A FILM POSTER AUCTION is taking place on Saturday 25 October at the Hailsham Pavilion, George Street. Have fun bidding for your favourite film posters. They make ideal presents for anybody (and you) who has a favourite film. Catalogues will be available nearer the time, via Hailsham Pavilion website and from the Pavilion Box Office.
FREE ELECTRIC BLANKET TESTING in October and November 2025 is being carried out by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service who are encouraging residents to put dates in their diaries for
Wednesday 12 November at Deanland Wood Park, Golden Cross BN27 3RN from 10am to 12 noon and
Lion House Park, Mill Road, Hailsham, BN27 2SQ from 2 to 4pm.
Last year over 30% of the blankets tested failed the safety checks, which could have resulted in serious incidents or even house fires. The ESFRS will be operating testing centres in fire stations and halls across East Sussex, Brighton and Hove and you can find out about other test centres at www.esfrs.org. It is a free service, and ESFRS would advise everyone to bring their electric blanket and heat pads, with the controls, for a safety check. The project is being supported by partners giving advice on safety and security issues, along with healthy lifestyle information.
HAILSHAM BONFIRE CELEBRATIONS will be taking place in the town on Saturday 18 October evening. Processions followed by fireworks at Western Road Recreation Ground. Programmes are available to buy throughout the Town and will show the timings of the processions, the routes and the start of the firework display. There will be loud bangs throughout and some rolling road closures in place.
REMEMBRANCE DAY COMMEMORATIONS in Hailsham when we will honour the memory of members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in service, along with civilian casualties from Britain and the Commonwealth will take place on Sunday 9 November at 9.30am at Hailsham Parish Church. The parade will then assemble in the car park adjacent to the Charles Hunt Centre in Vicarage Field, beginning at 10.35am and will proceed to the Hailsham War Memorial where the wreath-laying ceremony, Last Post and two minutes of silence will take place at 11am. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend and pay their respects. Hailsham Parish Church will then be open for hot refreshments. Hailsham High Street and Vicarage Lane will be closed to traffic from 9.30am until 12 noon. Community organisations that wish to lay a wreath at the War Memorial should contact the Royal British Legion Hailsham & District Branch as soon as possible by emailing elizabethsnowdon1@yahoo.com.
VITALITY VILLAGES COFFEE MORNING will he held on Wednesday 15 October at the Friends Meeting House, West End, Herstmonceux from 10am to 12 noon, when there will be a talk by Liz Cottingham on being a silversmith. All welcome to join in a cup of tea or coffee with homemade cakes and biscuits and a fun quiz. It is a chance to meet up with friends old and new for a chat. Bring a friend.