The next PCA committee meeting will be on Tuesday 16 February at 8pm. Please phone 705134 if you’d like to come along, or comment below if there’s something you’d like discussed.
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Found today in Coventry Street: a small silver ring.
Contact rsccooper@waitrose.com
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Can I say a big thank you to the snow clearers who took up their spades and broke through the ice in Hamilton Road after the first time it snowed this year? They cleared the pavement and enthusiastically dug out two channels in the road for cars.
A visitor to the area singlehandedly broke through a path across the top of Hamilton and Stanford Road with the aid of a hammer, which was tremendous as previously it had become treacherous to cross there.
Thanks also to Andy from the Prestonville Arms and Richard Freeman who gritted both pavements in Hamilton Road. It made a great difference to getting about safely this snowfall and it just so happened we could all get to the pub easily!
Sara Cook
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Everyone’s talking about growing your own veg these days: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on TV, countless articles in newspapers and magazines and the Government’s latest food strategy. There’s a huge renewed interest in growing but many of us lack the skills to get out and do it. Growing your own is also the perfect solution for anyone whose new year’s resolution involves spending less money or getting their outside space sorted!The training is focused on providing hands-on experience and practical skills so those who attend can go home and get growing in whatever space they have available. The courses will be delivered by growing experts from local community food projects.
More information and booking for courses is available at http://harvest-bh.org.uk/projects/66-projects/80-training. All places booked in January receive a £5 discount off the normal course. There are also a limited number of £5 spaces available for those on benefits.
- Venue for the composting course - Whitehawk Community Food Project
A course in ‘successful composting’ has kicked off a training programme for people interested in growing more of their own food. The courses are organised by Harvest Brighton & Hove, a new city-wide project which aims to get more residents growing their own and eating local food. Other topics to be covered in 2010 include an introduction to organic growing, container growing and how to plan your plot.
Julie Green, who attended the first course, said ‘The course was really hands-on and informative, with lots of opportunities to ask questions. Afterwards, I couldn’t wait to get home and put what I learned into practice out in the garden!’
Harvest Brighton & Hove is all about growing, eating and enjoying local food. From window boxes to community allotments, there are opportunities for everyone to join in. Harvest is led by the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and has brought together lots of different organisations interested in food who will help you learn to grow your own, make use of surplus produce and eat more tasty local food. To find out more or sign-up to the mailing list, go to www.harvest-bh.org.uk.
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Several of these have appeared in my garden in Stanford Rd. since the current freezing weather conditions began.I assume they have come in from woodland, looking for food.They are splendid looking birds;very much like a songthrush in size & appearance, but with extra coloured bits.
Wondered if anyone else has spotted one?Do try & put out food & water for birds,especially while the ground is frozen.
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Community Notice!
here’s a map of local grit bins on google maps at
http://bit.ly/4Vddmw
Article in Brighton & Hove News – More grit to help Brighton and Hove deal with icy weather
Facebook site - complaining about lack of grit
Message from Brighton and Hove City Council:
Tuesday 5th January 2010.
Snow could fall in the city from this evening, with further showers until Friday and consequently the council gritters will be out treating all the main highways today and this evening.
Street cleaners are being diverted today to pre-grit pavements and gritting bins are being refilled for residents to use.
Council staff are paying particular attention to gritting pavements on
hilltops, outside hospitals and shop fronts.
Four wheel drive vehicles will also be made available to ensure home care teams and Meals on Wheels are able to visit vulnerable people.
Full gritting routes across the city cover 156 miles, taking in every bus route in Brighton & Hove and there are 350 salt bins on pavements. In preparation, the council has around 400 tonnes of salt stored at Hollingdean depot. This would cope with almost three weeks of continuous heavy frosts.
There is another 500 tonnes of salt on order.
In the event of snow and ice tomorrow the council is prepared to place piles of grit at strategic locations using street cleaning and gardening staff.
However, drivers and pedestrians should remain vigilant and take care during the cold snap as it is not possible to grit all 3,000 of the city’s roads.
Even a high level of gritting service on roads and pavements that can be treated cannot guarantee they will always be completely clear of ice or snow.
This can be for various reasons, including the time it takes for salt to become effective; salt being washed away if rain turns to snow and water leaks on roads that turn to ice in below zero temperatures.
Drivers and pedestrians should be especially cautious when road frosts or freezing temperatures follow rain or snow.
*remember to check on elderly, vulnerable and disabled neighbours to see if they need help during this unfriendly weather 
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Dyke Road Park cafe in the 1930s
I recently came across this postcard on ebay [unfortunately it had already been sold]. The photograph was taken some time in the 1930’s and shows the cafe in Dyke Road Park with a thatched roof!
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Dyke Road Park as it looks now
Dyke Road Park play area will be closed from January 2010 to allow improvements to be made following a public consultation day on 20th July 2009.
No date has been given for the opening of the park but an opening event is planned.
Click to download new design [PDF 7.54MB]
The new design.
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Proposed cuts could lead to a weekly 3-day closure.
You may or may not know via the Argus that we are possibly being severely effected by the savings that Local Authorities are having to make.
It has been proposed that we close an additional 2 days, making our total weekly closure 3 days, which is purported to make staff savings (security staff not having to be on duty). Cutting front-line services is not a good idea and we are concerned that once this has happened it will be difficult to reverse in the future - a thin wedge would have been inserted that could lead to more cuts in the future. In addition my colleague who retired two years ago has been working ½ time for the past couple of years and is now having to leave at the end of March and there is no immediate sign of replacement, although I am told that this is not the case.
The Booth had 4 ‘professional’ (science/nat.hist trained) staff from 1974 to about 1995, this was then reduced to 3 and then to 2 now it is 1 … With all the associated management and Local Gov. stuff I have to deal with it means that I have had less and less time to do what a natural scientist should do in a museum of this stature (hence my lack of attendances at meetings, involvement with things etc). I’ve had to give up some areas of work - sadly including Recorder work for B&H. All a bit gloomy.
It might help if you could, should you think it worth it, lobby the museum boss and her boss to help prevent these cuts. Any support we can get would be greatly appreciated. I’d also be grateful if you could spread the word about this and suggest others do like-wise.
The persons to email are:
janita.bagshawe@brighton-hove.gov.uk
scott.marshall@brighton-hove.gov.uk
or even the Chief Exec.
john.barradell@brighton-hove.gov.uk
and of course a letter to the Argus would also help - as it has in the past.
Thanks,
Gerald
Dr Gerald Legg
Keeper of Natural Sciences
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December 23, 2009
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