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25 William PennThe incredible life of the man whofounded the state of Pennsylvania

50 Bangers GaloreWhy we cant get enough of DavidBells award-winning sausages

6 News Round-UpWhats making headlines, including a report from the Horsham Rotary Club

66 How InterestingThe face hidden in the pews of Warminghust Church

14 One to WatchSarah Chorlton has grown her businessthrough VW Beetles and moustaches

45 Broadbridge HeathJonathan England has written a bookon the village after 10 years of research

34 WarminghurstThe charming church has barely beenchanged in 300 years

21 MusicStans Showcase is attracting good live acts to The Anchor Pub

16 Fantasy FictionYoung author Sam Leeves of Horshamhas seen his Crst book published

61 Group DiscussionHow the Aiming High sessions promote social integration

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My Story So FarViolet Phillips recalls the days when sheworked with General Eisenhower

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1: The dates of the Goodwood Festival ofSpeed have been changed to avoid a clashwith the revised German Grand Prix. The Festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary, willnow take place on 12th-14th July. Tickets already purchased remain valid. Contact01243 755 055/ticket.oIce@goodwood.com

2: The Rotary Club of Horsham thanks thosewho contributed to its Christmas Collectionsand supported the Charity Christmas Market,which together raised over 5,000. Themoney has enabled the Rotary Club to helpabout 50 individuals and families as well asmaking donations to the Horsham NightShelter Project and the ARK Project. Last yearwas a record year, with 41,000 donated. Muchof that has gone to the Making a DiHerenceto Horsham scheme which helps local peopleand organisations such as CAB, Social Services,Debt Advisory Services and the Y Centre. Visitwww.horshamrotary.org.uk

3: Many Horsham retailers and key stakeholdersof the local business community gathered atSouth Lodge Hotel on 15th January for the2012 Horsham Unlimited Dressed for Success

Business Awards. Eleven awards were handedout for the most voted for Christmas displaysduring the evening with winners includingWoodlands (Best Property Agent), Accessorize(Best Fashion), Pretty Things (Best EatingPlace), Horsham Museum & Art Gallery (BestNon-Retail), The Linen Shop & Gallery (BestIndependent), La Source (Quirkiest) and TheMost Voted For prize went to C&H Fabrics.Horsham Markets best stall display awardwas claimed by Forget Me Not Plants and anew Dressed for Web Success prize was wonby Cromptons at The Olive Branch.

4: Jim Hills Sports has moved to a Warehouseat Hillside Farm in Coolham, RH13 8WN. After39 years in Billingshurst, Jim decided to moveaway from the village as the lease was comingto an end and he was frustrated by the parkingsituation in Jengers Mead. Considerable investment has been made at the Warehouse,which is open Monday to Saturday at 9am-5.30pm. Call 01403 741116 or visitwww.jimhillssports.co.uk

5: Alan Fisher, a former Horsham DistrictCouncillor, has died. Alan was Jrst elected to

the Council in May 2003 as Member for theBramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancoteward and served until May 2011. During histime on the Council, Alan was Vice Chairmanof the Scrutiny and Overview Committeefrom 2006 to 2007.

6: Horsham Microbiz, run by Horsham DistrictCouncil, is being held on Saturday 9th Marchin Horsham town centre at The Drill Hall,Denne Road, at 10am - 4pm. The free eventfeatures over 40 exhibitors oHering a wide variety of business products and services, freebusiness workshops and good networkingopportunities. For more details visitwww.horshammicrobiz.co.uk or call 01403215264.

7: Four new species of spider to Sussex havebeen discovered by Sussex Wildlife Trust ecologist Graeme Lyons and Sussex CountyRecorder (for spiders) Andy Phillips. The spiderswere discovered at Stedham Common, anSWT nature reserve near Midhurst. They werea wolf spider called Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata(Na), Zelotes petrensis (Nb), a crab spidercalled Philodromus praedatus (Nb) and a

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8: Partridge Green brewery Dark Star has increased its brewing capacity by 50% tocope with demand for its beers. Managing Director Paul Reed, said: Our recent expansionwill mean that we can start to consider supplying more customers throughout thesouth east without losing touch with ourlong standing regulars, some of which havebeen with us ever since our early days of pro-ducing a barrel or two out of the cellar of theEvening Star pub in Brighton. For more visitwww.darkstarbrewing.co.uk

9: Horsham band Mainly Madness, a tributeto the popular band but also a celebration of2-Tone and Ska, will be playing live at TheHolbrook Club in Horsham Saturday 23rdFebruary. Tickets are available now from TheHolbrook Club on 01403 751150 or visitwww.theholbrookclub.co.uk

10: Sussex Wildlife Trust has carried out essential maintenance work to its lake at

Woods Mill nature reserve near HenFeld.Water levels have been lowered in order tocarry out improvements to the lake which isan important habitat for wildlife includingdragonGies, damselGies, aquatic plants, toads,frogs and kingFshers. For more informationvisit www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

11: Simon Day brings his Comedy and Errorto the Capitol on Sunday, 10th February at7.30pm. He tells the story of his troubledyouth to his career as a stand-up comedianand his days on The Fast Show. Tickets cost13 from 01403 750220 or www.thecapitolhorsham.com

12: Businesses and organisations are invitedto enter teams (preferably in fancy dress) tocompete in the Ffth annual Horsham CharityPancake Race to be held from midday in theCarfax on Tuesday, 19th February. The day, organised by The Rotary Club of Horsham inpartnership with Horsham District Council, includes a real Mascot Egg and Spoon Race.Teams compete in an 80metre relay race,using their own frying pan and cups andprizes awarded to the winners. To enter visit

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13: Broadbridge Heath Cricket Club has secured Olympic Legacy Funding from SportEnglands Inspired Facilities Fund. Thanks to a50,000 investment, the club will be able toupgrade facilities including enlarging and im-proving the changing facilities, installing newshowers and hot water system, modernisingthe toilet facilities and installing newdrainage.

14: Slinfold and Cranleigh Golf & CountryClubs have announced the winners of theirRising Young Sports Star Competition. Theyare Horsham siblings Luke and Lorna Harty(both from the Kenagi Academy of MartialArts), Guy Macey from Wisborough Green(Pulborough Rugby Club), Leila Rahmatallahfrom Loxwood (dressage competitor anddance enthusiast) and Rebecca Gould fromCranleigh (Guildford and Godalming AthleticsClub). They have each been awarded annualmembership to Slinfold Golf & Country Cluband were presented with a certiFcate byAndy McNiven, manager at Slinfold.

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I was born in 1923, in Hanover Square inLondon. We lived in a big house but weshared it with many other people. I livedthere for the 4rst eleven years of my life.

My Dad worked in County Hall nearWestminster and we needed to live nearhis work. When I was eleven, we boughta house in Barnehurst in Kent.

I left school when I was 14. My parentscould not a2ord to buy grammar schooluniform so I thought this is it, Ill go outand get a job. There was no point frettingabout it. I went to the Labour Exchangeand I got a job in what was supposed to bea fruit and vegetable shop. When I gotthere, it happened to be a stall in the market place.

I didnt tell my mum and dad that I wasworking at a market stall. Then one daythey popped along and were horri4edto see me on a market. I was too scarednot to take the job, as I needed themoney. But my mum and dad saidyoure coming home with us.

I got a job in a tiny laundry in Kent. It wasan o3ce role and a bit mundane, butwhen the manager went out on businessthe girls used to bring me in to the laundryarea and show me how to iron shirts. I wasearning 17 shillings every week.

My parents were poor as there was a Depression for much of the 1930s, somy mum would take my wages andleave me enough to buy my own toothpaste. My parents were taking themoney but I was learning a trade and Iwas happy about that. I learned how toiron and press shirts and you wouldntsee a 14-year-old doing that these days.

The war started when I was 16. We livednear a golf course where there was a bigshelter that had been built. During theBlitz, we were rushing over to the shelter, and a German bomber was shotdown by a Spit4re and the pilot crashednear us on the course. The pilot was onlyyoung and of course he was killed, as were

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his crew. Some people rushed out to get souvenirs from the bomber and it blew up,and many of them were hurt. These were people that we knew.

Everyone had to help the war e3ort. If you

were not working or at college, when youwere 18 you were recruited into a munitions factory. That scared me as Ididnt want to make bombs, so I volunteeredfor the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)when I was 17.

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John and Violet wed in 1955.

An American soldier gave teenager Violet some tips on .ring a gun

We all went to Queensbury, near Halifax,for a six week course to see what ourskills were, after which I was chosen forthe Royal Corps of Signals.

During the training, local peoplewould adopt the young ATS girls. I wasadopted by Wilfred Pickles, a famoustelevision and radio presenter, and hiswife. We went to them once a week fora bath and a hot meal.

I was a fast learner, but because I was thebaby of the group the others wouldmother me. They used to tuck me in atnight and say poor little Violet but I absolutely loved it in the Forces. It wasone of the best times of my life as I became independent and made manyfriends. One of the American soldierseven taught me how to /re a gun!

I passed the B1 test in Teleprinter operating, which was the highest leveland included .eld training. Then oneday I was told I had been chosen, alongwith 72 other ATS girls, to work on theD-Day Landings serving Dwight D.Eisenhower, then the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. Theysaid that we were the cream of the ATS.

The work was for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces(SHAEF) and was based at Bushy Park. Allour work was underground and secretive.We werent allowed to talk to peopleabout it and could not mention Eisenhowers name. I didnt even tell myparents where I was.

We stayed at Bushy Park and travelledby underground train to Goodge

Street Station. From there we would enter asecret door, which led to an elevator thattook ;ve minutes to go 300 feet into General Eisenhower's bunker. It was aroundthat time that the Germans starting droppingbuzz bombs (V-1 Flying Bomb) so in a waywe were lucky to be so far below ground.

Nobody knew about us. We were girls beavering around under there, and peopledidnt know what we did. With the landings, itwas all about the men and the pilots, butnothing was said about the women sendingsecret messages to the front line.

General Eisenhower would often comethrough and see how we were doing. Hewas quite a shy man, but he was sweet. Weall thought he was in love with his driver(Kay Summersby) too. She was a lovely girland she was very attractive.

It wasnt until later I realised the importance ofthe job we did. I always had this proud feelingabout it, and I had done something that probably nobody else has done around here;Ive worked with a President of the UnitedStates of America. Its something you can tell

people and Ive always been proud of that.

I became very good as a teleprinter andcould type 100 words a minute, which wasgood for me as it got me a job in the bankafter the war.

I put my name down with several agencies. Ibrie+y worked with the Ministry of Food onthe Groundnut Scheme, but I wanted some-thing permanent so I put my name down forsix jobs. One was for the Standard CharteredBank of India, Australia and China, based in theCity.

One of the American soldierseven taught me

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Juices FlowingFor young people "nishing full-time education, it is increasingly dif"cult to land a good job. For creative Horsham residents Sarah Chorltonand Sam Leeves there was only one solution...do it yourself!

Does that cushion have a moustache?It does indeed, but its not somethingthat a plain cushion has grown naturallyand subsequently groomed, as that skillis beyond them. It is the work of SarahChorlton, who has set up her own business called Bonny Boutiques, specialising in quirky gifts.

Why did she set up her own business?Sarah went to Winchester School of Artand studied Ane art, but like many graduates found work di@cult to comeby. She said: When I left University I felta bit lost and didnt know what to dowhen I returned to Horsham. As mostpeople who leave University And, itsvery hard to get into what you want todo. It seemed as though I would have towork for free for a year to have anychance of Anding a job I wanted.

And home furnishings was her calling?Working part-time at Waitrose, Sarahwould put out the magazines and lookin the homes and lifestyle sections.These designs would inspire a business.I decided to make cushions andbunting to begin with just to try it out,said Sarah. I see my cushions as a canvas, and I collect fabrics and put ittogether, so it is still a creative processwith colour, shape, patterns, and so itfeels like I am utilising the skills I gainedat University.

What does Sarah make?It started with bunting, with Sarahusing her mums old sewing machineand a cutting board belonging to hergrandmother, and this led on to cushions,bags and even quirky greetings cards.The best sellers have been the cushionswith moustaches or VW Campervansand Beetles. Sarah said: A lot of it is experimentation sometimes it doesntwork and sometimes it does.

Is there a Bonny Boutiques shop?Not at the moment. Sarahs Arst eventwas at a crafts fair at Loseley Park nearGuildford, but her Arst local stockist wasDixey CB Opticians in West Street, Horsham. Now, Bonny Boutiques sellsproducts at New House Farm, Iris & Arloin Petworth, Old Mill Caf in WisboroughGreen, as well as La Vida and Rosie Lee &Me in Piries Place, Horsham. Sarah is onthe market too.

The market in Horsham town?O@cially called the Local Produce Market, its become a great way for Sarahto meet new customers. She said: Icouldnt get on to the market initially as it

was full, so I started to concentrate a littlemore on the online market. Then in January 2012 I re-applied to go on to the market and was successful. Last year itwas really good for my business.

What is it that people like about BonnyBoutiques?Sarah says: The products are all handmade, so each one is slightly di?erent.Some people would rather spend a fewextra pounds to order a cushion that ishand-made, matches your interior or yourmood and character, as opposed to buying a mass-produced cushion. I like tomake something that is personal to thecustomer.

Presumably moustaches are personalto a lot of people...They are the best sellers. Sarah sold itemsin a pop-up shop in Richmond close toChristmas, and the cushions were Byingo? the shelf. She said: On one Saturday, Ihad people rushing in and asking aboutour Campervan and Beetle cushions, but Icompletely sold out! I was surprised Imust have sold 20 cushions on one Saturday, so every night I would comehome and make a few new products.With the moustache cushions, peoplehave run up squealing, grabbing thecushion and saying that they have tohave it!

And its just a moustache? Not picturesof anyone cool like Burt Reynolds orTom Selleck?No, although it is the traditional aviator-style moustache shape, like the onesported by Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs ofNew York, as opposed to a bushy FreddieMercury style moustache or the short,neat Charlie Chaplin fashion. Sarah said:That was an idea that just popped intomy head, and it just worked. I thoughtsomeone must have done this before butI could not And anything so I seem to

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have come up with a unique product.

Whats next - London, Paris, New York?Sarah said: The pop-up shop has made merealise that I want to be up in London a lotmore. I want to go into the Victoria pop-upshop next. The plan is to go into London,concentrate on the best-selling products,and see if we can grow.

Where can I 'nd out more about the business then?Pop along to the market or visit the websiteat www.bonny-boutique.co.uk

And what of this chap above..Sam Leeves has written a fantasy 5ction storycalled Endless Tides which has been pub-

lished by Netherworld Books.

So its about a monk waving a stick at thesea at sunset?Im sure theres some old phrase about notbasing an opinion on a novel by its outersleeve, but its not coming to me at the moment. Endless Tides is about the adventures of Captain Laike Skyheart during a war between the great nations ofMandro and Genko.

This is set in another world then?Yes, a world where heroes have suitably strik-ing names. But this isnt a Tolkien-inspiredstory of elves, goblins, wizards and fairies.Sam says: There are not any wizards or anything; its mainly soldiers. There is a hint

of magic, but the characters are human.There is a magic sword and a mythologicaljewel, which is a weapon of mass destruction,but thats all. There is no scope given as towhen or where this world is set. I didnt wantto go into the astrophysics! Ive alwaysthought of Endless Tides as more of a character study. When people have asked mewhat the book is about Ive replied that its afantasy version of Catcher in the Rye.

No idea what that means - I 'nd JamesPatterson a challenge. So how did Samcome to write a fantasy book?He reads a lot, typically two hours a day, andhas always been into fantasy stories. He said:I tried writing a book when I was abouteight about ninjas as I had been watching a

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lot of Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. Ive always played a lot of music and read a lotof books so I was always going to do something like this at some point.

Did he study English as well as animatedshelled reptile violence?Sam studied English Language and Literature at Collyers College, and it was atext transformation of an extract from Caton a Hot Tin Roof which led to the book.Sam said: I had written a conversation between Brick and Maggie but in the styleof Cormac McCarthy, as a short story. Myteacher read it and said I was good at growing characters. He said I had a bit of1air for writing and should send somethingto a publisher. Ive always been interested in fantasy 0ction so I thought I would sit downand try and write a short story of my own. Idid that, and it was only a couple of pageslong, but it was based on the character Captain Laike Skyheart. I thought there wasa little bit of mileage in the character andthe story, so I planned a story out.

Isnt Captain Skyheart the name of aJude Law #op?No, thats Sky Captain and the World of

Tomorrow. But there isnt a great deal ofmeaning in the name. Whilst writing theshort story, he was called Captain Skylark,and whilst writing Endless Times Sam inadvertently called him Skyheart and stuckwith it! It took nine months for Sam to writeEndless Tides.

If its not Tolkien-inspired, what in#u-ences are there?Sam lists the likes of Mervyn Peake, who isbest known for the Gormenghast books,and Brandon Sandersons Mistborn seriesamongst his favourites, but video gamessuch as Final Fantasy have also shaped hisstyle and imagery.

Did Sam always know it would be published?He said: I didnt think I would be able to getit published, especially when I actuallystarted sending it to people and got asteady 1ow of rejection letters back. I wasunder no illusions that getting publishedwould be easy, but that wouldnt stop metrying. I was sending over the 0rst threechapters, a synopsis and a bit of an authorbiography.

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I tried writing a book when I was eight about ninjas

But eventually someone took it on?Netherworld Books, a fantasy story specialist, saw potential and asked for therest of the book. Then they said theywould publish Endless Tides. Sam said:The achievement didnt really hit meuntil the book was released.

Now he just needs to sell it!And that is proving di2cult. Sam said: Alot of the marketing and publicising isdown to me, so Ive set up a Captain Skyheart Twitter account. Theres a surprising amount of fantasy networkson the Internet. Finding them is easy, butgetting involved in it all is di2cult. Im3nding that publicising it is harder thanactually writing the book.

Will there be more from Sam Leeves?Endless Times was intended to be just aone o1, so the book has a proper ending,but Sam admits he is writing anotherbook set in the same world as EndlessTimes. He said: They are not sequels;there are new characters, new stories, butbased in the same world. Ive written thesecond story and I will send that to mypublisher and I have plans for a further3ve after that.

What is new in this second story?

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Sam has introduced a new race but they arestill basically human. But he said the biggestchange is the improvement in his prose.

Does Sam have desires to be the nextgreat fantasy author?As he tries to generate followers for a Twitteraccount, the seven movie deal and world-wide merchandising must seem further awaythan, well, Mandra and Genko. But Sam does

hope to make a living out of writing. If I gotto the point in my life where I could writeand earn enough from my books that Iwould not have to work, that would be fantastic, he said.

Where can I "nd a copy?You can buy it on Amazon, or order itthrough Waterstones and the WH Smithwebsite.

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Just a couple of years ago, American chatshow host Ellen DeGeneres predicted live onher chat show that Ellie Lawson would become 'the hugest, hugest star.Despite live TV appearances, a deal with Atlantic Records, an ambassador role for theclothing brand Quiksilver Women and eventracks produced by William Orbit, Ellie justfell short of making a signi6cant breakthrough.But she remains a polished live act withbeautifully constructed,vibrant folk songs. We see Ellie performing on a cold and wetSunday night at The Anchor Pub in MarketSquare, Horsham. Only a handful of people are there to see

Ellie, accompanied by Dave Harewood onguitar and mandolin, give a sublime acousticrendition of the Trance Single Place In TheSun by Menno de Jong featuring Ellie Lawson.Ellie, from South London, is one of four performers on a night of live music put together by Jamie Stanley, commonly knownas Stan. As a music lover and a singer/songwriterhimself (usually performing under the nameThe Mailman or in his band The Tandem)Stan puts on a monthly showcase of live, pri-marily original music.It has been a struggle to generate big crowds

as the event is always held on a Sunday (thelast of the month) and most of the material isoriginal music, so crowd-pleasing classics arekept to a minimum.Stan said: Ive only been in Horsham forabout 6ve years, but Ive always been in andaround music. When I came here I waspleased to 6nd there was a thriving open micnight scene, and I was keen to get involved.But whilst there are plenty of venues locallyfor covers bands to play at, there are limitedoptions for people wishing to sing their ownsongs. So I created Stans Showcase and The Anchor was the obvious home as there is a

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ready-made stage. The management took a little persuad-ing initially, but the manager now reallyenjoys live music and is very supportive.Weve now been going for almost twoyears. It was hard to book acts to start withbut now I get people that I have nevermet contacting me and asking if theycan play.It has had to be mainly acoustic because of licencing issues and becausethere are neighbours to consider. But Iwould like some more rock bands in thefuture as the rock acts we had on at thespecial end of year concert went downreally well. We are fortunate that there are somefantastic singer-songwriters in Horshamand Crawley. If you go to an open micnight you normally end up seeing someone who is really good. I think Horsham had a tradition long before I arrived of putting on goodnights of music and championing origi-nal music. Its not something I started Im just giving it a bit of a kick.And kicking us o( tonight was SimonKing, a founding member of former Hor-sham Battle of the Bands winners andlocal favourites The Collector. Simon hasrecently started recording and performing solo and acoustic.

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He performed a mix of songs byThe Collector, new material, andeven a stripped down version ofJoy Divisions Love Will Us Apart.Its not strictly original music onlyat Stans Showcase, so the oddcover is thrown in!But as a singer/songwriter, Simonis grateful for any opportunity toperform his own material. It is important we have thesenights, said Simon. There are veryfew opportunities for originalbands to play as pubs are full ofcover bands at the weekend. Stans Showcase is great as thereis real variety. It is frustrating whenpeople just want to hear covers. Iplay the occasional cover but Imnot the best singer in the worldand Im not the best guitarist inthe world, so if I cover a track I do

it in my own style.With Rachel Hawker pulling out ofthe gig, Stan himself (as The Mailman, although sadly he didnot change into a delivery uni-form) proceeded to con8dentlybelt out a couple of his feisty,acoustic rock songs. He performeda couple of classics too by the likesof Pearl Jam and Red Hot ChiliPeppers, before Ziggy Stardustwent down well with some casualdrinkers at the opposite end of thepub.Ed Reed recently returned homefrom a ten year sabbatical in Melbourne where he wrote andrecorded his debut solo album'One Good Roll'. His rousing, feel-good, PrimalScream inspired band gave thedwindling audience (it was gone

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10pm on a Sunday night) a spirited performancewhich deserved a more lively setting. Theirstand-out track, Another Night, was extended by a brilliant instrumental ,nale .Hopefully, more local people will be willing togive local acts a fair go at Stans Showcase.Stan said: I like to give new acts a platform,but we do this professionally. This isnt amateur hour Ellie was signed in Americaand did a tour across the States and werebringing these acts to

Horsham.We have a really good mix of acts here, withpeople just setting out as well as experiencedacts, and it would be good if more peoplecame along to support them as they might besurprised by what they see.

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William Penn is among Horshams mostnotable historical charactersHe is certainly the only former resident tohave founded an American state, and if it istrue that Penn was the inspiration for theQuaker Oats cereal box, well thats somethingto boast about too. Well talk about Pennsylvania later. Well also talk about hisimprisonment, his expulsion from Oxford,the impact he would have on religion inEngland, the historic documents he woulddraw up at Warminghurst and his long association with The Blue Idol at Coolham.But well start with some background material...

The 17th century saw signi$cant socialand religious changeWe had executed our King, Charles I, fortreason, and there was great unrest as Oliver

Cromwell became the countrys 7rst LordProtector. During this time, a man calledGeorge Fox toured England preaching asimpler, more re8ective faith, still within theChristian family, but outside the Church ofEngland, which he believed was corrupt. Herapidly built up a following known as theSociety of Friends. In March 1655, he held ameeting in Steyning and recorded in hisjournal that he journeyed into Sussex andcame to a Lodge near Horsham. He wouldend up staying longer than anticipated - inApril he was imprisoned in Horsham Gaolfor three months. That same year, the BaptistMatthew Ca6yn debated with Fox in BryanWilkinsons house, Sedgwick Lodge.

The Society of Friends didnt make manyfriends, particularly at other churchesThe Society was renowned for attending

local churches and disrupting services. Before the people had time to leave, theywould evangelise to the congregation.Thomas Leycock attacked John Chat7eld,the Horsham Minister "before he was comeout of the pulpit and poynting to him saydThou lyar and that he was a ravening wolfein sheepes cloathing". A judge used the termQuaker as a term of abuse for the Society ofFriends and that is what they came to beknown as. Some believe the term relates toFoxs injunction to quake at the Word of theLord. Either way, Quakers would hold openair meetings, waiting for a member to speakwhen they felt the need to do so - a form ofworship that they continue to this day.

Despite their reputation, Quakers wererelatively strict ChristiansThey refused to bow or take o6 their hats to

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As a prominent Quaker, William Penn de!ed a Monarchy before he established thestate of Pennsylvania. Today, his legacy lives on at the Blue Idol in Coolham.

social superiors, believing all men equalunder God, and they also refused to swearoaths of loyalty to the King. Quakers followedthe command of Jesus not to swear, reportedin the Gospel of Matthew, 5:34. ChrisKnott, a current member of the Blue IdolMeeting Group, says: Our form of worshipis peaceful, so we sit in silence and we onlyspeak when we feel led to speak. We canand do sit here for an hour in silence. If Istand up and speak I feel its somethingthat I have to do, and I call it a prompting.Quakers believe there is that of God in usall and for me its the that of God elementthat brings me to my feet. There is nostructure to the meetings. It is very peaceful and our basic beliefs aroundpeace, equality and simplicity appeal tosome people. It works for some and not forothers.

Back in the 17th Century, such beliefscould get you in hot waterIn 1656, the Quaker Thomas Leycock wasimprisoned in Horsham, but Major-GeneralGeo= reported that people ?ocked to seehim. He distributed copies of a Quakerbook, before he attacked the local gentryon the Bench at his trial. The local JPs oftenused the law to keep in goal Quakerswhose in?uence threatened the social andreligious stability of the shire. One famouslocal Baptist was Matthew Ca=yn whopreached in 1656 a sermon called 'the deceived and the deceiving Quakers discovered'.

Quakers were lling up the local gaolIn 1662, Ambrose Rigge was sent to Horsham goal and would stay there for ten

years and four months for refusing to takethe oath of allegiance, with the monarchynow re-established under the reign ofCharles II. A proli>c author, he publishedpamphlets from his prison cell and evenmarried a fellow inmate, Mary Luxford, in1664. During his imprisonment, a certainWilliam Penn distributed some of Ambroses pamphlets in Ireland.

William Penns dad was a much admiredmanAs the son of an Admiral, Penn was in somany ways an establishment >gure. Afterthe death of Oliver Cromwell, AdmiralPenn was sent on a secret mission to bringback the exiled Prince Charles. For his rolein restoring the monarchy, the Admiral;was knighted and gained a powerful position as Commissioner of the Navy. He

had high hopes for his son, William, who wassent to Oxford University. There, he found thatthe student body was a volatile mix of Cavaliers, Puritans, and Quakers. Because of hisfathers high position and social status, youngPenn was +rmly a Cavalier but his sympathieslay with the persecuted Quakers. When Williamwas 15, his family had become friends withThomas Loe, a Quaker missionary, and he hadleft an impression on young Penn.

What followed was a classic case of youthrebellionNow under favour of the King, The Admiral hadgreat hopes for his sons career. But at Oxford,when the Dean was +red for his free-thinking,Penn and other open-minded students ralliedto his side. Penn was reprimanded, and the despairing Admiral pulled his son away fromthe University, sending him back to a school

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which imposed stricter religious requirementsincluding daily chapel attendance. Penn rebelled against enforced worship and wasexpelled. His father, in a rage, attacked youngPenn with a cane. The Admirals career wasbeing threatened by their sons behaviour, soat 18, young Penn was sent to Paris to gethim out of view and improve his manners.

The Prodigal son returned a di erent manPenn presented to his parents a mature, sophisticated gentleman and enrolled in lawschool, before joining his father at sea for atime. Their relationship improved. In 1665,London was gripped by the plague, and Pennobserved how Quakers on errands of mercywere arrested by the police and demonizedby other religions, even accused of causingthe plague. He was sent to Ireland in 1666 tomanage the family landholdings, but duringhis time away King Charles further tightenedrestrictions against all religious sects otherthan the Anglican Church. The Quakers wereespecially targeted and their meetings weredeemed as criminal.

But that was not to put o PennA chance second meeting with Thomas Loecon>rmed Penns attraction to the Quakers,and a short time later he was arrested for attending meetings. Rather than state thathe was not a Quaker to dodge any charges,he publicly declared himself a member at theage of 22. His familys rank meant he wasquickly released, and was immediately recalled to London by his father. The Admiralwas severely distressed by his sons actionsand took the conversion as a personal a=ront. He felt he had no option but to orderhis son out of the house and to withhold hisinheritance. Penn became homeless andbegan to live with Quaker families.

During these times many new sects besides Quakers were foundedThere were the Seekers, Ranters, Antinomians,Soul Sleepers, Adamites, Diggers, Levellers,Antibaptists, Behmenists, Muggletonians,and many others. The King responded withharassment and persecution of all religionsand sects other than Anglicanism. Penn became the >rst theorist and legal defenderof Quakerism but it was his branding of theCatholic Church as "the Whore of Babylon"and Puritans as "hypocrites and revelers inGod" that really got him into hot water. TheBishop of London ordered that Penn beheld inde>nitely in solitary con>nement inan unheated cell until he publicly recantedhis written statements. Threatened with alife sentence, he responded "My prisonshall be my grave before I will budge a jot:

for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.He was released after eight months of imprisonment and his religious views e=ectively exiled him from high society.

But he proved to be a resilient characterHe was arrested again in 1670, but the juryfound him not guilty. When the judgeasked them to reconsider their verdict, thejury refused and were sent to a cell overseveral nights to mull over their decision.The Lord Mayor sent Penn to NewgatePrison and the full jury followed him! Themembers of the jury fought their case fromprison in what became known as Bushel'sCase, and managed to win the right for allEnglish juries to be free from the control ofjudges. This case shaped the future conceptof American freedom.

Chris Knott is Co-Clerk at The Blue Idol Quakers

Threatened with a life sentence, he responded "My prison shall be my gravebefore I will budge a jot: for I owe my conscience to no mortal man

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The Admiral respected the integrityof his sonBut he knew that after his death, youngPenn would become more vulnerable.His own personal favour with the Kingcould not save William after he wasgone. So, in an act which would notonly secure his sons protection but alsoset the conditions for the founding ofPennsylvania, the Admiral wrote to theDuke of York, the successor to thethrone. Following Admiral Penns death,William did indeed inherit his fortuneand, following another stint in jail, wroteto the King with a solution to the problem of continuous religious turmoil.He planned a mass emigration of English Quakers. In 1677, a group ofprominent Quakers that included Pennpurchased the colonial province of WestJersey, half of the current state of NewJersey, and in 1682, they bought EastJersey too.

In 1682, Penn set sail for America He was aboard a ship called Welcomewith around 100 Friends including atleast 16 from the Billingshurst area. Itwould be a place where they could escape persecution at home. Warminghurst Place had by now become a centre for Quaker activity,with famous visitors such as George Foxand Robert Barclay visiting Penns home.On the 12th July 1677, a huge open airmeeting was held there attracting several hundred people. It was here thatPenn drafted a constitution with Algernon Sydney for their new state.This would eventually form the basis ofthe Constitution of the United States. Aslegacies go, its not bad.

Penn $rst called the area New WalesBut then he thought about Sylvania,which is Latin for forests or woods'. Itwas King Charles II who changed it toPennsylvania in 1681, in honour of Admiral Penn. The King, surprisingly,granted Penn more land west of NewJersey and north of Maryland to makePenn the worlds largest private non-Royal landowner, with over 45,000square miles to his name, and he gainedsovereign rule of the territory. In return,the Crown was freed of a debt to Admiral Penn of 16,000. To attract settlers in large numbers, he wrote a glowing prospectus, and within sixmonths assigned 300,000 acres to about250 prospective settlers.

Penn returned to Warminghurst twoyears laterHe spent the following years writingand promoting his faith. In 1691, hehelped set up a Quaker meeting houseattached to a farmhouse in Oldhouse

The Blue Idol Quakers meet in this small room every Sunday

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Just a couple of years ago, American chatshow host Ellen DeGeneres predicted live onher chat show that Ellie Lawson would become 'the hugest, hugest star.Despite live TV appearances, a deal with Atlantic Records, an ambassador role for theclothing brand Quiksilver Women and eventracks produced by William Orbit, Ellie justfell short of making a signi6cant breakthrough.But she remains a polished live act withbeautifully constructed,vibrant folk songs. We see Ellie performing on a cold and wetSunday night at The Anchor Pub in MarketSquare, Horsham. Only a handful of people are there to see

Ellie, accompanied by Dave Harewood onguitar and mandolin, give a sublime acousticrendition of the Trance Single Place In TheSun by Menno de Jong featuring Ellie Lawson.Ellie, from South London, is one of four performers on a night of live music put together by Jamie Stanley, commonly knownas Stan. As a music lover and a singer/songwriterhimself (usually performing under the nameThe Mailman or in his band The Tandem)Stan puts on a monthly showcase of live, pri-marily original music.It has been a struggle to generate big crowds

as the event is always held on a Sunday (thelast of the month) and most of the material isoriginal music, so crowd-pleasing classics arekept to a minimum.Stan said: Ive only been in Horsham forabout 6ve years, but Ive always been in andaround music. When I came here I waspleased to 6nd there was a thriving open micnight scene, and I was keen to get involved.But whilst there are plenty of venues locallyfor covers bands to play at, there are limitedoptions for people wishing to sing their ownsongs. So I created Stans Showcase and The Anchor was the obvious home as there is a

Mailman deliversAcoustic showcaseLive music event at The Anchor promotes local singer/songwriters

Simon King The Mailman Ellie Lawson

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Lane, Coolham. The building today isknown as The Blue Idol. In 1693, Penn received assurances from the King that hecould preach without persecution so he became an itinerant preacher and an author. In 1696, he remarried and broughthis second wife to Warminghurst Place.Penn sold his estate in 1707 and todaynothing exists of the house, as the purchaser,James Butler, was determined not to leave atrace of the old Quaker.

But the Blue Idol is still going strongThe Blue Idol Group meets every Sundayand infrequently have other meetings too.In terms of numbers, there are about 30-40members, with typical attendance around20 people. The meeting lasts for an hour.Chris Knott, co-clerk for the Blue Idol group,said: Im personally very proud to be aQuaker. It has a wonderful history and thevalues really matter to me. I wasnt born aQuaker, I became one in my thirties and Imnearly 70 now. I went to my >rst meeting atUniversity as one of our lecturers, a socialhistorian, was a Quaker. When I married, myhusband had a Pentecostal background andI had a Church of England background andwe wanted to try something di=erent, so wethought we would try a Quaker meeting.

There are other Quaker groups in theareaIn addition to the Blue Idol group, there is aHorsham Quaker group too, and they meetin Worthing Road. Other Quaker groupsexist in I>eld, Capel, Dorking, Reigate, Oxtedand at Claridge House near East Grinstead.The Blue Idol was initially a farm housecalled Little Slatters but has been used bythe Quakers since 1691. The building isowned by the Quakers, but Allan andPauline Cook, who are not members of thegroup, are wardens of the Blue Idol. Theyare employed by the Quakers to look afterthe building and grounds. Chris said: I thinkthis building shows what we are about. It issimple but has integrity.

Just occasionally, people are married atthe Blue idolChris said: A Quaker marriage will be ameeting in silence but of course, the couple have to go through the vows. We sayIn the presence of God and these ourFriends, I take thee to be my wife or husband, promising with Divine assistanceto be unto thee a loving and faithful wife orhusband as long as we both shall live. They

The King, surprisingly, granted Penn more land west of New Jersey and north of Maryland to make Penn the worlds largest private non-Royal landowner, with over 45,000 squaremiles to his name

A famous image of Penns arrival in America and, below, a barn dedicated to him atthe Blue Idol

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are not held here very often but we didhave two last year. That was a bit of a miracle, as before then we hadnt held awedding for years. Everybody who attendssigns a wedding certi7cate. We have oneframed on the wall which has WilliamPenns signature.

The Quakers can still cause a stirThe latest issue to come up concerningmarriage is same sex marriage, said Chris.Quakers are at the forefront of that. Weare pushing for same sex marriages to becelebrated in a religious setting. The issuehas been around for years amongst Quakers and you have to wait until membersfeel it is the right thing to do. We dontvote we agree. We 7nd, in religiousterms, the will of God. So the will of Godamongst Quakers at the moment is thatthere should be same sex marriages. Ithink one or two have felt they couldnt goalong with that, but mostly Quakers can asit is basic equality.

Lots of people do not know the BlueIdol existsThe Quakers host an open week in Octoberand welcomes new members. Chris said: Ithink dwindling numbers is a major concern for most non-evangelical Christiangroups. We are pretty buoyant to say themeeting house is in the back of nowhere.

Lots of people do not know we are here. We getpeople who say Ive driven by that sign foryears and didnt know what it was. I dontthink Quakers, as a Society, are very good atpromoting our ideas and marketing ourselves. But if you wanted to talk to us weare here.

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It is leaking. Having been patched up overthe years, the Trustees felt it was time permanent repairs were made. English Heritage was willing to provide 47,000, butthe estimate for the project was 152,000, meaning that the Quakers had to raise therest. Chris said: We have been in fundraisingmode and have just about done it. The responseto the campaign has been very humbling.We sent a lea8et out to all of the Quakers,

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and as individuals they have donated to thecause. We set up the Blue idol Runners andwe raised quite a bit through that too. We arenearly there, and we will get a new roof.There are some issues with the far wall as itsa bit rocky. William Penn took the beams outto make it a two story room and 300 yearsago thats causing a problem!

Dont mention the batsThe Quaker meeting room is decorated withbats drawn by children from the William PennSchool in Coolham village. Two groups ofprotected bats reside in the Blue Idol and theroof work cannot be carried out until they

have moved on.

William Penn is gone, but not forgotten.The Blue Idol has its own William Penn Memorial Garden, with information about hislife. There are also many letters and informationboards about his life in a small barn in thefront garden. The Quakers there are linked tothe Central Philadelphia Monthly Meetingand Quakers from America have visited theBlue Idol. Chris said: Weve even had peoplecome in with the name Penn, from Americaand Britain, wanting to 0nd out more aboutthe family history.

William Penn died penniless in 1718.He died at his home in Berkshire and wasburied in an unmarked grave next to his 0rstwife in the cemetery of the Jordans Quakermeeting house near Chalfont St Giles. Horsham Museum does though have a coupleof works by William Penn in its collection.

AAH would like to thank Jeremy Knightand the sta+ of Horsham Museum and ArtGallery for providing historial informationon William Penn, Quakers and Religion inthe 17th Century. We also thank ChrisKnott, Allan and Pauline Cook for their time and patience!

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Warminghurst Church is far from beingone of the wonders of the world.But sat in an 18th Century pine box pewon a cold winters day, any visitor to thechurch will be in little doubt that theyhave found one of the great hidden treasures of the Horsham district.Its been 33 years since the tiny communityof Warminghurst, close to Ashington, lost aregular service at The Church of the HolySepulchre. But its door is still open, and anyone visitingcannot help but be a?ected by the untouched beauty, the remarkable history,and an enchanting atmosphere that has acontradicting e?ect of being both haunting and charming. An intense search might even lead to youspotting a face in the wood of a pew box.Perhaps one for Bishop Brennan to take acloser look atToday, the church is one of 340 in thecountry in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust a national charityprotecting historic churches at risk. However, a small group of Friends ofWarminghurst Church keep a close eye onthe building and report to the Trust.Living next door, Rachel Webster is one ofthe key members of this group. Rachelsaid: There are about 20 people involved,with a core group of Ave or six. Some livehere, and others love the church for itsspecial charm and character. The work of the Trust is essential to keepthese historic churches open and in a Atstate to visit, and even though funding isnow extremely di@cult for them, they provide a back-up for the volunteer andFriends groups.During the winter we only have a dozenor so visitors to Warminghurst Churchevery week but its far more popular in thesummer. A lot of people know the churchand have driven past it before but theyhave never taken a look inside.

There are people who have lived in thearea for years and have never walkedthrough the door. But when people dovisit they realise its very special. Peopleare very moved by it. Most people like the fact that it hasntbeen touched. You walk in and see thesebox pews, the Royal Arms of Queen Anneand the 16th century iron chest, and youfeel this sense of timelessness. Theres agenial, peaceful air to it. They may not bereligious but the church does have a veryspecial atmosphere, and of course someare simply fascinated by the history.The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has aprincely, elevated position, overlookingfarmland that stretches undevelopedacross to the South Downs and Chanctonbury Ring. Its origins go back tothe 13th Century, but a church may haveexisted on the site in the 11th century orearlier. The beams you see today are

believed to date back to 1158.Its greatest appeal is that it was not restoredduring Queen Victorias reign, leading onebook, Sussex Churches and Chapels, tocall it the Anest example in Sussex ofhow many must have looked before the Victorian restorers.The present church was built in about1220 and for a time was owned by theBenedictine abbey at Fcamp in Normandy. Above the west end, thewood and shingled bell-turret is the oldest part of the building. The bell was cast in about 1200 but it is,frustratingly yet rather wonderfully, beyond reach. It may well be some yearssince anyone has seen the bell, but visitorscan at least ring it. The church even tookpart in All the Bells when thousands ofchurches rang bells simultaneously tomark the start of the London Games.The Church was later in the hands of the

The Wonder Of WarminghurstIts been three decades since services ended, but thanks to its untouched beauty,The Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains a true hidden gem of the Horsham District

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out a sensitive series of works during whichall parts of the building were inspected andstructural defects corrected. The east window was improved and the ceiling wasstripped down to reveal its original timbers.Twenty years later, however, the Diocese ofChichester decided to make the church redundant. Warminghurst has always been an isolatedcommunity the Domesday Book recorded

a population of 52 and in nearly a thousandyears the population has grown by about adozen and there were not enough peopleto keep the church vibrant. Services hadbeen held there one Sunday every monthduring the summer but that ended in 1979. A report in the West Sussex Gazette quotesresidents highlighting the importance of establishing a group of Friends to look afterthe church.

The Diocese of Chichester placed the churchinto the care of the Redundant ChurchesFund, and that later became the ChurchesConservation Trust. It is one of only 38 GradeI listed buildings in the district of Horsham,and despite its isolated location attractednearly 2,000 visitors from all over the worldlast year.There are occasionally events held at thechurch. Rachel said: The Friends look after

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Visitors to the suitably eerie graveyard are few and far between; the three Coat of Arms on the Shelley Monument have been stolen, whilst

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Christs Hospital is celebrating not only460 years since it Brst opened its doors tochildren in 1552, but also the granting ofits Royal Charter by King Edward VI in1553.

The anniversary was marked last year bythe whole school travelling up to Londonin September for a Thanksgiving Serviceat St Pauls Cathedral and a Royal visitfrom the President of Christs Hospital,HRH The Duke of Gloucester in November.In addition, an exhibition 460 years in themaking is running at Horsham Museumand Art Gallery until 23rd February. Theexhibition places particular emphasis onthe last 110 years at Horsham.

Highlights to commemorate the anniversaryran alongside the many opportunitiesand events that happen in the normalschool year to enrich the lives of thepupils. To mention a few 2012 beganwith pupils excelling themselves in a national chemistry competition Top ofthe Bench when Florence Carr-Smith (16)achieved the highest mark for the practical test in the competition.

The Fives Team from CH did exceptionallywell in the South Eastern Regional FivesChampionships at Tonbridge, walkingaway with U18 Single Champion (AndeaGemade), U18 Doubles Champions(Andea Gemade and Rory Keddie) and theU16 Singles Plate (Conor Morgan).

The annual Bluecoat Concert at St JohnsSmith Square, London, last February was amagniBcent venue to showcase talentedmusicians who performed to their usualhigh standard to a packed audience. Thisyears concert takes place on Monday,11th February.

In March, the Model United Nations Team at

CH was placed second in the nationwideMUN Tournament. Debating the topicBuilding a Peaceful and Better Worldthrough Sport the competition was heldon the international soil at the UNs International Maritime Organisation inLondon. Individual prizes were also wonby Finn McMahon, recognised with a BestDelegate Award, and Charles James-Cheesman, who won an Honourable Mention Award.

During the summer term, hard work alsopaid oA for Hockey girls when 34 girlsranging from Year 10 to the Lower Sixthtoured Valkenburg in Holland for Bvedays. The tour included master classcoaching sessions and a tournament.

The 28,000 spectators in the auditoriumat Lords 1st Test West Indies v Englandwere roused when the Band marchedonto the pitch during the interval. Every

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The Jrst round of the England Schools Athletics Association Track and Field cup heldat K2 Crawley was the setting for two fantasticteam performances by the CH junior and intermediate boys. Both teams comfortablywon the county round.

In June, two CH pupils were honoured to receive invitations to celebrate The QueensDiamond Jubilee at Westminster Hall. CoralieStrong, 16, and Mary McMann, 15, wereguests of the Worshipful Company of Grocersand Salter Company respectively. CH is proudof its association with Livery Companies whohave supported generations of children sinceits foundation.

Moving into the summer holidays, last yearsexamination results were excellent with an A*to B pass rate of 78.5% and an A* / A pass rateof just under 50%. Some 37 pupils (ie 30% ofthe year group) gained three A grades or better. At GCSE, 94.4% of all grades awardedwere a A*, A or B and the overall percentage

of grades at A or A* was 78.2%, which wassuIcient to place CH 15th in The Times national league table for co-educationalschools.

The new academic year in September wasmarked not only by 460th anniversary celebrations but also by the 125th anniversaryof the birth of Old Blue Sir Barnes Wallis.Members of the Barnes Wallis family werejoined by a number of representatives of theRAF, the RAF Benevolent Fund, Old Blues andothers at a special service in Chapel.Squadron Leader George Johnny Johnson, inhis nineties and one of the last survivingmembers of 617 squadron the Dambusters was amongst the guests and enjoyed talkingwith pupils about his experiences.

The annual St Matthews Day thanksgivingService in London was transformed into avery special occasion for the 460th anniversaryby being held at St Pauls Cathedral. The wholeschool was also invited by the Lord Mayor ofthe City of London to Guildhall for lunch.

Following a wonderful reading from Jo Shapcott in 2011, the English Department

was delighted to welcome a fellow holder ofthe Queens Gold Medal for Poetry, Fleur Adcock, for a reading and discussion of herwork.

Music, sport and the media were blended to-gether when the Barns Green Half Marathonthreaded its way through the Schools Quadto the sound of the Band and the Choir, alongwith the whole school community, sung onBBC Radio 2s Sunday Half Hour.

In October, Henry VIII and his six wives, alongwith other monarchs of the period, came tolife when CH organised a Tudor Living HistoryDay for children in Year 5 to share the Schoolsfacilities and teaching with other schools byoHering an extension to national curriculumactivities. Over 200 children and their teachersfrom schools across the region travelled backin time by participating in a range of Tudorperiod themed activities. History Departmentteachers, who hosted the event, joined in bydressing in 16th Century style Jnery. A Tudorextravaganza in the afternoon included amagniJcent display of Birds of Prey.

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The School was buzzing with excitementwhen it was announced that Joe Launchbury(a popular Old Blue) came on as replacementin the England v Fiji game at Twickenham.Joe went on to receive the QBE Man of the International Series award.

Luke Stevens, 18, received an award to acknowledge his outstanding performance,achieving one of the highest marks in a newcompetition called the Cambridge ChemistryChallenge, which was taken by 4300 studentsin 300 schools across the country, and RoryKeddie gained a full scholarship to The New

Pupils excelled themselves in a national chemistrycompetition Top of the Bench. Florence Carr-Smithachieved the highest mark for the practical test

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To round o: the year at the School Like NoOther, the Senior Schools production of Fiddler on the Roof was a sell-out. The pupilsraised over 11,000 for the Royal Marsdenand pupils were treated to a visit by TomStoppard In Conversation.

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A Broad HistoryAfter 10 years of research, Jonathan England has published a fascinatingbook on the history of Broadbridge Heath.

In recent years, Broadbridge Heath has attracted more than its fair share of headlines,much if it negative.The village has seen the closure of its twoprominent car dealerships, fought the proposed destruction of its leisure centre,and of course new housing developmentsnow underway will dramatically change itslandscape.But one resident has written a book, remindingus that Broadbridge Heath is a village with acolourful past, as well as a controversial present.Jonathan Englands book Theres More ThereThan You Think - A Detailed History of Broadbridge Heathgoes back to the days of

William the Conqueror, highlights the characterswho established a village community, andcovers the major developments and events ofthe 20th century.Jonathan said: My interest in BroadbridgeHeath history and local a5airs began when Imoved from Horsham into an old house inthe village in 2002. Annabelle Hughes, a well-respected localhistorian, had compiled a brief account of thehouses construction and history for previousowners and this piqued my interest andposed questions which I wanted to 6nd outabout. I could not 6nd a book in Horsham Libraryspeci6cally about Broadbridge Heath, so I

realised that I would have to do the researchmyself. This journey led me to join the LocalHistory Group of Horsham Museum Society,and eventually to become Chairman of theFriends of Horsham Museum.Jonathan discovered that the 6rst occupantsof his house had been signi6cant locallandowners, which inspired him to digdeeper to discover all he could about the village. During a ten year period, when not workingfor a 6rm in Boston, Massachusetts, Jonathandevoted his spare time to the book. Much ofthe writing has taken place at 38,000 feet during trans-Atlantic 7ights.Far from being an nondescript village

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Broadbridge Mill stands behind its pond, frozen during the hard winter of 1946/7

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The New Post O%ce (now &ats) photographed before the west extension was built around 1911; The north wing of Broadbridge Farm in early 20th century when it was inhabited by three families

occupied by simple country folk, digginginto the archives has uncovered some fascinating stories and links to in7uentialpeople; hence the title of the book. The 6rst recorded owners were Normanknights who came over with William theConqueror, before the Covert family ownedthe village for nearly half a millennium. In Elizabethan times, Sir Walter Covertfought with Roger Gratwick, his tenant atBroadbridge Farm, over the local rights tooperate in the lucrative iron industry.

Later, the village was sold to the Onslows, aSurrey-based family which supplied twospeakers of the House of Commons. Theirtenant, Matthew Ca5yn, became the leaderof the Baptist Church, led non-conformistworship at Broadbridge Farm and held baptisms in its mill pond. William Stanford married Elizabeth Ca5ynand their grandson ultimately earnedenough money from farming and milling sothat he could buy the Broadbridge Farm Estate, which included most of todays

village, from the Onslows. It was Matthew Stanford who built Jonathanshouse in the then isolated part of the villagein the 1840s. Broadbridge Farm became theSewage Farm when Horsham needed to improve its sanitation in the late 19th century.Broadbridge Heath is also associated with theShelley Family of Field Place, although techni-cally it is just inside the neighbouring parishof Warnham. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelleygrew up there but his brother, John, hadstronger village links as he owned land in the

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village, including The Shelley Arms. Percy Bysshe did take moonlit walks to visithis grandfather at Arun House in Horshamand he was said to have sheltered in a Broadbridge Heath barn, which was later tobecome the club house for the golf club,which later relocated to Mannings Heath.In 1752, Broadbridge Heath was the locationfor an execution by burning at the stake

when Anne Whale was executed on theHeath after she had murdered her husbandin the village. Her accomplice and cousin,Sarah Pledge, was hanged nearby.Surprisingly, the golf links were used for earlyaircraft 8ights, and there were a few notableaircraft crashes, including an RAF bomber inthe 1920s and a German Focke Wulf that hadbeen shot down over Horsham in 1943. The

Army Camp (located where Tesco is today)certainly attracted attention from the Luftwa6e, and a doodlebug blew up innearby 7elds. The book also highlights the importance ofiron working during the Elizabethan period. Large sows and smaller pigs of iron were extracted from local ironstone in furnacesfanned by air fed by water wheel driven

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The Village Room (the )rst school) and Old Post O(ce Cottages in 1914; No longer there, Alfred Goring and his wife and daughter (both Emily) pose in front of the Smithy and Wheelwright Shop

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bellows and fuelled by charcoal produced in the extensive local forests. The iron was then hardened in forges using huge, water powered hammers. At the time of the Spanish Armada in 1588,Roger Gratwick, Edward Caryll, and Sir WalterCovert each contributed 100 for the Armadadefences. They were engaged in multiple legal6ghts in the highest courts of the land and violent confrontations over iron business rights inthe Horsham district. Two of these protagonists

are strongly linked to Broadbridge Heath. TheGratwick Family included many yeoman farmerslocated throughout Sussex, and records suggestthat part of the family moved from Cowfold toBroadbridge Farm in Broadbridge Heath sometime before 1552. Roger Gratwick madehis fortune in the iron industry, owning a forgeat I6eld and leasing two forges at Hawkins andHammer Ponds in St Leonards Forest.When he died in 1570 the business was passeddown to his son, also Roger of Broadbridge

Farm. Roger Gratwicks landlord was SirWalter Covert, who owned Broad-bridge Manor along with Slaugham,Ashington and Twineham Ben6eld. Covert co-tenanted St Leonards Forestwith Gratwick, and the two went tocourt in a dispute over rent. EdwardCaryll, a rival iron master in the Horsham area, also started a 6erce,sometimes violent, confrontation withGratwick just as several new furnaceswere being built and the local iron orestarted to become scarce. This strifeappears to have been too much forGratwick. He left the iron industry toCaryll and Covert and moved awayfrom Broadbridge Farm. Jonathan said: As well as 6nding outabout notable historic events, analysingcensus and directory records, peoples reminiscences allowed me tobuild up a picture of how the villagedeveloped, when houses were built,who lived in them, who ran the variousshops and businesses and how theclubs and societies evolved. I have had the opportunity to talkwith many people associated withBroadbridge Heath who have kindlyshared their knowledge, pictures andnewspaper cuttings with me, especiallyduring meetings of the BroadbridgeHeath History Club which I held forseveral years. In particular, Charles Weston has collected information about Broad-bridge Heath all his life, and kindly gave

Jonathan has nally completed an extensive history on Broadbridge Heath after ten years of research and writing

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