Shipley Parish News
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April and May 2021
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Parish email database
If the past year has taught us anything, it’s the importance of keeping in contact with our friends in the local community. With this in mind, the PCC has decided to set up a new database of email addresses for the parish, to keep you informed about what is going on at Shipley Church, share news and let you know about fundraising and events.
If you would like to sign up, please email Chris at [email protected].
We look forward to getting in touch with you soon!
Note: in sharing your details, you will be giving us permission to use your personal data solely for the purposes of communicating about church life and events, in accordance with data protection laws.
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Parish directory
Vicar The Reverend Chis Allen T: 01403 432813 The Vicarage, Shipley, RH13 8PH E: [email protected]
Church Gavin Kenny T: 01403 734387 Wardens Meadowcroft, Polecat Lane, E: [email protected] Copsale, RH13 6QR
Richard Killner T: 01403 741974 1 New Cottage, Pound Farm E: [email protected] Shipley RH13 8QB
Honorary Colin West T: 01403 741912 Treasurer The Old Vicarage, School Lane, E: [email protected] Shipley, RH13 8PL
Honorary Jo Nunn E: [email protected] Secretary
Organist and Peter Sanderson E: [email protected] Choirmaster
Assistant Anne Haimes E: [email protected] Organist
Sunday School Liz Cockerill E: [email protected]
Safeguarding Liz Cockerill E: [email protected] officer
Bell Captain Simon Meyer E: [email protected]
Bell Secretary Sue Meyer
Andrew Hall Jane Gardner E: [email protected] Amanda Jupp
Magazine John Davies E: [email protected] advertising
Magazine Lucy West T: 01403 741912 subscriptions The Old Vicarage, School Lane, Shipley, RH13 8PL
Magazine Greg & Rachel Huitson-Little E: [email protected] editors
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The Vicar’s Letter
Dear Friends
Many animals hibernate through the winter. They find somewhere safe and warm, often underground, to sleep, emerging into the light when Spring comes. Jesus spent three days in the heart of the earth in the sleep of death before he was raised, and emerged with new life and light for the world. And we are raised with him. Gradually this Spring, we will be emerging from hibernation to begin life again. We can begin to meet other members of our species, as stage by stage, schools reopen, people can begin to meet up again, first one to one, then after a while in larger groups. More shops will open, more facilities like hairdressers and beauty salons will become available again. Theatres, cinemas and concert halls will one day be able to host audiences, sports venues will one day be able to welcome the crowds back. But though we all hanker for a return to normality, some of what we were used to will not, or cannot, return. The resurrection of Jesus was not a return to his life as it had been. It was not just a resuscitation. The resurrection means newness, difference, something at first beyond comprehending. Even the disciples didn’t recognise Jesus at first. In the aftermath of the pandemic, there will be societal and economic change. Patterns of working, employment, leisure, consuming and investing are changing and will change. The world into which we emerge may well be unrecognisable in some aspects. That’s why, as we embrace this Spring with zest for the opportunities it brings for a real reshaping of Church and world, we need to bear in mind that the inevitable changes carry real risks for many in our society. So as we emerge from lockdown, we need to put back only what is good, true and just. Why should we tolerate any longer inequalities of health and educational outcomes, or violence against women the world over, or war, poverty, or loneliness or bullying? Why build those things back? What is unworthy has to wither away, for new life to come. And we need to rebuild the Church as well. We can dream the dream of new life being breathed into the Church building as we put together an Appeal to deal with the necessary repairs highlighted by the last Quinquennial Survey by our architect. This is something which can draw the whole Parish together, as we save the mother church as a place of prayer for the community for generations to come, and also show commitment to the role of the Church as a custodian of the nation’s history and heritage. And of course it’s not just the Church building, precious and priceless as it is. The human community of the Church will regather and we will get to know each
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other again. Relationships can be reset, new leaves can be turned over and any old resentments and antagonisms come to be seen as irrelevant. Schools are back. Let’s thank those involved within schools, especially teachers and leaders, who often at short notice have responded to the changing patterns of the spread of the virus and the consequent government regulations. Pupils are glad to be back, but it’s an anxious time for pupils and parents as ways of assessment, and all that depends upon the grades achieved, will be new and unfamiliar. Many of the things I have mentioned in this letter can inform and shape our thoughts, prayers and intercessions as we return to regular Sunday Eucharists. Our work as the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is to offer the world, and especially the parish, to God through Christ in union with his offering to the Father, which we celebrate every Sunday. So we need to know as well as we can all the diverse aspects of life of the parish and all its people in order to do our work well. Presence and action in the Community, pastoral care and public worship go together, and lack a full integrity and effectiveness when they take place on their own. Now that public worship is restored, that necessary wholeness in our overall task can be reinstated and we can be, in the fullest possible way, a Parish Church once more.
Your friend and Parish Priest,
Chris
01403 432813 or [email protected]
Shipley Church Plant Sale!
will be held on
Sunday 30th May 2021 outside the Church gate from 9am - 2pm or until SOLD OUT
Card & Cash payments only Please bring your own boxes!
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Church calendars
Sidesmen Reading and reader Prayers
28 March: Palm Sunday Philippians 2: 5-11 Richard Killner Mandy Jupp Nigel Jupp
1 April: Maudy Thursday 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26 Richard Killner The Vicar Katie Kenny
4 April: Easter Sunday Acts 10: 34-43 Richard Killner Gavin Kenny Richard Killner
11 April: Easter 2 Acts 4: 32-35 (tbc) Claire Ebdon Robert Ebdon
18 April: Easter 3 Acts 3: 12-19 (tbc) Eve Kenny Peter Sanderson
25 April: Easter 4 Acts 4: 5-12 (tbc) Claire Ebdon Robert Ebdon
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Sidesmen Reading and reader Prayers
2 May: Easter 5 Acts 8: 26-40 (tbc) Hariot Anniss Sarah Nuttall
9 May: Easter 6 Acts 10: 44-48 (tbc) Audrey Bernardi Andrew Bernardi
13 May: Ascension Day Acts 1: 1-11 (tbc) (tbc) (tbc)
16 May: Easter 7 Acts 1: 15-17 and 21-26 (tbc) Sarah Nuttall Michael Power
23 May: Pentecost Acts 2: 1-21 (tbc) Mandy Jupp Nigel Jupp
30 May: Trinity Sunday Isaiah 6: 1-8 (tbc) Lucy West Colin West
6 June: Trinity Genesis 3: 8-15 (tbc) Eve Kenny Katie Kenny
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COVID-19 Restrictions
SUNDAY SERVICES HAVE RESUMED THE CHURCH IS OPEN DURING THE DAY
We have resumed the 10am Sunday Services.
Shipley is a large Church and social distancing is possible for congregations of up to 90-100 people.
We will continue to post recorded video services on the church website. Video Services can be seen by going to the "Service you can do at home"
The PCC has also decided to re-open the Church during daylight hours, so if you wish to enter for quite reflection please feel free to do so. You no longer have to book. We only ask that you clean the area you have used (suitable products are made available for your use) and to wear a mask if others are also in the Church.
There are many online resources, please go to:
www.shipley.church (where we will make regular updates on what is happening at Shipley)
AChurchNearYou.com (run by the Church of England)
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/ coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches#na to find online resources for Prayer.
Also please remember that while you might be isolating yourself from others, you are never alone. If you need practical help, or just someone to talk to, please contact Rev. Chris on 01403 432813
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Flower rota
Altar Vases Memorials Jane Grinling 10 and 17 April Hariot Anniss and Diana McKnight Charlotte Johnston 24 April and 1 May Amanda Jupp and Maria Woods Angela Brumwell 8 and 15 May Ann Roberts and Carol Blackwell 22 and 29 May Jane Sanderson Caroline Dowse
5 and 12 June Shirley Killner Christine Seymour
19 and 26 June Liz Allen Lucy West
Anyone wishing to join the team, please get in touch! You don’t have to be ‘professional’ (or a regular at Church!) and you would be on the rota once every three months.
If you need help or wish to change your dates, please do contact us: [email protected]
A “Thank You!” to Shirley
Eagle-eyed readers will have notice there are some new names under the flower rota… ...after many years service and scheduling flower arrangers, Shirley Killner has handed over running the rota to Hariot and Jane. A huge thanks are due to Shirley for doing the rota for so long!
That said she’s not escaped scot-free, and will still be doing an arrangement for us when it’s her turn on the rota…
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Editor’s letter
Welcome to the April and May Shipley Parish News!
Here we are again… writing this from home, still not been anywhere and no plans to go away. The accountant in me is secretly delighted at the lack of travel costs and the cash saved from aborted holidays. Mrs Editor, less so, though with the shops closed she’s taken a shine to online shopping, and our four legged “goods received” operatives have been kept remarkably busy. I cannot quite believe a year has now passed since this all began. I have well and truly settled into the “working from home” regime, and I’m not sure I really want to be back in London come the autumn! Mrs Editor has not been helping matters, bringing me tea, biscuits, lunch and cake throughout the day. Maybe I need to smuggle her into the office? I thought I’d share three things that I have learned over the past year. First, it’s a good idea to keep a hairbrush close to your desk. This was less of a problem a few months ago, but as I increasing look like a cave-man (apt, given I call my study the man-cave), a quick brush before a video call is starting to become a necessity. Second, the mute button is your friend. Granted, I think we have all experienced the embarrassing moment of being in full flow but utterly silent to those inside the screen. Even the most senior and most capable people haven’t mastered that one yet! But a snoring Labradog at your feet doesn’t give rise to the most professional of soundtracks and is best muted, even if the mischievous child inside is tempted to blame someone who’s decided to hide themselves and not turn on their video camera! Third, it’s generally not a good idea to stand up during video calls. That’s not because I don’t wear trousers - standards have been maintained here in Parish News HQ, you know - but rather the choice of trousers is, well, relaxed. Think shirt and tie up top, with brushed cotton checked loungewear down below. I feel a career as a newsreader beckoning. Speaking of news, I’m afraid my ramble in this edition of the Shipley Parish News has to be kept short, for we have a rather fulsome magazine for your amusement and space is at a premium. So grab a cuppa and enjoy!
Wishing you all well
Greg and Rachel [email protected]
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St Mary’s: a history
Many years ago, Joan Lindsay researched and wrote about the history of Shipley Church. Gordon recently shared Joan’s draft with us. With the help of the Shipley History Society and Peter Sanderson, who wrote the Church Guide available in the Church, the remaining few drafting notes and questions Joan left have been filled in and her work finished. We know there remain points of detail lost to history, and unresolved inconsistencies with other accounts. That is the essence of history. This is the second and final part of Joan’s account.
Tour of the Church
Enter by the West Door and turn right. The font is the first object of note, relocated from the tower area in the 1892 restoration. Above it is a plaque listing the church vicars from 1554 to the present day. Records prior to 1554 are incomplete. The first object on the south wall is a memorial to John Ireland (1892-1962), the composer who lived at Rock Mill near Washington. He is buried opposite the south door and his headstone is of ancient Sarsen stones to symbolise “antiquity, the love of which inspired much of his music.” Celtic history and mythology were his greatest inspiration and many of his works have an affinity with folksong. He taught for many years at the Royal College of Music where Benjamin Britten studied with him. He wrote a concerto, a sonata and several choral works and songs, most notably a setting of Masefield’s Sea Fever. The monument was carved by John Skelton, a Sussex sculptor and a relation of Eric Gill, and the resemblance in style to Gill is striking. Shortly after the South Door is the first of the many memorials to the Burrell family of Knepp Castle. The window in the south nave is the work of Florence Camm, whose father’s glassworks in Smethwick made all the glass for the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851. It is in memory of Lady Etheldreda Lady Burrell (1853-1922) who was instrumental in funding the 1892 refurbishments. It contains depictions of St. Cuthman and Shipley Windmill as well as of Ely Cathedral (founded as an Anglo-Saxon Abbey by St Etheldreda, an early English saint – a reminder of Lady Burrell’s unusual Christian name). A Caen stone plaque records the names of the men of the parish who lost their lives in the Second World War. A bronze plaque is affixed to the first pew on the south side of the nave, giving the information that Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret attended the church on 18 October 1952. The occasion was the marriage of Miss P. Buller and Commander P. Ashmore. Both the groom and
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Plan from Sussex Notes and Queries, Sussex Archaeological Society Vol. VIII, May 1940 the bride’s father had close associations with the Royal Family, Commander Ashmore having served as an equerry to King George VI on his 1947 visit to South Africa and Admiral Buller having been Admiral of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The second window in the south nave is the first of the six Kempe windows. Charles Eamer Kempe was a Sussex man who lived at Lindfield and is possibly the most famous of Victorian stained-glass artists. He was an authority on medieval glass, which inspired his style and influenced his church work. His work is delicate and detailed, and characterised by the use of soft ruby, blue and green tones. By the time of his Shipley commission, he was enormously successful, employing 50 people and undertaking commissions in the United States as well as Britain. The quality of his work did not suffer despite his popularity, and Shipley is fortunate to have six of his windows. After 1895 he identified his work by including a wheatsheaf symbol (a part of his family coat of arms) and this appears in one of his six windows in Shipley Church. Kempe died in 1907, but his studio continued under his former colleagues and his cousin, Walter Earnest Tower. The window adjacent to the pulpit is dedicated to Sir Charles William Burrell who died in 1899. It was commissioned by his wife Etheldreda, is the work of Charles Kempe and contains the linked arms of the Burrell and Loder families.
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This is the sole window in Shipley Church to bear the wheatsheaf symbol which can be seen in the extreme lower left-hand corner of the window. Passing the pulpit (supplied and fitted by Pearson at a cost of £80) and moving into the tower, note the gargoyles on the corbels below the massive arch with its Norman decoration. Past the choir stalls is a third Kempe window, dedicated to Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell (1814-1886) and showing St. Wilfrid. The second arch, leading from the tower into the chancel, is narrower than the first. Its decoration is minimal, the pillars with chamfering that ends about 4 ½ feet from the floor. This has led to speculation that some fixture was attached to the pillars, possibly choir stalls that would have run the full length of the north and south walls of the tower. Immediately inside the chancel is the 17th century alabaster Caryll tomb with its life-size, recumbent figures of Sir Thomas Caryll and his wife Lady Margaret. On the side of the tomb are carvings of his three daughters and an infant, probably his son. The Carylls were the prominent family in the area for at least two hundred years, their fortune coming from iron. They worked the furnace at Knepp, which had the largest hammer pond in Sussex. They were also a prominent recusant family and their isolated estate at Benton’s Place, about half a mile south of the church and still isolated today, provided a safe haven for Catholic worship. Local legend has it that the Carylls died at Benton’s of the plague, brought by a visitor from London. For whatever reason, the manor at Shipley was sold and the Carylls acquired the South Harting estate at West Grinstead. They remained staunch Catholics and as such built a monument that still stands: the 1777 Priest’s House, which is the oldest post-Reformation Catholic presbytery in England. It was built near their own manor as a safe house and disguised as lodgings for their land agent. It contained a priest’s hole and a windowless room for the saying of Mass, accessed through a secret door in a chimney back. They are said to have maintained over 20 priests, disguised as servants. Returning to the Shipley tomb, the last two lines of the verse on the memorial has puzzled readers: Aske not who lyes intoomb’d, that crime Argues you liv’d not in his time, His vertues anser and to fate Out liveinge him express their hate For stealing w’ay the lif of one Who (but for fashion) needs no stone To speake his praise, his woorst did dye But best parte outlives memorie Then view, reade, trace, his tombe, praises deeds Which teares, joy, love straines, causeth breeds.
In her book on Shipley church, M.M. Hickman suggests that the puzzle of the last two lines can be explained by wordplay, which was fashionable in the 17th
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century. The objects of the verbs are placed in corresponding order before the verbs instead of after, and that if rearranged the meaning could be “View his Tomb (which) constrains to tears, read his praise (which) causeth joy, trace his deeds (which) breeds love.” The third Kempe window follows, dedicated to another Burrell, Lady Dorothea, the wife of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell. The preponderance of Burrell memorials in the church shows the importance of the family in the community, which has continued for some 300 years. Essentially the Burrells followed the Carylls as the leading family of the area: like the Carylls they bought Knepp Estate, with their wealth founded on iron production. As strongly Protestant as the Carylls had been Catholic, their influence was not limited to the local community. Sir Charles Merrick Burrell (1774 – 1862) was Governor of the Bank of England, an MP for 52 years and was known in his later years as ‘Father of the House’. His father, Sir William Burrell, is not commemorated in the church, but was one of the more interesting members of the family: he was not only one of the country’s leading iron masters but was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. He collected 40 volumes of notes in preparation for the writing of a Sussex history. The book was never written, and the notes are housed in the British Library. The main East window is dedicated to Sir Robert Loder, the father of Lady Etheldreda Burrell, both of whom were instrumental in the 19th century refurbishment of the church. The window includes the Loder and Burrell family arms entwined. On the north wall of the chancel is an ambry containing a replica of the Shipley reliquary, stolen from the church in 1976. It was evidently of great beauty, an enamel produced in Limoges in the late 12th or 13th century, with the typical brilliant blue background and rich colouring of the Limoges work. Nothing is known of its history, or how it came to be in Shipley. The replica is only a feeble reminder of what the original must have been. The chancel contains further Burrell memorials, a Kempe stained glass window dedicated to Caroline Julia (1811-1888), the daughter of Charles Merrick Burrell and a plaque to Frances Lady Burrell, who died in 1848. Moving back into the tower, the brass plate on the organ gives the information that it was given partly by Sir Walter Burrell and partly by the parishioners in 1973. It was built by Walker & Son and includes part of the 19th century organ. We then come to the last of the windows on the north side of the choir dedicated to Walter Wyndham Henry Raymond, the son of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell, who was killed by a fall in 1883 from his bicycle as he was returning home from a cricket match at Partridge Green at the age of 27. Returning to the nave we come to a First World War Memorial, a plaque to the Boy Scouts of Shipley who served in the Second World War and a 1982 stained glass window dedicated to the Boy Scouts and celebrating their fifty years of activities in Shipley and Southwater. It was designed by Margaret Traherne. The next memorial is to a German actress, Anny Ahlers, who often stayed in
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St Marys in the evening light, by Lucy West, in March 2021
Shipley when she could get away from London where she played the lead in ‘The Dubarry’. The Michell family plaque follows, next to the Caryll tomb, the oldest memorial in the church. The Michells of Durrance and Hoes were one of the most ancient yeoman families in the area, strongly Royalist in the Civil War and supporters and sometime employees of the Carylls. There is a tradition that they led the storming of Knepp when it was in the hands of the Parliamentarians. The last and most recent of the Burrell memorials follows, a dedication to Sir Walter and Lady Anne who died respectively in 1985 and 1987, and who are still remembered with much respect and affection. A brass plate is dedicated to the memory of Stoker John Gratwicke of H.M.S. Invincible, who was drowned at the age of 22 in Bantry Bay. The last plate of the church, just to the right as one exits through the West Door, is that commemorating the rededication of the church after the 1893 restoration “after reparation at the charges of Sir Robert Loder Baronet sometime patron of the same and his daughter Etheldreda Lady Burrell.”
Joan Lindsay
Sources include: Richard Gem, An Early Church of the Knights Templar at Shipley Sussex, Anglo-Norman Studies VI (Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1983), ed. R. Allen Brown, Woodbridge 1984. Elizabeth Morris, Stained and Decorative Glass. Apple Press, 1988. Desmond Seward, Sussex. Pilico imprint, Random House, 1995.
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Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum on 6 May
Nicky Wiltshire reports
Back in June 2020, which seems such a long time ago, I wrote about how one of the Parish Council’s key focuses had been on the progression of our Neighbourhood Plan. To remind you, Neighbourhood planning aims to help local communities play a direct role in planning the areas in which they live and work.
Back in June, we had received a formal Decision Notice of acceptance from Horsham District Council that our plan would be afforded significant weight in planning decisions until such time as a referendum can be held. Following a lengthy delay due to the ongoing implications of Covid-19, I am now incredibly pleased to report that a neighbourhood planning referendum will be held for the Shipley Parish Neighbourhood Plan on 6 May 2021.
The question to be put to voters will be: ‘Do you want Horsham District Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Shipley Parish to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’
If more people vote ‘yes’ than ‘no’ in this referendum, then Horsham District Council will use the Neighbourhood Development Plan to help it decide planning applications in Shipley Parish.
If more people vote ‘no’ than ‘yes’, then planning applications will be decided without using the Neighbourhood Development Plan as part of the Development Plan for the local area.
This is a key (and hopefully final) milestone in the production of our Neighbourhood Plan, and our opportunity to help shape future development within our parish. I would therefore encourage you to cast your vote and have your say on 6th May 2021, if you are able to.
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You can access all the relevant documents online relating to the referendum and our plan at: http://www.shipleyparishcouncil.org.uk/Shipley-PC/Default-26568.aspx
Alternatively, hard copies of the documents can be viewed at the following locations by appointment only:
Paul Richards - Shipley Parish Clerk Dawtreys, Bracken Lane, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 3HR Between 10:00am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday To arrange an appointment to view, please call 07824 312070 or send an email to [email protected]
Horsham District Council Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1RL Between 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday To arrange an appointment to view, please call 01403 215398 and ask to speak to the neighbourhood planning officer, or send an email to: [email protected]
The referendum will be conducted based on procedures which are like those used at local government elections. If you are not already registered to vote by post, and would like to, Postal vote application forms are available on the HDC website at: www.horsham.gov.uk/electionspages/elections/voting.
My considerable thanks once again to all those on the Steering Committee who have given up their time to help progress this long and complex project on behalf of the parish.
Nicky Wiltshire Chair, Shipley Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee
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News from the Hub
Shipley Volunteer Hub to become New Community Website
As we ease out of lockdown, the work of Shipley Volunteer Hub, which has been supporting the Parish’s more vulnerable residents through the pandemic, is now on the back burner. We owe thanks to the 30+ wonderful residents from across the parish who stepped forward to offer their time and energy to helping out. If you need help in the future, you can still reach out to us via the website or through Horsham District Council on 01403 215100.
Exciting News: The Shipley Hub website was set up last year as a source of information on Covid-19, etc. We intend to transform it into a Shipley Community Hub Website – a resource for the whole of Shipley Parish including promoting local events, information about activities, clubs and groups, and about businesses in our local area. To make it useful it’ll need your input!
To be mentioned in the Shipley Community Hub Website, please send details to [email protected]
With YOUR help we can keep it up-to-date and make it into a valuable resource for the community. It has no hidden agenda – just a resource updated by local people, for local people, adding another way for us to communicate parish-wide. Please support us by sending in your information so that we can shout about everything going on for the benefit of all residents of this lovely parish.
Please also keep sending your photos of the parish to [email protected] – we are building up a gallery of pictures from around the whole parish, which is viewable on the website. The Shipley Hub Covid Information Facebook page is still active so do keep an eye on that too.
In the meantime, as lockdown eases and we see things opening we should feel relieved. But we do need to remember that we will be living with Covid-19 into
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the foreseeable future. There will be outbreaks and people will still become ill. The vaccine rollout has been a game-changer but the virus has not gone away.
So don’t forget:
HANDS : FACE : SPACE
(and Fresh Air!) remain the best ways to avoiding this, or any other virus. Stay safe everyone.
Stay Safe, Helen Gibbs, Shipley Hub
Shipley Parish News: Subscriptions Now Due!
Lucy West
Hello everyone, the Parish News subscriptions are now due please, and will stay at £6 for magazines delivered to your door, but with the recent increase in postage we will have to charge £12 for postal delivery. Since we are still in lockdown, we’ve decided it’s not a good idea for money to be collected on the doorstep, so this is how you can pay:
Put your £6 cash or cheque payable to Shipley PCC in an envelope and post it through the door of the person who delivers your magazine.
Pay directly into the church bank account by BACS transfer, putting your name and MAG as reference. Account name: Parochial Church Council of Shipley, Sort code: 30-94-41 Account no: 00282667
If you’re not sure who delivers your Parish News or if you get it by post, you can send a cheque payable to Shipley PCC to Lucy West, The Old Vicarage, School Lane, Shipley, RH13 8PL
Thank you very much, and thank you to everyone who has paid already!
Any problems call Lucy on 01403 741912
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Goings on at the G&D...
Those over in Dragon’s Green may have been wondering what’s going on at the George & Dragon. Jon Ewers sends us this quick update
Exciting times lay ahead with our extension project and refurb. The new extension will consist of a new kitchen and dining / function room while the existing pub we all know and love will remain largely the same, Mrs Budd is keeping a close eye on us and doesn’t like too much change! Our new extension, which replaces the marquee, will be used for functions such as weddings and birthday parties as well as our regular music nights, and when time allows, the return of our annual beer festival. The existing Pub will have newly refurbished toilet facilities and an extended bar area where the old kitchen used to be. The whole aim of the extension is to continue to provide great food and drink along with a warm welcome to a relaxed environment. Look forward to seeing you soon!
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Shipley History Society
Gina Larcombe reports from the Shipley History Society
I am thrilled to be able to write at last, about a talk we were able to arrange using Zoom. It was good to see the familiar faces of some of our members once more and other than poor internet connections causing a couple of minor distractions, these were easily resolved and the whole event was a great success. The evening also proved to be a very relaxed affair with about 25 computers joining Zoom along with a number of pets who showed some interest in the proceedings and making an appearance on screen! Very welcome they were too! On March 11th, Dr Janet Pennington spoke on the subject of “Witches, Warlocks & Wellingtons: the ritual protection of the home”. Janet explained how householders from medieval times used various items to ward off evil, lightning strikes and bad luck. These included Shepherds Crowns and Fairy Loaves, both of which are fossilised sea anemones, old shoes, horse shoes, flint axe heads and unusually, the plant, House Leek growing on the roof! She also spoke about carvings of the Green Man and scratches and markings on beams in the house. A most interesting and enlightening talk. And if you are wondering about the wellingtons …….these have been used latterly in place of shoes to keep the home safe from bad luck!! Following this successful evening, Lucy has booked another Zoom evening with speaker Dr Geoffrey Mead to speak on Sussex Literary Landscapes. Sussex is a county with a wealth of recorded comment and Dr Mead will take us on a journey from Anglo-Saxon times through to Graham Greene's 'Brighton Rock'. We are considering the possibility of a walk and outdoor social evening in the summer if Covid allows. Obviously safety is paramount and so we cannot make firm plans yet.
Thursday May 6th, 7.30pm on Zoom: Dr Geoffrey Mead will be talking about Sussex Literary Landscapes. Jean will send details to members nearer the time with full instructions of logging in.
Thursday November 25th: AGM.
You can contact the Society at [email protected]
You can find Shipley History Society on the Shipley Parish Council website www.shipleyparishcouncil.org.uk and follow the Sports and Recreation link.
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Parish Egg Hunt!
The Easter Bunny has been out hiding wooden eggs across the Parish! The 1st Shipley Scouts team have set a challenge: 14 wooden eggs are hidden in and around Shipley parish for people to find. Can you find the 14 hidden Eggs? You need to upload the “What 3 Words” app on your phone. Type in the 3 words to pin point the location for each of the eggs. On each egg you will find a letter - though there are three blank eggs for spaces. Together they will spell out a scout related set of words (well, it is a Scout Easter hunt!). When you have worked out the words, email your answer to the scout leaders at [email protected]. A small prize will be sorted for all young people entering! Good Luck, have fun, enjoy the beautiful countryside. The starting point is at Coolham Village hall, the finish is here too.
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Jab time… for pets!
Has lockdown meant your pet’s vaccinations are overdue?
Sophie Hall of Meadow Hall Vets reminds us our pets also need a vaccine!
We are generally very good at vaccinating our pets in the UK. However, vaccine rates have fallen following lockdown, which could lead to an increase in diseases such as parvovirus and distemper (which sadly can be fatal for your pet) or Leptospirosis which can be passed from animals to humans. Any lapse in vaccination can open up a real risk to your pet’s health. If a booster isn’t given when it’s due, your pet may be unprotected for a time. If there is too long a delay then the vaccination becomes ineffective. Kennels, catteries and dog walkers may also require proof that your pet’s vaccinations are up-to-date. If you think your pet’s vaccines have lapsed you need to give your vet a call to arrange their all-important health check and vaccinations. A re-start of vaccinations consists of two injections, the initial vaccination followed by a second vaccination three to four weeks later. I’m passionate about helping you to keep your pet healthy so for any re-starts at Meadow Hall Vets the second vaccine will be free.
www.meadowhallvets.co.uk or 01798 817372
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News from Knepp
Jason Emrich provides this update from Knepp Estate
As lockdown eases and Spring is in the air, we are relieved and grateful to emerge from 2020, albeit the grim news that HDC are considering Thakeham Homes’ 3,500 house development north east of Buck Barn as viable is a horrendous thought for us. More at the end of this article. On a happier note, Knepp’s visitor manager Rachel, who lives at Newbarn Farm writes: “We are thrilled to announce that our programme of Knepp volunteer footpath wardens has started for the 2021 season. These friendly people will be heading out in pairs on our public footpaths to engage with visitors to share the love of rewilding and nature. They will help lost souls find their way around Knepp, hand out footpath maps and information and help the team with keeping the area pristine through litter picking.Feel free to say hello when you see them at Knepp (you can’t miss them with their special ‘Knepp-purple’ high- vis vests!).” If you are interested in becoming a volunteer footpath warden please contact Rachel [email protected] We have a number of groups of volunteers on Knepp, from stork feeding & nest monitoring, (four nests are currently occupied with pairs of storks so far!), to the above footpath rangers. Do please get in touch if you would like to get involved with any of our projects. We are also recruiting for a ranger/tree officer if that is of interest. As lockdown allows, our camping and safaris will commence once again and in 2021 we are running 20 free Safaris for worthy groups and local residents. These will be walking safaris, at a gentle pace for about 2 ½ hours, with frequent stops for wildlife-spotting. You’ll need a moderate level of fitness and be able to cope with walking on uneven ground. Our safaris are suitable for all (subject to 12+ policy I’m afraid) - wildlife novice, amateur enthusiast or professional ecologist. Your guide, who is highly experienced in species identification, will take you to the current hotspots for wildlife activity according to the season. If you are interested, please contact Rachel who can provide further details and book you on. Farming around Shipley and Dial Post - In other news we have an exciting new regenerative farming project starting on the land around the village of Shipley and near Dial Post. This marks a return of active farming to these areas, but in a way that farms in tune with nature whilst also producing food.
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Russ Carrington, a former General Manager of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association, will soon be moving into the village to lead the project, and is keen to meet people, explain what will be happening on the land, and how you might be able to get involved. Property – Our building and property teams have been flat out throughout the last year and we have juggled dozens of projects as properties have changed hands. Thankfully many of us are jabbed-up now so life is starting to return to normal and we are once again convening team meetings in person! Elsewhere, we are working hard on a solution to the McDonalds congestion problem, but it will be a lengthy process, and we can only hope in the short term that the numbers visiting will abate as life returns to normal. Our Swallows Farm café redevelopment starts in April and we are all looking forward to the first phase which is the restoration of a stunning Sussex Barn at the heart of the farmyard with local craftsman John Russell working alongside our building team. A new car park will also be built as fast as possible to try to ease the pressure on the parish verges if the intensity of visitors to the countryside continues in 2021. The Knepp Wild Range meat business came a step closer to onsite processing with the re-roofing of Pound Farm buildings in March and a new electricity supply to feed the refrigeration equipment, and we hope that locals have found the click & collect function on our website should they want to buy Knepp produce. In addition our campsite shop and café at Newbarn is open at weekends and will be open daily again from April. New use for Countryman Gun Club – on our old estate maps these paddocks were known as Woodgers Lagg, so from hereon that is what we are calling this land due south of the Countryman pub. It has taken a couple of years, but alongside a new charitable foundation that we are establishing, this land will be used for educating students in nature conservation from June this year, so I am afraid all those that are used to using it as a cut through will have to walk a bit further for their circular walk off Countryman Lane! Buck Barn Development (Wealdcross) - we are continuing to support West Grinstead Action Group in their efforts to object to the Thakeham Homes development, and in addition will be starting a national campaign about the conflict between the desperate state of biodiversity and our Government’s policy to force Horsham District to build so many houses. We hope that everyone will take the time to support those that have stepped-up to object to this development. Finally, happily – Billie (named by the fisherman at Laybrook), our surviving escapee beaver has made it to a National Trust project locally. We are re- designing our beaver project and will try again in 2021.
For news and more information about Knepp, head to www.knepp.co.uk
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Rude Mechanicals: back in town!
Pete Talbot of the Rude Mechanicals Theatre Company gives us something to look forward to
At last something to get excited about! The wonderful Rude Mechanicals are planning to perform on the Dial Post village green on Friday 11th June at 7.30. It will be something to give us a good laugh and raise our spirits – and we all need that!
The play will be ‘Little Lily Harley’, postponed from last year, and is about Charlie Chaplin’s childhood in Lambeth. With a drunken but charismatic actor father who was rarely around & a beautiful young actress of a mother who had three children by different fathers, he had to learn along-side his big brother Sydney how to survive a very precarious existence. Sometimes fostered by other people, sometimes in a school for destitute children, sometimes separated from Sydney and sometimes living on the street (as a child!) he nevertheless managed to triumph over all this to become arguably the greatest film actor ever.
Pete Talbot, the director, says, “When I wrote the play in 2019, I could not have known how apt it would be for today. The message of hope, triumph over pain, through the imagination and laughter, is really important for today because people are desperate to see theatre and escape for a while. That is why we must do it.”
Little Lily Harley will make you cry, release all that tension and laugh out loud. Full of music hall and silent movie magic with a great team of professional actor/musicians! Featuring Chaplin’s powerful classic music, ‘Smile’.
Tickets are available online from The Rudes website. Because of social distancing spaces will be limited, so do book early! You
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Pictures from earlier years’ performances: full of colour and laughter! will get your money back if you can’t subsequently come. Prices will favour people booking in bubbles of four or more. Go to their website for details. The company say that the date might be delayed because they don’t know how the rules may change but that it is ‘highly likely’ to happen.
www.therudemechanicaltheatre.co.uk
Watch the company’s website for changes, ring The Rudes on 01323 501260, or email them at [email protected].
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Sussex Wildlife Trust: Garden notes
Chloe Harrison and Micheal Blencowe, of Sussex Wildlife Trust, provides some notes on our local wild companions
The Dawn Chorus
Imagine if we had to do it. Imagine that first thing every morning we had to stake a claim to our property by pulling on our dressing gowns, marching out onto our doorsteps, taking a deep breath and singing a song. Shipley parish would awaken to an a cappella cacophony of show tunes, power ballads and rock anthems pouring from porches and patios, backyards and balconies. And if you weren’t out there, patrolling your property with a raspy rendition of ‘Hey Jude’, your neighbours would assume you’d gone and they’d muscle in on your property. If you overslept you’d wake to find Jeanette from two doors down screeching ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ on your doorstep and you’d have to see her off with your version of ‘River Deep, Mountain High’. Throughout April male birds are aggressively establishing their breeding territories. In the absence of bricks and barbed wire, their songs build the boundaries around their little bits of the Horsham district. It’s vital they croon their songs every morning. After a day dodging cats, cars, windowpanes and sparrowhawks these stubborn Sinatras must inform their neighbours that they’re still alive and still king of the hill, top of the heap. Yet to our ears this warzone of warbles and whistles is a stirring celebration of the arrival of spring which fills our hearts with the promise of the summer to come. Bernstein, Britten, Beethoven and Brian Wilson rolled into one. At the first hint of dawn, in the still, silent air, this free music festival begins. And what a line- up! The sweet vocal stylings of the robin start the show. Then the relaxed doo-be-doo-be-doo of the blackbird; the Sinatra of the dawn chorus. You could sit back and enjoy their performance as the night falls or in the wee small
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hours of the morning. The symphony builds as the sun rises. We’re joined by a supergroup: CSD&G (chaffinch, song thrush, dunnock & great tit). Then the blackcap joins the avian opera, the first of our international superstars who has flown in from Africa to serenade us. And now here’s the chiffchaff. Obviously influenced by Destiny’s Child, this warbler “says his name / says his name” over and over. And over. Chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff. Then that little bird with the big attitude, The Wren, cranks it up. He opens his tiny beak and a five second warbling, rattling, trilling tantrum explodes from it. Like some heavy metal band with the Tasmanian Devil on lead vocals. These birds are sending out a clear message: if I’ve got enough spare time to stand around and sing then I must be fit and skilled at finding food. So, females flock to the lead singer – a familiar phenomenon (let’s face it, Mick Jagger wouldn’t have been half as popular with the ladies if he’d been on backing vocals).
Yellow Hammers
Above the kettle in the kitchen is the spice cupboard. It sounds more exotic than it actually is. Inside you’ll find some soy sauce, Oxo cubes and lot of small jars of spices which we have purchased over the years to add half a teaspoon of essential flavour to a fancy foreign recipe… and then never used again. Somewhere at the back, way beyond the cayenne pepper, sumac and fenugreek you’ll find a tatty A4 piece of card covered in excited scribbling: ‘My Garden Bird List’. I started filling in this list on a cold New Year’s Day in 2013 shortly after we moved into our new suburban bungalow in the Horsham District. I had a rule that I only count birds which are within the garden’s boundary and lower than the chimney (so I don’t count ‘flyovers’ otherwise I’d have Osprey, Mute Swan and Cormorant on my garden list and that would be ridiculous). The list quickly filled up with Blackbirds, sparrows and Starlings and soon I was on 20 then 30 then 40 species but in recent years new additions to the list have been few and far between. The list has stayed resolutely stuck on 49.5 for about four years now (in case you’re interested the .5 was half a Mallard that a fox buried in the compost heap – hey, it was technically in the garden). But that all changed a few weeks ago. One bird I’ve always dreamed of adding to my garden list is the Yellowhammer. Yellowhammers are farmland birds which can be encountered singing on hedgerows in the countryside across Sussex, their song famously sounding like a request for ‘A-little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese’. In cold winters these rural birds can be pushed into suburban gardens in search of food which gave me hope that one day I would be blessed with a Yellowhammer. During colder winters flocks of Reed Buntings – relatives of the Yellowhammer- have taken up a regular residence in my garden and I would hopefully scan them for a
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flash of yellow - which after 8 years of waiting is what finally happened on 18 February. Then again on 19 February. Then a pair flew in on 20 February. I raced out to the local garden centre and bought a bag of birdseed and diligently spread it under the bird table recreating the bird’s farmland feeding habitat. Now each day I’m visited by a flock of 18 Yellowhammers!!
I sit stunned each morning as I watch these beautiful canary-yellow birds brightening up my garden with a burst of bright colour. They’ve even started singing on the fence! After the long, dull, locked-down winter I’ve suffered these exotic-looking birds have delivered a jolt of excitement that has really spiced up my spring.
Photos by Roger Wilmshurst (Blackbird); Andreas Trepte (Yellowhammer).
Find out more at https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/
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Kingerlee Konundrums
Michael Kingerlee shares the following sentences from church magazines or announcements… (sources unknown to save blushes!)
“The Fasting and Prayer conference will include a meal” “Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children” “Ladies don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands” “Don’t let worry kill you off - let the church help” “For those of you who have children and don’t know it we have a nursey upstairs” “Next Thursday there will be a try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get” “A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow” “At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “what is hell?” Come early and listen to the choir practice” “Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones” “Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want to remember” “The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility” “Pot-Luck supper Sunday at 5.00pm - prayer and medication to follow” “The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon” “The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for pancake breakfast next Sunday” “The Eight-Graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the Church basement on Friday at 7 pm. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy” “This evening at 7 pm there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin”
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Celebrating 21 years of the Shipley Arts Festival
“The festival has exceeded anything we imagined and hoped for at the outset. There are so many magical parts to the festival, that brings our communities together with the Churches and the great country estates which host our concerts. Thank you all for being with us on our journey.” These are words said by Andrew Bernardi at the launch of the 20th anniversary programme for the Shipley Arts Festival, and they just about sum it up perfectly! Starting from an idea sprung from a conversation at a Charity Concert at Shipley Parish Church over 21 years ago, the Shipley Arts Festival has grown to be recognised as one of the most inclusive and diverse Music Festivals in the UK, with internationally based musicians returning year on year to perform. The composer John Ireland rests at Shipley Parish church and his continuing presence in the festival’s music has served to form a basis for their achievements for over two centuries. Inspired by English music, there is a passion to continue John Ireland’s tradition of creating and performing music inspired by Sussex. The commissioning of new music both for Sussex and the festival, has been a huge and ongoing feature of this unique event, with many of the Shipley Arts Festival’s compositions being written by leading musicians and composers. Over its twenty plus years of making music for the community, more than thirty new works have been given prominence through the Festival. These include pieces by: Professor Malcolm Singer, Professor of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and former Director of the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music; Cecilia McDowall, who is regarded as one of the UK’s leading female composers; Roderick Williams OBE who is widely regarded as the world’s leading baritone and an increasingly significant composer; and the late John Lord, famed Hammond keyboard player from the rock band Deep Purple. The Shipley Arts Festival is also widely respected for engaging and providing a stage for musicians of all ages and standards to perform and contribute to the programme of events; including the Bernardi Music Group’s String Academy. On these occasions, highly respected professional musicians play alongside their youth counterparts; providing a unique learning opportunity for the students that perform as part of a larger orchestra and learn from the best!
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Achievements on the website show how immensely proud this classical music festival is to be part of these talented musician’s journeys; many of who progress to become professional musicians, securing prestigious positions and awards within the classical music industry. Last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival was one of the few in the country to complete its programme of events, by performing and sharing remotely online. The festival led classical music’s online field and was the first to integrate state of the art animation technology into its online performances. And to mark its 21st Anniversary, this year it has launched live streaming so that future concerts may be attended in person, or viewed live online through their new streaming technology. As the festival has grown and become established over more than two- decades, each year the festival has pushed boundaries and become increasingly embedded in our local Sussex communities. However, Andrew Bernardi is quick to point out that “The support of our sponsors: Toovey’s Auctioneers, Kreston Reeves, Nyetimber Wines, NFU Mutual and Wakefields; together with our partner YuYuan Arts and the Festival Friends, are key to our success in bringing our communities together. Without them, we could not have achieved this outstanding success. It has been an extraordinary journey, and one we look forward to developing for many years ”
For more information on the Friends of Shipley Arts Festival membership and the upcoming 2021 celebratory programme, please visit www.bernardimusicgroup.co.uk
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Twenty years ago...
Zsa Roggendorff reflects on comparisons between the current pandemic, and the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak
We have had a huge number of walkers on our footpath, which comes straight in to us from Knepp, with no-one really realising that they have even left the Knepp Estate! By and large they were such lovely people, couples and families and we counted very roughly as we noticed them going by. In late autumn last year we were headed towards 1000 walkers over our tiny fields, quite an incredible amount which was felt all over Shipley and Dial Post Most of them, however, had not used a map before, and had no idea of directions. Most were looking for the pub for refreshment in the gardens before heading back to the Knepp car parks at Dial Post. We had over 40 different incidents of people either coming to ring the back door bell or else knocking on the kitchen window when we were having lunch, to ask for directions (they had not seen a soul on their walks and were lost) Many of them came from south of the Downs, from Horsham and further afield. This was all throughout the Lockdowns when we were supposed to walk for exercise locally... It brought to mind the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001, when the countryside was completely shut to anyone who did not live there. All footpaths and bridleways were closed, all farm gateways had a disinfectant mat over which visitors had to drive. Then people had to dip their boots into disinfectant baths to prevent any spread of disease. No animal movements were permitted except in cases of extreme need and then with a license which came by fax (in the end after much telephoning). Our sheep were heavily pregnant and needed feeding especially as it was one of the wettest winters for 100 years, their favourite field was flooded on a regular basis and in the end we were desperate to move them home where the fields were marginally drier. It took me a week of beseeching my Member of Parliament to help me get a license to move them 500 yards down our lane and homewards up our drive. The hideous similarity hit me as we entered this latest lockdown. During the Foot and Mouth period, the complete shut down of places such as the Lake District where everyone’s income depends on the Tourism, cancellation of national events such as The Cheltenham Festival and even the General Election (this was delayed by a month, an occurrence which only previously happened during the last war). Foot and Mouth had spread right across the country with animal movements for slaughter and to markets, from Northumberland to Devon. It was decided that all animals within a distance of two miles, whether ill or not, had to be culled. Their bodies were removed from the farms and taken to
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“rendering plants” for disposal . Over 90,000 animals were slaughtered a week at the height of the disease. However, the lorries which carried the slaughtered animals to the rendering sites were not sealed units, so infectious liquid dripped out onto the roads. It was decided to burn all animals on the farms or nearby. Many farmers were in despair as their animals showed no symptoms yet had to be culled. After generations of breeding their own line of stock, all were gone at once. Not even pet animals were allowed to live, so infectious was the disease. It spread with frightening speed very much like the virus of our times. Gradually the slaughter policy prevailed and so the disease slowed down, however over 6,000,000 animals had been put down and the BBC News showed horrendous pyres of burning Happier times at the farm this year! animals all over the country. The first case had been detected at Cheale’s Abattoir in Essex, but the first animals to contract Foot and Mouth came from pigs on a farm in Buckinghamshire. Week by week it spread across the country, starting in February with the last cases confirmed at Appleby, in Cumbria on 30th September. Movement restrictions were in place until well into 2002. Vaccines were considered, however export rules still prevented export of British animals for the foreseeable future, even if they had been vaccinated. This was considered too high a price to pay for an industry which was worth £592 million per year. Interestingly this price is considerably lower than the loss of tourism resulting from the measures taken at that time. It was considered that the disease had come from swill which had been fed to pigs traditionally. These were heated before feeding to such a degree that no virus could survive the sterilisation process. Then in the interests of becoming more “green” it was suggested to lower the heat of the process, which did not remove all the germs. Unintended consequences are often the culprits. There were outbreaks reported in Europe: Holland and Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy and Luxembourg and nearer home in Ireland. Like our present situation it took many months to estimate to damage done to our Nation. By the end of the F&M crisis it was estimated to have cost the UK over £8bn.
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The FOSS report
Hello Shipley...it’s so nice to be back to some sort of ‘normality’ after the last 12 months, and so lovely to see some new faces at the school too. Our numbers are growing!
Plans for this term…
FOSS started the spring term by raising £66 from our remote DIY second-hand uniform sale. FANTASTIC! The Bags of Support collection also helps to raise funds for our school and also helps save clothes going to landfill, thereby reducing our carbon footprint. Thanks to all those who donated clothing and shoes, I will update you in the next edition of how much we raised!
At One with Nature... Foss are planning to provide a wooden, slatted French-style pergola for Ash class to provide shade in the summer months. It is in keeping with the ‘Natural look’ which we feel is important within a county school setting. Our aim over the next few months is to make this area into a ‘Nature Area’ for the children where bird boxes/bat boxes and feeders can be placed to encourage the wildlife. If anyone has any unwanted, (and not in use!) bird/bat boxes, feeders or can make some for the school, or would like to be involved in this project please do let Sarah know.
Class 5p Challenge 2021... In the next few weeks, FOSS will be setting up a new 5p Challenge competition for the 3 classes, Oaks, Ash and Sycamores. Each class has a 2lt plastic bottle. Pupils bring in 5p’s that they have either earned for doing chores, have been given or, in one enterprising case with the last 5p challenge, collecting them at the bar at her parent’s pub. Genius!
The Class that fills their bottle first wins, and money raised will go towards an ‘Experience’ which the winning class pupils can decide.
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Out with Claws, In with Hooves? Hensington Palace, our school hen house, has been empty over lockdown. The children are really keen to have pets back at the school. However, after discussions about our hungry and determined fox population, we are considering alternatives, including goats! To house goats, we would need to make some alterations to the current chicken pen. Any volunteer help or goat knowledge would be greatly appreciated. FOSS is happy to pay for materials. Please let Sarah know if you are able to help with the scheme.
*NEW - Shipley Scarecrow Trail The FOSS Team are super excited to share their idea for this year’s main fundraiser - ‘The Shipley Scarecrow Trail’. Families from the school and locals living in the Shipley area will be invited to take part in the trail, along with local businesses being offered the opportunity to sponsor the event in return for advertising for their business. So many have taken up walking in their free time recently, so let’s do something fun within the village, take advantage of this and raise funds for our school at the same time. If anyone has any ideas on how they can help with this event, the FOSS team would love to hear from you. Keep your eyes peeled on the school website and our Facebook page for more info about this scheme.
Hard Earned Cash... Like everyone else, FOSS has felt the pinch with fundraising the last 12 months. However, we are delighted to announce that we have been able to donate £600 raised from ‘Your School lottery’ back to the school towards the next year’s topic book purchase. Just a quick reminder of our two fundraising schemes that you can join and help to raise monies for our school: Play the lottery, support our school. It’s as simple as that and costs as little as £1 a week: www.yourschoollottery.co.uk AmazonSmile - A simple and automatic way for you to support charity every time you shop, at no cost to you: www.smile.amazon.co.uk
Thank you to everyone who supports FOSS including volunteers, committee members, pocket money spenders, Your School Lottery participants and Amazon Smilers ...Without you, helping the school would not be possible.
Sarah Cuthbertson, Chairperson FOSS Facebook page: www.facebook.com/FOSS.Group/ https://www.shipleyceprimary.com/friends-of-shipley-school.html
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Return to school March 2021
Hurrah –we’re all back!! What a lovely moment it was on Monday 8th March to re-open the gates to all pupils. The return has been so positive and we are so impressed with the children. Seeing their friends and teachers again was so great after 8 weeks of lockdown and limited access to school.
Even with our new on-line learning platforms, home learning was a challenge at times. We are going to focus on the positive - what pupils can do and how we move forward together, rather than talk about ‘lost or damaged education’.
Our Bounce back plan is all about: Wellbeing – care and understanding with strong pastoral support and guidance Curriculum engagement - rich, shared experiences to motivate and engage pupils Academic support – great teaching. booster interventions and resources Hope, ambition and high expectations of what pupils can achieve
Our school environment We used the time during lockdown to refurbish toilets and parts of the grounds. The community have supported us so well and I would like to thank the FOSS team and the volunteers at the Shipley Men’s Shed for helping us with some of the projects.
Many thanks for your support! Jen Harvey and all the team at Shipley CE Primary School
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Updates from Age UK
Stacey Culllen from Age UK WSBH provides this round-up
We have begun work on our plan to open an outdoor café at Lavinia House from Tuesday 13 April. I cannot begin to tell you how excited we that we will soon be able to welcome people back to the Lavinia House garden. Our truly fabulous garden volunteers are working so hard to make the outside terrace a safe and beautiful space to use once we are allowed to open. We are extending the pergola and installing waterproof sail cloths, so we should be able to cope with any cheeky April showers! We will have outdoor tables and chairs under the pergola and a variety of benches and coffee tables too. There will be delicious cakes, cream teas and sandwiches available to enjoy and I am excited to tell you that we have a ‘fancy pants’ coffee machine now too, so lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolate are waiting here for everyone to try out. A proper coffee shop experience!
The outdoor café will be open from 9.30am – 2.00pm, so we will ask everyone to wrap up warm and invite their family/ friends to come, chat, eat and enjoy our beautiful garden. Entrance to the outdoor café will be via the garden gate at the side of the building and we will of course observe all social distancing rules and ensure everyone stays COVID secure. (On the right is a picture of the garden looking beautiful to tempt you in!)
It feels like a very positive first step to building people’s confidence to re-join us indoors for classes, activities and the café from 18 May when the next round of restrictions are lifted. Watch this space for details of up and coming activities, classes and events. Our centres, cafés and social groups should open the week beginning Monday 12 April. Continues
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A-Z of services & Winter Warmer offer… Please see the leaflet on the left for details of all services currently running. We can be reached on our main number 01903 731800 for all of our services.
Dementia Service Update… We are now able to take new referrals to our Dementia Clubs. To find out more and get details of places and times, please contact Charlie Rayner direct on 07904 977251 or via email: [email protected].
Exercise videos… There are some great new videos added to the series from our Health & Wellbeing team. All sessions have been put together especially for older people and have a variety of exercises that can be done from the comfort of your sitting room, with equipment you will have around the house. Check them out, join in and have some fun. Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove - YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCU8KBed3NI3ksND6sjqUXhg
Lavinia House – spaces to hire… We have a counselling room, treatment room, hair salon and offices available to hire at Lavinia House. We are currently updating the spaces to make them fresh and welcoming for when we re-open. If you know of anyone who would like to hire any of these spaces to help us increase the services we can offer, please do get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
Horsham District Council’s Voluntary Sector Support… The fabulous HDC team launched the first conference around tackling loneliness and isolation in the Horsham District last week. It was incredibly well attended and some exciting partnership work and ideas will follow from this event. Age UKWSBH are committed to working in partnership with HDC and all organisations around this issue and in particular have formed a partnership with Horsham District Older People’s Forum (HDOPF) to launch a campaign to hear from as many older people as we can in the Horsham District, especially those who are seldom heard or disadvantaged, to ensure that older people are the leaders of the narrative in the services they want and need, so that we can increase social connectedness and help people to love their later life. Age UKWSBH & HDOPF would really like to hear from you if you would be interested in working with us to help us reach as many older people as we can. Please get in contact with us f you’d like to be involved.
www.ageuk.org.uk/westsussexbrightonhove/ email [email protected] Telephone: 01903 731800
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THE WEST CHILTINGTON VILLAGE SHOW Saturday 17th July Something to Celebrate, Come and Join Us
Vaccinations are proceeding apace; the first lockdown milestone has been achieved—we travel in hope (and hard work) for the village show in July!
Competitions have been a major part all our shows since the very first event in 1919. This year we have kept many of the old favourites but have also introduced a series of new more general classes. You may be able to enter without making something new for this show. Why not enter, have some fun, meet new people and you may win a bottle of Nyetimber wine.
If you grow your own vegetables & fruit there are 23 classes to choose from and a further 22 classes for flowers and floral arrangements. There are exciting new classes in home produce and handicrafts, try your hand at one of 17 different classes.
There is a more generalized approach to paintings, drawings and photography, fewer classes but far more opportunities for everyone to enter.
Children and young adults may enter the general competitions, but we have eight special age-related classes just for them. A very wide range of activities to stretch their creativity and imagination.
We have more music this year, entertainment, car show, dog show, stalls and much more, come and join your neighbours at this lovely village show.
We all understand the situation is still uncertain, we will keep our web site up to date
LEARN more here: www.westchiltshow.org Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/westchiltshow
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The first day of British Summer Time (BST) is a brilliant time of year. It may be psychological but certainly is physiological as the longer periods of light raise our spirits and kick-start a massive growth spurt in our gardens and villages. The hedgerows start to be filled with green shoots of recovery and nature’s successional flowering kick starts a change of season. We planted over 600 bulbs in the Narcisi St Patrick's Day a lovely addition to our autumn of 2020 and we are enjoying border flowering on 17th March 2021 the benefits now and there is more to come as tulips will be the next bulbs to appear. We planted a daffodil called St Patrick’s Day and it adds a real zing to one of our flower beds. Now why is it called St Patrick’s day? Daffodils or Narcisi should be associated with Wales and maybe more appropriately with St David but our little bulbs that were planted in the autumn burst through and as if it was a marketeers dream the first bloom came on the 17th of March, coinciding perfectly to St Patrick’s day. Maybe they have a little microchip in them or are genetically modified to flower just in time, who knows? The increased visitor numbers to the parish may provide some benefits for our local businesses that have been ravaged over the last year. The increase of visitor numbers comes with some risks too. Last year we had terrible scenes in Dial Post as the visitors caused havoc by parking on Swallows Lane. It may be similar this year as foreign travel will be the last thing to return to normal after the Covid lockdown. This increase footfall and vehicle traffic may become the new norm for us in the parish and maybe it is now that we should act to reduce the speed limits in the parish. There are still lots of examples of people driving too fast for the conditions. I am always an advocate of “be safe, be seen” on the country lanes so with the high level of walkers, cyclists and riders it may be a good time promote “be safe, be seen” message in the parish. I have seen so many people wearing what can only be described as superb camouflage gear as they blend in so well to the verges and hedgerows, you often don’t see them until you are right up close. With the increased risks and change in volume of traffic coming into the parish it is the perfect time for the council to review all factors, data and reduce the speed limit for the safety of those who enjoy our Lanes.
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It is that time of year again when it gets warm and our feline friends love to go out and about. Although it may be hard, it is good to try and restrict our cats out-time during the nesting season, especially during the day because of the masses of baby birds that fly about with “L Plates” on. Sadly, a cat has a natural and very effective predator mode that can wreak havoc in the garden. I have Echo one of our cats sitting like a stone angel seen so many fledglings come to a very early end and it such a shame as the parent birds do everything to protect and keep their babies alive. It is often that first flight when a fledgling leaves the nest and lands on the ground when it is most vulnerable. When cats are out and about in the garden, they hear the calls of the chicks when they are feeding so they know where all of the nests are and regularly visit them. The Selsey Arms, The George and Dragon, The Crown Inn and the Countryman Inn have suffered massively because of lockdown. It is so complicated as these friends and businesses decide how and when to re-open their doors. It has got to be safe for their staff and if the compliance and rules restrict numbers or put other barriers up to a “normal service” there may be a further delay in opening full-time. It has been a life line to get a Mothering Sunday Lunch from the Countryman takeaway, in a funny way it was like going out but a safe way in our Covid mad world. We enjoyed a fantastic Mothering Sunday afternoon tea which cheered us up and made our Mum, (my mother-in-law who was in our bubble), feel very special. An update on the White Stork Project is very exciting. We have nesting birds again in the parish and there are 5 active nests which is another massive step for the White Stork Project. As well as Knepp Rangers the White Stork Project has a rota of watching and monitoring the nests. This is to minimise human disturbance at the nest sites and to ensure that visitors stick to the footpaths. Information has been made available showing the incredible journey made by some of the resident Storks and it is fascinating as GPS data is used to track the migration from and return to the Parish.
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Whilst watching two of the nesting birds at the nest site near New Barn Farm, just next to the Knepp shop. I was amazed to see two males fighting for access to a nest sight. It is so close to the footpath you don’t need binoculars or a long lens to enjoy a sight of these incredible birds. It is probable that a trailer will be installed to become a temporary Two male White Storks fighting for a nest site viewing platform. Like last year, it will try and educate visitors about the project and its progress. The photograph shows two males fighting over territory but I am glad to report that the incumbent was successful and the efforts of the intruder were in vain. The female was waiting just out of shot. My regular visits to Worthing and Goring have continued and I am starting to see some marked improvements in my health. I have never really been a fan of Worthing but there is always beauty in a place if you look hard enough. I went down for a specialist appointment and took time out to take some pictures at sunset. It is amazing that the pier structure is still standing as the legs and supports are very rusty but the pier stands proudly and strong against the daily tides. Although it is difficult to see, there is a start of a Starling murmuration above the pier. The other thing that is pretty is the coloured panels on the walkway. I must investigate Worthing Pier at Sunset what is at the end of the pier. Another interesting place to visit in Worthing is the Lawn Bowling Club. It is set back from the promenade and has a delightful café that will shortly be open. The Marine Gardens Bowling Club is a pleasant place to sit and watch young and mainly old folks participate in this very sedate but massively competitive sport. As the season changes and our freedom from lockdown is getting ever closer let’s hope we can exit safely and start to enjoy some of the things that we took so much for granted pre-covid. Let the celebrations begin, let’s kick-start some of the plans that have been on hold for so long and most of all let’s enjoy everything that this time of year has to offer. Your Countryman
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Gina cooks… ...Almond and Coconut Macaroons
Although almond macaroons are particularly yummy, they do tend to be rather sweet so in this recipe I have cut the sugar by half and added some coconut. This will give a coarse texture to these biscuits so don’t expect the traditional, elegant, smooth round shape we have come to know. Macaroons are an excellent way to use up any leftover egg whites lurking in the fridge or freezer. Makes 12.
Ingredients
3 egg whites 4oz / 125g ground almonds 4oz / 125g caster sugar 1oz / 25g desiccated coconut Few drops almond essence 12 whole almonds for decoration Rice paper
Method
Whisk the egg whites until foamy – not stiff. Then beat in the remaining ingredients except the whole almonds. Lay the rice paper on baking sheets or use reusable non-stick liners if you have them. Now spoon 12 mounds of the mix on the liners leaving some space though they won’t spread a great deal. Place an almond on top of each mound and bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes until they are a nice golden colour. Cool on the baking liner if you are using as they will then come away easily or if using rice paper, slip straight on to a cooling rack. Tear off excess rice paper when cool.
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Defibrillators Where's your nearest?
We have five defibrillators around the parish are it’s good to know where they are sited. As Shipley is widely dispersed, the nearest may be found at the following locations:
Foxfield Cottages phone box on the Shipley Road Shipley Football Club Coolham Village Hall Dial Post Village Hall Shipley Primary School (during school hours only) William Penn School (during school hours only)
Parish Council Contact Directory
You can contact your parish councillors at the following addresses:
Paul Richards [email protected] Parish Council Clerk Tel: 07824 312070 Gordon Lindsay [email protected] District Councillor Philip Baxter [email protected] Jason Emrich [email protected] Bridget Huggett [email protected] Anthony Burrell [email protected] Harry Woodage [email protected] William Beckett [email protected] Derek Larcombe [email protected] Stephen Roggendorff [email protected] Nicky Wiltshire [email protected] Ginny De Zoete [email protected]
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Sports and Activity clubs
Currently indoor sports and activity clubs are not meeting because of Covid-19. Outdoor ones are starting to re-start.
Here are the contact details of some local clubs:
Badminton (Tuesday evenings): Peter Buckley on 07788 133965 Shipley Bowmen: (various times) Philip Baxter on 01403 741093 or go to https://shipleybowmen.co.uk Shipley Petanque (Tuesday mornings): Philip Gibbs on 07786 070939 Short Mat bowling (Tuesday afternoons): Tony on 01403 731177 or go to www.southwaterbowlsclub.co.uk Walking football club (Tuesday mornings): Philip Gibbs on 07786 070939 Horsham and Shipley Community Project has various activities including a “Men’s Shed” community workshop: call Helen on 07968 008997, See www.HorshamShipleyCommunityProject.org, or email [email protected]
If you would like to include your sports or activity club, please email us at [email protected] with a short description and contact details, or call Greg or Rachel on 01403 741469
Health and Leisure Walks
Currently the Horsham Health Walks remain suspended; we’ll include details once they restart.
If you are planning ahead, a booklet containing the walks is available from the Walks Co-ordinator on 07720 714306
See also https://www.horsham.gov.uk/sport-and-leisure/walking/health-walks
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Update from Chichester
Over the last year, Chichester Cathedral faced many challenges and developed new means of staying connected with the wider community and providing means of support and resources. When public worship was suspended last March, the Cathedral began live- streaming a weekly Sunday service. As limited public worship returned, additional services continue to be live-streamed and made available on the Cathedral’s website. Other special services are live-streamed including those on Remembrance Sunday, Advent & Christmas, Holy Week and more. The Cathedral developed resources for worship and prayer at home, and has run online lectures, concerts, choral music, and arts events. It has continued to support its partners including Chichester District Foodbank, UK Harvest and Stonepillow. Earlier this year with the Sussex Pub Group and Pallant House Gallery, the Cathedral launched the Friday Lunch Club which offered a free two course lunch to vulnerable or isolated residents in the city. As we look forward to the easing of restrictions, the Cathedral hopes to welcome back more worshippers, visitors and other groups in the coming months. Like many other institutions there have been serious financial implications: one important way of providing regular support is through the Chichester Cathedral Friends. Through project funding the Friends have made considerable contributions in maintaining and improving facilities and services and developing the Cathedral’s mission. Current projects cover all areas of Cathedral life, including new toilet facilities in the North Transept (currently facilities are only available outside), new IT infrastructure, and improved Cathedral lighting. In normal times, the Friends like to socialise and have fun too! Events throughout the year include talks, day trips, lunches and holidays. Joining the Friends is a way to enjoy new experiences and friendships whilst supporting the Cathedral’s work and sacred heritage.
For further information, please visit www.chichestercathedral.org.uk
For details of the Friends scroll down the home page and find details under “Cathedral for the Community”
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THE DAN AND MORFA POPE MEMORIAL FUND
Shipley’s charity for young people
The Trustees of the fund would like all members of Shipley Parish to be aware of the above fund which was formed to help young people enhance talents they would otherwise have found difficult to develop due to lack of funds.
The terms of the Charity are as follows:
The young person must be under 25.
Must live in the ecclesiastical parish of Shipley (which includes Coolham, Brooks Green and Dragons Green)
Or if not living in the parish, must attend or have previously attended the Shipley C of E Primary School in Shipley village, or the William Penn Primary School in Coolham.
GRANTS
If you have a child, or are a young person who fits this description, we encourage you to get in touch and apply for a grant.
The fund has limited resources and it may not be possible to fund all applications, however, we promise we will consider them all.
Please contact Nicholas de Zoete at [email protected] if you are seeking a grant.
Registered charity no 10887795
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The Knepp Wildland is a pioneering rewilding project, driven by herds of free-roaming animals. It is now home to some of the rarest species in the UK, including nightingales, cuckoos, turtle doves and purple emperor butterflies.
Join us on one of our vehicle-based safaris or guided walking tours and experience our astonishing wildlife in the company of a professional safari guide. And stay in one of our beautiful treehouses, shepherd’s huts, tents or yurts, or simply pitch your own in our exclusive wildland campsite.
www.kneppsafaris.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 01403 713230
New: The Knepp Wildland Shop
Our shop is open daily from Easter until the end of October, and from 10am to 3pm at weekends throughout winter.
We sell our organic, pasture-fed Knepp Wild Range meat, sausages and burgers, plus jams and chutneys, milk, eggs, cheese, artisan bread from The Hungry Guest in Petworth, local biscuits and gingerbread, Knepp Wildland honey, pasta and sauces, pizza dough and toppings, a range of soft drinks, organic chocolate, beer, wine and cider, toiletries and gifts.
We also sell seasoned, sustainable firewood from the Estate and local sustainable barbeque charcoal.
For further information about opening times and our shop hygiene and Covid-19 policy, visit www.kneppsafaris.co.uk.
Click and collect is also available for our Knepp Wild Range meat ordered online at www.kneppwildrangemeat.co.uk Knepp Safaris, New Barn Farm, Swallows Lane, Dial Post, RH13 8NN 53 Shipley Parish News
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