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THE IDE HILL BUGLE Issue 13, May 2018 NEW THIS MONTH Note from the Editors Happy Birthday to the Bugle. It is hard to believe that Stubbs Wood Volunteers it is a year since the first issue was sent out in May Day 2017 with news of the Ide Hill Fair. We would like to thank everyone who has provided news in the past 12 Flowers and gardens months and also thank our readers who have been so exhibition at Jessops Farm encouraging and supportive. Ide Hill Fair and Flower The deadline for contributions for the June issue is Festival 26th May Please email: [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you. Ide Hill Windmills Anne and Barbara Parish Council Vacancy DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MAY 3rd Stubbs Wood Volunteers Day 9th Ide Hill Gardening Society 8 p.m. Village Hall 9th Ide Hill Society 8 p.m. Wheatsheaf Room 12th Bough Beech Sailing Club Open Day 15th Golf Day at Nizels in aid of Ide Hill School Fundraising 28th Ide Hill Village Fair 26th – 28th Ide Hill Flower Festival 1 Stubbs Wood Volunteers Day In the period since the public presentation the Stubbs Wood Advisory Group (the sub- committee of the Parish Council) has been busy with arrangements for the work in Stubbs Wood. The Woodland Management Plan has been approved by the Parish Council thus we are now empowered to get on with some work. The first day’s work will be on Thursday 3rd May and will concentrate on the car park at Yorks Hill specifically, the restoration of the verges and immediate surroundings to restore the view. Plans are in hand for the replacement of the benches and picnic tables. However, there are a number of things to be considered and safety whilst we are working is paramount. Please bring your own petrol powered strimmers or brush cutters along with useful things like bow saws, scythes, bill hooks, long handle loppers, secateurs, a pitch-fork (there will be lots of cut brambles stalks to be manged, etc etc. Can you please be sure to bring your own safety clothing which should consist at least of suitable boots, gloves, visibility jacket, eye protection and a hard hat if you have one. You may wish to consider bringing your own refreshments too. Could you also please let me know if you have a medical condition that, for safety’s sake, we should know about. I trust that we shall have a good turn-out and plan to split the group two, one to work on the car park area and the other to start on the shrubbery obscuring the view; the plan will be to clear the shrubbery on the first day. We will meet in the car park at 9.30 and hope that the weather is going to be kind to us. There is an outline schedule for future work days through the summer and into Autumn basically 4 weeks apart (which will avoid peak holiday season and bank holidays) but, rather than issue a series of dates now, I would appreciate a discussion on Thursday 3rd to see what the collective view is. In the interim, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to email Clive Witton at [email protected] Clive Witton 2 Jessops Farm Flowers and Gardens Exhibition 3 The 55th Ide Hill Village Fair! This year marks the 55th annual Ide Hill Fair. Back in the 60’s the idea of a village fair began as a fund-raising effort to raise money for the building of a new village hall, for the benefit of all residents of the village. Since then our village hall has developed into, and continues to be, an enormously well-used facility for village residents and the wider community. The Village Fair has since become a firmly established event in the village’s calendar and continues to raise funds for the maintenance and improvement of our hall, as well as contributing funds to our village associations and specific village projects. All of these groups, such as the Pre-School, School, Scout groups, Football club, Cricket club, Gardening Society, St Mary’s Church, Ide Hill Society are vital for our community to thrive. So…..55 years on…..the Village Fair of 2018 will take place on Bank Holiday Monday May 28th on the Village Green and the Glebe Field. Please invite your friends and family to come and join us on what is always a fun-filled and relaxed village event. As usual the fair will start with a short family fun run from the picnic field opposite the shop, through the woods onto the green. We will be re-instating the tug of war competition and need teams of 8 to compete so please gather a team from your group of friends or club (registration is on the day). For the children there will be fun ’Whacky Races’ on the field, an array of inflatables, trampolines, chair-o-planes, face –painting and ice cream. The financial contributions that the Fair makes to local causes are determined by the quantity and quality of donations. So PLEASE start collecting any bottles, books and unwanted new gifts you may have around the house. Door to door collections will take place before the fair or you can call Liz on 750435 or Julian on 750451 if you need to arrange collection. We look forward to seeing you at the Fair. There will of course be live music outside the pub, the tea tent, bbq and strawberries as well as lots of other stalls and attractions. Plenty of free parking is available if you have friends coming from further afield. If you can spare any time on the day of the fair we would appreciate help with setting up marquees, putting out traffic cones etc during the morning and dismantling at the end. If you can help please ring Liz on 07901 557334. Liz Denbigh 4 Ide Hill Fair - Cakes and Buns – Homemade or Purchased With your past support the Tea Tent is now established as a ‘must’ for the many hundreds of visitors to the Fair adding to their enjoyment of the Fair. It also raises a substantial sum. I am more than willing to collect from you, or alternatively your donation can be delivered to Pipers Wood, Nightingale Lane, on Sunday May 27th or to the Tea Tent on Monday May 28th any time after 12.30pm but before 2pm. A further request please, that cake containers you wish to be returned, be clearly marked with your name. Thank you and kind regards. Decima Grundy Flower Festival – “Great Events in History” The Ide Hill Flower Festival will take place in the Church on Spring Bank Holiday week-end, Saturday 26th May to Monday 28th May. Please come and support it. Carol Edmonds Flower Festival Songs of Praise - 17.30 Sunday May 27th Come and enjoy singing hymns and songs among the flower arrangements. If you have a favourite you would like to sing please let Angela Baker or Ruth Barrow know and we will try to fit it in. Ruth Barrow Ide Hill Gardening Society Many of us enjoyed hearing Andy Thomas enthral us with his talk on “Crop Circles” a few years ago and this time he is returning on 9th May at the Ide Hill Village Hall with the subject of “Lewes & Bonfires”. We will also be joined with our friends from the Brasted & Sundridge Gardening Society and I look forward to learning more about the history of Andy’s talk. Pat Mackness 5 Ide Hill Society Whatever Happened to Christopher Robin? Talk in the Wheatsheaf Room at 8 p.m. on 9th May. Gilly Halcrow looks at his life and times as he grew up in London and then in Hartfield on the Ashdown Forest. Was he a happy child and adult or did that teddy overshadow his life? Paul Meredith Ide Hill Junior Football Club The Club is currently recruiting new players from 4 to 10 years old. Please contact Clare Dance, [email protected] or 07725 085171. Thank you. Clare Dance, Youth Secretary Parish of St Mary’s Sundridge with Ide Hill and Toys Hill Music on the Hill – 2nd April I am so pleased that our informal concert was so well attended despite it being a rather dank evening and the end of the Easter Bank Holiday. Those that came enjoyed a very inspiring concert and I am pleased to say that we were able to send £350 to the Royal Society of Musicians, for their benevolent Fund, as well as making a large contribution to the maintenance of the Church fabric. It was so nice to see both young and old, and such a large number of villagers coming to support the restoration project. We are all so grateful. Rumour has it that we are planning another concert next year so watch this space. Dr Neil D Arnott - Churchwarden 6 Try sailing in May! Are you looking for a new way to get outdoors and active or find something you can enjoy together with the family? If the answer is yes, Bough Beech Sailing Club (BBSC) is inviting you and your family to come and try sailing or windsurfing as part of the RYA “Push the Boat Out” initiative. BBSC will be having an Open Day between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 12 May for those who want to see what the club does, learn a little more about sailing and try their hand on the water in one of our Wayfarer dinghies.