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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and the
Adur Valley & District, West Sussex, England
Local NewsMarlipin's Museum
Planning Application: SU219/01/TP
South Downs National Park : Proposed Area
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/reception/papers/SDmap1.htm
Old Boundaries:
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/reception/papers/Areaofsearchmap.jpgClick on the URL for the complete map
Please send any comments to: Andy Horton
Glaucus@hotmail.com
Wildlife Notes
Sweet Chestnuts
18 October 2001
Flocks of Pied Wagtails return to the shrubbery at the foot of Mill Hill, wagtailing around in the upper branches of small trees.
The small copse in the bit to the south-east of McIntyres Field, Lancing, was cleared of a few trees and in this area a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew between the remaining branches, landing to peck at the tree with sharp drumming knocks.
On Lancing Clump, one rotten tree log was covered in the Sulphur Tuft fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare (Identification not confirmed).
On a warm (17° C) day, chirms of pretty Goldfinches added flashes of colour to the vegetation between the Widewater Lagoon and the sea.
With the high tide lapping against the bank a pair of Mute Swans with three now almost full size cygnets visited the estuary in the centre of Shoreham cruising around the southern end of the footbridge.19 October 2001
A Red Fox was spotted sitting on the wall outside the Bridge Hotel near the Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham, at the east end of the busy High Street in the early evening.Report by Kevin17 October 2001
On a low spring tide, Kingston beach was still heavily silted near low water mark. All the pools were almost devoid of mobile life except for a large adult Corkwing Wrasse near the tide marker at Chart Datum.
Adur Wildlife Gallery10 October 2001
The albino (white-winged) Magpie has returned to the area of the old railway line between Old Shoreham and Ropetackle (TQ 211 052). I had seen on a couple of occasions in the last two years, but the view was from underneath and so fleeting that by the following day doubts had crept in and I removed the entry from the Nature Notes page. This time I could see clearly the white upper wings and the whole bird was whiter than a seagull with just a few black patches. It also perched briefly before being disturbed by a Magpie with the normal black wings.On the mud flats I was fortunate enough to see a Little Egret actually catch a fish, probably a first year Bass which it had trouble in swallowing and tossed it around trying to get the small fish into its mouth. A Kestrel hovered over the margins between the land and estuary.
Red Admiral Butterflies numbered 50 or more on the path and surrounds.8 October 2001
In my Lancing front garden a Painted Lady Butterfly is making the most of today's sunny weather, nectaring on Michaelmas daisies.Report by Ray HamblettLancing Ring (October Image Gallery by Ray Hamblett)Another Grass Snake slid rapidly away on the gravel path adjacent to the petrol pump storage area on the east riverbank near Adur Metalworks (TQ 211 052). This time there was farther for the snake to travel before it reached any sort of cover and I could see its darker triangular head off the ground, the first time I had seen this in a Grass Snake. This one was smaller than the last, olive-green with black markings, less than a metre long, as it slithered through the short grass and disappeared. There was still no fresh water obviously nearby. I have not seen any frogs in the area.
Previous Snake ReportThere must still be fish in the river on this fine afternoon as there was a Little Egret (pic) and at least 12 Cormorants diving under the water or fanning their wings on the rising river near the Toll Bridge, Old Shoreham. Lapwings (50+) plus gulls and Dunlins were as usual.
Red Admiral Butterflies (75+) were everywhere on the unofficial countryside, near ivy bushes, and on waste ground. A solitary Comma on the uphill path from the Waterworks Road was the deep orange variety, these colours may be indicative of the second brood. Twittering Greenfinches in the ivy disturbed flights of Red Admirals. There were no White Butterflies on the wing.
Adur Butterfly Image Portfolio (Smart Groups)Near the Waterworks itself, not one but two Roe Deer jumped out from the undergrowth (TQ 209 068). The dragonflies were absent but there were small butterflies on the wing. When one settled on a grass, it was clearly identified as the Small Copper. Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars still covered a few nettle plants (see the earlier record).
Previous Deer ReportAmongst the Hawthorns, scores of an unseen bird were making a tremendous amount of song. I thought I saw a little brown-grey bird with a flash of white.
7-8 October 2001
Exceptionally bad weather with squalls of heavy rain.
WINTER Nature Notes 2001 JANUARY - MARCH SPRING Nature Notes 2001 APRIL - JUNE SUMMER Nature Notes 2001 JULY - SEPTEMBER AUTUMN Nature Notes 2001 OCTOBER - DECEMBER
Adur Wildlife GalleryLancing Nature & History - October 2001 Newsletter
Lancing Ring Photographic Gallery for July
Poem or Literature
Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
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The Sussex Artillery VolunteersDuring the nineteenth century Shoreham Fort was garrisoned by the 1st Sussex Volunteer Artillery of Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, whose
headquarters were in Brighton. Together with the 2nd Sussex Volunteer
Artillery, based at Eastbourne, they were formed just before 1860 as Rifle
Volunteers from local rifle clubs and were quickly joined by Artillery
Volunteers following the invasion scare of Napoleon III.
The Sussex Volunteer Artillery was considered to be foremost among Volunteer Artillery Units and in 1865 at the Shoeburyness National Artillery Meeting it won the Queen's Prize and the Lord Palmerston prize fur accurate shooting. In 1896 they demonstrated the usefulness of an "armoured train" in the manoeuvres of that year when they achieved "excellent practice" with a 40 pounder gun which was deployed by train along the coastline between Newhaven and Shoreham. In the Army List of 1896 Sussex is listed as fourth of sixty two in ''Order of Precedence of the several Counties in the Volunteer Artillery Force.''
- Words
of the Week
treacle
| trik()l | n. & v. ME. [OFr. triacle (w. parasitic l) f. L theriaca
f. Gk theriake (sc. antidotos antidote) use as n. of fem. of adj. f. therion
wild or venomous animal.] A n. I Original sense. 1 Pharm. Any of
various medicinal salves formerly used as antidotes to poisons, venomous
bites, etc. Cf. THERIAC. ME-E19. 2 fig. & gen. A person or thing believed
to have antidotal properties; an effective remedy. Long arch. or obs. ME.
3 With specifying wd, any of several plants formerly credited with medicinal
properties. Cf. treacle mustard below. obs. exc. dial. LME.
1
VENICE treacle. 3 countryman's treacle, English treacle, poor man's treacle,
etc.
II
Current sense. 4 Uncrystallized syrup drained from partly refined sugar,
golden
syrup; uncrystallized syrup drained from raw sugar in refining, molasses
(freq. distinguished as black treacle). L17. 5 Any syrup obtained from
various trees and plants. M18. 6 fig. Cloying sentimentality or flattery.
L18.
6
V. NABOKOV A note in a blue-margined envelope, a nice mixture of poison
and treacle. S. BRETT They flipped through the [cassette] tape, but the
same unremitting treacle covered both sides.
Comb.:
treacle mustard (a)any of various yellow-flowered cruciferous plants of
the genus Erysimum, esp. the weed E. cheiranthoides; (b)penny cress,
Thlaspi arvense, so called on account of its supposed medicinal properties;
treacle sleep colloq. a deep unbroken sleep.
B
v. 1 v.t. Make into a salve or antidote. rare. Only in L15. 2 v.t.
Smear with treacle; rare dose with brimstone and treacle. M19. b v.t. &
i. Smear (a tree) with treacle to catch moths. E20. 3 v.i. Flow like treacle.
joc. L19.treacly a. resembling treacle in quality or appearance; fig. cloyingly
sweet or sentimental, honeyed: M18.
exclosure | kskl, ek- | n. E20. [f. EX-1 + CLOSURE, after enclosure.] An area from which unwanted animals are excluded.
lunette | lunet, lju- | n. L16. [Fr., dim. of lune moon f. L LUNA: see -ETTE.] 1 Farriery. A semicircular horseshoe for the front of the hoof only. Also lunette-shoe. L16. 2 Archit. a An arched aperture in a concave ceiling for the admission of light. E17. b A crescent-shaped or semicircular space in a ceiling, dome, etc., decorated with paintings or sculptures; a piece of decoration filling such a space. E18. 3 A blinker for a horse. M17. 4 In pl. Spectacles. Now rare. L17. 5 Fortif. A work larger than a redan, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle and two flanks. E18. 6 The figure or shape of a crescent moon. L18. 7 A watch-glass of flattened shape. Also lunette glass, lunette watch-glass. M19. 8 In the guillotine, the circular hole which receives the neck of the victim. M19. 9 Any of the flues connecting a glass furnace and its arch. (Earlier in LINNET-HOLE.) M19. 10 A crescent-shaped ornament. M19. 11 A ring or forked plate to or by which a field-gun carriage or other vehicle for towing is attached. L19. 12 RC Ch. A circular case, fitting into an aperture in a monstrance, for holding the consecrated host. L19. 13 Physical Geogr. A broad shallow mound of wind-blown material along the leeward side of a lake or dry lake basin, esp. in arid parts of Australia, and typically crescent-shaped with the concave edge along the lake shore. M20.
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Excerpted
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Photographic Gallery
Lancing College by Andy Horton
Stolen Property
This bike is mine. It has a hub dynamo and 3-speed.
It was stolen from 14 Corbyn Crescent, Shoreham, on the evening of
17 October 2001
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| 55 | Adur World Oceans Day Committee Meeting |
| 56 | Ropetackle - Group Consultation with SEEDA |
| 57 | Train Crash at Lancing |
| 58 | Ropetackle Outline Plan Initial Comments |
| 59 | Plane Crash at Sharpthorne |
| 60 | Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions |
| 61 | Repair of the Old Fort |
| 62 | Plane Crash at Shoreham |
| 63 | HMS Shoreham |
| 64 | Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions Update |
| 65 | Adur Festival 2001 Preview |
| 66 | Ropetackle Outline Plan - Objections |
| 67 | Shoreham May Day Celebrations |
| 68 | Ropetackle Outline Plans - Plan |
| 69 | Plane Crash at Lancing |
| 70 | Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions Lifted - Footpaths Open |
| 71 | Escape of King Charles II Exhibition |
| 72 | Adur World Oceans Day Preview |
| 73 | Adur World Oceans Day |
| 74 | General Election |
| 75 | End of the Adur Festival |
| 76 | Plane
Crash Averted at Lancing
Conservative Independent Alliance |
| 77 | Farmer's Market |
| 78 | Ropetackle Public Meeting |
| 79 | Ropetackle Planning Meeting Reminder |
| 80 | Ropetackle Planning Meeting Report |
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| 82 | Shoreham
Air Show
350th Anniversary of the Battle of Worcester |
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| 85 | Closure
of the Marlipins
Widewater Information Booth |
| 86 | Round the World by Helicopter |
Adur
Torpedo was written, designed and distributed by Andy
Horton.
