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A SENSE OF PLACE West Sussex Parish Maps Kim Leslie Maps made by local people in celebration of where they live as part of the West Sussex Parish Maps Project. 322x286mm, 304pp, ’07 978 1 86077 564 3 £35.00 WEST SUSSEX EVENTS Spencer Thomas Single events such as ‘Acts of God’, series of events such as emigration, bare-knuckle prize-fighting, smuggling, riots; and ‘repetitive events’ including epidemics, murders, processions, and commemorations. Quarto, limp, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 261 0 £15.99 CINEMA WEST SUSSEX: The First Hundred Years Allen Eyles, Frank Gray and Alan Readman A4, 256pp, ’96 978 1 86077 035 7 £19.99 VILLAGE PARLIAMENTS: The Centenary of West Sussex Parish Councils, 1994 Valerie Porter Limited stock Quarto, limp, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 894 2 £4.99 Hurstpierpoint College 1849-1995: The School by the Downs Peter King Quarto, 320pp, ’97 978 1 86077 043 2 £25.00 A HISTORY OF EAST GRINSTEAD M.J. Leppard Quarto, 224pp, ’01 978 1 86077 164 4 £19.99 100 BUILDINGS OF EAST GRINSTEAD M.J. Leppard Royal 8vo, 192pp, ’08 978 1 86077 381 5 £12.99
WORTHING: A History Chris Hare Worthing officially became a town in 1803, though the population then was no more than one thousand. The town developed very quickly, and fashionable society moved in after the visit in 1798 of George III’s youngest daughter, Princess Amelia. Attempts to reform the character of the town were often strongly resisted, with annual confrontations between angry mobs and the local police. The town’s reputation for scandals and demonstrations continued into Victorian times, as the riots against the Salvation Army ensured the town gained national attention for all the wrong reasons. The same is also true of the typhoid epidemic of 1893 and the visit of Oscar Wilde in 1895 - just prior to his disgrace and downfall. In the 20th century a new Worthing emerged, this time with conflicts between generations rather than classes.The town authorities that sought to ban rock’n’roll in the 1950s and still censored cinema films until the 1980s found it difficult to embrace change and follow a new direction. The shift in English society from rural values to urban culture is reflected in the history of this south coast resort, and this beautifully illustrated account will appeal to all those with an interest in Worthing’s history.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 130 ills, ’08
978 1 86077 504 8
£18.99
BYGONE STEYNING, BRAMBER AND BEEDING Aylwin Guilmant Quarto, 128pp, ’88 978 0 85033 669 6 £13.99
WORTHING AT WAR The Diary of C.F. Harriss edited by Paul Holden
HENFIELD Through the Lens of Marjorie Baker Alan Barwick (editor) In 2006 Henfield Parish Council accepted a bequest from the family of the late Marjorie Baker, the village photographer, of an archive of approximately 30,000 negatives covering her life’s work between the 1930s and 1990s. Royal 8vo, 160pp, ’07 978 1 86077 470 6 £15.99
Of all the historical documents charting Worthing’s past, few are more important than a wartime diary called ‘Hotchpot’, compiled with religious dedication by Broadwater resident C.F. Harriss. Mr Harriss was a retired lawyer who lived with his wife in Rectory Gardens throughout the Second World War, and his diary, now in the hands of West Sussex Library Service, charts in intimate detail the daily lives of people during this turbulent time. Mr Harriss hoped the giant tome, split into two volumes, would assist future historians attempting to probe through the mists of oblivion. He wrote, ‘It was written at the time and so supplies an exact and vivid record of wartime life, a true and intimate example, in the colour of the moment, of what ordinary citizens felt, thought and said.’ The diary is remarkable chiefly on account of Mr Harriss’s literate and informed manner, and provides what is almost certainly an accurate commentary on civilian morale as news of the progress of the war reaches the seaside town.
LANCING COLLEGE Basil Handford Royal 8vo, 336pp, ’86
Limited stock 978 0 85033 621 4 £25.00
WORTHING PAST Sally White Quarto, 144pp, ’00
978 1 86077 146 6 £14.99
THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL HOME: A History David S. Farrant Royal 8vo, 160pp, ’08 978 1 86077 518 5 £14.95 EAST PRESTON & KINGSTON An Illustrated History R.W. Standing Royal 8vo, 192pp, ’08 978 1 86077 384 6 £18.99
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 40 ills, Apr’10
978 1 86077 618 2
£14.99
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