The ruins of Lewes Priory will be lit by thousands of candles on the evening of Saturday 16 September 2017.
There will be Choirs, Entertainment, Food Stalls, WI Tea Tent and a Bar.
Entry: £3 per head for five years and older. Friends and Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £10.
Tickets available at the gate (limited to 1500 people)
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A Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, Uckfield event
Heritage Education Officer Maria will explore some of the early history of Bridge Cottage. The talk will cover the building of the Cottage and modifications made to it in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as describing daily life in a rural house in the 17th century.
Please note this talk replaces the previously advertised talk on Tudor Clothing by Glynis Riddle. Glynis will now give her talk on December 7th 2017.
Venue: Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ
Entry: £4 per ticket (£1 for UDPS members), also available from website
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An Exhibition of 80 lightboxes in 65 windows throughout Lewes – with new online tour
Another chance to see this nationally acclaimed exhibition, now enhanced with additional images and audio/visual online trail.
This exhibition draws on images in the Edward Reeves Archive that cover the WW1 period. These include individual and group portraits of soldiers and their families, as well as civilian life during the war and photographs of the thousands of men billeted in the town.
As you follow the lightbox trail you can now listen to period letters, stories and newspaper reports presented in fascinating audio clips. There are also many added images from the Edward Reeves archive.
A key to the trail
There will be a window display in the Lewes Tourist Information Centre from 1 to 15 September 2017, where a map of the trail is available free of charge. For information call 01273 483448.
Image at http://www.reevesarchive.co.uk/events/index.php
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