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LIDFIELD times February 2008 Issue 30 www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk Circulation 6,000 * LOCAL 7YR OLD RAISES MUCH NEEDED CASH * * HELP CONTROL SPEEDING THROUGH THE VILLAGE * * LINDFIELD RURAL PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER * * LINDFIELD TIMES WEBSITE SUCCESS * * LINDFIELD TIMES VILLAGE FORUM IS NOW LIVE * ‘Investing in your Village Community’ Cover image: Editors Comments Hello, I trust this months edition finds you all ‘The South East’ well and you have managed to avoid the © Lindfield Times 2008 dreaded ‘cough’. The Lindfield Times has been extra busy following the successful Copydate for March issue of Lindfield launch of the new look website and village Times: 10th February 2008 forum.A big thank to all those who have contributed so far. Editor Jeremy Crooks Design Editor Kevin Elliott You will notice that we have published a fantastic bumper issue this month, mainly down to the amount of articles submitted Email: [email protected] together with new advertisers who have www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk come onboard. We are also delighted once again to publish the Lindfield Rural Parish Photography by: Picsnapper Council Newsletter on pages 30, 31 & 32. www.picsnapper.co.uk The response to the new-look website has To Advertise email been very positive and I understand the traffic monitoring system we have in place [email protected] (a positive asset) is hard at work telling us when people visit and where they are from, Village Forum Debate we are also told which pages are visited and www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk/forum/ how long the guest stays on the site. We have also seen an increase of new GIVE IT A GO businesses showing an interest in advertising Victorian Lemon Barley their companies not only in the magazine but The Victorians were keen cooks. Most foods also on the website. were home made and made in enormous quantities. Here is a recipe for a popular We are of mind that we do not want the Victorian drink. LIDFIELD times to turn in to an ‘ad-mag’ like some local magazines appear to do. We Lemon Barley Water are considering developing a twice yearly trusted local trades magazine which has Juice and rind of 1 lemon been suggested by quite a few advertisers 25g of pearl barley and local businesses. This is something else 15g of sugar we will be looking at in the Spring. 1 litre of boiling water Over the last few months, both Kevin & I, Peel the rind of the lemon very thinly. have spent a lot of time developing the Squeeze the juice from the lemon. magazine and its accompanying website accompanied by an interactive forum. We Add the lemon juice and rind to the pearl bar - have invested in a new internet server, vari - ley in a large bowl. Pour boiling water on to all ous software packages and have really the ingredients and leave to cool. pushed things forward for the communication development of Lindfield and surrounding Once cool, pour the lemon barley through a area. Who knows where we will be this time sieve and serve chilled for a refreshing next year ! Victorian drink.4 glasses Jeremy Crooks [email protected] Lindfield Times Magazine February 2008 King Edward Hall Diary of Events January 2008 1st Lindfield Primary School PTA Fundraising Event (Claire Fuller 415135) 3rd Ruwach Christian Church Service (Janet Hilton 459025) 4th/19th MSDC Public Exhibition (Planning Policy: Ed Lancaster 477342) 7th Country Market (Sheila Hobbs 483396) 8th/9th Public Exhibition (JMP Consulting) (Anthony Kirby 020 7536 8073) 9th 1st Lindfield Sea Scouts Quiz Night (Andrea Bailey 483357) 10th Ruwach Christian Church Service (Janet Hilton 459025) 13th Lindfield Horticultural Society Talk 14th Country Market (Sheila Hobbs 483396) 17th Ruwach Christian Church Service (Janet Hilton 459025) 21st Country Market (Sheila Hobbs 483396) KEH Film Show 23rd Lindfield & District Folk Dance Club Barn Dance (Mrs Malins 484224) 24th Ruwach Christian Church Service (Janet Hilton 459025) 28th Country Market (Sheila Hobbs 483396) Don’t forget, these and other events from around the village appear on our website www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk/calendar.htm or on the forum Issue 30 Page 3 ‘Maddi Barnaby Brings Festive Cheer’ Seven year old Lindfield girl, Maddi Barnaby, entertained customers outside 'Cloughs' in Sunte Avenue on Christmas Eve, raising money for St Peter & St James hospice in Wivelsfield. Maddi, a pupil at Lindfield Primary School has only been playing the flute for around 10 months. She played a host of Carols, including, Hark the Herald Angels, Away in the Manger, Silent Night, While Shepherds Watch their Flocks by Night, Good King Wenceslas, See Amid the Winters Snow, The First Noel, I saw three Ships, Little Baby Jesus and We Three Kings. Maddi told us " I love playing my flute and I have been practicing the Carols all during December. I thought I would like to play carols on Christmas Eve to make people happy and Christmas while they were getting ready for Christmas Day. Everyone who walked passed me was very nice and smiley and said nice things to me. I Really enjoyed myself" Maddi played both before and after lunch on Christmas Eve for about 40 minutes each session. She collected the money because it is a local charity and her School has donated the proceeds from their Christmas Carol Concerts to the Hospice. Editors Note....... Maddi, who also plays the Keyboard and Recorder, received a Tenor Maddi, if you play again Recorder for Christmas (amongst many other pressies) said she next Christmas for the would like to play in an orchestra when she is older. hospice, the magazine will give you £50.00 to start your collection ! What A Star You Are Maddi said she will return again next year to Cloughs, who knows, maybe next year she might do 2 Saturdays before Christmas and raise even more money ! Maddi, visited the hospice on 4th January and handed the cheque for £70.00 over to Karen Lambert (right) This is such a fantas - tic donation from young Maddi, every penny counts. Maddi makes her donation as the hospice starts its ‘Raise The Roof’ camapaign. Maddi enjoyed her visit to the Fundraising department at the hospice with her parents, sister and brother. Lindfield Times Magazine February 2008 RECYCLING BOXES NEEDED! Residents with unused blue and green recycling boxes can hand them in so that they can be re-used. The old blue and green recycling boxes became redundant following the introduction of wheeled bins for recycling. However, for a few properties across the district it is not practical to use the bins, and spare blue and green recycling boxes will enable these residents to recycle. Mid Sussex District Council is asking residents who no longer need the old boxes to drop them off at one the local points listed so that they can be redistributed to those who need them. Town / Parish Address Ashurst Wood Parish Office, Chapel Lane, Ashurst Wood Bolney Gateway opposite Kiln Cottage, Jeremys Lane, Bolney Burgess Hill Help Point, Church Walk, Burgess Hill Cuckfield Queens Hall, High Street, Cuckfield East Grinstead Town Council, East Court, East Grinstead Fulking The Perch, Edburton Road, Fulking Hassocks Parish Office, Adastra Park, Hassocks Haywards Heath Town Council, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath Haywards Heath Help Point, Oaklands, Haywards Heath Hurstpierpoint Parish Office, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint Lindfield Parish office, 6 Denmans Lane, Lindfield Poynings West End Cottage, The Street, Poynings Turners Hill Parish Office, The Ark, Mount Lane, Turners Hill Worth Parish Office, Turners Hill Road, Crawley Down Parish Council Offices have limited opening times. For more information please contact Joy Dyson, Waste Prevention & Education Officer, on [email protected], or call 01444 477406. How’s ya Bin? How are you finding the new Bin system -v- fortnightly collections? We have received several comments from villagers (including Ardingly residents) pointing out issues relating to the collections. The common issue from readers appears to be that the bins are too small even if they are recycling waste. Typically, the average family do not dispose of the same amount of rubbish as a single person or a household of 2....? One reader asked “who decided on the small sized Bins and what research went into buying them with our council tax money”? Have Your Say , log on to the LIDFIELD times Forum and join the debate www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk/forum/ Issue 30 Page 5 www.lindfieldtimes.org.uk Success on the Internet for The Lindfield Times Magazine Online The Lindfield Times launched its new website at the begining of January and it has proved to be such a huge success, we wish we had launched it earlier. Following on from this we have now invested in setting up a village forum. We have managed to find out that well over 3,000 people visited the site since its relaunch, 70% of those are from within the local area, 15% out of west Sussex, 12% national and 7% of people in Germany, Spain and France. Since we know we have ex-’Lindfield’-pats living in Spain and Germany, news travels fast. We are please to see people are using the site and have given us further suggestions on what would be useful to have on the site where other websites seem to lack. We have been given a number of photographs which we have been putting up on the site for all to share and are pleased to report that our Employment section has done some good ! Of course it is important that you, the readers, keep us up to date with news and current affairs, together with forthcomming events, so if you are running an event then do let us know and we can publicise it for free to our web followers.