The volume, weight and speed of traffic on High Street, De La Warr Road, Chantry Lane and Belle Hill is becoming more and more of a problem, not least because Sat Nav systems appear to be diverting drivers off the bypass and through the Old Town as a rat run (ironic when the King Offa Way was built to do the exact opposite!)   We have been lobbying our MP, Dr Kieran Mullan, East Sussex County Council and Sussex Police for enforcement of the weight ...

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  We were delighted to be approached by Bexhill Heritage (BH) to produce a Christmas card that is shared between us, them, Bexhill Museum and the Friends of St Peter’s. BH have collaborated with the museum on packs of cards previously, but particularly wanted to include an image of St Peter’s church. It is quite hard to find wintry scenes in the middle of such a hot summer, but happily Edmund Bird had this one of Rupert – BOTPS hon canine trustee – trotting ...

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  On Friday 1st May, we welcomed 200 local school children to the Old Town from St Peter & St Paul CE primary school, All Saints CE primary school and Chantry Community primary school.   The children enjoyed a tour of the Old Town area that included Barrack Hall Memorial Gardens where Christine Madeley of Bexhill Historical Society spoke to them about the King’s German Legion; the Manor Barn where Tina Brown told them about the history of the building and ...

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Exclusive Charles A. Graves’ Prints, Postcards and Greetings Cards to Purchase. BOTPS was fortunate to inherit from Phyllis Dunn three original pen-and-ink drawings by the renowned artist, Charles A. Graves, showing views of the High Street, Chantry Cottage and Belle Hill (circa 1901/1902). We have now had these restored and scanned, so that we can reproduce the images as postcards, greetings cards and limited-edition prints.   Postcards (large), £1 each or ...

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