Newick Badminton Club

New Season!

Newick Badminton Club play every Tuesday evening at
at Newick Village Hall.

We are a friendly club and welcome players of all abilities including beginners. You can drop in anytime between 7.45pm and 10.00pm to try us out. Racquets can be provided, and your first session is free! If you are interested in coming along, please call 07801 079334 or email secretary@newickbadmintonclub.co.uk.

Newick Cinema

A Community-based Venture for Sunday Evenings

Our next show is on 27th APRIL 2025.
We hope that many of you will be able to come and enjoy
“A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”.
As always there is a licensed bar, teas, coffees, cakes and ice cream plus an interval so that there is an opportunity to meet up with friends and have an enjoyable evening out in the village.

Booking in advance will secure seats in the front rows. You can also just come along at 7pm and buy a ticket on the door; the film will start at 7:30pm.

APRIL’S FILM: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (15)
STARRING: Timothee Chalamet, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton

In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a ground-breaking controversial performance that reverberates around the world.

27th April 2025 in Newick Village Hall, Western Road, Newick BN8 4LY. Licensed bar and refreshments from 7.00 pm. Film starts 7.30 pm. Tickets: £8.00 (cash only) on the door, or by emailing detailed request to newickcinema@outlook.com
Subtitles and hearing loop in place.

Uckfield, Lewes & Newick Arts Society

April 9th 2025, 2.30 in the Civic Hall, Uckfield

Maps ad British Painting
Stephen Taylor

When I know very little about a subject I immediately l go to Google. I find that Ptolemy, the astronomer and astrologer, produced the first Map of the known world, centred on the Mediterranean.

Rainbows (age 4-7) and Brownies (age7-10) meet in Chailey Village Hall and have a few spaces for this coming term.

Rainbows and Brownies are such a good way to for your daughter to make new friends, have fun and grow her confidence gaining badges along the way. She’ll laugh, learn and have adventures - all at an affordable cost. And because our activities are designed to be for all girls, there’s a place for your daughter whatever her tastes or needs.

Rainbows and Brownies are offered all sorts of different opportunities both modern and more traditional including outdoor activities, cooking, games, arts and crafts and trips, and most definitely make the most of them, taking part in adventures and activities they have chosen and helped to plan.

Being part of Girlguiding means giving your child the tools she needs to thrive. It’s so much more than an after-school club.

Please contact terie.galpin@outlook.com for more information about Brownies age 7-10 and Rainbows age 4-7, or visit the Girlguiding website at www.girlguiding.org.uk and follow the link to register your daughter to join us

Chailey Windmill will be re-opening for the season on
Sunday 27th April from 3-5pm

We look forward to welcoming all visitors, old and new. As a reminder the best place to park is in the car park at the North Chailey Sports Ground and then walk the short walk along the A272 and up Mill Lane to the Windmill. Usual opening days are the last Sunday of evert month between April & September, which we will continue to do, but due to popular demand we are now going to be opening on two Sundays, in May, June, July & August, as listed below:

April 27th, May 11th (National Mills Weekend), 25th, June 15th, 29th, July 13th, 27th,
August 17th, 31st, September 28th

The windmill is jam packed with memorabilia, artifacts and photos of a time gone by, please pop along and take a trip down memory lane with us. Visiting is free but donations are welcomed to support the upkeep of this beautiful Windmill and story of the past.

Chailey Windmill is also available for community activities, and we welcome contact from local groups that would like to arrange a visit. Though the Mill will be closed until next April, private tours can be arranged outside of these dates.

Please email gailwickens75@gmail.com
We hope to see you at our wonderful local landmark soon.
For more information please look at our Facebook page: @ChaileyWindmill

Gail Wickens on behalf of the Chailey Windmill Committee

Dated c.150 it included Europe, Asia and Africa. England was but a vague blob on the horizon! It was not until the 15th Century that America appeared on the scene, as shown in the maps by Juan de la Cosa, who sailed with Colombus.

Stephen is an art historian, a practising artist and most recently an author. He did post graduate studies on John Constable at Universities of Essex and Yale; taught at Felsted School. He became Head of Painting at the Open College of the Arts and course director at the Inchbald School of Design. He has been a tour guide in both Florence and Venice. His book “Oak: one tree....” published in 2011, is illustrated by the 50 paintings he did over three years of one oak tree in Essex.

We look forward to welcoming you. If you want to become a member of our society, please contact me for further information. Visitors of course are always welcome, £8 on the door please.

Annette Shelford, annette@shelford.net

From Sewing Machines to Eggcups!

We were seriously busy at the last Chailey Repair Café, where we tackled a sewing machine, a broken eggcup, a bat detector, a headless ceramic lady, a cuckoo clock, a pressure washer, a Furby, several toasters and more than 50 other repairs! Our talented fabrics team will always do their best to repair clothing and zips. Please note that, although we don't have time to do zip replacements, we can nearly always fix them for you!

As we head into Spring, we’ll now start seeing your cycles which have been loitering in sheds and need some attention, as well as mowers and garden machinery such as trimmers and hedge cutters (you know - those ones where you have accidently cut through the lead....??!!!)

Bring us your garden tools which need sharpening and our state of the art sharpening machine will soon sort those out, as well as your kitchen knives and workshop tools.

Our 2025 dates are easy to remember - we are normally open every 2nd Saturday of each month between 10am - 1pm. (12th April, 10th May and so on). Please remember that we can get very busy, so be prepared to wait and enjoy some refreshments while you do so. Only one item at a time please (although you can go round again if there’s time) and try not to arrive too late as we may not be able to accommodate you!

Our 2025 posters and flyers with all our dates are available at the Café, so you won’t forget. And don't forget to pick up a free car sticker and one of our smart bamboo pens so you can spread the word!

Chailey Repair Cafe is part of a world wide movement where volunteer experts repair things free of charge - although a donation towards running costs is invited. Anyone can bring along broken items or clothing needing repair from home and have a cuppa and a cake while they wait!

Not sure if we can fix your stuff? Contact us at chaileyrc@gmail.com and we’ll see what we can do to help.
See you very soon!!

Bryan McAlley and the Chailey Repair Cafe team

You’ll find us at St Peter’s Church, Chailey on the A275 at Chailey Green

Uckfield Art Group invite you to their Summer Exhibition on
Saturday, 31st May

Members from Uckfield Art Group invite you to their Summer Exhibition on Saturday 31st May 2025 at the Luxford Centre.
Look out for the posters, bunting and banners popping up around the town.
Doors open 10am - 4pm

Delicious homemade cakes and savouries will be served throughout the event as well as a selection of drinks. As the cakes are so popular Julian, the Chairman, has crafted a snazzy cake stand to display them!

Original art at affordable prices in acrylic, watercolour, pastel, pencil and coloured pencil in a huge array of subjects and styles. The Theme Section this time will contain Nursery Rhymes.

Come and see how the artists have been inspired and
how many you remember from your childhood.

There will be the opportunity to stock up on unique greeting cards, chat to the Artists In Action and browse the craft tables.
The Family Art and Craft Have A Go Table will be in full swing too.

Free parking surrounding the venue in the main town car park. Free entry with disabled access.

Donations are of course welcome!

Please make a note in your diary, tell your friends and perhaps arrange to meet them there!

Luxford Centre, Library Way, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR
On Facebook too at uckfieldartgroup

Fiona Flower