YOUR April 2016 STEYNINGStay in touch www.yoursteyning.co.uk Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 1 YS 2 Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk WHAt’S INSIDE APRIL 2016 What's On in April 4. Romeo and Juliet at St Botolph's Church 5. Steyning Festival News 10. April Diary 16. Out & About 28. Wilton Park 70th Anniversary to be commemorated in a ‘Wilton Textile’ 30. The Call of the Open Road 36. Garden Project at Fletchers Croft carpark 44. Steyning Community Orchard - April News Useful Numbers 50. Steyning Downland Scheme Bird Survey Group Steyning Library 50. Vocal Fusion Opening Hours: Monday - Friday: 10.00 - 5.00pm Saturday: 54. Steyning's Lost Station 10.00 - 2pm 56. Book Reviews Email: [email protected] 59. Parish News 01903 812751 68. Clean Eating Steyning Minibus 72. April Gardening News Sherie Knight on 01903 815433 78. Index Rural Steyning & Upper Beeding Children & Family Information Point Upper Beeding Baptist Church, Church Lane, Upper Beeding, 9.00 - 12.00 Call 01903 270459/8. The Steyning Health Centre Tanyard Lane, Steyning, BN44 3RJ Telephone Appointments: 01903 843400 Out of Hours/Emergencies: 01903 843400 Surgery Hours: Monday 8am, to 8pm, Tuesday 8am to 6.30pm Wednesday 8am to 8pm, Thursday 8am to 8pm Friday 8am to 6.30pm, Saturday and Sunday: Closed Steyning & District Good Neighbours Association 01903 816181 Steyning Parish Council www.steyningpc.gov.uk Tel: 01903 812042 Stay in touch Email: [email protected] For up-to-date news and information about what’s going on The Steyning Centre in Steyning visit our website www.yoursteyning.co.uk [email protected] Like us on Tel: 01903 812042 www.facebook.com/steyningcommunitymagazine Opening Hours 9am to 5pm Follow us on Twitter: @yoursteyning The Steyning Centre, Fletcher’s Croft, Steyning, BN44 3XZ Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 3 LOCAL NEWS Romeo and Juliet at St Botolph's Church The streets of Verona are fraught with ceaseless fighting betweenthe Montagues and Capulets. Consequence though, hangs in the stars and when the children of these two great households meet,there is hope that their love will conquer all... This April, This is my Theatre invite you to celebrate Shakespeare's400th anniversary with their telling of his most famous love story Romeo and Juliet. Led by local theatre director Sarah Slator, modern characterisation,choral song and physical theatre techniques will bring this epic and emotional tale to life in the beautiful setting of St Botolph's Church, near Steyning. "You know their story, but not like this..." Performances: Friday April 22nd and Saturday April 23rd 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm) Tickets: General admission £10 Friends of St Botolph's £7 Tickets can be purchased from:Steyning Bookshop, Upper Beeding Newsagents, Bookworms of Shoreham. Please note seating is unreserved. Contact Sarah Slator 07732253311 for further details and accessibility arrangements A proportion of money raised will be donated to The Friends of St Botolph's to support renovation and rejuvenation work carried out by The Churches Conservation Trust Information about The Friends of St Botolph's:[email protected] Art in the Park This is a call for models to participate in a "drawing for all" event during the festival. On the first Sunday (22nd May 2016) Steyning Arts in conjunction with Steyning Festival will encourage the public to make art. Easels, paper, pencils and charcoal (possibly rubbers!) will be supplied in Fletcher's Croft for all to try their talents at drawing/ sketching models or anything else that takes their fancy. We need one or more clothed models.This is an exciting opportunity to parade some way out clothing and join in the drawing too (outlandish garb or uniforms encouraged) please contact: [email protected] or tel 07866835640 Farewell to Chris Luckin, , Chris Luckin officially Headteacher of Steyning Primary School As most parents with children at Steyning CE Primary School will already know retires at the end of March this year after more than 14 years as our Headteacher. Chris began his professional teaching career in 1972 and has been a full time Headteacher since 1985. As far as Steyning is concerned, this has been an eventful period for the school which was completely rebuilt some 4 years after Chris joined us and provides the wonderful environment that our children and grandchildren are able to enjoy today. Besides the addition of a dedicated Nurture Group classroom in 2014, following a generous grant from the Wilson Memorial Trust, Chris’ final legacy to the school will be the newly refurbished library currently under construction and paid for from the funds raised by the Friends of Steyning Primary School. Immediately after the Easter holidays, Sue Harrison, currently Headteacher at English Martyrs Primary School in Worthing will take up the reins. Sue, like Chris, joins us with a wealth of previous experience and we very much look forward to welcoming her to the school during the summer term. In closing, the Governors and staff would like to express their sincere thanks for all that Chris has done for the children of Steyning and wish him all the very best in his well-deserved retirement. Chris plans to continue to live in Steyning so will become an even more familiar face around the town over the months to come. David Herson Chair of Governors Steyning Primary School YS 4 Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk LOCAL NEWS Steyning Festival News Steyning Festival Yarn Bomb competition sponsored by Knitting for All. The Yarn Bomb is back! We tried this out in 2014 and it proved very popular so we are going to have another go. In case this is new to you, yarn bombing or guerrilla knitting is a type of street art that employs colourful displays of knitted, crochet or woven yarn or fibre. Yarn bombing can happen anywhere form lamp-posts to bicycles, trees to statues. The more colourful the better, this form of cosy art is designed to make us all smile and is just perfect for decorating the town during the festival. How to Yarn Bomb and enter the competition Choose somewhere to put your yarn bomb – a lamppost, a railing, a bench seat or a tree. Anything that you think would be cheered by your creation. Your own street, the High Street and Church Street are all good places and this years festival is centred around the Big Top Marquee in Cuthmans field so the more yarn we can get around there the better. Download a PDF with more information about this competition from the Steyning Festival website or contact: [email protected]. Growing Old Growing Wiser Writing Competition "Growing old is not for the faint-hearted", as somebody said, but obviously it's better than the alternative. Getting older does however bring with it the benefit of a lifetime's experience and it can also have its funny side. We would really like you to share your thoughts on this. So put your observations (funny or otherwise) onto paper or your computer or iPad, and send them to us. Visit the Steyning Festival website to download the competition details. Come to the Dingemans Centre on Tuesday 24th May to hear some of the fabulous stories! Steyning Festival Young Dancer of the Year Steyning Festival Young Dancer of the Year 2016 is a new award for the young people in our community to showcase their talent. Dancers are invited to enter as a soloist in any dance style (ballet, contemporary, hip hop etc...) into a qualifying round on the 1st May 2016. Visit the Steyning Festival website to download the competition details. BECOME A FRIEND Are you a Friend of the Festival? If not, you are missing out on a good deal. Membership is £15.00 for an individual and £20.00 for a couple or family. For this you will get: • Priority Booking for events in the Festival (some of the headline events sell out quickly!) • Regular mailings and updates on events • A Launch Evening on Saturday 16th April, 7.30pm at Steyning Grammar School. • A unique Festival Friends’ Event on the evening before the Festival, 20th May. Be the first to experience our new, exciting Festival Marquee which will be on Cuthman’s Field. • And – the warm glow of knowing that you are supporting the Festival! Download a form from our website www.steyningfestival.co.uk or obtain one from Jenny Toomey at Jarvis, Jarvis Lane, Steyning or email her at [email protected]. BECOME A VOLUNTEER Volunteer with us and meet new and diverse people all helping to make Steyning Festival run smoothly. We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable people to support our infrastructure (lots of work happening at the moment) and to help during the two week event across a range of tasks. Please contact us at [email protected] Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 5 YS 6 Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 7 YS 8 Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk Your Steyning April 2016 • www.yoursteyning.co.uk YS 9 OUT & ABOUT IN APRIL April Diary The following pages show meetings, clubs and events that take place in Steyning. The diary is divided into three sections. First are the events and meetings which take place in April. This is followed by clubs and meetings which occur weekly. There is something for everyone! A full and extensive list of all clubs, societies, meetings and events can be found on our website at www.yoursteyning.co.uk Saturday 2nd April Tickets are available at the Steyning Centre and on the Steyning Farmers Market* door on the evening.