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<strong>Aug</strong>/Sept<br />
Welcome to the <strong>Aug</strong>/Sept edition<br />
of the Mid Sussex Handbook and<br />
to a wealth of local Businesses<br />
both large and small.<br />
What glorious weather we are<br />
having at the moment and long<br />
may it last. There are so many<br />
things to enjoy over the summer<br />
holidays in Sussex so please<br />
check out our “What’s On” pages<br />
( 16,26 & 52 ) and enjoy many<br />
activities that are on your<br />
doorstep.<br />
Phil and I are always on the lookout<br />
for local clubs and<br />
charities to inform us of the<br />
events, so please give us a call<br />
and we can publicise them for you.<br />
Enjoy<br />
Sharon & Phil<br />
Address<br />
Editor /<br />
Sales<br />
Website /<br />
Sales<br />
Printers<br />
25 Muster Green<br />
Haywards Heath<br />
W. Sussex<br />
RH16 4AL<br />
Sharon<br />
01444 412552<br />
Scott<br />
sharon@handbooksonline.co.uk<br />
Phil Scott<br />
phil@handbooksonline.co.uk<br />
Newman Thomson<br />
Burgess Hill<br />
Features<br />
Gardening<br />
Lifestyle & Miscellany<br />
Houseplants Go Home 50<br />
Parenting- Creative Writing - Help<br />
Your Child To Create Stores<br />
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Life List - Colourful Language 12<br />
Health - Organ Donation Week 14<br />
Finance - How To Build Up Your<br />
Credit Rating at University<br />
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Motoring – Husband and Wife<br />
Taking on 10k-Mile Rally in an 24<br />
Electric Car<br />
Receipe - Lamb Koftas with<br />
Minted Couscous<br />
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Computer Tip - Wireless Black Spot 34<br />
Book Review - Intriguing Reads 36<br />
Life Begins - Why My Charity Gifts<br />
Are Staying Put<br />
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Driving - Motorways: Four Lanes, or<br />
Three With A Hard Shoulder<br />
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Pets - How To Keep An Eye OnYour<br />
Rabbits Health<br />
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Travel - Patagonia Lake District 48<br />
Puzzles<br />
Front Page<br />
Back Page<br />
Childrens Page 4<br />
Suduko 19<br />
Wordsearch 46<br />
Molly Maids<br />
Henry Adams Estate<br />
Agents<br />
An index of advertisers in this issue<br />
can be found on the inside back page<br />
with a fuller directory of local<br />
businesses at<br />
www.midsussexhandbook.co.uk<br />
The Mid Sussex Handbook does not<br />
officially endorse any advertising material<br />
included in this magazine. The Mid Sussex Handbook<br />
cannot take any responsibility for inaccuracies<br />
or complaints arising from<br />
Advertisement or editorial within this<br />
Handbook or associated website<br />
www.handbooksonline.co.uk.<br />
To advertise please call 01444 412552
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Uncle Tom Cobley<br />
DOWN UNCLE TOM’S WAY<br />
Gyms, yoga, running, cycling all get their fair share of press when it comes to<br />
keeping fit and healthy and if those forms of exercise work for you that’s great.<br />
However, if you’re struggling to fit exercise into your life, there’s a very basic<br />
workout that’s just as good for you - walking.<br />
No matter what your fitness level or your age, walking is good for your heart,<br />
your head and your wallet. It’s a great way to stay active and improve your<br />
fitness levels without the high intensity demanded by other forms of exercise.<br />
In fact, scientists in California have found that in some cases walking can be<br />
more effective than running. Over a six year period, those with a regular<br />
walking regime reduced their risk of heart disease by 9.3% while running<br />
reduced it by 4.5%.<br />
Regular walking can also improve the quality of your sleep, improve your<br />
energy levels during the day and what’s more, it’s completely free of charge.<br />
Walking can also be good for those suffering from depression and anxiety,<br />
especially if you walk in green open spaces. Here in mid-Sussex we’re lucky<br />
enough to have some fantastic countryside on our doorstep, so there’s no<br />
excuse.<br />
You can also track your walking progress and set yourself goals and targets to<br />
maintain your motivation. Fitness Trackers and Apps like Map My Walk allow<br />
you to track your mileage and Pacer counts the number of steps you take.<br />
Alternatively, a simple pedometer worn while walking will also allow you to<br />
work out the number of steps you have walked.<br />
At the same time why not listen to some music, a podcast or a talking book to<br />
keep you going.<br />
Changing your route and adding hills also keeps your interest. So, whether you<br />
walk alone or with friends, simply pull on some comfortable shoes and step out,<br />
because walking works!<br />
That’s all from me, have a great month!<br />
Uncle Tom
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Whats On - support your local community<br />
Haywards Heath Music Society<br />
presents a recital by<br />
internationally acclaimed pianist<br />
SAMSON TSOY<br />
Saturday 23rd September at<br />
7:45pm<br />
in St Wilfrid's Church, Church Rd<br />
Haywards Heath.<br />
Tickets available at the door<br />
or in advance from the<br />
Hon. Secretary 01444-456227<br />
and from 1st September<br />
Carousel Music, Commercial<br />
Square.<br />
www.haywardsheathmusicsociety.<br />
org.uk<br />
Savannah Café/Bar Live Music Nights<br />
Thursday 17th <strong>Aug</strong>ust - Dynamite<br />
Thursday 24th <strong>Aug</strong>ust - Strobe<br />
Thursday 31st <strong>Aug</strong>ust - Rewind<br />
Thursday 7th Sept - Murdochs<br />
Crazy Eyes<br />
Thursday 14th - Yeah Groove<br />
Please ensure you check up to date<br />
details with any venue before attending<br />
as times, dates, events can change<br />
Clair Hall, Haywards Heath<br />
Saturday 9th Sept @ 7.30 pm<br />
The Quo Experience<br />
Friday 22nd September@8pm<br />
Comedy Club<br />
The Balcombe Walk<br />
Sunday 10th September<br />
Join the Haywards Heath Support<br />
Group for St. Catherine’s Hospice for<br />
their 26th Fundraising Balcombe Walk,<br />
starting from Victory Hall, Stockcroft<br />
Road, Balcombe.<br />
See page 35 for more details<br />
South of England Showground<br />
Little Mix<br />
Friday 1st Septmber @ 5pm<br />
Pop with an R&B twist from the first<br />
girl group to win the X-Factor, back in<br />
2011.<br />
This is a standing only event Under 14's<br />
must be accompanied by an adult ticket<br />
holder.<br />
Haywards Heath Town Day 2017<br />
This takes place on Saturday 9 th<br />
September 2017 between 12.00<br />
noon and 4.30pm in Victoria Park.<br />
There will be stalls, fairground rides<br />
and stage/arena events.
Taskbusters<br />
consider it done<br />
Clearance<br />
Help tidy sheds, lofts, garages, cellars, give to charity, and take to the<br />
tip. Clear up your clutter<br />
Gardens<br />
Strimming and edging, digging over, tidy up for sale spring and<br />
autumn blitzes, hedges.<br />
Cleaning<br />
Pre party, one off’s, spring cleans get all the bits you never get round<br />
to done and dusted.<br />
Moves and Labour<br />
Lifting and moving heavy objects need a helping hand, we specialise<br />
in local small and medium moves, packing and tidying.<br />
Call Phil or Sharon on 01444 412552 with your enquiry then<br />
leave it to us. A trustworthy and reliable service based at 25<br />
Muster Green, Haywards Heath.<br />
www.taskbusters.co.uk because life’s too short to get stressed<br />
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Sudoku<br />
Each row, column and 3x3 box must<br />
contain the numbers 1 through 9 just<br />
once.<br />
This can be done by applying<br />
logic-you do not have to guess!
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Cuckfield Bookfest<br />
The speakers are booked, the programme is printed and tickets will shortly be<br />
available for the first Cuckfield Book Festival. It opens on Friday 6 th October<br />
with supper at Ockenden Manor, and then over the next two days, there is a<br />
packed programme of talks, discussions and workshops, plus sessions for<br />
children upstairs in the Queen’s Hall. The range of authors who have agreed to<br />
come is remarkably wide: Adrian Tinniswood talking about The Long Weekend<br />
and recounting the tumultuous and scandalous history of English country houses<br />
during the years between the two World Wars: Andrew Lownie’s biography of<br />
Guy Burgess which the Daily Mail called ‘ a more compelling page-turner than<br />
any spy thriller’: Damian Barr who wrote a memoir of his childhood, Maggie<br />
and Me about which JoJo Moyes said ‘ it should be required reading’.<br />
We all remember the Great Storm of 1987 and Tamsin Treverton Jones has<br />
written a compelling portrait of this extraordinary event. Elly Griffiths, famous<br />
for her crime fiction, will be talking about The Chalk Garden, the latest in her<br />
best-selling series about Dr Ruth Galloway.<br />
Other writers include Gavin Mortimer describing THE LRDG (The Men Who<br />
Made the SAS), Harry Mount whose account of the turmoil caused in the Tory<br />
party by the Brexit vote is bound to be intriguing, and Anthony Seldon talking<br />
about Artificial Intelligence and its effect on education.<br />
Anne Sebba’s Les Parisiennes tells the story of resisters, writers, collaborators,<br />
couturiers, spies and actresses in occupied Paris and two young authors will be<br />
discussing Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, both of them as popular as ever.<br />
The last event on Saturday features the renowned actress Harriet Walter, who<br />
will be talking about her book, Brutus and Other Heroines, which explains why<br />
Dame Harriet has decided to tackle Shakespeare’s mature male roles.<br />
Add to the mix, a book about the Impressionist world by Catherine Hewitt, an<br />
explanation of the art of ghostwriting from Andrew Crofts and we hope you<br />
agree that the programme is full of interest.<br />
Two local children’s authors (Sally Symes and Jill Lewis) will run events<br />
especially for small people upstairs in the Queen’s Hall and there will be<br />
fascinating sessions for all young dinosaur fans, held in conjunction with<br />
Cuckfield Museum.<br />
Full details of how to buy tickets are now available in the programme or go to<br />
our website: www.cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk<br />
We look forward to welcoming you to lots of events!
To advertise please call 01444 412552<br />
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Whats On - support your local community<br />
1066 Country - Battle, Bexhill,<br />
Hastings, Pevensey, Rye<br />
(1 hour + from Burgess Hill)<br />
Find out more about England’s<br />
extraordinary past in this unique<br />
blend of historic coast and unspoilt<br />
countryside. There are famous arts,<br />
music and medieval festivals,<br />
enchanting gardens and walks,<br />
attractions to suit all ages,<br />
museums and castles, antique shops<br />
and unrivalled local produce. For<br />
more information please visit<br />
http://www.visit1066country.com/<br />
Washbrooks Family Farm,<br />
Hurstpierpoint (10 minutes<br />
from Burgess Hill)<br />
Washbrooks is a working family<br />
farm with exciting adventure play<br />
areas and an indoor heated playroom,<br />
tea rooms and shop.<br />
For more information please visit<br />
www.washbrooks.co.uk<br />
Bedelands Farm Nature<br />
Reserve, Burgess Hill<br />
The Nature Reserve consists of<br />
ancient meadows, woodland,<br />
hedgerows and ponds, covering<br />
33 hextares (80 acres).<br />
Martlets Hall<br />
Burgess Hill<br />
July 29th Hammerdown Festival<br />
16th Sept Los Endos @ 7.30<br />
30th Sept Mercury @ 7.30<br />
Box Office 01444 242888<br />
www.placesforpeopleleisure.org<br />
BOOK GROUPS<br />
Burgess Hill Library Book Group<br />
Meets on the first Wednesday of the<br />
month at 2pm at Burgess Hill library.<br />
For more details please ring 01444<br />
255452<br />
The Railway Book Group<br />
Run by Burgess Hill Library, the group<br />
meets on the second Tuesday of the<br />
month at the Railway pub (opposite<br />
Burgess Hill station). Please ring<br />
01444 235549 for more information.<br />
The Inkpots Writing Workshops<br />
Book Club<br />
www.inkpots.org<br />
Please ensure you check up to date<br />
details with any venue before attending<br />
as times, dates, events can change<br />
Whats On information changes each<br />
month so if you’d like your event to be<br />
considered for publication please email<br />
details to info@handbooksonline.co.uk.<br />
To advertise please call 01444 412552
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Independent Carpet Consultant<br />
07850 193339<br />
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*All makes<br />
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*FREE Estimates<br />
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*Carpet & Rug Cleaning - Repairs<br />
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STATION ROAD CARPETS<br />
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USEFUL Numbers<br />
Martletts Hall<br />
Burgess Hill<br />
Fri 4th <strong>Aug</strong> 13:30-16:30 &<br />
17:30-20:00<br />
Fri 18th <strong>Aug</strong> 13:30-16:30 &<br />
17:30-20:00<br />
Clair Hall<br />
Haywards Heath<br />
Thurs 10th <strong>Aug</strong> 13:30-16:00 &<br />
17:00-19:30<br />
Thurs 31st <strong>Aug</strong> 13:30-16:00 &<br />
17:00-19:30<br />
Citizens Advice Bureau<br />
MSDC<br />
Out of Hours<br />
Pest & Control<br />
Parking Office<br />
NHS Direct<br />
Princess Royal Hospital<br />
Sussex Police<br />
Gas Leaks<br />
Travel line<br />
Burgess Hill Town<br />
Council<br />
Help Point<br />
Haywards Heath<br />
Town Council<br />
0844 4771171<br />
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Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill are covered<br />
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Other pick up points are being arranged for<br />
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SUDOKU ANSWER<br />
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QUIZ ANSWERS<br />
HENRY HEDGEHOG<br />
PUZZLE PAGE<br />
1. St Paul's Cathedral<br />
2. Millennium Dome<br />
3. Tower Bridge<br />
4. Nelsons Column<br />
5. Buckingham Palace<br />
6. BT Tower<br />
7. Houses of Parliament<br />
8. Wembley Stadium<br />
9. London Eye<br />
Royal Albert Hall<br />
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE<br />
1. Keyboard upside down.<br />
2. Screwdriver handle.<br />
3. Circle button on computer.<br />
4. Paper in bin.<br />
5. Bolt on floor.<br />
6. Button on computer front.<br />
7. Missing bolt on front of<br />
computer panel.<br />
8. tie/bow tie.<br />
9. Green square button.<br />
10. Mend' / 'Fix' on the top<br />
book.<br />
There are 14 people on Henry's bus.<br />
The oldest building is St Paul's<br />
Cathedral. It was built in 1697.
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Whats On - support your local community<br />
Chequer Mead<br />
East Grinstead 01342 302000<br />
02/09 The Killerz<br />
7-9/09 Hi-de-Hi<br />
15/09 Gary Delany<br />
1609 John Tams & Barry Coope<br />
23/09 Richard Digence<br />
Some of the shows in May/June<br />
www.chequermead.org.uk for all events<br />
Mid Sussex Ramblers<br />
offering a varied program of walks all year to<br />
suit all ages and walking abilities. A taster<br />
coming up.<br />
Plumpton Hunters Wood<br />
Plumpton, Hattons Green & South Common.<br />
Parking in surrounding roads.<br />
10:00, West Gate, Plumpton (BN7 3BQ, TQ<br />
362 166)<br />
19/08/2017<br />
To find out more visit the website<br />
www.midsussexramblers.co.uk<br />
contact Tony on 01444 483053 Or email<br />
publicity@midsussexramblers.co.uk<br />
Mid Sussex Choir<br />
Mid Sussex Choir, a classical community<br />
choir, has members from all over Mid Sussex,<br />
stretching from Sayers Common and<br />
Hassocks in the South to Newick and Horsted<br />
Keynes in the North. The choir rehearses<br />
at the Methodist Church in<br />
Perrymount Road in central Haywards Heath<br />
on Wednesday evenings from 7.45 - 9.45<br />
from September to May every year.<br />
The choir will be holding "Taster" rehearsals<br />
on the evenings 14th this year, which will<br />
allow potential new members to come along<br />
for a £5 fee and 'give it a go'. If this is of<br />
interest, just come along on either of the<br />
evenings, or<br />
contact@midsussexchoir.org.uk<br />
contact@midsussexchoir.org.uk or telephone<br />
07710 442289. The choir website gives more<br />
details of our activities.<br />
http://www.midsussexchoir.org.uk<br />
Mid Sussex Auctions<br />
18th <strong>Aug</strong>ust Preview - 19th <strong>Aug</strong>ust Auction<br />
Check mid-sussex-auctions.com for<br />
catalogues or date changes<br />
Lindfield Arts Festival<br />
Fun Packed Weekend 8-10th<br />
September<br />
This being it’s 9th Year the Lindfield<br />
Arts Festival offers a wide variety of<br />
events, performances and displays.<br />
Please ensure you check up to date<br />
details with any venue before attending<br />
as times, dates, events can change<br />
Bateman's National Trust<br />
Have fun in the garden of Jungle Book<br />
author Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle<br />
Book characters are hiding in the<br />
garden, follow the trail and find them<br />
all to win a Jungle prize!<br />
Fri 21st July - Tues 5th Sept<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/batemans
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Index of Advertisers <strong>Aug</strong> /Sept Issue<br />
Cleaning<br />
Stainaway 11<br />
Home Maintenance<br />
Mid Sussex Timber 2<br />
Dirty Ovens 17<br />
OvenU 19 Lucy Locksmith<br />
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Molly Maids 21 J S ELECTRICAL 5<br />
Merry Maids 45<br />
Lee’s Locks 7<br />
Home Improvement<br />
Terry Healey<br />
7<br />
Walder Construction 9 Chimney Sweep<br />
Homestyle 9<br />
Paul Prosser Boiler<br />
Services<br />
12<br />
David Creasey<br />
Decorator<br />
11 Bathe In Safety 13<br />
Innovation Blinds 15<br />
Lavender Carpet<br />
Cleaning<br />
13<br />
P D Home & Garden<br />
Hilder Dixon Painters<br />
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& Decorators<br />
15 Maintenance<br />
GPS Property<br />
Interiors Painting &<br />
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Decorating<br />
17 Management<br />
Betz Plumbing &<br />
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Ansells Plumbing & Heating<br />
Heating<br />
20<br />
Dave Sheppard<br />
23<br />
Plumbing & Heating<br />
GR Electrical 21<br />
Vintage Driveways 27<br />
Storaheat 25<br />
Apex Windows 47 B M Roofing 25<br />
Ansells of Sussex 53<br />
Station Road Carpets 56<br />
Carpet Master<br />
Sussex<br />
32<br />
PDP Services 33<br />
MRL Grab & Tip 35<br />
Garden Services<br />
Garden Unit 5<br />
Complete Garden<br />
Service 5<br />
Tidy Gardens 7<br />
Godwins Gardens 15<br />
Inspired Gardens 51<br />
Professional Services<br />
Responsible Life 11<br />
Mike Oliver<br />
Asociates<br />
29<br />
Link for Print 32<br />
Hodkin & Co 43<br />
Mid Sussex Websites 55<br />
Food & Drink<br />
Handcross Village<br />
Butchers<br />
31<br />
Technology<br />
Norsat 35<br />
Lifestyle<br />
Foot Health<br />
Practioner<br />
5<br />
Maggie Simkins Foot<br />
Practioner<br />
11<br />
Patrice Parker<br />
Curtain Designer<br />
13<br />
Jane Creasey Ironing<br />
Services<br />
13<br />
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Taskbusters<br />
25<br />
Bradley Dearman<br />
Hypnotherapist<br />
25<br />
Man & Van 21<br />
Becky Wells<br />
Hypnotherapy<br />
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Milborrow Chimney<br />
Sweeps<br />
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