Earlier this year, the Society paid AC Towner stonemasons to clean the memorial in Bexhill Cemetery of our benefactress, Phyllis Dunn. As you can see from these Before and After images, the stonemasons made a wonderful job of it. Later this year, we plan to replace the missing lead lettering.
When Phyllis Dunn died in 1989, she left a generous legacy to the BOTPS. This reflected the Dunn family’s close ties to Bexhill Old Town. The Phyllis Dunn Fund ...
Many years ago, the Society was gifted a replica of a Serpollet by Bexhill Motor Racing Heritage (BMRH), founded by Malcolm Mitcheson. The other directors of BMRH were ex BOTPS Chairman, Michael Kent, and ex committee member, Peter Mitchell-Davis.
The Serpollet is a steam-powered car from 1901 made by Gardner-Serpollet in France; it uses a ‘flash boiler’ which provides steam to drive the engine. Malcolm conceived the idea of a replica of the ‘Easter Egg’ model, which ...
Hanging Baskets
Once again the hanging baskets in the Old Town looked beautiful during the spring and summer months of last year. Both sets of judges representing South and South East in Bloom and Britain in Bloom commented very positively on them.
Manor Gardens
As many of you will know, because of RDC budget cuts the hours that long-serving Head Gardener, Michael Cranfield, can spend working on the Manor Gardens have been drastically reduced. This is ...
Trustee Appointments
For those of you who do not know me, I wish you a warm Hello and I hope we have the chance to meet in person very soon. My name is Helen Enock. I am a journalist and author (under my professional name of Helen Chislett) and I run my own online arts consultancy. My husband, John, and I have lived in the Old Town since 2007.
I am honoured to take over the chairmanship from Dorothy Smith, who has done so much to promote the work of the BOTPS over many years. ...
