Here & Now Issue 35 | August 2019

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This month’s stuff that matters 

THE STATE OF WORTHING 9 

Let’s go to East Worthing 5 | The view from you 5 

50 sides of Worthing 7 

YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON 15-41 

Where to eat & drink 17 – 19 | Arts & literature 20 - 21 

Film & theatre 22- 25 | Music 26 – 31 | Family 32 – 35 

Sport & wellbeing 37 | General listings 38 - 39 | Business 41 

BUSINESS DIRECTORY 43 

COMPETITIONS Crossword 46 | Win tickets to see The Pirate 

Cruncher 25 | Win tickets to see Los Pacaminos 27 

FEATURES & REGULARS 

Community matters: A running start 9 

Make a difference: We're the generation 11 - 13 | So you’ve never been… 37 

Listening party: Bad Billy Band 28 | Musical time machine: The Vapors 30 - 31 

Dadifesto 34 | Bardic trials 42 | Super Justice Worthing 45 

How to (still) be young in Worthing 46 

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This August, Worthing is packed 

with things to do for grown-ups, 

kids and even the odd stray unicorn. The summer holidays 

have properly arrived, and there are family fun days, open 

days, craft days and days out for all. Watch an open air 

circus performance on the Prom, take a spin in the big 

wheel, catch a film outside - there’s so much stuff going on 

in the sunshine. Make the most out of the last long bank 

holiday weekend of the year, with the Rotary Carnival, and 

say goodbye to summer in style. You’ve earned that extra 

day off work, so make it count! 

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WORTHING 

Baked, Rowlands Rd 

Beach House 

Coast Café 

Corner House 

Colleges: Northbrook Met / 

Worthing College (staff + students) 

Cellar Arts Club 

Colonnade House 

Denyer News, Goring Rd 

Diya Newsagents, Broadwater 

Dome Cinema 

Durrington Community Centre 

East Worthing Community Centre 

Heene Road Community Centre 

Julia’s Kitchen, Findon 

Lions shop, Goring 

MORRISONS 

Old Bakehouse Tea Room, Tarring 

Passion Fruit Café 

Ren’s Kitchen 

SAINSBURY’S, LYONS FARM 

South Downs Leisure Centre, 

Shaftsbury Avenue 

St Paul’s Centre 

Bar Next Door 

TESCO EXTRA, DURRINGTON 

The Burlington Hotel 

Train of Thought 

Village Shop, High Salvington 

West End Gallery, Rowlands Rd 

Worthing & Adur Chamber 

and networking events 

Worthing Library 

Worthing Museum 

Worthing Pier, Southern Pavilion 

Worthing Rugby Club, Angmering 

Worthing Theatres 

Worthing Town Hall 

FERRING 

ASDA 

Kingsley Café 

Pinkertons Newsagents 

SHOREHAM/ 

SOUTHWICK 

Artisan Café 

Basepoint 

TESCO EXTRA, HOLMBUSH 

Ropetackle Centre 

Shoreham Community Centre 

Tom Foolery 

Shoreham Airport 

Southwick Community Centre 

LANCING & SOMPTING 

ASDA 

Deli Bean 

Lancing Community Centre 


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THE STATE OF WORTHING 

A new hope 

“However small we are, we should always fight for 

what we believe to be right. And I don’t mean fight 

with the power of our fists or the power of our 

swords… I mean the power of our brains and our 

thoughts and our dreams.” 

WISE WORDS from our new Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell, and a fitting 

way to sum up the actions of so many of the children and young people we have 

featured in this issue. From striking for climate change to running their own 

businesses, expressing themselves through art and writing to helping others, these 

kids are the future we need, right here and right now in Worthing. Let’s believe 

in them, support them and help them grow. After all, doesn’t it take a village (or a 

seaside town) to raise a child? 

BEER NO EVIL 

WORTHING 

LAST FISHERMAN 

STANDING 

Let’s go to East Worthing! 

ECLECTIC AND BOHEMIAN East Worthing unfurls from 

somewhere around Splashpoint along the prom towards 

Shoreham. We asked local residents what shouldn’t be 

missed next time you’re in the area. 

k Stand-up paddleboarding at K66 Boardriders – 

great people and really patient! 

k Christoforos in Ham Road for the best chips in the 

area with fresh fish direct from the boats on the beach 

k Hidden Treasures is a fab hunting ground for quirky 

preloved bits of furniture 

k Bottomless chicken at Cock’s and takeout craft beer 

from Beer No Evil – perfect! 

k Learn the jive, have a cuppa and even test your driving 

skills at the Scalextric club at East Worthing 

Community Centre 

k Take on a mission at Time Lock Escape Rooms – 

the kids love it! 

The view from you 

Show us your squares! Tag us in #hereandnowmag #stuffthatmatters 

“You always meet the nicest people & 

see interesting things” @WorthingU3a1 

@miss.nessie.a 

“Pride on the pier” 

@not_much_furniture 

“I liked this shopfront in Goring” 


BUSINESS FEATURE 

FINANCE CORNER 

The equity release explosion 

Lifetime Mortgages are on the up. These 

are mortgages that are available for those 

aged 55 or over but are fundamentally 

designed for those in retirement. 

THESE DAYS THE SCHEMES have moved away from the label 

of equity release and are better known as lifetime mortgages. 

These products fall into two camps. The first is where you 

borrow funds against your home and the interest is added to 

the loan so there is nothing to pay each month. The second is 

where either all of the interest or a defined proportion of the 

interest (chosen by you) is paid so that the debt either remains 

the same, or increases at a slower rate. Both types are repaid on 

either death, vacating the home to move into permanent care or 

on sale of the home and downsizing. 

These schemes have a wide range of uses but these typically 

include: 

• Repaying an existing mortgage where you don’t have the 

means to repay it and don’t want to downsize yet. 

• Raising funds to update the home or make it retirement 

ready. These home improvements can be anything from 

a minor alteration to a complete renovation. 

• As a gift or loan to family members in need, typically an early 

inheritance to enable loved ones to get on the property 

ladder themselves. 

• Enhancing lifestyle so that you can fully enjoy your 

retirement and use the money in your home to do so. 

Schemes here often offer a drawdown facility so provide access 

to a large sum that can be drawn down in lumps of £2000 or 

more as needed. The benefit here 

is that you only pay interest on the 

funds utilised. 

If you would like to know more 

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WORTHING MATTERS 

50 sides of Worthing with 

Libin Mohamed 

THEY KEPT 

GETTING THE 

WRONG TRAIN 

BACK TO 

WORTHING 

Here & Now chatted to Libin Mohamed, 

a 15-year-old who came to the UK as a 

refugee from Somalia after her mother 

was shot and wounded. 

NOW SETTLED IN WORTHING, Libin combines caring for her 

mother with her studies, volunteering as a Youth Advisor for 

Worthing Community Chest and being an elected member of 

Worthing Youth Council. 

Why Worthing? 

After coming to the UK, we lived in London. My parents wanted 

to visit Brighton one day, but they got on the wrong train and 

ended up in Worthing. My mum liked it so much that they kept 

getting the wrong train back to Worthing. Then there were 

riots where we were living, so when I was two my mum moved 

us to the place she liked. I love the security and friendliness 

of Worthing. You can meet new people so easily, and there 

are opportunities for me here that I don’t think I would find in 

London. 

When were you happiest? 

That’s easy; it was when I was trusted to 

co-chair the Worthing Community Chest 

AGM last year! My mum came and saw me 

up there presenting from the throne in the 

Council Chamber in front of all those people 

and she was so proud. 

What has been your most 

embarrassing moment? 

It was the first time I tried to make a speech 

at the Youth Council and completely mucked 

it up. 

If you could bring something 

extinct back to life, what would you choose? 

I would bring back the big old mobile phones like they had in 

the first series of Friends. Then there’d be no pressure to spend 

money on the latest phone every few months, we could just 

talk to people instead of doing everything through social media 

(which can be good for some things, but not for the bullying and 

hacking and negative images we see), and my studies wouldn’t 

be disturbed every time my phone pings or flashes. Plus it 

would keep us all healthier carrying around those 1kg brick 

phones! 

Who would play 

you in the film of 

your life? 

The donkey from Shrek. It feels like we’re on the same journey. 

Which book or piece of music changed 

your life? 

Malala Yousafzai’s biography. I read it when my lovely English 

teacher gave it to me when I was 12, and it changed my life. I 

always thought I had to wait until I was older to do anything 

significant, but knowing she is a Muslim girl like me, I was 

inspired by the difference she has made to herself, her family, 

her country and even the world. 

Who would you invite to party with you on 

Worthing beach? 

I’d invite our town crier! He is such a fun and smiley person! He 

is always at events, ringing his bell. He makes me laugh and feel 

happy and I think he symbolises for me that Worthing is not 

your ordinary, boring town but full of character, just like him! 

What single thing would you do to 

improve Worthing? 

I would create more social gathering places, like community 

houses or youth houses. There was one down my street where 

I got the opportunity to meet other people, go to places and 

try things like horse-riding that my mum couldn’t take me to. 

I know it’s hard to believe but I wasn’t very talkative and I 

didn’t get out much and we didn’t meet our neighbours until I 

went there. It’s a shame that places like that have closed down 

because there’s no funding. I would also like Worthing to be a 

bit more culturally diverse. 

What would you donate to Worthing 

Museum? 

I love my Somalian heritage, so maybe some information about 

my life and the stages I went through living in this country, 

starting from my parents’ refugee background. 

What event did you last pay to go to 

in Worthing? 

Does the Race for Life count? I paid to do that along the 

seafront promenade and I raised sponsorship and bought the 

t-shirt. That’s all I can do to help at the moment, but maybe 

when I am older I can find a cure for cancer. 

Thanks Libin! If there’s someone you would like to see us 

interview for 50 Sides of Worthing, let us know at 

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COMMUNITY MATTERS 

A running start 

For all the good causes they support, 

and despite the marvellous carnival they 

give us in August every year, most of us 

would struggle to associate the Rotary 

Club with young people doing exercise. 

A RETIRED GENTLEMEN’S luncheon club with ritualised 

graces and speeches? Let’s be honest – yes, that’s what a lot 

of us imagine. Young people running around an athletics track? 

Not so much. 

The adult distance is 5k, but the junior event will cover 2k, a 

much more manageable distance for young people who might 

be completely new runners. It will be open to anyone from 

4-14 years of age, starting in September, and then happening 

every Sunday morning on the athletics track at Worthing 

Leisure Centre. 

“It will be free for young people to enter,” says Marlene. “The 

track will be a really safe environment for them. We want 

young people getting out of bed every Sunday morning excited 

about getting down to the track in search of a new personal 

best.” 

DETERMINED 

TO CONNECT 

WITH PEOPLE 

OF ALL AGES 

It turns out we can all be forgiven our 

appalling prejudice because the new 

president of Worthing Rotary, Marlene Butler, 

would barely disagree. “There’s much more to 

us than most people realise, but we know we need to update 

our image,” she cheerfully concedes, “and putting some funding 

into the launch of the Junior parkrun is just 

one of the ways we’re going to do it.” 

Prom Walk 

Sun 18 Aug 

Sign up 

worthingrotary.org 

Rotary Carnival 

Sun 25 – Mon 26 Aug 

Junior parkrun 

Determined to 

connect with people 

of all ages, the Rotary 

Club are working in partnership with 

Worthing Community Chest, South 

Downs Leisure and the Council to help 

some local mums set up the youth 

version of the parkrun that dominates 

the seafront every Saturday morning. 

JUNIOR PARKRUN TO BE LAUNCHED 

AS A YOUTH VERSION OF THE 

SATURDAY MORNING PARKRUN 

Children with special needs are welcome 

to join once their disability is registered 

with parkrun. The aim is to create a truly 

inclusive atmosphere. “More people, 

more active, more often,” as South Downs 

Leisure likes to say. 

Prom walk 

To help get things 

going, the Rotary 

and Worthing 

Community Chest 

have also teamed 

up to organise a 

fundraising Prom 

Walk in August. Young people (and older 

ones too) are invited to sign up for a 5k 

or 10k walk, a gentle introduction to a 

world of exercise that might one day 

lead to the Junior parkrun or even the 

slightly wilder Dark Run at Tide of Light 

in November. 

There are, as any vaguely attentive Worthing resident knows 

all too well, plenty of fundraising walks along the seafront. 

There are walks in the light and 

there are walks in the dark. And 

marathons and half-marathons 

and obstacle races and 10ks and 

triathlons. But this brand new 

addition to the crowded field 

does have something slightly 

different going on. While the 

entry money will go to the 

Rotary and the Chest, every 

walker will be able to raise funds 

for their own community group 

or chosen charity. They can even 

choose to raise funds for the 

Junior parkrun and help to get it 

up – and running! n 

Karl Allison 

Worthing 

Community Chest 



MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

We're the generation, we're the inspiration 

Protecting the environment is one of the 

most pressing concerns for young people 

today, and more and more of them are 

making sure that their voices are heard 

with national movements springing up to 

fight for their future. 

want us to do it. But because no one’s doing stuff and we need to 

spread the word to get people to stop, they support us.” 

Ettiene: “I am the Eco Council Leader at school so I do talk to the 

class about it. A lot of friends have asked me questions about it. 

“Our family is quite into this sort of thing and eco-friendly so 

they’ve been very supportive of it. Our uncle and auntie have 

worked for the Wildlife Trust in different places, so we’ve grown 

up with that sort of environmental influence, and my dad shows 

me the videos of Greta Thunberg doing her 

speeches and the strikes in London and other 

places that are that much much busier.” 

So, do you take inspiration from 

Greta Thunberg? 

Ettiene: “Yes, she’s very inspirational. She’s 

very brave and doing a great thing.” 

Where do you see it going next 

locally? 

OUR LOCAL 

BRANCH OF 

YOUTH STRIKE 

4 CLIMATE 

has grown 

from just two children in 

May to over å50 at the last protest in June. The next action is 

planned for September (info FB @worthingclimateaction or 

YouthStrike4Climate Worthing) but we spoke to the two children 

who started it all, Ettiene, 11, and nine-year-old Travis. 

H&N: What inspired you to get the Worthing 

movement going? 

Ettiene: “Our cousins who live in Devon, they were doing it, and 

then seeing all of the news around it was kind of something we 

wanted to do. I think everyone wants to grow up in a world where 

you can do things like getting a job or having children and not have 

to think, well, should I actually be doing this or is it not worth it 

because of what’s happened to Earth.” 

Travis: “I wanted to take part in helping the environment and not 

just let everyone else start it. I knew that maybe that if we didn’t 

start it, it might not have started. The other people who did it [in 

June], I think they did because they heard we were doing it.” 

Do your family and friends support you? 

Travis: “If we were taking time off school and it wasn’t necessary, 

if people were acting to save the environment, then they wouldn’t 

Ettiene: “Since we started, when it was just the 

two of us, last time there were a lot more people 

on the march, so we’ve obviously inspired people, which is really 

good. And since there’s more people, they can spread the word to 

more people, who can spread the word to people they know. So I 

think there’ll be more and more people every time, hopefully.” 

Do you have any top tips that children can 

do at home? 

Travis: “I think to start off, if you can’t do lots of stuff, when 

you’re not using your room, turn off lights.” 

Ettiene: “Whenever we go into shops, and they ask if you 

want a bag, I ask if it’s plastic or paper. I’ll get it if it’s paper, but if 

it’s plastic, just think again. And if you can, recycle food waste. Less 

food waste going to landfill and the composting and that can be 

used again and it’s kind of a cycle. Just little things like that.” 

Where can young people in Worthing go for 

more information? 

Ettiene: “These are some ones you should check out. Worthing 

Climate Action Network (Worthing CAN) were really great, 

Michelle came down and sat with us on our first protest, and 

promoted the second event in Worthing. If you’re quite new to this 

and you’re interested, they can give you more information. 

“Also, Journey to Zero Waste Worthing is how Worthing can 

be better with recycling, as they say, zero waste. There’s also 

lots of videos with the strikes up in London and of Greta 

Thunberg which are very interesting and inspirational.” 


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MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

Find your voice 

There are so many ways in 

which young people can 

make a difference and find 

their voices within our local 

community. 

HERE’S A ROUND-UP of just some of the 

projects going on, but be sure to check out our 

green issue next month which will be bursting 

with more ideas. 

Like Ettiene’s, many local schools run eco-clubs, 

with activities ranging from analysing air quality 

near the school, turning off items that are not 

being used, campaigning for better road safety 

and reducing colour photo copying and the 

amount of paper used by the school. 

This year, Thomas a Becket Junior is celebrating 

ten years as a Green Flag Eco School, an 

internationally recognised award for excellence 

in environmental action and learning, earning 

itself a place in the Eco Schools Hall of Fame. 

School initiatives include nominating a child in 

each class as Energy Monitor to ensure electrical 

equipment is turned off when not in use. They 

also have Eco Rangers who check classrooms 

each week and reward the most energy efficient 

class every term. 

VOLUNTEER FOR CCPS 

Joining TAB Junior in the Eco Schools Hall 

of Fame, the E.Y.E. Project (Eco, Young and 

Engaged) is a sustainable learning project helping 

local schools and young people within them to 

make a positive difference to their environment. 

In June, the project ran the Primary School 

Plastic Challenge aimed at encouraging children 

in schools across West Sussex to think about 

their plastic waste and how to recycle it. The 

challenge culminated in the annual Eco-Summit, 

when children from primary and secondary 

schools across Worthing, Adur and surrounding 

areas came together to discuss the environment 

through workshops, activities and discussions. 

For younger activists, Plastic Free Worthing 

has just introduced a Superhero Certificate 

for all children that take part in their beach 

or park cleans. Recent picks have taken 

place at Victoria Park and from Coast and 

Sea Lane Cafe. Check out their FB page @ 

plasticfreeworthing for more info. 

Young volunteers from the age of 14 years are 

welcome at the CCPS Playscheme during their 

summer break. The scheme meets for four weeks 

during the summer in Storrington and Oak 

Grove College in Worthing, entertaining special 

needs children with trips and activities including 

canoeing, swimming and bouncy castles. It gives 

recognised accreditation if you are doing a DofE 

award and offers valuable experience for those 

planning on a career with children. More info 

ccpsorganiser@gmail.com or FB 

@ccpsplayscheme. 

Another great way to fill your summer holidays is 

volunteering at your local library as part of the 

Summer Reading Challenge. Young people ages 

14 years and up are encouraged to get involved 

by explaining the challenge, listening to children 

talk about the books they have read, and giving 

out the all-important rewards! There are other 

volunteering roles available for young people from 

time to time; check with your nearest library. 

Swap Shop Shoreham is a new initiative on FB 

(@SwapShopShoreham) for children and young 

people to swap or sell outgrown or unwanted 

clothes and prevent them ending up in landfill. 

The Neighbourhood Store in Shoreham is also 

looking at starting swishing events for teenagers; 

let them know you’re interested at 

@neighbourhoodstoreshoreham. n 

Sat 27 Jul 

TTW Repair Café 10am. 

Friends Meeting House. With 

Transition Town Worthing. 

Thu 1 Aug 

Brooklands Summer 

Pollinator Day 10am. 

Brooklands Park. Make 

wildflower seed bombs, 

beehive frames and bug hotels. 

Fri 2 Aug 

May Close Community 

Allotment & Forest Garden 

E/Fri in August. 2-4pm. May 

Close, BN12. Hosted by 

Breathing Spaces. All welcome 

but please contact in advance 

FB @BreathingSpacesSTH 

Sat 3 Aug 

Worthing Plogging 2pm. 

Manor Sports Ground. Get 

fitter while picking up litter. 

All ages and abilities, but bring 

your own trash bags! 

Mon 5 Aug 

Arun & Adur Greenpeace 

Meeting 7pm. The Thieves’ 

Kitchen. All welcome. 

Wed 7 Aug 

Community Energy Local 

10am. St Paul’s. Free impartial 

energy advice. 

Summer Delights 10am. Cortis 

Avenue Wildlife Garden. 

Weekly opportunities to visit 

and volunteer. 

Thu 8 Aug 

Bugcycle Community Garden 

10am-12pm. Community 

Garden, Palm Court Pavilion. 

Free workshops, volunteering 

and work experience 

opportunities. Meets 

fortnightly 

Mon 12 Aug 

Guild Care Info Hub 2pm. 

Frank Cave Annexe, Method 

House. Fortnightly sessions 

about services, jobs, 

volunteering and fundraising 

with free tea and cake. 

Sat 31 Aug 

TTW Repair Cafe 10am. 

Friends Meeting House. Fix 

things rather than throw them 

away. 






If you’ve been down to 

your local watering hole 

recently, you might have 

notices a few changes 

afoot. We’re not talking 

snappy decor or a raft of 

new beers on tap – pubs 

are staking their claim on 

their role as the heart of 

the community. 

Raise the bar 

COW & OAK QUIZ 

GAMING RETRO-BUTION 

THE LOCAL BOOZER is a lynchpin of 

the British way of life, and in many ways 

it reflects the changes to our society 

over the last few decades. Pubs are a 

symbol of whatever community we tend 

to find ourselves in, and often reflect the character 

and interests of their owners. 

Just look at what’s on offer in our local boozers and 

bars. You could spend a month attending a quiz at 

every different pub in Worthing and still possibly 

not have scratched the surface, from the 

legendarily difficult one at the George and 

Dragon, to the fundraisers for Superstar 

Arts at the Corner and Beach Houses, the 

snappily titled Sorry I Haven’t a Moo! at the 

Cow & Oak and the fiercely competitive 

Jenga pub quiz at The New Amsterdam, to 

name but a few. 

Speaking of games, head over to View Cafe 

Bar for their All-Aboard Games Night for kids 

and adults alike, where you can bring your 

own board game, join in everything from card 

games to Warhammer and stay as long as you 

like. The Park View has a weekly pool and poker 

competition. Over at The Libertine Social, there’s 

Gaming Retro-bution with a huge selection of 

retro consoles and games to play for free, plus 

light guns and plenty of competitors, while The 

Vine boasts a retro games table where you can 

battle Donkey Kong and Pac Man. 

There’s food for thought with regular talks and 

chats, including Worthing Skeptics at Brunswick & 

Thorn, plus speakers at The Grizzly Bear including 

romance psychologists, serial killer profilers, 

neuroscientists and folk musicians. Many pubs 

form meeting hubs for organisations from local 

artists to working parents, independent business 

owners and digital media workers. 



Plenty organise regular pop-up events 

with local eateries, from Momma 

Cherri and DD’s Jerk ’N' Ting to Kitgum 

Kitchen and Halloumilicious, or niche 

breweries who are happy to chat craft 

beer to customers. Others hold family 

fun days, from Easter Egg hunts and 

carols around the piano (a Corner House 

festive institution now!) to mini festivals, 

including the Summer Busk and MUSH!, 

taking place at multiple venues across 

town, as well as the infamous GunFest 

over the August 

bank holiday 

at The Gun in 

Findon. And 

there are lots 

of quirky oneoffs, 

including 

Finch’s 

memorable 

Draw for 

Drinks (best 

art wins a 

tipple). 

THE VINE'S RETRO GAMES TABLE 

Of course, it goes without saying that 

local pubs have also upped the ante 

when it comes to food and drink, from 

sophisticated gin menus at places like 

the Egremont or The Libertine Social, to 

creative cocktails and even a traditional 

cream tea at The Whisk(e)y Rooms. 

There’s a host of live music, and many 

have now expanded into supporting 

other performing arts, such as the 

Worthing Theatre Trail in September, 

with not-for-profit organisations such 

as The Inn Crowd and Pub Is The Hub 

involved in creating performance spaces 

and even libraries, pop-up tea rooms, 

shops, post offices and delicatessens in 

local pubs. 

It’s all part of creating a relaxed and 

shared community space that works 

for everyone, somewhere to go and 

meet other people, in a convivial and 

even inspiring atmosphere. What are 

you waiting for? Get down to your local 

boozer today! n 

The drinks 

are on us 

Jack 

The Grizzly Bear 

“The Old Fashioned, elegant in its 

simplicity, is my perfect choice for a 

summer evening, strong enough and zesty 

enough for those who like their vitamin C 

kick. We barmen don't get enough of that.” 


EAT & DRINK 

Fri 26 – Sun 28 Jul 

Henty Arms 18th Beer & Cider 

Festival Various times. Henty 

Arms. Weekend of beers, ciders, 

music, food plus bouncy castle & 

play area. 

Sun 28 Jul 

Live Music & Tapas 3pm. Andalucia 

(FNG). Acoustic music from Nick 

Brett. 

Wed 7 Aug 

Test Kitchen 7.30pm. The Dining 

Room. Be a food critic for the 

evening! 

Wed 14 Aug 

Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Summer 

Feast 5pm. The Vine, Tarring. Popup 

soul food including Momma’s 

infamous BBQ ribs, as devoured by 

Gordon Ramsay. 

Mon 19 Aug 

An Evening with Madame Jennifer 

Distillery 6pm. Bottle & Jug Dept. 

Gin tasting plus nibbles. Book £15 

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Aug 

Love Lancing Artisan Festival 

9.30am-7pm. Beach Green (LNG). 

Artisan food, crafts and produce 

festival with children’s rides and 

music. 

Sat 24 Aug 

East Preston Food & Drink Festival 

12-5pm. East Preston Village Green. 

Multi-vendor festival with stalls, 

food demonstrations and children’s 

entertainment. 

Fri 30 Aug 

Vibrant Forest 6pm. The Old Bike 

Store. Meet Andrew from the 

brewery and try out 10 of their latest 

beers on tap. 

Sat 14 – Sun 15 Sep 

Worthing Food & Drink Festival 

10am-5pm. Sample some flavours 

of the seaside with over 60 stalls, 

cookery demonstrations, music & 

entertainment. 

PICK OF THE 

ONGOING 

Pie & A Pint E/Tue. Corner House. 

Homemade pies with ales, lagers & 

beers. 

Burger Day E/Wed. Beach House. 

Meal deal for burger & drink. 

Draw for Drinks 

Last Wed/month. 

Finch Bar & 

Eatery. 

Durrington 

Country 

Market E/Thu. 

9.30-11am. St 

Symphorian’s 

Church Hall. 

Vegan Night E/ 

Thu. The Egremont. 

Shoreham Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat/ 

month. 9am-2pm. East St (SHM). 

Goring Road Farmers’ Market 1st 

Sat/month. 9am-2pm. Goring Rd. 

Lancing Village Market 3rd Sat/ 

month. 9am-1pm. North Rd (LNG). 

Shoreham Artisans’ Market 4th Sat/ 

month. 9am-2pm. East St (SHM). 

Punjabi Street Food Last Sat/month. 

5pm. Brooksteed Alehouse. 

PHOTO: © EAST PRESTON FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL 


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ARTS & LITERATURE 

Young arts run free 

Picasso famously stated that every child 

is an artist, and there’s no doubt that 

giving children the chance to express 

themselves creatively encourages their 

ability to imagine, think, innovate and 

even fail. 

HERE & NOW HAS TAKEN A WHISTLE-STOP TOUR around 

some of the projects taking place locally to get children and 

young people involved in art; we’d love to hear from you if you 

know of any more! 

Many local high schools and colleges have 

just produced end of year shows for students 

to display their work, including Northbrook 

and Durrington High School (which recently 

exhibited at Colonnade House). Five 

schools and colleges participated in June’s 

Worthing Artists’ Open Houses (WAOH) 

show, an experience which Darcie 

Elizabeth, who exhibited at Venue 19 this 

year, feels is essential for the developing 

artist. 

“I study illustration at university so 

ART K ART CLUB participating in exhibitions is important to me,” 

explains Darcie. “They are great networking 

opportunities. It was my first year doing it and a valuable 

experience for learning how to curate my work. I’ll definitely be 

doing WAOH again!” 

in London (14 

Jul-4 Aug). 

Olivia Tomlinson 

from Worthing 

College has had 

her animated 

short film Mono 

selected for the 

show, which 

consists of work 

from young 

people aged 7-19 

from schools all 

over the UK. Her 

film was one of BY DARCIE ELIZABETH 

only 139 artworks 

selected out of 6,200 submissions. 

Olivia said, “I really wasn’t expecting it to happen, but it’s a very 

exceptional opportunity. It’s such a massive confidence boost; 

you always think someone else’s work is better than yours. 

Showing my work at the Royal Academy is an absolute honour.” 

For primary-school-aged children, organisations such as 

Creative Waves and Same Sky continue to champion access 

to the arts for young people, while a wealth of workshops and 

classes have sprung up in recognition of the fact that creative 

minds shape the future. Art-Ful, Art-K and Art Smudge and 

Doodle all work with children from 4 to 16 years, while West 

Sussex County Council runs the Jellyfish programme through 

the FindItOut Centres in Worthing and Lancing for teenagers 

interested in art and music. 

Another local young artist will be making waves this summer at 

the first Young Artist Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy 

ART-FUL is running children’s holiday workshops focussing on 

animation and cartoons and Harry Potter-inspired art, as well as 

drop-in slime and pottery painting sessions. Info art-ful.co.uk 

ART-K teaches art to children aged six and up, as that is typically 

the age children start to draw realistically, which means they are 

ready for guidance to develop their love of art and hone their visual 

skills. FB @artkworthing 

ART SMUDGE AND DOODLE meets at the Shoreham Centre 

on term-time Saturday mornings to encourage creativity in children 

aged 4-12 years. FB @artsmudgeanddoodle 

APW has a programme of summer workshops for children covering 

everything from zendoodles to Michel Keck collage dogs. Info 

apwarthouse.wordpress.com 

Meanwhile, local artist Amelie Baer Collyer from Action 

Painting Workshops has nearly hit her fundraising target 

to open a Community Art House in Worthing for everyone 

from young to old. The plan is to use profits to offer free and 

subsidised access to children, young carers and those in receipt 

of certain public services, as well as work experience, a free 

library and free monthly talks with local creatives. Pop over to 

@APWArtHouse on 

FB to support the 

project. n 

Ed. Note: 

Hazel has taken 

a well-deserved 

month off after 

WAOH. She’ll 

be back in 

September. 

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OLIVIA TOMLINSON

ARTS & LITERATURE 

ART 

Sat 3 Aug 

Tue 20 – Sun 25 Aug 

Fri 12 Jul – Fri 9 Aug 

In the Frame – David Henty 

6-8pm. Cloud Gallery, Worthing. 

Major exhibition of David’s work 

for 2019. 

Sat 20 Jul – Sat 21 Aug 

Barking, Booths and 

Bottlers 10am-5pm. Worthing 

Museum. Celebration of seaside 

entertainers of the 20s and 30s. 

Mon 29 Jul – Sat 10 Aug 

Krysia Drury Exhibition 10am. 

Skyway Gallery (SHM). Krysia 

exhibits her array of styles, 

mediums and beautiful coloured 

artwork. 

Tue 30 Jul – Sun 4 Aug 

Haven 10am-5pm. Colonnade 

House. Creative initiative 

connecting artists with women and 

children living in women’s refuges. 

Tue 30 Jul – Sun 11 Aug 

Jo Maynard 10am-5pm. Colonnade 

House. Stunning portraits of 

wildlife and pets. 

Thu 1 – Thu 29 Aug 

Animation Classes E/Thu. 10am- 

3.30pm. Art-Ful. Create characters 

and turn them in to animations. 

Ages 5y+. Book art-ful.co.uk £35/ 

day per child. 

Fri 2 – Fri 30 Aug 

Art-Ful's School of Witchcraft and 

Wizardry E/Fri. 10am-3.30pm. 

Art-Ful. Create magic potions, 

make a wand and cast spells! Ages 

5y+. Book art-ful.co.uk £35/day 

per child. 

Fri 2 Aug 

Family Art Friday: Weaving & 

Woolcrafts 10.30am & 1pm. 

Worthing Museum. Have a go at 

weaving. Book worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £3.50 

Collected and Conserved 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Talk and art 

store viewing with curator Emma 

Walder. Book £7.50 

Sat 3 – Wed 28 Aug 

Fabulous Forms 9am-4pm. St 

Paul’s. Exhibition of work by 

jeweller David Lilly. 


Wed 7 Aug 

Memories: Sonia 

Srebric 10am- 

5pm. Colonnade 

House. Visual 

artist inspired by 

historical costumes 

and fancy dress. 

Tue 6 Aug 

Wheels Workshop 

10.30am. 

Worthing 

Museum. Make 

a vehicle from 

recycled materials. 

Ages 5-7y. Book 

worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £5 

Artists’ Networking Breakfast 

9am. Brunswick & Thorn. Monthly 

meet-up for creatives. 

Tue 13 Aug 

Coins: Handling and Making 

Workshop 10.30am. Worthing 

Museum. Ages 7-13y. Book £5 


Small Wonders: Katie Bird 10am- 

5pm. Colonnade House. Intricate 

detailed illustrations of birds and 

woodland creatures. 

Thu 15 Aug 

Clay Replicas Workshop 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Make your own 

clay artefacts! Ages 7-13y. Book £5 


Pottery, Paint, Print & Poetry 

10am-5pm. Colonnade House. 

Explore the creative worlds of local 

artists who work in very different 

ways. 

Wed 19 – Sun 31 Aug 

The ‘Other’ Summer Exhibition 

9am-5pm. Skyway Gallery (SHM). 

Run by the Adur Art Collective with 

artwork for everyone. 

Thu 22 Aug 

Hat Making Workshop 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Invent a hat 

with a difference! Ages 12-15y. 

Book £10 

Lucy Rowan: Tufto 10am- 

5pm. Colonnade House. 

Woven wall hangings and 

hand-tufted rugs. 

Sat 24 – Mon 26 Aug 

Artists’ and Makers’ Exhibition 

10.30am-5pm. St Nicholas’ Church, 

Bramber. With refreshments. 


Fleur Cowgill & Mark Wilson: Restless 

Gaze 10am – 5pm. Colonnade 

House. Abstract works using different 

techniques and inspirations. 

LIT 

Thu 25 Jul 

Tales of Fortune 7.30-11.30pm. Cellar 

Arts Club. Tales on the theme of luck. 

£5/members £3 

Tue 6 Aug 

Out of this World! 2.15pm. Worthing 

Library. Space Chase event with stories, 

crafts and more. Ages 4-7y. 

Thu 8 Aug 

Audrey Lee: Poetry and Song 7.30- 

11.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. 

Tue 13 Aug 

Out of this World! 10.30am. Goring 


crafts and more. All welcome. 

Thu 15 Aug 

Speakeasy Conversation Club 8pm. 

Cellar Arts Club. Three speakers talk 

about their passions. 

Micro:bits 10.30am. Durrington Library. 

Space Chase event with stories, crafts 

and the opportunity to learn about 

coding. Ages 5-11y. 

Wed 21 Aug 

Out of this World! 2.15pm. Shoreham 


crafts and more. Ages 4-7y. 

Thu 29 Aug 

Alien Antics 11am. Worthing Library. 

Stories, crafts and more fun activities. All 

welcome. 

PICK OF THE ONGOING 

Quills Creative Writing Circle 7pm. 

Worthing Library. Adults only. 2nd Thu/ 

month. 

Reading Group 2pm. Durrington Library. 

Adults. 2nd Thu/month. 

Reading Group 2pm. Ferring Library. 

Adults. Last Fri/month. 

Book Break 10.30am. Goring Library. 

Adults. E/other Tue. 

Reading Group 2.30pm. Goring Library. 

Adults. Last Tue/month. 

Rhyme Time 11.15am. Goring Library. 

Under 5s. E/Thu. 

Read Aloud Group 2pm. Lancing Library. 

Adults. E/Thu. 

Reading Group 7pm. Lancing Library. 

Adults. 3rd Tue/month. 

Rhyme Time 11am. Lancing Library. 

Under 5s. E/Fri. 

Storytime 11am. Lancing Library. Under 

5s. E/Wed. 

Evening Reading 7pm. Shoreham 

Library. Adults. 1st Mon/month. 

Rhyme Time 10.15am & 11.30am. 

Shoreham Library. Under 5s. E/Tue. 

Multi-sensory Story Magic 2.30pm. 

Worthing Library. Children to teens. 1st 

Sat/month. 

Rhyme Time 9.45am & 11.15am. 

Worthing Library. Under 5s. E/Tue. 

Storytime 11am. Worthing Library. 

Under 5s. E/Sat. 

Reading Group 2.30pm. Worthing 

Library. Adults. 4th Fri/month. 


FILM & THEATRE 

Readers are advised to 

check event listing info 

in case of change. 

FRONT ROW FILM & THEATRE 

This month, take your seats for the re-telling of one 

of Disney’s greatest animated films, as The Lion 

King returns to the big screen. Then, take a journey 

back to the industrial age in The Current War, where 

Thomas Edison dazzles the world by lighting up 

Manhattan, or step back in cinematic time with 

re-screenings of The Matrix (Fri 2 Aug) and Jaws 

(Fri 23 Aug) at the Connaught. 

Looking ahead to the holidays, you might want to 

cool off and keep the kids entertained with the 

outdoor performances of Dip (Sat 3 Aug), which 

celebrates how humans find and connect with each 

other, and the hilarious Giant Balloon Show (Sat 24 

Aug) outside the Pavilion. Children will also enjoy the 

puppet show Look Up (Sat 17 Aug) which follows 

a child who is fearless, playful and wondering if 

everyone has forgotten how to look up and see 

the birds. n 

Owen Bradley, Worthing High School 

REVIEW SPIDER-MAN 

Spider-Man: 

Far From Home at 

the Dome Cinema 

Spider-Man may be known 

for sticking to walls, but will 

this film stick with you? 

Spider-Man: Far From Home is 

great! I feel like we needed 

a more upbeat film after the 

grave events of Avengers: 

Endgame. And this film mixes 

the right amount of comedy with 

action. I believe we have one of 

the best Spider-Man films, definitely up at the top with 

Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 and Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: 

Homecoming. 

This film is sure to stick around, and I would definitely 

recommend that you see it. n 

Owen Bradley, Worthing High School 

FILM 

Thu 25 Jul 

King of Thieves (15) 2pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). A thief and his 

band of misfit criminals plot the 

biggest bank heist in British history. 

NT: The Lehman Trilogy (12A) 7pm. 

Connaught. Critically acclaimed 

production directed by Sam Mendes 

on the rise and fall of the investment 

bank and the family who founded it. 

Fri 26 Jul 

Little Wolf’s Book of Badness 11am. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Little Wolf goes 

to school and learns the Nine Rules 

of Badness. 

Beach Cinema: The Greatest 

Showman (PG) 9pm. Perch on 

Lancing Beach. In aid of Martlets 

Hospice. Donations. 

Sat 27 – Sun 28 Jul 

Missing Link (PG) 10am. Dome. 

Weekend Morning Movie. What 

happens if you find Bigfoot? 

Sat 27 Jul 

Toy Story 4 (U) 10.15am. Connaught. 

Saturday Morning Pictures. Forky 

joins the gang. 

Andre Rieu Maastricht 2019: Shall 

We Dance? (U) 7pm. Connaught. 

The king of waltz broadcasts his 

summer show from Maastricht. 

Recorded. 

RSC: Measure for Measure (12A) 

7pm. Connaught. Live broadcast 

from Stratford-Upon-Avon directed 

by artistic director Gregory Doran. 

Mon 29 Jul 

The Keeper (15) 11am. Connaught. 

Silver Screen. Love story between a 

young Englishwoman and a German 

PoW. 

Tue 30 Jul 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of 

Grindelwald (12A) 2pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). Will pure blood wizards rule 

over all non-magical beings? 

Thu 1 Aug 

The Lion King (PG) Various times. 

Connaught. Re-telling of the Disney 

classic. 

Hobbs and Shaw (TBC) Various 

times. Dome. Action comedy spinoff 

from the Fast & Furious franchise. 

Fri 2 Aug – Tue 6 Aug 

The Current War (12A) Various 

times. Connaught. Electrifying 

competition between the greatest 

inventors of the industrial age. 

Fri 2 Aug 

Bite-Size Ballet: The Tortoise and 

the Hare 11am. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Interactive ballet for little ones. 

Recorded. 

The Matrix (15) 8.15pm. Connaught. 

There is no spoon. 

Beach Cinema: Mary Poppins 

Returns (U) 8.55pm. Perch on 

Lancing Beach. In aid of MS Trust. 

Donations. 

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (TBC) 

Various times. Dome. The flightless 

birds and green pigs take their beef 

to the next level. 


The Queen’s Corgi (PG) 10am. 

Dome. Weekend Morning Movie. 

Royal dog meets Donald Trump. 

Sat 3 Aug 

Detective Pikachu (PG) 10.15am. 

Connaught. Saturday Morning 

Pictures. A boy teams up with a 

talking Pikachu to solve a crime. 

Sun 4 Aug 

Glyndebourne: The Magic Flute 

(12A) 5.30pm. Connaught. Live 

broadcast of Mozart’s magical 

comedy. 

Mon 5 Aug 

Johnny English Strikes Again (PG) 

7pm. Lancing Parish Hall. When 

all current MI7 field agents are 

exposed, who you gonna call? 



Tue 6 Aug 

The Grinch (U) 2pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin 

Christmas. 

Fri 9 Aug 

Worthing Summer Cinema: Coco 

(PG) 2pm. Denton Gardens. Young 

Miguel dreams of becoming an 

accomplished musician. FREE 

Worthing Summer Cinema: The 

Perks of Being a Wallflower (12) 

4.30pm. Denton Gardens. Comingof-age 

drama examining the first 

year of high school. FREE 

Worthing Summer Cinema: 

Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) 

7.45pm. Denton Gardens. Footstomping 

celebration of Queen and 

lead singer Freddie Mercury. 


The Secret Life of Pets 2 (U) 10am. 

Dome. Weekend Morning Movie. 

Max and the gang are back. 

Sat 10 Aug 

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (U) 

10.15am. Connaught. Saturday 

Morning Pictures. Madcap sequel 

with added tiger. 

Met Opera: Romeo et Juliette 

(12A) 12.30pm. Connaught. Tony 

Award-winning director Bartlett 

Sher’s staging of Gounod’s love 

story. Recorded. 


Robin Hood (U) 1.30pm. Denton 

Gardens. Disney classic. FREE 


Matilda (PG) 3.30pm. Denton 

Gardens. Adaptation of Dahl’s 

children’s novel. FREE 


Mamma Mia Double Bill (PG) 

6pm. Denton Gardens. Outdoor 

screening of the sing-out-loud 

favourites. 

Sun 11 Aug 

Worthing Summer Cinema: The 

Incredible Journey (U) 2pm. 

Denton Gardens. Two dogs and 

a cat find their way home in this 

Disney classic. FREE 

Worthing 

Summer 

Cinema: Mary 

Poppins Returns 

(U) 4pm. Denton 

Gardens. The 

infamous nanny 

blows back into 

town. FREE 

Worthing 

Summer 

Cinema: The 

Favourite (15) 

7.45pm. Denton 

Gardens. Two 

women battle 

for the favour of 

Olivia Colman’s 

Queen Anne. 

Mon 12 Aug 

Blinded by the Light (12A) 11am. 

Connaught. An 80s teen learns to 

find his voice through the music of 

Bruce Springsteen. 

Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) 1.30pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Foot-stomping 

celebration of Queen and their 

extraordinary lead singer Freddie 

Mercury. 

Worthing Film Club: The Sheltering 

Sky (15) 8pm. St Paul’s. An American 

couple travel abroad to revitalize 

their relationship. 

Tue 13 Aug 

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) 

2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Wreck-It 

Ralph and Venellope traverse the 

worldwide web. 

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (15) 

8pm. Connaught. Francis Ford 

Coppola’s masterpiece remastered in 

a never before seen cut. 

Wed 14 Aug 

Once Upon A Time In 

Hollywood (TBC) Various 

times. Dome. DiCaprio and Pitt 

in Tarantino’s study of the final 

years of Hollywood’s Golden Age. 




The Lion King (PG) 10am. Dome. 

Weekend Morning Movie. Classic 

retold with the voices of James 

Earl Jones, Donald Glover and 

Beyoncé. 

Sat 17 Aug 

Aladdin (PG) 10.15am. Connaught. 

Saturday Morning Pictures. Reallife 

remake of the Disney cartoon. 

Tue 20 Aug 

Smallfoot (PG) 2pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). A yeti sets out to prove 

that humans exist to his tribe. 

Thu 22 Aug 

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (15) 

2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Six tales 

of life and violence in the Wild 

West from the Coen Brothers. 

Fri 23 Aug 

Bite Size Ballet: Elves and the 

Shoemaker 11am. Ropetackle 

(SHM). Interactive ballet for 

under-sevens. 

Jaws (12A) 8.30pm. Connaught. 

The film that ruined swimming in 

the sea for a generation. 

Beach Cinema: A Star Is Born (15) 

8.55pm. Perch on Lancing Beach. 

In aid of Chestnut Tree House. 

Donations. 


The Angry Birds Movie 2 (TBC) 

10am. Dome. Weekend Morning 

Movie. Birds and pigs face off 

again. 

Sat 24 Aug 

The Queen’s Corgi (PG) 10.15am. 


Pictures. Jack Whitehall voices 

the monarch’s favourite dog in 

animated adventure. 

Met Opera: La Boheme (12A) 

12.30pm. Connaught. Zeffirelli’s 

staging of Puccini’s opera with a 

winning young cast. Recorded live. 

Tue 27 Aug 

Incredibles 2 (PG) 2pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Undercover 

family of superheroes must defeat 

a new villain. 

Wed 28 Aug 

BlacKkKlansman (15) 7.30pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Provocative 

examination of American race 

relations in the 70s. 

It’s time to Look Up 

from our phones 

With a glorious summer shining through 

and kids everywhere keeping their 

beloved parents busy in the holidays, 

it’s the perfect time for all of us to look 

up from our phones and tablets and 

experience 

life away 

from our 

screens. 

ONE EVENT IN 

PARTICULAR 

I would love to 

highlight to you 

is my top pick 

in our Summer 

of Circus season. At the Pavilion Theatre on 17 August, we have 

a magnificent show called Look Up, a celebration of what we 

can see if we step outside of our everyday lives and embrace 

the world around us. The show takes place on a self-supported 

custom-made aerial rig and explores the relationship between 

circus performer, puppet and audience. 

The story follows Robyn, a child puppet, who is fearless, 

playful and not interested in phones or work, but instead has a 

fascination with birds and flying. He wonders why everyone else 

is only looking down, and explores the wonderful world around 

him away from technology, embracing nature. 

Tickets for Look Up cost just £6.50, and there are two intimate 

performances at 11am and 2pm. You can discover more by 

visiting worthingtheatres.co.uk. 

Stephen Sheldrake 

SENIOR CAMPAIGNS OFFICER, WORTHING THEATRES & MUSEUM 



Fri 30 Aug 

Bite-size Ballet: Three Little 

Pigs 11am. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Interactive ballet for under-sevens. 

Sat 31 Aug 

The Lion King (PG) 11am. 


Pictures. Hamlet, with lions, by 

Disney. 

Fri 6 Sep 

The Odd Couple (PG) 2pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Classic 

screwball comedy about two 

reluctant flatmates. 

Sat 7 Sep 

Met Opera: Aida (12A) 12.30pm. 

Connaught. Verdi’s grand drama of 

ancient Egypt. Recorded live. 

THEATRE 

Tue 23 – Sun 28 Jul 

Rainbow Shakespeare: Othello 

Various times. Highdown Gardens. 

Sit under the stars while the 

tragedy unfolds around you. 

Fri 26 – Sat 27 Jul 

Dr Bunhead’s Blast Off! 11am & 

2.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. Go on 

the ultimate science journey with 

Dr Bunhead! 

Sat 3 Aug 

Dip 11am & 2pm. Outside the 

Pavilion Theatre. Trampolinist Max 

Calaf and friends give a breathtaking 

performance. FREE 

Wed 7 Aug 

Young Herbert’s Horrors 11am & 

2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Wannabe 

pirate can’t set sail until he learns 

how to be nice. 

Fri 9 Aug 

Short Stories, Tall Tales 11.30am 

& 1.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Stories come to life through live 

performance and interactive play. 

The Odds of Being Earnest 

8pm. Connaught. Witty new play 

inspired by what happens after the 

curtain falls on The Importance of 

Being Earnest. 

Sat 10 Aug 

That’ll Be The Day 7.30pm. 

Pavilion Theatre. Popularly 

requested songs, impressions and 

comedy sketches from over 33 

years of touring! 

Fri 16 Aug 

Short Stories, Tall Tales 11.30am 

& 1.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Stories come to life through live 

performance and interactive play. 

Sat 17 Aug 

Look Up 11am & 2pm. Pavilion 

Theatre. Beautiful, playful and 

exciting blend of circus, puppetry 

and theatre. 

Sat 24 Aug 

The Giant Balloon Show 11am & 

2pm. Pavilion Theatre Promenade. 

High energy comic performance 

featuring a giant balloon. FREE 

Thu 29 Aug 

Granny Pearl: A Magical Tale 

of the Sea 11am, 1pm & 3pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Come and visit 

Granny down by the seaside and 

hear her wonderful stories. 

COMEDY 

Mon 22 Jul 

Matt’s Comedy Club: Harry & 

Chris 8pm. Pavilion Café Bar. 

Edinburgh favourites return with 

their unique brand of comedyjazz-rap. 

Fri 26 Jul 

The Treason Show 8pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Summer special 

of this scatter-gun satire with 

songs and gags galore! 

Fri 9 Aug 

COMPETITION 

Win two tickets to see 

The Pirate Cruncher! 

Ahoy! Johnny Duddle’s swashbuckling picture book 

The Pirate Cruncher has been adapted into a rollicking 

theatrical adventure, told through thrilling action, 

daft nonsense, stirring shanties, and the weirdest of 

mechanical contraptions. For YOUR chance to win, 

just answer this question: 

What is the name of the look-out point 

at the top of a pirate ship? 

n Crow’s nest n Mast n Stern 

The Pirate Cruncher is showing on Sat 21 and Sun 22 Sep at the Connaught Theatre. 

More info at worthingtheatres.co.uk. 

To enter, go to hereandnowmag.co.uk. Click on WIN! to give your answer, or post to Here & Now, The Mill Building, 

31 Chatsworth Rd, BN11 1LY. One entry p/p. Closes and winner picked at random and notified Fri 16 Aug. Good luck! 

Comedy Night 8.30pm. Goring 

Conservative Club. Four 

comedians plus an MC. Members 

£5/non-members £7.50 

COMING SOON 

NEXT MONTH Rambo: 

Last Blood hits the big 

screen, 37 years after the 

release of First Blood. 

Downton Abbey, starring 

Maggie Smith, Hugh 

Bonneville, Michelle 

Dockery and more, will 

be released. Horror film 

lovers should prepare for 

It: Chapter Two. 

Fri 6 Sep 

Mark Watson: The Infinite Show 

8pm. Connaught. As scrawny and 

impassioned as ever, Watson takes 

an entertaining look at empathy. 

Thu 12 Sep 

One-Off Comedy Night 7.30pm. 

Cellar Arts Club. Michael 

Hackett joined by pro acts. Book 

eventbrite £10 

JOIN THE CLUB 

BLUEPRINT 22 IS A FANTASTIC YOUTH ORGANISATION 

aimed at 16-25 year olds in Worthing and surrounding areas. 

As one of their many regular activities, they run a monthly film 

club on a Tuesday evening. The next meeting is 23 July at the 

Odeon Brighton to see The Lion King (time TBC). It’s FREE for 

anyone aged 16-25 to attend; to book a place, get in touch on FB 

@22blueprint22, via blueprint22.org.uk or contact Veronica on 

07543 874922. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments 

are provided. 


MUSIC 

Readers are advised to check 

event listing info in case of 

change. 

IMAGE: HANNAH MITCHELL 

SPOTLIGHT ON MUSIC 

GROOVE, BANG YOUR HEAD 

or simply tap your toes at one of our listed 

music events this August. Punk lovers, Bar 

42 has you sorted with their Punkish Noisish 

All-Dayer on Sun 11 Aug or head over to 

Train of Thought on Sat 10 Aug for Pogo 

a Gogo. St Paul's 90s Night will have you 

grooving on Sat 10 Aug. And, if you’d rather 

be holding the microphone, 

Cheers II and Duke of 

Wellington’s open mic 

nights are just a few of 

the many options for 

you! 

List your event FREE at 

hereandnowmag.co.uk. 

34,000 print distribution. Deadline 

for Sep issue is 1 Aug. Email 

editorial@hereandnowmag.co.uk for 

more information. n 

Abi Else 

Worthing 

Original Music 

Fri 26 Jul 

Talk of the Town 7pm. The 

Egremont. 80s. FREE 

Sat 27 Jul 

Allstars Live 2pm. Worthing Lido. 

Various genres. FREE 

Cantina 7pm. Coast. Latin/ 

Afrobeat/Tropical Funk/Soul/Jazz/ 

Electronica. 

Break from the Groove 8pm. Bar 

Next Door. Funk/Soul/Hip Hop. 

FREE 

Bad Influence 8pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). Blues/Rock. £15 

Michael Messer’s Mitra 8pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Jazz/Blues. £12 

Inappropriate Handclap – Firework 

Special 8pm. Beach House. Soul/ 

Funk/Disco. FREE 

Off The Beaten Track 8pm. Cellar 

Arts Club. 60s/Blues/Rock ‘n’ Roll. 

FREE 

The Ministry of Anthems Summer 

Bash 8.50pm. The Egremont. 

Dance. FREE 

Tue 30 Jul 

Simon Spillet/Geoff Mason 

Quintet 8.30pm. The Hare & 

Hounds. Jazz. FREE (& raffle) 

Wed 31 Jul 

Out of Reach/Dead Wrong & 

support 7pm. Bar Forty Two. Pop/ 

Punk. FREE 

The Rude Mechanicals 7.30pm. 

Duke of Wellington (SHM). Folk. 

FREE 

Odette Michell 7.30pm. Bar 

Orange. Folk. £5.50 

Wednesday Morris & Music 8pm. 

The Vine Inn. Morris Dancing. FREE 

Los Fastidios 8pm. Duke of 

Wellington (SHM). Punk/Ska/ 

Reggae. FREE 

Fri 2 Aug 

Soulsmiths 7pm. The Egremont. 

Soul. FREE 

It’s Britney B*tch 7.30pm. Cellar 

Arts Club. Live head shave for 

charity with live music. 

Dervish 8pm. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Irish Trad. £20 

Saltlake, Vektrill & Flote Sulu 8pm. 

Bar 42. Alt Rock. 

Sat 3 Aug 

George Michael Tribute w/Pete 

Valentine 7pm. The Egremont. 

Tribute. FREE 


MUSIC 

Jimmy Jemain & The Undercover 

Shadows 7.30pm. Ferring Village 

Hall. Tribute. Book ferringvillagehall. 

org.uk 

Ladies DJ Night 7.30pm. Cellar Arts 

Club. With Madam Scorcher, JoJo 

and SooZeeSoo. Reggae/Soul. 

Le Vent du Nord 8pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). Folk. £18-16.50 

Sophie Shepherd 8pm. John Selden. 

FREE 

Wax Virgins 8pm. Coast. South 

coast vinyl collective. 

Break The Fable, Doctor Gonzo & 

Rafifi 8pm. Bar 42. Rock. 

Sun 4 Aug 

Mike Hatchard’s Jazz Breakfast 

11am. Ropetackle (SHM). Jazz. £12 

The Glenn Miller Orchestra 3pm. 

Pavilion Theatre. Big Band. £23.50 

Tue 6 Aug 

Jim Mullen & Terry Seabrook Organ 

Trio 8.30pm. Hare & Hounds. Jazz. 

FREE 

Wed 7 Aug 



FREE 

Open Mic 8pm. Cheers II. Live 

Music. 


Old Star (SHM). Traditional. FREE 

Thu 8 Aug 

Psycho-Acoustic Goat 8pm. Duke of 

Wellington (SHM). FREE 

Fri 9 Aug 

Faces of Eve, Derelict Dream & 

Kesagake 7pm. Bar 42. Metal. 

Sat 10 Aug 

Music Festival 12-11pm. The 

Alexandra, BN11. Live music all day 

and BBQ. FREE 

90s Night 7.30pm. St Paul’s. Indie/ 

Dance/Hip Hop/Cheese. Tickets adv 

£3/on the door £5 

Pogo a Gogo 7.30pm. Train of 

Thought. Punk/New Wave. 

That’ll Be The Day 7.30pm. Pavilion 

Theatre. Rock ‘n’ Roll. £27 

Maelstrom & Land Captains 8pm. 

Smugglers Return, BN11. Metal/ 

Rock. 

Sun 11 Aug 

Punkish Noisish All-Dayer 3pm. Bar 

42. Punk. FREE 

Tue 13 Aug 

Mike Piggott Quartet 8.30pm. Hare 

& Hounds. Jazz. FREE 

Wed 14 Aug 



FREE 


Henty Arms. Traditional. FREE 

Fri 16 Aug 

Pitch Slapped 8pm. St Paul’s. 

Concert by Brooksteed Alehouse 

Singers in aid of Superstar Arts. 

Dubious Roots 9pm. Duke of 

Wellington (SHM). Ska Dub. FREE 

Sat 17 Aug 

More Radio Live 2019 5pm. Steyne 

Gardens. Live tribute acts including 

Vicky Jackson returning as P!nk. 

Book moreradio.online 

Sundown 6pm. Coast. Deep House/ 

Funk. 

Superstar Arts Summer Ball 7pm. St 

Paul’s. Disco, buffet, raffle, table sale 

and tombola! £15 

Slav to the Rhythm 7.30pm. Cellar 

Arts Club. Slavic Disco/Electro/Post- 

Punk/Funk. 

The Brooks House Band Live 8pm. 

Broadwater Pub. Rock/Pop. FREE 

The Blunter Brothers 8pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Old School. £15 

Sun 18 Aug 

South Coast Blues Jam 2pm. Charles 

Dickens. Blues. FREE 

The Old Hot Club Tour: Sara Spade 

8pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Jazz. FREE 

Tue 20 Aug 

Tony Williams Quartet 8.30pm. 

Hare & Hounds. Jazz/Rock/Blues. 

FREE 

Open Mic Night 8.45pm. Duke of 

Wellington (SHM). FREE 

Wed 21 Aug 



FREE 

Jazz Café 8pm. Pavilion Café Bar. 

Featuring jazz musician Andy Panayl 

(saxophone & flute). 

Fri 23 Aug 

Latin Fiesta 8pm. Coast. Latin, Funk, 

Soul, Hip Hop & Boogie with Get It 

Together’s venue debut. 

COMPETITION 

Win two 

tickets to 

see Los 

Pacaminos 

featuring 

Paul Young! 

Los Pacaminos 

formed in mid-1992, 

when the UK based 

pop star Paul Young 

found himself with 

some down-time and phoned a few musician friends with 

the intent of starting a Tex-Mex band. In 2002 the Pacs 

reacted to supporters of the band and recorded their first 

album. A collection of 12 original songs that ran through 

their influences of the Texas Tornados, Doug Sahm, Flaco 

Jimenez, Roy Orbison, The Band, Chuck Berry, Ry Cooder 

and Calexico, the album pulled in an impressive array of 

positive reviews. 

£4.50 in advance £5 on the day 

How many are there in the Los Pacaminos 

band? n 5 n 6 n 7 

To enter, go to hereandnowmag.co.uk. Click on WIN! to give your answer, 

or post to Here & Now, The Mill Building, 31 Chatsworth Rd, BN11 1LY. 

One entry p/p. Closes and winner picked at random and notified Tues 20 

Aug. Good luck! More info and tickets at worthingoktoberfest.co.uk 


MUSIC 

Trojan Sound System w/The Reggae 

Doctors 8pm. St Paul’s. Reggae/Ska. 

Tickets bit.ly/TrojanWorthing adv 

£15/on the door £17 

Friday Live: The Yankee Roses 

8.45pm. The Egremont. Yee-haw, 

foot stomping, rockin’ party! Dancing 

obligatory. 

Sat 24 Aug 

FREEDOM gets the Blues 8pm- 

2am. Cellar Arts Club. Caspar 

Gomez & Guy the Thigh play 

Afrotechnopsychedelic beats 

with occasional live sax and hand 

percussion by you. 

Jukebox Junkies 9pm. The 

Broadwater. FREE 

Sun 25 Aug 

Third Time Luckie 7pm. Bar 42. 

Pop/Rock. 

Mon 26 Aug 

Gunfest 2019 12pm. The Gun Inn. 

Music from The Party Manifesto, 

The Bearded Beats, Madi Lane, Blue 

Eden and The Diablos. 

Tue 27 Aug 

Songs Alive 11am. East Beach 

Studios. Pop-up open mic for 10- 

16y. 

Arthur Catt Quintet 8.30pm. Hare & 

Hounds. Jazz. FREE 

Wed 28 Aug 

Wednesday Morris & Music 

7.30pm. Ye Olde House At Home. 

Traditional. FREE 



FREE 

Fri 30 Aug 

Geoff Achison & The UK 

Souldiggers w/support James & 

Black 8pm. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Blues/Rock. £17 

The Bluejays – Rock and Roll 

Revolution 7.30pm. Pavilion 

Theatre. Rock ‘n’ Roll. £22 

Sat 31 Aug 

Soul Stew 7.30pm-midnight. Cellar 

Arts Club. DJs. Soul/Funk. 

Buckler’s Reel 9pm. The Alexandra. 

Folk/Rock. 

It Had To Be Two – A Musician’s 

Guide to a Happy Marriage 8pm. 

Ropetackle (SHM). Classical. £15 

Sun 1 Sep 

Mike Hatchard’s Monthly Jazz 

Breakfast 11am. Ropetackle (SHM). 

Jazz. £12 

Wed 4 Sep 

Wednesday Morris & Music 

7.30pm. The Stanley Ale House. 

Traditional. FREE 

Sat 6 Sep 

The Rude 

Mechanicals 

7.30pm. 

Duke of 

Wellington 

(SHM). Folk. 

FREE 

Thu 5 Sep 

Tannara 8pm. 

Ropetackle 

(SHM). Folk. 

£12 

The Doors Alive Live 7.30pm. 

St Paul’s. Tribute. Book bit.ly/ 

DoorsWorthing £13.50 

ONGOING 

What the Dickens? Singing Group 

E/Mon. 7.30pm. Charles Dickens. 

Jazz E/Tue. 8.30pm. The Hare & 

Hounds. 

Dixie Blues 1st & 3rd Tue/month. 

8pm. Charles Dickens. 

Secret Shore Shanty Singers Last 

Tue/month. 7.30pm. Ye Olde House 

at Home. 

Open Mic Last Tue/month. 8.30pm. 

Thomas A Becket. 

South Downs Folk Singers 1st Wed/ 

month. 7.30pm. Ye Olde House at 

Home. 

Open Stage E/Wed. 8pm. Bar Next 

Door. 

Open Mic w/Karl E/Wed. 8.30pm. 

Piston Broke (SHM). 

Jazz E/other Wed. 8pm. Charles 

Dickens. 

Music Club w/guests 1st Thu/ 

month. 8pm. Beach House. 

Celebration Samba E/Thu. 7.30pm. 

Ivy Arch Studios. Learn to spread 

the samba spirit at these weekly 

rehearsals! 

Karaoke E/Thu. 9pm. The Warwick. 

Karaoke E/Thu. 8pm. Charles 

Dickens. 

Open Mic w/Bustin’ A Groove E/ 

Thu. 8pm. Crown & Anchor (SHM). 

DJs Thu-Sun. Coast. 

Inappropriate Handclap 2nd Fri/ 

month. 8pm. The Beach House. 

Live Music E/Sat. 8pm. The Grand 

Victorian Hotel. 

South Coast Blues Jam 3rd & 4th 

Sun/month. 2pm. Charles Dickens. 

Madi Laine w/Chris Simmons Last 

Sun/month. 8pm. Beach House. 

Listening Party: Beneath the Surface by Aren Drift 

This may be an EP, but in its scope Beneath 

the Surface by Aren Drift is absolutely EPic. 

NOT IN THE MODERN, co-opted car insurance, internet gaming 

form of Epic, but a proper, belting, blockbuster Epic – in a mere 

four tracks. 

CREDIT: KATERINA TUMOVA 

The music soars above, like some majestic, legendary bird; you 

leap to grab hold of its feet, and you are sent flying with it. 

The perfectly melded guitars, bass, drums and vocals are like a 

winter chill to the face, slapping you with monster thumping riffs 

and lyrics. If Beneath the Surface were a film, then it would be a 

meticulously directed saga, each part in its rightful place, shade 

and light in perfect unison, the perfect length. 

AREN DRIFT ARE: AREN (RADKA NEMCOVA), VOCALIST, BACKING 

GUITAR, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER; MATT PLUMLEY, LEAD GUITAR; 

DOMINIC CALLIHANE, DRUMS; THEO CORCORAN, BASS 

Yes, if it was a film then you would need to watch it; but instead, 

watch Aren Drift, whenever you next get a chance, and listen to 

this EP, before they hit it big. n 

Joe Bunn 



THOMAS H GREEN - MUSICAL TIME MACHINE 

Dave Fenton 

moved to Worthing 

a year ago. Now 

the Time Machine 

materialises in his 

back garden to 

sweep him off. 

HE’S BEST KNOWN FOR 

BEING FRONTMAN of The 

Vapors, and they, in turn, are 

best known for one monster 

hit, ‘Turning Japanese’, but 

there’s more to his life than 

that. 

THE VAPORS CIRCA 1980 

The Life & Times 

of Dave Fenton 

from The Vapors 

THE VAPORS AT A RECENT CONCERT PHOTO: SI ROOT 

Dave Fenton was born 66 

years ago to a headmaster and 

a housewife. The second of 

three sons, he grew up in Reigate until the age of 12 

when his family moved to Redhill, but it was before 

that, in late August 1963 at the Gaumont Cinema in 

Bournemouth, that his life changed forever. 

“The family was on holiday,” he recalls. “I was ten 

and my brother was eight. We got the choice of 

going to the funfair or seeing a gig. The Beatles were 

playing with Tommy Quickly and Billy J Kramer & the 

Dakotas. I chose the gig, and thankfully my brother 

backed me up. After that, I just wanted to write 

songs myself. I got a secondhand acoustic guitar the 

next Christmas.” 

By 15, with hair as long as his school would allow, 

he was playing folk clubs around Croydon and 

Surrey. He went to Nottingham University to study 

law, and became heavily involved in the social 

committee. One of his jobs was to get bands on 

and off stage, including Roy Harper, Chicken Shack, 

Osibisa and Captain Beefheart (“He was brilliant!”). 

On 9 February 1972 Dave again encountered Paul 

McCartney, who was playing his first live dates since 

1966 with his new band, Wings, on an impromptu 

tour of Britain’s universities. 

“He just turned up in a van one lunchtime, and we 

said, ‘Yes, you can play’,” recalls Dave. “From there 

it was just a matter of getting an audience together, 

which really didn’t take too long!” 

In 1977, Dave became a fully qualified lawyer. He 

began working for a firm in Guildford, but also sold 

his car to buy an electric guitar. He soon embraced 

the new punk sound. 


“I loved it, the ethic that anyone can do it,” he says. “It encouraged 

me, because I’m quite shy but I like writing songs. I couldn’t find 

anyone else to sing them, so I ended up fronting a band.” 

DAVE AND BRANKA FENTON 

PERFORMING AS THE VAPOR 

CORPORATION 

His life might have been very different if his firm hadn’t given him an 

ultimatum. “In 1978 they asked me to sign a new contract for another 

year, but they put a provision in that I couldn’t play in a band,” he 

remembers. “They felt that brought the firm into disrepute.” 

Dave took the plunge and threw himself into music. He quit the law 

firm to work in a fruit shop, but a year later his band, The Vapors, 

were spotted by Bruce Foxton of The Jam, who saw them play at the 

Three Lions pub in Farncombe. He got them a couple of support slots 

on The Jam’s May ’79 Jam ‘Em In tour. 

On first, they nevertheless received an encore, impressing Jam 

manager and Paul Weller’s dad John, who agreed to co-manage 

them with Foxton. They soon had a record deal with United Artists. 

The Vapors’ debut single ‘Prisoners’ appeared in late ’79, and they 

supported The Jam on their Setting Sons tour. The single did nothing, 

but early in the following year they released a new song called 

‘Turning Japanese’. It was a massive hit, in the UK and abroad. 

“It was an amazing time,” smiles 

Dave. “One of the things that’s stuck 

in my head forever was when I was 

woken up by the radio alarm playing 

my own record.” 

Unfortunately, although The Vapors 

didn’t know it, this short period was 

their commercial peak. “EMI bought 

out United Artists,” Dave explains. 

“We had no friends in our own record 

company. 

“Following that we were in the charts 

at No.3 and The Jam were No.1 

THE VAPORS NOW 

TURNING JAPANESE: THE UNSTOPPABLE HIT 

[with ‘Going Underground’]. 

John and Bruce said ‘Sorry, 

chaps, we haven’t got time 

to manage you’. So we 

effectively lost our record 

label and management at same time. 

“The follow-up to ‘Turning Japanese’ was ‘News at Ten’. We went to 

see our new A&R man and he didn’t even know we had a single out 

that day. Despite this, it was still the charts’ highest climber, but the 

BBC had a strike so we couldn’t do ‘Top Of The Pops’.” 

‘News at Ten’ stalled just outside the Top 40. It was the beginning of 

the end. The Vapors produced two albums of spiky, socially aware 

new wave guitar pop, ‘New Clear Days’ (1980) and ‘Magnets’ (1981), 

but the writing was already on the wall. 

“Our A&R bloke came to rehearsal to hear us play what would have 

been our seventh single,” sighs Dave. “We jammed it out to him, then 

we all went down the pub. He bought us a pint, said, 

‘Cheers! Brilliant!’, shook all our hands, then went and 

cancelled our studio time. That was the last straw.” 

In 1982 Dave quit The Vapors, which finished the band. 

He spent the next decade in The Vapor Corporation, 

known as TVC, with his girlfriend (now wife) Branka 

and her brother, but never quite made it. His main 

income came, instead, from sound engineering at 

Croydon’s Cartoon Club, until he eventually returned 

to law, becoming a successful music lawyer. He 

recently took early retirement. 

In 2016, although drummer Howard Smith couldn’t 

commit, The Vapors reformed with original guitarist 

Edward Bazalgette and bassist Steve Smith, alongside 

TVC drummer Michael Bowes. They’ve recorded a new 

album with Steve Levine (producer of Culture Club’s 

biggest albums), are touring the States as part of Lost 80s Live, and 

this autumn will be supporting From The Jam, featuring their old mate 

Bruce Foxton. 

“My kids come to the gigs and my wife does merch,” says Dave. “My 

son even plays guitar when Ed can’t. He’s better than me! People 

say ‘Do you mind being a One Hit 

Wonder?’ and I say, ‘It’s better 

than being a No Hit Wonder!’ I’m 

satisfied by the way things have 

gone. It’s amazing people still want 

to listen and that I still have a fairly 

reasonable income from stuff I did 

40 years ago. Who can say that?” 

Who indeed! n 


FAMILY 

Readers are advised to check 

event listing info in case of change. 

DIZZY O'DARE: BALLOON MODELLING WORKSHOP 

Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep 

Giant Lego Brick Animal Trail Arundel 

WWT. Search for 14 animals, have 

fun in the ‘brick pit’ and build your 

own LEGO owl to take home. 

Mon 22 Jul – Wed 28 Aug 

Create & Grow E/Mon, Tue & Wed. 

Squire’s Garden Centre. Different 

drop-in craft and planting activities 

every week. £2.50-£6. 

Tue 30 Jul 

Planes & Gliders 10.30am. Worthing 

Museum. Using recycled materials, 

build planes and gliders then take off! 

Book worthingmuseum.co.uk £5 

Wed 31 Jul 

SBL Play Day 11am-3pm. Sompting 

Rec. Sompting Big Local hosts a play 

day for all the family. 

Wed 31 Jul – Fri 2 Aug 

Hip Hop Till You Drop! 9am-4pm. 

Thomas a Becket Infants. Three days 

of streetdance masterclasses with 

industry professionals for children from 

5-16y of all abilities. Book eventbrite 

Thu 1 Aug 

Art Workshop 10am-1pm. APW 

Art House. Tie dye flags, mark 

making, self portraits and more. 

More workshops online. Book 

apwarthouse.wordpress.com £15 

Fabrics & Textiles 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Create a 

colourful textile collage. Ages 7-11y. 

Book worthingmuseum.co.uk £5 

Fri 2 Aug 

Family Art Friday: Weaving & 

Woolcrafts 10.30am & 1pm. 

Worthing Museum. Make dream 

catchers, stick looms and pom poms. 

Book worthingmuseum.co.uk 

Punch & Judy 12-3pm. Urban Beach. 

Enjoy the show! FREE 

Sat 3 Aug 

Kids’ Park Run 9am. Victoria Park. 

Join in the birthday run! FREE 

Nick Cook Circus Skills 12-3pm. 

Urban Beach. Learn some circus skills. 

FREE 

Sun 4 Aug 

Historic Cycles Amberley Museum. 

Bikes from 1800 to present day, 

exhibitors in period dress and an 

afternoon procession. 

Family Fun Day 12-4pm. Goring 

Conservative Club. BBQ, DJ, bouncy 

castle and games. 

Tue 6 Aug 

Wheels Workshop 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Make a train, car 

or any other vehicle from recycled 

materials! Book worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £5 

Wed 7 Aug 

Broadwater Play Day 2019 10am- 

3pm. Broadwater Green. Worthing’s 

10th annual playday event with heaps 

of fun for all the family! FREE 

Wild Families E/Wed. 10.30am- 

12pm. RSPB Pulborough Brooks. 

Summer family activities. Child £5 

Wonderful Wednesdays E/Wed. 

11am-4pm. Weald & Downland Living 

Museum. Hands-on activities all 

summer for families. 

Thu 8 Aug 

Barking, Booths and Bottlers 

Workshop 10.30am. Worthing 

Museum. Create a pop-up 

puppet show. Ages 7y+. Book 

worthingmuseum.co.uk 


FAMILY 

Picnic in the Park 11am-3pm. Tarring 

Park playground. 

Fri 9 Aug 

Family Art Friday: Natural History 

Museum 10.30am & 1pm. Worthing 

Museum. Drop-in craft sessions to 

make creatures, wildlife and plants. 

Punch & Judy 12-3pm. Urban Beach. 

Enjoy a family puppet show. FREE 

Sat 10 Aug 

Art-Ful Crafty Event 11am-3pm. 

Montague Place. Come and get crafty! 

FREE 

Sun 11 Aug 

Tiny Tinkers Summer Soft Play Event 

10am-4pm. Clapham & Patching 

Village Hall. Inflatables, BBQ and 

Peppa Pig and Chase from Paw Patrol. 

Cost £4.50 (1-6y)/£1 (adults & under- 

1s) 

Tue 13 Aug 

Coins: Handling & Making 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Handle coins and 

make your own foil coin collection. 

Ages 7-13y. Book worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £5 

Thu 15 Aug 

Clay Replicas 10.30am. Worthing 

Museum. Make your own clay replica 

from dry clay. Ages 7-13y. Book 

worthingmuseum.co.uk £5 

Fri 16 Aug 

Family Art Friday: Papercrafts 

10.30am & 1pm. Worthing Museum. 

Drop-in craft sessions to get creative 

with paper. 


Love Lancing Artisan Festival 

9.30am-7pm. Beach Green (LNG). 

Artisan food, crafts and produce 

festival with children’s rides and music. 

Sat 17 Aug 

Tommy’s Family Fun Day 10am-4pm. 

Buckingham Park (SHM). Children’s 

rides, circus skills, workshops, craft 

and food stalls. 

UnicornFest 10am-4pm. Beach House 

Grounds, Worthing. Fun day out for 

the whole family. FREE 

Reptylers 11am-3pm. Montague 

Place. Come and meet some slippery 

friends. 

Magic Martin 12-3pm. Urban Beach. 

Magic fun for the family. FREE 

Sun 18 Aug 

Open Day & Scalextric Exhibition 

2.30-5pm. High Salvington Mill. 

Fun for all the family with exhibit by 

Worthing HO Racing. £1/children 

FREE 

Family Fun Day 3-10pm. Smugglers 

Return. In aid of MIND. Face painting, 

Giant Jenga and Connect Four, soft 

play, bbq, family karaoke and disco. 

Mon 19 Aug 

Free Family Fun Day 11am-3pm. 

Goring Methodist Church. Crafts, 

messy play, lawn games, toys, films, 

table tennis and disco. FREE 

Tue 20 Aug 

Pirate Dressing Up 10.30am. 

Worthing Museum. Make a hat, a 

patch and a hook and come and walk 

the plank. Book worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £5 

Thu 22 Aug 

Hatmaking 10.30am. Worthing 

Museum. Invent your very own hat 

with the museum’s resident milliner. 

Ages 12-15y. Book worthingmuseum. 

co.uk £10 

Fri 23 Aug 

Family Art Friday: Making History 

10.30am & 1pm. Worthing Museum. 

Drop-in sessions where you can make 

history out of cardboard. 

Sat 24 Aug 

Balloon Modelling Workshop 12pm 

& 12.45pm. Pavilion Theatre. Dizzy 

O’Dare presents fun workshops 

to make balloon creations. Book 

worthingtheatres.co.uk £5 

Clumbsy 12-3pm. Urban Beach. Pirate 

show with balloons. FREE 

Sun 25 Aug 

TMG Annual Family Fun Day 2pm. 

TMG Social Club. Live music, bouncy 

castle, BBQ and rides to entertain. 

Tue 27 Aug 

Songs Alive 11am-3pm. East Beach 

Studios. Pop-up open mic sessions for 

10-16y. 

Sun 8 Sep 

Back to the Old School Family- 

Friendly Rave 2-5pm. Ropetackle 

(SHM). Tot Rockin’ Beats’ funky threehour 

festival for fun-loving families. 

Adults £11/children £9 

Dog Show & Fun Day 

10.30am-3pm. Sun 8 Sep. 

Broadwater Green. Guild 

Care event raising funds for 

local children & adults in 

need. FREE to attend. £2/ 

entry for dog show. 

BUSINESS FEATURE 

Go potty for slime 

Get your hands dirty this summer and 

head down to Art-Ful, where you can 

roll up your sleeves and let your inner 

Grayson Perry loose. 

WHETHER YOU FANCY POTTERY painting, clay making or creating 

the sparkliest, goopiest slime imaginable, there’s something for kids 

and adults alike. Don’t worry if you don’t have the skills, there’s always 

someone on hand to share a few tips and techniques to finish off your 

masterpiece. Drop in any time with a party of four or fewer, although 

larger groups will need to book. 

Parties at Art-Ful combine two things that kids love: Making something 

great and dancing! If you’ve got something to celebrate, pint-sized 

potters will love one of Art-Ful’s birthday parties. Kids can choose 

from clay building, slime, foam clay, ceramic painting or build a bear, 

and then burn off any excess energy in the cool UV disco party room 

complete with fancy dress, neon chalks and face paints. 

Keep the kids busy with the fun summer workshops, such as animating 

your favourite Fortnite skin, how to draw Pokemon, and making some 

extremely slimy Polyjuice Potion. Art-Ful summer camp runs every 

Thursday and Friday throughout the holidays at various times. 

Art-Ful is for adults too. Work dos and hen nights are more than 

welcome, or if you fancy a more regular creative outlet pop in for the 

popular monthly adult evening sessions - you can even bring your 

own booze! 

You’ll find Art-Ful at 71 Rowlands Road, BN11 3JN. 

See art-ful.co.uk for further info and special offers. 

Art-Ful is a gem and we hope you visit them soon! n 


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DADIFESTO 

That'll learn 'em! 

Paulo Coelho, the Brazilian author of 

The Alchemist, once said, “A child can 

teach an adult three things: to be happy 

for no reason, to always be busy with 

something, and to know how to demand 

with all his might that which he desires.” 

NOT TO PICK HOLES in this brilliant fella’s views, but I can 

think of plenty more than three. Pretty much every time I have 

hung out with my small person since the day he was born I have 

learned something new. 

It is utterly inconsequential that many of these valuable lessons 

have been on subjects about which I didn't realise I needed to 

know. So, given that I am now in the position to pass such sagelike 

views on to you good folks, I thought I would do just that. 

1 

2 

You can ruin a person’s whole day by giving 

them a different-coloured sippy cup. 

Tiredness is for the weak. 

It doesn't matter if you woke up at 4.30am then raced 

around non-stop all day like Wile E. Coyote chasing the 

Roadrunner whilst mainlining Haribo, bedtime is for 

3 

4 

suckers. Never underestimate 

the fact that your child can 

be utterly convincing, in the 

middle of an exhausting 

meltdown, when they say 

that everybody in their class 

goes to bed at thirteener and 

fourteener o’clock. 

That it's okay to cheat at 

Monopoly. 

OK, so cheat is a strong word. 

What I actually meant is “play 

by the rules”. You know “the 

rules”? Yes, the same ones liable to change at a moment’s 

notice on the whim of the banker. The banker can only be 

someone aged seven. And God forbid anyone wants to 

read the instructions. 

Try as you might, you will not truly influence 

your child's musical tastes. 

Baby Shark is here to stay. Get used to it. 

Dan Flanagan 

Father | Journalist | 

Part-Time 

Revolutionary 

Until next time TotRockers, here are a few other words of 

wisdom from some other Dad La Soulies explaining what they 

have learnt from the small people they are responsible for. n 

Ian Northeast 

Pradeep 

Heera 

"Sometimes you can't 

debate or reason - 

you just have to go 

with it." 

"I have learnt to live in the present. Kids are not bothered 

with the past or the future. This is what makes them happy 

and joyful. They tend to enjoy the moment, rather than get 

caught up with what has previously happened or what might 

happen tomorrow." 

Matt Bannister 

"I now know and understand what 

a Split Diagraph is. This information 

is of no use to me whatsoever and I 

highly suspect it’s of no practical use 

to my daughter either." 


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Durrington & Goring Libraries. 

After school games for children. 

Rhyme Time E/Tue. 9.45am & 

11.15am. Worthing Library. Stories 

for under-fives. 

Paperkite Kids E/Tue. 10am. 

Herridge Room, St Paul’s. Creative 

art workshops for kids. Book 

paperkiteadventures@gmail.com 

Toddler Mornings E/Wed & Fri. 

10.30am (term time only). Art-Ful. 

Clay and sensory play for little 

ones! £7/£5 additional siblings 

Rhyme Time E/Thu. 10.15am & 

11.15am. Goring Library. Stories 

for under-fives. 

Toddler Time E/Fri. 11-11.30am. 

Findon Valley Library. Stories for 

under-fives. 

Story Time E/Fri. 11-11.30am. 

Lancing Library. Stories for underfives. 

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Multi-sensory Story Magic 1st 

Sat/month. 2.30-3.30pm. Worthing 

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SPORT & WELLBEING 

Get your fitness fix here 

We bring you a selection of fitness, 

sport and wellbeing activities in and 

around Worthing. 

Thu 1 Aug 

Meditation and Buddhism Class 

7.30-9.30pm. Quaker Meeting 

House, BN11. Triratna Buddhist 

Community. All welcome. Donations. 

Wed 7 Aug 

Worthing Striders Highdown 

Hike 7pm. Meet at West Worthing 

Tennis Club. Start at bottom field at 

Highdown Rise. Includes junior mini 

mile and senior race. Entry £1-7 

Worthing Gaia Goddess Circle 

7pm. Join the sisterhood on a path 

of spiritual self-development. Email 

info@goddessfoundation.org.uk for 

venue details. Donation to cover 

venue cost. 

Sat 10 Aug 

Free Yoga on Goring Green 10- 

11am. Goring Green. Hosted by 

Emily Manning Yoga. Bring a mat or 

towel. Weather dependent. 

Sat 17 Aug 

Academy Open Day 2pm. Worthing 

Golf Club. One hour coaching 

sessions with the pro team. 

Book 01903 260718 or email 

mikehenninggolf@gmail.com. FREE 

Sun 18 Aug 

Worthing Rotary Promenade Walk 

10am. Worthing Prom from Goring 

Green. Choose from 5k/10k. Entry 

£10pp (inc medal)/under-12s FREE 

Mon 26 Aug 

Bank Holiday Cricket Match 

11am. Goring Cricket Club ground. 

Annual match with BBQ. Spectators 

welcome. 

Flexibility Taster Session 6-7.30pm. 

Pavilion Theatre. Gymnastic/flexibility 

circus skills workshop for ages 17y+. 

Tue 3 Sep 

Relaxation Evening 7.30pm. 

Heene Community Centre. 

Relaxation techniques and destress 

treatment. Donations. 

Sat 7 Sep 

Downslink Cycle Challenge 9am. 

In aid of Link to Hope. Ride from 

Shoreham to Guildford (60km) and 

back (120km). Registration is £20 

plus sponsorship. 

PICK OF THE ONGOING 

Good Gym E/Mon. 6pm. 

Splashpoint. Group runs to help 

with community projects. 

Worthing Striders (Training Session) 

E/Tue & Thu. 6.30pm. Highdown 

Field (nr Highdown Gardens). Runs 

Apr-Sep. Most runners meet at 

the West Worthing Tennis Club to 

run to the training location. Info 

worthingstriders.co.uk 

Worthing Harriers Road & Trail (All 

Ability) E/Tue & Thu. 6.30-7.30pm. 

Worthing Leisure Centre. Info 

worthingharriers.org 

Worthing Parkrun E/Sat. 9am. 

Worthing Prom. 5K run. Book 

parkrun.org.uk 

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Worthing Junior parkrun. Look 

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starting in Sep, first session at 

South Downs Leisure. 

Worthing Ping United E/Sat. 

1.30pm (kids) & 2.30pm (all comers). 

Sidney Walter Centre. 

Kids Run Free Worthing 1st Sat/ 

mon. 9am. Victoria Park. 

Penguin Hockey Club Junior 

Coaching E/Sun. 10am-12pm. 

Angmering School. Info penguinhockey.co.uk 

Foxy Ladies Running Club Free 

Runs E/Sun. 9am. Central Avenue, 

Findon Valley but meeting point 

varies. 5-10 miles. Women only. Info 

FB @foxyladiesrunclub 

So you’ve never been... 

SKATEBOARDING 

ONE OF MY FRIENDS at school once bought a skateboard to walk around with in the hopes of 

passing himself off as cool. That was until someone pointed out the clean wheels were giving him 

away. Don’t be like him. 

Why go? With skateboarding added to the programme for the Summer Olympics next year in 

Tokyo, now is the time to perfect your flip tricks and ollies. And if the kids need any inspiration, 

eleven-year-old Sky Brown is set to compete as part of Team GB. 

Where can I do it? There are skate parks in Homefield Park, on Beach Green in Lancing 

(which came about after lengthy campaigning from local children) and in Shoreham. 

I could do with some pointers! Dale Lay runs the free South Coast Skate Club on 

Saturday mornings in Homefield Park for kids and adults alike (FB @SCSCWorthing). Or head over 

to Brighton Youth Centre where they run sessions for younger children at their indoor skate park to 

teach them the basics, as well as She Shredders for girls from 13 years up. 

What about the kit? Family-run Alleyoops is a good starting point down on Worthing 

seafront, or head over to Chi and talk to Jamie at ESP. 

Anything else? Pro-skater Lucy Adams, UK’s number 1 in 2013, worked as an active 

communities officer for young people in Worthing until 2016 and is now chairwoman and a founding 

member of not-for-profit body Skateboard England. She even custom made her own skateboard with 

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GENERAL LISTINGS 

Readers are advised to 

check event listing info in 

case of change. 

Until 10 Aug 

Stevens Fun Fair Worthing Prom. 

Wed 24 – Sun 28 Jul 

Swim Safe at Lancing Beach 

11.30am-2.30pm. Lancing Beach 

Green. One-hour sea swimming 

lessons for children ages 7-14y from 

Swim England and the RNLI. Must 

be able to swim 25m unaided. Book 

swimsafe.org.uk FREE 

Thu 25 Jul 

Brooklands Summer: Community 

Picnic 10am-1pm. Brooklands Park. 

Meet at the amphitheater for a 

community picnic and games for all 

ages. FREE 

Fri 26 Jul 

Yukon Ho! Tall Tales from the Great 

White North 7.30pm. Comedy 

dance theatre solo that is dark, 

fearless, original and bizarre. Tickets 

eventbrite £10 

Fri 26 – Sat 28 Jul 

Worthing Lions Commercial Market 

Fri 12-4pm/Sat 10am-10pm/Sun 

10am-4pm. Worthing Prom. 

Uckfield Blues & Roots Festival 

Various times. Uckfield Civic 

Centre/Highlands Inn. Two days of 

live music for all the family. 

Sat 27 Jul 

Car Boot Sale 8am. Broadwater 

Green. In aid of St James’ Nursery. 

Info 01903 750747 

Shoreham Artisan Market 9am. 

East St (SHM). 

South Coast Italian Association 

Summer Party Dinner & Dance 7.30- 

11pm. East Worthing Community 

Centre. Three course meal & BYO. All 

welcome. Book Irena 07752 188492 

£15/children £7.50 

Lunar-tic Night Marathon 8pm. 

Shoreham Sea Scout Hut (SHM). 

Sussex Trail Events. Tickets www. 

sientries.co.uk 

Worthing Lions Summer Festival 

Fireworks Approx. 10pm. The Pier. 

FREE 

Sat 27 – Sun 28 Jul 

Classic Cars & Scooters 10am-5pm. 

Steyne Gardens. 

Sun 28 Jul 

Worthing Lions Charity Market 

9am-4.30pm. Worthing Prom. 

Worthing Lions Vintage Bus Rally 

10am-5pm. Worthing Prom. 

Shoreham Fort Find Out More Day 

11am-4pm. Shoreham Fort (SHM). 

Guided tours 2pm. 

Train Rides 2-5pm. Field Place. 

Worthing & District Society Of 

Model Engineers. Rides 50p 

Wed 31 Jul 

SBL Play Day 11am-3pm. Sompting 

Rec. Fun for adults & kids alike! 

AUGUST 

Thu 1 Aug 

Brooklands Summer: Pollinator 

Day 10am-1pm. Brooklands Park. 

Make native wildflower seedbombs, 

build beehive frames and create 

mini bug hotels. 

Fri 2 Aug 

It’s Britney B*tch with Spritney 

Bears 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. In 

aid of St Barnabas Hospice. Live 

head shave. Guests £2/std £1/ 

members FREE 

Fri 2 – Sat 3 Aug 

Worthing Food Bank Two Day 

Collection 10am-4pm. Worthing 

Food Bank. Drop in for the biggest 

collection of the year and donate 

one item to help local people in 

crisis. 

Sat 3 Aug 

Car Boot Sale 7am. Broadwater 

Green. In aid of Turning Tides. Info 

Sophie 01903 680740. 

Worthing Community 

Chest Rowing Club Regatta 

Opening 9.30am (first race 10am). 

Splashpoint. Opening of Regatta & 

cheque presentation. Stained glass 

unveiled on the Pier at 10.30am. 

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Cemetery Tour (Inquests) 11am. 

Broadwater Cemetery. Run by 

Friends Of Broadwater & Worthing 

Cemetery. 


Summer Filipino Barrio Fiesta 

Various times. Lancing Beach Green. 

Two-day festival. 

Worthing Record Fair 10am-3pm. 

St Paul’s. FREE 

Sun 4 Aug 

Nick Cook Circus Skills 10am-3pm. 

Worthing Urban Beach. Learn some 

circus skills. FREE 

Glen Gonzo Beevis 1400 Micro 

Banger Championship Memorial 

11.30am-5pm. Angmering Raceway. 

Banger racing. 

Family Fun Day 12-4pm. Molson 

Hall, Goring Conservative Club. 

BBQ, DJ, bouncy castle & more. 

Worthing & District Cats 

Protection Summer Fete & 

Rehoming Show 1-4pm. Durrington 

Community Centre. Variety of 

stalls including a bottle tombola, 

home-made cakes, plants & books. 

Opened by Simon Osborne of More 

Radio. FREE 

Family Fun Day 2-5pm. West 

Worthing Baptist Church. Bouncy 

castle, games & crafts. All welcome. 

Classic Cars at The Windmill 2.30- 

5pm. High Salvington Windmill. £1/ 

children FREE 

Wrestling Extravaganza 3-5pm. 

TMG Club. Wrestling show for the 

whole family with open bar. Tickets 

from TMG Club. 

Wed 7 Aug 

Worthing Play Day 10am-3pm. 

Broadwater Green. All day family 

fun. FREE 

Thu 8 Aug 

Brooklands Summer: Fireside Food 

and Tie Dye Bunting 10am-1pm. 

Brooklands Park. Enjoy fireside 

snacks, make tie dye bunting and 

create colourful foods with natural 

paints. 

Picnic In The Park 11am-3pm. 

Tarring Park. Community family 

event. All welcome. FREE 

Fri 9 Aug 

Punch & Judy Show 12-3pm. 

Worthing Urban Beach. FREE 

Sat 10 Aug 

Pub Dog Walk 10am. The 

Highdown, BN12. Meet at 10am for 

Danish pastries and a cuppa. Book 

highdown@brunningandprice.co.uk 

FREE 

Southern Counties Scooterist All- 

Dayer 10am. East Preston FC. In aid 

of Worthing Hospital Cancer Unit. 

Custom show, competitions, DJs, 

stalls & rideout. 

Worthing Indoor Bowling Club 

Open Day 10am-2pm. 1 Field Place, 

The Boulevard, BN13. All ages & 

abilities welcome. Info worthingibc. 

co.uk. FREE 

Sunshine & Sequins Garden Party 

2pm. Pentlands Nursing Home, Mill 

Rd. Food, craft, face painting, raffle 

& games. 

Bonfire Societies Fireworks 

Champions 4-10.30pm (fireworks 

start approx. 9pm). Wiston Park, 

Steyning. Three bonfire societies 

battle it out to be crowned the 

2019 Bonfire Societies Firework 

Champions. Info & tickets 

bsfchamps.co.uk £5-28 

SUPERSTAR ARTS 

SUMMER BALL

GENERAL LISTINGS 

Sun 11 Aug 

Sun 18 Aug 

Summer Soft Play 10am-12.45pm & 

1.15-4pm. Tiny Tinkers, Foxglove Walk, 

BN13. Fun-packed sessions plus BBQ. 

Adults & babies £1/1-6y £4.50 

Worthing Prom Walk (5/10K) 10am. 

From Goring Green (Sea Lane Café). 

In aid of Rotary Club Worthing. Info 

worthingrotary.org 

Sussex Elvis Collectors’ Fair 11am- 

3pm. Miss Molly’s Milkshakes, 

Guildbourne Centre. Stall & music. 

FREE 

Mon 12 Aug 

Firework Fear in Dogs 7-8.30pm. Dogs 

Trust (SHM). Workshop to help tackle 

firework fear in dogs. All welcome. 

Open Day & Scalextric Exhibition 

2.30-5pm. High Salvington Windmill. 

£1/children FREE 

Family Fun Day 3-10pm. The 

Smugglers Return, Ham Rd. Fancy 

dress theme is ‘Back To School’. Charity 

event for MIND CWS. FREE 

Mon 19 Aug 

Wed 14 Aug 

Brooklands Summer: Printing with 

Flowers and Charcoal Drawing 10am- 

1pm. Brooklands Park. Create flower 

prints and drawing with handmade 

charcoal from the fire, plus a nature 

mandala. 

Thu 15 Aug 

Heretics VW & Porsche Enthusiast 

Meet 6pm. Heritage Parts Centre 

(SHM). 

Speakeasy Conversation Club 7.30- 

11.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Three guest 

speakers & three topics. 

Talkshop 7.30-9pm. Labour Hall, 

Lyndhurst Rd. Join a friendly nonpartisan 

event to discuss how you 

think this country should be run. 

Tickets eventbrite 

Sat 17 Aug 

Tommy’s Family Fun Day 10am. 

Buckingham Park (SHM). Children’s 

rides, circus tent & skills, workshops, 

dog show, bar, craft & food stalls. 

Pop-Up Comic Con 10am-3.30pm. 

GAME, Worthing. Cosplay, gaming 

& special offer tickets to Wormhole 

Comic Con 2019. 

Unicorn Fest 10am-4pm. Beach 

House Grounds. Unicorn & Dragon 

parade & rides. Tickets/info 

kidsbirthdaybonanza.co.uk 

NGS Open Garden 10am-4pm. 

Paradise Garden, 49 New Rd. All 

proceeds to cancer & nursing charities. 

Teas & cakes £4. Info ngs.org.uk. Adults 

£4/children FREE 

Magic Martin 12pm. Worthing Urban 

Beach. FREE 

Superstar Arts Summer Ball 7-9.30pm. 

St Paul’s. Theme will be 'Games & 

Toys'. Ticket includes disco, buffet, 

raffle, table sale & tombola! Book lloyd. 

davies@superstararts.com £15 


Love Lancing Festival 10am-6.30pm. 

Beach Green (LNG). Craft market, live 

music & vintage funfair. 

Rewilding: Free Family Fun Day 11am- 

3pm. Goring Methodist Church. Crafts, 

games, films, disco. Refreshments 

available. FREE 

Wed 21 Aug 

Brooklands Summer: Den Building 

and Slacklining 10am-1pm. 

Brooklands Park. Try slacklining, build 

a den and little ones can light their first 

fairy fire. 

AFX Endurance Championship 

Summer Team Race 6.30-9.30pm. 

English Martyrs’ Church Hall. Try out 

slot car racing. Adults £3/under-16s £2 

Thu 22 Aug 

#ShakeItUp Creative 10-11am. 

Worthing Town Hall. Professional 

help to change or improve the way 

you market your business. Info 

shakeitupcreative.com 

Sun 25 Aug 

Big Summer Get Together 12pm. Bull’s 

Head, Goring. BBQ, live music, outside 

bar, facepainting & much more! 

Summer BBQ 12-5pm. Broadwater 

WMCC. BBQ & kids’ disco. 

Sunday Cemetery Tour (The Skeleton 

Army) 2pm. Broadwater Cemetery. 

Tour by Friends Of Broadwater & 

Worthing Cemetery. 

Annual Family Fun Day 2pm. TMG 

Social. Live music, kids’ activities & 

BBQ. 

Sun 25 – Mon 26 Aug 

Rotary Carnival Weekend Various 

times & events. Steyne Gardens. Live 

entertainment, strongman, music, car 

show, circus acts, face painting, stalls, 

children’s play area & dog show will 

keep people entertained throughout 

the weekend. 

Mon 26 Aug 

Rotary Carnival Procession 10am- 

12pm. West Parade to Steyne 

Gardens. 

Kapow! Wrestling 1.30-4.30pm. The 

Park View. Wrestlers TBC. 

Tue 27 Aug 

Quiz Night for St Barnabas 8pm. Bull’s 

Head, Goring. In aid of St Barnabas. 

Wed 28 Aug 

Brooklands Summer: Wood Whittling & 

Dreamcatchers 10am-1pm. Brooklands 

Park. Whittle a magic wand, make 

dreamcatchers and try charcoal drawing. 

Sompting Village Morris 7.30pm. Ye 

Olde House At Home. 

Sat 31 Aug 

NGS Open Garden 10am-4pm. Paradise 

Garden, 49 New Rd. All proceeds go to 

cancer & nursing charities chosen by the 

NGS. Teas & cakes £4. Entry £4 

Worthing Allotments & Gardens 

Association Annual Show 1-4.30pm. 

Oak Grove College. Fruit, flowers & 

vegetables grown by members, along 

with cakes, jams & chutneys. Stalls 

include beekeepers & crafts. Adults 50p/ 

children FREE 

Sat 31 Aug 

Summer Fair 10am-3pm. St John the 

Divine, West Worthing. FREE 

Fairy Tree Community Summer Playdate 

10.30am-1pm. Halewick Park, Sompting. 

Magical day including Owl Rescue, 

Butterfly Society, WishWorks Puppets 

and Sussex Forest Activities. FREE 

Summer Fair & Dog Show 11am-4pm. 

Clapham & Patching Village Hall. The 

Rowland Singers, face painting, craft 

market & food stalls. Enter your dog in 

one of the classes. Info rowlandsingers. 

co.uk. Enter & park FREE 

SEPTEMBER 

Sun 1 Sep 

Minis By The Sea 10am. Steyne 

Gardens. The popular show returns. 

Craft & Open Day 1pm. High 

Salvington Windmill. £1/children 

FREE 

Sat 7 Sep 

Worthing Workshop Annual Picnic in 

the Park 1.30-4.30pm. Beach House 

Park. Celebration of the counter 

culture festival. 

Worthing Thunder vs Viper Pro 

Basketball 6-9.30pm. Worthing 

Leisure Centre. Tickets office@ 

worthingthunder.net £8/children £6 

Sun 8 Sep 

Artisan Seafront Market 10am- 

4pm. East of Worthing pier along 

the promenade. Stalls from local 

independents. 

Guild Care’s Dog Show & Fun Day 

10.30am-3pm. Broadwater Green. 

Fun games & competitions for dogs 

plus bouncy castle, face painting, craft 

market, food & drink stalls & lots of 

dogs to admire! FREE 

Worthing Park Vale Charity FC vs 

Tottenham Hotspur Legends Gates 

open 12.30pm. Worthing Football 

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BUSINESS 

Get involved 

Find your people, learn new stuff – be inspired! 

OUR PICK OF THE BUSINESS listings this month is the Better Business Summit, taking 

place on Wednesday 11 September from 12-6pm at Field Place. This new event from 

Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce will focus on futuristic, innovative trends and 

promises an inspirational afternoon 

packed with talks and workshops 

from specialists to encourage a 

productive, healthy and happy 

workplace. 

Keynote speaker and Chamber 

Patron Gill Fielding will talk about the 

key strengths and attributes every 

business needs to be successful, while 

Elena Kerigan of Think Productive will 

share how she successfully introduced 

a four-day week for her whole team. 

Workshops include the Business 

Growth Mapper, which aims to help delegates identify any additional support required to 

move their business forward. The summit is open to Chamber members and non-members. 

More info and booking details at worthingandadurchamber.co.uk. 

The Small Business Growth Grant Funding is back for micro and small businesses in 

the Adur and Worthing area. Check out the full information at adur-worthing.gov.uk/ 

businesses/support-and-funding, where you’ll also find information on apprenticeship 

grants for businesses of up to 50 employees. 

Opportunities for young people 

Fri 16 Aug 

Chamber Hub 12.30-2pm. Impulse 

Leisure. Monthly networking for all 

with Worthing and Adur Chamber. 

Thu 22 Aug 

#ShakeItHub 10am-11am. Town Hall 

Worthing. Design and marketing help 

session. FREE 

Wed 11 Sep 

Better Business Summit 12-6pm. 

Field Place Manor House & Barns. 

Book worthingandadurchamber.co.uk 

Looking to grow your business? BNI 

Networking E/Thu. 6.30am. Dome 

Cinema. This friendly business group 

meets over breakfast at the Dome. 

Members support each other to 

grow their businesses. Info and book 

FB @bniworthing. £10 (inc b/fast) 

WorthingDigital Social 1st Thu/ 

month. 8-9pm. The Cow & Oak. 

FREE 

First Friday Network 1st Fri/month. 

12.30-2.30pm. Burlington Hotel. FREE 

If you are young (and here that means 14-26 years), then check out the opportunities at 

Esteem, a Sussex-based charity offering young adults opportunities to develop confidence 

and build skills through relevant volunteering experience. They would also love to hear from 

adults interested in becoming mentors or volunteering to help. More info at esteem.org.uk. 

If you’re a little older, take a look at Blueprint 22, a youth organisation operating from 

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STUFF THAT MATTERS 

How to (still) be young 

in Worthing 

Yo yo yo! It’s Eden Green back on the 

mike! Only this time she’s 16 and much 

wiser. 

IF YOU’VE NO IDEA WHAT I’M ON ABOUT, I shall enlighten 

you dear reader: in March 2018, I completed my work experience 

at Here & Now magazine where I wrote a sensational (if slightly 

pessimistic) piece on activities for young persons in our wonderful 

region. In fact, it was so sensational that the kind folk at the 

magazine have asked me to write a follow-up to see if any real 

change has been observed by yours truly. Before I bless you all with 

my new insight, perhaps you should first give the original a little 

eyeball: 

How to be young in Worthing 

bored of 2p machines 

very quickly. 

Bowling? Expensive. 

Restaurants? Even 

more expensive. 

WORTHING 

PRIDE 2019 

I decided a different 

approach was needed, and thought I’d 

take advantage of Here & Now’s connections by asking people 

in the office (because the entire magazine is dedicated to things 

going on in Worthing, so someone was bound to know) and via 

Facebook. I got a plethora of responses: I learned of RSOPA, who 

offer theatrical classes to teens, I was told about Blueprint 22, 

with projects for young people along the South Coast, and I heard 

about the #Scratchpad project. However, there was one notable 

theme: none of these things were permanent fixtures. 

I CAN REALLY 

SEE WORTHING 

MAKING THE 

EFFORT TO 

INCLUDE THE 

YOUTH 

Worthing is renowned for its elderly population, and there are 

many places that cater to their needs – so what is there for the 

youth to do? Now when I say youth, I don’t mean four-year-olds at 

arts and crafts sessions or nine-year-olds who go to roller-skating 

parties: I mean the teenagers of Worthing, who make up 9% of its 

population. 

“Oh, get off your phone, play outside,” say the 

parents, followed by, “Don’t be out after dark 

though, and let me know where you are at all 

times, and don’t go out alone, and don’t wear 

that, and...” 

Well, do you want me to go out or not? Telling 

me to go out is not helpful when there’s 

nothing to do. My trips to town consist of a 

traipse round the shops, a nondescript piece 

of sugary dough from Greggs and, because 

you can only go to the cinema so many times, 

I’ve now taken to untangling the slinkies in 

Hawkins Bazaar as a source of entertainment, 

or playing hide and seek in Debenhams, or 

looking at the pictures of dogs in the dog books in Waterstones, 

or just seeing who can drink a bottle of water the fastest (these 

are all very real things we actually do). As fun as these things are, 

they’re not the same as heading down to Brighton and hitting the 

laser tag, or the fair on the pier, or walking round the Lanes. Why 

is there nothing teenagers travel to Worthing for? 

I made it my mission at Here & Now to find fun things for people 

my age to do in Worthing. I considered the various venues in 

the town: the leisure centres were alright, but if I ask someone 

to come to town with me, the last thing they want to be doing 

is exercise. The mini golf was something I enjoyed, but it wasn’t 

always open. The Pier amusements? Well, yes, but you can get 

What the town needs is a venue open all hours (or at least until 

curfew) just for teens. A place with everything: table tennis, 

football table, vending machine, pool table, pinball machine, 

music, mocktails - even some beanbags would do! A place for 

young people to socialise (or not), an escape room where parents 

aren’t allowed. 

This seems like a pipe dream, but it really is achievable, with areas 

like Teville Gate, Union Place and the Lido in need of renovation 

and the council taking suggestions. Think of the tourism it would 

bring in; young people would travel into Worthing instead of out! 

A youth club you don’t have to join but can just turn up to; let’s 

face it, a £2 entry fee is better than a £20 bowling lane, and it 

would keep your darn teenagers off their darn phones (for a while 

at least). 

Here endeth the old article. 

So there’s that, and I must say, a year and a half on there’s still 

a significant lack of youth centre, and Teville Gate remains 

very much a fenced-off mystery. This said, I’ve observed some 

differences in youth activities; it is possible that it is because I am 

now 16 and all of a sudden these activities are no longer forbidden, 

or that now I’m ‘more mature’ *cough* my parents have allowed 

me a little more independence, but I must say, my post-GCSEthree-month-summer 

hasn’t had a dull moment yet! A quick visit 

to the Here & Now website and I’ve learned of at least five things 

I could be doing to fill up my August, from music workshops to a 

weekly quiz. I can really see Worthing making the effort to include 

the youth; I managed to attend Worthing Pride, and the all-ages 

atmosphere only reinforced my conclusion. I hope this attitude 

continues to grow, as we are not where we need to be yet, but it’s 

safe to say that Year 10 Eden would be happy. n 

Eden Green

Here & Now Issue 35 | August 2019

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