Hollingdeannews June/July 2012 an independent newspaper produced and delivered to your door by your neighbours Summer’s here at last! This photo and several others of a carnival parade going up Davey Drive were kindly given to us for our local history collection. We don’t have a date but it looks 1970’s. Do you remember this event or have any photos of other festivals in ? We’d love to hear from you! Photo: Hollingdean News collection

Come along to our Garden Party/Coffee Morning 50 Hertford Road 10.30 - 1.30pm. Saturday 23rd June. We are raising funds for a local Cat Charity 'Kitty in the City' Enjoy a coffee on the lawn and a natter with your friends and neighbours. Homemade cakes Hertford Infant & Nursery School and a plant stall, also a raffle Hertford Road BN1 7GF and childrens games. Do please come SUMMER FAIR and support us. Saturday 14th July 11-3.00pm, Sporting theme - come dressed as a country or sports person for a chance to win a medal! J o n J o s e p h East Fire and Rescue team will be at the school gates at 11am (as long as there are M O B I L E no fires to put out!) for everyone to see their fire engine. M E C H A N I C Face painting - Barbecue - Tombola - Cream teas 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Penalty Shoot Out football - Bouncy castle Fully Qualified Current CPD Fully Insured NO VAT ON LABOUR Pop along for a fun filled day and best of all it's Member of The Institute of The Motor Industry FREE! We look forward to seeing you all there. Assoc. Member of The Institute of Road Transport Engineers St Joseph's School For a friendly chat about your car, call Davey Drive, Hollingdean 07779 80 22 61 Summer Fete L o c a l r e s i d e n t f o r 2 4 y e a r s Saturday 30th June starts at 11am A fun day out for all the family.

Inflatable slide  Candy Floss  Cake stall Tombola stall  Food and refreshments and… fabulous prizes to be won on the Grand Draw! Only 50p entry

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Adult Education Then come on this friendly free Active For life course to boost your self esteem, Getting Started in Social Hollingdean Joggers become more assertive and take Want to get fitter but haven’t got Enterprise control of your life! th the motivation to do it on your Day: Monday 18 June th th th Mondays 11 , 18 , 25 June own? Then come along to our Times: 10am – 12 noon th th 2nd, 9 & 16 July new Active for Life Joggers These workshops will give you a sessions and get support from basic understanding of social 10.00am -12.00pm At the our local run leaders enterprise, help you understand Friend’s Meeting House Ship St th Starts 13 June the difference between a charity BN1 1AF Wednesday’s 6 – 7pm and a social enterprise, and All courses are free. For more Hertford Junior School know where to go to obtain information or to reserve a place Lynchet Close further information on setting up. call David on 01273 294674 Suitable for beginners, walk or At: Hollingdean Community jog at your own pace 16+ Centre, Thompson Rd BN1 7BH £2.00 per session or £15.00 for Priority is given to people on low

incomes. Bus tickets can be 10 weeks Free course for Men starts provided. June - Believe in yourself! For more information contact communitylearning@brighton- Would you like to feel more : 01273 293458 .gov.uk Laura Wood confident about yourself & your or laura.wood@brighton- place in the world? hove.gov.uk

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Active For life - In Shape for Life DRAPER Get in shape … Stay in shape Weekly fitness BUILDING SERVICES sessions, healthy living advice & a cup of tea! Starts 15th June All aspects of 9.30 – 11am building & landscaping undertaken Hollingdean Community Centre Thompson Road BN1 7BH Garden maintenance Suitable for all levels – work at your own pace! Fencing £1.00 per session Guttering For more information contact Laura Wood: Internal & external 01273 293458 maintenance or [email protected] Painting & decorating Decking Cooking club in Hollingdean Brickwork Do you have a dish worthy of appreciation? Patios & pathways Once a month you’ll have an opportunity to offer and try delectable dishes, whether traditional Fully insured English or something from further afield, if it’s tasty it will be appreciated. Over 25 yrs experience And if you wouldn’t mind sharing your culinary Friendly & reliable service gems, please phone Rocky on from your small local builder 07864 237650. The first meeting depending tel: (01273) 381716 on interest will be Saturday mob: 0778 9827281 3rd June, then the first 0776 556807 Saturday of every month after that. Thank you. Hollingdeannews …local issues Keeping Hollingdean clean The new Hollingdean Residents Group recently discussed how much dog mess there is around Have your Say on Local Woodland and what to do about this problem. Not only is dog The Council, together with the Friends of poo unsightly and smelly – especially if it ends up and Burstead Woods (FHBW) has on your shoe and you tramp it into the house – it drafted a Plan about caring for Hollingbury and can also carry nasty parasites, toxicara, which in Burstead Woods in future years. Anyone can extreme cases can cause blindness in children. respond to the consultation, running until July We are asking the Council for more dog waste 20th. bins on the track by the park and at the entrance to the Downs. Dog fouling is prohibited in all The Ranger and FHBW members will be public places, including pavements, parks, sports available to answer questions and take fields and open spaces; even in a farmer’s field or comments at two consultation events Wed 13th on the Downs. If you are witnessed leaving dog June 3-5pm Hollingdean Children’s Centre, mess behind, you can be fined up to £1000. Do Brentwood Rd BN1 7DY & Sat 16th June stop to scoop it up in a plastic bag and put it in the Hollingbury Library, Carden Hill BN1 8DA. nearest bin, this can be any bin and any plastic The full plan is online at www.brighton- bag will do but specially made ones are available hove.gov.uk/hollingburybursteadplan or view a at supermarkets, pet shops & even 99p shops. copy at Jubilee Library, Hollingbury Library or Come on all you dog walkers let’s make Hollingdean Children’s Centre Hollingdean dog mess free! If you want to report anyone letting their dog foul You can also send in comments; by email: contact the animal welfare team on 01273 [email protected] By 292929, then follow the instructions. post;:Dominic Franklin, City Parks Countryside If you would like more info about the Residents Service, Park, Lewes Rd BN1 9SE Group contact Liz Lee (Community Development Join us in the woods: Picnic followed by Worker) on 01273 236 160 guided walks in Burstead Woods th [email protected] Sunday 8 July 12pm Come to FHBW’s family picnic and take a guided walk through the woods where the Ranger and members of the group will show you work that has already been carried out, and point out areas where changes could be made under the new Plan. For more information see www.fhbw.org.uk

Local Police news Following information received from members of the community, we executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at an address in Dudeney Lodge, Hollingdean on 4th May. The occupant was arrested for possession with intent to supply after officers discovered almost 1 kg of herbal cannabis in the flat. This would have a street value in the region of £9000. The male has now been bailed pending further enquiries. Following this and a further positive search at the address in February 2012, the council are looking to evict the tenant. We are very grateful to the local community and would urge anyone with similar suspicions about the supply of drugs or any other crime to contact us. We always treat information in the strictest of confidence. Regards, Sgt Chris Lane CLO62 07771 80690 [email protected]

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Hollingdean Skatepark takes shape! If you’ve around Hollingdean Park recently you A. Palmer Gardening Services will have seen that work is progressing well on Can’t find the time to do the new skatepark. Diggers arrived on site on your garden? th 8 May and the build should take about 6 weeks. Call me now for reliable and A group of skaters will go on site at regular competitive service and prices. intervals to get an update from the contractors All gardening work and as to progress. I was very excited when I went repairs undertaken up to chat to the contractors and take photos. I’ll post them on facebook (Brighton skatepark 01273 608237 / 07903 673 813 group Hollingdean division) and also on Hollingdean News online. Local Councillors The official opening of the park will be on Due to demand on space we haven’t been able st Sunday 1 July at the annual T in the Park to include our local councillor’s news in this issue community picnic festival. There will be but you can find their articles online on our demos by an ace team of skaters & competitions website – http://hollingdeannews.wordpress.com with great prizes – this promises to be an

amazing day when the local skaters can Green Party Christina Summers & Sven Rufus celebrate and enjoy skating in their own [email protected] skatepark. The celebrations won’t stop there – 07557 197595 we are applying for additional funding to run [email protected] organised sessions for the coming year – we 01273 296429 want Hollingdean skaters to be the best! Liz Lee Community Development Worker Tel: Labour & Cooperative Party 01273 236 160 Jeane Lepper [email protected] Local Action Team and Tenants & 01273 291169 Residents Association meeting Wed 13th June 7.00pm at Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road. An officer from the council is attending to discuss consultation on proposals to control the number of Student Lets and Houses of Multiple Occupation in the City including Hollingdean. Local Police Community Support Officer will also attend. Bring your concerns – or ideas on how to improve the area. For more info Your Local Chimney Sweep contact Liz Lee 01273 236 160 *Fully insured More good news! *Free advice & quotes The Community Pay Back team have now cleared & taken away about half a dozen burnt *Insurance company out scooters as well as other rubbish out of approved certificates Queensdown Woods (behind Lynchet Close), so issued the majority of the rubbish has now been cleared thanks to the article in Hollingdean News. *Usual price £50 Kevin Mudie How often should your chimney be swept? Make sure Hollingdean knows about Smokeless coals: At least once a year. your events! Wood: Once a season when in use. Hollingdean News is published every 2 months & Bitumous coal: Twice a year. 3,200 copies go out to residents & venues. We Oil: Once a year. are a group of residents who volunteer to raise Gas: Once a year funds, produce & deliver this newsletter. Tell us & we’ll get the word out! 07963301570 or Call Christina on 0771 2583299 [email protected] Hollingdeannews … keeping you informed

News from Hertford Junior School Angela Serna – Childminder We’ve been really busy offering the pupils a Hollingdean Terrace high level of exciting learning themes. Pupils, parents and staff have all been enthusiastically I am a Latin American mother of 3 now engaged in a variety of learning opportunities. looking after children in my own home. Yr 3 were excited to find a robot had been dropped from the sky, Yr 4 made an amazing We cook, dance, learn a little Spanish and animated film of penguin life at the Antarctic, have fun in a loving and secure family Yr 5 invited everyone back to school for an environment. evening of star gazing and Yr 6 took us all to Tel: 01273 945768 / 07551 066616 Bollywood with their learning about the life of an Indian child. Email: [email protected] Parents, carers and friends of the school have www.vivachildcare.com been excited to join us regularly to find out Ofsted Registered about the children’s learning. Extra curriculum activities include Eco club, Samba band performing with Hertford Infants at the Children’s parade, choir and cricket. The choir Helping You Travel successfully performed at a Brighton Festival This summer the council’s Travel Advisors Fringe event. Our school is a busy, exciting will be talking to Hollingdean residents on place to learn. Children are actively engaged in your doorstep. We’ll be offering information challenging learning and standards of that could save you cash, such as how to get attainment continue to improve. cheaper bus tickets and save fuel in your If you want to find out more about Hertford driving. Junior School, please call to arrange a visit. Telephone 01273 557341 Rewards for Travel Diaries If you drive and would like to do a 1 week travel diary, we’ll be offering rewards such as free eco-driver training, or a strong bike lock, or a 1 week bus pass. Real-time Bus Information We’d like to know how we can support you to save some cash and get a bit more active by walking, cycling and going by bus. So, for example, if you’d like a real-time information board at a favourite bus stop, let us know. Supporting Your Ideas We’ve been working with the Hollingdean Residents Action group to see how we can support your ideas for environmentally-friendly travel improvements. If you have a project that you’d like to get off the ground, perhaps a family cycle club that needs a ‘Dr Bike’ to show you some maintenance tips or free locks and lights, or perhaps a group trying outings by bus that need some maps and suggestions, or a free bus pass for a group leader to try out the route, do get in touch, we’ve loads of ideas and can help. Your Travel Planning team Hollingdean Community Centre Tel: 01273 290498 Email: [email protected] PS Pop in and see us and pick up some free cycling high-vis stuff

Hollingdeanguide … your guide to what’s on in Hollingdean June and July 2012 To add, remove or update an event, please email [email protected]

Mondays Wednesdays Hollingdean Park Children’s Centre (Sure Start) Children’s Centre (Sure Start) 4-6pm: Football ( Clare 295812) 8am-6pm: Cherry Tree nursery 8am-6pm: Cherry Tree nursery Lynchet Close, outside Cedar Centre 9am-4pm by appointment only: Midwife 9am-12.00 & 1-5pm by appointment 9.30-11.30am alternate weeks from 8 antenatal clinic ( 295623) only: Birth stories: midwife support June: Mobile library 10-11.30am: Healthy child clinic drop-in following difficult births, partners Forest Garden & 12-2pm: Cook & Eat cooking group welcome ( Jane 295268) Wildlife Project (invitation only, speak to your health 11am-12.30pm: 2.5 mile health walk to 10am-3pm: Drop-in work day visitor or early years visitor, or Hollingbury Hillfort ( Darren 292564)  295803 for details) City Gate @ The Dip Saturdays 3-5pm first Monday of every month by 10am in term: KidzCorner toddler group City Gate @ The Dip appointment only: Home birth matters Hollingdean Community Centre 10am: Weight Watchers City Gate @ The Dip 10am: Yoga, £4.50 (£3.50 conc) if you ( Karen 07891 450587) 6.30pm 2nd & 4th weeks: Taizé service pay for half a term in advance, £5.50 Hollingdean Community Centre Hertford Junior School (£4.50 conc) drop-in rate First Saturday of the month 11am- 6.30-8pm: Gymnastic Club, girls only, ( Laura 07771 389461) 12.00: Councillor Jeane Lepper’s advice vault, floor & beam ( 07795 008772) 3.30-6pm: Little Darlings, free playgroup surgery ( 291169) Hollingdean Community Centre for ages 3-6 with additional needs ( Lower Roedale Allotments 1.30-2.45pm: Hand in hand, Chinese Sharon 676213) 10am-12noon: Store hut open parent & toddler group, £1 St Joseph’s Primary School Roedale Valley Allotments ( Weibing 07837 824956) 7pm: Slimming World group ( Andrea 9am-3pm: Store hut and tea hut open Laburnum Grove, Burstead Close 708940 or 07984 175152, or just come) St Richard’s Church 5.45pm alternate weeks: film night for St Richard’s Church 1-2.30pm fortnightly: Lunch club: two- over 55s, free but donations welcome. 11am: Said Mass course meal & tea/coffee, £3 ( Angela 550845 to book a place) 7-9pm: Whist club, new members ( Arlene 559996) welcome, £1.50 inc. refreshments Tuesdays Sundays Children’s Centre (Sure Start) Thursdays Hertford Junior School 8am-6pm: Cherry Tree nursery Children’s Centre (Sure Start) 10.30am: Christ Church Brighton 9am-4pm by appointment only: Midwife 8am-6pm: Cherry Tree nursery (CofE), Friends & family meeting antenatal clinic ( 295623) 9am-4pm by appointment only: Midwife ( Carl 553207) 9.30-11.30am: Mosaic drop-in group for antenatal clinic ( 295623) Hollingdean Community Centre black & mixed parentage families 1-2.30pm: Breastfeeding drop-in, Pear 10-11am: Karate 12.30-4pm once a month, appointment Tree Room, includes advice & support ( Mary 07710 693362) only: Cranial osteopathy ( 841404) from health professional Jolly Brewer, Ditchling Road 1-5pm once a month, appointment only: 1-2.30pm: Baby & You drop-in, 10 week 8.30 for 9pm: Brighton Singers’ folk club Homeopathy ( Caroline 699775) rolling health programme, information & 1.30-2pm: Speak Easy, speech & support for new parents & carers language group (invitation only; ask Hertford Junior School Locations your Health Visitor or  295803) 8.45am: Parents’ coffee morning Children’s Centre (Sure Start) Brentwood Road.  295623 Hollingdean Community Centre 6.30-8pm: Gymnastic club, girls only, 9.30-11am: Movers & Shakers, music & vault, floor & beam ( 07795 008772) CityGate @ The Dip movement for tots, £1.50 119d Hollingdean Terrace ( Hilary 502737) Fridays Hertford Infants School 12.30-2.15pm: Kiddiwinks playgroup & Bethesda Healing Centre, URC Hertford Road.  552931 lunch ( Shirley 23160) Christian Centre, Saunders Park Rise nd th Hertford Junior School 3.30-4.30pm: Popdance for ages 5-11, 7-9pm on 2 & 4 Friday of month: Lynchet Close.  557341  Prayer for healing, all welcome of £1 ( Laura 07771 389461) Hollingdean Community Centre whatever faith or condition 7.30-9.30pm: Line dancing, £4 Thompson Road.  236160 ( Karen or Mary 551811) ( 07999 268261) Hollingdean Park Hollingdean Terrace, outside no. 98 Children’s Centre (Sure Start) Lynchet Close 2.30-5pm: Mobile library 8am-6pm: Cherry Tree nursery Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & 9am-4pm by appointment only: Midwife Lower Roedale Allotments Wildlife Project antenatal & postnatal clinic ( 295623) Off Lynchet Close.  504977 10am-3pm: Drop-in work day 9.30-11.30am: English classes for Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & St Matthias’ Church speakers of other languages. Crèche Wildlife Project 9.45-11.15am: Rosemary Conley Diet & provided ( Friends Centre 810210) Crespin Way,  07988 837951 Fitness clubs, weigh in & aerobics, City Gate @ The Dip Roedale Valley Allotments suitable for all ages & levels of fitness. 10am in term: KidzCorner toddler group Off Golf Drive 5.30pm: Weight Watchers Exercise only members welcome too. St Joseph’s Primary School  ( Karen 07891 450587) £5.60 ( Lesley 915097) Davey Drive St Richard’s Church Hertford Infants School St Matthias’ Church & Hall 12.30-2.45pm: Evergreens over 50s 9-10am: Parent & carer coffee Ditchling Road club: fortnightly meals, outings & more morning/biscuit club, pre-schoolers ( Arlene 559996) welcome ( 552931) St Richard’s Church Beal Crescent