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T hIS dIa r y h~s over h~1f ils content devoted 10 rr1 1 ri ne m inutiae such as - Anu l )scgt of Oils SJie I03ds on bolts FI~nges ior pipe lines Str eng th of limber and llst but no t Ie t Superhel tcd steam

A ll t o t il lly incomprehensible to an his t or ic31 geographer I I have sent t his dia r y t ltgt Hilmpshlr e County Record Office and GreenwIch ila riti me Museum 130t h r etur ned it to me If any member would li ke it they ar e wel com c t o it my ilddr ess is 011 the lasr pagl of thi s Newsletter A contribution to RNLI ou ld be in o de r and wholly appr opr inte

GEOFFIEY lLI~

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Ar Secre(tric s Reports Hollda 8 8 - New Ln2rk Old Shoreham Trestle Br i dge The Fa ll oJ t he Eas t Chimney - or The Vicc -Local Ex tr ac ts f rom The 2 IItlnil 1 Gzert eer

Chairrnan Wobbles of Gr oll [ri t in amp lreLnd (1 867)

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DI fn DA TES

Sa lLir dn ~ 29 th Octobe r All day working pl rty at D_llurst Mill See se pa r 3t C note San rda) 19th Novem be r 23 0 pm nnua l Gener] (oclIng Held at the rri end s Centre

Fri ars Walk Lewcs Fo ll owed by a tcl~ 01 The HI story of r~ cd l STe~I1Cs in Gr ea t Br n ain bv Robn Jones

STOP PRESS - H EL P EEDED

Br e whur st M il l Loxwood (OS map re ference TQ 046 312)

This rebuilt I ic tor ian mill on a Norman site f igured in one o f F rank Gregorys ms tef tours It is ver y comple te wi t h its breast shot water wheel st ones and a 4 1 hp Bl acks one engine The owner would like t he mi l l t o become a modeS T tour ist and

ducalionaJ amenl v it h an equaI) modes t produCi ion of holemea l f l our but all t he professi ona l ad vi ce 5 la sell for de velopment n SlrS working day c l earing up woul d give encou ragement t o the owners aims for resT orati on and show the ex tent of loca l Jnvol vemen t

Pl ea~e come on Saturday 29 th Oc t obe r at 1030 arn bri ngIng br oom s ete to 5weep through the m tll and S2WS shove ls eTe t o c lear flot sa n f rom under the nli11 strucrure

FREDD1E S()II]EY

IREA SECRETA RIES REPORTS

IE STE RN AR EA

Coul t er sha w Pump

By the time you read th i s the 1988 open season wi ll be over Visitor attendances have been sat isfactory - probably 10 t o 20 up on 131 yea r Surpris ing ly in spite of the poor sum mer the river fl ow has often been lo w at times barely suff ICient to turn the whee l and callIng for treadmill ass i sTanee

The Sout he rn Wat er Iuthority have ins tllcd a fish ladder in place of one of the three sluices This work cl ut t ered up the site for 6 ceks or so but now provides an added a ttrac tion The SWA kindly removed the remaining leaky slu i ce middotgate and rep laced it i t h t he new one wh ic h wc have had ready for the pa st 2 yea rs e have to thank Gerry

u t betmiddotm and A ngus Mackintosh of the Chalk Pits ~1 useum for doing some of the fIlling work

The 19205 Duke and Ockenden deep we ll pump is comp le tely dI smantled f o l low tng n unexpla ined lack of water de l ivery A small piece o f wood was found stuck in the foo t

a l ve p reventing it s c losure The floor ing on which the pump is mounted is being modd led to simplify fUlUre access to the f oot valve

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re ar e grat lful to our band 0 t o l lJl1t ee r ~ on open da ys he lping as guides and w i th d3Y-IO-ddV m2 inteflltll1ce work V c stil l n~ed middotOl p lease f or our w in ter ffiel in t cnnumiddot progr al11 rlle

rO nt 7 Ilridge

J fte r months o f disc uss ion cf v3ri ous schemes lor the piot IX ~ ri ng o f the bri dge Chrl s Br yan ha found (1 SQur ce 01 4 inch dJa fllc er stee l blIls Th e supp liers ~ lc s s r s fJ I3 r indle amp Son s of Shef f iel d not onl y promiddotided the billls fr ee of charge but gel)cro usl ) bNe t he cos t o f carri -l ge whi ch f or a t o t al V c ight of c lose on 3 cw t was no t illcon idcrab l ( we arc very gr at e ful to t hem for l iltS geStur e )f good will t o t he SOCie t y Tht5 ba lb r e ma de in quit e large nunb ers f or use in ball grindi ng mi l ls in t he cemen t and pain t IndlJSHies they [l r e so acc ur ate l y hand forged that In a I l lmg rest they shoQ d up the inequalities of Chriss kit Chen 1I00r l

Quot es ltIre currently bein g obta ined for t he ma nufac ture of a 42 inch diame t er st eel ring to f l t between the balls and t he br idge ce ntr e f r ame

Th e decking and the handraJis o f t he br idge ha c been comple ted

1 f~eco r d i ng

The ort h ing group b~ i d lt s LOIH Ulilg t o recor d in t he loca l area is pr opos ing to make conta c t w ith hUseUIlI Jnd L ocal HItor Societ i cgt In neighbouri ng t owns eg Ar llndel Llltlc hilmpton Shorchmn St ltyn lng et c It i s hoped b) t his means to add r eady ITlddc 1I1el t erJiJI t o t he 5 1 1 $ -cord or a leas t to get leads to fo llow up If anv f1(gtrolr_ I t hl rc1 dr wlll ln to II(- Ip Ih this wok p lease be t in lOuch Il h the HId - iiiltc ( ltldltJres~ ) l1d phon nwnbcr 011 bad page o f t h is Newsle tter)

I ICH l L 1 liIER

Nor~ r HERN AREA

- lf ie ld M i ll the open day s (Ja~t Sunday eac h month) h~l-c been Ve r Y we l l att ended ith an aerage o f about 150 people on ach day V( Jrc now closed for t he winter pe r iod for ongo ing mainten2nce e t e It is hoped t o be ab le t o opon aga in nex t yea r but t his wi l J la r ge l y depend upon finding suffi Cient vO U 1 l ecr~ I v ac t as st ewar ds and t o guide v isit ors The samc slnall band has rlllnned t ili s ) a r 5 Cl Igten da ~ and we would welcome assistance r oln member 10 ~ e lte t he wor k lO3d 11 would nlcan only gi v ing 2) hours o f one s ~ jrn e on any one open dy no I am ~U(C your allend2nce would be br ea t l y apprecined I f you would l iNe t o p-lr tlcipe tc rlc3~e cont ac t me on Cr aw le) 2318 1

The L owfield He a th wl -T drn rll r ~tor a tl on -s ma ing st ea dy prog ress wth t he roundhouse r ebu i lt on the ne ~ It t ~ t the Zoo amp A iar icS (Charl wood) The crosstr ees quan er bar s and llain p0~t I~ dve lJl Hleq~onc r~pi3lr ana restor at i on and trial re-erect ion is bein g car ri ed ou t pri lt)r ~Q l lndt er ecti on onto r he roundhouse It is antic ip2 tea that this w il l be undert lkcn bdo t he w lnrer sefS in A progr amme of wurk 0 n lC n iJi n body of t he Illil i s i n hnd lI1d itllprd uHy 19$9 lJ l see he pro jec t well adanccd

lW HE-5EllY

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WLll0 - Onc year a fter the hurri cane

111 1s stai r s f antadle and taill pole whICh we re a ll dam ilGed hil I bC 1l r placed and re I ltl bck ill)1 lDosi ti on the f ive bladed fan has bEen fabr ica t ed but no t ye t I p laced The br il ke whee l and brake shoe w1 ich wer e damaged by I ire 11 lt1 e III~o ill-n repa ired Whelll t iiP sweeps which thems-el es wer e not dam ased were r el llovld I) -IlItw th above work to be unde rta ken i t was fou mcl t hat t hmiddot~ Silcl ulcilt r s Ic h -win th ocks ii nd $ w0ep ~ In t he canis t er at t he end o f t he wil~dha fl wcrmiddot i)ltl l l) t orin d1dged and pa rti al ly r Oll ed t hese have bee n re piacd tgt new PCC) III r lt lth 1gt1 QI 12 fee l long md and 12 x 6 a t t he larges t SeClJ tlll I he p i tCh [lln 1 rp middot llil Jl II[lorlld int o Ltverpoo l a t a COSt o f pound 30 a fool It j hO1Prl 10 111( thl ~ullo l rl mi 1 IIld md t ( sweeps in posi t i on by Ch ri st ma s w i th Ji l l grl nc lng bll 11 1 1 ) or l lJllc I Ik - t 103

[lt ( III n n f t ile Ouse Va lle RaJiwi1

I ong w i th olher member from the Sussex Tra nsport In t ere t C OUP I )It cd th e rcflhl lm of t he Oue VJ I Ic- y Iltail wa (e l SI S News le tt er No 32 ThiS l i ne lt-IS intended 10 P l le- c r ogt gt-l lni by buld ng IlI lc frgt il l cw t l 0 BJCOll lbc dUL t Oil t lr Lmdufl- Lgl l t n lUII) 11I1l tu Uc U ilt lcI tl n t crnWILI $ o f a hrolKh f r )1 L c ( and (1) t (od

H II fI (l r st M lcd H) i ~ y I ~tgt () bu t the r ai ll t ) boom ) 1 hc I OOJ5 (JII)po JIHJ urk on t ile Im e wa s st opped in Febru r y I 3 67 nev er t o rc stort

Tile f rt lcm Jins isll cd were t he abutm ent s to the altr sld uf the ~~e brld glt- il ll 3r r C tI) I n line jus t soui h of Bafcombe Vi-lduc t over Gor de l i dl L al1e I ic r e hl brdgtmiddot v J S t o be Idned and a junction w i th the 0U5lt Va lky li nc f or ~(d ( I~ 32 5 27 5)

re Qbu n er I S 110 J stret ch o f emba nkment can be seem on either side o f he road fr om llcct Hill l3rden~ to Ha ards H(J1h Golf Course ( ~ I 334 269) [ om J f ootpa th ne11 KLi t ulli LHfll 111lt eJ~trn CUlling cap ie cen wil lc h as 0 lead tu a 5 lO rt tunnel 111 15

now jor ll 15 en or n rncnr1 lake Conti nu ing thrvugh LindJlc ld _rid turrll) Ilil i n t ) Spr ll b LiiJo ( I rom h 12020 V dl-gly Road a ft er abou t 30( yards J la rge Tr ee (v ered SeC l ()n Of er~n~III gtnt c n ~e seen (W 347 2(4 ) Back on t hl rOltld ( ~t ~ 3) i 2( 2) mvre b lJlIcm and opposite tre le eled gti t e of t he proposed Lindli eld gt 3tIOn I T the Udfllld end ~i t tlC I jne (R 41 5 201li a comple te br iLk bridge and 3 qUd rt c r 11 ie tu t ill a i ar n-~re abu t men tgt l lld embanknienr s

111 L L C K EL L

bIT TO 3[EDI G C[~ENT OR KS

Thee fi r s fiflle fr ( i s X V ) 0 us h 3rrl lwJ t o gQ v fl t ~Imiddot lilT i n ICl~er~ i~ 1l hld er) rew dlng ai1 noorl tn I )th JUI C ur gUide Iar l G~h11 tXpld lcj thw t Just w nu t tlw probktn iha t mOS1 peop le xpected it 10 be 111 fac CE men rnnlJl3c ture i the sccord lEa llhi ~ Indus trl In Britam T he real problem is nOIse

e rgt her lint tc) the 10adJl1g ~id~ of the TerdUj an t gt t ~t rde - I the 2S roj r-erf t nt up Irro the I)ltding gn llY iN the bul~ r -d nhers The IvdJng bays (ouble d Weighbridges hen the pre- se1 weigh t ) ( e ICic pIu load IS

reacJ(d t he cement upp l) t o t he tanker IS automa t icallY cu t o ff In the samc bui lding - el e shown l iltmiddot bagging p lan wh(- re I c 1 bags re f i lied and agaw hen the COlr eel lIgh t hilt bec) loaded rhe 5uppJ) is automa ti c all Cll t off and t he bg seld The bags 1 e llllr pstd b) (uwejor belt 0 the load lnf bay s wht r e 111 - 1(11 are airing tt reCCI t~enr bel an aUlOrna t ic st1cking machme

e collected hard hat s Jor our t our o f the productin p lan on t ill otller si-je of the 2S3 Chal k IS tJen ~ om the hI llSide llere the pr esent working 11 a opened In 1976 and lt epeC1etl J lat Hi rs Per miSSion h ~ gt recently beel granted IU chill to tJl ex t -actd I r o lt1 l urther ~ l1 e C l) i~ transpvrt ed in l orr l~ from l~lree IrHles lip the rvad d Small DO le and gypsum come fr om near Robensbrl dge So th e- t hrle esse-nll)1 mgredieflt5 a re 11 IOcnd in Sussex

BOl li the cha ll- and the Cll) go though slmjlar bu t para lt c r ushing processes w llh t he addl Ion o f wa tel and srn 11 amoun t of 1)PS Urll t o pr oduce Ordlnar ) r o rr land Cerllen r (OPC) Gpsum tS adoed In Idr~er quant lt es to mahe Re in fo r ced h ar dened [er r ocre t (R HF) - d ~ ry qu ick dryi ng cement The correc t In l x ture is comr ol led by ~ labora ton II hlCh uses computers f or thi S funct i on hen the mt x ture is lIithln the lai d dO ll n lim its middot r has ( be remo ecl Th s used t o be peror med by a de- hydra tor unit but t he CO IIVel1 Icufld 11 coul d I1hke ~Izlable sa rngs In f Ut1 by using Wid er pressgt Ins teJd T wo ui rhese rrdchJre5 ha e been insla l ied v i t h conamplcer ablc success

The p r od ~JC l IS then passed thr oufh 10 para l le l brick med ki lns raquo 0 I ect long vm h d I G lect diameter eighlng 1000 t ons whICh reohe at I r pm each po wered by Dne e l(( r IL r1otor Ve r y jine coa l is blown InT O the rnouth of ~aCh ktl n ald I )tr )oll1ed b clnpre d il r Ign i t es 10 produce 2200middotC cnd thiS r aIse s the remperate re of tht proouc t t o 1) 0( CO111ng then takes place belo the k il n in coolers before bC111i t Jken on con v- yor be lt s 10 t he loading slde 01 the plant described ea r lie r (3ot these r oh Irg ~llns middot ere out of ac tion vn fur rOlllJ fl e rnainte)anc e and the othe r dulto t o j brol el oeI ri ng O ur gUld said that in tm wen t l yea r s e x)nence at rhl piant Ih COlJld ntH

r --all 11 hippelHl1g bd ore It should be do ided 3 t 311 cos t s because jlrocluctJons st Ops

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re ar e grat lful to our band 0 t o l lJl1t ee r ~ on open da ys he lping as guides and w i th d3Y-IO-ddV m2 inteflltll1ce work V c stil l n~ed middotOl p lease f or our w in ter ffiel in t cnnumiddot progr al11 rlle

rO nt 7 Ilridge

J fte r months o f disc uss ion cf v3ri ous schemes lor the piot IX ~ ri ng o f the bri dge Chrl s Br yan ha found (1 SQur ce 01 4 inch dJa fllc er stee l blIls Th e supp liers ~ lc s s r s fJ I3 r indle amp Son s of Shef f iel d not onl y promiddotided the billls fr ee of charge but gel)cro usl ) bNe t he cos t o f carri -l ge whi ch f or a t o t al V c ight of c lose on 3 cw t was no t illcon idcrab l ( we arc very gr at e ful to t hem for l iltS geStur e )f good will t o t he SOCie t y Tht5 ba lb r e ma de in quit e large nunb ers f or use in ball grindi ng mi l ls in t he cemen t and pain t IndlJSHies they [l r e so acc ur ate l y hand forged that In a I l lmg rest they shoQ d up the inequalities of Chriss kit Chen 1I00r l

Quot es ltIre currently bein g obta ined for t he ma nufac ture of a 42 inch diame t er st eel ring to f l t between the balls and t he br idge ce ntr e f r ame

Th e decking and the handraJis o f t he br idge ha c been comple ted

1 f~eco r d i ng

The ort h ing group b~ i d lt s LOIH Ulilg t o recor d in t he loca l area is pr opos ing to make conta c t w ith hUseUIlI Jnd L ocal HItor Societ i cgt In neighbouri ng t owns eg Ar llndel Llltlc hilmpton Shorchmn St ltyn lng et c It i s hoped b) t his means to add r eady ITlddc 1I1el t erJiJI t o t he 5 1 1 $ -cord or a leas t to get leads to fo llow up If anv f1(gtrolr_ I t hl rc1 dr wlll ln to II(- Ip Ih this wok p lease be t in lOuch Il h the HId - iiiltc ( ltldltJres~ ) l1d phon nwnbcr 011 bad page o f t h is Newsle tter)

I ICH l L 1 liIER

Nor~ r HERN AREA

- lf ie ld M i ll the open day s (Ja~t Sunday eac h month) h~l-c been Ve r Y we l l att ended ith an aerage o f about 150 people on ach day V( Jrc now closed for t he winter pe r iod for ongo ing mainten2nce e t e It is hoped t o be ab le t o opon aga in nex t yea r but t his wi l J la r ge l y depend upon finding suffi Cient vO U 1 l ecr~ I v ac t as st ewar ds and t o guide v isit ors The samc slnall band has rlllnned t ili s ) a r 5 Cl Igten da ~ and we would welcome assistance r oln member 10 ~ e lte t he wor k lO3d 11 would nlcan only gi v ing 2) hours o f one s ~ jrn e on any one open dy no I am ~U(C your allend2nce would be br ea t l y apprecined I f you would l iNe t o p-lr tlcipe tc rlc3~e cont ac t me on Cr aw le) 2318 1

The L owfield He a th wl -T drn rll r ~tor a tl on -s ma ing st ea dy prog ress wth t he roundhouse r ebu i lt on the ne ~ It t ~ t the Zoo amp A iar icS (Charl wood) The crosstr ees quan er bar s and llain p0~t I~ dve lJl Hleq~onc r~pi3lr ana restor at i on and trial re-erect ion is bein g car ri ed ou t pri lt)r ~Q l lndt er ecti on onto r he roundhouse It is antic ip2 tea that this w il l be undert lkcn bdo t he w lnrer sefS in A progr amme of wurk 0 n lC n iJi n body of t he Illil i s i n hnd lI1d itllprd uHy 19$9 lJ l see he pro jec t well adanccd

lW HE-5EllY

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WLll0 - Onc year a fter the hurri cane

111 1s stai r s f antadle and taill pole whICh we re a ll dam ilGed hil I bC 1l r placed and re I ltl bck ill)1 lDosi ti on the f ive bladed fan has bEen fabr ica t ed but no t ye t I p laced The br il ke whee l and brake shoe w1 ich wer e damaged by I ire 11 lt1 e III~o ill-n repa ired Whelll t iiP sweeps which thems-el es wer e not dam ased were r el llovld I) -IlItw th above work to be unde rta ken i t was fou mcl t hat t hmiddot~ Silcl ulcilt r s Ic h -win th ocks ii nd $ w0ep ~ In t he canis t er at t he end o f t he wil~dha fl wcrmiddot i)ltl l l) t orin d1dged and pa rti al ly r Oll ed t hese have bee n re piacd tgt new PCC) III r lt lth 1gt1 QI 12 fee l long md and 12 x 6 a t t he larges t SeClJ tlll I he p i tCh [lln 1 rp middot llil Jl II[lorlld int o Ltverpoo l a t a COSt o f pound 30 a fool It j hO1Prl 10 111( thl ~ullo l rl mi 1 IIld md t ( sweeps in posi t i on by Ch ri st ma s w i th Ji l l grl nc lng bll 11 1 1 ) or l lJllc I Ik - t 103

[lt ( III n n f t ile Ouse Va lle RaJiwi1

I ong w i th olher member from the Sussex Tra nsport In t ere t C OUP I )It cd th e rcflhl lm of t he Oue VJ I Ic- y Iltail wa (e l SI S News le tt er No 32 ThiS l i ne lt-IS intended 10 P l le- c r ogt gt-l lni by buld ng IlI lc frgt il l cw t l 0 BJCOll lbc dUL t Oil t lr Lmdufl- Lgl l t n lUII) 11I1l tu Uc U ilt lcI tl n t crnWILI $ o f a hrolKh f r )1 L c ( and (1) t (od

H II fI (l r st M lcd H) i ~ y I ~tgt () bu t the r ai ll t ) boom ) 1 hc I OOJ5 (JII)po JIHJ urk on t ile Im e wa s st opped in Febru r y I 3 67 nev er t o rc stort

Tile f rt lcm Jins isll cd were t he abutm ent s to the altr sld uf the ~~e brld glt- il ll 3r r C tI) I n line jus t soui h of Bafcombe Vi-lduc t over Gor de l i dl L al1e I ic r e hl brdgtmiddot v J S t o be Idned and a junction w i th the 0U5lt Va lky li nc f or ~(d ( I~ 32 5 27 5)

re Qbu n er I S 110 J stret ch o f emba nkment can be seem on either side o f he road fr om llcct Hill l3rden~ to Ha ards H(J1h Golf Course ( ~ I 334 269) [ om J f ootpa th ne11 KLi t ulli LHfll 111lt eJ~trn CUlling cap ie cen wil lc h as 0 lead tu a 5 lO rt tunnel 111 15

now jor ll 15 en or n rncnr1 lake Conti nu ing thrvugh LindJlc ld _rid turrll) Ilil i n t ) Spr ll b LiiJo ( I rom h 12020 V dl-gly Road a ft er abou t 30( yards J la rge Tr ee (v ered SeC l ()n Of er~n~III gtnt c n ~e seen (W 347 2(4 ) Back on t hl rOltld ( ~t ~ 3) i 2( 2) mvre b lJlIcm and opposite tre le eled gti t e of t he proposed Lindli eld gt 3tIOn I T the Udfllld end ~i t tlC I jne (R 41 5 201li a comple te br iLk bridge and 3 qUd rt c r 11 ie tu t ill a i ar n-~re abu t men tgt l lld embanknienr s

111 L L C K EL L

bIT TO 3[EDI G C[~ENT OR KS

Thee fi r s fiflle fr ( i s X V ) 0 us h 3rrl lwJ t o gQ v fl t ~Imiddot lilT i n ICl~er~ i~ 1l hld er) rew dlng ai1 noorl tn I )th JUI C ur gUide Iar l G~h11 tXpld lcj thw t Just w nu t tlw probktn iha t mOS1 peop le xpected it 10 be 111 fac CE men rnnlJl3c ture i the sccord lEa llhi ~ Indus trl In Britam T he real problem is nOIse

e rgt her lint tc) the 10adJl1g ~id~ of the TerdUj an t gt t ~t rde - I the 2S roj r-erf t nt up Irro the I)ltding gn llY iN the bul~ r -d nhers The IvdJng bays (ouble d Weighbridges hen the pre- se1 weigh t ) ( e ICic pIu load IS

reacJ(d t he cement upp l) t o t he tanker IS automa t icallY cu t o ff In the samc bui lding - el e shown l iltmiddot bagging p lan wh(- re I c 1 bags re f i lied and agaw hen the COlr eel lIgh t hilt bec) loaded rhe 5uppJ) is automa ti c all Cll t off and t he bg seld The bags 1 e llllr pstd b) (uwejor belt 0 the load lnf bay s wht r e 111 - 1(11 are airing tt reCCI t~enr bel an aUlOrna t ic st1cking machme

e collected hard hat s Jor our t our o f the productin p lan on t ill otller si-je of the 2S3 Chal k IS tJen ~ om the hI llSide llere the pr esent working 11 a opened In 1976 and lt epeC1etl J lat Hi rs Per miSSion h ~ gt recently beel granted IU chill to tJl ex t -actd I r o lt1 l urther ~ l1 e C l) i~ transpvrt ed in l orr l~ from l~lree IrHles lip the rvad d Small DO le and gypsum come fr om near Robensbrl dge So th e- t hrle esse-nll)1 mgredieflt5 a re 11 IOcnd in Sussex

BOl li the cha ll- and the Cll) go though slmjlar bu t para lt c r ushing processes w llh t he addl Ion o f wa tel and srn 11 amoun t of 1)PS Urll t o pr oduce Ordlnar ) r o rr land Cerllen r (OPC) Gpsum tS adoed In Idr~er quant lt es to mahe Re in fo r ced h ar dened [er r ocre t (R HF) - d ~ ry qu ick dryi ng cement The correc t In l x ture is comr ol led by ~ labora ton II hlCh uses computers f or thi S funct i on hen the mt x ture is lIithln the lai d dO ll n lim its middot r has ( be remo ecl Th s used t o be peror med by a de- hydra tor unit but t he CO IIVel1 Icufld 11 coul d I1hke ~Izlable sa rngs In f Ut1 by using Wid er pressgt Ins teJd T wo ui rhese rrdchJre5 ha e been insla l ied v i t h conamplcer ablc success

The p r od ~JC l IS then passed thr oufh 10 para l le l brick med ki lns raquo 0 I ect long vm h d I G lect diameter eighlng 1000 t ons whICh reohe at I r pm each po wered by Dne e l(( r IL r1otor Ve r y jine coa l is blown InT O the rnouth of ~aCh ktl n ald I )tr )oll1ed b clnpre d il r Ign i t es 10 produce 2200middotC cnd thiS r aIse s the remperate re of tht proouc t t o 1) 0( CO111ng then takes place belo the k il n in coolers before bC111i t Jken on con v- yor be lt s 10 t he loading slde 01 the plant described ea r lie r (3ot these r oh Irg ~llns middot ere out of ac tion vn fur rOlllJ fl e rnainte)anc e and the othe r dulto t o j brol el oeI ri ng O ur gUld said that in tm wen t l yea r s e x)nence at rhl piant Ih COlJld ntH

r --all 11 hippelHl1g bd ore It should be do ided 3 t 311 cos t s because jlrocluctJons st Ops

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Normally it is a continuous process 365 days of th e year

We should like to thank Blue Circle Cem ent and our guid e r1ar~ Gaskell for a particularly interesting visit and to on Martin for m~kJng th c arrlIlgcments

GORDON THOMERSON

1EMBERSHIP EVENING AT llICHELHAM PRIORY

On Friday 24th June members from all part s o f Sussex C3me to Michelham Priory for a meeting originally planned on the subject of atermill s This venue was selected because within the grounds of the Prior y is a Wat er mill and the spe3ker for the evening was to be Frank Gregory who was to give a talk on watermills Unfortunately unknown to most members Frank Gregor y was unable to attend

About 35 members and friends assembled at the Prior y which was of the Augustinian order and built in 1229 w i th later additions It is situated on a moated site on the River Cuckmere at Upper Dicker near Hailsham in East Sussex On a warm evening members first inspected the watermill which had been set in operation especially for the Society and members were able to see the waterwheel and some of the internal machinery turning After walking along the edge of the 7 acre moat and through the fourteenth century gatehouse members found time to look in the shop housed in the dovecote before proceeding to the Priory where guides were avail able to take small groups round the building Before touring the Priory one of the guides described the history by making reference to the excellent model of the building at the time of its construction In the brief tour of the rooms members were able to see the Tudor wing which included an interesting collection of furniture in the two lower r ooms while upstairs an unusual selection of musical instruments was on view A nother interesting room which was shown was the Priors Chamber where an early fourteenth century fireplace could be seen

After this interesting tour members assembled tn the picture gallery behind the fireplace of the kitchen wh ere our Chairman introduced the programme for the remainder of the evening Three speakers were to talk on a wide range of subjects Michael Tighe first gave an interesting talk illustrated with slides on the Industrial Archaeology of Banking Various aspects of banking were covered including the design of early bank notes The first part of his half hour lecture was about early banks in Hampshire and Dorset including Gunners O ld Bank at Bishops Waltham The architectural changes of banks in the Manchester area with special reference to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank was also mentioned A number of the more unusual slides shown included a rubber doormat inscribed with Pal lant Bank and some interesting internal views of early banks showing the wooden panelling

The second lecture was by Geoff Mead on the History of Soap Although not illustrated mention was made of Eversheds who started their business in London Road Brighton eventually moving to Kingston by Sea The bas is of soap is soda which can be obtained from animal bones and sea weed therefore where a slaughterhouse was located or seaweed would be plentiful eg river estuaries soap manufacturers would be established A good example of this is the soap manufacturing plant of Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight situated on the River Merse y south of Liverpool In his research Geoff Mead reli e heavily on personal contact with older people who worked at Eversheds always an important source of information for the industrial archaeologist

A fter a coffee interval when cakes were also served Peter James gave an illustrated lecture of Lowfield Heath indmill covering the history the dismantling and the transportation of this post mill to Gatwick Zoo where it is to be re-erected After giving a brief history of the Mill a number of slides were shown of the stages of dismantling A few timbers were found to be in a poor state but thi s did not cause any problems in removing the main parts of the structure Of particular inter est was the skill and precision which was demonstrated by the crane driver in h is carelul r emova l of larger parts of the Mill body Transportation to the new site was carried out by low loader and a number of slides were shown of this tltlking pl~ce After removing the Pltl rts which form the main structure of the Mill the bricks of the roundhouse were re moved methodicall) for eventual re-erection at the new site

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The mcetJl1g ended at 10 15 w hEn our Chi r l l1J1l t hclnl- ed the thrce spIer s f or coverJl1g varied a nd lH c r e t ing subject s T1l iin ilt wcre lt1so ex te nded t o the SussC x rchlCo lvg ica i SOC iL~ t~ Ztn cf gUIltJes f or th c l r hop itJli l~ In mJ n ~ U~ middot~Ct)lnC at 1IcilC JhHl Pr i or y

I~ O P I N JONES

VISIT Tv STEYlI i G

Despite compe t ll JOn from t he del l1olli on o f o e of the C r nl flC middotS o f IYighton Power Stati on (see se pardt c I t em ) t hJ t dC IJ)ed few peoJe a goi C~ 2S h2d by the 25 Iie mbers wh0 Cdrne t o Stey rllng on 16th Juh

After co f fe e Joyce Slc ght ga ve a ery inform2tive u ll on t he histor y of Ste vrll ng Il lustrated wit h sli des thi s inc lud ed the t 2nn lng mi lling 2 1lC br e ( cr industries based 0 11

the two str elnlS tho t f lo unobserv ed by most pe opl e acro ss each end of th e High Str eet To t hink t hJ t t he S t r ~ 3 rn 2t the west end spp llEc two mi lls S C~Tl S incred rble i n th es e da ys

A break fo r lunC h al o (ed pc )pl e to eat S they c lose In t ime [0 r ea sselllb le at 14 5 or J gu ided tour of St e) n ing led DV JOce Sle i gh t I c were si 10 11 l il t site of a

Wct er rnti brewer y )uddlngs ta nn ing bL ild lng ga s wor - i te c i (ngst na ll Y o th er iteresti ng bud dll1f$ Then C ap t ain Srna llc y SI IOW ci ugt ar ound 11is hvf1 e C 1(Jrt Mill wher e 1he wor ls o f i 1e mdl J ee re t ai ned a l thouch [ he b in i100r on c s gtne floor a cC now l iv i l1 accornmoda t ion The ( a t er ( heel is in poor c QndJl i ~ n N eXl 10 ) c ning useulll - small b u t In e r (s[ i ng ( 5pCC~ l l ~ d he C Ul t o r IC PU t o u t or dl SpL1 y lW ~ t~ tra III1 tE (i i

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F Jn3J1 y I n1E t bc ~ 2t 15 Durdc s house for a ver~ ~ elc0n1 C ( U~ t ( 3 1 v er~

i n le resti1g d3 hank s 0 ) 0) cc jeigh t and rs Durden DO CO X

HOLl D S3 - - E Li Flt K

For an yo1e i1 o IJa inb In Edinbu rbh or G lasbow t his year a t rip t o tew L2na r h il Jd t ~c d c ouple of m l es f rl L an] r k is we l l womiddot t lw h i k I f ar r i inr J ~ tr ain the or al t eXI 15 ch~a per and qUicker t l1 n (he bus a t least ior f ~) r peple

t ollo w in l he int rOGuC t ]on of A r k r igH s Wat er Fr ame t ne fac ton yq em raplc1 I de ~lop~d t ile requi reJ1 (1t for the sit e being a s f loi 1pound 2 er sq Jly This need brought DJ IG Da le ( I 39 - 1S~6 ) a prosocr ous Gl asgow clo t h rner c hJr t t o th fal s 0 Iyd in 1783 Wi t un t en lear gt md ls en lpl oymg 11(3 1) 151 pelp o hd b n COnstruc t e

t oge t her wi t h housing for t he wor k ior ce Besides be i ng a 31cnted bUSlnessma n Oa k wa deeply re l ig ious and h~ 5 beliel5 i nspIr ed him t o rnagte excellen t proision f or t he orphar apprent ces ho wor k ed in the mi ll These orphii n~ re cel ed m 3in t en cnce and baSic school ing III lie middotJ o f wages aClO harsh t hough th e ulte vi chtid Idboll r l11gh t se l11 t o us I was qU ite nor l11d l 1n e lgll l ee n l h cen tury Bri Tain and Dd e s or pl lns ere ~ ~ tl tu l a r l y we l tr ee ted

visitor to this ent er prise was a Succ essful mill nl rLger Rc-te rt Owen (1771 -1858) who 111 1799 mar icd Dal e s daugh ter C ar ol me and it wa s whJs t 11 anac a t Ne w Lana r shyt ha t Owen de e loped an Ilt ernationd l repu t a tion It w as h is rnJnager icl abilit y t ha t provide d the f inance for hi s socialist sche rne s for wh ch he is no w bes t kno w n The Nurser y buildings of 1809 wh i ch were use d t o hou se se ver a l hundred paupe r apprenti cegt who nor ma lly worked in the mil ls can be seen No person under t he age of 10 was a l loved to wor~ in the mil ls to for c go the profit from chil d labour was consder ed reVOluti onar y The v ilidge store and assoc ia t ed housi ng has also be n r enoa t ec1 Th is wa s no rru d ho p where good qU31ity goods bought in bulk anc1 sol d 2 t nCM co t d t loped co -ope ra lJvc e emen t w ith the prof i t s be ing rei nvested In t he vi l lage In 132 3 the pro tlt o f over pound) 000 wa s used t o meet the c)sr o f the school Ne w L an ark s SlOr e wa5 an insplrl ng examp l e t u t he SI)ltCltSS of t he ea r ly co-operati ve mov ement R ()bc rt O C I1S s hc I _-=Jnp le t ec1 In 1817 lS nu being r est ored I~ 3S f am olls for its Sl l e nd ItS ct (llIp t 10 de~ 1 wit h the pr obl e rn o f mass Inous t fl al educalJon and O w en educ it ional ptiiosoph y It accommmoda ted the cl ldr en o f t he v ilag f rom bOll t onc ) C ~ Jnll l tll ey were Ten They re t dllbil t a w ine CU f l c ulum w hid i duded ~ing tng wo rld1ClI1 g T ne r pi l-t lt lwr

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rat io as R00d evell by moder n sta ndJr d 12 t eI1 I 111 ( il~ r g e o f 194 chil dren in t he C OtJnc li who I 11J i ntJ 111 It d ~ foOtPi t h Appr ec fdbk r p~l r s c rC cJrn ( C ou t i n I lj S l

elen1enl r sc hoo l 7 t eKhc rs in charge o f SO ch i ld ren Ji t he in fnt sc hoo l Edu( l t i on d id dI I L L~ I r no t sro~ t t ell tilL N Inst lt ulI on l ar t he Ior lltkl v rl of Cha rac t er was com pl e ted in 1816 I t c)l ll ined a Il br r) reJd lltg r 00111gt and rooms for lec tures and r eereil ll vnal purposes In th( lil te 1820 Ow cn bel- ame Ies i v ed with t he v i ll) e as he t ri ed t o appl y some wht unsuccessfuly h is ideas in I rnc r lc

The mil ls ar E the ke ) t o New ln~ r k I t ViiS C C tl OIl spinn ing by at er power tha t brought th i viIage inro ex is tence No 1 mi ll IS t he oldLs t surv ig buil t in 1789 10 2 mill Wil S wi dened in the 1890s pr odUCing i t ~ pr ~ 5 n t br cllt facade No3 11111 o f 1826 is the best pr eser ved and houses the isl l or Ct rl rc a sUDer b eXJmp le of the ndL st r i 1 archll ec tur e o f the per od I t repla ced the ong in 1 rn JI wh Ic h was burned down JI I S19 No4 mlil nex t to No 3 was bur ned down in 18SJ cnd no t rep i1 ced Fire was a constant t hreat in COll on mi ll s and old m i l ls suf l er ed sever e l ) fronl i t s ravages In 18S1 the Ii ls wer e sold t o t he Gourock Rope wor k Cornpcll ) 1 100 di ver sol ied produc t ion but both product i on and l he wor k fo rce dwindled Ui ll d c osur e In 196 8 It I ~ no c xagger ) ti on to sta t t that t il e se t llrg up of t ile New Lanar k Conser va Ton Tr ust in 197 5 WjS the I3S t thr ow o i the drce be l ore t he bul ldoze rs moved in There ould now appea r t o be no short age of fu nds and l he M SC labou r sc hem es ar restoring t he fJ br i c o f t he buildIngs t Q t hei r ori gi na l cond i t ion The remo t eness o f t he sit e ha mC2nr that no later devkflmenr hltl intruded on t he or iginal bui l dings and a wJi k- bout j d t hlu lly rec reat es t he commun i t ) What s mi s jr5 a t the momen t is a ense o f t he pasl and l h is w ill no doubt co me when the museum aspec t s of the vi l lage are eventua ll reer ear ed

JO HN BLA C K -(EL L

HAIG l ETON ~ I I-NO R DO VECOTE - A COllt EC TION

A s a r esul t o f my no te on the H ng letofl ~ I anor Doveco te in Newslet ter No 59 I recei ved il le tt er f rom our member Er i c Ho lden dISpu ti ng th t the I anor was unoLc p i lt o f rom t he la te 60s unril purc hased by rh pre e t ow ner s on 19S 2 M r Holden ha d been asked In Sfp t ember 1969 by the then o wner Lrll Sca llts to inspecmiddott a rnura l o f a ship dlHh had been exposid dur ing alt erations TO turn t he I nor into a ho t el- culn-pub Around tha t time l r Holden had bee n t here on sever al occ3~ ias f or fTc als

In order to est abl ish the true situat ion at the lime I appr oached the Joint au thor s (Colin and Shei la Laker) of t he book let on t he Hang le t on II tnor Dovecote f rom whIch I cri bbed my in for mll ion Th ey wer e ver y In terest ed and Coli n dId sorne f urther r esearch inro old dir ec t or ie s and oth er records which con f ir med tCl t [ (IC Hol den wilo t hey kno ) through prev ious conrac t s of a local hi$ or i cal nat ur c IS cor ~ e ct in t hat th e l anor a uno cc upied only fr om 196 4 to 1968

1l y apo logie s to Eric Holden for pubIISt11 fa lse infor ma t ion and thanks for dr a ing it t o my attention Thank s also as it resulted n a pleasant pub lunc h for me with Colin and SheiJ a l aker discussin g the matt cr It n t he pre sent 0 fle r s Frank and Jenn i fer Saunder s especia ll y as F ra nk is now l ord oi the Manor of Ha ngl e ron having recently purcha sed t he right t o this ti tle

GOR DON THOMER SON

O LD SHOR EH AM TRESTLE BR IDGE

The old ti mber trestl e bridge at Shor eham (TQ 206 059) is a good exam ple o f a t ype fast di sa ppeari ng It rna kes an a ttrac t i ve scene wi th t he su bst an tially Nor ma n c hurch Joseph Hod sk inson buil t t he bridge in 17amp 1- 82 f rom t he pr oceeds o f a tontone headed by )t he Du]e of Norfolk who want ed t o bri dge t he r i ver A dur f or the south coast r oad Toll s were cha rged t o use it

One hundred and f ort y six 14 in squar e t mber pds ~ er e used in 26 Irest les support shyin g the 12 f t wi de r oa dWily whic h has t wo passing places 25 I t wide in the 450 f t length of t imber wor k The approaches are causeW8 r support ed by rnasonry ret ) i ning walls

When th e- Shoreham to Hor sha rn iJra ch o f t he L B~ SCR cS ope- ned in 1$6 1 a level c rossi ng adj acent to the bri dge became lleces5a ry gt0 the ra il ) com pm y acq uir ed t he bridge and con t il)ued wi th t oll char ges until 1 9b ~ Then a ne w br idbe was bult l or t he A27 souh coas t trunk rOJd and t he t oi l bri dge was handed over to West Su sse x COlln ty

TH [ r L L o r TH E [ 5T CHi l [ Y - or - ni l II C [ CH m I i OIWLCS

S t urd y 161 h July ~~ w a spe c tac ui r c ven t - a ma l Ir af fi i 2 1r1 afect il) Shor eham 50ut hw ick nd Perr slade The cause was severa l I housand peo ple sselnbl in f t Q wat ch the dc rHollll )n of Dr i gh toi B Power St at bull)n caS cili ntn ey O)l y Br ight on 6 Ho c 1 lo ion s pr onlo ll c1 g ~ fI e dr ew a bi gger crow dI Trt ey c ~ ( ai n l ) did the loc al lnd Ilt proud li n ing th C )0u th L~ ~ S Hl r Oltd t i IC 1 2 ) 9 - c losed - C03~ t r QZlci d lC North [3 il ~ Jl 1 r-hJ(1 ~

sSOrted 10 1 ) r I bus she l ter roof s and in the Vc e Chai r mJ ns case a fvc litre ( 25 Ir l i oil ( r

- 9 30 t h~ ICt C I13m 11 Ber y l SUSJ n Clal r E ano I pUShed nd shoved i or a on ill dlr d y I tl lHlg 259 A t 945 a sma ll bang s gndlied t ha t a ll as go ing il cc ord lllg t e pl an 11e j) as f lnc bOllS f ~Ir o i spec tato bobbe j in Ill( c aC)J I V IBr ves ov erf lowed with fo llt merr lbe rs o f th commll tE e toas ted t he Eas t Ch imne y w it h a t in o f GUlnnEsS Not w ishtnf t o Jer t i1 ~ Socie t v of a decent unob c ured se t o f phorog raphs the 1 ( lt0

ChC Ta n ca~hed round I(king i ar m tl cra tE bee r c r e e le 10 stand on [ (I

eourref LI he r e t urnea w i t h d sol iur y j ve l i tr e Cs tr ol W l d abl support ed by Ikr I u~3n C 13 e md me focussed in vn t he subject - w llh t he sil gh tes ob) k I fJ am puf f ot sf1lo e a muffled ba flg and the 310 fr chi nne) f cl l sde wa) s in to t ile l or mer coal yard 11i lt t en sce c loUG of black dus t r ose rapidlv and se llled on cunva f3 c(~

and c lean sumne r s lll rr s~ A l l over

Th e demoli t ion marks the beginning of t hE f nal phase in the r undown ot PO er produc lI )n in Su sc x and di sm ntl ing th e rest o f t he po wer sta t ion wil l cO fl inue unlt l 19 w loen tik lt s t e rn c il mne) w i ll be demo l shed then the enrir e are a will be re de oped w it h h l - eh 0 0 so c a lled c lean li gh t indU5tr)

ork on the Goomed pound20 mil lI on buIld ng began n 19 i with t ile sn k Irlg of 5 COC stee l pIles Il c it f orm the i ou nda ll ons F if t een mIllion br icks 3110 i i ve YC)r s iet t er t h powe ~ St~t l on opCned as il monumen t t o th c onstr uc t ivE s i ll of man TiK bu il dir Ct~iS 1 ~d b) Bri ghton Corporat ion hel of t en beE ) bril llded a b lot on the seascape b 11shy

cr i t ICS bu t t l e COll tro ersi 21 sto llons ar ch tect ural f ea tu res wer e once gv en t he stal 0 1

appr oa l - b no less c body th3n the Royal F ine Art s Com m s si on 3nd in Pe vsncr Bu rljings o f England the scene n t ho e2r ly 1960s s descri bed thus

bc- rh power st lI on s c r I ell sr t ed be t ween th e basin and the SE and gtudcenl) h p

i ew lool- s ll-e Hil rr leDoo] or h i t eha ven

The s ta Tio1 was f r st concei ved in t he ead ) 11 405 to f ul l IlI the need fo r a l ar~e

vC0r n ins ta ll at ion to supp ) elec tr ic i ty for the sout h east area Desi gned by GH Som0 r Se t it had a capaci t ) o f 342 MW and cl tu r bine r oom 255 me tr es long 18 poundne ec s I de 2nd 24 metre s high The boi le r r oom is 270m x 30m x 35rn high w i t h a cable t unnc- I nder th e canal 27rn do wn 2nd 3m in d iameter It consumed 300 t onnes o f c oal per hour and it wa s l hi s t hat pr om p ted th e enldrgement of h2 r bour fa ci li t i es i n 195 7 to aCC01T1I7lodate vessels of 4 5(-0 t on nes

Construction on th e 45 ac re si t e start ed in 1947 and was sc heduled th er LO COS t

poundlII1 for the fIr st st age t o be comple ted by w inter of 1950 The fin al cost wa s es ti ma ted at pound 15M Work sta rred i - -J o ve mb er 1947 which was to our in quir y domi nated 19805 aston i ~h ing as t he publi c inqu ir y onl) starr ed on January 30th

Ref ei ences-

Evcn ing f r gus I 1 Ju lv 1988 16 Jul y 1988 A nOil A GUide t o t he Buil dings of Br ighton ( 1987) BUi ldings of England Sussex Nlir n 6 Pevsner ( 196 1) Indus i n Susse x ( 1947) f ri gh ton amp Hove Gaze lle Year book ( 194 7-8)

Ign ton amp Ho ve Herald phot o archve - varIOus dates - Br igh ton Reference lbrar y

GEOF FR E Y M ED

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GIRTLEY ~ILL ENTERS THE GUJJNESS BOOK OF RECOIWS

Bartley 1i11 at Gel Is Yew Green near Frant in E1st Sussex ml de an attempt on 25th August to beat the record for producing a blkers cozen of 10lves from standing wheat which stood at 40 minutes 44 seconds

lth the required two independent timekeepers read) and the Iayor o f Tunbridge Wells present to see fair pla y their aim was achieved in the new record tIme 40 minutes S seconds The representative from the Guinness Gook of Records who was also present declared the new record to be authentic

The mill IS situated 3 miles east from Tunbri dgc Veils just off the B2169 to Lamberhurst I mile east of Bells Ye Green It is open 10 am 10 6 pm all the year round and o ff ers addltonal points of interest with a small museum and farm Shop

AMBERLEY CH iLK PITS MlSEU 1

The excellent vi sitor numbers c nt inued throughout the school holiday daily opening period and maintained an increase of 18 ~ on last years f i gures

In Jul y the Museum Trustees hosted an Ar mada Supper for Horsharn DIstri ct Councillors The guests enjoyed an infor ma l visit t o the M useum where they me t many our regular volunteers cra ftsm en and per manent st af L The evening also saw t he launc of a temporar y displa y on Horsham Wh ee l wr ights Spoon er and Gordon whOSe VI c t ori an workshop was dismantled by Museum vulunreers for f ut ur e reconstruction at A mberley

Recently re-commiss ioned was tLe impre ss i ve Fowkr d iesel locomoti ve Peldon after a painstaking ten yea r rebuJld by volunt eers Doug and Dave Ben tl ey Regu lar passenger haulabc is now by a newly recondi t ioned S mp lex desel loco generously sponsored by the Ibstock Brick Company The Bagna l steam loco Po lar Bear 15 cur rent ly undergoing boile r work by John Sin lplto at Cowfold

Derek Kilburn has begun reassemblmg his ~ar sh a lJ stea m t rac tor JubJleL after a major boiler and firebox rebuild Visitors are enjoying the unll~ u a l opportun i t y of seeing this massive do-it-yourself kJ1 taking shape

Our winter work programme will include much vital sIte and exhibit maintenance some improvements to eXisting fe atures anG the fitti ng OUt of the 19205 motor gar age

New volunteers are alwa ys welcome and the ir efforts are usually concentr at ed on Wednesdays and Sundays but a teleph JI1e call t o the Museum office (07 98 83 13( 0) would give you some information on the tas ks and projects availabl e

middotI C HAEL WALL Curator

OBITUARY - PROFESSOR ERIC OPE NSHA Ti Y LO R

Eric Taylor who died in October last year had always been interested in the Histor y of Electrical Engineering being a prominent member of Ihat Group in the Insti t ute of Electrical Engineers of which he was a Fello

I first met him earl y in 1940 when I was Chie f Assistant Techni cal Engineer Cl r SE England Area of the old Central Electricity Board who built and operat ed the fi national high-voltage grid Eric had been lecturing in Electrical Engineering and he came to uS 10 see if we could make use of his knowledge and abilities in the electrical suppl y indJstr y We welcomed hIm his jounger brother was al r eady with us and very soon he was proving of sterling worth as a back-room boy

A few years later he was appoi nt ed Pr ofessor o f Elec trical Engineer ing at Heriot-Watt College Edinburgh where I met him occaSiona lly af ter I liad le ft the Cent ral Electricity Board and gone into industry

On his re t irement he came to live in Susse x at Gue5tl ng nea r Hastings and I n e t hm again at a meeting of the S L England Sec t i on o f the IEE I go t him to join the SIA S and having lea rnt that he had edi t ed a lour nal a t Heriot - Watt College I persuded him to take over fr om me the edit or hp o i the Ne V slc tt N in 1975 and the Yfar after he edited the firsl number of the re-born Su sex Industri a H story 2nd continued do ng these jobs excellently until he reS igned the Edi t or ship In 19S3 aft er reac l1Jng the age of 80

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I kept up a close connecti on with Eric und often visit ed him at Guestling where his wde Jackie was alwys so welcom ing nd hospitable Ve abo used to meet regularly at the annuul week-end Sum mer ec tln g o f the liistory of Electrical EngJl)eering Group of the [EE at vuri ous unJ ersities round th e CdLHltr)

The sudden death of his v ik Jaclltie wus a b3d shoch for 11111) but he had the great suPPOt o f his daughters ho arr anged for him to move to an old people s hostel near l3anstead in Surrey where he ded t O or th r ee years 13ter

Erics de3th was a s3d loss to the Societ) he was greatly illlPrested in all aspects o f the history of engneer i and a yer y c Uc ient editor of the JournJI and News[etter

AJ H SELFOOT

T H E O LD FO RGE AT ADH lI RST

Ou r President John Haselfoot has recently discovered an interesting relic of earlier limes in the Old Forge JI1 dhurst which is the subject of a Piannmg Application for con Ycrs on t o housing The existi ng buildings are a typ ical earl y 20th century industrial w orllt shop complex mainly timber framed and co vered externally with weatherboarding The) were built for the firm of Bassett who were originally coach and cart builders Jlthough the firm has of recent years been reduced 10 general farriers and blachsmiths

The interesting feature of tne bui ldng is a platform hoist 13ft x 8f by means of whic h vehicles req Uiring pain ting ere hoisted from the ground to first floor level where the pa int shop was situated Th e ho ist was raised and lowered through a s)s tem Oi pulleys by a hand operated winch situated in the roof Do any ~embers know of t he existence of a sm Jlar installation

It is hoped that a iulle r description and drawings will be prepared for future publ ica t ion

RG MARTI

PROPOSFCl FOR lATIOj OF SUSSEX ILL S GROUP

The Committee have approyed the formation of a Sussex ~lills Group to represent the interests of Vind and ater ~i l l Soceties owners and other interested individuals in Sussex

It is proposed that thiS Group w i ll be constituted under the auspices of the Susse x Industria l ArchaeOlogy Socety and Vii i be run by a Sub-Committee of the Society A meeting wdl be called later on in l~e year to inaugurate th is Group and if any members are interested in particpating would the y please get in touch with me

RG ~ A RTIN General Secretary

SI A S IRCHIVES - A NE HOE

At present the Societv archi ves are 10cClted in a variety of unlikely places - a locked fil ing cabinet in Hove Librar y local hstor y room Peter Holthams house Ron Martins ~ffice and doubtless many others

At a committee meeting in April it was decided to centralise archi ve material at a sing le location the Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre Grand Parade Brighton The D i rector of the Centre Irs Selma 10ntford is a leading light in local conservation movements and was very helpful 111 that she provided the office space needed - for free l

This move will have a number of advantages among whic h will be shy

a) centralising archi ve documents in a single place b) providing eas) access to members - 15 minutes walk from Brighton Station on

A23 oppOsite Royal Pavilion Wi th a bus stop outside the door c) increased publiCit y for the SOCiety

The Centre exi sts to prov ide environmental information on Brghton and Sussex to the general public local schools and co l lege s It is an information and resource centre containing a small librar y of books of local and environmental topics a slid e collection of histonc aspects of the local area and current topics of int erest a newspaper cuttings

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coll ection collection of erVi on l l1rmiddotntal maga z ines a map l ibrurv local planning dot umlt IHS and rnuch me re

FroD] the Society vie v po in t It wil l bring ou r namC Ifllll t llmiddot g o f pub l c a lld ~ tud tflt J i kc 2nd a~ Ill( nci C C)E CX unl S r equ ir e f~rC J tl ) lnC f c- l s c d pr o vmiddotmiddotc t w ork n10r c

young people will be ugting ~ k ind o f archive SIAS Ina t er ia l wil l ) 11 be mar ked Wi t h our arnc ~ lic~ crl J0 that WC r cil a vn de r audIe nce The rntt e riJ wil l b L slor~d In II f il i ng

cabine t - pr OV ided very ki ndl by John 513Ckwlt11 - in the C entre swd v Ui Semel t 31ld spiKe will be avi able l or our publi c i t ) IniH erl a

We w ill be depo t lng b1Cf nun lber s o f 51H and the N( wsle ll cr phot ocopies of ar u c ks rele va li t to I A anrt dny 0h middot lJ tul a w llich il l a a sist 1elnb lt r III the ir r e eltlofCh and b) bring our SOCIely in t o wl c c r V I( W n) on ~ w l tl l ~ e le vdl1t m )te r ial books arti c les photocop ies c t c ho wou ld l ike t a r O1t n bu t e t v th l5 neW and e XCi t ing ve n tu p lcase contac t our r c llvi st 1 r PJ HolthJm on [klgh t on 413 790 or write to h im at 12 SI He ilt llgt Cr cscem Hove BNJ SEP

Th s a r elH ye will be for hmos 01 r e ~e iJr C l Inomber s w i ll ori gin1 or ir r eplaceab le It em s Cd n be assu red only pho t ocop iegt III be deposited hCre or II I rhe ~ SP middot 1 llluJi -c pi elt one or igl n)1 copy

Th is ser vi ce from t hc Cent r e IS FR[E - 2 w il l gain pu bllc i y and E rl E~BERS ) Ol llt Soc iety needs YO UI

GEOfFR E Y MEID

APPE LS

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The ~ gtciet v IS i n need a f organiscr~ for Our Uri1mer VI115 I f all Y nwmber is illing iO or gJn lse one or more visits or even ko gt ~i a norl-member h would do so l and mal subseque l1l l ) be persu)ded t o become a member) would the) ple se comact Don Co x t ele ~ middot hore number Part ridge Gree n 711 137

H IQORI C I EST SUSSEX - li PHOTOGRPH IC CO~ PETJTIOJ

Do y ou ha ve a i avour te VIe w or bui lding o r obJeCt h ic seem te OgtJ t o i lluqratc th I~tonc hf ril ge o f e~ t Sussex If se] yvu au ld WIn a v onder h rl rr i 7c md help l he e5 t Sussex Record Offi ce at Ihe same lme

est Sussex A r c hi ves SOCICty a body of fflerds of the r ecord offIce i s r unning a phClogr aphic c Ofll petlli on 10 ra ise money for the r ecord offICe il1 i t~ Irrororran t functon of

r ser vmg the manusc rip t and pic t ori al hrllage 01 dH c ou nt v 01 West Sus~e x

The en tr ance fee of pound 1 wi iJ go into t he lund of the ar ch i ves soc ieTY vh ich help t h r ecord off ice t o buy hist or ic doc uments whe1 t hcv come up for sale and so preser them in t he c ounry and f or t he coun t ) The sub ject of the compe1i t lon IS Hi ~t o ric We Sussex and from all the photogr aphs entered a panel o f judges w l I se lect t hose which in t hei r opinion bes t illust rate tile sub ject The best photogr aphs Will b( dlspla ved at an exhibi t ion at County Ha ll Chichester opening 0 11 1 [lcerr ber 19S8 and t hrgt wirmlng entr ies w i ll aDpea r in loc a l nevspapers All photographs en tered ill be prestred lor luture gerle r atllgtns at t he Wes t Sussex Record 011Ie( So gCt ou t your camer a and STA R T SNIPPING

]uci le5 The R t Hon The L or d Cud lip lorrner chairman o f I PC limitPo 1IrS fJa triC l2 Gil l Coun t y A r chi IS1 1l r c h3el Moore igtd IPP A IP A I~ P lt Iea er PhOi ogr aphy

i rI~e s First Prize a g lass gob let bear l lA th W~ST Su~s t coal o f arms erlg r u ed md presented by Jdcque Iluijlerman o f rtlndd clnd a Penr 3 x U~ camera wi t h 35 to 70 zoom lens presented by Unit (United Independen t L td)

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Second rrize the 13t es t volume of The Vl c t o r i~ COll ilt Hi story for Su ssex Third priZe ) cuche- fo r twO tic~ e t s for Ch ic ilCs tcr Ie ti al Thea tre in the 19S9 CJOI1

Ther e li l be man )dd t iona l prizegt inciud illpound hwnch of Sussex en ISOI1 bottlc s of wine book gil t ouche rs and otiter vJuabJ il C lIIs 1 LOl llplc te I I~ t of prizes will be d isp lay cd m tl lc coullty librari es

Sper ia l priz es wil l be av Jrded to younger c om pe titors 13-1 S yer olds i Irs pri ze a Panasonic 35m rn c ompa c t camera Out fi t seCold prl e a record token under 13 years first pri z e a pho t ographic album second priz e a boo~ t Dkn

En Y FOR S f rom Pho tographic Com peti t Ion c e es Sussex Record Office COllnry H~I I Chi ches ter est Sussex POl9 I[(N

POR T O F ltHO IgtEH 17 - i CONSIDERABLE TRADE IS C RRIED ON

The Na t iona l Gaze lleel of Grea t Britain and ire land (1867) is a set of 12 olumes desc r ib ing 111 g em de tail ever~ ton vil lage and hamle 111 lt series o f artiCles t o be pub iihed In t he next few Newslellers I have abstr ac ted it em s of 11 In tNest li sted in alphJ ~Cl iciil or der HOc ever the string o f se t tle m ent s a long lhe lower r eaches of the Ad ur make a ni ce Sl UG 011 t he ir on reveali ng the ide rmge of ern pl oyrnenr s w i thin a small but busTl rng pc-r com gtie x

Shor eharn In 17gtS an Act was obtai ned f or the impro vem ent of the haven but the embouchure o f l he Adur continued t o sh i ft eas lwcrQ lea ing the or igma l town o f O ld Sh oreham no w a small village a mrle Inland and r endering the haven a liTIOS t useless In I S 1 I il second 21lemp t was made to r eSl or e rh is ancient pon by cu t ung a new c hannel thrcugh I he shingle em bank men t an d f lank ing it b) substantial pier s hich run in a 55 directi on into t he sea thus keeping open the pa ssage The ha rbour mouth is neverthe less sub jec t t o a bar h icl) shifts its pos i tion fr om 60- 160 feet from the pie r heads The dep th oi t he cler over t he bar at high waler is frorr 16-22 feet according t o t he ti des and tire r iSe of l he sp C ng l ides is aboul I ~ fee t

A considerabl e foreign trade is carri ed on owing chiefly to its being a warehousing pOrI fo r t imber and for West Ind an Le van t i r i can French Dutch c nd ot her produce conside r abl e trade is also done in c oa ls and corn The port has belong ing to it upwa r ds o~ 100 vesse ls and is an excellent stati on for the oster fishe r ies It ha long bcn not ed for i t s s l~ l pbu ild Ing and exten sle works [or making c ement

K Ing s on-by - SIc It is a small but f lou rish ing v d lage sit uated on the South Coast railway 0 1 w h ich i t IS t he c h iEI st ation for gavds landed in Shor eham ne w harbour Th ere are ve r ex tensive war ehouses dnd malthollses also a sh ipbull o i nS yar d belonging to ~essrs ~ay and Th wi t es and coJe ove ns and works of the Sout h C oas t Railway C om pan A porti on of t he Inhabi t ant s 2 e engaged in fIshing and boa t building

South wl c k The i llage is situated near Shore ham Ha rbour on the ship canal by means of hlch a c onSide r able tr ade is carried on in corn coa ls etc The i nh 2bitants are ch iefly s~Jfa r lng

Porrs ldde Th e popUlat i on and property of Portslade has greatly Increased of late yea rs owing t o the f or rna tion of a cana l and basin w hich is connected with the harbour of Shor eham any of the inhabitants are enga~0d in the coal and general trade of Brighton and i ts VIC Ini ty

As t l IO si lt i ng increased in the western part of the harbour so a decline set In

he r by Shor eham Ilsef became an economic backwater los ing t he valuable oyster and si1 qgtb u il dlng Trades and seeing much of tC ne development taking p lace along the canal espec ially w i t h t he es t)blishrncnts built provi de gas coke and electricit) for t he 0 Crig llt Clr conurba tion Factories and process 1gt 131ts produci ng b leaches polishes soap tars j Js tc-d for pOSi t ion near to railwa y and vmiddotha r lat e r to be accompan lec by oil and petrol gtlu3gL bCilias t processing bulk wine delivery and veh ic le import s

The dem oli tIOn b y the CEG B of the las t power stat ion on t he shingle Sp ll will allo fu rt ler c~e looment t hus secur ing f u ture gr o rh areas for t he burgeon mp porr fdcil i tl t $

GEOFFREY ME D

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