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 5th – 6th September.
Demonstration of threshing using vintage agricultural machines. Event at Weald and
Downland Museum, Singleton, Chichester. www.wealddown.co.uk.
Saturday 5th September
Vintage Tractor Weekend
Weekend 5th – 6th September.
Visiting exhibitors with their vintage tractors. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk .
Saturday 5th September
Hop Pickers Fair at Tenderden and Bodiam stations
Weekend 5th – 6th September. Event at Kent and East Sussex Railway.
Hop Pickers history, country fair and traction engines on display www.kesr.org.uk
Saturday 5th September 2:00 pm
West Sussex Archives SocietyTalk: Archaeology of the South Downs and Latest Discoveries on Highdown.
Presentation by James Sainsbury, Curator of Archaeology at Worthing Museum and Project Director for the Highdown Big Dig 2025. At Clapham and Patching Village Hall, 201 Long Furlong, Worthing, BN13 3UT.
Members and their guests £8 Non-members £10 includes tea/coffee and biscuits.
To book and pay by BACS please email contact@wsas.co.uk . See www.wsas.co.uk
Sunday 6th September 10:00 am
Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”
Blackboys: High Weald in autumn.
Meet Brownings Farm complex carpark 10am.
Wednesday 9th September 7:30 pm
The railways of South Wales. Tramway and Light Railway Society presentation by Stephen Bigley
Visitors £3. DEALL Room at Southwick Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick.
Email sussexbranch@southernelectric.org.uk
Wednesday 9th September 7:30 pm
The man who wore a Wig – The Life and Times of a Town Clerk
Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Rodney Dugua past Chichester Town Clerk. Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. www.chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk
Friday 11th September
Lewes Priory Arthur Franklin
Chairman of Lewes Priory Trust will talk on important historical & archaeological evidence from The Priory, explaining
why it is in contention to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Burgess Hill Heritage and History Society Event. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Non Members £5.
www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk
Weekend 19th – 20th September. Visiting exhibitors with their working miniature steam engines. Steam engines running on railway around the museum. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk .
Monday 21st September
Waverley Paddle Steamer’s visits to Newhaven and Eastbourne
Possible cruise to Beachy Head and day trip to the Isle of Wight. Booking at waverleyexcursions.co.uk.
Tuesday 22nd September
Waverley Paddle Steamer’s visits to Newhaven and Eastbourne.
Waverley Paddle Steamer’s
visits to Newhaven and Eastbourne
Saturday 26th September
Tinkers Park Open Day at Hadlow Down
Traction engines, train rides, Real Ale Tent, working exhibits, veteran and vintage cars, working exhibits, refreshments.. Connecting bus service to Uckfield. www.tinkerspark.com
Sunday 27th September
Land Rover Day
Celebrate the classic Land Rover. Steam engines running on railway around the museum. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370.
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
Saturday 3rd October 10:00 am
Open day at the Brede Steam Engines
Sunday 4th October
Autumn Historic Transport Gathering
End of season gathering of vintage cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, steam engines, diesel and steam locomotives. Also steam train rides operating. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.ambereleymuseum.co.uk .
Sunday 4th October 10:00 am
Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”
Binsted: ancient woodland and wide open fields. Meet Binsted church (nr Arundel) parking in lane 10am.
Tuesday 6th October 7:30 pm
Saving Newhaven Fort
Newhaven Historical Society talk by David Gee. The Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5.
www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Friday 9th October 8:00 pm
Bayeux Tapestry
Burgess Hill Heritage and History Society Event. With the Bayeux Tapestry coming to the British Museum in 2026, Simon Stevens will tell us why it’s not all Saxon violence. Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill. Non-members £5. www.burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk
Saturday 10th October
Austin Counties Car Rally at Tenterden Station
Weekend 10th – 11th October.
Event at Kent and East Sussex Railway. www.kesr.org.uk
Sunday 11th October
Open Afternoon at Chichester Model Engineers
Trains running during afternoon. Blackberry Lane, Chichester. www.cdsme.co.uk
Wednesday 14th October 7:30 pm
Model trams and how to manage them
Tramway and Light Railway Society presentation by Paul Coles. Visitors £3. DEALL Room at Southwick Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick. Email sussexbranch@southernelectric.org.uk
Wednesday 14th October 7:30 pm
Perilous Lives – Public Health in Victorian Chichester
Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Richard Childs, County Archivist. Visitors.£5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915. www.chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk
Sunday 18th October
Autumn Industrial trains
This special day showcases the Museum’s impressive collection of industrial locomotives. Also steam train rides
operating. Amberley Museum. 01798 831370. www.amberleymuseum.co.uk .
Saturday 24th October 10:00 am
West Sussex Archives Society Conference Sussex Writers
Speakers : Ellen Cheshire on H.G. Wells; Chris Hare on Richard Jefferies; Mike Kipling on Rudyard Kipling; Doug Nicholls on William Blake and Professor Brian Short on Writers and the Search for a Rural Idyll.
At Barnham Community Hall, Yapton Road, Barnham, PO22 0AY. Members and their guests £30 Non-members £35 Includes
tea/coffee and biscuits Lunch arrangements to be confirmed. To book and pay by BACS
please email contact@wsas.co.uk . See www.wsas.co.uk
Tuesday 27th October 7:30 pm
Prehistoric remains on the High weald
Danehill Parish Historical Society talk byHelena Griffiths. Danehill Memorial Hall.
Visitors £4 with tea/coffee and biscuit.
Sunday 1st November
London to Brighton veteran car run.
Local Exhibitions of interest
Tide Mills exhibition at Newhaven Museum
From Friday the 3rd of July until Wednesday the 2nd of September the museum will be
holding an exhibition on Tide Mills, and on William Catt who owned and operated the mill
there (2026 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Catt). The exhibition will include
articles on the Seaplane base, the Marine Hospital and David Dales’ horses that shared the
East Beach with the tide mill.
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Exhibition: British Landscapes – A Sense of Place. Ends 1 st November 2026
Novium Museum,
Tower Street, Chichester
Small exhibition on the Selsey Tramway including some items loaned by Alan Green..
Heritage Open Days in September
Many buildings are opened to the public during September as part of the Heritage
Open Days event. Many of these buildings have an industrial archaeology interest.
Events outside of London run from 11 th to 20 st September. Details from
www.heritageopendays.org.uk
Events in London will take place from 12 th to 20 st September. Details from www.programme.openhouse.org.uk
The Association for Industrial Archaeology Conference.
The conference will take
place in Norwich and run from Friday 4 th September to Wednesday 9 th September,
made up of weekend talks and the AGM followed by 3 days of tours.
Details and booking information at https://industrial-archaeology.org/conferences
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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