Lewes History Group Street Stories
As part of Lewes 2019 Heritage Open Days, there will be an exhibition on the initial research into the history of Albion Street, and East Street, Lewes.
Your contributions, photos, stories and information will be welcomed over a cup of tea and cake.
Venue: Yarrow Room, Ground Floor, Lewes Town Hall, High Street, BN7 2QS
Entry: Free – all welcome
East Street, Lewes, Cheetham Postcard
Rowland Hawke Halls (July 1879 – March 1919) was a Lewes architect working in the Arts and Crafts tradition in the decade before the First World War. To mark the centenary of his death, two events are planned:
Exhibition of drawings and photographs – Tuesday 10 to Monday 16 September 2019, 9:30am to 4:00pm
On display will be Halls’ designs for local buildings, and previously unseen material from the family archive.
Venue: Lewes Town Hall, High Street, BN7 2QS
Entry: Free
A talk on Rowland Halls: A Sussex Architect – Wednesday 18 September 2019, 5.30-6.30pm
Architect Rowland Halls died in a motorbike accident in March 1919, aged 39. He had spent most of his life in Sussex, where he designed many Arts and Crafts style houses, as well as public buildings such as the Council offices in Fisher Street, Lewes.
Halls celebrated traditional crafts; many of his buildings used local materials and were decorated with scenes from Sussex life and nature.
This talk, by his grandson David Scott Cowan, will explore Halls’ life and work, referencing his letters home from France and Belgium in WWI, as well as architectural plans, watercolours and other material from the East Sussex Records Office at The Keep and family archives.
Entry: £5, which includes the parking fee
Booking in advance is essential via The Keep’s website or call 01273 482349
Venue: The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, BN1 9BP
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An exhibition of 80 pictures displayed as lightboxes along the length of Lewes High Street and surrounding streets.
The images come from the archive of Edward Reeves Photography, the world’s oldest surviving photographic studio, and show pictures of the town and people of Lewes taken in the High Street from 1860 – 1960.
The Lightbox Project started in 2014, and since then has mounted annual exhibitions placed in windows up and down the streets of Lewes.
Retail Retold focuses on the importance of the High Street, which is central to the social and economic life of our community. Special emphasis is given to the more sustainable way in which previous generations traded and shopped, and highlights ever changing lifestyles.
The original glass plates were digitally scanned and enlarged to reveal previously unnoticed details.
Map at Reeves Archive website, click map to enlarge
Website archived by the British Library
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