Local News

Ropetackle

I just checked up on the SEEDA Outline Planning Permission for Ropetackle.  The new plan simply does not comply.  The Planning Brief is a lengthy document and copies are available from Adur Planning Department. 

The Planning Brief was drawn up before SEEDA purchased the land marked in yellow on the map below. 

 

Discussions are on the Adur Valley eForum
Formal Objection by Andy Horton

7 May 2001
Foot & Mouth Restrictions still in force in the Adur Valley

Footpaths in the lower Adur Valley are still all closed. As far as I am aware, not a single path has been reopened, so the downs and Adur Valley still a no go area for the May Bank Holiday Monday. 

In East Sussex the important Black Rock to Rottingdean path is closed because of a cliff fall. 

All the notices have now blown down near Shoreham and Southwick so strangers will not know what areas are forbidden and what are not. I do know what the situtation is like in Lancing and Sompting. 
 

28 February 2001

Food & Mouth Disease Restrictions
The Food & Mouth Disease regulations have come into force to empower Local Authorities to close footpaths and rights of way. Notices have been put on in the Adur Valley, with good reason. The Police have made sure they are enforced and they have been complied with. 
MAFF Information Page
Public Rights of Way and Foot & Mouth Disease
WSCC Information
ESCC Information

National Floodline, Tel: 0845 988 1188
Weather Forecast

Please send any comments to: Andy Horton
Glaucus@hotmail.com

Wildlife Reports

In 1974 Professor Geoffrey Haslewood introduced the Wall Lizard, Podarcis muralis, to his Old Fort Road garden and these lizards spread along the beach (letter in the Shoreham Herald 3 May 2001). However, my identification of the lizards at Old Fort in the 1960s and year 2000 were of the Common (or  Viviparous) Lizard, Zootoca vivipara. This is not a positive identification because the photograph was very poor. The hole in the Old Fort wall has now been filled in. 
Postscript:  these lizards have now been definitely identified as the Wall Lizard, Podarcis muralis.

Identifications by Chris Davis(Herpetological Conservation Trust)

Local Lizard Comparison Photographs

Lancing Nature & History - April 2001 Newsletter 
(with excellent photographs)
(Link to the web site by Ray Hamblett)

March 2001
The Glaucus journal has been sent out to members of the British Marine Life Study Society.

National Floodline, Tel: 0845 988 1188

Wildlife Records on the Adur eForum (you have to join)

Wildlife Web Sites

The British Marine Life Study Society has an alternative web site address for its Homepage only:

http://www.glaucus.co.uk
 

1 August 2000
The Marine Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic (formerly the British Marine Wildlife Forum)  ***** commences. 

PLEASE JOIN
 
 

MARINE WILDLIFE of the NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC EFORUM PAGE


UK Wildlife eGroups Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukwildlife

Marine Life eFora (Link)


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UK Environment and Planning  EFORUM PAGE

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British Naturalists' Association (link)


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Find the Sites of Special Scientific Interest using this link:
Friends of the Earth SSSI Navigator


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Words of the Week

velocipede  | vlspid |  n. E19. [Fr. velocipede, f. L veloc-, velox (see next) + ped-, pes foot.] 1 Hist. An early form of bicycle propelled by the pressure of the rider's feet on the ground. E19.  2 transf. A swift-moving person or vehicle. E19.  3 Any early form of bicycle or tricycle propelled by the pressure of the rider's feet on pedals (now Hist.). Also (US), a child's tricycle. M19.velocipedist n. [Fr. velocipediste] a person who rides a velocipede E19.

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Excerpted from The Oxford Interactive Encyclopedia
Developed by The Learning Company, Inc. Copyright (c) 1997 TLC Properties Inc. 

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Computer Tips

 

Small Publisher EFORUM PAGE

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Computing Net Support Site  (for computing problems) ****
http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/wwwboard.html


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The upsurge of EFora on all subjects (a few have been recommended before in these bulletins) are an important way in which the Internet will change the world. 
A list of recommended eFora will appear soon. Please make any suggestions. 

See the Profusion Search method below.

Smart Groups
 

• Star:  Latest Virus Information 

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Poem of the Week

The sea is returning to greet the land;
The sun and the day are dying,
Through the stillness jars a dissonant note
From a plover us flying,
See the lights twinkle and blink from the piers
Of Worthing and Shoreham and Brighton.

H. Stovold Brigden 
Extract from "Ships and Mariners of Shoreham."


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•  Sussex Web Sites 

WSCC LIBRARY  *****
Excellent and essential service with a full catalogue of books, CDs, videos,  on-line renewals, book ordering.

The Glaucus 2000 CD-ROM includes the complete Shoreham-by-Sea and Adur Valley web sites, as well as shareware and free programs

Sussex & the Downs Discussion Group (with new images of Sussex)
 
 

ADUR VALLEY EFORUM PAGE

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Historical Snippets

KING CHARLES 11 ESCAPE QUIZ  ANSWERS

1) At what battle was King Charles II defeated before he made good his escape from Shoreham ?  Worcester
2) What was the name of the ship he left on ?  Surprise
3) What event does Oak Apple Day celebrate ?  Coronation of King Charles II on
4) What was the French name of the port he arrived on the following day ? Fécamp
5) Who was the captain of the coal brig in which Charles II sailed into exile ?  Nicholas Tattersall
6) Who was the diarist to which King Charles II recanted his tale of the escape ?  Samuel Pepys
7) What was the name of the merchant from Chichester who suggested that a boat may be available at Shoreham ?  Clavering Mansell
8) Which Colonel guided the escape flight and acted as the King's Master ? Colonel Gunter
9) Which Lord accompanied King Charles II on the coal-brig to France ? 
Lord Wilmot
10)  On what day of the week did King Charles II leave Shoreham in the morning of 16 October 1651 ?  Wednesday

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Sussex Archaeological Society
http://www.sussexpast.co.uk

SUSSEX PAST
Sussex Archaeological Society  EGroup

Flintman on Flint (Link)

Sussex History Discussion Group

Brief History of Shoreham-by-Sea
 

Events

Marlipins Museum:  Toll Bridge

We have started this year's new season on 1 May at Marlipins with a feature on the Toll Bridge, in conjunction with the Toll Bridge Community Partnership which is
hoping to raise £500,000 to preserve the bridge. West Sussex County Council
is likely to support this very substantially, and a Lottery bid is going in, leaving the local community to raise some £100,000. Help has already been forthcoming from local people and Old Lancing boys and there are various ambitious and exciting fundraising schemes in prospect, not least the raffling of a delightful watercolour of the bridge which is on display at Marlipins until the Shoreham Society's AGM on 18 May.



The exhibition at Marlipins lasts from 1 to 19 May. Andy and all the other visitors will see several views of the toll bridge over the last 200 years, through watercolours, prints and photographs. One of the loveliest is a print of cattle crossing the bridge about 1860, from the original watercolour by Miles Birket Foster, but there are also 20th century postcards and newspaper articles, discussing the closure and the last toll keeper. It is a very picturesque and historical structure and well worth preserving.

Helen Poole

Mrs H E Poole
Senior Museums Officer
Sussex Archaeological Society
Marlipins Museum
High Street
Shoreham by Sea  BN43 5DA
 

18 April 2001 Adur Festival Programme The Adur Festival programme has been delivered to Adur residents and is available at the Civic Centre with lots of exciting events, including World Oceans Day, Glastonwick, Beach Dreams, Escape of King Charles II, Marlipins Museum Exhibitions,  Music Workshops and Performances including Richard Durant, John Renbourne, The Hofners, Harry Strutters, as well as Adult Education, Art  Exhibitions and Talks, Special Religious Services, Comedies and much more.

 

Adur World Oceans Day 2001 Please express any interest before 30 April 2001: Andy Horton (British Marine Life Study Society) Glaucus@hotmail.com or Natalie Brahma-Pearl (Adur District Council) natalie.brahma-pearl@adur.gov.uk Adur World Oceans Day 2001 web page AWOD Marquee Floor Plan

BIODIVERSITY DISPLAY at Adur Civic Centre  Ham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Monday 4 June 2001 to 15 June 2001 weekdays. If you wish to contribute please contact: The first contact is: Andy Horton   Glaucus@hotmail.com Tel: 01273 465433 I will need details of your exhibits, so the preferred method of the first communication is by EMail with full details. Further Details (link)

 Adur On-line Events page
•  http://appspace.nexus-solutions.net/arc/asp/diary/diaryoutput.asp
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• Please send in any details of local events.

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Web Sites
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WORLDWIDE: RECOMMENDED SITES: 1 TO 5 STARS

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: 
Fourth Edition *****
 
 
 

British History Web page ***


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