For our April meeting we will resume ‘live’ talks at Kings Church for the summer season.

Monday 15th April 2024, 7:20pm for 7:30pm start (please note the late than usual date: this is the third Monday of the month)

Heather’s talk will launch the latest in our series of Lewes Street Stories, copies of which will be on sale. As a background to the book, Heather will give a pictorial overview of the street’s development, including the earliest maps and some important events, such as the famous avalanche, which have formed the street we see today.

South Street has a long history, including Britain’s worst avalanche. It was not a home for the gentry but a working place, with timber yards and river wharfs, boat yards, gas works and chalk pits. By the 20th century, a car service station had replaced the blacksmith, the main chalk pit had become a cement works and, for a time, there was a maker of cricket bats. Many of the workers in these industries lived in the rows of good Victorian cottages which were interspersed with pubs and beer houses. The street was blighted by heavy traffic until the tunnel opened in 1980 and it has now become a desirable cul-de-sac in which to live.

LHG Members can attend our talks for free. 

Non-members can buy a ticket (£4) from TicketSource. The ticket will provide a link to Zoom registration. Then please follow steps 1, 2, and 3 as above.

See the Talks page for a list of  forthcoming monthly events organised by the Lewes History Group.