While researching the present Bexhill Remembers exhibition at Bexhill Museum, it became clear that our town did have a greater role in military matters during the First World War than might first be apparent. One would reasonably expect there to be the impact of so many people going off to war, some willingly and others […]
‘Memorial’ is the piece of music I composed for the Roll of Honour video that lists the names of the men from Newhaven, in East Sussex, who died in the First World War. My approach was to keep the piece simple – I wanted the music to support the visuals (the list of names) rather […]
‘WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT.’ Deep water filled trenches Bitter cold, rotting feet How could they send these young men to their deaths? They should have been told to retreat Those men who stayed behind, their hands not used to kill mankind Safe, they gave their orders, sent young men unto their deaths Left children […]
We run Senior’s Tea Clubs in Saltdean and in Telscombe Cliffs. On Friday 1 August 2014 we commemorated the FIrst World War Centenary by putting up lots of union jack bunting and hiring 4 old style wooden pub games like the half penny and skittle, but unfortunately our members were more interested in chatting and […]
‘Then and Now’ images Kieron Pelling has created a series of images especially for the East Sussex World War 1 website which overlay original photos taken during the period 1914 to 1919 with contemporary photos taken in the same place. This wonderful series, called ‘Then and Now’, can be seen in the gallery below. Read […]
