Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 11h“The chestnut trees turned yellow, The oak like sherry browned, The fir, the stubborn fellow, Stayed green the whole year round. But O the bonny maple How richly he does shine! He glows against the sunset Like ruddy old port wine.” – Christopher Morley (1890-1957) #poetry #nature 412326 123
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Which one were you, do you still have one lurking, any stories? The British Highway Code was first launched in 1931. At the time, there were 2.3 million motor vehicles on British roads and tens of thousands of horse-drawn vehicles. For the full story see our Facebook page 😀 010 1
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Whats this folks, have you ever used one ? Built by Noakes and Coy in Bexhill, it has more than one use, WWII Gas Rattle, a bird scarer or football rattle. Do you have any stories to share? 053 5
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 16/10/202616 October is the feast day of St Hedwig (1174–1243), patron saint of orphans. Her name comes from Old High German words for battle and war, suggesting a female warrior. J. K. Rowling named Harry Potter’s owl after this medieval saint, fittingly, as Harry was himself an orphan. 15210 52
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 14/10/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Its that time again folks ! 960 year anniversary of 1066 It was one of the longest battles of its time, thought to have lasted 9 hours. Its estimated there was 1000 to 3000 horses on the battlefield. Now, how much poo would that create, see our Facebook page for the full story.... 143 4
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 09/10/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What do you call it, and what does it mean to you ? Good old Sussex Folklore hasn't let us down, we've learnt that the bun we know to be a hot cross has had other names and meanings. For the full story please see our Facebook page. 132 3
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Winchelsea, that poor old Skeleton" John Wesley's visit to Winchelsea in 1790, to find out more plesse see or Facebook Page. 052 5
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityDr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Newark Important Fact #4 Newark has a castle which is currently undergoing a fabulous restoration as part of a lottery funded project... ... you'd expect nothing less for the place where King John had a fatal case of diarrhoea back in 1216... 🥴 712512 125
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityAnnie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Husband's Strange Experience. Meets Wife He Thought Dead at Bexhill. Sequel To Drowning Mystery." Bexhill Observer 14.8.1937. #WyrdWednesday 2237 23
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 07/10/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Find out about the small village of Iden general stores on our Facebook page. What a fascinating history it has ! 143 4
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My ships bigger than yours, medieval ship envy at Old Winchelsea. In 1254, Old Winchelsea had prepared for a Royal visit..... what could go wrong 🤔 For the full story please see our Facebook page Sussex Heritage Community, its a fascinating read. 164 6
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityBexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Artefacts 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 0127 12
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Its not every day you see a spitfire on a trailer ....... This one maybe based on the Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa (Serial P7290) wearing the squadron code "AF-V". The aircraft served with the Royal Air Force's Air Fighting Development Unit (AFDU) based at Duxford. 021 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @tessmachling.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 030 3
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Bexhill's very own Peaky Blinders and Cable Street episode. Dark disturbung times, unwelcome visitors and disorderly scenes, 25th July 1936. A clash between members of the British Union of Fascists and a crowd of several hundred people and Police. Story here www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQX... 152 5
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh, if you're down this way its a must, the grounds are beautiful 121 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I really wish they hadn't had to remove the 2nd and 3rd levels, it looks stunning 011 1
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're at Ashburnham Place, their wonderful Orangery was built as part of Lancelot Capability Brown's plan in 1777. It was built as a 7 bayed greenhouse. The central door was moved in the 1830's, by 1883 the Camellias arrived! These are thought to be some of the oldest surviving in the country. 463 6
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just lost for words .... our heritage is at risk, this time from someone that didn't think to stop. Once the heritage it pulled up, everything before and during that removal is lost. @findsorguk.bsky.social 092 9
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wow ...... im assuming they didn't stop, call an Archaeologist, PAS, County Arch ... anyone... just anyone! 1111 11
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Although not here in Sussex, this mindless damage and abuse of our history is something we all need to look out for. With around 95% of Sussex shared heritage being undesignated, protected, listed or scheduled our heritage is at great risk. #HeritageCrime www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBronze Age burial mound in Somerset suffers 'significant damage'The 4,000-year-old cairn on the Quantock Hills has had its stones removed and piled around it. 065 6
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityBexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This plan is of our museum - before it was a museum! Built in 1903 as a small pavilion for visitors to Egerton Park, in 1914 it became #Bexhill Museum. Then in 2009 we completed a major extension and refurbishment programme, adding three additional galleries. 0113 11
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Hidden Hands Behind Sussex's Seaside historical Glamour… It's easy to picture the glamorous side of Sussex's seaside past, without giving much thought to all those working behind the scenes. It certainly got us wondering 🤔 For the full story see our Facebook page 😀 242 4
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A Medieval whoops! and, A Laffin Orse ! Get comfy folks, its 1297 and we're in Winchelsea. King Edward I, of Braveheart fame, the hammer of the Scots had gathered his fleet in Winchelsea on August 9, 1297. What could possibly go wrong! For the full story please see our Facebook page folks 132 3
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A Giant, a Knight, a Sheriff & a diversion in Brede We stopped off at St Georges Church, Brede We learnt the story of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge, laid to rest in 1537, its believed he was 7 ft tall, & according to legend he was cut in half to fit his tomb. See the full story on our Facebook page. 162 6
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityBexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Top left is a Mesolithic flint adze found in Little Common. About 8000 years old. Bottom left are a Neolithic flint awl, end scraper and fabricator found in Sidley. About 6000 years old. #Bexhill 0124 12
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityBexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026These Mary Quant shoes are part of the current footwear exhibition in our upstairs corridor. Did any of you wear Mary Quant? #Bexhill #MaryQuant #Shoes 0134 13
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 040 4
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Do you remember the eerie booming ? The Foghorn! The Foghorn, described and illustrated by Bexhill Observer in 1928 as : "A Sufferer's Conception Of The Submarine Monstrosity Believed To Lurk In The Vicinity Of The Royal Sovereign Lightship." For the full story please see our Facebook page. 174 7
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Full steam ahead to Heathfield, have you any memories? We popped past Heathfield Railway Tunnel, completed by 1880 at a length of 265 yards. Its estimated that millions of handmade bricks were used, its 6 bricks thick! For more of the story please see our Facebook page Sussex Heritage Community 021 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Ahhhhh, There's a fossil in my mouth ! Not only an awesome pebble with a great face, it also has a fossilized fragment of a regular sea urchin inside. 153 5
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Victoria comes to Heathfield! Heres Heathfield Railway Station postbox, likely placed by Royal Mail in 1880 featuring the the monarch of the times cypher, this was ofcourse Queen Victoria. For more information on this little known subject please see heritagecalling.com/2015/07/15/a... 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026@anniebrassey.bsky.social @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social 010 1
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Porridge in Rye ! 15th Century Oak plank believed to be formerly part of a local prison door. Its situated in Rye, and its highly probable that it would have come from a lock up of the time in the town. For more information please see : ryemuseum.co.uk/more-on-medi... www.ryeheritage.co.uk 163 6
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@bexhillmuseum.bsky.social @anniebrassey.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@bexhillmuseum.bsky.social @anniebrassey.bsky.social 020 2
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"Not" just a load of old cobblers! 1935, Bexhill “I am not a Spiritualist, nor am I a yogi. I am just a shoemaker” To listen to my narration on Arthur please take a look here at parts 1, 2 & 3 youtube.com/@sussexherit... Acknowledgement and thanks to Bexhill Museums & the De La Warr Pavilion 1135 13
Reposted by Sussex Heritage CommunityBexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I know we’re keen on dinosaurs but this is getting ridiculous! 😱😂 #Bexhill 063 6
Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Heritage Crime, although not in Sussex, let's not forget the loss and impact. We have a wealth of heritage here, in museums, heritage buildings, churches, galleries and many other locations. Please all remain vigilant and aware. 010 1
