Fairlight Focus

Dear Fairlight Folk,

Maxine, Pandy and Wendy are delighted to say that £1011.50 is the total so far from the MacMillan Garden Party!

Many thanks to all who supported, donated and helped, especially our hubbies! 

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FREE NHS HEARING AID BATTERIES & FREE MAINTENANCE

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

Pett Village Hall between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday 4th September

Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12 noon on Friday 6th September

Remember that for peak performance hearing aids should be re-tubed every 4 to 6 months

Dates for the rest of this year are:

Pett (First Wednesday every month) October 2nd, November 6th, December 4th

Fairight (First Friday every month) October 4th, November 1st, December 6th

Coastal Currents Artist Open Studios East of Hastings Trail

You are warmly invited to visit the Studios of local artists starting
this weekend. Free entry, browsers welcome, with many artworks inspired
by the local area, including smaller items such as calendars and
greeting cards for sale. Each Studio has different dates and times.

Annie Soudain, Firehills Cottages, 5 Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight
TN35 4AD – Linoprints, Paintings and Collage

Anna Wilson-Patterson, 40 Bramble Way, Fairlight Cove TN35 4BH –
Paintings, Monoprints and Books (Open 31st Aug/1st Sept only)

Tim Riddihough, Garden & House, Fardhem, Chick Hill, Pett Level TN35 4EQ
– Sculpture, Ceramics and Paintings

Mel McCleary, Anchored, Winchelsea New Hall, Rectory Lane, Winchelsea
TN36 4AA – Multimedia work

Sea View Art Studio, 43 Coast Drive, Lydd on Sea TN29 9NL – Paintings
and Photography

The SEApink workshop on Winchelsea Lane has announced they are unable to
open due to unforseen events.

For more details, dates, times please see www.coastalcurrents.org.uk

REMINDER!

The MacMillan Garden Party 

with concert is next Sunday 1st September.

Please make sure that you purchase your tickets before the event (if possible)

Tickets available from HairBase, DISH (on Monday) or Wendy on 812297.

Not only does the ticket include a tea, Pimms and endless tea/coffee,

a concert  & raffle for a Cream tea at Tic Tockery but we have been donated

some wonderful prizes for a separate raffle and wonderful cakes for the cake stall.

Thank you kind folk!

Look out for the balloons outside Fernbank, Shepherds Way.

Pandy, Maxine & Wendy

It is always difficult asking for money, but please read this before pressing the delete button.

This email should have been sent sooner, but as you know time seems to rush by these days and unfortunately as the ARC member in charge of sending out emails I have been waylaid by medical issues since our last event at the end of April.  So here I am, updating records before my next operation in September!

We are forging ahead with the ARC.  Paul Petley is now Chairperson and with his project management skills he and Jenny Obee are currently streamlining our processes to make updating our website easier and more efficient. Paul, with Donna Gilbert’s help, has also made progress with recording oral histories of people in our local community.  This will help us piece together the area’s history connecting people with homes, activities and businesses and help us notate our website photos.  We are also lucky to have Christine Bennett on board who enjoys searching family histories and has been busy researching some of the names on gravestones; but also finding out who lived in which houses using available census documents.

It takes time to muster a group of people who can work together cohesively but we are lucky that we all enjoy making this project work and taking it forward.  You are more than welcome to join us; just get in touch whether you wish to volunteer or know of people who would be a good local candidate to record for posterity.

However, and you knew I would come to this, it frees up so much of our time if we have the necessary funds to pay our overheads and help buy new resources, like a fire safe (just one of the items on our list).  By becoming a Friend of the ARC for just £15 per person each year, it means we can get on with the job in hand and not worry about the money it takes to keep us running.  Please think about setting up a Standing Order for next May 1^st which is our annual renewal date.  But also, if you can complete the attached form for this year’s membership, we would be very grateful.

Thank you!

Fran Rogers

archiveresourcecentre@outlook.com
Located at Pett Methodist Church

www.thearc.uk

Dear Fairlight Bakers 

We will be having a homemade cake stall at our TIME FOR TEA! Garden Party in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support.

If anyone could donate a cake we would very much appreciate it. 

Many thanks!

Wendy, Maxine & Pandy

Dear Resident

Due to the resignation of six Parish Councillors the Parish Council now consists of only two Councillors.  This means that the Parish Council is no longer quorate and cannot hold meetings or make decisions. 

I have displayed the six vacancy notices within the village and notified Rother District Council Electoral Services of the vacancies.  The next step is to see if an election is requested to fill these vacancies.  The deadline for residents to request an election is Monday 19^th August.  Requests to be sent to

LORNA FORD,
RETURNING OFFICER,
ROTHER DISTRICT COUNCIL,
TOWN HALL, BEXHILL-ON-SEA,
EAST SUSSEX TN39 3JX

If an election is not called then these vacancies will be filled by co-option.

In order to continue business as usual District Councillors Andrew Mier, Carl Maynard and Tim Grohne are being approached to give their consent to be co-opted to the Parish Council. If consents are received, a decision is required from the Chief Executive of RDC to make an order to appoint these Councillors to the Parish Council.

Once an order is made the Parish Council will be quorate and meetings can resume.

Questions have been raised in respect of DISH and the PC website.  I can confirm that the volunteers who run/help out both DISH and the website are happy to continue.  So, see you all Monday as usual.

Once I have any further information I will post accordingly.

If you have any questions please contact me on the Parish Council email – fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com

Please feel free to share this information

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 

Fairlight Village Hall is closed on Friday 2nd August so there will be no Hearing Aid Maintenance session there in August.

The next Fairlight Village Hall session will be on Friday 6th September between 10am and 12 noon.

Other local NHS hearing aid maintenance sessions in August are as follows:

Pett Village Hall between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday 7th August

Rye Memorial Hospital on Wednesday 14th August by appointment only

Central Hall Hastings between 10.15am and 11.45am on Tuesday 20th August

All sessions are provided free of charge by a trained volunteer from the charity East Sussex Hearing who assist NHS Audiology across the county.

For further information please contact East Sussex Hearing on 01323 722505 or click the link below:

HEARING AID MAINTENANCE | East Sussex Hearing (eshrc.org)

On Thursday mornings in August, 10am – noon there will be a different activity each week for families to enjoy. This week we’ll be painting so wear some old clothes and bring a painting apron if you have one. For those who wish, their art will be exhibited in church for the summer for all to visit and enjoy or it can be taken safely home to put on the fridge 🙂 

Everyone is welcome, there will be refreshments and all free. Let the fun begin.

God bless,
Sandi

Revd Sandi Wickens
Priest in Charge
Westfield, Guestling, and Fairlight
Telephone 07395 106514

The role of the Parish Council is to work to enhance the local community.  Unfortunately in Fairlight this has been impossible because of the undermining, nitpicking harassment by very small number of residents who have carried out a campaign of spreading innuendos, half-truths and personal comments about members of the council and the Proper Officer. This has had a detrimental effect not only on our ability to work efficiently for the whole community but also on our physical and mental well-being.

Whilst we wished to work on several important projects for the benefit of the community, recent events have brought into focus the need for us to be able to enjoy our lives in Fairlight. This has become impossible if we remain on the Parish Council because of the current atmosphere that this small group of residents has created.

Thus we are, with sadness, resigning from the Parish Council, however we will continue to work with and for the community in other capacities as far as possible.

We would like to thank the many residents who have approached us personally to thank us for the work we have done.

We know that they have chosen not to be publicly vocal because of the harassment they have seen meted out to those who have spoken out.
We also thank all those who have helped us with projects by the totally selfless giving of their time and experience.

David Shortman, Derek Greenup, Ron Fellows-Turnbull, Carol Sharpe, Issy Horsley

Good Evening 

See the attached updated lining programme .  LDL Engineers  along with the taskforce engineers will be on site  on Monday 29^th July to clean , camera and plot connections ready for lining Tuesday starting at the bottom of the run in Chanel Way.

Regards

Angus 

Angus Cramp
Programme Delivery Lead East-Interim
Clean Rivers and Seas Task Force

Dear Residents,

The Fairlight Bowls Club Charity Quiz, in aid of The Pett Level Rescue, is to be held on the 10^th August in the Fairlight Village Hall starting at 19:00.

The cost will be £5.00 per person with table teams of 6.

We will be providing table snacks, so eat before you arrive. As always, we will be running a bar at the normal competitive prices and a raffle. We would be grateful for any donations to the raffle and all profits will go towards the charity.

Tickets and further information is  available from our Chairman, Terry Rogers on terry.rogers530@gmail.com mobile number 07958 530632, or our Social Secretary, Penny Eveleigh, on eveleighpje@gmail.com mobile number  07709 874328

Regards

Paul Broom

Club Secretary
Fairlight Bowls Club

Hi everyone

Firstly, many many thanks for those that came along and auditioned.  We are so sorry that you haven’t heard which parts you have got yet. 

We are hoping to get the list out on Monday evening.  It’s been a very hard task, so please forgive us while we deliberate!

Once the cast list is out, you will be able to collect your scripts from Ann’s house at any time.  They will be in a box in my porch (which is never locked as the door wont lock!)

Our first get together will be for the read through on August 8th.  We will let you know then what the rehearsal schedule will be for August.  Not everyone will be needed at every rehearsal, although you are, of course, very welcome to come along (and bring cake!)

Very best wishes

Ann and Giselle

Dear resident

Please click the link for the agenda for the Parish Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 23rd July at 7pm in the Village Hall

This is an open meeting and 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

Dear resident

Please note that the Parish Council Planning Committee meeting has been cancelled due to the lack of applications being received

Thanks
Pauline

Dear Resident,

We hope to see you at the Fairlight Gardening Club Annual Show on Saturday – public viewing 1.30pm-2.30pm followed by Auction of exhibits and presentation of the trophies

Please see attached agenda for Fairlight Pavilion Meeting this Friday 7pm Village Hall

Dear Stargazers!

The Fairlight Astronomers will be meeting on Thursday 11^th July at 7:00pm in the Village Hall. The event will be open to all residents who share an interest in the night skies that we have here in Fairlight.

The evening will comprise of two short talks, “Wide Field Astrophotography”, and “Aurora, what causes them, and why they glow different colours”. As usual, light refreshments will be served during the break.

A small entry fee of £3.00 per person, or £5.00 per couple is asked for to offset hall hire charges.

We look forward to seeing as many keen stargazers as possible!

Chris Smart

07947 766 999

Hi everyone

163 years (almost to the day) since Charles Dickens read extracts from his “Christmas Carol” at a Music Hall in Hastings, he (or somebody looking remarkably like him) returns to the area to narrate this well-loved story at Fairlight Village Hall.

Yes, the Fairlight Players will be staging this wonderful play between 7^th and 9^th November 2024 and, if you are half as excited by the prospect as Ann Hohenkerk, you should be in for a real treat.

Ann, along with co-conspirator Giselle Youseman, will be directing this play for us, and they already have plenty of ideas to make it an absolute feast for the senses.

As always, the preparation starts some months before the event, with a familiarisation evening on July 11^th and auditions one week later.

A fairly large cast with a wide range of ages gives ample opportunities for involvement, both for the more experienced thespian, and for those thinking about treading the boards for the first time.

And, of course, a substantial team is required behind the scenes to make the show happen.

The attached poster gives more details. If you would like to be involved in any way, please come along and say “hello”.

With best wishes

Keith

Keith Miller (Chair)

The Fairlight Players

www.fairlightplayers.org.uk

Notice is hereby given, that for the following purposes, Fairlight Friday Lunch Club (MOPP’s) 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held at Fairlight Village Hall on Friday 26th July 2024 at 11am:

1.   To receive the accounts for the year ended 2023 and 2024

2.   To elect Committee Members and officers

3.   To provide an opportunity for Member’s feedback

By order of the Committee

Dated 05.07.24

Annette Holmes

Co-ordinator

Marsham Older People’s Project (MOPP)

www.fairlightmopp.co.uk

If you have anything that you wish to be included on the agenda you are requested to email Annette Holmes (Co-ordinator) at mopps.fairlight@gmail.com  by noon of Friday 19th July 2024.

Dear resident

Please find attached the Parish Council newsletter for July 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 Residents

For those of you interested in the ‘Market Garden’ site please find attached our most recent meeting notes.

Also an enormous thank you to the 99 people who completed the ‘Loss of Amenity’ survey which closed last Sunday.

Dr Colwell will be analysing the data and we hope to publish the results in time for the ‘Rother District Council Local Plan Exhibition’, at Fairlight Village Hall on Thursday 11 July, 3pm – 7pm.

If you require more information or would like to get involved, please email or phone on 01424 812038.

Best wishes, Paul.

Great news!

The full relining, where needed, of all our wastewater pipes has been brought forward and will commence shortly.

Attached is the regular monthly update and a letter from Southern Water that explain things fully.

Regards

Chris Bunch – For the Pathfinder Project

The Rother Planners will be here with lots of displays about the Local Plan.

It’s your chance to ask questions before you send in your comments.

Dear Residents

For those of you who are interested in ‘Parked Vehicle Hotspots in the Village’ please find attached our last ‘Meeting Notes’ and ‘Action Plan’.

We were pleased that representatives from Rother District Council, Fairlight Parish Council, Fairlight Residents Association, Fairlight Preservation Trust, Fairlight Village Hall, Fairlight Pavilion and Lower Waites Lane Maintenance Association were able to join us and participate in resolving the issues. Along with our local journalist Keith Pollard.

If you require more information or would like to get involved, please email or phone on 01424 812038.

Best wishes,
Paul

To all those who couldn’t make it to the Fairfest event this past weekend, please see a short video that hopefully captures some highlights, and shows what you missed!

Chris Smart

Dear resident

Please click the link for the agenda for the Parish Council Finance and Administration meeting to be held on Tuesday 2nd July at 7pm in the Village Hall

This is an open meeting and 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 

FAIRFEST 

The Fairfest Committee would like to say a BIG Thank You to everyone who helped in any way to make this year’s FAIRFEST a success.

If you were the person who organised the weather 🌞  we are especially grateful!

We welcome any positive feedback 😀

The Fairfest Committee 

Dear Resident,

Please see the forwarded information below.

Andrew

Subject:Upcoming works: Woodland Way, Fairlight

Good afternoon,

I am writing to inform you of upcoming footway and carriageway works on Woodland Way, Fairlight.

These works are being carried out between Wednesday 3^rd and Thursday 4^th July.

This is the second phase of our concrete road refurbishment programme.

Works will include :

·       Targeted concrete bay repairs

·       Iron works (replacement or adjustment) 

·       Kerbing and footway repairs

·       Road Marking reinstatement 

·       Some areas of the carriageway may need to be barriered off over night to allow materials to cure.  

There may be delays between 8am and 5pm