https://youtube.com/shorts/HSXBGDw3-fA Last year Horsham Museum & Art Gallery ran a very popular feature via its social media channels on the pubs of Horsham, using photos from the archives. It was part of its regular #ThrowbackThursday posts. It focussed on those pubs that are still around or those that had closed in living memory. However, HorshamContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s lost pubs”
Category Archives: Looking back
Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries
Did you know Horsham had a ‘coffee shop society’ in 1700 or that the town hall was rebuilt in 1888 in the Gothic style that remains today? These are just two of the fascinating facts that form part of the new 18th and 19th Century galleries that opened in Horsham Museum & Art Gallery atContinueContinue reading “Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries”
Looking back – Extreme measures to cure Horsham district pest problem
As we’re all aware, attitudes and outlooks change over decades and what seemed a great idea may not be viewed favourably today! The Rat and Sparrow Clubs are definitely a good example. These rather macabre clubs were first formed in the 19th Century and were still around in the 1950s. A 1915 report of theContinueContinue reading “Looking back – Extreme measures to cure Horsham district pest problem”
Tony Wales – Horsham’s popular historian
One hundred years ago today (New Year’s Eve) Tony Wales was born in Horsham. In the following 82 years he became one of the town’s most popular historians, as well as helping to make Sussex folk songs relevant once again to a modern audience. His musical tastes evolved while working in a record shop inContinueContinue reading “Tony Wales – Horsham’s popular historian”
Horsham Cemetery full of life and fascination
It’s unlikely whether Horsham’s Denne Road Cemetery could be considered a well-known part of the town! Just far enough away from the shopping centre, it’s not an area that attracts tourists or even local residents, especially as it ran out of space for new burials by 1900. However, did you know it was designated aContinueContinue reading “Horsham Cemetery full of life and fascination”
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