Plumpton & East Chiltington News January 2021 Z. R. LANDSCAPES Landscaping Fencing Hedge Cutting and Treework Turf Laying DRIVER TRAINING Driveways CAR, LGV, PCV, FLT, HIAB Patios 40 East View Fields And More Plumpton Green BN7 3EF Zac Robins 07949 220721 Tel: 01273 890410 [email protected] www.hillsofplumpton.co.uk CONTACT FOR A FREE ESTIMATE Eastwood Heating & Plumbing Keep your energy bills low by making sure your boiler is serviced regularly. A well serviced boiler keeps your energy consumption low and can Identify faults early, avoiding expensive breakdown cost. Plumpton Green based Heating Engineer for all Oil and Gas appliances please call James on 07876 294262 or 01273 890526 104339 528262 Plumpton Stores & Post Office R. A. Brooks & Son Your local village store is now open: Y F D M M 5.45am to 7.30pm Monday to Friday P -P F P 35 Wivelsfiel Roa , Ravenoa,, 7.00am to 7.30pm Saturday Haywar s Heath Allin.ton Roa , Newic, 7.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 01273 890229 email: [email protected] www.brooksfunerals.co.uk PLUMPTON & EAST CHILTINGTON NEWS January 2021 Page Over 2020 I have been adding events to the calendar and then removing them a Plumpton Parish Council 2 month later when events get postponed East Chiltington Parish Council 5 or cancelled. This month I am pleased to County & District councils 6 say that we have a list of events for 2021 Maria Caufield 9 for the Horticultural Society, St. Peter & DR’s Diary 10 St. James Hospice and The Plumpton Christmas Walkby Market 12 Society. Bird Watch 13 The only cancellation is, sadly, Plumpton Society poem 15 PlumptonFest which was due to take Church Services 16 place on 13th March. Hopefully it will be Events Calendar 17 rearranged for later in the year. Climate Change 18 The start of 2021 brings the first of a new St. Peter & St. James Hospice 19 series of articles on Climate Change by Rude Mechanicals 22 Carole and Paul Nicholson. Plumpton & East Chiltington If a group you are involved with has plans Wildlife 24 for 2021 do let us know. Footpath Detective 27 If you would like to send in book, film, Chailey Commons 28 music reviews or your favourite recipes Citizens Advice 31 please do.. This is your magazine.. [email protected] 1 Plumpton Parish Council on improving the playing surfaces, we need to protect the grass areas. www.plumptonpc.co.uk 2020 was a difficult year for all of us, Notes from the Parish Meeting 8 th let’s hope for brighter days ahead. December 2020 (remote meeting over ZOOM). Next meeting is at 7:30pm on the 12 th January 2021. (Remote Meeting over The Parish Council Village Green grass Zoom) cutting maintenance contract is due for renewal on 1st April 2021, this is a 3 year contract. Please contact the GOOD NEIGHBOURS parish clerk on [email protected] for We need your help a copy of the tender invitation terms. The conditions application deadline is Our current Chairperson is 31st January 2021. leaving Plumpton for pastures new so we are looking for a There will be a minor reduction in train replacement & a new secretary services in the new year with 1 up and to help run the committee. 1 down service being removed from the timetable. The positions won’t require a lot The Village Hall online booking sytem is of your time and it is very progressing well and should be fully rewarding to be a part of a great operational in the New Year. team of people helping out in your local community. Improved security at both the Village Hall and Pavilion has been implemented wth Ring video door bells and security If you are interested in getting alarms being installed at both locations. involved - please contact one of The locks at the Pavilion have been our coordinators for a chat. changed as it was clear that unauthorised persons had access to keys. 07786 152215 / 07478 524152 Improved verti-drainage and mole draining have been successfully installed along the length of the paying field adjacent to the road/railway track. Could users please note that vehicles should, on no account, park on the grass at any point before the anticipated improved weather conditions in the Spring. The considerable level of rainfall has made the grass areas extremely soft and, as we have spent considerable amounts 2 A clean carpet FLORAL ART isn’t all we guarantee…… Mobile Florist - Wide Delivery Service NICHOLA MASSINGALE • Carpet Cleaning & Repairs, retufting & reweaving Phone: Plumpton (01273) 891301 • Mobile: 07970 462337 Upholstery Cleaning • . • Weddings • Funerals• Rug Cleaning including Wool & Silk •Special Occasions• •Contract • Dried• • Curtain Dry Cleaning on-site-at- the-window • Carpet Moth Treatment Service Rupert Thacker • Fire & Flood Clean-Up Service st Furniture Restoration Services Now celebrating 24 years of providing 1 class service Including Furniture repairs, Polishing etc. of in Plumpton, Plumpton Green, East Chiltington, Antique, Contemporary, and Reproduction Furniture Lewes & Brighton. Fletching, E Sussex, TN22 3TQ Call Paul or Liz on 01273 733339 Tel : 01825-713111 (Workshop) For a free no-obligation quotation Mobile: 07950-035044 Or email [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rupert-thacker.com See our website for special offers www.servicemasterbrighton.co.uk Robert Symes The Hairdressers TREE SURGEON Sarah And Mandy East Chiltington Tel: Plumpton South Road Wivelsfield Green (01273) 890080 01444 471224 Free Esmates 3 Starflower Arts & Massage Creative Art Workshops Collage, Felting, Papermaking etc. Holistic Massage & Aromatherapy Home Visits for Women Sarah Holloway BA(Hons) PGCE MIPTI E. Chiltington, 07751 986790 www.starflowerarts.weebly.com www.starflowermassage.weebly.com A club for unattached Men and women, aged 50+ Plumpton Pilates Eating out, quizzes, music, Morning and evening group classes Walking, golf, theatre, in Plumpton Village Hall. sport, Arts & holidays Regular club meetings in Brighton & Hove, 1:1 Pilates at home also available. Lewes, Mid-Sussex and Horsham For further information visit our website: Please contact Charis 07881 825007 www.thegroup.org.uk [email protected] ALLEN UPTON PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICESERVICESSSS • Member of the Institute of Plumbing • Registered Plumber • General Plumbing Installaon & Repairs Free Esmates and Advice Tel: Plumpton (01273) 890668 or 07711 712 477 Email: [email protected] 4 interest you, please contact [email protected] in the first instance. At present it is unclear when the next Parish meeting will take place due to fast Hopefully by the time of reading this changing government restrictions many of our most vulnerable however as ever please contact the clerk parishioners will have been offered if you have any queries. and received the Covid 19 vaccination should they so wish. The Parish council would like to take this Hopefully as this programme rolls out opportunity to wish all our parishioners a we may be able to enjoy some happy and healthy 2021. relaxation of the constraints upon our movements and get back to PLUMPTON & EAST some form of normality. CHILTINGTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS Yet another large deposit of fly WE ARE HERE FOR YOU tipped waste was left at various points along Novington Lane,much of it being paint and builder’s type Plumpton & East Chiltington Good waste . The police were notified, and Neighbours have worked throughout the road washed of some of the the village during lockdown and paints which had been spilled thus beyond. preventing a hazard to traffic. Our We have been collecting prescriptions, thanks go to councillor Durham who shopping, posting letters and parcels, gave his own time to clear a quantity taking pets to the vets with their of the remainder and take it to the owner, turning mattresses etc. recycling centre at Lewes. Most importantly keeping someone company in these trying times and The Parish council has been generating a friendship approached by a resident of the Westmeston ,Streat and East Whatever you might like help with, we Chiltington History group which are here to help in any small way. finally closed in 2014. The group had throughout time gathered a great We have a number of Volunteers deal of informative archives which willing to assist. Perhaps you would have been digitalised and will be like help with addressing your offered to the Keep which has limited Christmas cards or sewing on a space and will not be able to take the button.No job is too small for us. entire collection. To avoid the collection being split the resident has “One of the greatest gifts we can give asked if anyone locally has any is our time” interest in re- establishing the group Please give one of our coordinators a They would be happy to work with call on 07478524152 or 07786152215. any interested parties to get things up and running. If this is something you feel might 5 County Council and District concerns. Council Reports Along with over 2,000 other councillors January 2021 across the country, Sarah Osborne and I gave our support to a letter from Friends Report from County Councillor of the Earth and countryside charity CPRE expressing concern about the Sussex residents urged to join impact Government proposals to change COVID vaccine team our planning system could have on A reminder that the NHS in Sussex is nature and our environment. on the hunt for thousands of potential Reduction in rail services vaccinators and volunteers to help I understand that Southern/GTR are protect millions of people from COVID- planning the removal of two stopping 19 quickly when a safe and effective services at both Plumpton and vaccine becomes available. Cooksbridge train stations. I wrote to Anyone wanting to volunteer can do object and they have replied saying that so here : www.sussexcommunity.nhs.u should passenger numbers recover then k/work-with-us/covid19vaccine.htm the services could be re-instated saying Track and Trace "the missing services can be re-instated I have asked for data on what when the crew position allows and / or percentage of contacts on the local passengers return in the future after Track and Trace service now in coronavirus".