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Pancake Race

Should we revive the pancake races? Many photographs and exhibits will raise a laugh and bring back happy memories to all generations.

 At Steyning Museum this summer is an exhibition of sports, games and leisure through the ages. There is plenty of fun on display.
 
There was compulsory archery practice in Shooting Field some thousand years ago. And – remember those space-hoppers?
 
There were concert parties, fox-hunting and ferreting, picnics, jubilees and street parties for royal and national occasions, pub outings, tea parties, fishing and croquet, carnivals with fancy dress and in 1920 a Gipsy Fair.
 
Traditional skipping, local songs and maypole dancing are rarely seen today, nor are marbles, diabolo, spinning tops, hoops or brick throwing!  And how we miss the glorious Beeding ‘Wangers’, trap ball champions of 1910!  Survivals include dolls and prams, bikes and scooters, golf, tennis, and walking races.



Art Exhibit

Exhibition of Art
at Steyning Museum
 
LATEST WORK BY KATIE SLEIGHT
 
On display at the museum is the latest delightful work by the magical artist Katie Sleight. Her exhibition at the museum last summer enraptured viewers.  Katie's latest work is her St Cuthman’s Field triptych. Three large panels (one shown above) depict different parts of the field, which is itself visible from the museum, at different times of day and dusk. 
 
She combines a naturalist’s eye for the tiniest details of wildlife and plantlife while her mystical imagination fills the accurately observed landscapes with people from history, from faery fancy, from dreams and even nightmares.  Each panel deserves and repays the closest study, and you will still see plenty you have missed when you come back for another look.

  
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