On 18thJuly 1545, a French fleet led by the High Admiral Claude d’Annabant attacked the south coast of England. He was rather miffed that the English had just captured the port of Boulogne and was after revenge. At Portsmouth, Henry VIIIs ship “Mary Rose” had promptly sunk as it tried to engage them. Further down…
Month: July 2020
The Trouble with Seaford…
My last post about the preparations for the Dieppe and D-Landings were from an account by Seaford postman George Martin (1908-1976). He was interviewed by members of Seaford Museum in June 1974. The follow account is what he remembered about the town and its people… There were four trains an hour in the 1930s. The…
Quirky Sussex History by Kevin Gordon 