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PETER BAILEY - Newhaven’s swing bridge in action

T his photograph of Newhaven Swing Bridge with a ship passing through, was taken around 1961 from the top of the ‘Sheerlegs’, a tripod crane 105ft high.

TREVOR WEEKS MBE - WRAS sets up special Fox Rescue Day for visitors

East Sussex WRAS is holding a Fox Rescue Day on Saturday 18th May. At 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm WRAS will be running presentations showing the charity works helping sick, injured and orphaned foxes and at the end of the presentation visitors will get to see one of WRAS’s Fox Cubs. Booking is required and entry is for a minimum donation of £5. Numbers are limited per session. The event is being held at WRAS’s Casualty Care Centre on the A22 at Whitesmith near Hailsham, Uckfield and Lewes. To book please call 01825-873003. Refreshments will be available too.

KEVIN GORDON - Discovering more about lost village

I had a very pleasant day last Saturday on the site of one of the lost villages of East Sussex.

TREVOR WEEKS MBE - WRAS centre sets up special day to show how foxes are rescued

East Sussex WRAS is holding a Fox Rescue Day tomorrow (May 18).

Our Newhaven - May 10
The original Southdowns School taken in 1988

Our Newhaven - Southdowns school’s ‘sweat box’

This month’s photo shows the original Southdown School buildings at the Church Hill site around 1988.

TREVOR WEEKS MBE - Grey seal in 30-hour rescue abut focus was on Hedgehog Awareness Week

The large grey seal at Hope Gap last week, was not the same seal which has been seen in local rivers recently which is actually a smaller common seal. We spent over 30 hours dealing with this seal which was clearly very poorly and ill. It was hoped the seal would move to a more suitable location so initially just monitored but after two tides it was clear the seal wasn’t going to move. Adult grey seals which can weigh up to 350kg are normally very dangerous and you shouldn’t go or be able to get anywhere near them. This seal was letting people and dog walkers get right up close and to touch him. Thanks to vets from Beachwood Vets in Seaford, the seal was sedated and euthanased very efficiently, professionally and with the greatest respect for this amazing creature. The biggest problem came when we had to remove the seal from the beach which couldn’t be left due to the drugs used, a joint effort by the Fire Brigade and Newhaven Coastguard saw the seal winched up the steps at Hope Gap and then transported to WRAS ambulance. Thank you also to Alan Knight OBE of British Divers Marine Life Rescue for his help and assistance.

KEVIN GORDON - Crime fighting and harsh punishment

Last week I wrote about the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Police who policed the railway line through East Sussex in the 1840s, led by Superintendent William Acton.

Do you feel like getting all creative, like me kids?

THIS week we had the day off school on bank holiday Monday, so I went shopping with my mum.

KEVIN GORDON - Constables on the track of criminals

Last week I wrote about the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company (BL&HR) which started running services in June 1846 and was incorporated into the London Brighton and South Coast Railway just four weeks later.

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TREVOR WEEKS MBE - Rescue calls flood in since team’s TV award

Rescues have certainly shot up in the past week. Being seen on the British Animal Honours last week really made our rescue line get much busier.

KEVIN GORDON - When railways arrived in East Sussex

On January 25, 1837, a public meeting was held in Brighton to discuss building a railway between London and the South Coast. Several schemes were discussed but the consensus was to use the scheme proposed by Mr John Urpeth Rastrick (1780-1856) for a railway line from Elephant and Castle, London to Church Street, Brighton (much closer to the seafront than the present station).

TREVOR WEEKS MBE - Fire crews to the rescue as gull gets entangled on roof

We must thank the guys from Eastbourne Fire Station for helping us to rescue a gull seriously entangled in line on a roof in Eastbourne at the weekend.

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