Fairlight Focus

Sorry the previous e mail contained a couple of errors.
There is of course no 2b Knowle Road
The highly commended went to 2b Waites Lane.

I blame it on the Christmas spirit!!!! 

Here is the correct version

Many congratulations to everyone who has put Christmas decorations up in their front gardens this year.
We enjoyed going round the village both in daylight and at night to see them all. There were the traditional, the modern and the quirky. It all helps to make the village look festive and bring smiles to peoples faces.
It was difficult to choose “winners” but we did

Highly commended and enjoyed were   
   2b Waites Road that welcomes us to the village day and night
   44 Knowle Road, a wonder in white
   27 Lower Waites Lane , difficult to see at first but well done
   The ‘Elves’ on Hill road, a very clever use of posts

The winner is
   27 Woodland Way, stunning both day and night
The runner up is
   8 Knowle Road  stunning with a new twist

Knowle Road takes the commendation for the best road, well worth a walk down

Many congratulations to everyone who has put Christmas decorations up it their front gardens this year.We enjoyed going round the village both in daylight and at night to see them all. There were the traditional, the modern and the quirky. It all helps to make the village look festive and bring smiles to peoples faces.
It was difficult to choose “winners” but we did

Highly commended and enjoyed were       
        2b Knowle Road that welcomes us to the village day and night
        44 Knowle Road, a wonder in white
        27 Lower Waites Lane , difficult to see at first but well done
        The ‘Elves’ on Hill road, a very clever use of posts

The winner who will receive a £50 cheque for the charity of their choice is
        27 Woodland Way, stunning both day and night
The runner up who will receive a £25 cheque for the charity of their choice is
        8 Knowle Road  stunning with a new twist

Knowle Road takes the commendation for the best road, well worth a walk down

Happy Christmas

Fairlight Parish Council

Dear Resident,

In case you haven’t already heard Roger Bird resigned as a Rother District Councillor with effect from 13 December. Roger had represented Southern Rother Ward (and its predecessor) since about 2001.

The seat will remain vacant until the next District elections in May 2023. (There is no need for a by-election if there is less than six months until the next regular election).

I continue as the remaining ward councillor. 

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you need help with any Rother District Council business.

Very Best wishes for a Happy Christmas

Andrew

Cllr Andrew Mier

Southern Rother Ward, Rother District Council

(The villages of Fairlight Guestling, Icklesham, and Pett)
Mistral, Shepherds Way, Fairlight
cllr.andrew.mier@rother.gov.uk
07941-693737

Royal Mail Postal Strike 23 and 24 December.

Due to Health and Safety and storage issues over Christmas, Fairlight Post Office and Stores will not be accepting in any parcels on these two strike dates.
First post date after Christmas 28/12/2022.

Thanks

Graeme 

Hello Everyone!

Sorry the carol singing planned for tomorrow Monday has been moved to Thursday evening, same place and time, 5.30pm starting at Hair Base.

See you there! 

Dear resident

Now we are into the winter months can I remind residents that grit/salt is available in bins around the village. 
Also I have a few bags if you wish to collect one or two at the address below

Please help yourself from the pile outside my garage

Thank you
Pauline

Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish Council
Kerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729  Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 

Everybody is welcome to join the carol singers who will be going out around Fairlight next  Monday 19th Dec.
Meet 5.30pm and also finish at Hair Base.
If you or anybody you know, would like us to come and sing outside your window please let us know. We will try to get to you.
Please let Wendy (familyhatch1@gmail.com) or Lisa at Hair Base know!!

Looks like we will have refreshments afterwards too!

Good Afternoon Fairlight.
Just a reminder.

Royal Mail postal strike dates 14 & 15 December and 23 & 24 December.
Please post today first class for any chance of a pre Christmas delivery.
Thank you.

Graeme

The next FRA event is on Saturday 11 February.  Come and show your love 

for Fairlight and join the party with the well known local band, The Kytes.  It will help banish those winter blues away.

Tickets will go on sale in the New Year from the Post Office.   So put these 2 dates in your diary. 

With the weather turning cold, please lookout for vulnerable neighbours and friends.
They may need more help than usual.
If you know of anyone that needs more assistance, please contact Pauline Collins who can organise support for them.

E mail  fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com of phone  07487 822729

Dear Resident,

I’ve been asked to remind everyone that the planning application to extend the opening hours of the Bale House, Hastings Country Park, is still live. Late comments from the public are likely to be considered if made promptly.

HS/FA/22/00601 | Variation of condition 3 (operational hours) of Planning Permission HS/FA/19/00303 (Erection of a new visitor centre – originally granted under HS/FA/14/01033). Amendment is to increase operational hours to 8am-9pm (for community use) Monday – Sunday. | Proposed Visitor Centre Hastings Country Park,(The Bale House), Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AB

To read the documents and to comment go to –

https://publicaccess.hastings.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=dates&keyVal=_HSTBC_DCAPR_119815

Best wishes,

Andrew

Cllr Andrew Mier
Southern Rother Ward
cllr.andrew.mier@rother.gov.uk

Dear Resident

The agenda for the Planning Committee meeting can be found here.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th December 2022 at 2.30pm in the village hall.

All members of the public are welcome to attend.

Thanks 
Pauline

Good afternoon Fairlight.

Due to the Royal Mail strike over the last 2 days and for safety, we are unable to accept in any further large parcels until after our 2pm collection tomorrow afternoon.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Graeme Gambrell

IT’S HEARING AID TIME AGAIN

There is a Hearing Aid Maintenance session in Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12 noon this Friday (2nd December).

This will be Fairlight’s last session before Christmas so if you require batteries and / or retubing before the festive period don’t forget to come along. 

If you can’t make it there is also a session next week at Pett Village Hall between 10am and 12 noon on Wednesday (7th December).

Batteries, maintenance and advice are free of charge and provided by a trained volunteer from the charity East Sussex Hearing who assist NHS Audiology across the county. Please bring your NHS brown book.

Dear Resident,

Rother is consulting on its Leisure Facilities Strategy. You can take part by following this link –
https://www.rother.gov.uk/news/health-and-well-being-leisure-facilities-strategy/

The closing date for comments is 20 December.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Councillor Andrew Mier 

Rother District Council – Southern Rother Ward

The Archive Resource Centre invites members and non-members to see our new Website.  There will be a VERY short AGM (our first public one), wine and finger food and a quiz about our local area.  This is free to ARC members, but a small charge of £3.00 to non-members (or become a member for £5 – to take you until April 2023).  A glass of wine for everyone on arrival.

Fairlight Village Hall (back room) from 5pm until 7pm, this Friday, 2^nd December.  

This is YOUR ARC, and we value your comments, so please join us.

The ‘Nearly on the’ Beach Concert committee would like to thank all those who came along to enjoy our event and help to raise money for the PLIRB.

We will be presenting a cheque to Pett Level Inshore Rescue Boats tomorrow (Sunday 27th November), to take place at the PLIRB Boathouse at 10.30am.

Father Christmas will be coming to the Village Hall Christmas Fair on Saturday December 3^rd at 12 noon.

Start your Christmas here!

There’s so much to do – Mulled Wine, Gifts, Cakes, Jigsaws, Hot Food, Games, Raffles and so much more.

Come and join the fun

Due to Royal Mail post strikes planned for November and December 2022, Fairlight Post Office and Stores recommends that all Christmas mail is posted as early as possible this Christmas.
Planned Royal Mail strike dates:

24th & 25th November 2022
30th November & 1st December 2022
9th & 10th December 2022
14th & 15th December 2022
23rd & 24th December 2022

Fairlight Post Office and Stores will remain open for business during the strike days however, due to limited storage space, we will be unable to accept in any parcels after 22nd December 2022.

The posting date after 22nd December, will be 28th December 2022.
Thank you for your understanding.

Graeme Gambrell

Dear resident,

I have received a number of complaints recently about the speed of motor vehicles travelling through the village and along Battery Hill and Pett Level Road .

Can I remind you that the speed limit in the village is 30 mph and 40 mph along Battery Hill and Pett Level Road. 

At this time of year the village roads are dark and there are few pavements.  So please let’s all respect the speed limit when driving and remember that there are children and elderly residents who live in the village.

SPEED CAN KILL

Thank you for your cooperation

Kind regards

Mick Hall

Speed Awareness Group

Thank you to everyone that has come to join us at Warm UP Fairlight  (WUF)

Can I remind you that everyone is welcome to drop in . We offer tea, coffee, cake and chat, from  10 – 4  Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, with soup and rolls at lunch time.

We have a TV licence for the village hall so can show live TV or catch up programmes. 

On Wednesday we are in St Peters next to the village hall. On Wednesday mornings we offer ‘Knit and Natter’ with wool and patterns available and also materials for card making. On Wednesday afternoons we will be offering films, and ask for suggestions.

On Friday afternoons the drop in cafe is in operation in the village hall.

All ages welcome.  Anyone can become a ‘WUFFer’ !!

Any questions, please contact Issy Horsley cllrihorsley@fairlightparishcouncil.org.uk  07803 939771

To all customers, after much deliberating over the past two weeks about the fish and chip van. I have come to the decision that due to the extent of repairs and cost, that it will now be taken off the road.

I had bought another van to convert some months back, but due to work commitments have not managed to get too much done on it. The decision is now to get on with this and instead of constantly paying for costly repairs the funds can now go to the new van.

How long it will take is not known as off yet, hopefully before Christmas would be nice.
I am possibly thinking of doing phone orders for collection from the unit, as the old van is still with me and fortunately the fryer works. I am still working on the idea of this and will post on here later this week.

Please accept my sincere apologies for the breaks in service this year, as it seems to be one of those years where if it can go wrong or breakdown it has.

Thank you all for your support and hopefully normal service will be resumed asap.

Dean

Dear resident

The agendas for the Planning Committee meeting and Parish Council meeting can be found here.  These meetings are to be held on Tuesday 22nd November 2022 at 6.30pmand 7 pm in the village hall.

All members of the public are welcome to attend.

Thanks
Pauline

The Jigsaw Puzzle Evening is nearly here
Friday 18th November, 7pmPett Methodist Church
Donations in aid of church funds
Includes refreshments
Lots of puzzling fun!
Raffle
Contact Wendy : familyhatch1@gmail.com if interested.

Or just turn up!

All are welcome to join us at our Remembrance Sunday service at St Andrew’s Church on 13 November.

Our usual service time is now 11am, but for this week only the service will begin at 10.45am so that we are ready for the act of remembrance at 11am.

The names on the church war memorial plaques will be read out. Hopefully by next year we will have our new village War Memorial.

Valerie Hornsby
Churchwarden

Hi everybody

I am pleased to report that we are ready to go, and look forward to performing Pygmalion to some good houses over the next three days.

If you have not yet purchased a ticket, there are still a few available, but please don’t take a chance on getting a ticket at the door, especially on Friday or Saturday night, because you may be disappointed.

You can buy online at www.fairlightplayers.org.uk or at Fairlight Post Office. Alternatively, phone our ticket hotline on 07377 915741, and Sue will do her very best to squeeze you in.

Please note that this play is a little longer than most, and so the interval will be a little shorter. For this reason, raffle tickets will not be on sale during the interval, so please arrive in good time to buy your raffle tickets and pre-order interval drinks before taking your seats.

We will be starting promptly at 7.30pm.

We look forward to seeing you.

With best wishes

Keith

Keith Miller (Chair)

The Fairlight Players

www.fairlightplayers.org.uk

Dear Parents and Friends

As we approach Christmas … sorry – a bit early! … and the children become exited about the prospect of a visit from Father Christmas, we will help them to consider those who are less fortunate than themselves.

We will do this in an age appropriate way by asking them to help wrap a cardboard box with Christmas paper. We will explain that we would like to try to fill the box with presents for people who don’t have a warm bed to sleep in.

We would like to support the Seaview Project which is a local charity, (Charity No. 1058308), who help the homeless in Hastings and St Leaonards, those in temporary accommodation and in hostels, people with issues ranging from mental ill health, substance misuse and learning difficulties. They provide a warm and welcoming building where people can find help, comfort, friendship and inspiration. They offer laundy, washing facilities and healthy hot meals and reach out to those sleeping rough.

We are asking for donations of warm clothing – hats and gloves in particular would be very much appreciated. These do not have to be new. Additionally we are collecting non perishable food and toiletries. If you are able to donate any item to this we would be very grateful. The box will be delivered to the Seaview Project before Christmas.

Many thanks

Fairlight Nursery

Charity No. 1036984