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THE FLYING ROOKS

POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS TAKES A TRIP TO LEWES, IN EAST SUSSEX, TO WATCH THE ROOKS PLAY HENDON IN THE ISTHMIAN PREMIER

A CHILL came over the Dripping Pan, the evocatively named ground of Lewes, as rooks flew over in the drifting mist. The sun had earlier bleached the sky blue as I basked in the unseasonal weather.
I noticed chalk hills gleaming in the distance, with the South Downs not far away. There was warmth in the ground as well as in the skies as I was given a great welcome at the entrance. But what caught my eye immediately was a giant eye in a corner of the pitch? What...

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