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January 2011

Chailey News

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The Church of St PeterParish of Chailey

WEEKDAYSMonday 8pm Bell Ringing PracticeFriday 6.45pm Choir PracticeNew ringers and choir members always welcome.Transport to services can be arranged: please contactthe churchwardens. The Church is open during daylight hours.

PRIEST IN CHARGE: The Reverend. John Maskell 01825 722286The Rectory, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4DA

PARISH OFFICE :Joanna Sanders stpeters@email.com

CHURCHWARDENS: Mr Chris Jones 01444 831244Mrs Sarah Tillard 01273 890350

PCC SECRETARY: Mr Chris James 01825 722411

MAGAZINE ADVERTISINGMrs Julie Orssten 01825 723091mobile 07740 868630e mail orssten@btinternet.com

FLYER INSERTS Mr Chris Jones 01444 831244

CHAILEY FREE CHURCH, SOUTH CHAILEYPlease see details of services and weekday activites later in magazineContacts: Mr Charlie Hill 01444 471600

Mr Roger Nutley 01273 890114

ROMAN CATHOLIC MASSHerons Ghyll: Wednesday 9.30amSunday 11.30am Holy Days 12 noonHaywards Heath: Sunday 8.30am 10.30am 5pmUckfield: Saturday 5.30pm Sunday 9.30amLewes: Sunday 9am 10.30am

For further information about Roman Catholic services and activities, pleasecontact Mrs Mary Butterfield, 01825 724003

(cover illustration by Sarah Reynolds, startstudio@aol.com. Ideas and requests forfuture covers can be submitted by readers to this e mail address)

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January Services 2011

Sunday 2nd January 2nd Sunday of Christmas8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am All age Family Service

Sunday 9th January Baptism of Christ8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am Parish Communionwith Children’s Church

Sunday 16th January 2nd Sunday of Epiphany8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am Family Communion

Sunday 23rd January 3rd Sunday of Epiphany8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am Parish Communionwith Children’s Church

Sunday 30th January 4th Sunday of Epiphany8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am Parish Communionwith Children’s Church

Sunday 6th February 5th Sunday before Lent8am Holy Communion (BCP)10am All age Family Service

BCP is the Book of Common Prayer (1662)

all other Eucharistic Services are from Common Worship: Order One

We hope to welcome everyone warmly

and families and children are welcome at all our services

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Dear people of Chailey,I hope that Ned is not too disappointed with the life he shares in Chailey with thepoor Church mouse. We had a delivery last week that must have made his littlespirit dip. As you know, Ned came from a Charity Shop, spotted by my wife andfrom the second she saw him, he was hers. She traced the people who had kindlydonated him, wrote them a letter of thanks and sent them the magazines withnews of Ned in them. The postman arrived at the Rectory with a letter of reply andwith the disappointing news that Ned was not Ned, but “Silver Shadow,” muchmore regal than ‘Ned’ and a little disappointing for him to have such a commonname. What’s in a name? Nothing. The letter finished with “when we donatedhim to the Charity Shop we could never have imagined that in his new home hewould have such a magical influence on two sad little girls. Who knows in thefuture he may work his magic and bring comfort to other unhappy children.” HappyNew Year Ned, my wife and the girls love all of your names.

When I was an RAF Chaplain in Catterick, the Queen was scheduled to present anew ‘Colour’ to the RAF Regiment. Military minds will know this as a ‘Standard’every Regiment has one and their battle honours are represented on it. Workbegan months and months before the visit. There was even a new bathroom builtfor her convenience. We rehearsed the parade, the meal in the Officers Mess, theband, the marching, how to shake hands, what to say, what not to say. It was verytedious, but necessary. Each officer had to donate a days pay towards her gift,which was going to be a piece of Caithness glass in the guise of a rose bowl, anadded piece to her collection. It took three rose bowls to be blown and finally aperfect rose bowl arrived at the camp. Each time I was in the CommandingOfficers office he pretended to drop it. Still with me? Nothing quite like militaryhumour!The due day arrived, the Queen was on time. We had lunch in the Officers Mess,then she went for tea in the Sergeants Mess. The bowl was balanced on a table inthe foyer. As the Queen stepped out of her car, the bowl slipped and in slowmotion hit the floor, shattering into thousands of small pieces. The Station WarrantOfficer, who was retiring and this was to be the pinnacle of his career, to presentthe bowl to the Queen, offered to fall on his sword and the Queens Lady in Waitingsaid “just put all the pieces in a box, that will be fine!” Now that is realdisappointment.

As we begin this New Year, many of us will have disappointments, some will havesadness, some will have huge life changing events, others will have smallerupsets but whichever one it is, it will affect us, our wellbeing and our sense ofbeing. In the Bible, Pauls letter to the Romans chapter 5 vs 1-5 it says, “Therefore,since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our LordJesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace inwhich we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so,but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering producesperseverance; perseverance, character and character, hope. And hope does not

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News from Chailey FreeChurch 

10.30 am 6.15 pm

02nd Lawrence Faulkener Gordon Merk

09th Tim Hills Robin Jones includescommunion

16th Family Service Mike McNally 23rd Brian Goldsmith includes communion Susannah Griffin 30th Lez Grifiths Rob Dillingham

All welcome to stay for tea and coffee after services

Tuesdays 10.00 Hoppers6.30 Boy Discovers

Wednesdays 9.30 Prayer meeting.10.00 coffee Stop

Thursdays 7.30 Bible study and prayer.

Our Sunday groups, for boys and girls from 5-16 yrs meets at 10.30 to 11.45 am.These morning sessions include a mix of drama, games, songs, puzzles, arts andcrafts as we try to make God’s word relevant to our daily lives. All welcome! Janice on01273 890114.

disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit,whom he has given us.” God promises that if we put our trust in Him, He will help usto overcome all our disappointments. In my life I have found this to be true over andover again. I believe that God wants to begin the New Year with us.

Happy New Year. I feel it is going to be a tremendously exciting one.

John & Ned at the Rectory

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Chairman: Councillor Peter Olbrich (Tel. 01825 723438)Clerk: Mrs Vera Grainger (Tel 01825 740409)For Reading Room bookings contact the Clerk.

Village Information PointVolunteers Needed: The Village Information Point team arecurrently looking for volunteers to give some time in helping torun the Village Information Point. The Village Information Pointis run once a fortnight on Wednesday morning for two hours atthe Free Church, South Chailey. The role includes taking noteof enquiries, signposting people on to relevant serviceproviders and giving out information leaflets as appropriate.

Training is available to volunteers. Volunteers do not need to give their time for everysession. Please contact Malindi on 07961 616442 if you are interested in helping out.Outings: Malindi Lovegrove from Action in Rural Sussex is currently organizingoutings to interesting and scenic destinations for residents of Chailey (over 50 yearsold). If you would like to get out of the Village and enjoy a day out with friends, pleasecontact Malindi on 07961 616442.Lunch Club: Volunteers are also needed to help to start a Lunch Club in Chailey.Contact Malindi on above number if you would like to help with this.Chailey Social Dance Club: The next social dance club event will be held on 20th

January from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. Come along and enjoy sharing your ideas anddancing skills - line dancing, sequence dancing and social ballroom dancing are allcovered. The Dance Club event costs £2.50 and includes refreshments, quiz and araffle. For details, contact Jo on 01273 401959 or 01273 400422. Transport isavailable.

Highways and BywaysTemporary Road Closure – A275 Sheffield Green, Sheffield ParkThe temporary road closure for resurfacing works on A275 at the junction of U7495Sliders Lane to the junction C206 at Ketches Lane planned for December has beenpostponed. Date of works to be advised.Ice and Snow –Road gritting and clearing is the responsibility of East Sussex County Counciltelephone 0345 6080193 for information. Information about gritting routes can viewedat www.eastsussex.gov.uk and general advice and information about coping withwintry conditions is available at www.direct.gov.uk

Diary reminder: A Planning & Environs Meeting will be held on 4th January and FullCouncil Meeting on 18th January, both meetings in the Reading Room, Chailey Greencommencing at 7.30 p.m. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Chailey Parish Council

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CHAILEY PARISH HALL

The Hall Committee need a booking secretary to take hall bookings for our regularusers and occasional parties etc. Everything is computerised and Hugh Thwaiteswould show our new booking sec. how everything runs. It will be an ideal way to keepup computer skills – or learn some new ones, and we have decided to pay £50 permonth.

If you are interested please contactHugh on 01825 722933 hugh@thwaitesfamily.co.ukor me, Ann Jones 01444 831244 jonespellingford@aol.com

The Hall continues to be a superb community facility which is used most days.Monday - Art Group, private dog training, Guides, ScoutsTuesday - Fitness Group, Pilates, Rainbows, WI, Music ClubWednesday - John Amos Painting Class, Children’s Academy of Speech &

DramaEast Sussex Concert Band practice

Thursday - Toddler Music Group(new booking in the morning Jo Appleby 01444 410134)Zumba Dancing, Fitness Evening, Chailey Commons Soc.(3rd Thurs.)

Fridays - Yoga, Youth GroupSaturdays and Sundays are taken up with Parties, Craft Workshops, Exhibitions,Bonfire Society and Horticultural Soc. bookings.Email me on jonespelllingford@aol.com if you need details about the above.

As you can see the Hall is a much needed resource and we must keep it runningeffectively ….. but the Committee do need help please.

Ann Jones

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St Peter’s Church Fundraising

St Peter’s Church is launching a fundraising programme for 2011.

1. A New Year’s party will take place at Chailey Village Hall on the 9th Januaryat 1pm to kick off the year’s fundraising.

Tickets are £5.00 and £2.50 for children. This includes a hog roast lunch. There will fun for all the family!

2. We have a 100 club draw running (some tickets are still available) at £10per ticket.

This will put you in two draws per year. where we are giving £500 in prizemoney!

January 9th 2011 - 1pm - Party at Chailey Village Hall to kick off the New Year’sFundraising

January 20th 2011 Afternoon - Ladies Bridge afternoon with Sally Schade - ContactSally on 01825 724144

February 5th 2011 - Auction of Promises at Chailey Village Hall - 1pm

February 10th 2011 - Curry and Quiz Night at the Five Bells, Chailey. £10 per ticket.12 teams of 6.

To see the full programme of events for 2011 and to buy tickets go towww.stevelack.co.uk or telephone Steve on 01825 721107Steve Lack

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When the weather forecasters say “Could be colder nextweek” little did we realise that the snow would come insuch quantities as November ended with a good coveringand December started with further falls giving a total of 34cm in my garden and making a winter wonderland. I havebeen feeding the wild birds and I hope you have too?

In November, the Archaeology walk was enjoyed by members, looking at variousfeatures on Romany Ridge, including the numerous WW2 trenches, and IanSeccombe did his own walk entitled ‘Common Curiosities’ and the group were takenon a circular journey around the commons looking at some of the more obscurefeatures. Our indoor meeting was well attended to hear Alison Wright’s talk onAncient trees.

We were very sorry to learn of the death, on November 17th, of our committee mem-ber Ann Woollard, who did so much to support the Society, especially with stagingour photographic displays. Our thoughts are with her family.

No meetings in December, so our next one will be our Survey Results from RomanyRidge during 2010 on Thursday January 20th 2011 at 7.30 in Chailey Village Hall, withslides, photos and charts of the findings during the year.

A Happy New Year to everyone.

For more information, do have a look at our website, where there are details of theSociety and pictures from the various seasons and activities.

William Coleman

01444 831923

www.chaileycommons.org.uk

Royal British LegionThe total amount received for the 2010 Poppy Day collectionwas £4290, an all time record, thanks in part to DebbyFreeland’s sponsored walk, the collection from the memorialservice for Stan English and a very generous sum from StPeter’s Remembrance Sunday service.Congratulations and thanks to all concerned.

James Radcliffe

Chailey Commons Society

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Grantham Close, South Chailey, is a group of almshouses, which provide wardenassisted, sheltered housing to people over 60, with little capital and low income. Wehave 35 flats, double and single. At the moment we have a one bedroom flat avail-able. If you know of any person in need of this type of housing, please contact us.Elizabeth Gould 01825 722500Teresa Wenban 01825 722586

Grantham Close- Flat Available

We would like to invite local families along to our open day on

Saturday 5th February 2pm to 4pm

We have just opened our fantastic new premises within the grounds of Chailey StPeter’s Primary School, BN8 4BD

Please come along for a visit where you will have the opportunity to meet staff andsome of our current children.

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As this term comes to a close we have been very busy making Christmas decorationsand cooking.We took a break from the glitter and glue to consider how the birds in ourgarden would be able to find food in the snow. The children had many fantasticsuggestions as to how they could help and were even willing to sacrifice theirsandwich bread, after great discussion we compromised with some crusts andleftovers!  The children enjoyed making suet seed balls which we hung out in thetrees and will keep watching to see which birds come to visit us. Our Christmas party is on the last day of term and we hope that Father Christmas willdrop in to see us before he gets too busy.

Sadly we say goodbye to the part time reception children who have been with us fortwo terms as they move onto full time school in January and look forward to seeingthem around the school. If you would like further information about the preschool or would like to makearrangements to see us please call Diane on 07852 986024.

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Chailey  WI The first meeting in the New Year will be onTuesday 4th January when we will have an eveningof Travellers’ Tales. The idea is that somemembers bring along a certain  souvenir which  hasspecial meaning to them and then recount thatholiday memory to the rest of us. We will be havingsome mulled wine to warm us up in case of wintryweather.

 In December we enjoyed another talk from Dr. Sheila Innes which, as expected, wasvery entertaining. By the time you read this we will have also had the annualcombined Carol Service at Barcombe and also a Christmas Lunch. We wish all our members a very happy New Year and what better time for anyprospective members to come along and join us. Our meetings are held on the firstTuesday of each month in the Village Hall and begin at 7.45 pm  Margaret Smith.(01825 723519) 

NADFASNewick Decorative and Fine Art SocietyTuesday January 11th 2011 at Plumpton Vllage Hall, 2.15

Our first lecture of the New Year will be by Dr Patrick Conner. He was Keeper of FineArt at the Brighton Royal Pavilion and specialises in historical paintings. His lectureon ‘The British Army in India, an unofficial view,’ will be looking into the lives of somany British soldiers and their wives who sailed out to India in the 18th and 19th

Centuries.   Dr Conner gives a rare  insight into their  lives through the many drawingsand paintings of the time. How they coped with the long journey, the heat, insects,food and illness with tremendous courage and even at times humour. Payment fornon members is £5 on the door with tea and biscuits afterwards. If you need anyfurther information please contact our secretary Carole Burgon on 01273 890301 orMarjorie Blunden on 01825 723250.

Happy New Year everybody!    Annette Shelford.

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APOLOGIES

Due to weather conditions and the large quantity of snow which fell on the day of ourproduction of “The 39 Steps”, NADS would like to apologise for any disappointmentincurred by it supporters by having to cancel the production for its entire run as from the1st – 4th December.

The “Good News” is that NADS will now be performing “The 39 Steps” for its SpringShow, these dates being the 4th – 7th May 2011. So please make a date in your diariesfor this.

If you have already paid for your tickets and would like a refund please contact BarbaraBone on 01825 722359 or email: barbara@terrybone.co.uk or alternatively pleaseadvise that you would like to keep your pre-paid tickets until May and we will reserveyour seats.

Again, NADS would like to thank you for your continued support.

Barbara Bone

THE COFFEE STOPat Chailey Free Church

FREEFreshly brewed coffee, tea,etc

We will be open everyWednesday from

10.00 -12.00Just drop in for a drink ,

meet your friends or evenmake some new ones !

Everyone welcome

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Newick Twinning AssociationAGM.

Our AGM took place on the evening of Friday 26th November.We had a very good turnout and filled the Community Centre,despite the very cold weather.

This year, we said goodbye to three committee members,Diana Barker-Benfield, John Lucas and Anne Peck. Thankyou to them for all their efforts to organise events during last

year. But, we now say hello to Carole King, who is taking over the important job ofMembership Secretary. Welcome, Carole!

Future Events

As I mentioned last month, our committee have already been busy organising eventsfor this New Year and beyond, so here is a further reminder of the goodies to come:

Wine and Wisdom Quiz, Saturday 5th February 2011. Newick Village Hall, 7:30 pm for8 pm.

Bookings now being taken!

As usual, our annual Quiz will consist of 8 rounds organised into the traditional“Trivial Pursuits” categories, plus a few extra items. Teams will be up to 8 people ona table, and we encourage you to get together with friends and family and book atable as soon as possible. This has been a very popular event over the years, so wewill be taking advance bookings only, at £8 per person. The ticket price includesnibbles on each table and a supper during the interval. A licensed bar will also beavailable to help you lubricate “ze little grey cells”.

To book tickets and/or reserve a table, please contact me, Andy Wilson, on 01825724223.

Future Events

We are organising a full programme of events in 2011; some old, some new. We arealso already looking forward to the 20th Anniversary of the Twinning Association,which will take place in 2012. Here is a brief list, and we will publish more details inthe months to come:

·1 Progressive Dinner, Saturday 12th March 2011 – Please note that thisdate has been changed from that published last month

·2 Barn Dance, Saturday 2nd April 2011, Newick Village Hall. This datehas now been confirmed, and we will be entertained by Square the Circle,who played to us during the Official Visit from Itteville in May last year. Thistime, we have told them we don’t need a bilingual caller!

·3 Official Visit to Itteville. 27th-30th May 2011

·4 Official Visit from Itteville & 20th Anniversary Celebrations, 25th-28thMay 2012

Andy Wilson

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Loft Insulation for Grantham CloseIn December, I was more than delighted to help the Trustees and residents of GranthamClose solve a problem they were battling with for about a year. There was simply a‘hiccup’ in communication between Lewes District Council, the contractor andinformation required for the insulation loft grant. I have solved the problem and the workwill be done. I hope that the loft insulation at Grantham Close will make a difference.

Helping our elderly is crucial. It is especially important in the freezing cold wintermonths that old people keep warm in their own homes. I do urge all our elderlyresidents in Chailey who require help and advice for loft insulation to contact:

Rebecca Wynn - Rebecca.wynn@lewes.gov.ukTelephone number: 01273 484363

Wivelsfield FilmsWivelsfield FILMS welcome a growing number ofvisitors from Chailey, Scaynes Hill, Plumpton, and Ditchling!

Our next film will be screened on Sunday, 16 January at Wivelsfield Village Hall. It willbe Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I. Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson andRupert Grint all return in the latest chapter in the series based on J. K Rowling’ssucessful fantasy books as Harry and friends face their final battle with the evil wizardLord Voldemort .Doors/bar 7pm; film 7.30pm

Free, easy parking at the hall off Eastern Road, Wivelsfield GreenCakes, ice creams and drinks served at the barbefore the film and during the intervalsee www.wivelsfield.net for details   Tickets £5.50 on the door and in advance from the Post Office & Village Stores,and the Cock InnBring a friend – or come along and make a friend!Enjoy a unique cinema experience, and a friendly social atmosphere, locally inWivelsfield.

Janet Slater 

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Pupils from years 5 and 6 took part in the Big Sing at the CongressTheatre in Eastbourne, an enjoyable and worthwhile event, but callme pedantic if you like but I really dislike the tendency these days touse verbs as nouns, we are, after all, trying to teach children correctgrammar. We now have a specialist singing teacher who comesinto school one day each week.

Two year 5 girls, who competed in the cross country race atWivelsfield, did sufficiently well to be selected to represent the localarea schools at the next County event.

The children here support the work of the Chailey and Newick Colts who providesupport for the pupils of a school in The Gambia and staff member Adam Downeywent with the group on their recent visit. They provide teaching materials and helpwith building projects there.

We have a brand new Friends committee and unfortunately, due to the recent weatherproblems, the Christmas Fair had to be resheduled to Monday 13th.

If you have a child due to start school next year , come in and see us, there are stillplaces available.

Congratulations to two of our teachers who now have additions to their families. TheStill family have Barney and Mrs. Slade’s family have Beatrice.

I’ve never thought that the Christmas story needed to be augmented with grumpysheep or bossy kings. The story as told in the gospels is as exciting and compellingas any. This year the Infants have obviously agreed and produced an unclutteredaccount of the miraculous event.The action is interspersed with beautifully sungcarols, conducted, somewhat precariously, by Miss Freeman, standing on a step

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The deadline for the February issue of ChaileyNews is Tuesday 10th January. Pleaseremember, to avoid problems due to thenecessity to filter e mails for spam please:

1. Send items to chaileynews@chec.co.uk2. Include “Chailey News” in Subject sectionof the e mail.3. If a new subscriber or sending from an email address for the first time please phone uson 01825 724376 so we are aware and able tolook out for it.

Best wishes and a HAPPY NEW YEAR from all in CHEC

Chailey News - February Issue

ladder at the rear of the auditorium. The new costumes were immaculate and our

thanks go to Sarah Dean for all her hard work producing them.

I saw on T.V. during the recent snow that essential supplies of bread and milk werestruggling to get through to outlying areas. I know things are tight these days but thatis what we used to fill up on during the war.

On behalf of the governors, staff and children, best wishes for a peaceful andprosperous New Year and as Tiny Tim Cratchit always says at this time of year “ Godbless us all, everyone.”

Bill Clarke. Tel 01273 400131 School 01825 722939.

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