Some BIG Birthdays in 2025
Plans are afoot for a fantastic year of celebration in 2025 and there are many opportunities to get involved, whether it’s helping establish new trees or researching the history of buildings and all points between. 200 Years of Railways The big national event is 200 years of the railway. The introduction of the railway radically...
Pebbles On The Beach
Richard Bingham continues his Shoreham Unlisted series on the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture by looking at a stylish family house on Shoreham Beach. In many of the houses along the foreshore, the accommodation is upside down. Residents live upstairs, sleep downstairs. That’s certainly the case at 18 Old Fort Road, an...
Change for the Phone?
In the latest article in the “Shoreham Unlisted” series, Richard Bingham phones it in. It’s a sorry state. Three of the glazing panels at the bottom have been smashed. There is rubbish on the floor. And that’s a shame. Because the red phone box outside the Post Office on Brunswick Road is an example of …...
Help Save Shoreham’s Youth Centre
A guest article by Cat Vizor, Chief Officer of ESTEEM on the background to the Shoreham Society talk on 18 October 2024. I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today! On Friday, 18th October 2024, at the Shoreham Society meeting, we’re going to be talking about something very close to my heart—and, I …...
Shoreham Survey 2025
Every five years the Shoreham Society conducts a survey to find out what matters most about Shoreham to people who live or work here. It’s the largest survey of its kind in the town. The insights gained from the survey not only influence the Shoreham Society’s future priorities and activities, but are also widely shared...
Oh, Mr Tingley!
In the latest article in “Shoreham Unlisted”, his series of articles on the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture, Richard Bingham takes a look inside a well-known Victorian terrace. In the twentieth century, it became known as product differentiation. To catch the fickle eye of the consumer, companies would offer up...
The Lost Railway
The Downs Link is the walking, cycling and riding route that follows the disused railway line from Shoreham along by the River Adur towards Bramber and Steyning. The railway was closed in the 1960s and most traces of it are long lost. But earlier this year four new interactive display boards were installed near the …...
Cecil Norris House
Richard Bingham continues “Shoreham Unlisted”, his series of articles on the unsung heroes of Shoreham architecture, by taking a close look at Cecil Norris House. After Three Decades, Our Council Builds Again Readers may well know it as “the speckled house”. On its elevation along Ravens Road, Cecil Norris House is decorated with...
Adur Connected
Update on 22 October 2024: Watch the 14 short video clips from the Tracing the Rails film that were featured on the Adur Connected heritage trail banners. Adur Connected is a heritage trail being shown on 6-15 September during the Heritage Open Days festival of history and culture. It follows the iron track of the …...
