The Creative Co-op made a block booking for space at last weekend's Local Life Show at the Winter Garden. Several of us shared the cost by taking tables. It was the 3rd year that the County Council had put on this event and it really is becoming well worth a visit. Many local traders, service providers and community organisations were represented in the Main Hall, along with entertainment in the form of fashion shows and displays by children from a local dance academy. Especially noteworthy was the Community Chef and his mobile kitchen. He gave demonstrations showing how to produce a nourishing seasonal soup and tasty lamb kebabs. The Chef drew quite a crowd, watching him cook and sampling his endeavours. The children were not forgotten - they were able to make themselves a delicious smoothie using healthy ingredients and his bicycle-powered machine! Local artists, makers, alternative therapists and organic products were represented in the Craft Hall and there was also a farmers' market and a vintage fairground ride for the little ones.
 

You can catch up with some of us at our Christmas Fair at the Cavendish Hotel, Seafront, Eastbourne on Sundary December 6th. It's a good weekend to visit Eastbourne as it is also Artists' Open Houses weekend and St. Wilfred's Hospice Christmas Magic.