattending. We had on averageSO tlte s/le lo /eave wthrh 28 days. - 70 peopleon each walk, the best attendedbeing the one 'l9th. led by PaulFrenchum on May HOBSHAftI DlSTBICT LOCAL PLAIV On 4th Augusta numberof membersfrom Rudgwickjoined The HorshamDistrict Council is about to producea Local Neil Mitchell(Countryside Ranger) on a "Crepuscular Planfor the decade1996-2006. lt shouldbe exolainedthat Crawl"along the SlinfoldNature Trail. We set out at g p.m. the existingLocal Plan,prepared in the late eightiestakes with torches,and with the aid of a bat detector Neil was us only to 1996, hencethe new time scale. However,how able to identify three different species of bats, which on earth such firm predictionscan be made now about happenedto be very active.Using atmospherictaped calls stralegicplanning forthe next fourteen years, remains a he was able to attract some tawny owls, responding matterof pure speculalion.Considering national and world splendidlyto his simulatedhoots. We then came to t eventsthat have changedso dramaticallyover the last five illuminatedmoth-trap - there were so many that the,,- years, predictingthe future requirements,both social and namesescape me. Finally,we were introducedto a wood economicfor thiscorner of the UnitedKingdom would need mouse,which was gentlyreleased into the woodland. a crystalball. There is a possibilitythat we may have a new single-tierlocal authorityl Altogethera very enjoyableand instructiveintroduction to the creaturesof the night.we are gratefulto Neilfor all the Nevertheless,nationalhousing needs are imposedupon us preparationthat made such a successfulforav into the by the Departmentof the Environment,which then requires nightlifein thecountryside. CountyCouncils to make allocationsto the District.District Councilshave linleor no say as to the numbersgame, Thesewalks sponsored by the CountyCouncil continue to althoughit is for them to decidewhat kind of housesare attract walkers from all parts of the County (some even needed. fromthe USA). Statistically,this is the situationwhich must be faced.West We are especiallygrateful to the leaderswho take so much is requiredto build 55,000 houses by the year troublein makinga successfuland enjoyablewalk with 2006. are allocated10,000 for thisperiod. good companionsand beautilulcountryside. Early in the Sites lor more than 7,000 homes arc already in new year we shallbe planninganother programme for the place,leavingabout 3,000 to be foundon "greenfieldsites". summerof 1993,and any volunteerwho would liketo lead The bulk of the 3,000 proposedsites are targetedon three a walk pleasecontact me. villages that will have bypasses, namely Ashington, Billingshursl and . Stan Smith As for Rudgwick,we have been awaitingmany yearsfor a so-calleddesign-briel on the Buckhurstsite in Church R 822723

RPS NEWSLETTERAUTUMN 1992 2 RECYCLINGOUR WASTE producea Recyclingplan which gives detailsof proposed By HilaryAlker recyclingactivities. Local Authorities were requiredto have submittedthese by August 1992 to the Secretaryof State one of the most importantprobrems facing ail industriarisedfor approval. The Government has also introduced a societiesis thatof dealingwith the increasingamounts and syslem of recyclingcredits whereby any authoritywhich changingnature of wastematerials generated by domesticmakesfinancial savings by reducingthe amountof waste and commercialactivities. Sentto landfillwill be abteto recoupthat saving. Last year, approximately23 milliontonnes of householdRecyclingis, however,only the third line of attackon the problem wastewas thrownout by Britishhouseholders. This sounds of ever-increasingamounts of rubbish.The most like a lot,and is a lot,of waste but it is only three and a half importantmeans of containingthe problemis to reducethe percent of all waste generated by industrialprocessing, amountof waste generatedin the first place.we are all mining,building and agriculture. familiar with examples of over-packaglngand the apparently present indescriminateuse of packagingas a marketing At only four and a halt percentof domesticrefuse is - medium the individuallywrapped butter portions;the recycled,five percentis incineratedand the rest is tipped cellophanepaper wrapped round the cardboardaround Intocontrolled landfill sites throughout the country. the plastic tray separating the individuallywrapped The compositionof householdwaste is roughly'onetnirO chocolates paperand cardboard,one thirdfoodstuffs and otherorganic Secondly,any containersshould, where possible,be material,and one thirdrecyclables - glass,tins, plastics and re-usedor refilled.This againreduces the totalamounts of ,rxtrles.Packaging accounts for at least 4O% of the lotal. energy and materialsused in making packaging lor These proportionshave changed from the 1930's when consumablegoods. A deposit-refundsystem, like those dust and cindersaccounted lor more than half the weight usedfor the old fashionedlemonade bonles (4d each in mv and packagingless than 10%,to the 1g6o'swhen lifestvles collectingdays) would encouragethe public,the consumers changed dramatically. Central heating, self-service of these goods,to returnthem to a centralpoint (the shop) supermarkets,working wives, higher disposableincomes, for collectionin burkby the bonrerwhen he deriversa fuil increasedDIY activityand widespreadcar ownershiphave / . load. Once the above principleshave been all been reflectedin the contentsof our dustbins. applied, whereverpractical, then the recyclingof materialsbecomes Disposablenappies, an unheardof luxuryuntil relativelya top priority.This is the time to take a took at the recycling recently,now account for more nearly 10% of domestil systemsavailable. refuse.This elementof all the modern complexproducts, ,,Throwaway At present,with the technologyavailable, there are trulyreflects our transitiioninto the Society". two typesof operation.The firstis a house-to-houseor ,,collect,' Recyclingsome of these materialsdoes appear to make system,where the householderis suppliedwith a container "btue economicand environmentalsense; instead of makingor (eithera box"or a wheeledbin) in whichthey deposit miningvirgin materials,use the materialsfrom old, used theirdry recyclablesfor collectionon a givenOay. inis type productsto manufacturenew ones. of project has been pitotedby severat Local Authorities, includingAdur District,and facilitatesa high level of Until recenily,public opinion and pressurehad not been -]lfected participation However,it is the most expensiveform in politicat policy making and subsequent of \dgtslation. operatton,costing between t40 _ t14o per tonnelor everv The recent upsurge of interest has been ,,This tonne collected, processed and recycled. These embodiedin a White paper, Common Inheritance,,, door- to-doorcollections are most effectivewhen which in turn gave rise to the used in urban wide range of legislationareaswith high population enshrinedin the Environmentatprotection densityand are not suitablefor Act (EpAiggO). ruralareas. Section49 0f this Act places a duty on waste collection parish Rural recycling,in a like Rudgwick, poses other Authorities(WCA's) to ptan for recyclingactivities. WCA,s problems,but mostof thesecan be minimisedby adopting are districtand boroughcouncils in Englandand Wales.On the other type of operation- a networkol pointswhere the otherhand, waste disposal is now carried the out eitherbv publiccan bringtheir recyclables - ,,bring" LAWDC's (Locat Authority a system.This Waste Disposal Companiesl can provided formed be at considerablyless expense than fhe by County Councils,or lhe privaresector waste "collect" system, but does need the co_operationof managementcompanies. The monitoringand controlof everyone in the communityto overcome the associated these disposal activitiesare now undertakenby newly problems.These inctude finding sites that lormedWaste Regulation Authorities part aren'tNIMBy's of whichform of th; BANANAS(not In yard CountyCouncil tunctron. My Back and Build Absoturetv NothingAnywhere Near Anything)that are alreadyvisited In the WhitePaper, the Governmenthas set a targetthat by by the public,and that don'tcause undue distress to those the year 2000, 2596 of all househotdwaste should bv livingnearby. recycred,and it is the waste collectionAuthorities wno wiil Makingthe public aware of the availablefacilities while be strivingto achieve this over the next few years. The educatingthem into using them correctlyis the most vital m4ority of WCA's have already taken the initiariveand elernentin the recyclingscheme. The manufacturerswho have introducedrecycling schemes. The Government,in use these recycledmaterials have extemelylow tolerance anemptingto encouragefurther efforts to recycle,made provisions levelsof contamination,so it is importantthat the different in the EpA (1990) that every W'CA shoutd

RPS NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 1992 colours of glass are kept separate. The same principle into the forest to suoervise the introductionof a new appliesto newspapersand magazines- plasticbags and industry - making cast iron guns. Here was all the telephone directories CANNOT be recycled into ingredientsto ensure it's succ€ss;the size of the smell newspapersand magazines! lurnaces;the experienceof the ironmasters;and Baude's skill as a panern and mould maker along with all the Pleasebear the above pointsin mindwhile usingthe bonle techniquesrequired in guncasting,with the first example bank and newspaperbank in the King'sHead car park. beingcast at the foundryof Ralph Hogge.lf recordshad Furtherinformation on all aspectsof waste management existedthey would have madefascinating reading and we and rerycling can be obtained from Horsham District can onlyimagine the boomsechoing across the Wealdfrom Councilon Horsham252281. lf there are any commentsor theirproof testing. Cast iron,whilst hard in compression,is suggestionsyou would liketo make aboutrecycling facilities crystalinein structurelacking tenacity in any direction,and in Rudgwick, contact either your Parish or District only by on-site test firing of the piece point Councillor. to the of destructioncould they decide the barrel thicknessand breechreinforcing to determineweight and load factors.A pattern templatecould then be designedto ensure a GUNCASTINGIN THE WEALD standardwherever the siteof manufacture.The Wealdwas to holda monopolyin the supplyof gunsto the RoyalNavy By Alan Siney for over two centuries.ll would be nice if I could be more specificas to whichironworks were involvedin guncasting The earliestrecords of guns from the 14th early C. show and whether any Rudgwickmen carried out the trade at that they were cast in bronze vase-like to an elongated Dedisham,butat the timeof interestingmysell in the subj shape.By the mid-14thC. ironguns - later some to be of in the 1970's,records seemed to be very sketchyif anyHt enormous size, were being made of wrought iron. all. No doubt local historicsocieties have discoveredmore Longitudalbars were hammer weldedaround a mandrelto informationsince and I stand to be enlightened.The lorm a tube like the stavesof a lron ringswere barrel. then standard32lb cannonweighed about three tons, and to shrunk drivenand on over the entirelength. Technically it completethe cast in one run requireda large blastfurnace, was good method gun, grain a of makinga the of the or as mostlikely, a pairof furnacespouring simultaneously, malleablewrought iron being give piece directed to the and these were more likelyto be found in the centraland longitudaland circumferential which elasticity weight for easternWeald, althoughsmaller guns and cannon balls weightcould not be equalledby cast bronze.The Weald muld be caston siteswith a smallercapacity. was alreadyemerglng as a majoriron producing area and no doubt sent a lot of iron to the King's armouriesin For about tvvocenturies the Wealden guncastersworked .The problemwith wrought iron guns was the withoutcompetition in supplyingguns to the expanding expensein theirmaking which required a largenumber of Royal Navy as it foughtto establishsupremacy across the skilled smiths. As techniques and casting materials World; and to other large organisationssuch as the improvedso the bronzegun becamedominant, with the Hudson'sBay and East IndiaCompanies. In the reign of Germanand Flemishguncasters being acknowledgedas Elizabeth1st all guncastershad to give their bond to stop the best. illicity trading with foreign countriesfollowing reports of secretassignations with ships'captains off the south coast Whilst English bronze foundrymenwere very good at at night, and the transportingof guns to ships fre- castingbells, King Henry Bth was unhappyat the thought unfriendlycountries. The firsthalf of the 18thC. was dr,.-. that the best guns were being manufacturedin foreign than normal and seriouslyaffected the working of some parts with whom he could expect at best only an uneasy sites,during which time Londonconsumers were buying peace,and went himselfto Flandersin 1528and returned iron from the Forest of Dean which did not have the with one PeterBaude, who he set in Tower uo the as the problem,but the death knellto Wealdenironmaking was king'sguncaster, Baude was later allowedto set up his first soundedin 1709 when AbrahamDarby the 1st, (he own foundry.Another renowned gun foundry at that time was the the first of three generationsof that name), was that set up in Londonwith the King'sblessing by the discovered a way of charking coal into coke at his owen brothers, and one large ornate bronze gun Coalbrookdaleworks in Shropshire,and by 1735 his son recovered from the Mary Rose bears the inscription: 'FOBEFf had builtretorts to convertlarge quantities of fuel.One by AND JOHN OryY/y. EOBNE /N rHE CYTE OF one the charcoalburning furnaces closed down throughout LONDON. THE SONS OF AN /NGL/SH /y/ADE THYS the lBth C. and the finalblow to localguncasting came in AASfA,qD. A/VNO DN/ /537.'(No common profanity 1768 when the Navy changed it's gunnery policy by intendedhere but a generalterm for gun which a came replacingthe standard 321b.cannon as it's dominant befweenclassrfications) The inscription was to emphasize weaponwith the lighter,short range 6Blb. carronade made that an English maker could match the best foreign at the Carron lronworksin Glasgow.The last Wealden product,and may alsohave been - a slightto PeterBaude furnacestopped working at Ashburnhamin 1811,by which a rival- as to his origins.lt was possibty for these reasons timethroughout most of the Weald,a coupleof generations that Baude's name often appeared with the Anglicized had past by and the industryalmost forgoften. spellingof Bowd. To digressslightty to a relatedmatter nearer home. When By now many water driven blast furnaceshad been built the Collis Bros.renewed their petroltanks in the road fork throughoutthe Weald. In 1543 peter Baudecame down at BucksGreen Service Station in the 1970'sfour oiecesof

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round shot were discoveredof approximately2ins. diameter.They were of the size used with a falconet,a small field piecemounted on a singlehorse drawn carriage and usedon both sidesin the CivilWar. So how did theyget there? Perhapswe havea civilwar historianin our midstwho has studiedcivil war movements?We know that parliamentary forcesdestroyed most of the ironworksin the westernWeald, and was Dedishamone of them? lt would be unrealisticto suggestthat a skirmishhad taken place here and the balls had miraculouslylanded at one spoq and storeswould only normallybe discardedby a band in hastyretreat, in whichcase there may be othersin the area.This road fork was very much a partingof the ways before the main road was built in 1809. lf headingnorth they could have turned right to LynwickStreet, then left throughLynwick, Cooks Hill and into KnowleLane to .They may have gone due west to Loxt/vood,or turnedthrough Tismans Common, Barnsfold, to the crossroadsat Hookstreet,(later called MonktonHook) and lurned left to the south end of Alfold via SonghurstGreen and Pigbush;or straighton for AtfoldCrossways. By coincidencemy brother once ploughedup a similar ball in East Hants about five miles south-eastof the civil war banlefieldof Chawton.Does anyone know of any similarfinds hereabouts?

RPS NEWSLETTERAUTUMN 1992 'knockers' CRIMEIN THE COMMUNIry outside your front door. Likewise who seek to purchase antiquesetc. DO NOT allow any stranger into By Bob Sutton yournome. This will probablyseem a strangesu$ect for a Preservation Burglaryis not the only crime affectingthe community.Car Societynewsletter. However one of our Society'saims is the theft and vandalismare others; vandalismin particular preservationof both the fabric and the spirit of our damages and destroys community property and the communrty. envrronment. The mostcommonty understood form of crimeis thatof theft There is a NeighbourhoodWatch group in Rudgwickbut or burglary.Whilst it is unfortunatetyalmost impossibleto this only covers part of the village south of the county preventburglars etc. gainingentry to your home without boundaryand there are stillsome gaps in the networkof turningit intoa veritableFort Knox,there is muchthat can co-ordinators.lf you are interestedin joining and helping be done to protectyour home and to deter would-be oleasecontact Mrs J.Woodfordon R.822387 burglars. Whetheror not you are a NeighbourhoodWatch member lt is an accepted fact that very few burglaries are should you see anyone or anythingwhich you think is pre-planned,most are opportunistand in many of these suspiciousdo not hesitateto informthe policeon Horsham casesthe thiefdoes not even have to force entry.with this 254242 il you live in Sussexor 0483 414343 if you tive in in mind the best defence is that of a deterrentviz:-The . lf you think a crime is in progressdial 999. lf BurglarAlarm. One with a very visible but not easily possiblemake a note of the registrationand type of any accessiblebox is most desirable.This in effectsays lo the vehicleand descriptionsof any personsinvolved. thief "l've some nice things but l am preparedto protect them".The opportunistthief's reaction is to lookelsewhere. f Locksand Bolts.All accessiblewindows and doorsshould be fittedwith locks and/or bolts.Keys should not be left in the locks but should be accessibleto residentsin case of fire.Burglars will enter through an openwindow or door but do not like having to break a window and then climb throughthe brokenglass. RUDGWICKCHAPELS There are many typesof easilyfitted DIY window locksand By MalcolmFrancas restraintsand also special locks for patio doors. External doorsshould be littedwith morticedeadlocks or similarplus Budgwrbk Free Church boltstop and bottom. RudgwickChapel, which thrivesunder the pastorshipof J SecurityLights. Particularlythose activatedby proximity GrahamWright, has quite a long history.lt was originally and movementsensors are valuabledeterrents as no thiel lhe ParishReading Room, lherefore it musthave belonged likesto be illuminatedwhilst at work. to the Churchof .In an old photott is referredto as RudgwickChapel, and statesthat it was builtin 1823. -.i Interior Lights. Can be controlledby time switches to operateat randomtimes whilst you are away lrom home It came, according to conveyancingrecords, under the during the hours of darkness.Alternatively arrange for a controlof HorshamCongregational Church in 1824; L_ neighbourto pullcurtains and switchlights on and off night must have been closed in 1846, as it was reopenedby a and morningand incidentallyto checksecurity at the same Rev.W.C.Talbotafter a sevenyear closure.lt continuedto tlme. thriveand in 19.12it was doubledin size. -: lf possible preventaccess to the rear of your house by Ouitea few localfamilies anended the Chapel,over many erectingside fences and gates(lockable of course) years; the war memorialfrom the first world war bears witness.My father'sfamily anended for manyyears; Harold garages J Alwayskeep and shedslocked Francis,my Uncle,was secretaryand organist,and my Alwayslock doors and windowswhen goingout even to a grandfatherwas a lay preacher. near neighbour.lt only takes minutes for a treasured There was not much polarisationas in some villages possession to disappear. betweenthe Churchand the Chapel;a lot of musicalevents : Try to makefriends with your neighbours and get to know drew from both congregations,especially in the 1930's, - their regularvisitors or callers.Bener stilljoin or form a when there was more music making in the village the NerghbourhoodWatch group. Silver Band,the Choral Societyetc. The Chapel had for many years an Americanorgan, the type that had to be -.tMark all moveable properfy with your post code and pedalled,it hada lotol ornatestops, with ornate sounds. house number or some other easity recognisedcode and photographany itemof intrinsicor sentimentalvalue. In 1968 moves were started for the Chapel to leave the CongregationalUnion and become a Free Church. lt J Be very wary of any uninvitedcallers selling goods etc. becamea difficultlegal move taking years to complete. door to door. lf they are actually selling goods on the doorstepthey shouldhave a "PeddlarsLicence" - many do StJohnb Church not and all should be viewed with suspicion and kept In Tisman'sCommon, St.John's Church, secreted behind a

RPS NEWSLETTERAUTUMN 1992 D bungalowcan be easilymissed. lt is a VictorianChurch ol AN L]RGENT' NEED. EnglandChapel, its arched windowsgive it extra charm, thoughit only has one bell for tolling.St.John's has served Tisman'sfor manyyears. ** The P/ymouth Brethren Cr'rllSt'cgatiorraI lf one travelsup LynwickStreet from the Fox, for a few llbissirrtrCIlurcl. hundredyards, a smallwooden building can be seen in the groundsof Mr Grinstead'shouse Field Cottage.lt was a lRubgrvich, small Plymouth Brethren Chapel. lt served a small Susser. congregationfor manyyears. ;-? --< I can rememberit being opened in the fifties,and a Miss Diplockbuzzing along to it in an old Austin Seven that seemedveteran thenl The Brethrensuffered a majordoctrinal rift in the sixtiesthat decimatedthe whole churchin this country,the resultwas 'l'\)r('r' lhe closureof manyChapels, including the one in Ffudgwick. i .rr rtrrs.rt,:i,c.o1r.l ii,LL \,\ Irru\t.:::1,c.(rr.:rrrr1ll.:' :rlsc\. .Llr.r ! il(iur tlt.v \\ C l-.'il',f , ,r,.rll,,t ')uir,,'r,ir

' g' rt'r ttcrrtt tr see a fine Victorianbuilding by the Green thatwas the old $, ri.rs CJrrrrelrr < ::r.i eo,rvtrt:r,l 1,].t ir.." l'c(n ,rrr!rr..l. 'rrd Churchof EnglandMission Hall, being part of the Ewhurst l.c.:o1ts''f.l)C(lll...]!cdliti!.tllt:Li|ll(il.,{.i|t.\St;lr'lC|rIl.llrlr|]i(1..\jl. .\lrclr l,.t\ L' '\ 'Ln\.,rtlr \jr : .rv rclr\i ncrn.rri Parish.Services were heldthere at 3p.m.each Sunday Iormc(i

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' righl An appeal for money to enlarge and relurbish lhe Congregational Mission Church and above the opening aller enlargement in l9l2

RPS NEWSLETTERAUTUMN 1992 TRICE BROS. (Horsham)I--fI). IIOLY TFrINIT:T, FIf,'IDICIIII.ICI<.

A.!attls to/ Springfield Road, Horsham. oFFIClALli. 3ERVICE3. Vicar: Rcv. A N. WYNN, M a PARISH CHURCII-Sudap Daimler, Lanchester, Rover, Phone: HORSHAM 6O0 (3 lines) : Hoty Commioq l:y Radcr: H. Drury-Couf,ca.Y, Bl- [3i SuDday,E; 2oir7;3;4 8.nd !@a; orhct Humber, Hillman, M.G. Cate Cbutchwddr: Sund:yr, 8 Maftin.. ll Childrco,r Scryicc. J. .L Mr. A. M. Holnu aod Mr. Williu Pon. Evcnsong. 6. Bagri:ru: lst Sunday in monrh. MORRIS SALES Wcck-dsy.: 6 CLurch Council-Hol. Scc: CrL C. Holcv. Thundeyr &d Saitrr, Deyr: Holy Comuioq & Coach Building and Cellulooing Organist: ,1, ANd SERVICE !{rs. Brom-Gravcs. ST. JOHlfS, TrSMA.ll"S COMMON.-Sud:yr: Motbcrr' Uoion-Enrolling Mabcr: Mrr. Wyun Sundey Sc.hol 3; Evms 6JO. Znd Sudey : Assci.tion:- Nursinc Holy Com6i@. & Distrio Nuisc: Nunc Pcerroo. PRICE 2d \ll dear ['ei,ple, Rudrorck Vicerag< There was a crowded Church at tr{attins [ *'ish vou a tlaPPv New Year and at I l a.m., and we were glad to welcontc many oi them- Lcrtainlv there ts more c,,me soldiers and a number oi visiror.. room i,rr hope for a brighter future- We Evervone.joined in the old famiiiar Christ seem to have

Britirb oi (5 Red Crcer Saicty.-A Course members, was forthwith adopterl- The w.ere away this Christmas ior the tirsr rinrt Lectures on Frist Aid will be held in the z Treasurer, \1rs. Cecil. then read a most i,rr l5 ,vears. L LAKER Viilage Hall, starting on trfonday, Feb. tst, iatistactorv statement ot the accounts; this tr{iss Briggs has most kindly oFered r'r at L50 p.m. All who:rre interested are q als() was adopred. As the nominarions di

Note 1. Bel1s had not been earlier, as thev were a siqnal of German Invasion. Iote l_ The " camp " refers to the Canadians cajnped around the villaqe, on the Lvnwick Estate and I and n6\r/ fhc ci fo ^€ ahraan Motlsr'Unior l'here rvill bc a Scr Sr. JOSEPHS, vice rvith eridrcss at S. -l,rhn's,'fisrnans. rtt J. .l ,r'clock .n the Fcast oi the I:1riphanl, r,ait b tylists(o"'o;:ti"o") \\'crlrrcsdar'.lan.6th. We do hLrlrcth,Lt nr<'rnlrcrsrvill make rrr cf,rrt to be lrrcscnt FORESIGHT I 39a, Weat -Street, Floreharn. ,rn thrt ,lav. rvlrich crrntntcnroralcs tltr: 'l-hrec Kinss, r'r Wise \lerr tinding thc Ilahc Have e)'es .rt Ilethlehcnr: a spccialll suitalrle Vour examined everv ARi.ors lor ELEAaETH aRDEN rt serms ,lrrv i,rr a \lothcrs' I nion Scrrrce. It is, tu'o to make rtrd all Erclu.,rc I'[email protected].. . ),ears surc ),our rte knorv. verv rliliicrrlt ior sonrc oi tht: \ rrrernlrtrsrronr rhe ()thcr er)d,ri rlrc qrerislt glasses are suitable. Sight,s A LururiousSA[0N for GENTLEMENr,, (li)$n t,r S. it is cquallv riilli stl J.hn's; precious: at the firsr siAn of St.-a. O,rd/dl rrrlt ior thc Tisrneos nrt'rrlrcrs t() ger l,) 1i llrr: (-hurch or \iillase I lall, .rnrlit i. :r l,rrrg strain consult I{OFRSiI{AIt/I tir:tc >rrrec\vt nrr'l ;rr \ .l,,hni. \() rlr, 1r\ / \ irl' r',..r ' tr, lil .l r" . lrrr- tlrt rrar \\'c 'houlrt.,r likc to rvelconrc EITJII-['ING SOc]IETY ir)nrc ne\\'a.lnrrs, ('vcn ri rt *es rinlr t,r XNO\\ N_ FOR It S .r.'.sitrt,rrr ntcr.rrrrl..rr,, likc. Genorous House Purchaso Scheue Dedirhan I'hc little ,,rrcs et tht I)crli' Ott.rrnq (bn.'d.rrtc l.rdr! to cvdy tsorrow.r ihrnr t (Jnvirlcscenr I i,rnre ror chtltlrt-rt rvcr t: i(jrq(,llcn 1-hcr rr l,rvelr' ( hrist and Sound Invcrtmcnt Shares nol hrrrl -l_hdrc nras I'errr', rvith a trec rrrr(lI)rcsclt\ Telephooe 2953-4. Telephone 2g?. stt .4notuilt rc,.t,t.::_,4rh to, tJasl.Ltu' s as a cltrrrnrng \rcr). rrhtn chilrjren ]] Alro at Dorkiug, Go&lming, grthcrcri rounrl thc ('rilr, and gazin11rt the Erbcr, Wokirg, ete ] I l. NOR'I'H S L. HOItSHA,\,1. illesscd \iirgin anrl rht'chilrl, rrng ctr,rls, T.LrpHor. 946 lcrl lr! onc oi rheir ilunrlrcr. \ot onlv rlirl tlre L:hilrlrcnhavc prc:ents Ironr llrc trce, Telcpbonc: a7 Ho.rhu. Ertrblirhcd 188,1 l,rrt thc visitors *-trc l,r,rught irrcscnts. The rlccorations r,i the Liq r,xrrn u'erc rvtll Horrbenl ud at Rudgwicl ud rlone. rnd the xholc \ernr \\as a delight BilliagrhurL t() the cvr. Air Raidr. )lost rlars ,rrr the rvirrlcss .Lnrl rn thc ilrwspapcr '\ rre lcarn oi tiir anri @TEENOUGHTO JOHNCHURCHMAN & SONS r rrrr rrLirls.and sr,metrrncsoi somethrng ,ri C!!r.hil.r. f I I. w H il 3rrd.y, SECUREA BIG RAN;il;F .tul.- P A5I rhc krnri ,,r a larger :celr. but we s()icl(l(ru Kffiwrln- ..(: r (;rrnran tlrcralt. r)r tven hear the f h,. I.il.,,..,i .rLinrr..r. Auctioneers. Valuers, Surucyors. ,Llcrr;,,unrlerl, as rt is oniv unrler iavourable \jvlilt..,-' r irrltL,lil.,ril,1 :utr.,lr,. I.l,,tf nc:rrhcr c,,nrliti,,ns qrth the uinri in the allv rrrivanceri. qe can r,dcr tor:rlre Land and Estate Agenrr. ! ighr (lrrcrtir)n thrt thr \lcrt aird the -\ll 'r'r!' .lrJr \.,1 t, ili l..r.lltsnl. t.,r ( lcrr c:Ln lre ht'ard \r' rrhen r ratd rvls \tJ lc irn(l generel rr.erulncs: ,rrc l'r,'uLht horne r,, ui l),vr l,rcaltrairr having lln'.11,.t,,l .\ \r rr ...r.,lr.r.,r. ';.- l,rcn rlemrqcrl. ;Lnrlr,rrrrc cesualtrcs sulfereri -l-hcre ir,,nr,rrrr orrn rilleqe. rve ali ieel it Short Sleve fronr 7 /6 rtre rrqht killerl anrl r numlrer \\'()unrled. Jmper Cardigans ,. 10,/ll H."sAYERS, I-,rrtrrrrtelv'r,),,ne \r'15 killed rrr,rn,,ur 1-,,n9'lcc!e Jurrpers. \\,'nren's .rzc. j,irrish. l,ut rhert r!crt sfveral uh(r \\'ere *'tth r,runrl nrek lnrl ,toilrr in fur. ir|urc,l. l hc t ir:r \rrl .-it:rrice*es rn,,st I 'fht ,1u,rr.r.I;rn. :carlet. S;rre \il :,kr .ifi:ib, lD,"rtrItrt] rir,)nrl't. :ranre.,,l ,,ur injurcLiirre: lir: \ i,;la trlaurl l.,,lg rrrri her rlaughter = tbittltc 5t..t'c. = \l,,rrrcaVi,'la 1-,,rg, \1r.. \lautl Farlcl rnrl hcr ,irughter Silr ia l ;rrlcr, wh() \vas ,'nlv rliqhtlv inrurcrl. \lrrgucritc Katlrlcto I-.r1n\. \rlr() has l,,sl err e\'e. ilr(1 hcr West St.. florshanr. i ,rl'r l',rLrli-cenr. s h,r \!1ls\lrghtl\ lnturc(l 5.5, \\'c hrLrclrccn thinkinq ot therr anrl prar ing i,;r thern this Christmas rime, antl rve rhiok ,rr ihe husbands in rheir lorrelv homes, rvirh T- S. WARREN. CRANLEIGH IO. CHARTES B. H. & nrie.Lrrd clrilrl in hospir:rl- Rudg*ick sends AGATE. JENNERSON, F, WARREN. -rou ell grcetings arrd s,lmpathv, anti ntal Corn I SeeD(Dercbant, rhc \cw Year bring recovrrv and re-unitetl Coal. Coke, Anthraciteand Coalite EAST Tt:_T-:, FroRsHAM. and Wood Mcrchanrs. The Mirrioaary Sale When vou rerrd 'lr:. rh- \lr.,r',rar\ :iric. held ,n-Dec l.r. ,..o J",l"lJr,.. , Cartlnd Contraotor!. F.WARREN&SON wrll,rnlr be A mern()rv. l)ut:r very.hal)l)\' SAND.ORAVEL & STONE. LTD. ,'ne,,i rhe Village llall crowded with buv, SCOTCHSEED POTATOES , r.. I rr.r *rrh . lrrr.tmr: .rnd househ,rlJ And GARDEN SEED8 BROOKSIDE, .hol)l)rrrg, jaml)lrng rhc i)ip, irunting for THE VILLAGE lrarsattr: EWHURST entring rhe \\'hite i:iephanrs, or Dclivcrio to Rudgwic! Dirtrict *rBL?tL^r RD.,CRANLEIGH tiliir:g their l,askcrs wirh iresh garricn pgo- Pi6€SlHLltcX t06 ,luce. rnd tin;rllv lrartaking oi an excolierrr CRANLEIGH .tn,. \r rr t,.,. flr< 1,re.err,.e,.i .i, rnirnI w. H. tsU'r'cl-tER, trrcn(ls rvls J ilreat etrcouragemcnt to tht: Stall holrlrrs. .\ ncF aearure *.as the (.ross Family Butcher H T BOXALL $,,r(l (,)ml)eliltoit, tvhich 'l proved verv pol)r, 1.rr he :uecess oi the cttorr R as rhc re and Fishmongjl Builder Decorator. ,ulr ()l rnuch trmr, rhoughr and rvork being Funeral txtrcnLlcrlulnn rt rluring the veer, and *c FI(JI)G\X'ICK. : and Undertaker : ^Flrnishers -lr,,rrirliike r,r rherk rll thr,seuho:o krndlv , tr' l.,r.,tt,'rt...'r,l , ,lrrl,lr'F,lqrt'. t ,r rl,, Priq Or B-{ 6d Soorf,don Mrt|ol D.iry rirrlls. -\s f,ll c\penses have irecn met lrv F.d PorL od Hoo+M.dr Sqc ,llonumentalMasons. ''. , .,r 'rr-rrrl.. Fi.. picu.d Tdttl& 8, CHURCH ST.,RUDGWICK 'r,r.,.rr\ h" .ntrr,. I r,, trtrls . x hrch. in ;irire ,,i war,tinre rliflicul Telcphonc: No.9. sussEx. irc. ,rrrri re

Note 3, The train,to arrive at Rudgwick at 2.r9,was attacked near Bramley.People we_re_returning from Christmas shopping in Guildford; there was a 1ot of low cloud ,the attacker must have seen the train by chance this ambitiousventure. We hope that memberswill be interestedin hearingmore about the historyof the canal and ol the Trustsefforts in restoringit. We lookforward to seeingyou at lheAutumn meeting on November2nd.

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THE WEY AND ARUNCANAL The canalwas builtbetween'1813 and 1816- largelywith the support of one ol the largestestates in the area at Petworth,home of the Egremontfamily - to improvethe level of local agriculturalprosperity hit by depression.This was after several other schemes had foundered.There were hopes that the canalwould flourish as an inlandroute from London to Portsmouthand although some naval stores- includinggold bullion- did pass this way, the end of the NapoleonicWars renderedthe EnglishChannel safe again for coastal shipping.The canal senled down to servingthe locality,transporting coal and bringingchalk up lrom the wharvessuch as those at Amberleyto be burnt in local limekilns for lertilizing the heavy clay soils and carrying farm and woodland produce to markets in Guildfordand London.Peak trafic levels were in 1839 but I i3\ I Wey-Canal & Antn quickly declinedwith the coming of the railwaysin the -t- 1840's.The buildingof the Horsham- Guildfordrailway in (t) '1865 broughta short boost to carryingtraffic, but by 1871 .i 8r,dO6 Odold A llrllrnqshu rsr the canal was formallyabandoned. Water transporton the ano Locl RiverWey Navigationsurvived until atter the secondworld war. Now owned and run by the NationalTrust, it is a ,-,"^,".b.\-"i6f.^ highlysuccessful recreational waterway. a-,Io' '''on"-,..' The Wey and Arun CanalTrust was formedin 1970,and has the aim of restoringan inland water roule from the :i Thamesto the Solent.To achievethis it will be neccessary l)ulhrl,ruqh to restorethe 23 milesof the canal betweenthe Wey at Guildfordand the Arunnear . Once completed it would be possibleto travelby waterlrom the Sussexcoast to North Yorkshireover 2000 miles ol waterway. More importanttythough, the restorationof the canal will provide lO UTILEHTI.IPTCTa the localcommunity with an invaluableamenity and provide a diversean interestingrange of wildlifehabitats. The PreservationSociety is pleasedto supportthe Trust in he course of lhe Wey and Arun Canal lrom Shalford I allingham near Pulborough

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