Matthew Jones, Assistant County Archivist at the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester, will talk about the Royal Sussex Regiment’s role at Gallipoli, using photographs, letters, posters, diaries, and regimental records held by the Record Office. If you missed this talk when it was presented in Upper Beeding a couple of years ago, you can hear it at 7:45pm at The Steyning Centre on Wednesday 14th February.
Category Archives: Local History
Shoreham Fort Open Day
Shoreham Fort, Forthaven, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5HY, on Sunday 28th January from 11:00am–4:00pm. Come and join the volunteers and see what they’re up to. Tour of the fort will be at 2:00 pm and is free, although donations will be appreciated. The tour will take you into the tunnel, which is not usually open. Food for Fort will be serving hot drinks and home-made cake.
Shepherds of the Sussex Downs — their lives and times
A talk by Ian Everest to Steyning History Society at 7:45pm on Wednesday 10th January in Steyning Centre. Strongly recommended by ARB and GJMG (who attended a version of the same talk given in Upper Beeding last year).
Cold Comfort Commissar
The Argus writes:
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings won an ecclesiastical court case earlier this month to stop works, including installing under floor heating, being carried out at the Grade I listed Holy Trinity church in Poynings.
Books for Christmas
Very few new copies of the second edition (colour photos) of the original 2007 book now remain unsold — but you can secure one for £10.00 (one quarter of the current Amazon price for a second-hand copy). And, with your order, you will receive a copy of Volume 2 absolutely free. Copies of Volume 2 by itself will set you back a mere £2.00. Order direct from the author by email or telephone (01273 958488).
Mains drainage reaches Poynings
Remembrance Sunday
The death of Gerald Gordon Lonsdale is not commemorated on the main war memorial in St. Andrew’s but this small plaque can be found behind the organ.
Dyke Farm House
The finest house in Poynings is for sale — their nearest equivalent to our Perching Manor.
Added July 2019: it fetched £2,100,000.
Leonardslee to reopen in March 2018
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The new owners want to hear from people with knowledge of the history of Leonardslee.
Shepherds of the South Downs
A talk by Ian Everest to Beeding & Bramber Local History Society at 7:45pm on Wednesday 4th October in the Village Hall, Upper Beeding. There is a hard-to-detect car park immediately opposite.