Showcasing our heritage website

By Nicola Benge

Tom tells all!

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

Naomi notes her memories down

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus archive

The mayor remembers meeting the mayoress

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

Archiving memories

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

The mayor talks to Portslade WRVS project coordinator

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

Celebrating heritage with cream cake

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

'And her mother came too!'

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

Eileen's false teeth stories

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive

WRVS Heritage Plus project launch a new groundbreaking Heritage Plus community history website!

This exciting new community history website showcases diverse and fascinating personal histories from people within Sussex, including audiovisual extracts. Designed in part by WRVS volunteers in Portslade.

Portslade history online!  

There is a section specifically for the Portslade and surrounding areas. Anyone can add their memories of Portslade to the site by following the simple guide on the webpage. www.heritageplus.org.uk

Archive your memories:  

This website is a beautiful way to promote positive ageing along with archiving valuable memories that would otherwise be lost. This gives everyone the opportunity to record their stories, their lives and their loves or Portslade and its environs! Heritage Plus brings together people of all ages to explore their histories and life experiences - their shared heritage. This site will enable young and old to add their own family heritage for people worldwide to view and comment on.

Heritage Plus:  

Heritage Plus is funded by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. It celebrates and documents peoples individual and community histories through regular activities, events and outings.

'Interesting listening to people's memories, entertaining joining in the fun of sharing experiences, rewarding - to be part of a project preserving these memories and experiences for the future. That's what being a WRVS Heritage Plus volunteer means to me.'

Anyone interested in the website can contact WRVS Heritage Plus Project Coordinator Nicola Benge on 07901 552164 or email: heritageplusportslade@wrvs.org.uk

Website: www.heritageplus.org.uk / www.wrvs.org.uk