These Men of Edburton died in defence of the British Empire and the Freedom of Mankind ~ We salute them and humbly commend their Souls to HIM who shall judge the World with Righteousness and the People with HIS Truth ~ This stone is set up by the Parishioners as a Memorial before the Lord and to tell them that come after.
Beeding and Bramber Local History Society have put on a display about life in Beeding, Bramber, Botolphs and Small Dole during the First World War. The display runs from today, Saturday 8th November, until Monday 10th November, from 10:00am to 4:00pm each day, in the Gladys Bevan Hall, Church Lane, Upper Beeding. This is at the far end of Church Lane, opposite St Peter’s Church. For more information, click the image above.
Playing Haydn, Rósza, Beethhoven and Dohnányi at Steyning Centre on Saturday 29th November from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. More information and booking details here.
The Police & Crime Commissioner is seeking the views of Sussex taxpayers regarding the 2015-16 police precept (the amount you pay for policing in your Council Tax). More here.
Andrew Orlowski writes:
Four major policy options are suggested in the Ministry of Fun’s rural mobile consultation paper .. [it] has set about tackling “partial not-spots”. And what’s a “partial not-spot”? It’s anywhere where you don’t get coverage from all four MNOs (mobile network operators).
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Well-heeled rural communities vigorously fight the installation of equipment that improves their mobile communications — then complain that their mobile coverage is inadequate.Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Prime Minister Cameron has a home in the Cotswolds — as Reg readers point out, Oxfordshire NIMBYs have been successful in ensuring coverage resembles a former Eastern European Soviet satellite. Do you want decent mobile coverage or do you want a village untainted by modern transmission equipment? Pick one of two.
A Sussex Wildlife Trust course at Woods Mill taught by Graeme Lyons. This course looks at management issues for invertebrates and how these are applied to different habitats. Mainly a classroom based course with an excursion around Woods Mill to look at management of habitats and micro-habitats for invertebrates that are often over-looked. It is suitable for ecologists, professionals, biology and ecology students and for people who may have some responsibility for land management. Woods Mill, Friday 5th December, 10:00–16:00. Click here to book.
Readers have probably failed to notice that today is World Responsible Tourism Day. Never mind, the worthy staff at the SDNPA have your back. They have produced a two-minute muzak-laden collage of pretty views to mark the day. They are also promoting an internet travel agent called responsibletravel.com (see above) whose slogan is ‘travel like a local’. In the case of the South Downs National Park, that implies the use of two cars, at least one one of which must be a 4×4.
A talk by Matthew Jones of the West Sussex Record Office to the Henfield History Group at 8:00pm on Tuesday 11th November, in the Free Church Hall, Henfield.
Join us for our bonfire and fireworks at the Blacksmith Field (behind Forge Garage) on Saturday 8th November. The procession will leave the Royal Oak promptly at 6:25pm. Lighting of the fire and fireworks will follow. Hot food available. Pay on the gate.
On 28th October, Lee Newlyn’s Mayfield ideas were voted the least popular of four options with a show of just four hands in an audience of more than one hundred of the key players within the local property and construction sector at a forum titled Meeting Housing Needs in Brighton — Building In, Up or Out. Read more at LAMBS.