Our parents
Pictures from another era
Schools reminiscence activities - Winter 2007
Elizabeth Court sheltered home residents remember their schooldays
Ragroof theatre company intergenerational tea dance
Tripping the light fantastic at the Windmill Theatre - Hove, January 2009
Day out to Hove Museum -January 2009
Looking at the past with Portslade reminiscence group
Flamenco dancing with the over 60s
Brighton Black and Minority Ethnic group learn some new moves!
Entertainer activities
WRVS Weavers entertainment group get together
Same Sky tea service
A hand made tea service of food memories
St Richards memory banner
memories making the mural
Links to related groups and organisations
WRVS Heritage Plus related groups working in reminiscence, oral history and community archives
Joan Warren's schooldays
Memories of an early education: French, swimming and cookery
Holidays
The Good Old Days
Christmas celebration
A reminiscence knees up - Winter 2007
Memory Quilt
Memory quilt inauguration at New Larchwood
Portslade Memory Boxes
Memory boxes made by participants of school days reminiscence activities
Crafty Coffee Club
Fishersgate thoughts from Fishersgate mums
Elizabeth Court sheltered home reminiscence
Memories of residents of the Elizabeth Court sheltered home in Hove Spring -Summer 2008
A trip back in time
An outing to the South Downs Heritage Centre
Adventures in dentures
Eileen remembers making false teeth in Brighton in the 1950s
Tom the undertaker
Bring out your dead! Memories of a 1950s working life before a Brighton move
Fishersgate Community Story Spring 2008
Making art from memories in an intergenerational project
Heritage Plus Activities
WRVS Heritage Plus in Hastings
Heritage Plus Activities
WRVS Heritage Plus in Crawley
Heritage Plus Activities
Information about Eastbourne WRVS Heritage Plus project
Heritage Plus Activities
WRVS Heritage Plus in Newhaven & Peacehaven
Eastbourne reminiscence activities Spring 2007
General reminiscence activities at Eastbourne WRVS
Heritage Lottery Fund
WRVS Heritage Plus project funders through the National Lottery
Adur District Council
Information about the Arts and Community Wellbeing Department at ADC
East Sussex County Council
The home of the East Sussex Records Office and archive
Sussex University MA Life Histories
Information about partnership training in oral and life history
Quotes from WRVS Heritage Plus participants
Thoughts about the WRVS Heritage plus activities in Sussex
Who's lived where?
Where we've lived in Eastbourne
Meg's war
Eastbourne in the Blitz
June King's family tree
Researching a family's life
Popular performers
Favourite variety acts of yesteryear
Music Hall musings
Remembering favourite moments on the stage
Rosina remembers
Rosina Ridley's impressions of Crawley New Town
Ivy Turner's memories
Remembering the days of variety, rationing and identity cards
Tom King's story
Memories from old Portslade
Stories of schooldays
Slippers, rulers and discipline
Favourite fantasy romance
Remembering heart-throbs of stage and screen
Music Hall performers on show
Participants parade their patter!
Music hall songs
'Roll out the barrell'
Music Hall activity photos
Some photos from our music hall sessions
The Way We Wore
A booklet on clothing
School Reports
Worst memories of school: rebellion and punishment
Courtship chatter
Remembering how we met
Nancy's fashions
Hair and beauty in another age
Wally's war
Military clothing memories
Heritage Plus Activities
WRVS Heritage Plus in Portslade (inc. Brighton and Hove)
Slates and Satchels
WRVS Heritage Plus participants talk about their school days
Rod Patterson's first date
Oh it's hard being in love when you're 12 and a half!
Nancy's valentine card
A valentine card from Wally to Nancy
Sathi speaks of marriage
Romance Sri Lankan style
58 years!
Wally and Nancy, hand in hand
Tom King's postcard
Adventures in dating
Reminiscence memories
Heritage Plus memories
About Heritage Plus
More information about our project
Volunteer Activity Facilitator
Could you help to run one one of our varied activity sessions?
Information and Guidance volunteers
Exciting opportunity for someone interested in Heritage
Hospitality Volunteer
Help out at special events, as part of a small friendly team
Heritage Plus activities
Structure of Heritage Plus project
Iris Harding MBE
Memories of WVS in Portslade
Joining Portslade WVS in the 1950s
Iris Harding's tale of a life of service
Don Father's Air Raid Memories
Working on Gun Operations at Dover Castle
Don Fathers' wartime army life
Working on the searchlight guns
Army chaos
The harsh reality of army life
Don Fathers' dancing days
Memoirs of a reluctant dancer!
Bombs flying!
Dog fights over Dover and meeting Churchill
Don Fathers' early memories
Family life, joining up and living in Portslade
When we were married...
Couples, weddings and honeymoons
Sheila Braidwood
From St Peter's Infants' School to Portslade Community College
Mothers' Union
St Richard's Mothers' Union, 1930s Hangleton