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Article: We're thriving in Plaistow thanks to four beating hearts.
- Article from:
- Midhurst and Petworth Observer (Midhurst, England)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2008
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They say Plaistow is seven miles from nowhere and visitors winding their way through endless wooded country lanes soon discover why.
And being seven miles from nowhere, the parish of Plaistow has pretty much had to fend for itself.
"If you talk to anyone at Chichester," says parish council chairman John Kirby, "they just think Plaistow is up the top end of the county somewhere, but they are not sure where."
Plaistow has not just one, but four distinct beating hearts.
There is Plaistow village itself with its picturesque village green and across the road the Winterton Hall. Next door is the youth club and its treasured mutli-sports ...