Brightling Needle
The Brightling Needle stands at the 2nd highest point in Sussex, a couple of miles from the village of Brightling. It was built in around 1810 by John Fuller...
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Winkle Island
The image above shows a merge of two photographs past and present in the area near Winkle Island in Hastings. The original photograph was taken in around 1900. Winkle Island is...
Pevensey Castle
Pevensey Castle is an ancient fortification originally constructed by the Romans in 290 ad, rebuilt by the Normans and updated across the following centuries...
Mary Stanford Lifeboat House
This rundown building once housed the Mary Stanford lifeboat. It stands on the shore near Rye Harbour and is a grade 2 listed building. The old lifeboat house has remained unused since 15th November 1928...
St Pauls Parish Hall
A group of children outside St Pauls Parish Hall as they appeared in the patriotic tableau “Britannia’s Flag†which scored a success in the hall on Empire Day and resulted in the sum of £4,5s being sent to the local fund...
War Hospital Supply Depot
This Now and Then image shows members of the War Hospital Supply Depot with Canadian soldiers on the balcony of 41 Marina, St Leonards...
Recruiting at Battle Abbey
A group of men from the 5th Royal Sussex Regiment with the recruiting committee outside Battle Abbey. They were out trying to get...
9th Hampshire Cyclists Regiment
The then and now image above shows the 9th Hampshire Cyclists Regiment preparing for parade on Sea Road next to West Marina Gardens. The original photograph appeared in the Hastings and...
11th Welch Regiment at Winchelsea Church
Over 200 of B Company of the 11th Welch Regiment attended Divine Service at Winchelsea Church on Sunday 7th March 1915. The 11th Regiment moved to Seaford then Aldershot within two months...
Ditchling Beacon
Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex. At 248 meters it is not particularly high. It's not even the highest point on the South Downs - Butser Hill is top at 270 meters followed by Crown Tegleaze at 253m...
Down the Tracks
These views down the tracks were taken along the stretch of the Kent & East Sussex Railway that approaches Bodiam station. For any children reading, before I went on the tracks I checked to make...
Rye Harbour Pill Boxes
The Rye Harbour Pill Boxes were built in August 1940. They were designed to house the Vickers Medium Machine Gun, probably two per pill box. Their design is apparently a local variation...