Sussex Express - Nostalgia Feed

Judges at the gymkhana

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:02:09 GMT

Mavis Clark, parish pumper for Cooksbridge, Offham and Hamsey, sent in this charming photograph of judges at a children’s pony club gymkhana in the peaceful village of Iford, near Lewes.

Smile please

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:30 GMT

What a handsome bunch! This startling Express photograph of 1973 shows the Rector of Uckfield, the Rev C J Peters, with ‘models’ at a local fashion show held in aid of church funds.

Wolves, hogs, cricket and death

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:29 GMT

From the pages of the Lewes Journal, July, 1816:

Lock the malefactors up

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:22 GMT

Lewes, as the county town, has long been a place in which to lock wrongdoers up at her majesty’s pleasure.

A favourite spooky haunt

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:21 GMT

Hamsey is one of Rouser’s favourite spooky haunts - blessed with a memorable un-Victorianised church and precious little else except a nearby farmstead.

A rum way to fund a navy

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:20 GMT

The person of Sir Cloudesley Shovell – a name to conjure with – came some years ago to the attention of the Sussex Archaeological Society.

Spooky Shelleys

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:08:07 GMT

This photograph, probably by Reeves, is a well-known one, and it is dear to Rouser’s heart.

Harvey on his last town beat

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:06:07 GMT

Here’s a man who’s done his time on the beat.

Ghostly man with a spring in his step

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:05:52 GMT

Spring-heeled Jack was a general Victorian nickname for a street robber who relied on speed in running to escape. And Lewes had one of its  own.