The Meads
I am unsure of the exact address, but I am told Sidney and Beatrice Webb either stayed or lived for a time in Meads. While this husband-and-wife team cannot exactly […]
Places
The View Hotel
(formerly the Transport and General Workers’ Union Convalescence Hotel and Conference Centre). The View Hotel is distinctive in design, the concept of a British architect. News was put about that
The Town Hall, November 1913
Why did a crowd of 3,000 working-class Labour supporters gather outside of Eastbourne Town Hall on a cold November evening, eagerly awaiting the results of the 1913 municipal elections? Well,
Boats on the Beach – Engels’ ashes and Eleanor Marx
Before the formation of the seafront, the beach directly east of the pier was the loading point of the early coal barges. A little further along is where the fishermen
The Mackintosh Rebellion -1929
It was a long hot summer in 1929 and there was a late heatwave. The 1920s saw the seaside opening up to the working classes thanks to improved working conditions,
Eastbourne International Workers’ Mural
See also:- 1) an article on Engels in Eastbourne website, Brighton University: “The International Workers’ Mural that Eastbourne Should Not Forget”; 2) video for laptop of the mural; 3) video