Beaconsfield Road, Bexhill postcard sent 23.9.1911.
#Bexhill #Sussex #Street #Road #History #1910s

Artefacts from Northeye deserted medieval settlement. The settlement was first recorded c.1118 and was probably deserted in the 15th century. On display in our Sargent Gallery. #Bexhill

Goethite. This mineral forms by the oxidisation of iron-rich deposits. This is just one of the geology specimens on display in our Sargent Gallery. #Bexhill

"Is it Hobbit-forming?
The album is an accompaniment to the dungeons & dragons game, so beloved of esoteric weirdos, & people who like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (is Tolkien Hobbit-forming?) & stuff like that."
Bexhill Observer 19.9.1985. #Bexhill #Sussex #HobbitDay #D&D #Music #History #1980s

"The Mayor's Pigs.
Council See Them at Withyham."
Bexhill Observer 22.9.1934. #Bexhill #Withyham #Sussex #History #1930s

"Flight-Lieutenant Chandler (right), Battle of Britain pilot, leads local Air Training Corps Squadron in Sunday's anniversary parade."
Bexhill Observer 22.9.1945. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW2 #History #1940s

Collington Wood, Bexhill-on-Sea 1936. #Collington #Woods #Trees #Bexhill #Sussex #History #1930s

"End of the Sunbeam...built for the first Earl Brassey...1874 & was one of the first ocean-going yachts to be fitted with auxiliary engines...an ocean home...for many distinguished people, including Mr Gladstone, Lord Tennyson & the German Emperor."
#Bexhill Observer 21.9.1929 #Brassey #1920s #Yacht

"The town's biggest end-of-the-season holiday attraction is the "Blue Devil" - the jellyfish with the lethal sting known as the Portuguese man-o'-war - which is on exhibition at the Museum.
Mr. Sargent said: "Crowds of people, literally hundreds, have visited..."
#Bexhill Observer 21.9.1957. #Museum

Tooth of a giant shark, Isurus hastalis. 1.5 million years old, from Norfolk. #Bexhill

"17 Years After: Tribute to 'Few'
The Bexhill Royal Air Force Association contingent march past the saluting base at the Battle of Britain service and parade at Wartling R.A.F. camp on Sunday."
Bexhill Observer 21.9.1957. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW2 #History #1940s #1950s

"Funeral Of The Maharajah Of Cooch Behar,
Bexhill-On-Sea. Sept 21st 1911.
Vieler, Photo, Bexhill."
Marina Court Avenue 21.9.1911.
#Bexhill #Sussex #CoochBehar #Maharajah #Funeral #History #1910s

"The original De La Warr model is put on show."
Bexhill Observer 20.9.1980.
#dlwp #Bexhill #Sussex #Architect #Model #History #1980s

The shelter on East Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex 1936. #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Shelter #History #1930s

London General ‘S’ type motor bus c.1920. Built by AEC. Seated 54 passengers. This is on display in our transport gallery. #Bexhill

"A Place In The Sun!
Drying in the sunshine is the surest and safest way of keeping Linen sweet and a good colour.
Alexandra Laundry, Reginald Road, Bexhill.
The 'Leading Local Laundry'"
Bexhill Chronicle 19.9.1914
#Bexhill #Sussex #Laundry #Washing #History #1910s

Sackville Road Roundabout, Bexhill-on-Sea 19.9.1964. #Bexhill #Sussex #Roundabout #History #1960s

I took this picture of the Manor Gardens in #Bexhill Old Town, yesterday afternoon. This telephone (c.1892) in our collection was from the days when this site contained the Manor House. It was the first telephone in Bexhill and as such was used to contact other buildings on the site itself.

"When Clare and Erika Pattisson put a note in a bottle and threw it into the sea at Glyne Gap, they thought that would be the last they heard of it. Notes in bottles were strictly for desert island fantasies."
Bexhill Observer 18.9.1976. #Bexhill #Sussex #Sea #Bottle #Message #History #1970s

"The Colonnade, Bexhill-On-Sea." c.1930 postcard sent 18.9.1935. The Coastguard Cottages are still there so the photograph is before 1934. #Colonnade #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Holiday #Bandstand #History #1930s