EXPERIENCE SUSSEX, the official visitor economy development programme for East and West Sussex, has released research that reveals the significant value of tourism for businesses in the region.
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Artist for Newhaven Library project to hold workshops
THE artist chosen to create a window design for Newhaven’s new library will be running two free family workshops to get people involved in the process.
Zaneta Belasicova was selected to create the artwork for the rear window of the newly refurbished library following a competitive process. Continue reading
Warning to Bexhill residents over cold callers
RESIDENTS in Bexhill are being warned to be on their guard for a paving company targeting elderly residents in the town.
A man in his 60s and a retired couple were each persuaded to part with more than £5,000 in cash to have their driveway repaved, after being ‘cold called’ at home earlier this week. Continue reading
Remembering a WW1 hero from East Sussex
A WAR hero from Seaford who served in one of the most infamous campaigns of the First World War has been commemorated in his home town.
Cuthbert Bromley, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Gallipoli, died aged 36 in August 1915 after the ship he was travelling in was sunk by a German torpedo. Continue reading
School records from era when teachers ‘made their mark’
HISTORIC school documents dating from a time when even the teachers couldn’t read and write have been deposited at a county archive centre.
The parchment books, now held at The Keep, in Moulsecoomb, are thought to be the earliest school records in Sussex. Continue reading