Ian Wilkins (Head of Fundraising & Relationships @Crawley Open House) joined Clive Hilton on Susy Sunday Brunch to reflect on the year, including Romesh Ranganathan’s mega fundraising comedy event at the Hawth early December and the immense gratitude Crawley Open House have for all of the donations and community support over the year.
Listen below to hear how you can support the incredible work of Crawley Open House through 2025 and join in the sponsored Sleep Out on Thursday, 27th February.
Photos credit: Three Bridges Football Club
Three Bridges Football Club is coming home for Christmas! The new 3G pitch at Jubilee Field is ready to be used and the club will host Burgess Hill Town on Boxing Day.
The work to convert the grass pitch to a 3G surface started in August; during the work, the men’s home games have been played at the Bauvill Stadium, home of Chatham Town, who’ve had a 3G surface since 2019. The women’s team have been using The New Defence in Horley as their home venue.
An official opening event to celebrate Three Bridges’ new pitch at Jubilee Field will take place in January.
Photo credit and copyright: Alan French
A special visitor came to Three Bridges Station at the weekend.
A steam locomotive headed a train excursion to the south coast; the Merchant Navy class pacific 35028 Clan Line, owned by the Merchant Navy Locomotive Society, left Three Bridges early on Saturday stopping at stations to Worthing to pick up passengers before continuing its journey to Salisbury and Bath.
There were only ever 30 of these locomotives built; each were named after shipping companies that used Southampton and other south coast docks during World War 2.
Photo credit: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
An intrusive survey report on the condition of The Harlequin Theatre in Redhill has concluded it must remain closed.
The building has been closed since September 2023 following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC.
The report, commissioned by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, has shown that almost every panel in the roof and areas of the internal floor have been classified as a critical risk. Council Leader, Councillor Richard Biggs says indicative costs are “in the region of £10,000,000 to remove and remediate the RAAC and refurbish the theatre to bring it back into use”. The Council will work through the implications of the findings with the head leaseholder.
The next steps for the provision of art and culture in the borough will be discussed at the Council’s Executive meeting in January.
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