Newsletter May 2015 M 5 O 5 N -2 D 0 1 Ju 5 B I Sounds Like a Fun Place Under His Management and Full of Le CJ Bailey of the Star Inn, Roffey Strange Things
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D 1 ia 9 40 Horsham Society Newsletter May 2015 m 5 o 5 n -2 d 0 1 Ju 5 b i sounds like a fun place under his management and full of le CJ Bailey of the Star Inn, Roffey strange things. He had many interests and used the premises e to display an eclectic collection of curiosities: a screen made HORSHAM hen C J Bailey died on 9 September 1928 at the age of up of 12,000 stamps, a box and dice said to have belonged to Newsletter 81, the Horsham area lost its oldest publican. Born in Dick Turpin, a dolls’ house constructed from champagne 1847, he had been a man of many parts, and his career had SOCIETY W corks, a telegram sent to the Prince Imperial at Aldershot and May 2015 seen him, variously, as piano factory worker, soldier, valet, a bone champagne cup given him by a couple of balloonists and lastly, innkeeper. He started in the Army in 1871, and as who lost their way and landed in Roffey. Goodness me. a musician in the Queen's Westminster Volunteer Band found Where are they all now, I wonder? himself playing before Queen Victoria. Brian Slyfield Chairman The next year he was with the Royal Horse Artillery, being HDPF - Main modifications reviewed by the then Shah of Persia, and later was part of a fter four years as chairman David field exercise watched over by Napoleon III and Empress ou will recall that just before Christmas the Planning Inspector halted his Moore has decided to stand down Eugenie. Another name he could drop to the locals over the public examination of the Horsham District Planning Framework, telling the Afrom the chairmanship and the bar in Roffey was the Emperor of Russia; he waited on him YCouncil quite plainly that its plan was unsound. He insisted it be reviewed and that committee for personal reasons. when he dined at the regimental mess at Woolwich. provision should be made for a further 2,000 homes over the life of the plan. This came as no surprise to the Society as we had been saying for some time that the David has made a huge contribution Bailey clearly liked the aura of royalty - even though by the Council’s strategy of providing the minimum number of new homes it thought it and pursued the Society's interests with time it enveloped him it was spread a little thinly - and after could get away with was likely to fail. great energy and imagination. the Army he went over to Ireland and took up with the Fortunately David is not lost to us but aristocracy, becoming a valet firstly to Lord Langford and The Council was required to go back with an altered plan within six months. will continue in a variety of ways to later the Duke of Connaught. Changes, called main modifications, have to be published in advance and an support the Society, and hopes to return opportunity given to the public to make further representations to the Inspector. In to the committee at some time in the But at least as a publican he was his own man, and the Star Courtesy Memories of Horsham Facebook our view, based upon the evidence he has heard, he expected to see one or two future. additional strategic sites of 500 or more homes each. While the search is on for a new However, what the Council has proposed is a re-hash of its original plan with only chairman, Rod Cuming our Hon one new site for 150 homes south of Southwater, which fails its own definition of HORSHAM Secretary will provide a central point By the way a strategic site. The rest relies on smoke and mirrors adjustments to previous of contact. SOCIETY Directory figures and a new, and wholly unacceptable, insertion of the word “around” before them all. The North Horsham strategic site, originally intended to provide 2,500 New members homes will now provide “around 2,500”, with “around” being defined as plus or The Horsham Society is a registered charity (No.268949) and is an minus 10%. In other words the figure will now be at least 2,750. Not only is this Inside his month we are very pleased to welcome Mr P Whibley, independent body supported by members’ subscriptions approach misleading, it still fails to explain convincingly how the Inspector’s Redford Avenue; Mr and Mrs T Hogben, Old Holbrook; his month we conclude Lewis target will be met. Bryan’s diary of his WWI PRESIDENT Dr Annabelle Hughes TMr R Bates, Ashleigh Road; Mr N Butler, Farhalls Crescent and Mr and Mrs Hampton, West Chiltington. Texperiences, take a look at Ayshe Court VICE-PRESIDENTS These changes were pushed through a special council meeting on 18th March Lakes which are badly in need of some Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Nigel Friswell, John Steele despite many of the key figures and other studies not being available to members. love and attention, and learn about Councillors were threatened by scare tactics, and told the district was doomed if CHAIRMAN (vacant) Date for your diary Biffa’s Brookhurst Wood Mechanical they didn’t approve the changes that evening. Nobody mentioned that the problem Biological Treatment plant and its HON TREASURER HON SECRETARY he topic for the Bedford Culture Club’s meeting on 21st had arisen simply because the Council had produced an unsound plan. place in WSCC’s waste strategy. Sarah Powell Rod Cuming May is The strange and fascinating evolution of right- 3 White Horse Road Twing America from Selma to the Tea Party . The speaker will EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Horsham RH12 4UL Roy Bayliss Tel: 01403 268444 be Andrew R Wines. Meetings start at 7pm in the Bedford Paul Fletcher [email protected] pub in Station Road. To book tickets or for further Diamond Jubilee event with Rupert Toovey Nigel Friswell information contact Emilie Myers on 01403 211962. To celebrate our Diamond Jubilee we are delighted to announce a special members only event on 11th June at 7.30pm in the David Griffiths MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Michael Hall Mrs Pat Gale Causeway Barn. John Steele 46 Bedford Road Delivering print solutions to Horsham RH13 5BJ Rupert Toovey, who will be well known to members as a local auctioneer and Director of Sussex based Toovey’s antique and fine DISTRIBUTION ORGANISER Tel: 01403 253946 companies throughout the UK Kathy Gleeson [email protected] art auction house, has kindly agreed to present Treasures from your home - A talk with Rupert Toovey . This will follow a well tried and successful format where guests are invited to bring along an object for discussion and valuation. These are placed on tables The Executive Committee meets at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of each and form the basis of the talk to the audience. The Printed Word month in the Manor Room behind the Causeway Barn. Members are welcome to attend as observers but it would be appreciated if the Secretary NEW ADDRESS If you have a treasured object you would like to know more about this is your opportunity to have it appraised by an expert. could be informed beforehand. Unit 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Graylands Estate Numbers are limited by the capacity of the Barn so places must be booked in advance. If you would like to join us for what will Annual Membership: £10 per household Langhurstwood Road be an enjoyable and informative evening please contact Rod Cuming on 01403 268444 or email [email protected] . Family Life Membership: £150 per household Horsham Postage is added to the above rates at £5 per annum West Sussex for out-of-town members Please note that items brought to the event will be at your own risk. You are advised to avoid bringing delicate or fragile All major credit cards accepted RH12 4QD www.horshamsociety.org pieces and, particularly if you think they have a value, to ensure that they are covered by your household insurance in [email protected] case of damage during transit or at the event. Newsletter correspondence should be sent to the Editor: John Steele, 01403 255650 www.printedword.co.uk 2 Old Denne Gardens, Horsham, RH12 1JA (Tel: 01403 272814, email: [email protected]). Other matters should be referred to the Hon Secretary. The Newsletter is published monthly except August and © Individual contributors 2015. No material may be reproduced, copied or stored in a opinions in it, whether the Editor’s or contributors’, are not necessarily retrieval system without the prior consent of the relevant contributor, which should be those of the Society. sought via the Editor. OUR CONCERN IS THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE TOWN 34 Horsham Society Newsletter May 2015 Horsham Society Newsletter May 2015 39 poverty but this might not be a bad thing as it will give a Robert Worley would like to know c/o the Editor. breathing space to formulate plans for the ongoing From the Committee maintenance of the area. The ideal arrangement may well be Strangely, very little seems to have been written about the a Friends group however the present state of the area suggests Edwardian Ayshe Court house. If you know any more about that some kick-start finance would be needed. the history of this area prior to 1840 or between then and the North Horsham throughout Horsham which shows a Waste bin ping pong 1967 development, please let the Editor know. single footbridge. It is estimated that an initial outlay of around £10,000 would he Society remains very concerned e have commented before on the make a big difference and then annual costs of up to £3,000 My thanks to Robert Worley and to David Holmes for most of about the plans for a new settlement The Horsham Cycle Forum has also unsightly trade waste bins in the would probably cover routine maintenance.