BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE

April 2021

St. Bartholomew’s 1 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents contents Church News Page Village Life Page

St Bartholomew’s Who’s Who 3 Village Hall 7 Services 4 Flower Arrangment Club 8 What’s On 5 Churches Together 10 Parish Matters 13 Features and regulars Community Speedwatch 14 Neighbourhood Watch 20 Annual Church meeting 6 Patient Participation Group 21 of St. Bartholomew’s Postal Quiz 21 Hot Cross Buns 9 Internet Hub 22 The Carbon Challenge 11 Walking Football 22 Who Are We 15 U3A 23 Countryside Notes 17 Seagulls Over Burwash 24 Wild about Burwash 19 The Arts Society 26 Family Support Work 26 Playing Fields Association 28 Fancy Playing Bowls? 27 Burwash Brownies & Guides 29 Clubs, Groups and Societies 31 Burwash Scout Group 30

GETTING IN TOUCH

If you know of any activity or event in or around Burwash, The deadline for Burwash Village Magazine May edition is which you feel we should be publicising, please get in touch Thursday, 15th April. with a member of the Editorial Group. Please ensure that all contributions are only emailed to Caroline Huband 408196 [email protected] to ensure that we receive Richard Harden 882556 them. Vicky Patterson 884135 All contributions may be edited slightly for clarity and accuracy. Distribution: Sophie O’Connor. Tel.: 01435 882825. Should you have any bright ideas for feature articles, please contact the Editor, Caroline Huband, by email at If you wish to subscribe to the Magazine, please contact [email protected] Vicky Patterson on 884135. If you wish to advertise, please contact Martin Parrott on 01435 409126 or [email protected]. Published by St. Bartholomew Parochial Church Council. Designed and produced by Ren Fitch www.intelligent-realities.com

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St Bartholomew’s Church Who’s Who Tel Email

Rector Interregnum Churchwardens Vicky Patterson 884135 [email protected] Richard Harden 882556 [email protected] Assistant Churchwarden David Dunham [email protected] Treasurer Chris Woodburn 883196 [email protected] Sacristan Linda Young 882748 Tower Captain (bell ringers) Nigel Jarvis 01580 819462 [email protected] Planned Giving Secretary Sally Gomer 882793 [email protected] Sunday Club Hilary Stewart 883261 [email protected] Cherry Redhead 882016 Church Flower Guild Diana Workman 882528 Pew Sheet Shirley Viney 882497 [email protected] Friends of St Bartholomews Chris Woodburn 883196 [email protected] Village Magazine Editorial Group Vicky Patterson 884135 [email protected] Richard Harden 882556 [email protected] Caroline Huband 408916 [email protected] Village Magazine Advertising Martin Parrott 01435 409126 Village Magazine Distribution Sophie O’Connor 882825

3 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents services April 2021 Services at St Bartholomew’s Church

Please see notices in the church porch for up to date information.

Friday 2 April 2.00 pm Hour before the Cross Sunday 4 April 10.00 am Easter Day | Parish Communion Sunday 11 April 10.00 am Said Matins Sunday 18 April 10.00 am Parish Communion Sunday 25 April 10.00 am Parish Communion Sunday 2 May 10.00 am Parish Communion

St. Bartholomew’s Church Services 2021 Mass at Christ the King If permitted within Covid-19 Regulations Roman Catholic Church, Burwash Due to the safe distancing regulations we are limited as to the number of people we are able to accommodate for the Mass 9 am Sunday Sunday services. If you wish to attend, please contact the Mass 10 am Tuesday Church Warden, Vicky Patterson, on 01435 884135 or email [email protected] so that we can allocate you a space. Mass 10 am Friday If you are a household or bubble please also say how many Please contact Father Brian Lowden for information on will be attending. 01435 862191. For baptisms, funerals and weddings, please contact a Churchwarden. For all general enquiries relating to church matters, please contact a Churchwarden.

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WHAT’S ON IN April

2nd April Hour Before the Cross, St Batholomew’s Church at 2 p.m. 2nd April You-Tube Service at 11 a.m. Churches Together in Heathfield and District. 3rd April Easter Saturday Raffle outside Mount House, Burwash High Street, in aid of Village Hall funds. 4th April EASTER DAY. Parish Communion at St. Bartholomew’s Church at 10 a.m. 11th April Said Matins at St. Bartholomew’s Church at 10 a.m. 13th April Zoom Lecture, Heathfield & Wealden Arts Society, The Life & Times of Antonio Canaletto, at 2 p.m. 14th April Zoom Webinar by Mark Gainsborough, The Carbon Challenge, at 7.30 p.m. 14th April Last day for entries to Mary Taylor’s Postal Quiz. Join in with WAB What’sApp Nature Sightings. 15th April Zoom Workshop by Burwash Flower Arrangement Club. 15th April Zoom Lecture, Mayfield & District U3A, The Shetland Bus - World War II, at 2 p.m. 18th April Parish Communion at St Bartholomew’s Church at 10 a.m. 25th April Parish Communion at St. Bartholomew’s Church at 10 a.m. 25th April Annual Church Meeting of St. Bartholomew’s Parish Church, after Service at 11 a.m. 28th April Wadhurst Lawn Bowls Club, First Home Game of Season. 28th April Wild About Burwash Zoom Quiz at 7 p.m.

5 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents ANNUAL CHURCH MEETINGS OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S PARISH CHURCH : 11 a.m. on Sunday, 25th April 2021

The annual meetings will be at about 11 a.m., immediately following the 10 a.m. service, on Sunday, 25th April. We intend to hold the meetings in church, subject to Government Covid regulations at the time. Churchwardens will be elected. Anyone on the church electoral roll or any Burwash resident on the register of local government electors can vote. At the second meeting, the accounts will be presented, and there will be reports on the activities and events during 2020. Elections to various posts will be held, at which only persons on the church electoral roll may vote. Do attend the meetings and have your say! Written reports and the accounts will be available to read for the two preceding weeks. If you would like to take an active part in parish governance by standing for the Parochial Church Council, please see the Churchwardens, Vicky Patterson (01435 884135) or Richard Harden (01435 882556), well before the meetings.

6 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents BURWASH VILLAGE HALL

We had hoped that, by now, we would have had a clear We shall be holding our Easter Hamper Raffle on Easter path to reopening our Village Hall. Sadly, in spite of the Saturday, 3rd April on the High Street outside Mount House, fact that great headway has been made with the latest by kind permission of Richard and Lynda Maude-Roxby. Lockdown and with the vaccination programme, our Tickets will be on sale from 9 a.m. until midday (when hopes have been dashed as limited conditions will still the draw will take place) and will cost £1 each. As usual, apply with the ‘rule of six’ for use of the Hall. the hamper will be packed with goodies. This is not only It is not until 12th April that the children’s dance classes can a fund-raising exercise, but also an endeavour to give us re-convene, again with distancing and access/exit protocols all something to look forward to - and possibly satisfy our being exercised. chocolate cravings after Lent! It is proposed that the local elections on the 6th May will go Hopefully, we shall be able to hold our AGM this year, ahead, but with stringent Covid rules in place. possibly in late May or early June. Please consider whether you may be able to join our Management Committee. I am From 17th May, the Hall can be used up to 50% capacity, very happy to provide more information if you would like but must have distancing and access/exit protocols in place, to telephone or e-mail me. One of our volunteer members probably limited to exercise sessions. has moved away from the village and another has tendered It is then hoped that, from 17th June, all restrictions will be his resignation due to pressure of other commitments. The lifted. I am sure that our user groups will contact their own only qualification needed is a cheerful disposition and an members once the Government confirms the position. eagerness to promote our beautiful village and Burwash Village Hall. On a more positive note, we plan that the new front doors will be installed in the week after the Easter school holidays, Please continue taking care and keeping safe! possibly using the existing lock so that keys will still fit. If Shirley Viney, Chairman not, we shall ensure that we provide new keys to existing [email protected] keyholders on our list. Please contact me so that we can 01435 882497 check the list is updated.

7 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents BURWASH AND DISTRICT FLOWER ARRANGEMENT CLUB

Since last month’s report the Government has issued the Roadmap out of Lockdown so we can start making more definite plans for the rest of the year. This means that we have had to cancel the June demonstration on Monday, 14th June as we will not be able to meet indoors until the 21st June at the earliest. All our focus now is on our Diamond Celebration on Thursday, 15th July, in the evening, at Burwash Village Hall. It will be open to everyone and will be an opportunity for all of us to celebrate coming out of Lockdown. We will provide more details nearer the time, but for now, make sure you have this date in your diaries! In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy some more pictures of our past successes – The first photo (top right) is from the 2011 Kipling Flower Festival and depicts the old rose arch that used to be at Batemans. The image to the right is our stall at the village fete. Below is a photo of our Horticultural Show set of entries. New members are very welcome to join the Flower Club once we are active again, or come along to a demonstration as a visitor.

Flower Club Programme 2021 • Thursday, 15th July, evening. Diamond Anniversary, Michael Bowyer - Summer Delight. • Monday, 13th September, afternoon. Helen Hare, subject TBA. • Wednesday, 3rd November, morning. Workshop led by Angela Merryfield. • Monday, 8th November, afternoon. Michelle King, subject TBA. Claudette Neville, Secretary 01435 883 043 [email protected]

8 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Hot Cross Buns How Is The Date Of Easter Determined? According to a Fourth Century ruling, the date of Easter is Here we are one year after the word Lockdown first set for the first Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, entered our vocabulary and we are still not out of our which is the first full Moon of Spring, occurring on or shortly bubbles. I have just eaten a hot cross bun, or two, after the vernal equinox, or spring equinox. March 22nd is after a long morning working in the fresh air, but then the earliest Easter can occur on any given year, and April I realised that I was not really enjoying them and that 25th is the latest. If that first spring full Moon occurs on a it was the wrong day …..and that I was only eating Sunday, then Easter will be observed the following Sunday. them because they were reduced to 50p in Londis (no The Full Moon in March 2021 is on the 28th, so Easter Day disrespect meant for our Advertiser on Page 34) and is Sunday, 4th April. they had run out of plain croissants. In Google Terms: “Easter and the holidays that are related Hot cross buns, should be domed, fresh and eaten in the to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date spirit in which they were intended, not appearing as soon in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the as Valentine’s Day is over as a commercial option. Perhaps cycle of the Sun; rather, its date is offset from the date of I am showing my age, but wasn’t it better when Hot Cross Passover and is therefore calculated based on a lunisolar Buns were for Good Friday, part of Easter in the true sense, calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council when you went to the baker because of the spicy, yeasty of Nicaea (325) established two rules, independence of smell seeping out down the High Street and looked at the the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity, which were golden Cross stretched across a mountain of delight, which the only rules for Easter explicitly laid down by the Council. you only had at Eastertime? Familiarity seems to breed No details for the computation were specified; these were contempt ……when things are part of a religious, cultural worked out in practice, a process that took centuries and tradition, they are extra special whatever your Faith. generated a number of controversies”. Of course, the I can remember the Revd Sally Epps saying that her Eastern Orthodox tradition celebrates over different weeks, husband loves hot cross buns, but wished he just ate just to confuse us further. The celebratory traditions spiced buns at other times. Perhaps I’m just getting funny around Europe are just as varied, but in secular society as old age approaches, but it feels as if the true Easter eggs have always featured, be they dyed eggs in the significance has been consumed by commercial necessity. traditional Easter colours, hand-painted bright eggs from Let’s give ourselves some time to think about the real the East or chocolate Easter eggs so popular here, which meaning of Easter after this horrid year. are a relatively late addition to the mix. We are in Holy Week in the Church of England, but my Anyway, back to hot cross buns …….I have got my beautiful 2021 calendar in my kitchen does not have Good daughter and her boyfriend (a real foodie) organised to Friday, Easter Day or Easter Monday marked on it. It is a go into mass production of “old style” hot cross buns. If fine art calendar by Rachel May, (a local artist) featuring you are not so lucky, the Telegraph survey of hot cross dogs, farmyard animals, deer, birds and for March, as buns on-line rates Lidl and Morrisons as the best of the I write, hares, of course, but no festivals are marked pre-packed varieties, scoring 5/5. The M & S offerings are anywhere in the monthly displays. Since I started editing not far behind. Interestingly, under Queen Elizabeth 1, the Burwash Village Magazine my time-line has gone to the London Clerk of Markets, banned the sale of hot cross pot anyway as I am permanently living in the month ahead buns and any other spiced breads except for burials, instead of the here and now. I’m already in “April” ….so to Good Friday and Christmas, so I am really behind the speak. The next magazine deadline is Thursday, 15th April! times, so to speak! The punishment was confiscation Add that to editing everything at night (as I work full-time) of the said products and distribution to the poor …that and it is no wonder that I’m time travelling. sounds like a good idea to me! In writing this, I discovered that this beautiful calendar of Caroline Huband mine has every Notable Date for 2021 on the back of the hard cover for every major religion practiced in the UK: a sign of the times. It also has Phases of the Moon and Sunset Times! What a relief ….. I had been struggling to work out just how and why Easter is a moveable day in the Christian calendar. In very simple terms it is because it follows a lunar system rather than a solar system.

9 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEATHFIELD & DISTRICT Our Good Friday Service this year will be sent out from the Union Church on You Tube at 11.00 a.m. on Friday, 2nd April. We will publicise the link on our High Street noticeboard and in the churches nearer the time. We will not be able to hold the usual Walk of Witness. However, there will be free hot crossed buns distributed (safely in sealed plastic bags by masked church people) at the front gate of Union Church to the first 50 people who pass the gate on Good Friday from 9.30 am.

10 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents The Carbon Challenge: What governments and businesses, what are the things that we could be doing as individuals to contribute to making us a can we do locally about lower carbon society? Climate Change? Creating a lower carbon home While the last year has seen us pre-occupied with For the majority, a big part of our carbon lifestyle is the the Covid-19 Pandemic, the next big global crisis is energy we use to heat our homes. This is a particular already upon us – the need to reduce carbon dioxide challenge for those who rely on oil or LPG fired heating, as

emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change oil fired boilers produce substantially more CO2 than natural on the planet and our global society. Those of us who gas boilers. In the future, you can expect the government to have lived in East Sussex for many years can see that encourage more of us to switch to electric heating, as the our world is warming up, with milder winters than UK power system is increasingly based on renewable power in previous decades and significant snowfall rarely generation from offshore wind, solar and battery storage. experienced. Here in East Sussex it’s not all bad news Generating your own renewable electricity by installing solar - our local vineyards are now producing award winning panels on the roof has become more common, but it does wines because the warmer weather makes the climate have high upfront costs (for a large house this can easily be more favourable for growing vines. However, for our a £15-20,000 investment) and it will likely take 7-8 years for world as a whole, climate change poses many risks in return on your investment. A more affordable step for many terms of flooding, extreme weather events, drought, is to ensure that our homes are well insulated and that we famine and climate-related migration. don’t waste energy at home. Remembering to turn out the lights is as good for the planet as it is for your pocket. You can already buy your electricity on green tariff which gives you zero carbon power and in the near future I expect most oil and gas suppliers to also start offering a green tariff based on bundling carbon offsets with the fuel you buy from them. Switching to a green tariff from your energy supplier will have a real impact on lowering your carbon footprint and does not cost you much extra. The way we move around

About 20% of CO2 emissions come from transport and a big part of Government policy is to get us to switch to EVs in the future. But while I love my EV, life in the countryside without a 4 wheel drive for some is impractical. Although costly, a good compromise is to switch to a hybrid which combines a smaller petrol engine with a battery electric drivetrain. This is a scene that has become increasingly rare in recent Alternatively, reducing your CO2 emissions by up to 2-3% is years. also possible by simply:- Scientists have established that to limit global warming to · Keeping tyres properly inflated less than 1.5 degrees C in the coming decades, the world needs to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050. The UK · Using premium fuels government was one of the first globally to set legally binding · Driving sensibly targets to achieve this and announced ambitious plans to:- Post Covid it is also worth thinking about taking the train, as · build more renewable power generation the carbon intensity per km is one third of that for the same · phase out petrol and diesel cars in favour of Electric journey in your car. By far the most carbon intensive form of Vehicles (EVs) travel is flying, so if you want to be a good carbon citizen, you can either fly less (as we have all done over the last year), or · use green Hydrogen in heavy industry buy carbon offsets – most airlines offer the opportunity to do this and some such as Easyjet now include this in their ticket · plant more trees to absorb CO2 as they grow. price. Many large companies are also planning to reduce their

direct emissions of CO2 and reduce the carbon intensity of the products they sell. But aside from the actions of

11 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Let the train take the strain

Carbon-Conscious Consumers A final thought Of course, everything we buy, from our weekly food shop to While it seems like we have the luxury of time to get to net our clothes and mobiles has a carbon footprint. With better zero carbon emissions by 2050, nothing could be further carbon labelling in the future, we will be able to make more from the truth. Without massive and immediate action this informed choices. As consumers, there are many things we decade, we will have blown our carbon budget by 2030 and can do that have an impact on carbon emissions: will find that it’s no longer possible to limit global warming - Buy local and seasonal produce to 1.5 degrees C. Is this the legacy we want to leave to our children and grandchildren? In the words of Mahatma - Eat more vegetables and less meat and dairy (good for Ghandi, “Our future is defined by what we do in the present”. health as well as the planet) While governments and businesses need to make a - Use reusable shopping bags and packaging difference, we can all play our part. - Buy refillable cleaning products How Carbon conscious are you? What role can we play as members of the local community to reduce our CO2 Meat and dairy production is relatively carbon intensive and emissions and help save the planet? Join the discussion the average cow has as big a global warming impact in a year with Mark Gainsborough and members of the local as a Mercedes car driven for 20,000 miles. But even here community for a free Zoom webinar on Wednesday, 14th help is at hand as scientists are now working on low carbon April at 7.30 pm. To register for the event, please email to cows that emit less methane than our current livestock! [email protected] by Friday, 9th April. Making the most of our countryside Naturally, the way we care for the land in East Sussex has an Mark Gainsborough impact on our CO footprint as a community. Planting trees 2 Mark Gainsborough is a local resident with a 40 year career in the global absorbs CO2, so maybe we need to find ways to regenerate our local woodlands, many of which have been lost over the energy business, most recently leading Shell’s investments in renewable last few decades. More sustainable agriculture and land power, biofuels, green hydrogen and low carbon solutions. Since retiring management can also make a difference. from Shell last year he is now advising companies on the path to net zero carbon emissions, is an independent director of several businesses developing low carbon technologies and is investing in promising low carbon start-up companies.

12 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Burwash Parish Matters The wording is: ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ Parish Council Changes ‘Please drive carefully through our historic Anne Newson has resigned from the Council due to pressure village’ of work. We appreciate the enormous amount of time and On the reverse: energy Anne brought to the work: she will be sorely missed. ‘Thank you for driving carefully through our We have two new Councillors, appointed at our most recent village’ Council Meeting and we are grateful to them for volunteering to give their time and expertise to the Council. When ESCC have agreed the work and their part-funding of the work, the ‘Gates’ will be placed adjacent to the points on Alistair Coulthurst writes: the A265 where the speed limit changes to 20mph. I grew up in a village near Leicester Strand Meadow Development where I attended school and studied Economics and Politics at You may have heard by now, that Rother District Council a specialist A Level College. I then Planning Committee rejected the application by Park Lane spent a few years in France before Homes, and we are incredibly grateful to Cllr Anne Newson embarking on my career in the for the energy and expertise she brought to the debate. Cllr wine and spirits trade studying for John Barnes, who represents ESCC on the Parish Council, a degree in Wine Business at the and Cllr Eleanor Kirby-Green who represents Rother District University of Brighton, Plumpton Council, also spoke very powerfully on behalf of the Burwash College Campus. I moved to Burwash in 2017 from community against the scheme. Thanks also to Robert Tunbridge Wells and enjoy technology, music, playing rugby Banks of ‘Save Our Fields’ and Martyn Wright, a resident who and spending time with my family. spoke very eloquently on behalf of the community. There may be further hurdles ahead but this was an important victory for Ron Hewett writes: those who object to the development at Watercress Meadow. I served for 7 years as a Councillor Verges and Hedges for Medway Council, and 4 as Chairman of the Education and Life To help sustain the natural habitat of wildlife, some verges Long Learning Scrutiny Committee. I will not be cut quite so regularly across the parish by ESCC. have lived in the Parish for more than This will not affect locations where natural growth needs to 14 years and served on the Burwash be checked to maintain road safety, such as at junctions, but Parish Council for 7 years, when I you may see other verges allowed to grow and this will greatly supported others to achieve the benefit the natural world. reduction of the speed limit through A hedgerow survey is being undertaken to see what the Parish. Whilst serving on both Councils I very much biodiversity the hedgerows have to offer across the parish appreciated the views of others, bearing in mind the decision and to log species. A member of the High Weald team will we arrive at must be supported by as many as feel able. arrange a training session in early summer for interested Maintaining Burwash Trees: Update volunteers to help identify hedgerow plants across the parish. After a lot of pressure from the Council, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has agreed to pollard the trees in the High Quiet Lanes Street later in March/April. Initially they advised that it was There has been an increase in traffic on the small single- not a priority this year, but we are pleased they have changed track lanes across the parish. This has resulted in verges their minds. Whilst this ‘debate’ was being held with ESCC, being eroded by vehicles. There has also been an increase a number of residents started working on the lime trees and in danger for other road users including walkers, horse we are grateful for the time and care they took over this. riders and cyclists. The Council wants to work with other Village Gates local groups, including the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), who have offered their support for a Thanks to all those who submitted designs for the Village Campaign for Quiet Lanes, that will help drivers appreciate Gates, which are part of the Speed Reduction Scheme. The the need to take extra care on such roads and make them winning design was by Steve Moore and Mary Clark. safer for other road users. Cllr Brian Newman

13 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Burwash Max Operator Police Sessions speed Community Accuracy action Speedwatch recorded Cancellation Reason Count Vehicle

Operators % Available Vol Available No. Fulfilled Roadworks Weather Sickness Other Exceeding Total SpeedtheLimit Valid DVLA Accuracy 30MPH over30MPH % 40MPH over40MPH % Letters NPT Period Speeding Scheduled 01/01/2021 - 31/01/2021 3 322 16.77% 10 8 - 2 - - 54 54 100% 54 +80 52 +30 53 1 01/02/2021 - 28/02/2021 5 465 6.67% 10 6 - 3 - 1 31 31 100% 44 +46 57 +42 29 2 01/03/2021 - 31/03/2021 #DIV/0! 01/04/2021 - 30/04/2021 #DIV/0! 01/05/2021 - 31/05/2021 #DIV/0! 01/06/2021 - 31/06/2021 #DIV/0! 01/07/2021 - 30/07/2021 #DIV/0! 01/08/2021 - 31/08/2021 #DIV/0! 01/09/2021 30/09/2021 #DIV/0! 01/10/2021 - 31/10/2021 #DIV/0! 01/11/2021 30/11/2021 #DIV/0! 01/12/2021 - 31/12/2021 #DIV/0! Year to Date 787 10.80% 20 14 0 5 0 1 85 85 ###### - - - - 82 3

Community Speedwatch (CSW) is a national initiative where active members of local communities join with the support of the Police and the Parish Councilto monitor speeds of vehicles using speed detection devices. Vehicles exceeding the speed limit are referred to the Police with the aim of educating drivers to reduce their speeds. In cases where education is blatantly ignored and evidence of repeat or excessive offences is collated (even across county borders), enforcement and prosecution follow. Speeding is not just a local phenomenon - neither is Speedwatch. Speeding continues to be a concern for many communities in both rural and urban environments, and ours is no different. Therefore, Community Speedwatch is not restricted to villages and rural towns. Neighbourhood Policing Panels have an important role to play in developing safer communities and the adoption of Speedwatch schemes assists them to more easily achieve their goals. Volunteers receive appropriate training, and are supported by neighbourhood policing team (NPT) staff. The scheme aims to cater for the problem of real or perceived speed related offending, and through partnership with the community it is used in circumstances that are necessary, justifiable and proportionate in order to: 1. Reduce death and injury on the roads. 2. Improve the quality of life for local communities. 3. Reduce the speed of vehicles to the speed limit. 4. Increase public awareness of inappropriate speed.

Speedwatch activity is not about interfering with neighbours' behaviour; it is a proactive solution to improve the safety and quality of life for everyone in the community.

Speeding continues to be a concern for many in our community and we are always on the lookout for volunteers who are keen to help educate erring drivers. All we ask is that you commit to a couple of half hour sessions a week to the team. Full training is given and you will have the pleasure of knowing that you are making a huge contribution to the safety and wellbeing of our community.

Call Ken on 07711-013904 or email [email protected] for further information.

14 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Who Are We? The first graph shows the age profiles of our populations compared with the whole nation: This question was first asked when we wanted to Age distribution as percentages of population collect some facts and figures to help our new Rector 60 understand the communities he or she would be Age distribution as percentages of 50 ministering to. There are copious figures available from population the last Census, but it was unfortunately 10 years ago. 40 (We should have provided information for the 2021 Burwash, Burwash Weald & Census on the 21st March.) The Church of England % 30 Burwash Common Etchingham Research and Statistics Unit publishes material which 20 England & Wales can be viewed at the individual parish level, so that was 10 interesting. The deprivation statistics were produced 0 by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local 0-15 16-24 25-34 35-49 50 and Government in 2019. over Age There have been various surveys in Burwash, for example, in 2009 there was a Housing Needs Survey and recently our It comes as no surprise that Burwash contains a higher Parish Council produced the Neighbourhood Development proportion of older citizens than the national average. Plan 2020-28. The difficulty with local surveys is that they However, what is striking, is that that it is the16 to 34 year old depend on how many people actually return questionnaires: range that we are short of. in the 2009 example it was about one-third of households The next diagrams show the number of occupied households which made the results far from representative. What follows and then the percentage of us who live in different types of is from 2011, except where stated. household: Our United Benefice consists of Burwash, Burwash Weald and Etchingham. In this context ‘Weald’ includes Occupied households ‘Common’. Some data applies to Burwash, Burwash Weald 800 and Burwash Common together; some separates them. 700 Ecclesiastical (Church) and civil parishes are not the same, 600 500 but the differences should not matter for these illustrative Burwash 400 purposes. Our Parish Council governs the civil parish of all Burwash Weald three Burwashes, whose population in 2011 was 312 less 300 Etchingham and 44 households fewer than the church versions below. 200 First, then, how many of us are there? The Church of England 100 0 source reckons: Burwash Burwash Weald Etchingham Church 2011 2018 Increase in 7 parish population population years (%) Percentage of inhabitants Burwash 1776 1859 5% in particular household type 90 Burwash 80 Weald (incl. 1249 1284 2% 70 60 B. Common) 50 % Burwash, Burwash 40 Common & Burwash Etchingham 807 872 4% 30 Weald 20 10 Etchingham 0 One person One family Other household only household types (eg students or all over 65)

I expected to see more than 11% of one-person households, but I was wrong. There are two more graphs. Like many a village, our population is nearly all of white ethnicity. The religious composition was perhaps fairly predictable:

15 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Declared Religion in 2011 Census The result comes out like this:

80 Declared Religion in 2011 Census All 12,382 Parishes in Rank Order of Deprivation 70 140 x100 Least 60 All 12,382 parishes in deprived 120 Rank order of Deprivation 50 100 Burwash Burwash Etchingham 40 80 Burwash Weald 30 60 Etchingham Burwash 20 40 Weald 10 20 Most 0 0 deprived % Christian % No religion or not % other religion stated Nevertheless, the so-called ‘relative deprivation’ might be Once again, Burwash Weald includes Common. There are a surprise. This is calculated by looking at a basket of 7 tinted maps of every parish on the C of E site, so it is easy measurements: to see from those that Hurst Green is less deprived and the Netherfield area more deprived than any of our three Income Deprivation, Employment Deprivation, Education, parishes. Skills and Training Deprivation, Health Deprivation and Disability, Crime, Barriers to Housing and Services, and The new Census will be interesting as the scene changes Living Environment Deprivation. quite quickly – for example, Burwash alone grew in population by 5% in 7 years. Finally, one should always be suspicious of statistics unless they are from a good source and you are sure they have not been used selectively. As the saying goes: ‘There are lies, damn lies and statistics’ Richard Harden

Editor’s Note I shall be expecting Richard to do an updated version before too long, so that we can see the changes within our village. The lack of 16-24 year old range will probably continue or get worse, as we have nothing to offer this age group and, with no educational facilities within EASY reach, this age group will continue to consider Burwash and Burwash Weald as rural outposts. It will be interesting to see, in the aftermath of the Pandemic, and the shift from city centre work to on-line working whether we attract more 25-34 year old range eager to escape the inner city and searching for non city centre housing prices. Watch this space. Caroline Huband

16 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Countryside Notes as my dog wanted to chase yet another albino squirrel just off Spring Lane. Then I reached the Franchise Lakes and the After the snow and frost it has been lovely to enjoy some beauty of the various types of geese gliding, amongst the beautiful Spring days. On a clear night with a full moon a bullrushes in the sunshine stopped me in my tracks. With tawny owl was perched in a silver birch tree, black against no trains running because of the Sunday engineering work the moonlight. As I walked on, I disturbed it. It flew off, and scarcely a plane in the sky, the silent, natural beauty screeching its annoyance. From its perch it had a clear view glued me to the spot. Why walk any further if natural beauty of a large, temporarily abandoned lawn which I assume had surrounds you? Moreover, I found the other thing I was dinner on offer. Tawny owls always hunt from a perch, which looking for: LAMBS! is why they particularly like shards of trees facing out to clear Joy. My love affair with sheep started young, when my farmland. Listening to them calling in the dark to keep in parents took me on a walking holiday in Wales, aged three. contact with one another is such a lovely country sound. I was fascinated by the mountain sheep, especially those Tree felling and hedge cutting seems to be continuing in with exotic horns, the working sheep dogs, the stone walls, earnest, even though we are in March, which is usually the steps over the walls which were a real struggle for one classed as the beginning of the nesting season. Wherever so young …..the whole thing. The following year they took I have walked or cycled of late, I seem to hear the sound of me off to the wilds of the West Coast of Scotland hiking chainsaws, which fills me with sadness. between Mallaig and Oban, where I spent considerable time with a sheep farmer and his dog, Patch, and his free roaming On a brighter note, I went to investigate the “temporary” road black-faced, horned sheep, which were so sure footed on the down through Franchise Manor, to the Rother and then on hillsides. He took me out to check his sheep which were so to the Railway Line, where the birds and bats have lost even different from the compact, clean Suffolk ewes I was used more glorious scrub because of the extensive restoration to. To me as a youngster it seemed as if we walked all day, of the embankments. (I do hope South Eastern Trains will rescuing injured stock from crags, feeding late lambs and soon run with improved efficiency to make all the upheaval oiling hooves with some sort of smelly oil. Jock, as I knew worthwhile.) Fortunately, I never got to finish this mission him, loved his way of life, his flock and his dogs.

Lacune sheep on Larzac Plateau

17 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents My husband’s family originally came from Texel in the Dutch villages, dating back to the Knights Templar, was just as Frisian Islands and he was always praising the strength and fascinating. As in the Scottish Highlands, nothing was versatility of this breed. A few years later my son was born wasted, life was hard, food was local and limited, because in April in Streat near Plumpton: we had Southdown Sheep of the isolation, but the core families wanted to continue as neighbours on one side and Plumpton College’s bad their tradition of sheep farming. Sadly, many of the young tempered cows on the other. Waking up to the calls of the people were drawn to the cities and wanted an easier life. I lambs and ewes was magical, even if they did start up at first kept in touch with one family for years and they were pivotal light. in nurturing my love of the land, in all senses. Their daughter However, my favourite breed of sheep has to be Lacune from became a Professor of History at Montpellier University but the Larzac Plateau in the Aveyron in France: long-legged, their son stayed on to shepherd the sheep and run the family huge, noisy, determined and providers of that famous milk, lands in the traditional way, moving the flocks over long which is used to make Roquefort Cheese in Roquefort-sur- distances. The time spent there with the sheep will always Soulzon. As a student I spent many weeks studying the be a pleasurable memory. Larzac Plateau, learning to milk the sheep both by hand and The message here is that you cannot have countryside in the automatic milking parlours normally on the ground without husbandry. On the whole traditional farming has floor of the buildings with the human occupants living above. to be sustainable, the land has to be respected and by You would go down through a hatch door and down some working it well, habitats are provided for wildlife, flora and old stone steps and there you were surrounded by sheep. fauna. Sussex Southdown sheep were originally farmed as It also provided heat to the house above. In the Summer folded sheep to provide manure for the thin chalk soil, so it could be baking out on the limestone Plateau during the that grain could be grown. They were first bred in Glynde by day, but at night the temperature could plummet. One could John Ellman but are now found in many parts of the world. go out with the shepherds for hours, or even days, walking As Countryfile featured a few weeks ago, different breeds of between La Couvertoirade, La Cavalerie or La Bastide- sheep evolved to suit local conditions and to provide either Pradines. The families were delighted to teach me everything meat, wool or in some cases, milk. We now seem to favour they could about their flocks, their determination to keep breeds which are dual purpose, but give me Lacune milk any farming, foraging, herbs for health and how to survive in a day. very inhospitable environment. The best education was, Caroline Huband of course, eating the cheese! The history of the medieval

18 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents As we move into Spring and hopefully with some better If you would like to know more about Dave Goulson, he weather ahead, many of us are likely to be out in the has his own YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/ garden or on Spring walks enjoying the beautiful channel/UCbnBys2Hl1T26dzO_nbgbiw wildlife that our parish has to offer. We are still monitoring the first sightings of plants and birds A few of us from WAB attended an online talk by Dave on our WhatsApp Group. As with the insects, many birds Goulson, author of the book - Jungle Garden: Gardening are in decline and farm land birds have declined by 51% to Save the Planet. He gave some distressing facts, for since 1970 and some notable birds, such as sparrows and example, there are about 6,000 species of insects that skylarks, are now on the RSPB Red List. pollinate our crops, but numbers have fallen by 76% over the On a more positive note, as Spring is in the air and the past 20 years. This is due to habitat loss, insecticides and end of Lockdown hopefully ahead, we are planning a few climate change. In the UK a key reason for the loss of insects events. Following on from the Mad Jack talk last month, we is the massive loss of flower-rich grasslands. Here are a few are hoping to be able to set up a walk around his follies. things we can do individually to help reverse this decline: We are also looking at organising some summer wildflower • In gardens try not to deadhead until new growth walks and, once face to face meetings are viable, we will appears to allow some extra protection for insects. look at scheduling some of our previously planned talks by • Stop using insecticides. Frogheath Landscapes and Forestry England among others. • Try to buy plants from organic nurseries or do seed Please contact us for further information. swaps (many of the large chains of garden centres The Wild About Burwash Team use insecticides). • Try to plant single flowers, e.g. roses, as with double flowers it’s more difficult for insects to reach the pollen. • Try to plant native flowers and wildflowers. • Try and rethink what we class as weeds, for example, dandelions have pretty lovely flowers: just make sure that you deadhead them before Wild About Burwash they go to seed. • Mow our lawns less, or mow paths through lawns to Zoom Quiz leave some areas with longer growth for insects. • Think about making some insect homes, e.g. a bee on 28th April at 7 p.m. hotel; a hoverfly lagoon; an earwig hotel.

19 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Road Safety I have been asked to point out the danger walkers and runners put themselves in on our roads, especially in the half dark of early mornings and evenings. Many of our roads are windy and hedged, others are single track: all of which mean that drivers often don’t know what is round the corner. Drivers are prepared to see a vehicle but a walker or runner in dark clothes can blend into the hedges. Please wear something that other road users will see easily. Be seen, Burwash, Burwash Common, Burwash Weald and don’t be a statistic! the Surrounding Areas While there appears to be a lot less traffic on our roads, it also appears that the general speed has increased. When Recent Incidents attempting to cross a road, please consider the speed of approaching traffic. Sheep Worrying (Editor’s Note: Also pot holes in the sides of many lanes Ever since I first saw the aftermath of a ‘sheep worrying’ mean that roads are currently narrower by over a foot on incident I have wondered who came up with this silly term? both sides, so slow down. If two cars pass at the same time, I’m pretty sure that whoever it was had never been near a cyclists have nowhere to go!! I was recently run off the road field of sheep after such an incident! by a speeding delivery van.) Dogs don’t have to catch sheep or savage them to cause Covid-19 Vaccinations injuries. Sheep being chased will run into fences, ditches, streams and each other, causing serious injuries, and Scammers are still trying to con people to pay for Covid-19 aborting their lambs. Sheep are not worried, they are often vaccinations or to give personal information in order to book dead or dying. Our dogs should always be under control, an appointment. Beware, please don’t get caught. wherever we are. Please take extra care with your dogs Contacting the Police around sheep and other livestock. If something happens where you genuinely feel immediate More About Dogs action is necessary by Ambulance, Fire & Rescue, Police Under Covid-19 restrictions there has apparently been a or Coastguard call 999 or 112 and give as much detail as huge jump in people wanting dogs, so it will come as no possible. Stay on the line where circumstances allow, unless surprise that criminals have seen new opportunities. There you are advised otherwise. The person at the end of the are countrywide reports of dogs being stolen, often to order. phoneline is trained to decide the appropriate response from information given. Online, crooks are also offering puppies for sale with photos and videos which are faked or from other online sources. For non-urgent matters you can contact Sussex Police Once a deposit is paid the crooks cease contact! by email at [email protected],or phone the non- emergency number 101 (101 calls cost a flat 15p rate from landlines or mobiles) or go online at www.sussex.police.uk Stay safe! Steve Mintram

Be Alert! Please beware of dog theft. This horrid crime is increasing nationally, but also in East Sussex. The thieves are particular fond of spaniels and working dogs. Please keep your dog well away from sheep and other livestock. When it says, “Please keep dogs on lead”, it is for a reason: to protect the SHEEP and the DOG.

20 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents FAIRFIELD SURGERY - PATIENT POSTAL QUIZ

PARTICIPATION GROUP (PPG) Our latest postal quiz is about to close: final entries are Since my last report, as you will all know, the Etchingham due to reach me by the 14th April. Our next quiz will be Vaccination Centre has been up and running since 20th sent out about a week later, once we have marked the January. At the time of writing, it has closed for a week, returned quizzes and found our winner, who will receive reopening on the 15th March. This Centre is serving 7 GP the cash prize. surgeries and has almost completed vaccinating all those Our next quiz is all about the movies. It should be fairly easy patients aged over 60 and the clinically vulnerable aged as you need to find the missing words from the titles. Entry between 16-64 years old. Patients in these groups who as always is £2 for 100 questions, with all the proceeds have not been vaccinated are also offered appointments at going to The Get Together Lunch for the senior members of Ticehurst or the larger centres. As the Etchingham Centre has our community. This will be the seventh quiz we have cobbled achieved the government goals for early March, supplies are together since the lockdowns began last March. I hope that going to those areas which are not doing so well. Residential/ they have given everyone something to occupy the hours nursing home and housebound patients have been offered of enforced grounding. I am delighted to say that, with your vaccinations at their homes. generosity, we have so far made over £760. This is awesome, but now I have my sights set on making it to £1,000. If As the schools went back on the 8th March the clinic no you would like a copy of this new quiz, please either call at longer has access to the larger Ahrens Hall and they are Violet Cottage in the High Street, or send me a stamped just using the Parker Hall. However, the process has been addressed envelope, or let me have your email address at adjusted over the weeks and is running very efficiently. [email protected] and I will email one to you. Another new development is a clinic which has been set up at the Royal Sussex County Hospital to vaccinate patients who If anyone has any ideas for future quizzes, I would be are at high risk of an allergic reaction. There are also plans for delighted to hear from you. Take care everyone and continue more Pharmacies to offer vaccinations. Overall Sussex has to keep safe. had an excellent take up of vaccinations in the cohorts 1-7. Mary Taylor BEM As this report has to be produced 2 weeks before publication, you need to follow other sources such as the Etchingham E-Bulletin for more up to date information. There is a still a volunteer driver group available for those patients who cannot get to the Etchingham Centre. Let the Practice staff know and we can arrange for a volunteer driver. Road Repairs Claudette Neville, PPG Secretary 6th - 29th April 01435 883043 [email protected] A265 Haremere Hill and Straight Mile, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR NEAREST Etchingham DEFIBRILLATOR IS? THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE! Road Closed

Locations of our defibrillators: 8 p.m. - 6 a.m. • Burwash: outside the Burwash Village Hall, to the left of the entrance. • Burwash Common: outside the Burwash Common Pavilion to the left of the front door. • Etchingham: - in the telephone box on Market Square, next to the School. - at the station on the wall outside the Bistro’s gate. - on the wall at the Post Office.

21 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Walking Football Returns (but only for the over 50’s….) By the time you read this I am hopeful that the Over 50’s Burwash Walking Footballers will be back in action. The Burwash Internet Hub has replaced the Internet Cafe, but is still run by the Parish Council and Our first session for many, many, months was due to start on Volunteers. Tuesday, 30th March at Swan Meadow, Burwash and I hope it did! Due to the on-going Covid-19 restrictions, the Internet Hub is temporarily closed until further notice. However, current Having endured many months of inactivity stuck indoors, Government indications are that we may be able to open on we could all benefit from a little exercise in the open air with a face to face basis from 21st June. like-minded folk, kicking a ball around a field whilst using jumpers for goals. We will keep you up to date on any changes. As usual my match report would have said I was everywhere, However, if you do have a technical IT query, our volunteers playing like Peter Bonetti in goal, a human dynamo in mid- would be happy to discuss this either remotely or by field and finishing with the ‘Aplomb of Song’ up front. In my telephone. dreams! The reality would have been aching limbs, creaking We can help you with advice and guidance on types of knees, a dodgy back and wheezing like an old geyser. equipment, as well as how to make the most of your PC, Tablet, Smartphone or other digital devices. We offer assistance with choosing a wide range of applications. We But who cares? It’s the beautiful can also help you manage your photographs, or help you to find the best offers on a range of services and goods. We may even be able to help you trace your family tree. game and we love it! Volunteers: Keith Lloyd / Ann Ashton / Peter Skipwith / Need some exercise? Tired of Zoom meetings? Want to talk Jason Caulkin. to real people after twelve months of near constant lock- For further information please contact the Parish Clerk, down? Want to kick something other than the cat? Then Emma, on 07375 809 660 or mosey on down to Swan Meadow next Tuesday and give Walking Football a go. e-mail [email protected] stating the nature of the help you require. Before you all rush there, call Steve Mintram first on 01435 882444 to confirm the time and venue as we are hoping We are here to help when needed. to soon start using the Muga (multi-use games area) at The Parish Clerk Etchingham School as our ‘summer training ground’. And here’s a photo from the archives of the boys playing……. Archery! All I can say is that I’m glad I wasn’t the ‘fox’ that day – Ouch! Laurence Worton

22 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Mayfield & District U3A prescription anti-inflammatory medication, that became Pfizer’s first product to reach one billion dollars in total sales. Not long now before we can begin our old style ‘face to During the Sixties the company expanded and diversified by face’ meetings. How will we cope? For me, it will best the acquisition of some well-known brands including Coty be described by Lewis Carroll’s phrase ‘Oh frabjous day! Cosmetics and Wilkinson Sword. However, in the Eighties this Callooh! Callay!’ decision was overturned when the Board reverted to a ‘Stick The February zoom meeting, entitled ‘Pfizer-The History of to what you are good at’ policy. As a result of this decision a Pharmaceutical Giant’, attracted our largest audience Pfizer’s growth during the 1980’s and 1990’s was sustained to date. The talk was given by our Vice-Chairman, Dr Trevor by the discovery and marketing of many well-known drugs Devon, who is also Group Leader of the Science Group, and a such as Zoloft, Lipitor, Norvasc, Aricept and Viagra. long-time employee of the Pfizer Company. Research into discovering new therapeutic drugs can take Trevor began by outlining Pfizer’s Mission Statement. two to five years to find a ‘candidate’ and a further three to six years in development through a variety of toxicology Throughout Pfizer’s 170 years history, and over 68 years testing. This is followed by registration where drugs are in the UK, it has remained dedicated to discovery and tested for safety and efficacy by data prior to market developing new and better ways to prevent and treat approval. disease, and improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world. In the decade 2000-2010 Pfizer grew by mergers: Warner- Lambert (2000), Pharnacia (2003) and Wyeth (2009). The The Pfizer Company was founded in New York City by Charles company now employed some 8,000 research scientists Pfizer and his cousin Charles Erhart in 1849. Early projects in their facilities in the USA, Japan, Holland, UK and France included the production of citric acid which led to the of which 3,100 were located at Sandwich. In 2019 sales Company’s growth during the 1880’s. World War 1 caused reached a peak of 50 billion dollars. a shortage of lemons imported from Italy and the company began a search for an alternative supply. Pfizer’s chemists Pfizer’s latest success, in collaboration with BioNTech, is learned of a fungus that ferments sugar to citric acid and their Covid-19 vaccine. This was the first vaccine approved began to produce citric acid from this source in 1919. These for general use and has done much to reduce the spread of skills were used in the production of penicillin during World the disease. War 2 as a response to treat injured Allied Armed Forces. It Trevor’s talk, together with his excellent visual presentation, was interesting to note that although Sir Alexander Fleming made for a most interesting look in to one of the world’s discovered penicillin in 1928 it was not until 1941 that largest pharmaceutical companies. American companies were asked to help with production of the antibiotic for the increased demand associated with the Our April talk on Thursday, 15th at 2.00 p.m. will be given by war. Pfizer accepted the challenge, using their fermentation Gillian Halcrow entitled ‘The Shetland Bus – WWII’. The talk method for producing penicillin, and quickly became the honours the brave men and women SOE agents who served world’s largest producer of it. their country in World War II. This is the story of the brave Norwegian sailors in their fishing boats who kept links open In 1948, a programme was set to search for new antibiotics, between occupied Norway and Britain during the war, taking the first of which was Terramycin, and this changed the agents in with supplies for the Resistance and escaping company from a manufacturer of fine chemicals to a refugees out. Not only did they have to face sub-Artic storms research-based pharmaceutical company. In 1952, Pfizer in the North Sea but also the might of the Nazi war machine opened a research facility in the UK at Sandwich, Kent. In out searching for them. 1960, the company moved its medical research laboratory operations out of New York City to a new facility in Gorton, A moving account of what affectionately became known as Connecticut. It was here that they launched Feldene, a ‘The Shetland Bus’; helping Norway to bring back its peace and its pride. I look forward to seeing you there. Colin Izzard 872601

23 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Seagulls Over Burwash oppresses black people and people of colour.” After four games his protest took the form of kneeling instead of Fluctuating Form, Taking the Knee and Equality standing during the National Anthem. Whilst this gesture infuriated the likes of former President Trump, it was adopted Oh how quickly things can change in football. This by other sportsmen and women to show solidarity with time last month I was basking in the reflected glory of Kaepernick and add their silent, dignified support to the Brighton beating Liverpool at Anfield, being undefeated protest. Taking the knee acquired further poignancy after the in five games and having the best recent form in the death of Floyd due to the fact he was restrained by a police Premier League apart from the leaders, Manchester officer kneeling on his neck, an act which is thought to have City. Since then, it seems, Brighton and Hove Albion caused his demise. have upset the football gods and everything that could go wrong has done. The Albion dominated the games Taking the knee before kick-off was first seen at Premier against Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich League football matches in June 2020 as the League Albion but won none of them. The shots ‘score’ for restarted after the first Coronavirus Lockdown. Initially as a these games were 26-4, 25-3 and 15-6, respectively, statement of support for the Black Lives Matter campaign, in Brighton’s favour. The actual scores, however, were the gesture has been continued and is now taken to highlight 0-0, 1-2 and 0-1. During the West Bromwich match, not and protest against any form of racism and discrimination only did Brighton fail to take their opportunities from both in sport and in general society. The relevance of such open play, they missed two penalties and had a goal issues have been of particular pertinence recently as many disallowed in the most chaotic manner – disallowed, high profile football players have revealed the racist and awarded, much arguing, VAR intervention, pitch- malicious abuse they have received on social media. Bearing side screen replay, disallowed. All in all, it has been in mind that most of this abuse comes from ‘supporters’ a very frustrating time to be a Brighton supporter. It of other football clubs, the hypocrisy of these trolls is seems to be a case of déjà vu with the weekly match staggering. There are no Premier League football clubs reports stating that the Albion play great football but that do not have a significant proportion of black, Asian or without the final product…… goals. As a result, we find minority ethnic players. Many of these players are world ourselves bang in the relegation mix again and it seems class and will be worshipped by their clubs’ fans. To these that it will be either Fulham, Newcastle, Brighton fans, the players’ colour or race will be irrelevant: they are or Burnley who will join Sheffield United and West great players and that’s all that matters. However, a tiny Bromwich in the Championship next season. The recent minority of these same fans will direct obnoxious, vitriolic game against Southampton finally saw a dominant abuse at opposition players based on the colour of their skin performance rewarded with three points. Hopefully, or their ethnicity. Whilst racism at football matches is not the Albion’s luck has now changed and, instead of as overt and visible as in the 1970s and 1980s, and great hitting the post, the bar or, in some cases, the corner strides have been taken to eradicate racist, bigoted and flag, the ball will end up in the back of the net and the discriminatory behaviour in the grounds, it is depressing to performances will now get the results they deserve. think that, after all the efforts of the Kick It Out campaign and One can but hope! other similar initiatives, such behaviour has just retreated to the anonymity of Twitter and other such social media This has been a bizarre season in so many ways. The delayed platforms. We can only hope that, with the combined efforts start of the campaign, the congested fixture list, the empty of social media companies, football clubs, Government and stadia and the now familiar sight of teams ‘taking the knee’ the Police, such abhorrent behaviour will not go unpunished, before kick-off. Taking the knee started during the Black the problem will diminish and this topic will no longer need to Lives Matter campaign that took on international momentum be discussed in football articles such as this. following the death of George Floyd who was suffocated while being arrested by Minnesota Police officers in May On a more upbeat note, the 8th March marked International 2020. Originally, the Black Lives Matter campaign was to Women’s Day. As if to celebrate, Brighton and Hove Albion highlight and protest against police brutality against black Women have turned their season around with three and ethnic minority communities in the US. However, this successive wins in the Women’s Super League, including soon expanded to encompass racism and discrimination beating the runaway leaders, Chelsea. At the time of writing in all walks of life. The act of kneeling or ‘taking the knee’ as they are comfortably mid-table and looking up the table a protest started four years earlier in 2016 when American rather than worrying about relegation. Quite a contrast to the footballer Colin Kaepernick sat instead of standing during men’s team! the national anthem. He stated at the time that “I am not A recent survey undertaken by the BBC demonstrated that going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that the majority of sports now offer equal winning prize money

24 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents to men and women at the top level. The biggest remaining gap, however, appears to be in football. For example, in the FA Cup, the winning men’s club in the 2020-21 season will earn £1.8m, while the women’s winners will pocket £25,000. According to the FA, the explanation for this disparity lies in the amounts of money generated through commercial revenue, including national and international broadcast rights. Given that the women’s professional game is a relatively new product (it was banned by the FA for 50 years between 1921 and 1971) and old viewing habits die hard, it is not surprising that the TV revenue is yet to approach that of the men’s game. However, there are great efforts by certain BDHA clubs to achieve parity of esteem and the women’s game is being promoted vigorously. At Brighton and Hove Albion new Single occupancy one level homes in the Burwash training facilities are being built for the exclusive use of the area for people aged 60 years old and over at a very women’s teams and the Club runs a Regional Talent Club for reasonable rent girls aged between 9 and 16 that promotes the game to the The BDHA has 14 homes which are let to local residents younger generation and, hopefully, will help to find the stars or people with strong links to Burwash, who are over 60 of the future. Given the recent history of Brighton and Hove years old. They are situated in Burwash and Burwash Albion, coming back from the brink of oblivion in the 1990s, Weald with affordable rents. We have no vacancies at it is testament to the incredible rise of the football club that present, but if you would be interested in a tenancy when they now have both the men’s and women’s team in the top one comes up, you would be very welcome to go on our level of the domestic football pyramid. Long may it last! waiting list. For further information on joining Seagulls Over The homes are carpeted, with gas central heating. The Burwash and details of forthcoming events, meetings kitchens are fully fitted with electric cooker, washer/dryer or coach travel, please visit our website at www. and fridge/freezer. They include a TV aerial, fire blanket, seagullsoverburwash.co.uk or email me at simon. fire detection system and Life Line telephone system in [email protected]. Alternatively, case of emergencies. Tenants supply their own furniture, please feel free to contact our much cherished curtains and other electrical appliances. Chairman, Mr Teskey O’Neil, on 01435 884344 or The Housing Association is a charity founded in 1962 by [email protected]. Nurse Jean Holland for the local Burwash community. At Simon Forster present it has 11 fully fitted semi-detached bungalows and 3 apartments. They are for people aged 60 years old and over, associated with Burwash, who are healthy and self-sufficient. We do not provide health care for tenants. If required, the tenant would have to arrange this for themselves. If you are interested for yourself or a relative please contact: Claudette Neville, Secretary 01435 883 043 or [email protected]

25 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Our local Arts Society is a branch of the National Art Society, previously known as NADFAS, and was founded in 1992. We are a vibrant society known for giving a warm welcome Dallington Deanery to all members both old and new. We seek to bring people together through a shared curiosity and love for the Arts. The last year has been very difficult for our families, who have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Our monthly events provide welcoming places to hear expert Financial concerns, a deterioration in the mental health of lecturers. We arrange special interest days and visits that both parents and children, and relationship problems have offer enjoyable opportunities to experience our artistic all impacted on their lives, causing many of them to need heritage. Our Young Arts Grants support the Arts within the intensive support. Our practitioners have been working local community, enabling students to engage in artistic incredibly hard to give families as much support as they can, experience and practice. and the real-life contact (as opposed to anything which is During the current Covid-19 situation many people may feel delivered remotely) is really helping them. Each practitioner isolated and lonely. The Wealden Heathfield Arts Society has been working with an average of 280 adults and 295 continues its programme for 2021, even if we cannot meet children each month. We have made over 1,300 food at the Heathfield Community Centre or leave our homes. deliveries across the Diocese in the last 10 months (each of Members can follow the monthly ZOOM Lectures. which provides 20 meals), as well as a further 1,500 top- up bags during school holidays and when times have been New members are very welcome to contact the Membership particularly tough. We have also assisted families with winter Secretary to find out arrangements to join at: info@ fuel payments during the very cold weather when whole theartssocietywealden.org.uk families have been at home during lockdown and school The full programme of lectures for 2021 can be viewed at: closures. http://theartssocietywealden.org.uk This support is really valuable to our families, and one parent Tuesday, 13th April 2.00 p.m. - The Life and Times of really captured the essence of our work. She said: Antonio Canaletto. “I just want to say that hand on heart, I am so thankful for all of your support. You are the only person that really supports me and the kids. You are always there for me, you listen, you Tuesday, 11th May 2.00 p.m. - Chopin: An Intimate never judge me and when you say you will do something, you Portrait, with musical do it.” illustration. Whilst we are still unable to carry out any face-to-face We hope to see you for lectures as soon as we are able to events, and have no indication of when these might resume, meet. we remain incredibly grateful to all those who are supporting Priscilla Rawlins us in other ways. The generosity of our supporters continues Chairman to hearten and motivate us all, and we are very grateful for your ongoing support both financially, practically and in prayer.

26 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents A photo to show that we are all real people...... and that the sun does shine sometimes! Fancy Playing Bowls….?

Wadhurst Lawn Bowls Club has been hanging around We cater for all ages and sexes, running sessions for Wadhurst for nearly 90 years and, as we get ready to potential new members throughout the season, giving you open our doors on another season, we would like to the chance to see if bowls is really for you before you spend welcome you into our Club. money on equipment. Situated just off Washwell Lane you could drive through the What’s more, you don’t have to live in Wadhurst. We have village everyday for years (as I did!) without ever knowing that members from all the surrounding villages and some travel the Club existed. However, once found, never forgotten. from even further afield. With a superb elevated position and far reaching views over Over the course of the next few months I hope to be able the Weald you might imagine you were on your best holiday to keep you up to date with life at the Club, our matches, ever! Add to this one of the finest greens in south-east results, our highs and our lows and also give you a beginner’s England, as well as a licensed bar, and you could be forgiven guide to the game to help you understand the basics, the for believing things just could not get any better. various terms and conventions – not that it’s too hard. As we shrug off the worst effects and limitations of the Our season kicks-off properly with a home game against Pandemic and emerge blinking into the bright sunlight of a Riverside Bowls Club on Wednesday, 28th April and new world, what could be better than the thought of some continues right through to our last game – away at gentle exercise and some SOCIAL COMPANY! Staplecross on Saturday, 25th September. A whole summer Never played bowls before? No problem. of delights You don’t have any woods? No problem. So, do you fancy playing bowls? You only have a pair of old trainers? No problem. If so, please give Tracy, our Honorary Secretary, a call on 01892 785689 for more information. She doesn’t bite….. Here at Wadhurst Bowls Club we have all the answers and all the kit imaginable to give you a taste of bowls without it Laurence Worton costing you a penny.

27 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents BURWASH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION

(Reg. Charity No. 3051910) | Swan Meadow, Ham Lane, Burwash

Notice of the Burwash Playing Field Association March 2021 100 Plus Club Draw Results AGM Drawn by Marion Smith at Londis. 260 balls were entered in On Wednesday, 14th April. the draw. Due to Covid-19 regulations, it has been agreed to hold the AGM digitally via email. Congratulations to the winners! We hope to hold a meeting in public as soon as it is allowed. 1st Ball Number 229 Collins £60 The Committee remain in their posts for now. 2nd Ball Number 262 Beryl Swift £40 Do contact us if you would like to get involved or have ideas 3rd Ball Number 308 Julie Chambers £20 going forward for events or fund-raising: we would love to hear from you. The 100 Plus Club is one of our main fund-raisers for the Playing Field. Become a Member, support the playing field Burwash Cricket Club and help the BPFA Management Committee run this great Burwash Cricket Club members are preparing the ground for community space for our village. It is only £12 per year for 36 home games and will carry out their usual spring clean-up of chances to win a 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize. the field. Contact [email protected] for more information Burwash Lawn Tennis Club about joining the 100 Plus Club. As soon as restrictions are eased, the tennis courts will be in Pavilion Bookings use. Contact Rod Clifton for more information about availability Events of the sports hall. Please contact him on 01435 883656 or [email protected]. There are several events booked in for this year, assuming we can go ahead, including The Rude Mechanicals in July and BPFA Committee some Burwash Horticultural Shows. Fingers crossed that we [email protected] will be able to hold the Burwash Fair later in the year.

28 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Youth Section Are you 18 or under? Do you have something you’d like to share with your community? Then this space is for you! Help us to fill these pages with the stuff that’s important to you. We look forward to reading your points of view on Burwash life in 2021.

1st BURWASH BROWNIES AND GUIDES

Last time I mentioned our intention to start holding Our Brownies have now linked with Etchingham each week virtual joint Brownie and Guide meetings with other and that is also great fun. We have done all sorts of things units from around our District. ranging from a memory jar, to movement and flexibility, crafts The first Guide meeting took place on Thinking Day, 22nd and conversation: all of which are things we would normally February (if you’ve been a member of one of the uniformed do face to face, but virtually we did not have the tidying up! organisations you’ll possibly remember this date from then). Although the latest Roadmap suggests that we might be We had 8 girls signed up and they turned up, ready to find able to meet face to face soon outdoors, we are not going out about guiding around the world. We managed to fit in to be in a rush to return: we will be led by our girls and what a craft session, a couple of activities and an amazing quiz. they would like. However, the County has just introduced a Luckily there are many leaders around the world sharing Walking Challenge which gives us a good starting point for an great ideas and information on social media, which we can outdoor meeting – and of course, includes a lovely collection freely use, share and adapt for our own groups, so I have of badges for walking longer distances: one for us that collect been trawling through various channels and finding huge these things! amounts of material we can use. There are spaces in our new linked groups for any additional We then celebrated St David’s Day with a Welsh evening, girls who may want to join us. You’ll still need to choose an which included a Guide favourite of cooking – Welsh individual unit, but we’re staying linked for the time being. cakes, of course. I have to admit I found it much easier The on-line joining system which parents need to use to to do virtually as there was no worry about having enough register their daughter is at www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus ingredients nor the clearing up afterwards. Not only that, we We are looking forward to being able to see everyone safely get to involve the families too. It is always really nice to see in person soon. Stay safe and well everyone! the support our girls are given. Beverley Boakes

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1ST BURWASH & ETCHINGHAM SCOUT GROUP Not Long to Go Now!

We are a thriving Group, even during Lockdown. Thanks to our leaders and helpers, we have managed to hold successful meetings via Zoom, with cooking sessions being very popular. We look forward to when we can meet on a face to face basis before too long. Current Government indications are that from 17th May we can meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors, so hopefully with better weather, we can resume these activities. We have been very lucky and are so grateful that we now have a new Treasurer and Secretary, once the papererwork is approved. I am sure that the individuals involved will be a great asset and help with the running of the Group behind the scenes. Could you also help us?

Keith Lloyd – President and Chair

30 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents clubs,Local clubs, societies andsocieties other useful contacts and other Contacts

Sport and fitness-related Burwash Snooker Club: Explorers, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers: Plays in Burwash village hall. Meet at the scout hut, Bear car park. Burwash Cricket Club: Contact: Mike Hill on 07518 914391. Contact: Cliff Wilson on 882126. Village club playing on Sundays. Kipling County Carriage Driving Group: Musical Theatre: Contact: Paul Morgan-Jones on 882832 or Carriage driving for the disabled. Musical theatre classes from 4 -19 years, Saturdays in Burwash village hall. [email protected]. Contact: [email protected]. Contact: Jonny or Sandra Ball on 882946 Burwash Lawn Tennis Club: Seagulls over Burwash or [email protected] With two courts in Swan Meadow, the Burwash Brighton & Hove Albion club encourages people of all ages to play supporters club. St Bartholomew’s Sunday Club and tennis. Pathfinders: Contact: Simon Forster on simon. Friendly group meeting in the Rectory on Contact: Sue Findlater on 01580 [email protected]. 880628 or [email protected]. 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month from 9.45 – 11am. Sunday Club for children Walks for Strollers: Burwash over 50’s Walking Football aged 3 – 9. Pathfinders for Year 6 Gentle walks through the countryside. upwards. Group: Meet at 9am in the Bear car park on 1st Meet every Tuesday evening for a kick- Wednesday of the month. Contact: Hilary Stewart on 883261 or around. Age is no barrier as we currently [email protected]. Contact: Ijon Jenner on 882045. range from 51-78 years of age. Broadoak Preschool - Contact: Steve Mintram 882444 for more information. Nurturing environment to children aged 2-5 Open Monday to Thursday 08.30 - 14.30 For young people Burwash Playing Field Association: Friday’s 08.30 - 12.00 Contact: 01435 864326 or email Dedicated to managing and preserving Burwash CEP School Swan Meadow. [email protected] With an Outstanding OFSTED rating, the Contact: Kevin Bray, Hon. Treasurer, on head teacher is Debbie Gilbert. St Bartholomew’s Tuesday Drop-In: 864628 or Halina Keep, Hon. Secretary Contact: 882440. on 882183, email hek20nov@gmail. Meet in church every Tuesday in term-time com. To book the Sports Pavilion, from 8.30am for children to have a snack Burwash CEP School Parents, Teachers contact booking Secretary Rod Clifton on their way to school. Mums/Dads/ and Friends Association (PTFA): on 883656 . Carers and pre-school children come in Organise social and fund-raising events to afterwards for coffee and a chat. Burwash Sports Pavilion: support the school. Drop in or contact: Joanne Brown on For bookings contact Rod Clifton on Contact: Lindsay McFarlane on 01435 830869 883656. [email protected] St Phillips Parent and Toddler Group: Burwash Short Mat Bowls Club: Burwash Guides and Brownies: Meet every Thursday 10 – 12pm in the Practice session for the Wealden League in Meet in the Burwash Common guide hut. Burwash Common Pavilion. Burwash village hall each Monday Contact: Beverley Boakes on 883473. Contact: Anne Everall on 883247. from 6.30pm. Contact: Mary Taylor on 882107. clubs, societies and31 otherBURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE Contacts | March 2021 | Back to contents clubs, societies and other Contacts

Support Groups and Village Life Burwash Duplicate Bridge Club local government A friendly club which meets on Friday Bateman’s: afternoons at the Parish Room of Christ the King Catholic Church (opposite Burwash Rudyard Kipling’s home, run by the British Red Cross Village Hall). Guests always welcome. National Trust, with a full programme of British Red Cross Local Services (Red events and activities throughout the year. Contact: Jo O’Donnell on 883654. Cross Week, first aid group equipment and wheelchair loans). Contact: 882302 or www.nationaltrust. Burwash: Save Our Fields: org.uk/batemans for more details. Contact: 0800 0280 831. Set up to oppose inappropriate Burwash Amateur Pantomime Society development of new houses in Burwash Royal British Legion: (BAPS): Parish in the High Weald Area of The active Burwash Branch supports the Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Annual production involving all ages! Legion in supporting ex-Servicemen. [email protected] Contact: David Cowell on 883615 or Contact: Charles Merchant on 882360 Jane Lloyd on 883264. or Frank Sanderson on 882345 or Fred Wild About Burwash: Marshall on 884298. Burwash Bonfire Society: Community group focusing on the protection and appreciation of the natural Fundraising and organising the Bonfire Neighbourhood Watch: environment of the Parish. Night firework display. Contact: Steve Mintram on 882444. Contact: [email protected] Contact: Natalie Crabtree at Admiral Nurses: [email protected]. Burwash Village Hall: Helping to support and co-ordinate care For bookings contact: Peter Angove on for people with dementia and their carers. Burwash Common Pavilion: 883288 or For bookings contact: Alison Hayes on Contact: Ruth Tomkins on [email protected]. 882650 or [email protected]. 01580 200743. Fairfield Surgery: Burwash Common After Eight Club: Burwash Parish Council: Open Mon-Fri 8.30 – 6.30pm. (Phone 111 Meets monthly, open to all ladies for talks, Meeting on 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm. when surgery closed.) outings, theatre and dining. Contact: Emma Neil Contact: 882306 (fax 882064). Contact: Jan McCartney on 882117. [email protected]. Friends of Burwash Surgery: Burwash Community Fund: Rother District Council: Help less mobile people travel to Contact: Rod Clifton on 883656 or Town Hall, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 3JX. appointments and collect mediation Halina Keep on 882183 or email Contact: 01323 787000 from the surgery and deliver them to [email protected]. Etchingham post office for patients to East Sussex County Council: collect. Burwash Defectives County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes. Murder Mystery Evenings, fund-raising Contact: Chairman Frank Smith on Contact: 0345 6080190 events for your own cause. For details and 01580 819326 or Secretary Sue to book a date. Mumford on 01580 819415. Requests Sussex Police (non-urgent): for transport or delivery of prescriptions Contact: [email protected], or Contact: Del Smith Tel 07543 665532 or should be made via the surgery on call 101 (101 calls cost 15p from landlines email [email protected] 882306. or mobiles) or online at www.sussex.police. uk/contactus. clubs, societies and32 otherBURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE Contacts | March 2021 | Back to contents clubs,Local clubs, societies andsocieties other useful contacts and other Contacts

Patients of Fairfield Surgery Hobbies Jane Coleman School of Dancing: Participation Group: Dance classes for young people. In Involving patients and staff to consider and Burwash Horticultural Society: Burwash Village Hall improve conditions in the practice from a Thriving branch of the society. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Friday patient’s perspective. afternoons. Contact: Richard Maude-Roxby on Contact: Claudette Neville on 883043 or 882243. Contact: Katie Dahlstedt on [email protected]. 01580 200961 or Burwash Flower Arranging Club: [email protected] The Barnsley Foundation: A programme of demonstrations, craft A trust with limited funds to assist the or Rachel Elliott on 01580 714442 or clubs and outings. education of local young people. [email protected] Contact: Claudette Neville on 883043 or Contact: Joanne Brown on 830869. [email protected]. Mayfield Film Society: For Our Senior Citizens Friday evenings from September to May at Burwash Monday Painters: Mayfield Memorial Hall. Meet to paint on Monday afternoons in Contact: Timothy Cornish on 872165 or Age UK: Burwash village hall (Oct to Apr) and at [email protected]. Home from hospital visiting service and a various outdoor locations May - Sept. All friendly lunch club every fourth Monday of ages and abilities welcome. The Arts Society Wealden Heathfield: the month at the Bear Inn, Burwash. Contact: Anne Everall on 883247 Meets at 2.15pm on 2nd Tuesday of the Contact: Jean Plummer on 883483. or Jenny Pettman, email: month at Heathfield Community Centre, [email protected] Sheepsetting Lane, Heathfield TN21 OXG Music & Movement Exercises for talks. Visitors welcome. for the over 60s: Burwash Quilters: Contact: Membership Secretary on Every Tuesday 9.45 – 10.45am in the For all those with an interest in quilting, 873258 for further details. Burwash Sports Hall. meet Monday mornings in the Burwash Contact: Isabel Salmond on 882452. village hall. Vinehall Concerts: Contact: Julie Lewis on 01580 200280. Series of international classical concerts Not So Young Club: at Vinehall School, Battle. Social events and guest speakers, 3rd Heathfield & District History Society: Contact: Thursday each month in Burwash village Meetings are held in the Ian Price [email protected] hall at 2.15pm. Room, Heathfield Community Centre, or 01580 883092 for details. Contact: Isabel Salmond on 882452. Sheepsetting Lane. Visitors are welcome. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of Burwash Pottery Burwash Housing Association the month and start at 7.30pm. Pottery classes for all levels. Small For the Elderly, providing homes for over Contact: Peter Thompson, Chairman, classes with lots of individual tuition 60s in our community. on 01435 882856 or and support, concentrating on hand- building and decoration techniques. Also Contact: Claudette Neville on 883043 or Secretary, Joy Charlesworth, on perfect creative parties for both adult and [email protected]. 01435 873551. children. Mayfield and District University of the Heathfield and District Philatelic Society: Contact: Mary Clarke on 3rd Age (U3A): Meets at the Heathfield Community [email protected] With a full programme of activities and Centre, Sheepsetting Lane, Heathfield or 07786 422870.ww CHANGE speakers. TN21 OXG on 3rd Tuesday of the month from September to April. Contact: Brian Grimwood on 01892 852128. Contact: Bob Ely on 01292 852659 or [email protected]. clubs, societies and33 otherBURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE Contacts | March 2021 | Back to contents Get ready for Summer! Simply amazing deals at Burwash Village Stores AMAZING VALUE Post Office RIGHT HERE WE’RE OPEN ALL WEEK* ON YOUR Banking • FREE Cash Withdrawals FROM 6am - 8pm DOORSTEP! • Cash & Cheque Deposits • Most High Street Banks (7am-8pm on Sunday) FOR GREAT LOCAL SO POP IN AND SEE JUST DEALS - LOOK WHAT WE HAVE ON OFFER NO FURTHER THAN YOUR LONDIS AT FABULOUS PRICES! *SEASONAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS - TIMES MAY VARY Locally sourced products BURWASH PLEASE BE OBSERVANT OF THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS. STAY SAFE!

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Offspring struggling with Maths?

Retired graduate schoolmaster offers If you’d like to advertise expert, affordable tuition in the magazine at Alec J Whiteman 01580 861304 this size, please contact Martin Parrott on 01435 409126. This is a quarter page advert

King John’s Nursery If you’d like to advertise in the magazine at Farmers Market Fantastic produce from local growers and makers this size, please contact Home cooked lunches, tea and cake Martin Parrott on Plant nursery, shop and beautiful gardens Second Saturday of every month 9.30am-12pm 01435 409126.

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35 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Andy Vater Transport

Local Burwash based electricians serving the Weald of Kent and Sussex, taking pride in all aspects of our work. OUR SERVICES AT A GLANCE: Complete / Partial rewire Power to outbuildings Fault finding Fuse board upgrades Lighting design Campervan / Mobile Outside lighting kitchen mains electrics • Removal and and power Storage Specialists For info contact: Matthew Richmond or Ann-Marie Richmond • Aggregate Suppliers T: 01435 882861 M: 07840 058760 family movers & storers since 1933 E: [email protected] W: electricalsolutionssouth.co.uk Tel: 01435 863774 • Mob: 07885 852769 www.andyvaterremovals.co.uk

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C. Waterhouse & Sons YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT FAMILY FUNERAL DIRECTORS Professional Landscapers based in Burwash Weald, creating Award–Winning gardens for over 25 years. Caring and personal service by a family owned company that has maintained its traditions of discretion, and professionalism over four generations.

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High Street, Burwash, East Sussex, TN19 7ET www.cwaterhouseandsons.co.uk www.Frogheath.co.uk  01435 883516 email: [email protected] From pretty courtyards to country estates, we provide creative, practical, design and build services. 24 Hour Service—Please call (01435) 882219 Follow us on Facebook for inspiration and ideas.

37 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Rose & Crown Ham Lane, Burwash. TN19 7ER An historic inn dating back to Tudor times with 2 beer gardens and 4 en­suite rooms A great selection of Harvey's Ales as well as an excellent choice of wines and spirits

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Tel: 01435 882 600 www.theroseandcrownburwash.co.uk Village Shop & Cafe New Opening Hours: JUDY MALING L OT Monday - Saturday OUT S OF SEA SIDE Telephone (01435) 882906 8.30am - 3.30pm TIN G POPES COTTAGE ANTIQUES • Breakfasts • Lunches • Takeaway All antiques bought and sold Vegetarian, Vegan & Gluten Free Options • Plants • Compost Heathfield Road, Burwash Common, TN19 7NB High Street, Burwash, Tel: 07969 778985 email: [email protected] Etchingham, East Sussex TN19 7ET

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38 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Many aspects of garden work including:

Paving, fencing, hedge cutting, F.J. JARVIS & SONS garden walls, turfi ng, digger FAMILY BUTCHER EST. 1870 and equestrian works. Burwash: 882213 Etchingham: 819239 Specialities include Free estimates • Fully insured Burwash Beauties Free range pork 21 day mature beef Local lamb Call Andy on 07980 689733 Genuine French Bread Dry cure bacon Homemade Pies Marinated Meats [email protected] www.andyrusselllandscapes.com www.jarvisbutchers.co.uk

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39 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents ADAM WATTS & ASSOCIATES TAXATION AND ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES

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41 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Burwash Taxis 24 hour pre-booked service Friendly and effi cient service

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42 BURWASH VILLAGE MAGAZINE | March 2021 | Back to contents Refl exology

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Burwash Podiatry & Wellness Clinic CLEANING ~ HOUSEKEEPING GENERAL HELP AROUND YOUR HOME OR GARDEN INCLUDING PET CARE At Chaplin’s Hair & Beauty Treatment Rooms, If you need any of the above please do not hesitate to High Street, Burwash give me a call. I am based in Burwash and can provide www.podiatrywellnessclinic.co.uk references upon request. Email: [email protected] I am exible and can do most hours/days that would suit. Tel: 01435 882485 Mob: 07929 656255 Please call Kelly 01435 882321 Foot problems can occur for anyone – children, young people and adults alike. Your problems may be acute or chronic. I am a fully qualified podiatrist and pride myself in not only providing appropriate care but also on educating people so that they can (Please leave a message) or email me on have the knowledge to improve their own foot health. [email protected] ~ thank you

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