Join this walking tour led by Rachel Bridgeman and along the way uncover the wealth of people who lived, worked, and died here over the centuries—from lowly brickmakers to pioneering film directors, Hollywood stars, inventors and ground-breaking Victorian social reformers.
Start at Wish Park and finish at St Leonard’s Church.
Cost £15, Booking at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aldrington-through-the-ages-a-historical-walking-tour-tickets-1363019731709?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join us to hear how local organisations are delivering environmental improvements, public art, and sports and recreation facilities.
Exhibitions:
St Andrew’s CofE Primare School: Hope Actually – messages to the future
Cardinal Newman Catholic School: Ideas for sculpture on the seafront
Brunswick Town, which celebrates 200 years in 2025, remains one of the finest examples of Regency architecture in Britain. Join us to hear this fascinating account of the history and development of Brunswick Town by Nick Tyson, Honorary Secretary of The Regency Town House.
Sussex County Cricket Club, first established in 1839, is the oldest county cricket club in the country. Join us to hear Jon Filby tell us about its proud history over the years.
Sussex has a wealth of literary references to draw upon, travel wrirtings, diaries, journals,government reports,poetry and novels. This talk delves into this extensive range with quotations illustrated using mainly modern images of events and places from long ago. Taken in chronological order from Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to John Betjeman.
Here is a another chance to see the sculptor Pierre Diamantopoulo’s fascinating film about how he created Flight of the Langoustine, from the moment of inspiration on Brighton beach to the final arrival and installation of the sculpture.on Hove Plinth.
Free event but booking required on this link https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/flight-of-the-langoustine-a-film-by-sculptor-pierre-diamantopoulo-with-qa/
Hove Museum of Creativity, 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB
For HCS Annual General Meeting we are pleased to welcome the city’s new Chief Executive who will talk about how the public realm and environment in Hove could be improved to meet net zero expectations.
When: 30 October 6.30 for 7pm
Where: 81 Denmark Villas, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 3TH
All welcome.
As part of Heritage Open Days, Hove Civic Society will give an illustrated talk at the Hove Museum of Creativity about Hove Civic Society’s initiative to bring Hove heritage alive by refreshing and renewing Hove Heritage interpretation boards. The talk is free but places are limited so you need to book and register on the Museums website (see link below).
Where: Hove Museum of Creativity, 19 New Church Road, BN3 4AB
When: 15 Sept 2-4pm
More details and booking:
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/promoting-hove-heritage-an-illustrated-talk-by-hove-civic-society/
