Paul Dixon’s wife knows that there is another love of his life – a beautiful if rather elderly lady whose recent makeover has given her a new lease of life. Paul is the Chief Engineer for Eastbourne Pier and it is clear that he loves the old lady very much indeed. I met Paul a…
Month: June 2019
Rioting that led to the death of a policeman.
100 years ago the Canadian soldiers stationed across England and Wales were not happy. The armistice of November 1918 effectively ended the War and thousands of men returned from the battlefields of Flanders to Britain awaiting repatriation to Canada. This was a slow process. Most of the troopships that had been used to bring the…
A local D-Day Hero
I met Roy Walker and his wife Anita in 2017. They were a quiet charming couple who lived in a small but tidy bungalow in Chyngton, Seaford surrounded by a well maintained garden. I chatted to Roy about his experiences in the Second World War and I am embarrassed that I did not take many…
Quirky Sussex History by Kevin Gordon 