Lionel Barnard, Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services WSCC, has a a new letter [PDF] relating progress in the West Sussex broadband roll-out. There is nothing in it to interest Fulking residents. They haven’t even started the network planning yet.
Category Archives: Poynings
Fiddle & Squeeze
Sheila’s Party Band (fiddle, accordion and guitar) play upbeat folk songs from Europe and beyond from 9:00pm on Friday April 25th, at the Royal Oak in Poynings.
Poynings Cricket Club
Although Fulking hosts a very serious cricket club with a superb pitch close to the centre of the village, there is no ‘Fulking Cricket Club’ as such. But Poynings does have a village club and they are actively looking for new players for league or social cricket. Their senior team starts outdoor training at the Poynings cricket field on 14th April. If you think you might be interested in joining the club, click the image above for more information and contact the club captain Gary Wallis-Tayler:
Rushfields Thirty Year Anniversary Weekend
Attractions include:
- 30% off all plants, along with discounts on various products across the store;
- A bee keeper with a hive of bees that can be viewed through a glass panel, he will be able to answer all questions relating to bee keeping and the many products that can be made from the honey;
- A chiropractor from Falcon Health to tell you how to treat or avoid pulls and strains caused by overdoing it in the garden;
- Free tastings of award winning products in the farm shop;
- Free face painting and glitter tattoos (for children);
- A raffle for the Martlets Hospice.
The Poynings burglars [update 2]
More details from the Chichester Observer here.
Drumming & Percussion Group
Drumming & Percussion Group on Sunday 27th April (date changed from March 30th)
– with West Sussex Music tutor Steve Morley – Poynings Village Hall from 2pm – 3.30pm
With a view to meeting on the last Sunday of each month, the emphasis will be on enlivening but relaxed music-making for adults using traditional West African djembe rhythms; no experience is necessary. £7/person.
A diverse range of percussion instruments will be provided but do bring your own drum if you have one. Hope to see you there!
Call Steve on 857590 for more information
The Poynings burglars
The Chichester Observer has extended reports on a murder trial with a local connection. Here are some extracts:
Penton, 43, of Markway, Sunbury, denies murder and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, but has admitted conspiracy to burgle homes in Loxwood, Poynings and a home near Godalming as well as Mr Griffiths’s home.
The jury also heard how the burglary at Poynings on May 24, 2103, to which Penton has pleaded guilty, came after he found the house in Country Life magazine.
John Bartholomew, 72, of Cross Street, Portsmouth, denies murder and conspiracy to commit burglaries in Loxwood, Fernhurst and Poynings.
Harvey Munford, 23, of Monks Way, Staines, has admitted conspiracy to burgle homes in Loxwood, Poynings and Godalming, conspiracy to burgle Mr Griffiths’ home and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. He denies murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
The murder of Michael Griffiths has been described by both a forensic pathologist and a police inspector as the ‘most complex’ case ever seen.
Free film in Poynings
Mike Airey, Poynings resident and Green Party candidate for Hurstpierpoint and Bolney in last year’s WSCC election, will be presenting The Truth Behind The Dash For Gas at 8:00pm on Friday 21st February in Poynings Village Hall. Admission free.