We’ve all seen social media posts about life in the 1970s as compared to now. Chopper bikes, Marathon bars (that’s Snickers to you younger readers), flares, and long hair. But what was rural Sussex life like back then? Dining at its finest As a child of the 70s living near Warninglid, there were two culinary …
An old Sussex shepherd No reed, or pipe, or flute for him To play sweet music on the hill, Nor shepherd’s smock in idle whim, The old poetic part to fill. Just ragged clothes of sombre brown, That were all stained with Sussex soil, Wore that old shepherd on the down, So busy there …
In days gone by, mocking persons used to refer to the denizens of our county as “Silly Sussex”. This was quite unjustified, as the word was actually “selig”, a Saxon word meaning “holy”. And to prove the point, Sussex has produced a goodly number of saints, some of them quite muscular in their applied Christianity. …
To the memory of all Indian soldiers who gave their lives for their King-Emperor in the Great War If you’ve never heard of the Chattri Memorial, you can be forgiven for being more than a little surprised when you stumble upon it as you round the crest of one of the many waves of the …
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You can discover the Wey & Arun Junction Canal by foot or by boat and by doing so, you’re taking a long leisurely step back in time. A new way to travel There was a time, when the UK was crisscrossed by a network of busy working canals and their towpaths. And Sussex was no …
As you travel south to visit Arundel, the busy Sussex countryside starts to give way to something different. The grandeur and sweeping views of the South Downs seem to herald in a time gone by, while water meadows and walled parklands speak of a different way of living. The town Today, Arundel is presided over …
“Four and twenty ponies trotting in the dark with brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk, Laces for a lady, letter from a spy, so watch the wall my darlings, while the gentleman go by.” So, who were the “gentlemen” and why should the little darlings turn their faces to the wall? …
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