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 Motorists may wish to note that Speedwatch is now in operation in the village. Patrols are being mounted at any time during daylight hours on any day of the week. We should like to emphasise that the sole object of the exercise is to persuade motorists to slow down whilst driving through our village. It is NOT our intention to provide evidence for legal proceedings even if this were in our gift which it is not.
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 When a village works together … anything can happen!
As many of you will be aware, during the summer term the pupils of St Marks made a film about the need for a new village/community hall in Hadlow Down. Their work was based around the information gathered from the questionnaires that a number of you were kind enough to complete. The film will be shown this autumn and we are now inviting you (any age! This is a ‘community project’!) to design the cover for the DVD!
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Further to communications with East Sussex County Council the Hadlow Down Emergency Plan Team are now in possesion of the EDF Service Statement which informs the public of all general responsibilities and actions EDF will take in the event of power outages.
One of the most important elements of the document is that concerning vulnerable people and the document does contain a form which can be filled out and sent to EDF advising them that you fulfill the conditions of being a vulnerable customer and wish to be included on their register as such.
The whole document, or parts of it, can be read or downloaded by clicking here.
The Emergency Team would also like to remind villagers that anyone who considers themselves extra vulnerable in any way should also advise the Emergency Team in case of any type of emergency where they may have a disadvantage in coping.
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 On Sunday 27th. June the Rude Mechanicals Theatre Co. brought their latest production 'Ik'R'Us' to the Hadlow Down playing field. On a perfect evening for outdoor theatre it was surprising that the audience seemed fewer in number than previous years but those who attended, with or without their picnics, enjoyed a most excellent and entertaining show.
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 On Saturday evening, the 26th. June, 80 diners at Mesdames Fifi & Mimi's 'Bistro Bonbon' (formerly known as 'Village Hall') witnessed the murder of a famous movie star and were in the vicinity of a second brutal killing.
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 I was told today that two horses were stolen and one left roaming the lanes last night,this happened in the area of the bottom end of Wheelers Lane. I have no other details but hope everyone with animals padlocks both ends of their gates and just puts the word out that these people are about. Lucy McConachie
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There is now a comprehensive list of all the listed buildings in Hadlow Down and details of their listing status is available.
Just click here to see.
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 On the very pleasant evening of Tuesday the 15th. June members of the Horticultural Society were treated to an extremely interesting private guided tour of the gardens of this outstanding National Trust property. The host for the evening, the head gardener, who has previously given a talk at a Hort. Soc. supper evening, led the group through the grounds and as well as helpful information and advice on the plants and planting entertained the group with numerous anecdotes. He also revealed and outlined some very ambitious projects to be completed within the next five years. Many Hort. Society members will be following the progress of the plans with interest.
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We have been passed several items of news and warnings in connection with the village Neighbourhood Watch.
Lucy McConachie and Lisa Scott have now taken over from Graham Terry as the Neighbourhood Watch parish council representatives. Their contact numbers can be found on the Parish Council members page on this site.
WARNING On the 10th June a neighbour discovered a skip in a garden of a property in Main road was being emptiied of metal content. The vehicle used was a red Transit pickup reg. number J85KKN.
WARNING Two males were disturbed moving a 'wheely bin' out of a garden of South Beacon into Tinkers Lane on the late evening of Sunday 6th. June. They had emptied the contents across the drive and when challenged ran off toward Tinkers Park. It could have just been vandals or an attempt to steal the bin. It is a good idea to mark all wheely bins with an address.
WARNING Tradesmen working in Hidden Cottage spotted and reported a white van acting suspiciously in Hall/Hut Lane on Saturday 19th. June, the occupants spending an unusual amount of time looking at Hidden Cottage as well as Springwell Cottage and other properties. Watch out for a white van acting strangely in any part of the village.
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 Some statistics about your village web site:
During the first six months of this year there were 6669 visitors and 54899 views to the pages.
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 I would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who fought their way through steam engines and missed the final of Britain's Got Talent, to support the auction of our village print, original painting. Thank you to the owners of Loudwells Farm who placed the winning bid. Along with this and the sale of a good number of prints, postcards andnotelets we raised just over £800.00. We are very grateful to Polly and Phillip Faulkner Bryant for giving us their time and talents to paint this beautiful piece of artwork. Thank you to Colin James and Janet Tourell for their help and advice To Eddie Westfield who thought he was coming for a pleasant evening out, then ended up running the bar. To Steve Godfrey for discovering his new talent as an auctioneer and the Parish Council for their donation to help with the expense of hosting the evening.
We still have a stock of prints and cards, so please contact me if you are interested in making a purchase or if you are holding an event where they could be sold.
Lisa Scott - 01825 830225 Fund Raising for Hadlow Down
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 WOW!!! Looks like the web site has found a way to crack what used to be a case of BLOG apathy! The feature has hardly been used at all, exept by a few occasional diarists, since we started and then the mediator decides to suspend a contraversial BLOG posting so that no-one can see it and suddenly there are 5 comments in a few days on the non-existant post!!!
we'll try and work this one out and put our findings to good use!!???!!!
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