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 …...
Nature Abhors a Vacuum
Shoreham’s Disappearing Public Hards. Shoreham is blessed with streets and rights of way down to the river right in the centre of town. These public hards are the stumps of old Norman streets that extended much further south but were eroded by sea and river action. These hards are treasures in Shoreham’s townscape. But a …...
Sussex Dolphin Project
The Sussex Dolphin Project, launched in 2018 as a project of the World Cetacean Alliance, is committed to protecting dolphins through Research, Awareness and Education. Its citizen science programme gives the community a chance to get involved and help them to study marine mammals. The Shoreham Society is hosting a Zoom talk given by the...
Weald to Waves
On Friday 23rd September, I attended an excellent presentation about Weald to Waves by Libby Drew, Knepp Estate Rewilding Director and James Baird, an environmentally committed Sussex farmer. The speakers discussed the creation of a safe corridor for nature from Ashdown Forest to Climping Gap. The project will protect the most...
Footpath Access
to River Adur
This guest post is from two members of the Shoreham Society who would like a popular footpath across a field to become designated as a public right of way. Pedestrian access to the footpath on the banks of the Adur has been blocked by a farmer Many of you will be familiar with the footpath …...
Retrofit and Your Home
Is the cost- of-living crisis making you yearn for lower bills, but struggling to choose what to do? Perhaps you are thinking of extending or remodelling and want to understand why having a whole house plan can help avoid unintended consequences? Or are you wondering if your home is one of Britains’ “leakiest homes”, and …...
An Electrifying Tale?
So we are in an “energy crisis”. How did huge energy price hikes and the prospect of power cuts come about? Could renewable energy have more of a role in preventing this happening in future? Why are my costs rising when I’m with a green energy provider just using electricity? Here is a potted history …...
We are Friends of
Shoreham-by-Sea Station
Since the start of 2022 the Shoreham Society has been a formal “Friend of Shoreham Station” as part of the South East Community Rail Partnership scheme. “What”, I hear you say, “does this mean?” Essentially, Community Rail Partnerships are local groups who “… work with (the rail) industry, delivering a range of...
Guess the Gadget
Follow the Gadget Trail around the shops, cafés and other locations in Shoreham on 17th and 18th September during the Heritage Open Days weekend. Each participating venue will be displaying a “gadget”, old or new, common or rare, useful or perhaps not!, but definitely fascinating and challenging to figure out what they all...
Valuing Our Heritage
We’re excited about the annual Heritage Open Days festival coming up in September, especially because this year’s theme is all about innovation. It reminds us that everything old was new once upon a time. Shoreham has a rich heritage of past innovation in ship-building, aviation, engineering and even, dare we say it, making houses...
