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Walking for Health - Your local weekly walk diary Walking is a fantastic way to stay fit, and a great way to get out and meet new people while enjoying some fresh air! EAST SUSSEX HEALTH WALKS : MONDAYS: Fairlight Village: 10.30am meet at Fairlight Village Hall, 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. Hastings Old Town: Meet at 2pm opposite the Jenny Lind pub. Hastings: Mindfulness walk, 2nd and 4th Monday each month at 1pm, Alexandra Park Cafe. Rye: Starting at 10am at Gibbets Marsh car park. Sidley: Meet at 11am on the green outside the New Inn Pevensey Bay: at 9.45am outside Pevensey Bay library. Suitable for older walkers. TUESDAYS: St. Leonards: Meet at 11am, inside the RVS centre, South St. Polegate: 10.30am, Polegate Train Station, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Hampden Park, Eastbourne: 10.30am outside Lakeside tea chalet, Hampden Park Drive. Seaford: 10am at Salt's Cafe (1st Tuesday) Martello Tower (3rd Tuesday). WEDNESDAYS: Alexandra Park: 12 noon at the Cafe in the Park. Ashdown Forest: 10.30am see www.ashdownforest.org Heathfield: 10am at the clock tower on the High Street. Eastbourne Seafront - 10.30am, Sovereign Centre Newick: 10.30am on the Green outside the Bull Inn (2nd & 4th Wednesdays) THURSDAYS: Crowborough: 10.30am, outside Fernbank Centre (1st & 3rd Thurs) Millbrook Gdn Centre carpark (2nd & 4th Thurs) St Johns Rd carpark (5th Thurs) Hailsham: 10.30am, meet at the War Memorial, High St. Hastings Stroll on the Pier: (30 mins) - 11am, Hastings Pier Hastings Town Centre: 2pm, outside Station Plaza Health Centre FRIDAYS: Battle: 10am opposite Battle Memorial Hall on The Green. Bexhill: 11am, in the foyer of the De La Warr Pavilion. Lewes: 10am outside The Needlemakers. St Leonards: 10.30am Church in the wood car park. Uckfield: 10am inside the civic centre. SATURDAYS: Ore Health Walk: Meet at 10.30am outside Ore Community. Chelwood Gate: 11am, meet at Visitor Centre, National Cat Centre (1st Saturday) Contact Jenny Deering - 07740 899559 EASTBOURNE AGE CONCERN, WALKING FOR WELLNESS: MONDAYS: Eastbourne: Seafront walk starting at 10.30am at the Lifeboat Museum opposite Carlisle Road. WEDNESDAYS: Hampden Park: Starting at 10.30am, at the Lakeside Tea Chalet. THURSDAYS: Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne: Starting at 10.30am outside Bright Ideas in Sovereign Harbour. Three mile circular walk finishing at a cafe. Age concern also run monthly, seasonal walks find out more from Liz Maxtead - 01323 638474 FURTHER INFORMATION: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk www.ageconcerneastbourne.co.uk Creative Writing Corner "Sussex by the Sea" by Helene G. Ford In August 1951, a pageant took place in Preston Park Brighton. The lovely public park, which had once been part of the Preston Manor Estate. The Pageant or A Cavalcade Through The Ages, told the story of Brighton from its humble origins as the small fishing village of Brighthelmstone, with its maze of narrow cobbled lanes and fishermen’s cottages, to the fashionable watering hole that it became, fashioned by Dr Russell and The Prince Regent. I had turned six, in the May of that year. I was very excited at the prospect of being taken by my Parents, to see this Pageant. There was a great deal of preparation going on in The Park, leading up to the big event. Marquees were being unfurled and great metal stands with wooden seats were erected around the arena. I had been to both Billy Smart’s and Chipperfield’s Circuses in The Park, but The Pageant seemed much more exciting. The arena space, to a child’s eyes, seemed absolutely enormous. Brighton was one of twenty three towns and cities in the country, selected as Festival Arts Centres, as part of The 1951 Festival of Britain, and as such was granted money from The Arts Council. Beside The Pageant, Brighton staged a Regency Exhibition at The Royal Family Pavilion, which I went to see. I believe this was the first time that the dining table in the Banqueting Room was displayed with its grand table settings. Now, this is permanently on show. I had longed to go to The Festival of Britain, but my Parents had said it was to expensive. I had to be content with the pageant, however spectacular it might be. The evening of The Pageant arrived. It was a typical hot August night.There were hundreds of people milling about. Roman soldiers with helmets and shields, ladies in tall, powdered wigs and pannier skirts and Cavalier gentlemen with flowing cloaks and ringlet curls. We took our seats on the hard wooden benches and waited with baited breath. The stage was set before us, the floodlights casting shadows on the beautiful trees that surrounded the park. In all there were eight set pieces, telling the story of Brighton through the ages, from the arrival of Julius Caesar at Shoreham, complete with a chariot race, to the receiving of The Corporation Charter in 1854. The highlight for me was the finale, when the entire cast of one thousand people entered the arena and I heard for the first time Sussex’s unofficial anthem, Sussex By The Sea, played by the combined bands of The Kings Royal Huzzars. All my life, this stirring march has been played at almost every event I have been to in my home county.. It encompasses all that is dear to those who love our County, and invokes a longing for dear old Sussex, especially for those who are far from its diverse landscape, beside the English Channel. If you would like to submit a short story (450-500 words) for inclusion in Golden Times, please email jason@goldentimes.co.uk or post your story to us at: 78 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2BS 16 Find us online at www.goldentimes.co.uk
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