2 EVENING TALKS
HERITAGE CENTRE
Thursday 1st October 7-9pm
Johnnie Johnston
‘The Superstitions and Curious Beliefs of Old Sussex’
Thursday 29th October 7-9pm
David Powell
‘Thomas Paine’
Entry to include refreshments £5
Phone to book either of these talks – seating is strictly limited.

Barbara Hook 411649 or Frances Muncey 644727

EASTBOURNE Victorian Festival returns at the end of September, but with events compressed into two days rather than spread over a week as in past years.

Highlights will be a concert of patriotic music by the Festival Choir at the All Saints Chapel in Meads, the ever-popular traditional music hall at the Royal Hippodrome – at which Michael Kaye will be MC – and a Gilbert and Sullivan Pot Pourri to be staged at the Under Ground Theatre.

Guided tours by John Surtees of the town's historic corners, and of the Devonshire Park Theatre, and readings by the Dickens Society are among other highlights.

The Festival, organised by the Eastbourne Society, takes place on September 26 and 27, and full details are available in a four-page programme available for download here, and at various outlets around the town.

The Eastbourne Society is delighted to extend a warm welcome to its next meeting to both members and non members of the society. Jefferson Collard the Council’s Planning Manager has agreed to come and talk to The Society about his views on contemporary architecture and its relevance to Eastbourne.

As the town is now attracting a number of new buildings designed by award winning architects The Society would like to extend its invitation to members of the Eastbourne public who are interested in what our town is likely to look like in the future. Of course the Eastbourne Society is also keen to ensure that the historical context of the urban environment is not put at risk and we hope that Jeff will be able to reassure us as well as enlighten us!

Jeff has been involved with the Council’s Planning Service for many years initially as historical buildings advisor and then planning policy manager and now he looks after the entire team of planners at the Town Hall.

This is a wonderful opportunity to come and hear Jeff’s views on the future architecture of the town.

The meeting will be on 12th May at 7.30 in the St Saviours Church Hall in South Street.

By popular request a shortened version of the Victorian Festival will take place in September. The events will include;

Programme of Choral Music at All Saints Chapel
Music by the Combined Eastbourne Choirs

Programme of G&S at the Underground Theatre
Produced by the Eastbourne Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Victorian Varieties at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre

Victorian Football Match

Town Walks

Last Night of the Raj

and much more.

Watch out for full details of the Victorian Weekend programme.

The Society is busy revising and updating its series of walks aimed at both visitor and resident alike. The walks are suggested as leisure trips through some of the interesting areas of the town.

Walk 1. The Goffs, Railway Station, Gildredge Park, St Mary's Church and Compton Place

Walk 2. Ocklynge, The Avenue, Crown Street and Hartfield Square

Walk 3. Gildredge Road, Devonshire Place and Grand Parade

Walk 4. Devonshire Park, St Saviour's and St. Peter's Church and Eastbourne College

Walk 5. South Street, Terminus Road (Town Centre), All Souls Church and Cavendish Place

Walk 6. The Pier, Sea Houses, Marine Parade, The Redoubt, Seaside

Walk 7. Meads Road, Meads Street, King Edward's Parade

Walk 8. Lifeboat Museum, Western Parades, Holywell, Foot of Beachy Head, Whitbread Hole and Seafront

Walk 9. Never East of the Pier, M'Dear: a wander through the Historic Seaside.

Walk 10. Eastbourne Harbour and surrounding area.

The routes will be available on this web site as soon as revision is complete. Click here for an introduction to them.

Diary of Events

March 16th - April 20th 2-5pm
Eastbourne and Bred
Special Exhibition by Julian Sutherland Beatson

April 25th - October 5th 2-5pm
The Best Days of Our Lives
Exhibition of Eastbourne's Schools - Past and Present

May 16, 17, 18th 7 for 7:30pm
Nuits des Musees
Evening opening with wine and cheese

June 19th 7 for 7:30pm
Chelmsford Hall School
David Stevens
£5 to include wine and refreshments

August 14th 7 for 7:30pm
Three Eastbourne Murders
Johnnie Johnson
£5 to include wine and refreshments

April 5th 10:30am
Pleasure Boats of Eastbourne
Ted Hide
Admission - £2.50

May 10th 10:30am
An introduction to this year's Zulu exhibition at the Redoubt
Fran Stovold
Admission - £2.50