Just in case you somehow managed to miss our earlier post, the June issue of Pigeon Post, and coverage in the local press from Brighton to Portsmouth, be warned that Matthew Cohen (M C Driveways) of Small Dole hasn’t given up. He was persistently touting for custom in the centre of Fulking less than a month ago and only backed off when a resident made it clear that he was aware of Cohen’s recent convictions. If he turns up on your doorstep and is reluctant to leave, call 101 and cite Sussex Police reference 1200 of 31 May 2013.
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Lady Brook Spring – Update
A WSCC officer reports that second year students from Northbrook College are to take on the work in September.
Jack & Jolyon
The Argus reports:
A London barrister plans to spend up to £750,000 on the restoration of a historic Sussex windmill. Jolyon Maugham and his wife Claire bought the Grade II* listed Jack windmill at Clayton for £1.1 million last year and have submitted plans to the South Downs National Park Authority for a “massive” restoration project. If the plans get the go-ahead, the Maughams .. will put back the five-storey building’s distinctive timber cap, which was removed earlier this year for urgent repairs, to match its twin windmill Jill. And they also want to repair the Grade II* listed Duncton Mill on the site, and refurbish a granary and a 1960s house, where the family is currently living.
Puya chilensis
Keep an eye out for any escapees from RHS Wisley as you walk the Downs.
Memories of WWII at Saddlescombe
“Take the bostel to the hostel”
The Reverend E. Cobham Brewer listed the word as bostal or borstall, “a narrow roadway up the steep ascent of hills or downs” (from Anglo-Saxon biorh, a hill; stigelë, a rising path). But the editors of the SDNPA’s new Sense of Place tourism promotion toolkit clearly think that it is time to freshen up this fusty old word.
Hot on the trail
A letter from Sussex Police, dated 14th June, and pushed into a letterbox near the junction of Clappers Lane and The Street, reports that there was an attempted burglary “in the area” at 10:20pm on Sunday 2nd June and asks to be notified if any suspicious persons or vehicles were seen “in the area” or if unexpected callers turned up that weekend. If this rings any bells, call 101 and cite reference 47130023578.
Terrific Trees
Woods Mill Summer Holiday Club, ages 6-11, parent-free, 20 August 2013