A talk by Dr. Geoffrey Mead (University of Sussex) to Henfield History Group at 8:00pm on Tuesday 10th May in the Free Church Hall, Coopers Way, Henfield. The Sussex landscape is a complex linkage of natural features and processes — the geology and topography of the county. This has been adapted by man into a human landscape which is largely one of agricultural development. The talk will consider the regional and historical variation in Sussex agriculture.
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St. Andrews Quarterly No. 3 (July 1949)
I have a complete run of St. Andrews Quarterly, apart from this issue. If you own it, then I’d be most grateful if I could borrow it for long enough to make a copy.
Tony Brooks (200)
Bobservation No.19
Fulking Fair 2016
This year’s Fair will be held on Saturday 30th July organised by the Social Committee in co-operation with the Shepherd & Dog.
There will be stalls in the North Town Field as well as demonstrations and plenty of childrens’ games. The fair will start at 1pm and continue until 5pm. Parking for the general public will be in Downside Meadow, the site of last year’s fair. The Shepherd & Dog will provide a marquee for live music, and food and drink will be available at the pub all day.
Obviously there will be some degree of traffic congestion in the Street but this will be alleviated by controllers at each end of the village. Quite a few pedestrians will probably be walking from Downside Meadow to the North Town Field and the pub, but every effort will be made to ensure safe transit for them.
I suggest that on the basis of ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ villagers should make a note in their diaries that there may be some disruption and avoid using their cars that afternoon and bring their families and friends to the fair and make it a really good village social event. The success of the fair depends largely on village input.
If you would like to get hands-on and help with the fair, we are holding a Social Committee meeting in the village hall to organise the day at 8pm on Thursday 19th May and you are most welcome to come along. Suggestions are carefully considered but remember we want doers not talkers.
Seedling Sunday
May 2016 Pigeon Post Published
Scene of Crime
Colonel Mustard reports that the election for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner is to take place on Thursday 5th May from 7:00am to 10:00pm in Fulking Village Hall. The suspects are listed here.
Southwick Roman Villa
A talk by Jeffrey Leigh to Beeding & Bramber Local History Society at 7:45pm in Upper Beeding Village Hall on Wednesday 4th May.
The villa waa probably built in the first century AD, some 50 years after the Romans first arrived and was palatial in size, the second largest villa in Sussex. As such, it would have been the centre of a large and important estate. The site was lost until the 19th century when people found coins and pottery in what was then a market garden. The first excavation followed in 1845. The site was excavated again in the 1930s and then donated to the Sussex Archaeological Trust in 1932 by an anonymous benefactor. Subsequently, Manor Hall Road was driven through part of it. Nowadays, the Manor Cottage Heritage Centre has a permanent exhibition about the villa’s history and about the various efforts to excavate the site.
Steyning Festival
Tickets available today. Programmes available from The Shepherd & Dog, The Royal Oak, Rushfields, The Fox, Tottington Manor, Henfield Village Hall and Wickwoods, among many other places.
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Grand Bric a Brac and Book Sale – Reminder
On the weekend April 23rd/24th (10:00am to 4:00pm each day) we are holding a grand Bric-a-Brac and Book sale in the village hall and this will be open on both Saturday and Sunday for loads of bargains. So .. if you are Spring cleaning and have saleable goods please think of us. All money raised will help towards the upkeep of our lovely church. Goods can be left either at Book Nook on Wednesday mornings or at the church anytime. Alternatively ring Chris on 01273-857322 or Linda on 01273-857032 who will arrange collection.
Jane Warne