Category Archives: Celebration

Chance to appreciate Horsham telegraph poles!

Have you taken a step back and appreciated a good telegraph pole? No? Not surprising really. They are probably not the first items of street furniture that you might admire. However, today’s the day to change all that as it’s Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day! A good row of telegraph poles in Crawley Road, Horsham, inContinueContinue reading “Chance to appreciate Horsham telegraph poles!”

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!”

Lot of love for Horsham Park!

It’s Love Parks week and here in Horsham we have one of the best (we certainly think so!). https://youtu.be/mP5lrMtZln8 We have pulled together a slideshow from the Museum archives to show how it has changed down the years. A postcard from the 1950s featuring Horsham Park. Park House has been at the core of theContinueContinue reading “Lot of love for Horsham Park!”

Looking back – VE Day in Horsham

Eighty years ago on this day the Horsham district , along with every other part of the UK, celebrated Victory in Europe, or VE Day! After six years of war, the relief was enormous. However, on the Monday, May 7, Horsham was full of rumours as people waited for what seemed the inevitable announcement. Once itContinueContinue reading “Looking back – VE Day in Horsham”

Horsham’s Women of History – one of the town’s ‘best-loved citizens’

For the fourth and final part of our feature for Women’s History Month we look at a remarkable local resident who was described as a ‘Champion of Education’ and even had a building named after her! Miss Louisa Jane Churchman was held in such high esteem that on her passing in 1943 the local paper,ContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s Women of History – one of the town’s ‘best-loved citizens’”