Fairlight Focus

Dear residents 

We are proud to unveil our new logo.  If you would like to adopt this logo for your Club, Association or Society please contact Fairlight Residents.

Kind Regards

FRA Committee

Dear Fairlight Residents,

Just to let you know the Church Tower will be open Sunday afternoon between 1pm-4.30pm. It’s looking like good weather so the view should be a good one and the kettle will be on.

God bless,
Sandi

Revd Sandi Wickens
Priest in Charge

Westfield, Guestling, and Fairlight

Telephone 07395 106514

If you have not already done so, this is a reminder that the FRA annual membership subscription for 2024-25  is now overdue.  The subscription is £8 for the year.

If you have not paid by the date of the AGM (22 May), you will not be able to receive the June magazine and will be taken off the email scheme.

You can pay either via online banking (preferable) or by cash or cheque. 

Online banking

Account:       Fairlight Residents Association

Sort Code:    60-10-15

Account No: 60707666

Ref :               ‘Your address’ ( house name / number & road name, not post code)

Cash or Cheque

Cheque payable to: Fairlight Residents Association. 

Post or deliver to Membership Secretary, Harlo, Hill Road, TN35 4AE.  

Or you can drop it off at the:

• Village Hall, during DISH (Mondays), 
• Royd, Broadway (3 house after the village hall)
• Badgers, Brair Close

Please provide name and address details.

Thank you

FRA

NOTICE OF AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

FAIRLIGHT RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Notice is hereby given, that for the following purposes, Fairlight Residents Association 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held at Fairlight Village Hall on Wednesday 22^nd May at 7.30pm:

1.  To receive the accounts for the year ended 2023

2.  To elect Committee Members and officers

3.  To update the constitution of the FRA in line with current guidelines

4.  To provide an opportunity for Member’s feedback

By order of the Committee

Dated : 1.5.24

If you have anything that you wish to be included on the agenda you are requested to email Chris Smart (Chairman) at crsmart1961@gmail.com by noon of Wednesday 8^th May 2024

Dear resident

Please note the Fairlight Parish Council Planning Committee meeting to be held on Tuesday 7th May at 6pm in the Village Hall.

Click here for the agenda

Members of the Public are welcome to attend.

Thanks
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 

Carol Ardley’s funeral will be held on Tuesday 7 May at 11am at St Andrew’s Church, Coastguard Lane, Fairlight. TN35 4BB. 

There will be a reception afterwards at the Fairlight Lodge Hotel TN35 5DR,  which is 1km towards Hastings. (Junction of Martineau Lane and the Fairlight Road)

Family flowers only please.

Donations may be made to the Moorfields Eye Charity and the Stroke Association via Towner’s website –

Tribute to Carol Elizabeth Ardley, 1947 – 2024 (muchloved.com) Gift Aid may be claimed.

Please park at the Hastings Country Park car park, not at the church. There is a path from the car park to the church. It is possible the usual parking charge will be waived, but it would be wise to check on the day.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank all those who have sent condolences and those who have offered and, in many cases given, practical help. It is very much appreciated.

Thank you all,

Andrew

FREE NHS HEARING AID BATTERIES & MAINTENANCE

Local NHS hearing aid maintenance sessions are being held this week at:

Pett Village Hall between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday 1st May

Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12 noon on Friday 3rd May

If you have an NHS Hearing Aid come along to collect your free batteries and have your aids maintained

Calling all Stargazers!

Following a tremendous response from my recent Fairlight News article, where I suggested a meeting to discuss astronomy, I am writing to invite you to the Village Hall at 7pm on Thursday 9th May. 

Our first meeting will be a casual session where we might discuss the merit of forming a club and meet regularly. I would encourage you to bring along any images that you have taken, either printed or digital so that we can share them with the group. 

Additionally, if you have any equipment that you are struggling with, I’d suggest bringing it along as there maybe  someone who knows how to set it up? 

Teas and coffees will be available, and maybe a bickie!

I look forward to seeing as many of you that can fit inside the small hall. 

Regards 

Chris Smart 

Huge thanks must go to the Fairlight Players who put on a fabulous entertainment for the last 3 days with a ‘Fete Worse than Death’ wonderful tea and cakes and a great performance by all involved.
But also to their support for Rye Food Bank
Asking visitors to bring donated items resulted in a massive 311 items donated
and a wonderful total of £211 in cash donated
On behalf of Pett WI who collect for the Food Bank thank you to everyone who donated or helped in any way. A brilliant result.

Sally Watson
Volunteer Organiser for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
East Sussex

Fairlight Fancy Dress Fun Run!

Sunday 28^th April, 2pm 

Activate Youth Club invite you to join them or cheer them on as they raise funds by 

running, jogging or walking round the course on Fairlight Recreation Ground.

Tea & Cakes also available.🧁🍰🍪☕🫖

Wendy is being sponsored by her son to take part wearing a very silly costume 🐷 

that he has chosen so please come and help her and all the runners get round! 

😂😂😂

We are relaunching our Pett WI appeal .

We now have 2 boxes in the Village.

The first is outside the entrance to the Village Hall and the second is outside Witchwood, 57 Lower Waites Lane
Thanks go to Penny and John Eveleigh.

We will shortly be announcing 2 new donation locations in the village as well.
A reminder to everyone attending the play in the Village Hall today and tomorrow.
The Fairlight Players are asking for donations to be brought to the hall for collection and are also donating the programme donations to the Food Bank as well.
So please bring a tin or packet of something non perishable with you and bring some cash please.

A huge thank you goes to the Players for their generosity!

Sally Watson

President Pett WI
Sally Watson
Volunteer Organiser for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
East Sussex

To whom it may concern,

I hope you are well.

I would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the 100l slimline water butts that Southern Water now have to offer. 

Many residents expressed interest in these however the response from residents has been slower than expected. 

I know this scheme is something you are very passionate about therefore if you know of anyone who is interested in having a water butt installed for free in the Fairlight area, please let us know. 

Residents can contact us via our email address utilities@rescue2.co.uk or alternatively via phone on 01903 871105. 

Kind Regards

James Mallinson

Fairfest 2024 will take place on Saturday evening 22 June with live music  a bar and BBQ, and on Sunday 23 June  from mid day for the village festival and Dog show. There will be a bar, Teas and a BBQ.  We have all sorts of entertainments and activities booked, as well as a miniature steam train for rides. Further details will follow.

We do have space for a few more stalls on Sunday. Any local groups or individuals who would like a stall to promote their activities or sell produce or craft items, please fill out the forms attached  and return them.

Many Thanks
Fairfest Committee

Please join us THIS SATURDAY AT 2PM, Pett Methodist Church for an incredibly interesting talk about Fred and Zoe Vahey, an amazing couple who moved to Pett in 1938.  There is also a sale of artwork with local interest and by talented local artists past and present (we will accept plastic and cash!).  Naturally, home-made cake and refreshments will keep you energised.  Where else can you spend such an informative and social two hours on a Saturday afternoon?  

We are asking for £5 from non-members, but why not support what we are trying to do: build a local archive for the area that everyone can access and use.  Fifteen pounds a year helps enormously with our overheads and it frees our time so we can put our efforts into building the ARC and website.

Parking is free at the Pett Village Hall (but be mindful there may be other people using the Village Hall during that period).  The talk will start around 2:30 hopefully.

We look forward to seeing you.
Fran Rogers (ArchiveResourceCentre@outlook.com)

Dear Residents,

We will be laying the gas main to site on 29th April for 4 days. There will be some disruption to vehicular traffic, outside the site entrance, during this time but we will endeavour to keep access for pedestrians.

Regards

Piers Cowley (formermarketgarden@gmail.com)

Activate Y.C are holding a Fun Run in order to raise funds for this year’s camp!
Come, support & cheer on the youngsters as they run the course in fancy-dress!
If you fancy running too, there is nothing to stop you! See the poster attached.
More info from Wendy, familyhatch1@gmail.com

The Fairlight Preservation Trust are looking for any photographs of the first berm around the 1990’s to 2006. 
If you have any that we could borrow, would you let me know please. 

Many thanks,
Jill

Sadly we, Pett WI, are struggling with our locations for the boxes for the Food Bank in Fairlight Village. We have one at the Village Hall but it isn’t really being used and of course we have Wakehams Farm.

Is there anyone who lives in a fairly prominent position in Fairlight who would be willing to have a box outside their property. The boxes are not particularly waterproof so would need checking most days and items would need to be stored somewhere dry.

We have a WhatsApp group so if anything needs collecting we can usually get there fairly quickly to collect.

If anyone feels they are in a position to help would you please contact Sally Watson

07874686824 or sallywatson47@hotmail.com

Thank you in anticipation

In the meantime please don’t forget to keep donations coming to our existing boxes

Tinned, jars and packets of food suitable to go towards 3 meals a day for the families in need. They must be in date. We also collect toiletries.

You can also donate directly to Rye Food Bank online

Thank you

Sally Watson

Volunteer Organiser for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

East Sussex

Hi everyone

With just under three weeks to go before the opening night, there are now less than 50 tickets left across all performances of this play (and none for the matinee).

If you haven’t booked your tickets yet, then you should do so without delay.

You can do so online at Box office – Fairlight Players or call Sue on 07988 540757.

Whatever you do, don’t come along hoping to get a ticket at the door. You will almost certainly be disappointed.

Don’t miss it. It will be a lot of fun … except, maybe, for the victim!

With best wishes

Keith

Keith Miller (Chair)

The Fairlight Players

www.fairlightplayers.org.uk

For information

Heather and grassland management at the Firehills

A tractor with a cut and collect flail will be cutting the young gorse on the Firehills from the 2^nd of April until the 5^th of April.  This is part of the on-going management of the cliff top grassland and heather habitat on the Site of Special Scientific Interest at Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve

Kind regards

Murray Davidson

Environment and Natural Resources Manager

Hastings Borough Council

Muriel Matters House 
Breeds Place 
Hastings 
TN34 3UY

Hello

Just so you are aware, a command post has been set up and construction will be starting next week on the Ferric dosing installation at Fairlight Waste Water Treatment Works.(WWTW’s) 

The programme is due to be fully operational within 10 months, with works concluding by approx December this year. Ultimately, a kiosk and automatic dosing system will be installed to help treat the PH balance of the treated waste water leaving the plant, as well as aiding the sludge treatment etc.

 Large machinery will be in and out of this location slightly more than usual, so please take extra care when traversing sheep dip bend.

Thank you.
Maggie Sullivan

Following the fantastic pet service at
Pett Methodist Church
we would like to invite you to our
Amazing Fun Animal Quiz.

Fun for all including families!

At last we’ve had a call from Rescue 2 to say that they now have slimline waterbutts available for installation.

They have records of some residents who wanted them but unfortunately they are not complete.

If you haven’t already heard from them and you’d like one, or even more, please could you contact Rescue 2 and ask for one of the two following contacts:

Phone: 01903 871105

Ask to speak to either Mike Hodges or Lucinda

The more of these we can get installed, the more likely that our overflow problems will decrease, so thank you in advance for your help in getting Fairlight free of pollution.

Regards

The Lower Waites Lane – Fairlight Cove – Maintenance Association

Please see attached poster below.  This is the last quiz before our Centenary Celebrations in May.

Kind regards

Ian Mantel

Ian Mantel
Vice Chairman
Royal British Legion Pett and District Branch
22 Tilekiln Lane
Hastings
TN35 5EN
01424 421536  (Home – please try first)
07309 090814  (Mobile)

Dear resident

Please find attached the Parish Council newsletter for April 2024

Thanks
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 

Dear resident,

I’ve been told that Rosemary Lane will be closed on 4 April to allow work on the electric supply.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Cllr Andrew Mier
Rother District Council 
Southern Rother Ward
(The villages of Fairlight, Guestling, Icklesham and Pett)
07941-693737