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Southwick, East Sussex

Southwick photos

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Southwick, the Harbour c1965 photo

Southwick, the Harbour c1965

Southwick, Albion Street c1950 photo

Southwick, Albion Street c1950

Southwick, the Post Office c1955 photo

Southwick, the Post Office c1955

Southwick photos
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Southwick maps

Historic maps of Southwick and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Southwick maps

Southwick map

Historic map of Southwick

East Sussex map

Illustrated Victorian map of East Sussex

Southwick map

Historic Map of any Southwick postcode

Southwick maps
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Southwick books

Displaying 2 of 4 books about Southwick and the local area.   View all Southwick 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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Southwick books
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Memories of Southwick

Southwick memories
Read and share Southwick memories

Displaying a selection of personal memories of Southwick . There are 8 shared memories to read.
Add your memory of Southwick or of a photo of Southwick.

Many years ago

My grandfather Kennedy Larbey and his family came and lived in Southwick in 1896 where he was a blacksmith. My grandmother sold fresh fish at her kitchen door. My father Victor was born there in 1897 and done most of his schooling there untill they came back to Fernhurst in 1910.

Shared on 14 January 2008 by George Larbey.

Brighton bypass

I can remember going up onto Southwick Hill with my son Gary and his friend Ben the day before the opening of the Brighton bypass. I told them that it would never again be as quiet as it was now!!
Dave Smith.

Shared on 20 March 2007 by David Smith.

Kingston Beach

This picture with the distinctive lighthouse is of Kingston Beach, behind it and a little to the left was a church hall where the 5th Shoreham Scouts met. I believe it is demolished now......the church hall that is.

Shared on 15 August 2008 by Dave Cross.

Vickers Valiant Crash

As a pupil at Manor Hall Secondary School I also remember the Valiant crashing and the plume of smoke with the explosion as it hit the railway line by Southwick Recreation Ground. As it was lunch time no members of the public were hurt.
A locally run Website 'This is Findon' by Valerie Martin has more information on that day from other people. There is included, an extract of the crash investigation report
which concludes the fire and crash was caused by a civil scientist aboard the plane who overrode an electrical trip switch during an experiment on board the Valiant.

Shared on 09 January 2008 by Roger Hunter.

Extracts From Southwick & East Sussex books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Southwick, inspired by Frith photos.

Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories

For years the harbour and sea have provided employment for many of Southwick's inhabitants, and in 1871 the increase in population at Southwick and Fishersgate was attributed to oyster-dredgers and other seafarers who resided there. The large shingle bank on the southern side of the harbour, formerly part of the parish of Lancing, became part of Southwick in c1900.

This is an extract from Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories

To the south of the harbour stood the power stations and gas works, the main users of coal, which represented over half of the port's total commodities by the end of the 1950s. Following the closure of these buildings, the trade in coal significantly diminished, but an increase in other commodities, like timber imports, redressed the balance.

This is an extract from Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses which had gardens backing onto the beach. The built-up prom today extends westwards past the houses, but miraculously they and their gardens survive.

This is an extract from Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories.
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