Adur Unwrapped
Celebrating Our Creative Heritage Tour the Adur district and find out about some of the creative people who have lived there. Creativity comes in all forms, from the novelist to the opera singer, from the poet to the creator of the London A-Z. Adur is the home of many creative people, drawing inspiration from the …...
Buckingham Park Nature Boards
On Wednesday 2nd August an unveiling event was held in Buckingham Park for two Nature Boards, one by the children’s playground and a second one near Apron Community Garden. This was the culmination of work by Friends of Buckingham Park with funding from Transition Together and Adur District Council and the input of Sussex Wildlife...
Creativity Unwrapped
Creativity Unwrapped Creativity Unwrapped is this year’s theme for the Heritage Open Days week-long celebration of history and culture taking place throughout England during 8-17 September 2023. Here in Shoreham-by-Sea and across the whole Adur District we will be celebrating with a festival of talks, trails and film, encompassing...
By Poplar Demand, the Tree is Saved!
The Shoreham Poplar Front’s campaign to save a huge poplar tree has eventually succeeded. The tree is on the site of the old demolished Civic Centre next to the Duke of Wellington pub on Brighton Road. The planning application by Hyde Homes for a large housing development that the Council approved at the beginning of …...
Regeneration, Planning and the Future of our Places
For some years now the Shoreham Society has argued for a more holistic view of the wider impact of development and growth when individual large-scale planning applications are considered by Adur District Council. All too often it has seemed that we can only react to each new proposal in terms of narrow planning regulations or …...
Shoreham-by-Sea Station Ticket Office Under Threat
At a well-attended AGM on May 19th, Shoreham Society members heard from the Chairman, Gerard Rosenberg, outlining what the Society had done during the last year. From the return of Tony Vinicombe to temporarily edit the journal, to the increased interaction with other local groups, the Society was in a good position to continue. As...
Growing for our Children’s Future
The Apron Community Garden is a creative community project in Buckingham Park. Its founder, Lis Long, will be giving a talk for the Shoreham Society in April explaining the ideas behind it and how it is helping local people to enjoy gardening, learn new skills and develop their creativity. The garden was conceived during the …...
Transport in Shoreham
What’s the Future?
Shoreham is changing. History shows us it has always changed. As our town evolves and expands, what are our options for local transport? Traffic congestion, air pollution and road safety are among the clear concerns of Shoreham residents. Community group Shoreham-By-Cycle will share their thoughts on how we can learn from history and...
CPRE Sussex Festival of Spring
The Festival of Spring is a series of online talks by inspirational people who love nature and the Sussex countryside. It is being organised by CPRE Sussex, the countryside charity. On various Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout February and March 2023, the CPRE’s Festival of Spring talks provide a complementary theme to the...
Marilyn Stafford, 1925 – 2023
It is with great sadness that we learned that Marilyn Stafford, who was 97, passed away at the beginning of 2023. Marilyn was a remarkable photojournalist who lived here in Shoreham for many years. You may have seen the major exhibition of her work at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery last year or the …...
