PICTURE THIS: Exhibition at Southwick

A NEW exhibition at the Manor Cottage Heritage Centre charting changes in Southwick back to the 19th century asks visitors if they can see their grandmother (or great-grandmother) in newly discovered pictures of harvest time in 1893.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Jun 2008, 10:23 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:04 BST

The exhibition, entitled Southwick Changes, contrasts familiar views today with the same scene in the past. The pictures reveal a time of cornfields, country lanes, Victorian shops and even the first garage.

The photos also show newly found scenes of harvest wagons being loaded in 1893 and women and children gleaning dropped ears of corn for their own use.

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Nigel Divers, curator of the Manor Cottage and organiser of the exhibition, said: "The contrasts between then and now are fascinating. It is remarkable how much has changed even in the last 40 years.

"Especially interesting are the newly discovered pictures of the 1893 harvest; they show a way of life now completely gone.

"They include an especially good picture of women and children gleaning and it would be great if anyone could identify their relatives.

"The 1893 pictures were recently found in the James Gray collection, owned by the Regency Society of Brighton and Hove, and we are very grateful to the society for their help and allowing us to exhibit these fine pictures."

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The other old pictures have come from Nigel's own collection.

The exhibition is at the Manor Cottage, in Southwick Street, on June 14, from 10am to 4pm, as part of the Adur Festival.

The cottage has just undergone extensive restoration with the help of a Heritage Lottery Grant and this is the first exhibition to be held since completion of the work.

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