Be an Angel – recycle your Christmas tree

christmas_tree_recyclefront_MSDC_LogoOnce the festive fun is over, local residents are reminded that they can recycle their real Christmas tree at a number of convenient locations right across Mid Sussex.

Mid Sussex District Council is keen to help get 2014 off to a green start and has set up a number of local collection points so there will always be a place nearby where residents can recycle their real Christmas tree.
Residents with a green garden waste collection bin can put their tree directly into it, as long as the lid can still close firmly. Alternatively, people can take their real tree along to one of the Household Waste Recycling Sites at Fairbridge Way in Burgess Hill or Imberhorne Lane in East Grinstead.

There are also a wide variety of local drop off points in towns and villages across the district.

Sites will be open between Friday 3rd January and Friday 17th January 2014.

Town/village Location Street / Road
Ardingly Ardingly Recreation Ground High Street
Ashurst Wood John Pears Field Wall Hill Road
Albourne Village Hall car park The Street
Bolney Recreation Ground The Street
Burgess Hill Cyprus Road Car Park Cyprus Road
Burgess Hill Football Club Maple Drive
Copthorne Humphreys Field Borers Arms Road
Copthorne Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill Lane
Crawley Down Haven Sports Field Hophurst Lane
Cuckfield Whitemans Green Recreation Ground Whitemans Green
East Grinstead Imberhorne Lane Car Park Imberhorne Lane
East Grinstead Chequer Mead Car Park De La Warr Road
Handcross Recreation Ground High Street
Handcross Country Garden Centre London Road
Hassocks Dale Avenue Car Park Dale Avenue
Haywards Heath Beechurst Car Park Butlers Green Road
Haywards Heath Franklynn Road Car Park Franklynn Road
Horsted Keynes Recreation Ground Car Park Lewes Road
Hurstpierpoint Trinity Road Car Park Trinity Road
Lindfield Lindfield Common, Bowling Green Car Park Backwoods Lane

For more information please contact Julie Blackstock on 01444 477240 or Julie.Blackstock@midsussex.gov.uk

Our Bench with a View

The new bench outside Fulking Village Hall
Thanks to the villagers who are transforming and using the village hall and thanks to local businesses who have supported them. For example: the village hall garden and our bench with a view.

Helen from Arcadia volunteered to improve the garden — do you remember the sad green plastic fence and patchy turf? When Helen shared her ideas with Rushfields Plant Centre in Poynings, they donated the bench! The attractive wooden fencing was reduced on request at AVS Fencing in Woodmancote and put up by Helen and Mike. Helen also planted the flower border and watered it through the driest summer.They were often spotted carrying watering cans down the street after a day’s work. Swains Farm Shop and Garden Centre in Woodmancote offered new turf and more next spring if needed.

People have asked who carved the beautiful lettering on the new bench. This was carved by cabinet maker Peter Jones of Nettledown. He also oiled it and delivered it ready for our shared pleasure.

Do please sit there and enjoy the view and the garden and perhaps be greeted by a passer-by. Or join the many village people who weed and paint and carry to keep the village hall going.

Gill Milner, Old Post Office

HC..CH to expand

Hassocks Community Cycle Hire
Following Nick Herbert’s show of support, Hassocks Community Cycle Hire is planning to expand. The West Sussex Gazette reports:

Hassocks Community Cycle Hire (HCCH) is looking to expand with a new building on Hassocks Station.The building, which is expected to open in the spring, is to have improved storage, workspace and administrative facilities and will be used in addition to the existing HCCH hut in the grounds of The Hassocks pub. .. Improvements at Hassocks will increase cycle storage capacity and security and reflect Southern Railway’s move to expand cycling facilities along its network.

Fulking Bird Watch

Edward Lear birds
Bob Rowland’s invaluable record of Fulking bird sightings over two decades has a new title — Fulking Bird Watch — and some new reference content. You will find it as ‘Bird Watch’ in the sidebar menu under ‘The Environment’. Check it out and follow some of the links provided. And if you see something that isn’t on the list, then let Bob have the details.