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.
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.