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HART on Horton
Every car needs a defibrillator:
Club member Malcolm Town collapsed while playing golf a year ago and was saved by his playing partner, HART responder Martin Tooth. Martin, who is club captain, happened to have his defibrillator in the car and was able to reach it in time to administer lifesaving treatment. HART are shortly to equip adjoining Henfield Business Park with a public access defibrillator.
More here.
A job in Newtimber?
If you think you could handle the stress of having to commute from Fulking to Newtimber every day, then this job might be for you.
Update 29th November: job no longer on offer.
LAMBS to the slaughter
The West Sussex Gazette reports on an upcoming meeting to discuss the Mayfields plan to trash 1,200 acres of attractive Sussex countryside between Henfield and Sayers Common:
Mayfield Market Town’s application to develop a new town between Henfield and Sayers Common will be debated by Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert, Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames and Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl (LAMBS) representative Anthony Watts-Williams on Friday (October 18).
The meeting will be held on Friday, October 18, 7.30pm, at Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8QH — all are welcome to attend.
A Sussex farm during the 1950s
Ian Everest will describe a year in the life of a Downland farm during the 1950s. He will introduce a coloured cine-film, for which he will provide the narration. The film shows an age when over twenty men were employed on the 1000-acre farm – and forty at harvest-time.
Admission is by ticket — £5.00 for Members; £7.00 for non-members — available from Jasmines Florists, High Street, Henfield or by telephoning (01273) 492294.
Harvest Festival & Picnic
Yoga Fusion in Poynings
Improve your posture, strength, balance and flexibility with a fusion of yoga and pilates. Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm in Poynings Village Hall. Drop in sessions, £5.00, suitable for all levels. Bring a mat and a cushion if you have them. For further information contact Fiona Stewart on 07879 855 283.
Report something suspicious
Sussex Police have a new online reporting form for residents to report something suspicious:
https://www.sussex.police.uk/help-centre/report-something-online/report-something-suspicious/
Sheep at Saddlescombe? Never!
The white and black woolly creatures that you have often seen in the fields around Saddlescombe were just wolves in drag, apparently. The Argus is reporting that 692 real sheep have now arrived together with the “first sheep farmers for 70 years”.
Fulking Parish Council – Planning Meeting Wednesday 16th October 2013
Fulking Parish Council will hold an Planning Meeting on Wednesday 16th October 2013 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall
TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PLANNING APPLICATIONS:-
SDNP/13/04474/LIS – Customary Cottage The Street Fulking Henfield BN5 9LU
Installation of a chimney flue
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend.
Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting for two minutes, by prior arrangement with the Clerk Mrs. Andrea Dickson , tel 01444 451060 at least 1 hour before the meeting. No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
12 Turners Mill Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1NN
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com