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The Secret Sussex Resistance

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The Secret Sussex Resistance
A talk on the Sussex Auxiliary Units to be given by Stewart Angell, the country’s leading authority on the topic, at Ditchling Village Hall on Friday 10th October at 7:30pm. Booking is essential.

Auxiliary Units were a secret resistance network of highly trained volunteers prepared to be Britain’s last ditch line of defence during World War Two. They operated in a network of cells from hidden underground bases around the UK. [CART]

The Sussex Regional Headquarters was at Tottington Manor. Volunteers in Sussex, as elsewhere, were mostly local farmers. Small Dole had a unit based at Old Erringham Farm. If you have never previously heard of the Auxiliary Units but want to learn more, then the book to read is Stewart Angell’s (1996) The Secret Sussex Resistance, 1940-1944, Midhurst: Middleton Press (readily available).

Book Nook opening hours

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Book Nook
During the winter months we will be changing our hours. For those of you who don’t know about this exciting venture we have transformed part of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, by the Village Hall in Fulking, into a bring and buy bookshop and have an ever changing selection of bargain books, CDs, DVDs, etc. for sale. All have been generously donated, and last year we raised over £500 from our sales.

Opening Hours from October 1st 2014

All Wednesdays 10:30am–12:00pm

One Sunday each month 11:00am–4:00pm (October 12th, November 9th, December 14th, January 11th, February 8th, March 8th)

We look forward to welcoming you.

Jane Warne

P.S. Book Nook now has a large ‘sale’ section of books at reduced prices.

The BBC to film Mayfield

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Mayfield on The One Show
The BBC’s One Show is coming to the area this Monday evening/Tuesday morning to film a story on Mayfield, LAMBS, the local councils, the MPs and the land owners. Their schedule is unknown but LAMBS hopes to see the immediate area saturated with yellow ribbons to show how strong local opposition to Mayfield is.

St. Andrew’s Day Quiz

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St Andrew's quiz
Advance notice: November 28th — this is always a popular event and promises to be a fun evening which will be held once again at the Nomad’s Pavilion in Clappers Lane. Tickets include a ploughman’s supper and sold out quickly last year — so let us know early if you would like to come.

Contact Chris on 01273-857322 or Jane on 07812-465-559 for more details and to enter teams.

Jane Warne

Stolen!

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Black Range Rover
A new black Range Rover was stolen from Yew Tree Cottage last night. Contact the police now if you saw anything that might be relevant. And don’t leave your car keys on the kitchen table when you go to bed tonight.

Richard Corner (219) adds:

Did you see a black Range Rover, in convoy with a second car, between 10:00om on Thursday 25th and 6:00am on Friday 26th September? If so, please phone Sussex Police on the non-emergency number (101), reference 0251 of 26th September.

The car may be hidden in the countryside somewhere. It was FR11 STY, but the plates have probably been removed by now. If you see such a car, phone 101. If you happen to see anyone near it, then phone 999.

Nikki Frost adds:

[The burglars] entered the house through a small window taking phones, car, wallet and other bits while the whole family slept up stairs.

Sussex Police add:

A black Range Rover Sport worth more than £60,000 was stolen from the Poynings area north of Brighton between 10:30 pm on Thursday (25 September) and 7:10am the next day. The vehicle, registration FR11 STY, has distinctive, non-standard brown leather upholstery. One line of enquiry being followed by police is that it may have been stolen to order. The car’s owner is in the motor trade and other dealers have been notified of the theft.

Updated: 1st October.

Steyning Grammar School: 400 years of education

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Steyning Grammar School
A talk to be given at Beeding & Bramber Local History Society by Dr. Janet Pennington of the Sussex School of Archaeology. Dr. Pennington was the archivist at Lancing College for eighteen years and is the author of Chanctonbury Ring: The Story of a Sussex Landmark. At Beeding & Bramber Village Hall, High Street, Upper Beeding at 7.45pm on Wednesday 1st October.

It’s good to touch the green, green grass of homes.

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Rydon to trash Pound Lane Upper Beeding

Rydon Homes has submitted plans for 65 houses on a greenfield site adjacent to Pound Lane, Upper Beeding. In anticipation of significant public interest in these proposals Upper Beeding Parish Council has called a public meeting in Beeding & Bramber Village Hall, High Street, Upper Beeding on Thursday 25th September. Plans will be on display from 4pm and the meeting will start at 7pm. Representatives of Rydon Homes, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Southern Water and local councillors have been invited.