https://youtu.be/dPjB3u7DdZs Ask most people in Horsham ‘who was Thomas Honywood?’ and very few will have heard of him! Yet this extraordinary man introduced photography to Horsham and even created a new photographic process. In his role as an archaeologist, he also discovered the historic Horsham Hoard and was Captain of the Horsham Volunteer Fire Brigade.ContinueContinue reading “Thomas Honywood – Horsham’s forgotten hero?”
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Horsham’s historic hailstones
Just some of the hailstones (and by no means the biggest) that fell. Photo courtesy West Sussex County Times The Great Storm of 1987 is remembered for its ferocity, but what about the ‘awful and magnificent storm’ of September 5 1958? That one made Horsham famous as the town still holds the record for theContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s historic hailstones”
Museum’s Assistant Curator on BBC’s Bargain Hunt!
Horsham Museum’s assistant curator featured on BBC Bargain Hunt
Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 