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February 2020 www.yoursteyning.co.uk Follow us YS 2 Your Steyning February 2020 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk FEBRUARY CONTENT USEFUL NUMBERS 4 Community Film Night: Screening: The Keeper Steyning Library: 4 The Art Society Steyning: Man and Animals in Art a Opening Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 5:00pm Lecture by Susie Harries Saturday: 10:00 - 2:00pm 4 Vintage Years: February Lunch E: [email protected] 5 Steyning in Bloom Gardens: This year we plan T: 01903 812751 something different 5 Steyning Downland WI: The Hidden History of Steyning Minibus: Highdown Gardens Sherie Knight on 01903 815433 6 Green Drinks: Appreciating the Sussex landscape 6 Steyning Downland Scheme: Ash Dieback Rural Henfield & Steyning Children 6 Steyning Downland Scheme: Volunteer of the Year & Family Centre Award! Congratulations! Cowfold Village Hall, 7 South Downs Way All Clear: No visa requirements Bolney Road, Cowfold RH13 8AA 7 Community Film Night: Screening: Downtown Abbey 01903 270444 12 Diary Events 14 HDC Health & Leisure Walks The Steyning Health Centre: 24 Clubs and Societies Tanyard Lane, Steyning, BN44 3RJ 32 Steyning Community Orchard News Telephone Appointments: 01903 843400 34 Nutty Valentine Heart Biscuits Out of Hours/Emergencies: 01903 843400 38 Local Business Focus: February Book Reviews Surgery Hours: 42 Greening Focus: Your Steyning, your World, your Future Mon: 8:00am, - 8:00pm, Tues 8:00am - 6:30pm 44 Feeling Fruity Wed 8:00am - 8:00pm, Thur 8:00am - 8:00pm 44 Cantatrice Voices: Spring Concert Fri 8:00am - 6:30pm, Sat and Sun: Closed 46 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: There might still be life in those old PV panels... Steyning & District Good Neighbours 50 Dear Diary… Association: 52 Sussex Wildlife Trust - The eye of the beholder T: 01903 816181 54 Local Business Focus: Struggling with Shoulder Pain? 56 Steyning Museum Archives: 'Poor Hickox, Black Will Steyning Parish Council: and other stories' www.steyningpc.gov.uk 58 Gardening Journal - Plant of The Month – Jasminum T: 01903 812042 - E: [email protected] nudiflorum 61 Index The Steyning Centre: [email protected] T: 01903 812042 Opening Hours 9:00am to 5:00pm The Steyning Centre, Fletcher’s Croft, Steyning For up-to-date news and information about what’s going on in Steyning visit our website: www.yoursteyning.co.uk Like us on: Stay in touch: www.facebook.com/steyningcommunitymagazine - Follow us on Instagram: @yoursteyning Your Steyning February 2020 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 3 COMMUNITY NEWS Community Film Night Wednesday 5th February - 19:30 - 22:00 The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft. Steyning Screening: The Keeper The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. Struggling for acceptance by those who dismiss him as the enemy, Bert's love for Margaret (Freya Mavor), an Englishwoman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twist the knife for Bert and Margaret, when their love and loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test. Tickets are available from the Steyning Centre at £6.00 which includes tea or coffee during the interval. Wine can be purchased at £2.50 per glass. Doors open at 19:00 for a 19:30 start The Art Society Steyning Monday 10th February - 10:00 - 12:00 The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Steyning Man and Animals in 'Art' a Lecture by Susie Harries How should we look at animals? – one of the eternal questions intriguing artists. Are they our friends and servants, to be depicted for their beauty, and for the credit they reflect on their owners? Or are they brute beasts, represented to remind us of the threat they may pose? Most important, are they really so different from us? From the animal-headed gods of the Egyptians to the sinister hybrids of BritArt, by way of Botticelli’s centaur, Rubens’ tiger hunts, Stubbs’ race-horses, Goya’s bullfights, Turner’s whales, Landseer’s dogs, Seurat’s circus, Picasso’s Minotaur and Hockney's cat Percy, this talk looks at what artists, in portraying animals, have been trying to tell us about ourselves. Susie is writer, editor and lecturer, specialising in 20th century culture and the arts. She has published eight books on subjects including official war art, opera and the composer Elisabeth Lutyens. The most recent is the biography of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, published in August 2011. She has lectured to a range of audiences, from the Imperial War Museum and British Museum to the Twentieth Century Society and the RSA, most recently at the Cheltenham and Bridport Literary Festivals and the Victorian Society. Free to members. £5.00 donation for visitors. More info T: 01903 812752. www.theartsocietysteyning.org.uk Vintage Years Thursday 13th February - 12:15 - 15:00 The Old Tollgate Hotel Bramber, West Sussex February Lunch By popular request a leisurely local lunch has been arranged for you at The Old Tollgate Hotel, Bramber. There are no formal transport arrangements for this event so independent arrangements will be need to be made. The plan is to arrive for 12:00-12:15. The cost will be £7-95 for both members and non-members. To book see Sally McNiff at the next meeting or contact her at 01903 815792 YS 4 Your Steyning February 2020 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk COMMUNITY NEWS Steyning in Bloom Gardens For many years Steyning in Bloom has organised each June, a garden tour – six or so interesting gardens whose owners opened their gates to groups of enthusiasts as a sort of garden trail. The trail finished with a cream tea and was always a hugely enjoyable afternoon. This year we plan something different. The garden trail was limited to 40 people – there was always a waiting list - so we want to expand the theme and present an afternoon where there are twelve or so gardens that any number of people can visit during the course of the afternoon. In some cases there will be tea and plants for sale. Steyning is rich in enthusiastic gardeners, and has a wealth of beautiful gardens, some already visited by the Steyning in Bloom tour, some undiscovered! We are looking for a selection (to add to those already offered to us) to make up a varied and interesting tour – no need to be Chelsea standard, or even large – we want to include a little bit of everything – vegetables, follies, wildlife gardens! Entrance would be (as in other schemes) via the purchase of a brochure giving brief details of the gardens and a map. We are very excited about this project and hope you will be too. If you would like to be considered please drop a note to: Sara at the Steyning Bookshop or contact: Jill Burstow on 01903 879750 Steyning Downland WI Monday 17th February - 14:30 - 16:30 The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Steyning The Hidden History of Highdown Gardens A talk by Lesley Chamberlain. Visitors welcome. Highdown Gardens are nestled on the South Downs situated between Ferring and Goring. These stunningly beautiful chalk gardens on Downland countryside, overlooking the sea, are a tranquil haven for all to enjoy. The gardens are home to The National Plant Collection of the Plant Introductions of Sir Fredrick Stern - a unique collection of plants and trees, with many unusual plants to be discovered all year round. Please phone 01903 812570 for more details. Your Steyning February 2020 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 5 COMMUNITY NEWS Green Drinks Tuesday 25th February - 19:30 - 21:30 Steyning Football Club, Shootingfield, Steyning Appreciating the Sussex landscape We have two speakers for this month's Green Drinks, both dedicated to helping the public preserve and enjoy the Sussex Landscape. Nigel Bird will be talking about his role as a WSCC Countryside Access Ranger, and the challenges of maintaining and enhancing the Public Rights of Way network in West Sussex. Phil Paulo will be describing the work of the South Downs National Park's Truleigh Hill Project, which aims to preserve the history and ecology of this unique area. Doors and bar open at 19:30. Talks start at 20:00. Entrance is free, with donations on door to cover costs. Steyning Downland Scheme Ash Dieback More rather dismal news for a grey January: Ash Dieback disease continues to rampage through the Horseshoe Woods, which are around 75% Ash. This is creating a bit of a health and safety headache, because infected trees become very brittle and prone to dropping heavy lumps of timber at the slightest puff of wind. For this reason, we're working with the Wiston Estate to clear back dead Ash from all Rights of Way on the Steyning Downland Scheme as quickly as possible. A tree clearing machine will be working along the Upper Horseshoe Bridleway from 10th - 18th February, during which time the path will be closed. Please make alternative access arrangements during this period - many thanks! Volunteer of the Year Award! Congratulations! Huge congratulations are in order for Mike Kelly and Jane Oxley, who are the winners of the much coveted SDS Volunteer of the Year Award! Mike and Jane were absolutely brilliant in 2019 - playing vital roles in a huge range of successful stuff, from the Easter Egg Rollathon and the Big Picnic, to the Gateway landscaping works. They were also responsible for providing a never- ending supply of biscuits for the Conservation Volunteer tea breaks - that alone won them the accolade many times over.