A community website for the residents of Dallington in East Sussex
Tuesdays during term time there is a service for the school, at 9.15am in the church if the weather is fine, in school in wet weather.
As previously announced, Dallington is participating in this year’s High Weald Wild about Dark Skies Festival. Running from Saturday 28 October to Sunday 10 November 2024, the Festival promises a fortnight of stargazing, workshops, talks, walks and fun family activities. Find out more at https://highweald.org/get-involved/dark-skies/wild-about-dark-skies-festival/
In Dallington, local expert Doug Edworthy (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society) will be giving a talk about the wonders of the stars and the impact of light pollution on nature, people and the sky . This will take place at Dallington Old School Village Hall on Saturday 2nd November at 7.30. That is the weekend of the new moon, which means it will be particularly dark so we may be able to enjoy the skies on the way to and from the hall.
Dallington School is also joining in with the festival. Paul Cox, Head Teacher, reports that the older children are currently working on a project based around the Dallington Village Dark Skies Festival. They have been visited by the amazing Rachel Bennington, who works for the High Weald. They have done lots of wonderful work around the stars and light pollution. They will also be writing some poems around the night sky – to be entered for the Messenger Magazine Childrens Writing Competition on the Dark Skies theme.
We hope to arrange some additional events later in the month, including a star gazing event and a bat walk (details tbc).
Dallington Parish Council supports the Dark Skies Festival and when commenting on planning applications, takes account of the High Weald Dark Skies Planning Advice Note which aims to reduce light pollution.
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Come and make a traditional and simple Christmas wreath in the company of others. Help if you need it, or do your own thing. Greenery will be available but bring anything else you would like to add, plus secateurs, scissors and garden twine and florists/ thin wire if you have it. £5 a head. Places limited so please book yours in advance from Jane 07766 434847
You are invited to join other local friends and neighbours at the Dallington Christmas Lunch Thursday 12th December 2024
12 noon for 12:30 at the Old School
Tickets £12 for a 3 course Christmas lunch, soft drinks & coffee. Please bring a Secret Santa gift costing under £3 & your own alcohol if wanted.
There will be a charity post box available for village (parish) Christmas cards. For tickets and further information, and to specify any dietary requirements or to offer any assistance, please contact Jane Messer before 6th December on 07766 434847
AN EVENING OF SNOOKER
at the BILLIARD ROOM
DALLINGTON OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL
at 7.30pm on
Tuesday 10th September 2024
Pre game drink and nibbles in the Main Hall followed by a game of snooker (killer or mini frames depending on numbers).
Everyone welcome whatever your ability.
For further information please don’t hesitate to get in touch:
Kim & Dan Venner kim.venner@btinternet.com or 01424 838406
Sunday August 4th
11am. Service of The Word
Sunday 11th
6.30pm. Evensong
Sunday 18th
11am. Holy Communion
Sunday 25th
9.30am. Holy Communion
Sunday September 1st
11am. Service of The Word.
The Wealden Iron Research Group will be holding their Summer Meeting & AGM on Saturday 27 July 2024 from 10.30am at Dallington Old School Village Hall, The Street, Dallington, TN21 9NH, East Sussex.
Local residents are welcome to attend the Summer Meeting talk and the afternoon site visit to Ashburnham Furnace, but non-members of WIRG cannot vote at the AGM.
Agenda for the day:
(Posted on behalf of Doug Edworthy)
It hardly seems possible that 2024 is already half over, the days are getting shorter, and summer is still absent-without-leave. But regardless of the current unseasonable weather, there are three guided walks in Dallington Forest planned for the rest of the year:
If you’d like to come on any of these walks please contact our walks administrator, Brenda Booth (brendaboothkent@aol.com), who will email you details of our meeting location and time.
A lot has changed in the Forge Wood part of the forest following last summer’s clear-fell of non-native Western Hemlock, Spruce and European Larch. The landowner has some interesting plans for this piece of woodland.
So, don’t worry if you’ve been on our walks before, as well as seeing the ancient woodland ghylls, veteran Beeches, standing decaying wood monoliths, walking trees, sandstone ‘ripple beds’ of the early Cretaceous period 145-100 mya, and learning about the landscape and history of the forest, there is still lots to see.
The walks are usually 2-3 hours, influenced by how much talking I do! Depending on the time of year, the weather can be wet, and the tracks can be muddy and slippery with plenty of trip hazards. So, appropriate clothing and footwear are essential. Dogs are welcome on a lead and we ask that owners clear up after them and take the poo out of the forest.
We ask for a £5 cash donation per person, collected at the start of the walk, which goes towards the hosting and maintenance of the Dallington Forest website (www.dallingtonforest.uk – which I urge you to visit and learn more about the forest).
I hope to see you on one of the walks!
Doug Edworthy Tree Warden, Brightling and Dallington parishes
(posted on behalf of Caroline Moore & Brightling Environment Group)
May be of interest to Dallington residents too?
Last few places for the Brightling Moth Breakfast:
Brightling Environment Group’s latest event is a Moth Breakfast. Local moth enthusiast Caroline Moore – who’s been trapping moths and recording species and numbers for 24 years at her garden in Etchingham – will be doing a live moth-trap opening and species ID on the morning of Saturday 13 July, 8.15am for an 8.30am reveal at Brickyard Lane, Brightling. Come along for breakfast (bacon and/or mushroom rolls, plus coffee, tea and juice) and to see how the moth count compares from three traps, set across three different local sites, each with different habitats and levels of light pollution. Numbers are limited, so email brightlingenvironmentgroup@gmail.com to book your place and receive full details of the location. (Please note, BEG will be asking for a donation of £5 to cover the costs of breakfast.) See you there!
(Web editor’s note: light pollution and how to mitigate its impact on wildlife including moths are all part of the High Weald National Landscape Dark Skies Festival (28 Oct-10 Nov), designed to celebrate and protect some of the darkest skies in the South East. More information at https://highweald.org/get-involved/dark-skies/wild-about-dark-skies-festival/. We’ll be posting details over the next few months about how Dallington will be taking part in the Festival.)
Posted on behalf of Bobbie Steel
A magical afternoon for this concert, arranged by Jane Messer, followed by a wonderful tea sitting in the churchyard in the glorious sunshine. The aim of the concert was to recoup some of the cost of the repair to the church roof after burglars stole the lead and broke the tiles. Musicians Declan Hickey and Lizzie Knatt charged reduced rates, as Lizzie is the granddaughter of Pam and John Fuller, because of their long time commitment to St. Giles. As well as a financial success the afternoon was a chance for the audience to enjoy the exhilarating music by Britten, Purcell, Steenhoven and van Eyck, played on recorders and classical guitar. After Lizzie and Declan had received well-earned applause we moved on to enjoy a spread of delicious sandwiches and cakes prepared by keen volunteers. A lovely afternoon with music, tea, friends and sunshine.