Publications
Sussex Remembered: Personalities and Events of the 19th and 20th Centuries, by Alexander Ayton, published 1 November 2010 (126 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242112 & ISBN-13: 9781907242113) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Alexandra Ayton's book, based on a popular magazine series, brings to life a wide range of larger-than-life Sussex characters and colourful stories from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Attractively illustrated, and written with an eye for fascinating and revealing detail, Sussex Remembered celebrates the men and women who have helped shape the county's recent history.
Her vibrant cast includes writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Patience Strong, Patrick Hamilton, Enid Bagnold and G.K. Chesterton; characters such as Mad Jack Fuller and the 'Red Indian' conservationist Grey Owl; the inventors Magnus Volk and John Logie Baird; and the pioneering educationalists Canon Woodhard and Dame Grace Kimmins.
You can also read about a Sussex missionary martyred in Africa, a renowned healer who foresaw the 9/11 atrocity and the man who created the amazing flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Attractively illustrated, and written with an eye for fascinating and revealing detail, Sussex Remembered celebrates the men and women who have helped shape the county's recent history.
Her vibrant cast includes writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Patience Strong, Patrick Hamilton, Enid Bagnold and G.K. Chesterton; characters such as Mad Jack Fuller and the 'Red Indian' conservationist Grey Owl; the inventors Magnus Volk and John Logie Baird; and the pioneering educationalists Canon Woodhard and Dame Grace Kimmins.
You can also read about a Sussex missionary martyred in Africa, a renowned healer who foresaw the 9/11 atrocity and the man who created the amazing flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.