I just found this huge blooper on the net and thought I'd share it to raise a smile this rainy day: "In the summer of 2003, I was invited to join a small group...
The was written as an ode for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902 – when Benson was a master at Eton. See Oxford DNB. He may of course had a home in Sussex...
Sampford Arundel gets the affix from Peter Arundel, the tenant in 1086 (to distinguish it from other Samfords (= sand + ford)). No idea if Peter hailed from...
Wednesday 12 December 2007 "Snatch'd from Africa's Shore": Slavery, the Slave Trade and Abolition" Michael Hughes, University of Sussex 7:00 pm, University of...
Lorna Hilborn
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Dec 3, 2007 5:02 pm
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Sounds VERY festive...... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Simon Stevens
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Dec 3, 2007 5:25 pm
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Hi All I am just about to start up the Friends of Shoreham Fort society after it being suggested by english heritage, to form a society to get funding for...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the sussexpast group: Should Shoreham Fort be Restored o yes o no To vote, please visit the following...
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Dec 17, 2007 9:46 pm
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Hello, I voted yes when I was unsure. I would want to see any plans. How can anything be restored when it is mostly destroyed. Should the name be a ...
Hello This is the first time I have posted a message to this group but I thought the members maybe interested in a project a group of us have been doing for...
Hello, The following year (1908) on June the 8th after many difficulties and living on a diet of kippers and dates, Roe and his fragile aeroplane with its 24hp...
Hello, Addenda: Shoreham The first flight was flown by Harold Plume Piffard on 18 September 1910, involving a mid-air turn. Terminal Building at Shoreham: ...
Hi In a new book on Bosham, the author idetifies a number of boat shaped indentations (lacking any form of plant growth) on the tide line of Furzebrook Creek....
Hi [Sorry to send this twice but I forgot to change the subject wording] In a new book on Bosham, the author idetifies a number of boat shaped indentations...
In January the Chichester society has a lecture :- 23rd January - 'Underwater Archaeology' by Ian Barefoot (Nautical Archaeology Society) See their site:- ...
Thanks to all who responded on this subject. It appears that it was not an 'up north' habit - wherever that is!. May I wish everyone a spiritual Christmas, a...
Hi We would be more than willing to come along and give a talk about diving the wrecks off the auaaex coast and in particular the T.R.Thompson. Tad Taberer ...
Hi We would be more than willing to come along and give a talk about diving the wrecks off the auaaex coast and in particular the T.R.Thompson. Tad Taberer ...
can you contact me "off list" on this please, and advise if you come out daytime and evenings? I have a cancellation for Willingdon Ladies club in July 2008...
Some of our group have completed the NAS part one nautical archeaology course which is a hands on theory and practical course which we found very interesting...
The thought of getting my feet (body!) wet does not appeal, it's bad enough walking a muddy field. Seriously, a friend has titinous as a result of her doing...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the sussexpast group. File : /River Ouse...
sussexpast@yahoogroup...
Dec 21, 2007 12:00 pm
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I have uploaded the .pdf of the leaflet for this conference at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sussexpast/files/River%20Ouse% 20Project/CCE_Ouse_Proj_Conf.pdf ...
I am not a geologist but it is my understanding that there is a shallow sedimentary basin known as the Paris Basin which extends into southern England with a...
Guy Jillings
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Dec 22, 2007 3:13 pm
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I understand that a railway station in this area now long disused [Heathfield ?] was lit by natural gas, out of the ground, for many years __ same geological...
Yes that is conceivable although natural gas normally dissipates earlier in the sequence. One of the more famous examples are the eternal flames above the...
Guy Jillings
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Dec 22, 2007 6:58 pm
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Frant station was lit by natural gas from a local pocket until surprisingly recently and there may have been other stations. Patrick Roper From:...
I have been working this year in Hargate Forest and Broadwater Warren south east of Tunbridge Wells. In several places in both these areas there are narrow...
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