Ninety years ago on October 7, 1936, the ODEON cinema opened in Horsham with a ceremony featuring local dignitaries and a film screening, later becoming a bingo hall before closure in 1981.
Monthly Archives: October 2026
Celebrating birth and passing of a Horsham legend
This week marks both the birth, in 1819, and death, in 1888, of one of Horsham’s most celebrated residents – Thomas Honywood. Some of his achievements in his lifetime include: He set up the town’s volunteer fire brigade which served Horsham until 1911. He was an early photographer, producing an album of prints dating fromContinueContinue reading “Celebrating birth and passing of a Horsham legend”
