In Search of Sussex - In Which I Arrive in Southwick and Kingston Buci
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This is part three of my walk from Devil's Dyke to Kingston Buci in West Sussex. I am following the footsteps of Arthur Stanley Cooke from his book, Off The Beaten Track. I have arrived in Southwick from the Sussex South Downs. I am keen to look at the two churches, St Michael's in Southwick and St Julian's in Kingston. How much has changed in the last 100 years since Arthur wrote the book?
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Thanks You Richard as always great walk. My ancestors are there at St Micheal's, looking as you walked around. I went to the Green School as did my most of my family not there now, the green was our play ground did sports there and May pole dance on May Day .Always had the fair on the green and was always told about King Charles Cottage. I Also went to Kingston Lane school so you Took me back many years thank you. I don't live in England but you got me wanting to go back Thanks again look forward to next outing. Lavinia
Despite its problems, England is still a beautiful land.
Great video and interesting story about the bomb 🙂
Great story, superb detective work. Thoroughly enjoyable video, Richard, much enjoyed.
Kingston & Southwick have some really lovely old buildings & two very beautiful churches. Quite enjoyed hearing the history of the area (especially interesting about the WII bombing of the 1st church) & can't wait to see where your (& Arthur's) journey take us next in the book!!!
Fascinating film, full of interesting facts and figures. Both churches featured are very special. Inside Kingston church, of which I am a member of their friends group, is now situated the original Brighton Aquarian (Sealife Centre) organ. Sadly the church was at high risk of closure due to low attendance figures. Southwick is a beautiful village with a thriving community including a highly successful theatre and community centre, which have recently been renovated 👍
I wish l lived near you, l would attend your church.
Thank you for the interesting video. Your programs send me to google more than any other.
I love that. 🙂 This time, anchorite's cell. So fascinating.
Wonderful!
Another interesting and well researched and professional video 👍
Oh me too Susan!😂 I often told Richard that I have learned more about England & English history than I ever imagined I would need to in the last year!!!😅
Brilliant! Very inspiring, always enjoy watching your journeys.
Dont fret Richard, Ive had many more failures than successes trying to replicate old views from paintings and photographs. My interest was sparked by an old watercolour of a windmill on a post card I bought in a flee market, the windmill was close to where I live and like you I thought Id try to replicate the view, I did get the photograph but the view had changed so much in the passing of years that a great watercolour made a terrible photograph a hundred years later, that was the first one, since than I have tried many times with different paintings and old photographs but few still make a good composition today. Seascapes are often best, like the coast guards cottages with the seven sisters in the background, a classic that still looks amazing.
So enjoyable. Many thanks to you and Linda for putting it all together. I'm going to sit down and rewatch all three parts back-to-back.
I should make them into one full episode really.
@@RichardVobes as if you have the time!
Thankyou Richard fascinating video. And Really interesting the story of the bomb. How lucky it was it didn't go off which could have caused more damage.
The name Buci seems to come from France The Rue de Buci in Paris was named after Simon de Buci the first president of the Parliament de Paris in 1341.
Very beautiful mister Richard vobes and your every videos is very interesting for me thanks have a happy life.
So nice of you
Loved this series. Thank you Richard.
Excellent. More ike this please
Really well constructed and lots of lovely little facts. I just get so frustrated that we can't see inside the churches. How you manage to find some of these views in Arthur's book is beyond me. I see the Knights Templar have connections to Southwick.
Indeed a remarkable story about the bomb. Thank you!
A wonderful production! I can see why these ones take you time!
Another great walk, thanks Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it
Interesting video as always! Those two churches look like they were built by the same people, square towers, the pitch of the roofs and so on. Really quite massive looking. But I'm wondering, did they have bells in their towers? It looks like louvers could have been within those arches. I believe I read some where that bells were hung outside Saxon churches on wooden supports, while bells in towers came into fashion much later in England. Either way, they are beautiful examples of building with flint.
I watched this yesterday Richard but forgot to comment.
This is a really lovely video and your beginning was a perfect entry into the your video.
Thank you :-)
Thank you so much!
Nice episode, I like how this one is longer. Great one
I live 5 minutes from southwick, lovely place
Love these walks. Being quite new to the area it opens up a get fascination , to learn the history. 👍
Interesting, thanks for posting. So many places to explore and so many unknown or forgotten facts to add further interest. You will never run out of subjects nor material. Presumably the bomb going deep and not exploding went into soft ground. What a great story and well told too.
Very enjoyable.
It would be good of you could find out about the 'Bomb' that landed on the church and never exploded.
When we were kids we use to look into Pilbeam's yard, in Church lane, and see it behind the wall.
Beautiful walk,wish I could visit,so I'll try lucid dreaming untill it's possible!
Good luck with the lucid dreaming :)
@@RichardVobes Working on it!
It seems sadly more and more,that the beautiful views of yesteryear are vanishing forever.It is so important to save the old books and photographs!
Yes indeed.
An especially good episode, with interesting facts, mystery and great views.
Thanks so much
Interesting vid Richard, as always.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good video and it's interesting to hear that there is now much more background traffic noise in evidence, on the one hand it's not so good for the videos but on the other hand it does mean that little b y little things are returning to "normal" Best Regards from Australia
It is certainly busy - the world is not so much normal and turned upside down.
My mum lived in Kingston Lane.
That uneven road sign,aways reminds me,at the highway code end part of my first driving test, answer double hump bridge and that look i received from the examiner,needless to say i failed
Sorry to be pedantic but King Charles II fled the Battle of Worcester. It was the third English civil war but it’s more commonly refereed as the Battle Of Worcester.
The English Civil war (first one) was with King Charles I and resulted in a Parliamentarian victory.
Good anecdote about the bomb, but would you risk going around the back to take a look if the tower was likely to collapse?
ASC does admit that he used a little licence in his picture...he showed a brighter sky, removed the gate and slightly exaggerated the curve of the road...that being said though, the photo and picture are remarkably similar...ASC's drawings are incredibly detailed aren't they?
Found your Wheelwright for you in the 1901 Census, George West Aged 57, Wheelwright own account, born Patching, Sussex, Wife Sarah, Aged 56, no occupation listed, born Southwick, Sussex, Daughter Anne, aged 27, occupation School Assistant, born Southwick, Daughter Florence Age 23, No occupation listed, born Southwick.
Sign should read G West!
Cheers
Dave
I did wonder if he traced the photo - they superimpose so well.
@@RichardVobes I've just spotted something rather poignant in the 1911 census, where George (66) and Sarah are living alone as a retired couple. Total children born 6; Children still living 1; Children who have died 5; Oh dear...
Nice church old war time place were was book be interested to me past did his walks were was Arthur Stanley grave be interested to no
I'm hoping at the end of this journey Richard will visit Arthur S Cooke's grave to pay homage to the author.
I think you're in a good position to do a series on 'In search of border control'.... Just saying...