A talk to be given at Beeding & Bramber Local History Society by Trevor Povey, an engineer and local historian who worked at Southdown for twenty years. At Beeding & Bramber Village Hall, High Street, Upper Beeding at 7.45pm on Wednesday 6th November.
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Fungal Foray
Bioblitz — The Devil’s Dyke great fungal foray: join us for a day of hunting and recording as many species of fungi as possible, across Southwick Hill, on the South Downs, near Brighton. A team of scientists will be on hand to identify and record all that is found. The order of the day: 10:00am Meet at The Mile Oak pub; Introduction to the day. 10:15am Go out hunting for fungi on Southwick Hill. 12:00 noon Lunch on the hill. 2:00pm. Finish off the day with a cup of tea and cake at Mile Oak farm tea shop (not provided). Finish survey with a quick round up of the days findings. Friday, 1st November 2013, 10:00am — 2:00pm.
Booking essential. More info here.
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.
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.
Snow on the Bomb House
Fulking residents see it every day as they look up at the Downs. But what is it? When was it built? Why is it in that location? Is it a relic of the Napoleonic wars? Was it once a semaphore station? A camera obscura? Did it play a role in James Hubbard’s Victorian recreation complex on the Dyke? Why is it called “the bomb house”? Did it ever have a roof? Why is it half full of earth? Why are several walls damaged? Is Canada to blame?
You’ll find out the answers to these questions, and many others, if you attend Martin Snow’s talk The Devil’s Dyke — Pleasure Ground to Bombing Ground at the Beeding & Bramber Local History Society meeting at 7:45pm on Wednesday 2nd October in the Village Hall, Upper Beeding.
Indian tabla workshop
Steve first studied tabla with Pt. Chotelal Misra in Varanasi, India in the 1980s, and was also under the tutelage of the late Pt. Sharda Sahai of the Benares tradition. He has been teaching classical tabla and working in education for 20 years.
Tutorial events for kids at Stanmer Park
If you missed booking a Sussex Wildlife Trust event for your children at Woods Mill, or if the dates weren’t right, then you might want to consider the rather similar range of events at Stanmer Park. For crows, Stanmer Park is much further away from Fulking than Woods Mill, but the travel time in a car is only five to ten minutes longer.
- Tuesday 6 August: Woods Mill – Watery World
- Wednesday 7 August: Stanmer Park – Super Shelters
- Tuesday 13 August: Woods Mill Summer – Groovy Gardens
- Wednesday 14 August: Stanmer Park Summer – Tracks & Signs
- Tuesday 20 August: Woods Mill Summer – Terrific Trees
- Wednesday 21 August: Stanmer Park Summer – Terrific Trees
Limeburners, Lords & Labourers
Two Holiday Club Days
Parent-free, ages 6-11, take packed lunch.
Memories of WWII at Saddlescombe
