Cocking's annual Parish Meeing was held in the Church on Thursday 15th May. It was attended by 34 including Frances Russell, Chair of the Parish Council and the meeting and two other councillors.
You may have seen the handbills or the posters in neighbouring villages publicising the upcoming concert. Interest, however, is not only local.
Organisers of the Kimmo Pohjonen concert on Tuesday 13 May, Mark & Sue Ringwood who live in Singleton, have reported unprecedented media interest in the performance.As one might expect it has been featured in Farmers' Weekly, and on BBC Radio's Farming Today, but on Thursday 24 April the Daily Telegraph will be carrying a feature, and the Independent's Janet Street-Porter is coming to the village to review the performance.
The regional television stations of Meridian, and BBC-TV South are all set to preview the event.
Cocking.org is on the map
Sunday, 24 February 2008 09:09
This website is not yet three years old, but it already has quite an impressive web presence.
For example, cocking.org is has climbed the search engine rankings to become the first-listed result when searching Google, Yahoo, A9 , Live and Alta Vista using the single word 'cocking' although for some reason it is still in second place on MSN . Now the Cocking entry on much-used Wikipedia , the web encyclopaedia, lists cocking.org as a primary external link.
Last, but not least, for some time Cocking has had an entry on the Geograph site that maps every one kilometre square of the country with local photographs.
A surprising number of surfers from around the world land on cocking.org and sites such as the above are part of the reason for that.
Speed Sign Stolen
Friday, 18 April 2008 13:42
If you are wondering why the new speed activated road sign at the bottom of Cocking Hill isn't flashing any more, the answer is that it has been stolen.
Apparently such equipment has become a popular target for thieves because of the valuable solar panels, wind generators and batteries it contains. This is not only a case of theft and criminal damage, it also threatens road safety and means that the good work the sign has done in traffic calming could be undone while a replacement is arranged.
Sign components are now being security marked to reduce their appeal to felons and the police are stepping up their countermeasures. In the meantime members of the pubklic are being asked to report suspicious activity or interference with signs to the police by dialling 999.
For a reminder of what it looked like, click here .
Winter Returns to Cocking
Sunday, 06 April 2008 05:49
Heavy snow fell on the village throughout the morning of Sunday 6th April for the first time since the last fall, which was on 24th January.
No major disruption was caused, but the snow blanketed out the planned Village Spring Clean before melting away at lunchtime. The Village Spring Clean is now being replanned by the Parish Council and will take place as soon as possible. When there is a firm new date, it will be publicised here.
Concert Coming to Cocking
Tuesday, 04 March 2008 17:08
Manor Farm in Cocking has been chosen to host one of only four UK performances by the legendary Finnish accordionist and composer Kimmo Pohjonen on Tuesday 13 May.
Concert goers will be able to make it an evening out as there is a Bar and Bar-B-Q (vegetarian option available) using organic meats from Manor Farm from 6pm. The concert itself starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £10.00 in advance, £12.00 on the door from: 01243 774641 (Bar-B-Q not included in ticket).
You may have seen the handbills or the posters in neighbouring villages publicising the upcoming concert. Interest, however, is not only local.
Heavy snow fell on the village throughout the morning of Sunday 6th April for the first time since the last fall, which was on 24th January.
Manor Farm in Cocking has been chosen to host one of only four UK performances by the legendary Finnish accordionist and composer 
