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Following a spate of thefts from cars around Fiveways in the past two weeks during October resident are advised to not leave valuables in cars overnight See Argus here
Community Notice Board
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Fiveways is a residential community in the north of the City of Brighton and Hove. With the best schools in the City, lovely Victorian terraced housing, some of the best parks in the City, independent shops, organic grocers, excellent bakers, good quality butcher, cafés, deli's, excellent restaurants, art trails during the Festival and at Christmas, Fiveways is increasingly popular with young families and professionals.
Traditionally it was an older community but an influx of young families from London and elsewhere has seen the elderly demographic alter to a wider mix of people across the age ranges, and a certain degree of 'gentrification' although it remains relaxed.
Unlike Tescoland elsewhere in the UK, and even here in Brighton now, Fiveways is spoiled with several independent shops including the best Bakers in the City, Ravens, who bakes on the premises 6 days a week, a good quality butcher, a greengrocer serving excellent organic produce, excellent restaurants and bars, cafés, a delicatessen, the lovely North Village sandwitch cafe, park side pubs, photographers, wine merchants, an artists community, and several street festivals in the summers. We actively encourage use of the local shops as opposed to supermarkets where possible, not just for the quality but on the simple notion that if we do not use the local shops we will lose them, so please shop locally.
Fiveways Skill trades and swaps. Do you want to swap your skills with Fiveways residents? Local cashless skills swap in Fiveways, Brighton. Whatever your skills are, someone out there wants them. Start trading and swapping here.
! We politely ask all residents and visitors to respect the 20mph limit on local roads, voluntarily so, even where the bylaw limit remains 30mph. It is not a race! This is a residential area, and not Brands Hatch. If you are seen driving dangerously or with excessive speed in the area residents may report your cars registration number to Sussex Police. So please slow down before you kill somebody! Fed up with dangerous drivers? Report a dangerous driver here. http://www.sussex.police.uk/infocentre/content.asp?uid=503
Fiveways Cricket Club. Call Alan or Stuart on 561762
Mobile Library Service. Sandgate Road each wednesday between 11am and 12.30pm This service is delivered by Brighton and Hove City Council.
Cubs and Scouts. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Hall phone Vic Pollard 682768 or Liz Wakeling 430508 for more details.
Girls Brigade. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Hall. Phone Amy Codling 308445 for more details.
Guides. St Mathias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue. Phone Georgina Bailey on 410086.
Brownies. St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury Park Avenue. Phone Lucie Baverstock 01903 752845.
Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods. Voluntary help to maintain the woods. The group is seeking more volunteers for work on Hollingbury Rise West on Sunday 1st November 2009. Tree planting and growth nurturing is the plan, to reduce spaces for litter and debris on the woods edge. Phone Brenda on 553044 or Gill on 07719 943237.
Clearview Community Allottment. A superb two plot community allocation of allottments run by volunteers and locals. Contact Sarah on 564236. http://www.clearviewcommunityallotment.org/
Amaze, Brighton. Support for parents and families of children with Special Needs. 01273 772289 Helpline.
Moving from London to Brighton? Then make sure you put Fiveways, Brighton on your potential new home list!
Want to include your Community Group or Event on this page for free? Call us on 01273 542970 or drop us a line to info@fivewaysonline.com
Want to recycle something locally as opposed to sending it to landfill? Use Brighton Freecycle here.
Car sharer opportunities, cut costs and do your bit for the environment. Send us your details and we will post them up so others can contact you to arrange or share journeys, both locally to work and for visits out of town, perhaps to a gallery in London for example. Like all local services, use them or lose them.
Brighton Allotment holders, have you got excess crops? More green tomatoes than you know what to do with? Dont leave them for compost, make them availalbe for the community, put your excess crop details on here for all to contact you for what they want, and you might even get some green tomatoe chutney to go with your cold meats on Christmas night in return!Simply email us at info@FivewaysOnline.com and we will publish your crop details for local residents to contact you.
Free advertising in Brighton to sell your unwanted items here.
Once again, it is almost that time of year when minds turn to the Brighton Festival 2010, and for Fiveways in particular the Fiveways Artists Open Houses. Check back in the weeks ahead, we will be taking a look at what we can expect for 2010 and hopefully talking to some of the artists involved Follow www.FivewaysOnline.com for unique new on local artists throughout the year.....and Brighton Festival Fringe too.....coming soon.
Brighton and Hove Clarion Cycling Club.
Click on the logo, join the club, make new friends and get fit too. Cycling is a suprb way to
see elements of East and West Sussex.
Breeze up to the Downs from Fiveways on the 79. 79 stops outside Savery's Book Shop and goes to Ditchling Beacon. Fares are now just £250 return for an Adult on a super saver from Fiveways, and each Adult is entitled to take two children completely free! So leave the car at the home on a Sunday.
The 79 runs from on Sundays and Bank holidays from Brighton Pavillion to Ditchling Beacon and can picked up at Fiveways. 77, 78 and 79 Breeze up to the Downs timetable details here.
Mike Unwin, local resident and RSPB Author, will be leading a dawn chorus walk to enjoy the birdsong around Fiveways in Burstead Woods from 6am on Sunday April 25th. Call Brenda Pollack on 553044 Booking essential.
FivewaysOnline.com have been approached by the community to extend our sorrow at the dreadful news of Mr Shah, also known as Mo, being stabbed whilst fending off robbers in his shop, Preston Foods, of Preston Drove, Brighton, earlier this week, and we wish him a speedy recovery from what could have been a far more serious incident. Get well soon Mo....+UPDATE+ October 2010 This case finally came to Court this week. Mr Shah is understandably distressed that no Custodial sentence was passed. Both boys appear to have been let off with a slapped wrist. Prison arguably doesn't work, but where a teenager of either 13 or 15 has the capacity to stab a shop owner who refuses to hand over money or goods under duress, surelay warrants a Custodial sentence. There is absolutely no deterrant to youths prepared to stab in any circumstances which produces two negative consequences; the Judiciary in the UK are out of control as much as the unruly teenagers are and that as a community we can not rely on such. Sooner or later a local business person will be killed by such actions, or someone taking matters into their hands will find themselves on the wrong side of the law. How a Judge of any description has reached this conclusion is astonishing, even in the context of the times we live in. It seems attempting to stab anyone in the Judiciaries eyes is perfectly reasonable behaviour not warranting custody....... See the full story here.
Creating Habitats for Butterflies FREE talk by Dr. Dan Danahar* Saturday 14th May 2:30pm at the Brian Foster Environment Centre Stringer Way, Dorothy Stringer School, BN1 6PZ (enter from Draxmont Way off Surrenden Road)
*Biodiversity Co-ordinator for Dorothy Stringer School and creator of their Butterfly Haven, leading role in the Brighton & Hove Big Nature conference, Big Butterfly Count, the Big Biodiversity Count, and Recorder for Butterfly Conservation
For more information visit www.fhbw.org.uk or e-mail us at info@fhbw.org.uk
FOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE PARK
Blaker's Park, the community open space near Fiveways, Brighton, is to host two special public events during the Spring.
They happen on Sunday 15th May, beginning with the Open Art Exhibition, when everyone is welcome to bring along their own art and put it on display – and even to sell it. It starts at 12 noon and ends at 4pm.
Artists of all ages are welcomed – it's a friendly, supportive event to encourage everyone to feel good about their own creativity and that of their friends and family. All mediums are welcome – including painting, drawing, collage, photography, prints and etchings. Just bring a hook with which to hang it.
For the first time there will also be workshops, run by artists and teachers, in charcoal drawing. Some art materials will be provided but all artists are encouraged to bring sketchpads, watercolours, chalks and crayons to turn the park into a giant studio. Tutors will be on hand to give tips and advice. As an extra bonus and to turn Blaker's Park into Montmartre for one afternoon, everyone wearing a beret will get a drinks discount at the café! Smocks are optional!
On the same day, Sunday 15th May, a local arboriculturalist will lead a walking Tour of the Trees. This is back by popular demand after a highly successful guided tour of the park's 106 tree varieties in October. The tour will start at 2pm and last about an hour.
If the weather is bad on Sunday 15th may, both of the above events will be postponed for a week, until Sunday 22nd May.
Keep up to date with the news from Blaker's Park at www.BlakersPark.org.uk
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