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The Sterns of Highdown – West Sussex Record Office talk, Tuesday 29 March 2022 7:00pm

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Admin

Online talk Hamish MacGillivray: The Sterns of Highdown: Cocktails, Campaigns and Chromosomes What happens when you find the Highdown visitors book revealing forgotten Anglo-Jewish aristocrats, plant hunters and scientists? Hamish MacGillivray stumbled into this scenario while working for Highdown Gardens … Continue reading →

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Gideon Mantell themed historical walks in Lewes – Sundays 20 and 27 March 2022, 10:30-11:30am

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Admin

As part of the Lewes “Walk this Way” festival Debby Matthews is running two Gideon Mantell themed historical walks: Sunday 20th March Historic Walk around Southover in the Footsteps of Gideon Mantell with Debby Matthews, 10.00-11.30. Approx 2 miles. Up to … Continue reading →

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We Happy Few: Wartime Writings 1939-1945

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Admin

Richard Wicker was raised in Mayfield and worked at the dairy in Glynde. He was a volunteer RAF sergeant, shot down over Germany in August 1940 and held as a POW until the end of the war. On returning home, … Continue reading →

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