Fairlight

Pews’ News: This Sunday, December 7, there will be a Benefice Communion service at St Andrew’s, commencing at 10.30 am, with The Bishop of Lewes, the Rt Rev Richard Jackson. Then, at the winter ‘evening’ time of 4 pm, there will be Holy Communion at St Peter’s. Clearly, the coming weeks are of major importance in the Church’s year, and plenty of exciting opportunities are on their way. Among them is Spirit of Christmas, at St Peter’s from 7 to 9 pm on Wednesday, December 10. Do go along and enjoy a community evening of fun, laughter, Christmas songs, carols, mince pies and mulled wine. More will be revealed here in due course.

MOPPs: At MOPPs today, Friday, December 5, Keith Osbourne will be providing the entertainment, (and possibly Jim will be persuaded to join in!) Lunch will consist of ham, egg and chips, to be followed by apple pie. Next Friday, December 12, the club will enjoy a Christmas Table Sale, and then lamb hot pot and fruit and custard for pud. As they say – hey, what’s not to like?! Still not made your move to volunteer to help MOPPs in the kitchen? Go on, go for it – you could drop in and make your intention known at today’s meeting if you like!

Village Hall Winter Fair: It’s here again, the second of the Village Hall’s own biannual fund raising Fairs, always popular among the residents. Lunches and mulled wine will be served from the start time of 12 noon, to ready all the visitors for the stalls and games – and to meet all their friends, too. Don’t miss it. It’s not Lord Kitchener but Hall Treasurer Frank James, who’s saying ‘Your Village Hall needs You!’

Much better than fair: While the RSPCA nationally sometimes attracts adverse comment when it appears to have become heavily politicised, at a local level the organisation remains all we have always loved it for. And this fact was amply borne out by the result of the Sussex East and Hastings branch’s annual Christmas Fayre in the village hall last Saturday. The event raised a very well-deserved £742, which will go in support of all those excellent local facets of their operation.

Fairfest Barn Dance: Thanks to the Flat Cat band, and a ploughman’s supper and a bar, Fairfest’s Barn Dance last Saturday evening was a happy affair. Some fifty souls enjoyed the fun.

I can see clearly now: It appears that, at long last, the cat’s eyes are to be replaced along the Fairlight Road. The work is to be undertaken next Thursday and Friday, December 11 and 12, and notices will be circulated prior to the commencement of the work.

Potholes: While on the subject of our roads, potholes in the middle of the road are not too troublesome yet, with probably the worst of the weather waiting in the wings. However, the holes at the sides of Fairlight Road, especially near the Martineau Lane junction, and in Martineau Lane itself, are threatening to eat their way right across the carriageway. What happens if they get to the other side is not recorded, but there must be an old wives’ tale to cover it, like the false one about shingles.