Bringing Tide Mills back to life!
This month sees the culmination of the Tide Mills Project with the Heritage Celebratory Event, 22nd – 26th September. LYT Productions and the team behind the project are so excited to welcome visitors to the site for this immersive experience. Open for everybody to attend or take part, it will be free and accessible – and there will also be online elements too. The deserted remains of Tide Mills village, which flourished in the early 1800s and was abandoned in 1940, are now part of an atmospheric coastal stretch – a designated Local Wildlife Site in the South Downs National Park – at Bishopstone, between Seaford and Newhaven in East Sussex. The unique Tide Mills village was built to house families of workers at the important tide mill, constructed 1761-8. In 1906, the Marconi Radio Company set up a wireless station to report on cross-channel shipping; and a seaplane base was here in World War I. Also still visible are archaeological vestiges of 1920s stables for lame racehorses and the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital for boys. One can imagine past lives. Through their research, the organisers and historians for the project have made many interesting discoveries and contacts, including former residents of Tide Mills,
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such as Ted Hartwell, who spent time at the Marine Hospital and Dickie Dale, son of the stables owner. They have given their histories first-hand. The Tide Mills Project is sharing the unique and diverse history of Tide Mills with new audiences through a variety of creative and artistic disciplines. Nationally acclaimed artists, designers, sculptors and musicians are working with local community members of all ages to bring Tide Mills, quite literally, ‘back to life’. As well as the artistic installations, there will also be historical guided tours, a range of creative and educational workshops and musical performances on site during the week, plus an exhibition and projections at the Crypt Gallery in Seaford. The full programme and booking information will be available on the website: www.tidemillsproject.uk LYT Productions is presenting The Tide Mills Project, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England and the South Downs National Park Authority. It is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund via the Welcome Back Fund and is also supported by Sussex Community Foundation and Cheesmur. Images from top: Former Tide Mills resident, Dickie Dale, together with Phil Rose, Founder and Director of LYT Productions; Illustration of William Catt, owner of the tidal mill in its heyday. Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it.
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