Detailed below are events organised by other societies, which may be of interest to our members.
If you have details for future events please send these to: Malcolm Dawes, 52 Rugby Road, Brighton, BN1 6EB or e-mail to malcolm.dawes@btinternet.com
Do please check details before travelling. The details of these meetings and events organised by other groups are only included as a guide and as a service to members. Inclusion here is not intended to be seen as an endorsement.
Weekend 25th– 26th April. A living history event in the Weald and Downland Museum’s Toll House from Beeding. The building is undergoing restoration and the historic garden is undergoing reinterpretation. Guides will be explain the role of the Toll House and describing the lives of the people who lived there. www.wealddown.co.uk.
Free rides on vintage buses running from the High Street. www.visiteastgrinstead.com.
View and ride on a variety of historic buses. Steam Train rides also operating. Booking required. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
West Sussex Record Office talk by Dr Sue Berry. West Sussex Record Office, Orchard Street, Chichester. Phone WSRO 01243 753602 for in person tickets. Also book via the WSRO website.
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford. For
any enquiries email bredesteamgiants@hotmail.com or phone 01424 844882.
A must visit for collectors and enthusiasts of all ages. .Horsted Keynes Station, Bluebell Railway. www.bluebell-railway.com.
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford. For any enquiries email bsesgiantsofbrede@btinternet.com or phone 01323 8976310.
Weekend 2nd– 3rd May. The largest free motoring event on the South Coast. Over 600 Classic cars, motorbikes, buses, commercial vehicles and traction engines. Seafront, Eastbourne. www.magnificentmotors.co.uk
Meet at Brighton Museum entrance in Pavilion Gardens. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk
Sunday 3rd May. Historic Commercial Vehicles Run, between London and Brighton.
www.hcvs.co.uk
Vintage motorcycles being ridden around the museum and on display throughout the day. Booking required. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford. For any enquiries email bsesgiantsofbrede@btinternet.com or phone 01323 8976310.
Davinder Dhillon OBE will tell us about the contribution of soldiers from undivided India on the Western Front in WW1, and their convalescence in Brighton. Burgess Hill Heritage and History Society event. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Small entrance fee. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk
Working displays and rare Model railway layouts. Plumpton Village Hall, 1 West Gate, Plumpton Green.
Weekend 9th – 10th May.
See Mills newsletter for further details
Trains running during afternoon. Blackberry Lane, Chichester. www.cdsme.co.uk
A trip from the Isle of Wight to South London. Southern Electric Group presentation by Peter Jones. Visitors £3. DEALL Room, Southwick Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick.
Email sussexbranch@southerelectric.org.uk.
Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Alan Collins of Fishbourne Roman Palace. Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. www.chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk.
Weekend 16th– 17th May. Horsted Keynes Station transformed into a bustling Edwardian Scene with the sights, sounds and smells of steam power at work. Traction engines, road rollers, showman’s engines, crane engines on display and working. Demonstration of road building, wood sawing, timber haulage and heavy lifting. .Traditional steam fair featuring working traction engines displays, miniature engines, goods trains and a steam driven fairground rides. Bluebell Railway. www.bluebell-railway.co.uk.
Weekend 16th – 17th May. Event at Kent and East Sussex Railway. Re-enactments, music, displays at Tenterden and Bodiam. www.kesr.org.uk
Weekend 16th–17th May. Exhibition of military vehicles with re-enactments, dioramas, and period trains. Also stream train rides operating. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk.
Sussex Transport Interest Group event. London Road Station. Non-members £2.50.
Weekend 23rd to 25th May. Held on the Heritage Field. Many Steam engines on display. Many exhibitors and traders. www.laughtonshowground.co.uk
The story of how James Bond Film was made at Amberely Museum in 1984. Guided tours, displays, the Zoro train used in the film and Aston Martin cars on display. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk.
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford. For any enquiries email bsesgiantsofbrede@btinternet.com or phone 01323 8976310.
Memories of the role played by Sheffield Park during the war. Presented by Alan Bradford who spent his entire life at Sheffield Park. Danehill Parish Historical Society event. Danehill Memorial Hall. Visitors £4 with tea/coffee and biscuit. www.danehillhistory.org
RCTS Chichester Branch Meeting. Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester. https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester.
Weekend 30th – 31st May. Variety of vintage vehicles, narrow gauge railway and collection of organs. www.tinkerspark.com
Changes in food and drink provided by your local pub over the last 300 years. Newhaven Historical Society talk by Dr Janet Pennington. The Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford. https://bredesteamgiants.co.uk
5 St Johns Street, Chichester. A West Sussex Archives Society event. Non-members welcome. Booking required. www.wsas.co.uk
Firle Park & Charleston:gentry in a landscape. Meet Firle village carpark (not a pub carpark). g.mead@sussex.ac.uk
Tramway and Light Railway Society presentation by Keith Carter. Visitors £3. DEALL Room, Southwick Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick.
Email sussexbranch@southerelectric.org.uk.
Chichester Local Historical Society talk by John Coldstream author Restored, Refreshed, Renewed – the 2012 renovation., Local Histiorian.£5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. www.chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk
Paul Green will show a film of Old Sussex from the birth of the Royal Pavilion, through both World wars & up to 1950s. There is some excellent footage – a session not to be missed! Burgess Hill Heritage and History Society event.. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Small entrance fee. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk
Weekend 13th–14thJune. A wide collection of emergency vehicles , both vintage and modern, on display. Demonstrations by Fire Brigade. Also stream train rides operating. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk.
Weekend 13th – 14th June. 10am to 5 pm. Freshfield Mill farm, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill. www.highwealdsteam.co.uk
Presented by Peter Jones
Sussex Transport Interest Group event. London Road Station. Non-members £2.50.
Trains running during afternoon. Blackberry Lane, Chichester. www.cdsme.co.uk
Weekend 27th – 28th June. Variety of layouts across the railway stations. Many exhibitors and Traders Bluebell Railway. www.bluebell-railway.co.uk
Novium Museum, Chichester
Main exhibition, Hurrah for Shippham’s exploring the story of this famous brand and its
vigorous advertising. Until February 2026.
Do please check details before travelling.
The details of these meetings and events organised by other groups
are only included as a guide and as a service to members:
Inclusion here is not intended to be seen as an endorsement
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