The café’s tiny main building is the stable part of a former coaching inn. Claire opened The Buttercup Café in 2008.Hours: Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm lunch from 12pm Everything’s on display at The Buttercup Café, Lewes. The arched entrance to the courtyard where The Buttercup Café can be found in LewesĪddress: Pastorale Antiques, 15 Malling Street, Lewes, BN7 2RA If you’ve read this far, thanks for bearing with the nostalgia. So here is my little tribute to The Buttercup Café. And this year my son and one of the ‘Buttercup babies‘ – all of whom he is friends with – will start school together. Soon after, in a totally unconnected way – as happens in this town – I did meet Flora. She said: “You must meet Flora and the Buttercup babies”. She cooed over our babies – and was admirably good humoured when they unloaded peppers stacked in a crate on the floor. ![]() I remember the owner Claire beaming as she came to greet us. The Buttercup is in the stable of a former coaching in, now Pastorale Antiques It was October and cold, so after the babies had a roll around in the Baby Room at Bags of Books, we sought shelter at The Buttercup Café. Two days in, a baby friend from our old town in Kent visited. ![]() I was still getting to grips with motherhood. That magic time that I didn’t know was a magic time, with my first baby.įour years ago, we arrived in Lewes with our nearly-one-year-old. So every time I go there it takes me back to a time that, with September now looming, I’m feeling nostalgic for. Why? It’s the first one I ever visited in Lewes. Even shops that aren’t cafés have cafés.īut my first ‘In Town’ post about a Lewes café has to be about The Buttercup. The California Fire Safe Council offers sincere condolences to Jim Grayson and the Grayson family.Īrrangements are pending and any remembrances about Margaret can be sent to the California Fire Safe Council at CFSC will send along all communications to the Grayson family.We all know that Lewes is famous for its great cafés. ![]() She was a registered Archaeologist, docent at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles, worked with housing organizations, and helped with fundraising for battered women organizations in Los Angeles. Margaret had an incredible wealth of knowledge in other areas of interest. Margaret helped advance the technical capabilities of the Fire Safe Council in several areas including digital communications, accounting, and grant monitoring capabilities. She knew that reducing the threat of wildfire in California took both financial resources and motivation at the personal level and always sought recognition for those working on the ground to accomplish the monumental task of making us all more fire safe. ![]() Many remember Margaret’s warm smile and her genuine concern for both her staff and the volunteers across the state that she knew made up the backbone of the Fire Safe Council structure. Margaret was an enthusiastic advocate for the local Fire Safe Councils across California and supported their formation and expansion through workshops, hands-on interaction with her team of grant specialists, and behind the scenes discussions with the Federal agencies to maintain the momentum she helped create. Margaret served as Executive Director from 2007 to 2015 and oversaw substantial funding increases in funding from Federal partners during her tenure. It is with a heavy heart that the California Fire Safe Council announces the death of Margaret Grayson, our former Executive Director.
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