By Lyn Funnell I stepped off the coach on Deal Seafront, and into a different decade.…
Category: History
Redoubt Military Fortress, Eastbourne. By Harry Pope, RIP
Harry Pope realised he could write when he first went to school, and never stopped since.…
Thoughts for Thursday: A Poem Inspired by Some of the Scandals of Our Time
NO JUSTICE Crouched in darkness ‘neath the counter’s friendly face Who could know the turmoil…
Chiddingly Hotpot; an old Sussex Recipe
By Lyn Funnell This is a recipe from an old cookbook, Sussex Recipes, published in 1937.…
Seren on Saturdays A short History of the Chocolate Eclair
By Seren Charrington Hollins A good chocolate eclair is nothing short of spectacular and is something…
Seaside Eastbourne and the Wartime Evacuees.
by Harry Pope In the Autumn of 1939 the South coast of England was to be…
Rudyard Kipling’s Sussex Country Home, Bateman’s.
By Lyn Funnell Rudyard Kipling and his family lived in Bateman’s in Burwash, which is owned…
Seren on Saturdays. Cheesecake – food of the Gods
By Seren Charrington Hollins Around the world cheesecake is championed as a delicious and indulgent treat…
Gossipmongers are still at it – 247 Years On!
By Tony Flood The School for Scandal Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne Tuesday, 19th March, 2024 to…
Step Back in Time at Dreamland, Margate – Season Starts Soon
Last weekend I watched a film – and I say film rather than movie because it…