Transcript Historical Minute Book 1913 to 1923 - Ashdown Forest

5 yards and about 2 inches deep. Also near this spot they have put a quantity of earth in two places at the side ofthe stream. The turf opposite the Golf Club house is put down in a very rough manner.I am GentlemenYour obedient servantWm. BrownR.A.F. Golf Club drainageIt is Resolved that the Clerk write to the Surveyor of the East Grinstead Rural District Council reminding him thatthe surface of the Forest has not been properly levelled and the sods have not been properly re-laid and state thatthe Board will be much obliged if he will have these matters attended to and cause the surplus soil which has beenlaid on the Forest to be deposited in the sand pit near Mr. Faber’s in a spot to be approved by the Committee.Also that Ranger Brown do what he can to cover up the stones over the manholes, which are now exposed.Weir C.B. cut litterA letter dated the 19th May last from Mr. C.B. Weir of Duckings Withyham to Ranger Brown is read, in which Mr.Weir states he understands he is allowed to cut litter on the Forest on payment of 6d per load and enclosing 1/- for2 loads cut.The Clerk reports that the effect of the correspondence which he had with Mr. Weir to the effect that his propertyis not entitled to rights of common and states that Mr. Weir is evidently referring to cases where consent has beengiven for heath and furze to large for litter to be cut on payment of 6d per loadIt is Resolved that the Clerk reply to Mr. Weir’s letter explaining the matter.Trollope P.A. application for campA letter is read dated 13th ulto, from Mr. P.A. Trollope of 151 Latham Road, East Ham, asking permission forhimself and a friend to erect a tent and camp on the Forest for a week in August.It is Resolved that Mr. Trollope be informed that the Board cannot grant the request.Mr. Somerton Bye-Law BoardA letter is read from Mr. Somerton asking the Conservators to erect a Bye Law board on St. John’s Common with aview to stopping abuses.George Innes application to improve trackThe Clerk reports that he received a letter from Mr. George Innes of Mount Pleasant Farm. Fairwarp askingpermission to metal and make up a short length of the road leading from Mr. Lovell’s road to his (Mr. Innes) yardgate and that he referred it to the Maresfield CommitteeSylvanus Ridley Forest track blockedA letter is read dated the 31st ulto, from Mr. Sylvanus Ridley complaining that the exit of a Forest Road on to thehighroad from Toll farm to Fairwarp has been blocked by deposit of road materials by the Uckfield Rural DistrictCouncil and that the Council have declined to take any action.Mr. Ridley attends before the Board and explains the matter and is informed that the Board will consider it.The Maresfield Committee present the following reports which are read and it is Resolved that they be received andentered on the Minutes namely:-R.E. Camp near PippingfordMessrs Turner and Sandford inspected the site of the Engineers camp on Ashdown Forest near Pippingford Parkon Saturday July 11th 1914. They found the site in first class condition. Everything had been cleared up verysatisfactorily. In fact, the surface of the Forest was very much improved. Thirty shillings will be paid by the WarOffice to purchase grass seeds to be sown at the proper time next spring on the few bare spots which will be then25Ashdown Forest Historical Minute Book