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Help please

jerrye1023 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:31:15 GMT

Hello everybody.

I am desperately seeking a room to rent in the Southwater area. Anyone got any ideas ?

Southwater Wellness Club

gemmahorne — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:07:37 GMT

This is a new concept starting on a Wednesday evening 6.30pm to 8pm at Southwater Leisure Centre. Come down for a free Body Composition Testing and Wellness Evaluation.

Contact Gemma on 01403730722 for more details.

Childrens Nearly New Sale

The Lakers — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:03:07 GMT

A nearly new sale will be held at Southwater Leisure Centre in Pevensey Road on Sunday 27th April 2008, 12 - 2pm. Entry is 50p and under 16s are free. For sale will be baby equipment, childrens clothes, puzzles, toys, childrens books and maternity wear. The event will be supporting Southwater Infant and Junior Schools PTA.

HEY IT COUKD BE BACK ON

bradders — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:38:37 GMT

Hi all the aforementioned 70s and 80s nite may be back on for some time in may at the Cock Inn..so if you love theme nights and turning the clock back getting ya old clobber out..then keep posted..

The cock Inn 70s and 80s Disco

bradders — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:07:31 GMT

sadly it is not on nor folks keep looking may be back on soon.....26th april is not available for this disco..so am off to Norfolk to do a big theme evening up their in my mates hotel.....

The Cock Inn/Entertainment

bradders — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:07:27 GMT

heard mixed reviews about entertainment there...but things are changing..the new owners are doing well in my opinion...Well on Sat 26th April a rare chance to see the oldest swinger in town..dj brad..(got a few years left in him yet)..playing the best of the 70s and 80s from 7-30 to (when the tills are full)..and then for the last hour..who knows what will be played:..soooo spread the word get ya ol' gear on and give it a try..

HOUSE NEEDED

Dan_W — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:02:28 GMT

Hi, I was due to be moving into a two bedroomed house in Southwater but unfortunately two weeks before we move in the land lord has told me they can't let the property anymore for personal reasons.

Does anybody know of a two bed house available for rent in Southwater or Horsham? I have to move in the next two weeks :-(

Thanks

Dan

The Cock Inn vs The Hen and Chicken

Royalepoker — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:54:07 GMT

Who wins, you decide?!?

Takeaway / Delivery

Dan_W — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:59:29 GMT

Hi guys,

I'm moving to southwater shortly and was wondering what restaurants are around that deliver? I hear there's a nice Indian in Southwater. Is there any pizza delivery companies? Also Fish & chips etc. I'm making it sound like I only eat junk food, I don't but it is nice to order take away on a Friday so that I don't have to worry about cooking :-)

Thanks

Dan

is southwater a nice place????

emma+co — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:11:24 GMT

hi i would like to move to southwater.i am thinking of trying to do a council exchange to the area.i have done my homework and think southwater looks good.at the moment im in a small village with no transport and nothing to do.i am bored and so are my kids!!!southwater looks like its a bit more busy and fun!!!
the only problem is convincing my partner.he lived in s/w about 10 years ago and he hated the place.said it was a rough place with loads of trouble etc.i have friends there who say different but hes not budging.!!!so my question is what is it really like??are the council estates good etc
please help me convince my partner to move!!!

help please

jerrye1023 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:35:15 GMT

can anyone help please

i am soon moving to southwater and have a question for anyone who knows the area well.i work at christs hospital and wondered if there is a quick way of getting from southwater to ch without using the main road and still being able to turn up for work in a reasonable state and not covered in mud !! would also appreciate it if anyone could tell me the approximate mileage for this journey.

thanks in advance.

Jerry

looking forward to.......

jerrye1023 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:50:33 GMT

.....moving to southwater in early march.both my parents and my brother and his family live there already so it's almost like a family tradition ! would be keen to find out if anyone out there is interested in table tennis. i used to play a lot when i was younger and am eager to take it up again. please let me know and i look forward to becoming part of the southwater community.

Live Music in The Hen and Chicken

Tina — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:52:25 GMT

We were in the Hen and Chicken last night. The "Tube Snake Boogie Band" were playing. They were fantastic. It was great to see the pub full and see people of all ages enjoying themselves. Apparently there was a great band a couple of weeks before. Lets hope these music nights become a regular thing.:cool:

silverseal events

miffy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:22:41 GMT

A group of us had booke to attened the event to be held for new year in horsham tickets and a mini bus there and back but the event has been cancelled now!!!

damm shame!!!

anyone heard of any good,resonably priced ideas fror new year that wont cost a fourtune in taxis?

The Cock Inn/Old Well

Phoebe Brooks — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:23:25 GMT

I see that the Old Well is up for sale. It would be great if the eventual purchasers would restore its proper name again. This old coaching inn has been known as The Cock Inn for centuries, appears in bus timetables and is also quoted in directions. It's also an important part of Southwater's history. The Old Well means nothing - I believe it was chosen because they found a well on the premises but until the latter part of the last century, nearly every house in the village would have had a well, too, so hardly a novelty!

Many pubs recently have subscribed to the fad of changing their old and well known names - The Swan at Pulborough and the Horse and Groom in Horsham to name but two - but have soon found out that it's the way a pub is run that makes or breaks it and returned to their traditional titles.

So lets hear it for a return to The Cock Inn. If anyone hears of the sale going through, perhaps they can let us have the information.

Christmas Fayre

ShortStuff — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:23:46 GMT

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

The Southwater Infant and Junior Schools' Christmas Fayre

will be this Saturday (1st December 2007)

Grand opening at 1:45 by the Infant School Choir, stall open at 2pm. The fayre closes at 4pm.

Meet Santa in his Grotto

Face painting

Adult Tombola

Teddy Tombola

Lots of fun and games for all the family

Refreshments

Wonderful Craft Stalls too

Come and join us for an afternoon full of fun and laughter!

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FREE ENTRY

Southwater Fireworks 2007

DotNetWebs — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:33:56 GMT

There are a already few searches coming through this forum for information about this year's Southwater Fireworks.

I just wondered if anybody had the details yet?

Children's Nearly New Sale

The Lakers — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:56:14 GMT

A nearly new sale will be held at Southwater Leisure Centre in Pevensey Road on Sunday 11th November 2007, 10am - 12pm. Entry is 50p and under 16s are free. For sale will be baby equipment, childrens clothes, puzzles, toys, childrens books and maternity wear. Refreshments available. The event will be supporting Southwater Infant and Junior Schools PTA.

Southwater Firework Display

Tina — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:39:26 GMT

Does anybody have any information about the Southwater Fireworks? Is there a display this year I haven't seen any signs up.

New Bus Company

lgw.web-wings — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:03:56 GMT

Same thread that is running in Horsham Chat. Please go to that thread to see details. Will add an inital Map Online soon. http://www.horshamforum.com/Topic2365-4-1.aspx

Village Hall

Merlin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:09 GMT

can anyone tell me who the committe are ie chair vice chair secretary are -

cheers

Merlin

Open Martial Art Group in or around Horsham?

freeBatjko — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:07:11 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for a group of people who regularly meet for the purpose of training and dialogue,
or for individuals who'd be interested in forming such a group.

I myself am 27 years old and have a background of a bit more than 10 years in Martial Arts with emphasis on Kung Fu, though my training was conducted in an open and flexible way, in terms of the contents. This was back in Germany where I was also teaching for about 5 years, before I moved over to the UK, now to Horsham.
I am absolutely open to any style that comes along. You're experienced in one of the various Karate sub-styles, Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Escrima, JKD, Sanshou, Kickboxing... whatever... We can exchange knowledge and experience to improve our own training and have partners for sparring and experimenting.

What I'm looking for is a group of people with the mutual interest to do training together. With that I mean it depends on the response to this what this will look like.
Everyone joining in has a say in what we do. Whatever the group is interested in, can be discussed and tried out.

Also if there are some people who are relatively new to Martial Arts and would like to get an insight or start a serious regular training, we can talk about setting up a little structured beginners group (maybe even with more than one teacher, if qualified and interested), because I always enjoyed teaching just as much as training myself.

So yea... I am a very laid back person, easy to get along with. I need to get my own training seriously going again after the trouble of international moving and am also looking forward to having a learners group again as well.

This whole thing would be starting off as a no-money project. Everyone joins because of interest.
However if enough people are interested in a structured beginners (or advanced just as welcome) group,
we might talk about some sort of compensation after a try-out month or so if everyone agrees.
But I think at the beginning it's all about getting to know eachother and finding out if this is what you, me and all of us actually want.

What I cannot offer at the moment is a fixed location though. Having just moved here, I have no idea where to look. Youth clubs maybe?
Renting a room, hall or a gym would mean for us to come up with the money. So if anyone has a good idea I'd be pleased to hear about it. Generally all we need to start with is a room big enough so that noone kicks the neighbour, so it's depending on our number.
Otherwise I know a nice closed-in little meadow in Holbrook for example, that I use at the moment, but that is not a long term solution seeing the (even more) rainy season approaching soon.
So let me know, if anyone knows a good place.

I am open to suggestions and questions and hope to get as many answers as possible...
(Also in case you want to know more about the particular style I am training.)

Thanks for reading so far. If you read all of it you must be interested, so... drop me an email:

freeBatjko(at)hotmail.com

Thanks,
-Patrick-

P.S. I just posted this in the Horsham sub-forum and thought Southwater might have someone interested as well. Hope this is ok.

Bowls

Walter — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:45:36 GMT

SOUTHWATER 103 SHOTS

STORRINGTON 37 SHOTS.

SOUTHWATER 67 SHOTS

PULBOROUGH 44 SHOTS.

SOUTHWATER 49 SHOTS

FITTLEWORTH 44SHOTS.

Southwater Station on the Downs Link

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:39:18 GMT

Until just before the building works started there was the old railway sign on the remaining east platform. This had been removed before the barriers went up. Did it get removed for safe keeping or was it stolen?

Coincidentally I had taken a photo of it not long before it disappeared. You can see it on Flickr by clicking the link below

Station sign

RE: Parish Council Members Car Park.

Bryn James — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:22:17 GMT

This week, I had an experience at a bus stop that was so significant that it led me to pose a deeply philosophical question;

Who would win in a fight? Judge Dredd, or Southwater Parish Council?

As for the answer, the story should help you work it out.

I walked from my home in the north of the village in the daytime over to the bus stop on Worthing Road (you know the one - its got a brick-built shelter? Possibly the warmest and shelteriest shelter i've ever known, anyway) to wait for the 98 bus to Horsham. As the 98 came into view, a small blue car pulled to a halt at the far end of the stop, where the bus would normally pull in.

This struck me as a little odd. I was the only one at the stop, so they coudn't have been picking anyone up, and as there was only one person in the car they weren't dropping anyone off either. Someone lost?

A woman got out, walks over towards me, the bus drawing closer, and paced towards where i was outside the shelter. Someone lost.

Not out of hostility but only to warn her of obstruction and probably of mild danger (a bus being a bit on the long side and somewhat more difficult to maneuver than a 1998 Corsa), I exclaimed;

"Excuse me, there's a bus coming love!"

Her response, was made as if I was a man with recently restored sight, observing with utter suprise that the sun rose and set every day.

"Yes?"

In shock and feeling a little like I were Canute returning with soggy ankles, I could only quietly muster;

"I jus' thought you ought to know".

Actually, she was pacing for the parish notice board that affixed to the end of the shelter.

At this point the bus steered round her car and pulled in further up the luxuriously lengthy bus stop and I hopped on.

So, the parish council must be made of stern stuff, and i for one am glad. To have such strongly-minded and determined indivduals listening to the citizens of Southwater and ensuring that local facilities are respected we are lucky. Truly egalitarian custodians of our fine village. In fact, I'm so confident in their dedication to matters concering the village, they're bound to read this.

Southwater Relocation?

newbie — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:59:20 GMT

Hi everyone. We are looking at Storrington/Billingshurst/Southwater and all villages in between as possible relocation places this August. Our son will be at secondary school in 2008 so we want to be near to a good school. Southwater crops up quite a lot -there are plenty of houses on the market. Is this is a good sign?! I notice an earlier correspondent described it as 'Toytown', so is this just another soulless estate or somewhere really worth looking at? We also want to avoid traffic noise as this has blighted our lives where we are currently living. We don't want to be out in the sticks as it's important that the children have a local social life as they get older, but neither do we want to be amidst chaos! Any advice, please?

The Lintot

DotNetWebs — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:42:51 GMT

Last night Mrs DNW decided she wanted to try out Souhwater's newest pub - The Lintot.

I must admit until now I had not been terribly excited about the arrival of a new 'modern' pub as I normally prefer old fashioned pubs with lots of history. However, the pub soon won me over when I saw they had Marston's Pedigree on the pumps (not surprising really as I soon found out the Lintot is owned by Marston's) The Lintot also has an excellent selection of wines and after our initial drink we decided to order a reasonably-priced bottle of Kumala Pinotage Shiraz to go with our meal.

The food was good and the drink was good but what struck me most about the Lintot last night was the atmosphere. There were people of all ages, families with young children, young and old couples, groups of friends, pensioners, in fact just about every demographic group that is resident in Southwater. All of these people where having fun and getting along fine and it really gave the place a sense of community spirit.

But the best bit of all (for me anyway) is that the Lintot is SMOKE FREE. The success of this and the success of the Horsham pubs like The Black Jug that took the brave decision to go smoke free early have really proved the doom-mongers wrongs. The smoking ban will not kill of pubs but will revive them!

Incidentally it is possible to have a cigarette in the Lintot they have thoughtfully put an outside patio area on the upper floor.

Well done The Lintot you will certainly be receiving our custom again :):)

Pet Feeders.

amandajac — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:57:31 GMT

Based in Southwater and animal lovers and children alike! We have decided to offer this service to Horsham and Southwater residents. We will come and feed your fish, rabbit, goldfish, hampsters, cat or any other small pet - no need for kennels price is just £3.85 per visit so two visits a day would be £7.70. Any enquiries please email and we will contact you @ burt881@aol.com.

Panino

DotNetWebs — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:18:32 GMT

It looks like we are getting a Panino café in Lintot Square. Being a bit of a coffee addict this a very welcome addition. :)

Post Office Closed

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:35:48 GMT

How are you guys going to cope. It is sad that a village the size of Southwater cannot sustain a Post Office

With online banking and now tax discs I guess they are going to struggle

http://www.horshamtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?sectionid=507&articleid=2230288

Southwater Village & Produce Market - Tuesdays - Lintot Square

TCM — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:01:17 GMT

From Garry, Town Centres Manager

We are now up to 13 stalls (list below) and all appears to be going well :) BUT this market will ony survive if it attracts sufficient customers over the longer term. Additional promotional banners are going up this week.

The Tuesday Southwater market is now in its 5th week and we can trade for 13 weeks before we need Planning Permission. This will be sought if there is sufficient demand.

Please let me have your views on what you like about it, what you don't like, and any type of additional stalls you would like to see in the future?

:discuss:

Thank you

TCM

By the way, it is held on a Tuesday as this was the day that most Traders were free and willing to try a new unknown location. It also was hoped to have the effect of pulling additional people into the Square mid-week and thereby increasing business opportunities for the shops.

Southwater Market Traders (scheduled to attend from 20th June)

1. Rock Farm - Vegetables and some fruit.

2. Slindon Bakery - Regular and Speciality Breads and cakes.

3. Forget-me-not Plants - Bedding and cottage garden plants.

4. Karen Taylor Plants - Shrubs and climbing plants.

5. Downs Link Veterinary Surgery - Pet food, Free range eggs.

6. SussexWay Meats - Organic Lamb, Pork, Beef.

7. Olives and Things - Marinated olives and similar.

8. Ruckmans Limited - Beef, Lamb.

9. Ranfold Farm Nurseries - Turkey Sausages, Burgers.

10. Hempstead Foods - Meat pies, pasties, tarts & quiches.

11. Flax Farm - Linseed and linseed products.

12. Grimsby Fish - Fish.

13. Marie Downard - Herbs, Flavoured cooking oils.

Mechanic/Garage for MOT/Service?

benowens — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:10:09 GMT

Anyone know a good, non rip off mechanic/garage near Southwater?

Football Teams

benowens — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:12:35 GMT

Anyone know what park football teams play around Southwater and who to get in contact with to join up for pre-season training? Not after anything to hardcore, just a Saturday Park Team.

Bowls

Walter — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:06:38 GMT

SOUTHWATER BOWLS CLUB'S GREEN IS SITUATED ADJASENT TO THE LEISURE CENTRE AT THE END OF PEVENSEY ROAD.

WE ARE A VERY POPULAR CLUB TO ALL CLUBS IN EAST & WEST SUSSEX AND THEY ENJOY COMING TO OUR VILLAGE, WE ALSOALSO ENJOY PLAYING AND VISITNG ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY,AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS.

NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. OUR OLDEST MEMBER

IS A LADY OF 94. BUT THIS IS NOT AN OAP'S " SPORT AS OUR YOUNGEST LADY MEMBER IS JUST 14.

ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS AT 1.30PM TO 4PM WE HAVE A CLUB CASUAL GAME AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME ALONG AND JOIN IN .WE HAVE BOWLS YOU CAN USE, FLAT SOLE SHOES ARE REQUIRED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ME. WALTER 01403 731761 OR THE LEISURE CENTRE.

phone masts

michaelamson — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:08:09 GMT

Hi there

Do you know anything about the location of the proposed 2 phone masts - I have been trying to find out but failed. Or where I can find some information out?

Cheers Michael.

post office

Walter — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:14:14 GMT

before the P/O moved to the square i taxed my car for many years there. did this change after they moved ?

Landfil and phone masts

michaelamson — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:25:35 GMT

Hi guys

Hoping to move into a road off Cedar Drive in the next few weeks.

Was concerned when our environmental report states landfil 500m away - I know it is now not active but since when and could this become active again in the near future?

also any views on the 2 phone mast proposals in southwater?any other future developments that could be negative for southwater?

any info on this would be great as hope to move in really soon!

thank you very much people

michael

Southwater Bowls Club

Walter — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:09:51 GMT

The club has started thier outside season and invite anyone

interested in playing to come along to our Tuesday club

afternoon "short mat indoors" and "outside" from 1.30pm to 4pm. we have bowls you can use, just casual dress, but flat sole shoes.for any further details about the club please contact me Walter. Tel.01403 731761 or email simmo1933@aol.com Our ground is by the Leisure Centre Pevensey Road.

Smoke problems around Blakes Farm

10camelot — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:02:12 GMT

Has anyone noticed the smoke from around Blakes Farm area. It seems to have started last Saturday. We have been disturbed every night since by smoke. Waking due to the smell of smoke is worrying to say the least. It was first reported to the police on Saturday. Monday night we put in a complaint and were the third. Following an investigative walk this evening it seems to be coming from Sunnymeade Farm area on the other side of the dual carriageway. Does anyone have any other ideas as to where it is coming from. It is every night and something should be done to stop it.

Southwater News Links

DotNetWebs — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:48:07 GMT

You may have noticed that the Southwater News links on the top right corner of the web site have not been working for some time.

The links are automatically generated by an RSS feed from the West Sussex County Times web site. Unfortunately these links have not been working for several weeks now. This is due to the fact that the WSCT appears to have stopped supporting a news feed for Southwater. This is outside of the control of this forum. I will continue to monitor is and if the feed is not resumed will eventually remove the links altogether.

Sorry for the inconvenience.