A CENTURY of the Women’s Institute was celebrated at The Keep with the help of one of the largest archive collections in the country.
Staff at Sussex’s archive resource centre created a display of WI history for 120 members of the East Sussex Federation of Women’s Institutes who travelled to Moulsecoomb to mark the occasion. Continue reading
CHRISTMAS in wartime is the theme of the latest addition to a website focusing on East Sussex during the First World War.
East Sussex County Council’s First World War website has a newly-added story which shows how soldiers from the county coped with Christmas away from loved-ones. Continue reading
HUNDREDS of years of records will inspire visitors to The Keep when it throws open its doors later this month.
The world-class centre which holds archives from East Sussex Record Office, the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove Local History Collections and the University of Sussex Special Collections, some dating back more than 900 years, is hosting a free open day for families and people of all ages on Saturday, November 22. Continue reading
ARCHAEOLOGY enthusiasts working along the route of a new road have helped unearth what is thought to be one of the most significant finds of prehistoric remains in the country.
Working alongside Oxford Archaeology, members of the Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group (HAARG) have been involved in the excavation of Mesolithic flint scatters from the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road site. Continue reading
