Other Events

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.

Wednesday 29th January
7:30 pm

Railways and tram systems of Paris

Volks Electric Railway Association talk by Tony Gwyther. Donations towards cost of
running the meeting. Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham.
www.volkselectricrailway.co.uk/news/events

Saturday 1st February
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

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.

Sunday 2nd February
10:00 am

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Bedelands Farm in winter. Meet Burgess Hill Football Club, Leylands Park.g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Tuesday 4th February
7:30 pm

Warship Ashore! New perspectives on the wreck of HMS Brazen wrecked at Newhaven in 1800

Newhaven Historical Society & Museum talk by Dr Cathryn Pearce at the Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven.
Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Wednesday 12th February
7:30 pm

Old Atherington and the washed-away villages of Western Sussex

Chichester Local History Society talk by John Mills, past County Archaeologist. Non-Members £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. https://chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk

Friday 14th February
8:00 pm

A potted history of Archaeology

Burgess Hill Heritage & History Association talk by Simon Stevens, Project Officer for Archaeology South-East.. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Small entrance fee. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk

Wednesday 19th February
7:45 pm

AGM followed by Quiz set by David Start

Sussex Transport Interest Group. . London Road Station. Non-members £2.50.

Thursday 20th February
2:00 pm

The effect of World War II on Britain’s Railways

RCTS Chichester Branch Meeting. Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester. https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester.

Saturday 22nd February
2:30 pm

What the 60s did to/for Brighton

Brighton and Hove Archaeology Society, Local History Forum talk by David Fisher. £4 non- members. The Fellowship Room, Central United Reformed Church, 102 Blatchington Road, Hove. www.brightonarch.org.uk

Saturday 22nd February
2:00 pm

Old Atherington and the washed-away coastal medieval villages of West Sussex

West Sussex Archives Society talk by John Mills former County Archaeologist. Non-members £8. Clymping Village Hall. www.wsas.co.uk.

Saturday 1st March
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

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.

Sunday 2nd March
10:00 am

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Arlington on the the Cuckmere. Meet Arlington Reservoir car park. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Tuesday 4th March
7:00 pm

Parker Pen – oral history project

Contact for the Parker Pen Project is Lara Leslie lara@pressplayfilms.co.uk. Event to take place at the Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Wednesday 12th March
7:30 pm

What did the Victorian’s do for Chichester?

Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Alan Green. Local historian and author. Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. https://chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk

Friday 14th March
8:00 pm

The Devil’s Dyke Story

Burgess Hill Heritage & History Association talk by Chris Horlock. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Small entrance fee. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk

Saturday 22nd March

The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape.

Time to be advised on web site West Sussex Archives Society talk by Alexandra Harris. Entry cost to be advised. Barnham Community Hall. www.wsas.co.uk.

Wednesday 26th March
7:30 pm

The Spa Valley Railway

Volks Electric Railway Association talk by Brian Halford. Donations towards cost of running the meeting.
Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham. www.volkselectricrailway.co.uk/news/events

Wednesday 26th March
7:15 pm

The last years of British Steam

RCTS Chichester Branch Meeting. Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester. https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester.

Tuesday 1st April
7:30 pm

Newhaven’s industrial past and its influence on its present

Newhaven Historical Society & Museum talk by Dr Will Pilfold. The talk will follow the AGM. The Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Saturday 5th April
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

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.

Wednesday 9th April
7:30 pm

Evidence of the Everyday: social history of the 16th and 17th centuries revealed through witness statements to the Chichester Consistory Court

Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Dr Linda Robertson, Social Historian. Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. https://chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk

Friday 11th April
8:00 pm

The wonderment of middle earth

Burgess Hill Heritage & History Association talk by Mak Norman. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill.
Small entrance fee. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk

Monday 21st April
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

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.

Saturday 26th April
2:00 pm

Sussex Inn Signs and their history

West Sussex Archives Society talk by Dr Janet Pennington. Entry cost to be advised. Billingshurst Centre. www.wsas.co.uk.

Sunday 27th April
10:00 am

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Slaugham in the High Weald. Meet Slaugham church 10am.. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Tuesday 29th April
7:00 pm

Freeland’s Fair Ground – the Curious History of Oaklands Park, Chichester

West Sussex Record Office talk by Alan Green. West Sussex Record Office, Orchard Street, Chichester. Phone WSRO 01243 753602 for in person tickets.

Saturday 3rd May
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

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.

Saturday 10th May

Weekend 10th – 11th May National Mills weekend

See Mills newsletter for further details

Sunday 11th May

Historic Commercial Vehicles Run, between London and Brighton.

Historic Commercial Vehicles Run, between London and Brighton.
www.hcvs.co.uk

Local Exhibitions of interest

Novium Museum, Chichester
A small exhibition on Selsey Tramway. Until end of 2025.

Pallant House Gallery, North Pallant
Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury. Peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Highly recommended. Until 27th April.