What links a Sandwich with a Kentish town of the same name?
By Lyn Funnell Tradition says that in 1762 John Montague, the 4th Earl of Sandwich was…
Michelham Priory. One of the UK’s Most Haunted Buildings.
By Lyn Funnell I discovered Michelham Priory near Eastbourne, Sussex, many years ago on a school…
Where was the most bombed town on the South coast?
by Harry Pope Eastbourne’s population is now in excess of 100,000, but during WW2 this went…
Sussex Musician Nigel Bagge’s Fascinating Life & Musical Connections
What makes someone a living legend? Well, being alive is an obvious prerequisite. Beyond that, I’d…
Goodbye to Jane: The Fascinating Story of Rag’n’Bone Man’s Incredible Mum
It’s a cool and pleasant evening and I’m in the Artistes’ Village backstage at Ardingly Showground…
The Pride of Susssex: Beachy Head, Birling Gap & the Seven Sisters
My hips ache… My knees ache… My back aches…. But I’m exhilarated, having just completed a…
Sussex Pond Pudding. A Very Old Recipe.
By Lyn Funnell The oldest recipe for Sussex Pond Pudding, called ‘A Sussex Pudding,’ was in…
A Peculiar British Phenomenon – The Car Boot Sale
These incredible events – car boot sales – occur all over the British Isles every Sunday…
BUXTED, East Sussex.
Buxted, in the Wealden district, is a very old village. Its name developed from the Saxon…
Sussex Pure Mineral Water from an Underground Spring
Very few of us, I’ll wager, drink as much water as we ought to. And if…