Every local garden enthusiast should take the opportunity to flip through the photos of the astonishing garden at Downmere in the centre of Poynings which Knight Frank has generously made available on the web. Downmere was the home of the late Geoffrey Harris from 1978-2013.
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Bobservation No. 8
Most of you will have enjoyed the amenity afforded by the North Town Field at some time or another.
Over the years we have held Fairs, Rounders, Dog shows, Call my Bluff, Barn dancing, a Caribbean event, Live theatre, Yoga etc., and of course there is also the Playground.
The Playground is leased by the Parish Council from the Trustees of the North Town Field.
Whilst the Parish Council are responsible for the maintenance and repairs of the Playground, and indeed an inspection is made by one of them each week for safety reasons, keeping the equipment clean is not part of their responsibility, and nor should it be. Would it be too much to ask the parents of village children who use the Playground to get together a working party to clean the equipment from time to time ?
I like to think that Fulking villagers pride themselves on the community spirit that has been created, most recently with the restoration of the Ladybrook Spring and The Argus award for Fulking Fair, the community event of the year in Sussex. It would be good to add the Playground cleanup to these.
FPC Planning 6:30 10th June 2015
The next Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 10th June 2015 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning applications will be discussed:-
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 appointment with the Clerk (Mr Derek Blackhall, tel 01273 846186). No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Poynings Garden Fete
Saturday June 6th at 2.00pm in the Rectory garden. Teas, cakes, stalls, puppets, maypole, live music and a local clairvoyant has predicted that there will be a dastardly murder that day, maybe someone you know? If you’re not there, you won’t find out*. Proceeds in aid of running costs and general repair of our beautiful 14th century Church.
Sheila Marshall
[*And you won’t get murdered either, presumably. Ed.]
Poynings Chilli Competition
The Royal Oak’s annual Chilli Competition to raise funds for the Children’s Christmas Party will take place in the early evening of Saturday 6th June. You can drop off your entry at the pub in the morning (after 11:00) or the day before.
Local property page
The website now has a reference page devoted to local property. To take a look, click the collage above or look for the relevant item in the ‘About Our Village’ menu at the top of the left sidebar. If you notice errors or omissions, please send the details to the webmaster.
LAMBS in The Telegraph
A long report on the people involved in the resistance.
“Villagers like us haven’t been offered huge pay-offs but our homes and the beautiful countryside around us have been left under a huge Mayfield cloud, which shows no signs of dissipating despite universal local opposition. This is the kind of rural community that is becoming rarer and rarer in the South East of England and it should be valued, not destroyed. But apparently it doesn’t matter what we think.”
Pimms and Hymns
