Tag: Lewes

Brewing talk coming up

Heritage February 6, 2020

A Sussex Family History Group Uckfield Meeting Centre event

Steve Homewood: East Sussex Breweries and their Bottles
Venue: Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ

Entry: Free entry and refreshments served.

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Lewes during the Somme

Heritage November 1, 2016

Stories Seen Through a Glass Plate, 1916: Lewes Remembers – 29 October to 20 November 2016
An exhibition of 80 light boxes in 65 windows throughout Lewes, 1916: Lewes Remembers will show work from the years of the First World War by Benjamin Reeves, grandfather of the present Reeves owner Tom Reeves.

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Ale and Hearty Exhibition for Heritage Open Days

Heritage June 29, 2016

Ale and Hearty Exhibition – Brighton
Friday 9th September 1-7pm & Saturday 1-5pm
Mezzanine Level, 8 Marshalls Row, Open Market, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN1 4JU
An exhibition specially for Heritage Open Days which focuses on the history of brewing in Lewes, East Sussex and its related industrial and agricultural links from the 18th Century to the present day, a period of some 200 years. The exhibition looks at Lewes’s working life in relation to Breweries, agricultural workers and rural life and trades. It also links in with abstinence and religious culture locally at the time, as well as a clear relation between trades and society through social clubs.
The exhibition runs along these thematic lines –
Introduction
Breweries in decline
Hops and songs
old breweries
Revival of micro breweries
A project in partnership with Harveys Brewery.

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