Local village talk, by the village Issue #18 : Sept. 2016 Including Sayers Common & Albourne Free Please help yourself! What’s in a road name? p. 22 Another recipe by Belle p. 32 Festival history p. 10 HL18 sept mag.indd 1 24/08/2016 15:32 2 Follow us on Twitter: @HurstLifeMag www.hurstlife.co.uk HL18 sept mag.indd 2 24/08/2016 15:32 EDITORIAL By David Tingley, Editor Things change all the time, don’t they? It’s no different when publishing magazines! Some months we have very last minute changes to the content - we are always as flexible as possible but there’s always an absolute cut-off too. One of the beneficiaries of such circumstances this month is a competition held by Hurstpierpoint Bowling Club last month. I was very pleased to be invited to take part, which I did with my daughter, in this new event. See page 18 for more information and lots of photos - how many people do you recognise? As always there’s plenty of news from the village, which start right over the page. I’m very grateful to Hurst resident Sophia Hunnisett for her putting together an article which goes some way to explain the relevance of the names of the new roads around the village. It was a lovely idea, and we are pleased to be able to share it. Read more on page 22. Deb Hollywood went out to the theatre recently. Well, technically, went to the garden of the New Inn! But read what you may have missed on page 29. Belle Amatt shares a great-sounding chicken recipe on page 32. Be warned, if it’s not dinner time - you might wish it was! The new school term starts shortly which provides the perfect excuse to mix up our popular 5 Mins With feature. I am very grateful to two Hurst residents and Downlands students for taking time out to answer our regular questions. Read about Emily Chinn and Louie Garnet on page 40. And if you would like to appear in this feature - do please email in your answers to editor@ hurstlife.co.uk. I hope you enjoy reading this, our largest issue yet, and if you have any ideas about future content do please get in touch - we’d love to hear from you. Issue #18 – September 2016 – Published 4,500 copies printed by Kipper Next magazine copydate: 18th September 2016 Next magazine published: 1st October 2016 Hurst Life The Barn, Hurstwood Grange Haywards Heath RH17 7QX Telephone 01273 796026 www.hurstlife.co.uk Editor: David Tingley Assistant: Deb Hollywood <[email protected]> Advertising: Emily Billson <[email protected]> Disclaimer: The opinions expressed within the magazine are of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the editors. Whilst the editors welcome contributions & photographs, this is on the understanding that there is no obligation to include them Jane Willis and that the item may be edited & that there is no breach of copyright. Neither the The busy High Street editors nor the publisher accept any liability during Hurst Festival in respect of the content of any article, photo or advertisement. September 2016 Like us: www.facebook.com/HurstLifeMag 3 HL18 sept mag.indd 3 24/08/2016 15:32 We love to hear from groups, organisations and individuals about what’s happening locally. Include a photo if you can. NEWS Email your stories to [email protected] Albourne Neighbourhood Plan goes to the vote The referendum on the Albourne Neighbourhood Plan takes place on Thursday 1st September in Albourne Village Hall. Albourne Parish Council urges all residents entitled to vote in Albourne to take part in the referendum and to vote ‘yes’ in support of the proposal: ‘Do you want Mid Sussex District Autumn Show 24th Sept Council and South Downs National Park By Kathy Green Authority to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Hurstpierpoint Horticultural Society will hold its annual Albourne Parish area to help decide planning Autumn Show on 24th September at the Village Centre. applications in the neighbourhood area?’ Come and enjoy the chrysanthemums, dahlias, The Plan aims to give local planning decisions autumn flowers, fruit, vegetables, cookery and children’s to local people, not developers, and to protect exhibits. Tea and home-made cake. Raffle and auction of Albourne against unwanted development. produce at the end of the show. Please see the Albourne Parish Why not have a go at exhibiting? Entry is free and Council website for further details www. open to all. Pick up a schedule from Gibsons in the High albourneparishcouncil.co.uk Street for full details. The show opens at 2.15pm. 4 Follow us on Twitter: @HurstLifeMag www.hurstlife.co.uk HL18 sept mag.indd 4 24/08/2016 15:32 Downlands says goodbye to Mrs Hetherton After twenty six years at Downlands, the school said ‘Farewell’ to Headteacher Rose Hetherton at the end of last term. Old and current staff mingled with former and current governors, PTA members and local residents as well as Rose’s former teachers during a summer afternoon tea held in July to wish her well in her well-earned retirement after seven successful years as Head of Downlands Community School. Di Hunt, the current Chair of Governors, gave a moving speech about the fantastic contribution Rose has made to the school and the local community during her time at the school. Mark Wignall takes over as new Headteacher from this month. Mr Wignall was previously one of the school’s deputy headteachers. The Governors of the Hassocks school felt that Mr Wignall was the best candidate to continue moving Downlands forward. “With the major build project on the horizon and an increase in pupil numbers we are sure that Mr Wignall will do an excellent job in maintaining the values and ethos of the school,” one commented. September 2016 Like us: www.facebook.com/HurstLifeMag 5 HL18 sept mag.indd 5 24/08/2016 15:32 Wot no optician? Many residents of the village will have noticed the closing of the opticians practice on the High Street before the summer. So, what’s happening with it? Hurstpierpoint resident Vicki Macken bought the previous practice from Mr Chapple back in June with her business partner Paul Watts. However, the expectation was that it would be possible to build a wheelchair lift to ensure full disability access to the shop - which is a requirement for new NHS practices. Just last month they found out that it wasn’t practical to make the lift work at that premises. The situation now stands that Vicki and Paul have Marram launches had to temporarily transfer all the patient records to Hassocks Eyecare Centre (their existing business) while they are actively seeking a suitable building to yoga classes become available on the High Street in Hurstpierpoint. “Paul and I are keen to be in the village, so the High Street business Marram Trading is opening its doors search now begins for somewhere with wide doors in the evenings to a new type of trade. and no step! We hope that Hurst Optical will reopen in Millie Hampson, owner of Marram, explains: “We are a few months,” Vicki explained. building a lifestyle brand and a social hub in the centre of Hurstpierpoint. We have a great indoor and outdoor space and I am really looking forward to adding yoga as another dimension to our wellbeing sector.” Starting this month Marram will open a regular class to be run by Hurstpierpoint resident and yoga teacher Kristal Jacovides. The Kristal Flow Yoga sessions will take place every Tuesday night between 7-8pm, starting on 6th September. More details from Marram, 113 High Street. Do you have any Wright Heather Trott unwanted items you Hurstpierpoint Pre- would like to sell? School Anniversary By Ebony Scoffern By Ann Higginson 2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of Hurstpierpoint Albourne Village Hall Social Group is organising a Pre-School first opening its doors. So, to celebrate this Table Top Sale on Saturday 22nd October. momentous occasion, we will be holding an afternoon Tables are £10 each and can be booked from tea in the Club Suite in the Village Centre on Saturday 3rd [email protected] September from 2.30pm. Doors open from 8.30am for setting up and We are calling all past & present students, staff and 9.30am to 3.30pm for customers. Hot and cold anyone with photos or memories of the Pre-School refreshments will be available throughout the day, to join us on this day. We would also appreciate the including breakfast rolls in the morning, home donation of any cakes for everybody to enjoy on the day! made soup and home-baked cakes. If you do have any photos you are able to lend us to Any unsold items must be taken home at the display, please write your name and phone number on end of the day. the back so we can return them safely. Many thanks in advance from myself and all the Pre- School Committee. 6 Follow us on Twitter: @HurstLifeMag www.hurstlife.co.uk HL18 sept mag.indd 6 24/08/2016 15:32 HL18 sept mag.indd 7 24/08/2016 15:32 8 Follow us on Twitter: @HurstLifeMag www.hurstlife.co.uk HL18 sept mag.indd 8 24/08/2016 15:32 HL18 sept mag.indd 9 24/08/2016 15:32 How it all started The beginning of Hurst Festival By Deb Hollywood This month brings the village its 12th annual festival. Back in 2004, a modest one-day taster festival led Margaret and Kevin Carey, along with Michel Olszewski, to believe that a longer Hurstpierpoint Festival would be a great idea.