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News from SCRP and communities around the railway lines in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

Railway 200 Blue Plaque:  Arthur R R Bartlett

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Arthur R R Bartlett

May 7, 2025, by Lynda Spain
Private 10497 Artur Reuben Robert Bartlett enlisted on 27th February 1917.  He served in the 2nd Batalliaon Honourable Artillery Company as a stretcher bearer. Arthur was killed in action on Friday 2...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque:  Harold Dray

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Harold Dray

, by Lynda Spain
Roll of Honour – Sussex – Lancing Harold Dray was born at Canterbury Kent on 22nd January 1913 to parents Elizabeth and Harold. Harold senior worked in the stores at Southern Railway in As...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque:  Ethel Lee

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Ethel Lee

, by Lynda Spain
Ethel Lee took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk.  She was acting as a stewardess on a cross-channel boat which was making its way to Dunkirk to rescue survivors.  The boat was attacked by enemy p...
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Leaflet launched to promote Winchelsea onward travel

Leaflet launched to promote Winchelsea onward travel

, by Paul Bromley
An updated map and leaflet has been launched to promote businesses and attractions within walking and cycling distance of Winchelsea railway station. The brochure shows pubs, vineyards, shops and gues...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque:  Horace Hayward

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Horace Hayward

, by Lynda Spain
  All change! When the railway first came to our villages by Graham Lewis, with acknowledgements to Richard Standing The opening of Angmering Station on 16th March 1846 altered the face of travel...
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Happy Birthday Shoreham by Sea Station – Let’s Party!

Happy Birthday Shoreham by Sea Station – Let’s Party!

, by Lynda Spain
All Aboard for the Big Birthday Celebrations! The Shoreham Society is heading up a big day of celebration for many of the things that feature heavily in Shoreham life and history which are reaching si...
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Weekly Highlights

Weekly Highlights

May 1, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We work with so many different partners to encourage people to use public transport. See how the education team are giving groups the chance to try out lots of different active transport options. We a...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: William Tress

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: William Tress

, by Andy Pope
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY STATION ARCHITECT born Faversham, Kent 1800 d Redhill 1859 William already had experience of employing eclectic styles from a Gothic-style London church to a ‘plain’ London s...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: A Lad named Rock

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: A Lad named Rock

, by Andy Pope
NAVVY “Last Saturday [23 May, 1846] a lad, named Rock, met a dreadful accident on the railway works at Bopeep. One of the laden earth carts was being drawn over the bridge, and, as is usual, the hor...
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