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Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, edited by Professor E. O. Taylor, published 1982 (No. 12, Sussex Industrial History) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
The Littlehampton Swing Bridge, by A. G. Allnutt, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.2-23) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:The demolition in 1980 of this dominating feature of Littlehampton Harbour calls for a record in S.I.H.
Restoration of a Tile Kiln at Piddinghoe, by E. W. O'Shea, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.2-24) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:This paper is the story of the restoration of a kiln by a group of amateurs whose determination and dedication made it possible. It is primarily a technical paper dealing with the structure and the work involved in restoring it. It is not intended as an historical record of the Piddinghoe brick and tile industry as records available to us are meagre; however Mr. Bruce Osborne is attempting, through his family history described in the next article to fill in the gaps and any further information that comes to hand will be recorded in the survey of Sussex Brickmaking being prepared by the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society.
The Bakers, Brickmakers of Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, p.24) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:The recent restoration of the conical up-draught brick kiln in the village of Piddinghoe has prompted further research into the Baker family. This report follows an earlier document prepared by the author and published by the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society. The Baker family were long established in Piddinghoe before evidence of brick-making becomes apparent. Parish registers show Bakers in profusion throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in the village.
Recollections of Hillman's Brickyard, Partridge Green, by H. J. Paris, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.31-33) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:This article was compiled by J.F.S. Blackwell from a tape recording of an interview with Mr. Paris made by Messrs. Blackwell and R.G. Martin.
Trams in Hastings, by K. S. Donaldson, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.33-38) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:The conversion of the Hastings Tramways Co., to trolleybus operation was outlined in Sussex Industrial History No. 11. The modernisation had taken place over the year 1928/1929 under the auspices of W. Vincent Edwards AMIEE., General Manager and Engineer of the Company. G.L. Gunday writing in Tramway Review about ten years ago states that the Company was quite prosperous, charging higher fares than many municipal tramways and citing the 6% dividend paid in 1917 from a profit of £12992. Nicholas Owen in "The History of the British Trolleybus" also about ten years ago states that it was clearly a penny pinching system and that the general manager was known as a martinet with an unforgiving nature! Whichever view is correct, and in more than fifty years of operations there is ample scope for both prosperity and penny pinching, the Company was no stranger to controversy. The change from trams to trolleybuses had been preceded by intense public argument, followed by similar debate, and a 'save our trolleybus' campaign, thirty years later on the introduction of motor buses. The birth-of the Company in 1897 had been heralded in like manner with a poster worded as follows:- Ratepayers! Beware!
Iron Working in Westfield, by Simon Kamer and John Bell, William Parker School, Hastings, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.38-44) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:A slightly abridged copy of the Prize-winning Essay submitted for the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society's Schools Essay Competition of 1981.
The readily available iron ore natural to the Wealden clays, which provided the essential raw material, and the dense woodland, which provided fuel in the form of charcoal, are the two major reasons why, in the past, there was a successful iron industry in the area.
The industry seems to have flourished in two main periods, Roman and post Medieval although there is also some evidence from preceding, intervening and succeeding times. In Westfield there is evidence from both the main periods although domestic needs may have been fulfilled at other times without leaving traces.
Review in Wealden Iron Research Group: Bulletin 3, 1983:The readily available iron ore natural to the Wealden clays, which provided the essential raw material, and the dense woodland, which provided fuel in the form of charcoal, are the two major reasons why, in the past, there was a successful iron industry in the area.
The industry seems to have flourished in two main periods, Roman and post Medieval although there is also some evidence from preceding, intervening and succeeding times. In Westfield there is evidence from both the main periods although domestic needs may have been fulfilled at other times without leaving traces.
This article contains a summary of ironworking, from prehistoric to post-medieval, in the hinterland of Hastings. In particular it describes the foundation of Westfield Forge exposed when the bay was inadvertently destroyed by the water authority in 1980.