Following on from my article last week about my trip to London, I promised to dedicate…
Category: History
Seren on Saturday: In a Medieval Style Pickle
Preserving food by means of pickling is an ancient tradition and by the Middle Ages it…
Eastbourne’s Old Workhouse.
by Harry Pope Eastbourne, like a lot of towns, had a workhouse. I have recently re-read…
Seren on Saturdays The Foods of Love and Romance – not just for Valentine’s Day
By Seren Charrington Hollins It’s that time of year when you seemingly can’t escape from hearts,…
The strange story of the Aldwick Shipwreck at Bognor Regis
By Wendy Hughes Like any South Coast seaside resort, Bognor Regis can be blustery. The…
Ashdown Forest in East Sussex featured on BBC1’s Countryfile last Sunday evening.
THE iconic Ashdown Forest in East Sussex was featured on BBC1’s Countryfile yesterday evening. Presenters Matt…
Memories from Malta. Royal Sussex Regiment amalgamated with other regiments in the 60s but Malta’s independence in the mid-60s was not related to this but a mere coincidence
By ALBERT FENECH Writing has brought me an enormous amount of satisfaction throughout my life, but…
Seren on Saturdays. Cocktails and Cake
By Seren Charrington Hollins The Piña Colada is an iconic cocktail from the 1950’s and it…
The Old Chain Pier in Brighton
At low tide, some way to the east of Brighton’s brightly lit Palace Pier, can be…
Recollections of Kent and Sussex from Malta A surprising Malta export Our old colourful Maltese buses
By Albert Fenech It really is something that the colour and shape of our old buses…