In the middle of May, the famous Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, were visible across many parts of the country, including Camber! Usually only visible from Scandinavia, Alaska, Canada and Russia, the lights can occasionally be seen in the UK.
BT plans to switch all landline phones to digital phones. Originally the Big Switch was scheduled for the end of 2025 but has been delayed.
Over the last seven years, the newsletter’s This ‘n’ That articles have been about many, many topics and are always interesting, educational and well researched. A good number of the topics covered introduce us to reasons why things are as they are, and very often it is due to folklore, myths, legends, traditions… and superstition.
On 9th September, 33 Camber residents set out for a day-trip to Deal in Kent. Passengers arrived at Deal to find the weather was not as bad as had been forecast. They were expecting rain but, luckily, it stayed dry all day.
Some may say, in mythological terms, that everything comes to a head at the point of a full moon – good or bad – and so we wonder if the final closing date for our local NISA shop falling on the same day as a full moon was, in fact, coincidence.
Twenty years ago, on Sunday 12th September, Camber residents awoke to find possibly the largest piece of “beach debris” they had ever seen on our shores! 1175 tons of cargo coaster – the Indian registered Maanav Star!
These acronyms may or may not mean anything to you at the moment. However, Camber Parish Council is hoping these will soon be familiar to each and every one of us.
The September weather turned out to be much better than in August so perhaps we should have called our September Prize Bingo Night ‘Summer Bingo’ instead of ‘Autumn Bingo’! On what had been a beautiful, hot, sunny day, the crowds arrived to play the game.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service offers free electric blanket testing.
Hallowe’en is synonymous with a spooky full moon, backlighting, witches, bats, ghostly looking trees and buildings. Hallowe’en is also a time to observe respect for others whilst having some spooky fun.
