Detailed below are events organised by other societies, which may be of interest to our members.
If you have details for future events please send these to: Malcolm Dawes, 52 Rugby Road, Brighton, BN1 6EB or e-mail to malcolm.dawes@btinternet.com
Do please check details before travelling. The details of these meetings and events organised by other groups are only included as a guide and as a service to members. Inclusion here is not intended to be seen as an endorsement.
London to Brighton veteran car run.
Eastbourne Local History Programme of talks. Mick Hymans will present an illustrated talk on what life was like in
Eastbourne 100 years ago. St Andrews Parish Hall, 425 Seaside, Eastbourne
www.eastbournehistory.org.uk
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
bredesteamgiants.co.uk
Brighton by lamplight: the city after dark. Meet at Brighton Museum. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk
Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Richard Childs past County Archivist.
Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915
A West Sussex Archives Society event. Non-members welcome.
www.wsas.co.uk email contact@wsas.co.uk
Weekend 15 th – 16th November. Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Brighton.
10.00am to 5.00pm Saturday.
10.00am to 4.00pm Sunday.
https://brightonmrc.wordpress.com/exhibition
London Road Station. Non-members £2.50.
Contact paul.snelling8tg@gmail.com
Steam hauled down the Brighton Line passing through Haywards Heath and Lewes. Steam hauled return from Hastings passing through Crowhurst, Battle, Robertsbridge and Tunbridge Wells. Photographic opportunities in Sussex. www.railwaytouring.co.uk.
23rd November to 28th December.
Entire trains bedecked with lights. Lineside Festive Scenes with Sheffield Park and Horsted Keynes Stations adorned with lights and decorations. Timetable and booking procedure on the web site www.bluebell-railway.com
RCTS Chichester Branch Meeting. Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester. https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester.
Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
https://bredesteamgiants.co.uk
Brighton Road, Crawley. www.facebook.com/CrawleySignalBox.
Shoreham Riverside. Meet Ropetackle Arts Centre. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk
Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
https://bredesteamgiants.co.uk.
Wilmington and Folkington: scarfoot landscapes. Meet Wilmington Priory carpark 10am.
g.mead@sussex.ac.uk
Chichester Local History Society talk by Alan Green, Local Historian. Non-Members £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243
784915.
Novium Museum, Tower Street, Chichester
Small exhibition on the Selsey Tramway including some items loaned by Alan Green. Exhibition on until 29th September.
Exhibition Hurrah for Shippam’s – the world famous fish and meat paste manufacturers. 12th July until 28th February 2026
A small exhibition on Selsey Tramway. Until end of 2025.
Sussex Industrial