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Your Crowborough N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 9 I s s u e 3
Crowborough Gallery
8th November—Remembrance Day
Visit us online at www.yourcrowborough.co.uk
IN THIS ISSUE...
101 years and going strong - Crowborough Scout Group is as popular as ever
The hills are alive - with the sound of fire-
works. Don’t miss Crowborough’s grand firework display on bonfire night.
Rocking at Luxford - How Phil Collins began his road to stardom in Crowborough
PLUS: Readers offers, Puzzles and more ....
NOVEMBER
5th - Crowborough Fireworks
7th - Straight 6
14th - Bring and Buy Sale
21st - 1st Jarvis Brook Guides
Christmas Fair
21st - Christmas Fair
21st - John Paul Miller
28th - Christmas Craft Fayre
29th - Crowborough 10km
Road Race
DECEMBER
2nd - Carol Service
5th - St Marys Christmas
Market
19th - Chan
Crowborough
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Editor’s Newsletter
Welcome to the latest issue of Your
Crowborough.
Rock fans will be interested to find out about the
legendary producer Tony Stratton-Smith who once
owned a house in Crowborough where he
entertained many famous faces including Phil
Collins in his early Genesis days.
You can also read about the Crowborough Scouts
who have been around for almost as long as the
scout movement itself.
Christmas is just around the corner. At the time of
publishing there are just 50 days to go so if you
are involved in a Christmas event then get it
publicised by sending an email to
The Christmas edition will be out in the first week
of December and will be packed with the regular
features, so special offers for that last minute
Christmas shopping and a couple of extra festive
pieces as well – so don’t miss it . Sign up to
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Scouting Today
There are currently 3 Beaver
Colonies (6-7 yrs) 3 Cub
Packs (8-10 yrs) and 3
Scout Troops (11-13 years)
in Crowborough.
Activities include Canoeing,
Sailing, Hillwalking,
Backpacking,
Mountaineering, Climbing,
Camping, Pioneering,
Hiking, forestry, air
activities, archery, go karts,
raft races, soapbox derby,
night hikes, sleepovers,
awakeovers, formal meals,
cycling and bushcraft.
Earlier this year 40 scouts
and leaders went the Far
East where they joined
Scouts from Macau and
Hong Kong, hiking and
canoeing and barbequing
with a traditional campfire
on one of the evenings.
During the trip they visited
the Tian Tan Buddha, and
Po Lin Monastery, rode the
Peak tram to get a fantastic
view above the Hong Kong
harbour and sailed on the
Star Ferry before
C rowborough Scouts is one of the largest and one of the oldest
Scouting Groups in the UK. They were formed in 1908 one year after Robert Baden-Powell started the Scout movement.
Runners
out in
Force
If you’ve been out late the
night of the 23rd be aware
that the pounding you hear
might not be coming from
your head but from the
streets outside.
Crowborough Runners will
be holding there annual
10km road race on Sunday
29th November.
Starting from the Beacon Commu-
nity College at 10am, the runners
will race the streets on a 2 lap cir-
cuit.
The race is supported by the
Crowborough Lions and is part of
the Sussex Grand Prix.
If you would like to run
then an entry form is avail-
able from the Crowborough
Runners website
transferring to Macau. In
Macau they visited the
Venetian, the Macau Tower
and the Circ du Soliel,
before heading into China.
While in China they visited
Tiananmen Square, the
Forbidden City, Olympic
Stadium and the Water
Cube swimming pool in
Beijing. Next they walked
12 km on the Great Wall of
China. Finally after a visit to
the Terracotta Warriors they
headed back to Hong Kong
and visited BP House.
Another tradition of
Scouting is the gang show
and Crowborough Scouts
are no different. The gang
shows are always brilliant
and you can find details of
previous shows on their
website. Entertainment is
high on the agenda at
Crowborough and this year
they held their own version
of Glastonbury - The Rock
Festival 2009 – which raised
a good sum of money
despite the really lousy
weather.
If you’re interested in finding out more about the 1st Crow-
borough Scouts you can visit their website http://www.1st-
crowborough-beavers-cubs-scouts.org.uk/
Remembrance
Parade
The annual Remembrance
Day Parade will be held on
the 8th November.
The parade will start at the
Waitrose Car Park at
2.00pm when local
organisations will be
inspected by the mayor.
The parade will then move
off at 2.20pm and proceed
along Croft Road and down
Church Road to the All
Saints Church for a
ceremony outside the war
memorial and a service of
remembrance.
Out with the old
W ith Christmas just around the corner what better
way to get rid of those unwanted items then the
St Mary’s Nursery
School Nearly New Sale on
Saturday 14th November in
the St Mary’s Primary School
Hall.
Most good quality nearly new items can be included but leg-
islation prevents the following items from being sold: Car/
Booster seats, cots / mattresses, door bouncers & baby
walkers, riding hats & crash helmets, hand knitted toys,
food, fireguards, electrical equipment, any clothing with a
drawstring neck.
Sellers should register in advance and items bought to the
school hall between 10am and 11.30am on the day of the
sale.
Items should be clearly labelled with your name or initials
and the price you want for the items. All unsold items should
be collected by 4.00pm or left to be donated to the nursery
or a charity.
Your total sale proceeds minus a 25% commission (plus a
50p administration fee) will be sent to you within two
weeks—just in time to get those Christmas presents in.
For further details or to register please contact Sarah Venn
on 07719 719837 (daytime only please).
Fireworks Display
Crowborough
Council will
once again
be putting on
their annual
firework dis-
play on bon-
fire night.
The event takes place at the Goldsmiths Recrea-
tion Ground starting at 7.15pm with the lighting
of the beacon.
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Readers Offers
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for a range of top
CDs including :
Mamma Mia
Dirty
Dancing
High School
Musical
PLUS a selection of top
quality books, MP3s, DVDs
and computer and video
games
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Hallmark Christmas Cards
For something a bit different
for your Christmas cards this
year why not try out the cards
available from Hallmark ?
As well as the traditional cards you could send
someone an eCard or for that something really
special try one of their photo upload cards.
Rocking at Luxford
- The legend of Tony Stratton-Smith
Born in 1933 in Birmingham,
Stratton-Smith started out as sports
journalist and, during the 50’s
became the youngest sports editor
while working for the Daily Sketch
in Fleet Street.
While covering the 1962 World
Cup in Chile Stratton-Smith met up
with the legendary Brazilian
composer Antonio Carlos Jobim
and a love affair for the music
industry began.
By the late sixties Stratton-Smith
was a manager for acts such as
Creation, The Nice, and the Bonzo
Dog Doo Dah Band (honestly – it’s
a real group!)
Unable to find a record company
that would release an album by one
of his favourite groups - Van der
Graff Generator - he founded his
own company.
In 1971, Van der Graff Generator
released their album Pawn Hearts.
Not only was much of this work
carried out at Luxford House but
the album sleeve features a picture
of the house on the inside cover.
‘71 was also the year that saw the
arrival of what was to become one
of the most successful progressive
and pop rock groups of the
seventies and the eighties - Genesis.
Genesis had been together since
1967 but in ’71 three of the original
group Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks
and Mike Rutherford were joined
by Steve Hackett on guitar and a
certain Phil Collins on the drums.
The first Genesis album for this line
up was ‘Nursery Cryme’ and during
much of the summer of ’71 where
they rehearsed for much of the
summer of '71 Genesis were
working hard in Luxford House.
H idden away on the corner of Luxford Lane and
Luxford Road you can find a grand house called
Luxford House. Reputedly a haunted house, this
magnificient Tudor building was once owned by the legendary
rock manager Tony Stratton-Smith.
Stratton-Smith’s in-house recording studio played hosts to many
stars of the day including Neil Diamond, Van Der Graff
Generator, Lindisfarne and probably most famously – Genesis.
Luxford House is featured on the inside sleeve from
Van der Graff Generator’s album Pawn Hearts
Nursery
Cryme
Genesis
The first genesis album
to feature Phil Collins on
the drums.
Pawn
Hearts
Van der
Graaf
Generator
Recorded at Luxford
House, the house is
featured on the inside
cover.
Buy the music
Born in
Crowborough
It would be 10 years before Genesis
– then led by Phil Collins – were to
have a UK number 1 album.
Genesis went on to become one of
the top 30 highest-selling recording
artists of all time with approx. 150
million albums sold worldwide and
it all began back in a Tudor house
in Crowborough.
An extended version of this article is available on our website
in the History section.
Listed below are some of the important numbers you might need
Public Services Information
Public Transport
National Rail Enquiries ......08457 484 950
Traveline ...........................0870 608 2608
Brighton & Hove Buses .....01273 886 200
Flight Enquiries .................0870 000 2468
Council Services
Crowborough Library ........01892 664 426
Crowborough Town Council .... 01892 652
907
Societies
Hospice in the Weald ........01892 820 500
St John Ambulance ...........01892 610 183
Police
Non urgent enquiries ........0845 6070 999
Crimestoppers ................... 0800 555 111
Doctors Surgeries
The Surgery, Beacon Road . 01892 652 233
Brook House Center, ........ 01892 652 850
Saxonbury House .............. 08444 773 045
Hospitals
Crowborough Hospital ...... 01892 652 284
Kent & Sussex Hospital ..... 01892 526 111
Domestic Emergencies
National Grid, Gas .............. 0800 111 999
Electricity ......................... 0800 753 8866
Southern Water Services .. 0845 272 0845
Helplines
R.S.P.C.A ........................... 0870 5555 999
N.S.P.C.C. ........................... 0808 800 500
Childline ................................... 0800 111
Citizens Advice Bureau ..... 01892 655 303
Samaritans ...................... 08457 90 90 90
Sources: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stratton-Smith and http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Genesis_(band)); http://themarqueeclub.net/tony-stratton-smith
Tony Stratton-Smith sold Charisma
Records to Richard Branson's
Virgin Records before moving to
the island of Las Palmas, Spain. In
1987 he fell sick during a visit to
Jersey and died.
In 1993 Virgin Records rel;aesed a
special tribute 4 CD box "The
Famous Charisma Box" containing
a compilation of the label releases
including songs from Genesis, Van
Der Graaf Generator, Lindisfarne,
the Nice, and Rick Wakeman,
Audience, G T Moore, Gregoty
Isaacs and Julian Lennon. It also
contains a booklet with memories
from different people about Tony
Stratton-Smith and the Soho scene.
26 Springfield Close
Crowborough East Sussex
TN6 2BN
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Coffee Break
Take time out to relax with our page of puzzles
and teasers. If you get stuck you can find the
answers in the Coffee Break section online,
where you can also get a daily Crossword and
daily Sudoku puzzle.
Masher
Take the letters in the
phrase below and mash
them into an event
c o n n e c t e d w i t h
November.
For Being Thin
You are in a bathroom with no
windows and the only entrance is
a single door.
You run the bath and shut the
door and the handle breaks,
You turn off the tap and the tap
breaks. The water is still flowing.
How do you stop yourself from
drowning ?