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Chailey News Free
February 2020
The Church of St Peter
Parish of Chailey
WEEKDAYS
Monday 8pm Bell Ringing Practice
Thursday 6.30pm Choir Practice
New ringers and choir members always welcome.
Transport to services can be arranged: please contact
the churchwardens. The Church is open during daylight hours.
PRIEST IN CHARGE: The Parish is in Interregnum
PARISH OFFICE : The Parish Office will be manned occasionally
Teresa Wenban stpeterschurch12@hotmail.co.uk
Web site www.stpeterschailey.org
CHURCHWARDENS: Mrs Chris Peskett 01825 721431
Mrs Teresa Wenban 01825 722586
PCC SECRETARY: Mr Chris James 01825 722411
MAGAZINE ADVERTISING & FLYER INSERTS:
Mr Chris Jones 01825 508721
E-mail jonespellingford@aol.com
CHAILEY FREE CHURCH, SOUTH CHAILEY
Please see details of services and weekday activities later in magazine
Contacts: Mr Roger Nutley 01273 890114
Mr Dave Caughley 01273 400785
ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS
Herons Ghyll: Wednesday 9.30am Sunday 11.30am Holy Days 12 noon
Haywards Heath: Sunday 8.30am 10.30am 5pm
Uckfield: Saturday 5.30pm Sunday 9.30am
Lewes: Sunday 9am 10.30am
For further information about Roman Catholic services and activities, please contact
Mrs Mary Butterfield, 01825 724003
(cover illustration by William Hobday. Commissions Taken.
www.penandinkartist.co.uk. email: williamhobday@gmail.com)
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FEBRUARY SERVICES 2020
Sunday 2nd February PresentaƟon of Christ in the temple
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
10am Family Communion
Sunday 9th February The third Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
10am Morning Prayer
Sunday 16th February The second Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
10am Parish Communion
Sunday 23rd February The Sunday next before Lent
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am Parish Communion
Sunday 1st March The rst Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
10am Family Communion
BCP is the Book of Common Prayer (1662). All other EucharisƟc Services are
from Common Worship: Order One. We welcome everyone warmly and families
and children are always welcome at all our services.
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A Note from St Peter’s
The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed that our church-
reordering did NOT in fact begin in early January! We were
informed in the middle of December that there had been a
mix-up of information between the architect and the builders,
resulting in the builders effectively being double-booked. And they were already in the
other job. The December deadline for the January edition of Chailey News had already
passed, and it was too late to edit the article. So, we have had to wait for three months,
with the new start date being April. It has to be said that, although this was disappointing
news, it was probably a kind of blessing in disguise, as we should not have to worry quite
so much about cold winter temperatures in church at that time of year, whilst we have no
heating. (Fingers crossed!) You can still put in your orders for pew sections!
But now it is February; the time of year when nights and mornings are still rather dark, and
spring hasn’t really sprung, and it can all be a bit grey, damp and murky. Not a lot happens
in February.
But wait! There, slap bang in the middle of it is that well-known saint’s day of St Valentine.
As far as the general population is concerned, including non-Christians, this particular
saint must be one of the favourites. I’ve never ‘done’ St Valentine cards, and over the past
decades it has become, like other major religious festivals, so very over-commercialised,
but I thought I would explore around the topic a little and find out who this person was.
Well, as you might expect, he’s the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages.
However, Valentine is also the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many
other things such as the plague, fainting and travelling!
Interestingly, it seems that Chaucer may have been the one who invented the day we think
of as Valentine’s Day.
The medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer apparently often took liberties with history,
placing his poetic characters into fictitious historical contexts that he represented as real.
No record exists of any romantic celebrations on Valentine’s Day prior to a poem Chaucer
wrote around 1375. In his work “Parliament of Foules,” he links a tradition of courtly love
with the celebration of St. Valentine’s feast day–an association that didn’t exist until after
his poem received widespread attention. The poem refers to February 14th as the day
birds (and humans) come together to find a mate. When Chaucer wrote, “For this was
sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate,”
he may have invented the holiday we know today.
However, the St. Valentine who inspired the holiday may have been two different men.
Officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, St. Valentine is known to be a real
person who died around A.D. 270. However, his true identity was questioned as early as
A.D. 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who referred to the martyr and his acts as “being known
only to God.” One account from the 1400s describes Valentine as a temple priest who
was beheaded near Rome by the emperor Claudius II for helping Christian couples wed. A
different account claims Valentine was the Bishop of Terni, also martyred by Claudius II on
the outskirts of Rome. Because of the similarities of these accounts, it’s thought they may
refer to the same person. Enough confusion surrounds the true identity of St. Valentine
that the Catholic Church discontinued veneration of him in 1969, though his name remains
on its list of officially recognized saints.
In all, there are about a dozen St. Valentines, plus a pope!
The saint we celebrate on Valentine’s Day is known officially as St. Valentine of Rome
in order to differentiate him from the dozen or so other Valentines on the list. Because
“Valentinus”—from the Latin word for worthy, strong or powerful—was a popular name
between the second and eighth centuries A.D., and several martyrs over the centuries
have carried this name. (My thanks to The History Channel website for a lot of that
information.)
Now, taking advantage of the topic, we have booked the Village Hall for the evening of
Friday 14th February for a ‘St Valentine’s Night Quiz’, hoping that it will be as successful
and enjoyable as our last one! Don’t panic, the questions will NOT be all about St Valentine!
The price is £10.00 per person, to include a Ploughman’s Supper and pudding, starting at
7.00pm. Teams of 5/6/7. Please contact either of the Churchwardens as soon as possible
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if you would like tickets.
With best wishes from all at St Peter’s.
Christine Peskett - Churchwarden
February Parish Register 2020
Deaths Rob Tillard 16th December 2020
100 Years Ago - February 1920
Sunday Schools Treat
A happy time was spent by the scholars in the Parish room where they did ample justice to
the good tea provided for them. Afterwards games were indulged in and a novel feature
of the treat was a boxing display by the youthful members of the choir, and this caused
much hilarity. The ‘professionals’ each received hearty encouragement from their various
supporters. The Sheffield Park Sunday School also had their treat. Though a big storm
was brewing, and the elements were against them the little school found a warm welcome
at St Agnes and each child was given at the close a bag of sweets and an orange.
Note: St Agnes Mission Church was erected 1908 and demolished in 1937. This was a
‘Chapel of Ease’ built within the bounds of the parish for those who had difficulties getting
to St Peter’s.
I doubt a boxing display would be allowed today!
Annette Shelford.
Toddlers Group
We now have a Toddlers group up and running at St Peter’s Church. This is a free group
which meets in the church on a Friday morning between 9.00am and 11.00am. Toys and
activities for children. Free refreshments during the morning. Baby changing facilities. We
welcome new Toddlers and their parents, grandparents or carers to this group. Contact the
parish office (01825 722286) stpeterschurch12@hotmail.co.uk for more information.
Chailey Brownies
meets in Chailey Village Hall and has a few spaces for girls aged 7-10.
Brownies is such a good way to for your daughter to make new friends, have fun and grow
her confidence gaining Brownie badges along the way.
With Brownies she’ll laugh, learn and have adventures - all at an affordable cost. And
because our activities are designed to be for all girls, there’s a place for your daughter
whatever her tastes or needs.
Brownies are offered all sorts of different opportunities both modern and more traditional
including outdoor activities, cooking, games, arts and crafts and trips, and most definitely
make the most of them, taking part in adventures and activities they have chosen and
helped to plan.
Please contact me at terie.galpin@outlook.com for further information about Brownies age
7-10 and Rainbows age 5-7, or visit the Girlguiding website at
www.girlguiding.org.uk and follow the link to register your daughter to join us.
Terie Galpin - 07528699881
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Chailey Free Church
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Contact us for details on 01273 400785 or 01273 890114
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Chailey Commons Society
So far this side of Christmas we have seen a large quantity of rain falling and the River
Ouse has been out into the water meadows and flood plains and the minor roads locally
were closed for a time where they crossed the river. The commons have been drenched
and the paths have become soggy. The streams and ponds have been filled and this is
important for the coming months to ensure that the Wet heath is maintained. English
Nature tells us that Wet heath usually occurs on acidic, nutrient-poor, shallow peat or
sandy soils with impeded drainage. Mixtures of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix (Cross
leaved heath), grasses (Molinia Caerulea), sedges and Sphagnum bog mosses typically
dominate the vegetation. Wet heath is an important habitat for a range of vascular
plant and bryophytes species of an oceanic or Atlantic distribution in Europe, and our
heathland is described in the Classification ‘Sub Atlantic Heath’
Our meetings continue during February with a locally topical Talk by Brian McAlley on
‘Helping Hands – the Emergence of Repair Cafes from Chailey to China’. Brian is leading
the regular sessions of the Repair Café held in the Chailey Village Hall and, if you have
not yet heard or seen of the great interest and work done, this is your opportunity to hear
all about them. I emphasize that there are NO REPAIRS at the meeting. Come along on
Thursday February 13th at 7.30.p.m. to the Chailey Village Hall by the Five Bells Pub.
Parking and refreshments and visitors most welcome. I look forward to meeting you
there.
Final thoughts for you for February, don’t forget St Valentine’s Day on Friday 14th
February at the start of the Half-Term Week, and Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day on
Tuesday 25th February. For weather watchers it’s the Full Moon on Sunday 9th February
known as the Snow Moon.
For further information, visit our website – www.chaileycommons.org.uk or our Facebook
page www.facebook.com/chaileycommons/
William Coleman - 01444 831098
Michael Strode 1923-2019
Michael Strode has recently died at age of 96. He lived in North Chailey Heritage. From
1953 to 1991 working all that time as a Doctor at Chailey Heritage. In 1970 he bought
a house in North Chailey, Leyden House which was converted to make a family home
for 10 Children At Chailey Heritage who had nowhere else to go. They used this house
as their home at weekends and holidays. This continued with a few changes until 2008
when the demands of the care in the community Act were too onerous to carry on and
the house sold. In 1951 Michael made his first pilgrimage to Lourdes in France and in
1954 he took a group of children from Chailey Heritage to Lourdes. In 1956 the HCPT
was founded take people of all ages with disabilities to Lourdes, twice a year and that
continues to this day.
Michael was very involved with HCPT to the end of his life.
He retired in 1988 and in 1991 went to live on Caldey Island with the Cisterian Community
as an Oblate Monk and there he stayed almost to the end of his Life, until he had to go
into a nursing home
Michael was a true Christian man whose whole life was devoted to helping people with
disabilities.
Tony Comber
7Chailey Horticultural Society
Firstly a reminder that our Spring Show is on Saturday 21st March at 2.30 in the
Village Hall. Entries must be in by 8.30pm on the Friday evening either to my house or to
the Village Hall between 7pm and 8.30pm. Schedules are available from the Five Bells,
the Chailey surgery or any committee member.
February is really the start of the seed sowing season for the year ahead.
However at this time of year extra heat in the form of a propagator will be required as
well as as much light as possible.
Before starting make sure everything is clean and disinfected by using a dilute
solution of Jeyes fluid. This must include all pots, staging and trays as well as the glass
and plastic of greenhouses and poly tunnels to ensure maximum light penetration.
Use fresh universal or seed compost and try to use it all within four weeks of
opening. This is to ensure a sterile growing medium for the young seedlings so as to
avoid such dangers as damping off caused by a number of fungi.
So what to plant? These will be plants that require a long growing season such
as chillies,aubergine and sweet peppers or those required for an early crop such as
greenhouse tomatoes and lettuce.
Before embarking on this long, risky and arduous venture it might be worth
considering an alternative. Of these early plantings not many actual plants are required.
After all two chilli plants will produce enough fruit for fresh use ,freezing or drying.
Space usually limits the number of pepper and aubergine plants and only a few tomato
plants are required as much better flavour comes from those grown outside. Most seed
companies do plug plants which are cheap and delivered to the door ready to grow on.
To some extent choice of varieties is limited and growing from seed offers greater choice
and more satisfaction.
I use root trainers inside a propagator with one seed per cell. Move on to 3” pots
when two true leaves have appeared. Keep warm with a temperature between 55c and
60c. Minimum 50c and as much light as possible.
For outside planting such as broad beans , peas and parsnips the soil
temperature must be above 6c and not water logged. To test for temperature a soil
thermometer is useful. However it is said that if you can sit comfortably on the soil with
a bare bottom the temperature is above 6c. Caution should be observed if using this
method or you might get arrested!
Don’t be in a hurry. Wait until conditions are right. Think about our show.
Good Gardening
Peter Estcourt
pge44@icloud.com - 07803179708
Chailey Outings Group
We are a small group of local residents who get together to organise day trips, particularly
for the elderly and/or disabled. We are able to subsidise the cost of transport thanks to
a grant from Chailey Parish Council.
In the next couple of months we are planning a "browse and lunch" trip to a local garden
centre and, in April, a trip on the Bluebell Railway, including a cream tea.
If you would like further information and to be kept informed of trips, please contact
Marian Darke by email at marian.darke48@gmail.com or by phone: 07711 267628 /
01273 401256.
Marian Darke
Secretary/Organiser, Chailey Outings Group
8Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 4th February at 7.30 pm in
the Village Hall when Shirley Kirby will speakto us on the History
of Craft in East Sussex. .
We had a fascinating talk in January on Volcanoes, Earthquakes
and Tsunamis by Dr Helena Griffiths. As well as learning where
abouts in the world volcanoes occur and why, we heard why some erupt and others don't.
Despite it seeming as if these natural disasters are more prevelent that they were years
ago the incidenceof them is about the same and it is just modern communications that
make us more aware of them. It is reassuring to know that here in the UK we are safe.
We also discussed the five Resolutions to be voted on so that one can be forwarded
to the National Annual Meeting in June. After some discussion the most votes went to
'A Call to Increase Potential Stem Cell Donor Registration'. There is an urgent need to
increase the number of people registered on the aligned UK stem cell registry in order to
provide potentially life saving treatment to people of all ages with certain blood concerns
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30 pm in Chailey Village Hall when
we are always pleased to welcome prospective members or guests who wish to come
along. For the nominal sum of £3 you can listen to the speaker and enjoy some home
made refreshments.
Margaret Smith - 01825 723519
Chailey Cricket Club
Belated best wishes and fortune to all for 2020.
The winter period is a very quiet time for us cricketers. We all but hibernate during the
winter months only occasionally braving the weather to visit the ground. In so doing we
often have to reinstate the rope or posts around the square that have been displaced by
folk who know no better! We spend hundreds of pounds of our money (no grants) and
many man hours maintaining the square throughout the summer as well as putting it ‘to
bed’ for the winter. Thus, to see the results of mindless damage to the square and the
pavilion is extremely frustrating and costly to the organisations using the facilities.
Come March / April the square will be woken from its slumbers in readiness for the
coming season. We would welcome anyone who would like to give a couple of hours
a week, daytime or early evenings, to help our grounds-person with the maintenance –
mowing, rolling, and, where necessary, repairing the wicket. It can be very relaxing in
the peaceful surrounds. Interested contact one of our officials detailed on our interesting
website: chailey.play-cricket.com
Fixtures for 2020 are being agreed and those that have can be found on our website: To
fulfil those fixtures we are hoping that some of you villagers will come and join us and
enjoy a very friendly game of cricket. Interested please contact Peter Dembrey on 07709
946880
80 years ago the club ‘shut down’ for the war years reviving itself in April 1946 following a
meeting at The Five Bells. There was an obvious keenness to start over as the meeting
was attended by 21 Chailey men: the names of which some of you will recall: King, Piper,
Carr, Attrell, Tillard, Stringer, Buckman, Bristow, Pocock, Dudman, Page, Heasman,
Setford, Marchant Hudson, Goldsmith, Taverner, Langridge and Green. It is they we
have to thank as without their action the club may not have started 2020; its 262nd
season.
9Chailey Repair Cafe Looks Sharp For 2020!
Chailey Repair Café got off to a flying start when
it opened its doors on 11th January – folks were
queueing outside from just after 9am and by 11 the
car park was solid! By the time the doors closed at 1pm, 27 volunteers had attempted
a record 84 repairs, including several toasters and kettles which had obviously worked
too hard over Christmas!!The Café’s new knife sharpening service proved very popular,
and the talented fabrics team repaired burn holes in clothing , some torn cushions and a
broken bag handle, whilst the Café’s IT team were busy fixing some tired computers.
It’s all in a day’s work for this successful local initiative which has gone from strength to
strength since it opened its doors for the first time 18 months ago.
Founder and Coordinator Bryan McAlley said “Our 2020 dates are easy to remember
– we are normally open every 2nd Saturday of each month between 10am – 1pm.
Free fridge magnets with all our 2020 dates are now available at the Café, so you won’t
forget!”
Chailey Repair Café is part of a world-wide movement where volunteer experts repair
things free of charge – although a donation towards running costs is invited. Anyone can
bring along broken items or clothing needing repair from home, and have a cuppa and
a cake while they wait!
Chailey Repair Café next opens at Chailey Parish Hall 10am – 1pm on 8th February
2020, and then normally on the second Saturday of each month..
If you would like to know more, contact the Café at chaileyrc@gmail.com or find them
on Facebook.
Bryan McAlley
100 Club winner for December was number 66 Mrs White;
January was number 45 Sheila Styles. Congratulations to you
both and thank you for your continued support.
The Senior Citizens Christmas party took place on Saturday 7th
December. Our guests enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner, bingo,
a raffle and musical entertainment by the East Sussex Concert
Band. The day was rounded off with a small firework display.
We would like to thank everyone who came as a guest and also to all those involved
behind the scenes.
Our final event of 2019 was a Soap Box Derby, held on Boxing Day morning at The
Hooke. We had 7 cart entries and each cart negotiated the downhill track at the Hooke.
The carts had two runs, trying to achieve the best time. Sadly, the weather was not in our
favour but it was great to see those braving the rain. The winning cart was run by team
CBS BOOM (Ant, Jordan, George and Adam) with an average time of 40.6 seconds.
Best presented cart was won by the Three Wheelers (Peter, Matt and Sharni).
On to 2020 - Each year we need to raise sufficient funds to cover our Insurance, replace
and hire equipment, put on a free Bonfire Night and Christmas party for the senior
members of our community. Our fundraising events are key to providing these events
and having had another wet bonfire where numbers were down, we have some hard
work ahead of us in 2020. We hope that you will continue to support us to put these
events on for our village.
Upcoming events:
Jumble Sale 7h March - at the Village hall from 11am. Jumble can be dropped
at the hall Friday 6th March between 7pm and 9pm and from 9am on Saturday 7th
10March Collection of jumble can be arranged by ringing Diane 01273 401900 or by email
secretary @chaileybonfire.co.uk
St George’s Day Fete 25th April – in the bonfire field opposite Markstakes Lane. If you
would like to book a stall or car boot space (£10) please ring Yasmin on 07368 868999.
If you can help with donations for our raffle, sponsor an attraction or help run a stall for
us, please get in touch on any of the numbers/emails above. More details will follow.
You can follow all our exploits and events on the Chailey Bonfire Society website http://
www.chaileybonfire.co.uk, or our Facebook group – just search for ‘Chailey Bonfire
Society’, or enter this address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChaileyBonfireSociety.
Happy New Year from all at Chailey Bonfire Society.
Chailey Parish Council
Neighbourhood Plan: Our Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted to Lewes
District Council. As the planning authority for our area, Lewes is responsible for ensuring
that our Plan dovetails into the aims and aspirations of the district’s own Local Plan;
assuming that all is well, the Plan will then be reviewed by an independent examiner [a
Planning Inspector] and subsequently put to us, the residents, to vote our assent through
a referendum.
The Plan is available to read on our website. It is a good read but necessarily written to
conform to planning requirements; but residents may also find the associated documents
interesting which include not only a Character Appraisal of our village, but also Chailey
in Pictures, the Village appraisal 1989 [so what’s changed?] and Historical Notes 1968
compiled by Rector Edwin Matthias and Mr Bentham Stevens – all worth your attention.
Highways – Mill Lane/A275 junction: The Parish Council submitted before Christmas
an application for a Feasibility Study to make this junction more safe. It has been an
aspiration to construct a pedestrian crossing at this junction and this is included in our
Neighbourhood Plan.
Residents have also long requested that this junction be made more safe and will already
know that Chailey School has petitioned the County to construct a crossing.
The Study is needed to allow the Parish Council to apply under the Community Match
scheme to the County for two scarce resources: funding, and designer time. The Study,
for which we have paid £500, will assess the viability of the project [for example, given
the placing of the bus-stops, whether a crossing can or should lie to the North or South of
the junction] and also allow us to bid for funding to match our own. A Traffic Survey was
conducted November 5-12 to record speed and volume of traffic across the junction, an
essential preliminary to the Study.
Community Match allocates a priority between road improvement projects across the
County, priority not only in terms of finance but, more importantly, in terms of designer
and work-time available in any one year. As my mother used to say – we are not the only
pebble on the beach!
Roeheath: The Council has recently bought new nets for the goalposts on the grounds
at Roeheath. Residents are reminded that this ground is not regularly maintained but,
together with the basketball post, is open for all to use. Limited parking is available.
Art Exhibition at St Peter’s Church, Chailey
Saturday March 7th10.00am – 5.00pm. Please get in touch with a Churchwarden if you
would like to exhibit (£8.00 per pitch). Exhibition viewing: £1.00 per person. Refreshments
available.
11PARKING REVIEW
Some might remember that I submitted a formal
request with suggestions for strategic long term
planning and alleviating future parking problems
on Mill Lane, South Chailey. It is appreciated that there are current day-to-day problems
with contractors.
I confirm that my request is to be included as part of the Lewes Parking Review. Work
on this review has just commenced and all requests will be considered, assessed and
prioritised. This review is carried out by East Sussex County Council. My suggestions
which represent many local residents will be given due consideration through the Parking
Review. Clearly, there are hundreds of hundreds of requests and there is no guarantee
they will be accepted, so I can make no promises, but I hope I have put forward a strong
case on your behalf.
Any new restrictions that are taken forward will be subject to public consultation (likely to
be late spring) and any new/amended parking restrictions will need to be taken forward
through a Traffic Regulation Order.
I have asked the Head of Planning and Environment, Communities, Economy and
Transport to keep me informed so I can ensure that those in our community have their
say.
CHAILEY CLASSIC AND VINTAGE TRACTOR CLUB
The annual Christmas Tractor run raised in excess of £1,500 for St. Peter and St. James
Hospice. Chailey Tractor Club is just over two years old, incorporated in September
2017 and have raised in excess of £6,000 for charity. If anyone who has - or loves
tractors is interested, please contact:
chaileytractorclub@gmail.com
Cllr Sharon Davy email sharon.davy@lewes.gov.uk. Tel. 01444 831 336
St Peter’s Church Quiz Night
St Valentine’s Night 14th February Chailey Village Hall 7.0pm £10 each to include
Ploughman’s and Pudding. Bring your own drink and glass. teams up to 7. Contact a
Churchwarden for info or Tickets.
Chailey Litter Pickers
1417 bags so far!
Wayne Dixon and his dog Koda set off from Blackburn, Lancs three years ago on a
nationwide litter picking tour. Dixon has filled more than 10,000 bags of litter, more than
50 tons of rubbish, so far. In Kent, after clearing streets and beaches of litter he turned
up at a Recycling Centre only to be told that he could not dump his bags there as they
were not ‘household waste’. The challenges of dealing with litter, waste and rubbish in
our society seem to be bizarrely difficult!
East Sussex now make charges for disposal of some waste that their recycling centres
as some of you may have found: £4 per bag for soil, hard core and plasterboard and £2
per tyre. In response to this from December 2019 only residents can use West Sussex’s
rubbish tips and have to show either a current driving licence, TV licence, council tax or
12utility bill to gain entry.
Deborah Urquhart, the county council’s cabinet member for environment, said: “We are in
the position where sites in West Sussex are located close to the borders of neighbouring
authorities. And at the same time other councils have introduced tough restrictions which
limit what people can dispose of. This puts us at a disadvantage because people are
choosing to travel to West Sussex with their waste, where currently such restrictions
don’t apply.
Personally I do not care which county I litter pick in, wherever there is litter I’ll willingly
pick it up. Chailey Litter Pickers have been doing a fantastic job over the last three and
a half years removing litter from roadsides of the parish, all done free of charge! Let’s
celebrate community cohesiveness and work together to make Chailey a great place to
live, whether that’s litter picking, joining the Horticultural Society, helping at the Repair
Café, supporting local businesses and churches etc etc. Let’s make Chailey glitter in
every way possible.
Next Group event: Monday 10th February, meeting at Pound Common car park at 10am.
For further information contact Janet Caughley on 01273 400785 or
janetcaughley@gmail.com
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
World Day Of Prayer (Interdominational)
At FLETCHING CHURCH on Friday 6th March 2020 at 2.00 p.m.
The Theme is Written by Christian Woman of Zimbabwe
‘Rise! Take your Mat and walk’
Welcome to the 2020 World Day of Prayer Service. As we participate in the Service we
are part of a great wave of prayer encircling the globe, which begins as the sun rises
over Samoa and ends 36 hours later back in the Pacific as the sun sets over American
Samoa. We will be joining with people in over 120 Countries and Islands around the
world.
Each year the Service is written by a different country. This year it has been prepared by
the Christian Women of Zimbabwe who call us to ‘Rise! Take your Mat and Walk’. We
are encouraged to reflect on the difficulties and unrest that have plagued their country
over many years. They share the challenges they have met and the hopes they have
for the future and invite us to support them as they continue their often turbulent journey
towards full reconciliation.
As we hear their stories, the challenge for them and for us is that we will constantly seek
love, peace and reconciliation.
Refreshments will be served after the service.
13LEWES District Citizens Advice
Online Parcel delivery
Does this sound familiar? I bought a present from an online store and paid extra
for next day delivery; it hasn't arrived. I tried to contact the delivery company but
couldn’t speak to anyone. The online store said my parcel is with the delivery
company and should arrive soon. If it doesn't arrive soon, I don’t want it. What
can I do?
You paid for next day delivery so your goods should be delivered on the agreed date.
Because you bought something from a business to be delivered to you, it’s the seller’s
responsibility to make sure the item is delivered.
As the seller used a courier, they should chase the courier to find out what’s happened
to your order.
Under the Consumer Rights Act, you can ask the seller to deliver the item again if the
item wasn’t delivered by the agreed date.
Or:
Cancel your original order and reorder it again from the same or a new online
store
Check if a local store stocks the item(s)
Keep trying to contact the delivery company via tracking tools/phone/email
To cancel your order:Cancel and ask for your money back because you haven't
received your goods on the agreed date. Tell the seller that what has happened to
your order is "a breach of contract under the Consumer Rights Act 2015" - as the
delivery date was essential and they didn’t meet it.
Find useful template letters and your rights on the Citizens Advice website.
The Art Society, Uckfield, Lewes and Newick
Susie Harries ‘Pevsner: The Victorians and Conservation.’
February 12th Civic Centre Uckfield 2.30
If you are like me you are probably saying so who on earth was Pevsner? Well I looked
him up and found he is quite fascinating! He was originally German and the son of a
Russian Jewish merchant. Hostile to Hitler’s Germany he came to England just before
WW2. Brilliant and specialising in architecture he was a founder member of the
Victorian Society and with John Betjeman and Hugh Casson saved houses, churches,
railways and monuments of the Victorian age.
Susie Harries will tell his story, how he became, amongst so many other things, an
Englishman, a Protestant, a knight of the realm, a staple of the BBC and above all, the
man who opened the eyes of the English people to their own architecture. In 1951
he began writing the first volume of the Buildings of England, describing buildings as
"lanky", "frantic", "victoriously vulgar" or "Grecian gone gaudy" Dullness was not a word
in his vocabulary.
Cost is £7 on the door for non-members. If you need any further information, please go
to our web site. We look forward to welcoming you.
Annette Shelford
14Sunday Train Services At Cooksbridge
From May
Residents of Chailey parish who use the train will already be aware that an hourly service,
Monday to Saturday, was introduced at Cooksbridge station from 15th December 2019.
At a celebration to commemorate this, GTR Head of Strategic Planning, Phil Hutchinson,
added further good news. From May 2020 Cooksbridge will also enjoy an hourly stopping
service on Sundays. We anticipate that this comprehensive service will not only benefit
those travelling towards Gatwick and London, but also those wanting to go in the other
direction, to Lewes, Falmer, Brighton and Eastbourne. The new services are for a trial
period and it is important that they are well used. Please do therefore consider whether
and how you and your family can benefit from them.
If you want to be added to our mailing list for news updates, please contact any member
of the Partnership.
COOKSBRIDGE STATION PARTNERSHIP
robert.baughan@btinternet.com kfroude@btopenworld.com iginn@btinternet.com
Newick Country Market
Newick Country Market is held every Friday from 10am until 11am
In Newick Village Hall on the A272
Come along to the market where you will see a good seasonal selection of locally grown
vegetables and plants, homemade savoury and sweet bakes as the fancy takes you,
from our kitchens and gardens to yours. Bespoke greetings cards, jewellery, knitted
items, preserves, and flower arrangements for that special occasion are always available.
Orders can be taken for any of the above, and special diets can also be catered for. If
you cannot see what you want feel free to ask one of our producers.
All the items are produced by members of the market and our food producers have the
required standard of food hygiene certificate.
Come and enjoy some freshly brewed coffee or tea, and maybe a little treat, whilst
meeting friends and catch up on village news.
It is advisable to come along early as many items sell out fast.
Further information 01825 722907
Memory Café
We meet every Tuesday afternoon in the Village Hall, Western Road between 1.45pm
and 4 O’clock. All members of the community with memory problems, their carers and/
or friends are encouraged to come along for a social afternoon, with a cup of tea and a
chat and often a sing-song--- a most enjoyable occasion.
The programme for February is as follows:-
4th Winter Art Box 11th Rosie’s Retro Rhythms
18th All About Taste 25th Music with John B
Peter Todd. Hon Sec. Friends of Newick Health Centre
15Newick Cinema
A Community-based Venture for Sunday Evenings
Our next show is on 23rd FEBRUARY. We hope that many of you will be able to come
and enjoy “CATS”. There is a licensed bar, teas, coffees, cakes and ice cream plus an
interval so that there is an opportunity to meet up with friends and have an enjoyable
evening out in the village. Booking in advance will secure seats in the front rows however
there is no need to book, just come along at 7pm and buy a ticket on the door; the film
will start at 7:30pm.
FEBRUARY’S FILM - CATS (PG)
Starring: Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden
Cats is a 2019 musical fantasy film based on the stage musical of the same name by
Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the poetry collection by
T. S. Eliot
23 FEBRUARY 2019 in Newick Village Hall, Western Road, Newick BN8 4LY
Licensed bar and refreshments from 7.00 pm. Film starts 7.30 pm
Tickets: £6 on the door, or by emailing detailed request to: newickcinema@outlook.com,
or ringing Mike Berry on 01825 723392
Booking in advance not necessary but will secure the best seats in the front rows
Sub titles and hearing loop in place
Cumnor House Sussex
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF TALENTED CHILDREN
Two Foundation Scholarships, covering 100% of the cost of a child’s private school
education for ten years, from the age of 8 to 18, are available to children currently in
Year 3 at state primary school.
Foundation Scholars join Cumnor House Sussex in Danehill in Year 4 (aged 8) through
to Year 8 (aged 13) when they move on to one of Cumnor’s sixteen independent senior
school partners, subject to meeting a school’s entry criteria, where they remain until they
are 18.
The scholarships are means-tested and awarded to children who excel academically
and show potential in art, design technology, drama, music or sport. Two places are
available for children starting in Year 4 in September 2020. Applications are open now
until 30th April 2020.
For further information, contact Cecilia Desmond, Registrar on 01825 792 006 or
registrar@cumnor.co.uk. Do visit our website to find out more at: www.cumnor.co.uk.
Chailey News - March Issue
The deadline for the March issue of Chailey News is 11th February To avoid problems
due to the necessity to filter e-mails for spam please:
1. Send items to chaileynews@chec.co.uk
2. Include “Chailey News” in Subject section of the e mail.
3. If a new subscriber or sending from an e mail address for the first time please phone
us on 01825 724376 so we are aware and able to look out for it.
Best wishes from everyone at CHEC
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