Firle Beacon

Firle Beacon in 1927

10:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Eric Ravilious painted the Downs he loved in this picture of Firle Beacon in 1927. Born in 1903, he graduated from the Royal College of Art and often visited Sussex.

Defensive measures

St Nicholas Church, photo by Tony Wood

11:00am Monday 13th May 2013

The worst ever day in the long and eventful history of Brighton was in 1514, when it was devastated by invaders from France.

Brighton's beaches

The beach in Brighton

10:30am Monday 13th May 2013

Beaches in Brighton were mined during the Second World War to deter invaders but the explosives were removed near the end of the conflict.

Pauline Humphrey writes:

5:39pm Friday 10th May 2013

On behalf of myself and my cousin Sue, we are trying to trace or locate Mrs Audrey Beavis (Kay), possibly last heard of in Eastbourne after the death of her husband, William H Beavis.

Art Deco treasures

10:30am Monday 6th May 2013

Adam Trimingham recalls how Brighton sparkled in the Thirties...

Cliff erosion in Rottingdean

Building work at the cliffs in Rottingdean

10:00am Monday 6th May 2013

Cliff erosion used to be a constant problem in the village of Rottingdean close to the sea, a problem that wasn’t solved until the building of the Undercliff Walk in the 1930s.

Brenda Catlin writes:

4:55pm Friday 3rd May 2013

I am trying to get in touch with any family member of Winifred Bick, nee Newnham, born 1913. She is the sister to my grandfather, James Rupert Newnham. She married in 1932 to Leslie Percival Bick (1906-1962).

The Continentale cinema

The Continentale cinema in Sudeley Place, Brighton

9:30am Monday 29th April 2013

The Continentale cinema in Sudeley Place, Brighton, opened in 1920 and was converted from a congregational chapel.

A giant mystery

The Long Man of Wilmington

9:00am Monday 29th April 2013

Adam Trimingham looks into the origins of the Long Man in Wilmington

Carol Moore writes:

4:00pm Friday 26th April 2013

My estranged father, Alan Moore, died recently in newsworthy circumstances in Wexford, Ireland, at the age of 61.

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