Lewes History Group

Bob Cairns: Lewes Within Living Memory

Do you remember Cliffe High Street and School Hill with two-way traffic? And the wholesale clearance behind Cliffe for the building of the Phoenix Causeway? Or can you remember Malling Street before the Cuilfail Tunnel?

Whether you answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to these questions, Bob Cairns’ illustrated talk to the Lewes History Group on Monday 13 November 2017 will either bring back memories or help you see the town in a new light.

Using images from his collection of postcards and photographs back to the 1920s, Bob will look at some of the changes in Lewes within living memory. He says, “To justify my timeline I’m hoping for some 90-year olds to attend! And as usual, I will encourage audience participation and challenge people’s knowledge of old Lewes with dozens of previously unseen pictures.”

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 £2 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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A Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, Uckfield event

Frances Stenlake: Suffragettes in Sussex

Come and hear the story of the Votes for Women campaign here, law-abiding and non-violent as elsewhere in rural Sussex, and involving prominent local figures, aided by suffragists of national and international importance who lived in the area.

Speaker Frances Stenlake began researching women’s suffrage campaigning in Worthing in preparation for a talk to the Worthing Family History Society. She found the story of the Cuckfield and Central Sussex Womens’s Suffrage Society from the microfilmed Mid Sussex Times in Burgess Hill Library, so she knew that organised campaigning across inland Sussex was conducted by a network of NUWSS branches, and that WSPU activity was largely confined to coastal centres, notably Hastings and Brighton.

Women’s Suffrage Campaigning in Uckfield, Heathfield and Crowborough. Image at Bridge Cottage website

Venue: Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ

Entry: £4 per ticket (£2 for UDPS members), also available from website

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