Great Daffodill Appeal comes to Cuckfield Local market

Great Daffodil Appeal 2017 - Saturday 11th March 2017

Cuckfield resident and professional florist Belinda Campopiano will be taking part in the charity flower event which takes place during the month of March.

Chez Fleur will once again be at Cuckfield Local market (outside The Talbot) on Saturday 11th March selling gift wrapped daffodils to raise money for Marie Curie.

Then, later in the month, Belinda will be holding a workshop at The Old School, where she’ll demonstrate how to make a beautiful hand-tied and gift wrapped bouquet. “The workshop would make an ideal gift for Mother’s Day,” she commented, “or mums, daughters or sons could all come along together!” At the end of the demonstration Belinda will also be showing ideas of how to arrange supermarket flowers too!

The cost of the workshop (25th March at 10am) is £48 per person and includes everything you’ll need to make your own bouquet to take home and tea/coffee. 

As a special offer to Cuckfield Life readers, if you book before Wednesday 8th March, you’ll get £5 off the ticket price. Just mention the magazine. Call Belinda on 07811 892644 for more information.

Cuckfield Life Reader Survey 2017

I would love to know what YOU think of our magazine.

I’d be really grateful if you would be prepared to spend just five minutes of your time to answer a few questions about what you like and maybe what you dislike about Cuckfield Life. And, of course, if you have any suggestions about how to make the magazine even better, I’d love to hear those too!

Please complete the survey before 10th March 2017.

You can complete it anonymously if you choose to, however if you would like to be entered into the draw to win a £50 shopping voucher to spend in local shops, then do please give us your name and contact details below.

Thank you!

David Tingley, editor

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Henry Kingsley - Stories from the Graves

Henry Kingsley, writer and younger brother of novelist Charles Kingsley (author of the Water Babies), is often described as the black sheep of the Kingsley family. Despite showing signs of brilliance in his early works, the majority of the twenty novels he published were either panned or simply ignored. Known as a spendthrift who drank heavily, Henry’s story is both sad and complex – as he lived in the shadow of his more successful offspring.

By Claire Cooper

Henry Kingsley was born on 2nd January 1830 at Barnack in the Northamptonshire countryside. He was the fifth son and youngest child of Reverend Charles and Mary (Lucas) Kingsley. Soon after Henry’s birth, the family moved to Clovelly, Devonshire, and when he was six years old his father became the rector at St. Luke’s Church in Chelsea. (Both Devonshire and Chelsea later figured prominently in Henry’s novels.) However, much of Henry’s childhood was spent in London - perusing his father’s well-stocked library and local bookstalls.

Henry’s formal education began in 1844 at King’s College School, and years later he moved to Worcester College, Oxford. It is said that his time at Oxford was marked by an almost total disregard for his studies and a clear commitment to ‘folly and fun’. However, his taste for pleasure and athletic prowess made him popular among his peers - he once won a wager with friend Sir Edwin Arnold by running a mile, rowing a mile and trotting a mile within fifteen minutes.

Henry’s behaviour, which included smoking and drinking, often verged on overindulgence, and he and Arnold also formed a short-lived secret society, called the Fez Club, which was based on misogyny (hatred of women) and a commitment to celibacy. 

The full story is printed in the January 2017 issue of Cuckfield Life magazine...