This is the first published Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and the Adur Valley & District, West Sussex, England

Local News

Shoreham Christmas Extravaganza

The Albion were on the telly at midday (they defeated Rushden & Diamonds 2-1 in FA Cup Round 2 in a scrappy game) and the pubs with the large screens like the Waterside (Lady Jane) were packed with football fans.

The younger children (up to age 9) seemed to be enjoying themselves and there was a biggish crowd, several thousand people, with hundreds viewing the fireworks over the Adur at about 9:00 pm on Saturday night 8 December 2001.

Shoreham Christmas Fair Photograph Portfolio (Link Online)

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The West Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016
The Structure Plan Deposit Draft
Once the new West Sussex Structure Plan is published it will be known as the "Deposit Draft" because the Plan will be "deposited" in the public domain for a period of 6 weeks.

http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/PL/splan/sp2002/splan.htm

Remember only representations received during the official period which runs
from 4th January to 15th February 2002 will be considered by the Inquiry Panel.

West Sussex  Highways & Transport
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/HT/hthome.htm

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South Downs National Park : Proposed Area

 
On 27 November 2001, the Countryside Agency will be starting a public consultation on the designation of a National Park for the South Downs. 
South Downs National Park Proposals:  Maps

http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_boundaryintro.asp
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_boundaryintroEast.asp
(the detailed maps do NOT seem to work)

Clearest Map  (but not detailed enough)
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_draftboundary.htm

Worth looking at:
South Downs Landscape Character Area Map
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_lca.htm

The Countryside Agency is to hold a series of road shows to get feedback on the South Downs National Park proposals. Provisional details are:
 

Mon 14th Jan, The Steyning Centre, Steyning 11.00 - 18.00

Sat 2nd Feb, The Shoreham Centre 11.30 - 15.30
 
 

Please consult the Countryside Agency website http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks for latest info

Click on the URL for the complete map.

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Weather Forecast

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

Wildlife Notes

4 December 2001
Like an arrow a Grey Heron squawked continuously as it flew upriver over the footbridge crossing the Adur between Coronation Green and Shoreham beach. The Heron's bulk was smaller than the accompanying juvenile Herring Gulls, but when approached the roosting area for 40 Greater Black-backed Gulls, hundreds of Black-headed Gulls, and a small flock of 40 Lapwings plus other estuarine birds, its appearance caused hundreds of birds to take to the air. Rafts of Mallards numbered over 45 in one group, a larger number than normally seen on the River Adur estuary. 

3 December 2001
The woodland floor of Lancing Ring is carpeted with fallen leaves under the Beech trees in this area giving a patchwork of autumnal colours from yellow to brown. Under the Ash trees elsewhere the leaf litter is far less colourful. It has
become quite muddy in places as walkers have trod the well used paths. The dewpond looks calm, it's aquatic plants looking yellowed as winter approaches.

Description by Ray Hamblett

 

WINTER  Nature Notes 2001	JANUARY - MARCH
SPRING Nature Notes 2001	APRIL - JUNE
SUMMER  Nature Notes 2001	JULY - SEPTEMBER
AUTUMN  Nature Notes 2001	OCTOBER - DECEMBER

 

Lancing Nature & History - November 2001 Newsletter
Lancing Ring Photographic Gallery for October

Poem or Literature

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

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(chorus)

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas Eve
You can say there's no such thing as Santa
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe
 

She'd been drinking too much eggnog
And we begged her not to go
But she forgot her medication
As she staggered out the door into the snow
 

When we found her Christmas morning
At the scene of the attack
There were hoof prints on her forehead
And incriminating Claus-marks down her back

 (chorus)
 

Now the goose is on the table
And the pudding made of fig (ah!)
And the blue and silver candles
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig
 

It's not Christmas without Grandma
All the family's dressed in black
And we just can't help but wonder
Should we open up her gifts or send them back
 

ALL: Send them back!
 

(chorus)
 

Now we're all so proud of Grandpa
He's been taking it so well
See him in there watching football
Drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Mel
 

I've warned all our friends and neighbours
Better watch out for yourselves
They should never give a licence
To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves
 

(chorus)

Sing it, Grandpa!

(chorus)

Christmas Carol Index

Wildlife Web Sites
 



Dragonflies of the Hampshire & Surrey Borders

Flight Times (First Seen)

Dragonflies of Ireland

Marine Life Courses



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Historical Snippets

Sunset over Buckingham House, Shoreham

(Put the cursor on the top window on the far left)
 

Thomas de Bokyngham represented New Shoreham as MP in 1357-7 and 1362.

Thomas de Bokyngham died in 1395, an outlaw, and his lands and tenements, " by reason of his outlawry taken into the hands of the King." New Shoreham was held by Lord de Poynings at that time.

This extract from Cheal's "History of Shoreham" gives an unfair bias against the Buckingham family who were Lords of the Manor at Shoreham for centuries. 
 
 

Sussex History  PASTFINDERS

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

SUSSEX PAST
Sussex Archaeological Society  EGroup

Words of the Week

facile  | fasLl, -sl |  a. L15. [Fr., or L facilis, f. facere do, make: see -ILE.] 1 a Easily done or won (esp. in a contemptible way); presenting few difficulties. L15.  b Easy to use or understand. M16-L18. c Superficial, without depth. E20. 2 Easily led; flexible, compliant, yielding; weak-minded. arch. exc. Sc. Law. E16. 3 Not harsh or severe; affable, courteous, relaxed. L16. 4 Working easily or freely; fluent, ready. E17. 
1a W. BEVERIDGE All other acts of piety will be facile and easy to him.  c ALDOUS HUXLEY His models offered him facile consolations. J. UPDIKE The oracle spoke a great deal of facile, impudent, and traitorous nonsense. 4 D. HALBERSTAM The rewrite man turned reporter, very facile, very quick, a story banged out in ten minutes. 
facilely adv. L15. facileness n. (now rare) M16. 

mycophagy  | mLkfdi |  n. M19. [f. MYCO- + -PHAGY.] The eating of fungi, esp. (by a person) of those species usually neglected or avoided.mycophage n. = MYCOPHAGIST M20. mycophagist n. a person who practises mycophagy; an animal that eats fungi: M19. mycophagous a. fungus-eating, mycetophagous E20.

krytron  | krLtrn |  n. L20. [f. obscure 1st elem. + -TRON.] Electronics. A high-speed solid-state switching device which is triggered by a pulse of coherent light

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

Image Gallery

Photograph by Mike Noren, Ray Hamblett and Martin Snow
arranged by Andy Horton

Spot the Differences (10)

Computer Tips

The first new worm-virus was received on 8 December 2001. It might be a good idea to update your virus protection.  Badtrans II virus exceeded 90 last night and since 25 November 2001, I have received over 100 (I stopped counting at 93) worm-like viruses and one Word Macro-virus. 



The Adur Wildlife Gallery web pages were constructed using the Express Thumbnail Gallery program which is shareware and can be discovered on the following web page:

Express Thumbnail Creator

The default files created have the suffix *.html so anybody using the program has to be a little bit cautious about overwriting existing files. 
 

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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 are shown in the left hand column. Please make any suggestions.

See the Profusion Search method below.

Smart Groups

•  Sussex Web Sites 

 
Sussex History  PASTFINDERS

SHOREHAM AIRPORT NEWS

Archaeology in Sussex to AD 1500   ****

Shermanbury (Adur Valley)  **

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

ADUR VALLEY EFORUM PAGE

Events

Second Saturday every month. 
Farmer's Market

Fresh produce
East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea

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

Web Sites
•  
WORLDWIDE: RECOMMENDED SITES: 1 TO 5 STARS

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

British History Web page ***

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	Vol. 3
55	1	Adur World Oceans Day Committee Meeting
56	2	Ropetackle - Group Consultation with SEEDA
57	3	Train Crash at Lancing
58	4	Ropetackle Outline Plan Initial Comments
59	5	Plane Crash at Sharpthorne
60	6	Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions
61	7	Repair of the Old Fort
62	8	Plane Crash at Shoreham
63	9	HMS Shoreham
64	10	Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions  Update
65	11	Adur Festival 2001 Preview
66	12	Ropetackle Outline Plan - Objections
67	13	Shoreham May Day Celebrations
68	14	Ropetackle Outline Plans - Plan
69	15	Plane Crash at Lancing
70	16	Foot & Mouth Disease Restrictions Lifted - Footpaths Open
71	17	Escape of King Charles II Exhibition
72	18	Adur World Oceans Day Preview
73	19	Adur World Oceans Day
74	20	General Election
75	21	End of the Adur Festival
76	22	Plane Crash Averted at Lancing Conservative Independent Alliance
77	23	Farmer's Market
78	24	Ropetackle Public Meeting
79	25	Ropetackle Planning Meeting Reminder
80	26	Ropetackle Planning Meeting Report
81	27
82	28	Shoreham Air Show 350th Anniversary of the Battle of Worcester
83	29
84	30
85	31	Closure of the Marlipins Widewater Information Booth
86	32	Round the World by Helicopter
87	33
88	34
89	35
90	36	Ropetackle Compulsory Purchase Planning Enquiry Proof of Evidence of Contamination
91	37
92	38

Adur Torpedo was written, designed and distributed by Andy Horton.