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THE CHRONICLE

is published six times a year by St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly for the benefit of the

communities of West Hoathly, Sharpthorne and Highbrook.

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From the Editorial Team . . .

Summer time and the living is easy...........

What a wonderful couple of months we have had. Every week there has been something to look

forward to and enjoy. The Garden Trail was a great success as was the Masquerade Ball and

The Una Voce concerts. Topping it all was the West Hoathly Street and Food Fair with their

World Cup Theme. Well done everyone involved.

We hope that after all this activity you are now ready for a more relaxing time to enjoy life’s

simple pleasures: the long warm evenings, the sunshine, holidays, getting together with friends

and family, walks in our beautiful countryside, enjoying your gardens - whatever is for you –

enjoy.

Whilst you are taking time out why not look through the Chronicle and see if any of the clubs in

and around the community interest you. You can always be assured of a warm welcome and

many are starting again in September after their summer breaks.

Happy holidays

From Anne, Kathy, Marion and Janet

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The Chronicle for August-September 2014 -

Next Issue

The next issue of the Chronicle will cover the months

of

October & November 2014. Latest date for the

submission of articles is Monday 8th September

2014. Printed copies will be available on Friday 19th

The Cover

Many thanks to Monica Moore for the cover of this

issue of the Chronicle. Please keep those creative

ideas and artwork coming!

Please send cover designs to Kathy Brown.

Thanks to the West Hoathly Royal British

Legion for sponsoring the printing, in colour, of

this special page

Dear Friends

Each of you should give what you have decided

in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under

compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2

Corinthians 9:7)

I for one am giving thanks to God for the

wonderful summer we have had – plenty of

sunshine, (though maybe even a bit too hot for

some!), rain to water the plants and the

opportunity to get outside and to enjoy the

garden, and the beauty of nature all around us.

As Christians, we recognise that everything we

have is a gift from God – life itself, our time,

skills, money, health, talents, possessions,

family and friends, and the greatest gift of all,

His peace in our hearts, which Jesus’ death for

us on the Cross has made possible, and knowing

His leading and presence with us day by day.

During September, St Margaret’s congregation

will be looking together at how we can give

back to God, how we can show our gratitude to

Him and how we can use all that He has given

us most effectively to extend His kingdom here

on earth. The proposed extension to our

building to make it more fit for purpose for the

21st century, will call us all to rise to the

challenge of giving of our time and resources to

see the project through. Our Stewardship

Renewal Service will be the culmination of this

process on 28th September.

Reviewing how we use our time, talents and

money is a good exercise for us all. Some

practical areas to review might be how we use

our homes to show hospitality, our vehicles to

share lifts or help those who need lifts to

hospital or doctors’ appointments, supporting

fair trade in our shopping, and checking that our

savings and investments are ethically sound.

This month we will also be commemorating the

sacrifice of many who gave their lives in the

First World War and there will be a special

service at St Margaret’s on 3 August at 6pm. It

is so sad to think of the many young men who

went to war and never had the chance to “grow

old”, whose lives were cut off in the prime of

life. This is the effect of war throughout history;

even as I write this, men, women and children

are dying in violent conflicts all over the world.

This makes it all the more poignant as we

consider the privileges we have and how we can

“cheerfully” use all that we have and are to

serve those around us.

We have each been entrusted with so much.

Jesus said that from those to whom much is

given, much will be expected. Let’s ask God to

show each of us how we can use our “talents” to

give the Master a good return on what He has

given us. Let us use our lives each day to do His

work and to be a blessing to our community and

to those further afield.

With love and warm greetings.

Ven, Lionel Whatley

Vicar of All Saints Highbrook and St Margaret’s

West Hoathly

The Chronicle for August—September 2014 -

HIGHLIGHTS OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

AT ST. MARGARET’S, WEST HOATHLY

& ALL SAINTS’, HIGHBROOK


During the months of June and July several members

of West Hoathly Bowls Club have passed away.

Although not members of this parish we pray for their

families at this sad time:

John ‘Jack’ Lovejoy—whose funeral was held at

Ardingly on Monday 23rd June.

Noel McLean—who passed away on Monday 16th

June and whose funeral was held at Surrey and

Sussex Crematorium on Wednesday 2nd July.

Ted Rogers—who passed away on 10th July and

whose funeral will be held at Surrey and Sussex

Crematorium on Friday 1st August at 12 pm.

Events:

Alex Baxter, who was a regular member of the

congregation at St Margaret’s and is now a curate at

Eastbourne, was ordained as a Priest at St Mary’s,

East Grinstead at 7 pm on Thursday 19 June. The

service was performed by Bishop Mark to a full

congregation and refreshments were provided

afterwards in the church hall.

Upcoming Events:

Sunday 3rd August at 6 pm:

The West Hoathly Royal British Legion are holding a

remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the

outbreak of WWI as a tribute to

those who gave their lives for their

country. The service will be held in

St Margaret’s and consist of songs

and poetry from the period together

with hymns and military music.

This will be followed by

refreshments.

Sunday 31st August at 5 pm:

A Barbeque will be held at All

Saints, Highbrook to remember the

100th anniversary of the outbreak of

WWI followed by an evening

programme.

Sunday Club:

St Margaret’s offers a Sunday Club for children up to

the age of 10 every Sunday with the exception of the

3rd Sunday in the month when there is a family

service at which the children take part in plays,

readings and prayers.

Stewardship Campaign:

A stewardship campaign will start on Sunday 7th

September in aid of St Margaret’s Church.

THANK YOU—A big thank you to all who

contributed to the Street Fair on the 19th July be

it with cakes, jams or just your time and especially

to Derek & Tim for all their hard work, in

organising this event, it was much appreciated.

From our records

Funeral Services:

Stanford Merrifield:

Stanford Merrifield passed away on Tuesday 17th

June. A funeral service was held at Holy Trinity

Church, Forest Row, on Monday 7th July at 2 pm.

Marguerite Esther Clifford:

Marguerite Clifford passed away on 7th June at

Princess Royal Hospital. Her funeral service took

place at the United Reform Church, Crawley

followed by a cremation at Worth.

Memorial Services:

Esme Merry:

Esme Merry passed away on Tuesday 27th May at

Sliver Court Nursing Home. Esme was the mother

of Bill Merry and mother-in-law to Cathy Merry. A

service was held at The Surrey and Sussex

Crematorium on Tuesday 17th June at 1.30 pm.

Jess Covey:

Jess Covey passed away on Wednesday 2nd July at

Silver Court Nursing Home, previously from West

Hoathly. Jess was the mother of Barbara Polhill A

service was held at the Surrey and Sussex

Crematorium on Wednesday 16th July.

Interment of Ashes:

The ashes of Mr Frederick Smith were interred in St

Margaret’s Churchyard on Monday 16th June.

Baptisms:

Lola Jessie Tyler:

Was baptised at St Margaret’s on Saturday 14th

June.

Sophie Poynter:

Was baptised at St Margaret’s on Sunday 15th June.

Henry Martin:

Was baptised at St Margaret’s on Sunday 18th May.

Weddings:

William Oliver Franks and Elizabeth Storm De

Klee

Were married at All Saints, Highbrook on Saturday

28th June at 3.30 pm:

Kevin John Tull and Serena Michele Whitlock:

Were married at All Saints, Highbrook on Saturday

19th July at 2 pm.

Stewart Worth Newton and Joan Mary

Fellingham:

Were married at St Margaret’s on Wednesday 23rd

July at 11.30 am.

T h e C h r o n i c l e f o r A u g u s t a n d S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 – P a g e 5

WEST HOATHLY AUGUST EVENTS

WH ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

100th Anniversary of the Outbreak of WWI

Just a reminder that the British Legion are holding a commemoration service to remember and honour those

who gave their lives in WW1, which commenced on 4th August 1914. This will be held in St Margaret's

Church on Sunday 3rd August at 6 pm followed by refreshments.

Everybody is welcome to come and join in the service which will consist of poetry readings

and music from that period together with hymns and military music. It is hoped that this ser-

vice will not serve to glorify war but will remember those who gave their lives for their coun-

try in the hope that it would make the world a better place for all to live.

Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Show:

Don't forget the British Legion Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Show on Saturday 23rd August in West Hoathly

Village Hall. Bring along your vegetables, fruit, produce, jams, cakes, flower arrangements, photographs

and crafts, the more the merrier. Special sections for children.

Entry forms will be available in most local outlets at the end of July but if you would like more information

please contact any of the following:

Laurie Gausden - 810751

Gary Coxall - 810697

Bev Mager - 810164

Vintage Tea Party at the Priest House

Please join us for a nostalgic fund-raising afternoon in the delightful cottage

garden at the Priest House on Sunday 24th August 2.30 - 5.30pm.

Top notch period music will be provided by Graham Barber and his wind-up gramophone. Period costume

optional with prizes for the best attire. Come and join is for a wonderful trip down memory lane.

The Friends of the Priest House Committee

Great War High Tea, All Saints’ Church, Highbrook, 31st August, 5.00pm

There will be a display of photos and stories of local people involved, a barbecue, 1st World War

costume competition, children’s games, and music of the era. It will start at 5.00 pm and finish at dusk with

the Last Post at the All Saints’ War Memorial. You are welcome to bring your own

wine, etc.

Entrance is free but donations would be welcome and will be divided between All

Saints’ Church and Highbrook Village Hall.

Please contact Lyn Tipper ([email protected]) or Molly Cooper

([email protected]) to let us know if you plan to attend.


T h e C h r o n i c l e f o r A u g u s t a n d S e p t e m b e r 2014 - P a g e 6

“Representing Highbrook, Selsfield, Sharpthorne, Tyes Cross and West Hoathly”

West Hoathly Village Hall Transformation – Latest Update By the time you are reading this two further elements of the Hall transformation will be underway and another is set to take place in September. At the end of July work started on the new Parish Council office across the stage from the existing office. The office works are long-overdue and will provide a better layout, be more comfortable and energy efficient and be a more presentable working environment for the Parish Clerk. This project is funded by the Parish Council and is being carried out by a local firm. During August the replacement central heating system will be installed throughout the hall with a modern, energy efficient boiler, new radiators and multi-zoned controls. This means a cheaper to run system, a less cluttered hall and faster heating up of the space. Preparatory building works have already been completed to accommodate the boiler. This project is being funded from Village Hall reserves. In September, funded by a WSCC grant, the old Parish Office will have new equipment storage facilities for regular users. The work is also being carried out by a local contractor.

Parish Councillor Vacancy – Time to Act! For several months your Council has been two Councillors short of its full complement of 11. Appeals have been made for other residents to come forward – but with NO success to date. Your Council has been and continues to progress an unprecedented number of projects and initiatives to improve the community’s facilities and address residents’ requirements. However, the shortage of Councillors is putting an increased load on the shoulders of the current 9 members and the ability of the Council to maintain the progress is NOW being compromised. Parish Council Chairman, John Downe ([email protected]) would be happy to discuss the role with you if you would like to consider serving on the Council.

Another Youth Forum Success – North Lane Rec Playground As a result of the efforts and involvement of the Youth Forum led by the Parish Council, the parish has been awarded a £20,000 grant by the SITA Trust. This is the major part of a significant upgrade of the children’s playground on North Lane Rec to include many exciting new play features. The Youth Forum has played a key part in the project by researching the requirements, choosing the pieces of equipment and their layout and then supporting the grant applications. A modern and stimulating playground for the community's children will result which will add to the parish's appeal to young families. Other grants are still being sought which, with the parish council's own playground fund and the SITA grant, will mean the whole project can be completed ready for use within the next year.

Neighbourhood Plan – Update The 6-week period for comments on the draft Parish Neighbourhood Plan finished on 14th July. The Parish Council is reviewing the comments received to assess whether modifications are needed to the draft plan prior to its submission to Mid Sussex District Council for the next steps. You can keep up to date at www.HoathlyHub.info/OurPlan.

Top Road – Soft Landscaping Initiative Your Council are offering households with land adjoining Top Road a contribution of up to £50 towards the best projects proposed to change the area visible to motorists driving along Top Road. The aim is to break-up the continuity of the streetscape and give variations to the scene – thereby reducing the speed of traffic through the village. Even if you don’t have a boundary onto Top Road, the Council would very much welcome your ideas – a new Hub “Speak Out” topic has been set up so that all residents can easily make suggestions.

WEST HOATHLY PARISH COUNCIL

Parish Clerk: Helen Schofield - The Parish Office, North Lane, West Hoathly, RH19 4QG T: 01342 811301 E: [email protected] Website: www.westhoathly.gov.uk

The office is open on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday between 9am and noon. Messages can be left at all other times on the answer phone or by email.

NB During August the office will only open occasionally to monitor the post.


West Hoathly

School

As I write this, the school is

coming to the end of another

busy and successful year.

Celebrations are being organised in the form of

the school play – Treasure Island, performed by

the Juniors with plenty of ahaaaaring between

the songs they have been learning.

The whole school shared their festival of

sport in beautiful sunshine. Traditional races

such as sprints and relays were interspersed with

events such as ‘welly-wanging’ to broaden the

skills used. The day ended with the traditional

run around the field showing what fine sprinters

we have within our school.

We have attended many sporting events

this term such as stoolball and the East Grinstead

area sports where the school have participated

with aplomb. Our talents are not only sporting –

we came second in a county-wide maths event

where several of our students spent a day demon-

strating their numeric prowess. One of our pu-

pils has had their review of a film viewed at the

school’s film club, published on a national web-

site. Many and varied talents indeed.

To complement the school’s range of ex-

periences they wish to expand to the children,

Miss Stiles, our Year 5 and 6 teacher, and Mrs

George, our Chair of Governors, have completed

a trip to Christ Divine Academy in Ghana. This

trip cements an educational link between the two

schools which has already seen them share let-

ters and skype sessions and learn enormously

from each other’s cultures. Whilst there are ob-

vious differences, the children have enjoyed

learning about their similarities – favourite

sports, food, hobbies and pets.

Yet another cultural difference can be seen

outside the school with the formation of the new

knot garden, which develops the planting already

in place and has enabled much to be learnt about

Tudor gardens and the role that the different

plants had in their lives.

Following their leavers’ ceremonies at

Worth Abbey and in St Margaret’s, we wish our

current year 6 all the best at their new secondary

schools. We send them on their way, knowing

that they will carry with them memories, knowl-

edge and strength learnt from their time at West

Hoathly. We also look forward to receiving our

new pupils in September, not only in Reception

class but across the school. Our 2014/2015

school year will be a busy, vibrant and positive

learning place for all and we look forward to

sharing our experiences with our local commu-

nity as the year progresses. Sarah George, Chair of Governors

The Masquerade Ball, 21st

June

West Hoathly School Association holds a bian-

nual charity ball to raise vital funds for projects,

equipment, new teaching spaces, etc. that en-

hance the children’s educational experience.

This year’s “Masquerade Ball”, as well as being

a fantastic social event for the school and the

wider village community, was intended to raise

funds to support the further development of our

active “learning-on-the-go” project with a spe-

cial focus on providing portable (tablet) PCs for

use in classrooms and around the school.

In addition to raising funds for the school,

we also hold a ball in the marquee for the school

children on the Friday lunch time. This year the

theme was Horrible Histories. They had a

‘champagne reception’, followed by a ‘banquet’,

party games, face painting, tattoos, a visit from

the ice-cream man, and a disco.

At 6pm on mid-summer’s day, as the sun

was shining, 226 masked guests walked down

the red carpet to the entrance of the Art Deco

Grand Marquee on West Hoathly Cricket

Ground, to be welcomed with a glass of cham-

pagne. As it was a beautiful evening, everyone

gathered outside to enjoy their drinks, admire the

array of wonderful masks, and have their photos

taken by Simon Butler Photography in the pop-

up art deco photo studio, or posing next to Mike

Eichener’s vintage car which he kindly parked

next to the marquee for the evening.

Then guests were invited into the marquee

by our MC, Clive Martin, who set the scene for

the evening with an introduction to the

1920s/30s with a sound-scape from the era. This

was followed by an impressive three course meal

cooked by Gastro Catering. The live auction

commenced after the meal and thanks to gener-

ous bidders, raised over £3,000 alone. The total

amount raised from the evening was £7,000

which will enable us to purchase tablet com-

puters for the school.

The School Association would like to

thank West Hoathly Bowls Club and Cricket

Club for working with us to enable this event to

take place, and to the many parents who helped

to make this “ball weekend” such a success. Marianne Johnson (for the School Association)


West Hoathly WI

Our June meeting speaker was Lt. Col

Tania Cubison who spoke to us about he

Military Plastic Surgery Experiences in

Afghanistan. Her humorous account of her experi-

ences was inspirational. Between her tours in Af-

ghanistan she is based at East Grinstead’s Queen

Victoria Hospital where she applies her experience

gained overseas. Most of her work in Afghanistan

is with soldiers who have lost one or more limbs

due to land mines, or as they are known today IEDs

(Improvised Explosive Devices). Nowadays IEDs

are laid in a joined sequence so that if a soldier

steps on one the other soldiers cannot just rush in

or they too could be injured. So they have to use

equipment to work out how to get to the injured

person safely, which could take 15 or more min-

utes, in which time the injured soldier could bleed

to death! It is almost impossible to apply a tourni-

quet to oneself in this situation so now the very

uniforms worn have built in tourniquets! Injured

soldiers stand a better chance of survival due to this

remarkable piece of built in technology. Lt Col

Cubison and her fellow surgeons have pioneered

many advances that can help badly injured people,

which they now employ here in the UK. If I or

anyone I know is unfortunate enough to suffer in-

jury I only hope that Lt Col. Curbison is on hand in

the operating theatre!

Our July meeting was a complete contrast as

we held our meeting at The Ashdown Forest Llama

Park. After our usual business we were treated to

a lovely tea with sandwiches and cakes. Then we

went to meet Nicholas, a very splendid Llama, who

looked down his nose at us but deigned to accept

the pieces of carrot offered.. Most of us strolled

around the park and admired more of the animals,

including some reindeer resplendent with antlers..

We will meet next on TUESDAY 5th Au-

gust (note NOT MONDAY) for lunch at Luctons.

(12 for 12.30) Viona Hopwood

Sharpthorne WI

Since the last Chronicle our music group have

hosted a fund raising weekend with their

‘Showtime’ variety show. Our talented ladies with

some husbands and guests came together to pro-

duce 3 excellent performances which included song

and dance routines, comedy sketches, male water

ballet sequence, a visit from Barbie & Ken, joined

by children and grandchildren of members, a ser-

mon from our ‘WI Vicar’, a ‘WI Stripper’

and rounded off with the entire company

Singin’ in the Rain with ‘Gene Kelly’. It

was good to see so many people from the

village in the audience.

At our June meeting Lt.Col. Tania Cubison

gave us an excellent talk on ‘Afghanistan: Military

Plastic Surgery Experiences’. She gave us a very

interesting insight into military life in Afghanistan

and her explicit and rather gory photos of wounds

from explosives with the before and after surgery

pictures were amazing. One particular image of

what was a hand and it was the opinion of other

doctors that it should be amputated but Tania

wanted to work on it and after six hours she actu-

ally saved it. Although in the regular army Tania is

also based at Queen Victoria Hospital carrying out

routine plastic surgery in the McIndoe Surgery

Unit. It was good to hear about Afghanistan from

a soldier’s view. Tania has completed two tours to

the war zone tending to soldiers’ injuries before

they are transferred back to the UK for full treat-

ment, and she told us that when we withdrew from

there we had left a fully operational security force.

This month we welcomed the head Keeper

from the British Wildlife Centre who gave us a fas-

cinating, illustrated talk of the work they do there.

He gave us a brief history of how the site, situated

on the A22 between East Grinstead and Blindley

Heath, was converted from a dairy farm in the 70s

to what is now a natural habitat for native British

wildlife. It was opened to the public in 2000. The

main aim of the Centre is conservation through

education, particularly for children to teach them

about the wildlife we have in our country and the

environment they need to survive. They also breed

endangered species such as the red squirrel, water

vole and hedgehog among others and do research.

They have about 40 different species in the centre,

many rarely seen in the wild, living in large enclo-

sures landscaped to reflect their natural habitats.

We saw pictures of many of the animals and the

keeper and his team had brought with them a

hedgehog and owl to show us. A lot of the TV pro-

grammes such as ‘Spring Watch’ and ‘Country

File’ have been filmed at the Centre. It was a

really interesting talk.

We are now preparing exhibits for the Au-

tumn Show at the South of England Showground in

Ardingly in October. Our next meeting is an infor-

mal one for members only when we will be going

on a guided walk around Lindfield with a pub

meal after. Barbara Polhill

Fiona Hartley


Village Garden Trail

report

After a poor forecast and worrying but

ultimately freshening early morning show-

ers, we were blessed with ideal garden-

visiting weather. It would be difficult to

decide whether those visiting, about 240,

or those who so enthusiastically opened

their gardens, enjoyed it more. Thanks

from St Margaret’s to all who took part in

any way. We are considering making this

a regular event. Watch this space.......

We were surprised and thrilled to raise

£1940 for the St. Margaret’s Church building

fund. Ingrid Sethi

And praise from garden visitors ...

The day looked promising for good weather. The

owners on the trail had been working very hard

to get their gardens in tip top condition.

We set out to visit as many gardens as we

could in the four hours they were on show. All

the gardens we visited were lovely. All the

“gardeners” were very enthusiastic and passion-

ate about their plants and the way they had cre-

ated their gardens. Several had in recent years

tamed a wilderness and laid out stunning gar-

dens. They were all most welcoming. There were

small, neat, character gardens; big gardens with

fantastic vistas. The smells and colours were

amazing.

It was a great social occasion. We met

many neighbours and friends on our travels and

spoke with a lot of people who we had not met

before both from within the parish and else-

where. All were really enjoying a pleasant after-

noon in lovely surroundings. Tea and cakes

were most welcome in a number of the gardens

giving a great opportunity to chat with people

and re-charge our energy! The cakes were deli-

cious.

We met Ingrid Sethi several times on her

trip around checking all was going well – she

had been the instigator and organiser of the day.

And what a jolly good job she did too along with

her many helpers. Many thanks to Ingrid, her

team and all the Garden Owners for all their hard

work.

We look forward to this becoming a regu-

lar village event. Brenda and Keith Farley

What a lovely afternoon we had at the Open Gar-

dens Trail and what a wonderful variety of gar-

dens! It is always inspiring to talk to fellow gar-

dening enthusiasts and there are many of them in

West Hoathly. Our biggest surprise was Hoathly

Hill Community which we didn’t even know

about prior to our visit – what a lovely place; it

was a delight to wander in and out of the individ-

ual gardens and our tea and cake in the barn was

delicious.

It would be impossible to single out a fa-

vourite garden on the trail, as each garden has a

charm of its own but some of the vegetable plots

were superb and have given us lots of alternative

ideas for our own plot. Our biggest disappoint-

ment was that we simply ran out of time and did-

n’t get to see any of the Sharpthorne gardens.

There was so much to see and to enjoy and it

would have been a shame to rush from one gar-

den to another – gardeners don’t rush! Would it

be a good idea to have separate days say a couple

of weeks apart next time? This certainly isn’t a

criticism - just a suggestion. I think a whole day

might not be quite so appealing.

Congratulations West Hoathly on a splen-

did afternoon and for making us feel so wel-

come. We look forward to next year’s event! Diana Mead (East Grinstead)

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All progress is based upon a universal innate

desire on the part of every organism to live be-

yond its income.

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T h e C h r o n i c l e f o r A u g u s t a n d S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 – P a g e 1 5

Music happening in our area

Jazz

Second Monday in every month at the

‘Haywaggon’, Hartfield

Sharpthorne Organic Cafe

Live music on Saturdays 12.00-14.00

Village walk

28 Sept Tony Johns

Walks start at 10.00 am from Finche Field

Emmaus Club

Friday evenings in term-time for years 6 to 9

The Club will start again on 12 September.

19 Sept. Camp fire and swimming (tbc)

Rest of autumn programme to be decided.

Local History Group

Meets again 17th September.

‘Tickeridge’ The story of a Wealden farm.

Kim Bayne

All meetings are in Sharpthorne Church Hall,

Station Rd and start at 7.45 pm.

Entrance £3.50 per meeting including coffee, or

£15.00 for the year.

Forest Row Bike Club

Meets on Sundays at 9.30 at ‘Java and Jazz’,

Forest Row.

For more info see http://www.frbc.info

Bluebell Railway

Rail Ale 1 Aug

Golden arrow 2,9,16,23,30 Aug Evening;

3,17,24,31 Aug.. Lunchtime

Fish & Chips 22 Aug

Vintage transport 9,10 Aug

Fish & Chips 5,12,19,26 Sept

Golden arrow 6,13,20,27 Sept Evening

7,14,21,28 Sept Lunchtime

Murder mystery 12 Sept Evening

Afternoon Tea 6,13,27 Sept

Autumn Tints 29, 30 Sept For more information see http://www.bluebell-

railway.co.uk/bluebell/events/index.html

Forest Row Film Society

12 Sept ‘We are the best’

19 Sept’ Children of Heaven’

20 Sept ‘ The Cameraman’

21 Sept ‘ Rupi del Vino’

26 Sept ‘ Who Cares?’

Films in Freshfield Hall, Forest Row. Doors

open 19.30 for 20.00 start.

For more information see

www.forestrowfilmsociety.org/

Mansion Market

Michael Hall School, Forest Row. 11am-4pm

Second Saturday of month in termtime.

Over 70 stalls selling crafts, books, toys, plants,

organic foods. Children's entertainments. Taster

sessions of healing skills. Cafe open.

NOTICE BOARD

The Chronicle

Please note the unusually early deadline of 8 September for the October– November issue. This is to

accommodate holiday arrangements.

Kate Wiseman is stepping down from the editorial team owing to other commitments.. Thank you,

Kate, for your contribution to our efforts over the last two years.

The Editors

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St Catherine's Hospice

Balcombe Walk

Put your best foot forward and help raise funds for

hospice care.

Are you inspired to walk in memory of a loved one

or do you just want to be outside enjoying the beauti-

ful Sussex countryside with friends and family? The

Balcombe Walk on Sunday 14 September from 9am

is a great way for people of all ages to support the

vital work of St Catherine's Hospice.

Our 12.5 mile route has drop out points at 4, 7

and 10 miles all with free transport back to Victory

Hall in Balcombe for free refreshments. You can set

your own pace and decide the length of your walk on

the day.

Entry is free so sign up today! It couldn't be

simpler. Register online at www.stch.org.uk/

balcombewalk or call 01293 447319.

NEW FOR 2014! Our children's Nature Trail

launches this year for the first four miles of the

route. Sign up as a family to the Balcombe Walk and

enjoy looking at the wildlife and nature on

this fantastic route. Free transport back to Victory

Hall is available at the end of the Nature Trail.

Gabi Fiel

Ashdown Forest Summer Holi-

day Events

Family Mini-Beast Hunts

Wednesday 6th, 13th and 27th August, 2—4 pm

Five fun mini-beast hunts and craft activities on Ash-

down Forest. Suitable for children aged 4 and over,

who must be accompanied by an adult. £6.00 per

child. For more information and bookings contact

Lisa at [email protected] or call 07512802177.

Summer Holiday Club

Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 August, 10.00-15.30

or Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August, 10.00-15.30

Two days of Forest fun learning woodland skills,

games, stories, tracking, treasure hunts, den-building

and lots, lots more! The Club is for children aged 6

to 10 years who love being outdoors. The cost is

£50.00 for two full days. For more information and

booking contact Rachel at [email protected] or

phone 07986 703088. These are Talking Trees events run in partnership with the

Conservators of Ashdown Forest.

Hartfield & District

Horticultural Society

'Presentation for Showing Forum' -Wednesday

20th August, Pavilion at the Town Croft, 7pm. A

small panel will be answer questions & give advice

on preparation and presentation for showing. Non

members £3, to include teas, coffee & cake.

Horticultural Show & Summer Fete - Saturday 6th

September from 12.30pm on the Town Croft. Sched-

ule available

from Hart-

field shop,

The Gallipot

& Anchor

pubs & Bishops Hardware in Forest Row. Gnome

Hoopla, name the plant, face painting, produce stalls,

guess the weight of the pumpkin amongst lost of

other events & classes to enter. Pauline, Membership Sec., 01892 770086

British Isles Music Festival

There will be concerts from 17 to 23 August at Ard-

ingly College, RH17 6SQ

Outstanding young musicians from UK and

overseas explore Chamber Music repertoire with

established teachers and performers from UK’s lead-

ing music conservatories. Public warmly welcomed

as audience.

Concerts are held in the Chapel each lunch-

time at 1pm and evening at 8 pm. Duo concerts for

Strings in the Music Building and for Wind in "The

Under" (upstairs near chapel) are also open to the

public at 5.30 each day.

Programmes will be posted on the website in ad-

vance at www.bimf.co.uk. For more information

email: [email protected] or tel:

01428 641116 or 07876198498 during the festival.

Tickets available at the door:

Chapel Concerts: £10 adults. Children under 18 free.

Duo concerts: £5, Children free.

Professor’s Gala Concert in the Chapel: Wednesday

20 August. Guest composer Howard Blake, com-

poser of the film score “The Snowman”. Tickets:

£15 adults, Children free." Post concert reception.

Meet the artists.

Sylvia Limerick

EVENTS AROUND US


The Priest House

GOOD NEWS!

Most of you will

know, from arti-

cles in the press

that the Priest

House has been

under threat of

closure.

I am delighted to be able to announce that

‘The Sussex Archaeological Society’, who own

‘The Priest House’, have received a donation

from a private individual that will cover the defi-

cit for three years. This ensures that it will re-

main open for, at the very least, the next three

years.

Admission to the Priest House is open to

all every day except Mondays. Why not become

a ‘Friend of the Priest House’ which gives you

free admission? To become a ‘Friend’ please call

the Secretary of the ‘Friends’ on 01342 810800

The Friends of the Priest House have been

working very hard to ensure its future, and I urge

everyone to visit the House and garden. The

custodian, Antony Smith, works hard, and the

garden is a credit to him.

At present there is a very interesting exhi-

bition about the First World War with particular

reference to the men of the parish of West

Hoathly who fought in the Navy, Army and

Royal Flying Corps.This is quite apart from the

interesting permanent collection. Clem Watson,

Chairman of the Friends of the Priest House.

The icing on the cake’

West Hoathly Village Hall Kitchen

The grand opening of the Kitchen took place on

Friday 23 May. Many of the sponsors who had

put the “icing on the cake” were present at the

occasion. Some were prime users of the hall and

others had kindly donated to this worthy cause.

The canapés and cakes were generously provided

by The Cat Inn, The Fox and Sharpthorne Or-

ganic Café and all were delicious.

Sylvia, Lady Limerick, gave a very inter-

esting talk about the role of the kitchen over the

centuries, particularly about it being the hub of

family and social life, after which she cut a rib-

bon to officially open it. The kitchen now has up

to date equipment including a new cooker, mi-

crowave, water boiler and dishwasher. Thanks to

the generosity of many of the regular user groups

and other sponsors, everyone hiring the hall will

now have the benefit to use everything in the

kitchen, including 100 place settings of crockery

and cutlery.

Many thanks to Peter Hartley who had

worked tirelessly to see the updating of the

kitchen come to fruition. Brenda Farley

The Street and Food Fair

Saturday 19 July Sandwiched neatly between two thundery nights,

the Street Fair was blessed with a fine sunny

day, with just one tiny sprinkling of raindrops to

remind us how lucky we were. And what a

splendid, cheerful, enthusiastic and happy event

it was! The Greenwoods, the Steel Band and the

Turners Hill Morris Dancers performed outside

The Cat, with puppets and hog roast nearby, and

a solid line of stalls lined the road from there to

Luctons. The church was a gourmet’s paradise,

with every kind of cake, jam, pie and preserve on

offer. This was also a haven to escape the heat

for a while! The atmosphere was wonderful

helped by the good weather and it was nice to

catch up with old friends not seen for a while.

The World Cup dressing up was perhaps not

much in evidence, but that did not detract from a

highly successful day.

Well done and thank you to the hard-

working organisers (especially Derek and Ros),

to the team who erected the stalls and put up

bunting and signs, to the enthusiastic stallholders

and to the villagers who supported this lovely

day. Erica would like to add a particular thank-

you to all who supported her cake stall. The Editors


Una Voce – Trial by Jury

At the back end of 2013 I stumbled across a

copy of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Trial by

Jury' which gave me one of those ridiculous

ideas - could this be a part of the Una Voce

programme for 2014? It looked good as

part of a year's worth of varied music, from William

Byrd and Handel to Christmas Carols...... so why not

a bit of summer light relief with some Gilbert and

Sullivan?

And why not indeed ! Nearly two hundred

guests enjoyed Pimms, picnics and entertainment in

the garden at Barn Cottage for the three perform-

ances of Trial by Jury. The weather played ball for

all three nights. Threatened thunderstorms for the

first night never arrived, it was a magnificent night

for the second performance and the rain held off for

the final night until the last guests had left. Three

lovely sunsets were seen. but sadly the local Barn

Owl didn't appear (it has been seen since!)

The music itself evolved right up to, and even

through the three performances. It soon became ap-

parent that a little more than just singing was needed

and the principal parts soon obliged! They were all

filled by Una Voce singers. Highly talented Lena

Touqan (soprano) played the part of the jilted Ange-

lina and Tony Osborn (tenor) represented her 'in

court' as Counsel for the Plaintiff (who else could

have done this role!). Choir elder statesman David

Mortimer (bass) made a fabulously pompous Judge,

complete with full Judge's regalia and Usher Toby

Barrett (bass) did his best to keep the court in order.

There was even a cameo role for me, as musical di-

rector, but sadly, even with three performances I

never once remembered the words to sing let alone

in the right order! Una Voce sopranos made lovely

bridesmaids and in these days of equality the jury

was made up of both men and women from the regu-

lar alto, tenor and bass singers. Anthony Roberts

worked hardest of all with his nimble fingers at work

on the keyboard throughout. The 'Courtroom' was a

marquee at the bottom of the garden, a few gazebos

adorned the lawn, lights lit the garden, candles were

lit, picnics eaten and wine consumed—a great way to

spend a summer's evening.

A couple of months rest for Una Voce and

then on to rehearsals for a big Choral and Orchestral

concert in St. Margaret's Church on November 22nd

when we welcome Catherine Nye (soprano) Sarah

Denbee (contralto) Philip Turner (tenor) Toby Bar-

rett (bass) and the musicians of Camerata of London

in a performance of Handel's Messiah. Tickets,

priced £12.50 will be available from 1st October. Andrew Slater

And some audience reaction … I was at the opening night of the

show and it was a lovely occasion.

Andrew welcomed us into his gar-

den which looked very colourful.

We sat in the lower garden with a

great view of the sunset but no

sightings of the owl which often hunts there. After an

excellent glass of Pimms, a good picnic and lots of

chat the performance started. The one act operetta, a

tale of a jilted bride, is set in a courtroom where the

man who has jilted her is on trial. A happy ending is

achieved by the judge offering to marry the poor

girl!! There are some excellent tunes well performed

by Una Voce and friends. Fortunately the rain held

off. The only snag was that it seemed too short! An-

other memorable village occasion. Well done Una

Voce! Kathy Brown

A post-script from the second performance We probably had the best of the three for weather - a

perfect long, although still owl-less, summer eve-

ning. Una Voce caught the light-hearted nonsense

spirit of G & S perfectly, from the learned judge who

had attained his position by marrying a rich attor-

ney’s elderly ugly daughter to the suitably caddish

defendant, ably backed by the chorus of bridesmaids

and jurymen and the accompanist. Great fun, but, as

Kathy says, all too short. Anne Thorne

Bridge

Have you ever thought about

playing bridge? It is not as diffi-

cult as you might think and it

certainly sets the mind going.

We will be starting our new winter season on Mon-

day evenings from 15th September? We start at

7.00pm and play through until 9.30 pm with a break

for tea & coffee part way through.

Why not come along and try your hand (pun

intended!) at West Hoathly Bowls Club every Mon-

day. We are a very informal group and most of our

current members only started playing within the last

two years, having never played before. We have

“starter” tables for those who are beginners with peo-

ple on hand to teach the basics and to offer help &

advice. If you have played before, there are more

experienced players to play with.

For more information, please contact Trevor

Swainson (810546) or just come along on any Mon-

day evening.


West Hoathly Bowls Club

Invitation Triples Day July 6th This year 22 invited teams from bowls clubs

spread throughout the Mid Sussex and surround-

ing areas competed in our annual Invitation Tri-

ples Day. This is the 24th year of the competi-

tion, and there has only been one occasion ,

1998, when it was not completed due the atro-

cious weather and all the proceeds were donated

to local charities. Some of the players, including

one of our winners this year have attended every

one of the 24 years. The teams are divided into 4

leagues of 5 or 6 teams with the winners of each

league playing off in a semi final and then of

course the Final.

This year the semi finals consisted of

teams from Groombridge, Lindfield, Uckfield &

Westerham. The final was played in a very close

match between Westerham & Groombridge with

the winners of this year’s competition being

Westerham Bowls Club. The team of Ron Wil-

liamson, Thelma Dutton & Charlie Dutton were

deserved winners.

Thomas Goulder representing our Sponsor

Bowlingtours.co.uk presented the prize winnings

to all the finalists and the Trophy to Westerham,

who last won the competition in 2010. We are

very grateful to our sponsor who provides organ-

ised bowls tours throughout the U.K.. Nick Goodman

West Hoathly Lawn Tennis

Club

The lovely sunny weather has been a great incen-

tive to make good use of the courts and we now

have new nets. Our Round Robin tournament

took place on a nice sunny afternoon and was a

great success. We even had a very smart mar-

quee and lots of home-baked cakes with our tea.

We are lucky enough to have a tennis coach,

Chazz Khan, who has recently joined the Club

and will be happy to give tuition.

If you wish to join the Club please contact

Nikki Evans ([email protected]) or complete

the application form on the Tennis site on the

Hoathly Hub. If you have decided not to rejoin

this year could you please return your court key

to Nikki as soon as possible. Molly Cooper

Rugby in East Grinstead

Opportunities for rugby’s future stars Great Britain plays host to the Rugby World Cup

in 2015, raising the profile of the game. At East

Grinstead Rugby Football Club (EGRFC) the

start of the new season this September is set to

bring record numbers of new players to the Saint

Hill based club.

Every Sunday between September and

May the club grounds swarm with young rugby

enthusiasts learning the skills of the game. The

under 6,7,8’s hone their skills with non contact

tag rugby before graduating slowly through the

elements of the game, built upon gradually be-

tween the ages of 9 and 15.

There are strong values underpinning the

game (teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline

and sportsmanship) that allow the youngsters to

have fun, develop important life skills and enjoy

the sport safely.

Our Mini, Junior and Intermediate age

groups have opportunities to compete in local

and regional festivals throughout the season.

There have also been end of season tours that

provide the opportunity to play rugby and spend

a weekend away with friends from the club.

Our new junior clubhouse demonstrates

the club’s commitment to the development of

young rugby talent and provides a unique space

for families during training and on match days.

East Grinstead’s 1st team ‘G Force’ kick

off their season September 6th at home to CS

Rugby. With new ex-Championship players

strengthening the squad, the forthcoming season

guarantees rugby of the highest quality. Home

matches regularly draw in healthy crowds of 400

plus, making us the best-supported club in our

league and a great atmosphere to be part of. The

club encourages a family focus at these events to

encourage all ages to support their local team

(kids go free!). For more information visit www.egrfc.com

where you will find more information and contact

details of the coaches for each ages group.

Steven Price

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West Hoathly Cricket Club

West Hoathly CC won the match against the Presi-

dents XI on 6 July by 12 runs (West Hoathly 174

for 8, The Presidents XI 162 all out.)

Without doubt, the Presidents XI fixture is

the most eagerly awaited game of the season as our

club President raises an eleven to challenge the

West Hoathly team, captained by David Scott. This

year, the weather was kind to us, serving up a blus-

tery day where the sun made a welcome appear-

ance with just a couple of showers providing one

brief break in play. Having lost the toss, West

Hoathly’s opening batsmen strolled out to the

crease with customary optimism and confidence

only to find themselves pinned down by Charles

Esdale’s opening over. Rick Blackwell was the first

to fall, and by the end of the sixth over they were

toiling on a score of 6 runs for 1 wicket with

Adrian Ward’s bowling adding to the pressure.

Slowly but surely, David Scott, one of three Scotts

on the field, began to build an innings out of a

string of singles and with Ollie Burrows striking a

series of fours, the score for West Hoathly began to

take on an air of respectability. Despite Tim John-

son’s wicked spin bowling, optimism was restored

until Charlie Murray-Brown took the field and

ripped into the West Hoathly order taking an in-

credible 3 wickets for 2 runs off his first over, in-

cluding JJ Burrows, given out LBW without trou-

bling the scorer. Charlie continued in a slightly less

dramatic fashion finishing his spell having taken 4

wickets from 5 overs for 17 runs. Once the carnage

left by the young man had been concluded, in

strolled Will Scott to partner his father and the two

scored neck and neck for a while until the younger

Scott accelerated towards his first ever 50 for the

club, passing this landmark effort with a mighty 6

and being applauded from the boundary ropes by

friends and family. By the time his father left the

field having been run out following a mix up, Will

was well on his way to an eventual tally of 65 not

out. Assisted by Steve Charter, Rob Burrows, Matt

Taylor and Jamie Scott, the final score of 174 was

thought defendable, but by no means a definite

match winner and the West Hoathly bowling team

knew they had their work cut out.

A light tea was taken with one eye on the

after match BBQ. During this Peter Johnson was

presented with a marvellous birthday cake by his

daughter Sarah which featured a finely crafted bat,

ball and wickets .For the President’s team, Phil

Stinson and Adrian Ward between them amassed

63 off the first ten overs with neither Richard Ward

nor Matt Taylor able to find a break through.

Adrian Ward reached a

swashbuckling half cen-

tury and just when it

seemed that the game was

moving away from West

Hoathly, in strode Steve

Charter to clip the top of

Adrian’s off stump with a

beautifully crafted deliv-

ery to restore some meas-

ure of hope and JJ Burrows similarly dismissed

Phil. Tim Johnson, Peter’s son, batted solidly for

21 before being caught off Will Scott’s bowling

and then the next 7 wickets fell to an amazing fam-

ily effort from the Scott family with “caught Scott,

bowled Scot” appearing in the score book an in-

credible 4 times with Wil l Scott taking four catches

and 2 wickets, his father capturing 4 wickets and

Jamie adding another 2 to the family name. The

Burrows triumvirate of JJ, Robert and Ollie, almost

got in on the act with a “caught Burrows, bowled

Burrows” entry only being narrowly missed as Rob

Burrows put down a difficult chance with the

wicket keepers gloves off his Fathers bowling as

Ollie watched on from the slips. The Presidents XI

were no longer having the game their own way

now as, after Charlie Ward departed on 16 and

Mike Audsley for 11, the next 5 wickets fell for 17

runs and what looked at one stage to be an easy win

for them began to build towards an exciting climax.

As the tension rose, in stepped El Presidente

himself, Peter Johnson with the unenviable chal-

lenge of scoring 13 to win off the last over, bowled

by Ollie Burrows, with young Charlie Murray-

Brown holding up the other end. Alas, the

“Hollywood” ending was not to be: Peter was

bowled looking for the winning runs and the game

that typified all that is good about village cricket in

general, and West Hoathly CC in particular, came

to a close, with West Hoathly winning by 12 runs.

Over forty people were present at the after

match BBQ, kindly hosted by Helen and David

Scott which saw the trophy, in this case a particu-

larly lovely strawberry trifle, being handed over to

the winning West Hoathly Captain. Brief speeches

were made before some wonderful food was

washed down with a pint of Harveys or a glass of

Pimms whilst looking over the Weald admiring the

lovely Sussex countryside as the sun set.

What a perfect day! If you would like to come and join in the pleasure of

friendly, family village cricket, why not call the mem-

bership secretary, Richard Ward on 810394 and come

along. As you will have gathered from the match report,

all ages and all abilities are welcome and we look for-

ward to seeing you soon. Richard Ward


Garden Notes

As I write the UK has ex-

perienced the hottest day of

the year with 18th July

due to be hotter, not the

kind of weather to be doing

anything like gardening

except perhaps first thing

in the morning. The first

flush of roses on all but

hybrid teas is over, but re-

peat flowerers should produce blooms mid Aug/

early September along with Michaelmas daisies,

anemone japonica and A. hybrida, sedums, sal-

via microphylla cultivars and others, gauras, per-

ennial osteospermum, rudbekia fulgida, heleni-

ums, aconitum henyri sparks and napellus,

tricrytis and echinaceas. Tall annuals that also fit

well and fill gaps providing midsummer colour

are cosmos, nicotiana sylvestris and cleome.

Greenhouses in the extreme heat need to

be dampened down midday with a fine spray of

water to lower temperature and increase humid-

ity, which reduces the incidence of blossom end

rot in tomatoes and red spider mite attacks on

cucumbers in particular. Warm weather after rain

has brought potato blight in early. We had to cut

all our tops off by 14th July to minimise the risk

of it spreading to the tubers. Digging up and har-

vesting the main crop by the end of September is

always advisable, and second earlies should be

out before mid August.

Prune summer raspberries as soon as the

crop has finished, cutting out old fruiting wood

and tying in this year’s new growth, likewise

with tayberries, loganberries and other hybrid

berries. Gooseberries, blackcurrants, and other

bush fruit should also be pruned as soon as pos-

sible. Strawberries will need attention: either

take runners and start a new bed or remove run-

ners and keep the existing plants for another year

in situ. Continue feeding and removing side

shoots from indeterminate types of tomatoes

(non bush sort) and cucumbers, watching out for

whitefly, red spider mite and aphids, using bio-

logical control (natural predators) where possible

or soft soap.

August on the "ornamental" side of gar-

dens is often an in-between month, not so much

flowering (unless you have hybrid tea roses)

though there always seems to be deadheading to

do of flowers that have gone over e.g. delphini-

ums, campanulas, astrantia and foxgloves as well

as annuals in tubs or pots, which of course give

colour throughout the summer. Stake dahlias

and other tall perennials such as Michaelmas

daisies that can flop especially in heavy thundery

rain or strong winds. Privet, hawthorn, leylandii,

yew and holly hedges and general mixed ones

can be cut anytime from mid July to mid Sep-

tember, climbing and rambling roses, honey-

suckles and wisteria pruned and tidied up and

deadheaded. Bulbs and bulb catalogues are ap-

pearing now so if you want to increase spring

colour and fill in gaps buy now and plant when

ground conditions permit. Lindsay Shurvell

Turners Hill Decorative and

Fine Arts Society

The Society is one of over 300 in the UK affiliated to

NADFAS. You may never have heard of NADFAS

but it is a pioneering educational arts charity that has

been fostering appreciation of the decorative & fine

arts and the preservation of our National Heritage for

over 45 years. The association has a membership of

over 92,000 across the country.

Members of our Church Recorders Group of

volunteers are currently cataloguing the contents of

All Saints Church, Highbrook. At the end of the proc-

ess a handsomely illustrated book will be presented to

the Church Wardens as a permanent record.

On 23rd September the Society celebrates its

20th birthday and 200th regular meeting at The Ark in

Turners Hill. Our 10 lecture season will include talks,

among others, on Posters of La Belle Epoque, Salva-

dor Dali, Painting in Newlyn 1880-1914, the Royal

Palaces of Copenhagen and Art Crime.

We also arrange visits, in the past year Eltham

Palace, Knebworth House, the Mansion House, a city

Livery Company are a few of the diverse places that

have been visited. For those who wish to explore

things in a little more depth a Special Interest Day is

available. This coming season's subject will focus on

Discovering The Baltic Trio of Vilnius, Riga and Tal-

lin.

Over 100 attend each lecture at the Ark on the

4th Tuesday of the month between September & June

(except December when it is the 2nd Tuesday). You

would be most welcome to attend

as a visitor, to start with, and for £5 enjoy a cup of tea

or coffee with friendly company followed by a one

hour illustrated lecture given by experts in their field.

Meetings start at 11am, coffee from 10.15am. After

the lecture up to 60 members are able to enjoy a light

lunch in the Dove Suite at the Ark.

There is no waiting list. For more information and

membership details please e-mail the Chairman

[email protected] or phone 01293-414655

Nigel Emery, Chairman, Turners Hill DFAS


From West Hoathly Local History Archive The Archive has copies of the Highbrook Chronicle from

1965 to 1978 which were donated by Roy Tester of Ard-

ingly. Two articles in the Highbrook Chronicles in 1973

referred to the Broadhurst Treasure Trove and the ghost

of Broadhurst Manor . The contributors were Maurice

Hickey and Percy Griffin. I have edited their articles and

these are reproduced below.

The Reminiscences of Maurice

Hickey

April 1973, as reported by the editor.

His first job at the age of fifteen was as Gar-

dener's Boy at Broadhurst Manor, where Mr. John

Clarke had just taken over from his Uncle Charles

and was busy laying out the gardens. At that time

Ezzie Buckman, Charlie Bonsey's uncle, was still

living in the Oast House near the Church, and Mau-

rice remembers Ezzie asking him one day where he

was working. When he was told, "Broadhurst

Manor", Ezzie said mysteriously, "Ah, boy, you

want to look out for a man on a white horse round

there. I've seen him. Everybody's seen him!". But

Maurice never saw this phantom horse and rider. In

fact he left Broadhurst soon afterwards for another

job - and great was his chagrin when his successor,

a boy named Tom Farmfield, who carried on with

the lawn-laying, dug up, the very next week, a

whole hoard of rose nobles in an old urn. They were

declared 'Treasure Trove'; and Tom and Percy Grif-

fin who was also concerned in the discovery (and

still works at Broadhurst) shared the reward. It came

to a tidy sum, about £1 for every rose noble they

had found.

Mr. Rory Clarke, who of course was a young

boy then, remembers this occasion clearly, partly

because the first thing the Treasure Finders did with

their money was to give a silver napkin ring to each

of John Clarke's sons, and Rory still has his. He told

your Reporter that Tom Farmfield spent some of the

proceeds on having violin lessons and that he still

plays the violin now.

So Maurice Hickey just missed it. But no one

after that ever saw the Rider on the White Horse,

and Maurice is convinced that he must have had

something to do with the buried rose nobles and

that, with their discovery, he vanished. If anyone

likes to speculate on this fascinating idea and to

write up The Phantom Rider and the Treasure, the

Editor would doubtless publish it in the Chronicle.

The Broadhurst Treasure Trove

by Percy Griffin. May 1973

(Percy Griffin has sent in this fully documented ac-

count of the story of the Broadhurst Treasure which

Maurice mentioned in the last issue. He has taken

the actual details of the amounts and the inscription

from the Sussex County Magazine of January 1930;

and, as readers will see, he corrects Maurice

Hickey's story in one important particular at the end

of his erudite article. Ed).

Readers of the Reminiscences of Maurice Hickey in

the April number of the Chronicle may like to know

a few more details regarding the gold nobles found

at Broadhurst Manor in January l929. The find con-

sisted of 64 Gold Nobles. and after an Inquest the

coins were subsequently sent by the Treasury to the

British Museum where they were carefully exam-

ined; and it was found that their dates of issue were

from 1351 to 1440. There were three of Edward III's

reign, three of Henry IV, sixteen of Henry V, thirty

one of the first issue of Henry VI, two of the second

and six of the third. All these had been minted in

London.

There was also one of Henry VI's reign which

came from the Calais Mint, and one, a Flemish imi-

tation, which contained less gold and was not worth

the full value of the English noble (6/8), There was

also a forgery of about 1400. So there were counter-

feiters even at that date. Out of these the British

Museum selected 58 coins to add to the National

Collection, and two were purchased for the Museum

at Lewes.

The inscriptions on these are:- "HENRIC. DI.

GRA. REX ANGL. FRANC. DNS. HIB," (Henry

by the grace of God King of England, France, Lord

of Ireland), and on the reverse:- "IHS AUT TRAN-

SIENS PER MEDIUM ILLORUM IBAT" (‘Jesus

passing through the midst of them went His way'.

Luke IV.30). This text was supposed to be a charm

against thieves and when inscribed on a ring it was

believed to render the wearer invisible at will.

These coins except for being thin on the

edges were in perfect condition. The hoard repre-

sented about £21, which was a considerable sum of

money in those days. At the time it was buried.

Broadhurst belonged to the, Lewknor family who

also owned Bodiam. But Sussex at that period was

noted for its lawless inhabitants. So, before the com-

ing of banks, the safest way of keeping money or

jewels was to bury them: and whoever buried this

treasure may have died-before being able to retrieve

the Gold Nobles or pass on the secret of the hiding

place to his children or next of kin. As regards the

finding of this hoard in 1929 I should like to remind

Maurice Hickey that he has got one fact at least en-

tirely wrong. I myself never shared the reward. All I

had from it was a new Violin Bow - value not more

than £2 at that time. John Ralph


Bereavement help

A new, non-religious group providing support

for local people coming to terms with the loss of

a loved one has launched in Crawley Down. Sus-

sex residents can drop in to the Glebe Centre,

RH10 4JJ between 1pm and 3pm on the first,

third or fifth Thursday of the month to meet

other people in a similar situation, chat and share

experiences over tea and coffee. The sessions are

run by staff and volunteers of St Catherine’s

Hospice and All Saint’s Church - all of whom

have been trained by the specialist staff at St

Catherine’s. The hospice is also providing on-

going support to the volunteer organisers.

For further information please contact An-

nette Phillips at St Catherine’s Hospice on 01293

447343. Or simply drop in to the group. Robin Lord

In Memoriam

Peter John Comber 1944 - 2014

Peter was born in the vil-

lage towards the end of

the second world war with

a severe learning disabil-

ity since birth. After leav-

ing school he started work

at Sharpthorne Garage and many older residents

will remember him rushing out to fill their car

with petrol or check their tyre pressures in the

60's before self service was introduced. Al-

though the garage changed ownership many

times over the next 40 plus years, all the succes-

sive owners kept Peter on until the garage closed

in January 2006.

Since "retiring" from the garage, Peter had

attended Pericles Day Centre at Hoathly Hill,

where he learnt many new skills and made many

new friends. These last 8 years have been

amongst his happiest and most contented.!

With help, over the last 55 years, from

staff at Sharpthorne Garage, all the support from

his friends at Pericles, and the love from us, his

family, Peter led a happy life free from cares and

worry. He was described by one friend as having

a "Golden Life". How lucky he was, and how

lucky we've been to share it with him.! David Comber

Jack Lovejoy John Lovejoy was always called “Jack” or

“Lovey” although Edna, his wife, always in-

sisted in calling him “John”. Jack lived on the

outskirts of the Parish but never missed remind-

ing everyone that he was an Ardingly boy

through & through.

There are two Jack’s to remember: Jack

the Bowler and Jack the Plumber. Jack the

Bowler joined the Club in the mid 1980s. He

played regularly but never claimed to be a world-

beater and, like most of this “generation” of

bowlers, he liked nothing more than “pricking”

egos of those who got above themselves. He

rose to the dizzy heights of Captain but, after one

year, he stood down on the basis that, whilst he

was Captain, there was an Admiral (Dai!) on the

bridge.

Jack came into his own on Friday nights at

the Club. His pint of “Yorkie top” was accom-

panied by winding up all who happened to be

there. He lived life on the edge at times, risking

all with his none too serious comments. He took

great delight in stating that West Hoathly was a

mixed club; men played bowls, ladies made the

teas but he never said that when Edna was

around. Life on the edge included the ritual

every Friday night when informed that it was

time to go home by saying “Go & warm her up,

Mrs” to Edna and then sinking another quick

pint. The edge finally crumbled one night when

Edna, fed up of waiting, went home & called the

Club to tell Jack to walk home!

Jack the Plumber worked initially with his

brother Dave in the family firm and then after

the firm’s demise, worked on his own. Jack was

a very good plumber but everyone who knew

him had their own, non-plumbing tales about

him. When he came to our house, his first words

were always “put the kettle on, Mrs”. Whilst

drinking his tea, he would smoke one of his

small cigars and much his way through an apple

before throwing the core into the garden along

with the cigar butt. Only after these rituals were

completed would he ask what wanted doing. We

never did work out if we paid for his pre-work

and subsequent regular tea breaks!

Sadly, Jack suffered from declining health

and we never saw much of him in the last few

years. Those who knew him will have fond

memories of his wit and comic antics. We have

lost another real Sussex character."

Our thoughts are with his widow Edna and

the family at this sad time. Jack's funeral, was

held at St Peters Church, Ardingly on 23 June.


Jess Covey Jess Covey passed away at Silver Court Nursing

Home on 2nd July at the age of 90. Jess was born

on the 14th December 1923. She grew up in

Dagenham, or, as Jess called it, "Del Boy Country",

with elder sister Hilda . Her father was a bus driver

and after leaving school Jess tried various jobs but

somewhat inevitably she found work as a clip-

pie issuing passenger tickets on the buses. During

the war both sisters were conscripted to work on the

buses in Crawley where, in 1946, Jess met Jim at a

friend's wedding. They married in Worth Church

and had two children, Barbara and Douglas. As Jim

was a train driver there was a lot of family train

travel and Jess even went to Italy by train, on her

own! They belonged to the Railway Club, went

ballroom dancing and loved the music of a live

band. Their great love was music and Jess & Jim

often danced round the kitchen. Jess was also a

keen needlewoman and made dresses for the dinner

dances she enjoyed with Jim, both of Barbara's wed-

ding dresses and about 30 bridesmaids dresses.

In retirement Jess and Jim moved to West

Hoathly. They loved it there and became part of

village life; Jim through the church and Jess in the

W.I They were well known for walking around in

the village together.

Sadly Jess has known loss as well as love in

her life. She suffered the worst loss of any parent

when Douglas died after a road accident at the age

of 21. Her sister died in 1990, her son-in-law Ray

in 1991, her grandson Daniel in 2000 at the age of

21, and Jim in 2002, but each time she picked her-

self up and carried on, with the help of her "girls",

namely her daughter, daughter-in-law and grand-

daughter.

She loved going out and was always game for

anything, she enjoyed her cup of tea and had a pas-

sion for life. She was a good conversationalist and

a feisty joker. There was always lots of happy

laughter around her. She celebrated her 25th, 40th,

and 50th wedding anniversaries with big parties and

she was the life and soul of the party when she was

given a surprise party for her 80th birthday. She

will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Barbara, Elaine and Carrie would like to thank

everybody for their kind messages and cards. Barbara Polhill.

Elsie E Kristensen Born Elsie Elisabeth White on the 21st December in

Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to English parents.

When a young child she had bouts of ill health con-

fining her indoors and remembered her mother, a

pianist, playing to her. After completing her educa-

tion she studied and, in 1946, became a nurse with

the Victorian Order of Nurses. In 1954 she married

Anker Drjstensen from Denmark and lived there for

a short while. By 1956 she had divorced and re-

turned to Bexhill, England to take care of her

mother and Aunt Daisy, both of whom suffered

from ill health.

Encouraged by the local care service to take

in others needing care, she bought the house next

door to accommodate more residents. She also pro-

vided accommodation for 3 unmarried mothers who

helped in the home and shared the child care. This

was a typical move by Elsie, who was always look-

ing to help others where she could. She enjoyed

tennis, walking her dogs, dancing, painting and her

church. While in Bexhill she was introduced to an-

throposophy.

Eventually she sold the care home and moved

to West Hoathly in 1989. She maintained her inter-

est in painting, took on an allotment and enjoyed the

social life of the Hoathly Hill community. She be-

came friends with Malcolm Potter and went back to

Canada with him to see her sister and family and her

brother, as well as other friends.

In the last few years she began to develop

dementia and eventually elected to enter Summer-

lands Care Home in Haywards Heath in May 2010,

together with her cat, Murphy, who was her con-

stant companion. There she was able to pursue her

love of painting and took part in the many activities

the home provided.

Elsie was a kind, gregarious and lovely lady

who had time for everyone and enjoyed chatting

whenever she had the opportunity.

Marguerite Esther Clifford. 1931-2014. As many readers already know, Marguerite died

peacefully in Princess Royal Hospital on 7th June,

and we send our sympathy to her husband David

and their family. The funeral, at Crawley United

Reform Church, followed by cremation at worth,

was a fitting occasion in which her grandchildren

were very involved.

In Memoriam


Marguerite and David moved from Craw-

ley 23 years ago, living at Keewaydin in Sels-

field Road, so named as they met during a per-

formance of Hiawatha.

Before long Marguerite joined the Made-

leine Ensemble as a soprano, and it soon became

obvious that she was a very experienced and

keen choir member who never missed a re-

hearsal, and knew the music well, either having

done her homework or met it before. It was al-

ways good to sit next to her! She was a keen sup-

porter of the Madeleine’s sales and coffee morn-

ings.

As early as 1962 Marguerite was a founder

member of a Crawley choir, now the Concordia

Singers, and belonged until she died. Their last

concert was dedicated to her and they sang at her

funeral. Marguerite had sung regularly with Rei-

gate and other choirs over the years.

West Hoathly W.I. soon welcomed her as

a regular member, where she was particularly

useful in quiz teams, in reaching those high notes

in Jerusalem, and she loved doing the washing

up! Last year she retired from long-standing

volunteering at Nymans gardens, but remained a

member of Haywards Heath National Trust As-

sociation, attending many winter afternoon meet-

ings and summer outings.

By profession Marguerite was a physio-

therapist, but music, especially singing, and her

family, dominated her life. She supported young

musicians in West Hoathly and Ardingly, and

was enthusiastic about advertising every organi-

sation to which she belonged. She gave of her-

self in so many ways, not least to her friends

sharing coffee with David in their “room with a

view” a lovely talented lady with a ready smile

and helping hand. May she rest in peace,

Joyce and Bill Fish

Stanford Merrifield Stanford, who died recently, aged 88, lived in

Forest Row and was for a long time a staunch

supporter of St. Margaret’s here in West

Hoathly. His Thanksgiving Service was held in

Forest Row on 7th July with reflections on his

life by Sarah, his wife of over 40 years, by

David, his friend of 82 years (so they were child-

hood friends!), by Annie, an Interfaith Minister

in Forest Row and by Revd.

Alan Carr.

Stanford’s earlier life

was working in the City be-

fore he and Sarah, after an

unusual courtship which

started with a ‘silent let-

ter’ (Sarah and Stanford are

not conventional people!),

found a cottage in the wilds

of Dartmoor where they lived

a simple life amongst a small and scattered com-

munity. Sarah told how they had both got iso-

lated one winter at different ends of the village

when a sudden and very heavy snowfall came;

Stanford had to crawl on his hands and knees

through the blizzard back to their cottage to look

after his daughter, Hannah; they ended up being

apart for 2-3 weeks!

Fiona and I got to know Stanford best

through our “Explorer” Housegroup which he

and Sarah always attended – a small group of

friends meeting from time to time to explore our

lives and our Christian faith in our contemporary

world. Here Stanford appeared as a quiet unas-

suming person – perhaps a bit of an enigma at

times – but he showed a great depth of under-

standing and a wisdom and insight into truth that

was far beyond most of us. He had a presence

that conveyed a confidence in life; some might

almost have described him as a “contemplative,”

but he was much more than that – he exuded a

richness in living and a caring temperament to

life in general, and to one life, Sarah’s, and to

one family in particular.

Conversations with Stanford were always

uplifting; his wit buoyed up one’s spirits and his

insights encouraged one to ‘dig deeper’ into the

mystery of who we are and where we are head-

ing. His life spilled over with friendship and

caring.

Our sometimes topsy-turvy world needs

people like Stanford to bring a sense of perspec-

tive to what is happening and to the meaning of

life itself. We are all the poorer without him for

he did indeed walk in rhythm with life and the

eternal. As was read at the Service:-

“This is a journey that we all must take

And each must take it alone;

It’s all part of God’s perfect plan,

A step on the road to home.”

In Memoriam

Stanford:Sarah’s

sketch

3rd 7th Sunday after Trinity

8am Holy Communion, St. Margaret’s

10am Holy Communion, St Margaret’s

6pm Commemoration Service of the outbreak of

WWI at St Margaret’s

6th Wednesday

7.30pm “Bible Study” The Vicarage

.

10th

8th Sunday after Trinity

9am Holy Communion, All Saints


6pm Evensong, St Margaret’s

12th Tuesday

12.30pm “Food For Thought” Sharpthorne Hall

13th Wednesday


17th



9am Matins, All Saints

10am Family Service, St. Margaret’s

20th Wednesday


24st



10am Parish Communion, St. Margaret’s

27th Wednesday


8pm “Heart & Soul” St Margaret’s

31st

11th Sunday After Trinity

10am Combined Holy Communion Service

at St Margaret’s

3.30 pm Blessing of the marriage of David and

Nikki Brennan at St Margaret’s

5 pm BBQ at All Saints, Highbrook to

commemorate the outbreak of WWI

followed by an evening programme

3rd Wednesday


6th Saturday

2 pm Wedding of Robert William Shepherd

Jones and Jessica Lucy Griffin at

All Saints, Highbrook

7th




(Stewardship Campaign Begins)

6pm Evensong, All Saints

9th Tuesday

12.30pm “Food For Thought” Sharpthorne Hall

10th Wednesday

7.30 “Bible Study” the Vicarage

14th




6pm Evensong, St Margaret’s

17th Wednesday 7.30pm “Bible Study” the Vicarage

21st



9am Matins, All Saints

10am Family Service, St Margaret’s

23rd Wednesday

7.30pm “Bible Study” the Vicarage

8pm “Heart & Soul” St Margaret’s

27th Saturday

1 pm Wedding of Phillip Terence Shoubridge

and Lia Trinfo at St Margaret’s

28th




4.30 pm “Gather Round” Sharpthorne Hall

CHURCH SERVICES AT ST.

MARGARET’S, WEST HOATHLY AND

ALL SAINTS,HIGHBROOK


August

The Sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water” The Sermon tonight: “Searching for Jesus”

September

September

Wednesday, 3rd

SCHOOL WINTER TERM STARTS Friday, 5th

6.30 pm Bluebell Railway Fish & Chips

Evening. Depart Sheffield Park

Saturday, 6th

12 pm Hartfield “Fete, Flower & Dog Show

at the Town Croft

Monday, 8th

DEADLINE CHRONICLE 8 pm Sharpthorne WI, Village Hall

Tuesday, 9th

12.30 pm “Food for Thought” Sharpthorne Hall

Friday, 12th



Saturday, 13th

11-4 pm Mansion Market Michael Hall School

10 am “Ride & Stride” Walk

Sunday, 14th

9 am “Balcombe Walk” in aid of

St Catherine’s Hospice

Monday, 15th 7 pm Bridge Evening

WH Bowls Club

Wednesday, 17th

7.45 pm History Group, Sharpthorne Hall

Friday, 19th

CHRONICLE AVAILABLE 6.30 pm Bluebell Railway Fish & Chips


Monday, 22nd

7 pm Bridge at WH Bowls Club

Saturday, 27th

11 am Sharpthorne WI jointly hosts McMillan

Charity Coffee Event at Bowls Club

Sunday, 278h

10 am Village Walk with Tony Johns meet

Finche Field

Monday, 29h

Bluebell Railway “Autumn Tints”

7 pm Bridge at WH Bowls Club

8 pm WHPC Meeting Village Hall

Tuesday, 30th

Bluebell Railway “Autumn Tints”

THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

The Chronicle for August– September 2014 -

August

Friday, 1st

5.45 pm Bluebell Railway Real Ale Evening

Depart Horsted Keynes

Sunday, 3rd

6 pm WH RBL Commemoration Service

WWI Centenary at St Margaret’s

Wednesday, 6th

2 pm West Hoathly WI, Village Hall

Saturday, 9th

10.30am Bluebell Railway Vintage Transport

Weekend at Horsted Keynes

Sunday, 10th

10.30am Bluebell Railway Vintage Transport

Weekend at Horsted Keynes

Monday, 11th

10 am to 3.30 pm Summer Holiday Club

Ashdown Forest

8 pm Sharpthorne WI, Open Meeting

Tuesday, 12th


Ashdown Forest

12.30pm “Food for Thought” Sharpthorne Hall

Thursday, 21st


Ashdown Forest

Friday, 22nd


Ashdown Forest



Saturday, 23rd

2 pm British Legion

Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Show,

WH Village Hall

8 pm “The Scarlettos” at The Fox

Sunday, 24th

2.30 pm “Vintage Tea Party” at the Priest

House

Monday, 25th

SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY Sunday, 31st

5 pm “Great War High Tea” All Saints

Highbrook

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Clubs and Organisations in the Villages

Allotments ............................... Helen Schofield ........................... 811301

Beavers .................................... John Railton .................... 0845 475 5378

Bellringers ............................... Rachel Edwards ........................... 810210

Book Club ................................ Rachel Whitlam ........................... 810117

Bowls Club .............................. Glyn Lyford ................................ 810539

British Legion .......................... Laurie Gausden ........................... 810751

Brownies .................................. Catherine Goodridge ................... 810937

Circle Club & Lunch ................ Liz Bennett ....................... 01444 892731

Costcutter ................................. Carol Johnson .............................. 810234

Cricket Club -West Hoathly ... Peter Johnson .............................. 810660

-Highbrook........ Patrick McGahan ............. 01444 892243

Cercle français ......................... Bob Darvill .................................. 810443

Cubs ............. .......................... Phil Glynn ................................... 810559

Explorers ....... .......................... Colby Mager .................... 01293 885530

Football Club .......................... Kirk Howick ................................ 316448

Four Seasons Kindergarten

Hoathly Hill ..................... Maria Sterianos ........................... 811931

Friends of the Priest House ...... Rosemary Watson ....................... 810800

Friends of WH Churchyard ...... Paul Brown .................................. 811866

Good Companions ................... Liz Bennett ...................... 01444 892731

Gravetye Manor ....................... Andrew Thomason ...................... 810567

Hands Together ........................ Ingrid Sethi .................................. 810085

Hot Note Stage Academy......... Sarah Wilson ............................... 841919

Karate Group .......................... Dorian Fretwell ........................... 811044

Local History Group ................ Tony Hunt ................................... 810534

Local History Archives ............ John Ralph .................................. 810458

Neighbourhood Watch ............. Sophie Hill .................................. 810282

Organ ............ .......................... Margaret Watson ......................... 810641

Parish Council Clerk ................ Helen Schofield ........................... 811301

Parish Council Chairman ......... John Downe .................... 01444 892065

Pericles.......... .......................... Paulamaria Blaxland-de-Lange ... 810133

Pre-school (Village Hall) ......... Rachael Rush .............................. 811046

Priest House Curator ................ Antony Smith .............................. 810479

Pubs - . The Cat Inn .................. Andrew Russell ........................... 810369

The Fox ........................ Tim Redolly ................................ 810644

Rainbows ...... .......................... Brenda Farley .............................. 811020

School ........... .......................... Tina Allen ................................... 810302

Scouts ........... .......................... Phil Glynn .................................. 810559

Sing & Play .............................. Liz Shannon ................................ 811400

Stoneland Players ..................... Julia Piqué ........................ 01435 868245

Tennis Club .............................. Nikki Evans ................................. 811738

Tia Chi ..................................... Patricia Smith ................... 01444 457488

Tootsie Time ............................ Lorraine Jones ............................. 810538

Una Voce ................................. Andrew Slater ............................. 810734

Village Hall Bookings:-

- West Hoathly ........... Helen Schofield ........................... 811301

- Sharpthorne .............. Alastair Duncanson ..................... 810709

- Highbrook ................ Liz Bennett ....................... 01444 892731

W.I. - Sharpthorne .............. Mary Mays .................................. 810542

- West Hoathly ........... Margaret Rodgers ........................ 810012

Writers Group .......................... Rachel Whitlam ........................... 810117

Youth Groups - Emmaus ......... Lindsay Shurvell ......................... 810780

Please notify any changes to Marion Jones

Community Transport

If you would like a lift to a local hospital or doctor/dentist, please contact:-

Wednesday: Kathy Brown 811866

Thursday Catherine Goodridge 810937

Friday: John Trueman 810612

Any Day: Bill Merry 810771

Barbara Polhill 810877

Valerie Fyans 810848 Carol Houston 810075

Christine Graystone 810603

Please remember that these kind volunteers are

only available on the day stated.

We desperately require more volunteer

drivers. If you feel you could offer some time

please contact one of the editors.

The Churches and Services

St. Margaret's, West Hoathly, and

All Saints, Highbrook www.westhoathly.org.uk

www.highbrook.info

Vicar

Venerable Lionel Whatley, The Vicarage, North Lane,

West Hoathly, RH19 4QF

Tel: 01342 810757 Email: [email protected]

(His house is just up the track opposite the school)

Church Officers at St. Margaret’s

Churchwardens: Erica Ansell Tel. 01342 811215

Marion Jones Tel. 01342 810143

Treasurer: Trevor Swainson Tel. 01342 810546

Church Officers at All Saints

Churchwardens: Tony Osborn, Tel: 01444 892191

Hugh Bennett Tel: 01444 892731

Main Services at both of these churches are

listed on the inner back pages.

Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Dunstan’s www.worthabbeyparish.co.uk

Parish Priest:

Father James Cutts, Tel: 01342 710313

Sunday Mass is normally at 11.30 am at

Post Office opening times at Costcutter Monday 9am - 2pm

Wednesday 9am - 1pm

The Back Page Directory

Police Community Support Officer

Nicola Green

T: 0778 9168791


SCHOOL PLAYGROUND HIRE FOR PARKING

(Subject to Availability)

Contact WH School on 01342 810302

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