A National Trust – Lewes Centre event
Talk by Ian Everest illustrated using old photographs and cine film to offer a glimpse of some of the less well-known aspects of life in the Ouse valley between Lewes and the sea.
Venue: Priory School, Mountfield Road, Lewes BN7 2XN
Entry: £2 for members of the Lewes Centre, £5 for non-members
Further information about the Lewes Centre of the National Trust
An event at The Keep, Falmer
Combining Lewes street history with music and song, this ‘make ‘em laugh, make ‘em cry’ show is based on stories of petty crime and scandal in late 19th-century Sun Street, researched by Frances Stenlake and read by Lewes Little Theatre actors.
The specially composed songs will be performed by leading members of the Lewes Saturday Folk Club – audience participation welcome!
Venue: The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, BN1 9BP
Entry: £7.50, includes a glass of wine or soft drink (includes free parking, usually £2.50), book at The Keep website.
The landscape of Lewes was so transformed during the later 1880s and early 1900s that by 1914, a visitor from the early nineteenth century would have been very surprised by the changes, especially the styles and the innovations such as sewerage and fresh water.
Access to the railway became key for businesses, and where possible, living away from the noise and smells of the iron foundry, breweries, leather processing and horse dung (a later Victorian crisis) in the centre all helped to shape the town – and the imprint of development during this period still does.
We will explore the development of the suburbs exploring topics such as the impact of ever increasing legislation on the layout and coherence of all house building projects – large (Wallands), mid-sized (such as the Pells and Grange Road) and small infills; of the difficulty of making them profitable even on greenfield sites; and who some of the builders and occupants were.
The Pells area before development. Courtesy of Sussex Archaeological Society
All are welcome from 7.00pm for free refreshments and updates on the Group’s activities. The talk will begin promptly at 7:30pm and will finish by 9.00pm.
There is an entry fee for these meetings, payable at the door, of £1 for members, and £3 for non-members.
Venue: The King’s Church building on Brooks Road, Lewes, BN7 2BY. (Between Tesco car park and Homebase)
See the Meetings page for a list of forthcoming monthly talks organised by the Lewes History Group.
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