SIPS Member Shilpi Chandra with her kids Pearl and Trisha were on BBC breakfast show with Emily Jeffery on 19th October 2014 talking about Diwali and SIPS and Diwali function on 1st November in Hove Town Hall.
Click here to listen to their recording and full programme can be seen on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02821n9 starting from 1:39:10.
Saturday 28 June 2014
| Time* | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10.30am start Arriving in New Road at 11.15am  | 1st Battalion Princess of Wales Royal Regiment (1PWRR) Freedom of the City Parade and Inspection | The march will start from the Peace Statue, Hove and travel along the A259, turn left into West Street, right into North Street and left into New Road where the Regimental Inspection will take place |
| 11.50am | Veterans/Cadets Parade and inspection (Veterans are welcome to take part in the parade – please muster at 11am in Jubilee Street) | New Road |
*Timings are approximate
| Time | Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 10am | View: Chattri Exhibition |
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10.30am  | Talk: How India became involved in the First World War; why some of these soldiers came to be hospitalised in Brighton, particularly in the Royal Pavilion; and a short history of the Chattri Memorial | |
| 2pm | Readings: Letters written by the Indian soldiers who were hospitalised in Brighton during the First World War | Readings by local residents |
| Performance: An extract from a play entitled “Killed” documenting the experiences of a young man sent to the trenches. Themes include the women left behind; their fight for change at that time and the responsibilities of the Generals | Year 10 students Dorothy Stringer School | |
| Talk: Experiences of the nurses who tended to the wounded at the trenches on the Western Front | Sarah Tobias, Local History Lecturer |
| Time | Artists |
|---|---|
| 12 – 4pm | Vintage Hot Five and Rockabellas will be performing throughout the afternoon on New Road |
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 10am – 4pm | There will be a range of information tables from 1PWRR, armed forces charities and cadets based outside the Unitarian Church, New Road |
We are delighted to announce that our Diwali function went extremely well and everyone enjoyed the dances, food and Music.
Graham Fender, one of our guest managed to collect £215.00 from the guests towards the Philippine Disaster and the SIPS agreed to donate £285.00, for this worthy cause, and making the total donation of £500.00