The Beacon August 2012 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...

Ditchling Fair
Village News
I would so much like to thank everyone who helped organise the fair, helped
with the stalls during the morning or the afternoon, the sponsors, the local
businesses for their generosity, for the parents and helpers of the floats - which
were wonderful, Dame Vera Lynn, Judges, Fair Master, Wizard, Mummers,
Morris Dancers, Bell Ringers Ditchling Stud, musicians, cooks, farmers,
volunteers, to everyone who supported it and to so many others who helped
make this 700 th year old fair so very special for us all. For all those I have left off
this list, my many apologies.
As always the village of Ditchling came together and made it a very special day, it
reminds us how very lucky we are to live here and what makes it such a special
village.
Catharine Robinson, Chairman, Ditchling Village Association
Ditchling Fair Teas and Cakes June 2012
Many thanks to all those who helped, indirectly and directly, with the teas and
those who made wonderful cakes. It was a very busy and enjoyable day and we
raised just over £1,600 which is to be shared equally between the Ditchling
Village Association and the Beacon churches.
We were truly blessed with the weather on Saturday 16 th June after so much
rain. Apologies to anyone who wanted to buy a sandwich and couldn't. The 300
odd sandwiches we made sold out very quickly. Thank you also to Southover
Foods for very generously providing the lovely sandwich fillings.
Fiona Hughes and Ruth Tucker
Ditchling Open Gardens
Ditchling’s 18 Open Gardens on 15 th July were enjoyed by nearly three hundred
visitors and made almost £1,500 for the Friends of the Museum. After the recent
disastrous weather, we were extremely fortunate to be blessed with a dry
Sunday, sandwiched between the torrential rain of Saturday and Monday, and to
achieve a result that was at the height of our expectations.
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