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/

Derek Leaver, chair of Saltdean Lido, shares his experience of the major community effort undertaken to bring back to life the Lido at Saltdean.

Between the wars there was an enormous growth in British suburban housing, but not all were Tudorbethan semis with clipped lawns and an Austin 7 in the drive. Many were what are now termed ‘plotlands’, but in the past had harsher terms applied- hutments, track and shack or simply shanty towns…a term now viewed with much disfavour! In this talk Dr Geoff Mead traces interwar housing development in Hove from ‘plotlands’ to suburban semi- detached estates.

Talk and discussion: Join us to learn why street trees are essential and hear Paul Wood talk about his research on great urban trees across Britain and Ireland.

Moda Hove Central is delivering some major new public art commissions to the new development in Hove Station Quarters.  Richard Wolfstrome , who is project manageing this initiative,  will present the story of the process and the decisions that have been made along the way. He will introduce the audience to the artists that have been awarded and, maybe, have the opportunity to give a ‘sneak preview’ of the designs as they are being progressed.