Author: LocHist
Pimms & Hymns
New Albourne Road roundabouts
Mayfield Market Towns claim that
it is accepted by West Sussex County Council and the Highways Agency that .. proposals are shown and are agreed for how the development will relate to the A23 and to other major roads in the area. In essence, 4,000 dwellings can be serviced from a grade separated new junction at Albourne and closure of the Sayers Common junction, and Mayfield control the land to implement these two proposals.
[Mayfield Market Towns submission to HDC]
Charity coffee morning
At the Shepherd & Dog, Saturday 27th September 10:00am–12:00pm, includes bake-off with prize for the best cake.
Newtimber trail run
Burglary in Small Dole — update
Suusex Police report that their Operation Magpie team has arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of the burglaries that took place in New Hall Lane, Small Dole on 1st and 4th September this year. He was bailed until 5th October.
Exhibition in Hurstpierpoint
Fulking artist Pauline Findlay at The Fig Tree on the High Street on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th September from 12:30pm–4:00pm as part of Hurst Festival. The exhibition contains paintings from a series called ‘Surf’s Up’, where shards of glass are layered with glass granules.
On the market
Southview Cottages
Southview Cottages (although officially part of The Street) are situated at the western end of Fulking bridleway 6c (the Backway) and as their names suggest they face south with uninterrupted views of the Downs. They were built in the 16th century and at one time owned by G.S.C. Cuttress who included them in the sale of his property in 1914. At that time they were described [in the auctioneer’s catalogue] as: “A double tenement cottage with garden and frontage to an accommodation road. Each tenement contains two bedrooms, a living room, washroom with copper and a lean-to wood shed. [There was] A privy in the garden common to the two tenements.” At the time of the sale. the two tenements were let as one to James Steel at 3 shillings and 4 pence per week, the landlord paying rates and taxes. It is of note that a condition of the 1914 sale was that the purchaser of Southview Cottages had no third party right of access to The Street, over the land associated with Septima Cottages and the purchaser of Septima 1 and 2 had the right to deny any such access.
At some time between 1920 and 1930, Amy Harris bought the cottages and they were let to labourers working at Perching Manor Farm. Following the Second World War they were no longer required for farm employees and were let out to non-farm workers. Number 1 remained in the ownership of the Harris family until 2006.
Tony Brooks
[Copyright © 2014, Anthony R. Brooks. Adapted from Anthony R. Brooks (2008) The Changing Times of Fulking & Edburton. Chichester: RPM Print & Design, page 178.]
Defibrillator training session
Tricia Robinson and HART are organizing another tutorial event on CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of portable defibrillator machines in the Village Hall on Wednesday 24th September at 4:00pm. The session will be led by Dave Fletcher, an experienced paramedic.
A somewhat overqualified attendee at one of his earlier sessions reports that it was “fun, full of practical, helpful information and completely non-threatening”.