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Eastbourne flower gardens
My Grandad was foreman of the Carpet Gardens on Eastbourne seafront. He took over from his elder brother who had taken over from their father. They had, as a family, looked after the Carpet Gardens for over a century.
The family name was Cottington. Grampy always told us that when digging over the flower beds they uncovered Roman mosaics. As a tribute to them they copied the design in the flowers.
Just a simple family memory from long ago.
Contributed by yana askaroff
Our first home together.
In September 2007 my partner Alan and I moved into a first floor flat on Tideswell Road directly opposite the church. The fact that the lounge windows overlook the church was the clincher for me when I was viewing the flat for rental. I love the fact that we are not overlooked by other properties which is very unusual for a town centre property. The church itself is a very attractive building and a great piece of architecture. The gardens are smart and well maintained, although small boys sometimes get told off for playing football on the grass. There are now some trees on the pavement around the church which were really pretty when we moved in, dark green and covered ...read more here
Contributed by angela green
Proposal
This is where Alan asked me to marry him on a beautiful moonlit evening in January. The weather was mild and the moonlight was shining on the sea making it all silvery. There weren't many people around, just the odd jogger and dog walker as it was a Monday night.
I guessed what was happening as he was so nervous, but due to some advice from my friend Simone I kept quiet for once. He took my hands in his and gave a lovely speech about the year we have spent together and then got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife.. and of course I said yes. The mischievous side of me was dying ...read more here
Contributed by angela green
East Sussex memories
Our first home together.
In September 2007 my partner Alan and I moved into a first floor flat on Tideswell Road directly opposite the church. The fact that the lounge windows overlook the church was the clincher for me when I was viewing the flat for rental. I love the fact that we are not overlooked by other properties which is very unusual for a town centre property. The church itself is a very attractive building and a great piece of architecture. The gardens are smart and well maintained, although small boys sometimes get told off for playing football on the grass. There are now some trees on the pavement around the church which were really pretty when we moved in, dark green and covered ...read more here
A memory of Eastbourne contributed by angela green
Extracts From Eastbourne & East Sussex books
Designed by Eugenius Birch, the doyen of pier architects, the pier opened in 1870. Its first theatre seated 400, and cost a mere £250 – it eventually became a cattle-shed at Lewes! The saloons visible here halfway along the decking were added in 1901, the same year that work on the new pavilion was completed.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Designed by Eugenius Birch, the doyen of pier architects, the pier opened in 1870. Its first theatre seated 400, and cost a mere £250 – it eventually became a cattle-shed at Lewes! The saloons visible here halfway along the decking were added in 1901, the same year that work on the new pavilion was completed.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
To convey any notion at all of this watering-place to those who have never visited it, one must mention that there are noble tree-planted streets and shady avenues, an imposing sea-front of about three miles, an excellent beach of mingled sand and shingle, a pier of the most approved pattern, an abundance of seats and shelters, gardens and promenades, and irreproachable sanitary arrangements and water supply.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Seaside".
The railway originally
ended at Terminus Place
(which is hardly surprising),
and housing was laid out
along the old lane onto
the common: this became
Western Road, with Summer
Heath Road a turning off in
the distance of this view. All
the houses on the right, apart
from the one in the middle
distance with two hipped-
roofed bay windows, have
since been demolished. The
1960s library, together with
modern housing estates, have
replaced them. The survivor
is now a Citizens Advice
Bureau and a working men’s
club. The recreation ground
is on the left.
An extract from from"Hailsham Photographic Memories".
Half a mile south of the hamlet with the parish church and Chiddingly Place is another
small hamlet, Muddles Green, where cottages fringe a small green. All four buildings in this
view are Victorian: the one on the left, Birch Cottage, is of the 1860s, and the one behind the
telephone pole, Jubilee Cottage, is dated 1887, while the others are of about 1900. Behind the
photographer is the 1906 village school, and on the right the green has been enlarged with
new houses built in the 1990s, Willetts Field.
An extract from from"Hailsham Photographic Memories".