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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and District,
West Sussex, England
29 October 2000 : Volume 2 Issue 39
Local News
27-28 October 2000
Strong (blustery) south-westerly winds (Force 6) combined with high spring tides (to 5.8 metres) pound the shore. By 29 October 2000, the winds had gusty to Gale Force 8 with squalls of heavy rain. A Tornado caused a great deal of damage at Bognor Regis. Severe Weather Warnings are published throughout Britain.
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Wildlife Reports
26
October 2000
Portuguese
Man o'War, Physalia
physalis, are discovered washed up on the Sussex coast at Brighton.
This has happened before, but not in the last 20 years. Although, there
were no reports from Worthing, Shoreham or Southwick beaches, these siponophores
(colonial hydrozoans) breed to the south-west of Britain off Portugal and
they must have been blown through the seas off Shoreham before they were
stranded at Brighton.
Report by Dr Gerald Legg, Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton
October
2000
Fungi
are fruiting under the beech trees of Lancing Clump, meadows, churchyards
and other waste spaces.
More on Ray Hamblett's Fungi pages
22
October 2000
The
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) and other helpers embarked
on the physical management of the Larkfield Paddocks at Lancing.
The
marginal and mud dwelling Celery-leaved Buttercup, Ranunculus
sceleratus, is poisonous to touch and is capable of producing blistering
sores to the skin. A single plant is on the edge of the Paddocks' pond.
As
far as I know, this plant is rare or scarce in the Adur Valley, but in
the Arun or Ouse Valleys, Sussex, it is common in a few places if you know
where to look for it.
Link to the Report on the web page by Ray Hamblett
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Words of the Week
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chirm | tm | n. Also (now the usual form in sense 2) charm | tm | . [OE cearm, cierm = OS karm: cf. next.] 1 Noise, din; esp. (a)the blended singing of many birds; (b)the noise of many children etc. chattering. Now dial. OE. 2 A flock (of finches etc.). LME.
chirm
| tm | v.i. Now dial. Also charm | tm | , sharm | m |
. [OE cirman = MDu. kermen, carmen mourn, lament (Du. kermen), MHG karmen.]
Cry out; spec. (of a bird, or a person likened to a bird) warble, chirp.
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OWEN The birds fifed on before,Right down to town; and there they ceased
to charm.
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Poem of the Week
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide MissouriNow the Missouri is a mighty river
Look away, you rollin' river.
Indians camp along her border
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide MissouriWell a white man loved an Indian maiden
Look away, you rollin' river
With notions his canoe was laden
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide MissouriOh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Look away, you rollin' river
It was for her I'd cross the water.
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide MissouriFor seven long years I courted Sally
Look away, you rollin' river
Seven more years I longed to have her
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide MissouriWell, it's fare-thee-well, my dear,
I'm bound to leave you
Look away you rollin' river
Shenandoah, I will not deceive you
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide MissouriShenandoah (traditional)
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Medieval England
and Wales
(de Braose family)
Click on the seal to visit this excellent web site.
Written
by Lynda Denyer
Photographs by Doug Thompson
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These pages are non-political so the inclusion of the above page is included because of its useful information. If the Liberals or Conservatives produced a page with useful information, we would include it. The page has been vetted.
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2 August
2000
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Adur
Valley eForum covering all aspects of life in the Adur Valley commences.
You can join by spending a few minutes on the following site, and then
you can post messages on almost anything about life in Shoreham-by-sea
and the Adur Valley, including, Lancing, Sompting, Southwick, Steyning
and the smaller villages in the valley.
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Then you can go to the Adur Valley page and register to join.
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of the subjects in a daily digest.
If
the latter applies, you will have to click on the menu item Messages.
These choices can be altered at a later date. They can also be altered by me, if you cannot work out how to do it.
Historical Snippets
William de Braose sailed to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 (2.1) His home was Briouze in Normandy, near Falaise where the Conqueror was born. The de Braose family origins are unknown, except for the name of William's mother Gunnor.
William de Braose became lord of the rape of Bramber and held over two hundred manors elsewhere. His rape was carved out of the lands of his two Norman neighbours, William de Warenne and Roger de Montgomery. The de Braose rape straddled the river Adur, rectifying the Conqueror's early defensive error in creating a boundary at a vulnerable river estuary.
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