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Ladies v Gents cricket in Sussex – a snapshot in time

The cricket season is nearing its end but before the stumps are pulled for the final time it’s worth looking back on a sporting idea that was seemingly popular in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries – Ladies v Gents matches. While the reports of the matches were not completely misogynistic there were phrasesContinueContinue reading “Ladies v Gents cricket in Sussex – a snapshot in time”

Happy birthday Horsham Museum garden!

On this day 32 years ago the Centenary Garden at Horsham Museum & Art Gallery was officially opened. It was part of the 100th celebrations of Horsham Museum Society which was formed at the same time as the Museum itself. The Centenary Garden, with the Barn and Blazing Saddles Gallery (plus Willoth the Dragon!), isContinueContinue reading “Happy birthday Horsham Museum garden!”

Who owned Sussex in the 19th Century? Part I

Museum Friend Rick Domas looks at the county’s major landowners in the 19th Century, including a local vicar! I was leafing recently through my copy of The Parks and Forests of Sussex by William Smith Ellis, Esq, published in Lewes by H. Wolff in 1885, and came upon a table titled, ‘List of Landowners inContinueContinue reading “Who owned Sussex in the 19th Century? Part I”

Speeding in Horsham 1922

Every driver today is well aware of the various speed limits on the roads and the penalties for breaking those limits. They also know about the modern and sophisticated methods police use to check on drivers. However, take a trip back to 1922 and it’s interesting to see how the law was enforced! A carContinueContinue reading “Speeding in Horsham 1922”

What was the Women’s Land Army?

Interested to know all about the Women’s Land Army (WLA) and, more specifically, how it worked in Sussex? The Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery’s next talk promises to reveal all! It will be held on Wednesday September 24 at 7.30pm in the Wesley Hall at the Cornerstone London Road Chapel, Horsham. The speakerContinueContinue reading “What was the Women’s Land Army?”