Eastbourne's East End

[@EVHA]

Thank you so much to Alan Wenham and colleagues for such a wonderful lecture. Much appreciated.

[@merledoughty5787]

Another thankyou Alan we have have family who live in Mead.when its possible we come and visit from New Zealand, I love Eastbourne and buy books on the town, I find it fascinating, we walk more when we visit family than we do at home. I love the different types of architecture about the town. I was one morning in the village of Mead and saw the allotments and the buildings around the gardens. A resident came and told me all about this place, the buildings and when they were built, also he noted to that one side of the footpaths were reinforced because of military traffic during WW2. I brought a book by Francis Frith with photos taken in Eastbourne. Anyway cannot wait to be able to come back to the UK and again explore the area there is so much to see. I enjoyed your great talk on the town. Where our family live there is a house that was part of the Duke of Devonshires property, I glimpsed this place when out walking, was it tied up with Donald Cambell or something?

[@beowulf5982]

A splendid contribution. Thank you so much for your time and research.

[@colmdominic1]

Very informative, the buildings in Eastbourne are beautiful 👍

[@rickdavis724]

Just watched your film all about Eastbourne. Thank you so very very much , for such an informative & enlightening piece of historical work.

[@philipmanser2729]

I left Eastbourne in 1964 to go eventually to Australia. It was fascinating to see the area I spent my youth in, especially the Crumbles where my family were graziers from the mid 1800s and where my great grandfather's house stood square and grey in the middle of the waste. Excellent presentation. Thank you

[@SRLove-nt3ux]

Are you related to The Mansers who were pig farmers and now a florist 🤔

[@kumatoni5245]

Thank you for uploading this. Very enjoyable.

[@annenewton5403]

Brilliant ,thank you so much,we didnt know a lot about of this..I remember working at Kingsway lottridge drove in the 1970s and smelling arctic roll day wafting over from Birdseye.

[@jonmould2946]

The buiding at 16:39 I found the weathervane thrown in a skip around 10 years ago, I still have it.

[@stephenburnage7687]

I never knew that sea planes were built in Eastbourne, including through the Great War. You learn something every day...

[@cherylecrunden3215]

I am one of the very few original locals of Eastbourne. My ancestors on my mother's side was the founder's of the old town. I can trace my family back around 500 or more years. I know that the round house and field house is part of my ancestry. We have been here since before it was called Eastbourne, East of the Bourne,ES BOURNE. MY SURNAME IS CRUNDEN AND THERE IS CRUNDEN ROAD, CRUNDEN HILL AND CRUNDENS BOTTOM ON THE DOWNS. AS FAR AS I CAN WORK OUT THE NAME ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO WANDER OF THE CHALK HILLS.

[@InspirationParadise]

well done sir, very informative and interesting

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

There was a proposal for trolley buses in Eastbourne in the 1980,s.

[@grahamtreadwell]

At the end, the "east end" was described as the "future" of Eastbourne. Given that most of it appears to be reclaimed land, shingle, this does not bode well with rising sea levels...?

[@davis1000000]

Hi, I have an old picture of the seaside Inn which was next to the EODS building in the East End. It has the LL of the pub outside who I believe was LL for 40+years. Would you like me to send it to you?

[@VisionforEastbourne]

Yes please. Via the Eastbourne Heritage Centre on email or post.

[@davis1000000]

@@VisionforEastbourne what is the email?

[@VisionforEastbourne]

@@davis1000000 services @ eastbourneheritagecentre.co.uk

[@martinstent5339]

Could anyone here please tell me when Lottbridge Drove was made into a “proper road”? I seem to remember when I was growing up in the 1950s/early 1960s that there was no road joining Eastbourne’s east end with Hampden Park. That there was only farmland (much of it marshy) between the main Railway and the B2104 and that Lottbridge Drove suddenly appeared in the late 1960s, is that right or did I just not know that the road was there?

[@martinstent5339]

OK, I can see my own question answered at 01:08:53 where he shows the Drove as a sheep track at the end of the 1950s.

[@VisionforEastbourne]

The single carriageway version of Lottbridge Drove was opened around 1964. The second carriageway to make it a dual carriage way was added about five years later.

[@martinstent5339]

@@VisionforEastbourne Many thanks for the exact dates! So, obviously there was need for a road because they had to upgrade it so soon!

[@martinstent5339]

@@VisionforEastbourne By the way, many thanks for this wonderful series! It's lovely to see photos of Eastbourne as I knew it when I was young. (I left town in about 1974)

[@stephenburnage7687]

@@martinstent5339 I can recall walking from Hampden Park to the coast as a sheep track in the late 1950s. It was memorable as you then had to walk past the old town-gas facility, where piped gas was extracted from coal (a bi product of which was coke). That facility smelled unbelievably.

[@cherylecrunden3215]

I can remember my mum speaking Old Sussex which is now died out. The 2 things that I remember is woe betide you and baint. I wasn't quite sure what they meant except Look out And no it isn't. A lot Of people Don't realise that we had Our own language And accent. When I was born in August 1963, The sea froze Although a lot Of people think that I am joking when I say it. My Nan had the only photo That I have ever seen Of the frozen sea. She also had a painting From the early 1700 Of people Walking Along Seaside. My Nanny Works on the railways during the war As most people were Evacuated And she Was Told to go and choose a house. It was in Duke street Where a German men had committed suicide and she scrubbed him out the floor Before moving in. She was hit by the blast of a doodle bug That Blasted her across Firle road And as far as I know It was responsible For demolishing whittley Road Post Office. I have always been interested in my Family history and I'm sure I can offer some more Valuable insight to eastwards past history

[@NickJay]

56:38 an absolute disgrace! Demolish a beautiful building like that to build even more flats? Ridiculous and scandalous! :(