February 2013 70p - Warnham Parish Council

70p
February 2013

2 The Vicar WriTes
Glimpses of The pasT
3 a mouThful of air
5 VillaGe NeWs
7 VillaGe caleNdar
8 The NoTiceboard
9 church maTTers
10 leNT addresses
11 The curaTe’s columN
12 saiNTs days aNd readiNGs
for february
sT marGareT’s iN february
13 sT marGareT’s iN february
15 parish direcTory
16 VillaGe hall
Front cover:
Church Street in December 2010
Photograph by Bill Thornton
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The Editor Writes
February 2013 | 70p
Recently we heard in the news that, in England, 2012 was the second wettest
year on record. That statistic is remarkable, because I am fairly sure this is
the first time for ages that a year has not broken some kind of weather record.
Nevertheless, we all remember last year as being one in which the rain played an
even more important part in our lives than normal. It is hard to remember that
we started 2012 with drought and hosepipe bans!
Here in the south-east we were more fortunate than other parts of the country.
I normally travel without an umbrella, mainly because when I do have one I
invariably lose it. My journey to work includes a short walk from my car to a
bus stop, and I remember only one occasion last year when my lack of brolly
caused me a soaking. It may have rained most days, but it didn’t rain all day. In
Warnham we even escaped the worst of the Jubilee downpour that washed out
the Thames pageant while we were sitting in Church Street eating Coronation
Chicken in the open air.
These thoughts about the weather have been prompted by the snow that is
steadily falling outside as I write this. Snow is still a rarity in this part of the
country. It is much more common than it used to be: we have had at least some
snow for the last few years, but before that we could easily go from one end
of the year to the other without so much as a flake or flurry. The snow brings
both disruption and delight. The gloomier newspapers have been proclaiming
Snowmageddon with some relish, promising weeks of chaos: and indeed, in
some parts of the country there has been real hardship. But here in the sheltered
south-east we have – so far – got away with only minor inconvenience. While the
motorists grumble, the children shout for joy: schools close, the toboggans are
dug out of the garage and snowmen are built on the lawn.
Let it not dampen our delight in the riches of Warnham life. February marks
the start of Lent, and that means it also includes Pancake Day! Also in February
comes a treat which most other places gobbled up greedily at Christmas time,
but in Warnham we have saved till later: I refer of course to the pantomime. See
page 9 for details of how to get tickets for Robinson Crusoe – but be warned, they
sell fast!
For all I know, by the time you read this the snow will have melted away. Even if
it hasn’t, it won’t be long, and this month, cold and dark though it may be, we can
start to look forward to warmer times. Lent leads us up to Easter, with thoughts
of spring, flowers, bunnies and so on. And as you will see in the Noticeboard
section of the magazine (beginning on page 8) there is already news of events
that will happen in April and even May.
Who knows, we may even see some sun!
Mark Browse

The Vicar Writes
Jesus told a parable about seed sown in four different types of soil (Luke 8.4-8). The soil represents four different possible reactions
to the gift of God’s word. On the path are those who are simply not interested in what God has to offer them; they blank him out and
ignore him. Growing in shallow soil are those who are enthusiastic about faith for a short time, but then give up when it gets difficult
or loses its freshness. Growing among thorns are those whose hearts are in the right place, but whose faith gets crowded out by all the
other things they have to do in their lives. And finally, on good soil grow those whose faith is maturing and bringing forth the fruit of a
joyful, Christ-centred life.
If you ask Christians which of the four soils they identify with, very few are so confident as to claim to be the good soil, just as very
few are so defeated as to say they are on the hard path. Nearly all of us see ourselves as one of the middle soils: people who want to
be Christian but for one reason or another never quite live out what we say we want. This should not surprise us: it is the nature of a
human being to waver and be inconsistent. One day we are full of enthusiasm, the next everything seems dull and unappealing. One
month we love going to church and find it the high point of the weekend, the next we are glad of any excuse to stay away. One year we
read the Bible every day, the next it stays unopened on a top shelf. If we rely on our own feelings to drive our faith, we are not likely to
do any better than Peter, who loudly proclaimed his unshakeable loyalty to Jesus, and then later that same evening denied three times
that he had met him.
Much more than we realise, we rely on virtuous habits to keep us going in anything that requires long-term commitment and
stickability. We need to undergird our fitful enthusiasm with system, method, what is sometimes called a Rule of Life.
This year during Lent, we are not holding our usual Lent course. Instead, I am keeping my diary as empty as possible so as to have time
to give to any of you who would like to build such a Rule. You are invited to give up to an hour at some time during the forty days of
Lent for a one-to-one spiritual roadcheck. Where are the areas you need help if you are to grow into the person that God created you
to be? What useful patterns can you build into your daily life which will help you develop dependable virtues and spiritual attitudes?
As each person’s circumstances and spiritual needs are different, so each person’s Rule will be different. If you do ask for a conversation,
the five areas we shall look at will be prayer, reading, sacramental life, accountability and service. The conversation will be led by your
priorities and desires, because any Rule of Life which emerges will only stand a chance of being useful, if it works realistically with the
shape of your life as you actually live it. The hope is that by the end of Lent many of us will have committed ourselves to something
simple, flexible, personal, yet demanding enough to help us grow even when the pressure is on and it would be simpler to drift away
from our Christian commitment.
At the Communion services on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning during Lent, there will be addresses on the five themes,
which should help us to clarify our thoughts and hopes. You don’t have to hear the addresses to get anything out of your personal
conversation, and you don’t have to have a personal conversation to get anything out of the addresses, but they will be designed to shed
light on each other.
Lent starts on Wednesday 13th February. Please phone me or e-mail me to make your appointment, and make this a Lent when you
really do come alive to God.
Christopher Loveless
Glimpses of the Past
Vicar’s trip to Egypt
In the autumn of 1909, Richard Bowcott,
who was 60 and had been Vicar of
Warnham for 27 years, was advised by
his doctor to get away from the damp
atmosphere during the coming winter.
We can only assume that he was suffering
from some form of respiratory disease. He
was fortunate in having private means and
tolerant church authorities which enabled
him and his wife to take an eight month
trip to Egypt. They sailed from London
on 21 October 1909 on the P&O 10,000
ton passenger liner, SS Marmora. The
Marmora, which carried 216 passengers,
was bound for Australia but the Bowcotts
disembarked at Port Said. Having been
built in 1903 the ship was still a new vessel
and most likely extremely comfortable.
On 3 August 1914, after eleven years of
gracious travel around the world, she was
hastily requisitioned by the Admiralty and
converted into an armed merchant cruiser
escorting convoys mostly in the South
Atlantic. On 23 July 1918, she was sunk by
torpedo south of Ireland.
But these horrors were still a long way
off, and probably not anticipated, when
Richard and Sarah Bowcott embarked in
London Docks bound for warmer climes.
Travel in those days was far slower and
less stressful and for the comfortably off,
more agreeable. Not for them the long
wait at Heathrow, the expensive coffee
and lengthy queues, limited luggage and
cramped journey whisking them in a
few hours from early winter to the shock
of sub-tropical warmth. Most likely the
Bowcotts were driven to the station in the
large car of one of the Warnham gentry.
The chauffeur would have found a porter
to transfer their bulky and heavy luggage
to the train taking them to Victoria. There
they would have easily found a another
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porter who would call a taxi to transfer
them to the dock where their bulky trunks,
marked ‘Not wanted on Voyage’ would
be carefully stowed away and their leather
suitcases delivered to the cabin.
I have no idea whether the Rev Bowcott
was talkative, but he was certainly verbose
on paper and so a series of lengthy and
interesting letters came back to Warnham,
keeping everyone abreast of his travels.
The first arrived in December where, after
a few expressions at his sadness at not
being able to take the whole of Warnham
with him, Richard Bowcott goes on to tell
of a very rough passage across the Bay
of Biscay and then arriving in Gibraltar,
which he describes as a mixture of English
and ‘Foreign’. He was obviously not
very fit as Mrs Bowcott did most of the
sightseeing on her own, both here and in
Marseilles, but he describes the views of
the Rock and the Sierra Nevada as very
splendid. At Marseilles a large number of

passengers joined the ship and they sailed
overnight to Port Said where the Bowcotts
disembarked:
‘Here a lively scene met us with craft of all
kinds on the water, and among the more
prominent features was the statue of M.
Lesseps, the great French engineer whose
name will be remembered in connection
with the Suez Canal. Thanks to Major
Watson, or Watson Pasha as he is better
known out here (a cousin of Miss Lee-
Steere’s [who lived in Holland House]) we
found everything arranged for our comfort,
and we had no difficulty at all either with
the Customs or with our journey to Cairo;
so with minds that were free from all care,
we took a carriage and went to see the sights
of Port Said. We found plenty of interest
here because it was our first introduction
to Eastern ways and customs, and it was
our first introduction too to streets and
houses that were sordid and unsavoury to
a degree. The houses don’t seem to matter
much, as the people live almost entirely out
of doors. There is not much to say about our
journey to Cairo as this had to be taken at
night, but the moonlight was clear enough
to show us the outline of the station Tel-el-
Kebir, where the great battle was fought. We
did not reach Cairo until midnight and we
were glad enough by that time to get to our
comfortable beds. We stayed in Cairo until
the afternoon of Nov 3rd when we continued
the journey here, through a country which
showed us the Modattam Hills and Desert
on the one side and on the other cultivated
land on the banks of the Nile.’
The Bowcotts had arrived in the attractive
town of Helouan, south of Cairo where
they stayed for several weeks in the Grand
Hotel. From here comes a long letter
full of description and musings. His first
impression of Egypt has been that it was
very much as he had imagined it from
preliminary reading and illustrations.
He says the desert and the Pyramids are
‘exactly as you have seen them and as
you have read of them. Then there is that
wonderful river, the Nile, which has a
course of 3,000 miles, and which fertilizes
A mouthful of air
The soul of wit?
My subject this time is brevity. One of the joys of English is its
rich stock of short one-syllable words, some of which have very
specific technical meanings. I find it delightful that there are
words like fid, neap and hod – light, economical words which
are rarely used outside of certain professions, while everyday
concepts like supermarket, weather forecast and magazine rack are
encumbered with many more syllables and letters.
A hod, as you probably know, is a special three-sided box on a
the land that lies along its banks. Here, and
here only, for the most part is the cultivated
part of Egypt.’ He describes Helouan as ‘a
well-built town with nice broad streets and
everything up to date, even to the motor
bus, which plies to and from the station
and a golf course, which is just outside the
town. There are several large hotels and
many churches. . . . Close by is the old town
of Helouan and I do not think that you
would care very much to live in an Egyptian
native house. They do not indulge in very
much furniture or in any of the comforts
that one associates with an English home.
The fact is that the weather is so fair and
beautiful all through the year that the
people spend most of their time out of doors.’
He then goes on to criticise the opinion
of Mr Hall Caine, who has described
the Egyptians as a discontented lot, and
makes a series of complimentary though
rather condescending and not exactly PC
remarks about the local people. He also
comments that ‘There are no suffragettes
in Egypt, and the woman in this part of the
country occupies what is vulgarly called ‘the
back seat’ and is the slave of her ‘lord and
master’.
The tone of his letters is quite different
from what would have been written today.
At this time Egypt was still a British
Colony, the British Empire was still in its
heyday and life in England was untroubled
by revolutionary ideas. In Sussex, and
particularly in Warnham, everyone knew
their place and on the whole kept to it. He
did not know then what we all know now,
that only five years later Europe was to be
Temple of Philae
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turned upside down by the Great War and
life would never be the same again.
By the end of the month they move on to
Assouan (Aswan) where they stay in the
luxurious Old Cataract Hotel. He waxes
lyrical about the delights of this place and
is obviously beginning to feel stronger as
he is accompanying his wife on sightseeing
trips in Aswan, on the river and to Philae.
They go to see the first Aswan Dam,
which was gradually forming a huge lake
120 miles long. Mr Bowcott reminds his
readers that this dam had been built in
1902 by Aird & Sons. In 1874 John Aird
& Co a large firm of civil engineers, had
merged with the builders Lucas brothers
and after several changes in the 1890s, the
gas and water section of this very large
business emerged as Aird & Sons.
In February the Bowcotts moved back
down river to Luxor where they spent
several weeks. This area is very rich in
ancient sites and they enjoyed themselves
exploring the Temples of Karnak and
Luxor, The Palace of Queen Hatshepsut,
The Colossi of Memnon and many other
magnificent treasures. They also visited
the Valley of the Kings where for several
years Howard Carter had been following
various leads in his digs among the tombs,
though he did not discover the treasures of
Tutankhamen until 1922.
And so back to Helouan where they
finished off their lengthy restorative trip in
the Grand Hotel, returning to Warnham in
July to a very warm welcome.
Sue Overton
Colossi of Memnon
long handle used for carrying bricks. The word originally seems
to have referred to a kind of basket for carrying on the back.
Neap is used to describe the tide that occurs at about the time
when the moon is half-full: that is, when the sun and the moon
are at right-angles to each other and therefore do not reinforce
each other’s gravitational pull. At these times there is a smaller
range of tidal rise and fall: low water is higher and high water is
lower. The opposite of neap tide is spring tide, referring not to the
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season but to the fact that the tidal range springs up higher than at
neaps. Neap, by the way, is not related to the dialect word neep (as
in ‘neeps and tatties’, the traditional accompaniment to haggis),
which shares its origin with the –nip ending of parsnip and turnip.
Fid is a nautical term with several meanings, all of which refer
to some kind of wooden bar. It can be a handheld pointed tool
used for separating out the strands of rope to help with splicing
and other knotty problems. A Fid is also the bar supporting the
topmast on a sailing ship; it also has other meanings, including a
rude one that I will leave to your imagination.
These three short words – hod, fid and neap – all have rather
obscure origins. Fid and neap, in particular, do not seem to have
any linguistic cousins or ancestors that we know of. This is also
true of other, more common, three-letter words in the English
language. Pig and dog are plain enough everyday words, but no
one is quite sure where they came from. If English had carried
Village News
Warham Evening Flower Club
The Club held their AGM at the beginning of December. This
was attended by approximately 40 members. In the absence of
Olive Stamford, our President, Hilda Craven (Vice President)
opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.
Gill Green, Chairman, gave a resume of the Club’s activities
during the year. The Club had enjoyed another successful year,
if somewhat quieter that our Golden Anniversary year. She said
there had been some excellent demonstrations, a workshop and
a visit to an enchanting garden in Shipley and the competitions
had been well supported. The Soup and Ploughman’s Lunch and
talk had been a great success. The Club had also participated
in several activities organised by the Sussex Area including
Nyman’s Advent Calendar. Gill thanked the Committee and
members for all their help and participation which makes
Warnham a Club to be proud of.
The Treasurer, Joyce Skeet, in her report said that the finances
of the Club were in good shape but because of the likelihood of
increased costs proposed the subscription and visitors fees be
increased.
Gill Green, having served five years as Chairman, tendered
her resignation. She said she had enjoyed her term of office as
Chairman and before that as Secretary and was delighted to see
the Club grow from strength to strength. Angie Hyde has agreed
to take on the role of Chairman and was duly elected. Angie
presented Gill with gifts of a Camellia and a scarf from the Club.
The Committee has agreed to serve for another year.
Hilda Craven presented cups to Veronica Pooley, winner of the
Club competitions, and to Sonia Somerfield, winner of the Molly
Orford cup. This is cup presented in memory of Molly Orford.
Following the business part of the AGM members enjoyed a
buffet with a glass of mulled juice provided by the Committee.
This was followed by our usual Secret Santa type of raffle when
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on treading the path preferred by other Germanic languages we
would still be using swine and hound as the normal terms for
these creatures; but for some reason they have been supplanted by
shorter words that seem to have come from nowhere.
My title for this article comes, of course, from Polonius’ assertion
that ‘brevity is the soul of wit’. Wit itself is a short word with a
much clearer genealogy than the fids and dogs of this world. It
can trace its ancestry right back to a Proto-Indo-European root
meaning ‘know’ or ‘see’, and its cousins include not only view and
vision, but also Veda (the name of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures,
meaning ‘knowledge’), and the Welsh word for ‘white’, gwyn,
which crops up unexpectedly in the word penguin (meaning
‘white head’, according to the theory).
I could go on. But I won’t.
Mark Browse
everyone received a small gift given by members on their arrival.
Four members of the Club participated in the Nyman’s Advent
Calendar and created an impressive display titled ‘We Three
Kings’ in the front porch of the house, which was much admired
by visitors to the garden.
Our first meeting of the New Year is on Tuesday 19th February
in the Village Hall when our Demonstrator will be Elsie Chaplin
and her title ‘Nature’s Charm’. The demonstration commences at
7.30 pm but doors open at 7 pm when tea/coffee will be served.
Visitors and new members are most welcome.
Gill Green
Leukaemia & Lymphoma
Research
Thank you to all those who came
and supported the carol Concert on 15 th December. We had a
wonderful evening of carols and readings and raised well over
£1,600 for the Horsham Branch, an incredible result. Thank you.
Caroline Lucas
Warnham WI
Our business was concluded swiftly in
December as we had brought food, gifts,
Christmas cards and lots of goodwill to our
WI Christmas celebrations.
The buffet was superb, the Committee were on tea-making duties
but before we succumbed we were all put through our paces with
a game of Call my Bluff, which had most of us discombobulated!
There, Janet, we did learn something after all.
January saw us discussing plans for the coming year: our annual
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ploughman’s lunch in February, the May coffee morning/bazaar
and many other activities. We now need to decide which charities
will benefit from our fundraising efforts.
This was followed by a beetle drive, organised by Betty Brand,
during which we realised that our artistic skills were sadly lacking
but our competitive spirit was very much alive!
We were all restored by tea, biscuits and a New Year natter with
our WI friends.
We meet on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 2.15pm in the
Village Hall; we would like to welcome you as a visitor or a
prospective member.
Make this your resolution for 2013.
Happy New Year to you all.
Pam Bruce
Tony Watts
Liz, Sally and Penny and their families would like
to express their sincere thanks to all Tony’s friends
who sent messages of sympathy after Tony’s
death, also to those of you who have kindly made
donation in his memory.
We know how popular Tony was in the village and this was
reflected by all the cards and well-wishes we received. We were
absolutely overwhelmed by the number of people who attended
his funeral at St Margaret’s. It was and still is of great comfort to
see how many people came to pay tribute to our wonderful Dad.
We were all truly blessed to have known him and so lucky to
have had him in our lives. He will be sadly missed, but always
remembered with fondness and love.
Thank you all again for your support during what has been a
difficult time.
The Watts family
School News
The spring term began on an uplifting note
with the news that over £600 had been collected
through donations at the Nativity Celebration
and church service for the Street Child project,
enabling 15 children in Sierra Leone to attend school for a
whole year.
The new term also heralds a change of study topics, with the
children in reception learning about things Furry, Slimy and
Scaly, in other words looking at various animals, where and
how they live, what they eat, and how to care for them. With a
topic enticingly called Yum Yum, Year 1 children can anticipate
a culinary voyage around the world, where they will get the
chance to investigate, cook and taste a veritable feast of gourmet
delights. India is the focus for Year 2, including its history,
landscape, culture and people; Year 3 will be exploring robots,
the Iron Man and magnets; Year 4 will be delving into rainforests
and chocolate; while Year 5/6 will be discovering the vagaries of
Water, finding out about rivers, their journeys, changes to the
landscape, flooding and the myriad creatures that inhabit the
worlds waterways.
In addition to all the classroom studying and exploration, the
school is very fortunate in being able to offer a wide choice of
extra-curricular clubs suiting most interests and abilities. They
range from football, karate, badminton, netball, hockey and table
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tennis, to the only slightly less physically demanding gardening
and choir. All the clubs enjoy a fantastic and enthusiastic
attendance.
On Monday 14 January an
excited group of 26 children
together with an equally excited
group of staff and parents
boarded a coach and set off for
the O2 centre where they joined
nearly 7,000 other children in
a Young Voices concert. The
children had devoted weeks of diligent practice for the event and
their faces shone with pride as they rocked, grooved and boogied
their way through a vibrant and fervent celebration of musicality.
It was an experience they will cherish and remember for a long
time.
Nuala Vallally
Warnham and Kingsfold Seniors
In December we enjoyed a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and
Mrs Lucas at Warnham Park – a delightful meal. A 27lb turkey
was devoured, washed down with wine.
At our last meeting we enjoyed a nice tea, prepared by Pam, Iris
and Mo. Cakes and goodies, finished with Pass the Parcel. Various
prizes were won.
Bill McLaughlin
Village Calendar
February
6 – 9 Robinson Crusoe, Village Hall, 7.30pm
(and 2.30pm on 9 th )
16 Deadline for March Warbler submissions, 12 noon
22 Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research talk ‘Theatres and
Cinemas of Horsham’, Village Hall, 7.30pm
March
16 Deadline for April Warbler submissions, 12 noon
23 Craft & Gift Fair, Village Hall, 11am – 3pm
April
13 Deadline for May Warbler submissions, 12 noon
27 Mini Bazaar, Village Hall, 10.00am to 12 noon
May
18 Deadline for June Warbler submissions, 12 noon
June
15 Deadline for July Warbler submissions, 12 noon
July
13 Deadline for August Warbler submissions, 12 noon
August
17 Deadline for September Warbler submissions, 12 noon
September
14 Deadline for October Warbler submissions, 12 noon
October
19 Deadline for November Warbler submissions, 12 noon
November
16 Deadline for December Warbler submissions, 12 noon

The Noticeboard
Girlguiding in Horsham
1st Slinfold Guides have vacancies this
term for girls over the age of 10 who
would like to join them. It is a very active,
outdoor unit, with the opportunities to go
canoeing, cycling and camping, as well as
more traditional interests.
Girlguiding is a flourishing all-girls youth
movement, with the emphasis on girl-led
activities and meetings that are fun.
Register on line at: www.girlguiding.org.
uk/interested or call
0800 1695901. Or contact Pam Brakes
(Division Secretary) on 01403 267319 or
pbrakes@brakes.myzen.co.uk.
Health Walks
All welcome to guided, free, sociable,
HDC walks led by trained volunteers; no
need to book, just turn-up at the start
point. Programme booklet containing
over 250 walks is available from the
Walks Co-ordinator on 01403 215269 or
online at www.horshamhealthwalks.co.uk.
Beginners are recommended to contact
the Walk Leader to discuss suitability. All
walks can be wet and muddy in places.
Forthcoming walks in the Warnham
Parish and neighbouring areas are as
follows:
Wednesday, 6th February, 10:30 am: Bax
Castle, Two Mile Ash Road, past Christ’s
Hospital School, four mile circular walk,
some stiles and modest climbs, over
farmland and through woods. Meet at the
pub car park (TQ 147272). No dogs.
2 hours. Leader John 01403 263661
Tuesdays, 12th & 26th February, 10.00 am:
A gentle walk starting from the Health
Centre in Station Road, Rudgwick, taking
in the Downs Link and a little of the
surrounding countryside. Please do not
park in the Health Centre car park because
spaces are reserved for patients. 4 miles,
2 hours. Leader Keith 01403 823436
Tuesday, 12th February, 10:00 am: Ockley
to Forest Green, Park/meet in car park
on the Horsham side of the Village cricket
field (TQ 146399). Flat (some stiles) 5 mile
circular walk over farmland on the Sussex/
Surrey border. Superb views of the North
Downs & Leith Hill Tower; many old
interesting farm buildings and houses. No
dogs. 2 ½ hours. Leaders Geoff
01403 258180 & Pat 240654
Saturday, 16 th February, 10:00 am:
Broadbridge Heath, 3½ mile, mostly flat,
circular walk (some stiles) by the riverside
to Tower Hill and on to High Wood giving
excellent views. Park at the BBH Leisure
Centre (RH12 3YS). Dogs allowed on a
lead. 1½ hours. Leaders Liz 01403 263920
and Simon 260599
Hymnathon
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Tuesday, 26 th February, 10.00 am: New
Walk, Slinfold: 5 ½ mile mostly flat
(some slopes & stiles) circular walk over
farmland and through woods. No dogs.
Park and meet in the car park of the Red
Lyon (TQ118315, RH13 0RR). 2 ½ hours.
Leaders Geoff 01403 258180 &
Pat 240654
Choirs of every kind and affiliation are invited to
join in the sponsored ‘Sing for Sussex’ Hymnathon
at Chichester Cathedral on 3 and 4 May 2013. Come
and raise your voices and join celebrities in this amazing
venue in aid of 10 Sussex hospices and 2 ‘care at home’
providers, in a one-off event being organised by Friends
of Sussex Hospices.
Starting at 12 noon on Friday 3 May and lasting for 31 hours, choirs from across Sussex
will sing all 542 hymns in the New English Hymnal, non-stop, finishing with a grand
finale on Saturday evening.
As well as participating, why not invite friends and family to sponsor you or your choir,
or to sponsor a favourite hymn in memory of a relative?
Everyone is welcome, whether they come to sing or just to listen.
For more details, sponsorship forms etc contact: Dianne Steele, Friends of Sussex Hospices
Tel: 01435 813630 Email: di.steele@friendsofsussexhospices.org.uk
www.friendsofsussexhospices.org.uk
Are you missing the point?
Recent research has revealed that we’re
a nation of zombies with 1 in 5 of us
claiming to feel like one after a disturbed
night’s sleep. Results show that over two
thirds of people in the UK are getting less
than the recommended eight hours of
sleep a night.
Acupuncture Awareness Week (25th February to 3rd March 2013) aims to
educate people about how traditional
acupuncture can help improve sleep and aid
relaxation. With 2.3 million acupuncture
treatments carried out each year, traditional
acupuncture is one of the most popular
complementary therapies practised in the
UK today. Yet statistics show that 1 in 5
of us would only consider acupuncture
for sleep as a last resort. Almost a quarter
of people admit they didn’t realise
acupuncture could benefit them despite its
widely recognised health benefits.
If you would like to find out more about
acupuncture, Lavina Cullen, a member
of the British Acupuncture Council, will
be holding an open morning in her clinic
in Tanners, Hollands Way, Warnham on
Tuesday 26 th February from 9am until
1pm. For more information you can reach
Lavina on 07532 234 920 or email
lavina@optimal-wellness.co.uk

Capel Choral Society
This year will again be busy for the Society but a
quick re-cap to 2012 which we rounded off with the annual
Capel Choral Cantata Concert in Warnham Church.
A good musical time was had by all and rounded off nicely with
the festive ingredients of mulled wine and mince pie.
So on to 2013, and not least the Leith Hill Music Festival, founded
in 1904 with CCS as one of the original members.
The Festival will always be associated with its most recognised
musician, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was Festival Conductor
up until 1953.
Over the past 109 years there have only been 5 conductors – the
present one being Brian Kay (coming up to 20 years) – musician,
broadcaster and former King’s Singer.
The Festival takes place over a 3 day period in April – Thursday
11th /Friday 12th /Saturday 13th – held in Dorking Halls and split
into 3 Divisions – a Division a day.
CCS will be performing in Division 1 on Saturday 13th April –
hopefully lucky!
Church Matters
Candlemas: Light
in the darkness
The lovely feast of
Candlemas, which brings
to an end the forty days of
Christmas, is celebrated
on Saturday 2 nd February,
with a candlelit procession and Parish
Communion at 6.30pm. Do make every
effort to attend this service; it is always a
beautiful way to reaffirm our faith in Jesus
the Light of the World at a cold, dark time
of year.
Ash Wednesday:
13 th February
PRIVATE PRAYER
ANYONE IN NEED OF SPECIFIC AND
CONFIDENTIAL PRAYER SHOULD CONTACT:
THE VICAR (Tel 265041) or
George Francis (Tel 261618)
email bell.meadow@talktalk.net
More things are wrought by prayer than this world
dreams of Tennyson ‘Idylls of the King
Ash Wednesday is the first
day of Lent, a day when
we are solemnly invited to
examine our consciences, repent of our
sins, and ask God for the grace to make
a new start, as we commit ourselves to
a season of prayer, fasting and study.
Traditionally we have kept the day as a
whole day of prayer in church, but in
recent years it has become clear that this
is too demanding: to be frank, I have
found it too difficult to spend a whole
day in church with support from only a
small handful of people. So, in the hope
that less will be more, this year the day
of prayer will be only from 7.30am until
12.30pm, starting up again from 4.30pm
until 9.00pm. The various services which
will punctuate these times are listed in ‘St
Margaret’s in February.’ The church will
of course be open in the afternoon for
those who seek silence and stillness, but
there will be no organised times of prayer
then.
If you have become a bit lax in your
observance of Ash Wednesday, please
try specially hard to come along at some
stage and join your prayer to that of all
God’s people. When we pray together,
grace flows.
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Each morning hosts the (friendly) competition at 9am while
at 2.15pm the afternoon is spent practising and combining the
choirs for the Evening Concert at 7.30pm
Tickets available from www.boxoffice@capelchoralsociety.com or
01403 269884.
Please come and support your local choir – you will not be
disappointed.
Further important date for your diary and just announced:
Saturday 29th June 7.30pm – the Summer Concert in Capel
Memorial Hall – a must for a spectacular evening of musical
entertainment and to include a fantastic dinner.
Further information on this event will appear in this magazine
nearer the time so keep a close watch.
We hope to see you at Dorking Halls for one of the concerts.
In the meantime, if you would like to have a go at singing, then
why not come along to one of our Society practices on Monday
evenings 7.45 – 9.45pm @ Capel Memorial Hall, either to listen to
or join in – you will be most welcome.
PARISH VISITORS
St Margaret’s has a team of parish visitors, who are able to visit at home those
who are isolated, convalescent or experiencing any kind of ongoing difficulty. The
visitors are not trained counsellors, but offer neighbourly support mainly through
listening and befriending, in the name of the church.
Please contact the Curate, Rosemary Cattell (Tel: 264396)
who co-ordinates the visitors, if you know anyone
who might benefit from support of this kind.
Robinson
Crusoe
By the time you
read this there may
still be a few tickets
left for our parish
pantomime, so if you
haven’t yet booked, ring Margaret Oram
on 01403 269743 or e-mail meoram@tesco.
net Performance times are listed in
St Margaret’s in February on page 7.
The Queen’s accession:
Wednesday 6 th February
Last summer we all rediscovered our
inner monarchist with the memorable
Golden Jubilee celebrations. The official
service of thanksgiving for the Queen’s
Accession will be offered at 12 noon on
her accession day, 6 th February. Come
and pray for her and for our nation at this
challenging time.

Lent Addresses
As you will have seen in the Vicar’s letter,
there is no Lent course in Warnham this
year. There are however Lent addresses,
which will support the themes of the
personal conversations to which all
members of the church have been invited.
These will be given at the Communion
services at 7.30 on Wednesday evenings
and 10.30 on Thursday mornings.
Please note that because of a previous
commitment of the Vicar, the first
Thursday address is being given on the
day after Ash Wednesday, and there is no
address on Thursday 21 st February.
14th /20th February. Address 1. Making
space to pray.
27th /28th February. Address 2. Making
space for scripture.
6th /7th March. Address 3. Making space for
the sacraments.
13th /14th March. Address 4. Building
accountability.
20th /21st March. Address 5. Building a life
of service.
Brian New
During most of February and March,
we shall be joined on Sundays by Brian
New. Brian is preparing for ordination.
He normally worships at St John’s,
Broadbridge Heath, but as part of his
training he has to spend six weeks in a
church of a different tradition to what he is
used to. While he is with us Brian will be
preaching and helping to lead the services;
do welcome him, encourage him, and give
him constructive feedback.
Rosemary Cattell
At the time of writing, it is not known
how successful Rosemary’s cancer
operation will have been, but we know
that surgery will be followed by an
intensive course of radio-therapy.
Rosemary is therefore likely to be off work
during most of February and perhaps until
Easter. Do keep praying for her and Mike.
Electoral Roll
This year is one of those in which St
Margaret’s electoral roll has to be made up
from scratch. All of you whose names are
currently on the electoral roll will receive
from Mike Curtis, the electoral roll officer,
a new form and an invitation to complete
and return it. You need to return this
form by Easter if you wish to remain on
the Electoral Roll.
What is the Electoral Roll?
The church electoral roll is not the same
as the electoral roll maintained by local
authorities. The local authority roll
entitles you to vote in national and local
government elections. The church electoral
roll entitles you to vote in parish church
elections.
Who can be on the Electoral Roll?
To be on the St Margaret’s roll, you must be
sixteen or over, baptised (christened), and
either live in the parish or have habitually
attended worship here for six months.
If you have connections with two parish
churches, it is perfectly in order for you to
be on two electoral rolls.
What’s the point of being on the Electoral
Roll?
• You can vote for members of the PCC
at the Annual General Meeting.
• You clarify your right to be married
at St Margaret’s, be buried in our
churchyard, and have your children
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(and in some cases grandchildren)
christened here.
• You make the vicar’s life easier by
furnishing him with everyone’s
address on one simple, hard-to-lose
list.
• As electoral roll membership is a
statistic used to analyse the level of
Christian belief in the nation, being
on the electoral roll is a very small,
modest act of Christian witness.
• A large electoral roll indicates a
flourishing church and makes it
slightly harder for the diocesan
authorities to justify reducing the
parish’s clergy provision.
The electoral roll application form only
asks for your address, but we are going
to invite people to include their e-mail
address if they have one: this makes
sending information around the church
family much cheaper and easier.

Lent Lunches
This year Lent
Lunches will run
between 12 and
2pm on Friday
15 th February, 22 nd
February, 1 st March, 8 th March, 15 th March
and 22 nd March. They take place in the
Parish Room and soup, bread and cheese
are on offer for £3 per head and this year
we will be raising money for the Night
Shelter in Horsham. Very much look
forward to seeing many of you there for
these very enjoyable lunches. If you need a
lift to the lunch, please phone Peter Wright
on 01403 268379.
The Curate’s Column
Lunch Club
There will be no lunch club for February
and March as it is Lent. We look forward
to seeing you all on 10 April.
Mandy Tanswell
Church bazaar
January has gone so quickly. It seems only yesterday that we
were hearing the words from John’s gospel: ‘In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God… the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not
overcome it.’ (John 1.1,5). The reality struck for me soon after
I proclaimed this gospel (or Good News) at Christmas, as very
many of you know I was diagnosed with breast cancer just two
days later and this brought with it some feelings of vulnerability
as we were facing something of an unknown.
I have had two operations in the space of just one week and the
good news far outweighed the bad as my lymph nodes were clear.
Radiotherapy will follow but I am well on my way back!
I really want to thank you all for the love and support you have
shown to me and to Mike in so many ways over the last few
weeks, for all the prayer, cards, phone calls, emails and food
supplies! You have helped to keep us strong and positive, to keep
hopeful through it all. A little while ago when I took my first
funeral in Warnham I spoke of what a special community this is
and how well you look out for those who need your care. There
is genuine love at the heart of this parish, please hold it dear and
nurture it.
When darkness threatens to overwhelm, feel God’s presence and
remember – God is with you in the dark – hold on to a belief in
a God of love – there in all the mess of life as well as the cheerful
and tidy bits: ‘The light shines in the darkness…’
My prognosis is looking good – so look out, I will be back in a
pulpit near you very soon!
Wishing you peace and all good
With love and prayers
Rev Rosemary
Women’s World Day of Prayer
This year Women’s World Day of Prayer
will be celebrated on Friday March 1 st at St
Mary’s Church Horsham at 10.30am, where
a children’s area will be provided, and Southwater Methodist
Church, Southwater Junior Academy (next to Texaco garage)
at 7.30pm. This year the service has been prepared by the
Christian Women of France. Refreshments will be served after
both services.
I realise this may be a distant memory
for many of you but we had a hugely
successful day yet again and raised an
enormous total of just over £5,000, so
a HUGE thank you to all who came and
supported us on the day and made it such
an enjoyable event. It is the main church
fundraiser of the year and in the current
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economic climate we were overwhelmed
with the generosity of the village in
terms of what was donated and what was
purchased! To all those who worked so
hard to make it such a special day thank
you so much. Thank you all.
The Mini Bazaar will be held on Saturday
27th April in the
Parish Room
from 10.00am
to 12 noon with
cakes, produce,
refreshments,
books, gifts, white
elephant, a tombola and of course a raffle!
Please put the date in your diary.
There will be a Women’s
World Day of Prayer
Slideshow on France on
Saturday 2nd February
2013 at United Reformed
Church (Behind
Wilkinson’s, opposite St
John’s) at 3.00 pm. Tea (or coffee) and biscuits, followed by talk
and slides on France. £1.50 – no ticket needed. Just pay on the
door.
If you wish to know more about the Women’s World Day of
Prayer please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yvonne Allmond

Saints days and readings for February
Fri 1 st Brigid (525), Irish miracle-working abbess.
Sat 2 nd Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
6.30pm Malachi 3.1-5; Hebrews 2.14-end;
Luke 2.22-40.
Sun 3 rd Second Sunday before Lent (Sexagesima)
8.00am 2 Corinthians 11.19-31; Luke 8.4-15.
10.00am Revelation 4.
11.30am Psalm 104; Job 28.1-11; Acts 14.8-17.
6.30pm Genesis 1.1-2.3; Matthew 6.25-end.
Mon 4 th Gilbert of Sempringham (1189), founder of English
religious order.
Tue 5 th Agatha (304), virgin martyr of Sicily.
Wed 6 th Accession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Japanese Martyrs (1597).
Fri 8 th Cuthman (870), hermit at Steyning.
Sun 10 th Sunday before Lent (Quinquagesima)
8.00am 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 18.31-end.
10.00am Exodus 34.29-end; 2 Corinthians 3.12-4.2;
Luke 9.28-36.
Wed 13 th Ash Wednesday.
10.30am Joel 2.12-17; Matthew 6.16-21.
7.30pm Joel 2.1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.10;
Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21.
Thu 14 th Valentine (269), Roman bishop and martyr.
Cyril (869) and Methodius (885), missionaries to
the Slavs.
Fri 15 th Sigfrid (1045), missionary bishop in Sweden.
Thomas Bray (1730), founder of SPCK.
St Margaret’s in February
Friday 1 st February
3.45pm Standing Committee.
Saturday 2 nd February: Candlemas
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Sun 17 th First Sunday of Lent.
8.00am 2 Corinthians 6.1-10; Matthew 4.1-11.
10.00am Romans 10.8-13; Luke 4.1-13.
6.30pm Psalm 119.73-88; Jonah 3; Luke 18.9-14.
Thu 21 st All Saints of Africa.
Sat 23 rd Polycarp (155), bishop and martyr in Smyrna.
Sun 24 th Second Sunday of Lent.
8.00am 1 Thessalonians 4.1-8; Matthew 15.21-28.
10.00am Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3.17 –
4.1; Luke 13.31-end.
6.30pm Psalm 135; Jeremiah 22.1-9, 13-17; Luke
14.27-33.
Wed 27 th George Herbert (1633), poet and parish priest.
Thu 28 th Oswald (992), bishop of Worcester.
Gilbert of Sempringham (1083 – 1189)
was the son of a knight, but as he was
handicapped and unable to ride a horse,
his father made him a priest and gave him
the family living. When Gilbert discovered
that some of his female parishioners were
trying to form a house of prayer, he wrote
a rule of life for them, which evolved into
the Gilbertine order, combining men and
women under different rules in the same
house. He lived to a great age and despite his disability travelled
unceasingly around the houses. As the Gilbertine order never
established itself outside England, it disappeared entirely at the
Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Morning Prayer: 7.30am every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Evening Prayer: 5.00pm every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
6.30pm Parish Communion with Procession of Candles.
Sunday 3 rd February: Second before Lent/Sexagesima
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Morning Worship.
11.30am Matins.
3.00pm Baptism of Milly Bayliss.
5.30pm Evening Prayer.
6.30pm Informal Communion.
Wednesday 6 th February: Queen’s Accession
1.00pm Accession Day Prayers.
7.30pm ‘Robinson Crusoe’ Preview.
Thursday 7th February
10.30am Holy Communion.
7.30pm ‘Robinson Crusoe.’
Friday 8 th February
7.30pm ‘Robinson Crusoe.’
Saturday 9 th February
2.30pm ‘Robinson Crusoe’.
7.30pm ‘Robinson Crusoe.’
Sunday 10 th February: Sunday before Lent/Quinquagesima
7.00am Morning Prayer.
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Parish Communion.
5.30pm Evening Prayer.
6.30pm Valentines Service.

Tuesday 12 th February: Shrove Tuesday
7.30pm Greyhound Derby, Parish Room.
Wednesday 13 th February: Ash Wednesday
7.30am Morning Prayer.
8.30am Matins.
9.15am School Service with Ashes.
10.30am. Holy Communion.
11.30am Litany and Commination.
12.30pm Mid-day Prayer.
4.30pm Children’s Service.
5.30pm Evening Prayer.
6.30pm Evensong.
7.30pm Parish Communion with Ashes.
9.00pm Compline.
Thursday 14 th February
10.30am Holy Communion: Lent Address 1.
Friday 15 th February
12.00 Rosary
12.00 Lent Lunch.
3.15pm Messy Church.
Sunday 17 th February: Lent 1
7.00am Morning Prayer.
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Family Communion.
2.30pm Orchard Lodge Service.
6.30pm Evensong.
Tuesday 19th February
7.30pm Prayer Group, 20, Wyvern Place.
Wednesday 20 th February
7.30pm Holy Communion: Lent Address 1.
Thursday 21 st February
10.30am Holy Communion.
Friday 22 nd February
12.00 Rosary.
12.00 Lent Lunch.
2.30pm Friday Forum.
Sunday 24 th February: Lent 2
7.00am Morning Prayer.
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Parish Communion.
6.30pm Evensong.
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Monday 25th February
7.30pm Deanery Synod, Holy Trinity Church.
Wednesday 27 th February
7.30pm Holy Communion: Lent Address 2.
Thursday 28 th February
10.30am Holy Communion: Lent Address 2.
Friday 1 st March
10.30am Women’s World Day of Prayer Service,
St Mary’s, Horsham.
12.00 Rosary.
12.00 Lent Lunch.
Sunday 3 rd March: Lent 3
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Morning Worship.
11.30am Matins.
5.30pm Evening Prayer.
6.30pm Informal Communion.
Wednesday 6 th March
7.30pm Holy Communion: Lent Address 3.
Thursday 7 th March
10.30am Holy Communion. Lent Address 3.
Friday 8 th March
12.00 Rosary.
12.00 Lent Lunch.
Sunday 10 th March: Lent 4/Mothering Sunday
7.00am Morning Prayer.
8.00am Holy Communion.
10.00am Family Service.
11.30am Holy Communion with hymns.
6.30pm Evensong.

Parish Directory
ST MARGARET’S CHURCH
Vicar Rev Christopher Loveless, The Vicarage, Church Street, RH12 3QW 265041
Curate Rev Rosemary Cattell, Whitegates, Salisbury Road, Horsham RH13 0AL 264396
Patron Jonathan Lucas, Warnham Park RH12 3RP 256713
Churchwardens Roy Boud, 8 Tuggles Plat, Warnham RH12 3RA 252968
Gytha Hodgson, The Old Manor, Knob Hill, Warnham RH12 3SN 265069
PCC Secretary Ros McCall, 3 Tower Close, Tower Hill, Horsham RH13 0AF 07799 645198
Treasurer Ken Howlett, The Glebe, Church Street, Warnham RH12 07753 619159
Other PCC Members: Max Bruges, Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath Road RH12 3PA 252575
Anne Bond, 8 Eyles Close, Horsham RH12 2HT 750458
Peter Bond, 8 Eyles Close, Horsham RH12 2HT 750458
Lisa Funnell, 14 Lucas Road, Warnham RH12 3RG 242551
Adrian Heath, 60 Church Street, Warnham RH12 249055
Elaine Lambie, 3 Wyvern Place RH12 3QU 242004
Caroline Lucas, Warnham Park, RH12 3RP 256713
Margaret Oram, The Cottage, School Hill, Warnham RH12 3QN 269743
Caroline Ritchie, Durfold, Durfold Hill, Warnham RH12 3RY 270988
Nuala Vallally, Coppers Corner, Langhurst Close, Horsham RH12 4QB 210311
Judy Waine, Newdenne House, Church Street RH12 3QP 241720
Geoff Ward, 57 Friday Street, RH12 3QY 268287
Glenda Wickersham, 3 Langhurst Close, Horsham RH12 4QB 264292
Electoral Roll Officer Michael Curtis, 6 School Hill RH12 3QN 264146
Church Choir Rudi Eastwood, 07972 151346
Bell Ringers Ian Oram, The Cottage, School Hill RH12 3QN 269743
Warnham C of E School Acting Headmistress, Mrs Jill Costello 265230
Sunday Club Elaine Lambie. 3 Wyvern Place, Warnham RH12 3QU 242004
Messy Church Caroline Ritchie, Durfold, Durfold Hill, Warnham, RH12 3RY 270988
Lisa Funnell, 14 Lucas Road, Warnham, RH12 3RG 242551
Junior Ichthus Nuala Vallally, Coppers Corner, Langhurst Close, Horsham RH12 4QB 210311
Ichthus Youth Group’ Caroline Ritchie, Durfold, Durfold Hill RH12 3RY 270988
Mothers and Toddlers Group Vivian Francis, 15 Bell Road RH12 3QJ 261618
Parish Room Bookings Tricia Merryweather, Gramercy, School Hill RH12 3QN 252069
Parish Room cleaning rota Rachel Hamer, The Banks, Bailing Hill RH12 3RT 265088
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Michael Hodgson, Old Manor, Knob Hill RH12 3SN 265069
HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL Stuart Ritchie, Durfold, Durfold Hill, RH12 3RY – 270988
WARNHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Chairman Hilary Farquhar, Chalk Ridge, Byfleets Lane RH12 3PD 259119
Clerk Gerry Benham, 33 Ferring Street, Ferring BN12 5JN 01903 245217
Members Melissa Fuller, 7 Church Street, RH12 3QP 264471
John Hamer, The Banks, Bailing Hill RH12 3RT 265088
Michael Hodgson, Old Manor, Knob Hill RH12 3SN 265069
John Hore, 7 Gardeners Close, RH12 3RJ 276296
William McLaughlin, 19 Stanford Orchard RH12 3RF 265018
Roger Purcell, 7 School Hill RH12 3QN 267605
Geoffrey Read, 4 Farm Close RH12 3QT 264558
Stuart Ritchie, Durfold, Durfold Hill RH12 3RY 270988
Alex Wilks, 1 Bell Road RH12 3QJ 756164
Pamela Brinkler, 15 Hollands Way, RH12 3RH 257752
KINGSFOLD RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Chairman Andy Crombie, The Eagles, Dorking Road, Kingsfold RH12 3SB 01306 628169
Secretary Rosalie Batchelor, Tickfold Farm, Marches Road, Kingsfold 01306 627654
VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS
1st Warnham Beavers & Cub Scouts Kevin Murdock, 86 Thelton Avenue, Broadbridge Heath RH12 3LT 268707
Warnham Pre-School Julie Armstrong (Supervisor) Warnham Village Hall, Hollands Way, Warnham, RH12 3RH 07951 085600
Village Hall Bookings Dee Ball, 12 Friday Street, Warnham, RH12 3QX 07717 247430
Allotment Society Tony Maughan, 29 Friday Street, Warnham RH12 3QY 265031
Flower Show Susan Overton, 5 School Hill, Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3QN 253679
Evening Flower Club Betty Brand, Lynton, Durfold Hill,Warnham, RH12 3RZ 01403 268355
Royal British Legion Peter Bergin, 3 Gardeners Close RH12 3RJ 254277
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Charles Wood, Church Croft, Church Street RH12 3QP 253040
Badminton Club Nuala Vallally, Coppers Corner, Langhurst Close, Horsham RH12 4QB 210311
Cricket Club Brian Knight, 51 Friday Street RH12 3QY 262051
Warnham Target Sports Club Bob Day 01306 627 335
Short-Mat Bowls Club John Kempson, 3 Warnham Road, Horsham RH12 2QS 261962
Table Tennis Club Bill Thornton, 50 Church Street RH12 3QR 250206
Warnham Society Joint Chairmen, Brian King, The Tower, Warnham Lodge RH12 3SQ 261427
John Hamer, The Banks, Bailing Hill RH12 3RT
Women’s Institute Isobel King, 20 Stanford Orchard, Warnham, RH12 3RF 264069
Village Lunch Club Mandy Tanswell 260139
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) roy.millard@sussex.pnn.police.uk 07796 901460
Sussex Police Non-emergency contact number 0845 60 70 999
Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator Stephanie Richardson 242911
Seniors Club Margaret Wood, Church Croft, Church Street RH12 3QP 253040
THIS DIRECTORY WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH.
PLEASE NOTIFY ADDITIONS OR ALTERATIONS TO THE EDITOR BY 16th FEBRUARY
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Village Hall Regular Bookings – (07717 247430)
Weekday mornings Warnham Pre-School other than during school holidays
Monday evenings Table Tennis from 7 pm – September to April
Tuesday afternoons Warnham & Kingsfold Seniors from 2 pm – first and third week each month
Tuesday evenings Flower Club from 7.30 pm – every thir k each month
Badminton from 7 pm all other Tuesday evenings
Wednesday afternoons Short Mat Bowls 2 – 4 pm
Wednesday evenings Warnham Cubs and Beavers 5.15 – 7.30 pm (term time)
Thursday afternoons Women’s Institute 2.15 pm – on the second Thursday of the month
Friday evenings SEAMS (main hall) every third week – September to April
Saturday afternoons Performing4u - Kids Drama! Starting SEPTEMBER
Parish Room Bookings for February (252069)
1 Friday Seeds Bible Group 0900 – 1045
6 Wednesday Mothers & Toddlers 0915 – 1045
7 Thursday Church Coffee 1030 – 1130
Junior Ichthus 1730 – 1845
12 Tuesday Mahjong Morning 0930 – 1230
Greyhound Derby 1900 –
13 Wednesday Mothers & Toddlers 0915 – 1045
14 Thursday Church Coffee 1030 – 1130
Junior Ichthus 1730 – 1845
TO REPORT IMMEDIATE INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Tel. 0845 60 70 999 ext 19135 (voicemail)
please report all incidents of anti-social behaviour to
pcso roy millard on the above number or
email: roy.millard@sussex.pnn.police.uk
DEADLINE FOR MARCH WARBLER
12 NOON Saturday 16th February
Please see the Village Calendar on page 7 for all the deadline dates for 2013
All contributions by email if possible, preferably as an attachment, addressed to
warbler@warnhamchurch.co.uk
Otherwise please put through the letterbox at 29 Church Street. Please make sure that you write your
name and telephone number on your copy in case there is something which needs clarifying. Thank you.
The Warbler can be purchased from the Village Shop but it can also be delivered to your door
(at no extra charge). If you would like to take advantage of this service please contact
Ann Lloyd (01403 267513) who will make the necessary arrangements.
Editor
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20 Wednesday Lent Lunches 1200 – 1400
21 Thursday Church Coffee 1030 – 1130
22 Friday Friday Forum 1430 – 1600
27 Wednesday Mothers & Toddlers 0915 – 1045
Lent Lunches 1200 – 1400
28 Thursday Church Coffee 1030 – 1130
Junior Ichthus 1730 – 1845
• WARNHAM VILLAGE HALL •
Available for meetings, functions, parties & weddings.
Full details on : www.warnhamvillagehall.co.uk
For bookings, contact Dee Ball on 07717 247430