School Summer Fair

School Summer Fair

Planning for the summer fair has also started in earnest. We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday 15th June for a wonderful school celebration on the green.
Member of Parliament Update

Member of Parliament Update

Representing a rural constituency, I am passionate supporter of our farmers and their contribution to both putting food on our tables and conserving our environment. With this in mind, I was delighted by the news that Waitrose and the Co-op have launched ‘Best of...

KEEP Kirdford and Wisborough ‘Green’

UKOG at Broadford Bridge On 19th March, West Sussex County Council Planning Committee refused UK Oil and Gas, UKOG company, permission to extend their stay at the Broadford Bridge defunct oil well site by 7 votes to 4.  This was the 5th attempt by UKOG to extend their...
WG History – Mabel Archdall Vicars

WG History – Mabel Archdall Vicars

Mabel Archdall Vicars, who lived at Old Tanyard Farm during and after the Second World War, was born in Clapham in 1868, the daughter of a prosperous fancy-embroidery manufacturer.  She was the third of four children born to William and Elizabeth Archdall Vicars.  Her...
Vehicle “Torched” in School Road

Vehicle “Torched” in School Road

Many of you will have noticed the burnt-out car in School Road, Wisborough Green – especially those attending Church on the morning of 14 April and those dropping off their children at school in the morning of Monday 15th April.  Apparently the car, purportedly...
Recipe of the month

Recipe of the month

Tartiflette Ingredients (Serves 3-4) 1kg Charlotte potatoes 2 large onions, sliced 400g smoked bacon lardons 200ml dry white wine 300g crème fraiche 450g reblochon cheese Salt and pepper Garlic Method Boil the potatoes in salted water until fork tender and allow to...
Renegades Update

Renegades Update

Wheely great fun for the Renegades The wheels on the bus have not stopped turning since the Renegades and Rascals youth clubs took delivery of their first – but hopefully not last – minibus. “What a difference having our own transport has made already,” exclaims Group...
St Peter’s Task Force

St Peter’s Task Force

St Peter’s ‘Task Force’ The Churchyard at St Peter’s is an historic record of successive generations, a home for funerary monuments of architectural and aesthetic excellence, a setting for the church itself and a place for reflection and prayer.  As...