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Bob Rowland at Furzefield
Bob Rowland moved to Fulking in the days when John Ruskin single-handedly installed pumped water, mains drainage, gas lighting and an electric telegraph system. Over the ensuing decades he did everything, ran everything and won everything. Nowadays he passes on his accumulated wisdom to junior villagers in a monthly column for this website. This page provides an anthology of those columns.

  1. Village Hall September 2023
  2. Gill Milner RIP August 2023
  3. Anne Hind RIP July 2023
  4. Fulking Fair June 2023
  5. No Election, No Mow May 2023
  6. Planning Update April 2023
  7. Good Fortune March 2023
  8. Joyce Harris RIP February 2023
  9. A New Year’s Wishes January 2023
  10. Friends Departed RIP December 2022
  11. Democracy Quiz November 2022
  12. Fulking Affinity October 2022
  13. Continuation September 2022
  14. BobsOvation August 2022
  15. Mick Gaule RIP July 2022
  16. Sheena Trist RIP June 2022
  17. Migrants and Volunteering May 2022
  18. Housing April 2022
  19. Social Comment March 2022
  20. Changes in Henfield February 2022
  21. Handing on the Social Baton January 2022
  22. Village Times & Politicians December 2021
  23. Tony Brooks RIP November 2021
  24. Social Samantha October 2021
  25. The Postponed Fulking Fair September 2021
  26. Blue Badges and Fair Timing August 2021
  27. Wilding Dog Show July 2021
  28. Fair Change June 2021
  29. Village Hall and Fair May 2021
  30. Churches April 2021
  31. Bird Watching & Zooming March 2021
  32. Council-ling and Attitudes February 2021
  33. New Varia January 2021
  34. Questions, Light and Future December 2020
  35. Faith Schools/Recycling/Coronavirus November 2020
  36. Disputes & Vulnerability October 2020
  37. Fame & COVID September 2020
  38. Summer At Furzefield August 2020
  39. Fair Lament July 2020
  40. Medics/Cooperation June 2020
  41. Coronavirus May 2020
  42. Conservation and COVID-19 April 2020
  43. Warming to the Clerk March 2020
  44. Eco February 2020
  45. New Year Resolutions January 2020
  46. Which Party to Support December 2019
  47. Climate Change November 2019
  48. Nick Hughes, Greta Thunberg, and more October 2019
  49. Mayfield September 2019
  50. Fair Play August 2019
  51. Wildlife Gardening July 2019
  52. Events June 2019
  53. Elections May 2019
  54. Twinning April 2019
  55. Parish Council Elections March 2019
  56. Winter Thoughts February 2019
  57. Christmas and New Year January 2019
  58. Christmas .. December 2018
  59. Rev. Graham Jeffery November 2018
  60. Planning, Calendars & Parties November 2018
  61. Changing Times October 2018
  62. Village Demography September 2018
    Reply: December 2018
  63. Village Happenings August 2018
  64. Fulking Fair July 2018
  65. Call My Bluff June 2018
  66. Responsibilities May 2018
  67. Newtimber Cathedral April 2018
  68. Parish Councillors March 2018
  69. Winter/Spring February 2018
  70. New Year Resolutions January 2018
  71. Christmas December 2017
  72. Migration, Dogs & Maps November 2017
  73. Social Committee October 2017
  74. A Possible Exit September 2017
  75. Fulking Fair (cont.) August 2017
  76. Fulking Fair 2017 July 2017
  77. Farewell to Tony & Doris June 2017
  78. Fulking Fair & Wine Quiz May 2017
  79. Bedroom Tax April 2017
  80. Spring at Furzefield March 2017
  81. The Census February 2017
  82. In with the new and out with the old January 2017
  83. Christmas December 2016
  84. Downland Calendar November 2016
  85. Neighbourliness October 2016
  86. Fulking Fair (cont.) September 2016
  87. The Parish of Fulking August 2016
  88. Fulking Fair (cont.) July 2016
  89. Fulking Fair (cont.) June 2016
  90. Fulking Fair 2016 May 2016
  91. Traffic Problems April 2016
  92. Village Organisations March 2016
  93. Social Matters February 2016
  94. Party Epilogue January 2016
  95. Christmas Party December 2015
  96. Homes and the homeless November 2015
  97. Newtimber Hill October 2015
  98. Call My Bluff Wine Quiz September 2015
  99. Not a washout August 2015
  100. Fulking Fair (reprise) July 2015
  101. Playground cleanup June 2015
  102. Fulking Fair May 2015
  103. Water supply proposal April 2015
  104. Parish Councillors March 2015
  105. Fulking Social Committee February 2015
  106. The Shepherd & Dog January 2015
  107. Preston Nomads Cricket Club December 2014
    Reply: Keeping the peace February 2015
  108. The architectural mix November 2014
  109. Aidan’s Pigeon Post October 2014