Mid Sussex in 2013 - a pictorial guide by Steve Robards
![Penelope Keith with a calf. South of England Summer show](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_53712287.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Penelope Keith with a calf. South of England Summer show](/img/placeholder.png)
From actress Penelope Keith at the South of England Show to Bianca Jagger joining fracking demonstrators at Balcombe - 2013 was a memorable year for many different reasons.
Hurstpierpoint celebrated the 700th anniversary of St Lawrence Fair with all the colour and enthusiasm that befits a village with such community spirit.
Other communities were busy too - fighting hard to repel housing applications and the possibility of a new town development in Sayers Common.
But the focus of attention for much of the second half of the year rested on Balcombe where anit-fracking demonstrators gathered from all over the country.