STAMP STAMP STAMP is the title of a talk this month at the Vitality Villages Coffee Morning by Pam Clatsworthy. Tea and coffee with cakes or biscuits. There will also be a quiz and an opportunity to meet up with friends old and new for a chat.
After the amount of rain there has been recently, it has felt like a long winter. At last, the days are lengthening and getting warm-er, a perfect time to visit Hailsham Farmers Market and buy some local products direct from the producers. There will be a lovely selection of locally reared meat, fresh eggs, honey and related products from the hive and Pam will be back with her hand made cards and boxes. As usual there will some deli-cious award-winning artisan bread and treats.
Thinking of the warmer days, it is time to get out into the garden, Wallace Plants will be there with a wide selection of bedding plants ready to be planted out.
The Market will run, whatever the weather, so please support your local farmers, producers and craftspeople. As always, there is plenty of free parking on site; pick your goods and pack your shopping straight into your car. The Market Café will also be open for traditional breakfasts and light lunches.
SUSSEX DAY will be celebrated in Hailsham with a free community event. The High Street will be closed so that visitors can enjoy a beer tent, market stalls selling locally sourced products and a full programme of live entertainment. Highlights include traditional maypole dancing by local Brownies, performances by Hailsham Choral Society (including ‘Sussex by the Sea’), the Sussex Stompers and Long Man Morris Dancers. Families will enjoy close-up magic, balloon modelling and a Punch and Judy show with Hailsham FM providing coverage and music. Shops and businesses will be dressing their windows for a best dressed window competition.
MARKET, MUSEUM AND COFFEE MORNING is next on Tuesday 10 March from 10am to 12 noon at Arlington Village Hall BN26 6SE will have something for everyone at the good variety of sales tables. Some of the regular stalls are Anne’s traditional fresh bread with other naughty goodies and fresh eggs, Lynne’s popular home-made cakes and savouries, Jean’s All Sorts of Everything supporting local charities, a second-hand book stall with books about the local area, and other sundries, jewellery, cards, crafts and more.
The Pop-Up Museum will also be at the March Market when the Arlington Museum Library will be launched, so please do visit.
Everyone is very welcome to join us at the market and museum. Thanks to the many people, local and from further afield, who have continued to support our monthly community event. Please bring your friends and if you have not been before you will be very welcome. It is a very sociable morning and there is always tea and cake. For further market information please contact Anne Hope, T: 01323 486219, M: 07760 424169, E: anntonyhope@gmail.com. For further museum information please contact Wendy Holmes M: 07889 689844, E:talkingteapot@yahoo.co.uk