Southwick Pubs
A look at the many public houses past and present
Saturday mornings 10.30 to 12.30 from 30th May to 11th July
There have been over twenty public houses in Southwick over the years, many of them along the coast road—Albion Street. A lot of these had names to do with the sea and shipbuilding—The Mariners, The Victory, The Sawyers Arms, The Sea House, The Joiners Arms, The Shipwrights and The Schooner. The redevelopment of Southwick in the early 1960s saw the loss of six pubs along Albion Street, to be replaced with one—The Pilot. That, of course, has now gone too, as has The Schooner. Other pubs to go include The Norfolk, The Railway Tavern, The Windmill Inn, The King’s Head and The Fishersgate Inn. The Beer Engine opened in 2018 and The Cricketers, The Romans, The Ship, The New Port Arms and The Albion are still going strong. Our exhibition includes photographs of most of the lost pubs and of what has replaced them.
Church Lane
The buildings along this ancient road
Saturday mornings 10.30 to 12.30 from 18th July to 29th August
Church Lane is one of Southwick’s oldest roads and originally ran from The Green to St Michael’s church, which has been here since Saxon times. This exhibition will take a look at the history of this ancient road and the buildings along it. When was the road extended to Kingston Lane? When was the lych-gate added and why was the church tower rebuilt in the 1950s? Why is there a wall down the middle of the road? Where were Hobden’s cottages? What is the significance of the grass embankment to the north of the church? Where was the Indian temple and what is the connection to James Bond? All these questions and more will be answered in this exhibition.
