Publications
Peacehaven: A Chronology, by Tony Payne and Stanley Bernard, published 6 May 2000 (20 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518612 & ISBN-13: 9780953518616) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Telscombe: Its Early History, by Stanley Bernard, published 15 May 2002 (16 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518647 & ISBN-13: 9780953518647) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
People of Telscombe & Peacehaven: From Records Relating to the Parishes of Telscombe & Piddinghoe, by Stanley Bernard, published June 2003 (56 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518655 & ISBN-13: 9780953518654) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503031] & West Sussex Libraries
Before the Bungalows: How Peacehaven and Telscombe Cliffs Came into Existence, by Stanley Bernard, published 24 June 2007 (22 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518663 & ISBN-13: 9780953518661) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502990] & East Sussex Libraries
Peacehaven & Telscombe Through Time, by Stanley Bernard, published 19 April 2009 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848681992 & ISBN-13: 9781848681996) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Peacehaven and Telscombe Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of both towns, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of Peacehaven and Telscombe throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the historical context in which they are set, and through the author's factual captions for every picture and carefully-selected choice of images, the reader can achieve a reliable view of the history of these two towns. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing faces of Peacehaven and Telscombe, as Stanley Bernard guides us through the streets of these beautiful towns. There is something for everyone here, whether they have lived in this area all their lives, or whether they are just visiting these towns. It also shows how photography has continually evolved to keep up with an ever changing society.
Review by Geoffrey Mead in Sussex Past & Present no. 119, December 2009:This is a volume of 'then and now' images of the two communities of Peacehaven and Telscombe and as the author is a past president of the local history society he has a close knowledge of the area. In the 21st century there is more emphasis on the history of suburbs rather than purely 'historic' urban and rural communities. Peacehaven, long reviled by the architectural elite (who do not live there) is home to a large and growing community, it deserves reasoned recording, as it has undergone great changes both in appearance and (confusingly) road naming. Some key buildings in the early life of the settlement have been demolished, The Peacehaven Hotel is one example, and precious few of the original domestic structures have survived. Stanley Bernard has used vintage illustrations from a variety of sources and has taken 21st century images from as close a spot as was possible to the original. Local knowledge has enabled him to spot small but significant landscape features which to the untrained eye would be lost in the present day urban scene.
The volume starts with the village of Telscombe and goes on to chart its unspectacular changes before crossing The Tye to the coast road where the early 20th century growth was an example of the dispersed suburbs that developed rapidly in the immediate post First World War landscape.
The lack of a map to locate the scenes is a drawback and there needed to be some form of 'further reading' especially as the author has published earlier volumes on this locality.
The volume starts with the village of Telscombe and goes on to chart its unspectacular changes before crossing The Tye to the coast road where the early 20th century growth was an example of the dispersed suburbs that developed rapidly in the immediate post First World War landscape.
The lack of a map to locate the scenes is a drawback and there needed to be some form of 'further reading' especially as the author has published earlier volumes on this locality.
How Did Urban Population Growth in Newhaven (Sussex) Affect Employment Structure, Commerce and Trade During The Period 1837 to 1887, by Stanley Bernard, published 2012 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501541]
News from Victorian Newhaven, by Stanley Bernard, published 15 July 2014 (93 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518671 & ISBN-13: 9780953518678) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507950]
Review by John Wckens in Sussex Family Historian vol. 21 no. 4, December 2014:This book is split into two parts; changes in population and employment from 1841 to 1891 and newspaper stories, coronation of Queen Victoria, celebrations and crimes-perhaps rather too many of these! There is an excellent selection of old photos (many from Newhaven museum) and slides from a local collection. It is good to see so many Sussex names mentioned (Catt, Diplock, Elphick, Gorringe and Woolgar) and the appropriately named Mr Irons, secretary of the London and Brighton Railway and Continental Steam Packet Company. I was surprised that there were ferry services to Jersey as well as France. Clearly the coming of the railway in 1847 made a very big impact on the town. As well researched and presented as this book is, it is let down badly by multiple spelling and syntax errors. I suspect that it was not proof read and in this respect it represents poor value for money.
Review by Geoffrey Mead in Sussex Past & Present no. 134, December 2014:The foreword for this book states clearly that the Newhaven of Victorian times was a very different place to the Newhaven of the 21st century; the dynamism of the expanding 19th century port contrasting dramatically with the depressed economy of the present. Stanley Bernard has prepared this publication from his MA dissertation and has done a good service to the town, as any scholarly study of a community is to be welcomed, the more so as bright prospects are thin on the ground in Newhaven. The book is comprised of two sections, the first an overview of the community at the time of the 1841 census and how that community developed during the century, especially with the coming of the railway and the changes that occurred by the 1880s in terms of occupation and services. The various census returns have been closely studied and the often sparse information contained within them backed up with primary press comment and secondary material.
The second section - 'Victorian news' in the contents list, but 'Stories from the newspapers' in the text - takes the reader into events both national - the coronation of the Queen and local - a series of Victorian 'orrible murders'.
As befits the distillation of a dissertation, the references are full - five pages - and the publications and documents widely sourced, with some 'usual suspects' familiar to SAC - amongst them, Berry, Brandon and Brent! But also some period sources from less obvious publications - The Irish Monthly 1889 and Bristol Selected Pamphlets 1837. Following on from this wide ranging referencing there is a very full index, something often missing from similar self-publications.
There are indications here that this is indeed self-published, as it is crying out for a good proof reading; according to the acknowledgements this has been done - however there are passages of names that cry out for commas to break up the line of type, there are several mis-uses of words, e.g. ships do not flounder [a flatfish] but 'founder'; people do not emanate [issue from] the upper classes but 'emulate' them. The slim volume of 92 pages is copiously illustrated with 65 images but herein lies a problem, the images, both photographs and maps, are far too small and some are simply irrelevant; some needed a photographers 'eye' to crop the amount of modern road space or areas of foreground grass. Fewer images of larger size and of more relevance would have been beneficial.
As a supporter of Newhaven Conservation Trust and of the Newhaven Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve I fully welcome this useful addition to the town's oft-ignored history and one that should hopefully fire-up similar research into areas of Sussex urban life.
The second section - 'Victorian news' in the contents list, but 'Stories from the newspapers' in the text - takes the reader into events both national - the coronation of the Queen and local - a series of Victorian 'orrible murders'.
As befits the distillation of a dissertation, the references are full - five pages - and the publications and documents widely sourced, with some 'usual suspects' familiar to SAC - amongst them, Berry, Brandon and Brent! But also some period sources from less obvious publications - The Irish Monthly 1889 and Bristol Selected Pamphlets 1837. Following on from this wide ranging referencing there is a very full index, something often missing from similar self-publications.
There are indications here that this is indeed self-published, as it is crying out for a good proof reading; according to the acknowledgements this has been done - however there are passages of names that cry out for commas to break up the line of type, there are several mis-uses of words, e.g. ships do not flounder [a flatfish] but 'founder'; people do not emanate [issue from] the upper classes but 'emulate' them. The slim volume of 92 pages is copiously illustrated with 65 images but herein lies a problem, the images, both photographs and maps, are far too small and some are simply irrelevant; some needed a photographers 'eye' to crop the amount of modern road space or areas of foreground grass. Fewer images of larger size and of more relevance would have been beneficial.
As a supporter of Newhaven Conservation Trust and of the Newhaven Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve I fully welcome this useful addition to the town's oft-ignored history and one that should hopefully fire-up similar research into areas of Sussex urban life.
A Training Centre at Telscombe , by Stanley Bernard, published 2016 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509174]
Charlie Neville: A man of mystery, by Stanley Bernard, published December 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 8, article, pp.356-362) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]