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

The Old Meeting House
On Saturday May 5 th , there will be An Evening with the Twagger Band at 8pm.
The Twaggers play mainly traditional music on a wide variety of instruments.
Tickets are £10 including a glass of wine whilst the cost for children and students
will be £7, with all proceeds for the benefit of the Old Meeting House. They will
be available from Ditchling Post Office, Ian Chisholm (01273 843699) or Brian
Clutterbuck (01273 844746). For further information about the band their web
site is www.twaggerband.co.uk or e-mail info@twaggerband.co.uk.
Brian Clutterbuck (Trustee of the Old Meeting House)
Westmeston Parish News
The following is taken from the April issue of Westmeston Parish News.
Parish Council Meetings
The Annual Parish Meeting … will be held on Tuesday 8 th May at 6.30pm, when a
report to parishioners will be given by the Parish Council chairman – Philip
Tucker. There will be words from District Councillor Thomas Jones.
Parking Ban at Westmeston Church Corner
It is proposed that as a result of an EU Eco directive, three of the parking spaces
at Westmeston Church Corner will no longer be available on an unrestricted
basis. These will be exclusively for the recharging of electric vehicles, with a
small wind turbine as the power source. Apparently this decision followed a
review of charging points when it was found that a disproportionate number of
grant-aided charge points have been provided in urban areas.
Has Ditchling Beacon been moved?
The Ditchling church magazine THE BEACON gives a full coverage of Ditchling but
mainly of the village and not the whole parish as its geography is a little suspect.
The March edition has a very attractive cover which is a view of Westmeston
“village” i.e. the church and surrounding houses. The foreground features a
hybrid squeeze stile designed and installed by the Monday Group which serves
to double the compliment to Westmeston and its residents. However the cover
picture is incorrectly captioned as the “View from Ditchling Beacon” whereas
every Westmestonian will tell you, it is in fact the view from Home Brow,
Westmeston – almost half a mile away from Ditchling Beacon.
[My thanks go to the Westmeston Parish News for providing this information.
The Beacon, as the front cover states, is the magazine for the parish of Ditchling,
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