Other Events

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.

Sunday 2nd November

London to Brighton veteran car run.

London to Brighton veteran car run.

Tuesday 4th November
6:45 pm

Eastbourne 100 years ago

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

Saturday 8th November
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
bredesteamgiants.co.uk

Sunday 9th November
6:00 pm

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Brighton by lamplight: the city after dark. Meet at Brighton Museum. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Wednesday 12th November
7:30 pm

Democracy, Governance and Poverty: Chichester and the 1830s Decade of Reform

Chichester Local Historical Society talk by Richard Childs past County Archivist.
Visitors £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243 784915

Saturday 15th November
2:00 pm

History and archive of Steyning Grammar School at Chatfields, Church Street, Steyning BN44 3YB

A West Sussex Archives Society event. Non-members welcome.
www.wsas.co.uk email contact@wsas.co.uk

Saturday 15th November

Brighton Model Railway Exhibition

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

Wednesday 19th November
7:45 pm

Transport Preservation in Sussex Transport Interest Group talk by Nick Kelly

London Road Station. Non-members £2.50.
Contact paul.snelling8tg@gmail.com

Wednesday 19th November

Steam Excursion from London Victoria to Eastbourne.

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.

Sunday 23rd November

SteamLights at the Bluebell Railway

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 

Wednesday 26th November
7:15 pm

Rail Freight Trains around the UK

RCTS Chichester Branch Meeting. Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester. https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-chr-chichester.

Tuesday 2nd December
7:30 am

A Sussex Christmas. How the people of Sussex celebrated Christmas in the past, Newhaven Historical Society and Museum talk by Chris Horlock

Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven. Free parking next to the Hillcrest Centre. Non-members £5. www.newhavenhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Saturday 6th December
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
https://bredesteamgiants.co.uk

Saturday 6th December
12:00 pm

Open Day at Crawley Signal Box

Brighton Road, Crawley. www.facebook.com/CrawleySignalBox.

Sunday 7th December
10:00 am

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Shoreham Riverside. Meet Ropetackle Arts Centre. g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Saturday 3rd January
10:00 am

Open day at the Brede Steam Engines

Steam and working industrial engines. Situated 6 miles from Hastings on A28 to Ashford.
https://bredesteamgiants.co.uk.

Sunday 4th January
10:00 am

Geoffrey Mead’s “Ambles not Rambles”

Wilmington and Folkington: scarfoot landscapes. Meet Wilmington Priory carpark 10am.
g.mead@sussex.ac.uk

Wednesday 14th January
7:30 pm

Rising from Austerity: Chichester in the 1950s, a portrait of a decade

Chichester Local History Society talk by Alan Green, Local Historian. Non-Members £5. New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester. 01243
784915.

Local Exhibitions of interest

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.