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Like the new path .

My father settled in Eastbourne post WW2. He was a chef at the Albion Hotel in the 1950's. He later worked as Head Chef at the Vernon House and circa 1970 Head Chef at The Imperial. I had school day jobs in The Queens and on the Bingo in The Blue Room in the early 70's.

I am going to miss this area , it’s been so peaceful for so long . 😢😢😢😢

Such a waste of money creating a “cultural centre” at Black Robin farm. It’s not even in the town - any visitors will drive up & drive off… The Beachy Head centre is having to close due to lack of funding + there’s Birling Gap. So many other things this cash could be spent on than some liberal arts nonsense

Really enjoyed this video,my brother is a volunteer on this Windmill and lives nearby ,I live in canada so am really interested when he said he had to move the sweeps today to the mourning postion, as some one had died

As the Heritage Centre is in Winter Season opening at the moment, the best and easiest way to get the booklet Richard 'plugs' is via the online link. Price includes P + P.

Thank You so much John Donald Maw

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The Cabinet are the ones that confirm policy and shape the way forward for the town. You should keep up to date with what they do. View their decisions and the dates of their future meetings here: democracy.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=125

Another excellent, informative and amusing presentation by Alan, and I look forward to many more. Brings back pleasant memories of visits to Eastbourne as a child and teenager to my grandparents.

Resident since 2004, so still a 'newbie'. Find the presentation style of the speaker throughout his series of talks so enjoyable and instructive as to how the town and its surrounding area developed. Thank you for putting this together.

This presentation covers the period from my birth until today I'm 75 so the development covered by Alan Wenham sort of parallels my own. I found a number of things I didn't know about very interesting but he chronicles the establishment of the town as a major destination in a very measured and informative way. Like me he clearly has a major affection for the town. I would heartily recommend anybody with an interest in Eastbourne to invest an hour of their time watching this..............its excellent.

A joy to watch as my personal connection with Eastbourne spans most of the same period. In 1947, I was 6, my father returned from his war time service in India with his new family to settle in Willingdon. I experienced all the events covered in this most entertaining and informative talk. Your many RUclips features are a must watch for this expatriate based on the other side of the globe. Incidentally I was recently informed by a second cousin that we may even be distant relatives.

1: 23 absolute spot on. Did I miss the part about 60mph speeding in the upper part of the seafront, the disgraceful and prolific amount of anti-social driving in this town which makes it so hard for older and vulnerable people to cross certain roads. There is a culture in tourist towns for lack of calming measures to create more freedom of movement.

Please feel free to repost and reshare across platforms with any direct 'start at' points that RUclips allows for, and please engage with the issues involved.

Was this the buccaneers in the 60s

Eastbourne, I'm afraid to say, has become a 2nd rate shit hole with open drug dealing and taking, street drinkers,Homeless people,people with mental health issues and Anti social behaviour of the scale. What a shame, but hey, that's nearly all Seaside towns ☹️

Cycle path complete Length of seafront

Love my hometown eastbourne but i do think there needs to be cycling lanes on the beach which Brighton and hove has. And maybe more restaurants cafes seating areas sports and attractions like a big wheel along the beach i dont think it was a good idea getting rid of the big wheel in eastbourne at western lawns.

Flipping heck I was in this! Amazing watching it back after so long!

I get tired of high speed cyclists going past the No Cycling signs.

I moved to eastbourne 6 years ago and have never worn flip flops so much in my life... they dont call it the sunshine coast for nothing

I grew up in Eastbourne and in the 1970’s (when I was about 11) a neighbour who was immigrating to Australia gave me a small bronze Roman coin of Elagabalus (222AD) that she had been involved with excavating (or said that it had been found near) the Wish Tower. I still have it and although it’s of not much value it had a registration/evaluation from the British Museum

My favourite place in the world 😢

Hi, I have an old picture of the seaside Inn which was next to the EODS building in the East End. It has the LL of the pub outside who I believe was LL for 40+years. Would you like me to send it to you?

Where is the Fores river?

The evidence in the 1920 Crumbles murder trial may have seemed largely circumstantial, but you need to take into account the fact that one of the defendants, whilst on remand, tried to inveigle another prisoner to provide him with a false alibi . Also, both defendants later made statements blaming each other for the murder. All in all, I think the verdicts were sound.

looks very nice, I'll have to pay a visit.

repeating same old "hiss-tory"..field marsal french saw it coming.. we were set up,germany was a side show,the real aim was to end the ottaman empire and get a foot in palastine.... we never won ww1 "armastice" being the elephant in the room,and ww2 was the final step into palastine..that dog churhill weaving his betrayal in both steps... gaza's suffering is a consequence of his filth...

It used to be a great hotel, second only to The Grand Hotel. Sadly, it is now an absolute dump😊

A wonderful presentation! Great to think about the Romans in Eastbourne... let's dig up the whole seafront!

Another thoroughly enjoyable presentation from Alan - thank you! Interesting to see the lovely Barclays Bank at 56:27 prior to its sad destruction. My grandfather was manager of the replacement building in Terminus Road and I have inherited photos from him of the wonderful interior of the old bank, in sharp contrast to the interiors of modern banks.

Thank you. That was absolutely brilliant!

A very interesting presentation, thank you for that! I live in Eastbourne and have done for a very long time and pass by Kent Lodge fairly often. I think there is no doubt Bodkin-Adams was an incompetent doctor, drug addict, thief, awful person and murderer. I think the biggest problem with him was that he felt he was entitled to do everything he did because of his position.

Absolutely wonderful presentation - many thanks for posting.

I come from Eastbourne ❤❤😂

Thank you, that was very jolly 😊

your amazing..your talking lost history. really respect your very detailed display...blows me away. this age and era of construction fascinates me and there isn't many that can explain it like you do..

This really rocks!

There was a proposal for trolley buses in Eastbourne in the 1980,s.

A very interesting talk. Thank you. The shop front of the Bobby's building on the site for the new Luxor cinema was moved to Hailsham High Street and became Kerridges, a fine antigue shop. Sadly now split up into smaller units but still clearly recognizable.

I knew an Ann Caffyn in the 1960's. I was in the choir of St. Elizabeth's Church, Eastbourne, as a young boy Soprano and Ann was in the adult part of the choir. I was baptized in 1963 and on the occasion Ann gave me a signed Book of Common Prayer. Very nice lady, whom i remember to this day.

Fascinating! Thank you so much.

Thank you, Alan. For future reference, while I was working for Hall & Co in the 60s and 70s, there were two occasions when we had lorries and machines working all night to plug a breach in the shingle bank at the end of Channel View Road,. Of course, the sea defences have been raised and strengthened since then, and it is unlikely to happen again until sea level has risen much higher, and we are unlikely to see that.

Another excellent presentation

Interesting talk, Alan. There was also seine netting for sprats and mackerel on the Crumbles in the 1950s because I remember helping to haul the nets. You mentioned pleasure boats, and I worked for George Grooms in the last year there were rowing boats for hire on the beach just east of the pier, and that was in the early 60s. The pay was poor but it was a fun job, pushing people out in the boats, and then having to tow them back when they were carried too far east by wind and tide. I'll never forget the Royal Sovereign lightship, not only because we could see it from the back of our house at high tide, but also because the fog horn rattled our sash windows whenever it was foggy, which seemed to be far too often.

Awesome information love all of Alans talks.

Great informative info top dog

I wish my grandmother could see this video she often would talk about walking down the seafront in Eastbourne having been born there in 1918 even into the 2010s 70 years after leaving! It was something that captivated her and while Eastbourne, isn't somewhere I have been for a VERY long time and almost certainly will never go again I wish you all the very very best!

Hello friends of eastbourne. Well done your hard work is appreciated. 20:30