Village Voice

Distribution 3,650 No. 250 March/April 2019 Village Voice

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Our winter redwings and Friday in April and the brochure, listing all speakers, phalaropes are gone, but the blackbirds have found will be available soon as a pdf on our website their voices and wagtails, robins, woodpeckers, (green (www.stoneywish.com ). Meanwhile, we hope spring and lesser spotted), tits of all kinds, wrens, thrushes will stay with us and bring us more birdsong. When our and mistle thrushes have all been making a cheerful din migrants return we now understand that the changing together. The spring weather has hastened the end of seasons bring them, but our ancestors thought of it was the snowdrops here but the Reserve is brightening with the other way around. We all know that ‘one swallow warm patches of colour as primroses and daffodils doesn’t make a summer’, but it was a common thought, emerge in their place. amongst country people years ago that birds, especial - Having managed to break my wrist at Christmas I have ly the first cuckoo ‘brought’ the warm weather with had a lazy winter, Michael taking over my job of feed - them. Recently I read that in Russia, countrywomen ing the geese till I can lift the buckets again. Two days would traditionally bake little pastry birds and give ago the fox broke into the hen-run and took our chick - them to their children to set round their yards and hous - ens, so we have been feeling sorely aggrieved and es as decoys to encourage real birds to come, singing: mindful that it is the beginning of Lent next week and “Larks, larks, Give us Summer! We’ll give you winter we shall soon be needing good eggs for pancakes! An - There’s no food left for us!” As Lent approached, with old friend has fortuitously offered us some bantams, so the ghastly prospect of a month of gruel and no we are now busy preparing an impenetrable run for sausages, the birds, and especially those precious egg- them and hope for better luck. laying hens, held all the hopes for future prosperity. Michael’s new exhibition of vintage photos goes on To see how well our birds are doing, come and share display when we re-open on 1st March and runs until the delights of spring with us at Stoneywish. the end of April at the Visitor Centre in Spatham Lane. Rosemary POiNT APPLIANCE CARE Specialist in: HOTPOINT, CREDA & INDESIT Most Makes of cookers and washing Machines repaired RICHARD WARNER 01273 844411 or 07885 829455 [email protected] BIG SWIM At 70 I learnt to swim, at 72 I took on Transition proposal by going to https://www.hkd - swimming challenges in the 25 metres pool at the transition.org.uk/better-biking and following the Triangle Burgess Hill. On the 24th January I complet - cycling link. Chris Thomson ed my 5th swim - 7080 lengths (110miles) equal to, Cuba to Florida. HASSOCKS WI January is a time for New Year reso - If you would like to donate to congratulate me please lutions, as we were reminded in an amusing poem writ - Google - My Donate, and then find Headway East ten by a WI member, but is also the time, in every WI Sussex in memory of my hubby Roy and Son Mathew in the country, when all members vote on national res - or pop donations at my home 34, Farnham Avenue, olutions to choose which campaigns will be promoted Hassocks BN6 8NS. Thank you. Judy Tilbury over the next year. This business was quickly complet - ed, and it was time for some entertainment. In a new BETTER BIKING: LINKING DITCHLING HAS - experience for us, we were joined by a Ukelele band, SOCKS & HURST As you may recall HKD and we all joined in for a rousing sing-along of all the Transition are plugging away at trying to make the old favourites. main road (B2116) from the centre of Ditchling to the Our March meeting promises to be stimulating, when centre of Hurst friendlier to cyclists for getting to the we have a talk and discussion on historical aspects of station, to school and to the shops. medicine and surgery. The meeting will be as usual, The feasibility study of how this could be done has 7.45 pm on the 3rd Monday of the month, ( 18th been completed and has been with officers of Mid March ). All welcome. Further details can be found on Sussex District Council since October 2018. wihassocks.org.uk . Maureen Dodd Meantime a further project to improve the B2116 for cyclists is progressing within West Sussex County GARDENING FOR POLLINATORS an illustrated Council. 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AGE CONCERN - Dale Avenue, Hassocks. 01273 office or take a look at our website. We regularly 844461 Office hours between 9 am to 3.45 pm. arrange in house entertainment and outings too. www.achassocks.co.uk email: enquiries@achas - Our Canasta group is looking for new players on a socks.co.uk Follow us on Facebook Age Concern Friday afternoon 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm, they will help Hassocks. We have our own Charity Shop – Do pop in you and teach you if you are not sure how to play! Do and take a look. come along one afternoon and see for yourself! Lunches served daily –please call us to book, we can Our Charity Shop is open every day and also Saturday also help you get here on our bus! Refreshments for mornings, we now take credit, debit and contactless sale each morning and there is always cake to go with cards for payment! Kirsty Hunnisett your cuppa. Room Hire – We have a really nice big main hall which HASSOCKS CROQUET CLUB Croquet is a sport is available to hire for any club or activity on a for everyone. New members welcome. If you would Wednesday or Friday afternoon, please do ask in our like to learn how to play Croquet or are already an office or come and have a look. Would be ideal for a experienced player why not consider joining The Pilates or exercise class! Hassocks Croquet Club. We are a friendly local club Hearing Aid Maintenance checks are held here by who play Croquet most weekdays in the daytime dur - Action for Deafness on the first Tuesday of each month ing the season (from April to October) at The St. 9.30 am – NHS Only – just turn up and a waiting sys - James’s Montefiore Cricket Club, Keymer Road, tem is in place. Hassocks (The road from Hassocks to Ditchling). Free Do you need your hair cut, coloured or a wash and parking in large car park. New players are able to bor - blow dry? We have a Hairdressing Salon here at the row the club’s mallets. centre with appointments here Monday to Friday. For further details please contact Jeanette Grant 01273 Please do call us to book your appointment. 844836 or email We have Scrabble, Art, Canasta, Mahjong, Knit and [email protected] or visit our Natter and Craft sessions held here – new members Website www.hassockscroquetclub.net . always welcome - please do come in and ask us in the Tony Bright

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DAWN CHORUS - THE SOUNDTRACK TO OUR passing of winter and the arrival of spring, which fills LIVES Imagine if we had to do it. Imagine that first our hearts with the promise of the summer to come. thing every morning we had to stake a claim to our Bernstein, Britten, Beethoven and Brian Wilson rolled property by pulling on our dressing gowns, marching into one. out onto our front lawns, taking a deep breath and At the first hint of dawn, in the still, silent air, this free singing a song. Sussex would awaken to an acappella music festival begins. And what a line-up! Local duo cacophony of show tunes, power ballads and rock Robin and Blackbird open the show with their laid- anthems pouring from porches and patios, backyards back, soulful crooning. Then that little bird with the and balconies. And if you weren’t out there, patrolling big attitude, The Wren, cranks it up with his rockin’, your property with a raspy rendition of ‘Hey Jude’, rollin’ rattle. The symphony builds as the sun rises. your neighbours would assume you’d gone and they’d We’re joined by a supergroup; CSD&G (Chaffinch, muscle in. If you overslept you’d wake to find Jeanette Song Thrush, Dunnock & Great Tit). For our headlin - from two doors down screeching ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ ers, international singing sensations The Warblers (ft. on your doorstep and you’d have to see her off with Blackcap & Chiff-chaff) will be flying in from Africa your version of ‘River Deep, Mountain High’. to add their voices to this avian opera. Throughout March male birds are aggressively estab - There’s another reason for this performance. Because if lishing their breeding territories. In the absence of you’ve got enough spare time to stand around and sing bricks and barbed wire, their songs build the bound - then you must be good at finding food. So females aries around their little bits of Sussex. It’s vital they flock to the lead singer – a familiar phenomenon (let’s sing every morning. After a day dodging cats, cars, face it, Jagger wouldn’t have charmed all those women windowpanes and sparrowhawks their defiant songs if he’d been a dentist). So take a morning stroll in your (think ‘I will survive’ meets ‘My way’) inform their local woodlands in March and enjoy this free perfor - neighbours that they’re still alive and they’re still king mance. www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk of the hill. Top of the heap. To our ears this warzone of Michael Blencowe warbles and whistles is a stirring celebration of the

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There is no charge organist at St Cosmos and St Damian and also for his for admission to the concert, although it is hoped a 17 years of presenting ‘Morning Melodies’ raising retiring collection will raise a sizeable donation to the almost £60,000 to date for local and national charities. charity. Don’t miss what will be an excellent evening of live Know Dementia is run by volunteers to build links with music, make sure it goes in your calendar today! the local community to enable a better understanding of The Sussex Vale Rotary Club draws its members from the disease. This is achieved through Dementia Friends Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint and surround - Training, Dementia Action Alliances and their ing areas. If you are interested in learning more about ‘Moments’ events, which include 12 Memory Rotary International and how you can help or join us, Moments Cafés, Sporting Moments, Green Moments please contact our club secretary on and Musical Moments. 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Thank you. ing number of retail outlets including local garden centres, Notwithstanding the sweep refurbishment this year, we farm shops and the Ditchling Museum. Thursdays remain will continue to run our popular traditional open days on our regular volunteers working day throughout the year the first Sunday of each month from April to October but we’ve now returned to our previous practice of adding inclusive. However, we will focus on two rather than three Tuesdays as well due to popular demand! Do call in if major ‘Event Days’ this year, the two being ‘Music and you’re taking a stroll past the mill. Morris’ on Sunday 5th May and ‘History and Heritage’ on The sweeps (the Sussex term for sails) are taken down for Sunday 1st September . Mark them in your diary now. For a thorough refurbishment every seven years. Two were more information on all aspects of Oldland Mill activity, refurbished last year and the remaining pair will be just keep an eye on our website: addressed this year. 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This is a whodunit in make a name for himself, he poses as a white bigot reverse, Hamilton’s play has the distinction of reveal - over the phone whilst sending in white officers for ing the murderers from the start. face to face work. Together with a more seasoned Two well-bred young men murder a fellow Oxford colleague, Flip Zimmerman, they proceed to take student just for the fun of it. Audaciously, they have down the extremist hate group as the organisation invited friends and relatives of the victim to a party aims to sanitise its violent appeal to the mainstream. around the chest containing his corpse. This stranger-than-fiction story lights up like a bar Will this daring pair get away with their cat and room pinball machine and slips seamlessly from bor - mouse games? derline absurdist humour to all-too-real horror. 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The Dates for your diary - 6th April , 10 am to 12:30 pm – gymnasts will be competing for the twelve silver tro - Coffee morning at the clubhouse in Adastra Park – phies and scores of medals. Spectating for parents & entrance at the south end of the carpark in Orchard friends is free. Lane. Come and enjoy coffee/tea and biscuits, have a The next opportunity for the gymnasts to compete will chat to members, look at our facilities and maybe pick be the Club’s 35th Annual Championships on the 6th up an application form. 27th April, 4th, 6th, 11th and July . 18th May , 10 am to 12:30 pm Open mornings at the Waiting list for the Club has now disappeared – except club. Come and try bowling for yourself. All equip - for pre-school boys, so if you have any preschool girls ment provided and coaches will be there to give you all or school age children interested in trying gymnastics the help you need. 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We have had several large donations but wondered if makes up for his earlier excesses by seeking out and you would like to help us to raise the rest. compensating those he has wronged, and Mole, Rat, Through West Sussex County Council we have set up a Badger and Toad live out their lives happily ever after. crowd fund raising site on SpaceHive. The idea is that, Every student who took part was outstanding - their if you would like to, you can pledge a sum of money commitment is admirable and the result is a joy to (as much or as little as you like - we are grateful for any behold - can’t wait for the 2020 production! contribution) which you do not actually pay until we Photo by Matt Freestone have all the funding in place. It will involve you putting your bank account details into the site but, as I said, you will only notice your pledge disappear from your account once we have raised all the money. The link to the crowd fund raising site is www.spacehive.com/hassocks-outdoor-perfor - mance-space Please pass the link on to anyone else you feel may want to help. The Wind in the Willows - If only they had stuck to messing about in boats but they didn’t! Mole, Rat, Badger and the hapless Toad embark on lots of adven - tures on stage at Downlands in this year’s fabulous drama production ‘The Wind in the Willows’. If you follow us on Twitter you will have noticed an The wonderful thing about our drama productions is unprecedented number of tweets yesterday - 30 January. that they allow so many students to take part - from The cause? The Year 11 Football Team were in action. make-up and stage crew through to the actors and the Out of 568 team nationally - and only the really good sound engineers. Rehearsals have been taking place teams enter - our lads made it to the last 16 of the ESFA since October and the performance is amazing. From Boys Under 16 Premier League Schools Cup. 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They are still in local competitions so we look NEW FREE TECHNOLOGY HELP SESSIONS forward to cheering them on. FOR THE OVER 60’S AT HURSTPIERPOINT The Downlands Year 11 Football Team is : Angus Hill, COLLEGE , in collaboration with Mid Sussex Older Luke Goff, Ollie Charlesworth, Josh Hickingbotham, People’s Council. Ed Turns, Oli Munt, Shay Leahy, Charlie Jones, Sam The friendly students at the college will be on hand to Wright, Adam Lindo, Tom Roberts, Cam West, Ollie help you with any technology related questions you Appaya, Dexter Webb and Logan Lee. Nicki Burston may have, every Tuesday during term time from 2.30 pm until 3.30 pm with time for a coffee and chat after - THE CLAYTON & KEYMER BRANCH OF THE wards. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION Any questions you like, big or small, from turning on We meet at 3 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month your device, to using Skype or looking things up. Bring at our headquarters in Woodsland Road, Hassocks. 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Hedgehogs continue to face pres - In a local push to encourage locals to look out for these sures in the rural landscape and from urban development, animals, Ann Winney from local hedgehog rescue Hurst but monitoring numbers, and initiatives such as Hedgehog Haven will be at in Hassocks next month. ‘Hedgehog Street’ and ‘Hedgehog Heroes’, plus public The area’s new ‘Hedgehog Hero’ will be visiting South efforts to improve garden habitats and connectivity, Downs Nurseries from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday 24th might just give them a fighting chance. March , giving advice on what we can do to help hedge - For more information, www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk . hogs and improve their numbers in our local area. Trevor Butler The Hedgehog Heroes initiative is run by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, and encourages busi - HURSTPIERPOINT BOWLS CLUB We are looking nesses to remind visitors of the importance of looking forward to spring & summer & another enjoyable season out for Hedgehogs in the area. This includes checking of bowling so why not come & join us. Your local Bowls areas of the garden before using any gardening equip - club is in South Avenue, Hurstpierpoint & we are hold - ment such as strimmers and mowers. ing “Taster Sessions” on the following dates; Wednesday In 2007, hedgehogs were made a priority conservation 24th April at 6 pm & Saturday 27th April at 11 am. We species in Britain under the then UK Biodiversity Action are offering free six week membership, free coaching & free use of equipment & Bowls. Please wear flat soled shoes (trainers are fine). If you are interested in learning to bowl at a friendly & socially active club, then we would like to meet you. 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Our next meeting will be on 29th March when David Redd Jackie Marsh Hobbs, Brighton Historian and Royal Pavilion Guide, will give an illustrated talk called “A reMEmber , the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society is Passion for Piers” - a history of our famous seaside based in Hurstpierpoint / Hassocks. We provide infor - piers. mation and help to patients and carers throughout On Friday 26th April , Helen Poole, Curator at Crawley Sussex and beyond. We also campaign for better ser - Museum, will give an illustrated talk on Sussex in the vices for people who have ME/CFS and support bio - Napoleonic Wars. medical research into the illness. This year reMEmber Everyone is welcome. For more information contact is hoping to work with the NHS and healthcare profes - me Chairman on 01273 832280 . Bill Kent sionals to set up clinical networks to look into what is being provided for patients and determine what more is HURSTPIERPOINT SINGERS It is with great needed. We have applied for funding to help us in this regret that we announce the closure of Hurstpierpoint task. Singers, after 68 years of music-making in Sussex. Our annual ME/CFS Awareness Conference will be Dwindling numbers and illness led to the decision, held this year at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath on which means that the very successful Christmas Saturday 11th May starting at 2.30 pm. Our key speak - Concert held at Holy Trinity, Hurstpierpoint in ers will be Dr Charles Shepherd, medical advisor to the December – at which over £250 was raised for ME Association and Nina Muirhead, a surgeon, both of Alzheimer’s research – will in retrospect be their final whom have ME. Light refreshments will be provided performance. There will therefore not be a concert in and admission is by ticket only. 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