Worthing Tony Malone 01903 246486 Architecture Week: A leaflet is available from the Tourist Information Bureau which sets out the Sussex events that will take place in the period November 3-14 as part of Architecture Week.

Buildings in the area that will be open because of their architectural significance include the Bauhaus-style Sea Lane House at Kingston Gorse and the better known Shoreham Airport, in celebration of its Art Deco building. Opening times are detailed in the leaflet.

Exhibitions: Two more exhibitions for your diary at Worthing's enterprising museum.

Animal Instincts is currently on show in the Art Gallery and is an imaginative collection of animal representations made from a wide variety of material including bronze, wire and wood-shavings through to prints, drawings and paintings.

Starting on October 30, Winter Wonderland will be set up in The Studio. The staff will be trawling through the Museum's extensive collection to create winter indoors by displaying everything connected with the winter season.

Northbrook Theatre: Some more interesting productions are coming. They include a play featuring one of our best-loved fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes and The Shadow of the Phantom (November 3-6) and Game (November 17), which promises to be a thought-provoking play about characters whose lives defy convention.

Details on 01903 606162

Tutankhamun: For something out of the ordinary how about considering a Study Day Workshop on November 20 at the Queen Street Community Centre in Worthing? The subject is Valley of the Kings - on the Trail of Tutankhamun.

Tickets are £7.50 for members and £10 for non-members and the cost includes a light lunch. Details from the Sussex College of Egyptology, 5 Pavilion Road, Worthing, BN14 7EE.

Forest Row and Ashurst Wood Pauline Maynard 01342 823618

CHOIR: Forest Row Royal National Lifeboat Institution choir are well into rehearsing for Christmas under the baton of new conductor Simon Morris, who has got us off to a good start.

New members would still be welcome to help the choir with their various bookings over the festive period, ranging from Crawley Mall to the Ashdown Hotel on Christmas Eve.

Rehearsals are in St. Dunstan's church hall on a Monday evening between 8-l0pm.

It is with great sorrow that the choir has learned of the death of Myfannwy Townsend, the conductor before last, who had been a member of the choir in this capacity and as a singer for many years.

PLAY: Forest Row Dramatic Society are presenting Daisy Pulls It Off as their autumn production. The society have agreed to donate the proceeds from the November 4 performance to the RNLI. I have tickets for sale for that night at £5.50.

FLOWER CLUB: The Forest Row club meets on Monday at Forest Row C of E School at 7.30 for 7.45pm. The programme is Looking towards Christmas with Andrea Winder. The competition is Bonfire Night.

BRAVERY: A policeman who lived and was educated in Forest Row has been given the highest police bravery award for saving the life of a suicidal man.

Peter Mortleman was presented with the Bravery Commendation by Hampshire chief constable Sir John Haddinott.

PC Mortleman climbed a l00ft rollercoaster in Portsmouth to stop a man jumping from the ride.

HERSTMONCEUX AND WARTLING Dianne Town 01323 833841

NEW YEAR'S EVE: The Monday evening sequence dance club is going to celebrate New Year's Eve in style this year and would like you to join them for the last sequence dance celebration of the millennium. Contact Joan Gower on 01323 832123

ACTION RESEARCH had a very successful coffee morning recently at which they raised a total of £495.

Annabel Marriott, the new area organiser, went along to support them and was very impressed with all that was done in the village for the fund

CONCERT: Herstmonceux Castle Concerts present Shelley Katz and Diana Gilchrist Katz in an evening of piano and vocal classics to include works by Chopin, Schubert and Faure on Saturday, November 20, in the castle ballroom. Tickets from Tom Tyner on 01323 833023.

Lancing Gordon White 01903 761910

ORGAN: The Sussex Organ Society are holding a concert at Lancing Parish Hall on Thursday, November 4, at 8pm. John Daley will be playing melodies just for you on the electronic organ. Admission £3.

BARGAINS: Penhill Road Playgroup hold a jumble sale on Saturday at the Guide Hall, Penhill Road, 10am-noon. Admission 20p.

There will also be bargains galore at the Grand Book Sale on Thursday and Friday, November 4 & 5, at Worthing Library

TREES: Sompting Conservation Volunteers need help on Sunday, November 14, when they will be working at St Mary's Close, off West Street, Sompting. The aim is to look after the trees on the site.

A work party will start at 10.30am and finish around 3pm. Further information from Carolyn Richards, on (01243) 814451.

Billingshurst Madeleine Woods 01403 783253

GUILD: The October meeting of St Mary's Guild marked Ina Holland's 21st year as treasurer. With a warm speech of appreciation for all she has done for the guild, leader Rosemary Edwards presented her with a golden shrub for her garden. There was celebration cake and, to complete the surprises, Ina won first prize in the raffle.

Guest speaker of the evening was Lynne McDonogh, an independent beauty consultant, who demonstrated a daily skin-care programme on volunteer Cynthia.

Willing members were treated to a hand make-over and given opportunities to sample perfumes and discuss beauty problems.

HAstings Josie Lawson 078035 47206

BAZAAR: The Conquest Centre's Christmas bazaar is being held at Chichester Road, Ponswood Estate, from 10am-2pm on November 10. Free entrance.

FOR TENANTS: A service for 1066 Housing Associate Tenants who are elderly or disabled. Would you like a room of your choice decorated? If you supply the materials the association will pay the decorator. Ring Jim Hyland on 781969.

Warrior Square Station: The first phase of major refurbishment is now complete. £775,000 was spent on improving safety and making it more welcoming. It was funded by Connex, Hastings Regeneration Partnership, The Railway Heritage Trust, Railtrack, East Sussex County Council and Hastings Council.

BARN DANCE: A charity barn dance is being held on Saturday from 7.30pm at Concordia Hall, Church Road, Tickets including a ploughman's supper are £5, or £15 for a family. Call 01424 754721 or 01424 439871

POETRY: Hastings International Poetry Festival will be held at the Marina Pavilion on November 6 and 7 with poets from across the country and Europe

ART SHOW: Artists at work, Rivera Group, an exhibition at the Colonnade, Marina, St Leonards, until October 31

Cats Warning: Cat Call on 01424 425209 or the lost and found register on 01424 443473 is warning people who take in cats to be careful about how soon they let them outdoors. Charity Workers know of at least four cats who have gone missing since being rehomed.

East Worthing John Hobbs 01903 237440

LEGION: November looks like a busy time for members of the Royal British Legion, Worthing Branch. The diary dates are as follows, and any ex-Servicemen or women are most welcome to attend.

Sunday November 7, Festival of Remembrance at Sion School, Gratwicke Road; November 8, Garden of Remembrance opens at the Town Hall at 11am; November 10, Lest We Forget at St. Columba's Church Hall given by the Worthing Music Circle at 2.15pm; November 11, War Memorial, Town Hall, two minutes silence; November l4, Remembrance Sunday civic service, Town Hall, 11am, and the RBL Evening Service at St George's Church at 6pm.

Further details from secretary Harry Hunt on 01903 523815

Wilmington and arlington Kenneth Quicke 01323 483709

RESUSCITATION: An evening was organised where 24 villagers were shown how to resuscitate someone in the event of a heart attack. It was a serious subject but the evening was light- hearted. It raised £60 towards NHS funds and £25 for village hall funds.

If anyone is interested in the next evening, which will be sometime in November, it takes two hours. Ring Christine West on 870426 and she may endeavour to arrange a re-run.

There is also a child advisory group dealing with choking and even drowning.

WILDLIFE: A slide show and talk on the Cuckmere Valley is being held on Tuesday at 7.30pm in Arlington Village Hall. The slides provide a record of this area and its wildlife. No entry fee but donations gratefully received.

woodingdean Dee Simson 01273 602833

TOYS: Hazel Cottage Clinic, Warren Road, are urgently in need of any toys in good condition. If you have any you no longer require, just drop them off at the clinic.

KARATE: Want to try your hand at karate and self-defence? Then come along to the Southern Aurora Hut any Tuesday evening. Ages five-eight from 4.30-5.30, over-nines 5.30-6.45 and adults 7-8.30am.

PARENT/TODDLER GROUP: Woodies has become so popular that they are holding an additional session on a Monday morning. If you have a toddler, just come along to the Community Centre any Monday or Thursday morning.

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