A talk by Nick Steer to the Henfield History Group on Tuesday 10th June at 8:00pm in the Free Church Hall, Henfield.
Latest News of Local Interest
One in twelve
According to their own figures, police in West Sussex are only managing to solve one burglary in twelve. The West Sussex Gazette quotes the temporary chief constable as follows:
“We are taking this very seriously. I think there are two very clear reasons why this number has fallen. The first and most important is we just need to get better at investigating.”
He went on to blame a new computer system used to store data recently rolled out across the force.
The Sussex Police news isn’t all grim though: burglary victims will be pleased to learn that the force performs above average on a fifteen metre shuttle run; that a Chief Inspector has just set off for a ten day ‘fact-finding’ tour of Canadian universities; and that the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner has been busy loading unwanted bedroom furniture into the back of a van.
Botany surveys
Please contact Petra Billings via petra.billings@btopenworld.com for further details.
Dogs in the First World War
Emma White examines the role of dogs as messengers on the Western Front. Tuesday 3rd June, 12:10pm–12:50pm, Worthing Library, free admission.
European Election results
The Mid Sussex counts for the five parties that got at least one thousand votes each were as follows:
- Conservative Party – 13,270 votes
- UK Independence Party (UKIP) – 11,935 votes
- Labour Party – 3,833 votes
- Green Party – 3,584 votes
- Liberal Democrats – 3,240 votes
Mid Sussex is part of the South East of England region in the UK, which will be represented by ten MEPS: 4 UKIP, 3 Conservative, 1 Labour, 1 Green and 1 LibDem.
Rave off
The Argus reports on the National Trust struggle to restore the status quo ante bellum:
More than 2,000 ravers attended leaving rubbish, including smashed bottles, beer cases, clothing and gas canisters strewn across the site after they partied for more than 24 hours. Volunteers helped to clear about 250 bags of waste ..
Charlie Cain, head ranger of the Devil’s Dyke estate, said [that] .. there is broken glass all over the Downs that is going to cause problems for years.
Elsewhere, the head ranger said:
The mess left behind after [the] rave at Devil’s Dyke was terrible. Fences and gates were cut and cattle had been separated from their water supply.
Updated 2nd June.
From Posset Pots to Pew Groups
A illustrated lecture on early English pottery to the Steyning Decorative and Fine Arts Society by Jane Gardiner, lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Southerbys Institute. Monday 2nd June at the Steyning Centre, from 10:30am to midday, with coffee served at 10:00am. Visitors pay £5.
Request for indigenous plants
Northbrook College are due to start at Lady Brook Spring on 14th June after the site has been cleared and the lay-by cordoned off. The work will only be carried out at weekends and should take around four weeks. The College and Community Volunteer Team will carry out the bulk of the work and then hand over to the village to landscape the site. Donations of indigenous plants are hereby solicited. The plants will not be needed until the end of June or the beginning of July. If any Fulking gardeners are splitting plants before then, please bear this worthy project in mind.
Andrea Dickson, Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060 / andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com