Lancing, the Beach and Mermaid Cafe c1960
Lancing, South Street c1955
Lancing, the Beach c1960
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Historic maps of Lancing and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lancing maps
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Lancing books
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Worthing Town and City Memories
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Villages of Sussex Pocket Album
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Haywards Heath Living Memories
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Memories of Lancing
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I was born in Worthing in 1938 and lived in Sompting so grew up in the area until I was conscripted in 1958, and subsequently stayed in the Army but removed to Andover in Hampshire on leaving the Military, although I still have family in Lancing.
I spent a very happy teenage from leaving school until call up, in Lancing.
My happiest memories were being a member of the Lancing Repertory Players for about 4 years from 1954 to 1958. I had a good few friends there and although not a very accomplished performer I had a few appearances with them.
I had a very good social life with the members of the club, also some workmates, but as we were all of the same age we all ended up in one of the services.
I still come back to visit family but the change in the area with new buildings and the vast amount of traffic I do not like, after living in rural Hampshire it is like going to a big city when I remember the quiet small town I left behind. Such happy memories.
Shared on 26 May 2008
West Sussex memories
The Sompting General Supply Stores.
I have a photocopy of a photograph of the General Supply Stores, Sompting, dated around 1913, showing the owners, J and A White, proudly standing outside, one with a little dog at his feet, the other holding his bicycle. They were my grandfather, Walter John White and his brother, Alfred. My father, John Alfred Kelsey White, was born at the Stores in 1913. The photograph shows the Stores very much as it was in 1955, although the part next to the wall on the left of the shop has not been built yet. There is an advert for the Worthing Red Book in the window and a sign for Nectar Tea hanging outside.
Shared on 12 September 2006
Going to the Post Office, Atterburries and Salvation Army on Sunday
My memories are of going to Mr Atturberries (the spelling of name may be wrong) to buy sweets and also just next door I think was the Salvation Army Hall, which a lot of the village children attended on a Sunday afternoon. Also in the picture is the Smugglers restaurant which is where I gained my first employment after leaving school but sadley it didnt quite work out. My Dad wouldn't let me go because the hours (he said) were to long for a 15 year old! Just further along West Street was and still is The Gardeners Arms where my friend Sally and myself would sit and pretend to like lager and lime but when nobody was looking we threw it out of the window - the money we wasted! I hope you enjoy reading this, one of many happy memories of living in Orchard Cottages West street. Linda Milburn (nee Reardon)
Shared on 16 July 2006
The Second World War c/w training for RNVR commission
My time at Lancing was during the Second World War. Royal Navy, HMS 'King Alfred'. The final several weeks before commissioning to RNVR. I was then transferred to the Indian Army with 12 colleagues. I served with the Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles until partition in India.
Thank you Lancing College for a lovely return visit about a year ago with a complete tour of the college. It was good to see the Chapel again. It is so impressive.
Mick Stuart.
Shared on 05 June 2009
Extracts From Lancing & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lancing, inspired by Frith photos.
The ancient village of Lancing, now by-passed by the A27, is swallowed up by suburban sprawl which is continuous south to the sea. It is another Sussex coastal suburb nurtured by the Southern Electric commuter line to London. The Lancing and District Estate Agency turns the corner in splendid colourwashed Moderne or Art Deco style, symbolising the new vibrant Inter-War architecture.
This is an extract from Sussex Photographic Memories.
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The Golden Sands were of course only exposed at low tide beyond the shingle, but as a name for the beach it was a winner, combined with plentiful parking on the greensward behind the beach huts.
This is an extract from Sussex Photographic Memories.
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West Sussex Photographic Memories
The age-old tradition of pony rides on the sand is captured in this photograph of South Lancing beach. The nearby road has houses either side, which limits public access in places. This part of the Sussex coast was once a favourite haunt of smugglers, with tea and brandy among the booty brought ashore.
This is an extract from West Sussex Photographic Memories.
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