I am with Jackie Love, Deputy Mayor of Uckfield, taking a stroll around a fun summer event, the Weald on the Field. Jackie explains to me how the event came about and the develoment of the high street as well as the many other events staged in this beautiful east Sussex town. Check out the […]
I am at the Weald on the Field event in Uckfield talking to Mike Skinner about the community radio station there – Uckfield FM. Uckfield FM (branded as 105 Uckfield FM since 1 July 2010) is a community radio station based in the town of Uckfield, East Sussex and was founded during the 2002 Uckfield […]
I am in Gloucester taking a walk with Mark Garner. He takes me on a historic stroll from St Oswald’s Anglo-Saxon minster past St Mary’s Gate and the monument to John Hooper, the 2nd Bishop of Gloucester who was martyred in 1555, and up to the west side of the famous cathedral. Mark is an […]
The Bald Explorer meets up with Richard Verrall, local farmer and bell ringer, to explore the fascinating parish church of West Grinstead in West Sussex. St George’s Church was first built circa 1100 AD and is the Anglican place of worship, and the Church of England parish church. It lies close to the river Adur […]
The Auxiliary Units or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret units created by the United Kingdom government during the Second World War, with the aim using irregular warfare to help combat any invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany, which the Germans codenamed Operation Sea Lion. I am off with Brian Drury […]
I am exploring Hellingly’s disused railway station in East Sussex with my friend Chris Bedford, AKA Dumpman. Hellingly was a railway station on the now closed Eridge to Polegate line (the Cuckoo Line) in East Sussex. It served the village of Hellingly. It was built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. There was […]