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June 7 – July 5 worthingheritagealliance.uk Nurserymen at Ivy Arch nurseries
Tomato house, Greenyer’s nursery, Broadwater, 1942
FRIENDS OF WORTHING AND BROADWATER CEMETERY Cemetery tour Nature Matters - 11:00am Saturday, June 7 - Broadwater & Worthing Cemetery, South Farm Road, BN14 7TW A walk through the cemetery, finding out about the lives of naturalists Richard Jefferies and William Hudson and horticulturalist James Bateman, will be punctuated with stops to appreciate the natural environment. We will be looking, for example, at the wildflowers or insects “in residence” on the day. The tour lasts for about 75 minutes and is free of charge. No need to book in advance. Visitors should meet by the chapels 1015 minutes before and refreshments will be available for a small donation. FRIENDS OF HEENE CEMETERY Saturday, June 14, 1:30pm-4:00pm in Heene Cemetery, Manor Road, Worthing, BN11 4RY Join us at Heene Cemetery, on the corner of Manor Road and St Michael’s Road, for a variety of tours to be held on Saturday,
We are grateful to Malcolm Linfield (see talk June 26th) for these wonderful photographs from the age of horticulture in Worthing
June 14 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm. Guided tours include - “Stories from the Stones”; “Stories in the Street” and “Why Heene Cemetery is also a Wildlife Site”. Free entry. Donations towards our work, gratefully received. SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORY GROUP (WORTHING) June 19, 7:30pm, Field Place - Jeremy Prescott Sacrifice & Remembrance – The story behind the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Jeremy Prescott served for 26 years as an Army Officer seeing operational service in Dhofar, Oman and 4 tours in Northern Ireland. After retiring from the Army he was appointed as CEO of a charity covering Leics and Rutland which supported rural communities. WEST SUSSEX GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Saturday, June 12, “Pebbles on the Beach” Worthing Pier, led by members of the West Sussex Geological Society. Meet 11:00am. Donations. Low tide 1:40pm.
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An introduction to the pebbles and geology of Worthing, ideal for children and those new to the subject SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORY GROUP (WORTHING) June 26, 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start, Chichester Room, The Manor House, Field Place - Malcolm Linfield Worthing and the Glasshouse Industry. Early evidence of market gardening in Worthing can be seen on Phillip’s map of 1814, and it was in these gardens that the first greenhouses appeared in the 1830s. From these modest beginnings, a major pioneering industry developed, which employed hundreds of people, and greenhouses appeared all over the town. The Worthing GIasshouse Industry was very important to the local economy for over 70 years, yet most people in Worthing today have no idea it ever existed. My talk outlines the story of this fascinating industry, how and why it all started, the challenges faced by the growers over the years and how and why it declined. Many people have ancestors who worked in the