Marlipins Gallery 16

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Hospital Parade, Shoreham-by-Sea. Parade with banner. Fund raising. Boys Brigade band, Boy Scouts and various league members. The parade is turning into Ham Road. Eades Store is on the left. Men, women and children are watching the parade. Copy from an original photograph.

Recruits/volunteers for Lord Kitchener's Army leaving Shoreham-by-Sea. First World War/World War One. High Street looking west. Large crowd of men near the Crown and Anchor pub. Women and children. Cars on street. Royal George pub in the middle distance. Taken from a glass negative. Sept. 1914

Lord Kitchener's visit.

Bungalow Town. Crowd in deckchairs at the beach club, Shoreham-by-Sea. Crowd watching Miss Kate Carney's entertainment. During the First World War. St.Mary's Church tower and brewery chimney are in the background. Most people are wearing hats.

Miown foundered off Shoreham. Two masts rigging and part of the wheel visible above the sea after the steamship "Miown" was wrecked in a gale one-and-a-half miles SSW of Shoreham. Unidentified man wearing civilian clothes and cloth cap stands in the rigging. The "Miown" was carrying a cargo of cement from London to Bristol and was wrecked so quickly there was no time to send distress signals. The crew took to the water and all were drowned with the exception of Captain Jones who stayed with his ship and survived six hours of exposure. Waterman John Short of Southwick saw the captains's plight and with neigbours William Gardiner owner of the boat "Florence" and Charlie Smart launched the boat and rowed out to the wreck to save the captain. "

Reed's Grocer and Draper, 29 and 31 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea. Flint house (rebuilt c 1900) with shop window on left side of ground floor, sign above Grocer REED Draper" and "Ready made clothes warehouse". Clothes for sale hanging above shop window and along right side of house. Mattressess chairs a mangle and hip bath are displayed on the pavement. Man and woman wearing long aprons stand in shop doorway. Printed from glass negative by Bob Hill."

Southdown Golf Club, Shoreham-by-Sea. Golf club house situated in North Shoreham close to site of Southlands hospital. Building with decorative verandah. Photograph from a glass negative.

Adur, Shoreham-by-Sea. View looking north across the River Adur towards St Mary de Haura church. Tall Chimney of the Albion Brewery. Two masted barque alongside the ship building yard. Copy from a glass negative. Osman Pasha on stocks to the East.

Mill Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea. View south from top of Mill Lane across large field towards Shoreham town, tower of the church of St Mary de Haura visible on skyline. Cemetery gatehouse on left, Trinity Cottages second building from left in midground, on far right is the Catholic church. Also in middle ground Cambridge Lodge, Longcroft, and Victoria Road on right.

Bathing Parade, Army camp, Shoreham-by-Sea. Parade of male army recruits in civilian clothing and holding towels. Reprinted by Bob Hill from an original glass negative.

Thatched Cottage, Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea. View across field with cows grazing, barbed wire fence, towards front of cottage with thatched roof. Boys in knickerbockers and caps and girl wearing pinafore dress standing in front of door. Small window on first floor above door.

Burrells hotel 1905

Beach. Collecting Flint Stones from the Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea. Men are collecting stones, with horses and carts. Photograph reprinted from glass negative.

Norfolk Bridge 1922

Aerodrome. Mr. E Roll of the Full inside" revue stands in the cockpit of a Pashley Bros biplane at Shoreham Aerodrome (later Shoreham Airport) seated in front is pilot Eric Pashley. Almost full view of plane from the front showing wheels wings struts cockpit with propellor behind. "Pashley Bros" on side of cockpit. At left woman wearing cloche hat sits at the wheel of an open-topped Austro Daimler motor car licence number LK-8677 with tool-box and spare wheel on the running board AA badge and starting handle visible on front. Restaurant in left background with flag inscribed SCA (South Coast Aero-club?). Low gabled building in background in front of railway embankment is the Aero Club pavilion. Reprinted by Bob Hill from original Winton glass negative owned by John Saunders."

Naval seaplane number 113, Radley England Mk II, Shoreham-by-Sea. Close view of a bi-plane landed on mudflats on the beach, showing struts, wings, tailfin with number 113, small cockpit with propellor behind, floats. Houses in background and power station in distance on left. Reprinted by Bob Hill from original Winton glass negative owned by John Saunders.

Aerodrome. Madge Williams (left) and Cecil Pashley sit in Pashley's Farman biplane ready for a flight, possibly at Shoreham Aerodrome (later Shoreham Airport). Close view of plane showing wheels, struts, wings, small cockpit, propellor behind cockpit. Pashley and Williams wear flying helmets, he wears muffler and goggles. Plane is on flat grassy field with wooden fence and trees in background. Reprinted by Bob Hill from original Winton glass negative owned by John Saunders.

Aerodrome.

Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham-by-Sea. Western end of High Street, looking west. Cart and horse. Lion and horse statues on the top of the central supporting arches. Toll keeper is on front right with a boy by the toll booth. Cast iron lamps on the bridge. Telegraph pole. The bridge was replaced in the 1920s.

Upper Shoreham Road

Bungalow Town, Old Fort Filming of a scene from the film The Showman's Dream" at the old fort east of Bungalow Town (now Shoreham Beach). Raised stage with backdrop depicting entrance to a circus and actors and actresses dressed as clown bandsmen and others in normal clothing. Man in sweater possibly director or camerman. Tripod at left. Film made by the Sunny South Film Company. Copy photograph from a glass negative."

Bungalow Town Film Making, 'The Showman's Dream', at the old fort, east of Bungalow Town, Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea. Film set of the picture made by Sunny South Films. Raised stage with backdrop depicting entrance to a circus, and actors and actresses, dressed as clown, bandsmen, policeman, and others in normal clothing. Camera man in foreground. The painted backdrop hangs on the brickwork of the Palmerston buildings of Shoreham Fort. Actors Will Evans (Showman) and Arthur Conquest. Copy photograph from a glass negative.

Regatta 1911

Brunswick Road

Army Camp

Army Camp. Photo taken from 2nd floor of Thakeham House, Southlands Hospital. One of 4 photos that are a sequence panorama.

Army Camp East Camp

Army Camp. Photo taken from 2nd floor of Thakeham House, Southlands Hospital. One of 4 photos that are a sequence panorama.

Army Camp

Army camp

Gas Works at Southwick Canal, Southwick. Gas works wharf showing ship SS Shoreham, owned by Mr Stephenson-Clarke, unloading coal. Two steam driven cranes and railworks. Men next to wagons.

A horse-drawn coach with a team of four horses held by two men in bowler hats and a group of men and women seated in the coach, outside the Crown & Anchor pub on Shoreham High Street, two small boys in caps look on.

Tub race on the highway from Bramber to Upper Beeding (now The Street) during flooding showing the man identified as the winner with other tubs in the background, watched by onlookers standing on a partly submerged fence and men on horse-back. A man with a pipe and a boy are seated in the back of a horse-and-cart in the foreground, the ruins of Bramber Castle visible in the background. Lettering on the postcard reads Winner of tub race on Highway from Bramber to Upper Beeding during flood Feb. 2. 1904". Donated by Mrs Mopp."

Norfolk Bridge c1919-1920. The old chain-link suspension bridge (built 1832 and demolished in the 1920s) over the River Adur, showing the two arches at either end topped with statues of a lion and a horse, two men on the beach in the foreground standing by a building contractor's board reading John Gill Contractors Ltd ... London". "

Norfolk Bridge c1919-1920 The old chain-link suspension bridge (built 1832 and demolished in the 1920s) over the River Adur, viewed from the south (Shoreham Beach), showing decorative arches at either end of bridge.

Cement works chimney construction 1904?

Shoreham football club team, Shoreham-by-Sea. Group portrait taken outdoors of the 1904-05 team, West Sussex Senior League champions. Players wearing shirts with vertical stripes laced at the neck, long socks, boots. Two wearing caps and with Sussex FL badges on shirts. Players sit in two rows with arms folded, two men not wearing sports kit stand behind, one with moustache and bowler hat is Mr. Oswald Ball, manager of the team and headmaster of Ham Road School. Middle row third from right wearing white cap is E. D. Gates (captain), front row second left is A. E. Longstaff. Full list of team members given as: E. C. Ayling, goal; G. Gates, F. Rose, backs; W. Ellmer, Alf Maple, Art Maple, half-backs; F. Longstaff, A. E. Longstaff, H. Upton, E. D. Gates, C. Peak, forwards.

Norfolk Bridge 1922

Norfolk Bridge 1922 Looking west from Shoreham town, showing the toll booth and men at work on demolition of the old chain suspension bridge (built 1832) for re-building. Signs on the bridge set the speed limit (5 miles), state that Heavy motor cars not allowed over this bridge" and advertise the building contractors "Unit Construction Coy Ltd." of Regent Street London. Reproduction of a photograph."

Norfolk Bridge 1922

Norfolk Bridge 1922 Horse-and-cart and workmen removing debris from the northern end of the old chain suspension bridge under demolition, looking towards the high street showing the ironmongers shop, toll house (right) and toll keepers lodge (left). Reprinted from an original glass negative by Robert Hill.

Norfolk Bridge 1922

Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham-by-Sea. Looking north to the new bridge over the River Adur under construction, with steam pump removing river water and steam crane with attached bucket at work on coffer dam to permit construction of new additional pier. Reprinted from an original glass negative by Robert Hill.

Norfolk Bridge 1922

Norfolk Bridge 1923

High Street looking SE Royal George Hotel

Norfolk Bridge demolition 1922

Shoreham Grammar School, Shoreham-by-Sea, elevated view showing the school in centre, large building with two white gables next to walled garden and playing field with swings and a roundabout. Horse-drawn carriage on street, Norfolk Bridge - suspension bridge over the River Adur - in middle ground on left, railway line with train on right. The picture features on the front of a card sent with Christmas/New Year greetings from Shoreham Grammar School, dated 1933.

Kingston beach and harbour arms

Demolition of the North Chimney, Brighton A Power Station, Southwick. Chimney is toppling to the left. The remaining chimney is erect.

Aerodrome

Aerodrome. Pashley

Aerodrome. Men women and children gather round a crashed seaplane at Shoreham Airport. The plane was taking part in the Daily Mail air race, probably on 10 August 1914; the pilot escaped with his life. People in foreground partially obscuring the plane which lies on its side, part of fuselage visible with Daily Mail" marked on side all of tail visible with rear float at base of tail. Railway embankment and track in background. " Location identified as adjacent river Adur between river embankment and railway and Old Shoreham Road to the East.

Western Road, Shoreham-by-Sea. Horse drawn cart outside the Baptist Chapel. Lamp. Chapel in classical style. Men in suits and hats. Copy photograph.

Taxi-cab outside Burrell Arms, Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea. Full-length view of taxi showing front and side, wheels and carriage lamps visible. Back part of cab roof folded down. Three men wearing suits, caps, boots and gaiters, one smoking cigarette, sit on running-board. Horse in harness visible at right, Burrell Arms hotel in background.

Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham-by-Sea. The old chain suspension bridge, designed by Tierney Clark (built 1832 and demolished in the 1920s), over the River Adur showing decorative arches, rowing boats on the bank. View taken from the northern end. Toll House in the foreground. The northern tower arch has a lion and the southern has a horse. Street lighting on each side of the bridge. Bridge erected by Bernard and Edward Howard.

Pashley

Aerodrome. Shoreham Airport Terminal Building interior.

Norfolk Bridge

Bungalow Town. Derelict clubhouse.

ATC at Victoria Road Infants school

ATC at Victoria Road Infants School playground

Railway Staff at the Entrance of Lancing ? Station, Lancing. Most of the men are in uniform with peaked caps, the rest are in suits. Station Master is seated. Railway posters.

High Street showing Dolphin Chambers and a bank (left), Eade's Stores and E.M. Larkin tobacconist (right), other small shops with awnings, pedestrians in street, a street light strung across the road on a wire. Photographic postcard.

Shoreham football club reserves team, Shoreham-by-Sea, winners of the West Sussex Junior League 1900-01. Group portrait taken outdoors in front of Ravenscroft house (corner of Raven's Road and Mill Lane), home of R.B. Bell. Twelve team members in three rows standing and sitting, wearing shirts in two different-coloured vertical halves, shorts with belts, long socks, boots, some with shinguards. Trophy and dated ball centre foreground. In back row are three men wearing suits and ties. Identifications standing left-to-right: W. Winton linesman, C. Cheesman, H. Dell, R. B. Dell President, J. Savage, F. Cheesman, Oswald Ball Hon.Sec.; centre row sitting left-to-right: C. Atherfold, M. Slaughter, G. Gates, C. Upton captain, H. Ellmer, M. Cook; front l-r J. Bacon, J. E. Hackett vice-captain.