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BITS AND BOBS<br />
SPREAD THE WORD<br />
We have two far-flung entries this month, the<br />
first from Linda Long. “We recently visited<br />
our young grandchildren in New Zealand,” she<br />
writes. “And we thought you might like to see<br />
this picture of them reading <strong>Viva</strong> from nearly<br />
15,000 miles away.” On the right is Anna Crabtree,<br />
enjoying <strong>Viva</strong> in San Francisco, with the<br />
Golden Gate Bridge behind her. Taking a trip?<br />
Take <strong>Viva</strong> with you and send us the picture<br />
[photos@vivalewes.com]. We love them!<br />
LEWES TRAIN STATION IN NUMBERS<br />
The railway arrived in <strong>Lewes</strong> from Brighton in 1846 and was quickly<br />
extended to Hastings. The line towards London was opened in 1847, and<br />
3 platforms were used in quick succession before the first station on the<br />
existing site was built in 1857.<br />
<strong>Lewes</strong> station now has 5 platforms serving 4 directions, and typical offpeak<br />
services of 13 trains an hour. Passenger usage has grown by 10% in<br />
Ben Brooksbank bit.ly/23ULuYn<br />
the past decade, to 2.664 million passengers by 2014/15 – that is 7,340 per day on average.<br />
Work continues to improve the station, with current roof refurbishment, last year’s £1.5 million bridge<br />
strengthening and a new Cycle Hub providing storage for 100 bicycles. Sarah Boughton<br />
WIN JOY FESTIVAL TICKETS<br />
Treat yourself to a day out at the Joy Festival, coming to the Convent<br />
Fields on the 25th and the 26th of <strong>June</strong>. A summer celebration of food,<br />
drink, vintage fashion, music and living well, with a collection of exhibitors<br />
rarely found together in Sussex. Artisan food and drink stalls, street<br />
food and pop-up bars alongside a diverse range of outdoors, homeware and<br />
country lifestyle stands.<br />
There’ll be a Union Music stage with headliners Mountain Firework<br />
Company, Harry’s Tricks and Noble Jacks and you can visit the tepee village,<br />
drink wild cocktails, try out a chocolate workshop or ride the steampowered<br />
funfair. It promises to be a glorious celebration of all that’s good<br />
about living in our green and pleasant land – in case you needed reminding.<br />
Better still, we’ve got four pairs of tickets to give away. Just tweet us<br />
@<strong>Viva</strong><strong>Lewes</strong> and @JoyFestivals using the hashtag #<strong>Viva</strong>Joy (or email, or<br />
post us your name and address with <strong>Viva</strong> Joy in the subject line/title) by midday on Friday 17th <strong>June</strong> to<br />
enter the draw. Winners will receive their tickets by email from the event organisers.<br />
10am to 5.30pm. £5 adults, children under 10 free, firleandcountry.co.uk. See our website for T&Cs.<br />
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