Lewes History Group

On 15 July 1725, the Duke of Richmond challenged Sir William Gage to a cricket match on a pitch at Firle Place. The same pitch has been home to the Firle Cricket Club to this day.

Club historian Michael Tweed has written a book on the Club’s history, weaving in stories about Firle cricket and village life through the decades.

First published in February 2020, the book quickly sold out, and copies from the second print run are now available to order.

Michael Tweed
Another Lovely Day – Cricket at Firle 2020.

£7.50 including postage and packing, available from Michael Tweed michaelroytweed@yahoo.co.uk 

The Lewes History Group is delighted that David Arnold has written a full-page review of our new book – The Pells of Lewes: Pool, Park, People, Places, in his County Yarns local history column in the Sussex Express of 9 October 2020.

David has close personal connections to the Pells neighbourhood, going back almost 6 decades, but has still managed to discover some fascinating facts from the book. He promises further coverage to follow.

The Pells of Lewes is edited by Ruth Thomson and Sarah Bayliss, and features chapters by 16 authors.

Click on the image to read David’s review

Image from the Sussex Express, with thanks

Eighty lightboxes showing the town and people of Lewes from 1860 to 1960 will glow through the windows of High Street shops and businesses for a month starting on Friday 9 October.

The exhibition, called ‘Retail Retold, the Face of the High Street’, was first seen in 2019, and focuses on the importance of the High Street to the social and economic wellbeing of the community. The lockdown has only emphasised that message.

The lightboxes are accompanied by an online exhibition of new portraits by Tom Reeves of the lightbox hosts: the businesspeople and residents of the High Street. The online exhibition enhances the experience of viewing the lightboxes in situ and is available to those unable to visit in person.

Click to see the online exhibition of the lightboxes, along with Tom’s new portraits

www.reevesarchive.co.uk/the-face-of-the-high-street/map.html