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Mid Sussex District Council is reminding residents that waste and recycling collection days will change for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period.

All waste and recycling collections will be one day later than usual from Monday 26 December until Saturday 7 January 2017. Collections return to normal from Monday 9th January.

Residents can access personalised information about their collection day, and if they are due a blue lidded recycling collection or a grey lidded waste collection, by entering their postcode at www.midsussex.gov.uk/mymidsussex.

The festive bin collection changes are as follows:-

Due collection date	New collection date
Monday 26 Dec	Tuesday 27 Dec (Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 27 Dec	Wednesday 28 Dec
Wednesday 28 Dec	Thursday 29 Dec
Thursday 29 Dec	Friday 30 Dec
Friday 30 Dec	Saturday 31 Dec
Monday 2 Jan 2017	Tuesday 3 Jan 2017
Tuesday 3 Jan 2017	Wednesday  4 Jan 2017
Wednesday 4 Jan 2017	Thursday 5 Jan 2017
Thursday 5 Jan 2017	Friday 6 Jan 2017
Friday 6 Jan 2017	Saturday 7 Jan 2017

There will be no garden waste collections between Monday 26 December and Friday 6 January 2017.

Residents with a real Christmas tree can recycle it in their garden waste bin as long as the lid can be closed firmly.  Alternatively, the Council provides lots of sites where residents can drop off a tree for recycling. To see the details of dates and locations, go to www.midsussex.gov.uk/recycling. Sites are open between Friday 30 December and Friday 13 January 2017.

For more information about Christmas waste and recycling collections visit www.midsussex.gov.uk/recycling, email wastematters@midsussex.gov.uk or call 01444 477440.

IN a regular feature on the Town Council website, we will be remembering, on the anniversary of their deaths, the East Grinstead soldiers who died during WWI,  and who are named on the High Street War Memorial.

This month we recall (as recorded on The Roll of Honour website):

Raymond J. C. BROOM

Sapper. 70242 Royal Engineers. 3rd Army Corps, Signals Company.

Died in France 14.12.16. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Broom of 29, De la Warr Road, East Grinstead.

Born in Bromley, Kent and enlisted in Westminster.

Buried St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension

Albert WEST

Private 40351 4th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment. 29th Division.

Killed in action on the Somme 7.12.16.

Born in Lamberhurst, Kent, and enlisted in East Grinstead. East Grinstead resident.

Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 See also Lamberhurst Memorial

Guests at a local charity’s winter party were treated to the appearance of a special guest – British singer, songwriter and dancer Aston Merrygold of boyband JLS.

Aston, who has just released a new solo single called ‘Too Late’, very kindly took the time to chat and be photographed with many of the young people at the party. One, Hannah, aged 16, said: “This has really made my day – I was a huge JLS fan. They honestly helped me to get through the death of my dad. I went to see loads of their live performances. I can’t believe he’s here!”

The singer arrived at Jigsaw (South East)’s Winter Party on Sunday 4 December at Meridian Hall at East Court, which was attended by dozens of families it has supported who have all suffered the loss of a loved one.

East Grinstead Town Mayor Cllr Bob Mainstone was on hand to officially open the party – Jigsaw is one of his nominated charities – and show off some of his own dance moves to the delight of guests.

“I would like to thank Jigsaw for inviting me to meet everyone at their wonderful Winter Party. There was so much fun for everyone and the visiting dance group ‘Sugar Free’, all the way from Dartford, got us all joining in with their amazing routines. I had the opportunity to have a chat with families that have been through sad times and to listen to how Jigsaw has supported them.”

More about Jigsaw’s work here http://www.jigsawsoutheast.org.uk

County of West Sussex
Local Government Act 1972, Section 87

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy exists in the office County Councillor for the East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood Electoral Division

30 November 2016

A J KERSHAW
Director of Law and Assurance

County Hall
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RQ

One of the town’s major Christmas events this year was opened by Town Mayor Bob Mainstone together with the East Grinstead May Queen at the Lions Club Santa’s Grotto. Crowds turned out in the bright sunshine to enjoy a huge choice of festive fare from the stalls at the French Market as well as local groups and charities packed into stalls along Queen Walk. Plenty of entertainment was on hand including a giant Ferris Wheel parked up in King Street.

Photographs from today’s opening of the new Rebuilding Bodies & Souls exhibition at East Grinstead’s Museum the event was covered by both BBC and ITV local TV news programmes and was opened by Mrs Susan Pyper the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex with speeches by Sandy Saunders of the Guinea Pig Club and Air Marshall Chris Nicholls (retired) from the RAF Benevolent Fund. The exhibition opens to the public from November 30th and will be a permanent fixture of the Museum.Opening hours are Wednesday to Saturday 10 to 4 and Sunday 1 to 4 Entrance to the Museum is free.

Famed surgeon Archibald McIndoe had a long tmie wish that one day the true story of his work and the Guinea Pigs story would be told and that the people of East Grnstead could be proud to know that they were indeed ‘The Town that didn’t Stare’ Now at long last the story is being told in East Grinstead and will be worthy on a national scale for all to see.

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Large crowds turned out in the High Street for the town’s first combined Christmas Street Lights and Rotary Club Christmas tree switch on. Town Mayor Bob Mainstone, together with his wife Christine, joined the crowds with the East Grinstead Concert Band taking their traditional place and playing seasonal music.

Spotted among the crowds was Santa and some of the cast from this year’s Chequer Mead Pantomime Dick Whittington all adding to the festivities.Speaking after pressing the switch the Town Mayor confessed that he had the fingers of his other hand crossed for good luck in case the lights didn’t all come on at once!

But all was well as for the first time ever the street lights shone forth together with those on the Christmas Tree.

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Town Mayor Bob Mainstone was Guest of Honour at a performance of The Music and Letters of John Mason Neale at Sackville College performed by the Sackville Community Choir. Neale was a past Warden of the College and is best known for his Christmas Carol ‘Good King Wenceslas’.

At the finish of the performance Bob presented a cheque for £500 to Assistant Warden Chris Rolley. The cheque was part of this year’s Community Awards.

If you are looking for a stocking filler for someone who loves East Grinstead, a student living away from home or an expat on distance shores then the Town Council has just the thing. A range of East Grinstead themed Souvenirs is available from the Tourist information desk in East Grinstead library or the Town Council offices at East Court.