It is always good to visit Bexhill’s splendid museum but this weekend there are two particularly good reasons, both in connection with the fire-brigade. Firstly this week Bexhill Museum is proud to have on display, for the very first time, a newly restored Merryweather Fire Engine dating from 1895. Secondly this weekend marks the centenary of the…
Month: September 2024
The Big Bang Theory that Failed
For hundreds of years, the shifting shingle within it’s bay has caused problems for the town of Seaford. Even today we try to tame this movement with a convoy of massive bulldozers which try to put the beach in its place. The Ouse once entered the sea in Seaford Bay but the shingle constantly blocked…
Quirky Sussex History by Kevin Gordon 