Category Archives: North Town Field

Fulking Parish Council — Meeting Thursday 10th April 2014 at 7:30pm

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In the Village Hall. Members of the press and public are welcome to attend.

Agenda

  1. Chairman’s Welcome.
  2. Apologies.
  3. Declaration of Interest.
  4. Approval of minutes 9th January 2014
  5. Matters Arising from the above minutes not on the agenda (to include Planning inc. Old Pump House, Highways Flooding & Operation Watershed, Lady Brook Spring, Footpath 4f update, Winter Management, NTF Trees).
  6. Reports from District & County Councillors.
  7. Preston Nomads
  8. NTF mowing contract
  9. Water Fountain
  10. Fireworks
  11. Financial Matters (including Cheque List & Stubs, Income & Expenditure to date, quarterly bank reconciliation), Financial Regulations.
  12. Annual internal audit.
  13. Annual Parish meeting speaker update & refreshments.
  14. Thank you — Street Light, Table, NTF Trees & Fencing
  15. Comments from the floor.
  16. Dates of next meetings.

Andrea Dickson, Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060 / andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com

Two ways for you to help our village

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Saturday 15 March, meet at 10:15am at the North Town Field

ntf_tidySpring is almost upon us so please come along to the North Town Field next Saturday to help us get it ready for the long warm days to come. Bring gardening tools please.

John Hazard
[on behalf of the North Town Field Trust]

Collecting verge litter

Sunday 30 March, meet at 10:30am

Please get involved in keeping the village tidy and free of rubbish.

There are four meeting points:

  • Party 1 starts at the corner of Clappers/Holmbush lanes and moves South;
  • Party 2 starts at the corner of The Street/Clappers Lane and moves North;
  • Party 3 meets at the Ram House by the Shepherd and Dog and moves up The Street;
  • Party 4 meets at The Deans in Poynings Road and moves towards The Street.

Take care of traffic, wear bright colours and please bring suitable gloves and bin liners to collect the rubbish. Dispose of collected rubbish in your wheelie bins. If this time is not convenient choose your own time and do your bit. Perhaps ending up at the Shepherd & Dog for a well earned pint!

Any queries give me a call on 271.

Bob Rowland
[on behalf of Fulking Social Committee]

Fulking Social Committee: a plea for help

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Fulking Fair in 2013
The Social Committee’s income is principally derived from the annual fair proceeds and is used to finance village needs, including funding Pigeon Post. The provision of such funds facilitates the receiving of grants and reduces the amount required by the village precept, which forms part of the Council Tax.

This year’s Fulking Fair will be held in Downside Meadow on Sunday 27 July 2014 from noon till 5pm. On Friday 25 July there will be a Call my Bluff for 96 people in the marquee, 7:00 pm for 7:30pm, with superior wines supplied by Quaff. Tickets £15 a head (includes 8 wines and nibbles).

Those of you who have attended the fair in previous years will appreciate that it takes a lot of volunteers to organise and run it. We are desperately in need of such help from villagers to man events and to provide relief for those already involved. If you would like to get involved please give Bob a ring on 271.

We welcome ideas on how future monies can be spent in the village. The principal items spent over the last few years are listed below.

Fulking Social Committee accounts
Bob Rowland
[on behalf of Fulking Social Committee]

Christmas Party report

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Fulking Village Christmas Party
The annual village Christmas party was held in the greatly improved village hall on Friday 20 December. The evening was very well attended and many thanks to the principal organisers Jennie Wild and Carolyn Loveless, as well as all the other villagers who assisted. The mulled wine was excellent. A very successful tombola, which was enhanced by a magnificent hamper, donated by Jeremy’s the greengrocer in Henfield, raised £233 which well covered the existing shortfall in the amount required for the new fencing in the North Town Field.

Bob Rowland

Hugh Rapley at Hut Farm

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Hut Farm, Fulking c1980, aerial photo by Joe Lancaster

An aerial photo of Hut Farm by Joe Lancaster, taken around 1980. The farm buildings are bottom left, Pippins and Poynings Road are top right.

Hugh Rapley used to live in Clappers Lane and he and his family left many many imprints on Fulking which still echo in the village. Hugh and his brother ran the market garden and dairy from Hut Farm (see photo above). The cows fed in the field which is now the smooth green cricket club pitch (Preston Nomads). Their milk was still being delivered around the village in the mid 1980s. And Hut Farm? Now transformed into Cannonberries, a single storey dwelling precisely on the site of the old farm buildings with extensive and elegant gardens where the long strips of the fuit and veg had grown for years.

Hugh had an interest in clocks especially old clocks. He could mend neighbours’ clocks and he restored beautiful old clocks and sold many of them in the village shop. People were often very surprised having come in for an ice cream to then see these working antique clocks at very modest prices alongside collectible old books, local pottery and paintings, local bread, baked beans, butter and a post office.

Before the war Hugh’s cow field had been the village field, I was told. And our current village field (North Town Field)? That was probably a cow field. And Barn Cottage, in the north west corner of old Hut Farm? Exactly what it says: a bungalow built ‘inside’ a barn when planners said ‘no’ to proposed demolition.

Gill Milner, Old Post Office

Hut Farm, Fulking, 1946

Another aerial photograph of Hut Farm, this one taken in 1946

One man went to mow

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Meadow Creation and Restoration

This will be a practical day with tours of the Millennium Seed Bank Meadow, the Native Seed Hub production site and the Bloomers Valley Meadow restoration project. Places are limited so book now to reserve your place by contacting Petra Billings on 01273 497515 or email petrabillings@sussexwt.org.uk

Fulking Parish Council – Budget 2013-2014

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Fulking Parish Council set a budget of £7,303 for the coming financial year at its meeting on 10th January 2013.

The Parish Council budget covers items such as the grass cutting & maintenance of the playground at NTF, street lighting and repairs, public liability insurance, website hosting, cost of audits, subscriptions to local societies, a donation to the Hassocks & Hurst Community Bus as well as additional training for Councillors & Clerk and the Clerk’s salary.

The budget has increased by £960 on last year which means the average payment by a household will rise by approximately £6.80 for the year based on a Band D property.

A full copy of the budget is available here (PDF).

Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com

The Playground

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Do you use the playground regularly?

Do you have an interest in maintaining the playground?

Could you spare sometime to help with the playground inspections, for safety and insurance purposes?
Play Area Inspections – PDF

If so please contact Andrea Dickson for further information.

From 1st April 2013 the bins will be removed so please take your rubbish home with you.

Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com
01444 451060

Some Village Miscellany

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Bin Collection Disruption: See the link on the Mid Sussex District Council’s website for details of the catch-up programme. midsussex.gov.uk/8521.htm

The Community Support Officer has changed temporarily. For the time being the PCSO is Teresa Bevan who can be contacted on 07979 774054 or teresa.bevan@sussex.pnn.police.uk

Fulking Social Comittee has recently purchased 55 stacker armchairs for the much improved village hall at a cost of £350. Other recent expendure has included the village and childrens’ Christmas parties, a donation of £100 towards the Evergreens’ Christmas party and treework to reduce the saplings in the banking of the North Town Field. The final cost of the electrical installation of the two new defibrillators is estimated to be around £550 of which £400 has already been donated.

and finally

This years village fair will be held on Sunday 28 July and anyone who would like to join in would be welcome (with open arms!). If you are interested give Bob Rowland a shout on 271 or email him at bob.pamrowland@btinternet.com