Heritage Centre - Evening Talks
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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
Victorian Festival Packed into Two Days
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.
Future Architecture of Eastbourne - May 12th
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.
Victorian Weekend - September 26th & 27th
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.
Discovering Eastbourne's Heritage - Ten Town Walks
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.
Eastbourne Heritage Centre Reopens on March 15th - 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
Eastbourne Heritage Centre - Coffee Mornings
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
