West Blatchington Mill Barn

The talk will cover the full story of the reconstruction of LBSCR Atlantic Class H2 'Beachy Head' in a dedicated workshop at Sheffield Park. From the acquisition of a suitable ex-LNER boiler and the manufacture of numerous new parts, to completion in August 2024 and subsequent entry into traffic on the Bluebell Railway, it became…

The Society's AGM will be followed by presentation by Geoffrey Mead Rye Harbour is the oft-ignored cousin of the more famous ‘Ancient Town of the Cinque Ports’- Rye town. Two miles downriver it has a short history, being only named Rye Harbour from the early 19th century, however it has a wide industrial history encompassing…

Talk by Adrian Backshall In the early 1930s the family moved to Broad Road in Lower Willingdon where Harold became a model railway engineer and skilled craftsman, making anything required from his garden workshop using tools he had to fabricate himself. During the war he made parts for Lancaster Bombers. The house’s interior remained unchanged…