Our next talk is “Bishopstone – a tale of a Sussex village” by Ian Everest. January 10th, 2:30pm at the Little Theatre, Steyne Road. Doors open 2pm.
This event requires pre-booking. Booking will open on 10th December 2024, 8am. Book here.
Bishopstone is one of few villages in Sussex which have seen very little recent housing development; the last house to be built dating from the 1930’s. A huge building development of over 4000 houses at the time failed to materialise and the village and its farm settled down again to its long-standing way of life. Ian Everest, who grew up in Bishopstone Village during the 1950’s and 1960’s looks into its history and tells the story of this quiet and hidden downland settlement.
Due to rising costs, regrettably we have had to raise our prices for talks, to £4 for members and £6 for non-members.
Forthcoming Events 2025
From 2025, we are introducing online booking for our talks. This is because they have become very popular and we have found ourselves turning people away at the door. We decided it was more convenient for people to know whether they had a place before making the journey to the theatre.
Booking will usually open on the Monday after the previous talk has taken place. There will be a link to the booking site on this page.
January 10th, 2:30pm “Bishopstone – a tale of a Sussex village”, speaker Ian Everest. Booking for this will open on 10th December 2024. Book here
February 14th, 2:30pm, “City Courtyard to Seaside Sanctuary,” speaker Geoff Stonebanks
April 11th, 7pm , “To Peace? Did the war end in 1918 or did it only pause? ” speaker Melanie Gibson-Barton
May 9th, 7pm, “Stanley Mockford…. Creator of SOS,” speaker Graham Wratten
July 11th, 7pm, Resorting to the Coast – Aspects of Holiday History , speaker Geoffrey Mead
Aug 8th, 7pm The Fitzgeralds of Seaford, speaker Charlie Grimble
19th Sept, 7pm, The Camps of Seaford, speaker Luke Barber
10th October,7pm, HMS Forward & the Denton Tunnels, speaker Frankie Pulham
14th November, 2:30pm, Ghosts & the Blitz at the Tower of London, speaker Alan Kingshott