I can recall the frightening sound of the V1. I lived in Mill Lane, and thought it would hit our…
Interesting. My grndparents had a bungalow on the beach which was blown up at the start if the war. It…
Hi Frances. I was a couple of years above you , m sister Sue was in your class and other…
went to Lanham dome in 2024 and had guided tour by author of new book out in 2024. amazing museum…
Adam, Sorry to hear about Andy’s passing. I was at Shoreham at the same time as Andy. I do remember…
Further to my previous post. I mentioned instinctively turning round . I think the answer must be I subconsciously heard…
I went to the Infants from 1o59 to 1961. Miss Grey, Miss Collins, Mrs Myers, Miss Bedwin and Head Miss…
At the time of the accident I was 14 and just returning home from school. I was walking up the…
Thanks Simon for that. I was at SGS during the time you were. Mr O’Rourke tried to get me into…
There must have been another Mr French. The one I knew up to 1957 was the most laid back, friendly…
A pity that Ray seems not to have seen your resonse to him. Oh, yes the footbridge over the river…
Scrolling thru the comments I came across one I had done before – forgotten all about that. So here below…
Both my daughter’s went to Victoria Rd school in the 70’s Now grown up and one living in the states.…
Anyone know where Tom Redford is now?
Thank goodness it is now a listed building, hopefully some organisation will perhaps restore it and open it up to…
I think it may be a view from where Southwick football ground now stands. The buildings in the distance are…
I was always fascinated by the sailor standing on the boat as a kid. I notice it’s lost the boat…
I was only 6 when it made its last journey but I used to love watching it from the toll…
Interesting photo. I can also see part of the Rawlings family home (‘Lesser Foxholes’ ) and its grounds to the…
Speaking of colourful characters, I remember during the early to mid 60s this middle aged man with a crew cut…
A&E closed in the 70’s and was moved to Worthing.
I see Southlands going to and from Shoreham on no2 bus. It looks so grim. When I worked in cytology…
Yup. Was there 1963 – 1965 as we lived nearby at 69 Victoria Road at that time. Don’t remember any…
Oh yes, my great-uncle was Fred Tester. His sister Ivy was my grandmother. She lived in Cherrydene, The Street from…
Oh Gerald, in my dotage (80 in Occtober 2024) I had just been trawling through the Internet looking to see…
I was a Shoreham guide in the 1950’s and we used to have weekend camps at Bramber in the grounds…
I remember Richard Tugnett , Ian Fletcher and Lee ? being able to almost complete most of these old exam…
Interesting. My grandfather came from Ropetackle. Joe Bradford (christened Wallace Bradford). It was a carpark by the time he showed…
Great photos and a good informative website. I’d love to read some of the history on this pub like the…
Was really worried that the construction of the new road sysstem and travellers’ estate would mean the dome would be…
June Cother trained at Southlands, back in her teen years………not sure exact date……somewhere I have letters from her to her…
Mr Blake taught in a hut. As exams loomed, for the last lesson on a Friday he would produce a…
Thank you so much for sharing that incredible history. Myself and mates when we were children used to jump over…
The maths teacher was mr blake
My husband used to live on the beach in one of the railway carriage bungalowscalled tollemarche he went to scool…
I have Just found this page and have spent a pleasant time reading the articles, and enjoying the comments. Sometime…
My husband worked there from 1987 to when it finally closed. When production halted he (Peter Hall) along with Nicholas…
My grandfather Bert Compton worked at the cement works from just before WW1 and just after WW2. He was a…
The garden shop at 417 Upper Shoreham Road was previously a grocery shop called Adur Stores. It was run by…
A then-National Rivers Authority engineer once told me, during a raging night storm which he and the police were monitoring…
According to the 1940 Kelly’s directory David, the chairman of Shoreham UDC was Sidney John Williams JP
Does anyone remember who the chairman of shoreham was during the war years? He doesn’t seem to be mentioned anywhere.
1963 ish. Featured in Paul Plumb’s film A river Runs Through This Town, or Shoreham Peeps… both on the Video…
I was at Buckingham Road school when a Tiger Moth crashed in a house on the west side of Buckingham…
Laguna is actually the house next door; 55 New Road, not 57 as shown in the photo and map. The…
Suters the yacht builders had that area down to the riverside David, up to the 1960’s when it was sold…
Re. Painting B85. I remember when we moved to Shoreham after the War (1945) seeing a large wooden ship of…
I did not see any fire from the engine prior to the crash – only some plumes of smoke. This…
I remember you in The Library.l knew Mrs Hannay,in that she went to school with my mother .She went to…
Peter I agree with your observation ,although some of the teachers were ok such as Slim,Buckley,Edwards Mrs, but a lot…
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My name is Bernard Weller, but I was Bernard Finch in the Shoreham Childrens’ homes. I arrived at 15 months…