Five happy bather doing the 'splits' in the sea at Eastbourne on 9th August 1930.placeholder image
Five happy bather doing the 'splits' in the sea at Eastbourne on 9th August 1930.

25 fabulous pictures which show what life was like around Sussex over 75 years ago

We’ve nipped into our archives to bring you this fascinating gallery showing life around Sussex from many decades.

The cracking pictures cover 1895 to 1948 and include plenty of fun on the beaches of Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton and Littlehampton.

We also head back to St Leonards Marina to see how it looked in 1895 as well as the landmarks or Brighton a century ago and some events that made the nes in Crawley.

We have those, and much more, as we head back in time to see the Crawley that was.

You can get plenty more local retro content over on our website.

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