In accordance with instructions from the Chichester Diocese St Mark’s Church will be open for remembrance and private prayer during the day as usual.
There will be a book of condolence for anyone to sign if wished.
Big Village Picnic is Cancelled
The Big Village Picnic has now been cancelled as a mark of respect given the recent sad announcement of the Queen’s death.
ST MARK’S CHURCH NEWS – September 2022
Soon we will be celebrating Harvest in the Buxted and Hadlow Down parish. This year St Mark’s Church is celebrating first, on the weekend of 25th September; St Mark’s School will be having their Harvest assembly on Friday 23rd. Continue reading “ST MARK’S CHURCH NEWS – September 2022”
A date for your diary !
The Village Fayre Committee are pleased to be hosting
The Together We Can
Big Village Picnic
Sunday 11th September, 12-6 at Hadlow Down Playing Field
A free community event for Hadlow Down Residents. Bring your own picnic and seating or book a fancy picnic table, in the comfort of our beautifully decorated canvas marquee. Gates will open at 12pm.
Many of our Village Associations will be there offering refreshments and entertainment. We hope you will join us and meet with neighbours old and new for an afternoon of fun. Karaoke and open mic spots will run from the Pavilion stage later in the afternoon. Families can either bring their own picnics and enjoy the event and music or alternatively, simply turn up as food and drink will be available to purchase at the event.
For all the details please head over to the Village Fayre pages here
Social Care Survey
Hadlow Down Horticultural Society Annual Show Entry Form
The Hadlow Down Horticultural Society Annual Show is tomorrow, 6th August.
. Click on the link below to download the 2022 entry form
You do not have to be a Society member to include items in the show it is open to all..
Entries must be handed in today, 5th August, if possible.
HortSoc Form131
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Til Tomorrow Theatre Company Is presenting a double performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Wilderness Wood on Monday 29th. August at 3.00 pm & 6.00 pm
Set amongst the colliding worlds of the 1980’s, the City and the Fairy Kingdom find a way to co-exist in the eclectic jungle of Theseus’ nightclub. Go on a journey of self discovery, mayhem and deception!
Til Tomorrow Theatre Company is an international collective of fourteen players coming from nine different countries. Using our native accents, our vibrant ensemble brings a diverse multilingual perspective to Shakespeare’s classic. With our wealth of creativity, we have double cast our production: in one day, you can experience two shows that will be completely different and unique over and over again.
Tickets available at the door or book online here.
£10 / £8 concession (including members of Wilderness Wood)
£35 family ticket / £30 members family ticket
Pizza from Cashew Catering and refreshments will be available from 10am to 6pm.
Instagram: @tiltomorrowtheatre
Merriments Gardens
Members of the Hadlow Down Horticultural Society enjoyed an excellent visit to Merriment’s Gardens last Thursday
The TN22 Club
Hadlow Down Book Club’s August Reviews
Rebecca Stott’s “In the Days of Rain: a Daughter, a Father, a Cult”
&
Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’
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Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you: 2 Corinthians 6.17.
It seems that Jackie Kaye’s book gave us a taste for literary memoir so this month we chose Rebecca Stott’s “In the Days of Rain: a Daughter, a Father, a Cult” (2017) winner of the Costa Biography Award 2017, and also, as a comparison, Tara Westover’s “Educated”. It proved to be an interesting comparison, Stott’s book is an account of growing up in and breaking away from the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren, a deeply repressive fundamentalist Sect/ Cult , and Westover’s is also about growing up and breaking away but from an abusive survivalist Mormon family.
Continue reading “Hadlow Down Book Club’s August Reviews”