Bohemia Village Voice

Eclipse Debbie & Jackie

FATHER ALEX – of St Peter’s Church celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday October 10th with friends and family at a packed Crown House party. ‘I never did so much talking and hand shaking’ said Fr Alex next day.
ALBANY PHYSIO – chartered physiotherapist Margaret Blurton of Albany Road says that she is now offering home visits. Margaret, currently working with Bexhill Hospital outpatients can provide physio treatment for neck, back and shoulder pain and sports injuries and joint mobilisation. Albany Physio 07519 039962.
CLIFFORD AUTOMOBILES – in Upper South Road is offering M.O.Ts from £50 and car servicing from £35 plus parts, & discounts for OAPs and disabled. 201483.
SUSSEX POLICE – are currently promoting their ‘community contact’ scheme. If you are on-line you can now receive free and regular crime reports for this area. Vehicle crime is included as are appeals and messages. Crimes are grouped under the name of each borough ward (Bohemia is Gensing ward), and details of each crime are given along with date, time, place and reference number. The bulletins are sent out ‘blind’ which means that your identity is not disclosed. If you’d like to join, contact c.c.registration@sussex.pnn.police.uk
ECLIPSE – Bohemia Road hair salon Eclipse has taken on two new staff: Debbie and Katie. Debbie,  (pictured right, with customer Jackie) from Ore, is ‘fully experienced in all aspects of hair care – including all colouring techniques and men’s hairdressing’, says salon manager, Lisa. Debbie will be working Weds, Thurs and Fridays. Katie joins as a trainee hairdresser.
BOHEMIA AREA ASSOCIATION – has relocated to the Red Cross Hall in Newgate Road for its monthly meetings. These were previously held at the YMCA in St Paul’s Road.
ANN’S BLANKET APPEAL – Ann Adams (pictured) of Hassan Pet Supplies is appealing for local people to donate blankets, wool, duvets and duvet-covers which she is collecting on behalf of Barby Keel’s Animal Sanctuary at Sidley, where they will be used as pet bedding. Ann, who runs Hassan Pet Supplies with husband Terry, knits squares which are then sewn up into blankets. She is helped by her aunt and a customer, and says, “We knitted fifty-nine blankets last time.” Their aim now is to knit a hundred squares by Christmas. Ann: 421358.
ST PETER’S ROAD – the twin bin proposals for St Peter’s Road have been put on hold – for a few weeks. Colin Mee, head of Hastings Borough Council’s Waste & Recycling wrote to residents at the end of September ‘we have noted some concerns and will not be including St Peter’s Road in the Twin Bin scheme at this stage’. A further attempt to reach a conclusion will be made in November when further consultation is promised. The choice will be twin bin or communal. ‘I don’t understand why we can’t continue with black bag collection’ commented one resident.
BOHEMIAN DIASPORA – our thanks to Mr T Burley of Warwickshire who has drawn our attention to The Bohemian Diaspora, a longish article by C. Carr, featured on a New York website, ‘The Village Voice’. This extract gives a taste of the style  For the first time in 150 years, Bohemia can’t be pinpointed on a map. The dematerialization of the artist’s milieu has had a devastating impact on the entire culture—more intangible, and therefore more insidious, than the problems posed by shrinking corporate and government funding, the march of the real estate developers, and the debilitating war over free expression … the energy that moved from Paris to New York, from West Village to East Village, from Old Bohemia (1830-1930) to New Bohemia (the ‘60s) to Faux Bohemia (the ‘80s) has atomized now into trails that can’t be followed: the ‘zine/cassette network, the living-room performance spaces, the modem-accessed cybersalons, the flight into neighborhoods that will never be Soho. The site also gives a real flavour of New York with news, blogs, columns, restaurant guide, music, films, the arts, and 1,000s of free classified ads.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-10-18/specials/the-bohemian-diaspora/
ANTI-BULLYING SCAM – local traders are asked to be on their guard against a scam sales call going round the area. It appears that local businesses have received  calls from a company which states it is working on an Anti-Bullying Campaign to assist local schools. East Sussex County Council, which looks after the anti-bullying initiatives for the County Council have verified that this is not the way the County Council raises funds for such campaigns. It is understood there is also a company saying they are putting together a road safety or home security booklet guide supported by the local police. It isn’t! [our thanks to Clive Gross for forwarding this information].
LOCAL BUTTER – how many people know that Ann and Terry at Hassan Pet Supplies sell locally produced milk, cream and butter at their shop at 105 Bohemia Road?  “People are asking for local produce in the shops now,” says Ann. “Friends of ours run a farm in Guestling, and we help sell dairy produce for them. The only thing they don’t do is cheese! We know all the cows!”  It’s a Friesian herd, and all the milk is bottled on the farm. Ann says that the cream (which has to be ordered) is like Devon clotted cream. “They say the children love it and drink it because it tastes better and is not so watery as the usual milk”, she says. 

Ann Adams of Hassan Pet Supplies

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