Engels Ashes Scattered off Beachy Head today……130 years ago
27th August 1895, on a very stormy day, four set off in a boat carrying the urn containing Friedrich Engels’ ashes. The four included Eleanor Marx, youngest daughter of Karl […]
Eleanor Marx
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