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February 2020 The Church of St Peter Parish of Chailey
WEEKDAYS Monday 8pm Bell Ringing Practice Thursday 6.30pm Choir Practice New ringers and choir members always welcome. Transport to services can be arranged: please contact the churchwardens. The Church is open during daylight hours.
PRIEST IN CHARGE: The Parish is in Interregnum
PARISH OFFICE : The Parish Office will be manned occasionally Teresa Wenban [email protected] Web site www.stpeterschailey.org
CHURCHWARDENS: Mrs Chris Peskett 01825 721431 Mrs Teresa Wenban 01825 722586
PCC SECRETARY: Mr Chris James 01825 722411
MAGAZINE ADVERTISING & FLYER INSERTS: Mr Chris Jones 01825 508721 E-mail [email protected]
CHAILEY FREE CHURCH, SOUTH CHAILEY Please see details of services and weekday activities later in magazine Contacts: Mr Roger Nutley 01273 890114 Mr Dave Caughley 01273 400785
ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS Herons Ghyll: Wednesday 9.30am Sunday 11.30am Holy Days 12 noon Haywards Heath: Sunday 8.30am 10.30am 5pm Uckfield: Saturday 5.30pm Sunday 9.30am Lewes: Sunday 9am 10.30am
For further information about Roman Catholic services and activities, please contact Mrs Mary Butterfield, 01825 724003
(cover illustration by William Hobday. Commissions Taken. www.penandinkartist.co.uk. email: [email protected])
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FEBRUARY SERVICES 2020
Sunday 2nd February PresentaƟon of Christ in the temple 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10am Family Communion
Sunday 9th February The third Sunday before Lent 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10am Morning Prayer
Sunday 16th February The second Sunday before Lent 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10am Parish Communion
Sunday 23rd February The Sunday next before Lent 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion
Sunday 1st March The rst Sunday of Lent 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10am Family Communion
BCP is the Book of Common Prayer (1662). All other EucharisƟc Services are from Common Worship: Order One. We welcome everyone warmly and families and children are always welcome at all our services.
3 A Note from St Peter’s The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed that our church- reordering did NOT in fact begin in early January! We were informed in the middle of December that there had been a mix-up of information between the architect and the builders, resulting in the builders effectively being double-booked. And they were already in the other job. The December deadline for the January edition of Chailey News had already passed, and it was too late to edit the article. So, we have had to wait for three months, with the new start date being April. It has to be said that, although this was disappointing news, it was probably a kind of blessing in disguise, as we should not have to worry quite so much about cold winter temperatures in church at that time of year, whilst we have no heating. (Fingers crossed!) You can still put in your orders for pew sections! But now it is February; the time of year when nights and mornings are still rather dark, and spring hasn’t really sprung, and it can all be a bit grey, damp and murky. Not a lot happens in February. But wait! There, slap bang in the middle of it is that well-known saint’s day of St Valentine. As far as the general population is concerned, including non-Christians, this particular saint must be one of the favourites. I’ve never ‘done’ St Valentine cards, and over the past decades it has become, like other major religious festivals, so very over-commercialised, but I thought I would explore around the topic a little and find out who this person was. Well, as you might expect, he’s the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages. However, Valentine is also the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many other things such as the plague, fainting and travelling! Interestingly, it seems that Chaucer may have been the one who invented the day we think of as Valentine’s Day. The medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer apparently often took liberties with history, placing his poetic characters into fictitious historical contexts that he represented as real. No record exists of any romantic celebrations on Valentine’s Day prior to a poem Chaucer wrote around 1375. In his work “Parliament of Foules,” he links a tradition of courtly love with the celebration of St. Valentine’s feast day–an association that didn’t exist until after his poem received widespread attention. The poem refers to February 14th as the day birds (and humans) come together to find a mate. When Chaucer wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate,” he may have invented the holiday we know today. However, the St. Valentine who inspired the holiday may have been two different men. Officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, St. Valentine is known to be a real person who died around A.D. 270. However, his true identity was questioned as early as A.D. 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who referred to the martyr and his acts as “being known only to God.” One account from the 1400s describes Valentine as a temple priest who was beheaded near Rome by the emperor Claudius II for helping Christian couples wed. A different account claims Valentine was the Bishop of Terni, also martyred by Claudius II on the outskirts of Rome. Because of the similarities of these accounts, it’s thought they may refer to the same person. Enough confusion surrounds the true identity of St. Valentine that the Catholic Church discontinued veneration of him in 1969, though his name remains on its list of officially recognized saints. In all, there are about a dozen St. Valentines, plus a pope! The saint we celebrate on Valentine’s Day is known officially as St. Valentine of Rome in order to differentiate him from the dozen or so other Valentines on the list. Because “Valentinus”—from the Latin word for worthy, strong or powerful—was a popular name between the second and eighth centuries A.D., and several martyrs over the centuries have carried this name. (My thanks to The History Channel website for a lot of that information.) Now, taking advantage of the topic, we have booked the Village Hall for the evening of Friday 14th February for a ‘St Valentine’s Night Quiz’, hoping that it will be as successful and enjoyable as our last one! Don’t panic, the questions will NOT be all about St Valentine! The price is £10.00 per person, to include a Ploughman’s Supper and pudding, starting at 7.00pm. Teams of 5/6/7. Please contact either of the Churchwardens as soon as possible 4 if you would like tickets. With best wishes from all at St Peter’s. Christine Peskett - Churchwarden February Parish Register 2020
Deaths Rob Tillard 16th December 2020
100 Years Ago - February 1920
Sunday Schools Treat
A happy time was spent by the scholars in the Parish room where they did ample justice to the good tea provided for them. Afterwards games were indulged in and a novel feature of the treat was a boxing display by the youthful members of the choir, and this caused much hilarity. The ‘professionals’ each received hearty encouragement from their various supporters. The Sheffield Park Sunday School also had their treat. Though a big storm was brewing, and the elements were against them the little school found a warm welcome at St Agnes and each child was given at the close a bag of sweets and an orange.
Note: St Agnes Mission Church was erected 1908 and demolished in 1937. This was a ‘Chapel of Ease’ built within the bounds of the parish for those who had difficulties getting to St Peter’s. I doubt a boxing display would be allowed today!
Annette Shelford. Toddlers Group
We now have a Toddlers group up and running at St Peter’s Church. This is a free group which meets in the church on a Friday morning between 9.00am and 11.00am. Toys and activities for children. Free refreshments during the morning. Baby changing facilities. We welcome new Toddlers and their parents, grandparents or carers to this group. Contact the parish office (01825 722286) [email protected] for more information. Chailey Brownies meets in Chailey Village Hall and has a few spaces for girls aged 7-10. Brownies is such a good way to for your daughter to make new friends, have fun and grow her confidence gaining Brownie badges along the way. With Brownies she’ll laugh, learn and have adventures - all at an affordable cost. And because our activities are designed to be for all girls, there’s a place for your daughter whatever her tastes or needs. Brownies are offered all sorts of different opportunities both modern and more traditional including outdoor activities, cooking, games, arts and crafts and trips, and most definitely make the most of them, taking part in adventures and activities they have chosen and helped to plan. Please contact me at [email protected] for further information about Brownies age 7-10 and Rainbows age 5-7, or visit the Girlguiding website at www.girlguiding.org.uk and follow the link to register your daughter to join us.
Terie Galpin - 07528699881 5 Chailey Free Church www.chaileyfreechurch.com
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February 10 4:30 - 6:30 Love knitting and chatting? Loving Or want to learn? & Serving
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Chailey Free Church, A275, South Chailey, BN8 4AN Contact us for details on 01273 400785 or 01273 890114 Email: [email protected] 6 Chailey Commons Society So far this side of Christmas we have seen a large quantity of rain falling and the River Ouse has been out into the water meadows and flood plains and the minor roads locally were closed for a time where they crossed the river. The commons have been drenched and the paths have become soggy. The streams and ponds have been filled and this is important for the coming months to ensure that the Wet heath is maintained. English Nature tells us that Wet heath usually occurs on acidic, nutrient-poor, shallow peat or sandy soils with impeded drainage. Mixtures of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix (Cross leaved heath), grasses (Molinia Caerulea), sedges and Sphagnum bog mosses typically dominate the vegetation. Wet heath is an important habitat for a range of vascular plant and bryophytes species of an oceanic or Atlantic distribution in Europe, and our heathland is described in the Classification ‘Sub Atlantic Heath’ Our meetings continue during February with a locally topical Talk by Brian McAlley on ‘Helping Hands – the Emergence of Repair Cafes from Chailey to China’. Brian is leading the regular sessions of the Repair Café held in the Chailey Village Hall and, if you have not yet heard or seen of the great interest and work done, this is your opportunity to hear all about them. I emphasize that there are NO REPAIRS at the meeting. Come along on Thursday February 13th at 7.30.p.m. to the Chailey Village Hall by the Five Bells Pub. Parking and refreshments and visitors most welcome. I look forward to meeting you there. Final thoughts for you for February, don’t forget St Valentine’s Day on Friday 14th February at the start of the Half-Term Week, and Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day on Tuesday 25th February. For weather watchers it’s the Full Moon on Sunday 9th February known as the Snow Moon. For further information, visit our website – www.chaileycommons.org.uk or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/chaileycommons/ William Coleman - 01444 831098 Michael Strode 1923-2019 Michael Strode has recently died at age of 96. He lived in North Chailey Heritage. From 1953 to 1991 working all that time as a Doctor at Chailey Heritage. In 1970 he bought a house in North Chailey, Leyden House which was converted to make a family home for 10 Children At Chailey Heritage who had nowhere else to go. They used this house as their home at weekends and holidays. This continued with a few changes until 2008 when the demands of the care in the community Act were too onerous to carry on and the house sold. In 1951 Michael made his first pilgrimage to Lourdes in France and in 1954 he took a group of children from Chailey Heritage to Lourdes. In 1956 the HCPT was founded take people of all ages with disabilities to Lourdes, twice a year and that continues to this day. Michael was very involved with HCPT to the end of his life. He retired in 1988 and in 1991 went to live on Caldey Island with the Cisterian Community as an Oblate Monk and there he stayed almost to the end of his Life, until he had to go into a nursing home Michael was a true Christian man whose whole life was devoted to helping people with disabilities. Tony Comber
7 Chailey Horticultural Society Firstly a reminder that our Spring Show is on Saturday 21st March at 2.30 in the Village Hall. Entries must be in by 8.30pm on the Friday evening either to my house or to the Village Hall between 7pm and 8.30pm. Schedules are available from the Five Bells, the Chailey surgery or any committee member. February is really the start of the seed sowing season for the year ahead. However at this time of year extra heat in the form of a propagator will be required as well as as much light as possible. Before starting make sure everything is clean and disinfected by using a dilute solution of Jeyes fluid. This must include all pots, staging and trays as well as the glass and plastic of greenhouses and poly tunnels to ensure maximum light penetration. Use fresh universal or seed compost and try to use it all within four weeks of opening. This is to ensure a sterile growing medium for the young seedlings so as to avoid such dangers as damping off caused by a number of fungi. So what to plant? These will be plants that require a long growing season such as chillies,aubergine and sweet peppers or those required for an early crop such as greenhouse tomatoes and lettuce. Before embarking on this long, risky and arduous venture it might be worth considering an alternative. Of these early plantings not many actual plants are required. After all two chilli plants will produce enough fruit for fresh use ,freezing or drying. Space usually limits the number of pepper and aubergine plants and only a few tomato plants are required as much better flavour comes from those grown outside. Most seed companies do plug plants which are cheap and delivered to the door ready to grow on. To some extent choice of varieties is limited and growing from seed offers greater choice and more satisfaction. I use root trainers inside a propagator with one seed per cell. Move on to 3” pots when two true leaves have appeared. Keep warm with a temperature between 55c and 60c. Minimum 50c and as much light as possible. For outside planting such as broad beans , peas and parsnips the soil temperature must be above 6c and not water logged. To test for temperature a soil thermometer is useful. However it is said that if you can sit comfortably on the soil with a bare bottom the temperature is above 6c. Caution should be observed if using this method or you might get arrested! Don’t be in a hurry. Wait until conditions are right. Think about our show. Good Gardening Peter Estcourt [email protected] - 07803179708 Chailey Outings Group We are a small group of local residents who get together to organise day trips, particularly for the elderly and/or disabled. We are able to subsidise the cost of transport thanks to a grant from Chailey Parish Council. In the next couple of months we are planning a "browse and lunch" trip to a local garden centre and, in April, a trip on the Bluebell Railway, including a cream tea. If you would like further information and to be kept informed of trips, please contact Marian Darke by email at [email protected] or by phone: 07711 267628 / 01273 401256. Marian Darke Secretary/Organiser, Chailey Outings Group
8 Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 4th February at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall when Shirley Kirby will speakto us on the History of Craft in East Sussex. . We had a fascinating talk in January on Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis by Dr Helena Griffiths. As well as learning where abouts in the world volcanoes occur and why, we heard why some erupt and others don't. Despite it seeming as if these natural disasters are more prevelent that they were years ago the incidenceof them is about the same and it is just modern communications that make us more aware of them. It is reassuring to know that here in the UK we are safe. We also discussed the five Resolutions to be voted on so that one can be forwarded to the National Annual Meeting in June. After some discussion the most votes went to 'A Call to Increase Potential Stem Cell Donor Registration'. There is an urgent need to increase the number of people registered on the aligned UK stem cell registry in order to provide potentially life saving treatment to people of all ages with certain blood concerns We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30 pm in Chailey Village Hall when we are always pleased to welcome prospective members or guests who wish to come along. For the nominal sum of £3 you can listen to the speaker and enjoy some home made refreshments. Margaret Smith - 01825 723519 Chailey Cricket Club Belated best wishes and fortune to all for 2020. The winter period is a very quiet time for us cricketers. We all but hibernate during the winter months only occasionally braving the weather to visit the ground. In so doing we often have to reinstate the rope or posts around the square that have been displaced by folk who know no better! We spend hundreds of pounds of our money (no grants) and many man hours maintaining the square throughout the summer as well as putting it ‘to bed’ for the winter. Thus, to see the results of mindless damage to the square and the pavilion is extremely frustrating and costly to the organisations using the facilities. Come March / April the square will be woken from its slumbers in readiness for the coming season. We would welcome anyone who would like to give a couple of hours a week, daytime or early evenings, to help our grounds-person with the maintenance – mowing, rolling, and, where necessary, repairing the wicket. It can be very relaxing in the peaceful surrounds. Interested contact one of our officials detailed on our interesting website: chailey.play-cricket.com Fixtures for 2020 are being agreed and those that have can be found on our website: To fulfil those fixtures we are hoping that some of you villagers will come and join us and enjoy a very friendly game of cricket. Interested please contact Peter Dembrey on 07709 946880 80 years ago the club ‘shut down’ for the war years reviving itself in April 1946 following a meeting at The Five Bells. There was an obvious keenness to start over as the meeting was attended by 21 Chailey men: the names of which some of you will recall: King, Piper, Carr, Attrell, Tillard, Stringer, Buckman, Bristow, Pocock, Dudman, Page, Heasman, Setford, Marchant Hudson, Goldsmith, Taverner, Langridge and Green. It is they we have to thank as without their action the club may not have started 2020; its 262nd season.
9 Chailey Repair Cafe Looks Sharp For 2020! Chailey Repair Café got off to a flying start when it opened its doors on 11th January – folks were queueing outside from just after 9am and by 11 the car park was solid! By the time the doors closed at 1pm, 27 volunteers had attempted a record 84 repairs, including several toasters and kettles which had obviously worked too hard over Christmas!!The Café’s new knife sharpening service proved very popular, and the talented fabrics team repaired burn holes in clothing , some torn cushions and a broken bag handle, whilst the Café’s IT team were busy fixing some tired computers. It’s all in a day’s work for this successful local initiative which has gone from strength to strength since it opened its doors for the first time 18 months ago. Founder and Coordinator Bryan McAlley said “Our 2020 dates are easy to remember – we are normally open every 2nd Saturday of each month between 10am – 1pm. Free fridge magnets with all our 2020 dates are now available at the Café, so you won’t forget!” Chailey Repair Café is part of a world-wide movement where volunteer experts repair things free of charge – although a donation towards running costs is invited. Anyone can bring along broken items or clothing needing repair from home, and have a cuppa and a cake while they wait!
Chailey Repair Café next opens at Chailey Parish Hall 10am – 1pm on 8th February 2020, and then normally on the second Saturday of each month.. If you would like to know more, contact the Café at [email protected] or find them on Facebook. Bryan McAlley
100 Club winner for December was number 66 Mrs White; January was number 45 Sheila Styles. Congratulations to you both and thank you for your continued support. The Senior Citizens Christmas party took place on Saturday 7th December. Our guests enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner, bingo, a raffle and musical entertainment by the East Sussex Concert Band. The day was rounded off with a small firework display. We would like to thank everyone who came as a guest and also to all those involved behind the scenes. Our final event of 2019 was a Soap Box Derby, held on Boxing Day morning atThe Hooke. We had 7 cart entries and each cart negotiated the downhill track at the Hooke. The carts had two runs, trying to achieve the best time. Sadly, the weather was not in our favour but it was great to see those braving the rain. The winning cart was run by team CBS BOOM (Ant, Jordan, George and Adam) with an average time of 40.6 seconds. Best presented cart was won by the Three Wheelers (Peter, Matt and Sharni). On to 2020 - Each year we need to raise sufficient funds to cover our Insurance, replace and hire equipment, put on a free Bonfire Night and Christmas party for the senior members of our community. Our fundraising events are key to providing these events and having had another wet bonfire where numbers were down, we have some hard work ahead of us in 2020. We hope that you will continue to support us to put these events on for our village. Upcoming events: Jumble Sale 7h March - at the Village hall from 11am. Jumble can be dropped at the hall Friday 6th March between 7pm and 9pm and from 9am on Saturday 7th 10 March Collection of jumble can be arranged by ringing Diane 01273 401900 or by email secretary @chaileybonfire.co.uk St George’s Day Fete 25th April – in the bonfire field opposite Markstakes Lane. If you would like to book a stall or car boot space (£10) please ring Yasmin on 07368 868999. If you can help with donations for our raffle, sponsor an attraction or help run a stall for us, please get in touch on any of the numbers/emails above. More details will follow. You can follow all our exploits and events on the Chailey Bonfire Society website http:// www.chaileybonfire.co.uk, or our Facebook group – just search for ‘Chailey Bonfire Society’, or enter this address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChaileyBonfireSociety.
Happy New Year from all at Chailey Bonfire Society. Chailey Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan: Our Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted to Lewes District Council. As the planning authority for our area, Lewes is responsible for ensuring that our Plan dovetails into the aims and aspirations of the district’s own Local Plan; assuming that all is well, the Plan will then be reviewed by an independent examiner [a Planning Inspector] and subsequently put to us, the residents, to vote our assent through a referendum. The Plan is available to read on our website. It is a good read but necessarily written to conform to planning requirements; but residents may also find the associated documents interesting which include not only a Character Appraisal of our village, but also Chailey in Pictures, the Village appraisal 1989 [so what’s changed?] and Historical Notes 1968 compiled by Rector Edwin Matthias and Mr Bentham Stevens – all worth your attention.
Highways – Mill Lane/A275 junction: The Parish Council submitted before Christmas an application for a Feasibility Study to make this junction more safe. It has been an aspiration to construct a pedestrian crossing at this junction and this is included in our Neighbourhood Plan. Residents have also long requested that this junction be made more safe and will already know that Chailey School has petitioned the County to construct a crossing. The Study is needed to allow the Parish Council to apply under the Community Match scheme to the County for two scarce resources: funding, and designer time. The Study, for which we have paid £500, will assess the viability of the project [for example, given the placing of the bus-stops, whether a crossing can or should lie to the North or South of the junction] and also allow us to bid for funding to match our own. A Traffic Survey was conducted November 5-12 to record speed and volume of traffic across the junction, an essential preliminary to the Study. Community Match allocates a priority between road improvement projects across the County, priority not only in terms of finance but, more importantly, in terms of designer and work-time available in any one year. As my mother used to say – we are not the only pebble on the beach!
Roeheath: The Council has recently bought new nets for the goalposts on the grounds at Roeheath. Residents are reminded that this ground is not regularly maintained but, together with the basketball post, is open for all to use. Limited parking is available. Art Exhibition at St Peter’s Church, Chailey Saturday March 7th10.00am – 5.00pm. Please get in touch with a Churchwarden if you would like to exhibit (£8.00 per pitch). Exhibition viewing: £1.00 per person. Refreshments available.
11 PARKING REVIEW Some might remember that I submitted a formal request with suggestions for strategic long term planning and alleviating future parking problems on Mill Lane, South Chailey. It is appreciated that there are current day-to-day problems with contractors. I confirm that my request is to be included as part of the Lewes Parking Review. Work on this review has just commenced and all requests will be considered, assessed and prioritised. This review is carried out by East Sussex County Council. My suggestions which represent many local residents will be given due consideration through the Parking Review. Clearly, there are hundreds of hundreds of requests and there is no guarantee they will be accepted, so I can make no promises, but I hope I have put forward a strong case on your behalf. Any new restrictions that are taken forward will be subject to public consultation (likely to be late spring) and any new/amended parking restrictions will need to be taken forward through a Traffic Regulation Order. I have asked the Head of Planning and Environment, Communities, Economy and Transport to keep me informed so I can ensure that those in our community have their say.
CHAILEY CLASSIC AND VINTAGE TRACTOR CLUB The annual Christmas Tractor run raised in excess of £1,500 for St. Peter and St. James Hospice. Chailey Tractor Club is just over two years old, incorporated in September 2017 and have raised in excess of £6,000 for charity. If anyone who has - or loves tractors is interested, please contact: [email protected] Cllr Sharon Davy email [email protected]. Tel. 01444 831 336 St Peter’s Church Quiz Night St Valentine’s Night 14th February Chailey Village Hall 7.0pm £10 each to include Ploughman’s and Pudding. Bring your own drink and glass. teams up to 7. Contact a Churchwarden for info or Tickets. Chailey Litter Pickers 1417 bags so far! Wayne Dixon and his dog Koda set off from Blackburn, Lancs three years ago on a nationwide litter picking tour. Dixon has filled more than 10,000 bags of litter, more than 50 tons of rubbish, so far. In Kent, after clearing streets and beaches of litter he turned up at a Recycling Centre only to be told that he could not dump his bags there as they were not ‘household waste’. The challenges of dealing with litter, waste and rubbish in our society seem to be bizarrely difficult!
East Sussex now make charges for disposal of some waste that their recycling centres as some of you may have found: £4 per bag for soil, hard core and plasterboard and £2 per tyre. In response to this from December 2019 only residents can use West Sussex’s rubbish tips and have to show either a current driving licence, TV licence, council tax or
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Deborah Urquhart, the county council’s cabinet member for environment, said: “We are in the position where sites in West Sussex are located close to the borders of neighbouring authorities. And at the same time other councils have introduced tough restrictions which limit what people can dispose of. This puts us at a disadvantage because people are choosing to travel to West Sussex with their waste, where currently such restrictions don’t apply.
Personally I do not care which county I litter pick in, wherever there is litter I’ll willingly pick it up. Chailey Litter Pickers have been doing a fantastic job over the last three and a half years removing litter from roadsides of the parish, all done free of charge! Let’s celebrate community cohesiveness and work together to make Chailey a great place to live, whether that’s litter picking, joining the Horticultural Society, helping at the Repair Café, supporting local businesses and churches etc etc. Let’s make Chailey glitter in every way possible.
Next Group event: Monday 10th February, meeting at Pound Common car park at 10am. For further information contact Janet Caughley on 01273 400785 or [email protected] OTHER LOCAL NEWS World Day Of Prayer (Interdominational) At FLETCHING CHURCH on Friday 6th March 2020 at 2.00 p.m. The Theme is Written by Christian Woman of Zimbabwe ‘Rise! Take your Mat and walk’ Welcome to the 2020 World Day of Prayer Service. As we participate in the Service we are part of a great wave of prayer encircling the globe, which begins as the sun rises over Samoa and ends 36 hours later back in the Pacific as the sun sets over American Samoa. We will be joining with people in over 120 Countries and Islands around the world. Each year the Service is written by a different country. This year it has been prepared by the Christian Women of Zimbabwe who call us to ‘Rise! Take your Mat and Walk’. We are encouraged to reflect on the difficulties and unrest that have plagued their country over many years. They share the challenges they have met and the hopes they have for the future and invite us to support them as they continue their often turbulent journey towards full reconciliation. As we hear their stories, the challenge for them and for us is that we will constantly seek love, peace and reconciliation. Refreshments will be served after the service.
13 LEWES District Citizens Advice Online Parcel delivery Does this sound familiar? I bought a present from an online store and paid extra for next day delivery; it hasn't arrived. I tried to contact the delivery company but couldn’t speak to anyone. The online store said my parcel is with the delivery company and should arrive soon. If it doesn't arrive soon, I don’t want it. What can I do? You paid for next day delivery so your goods should be delivered on the agreed date. Because you bought something from a business to be delivered to you, it’s the seller’s responsibility to make sure the item is delivered.
As the seller used a courier, they should chase the courier to find out what’s happened to your order. Under the Consumer Rights Act, you can ask the seller to deliver the item again if the item wasn’t delivered by the agreed date.
Or: Cancel your original order and reorder it again from the same or a new online store
Check if a local store stocks the item(s)
Keep trying to contact the delivery company via tracking tools/phone/email
To cancel your order:Cancel and ask for your money back because you haven't received your goods on the agreed date. Tell the seller that what has happened to your order is "a breach of contract under the Consumer Rights Act 2015" - as the delivery date was essential and they didn’t meet it. Find useful template letters and your rights on the Citizens Advice website. The Art Society, Uckfield, Lewes and Newick Susie Harries ‘Pevsner: The Victorians and Conservation.’ February 12th Civic Centre Uckfield 2.30
If you are like me you are probably saying so who on earth was Pevsner? Well I looked him up and found he is quite fascinating! He was originally German and the son of a Russian Jewish merchant. Hostile to Hitler’s Germany he came to England just before WW2. Brilliant and specialising in architecture he was a founder member of the Victorian Society and with John Betjeman and Hugh Casson saved houses, churches, railways and monuments of the Victorian age.
Susie Harries will tell his story, how he became, amongst so many other things, an Englishman, a Protestant, a knight of the realm, a staple of the BBC and above all, the man who opened the eyes of the English people to their own architecture. In 1951 he began writing the first volume of the Buildings of England, describing buildings as "lanky", "frantic", "victoriously vulgar" or "Grecian gone gaudy" Dullness was not a word in his vocabulary. Cost is £7 on the door for non-members. If you need any further information, please go to our web site. We look forward to welcoming you.
Annette Shelford 14 Sunday Train Services At Cooksbridge From May Residents of Chailey parish who use the train will already be aware that an hourly service, Monday to Saturday, was introduced at Cooksbridge station from 15th December 2019. At a celebration to commemorate this, GTR Head of Strategic Planning, Phil Hutchinson, added further good news. From May 2020 Cooksbridge will also enjoy an hourly stopping service on Sundays. We anticipate that this comprehensive service will not only benefit those travelling towards Gatwick and London, but also those wanting to go in the other direction, to Lewes, Falmer, Brighton and Eastbourne. The new services are for a trial period and it is important that they are well used. Please do therefore consider whether and how you and your family can benefit from them. If you want to be added to our mailing list for news updates, please contact any member of the Partnership. COOKSBRIDGE STATION PARTNERSHIP [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Newick Country Market Newick Country Market is held every Friday from 10am until 11am In Newick Village Hall on the A272 Come along to the market where you will see a good seasonal selection of locally grown vegetables and plants, homemade savoury and sweet bakes as the fancy takes you, from our kitchens and gardens to yours. Bespoke greetings cards, jewellery, knitted items, preserves, and flower arrangements for that special occasion are always available. Orders can be taken for any of the above, and special diets can also be catered for. If you cannot see what you want feel free to ask one of our producers. All the items are produced by members of the market and our food producers have the required standard of food hygiene certificate. Come and enjoy some freshly brewed coffee or tea, and maybe a little treat, whilst meeting friends and catch up on village news. It is advisable to come along early as many items sell out fast. Further information 01825 722907
Memory Café We meet every Tuesday afternoon in the Village Hall, Western Road between 1.45pm and 4 O’clock. All members of the community with memory problems, their carers and/ or friends are encouraged to come along for a social afternoon, with a cup of tea and a chat and often a sing-song--- a most enjoyable occasion. The programme for February is as follows:- 4th Winter Art Box 11th Rosie’s Retro Rhythms 18th All About Taste 25th Music with John B Peter Todd. Hon Sec. Friends of Newick Health Centre 15 Newick Cinema A Community-based Venture for Sunday Evenings Our next show is on 23rd FEBRUARY. We hope that many of you will be able to come and enjoy “CATS”. There is a licensed bar, teas, coffees, cakes and ice cream plus an interval so that there is an opportunity to meet up with friends and have an enjoyable evening out in the village. Booking in advance will secure seats in the front rows however there is no need to book, just come along at 7pm and buy a ticket on the door; the film will start at 7:30pm. FEBRUARY’S FILM - CATS (PG) Starring: Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden Cats is a 2019 musical fantasy film based on the stage musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the poetry collection by T. S. Eliot 23 FEBRUARY 2019 in Newick Village Hall, Western Road, Newick BN8 4LY Licensed bar and refreshments from 7.00 pm. Film starts 7.30 pm Tickets: £6 on the door, or by emailing detailed request to: [email protected], or ringing Mike Berry on 01825 723392 Booking in advance not necessary but will secure the best seats in the front rows Sub titles and hearing loop in place Cumnor House Sussex UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF TALENTED CHILDREN Two Foundation Scholarships, covering 100% of the cost of a child’s private school education for ten years, from the age of 8 to 18, are available to children currently in Year 3 at state primary school.
Foundation Scholars join Cumnor House Sussex in Danehill in Year 4 (aged 8) through to Year 8 (aged 13) when they move on to one of Cumnor’s sixteen independent senior school partners, subject to meeting a school’s entry criteria, where they remain until they are 18.
The scholarships are means-tested and awarded to children who excel academically and show potential in art, design technology, drama, music or sport. Two places are available for children starting in Year 4 in September 2020. Applications are open now until 30th April 2020.
For further information, contact Cecilia Desmond, Registrar on 01825 792 006 or [email protected]. Do visit our website to find out more at: www.cumnor.co.uk. Chailey News - March Issue The deadline for the March issue of Chailey News is 11th February To avoid problems due to the necessity to filter e-mails for spam please: 1. Send items to [email protected] 2. Include “Chailey News” in Subject section of the e mail. 3. If a new subscriber or sending from an e mail address for the first time please phone us on 01825 724376 so we are aware and able to look out for it. Best wishes from everyone at CHEC 16