How Eastbourne Got it’s Engels Plaque
This story starts in 1975, before the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall (of course), at the London Embassy for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The GDR were surprised […]
Places
Eastbourne’s Fatal Train Crash – 1958
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. The British Pathé website hosts the very best of pioneering video journalism. Here is some footage of Eastbourne’s fatal
Bankers Corner
This is where many left-wing groups in the town hold their street events. It is not the same since the blue railings were removed → These railing were wonderful for
Southfields Road: The Bath-Chair Stand
A few yards into Southfields Road on the left-hand side, beside the street name sign, is a small metal plate mounted at the base of the wall embossed with BCS.
112 to 114 South Street
Before World War II, this address was used as the headquarters for the Trade Association and the Labour Party. A lot of the upper floors were used by Plummer Roddis
The Dolphin pub, South Street, formerly The Railway Arms
The Dolphin pub, South Street, formerly The Railway Arms. This is where trade unionists and socialists used to meet in the Edwardian times.
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Shop, 114 Terminus Road, formerly 43 Terminus Road
In July 1881, a few months before Jenny’s death, Karl Marx and his wife Jenny both stayed at 43 Terminus Road. The guest house was owned by a widow, Esther
Eastbourne Station
Eastbourne before the railway. Eastbourne originated as a small fishing community with scattered hamlets along the Sussex coast. The early settlement centered on the village near St Mary’s Church in
The Sussex People’s March. Eastbourne, August 1939
Screen Archive South East is a publicly-funded regional film archive serving the South East of England. I recommend you watch Sussex People’s March of History 1939 as a rare piece
4, Cavendish Place – The Engel Plaque 1976
Though there is a nice photo display about Friedrich Engels’s time in Eastbourne up in The London and County pub in Eastbourne, (opposite the Station) perhaps the most notable effort