Bexhill, West Parade 1904
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Photo of Bexhill, West Parade 1904

More about this scene

Like Eastbourne, there was an old town up the hill, and like Eastbourne, Bexhill as a seaside resort is Victorian, but even later in starting. The local landowner, Lord De La Warr, started developing the land between the old town and the sea only in 1885, and the long seafront terraces shade from ornate High Victorian to Dutch gabled brick styles. It never acquired a pier. Here is the clocktower, now jauntily painted, but the Moorish shelter, so characteristic of Victorian seaside architecture, has now been rebuilt.

A Selection of Memories from Bexhill

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Bexhill

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Can anyone remember the little folks home in Bexhill on sea. I was only twelve at the time, this was around 1956. I can only remember a sister Moris and nurse Hancock, I have been back to find the place in 2001 but unfortunately did not find it. I remember the house being a short walk from Bexhill station. There was two ways that you could get to the house one was to walk down a country lane and enter the house from ...see more
National Service As a 71-year old now living in Macau (China) I still retain the warmest memories of Bexhill in the 1950s. At that time I was a National Serviceman stationed at RAF Wartling (Upper Barnhorn) and courting a local Bexhill girl who lived in Downlands Avenue. My most vivid memories relate to our regular attendance at many performances by the Penguin Players at both the De La Warr Pavilion and the ...see more