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January 31st, 2022Adur and Worthing show their support for Holocaust Memorial Day
Two services took place on 27th January across Adur and Worthing as communities showed their support for Holocaust Memorial Day and equality for all.The Deputy Civic Heads symbolically marked the event as they laid a commemorative wreath and read a statement to remember the millions murdered, as well as making a stand against any prejudice that still exists today.
In Shoreham, the Vice Chairman of Adur District Council, Cllr Ann Bridges, her fellow district councillors and a representative of the St Nicholas’ Church gathered around the Tree of Life in Buckingham Park - planted in 2020 - to help pay respects to those who died during the Holocaust and other genocides.
Cllr Bridges said: “In Warsaw on 19 April 1943, the Jewish inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto actually fought back against the Nazi regime. It is estimated that more than 92,000 people died in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was the largest of the ghettos, where more than 400,000 Jews were crowded into 1.3 square miles of the city with poor sanitation, limited food and cramped conditions.
“It is important that people do not ever forget the Holocaust and what happened then. The Holocaust survivors are proof of the fact that life goes on, but not in the way it was for them, they all had to make new lives. I care deeply because of my own Jewish heritage.”
In Worthing, the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Richard Nowak, and his fellow councillors, the Mayor’s Chaplain and members from the local Jewish Community were joined by students from borough-based Lancing College Preparatory School at the Tree of Life in Beach House Park. Speeches and poems were read by the students, who pledged that genocide must end for good.
Cllr Nowak, said: "This year’s theme for Holocaust Memorial Day – “One Day” – provides all of us with a call to action: that we come together as one coherent and global voice to say “never again”. On that one future day we will be truly able to claim that the absolute horror that is genocide has been consigned to history.
“Today is the day for all of us to take a moment to reflect on the past and pledge that we will all work towards the “One Day” goal."
Residents who would like to learn more about Holocaust Memorial Day and discover this year’s ‘One Day’ theme can visit the following page: https://www.hmd.org.uk
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January 25th, 2022
Housing Targets Are Not Fit For Purpose
The leader of Worthing Borough Council today hit out at government house building targets for the area calling them ‘unrealistic and a threat to our green spaces’. Cllr Kevin Jenkins was responding to new figures which show the Council has only given permission for 784 new homes in the last three years although the government insists this should be 2268 to meet the Borough’s housing needs.
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January 24th, 2022
Digital parking permits roll out in Worthing
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December 7th, 2021
Explore magical Christmas traditions through time at Petworth this festive season
Christmas at Petworth: Saturday 27 November 2021 to Monday 3 January 2022, 10:30am-3:30pm, includes Percy the Park Keeper's winter wander trail Saturday 4 December to Monday 3 January, 10am-3.30pm (closed 24 and 25 December)Travel through time to discover Christmas traditions past and future at the National Trust’s Petworth House and Park in West Sussex. From sparkling period costumes exquisitely fashioned from winter flowers and foliage, to mystical, magical scenes from the future, this is a Christmas experience for all ages.
In the Pleasure Garden, families can meet Percy the Park Keeper and help him and his animal friends with their winter jobs on the family adventure trail, or come along to enjoy poetry and choir performances on set dates.
This festive season the rooms in the art-filled Petworth House are being transformed into Christmas periods through history. Step into Georgian times in the Somerset and Square Dining Room, then experience the merriment of Christmas trees in the Victorian themed Marble Hall. See how despite the post-war era, families still celebrated Christmas with warmth and joy in the Little Dining Room. Then finally, travel through time to a fantastical future Christmas throughout the Carved and Red Room. Here you’ll see a magical contemporary Christmas tree themed installation and discover how families may gather to celebrate the festivities in the future.
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