Author: Irene - Parish Clerk

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Email from Jane Oxenford

David’s funeral will be at Brightling Church on Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 11.00am. The Rev Ann-Marie Crosse will conduct the service.
Joanna Coleman has very kindly agreed to provide refreshments and everyone is welcome to come to the Village Hall afterwards.
PLEASE COULD YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING by emailing [email protected] – so Joanna knows the numbers to cater for.

Dear Resident,

We’re offering a chance for New Subscribers to join our Garden Waste Service now, but have a collection right up until July 14th next year!

That means we’re already offering up to 17 months of service for a single year’s subscription, but in addition to this, you can take up a subscription that covers next year before the price increases – £81 for your first bin, plus £66 for any additional bins you want after that.

Our Valentines Day offer will end at Midnight on Sunday 2nd March, so you have a couple of weeks to decide if you want to take up this offer before we close our subscriptions for this year and re-open them again in April for the 25/26 season.

We hope this offer gives you a chance to manage your garden more easily without having to think about disposing of your waste, giving you peace of mind until Summer 2026!

For more information and to subscribe to the service, please visit our Subscribe to the Garden Waste webpage.

Best wishes,
Rother District Council

Rother District Council, Town Hall, London Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3JX
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Many of you will know and remember David, who was born in and lived in Brightling all his life.
When Freddie and I moved to Dallington in 1988, we met David through Brightling and Asburnham Cricket Clubs when Freddie joined.
He became a good friend and would often pop in for a coffee and a chat – I typed up his “Brightling Birds” section for the Messenger for many years.
He was the centre of village life for most of his life and served as Chair of the Brightling Parish Council, he was also a Churchwarden and Member of Brightling PCC for many years.
He was a Trustee of the Brightling Village Trust and took over the running of all the other village charities.
A keen bellringer from childhood and Captain of the Bells from 1999.
He played for Brightling Park Cricket Club from his youth, regularly topping the batting and bowling averages as well as maintaining the cricket ground.
David was the driving force behind Brightling’s annual village litter clean-up and the carol singers at Christmas.
He will be much missed and Freddie and I have lost a good friend.