Hadlow Down Book Club Review – August ’23
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We decided to read something lighter this month, and chose Trace Elements (2020), by Donna Leon. No doubt some of you will be familiar with her long-running series, set in Venice and featuring the Commissario (Detective Superintendent) Guido Brunetti, his wife Paola and his team in the Questura (police headquarters). Continue reading “Hadlow Down Book Club Review – August ’23”
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Horticultural Society Annual Show Schedule 2023
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Hadlow Down Drama and Variety Club Programme
Hadlow Down Drama and Variety Club Programme17thJuly- An evening led by a professional Storyteller, who will model how to tell oral stories and then give us an opportunity to work in groups on our own. (7.30pm at Hadlow Down Village Hall)
August- Holiday break
18thSeptember- We are now members of NODA (National Opera and Drama Association) and we will be enjoying an evening of play reading together using their free scripts (7.30pm at Hadlow Down Village Hall)
16thOctober- A fun evening with wine and a drama quiz- be prepared to have a giggle (7.30pm at Hadlow Down Village Hall)
9thNovember- A trip to the Assembly Halls to see Sing-a-long-a- Gareth Malone 2 – £27 reduced group rate (contact Ellis on ellis.boswell@btinternet.com to book a ticket)
11thDecember- A Get Together for a Christmas meal at The Hare and Hounds, Framfield
Hadlow Down Book Club Review – July
This month we have been reading The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (2022). Recommended by BBC2’s ‘Between the Covers’, we found it to somewhat of a ‘Marmite’ book.
It is set during the real-life dancing mania of 1518 in Strasbourg when hundreds of women joined in a dance, without stopping despite hunger and bleeding feet, part of a mania that occurred in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It is narrated through the eyes of Lisbet, a farmer’s wife heavily with her thirteenth child, having lost the previous twelve. The whole region is suffering from famine due to the drought and the blistering hot summer. It is also suffering from the oppression of a tyrannical Authority controlled by a corrupt and powerful Church. Lisbet is in a loveless marriage and desperate to bear this baby successfully. She is a lonely figure surrounded by mysteries – what sin was her sister-in-law Agnethe guilty of that she was sent away to a monastery for seven years and has now returned emaciated and with a scarred shaven head? Why is Ida, Lisbet’s best friend behaving so oddly? Why is Sophe her mother-in-law so grim? Continue reading “Hadlow Down Book Club Review – July”
Noble, Peter (29th. September 1939 – 23rd May 2023)
Peter was born and raised in Tooting, South London and had a long and successful career as a bank manager before moving to Hadlow Down after taking early retirement, later moving to Buxted.
Along with others residing in the village he was a founder member of the Sussex Egyptology Society being a keen Egyptologist he visited Egypt on archaeological trips fourteen times. Continue reading “Noble, Peter (29th. September 1939 – 23rd May 2023)”
Peter Noble 29th. Sept 1939 – 23rd. May 2023
It is with sadness we have to report the passing of Peter Noble.
Peter who was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease died peacefully in Horsham on Tuesday 23rd. May after his health had deteriorated.
He will be remembered fondly as a long time member of the Horticultural Society being a committee member and treasurer and in later years joined the TN22 Club.
His funeral is taking place on 16th June, at Wealden Crematorium, Horam, at 12 o’clock.
Hadlow Down Book Club Review
West (2018)
‘The dizzying weight of the earth and everything in it and beyond it’
In contrast to our last read, the long novel Middlesex, this month we read the novella West, the first novel by an award winning short story writer and poet, Carys Davies. Although slim, the book deals with big, some say, mythic themes., exploring our relationship with the environment. Continue reading “Hadlow Down Book Club Review”
Horticultural Society Visit
On behalf of the Hadlow Down Horticultural Society:
Horticultural Society Reminder
Horticultural Society Reminder
On Thursday June 15th we are visiting Sissinghurst., meeting for coffee in the Granary restaurant at 10.15. Why not come and join us and enjoy the profusion of roses, the leg
endary white garden and, above all, the wonderful Mediterranean inspired Delos garden. Tickets are £16 unless you are a National Trust member.
Contact Heather or one of the committee members if you need a lift.