Bexhill Central, 1962 (photograph Ben Brooksbank)
Bexhill Station, 2013 (photograph Louise Kenward)
Then and now – Bexhill Station (Central as it was) 51 years apart. Slightly different angle, but the best match short of getting run over.
Discovering more local (UK) history and some great resources on the interweb. Not least ‘Bexhill Postcards‘ run by Bexhill Old Town Preservation Society, who very generously allow individual sharing of images. Thank you to both David and Michael for their support of ‘Bexhill to Bexhill’ and permission to include some of the wonderful images of Bexhill through the years.
Images from ‘Britain from Above‘ of the Colonnade, Bexhill seafront (UK) before the iconic De La Warr Pavilion was built. Click on the thumbnails to see larger images on their website.
Yesterday afternoon was spent at Bexhill Museum, meeting with the very knowledgeable curator, Julian Porter. Cross referencing research is highlighting many links between Bexhill (UK), Canada and Australia as well as themes of Brassey family associations.
Of particular relevance to next year’s WWI centenary (and that of the Museum’s) is the footage of Bexhill Training Camp (as was) which included Egerton Park and the Bexhill Museum building as well as parts of Cooden. The role and associations of Canadians in Bexhill is explored in much greater detail in the website of the same name: Canadians in Bexhill. A film made at the time also shows Bexhill in some of it’s earliest moving image footage, of Canadian officers in Training at Bexhill Camp, England. View film here.
Map of the World
Pins mark the spots of Bexhill in each country; UK, Australia and Canada.
Bexhill, UK is on the South East coast of the UK in East Sussex between Hastings and Eastbourne. Bexhill, Australia is just a few miles inland from the East coast of Australia in the North East of New South Wales in the area of Lismore and Nimbin. Bexhill, Canada is in the central province of Saskatchewan, midst Prairie land, the nearest town is Assiniboia.
I’ve been really impressed by the willingness of people around the globe to help uncover information about Bexhill. Bexhill in Canada is in the middle of Prairie country in the South of Saskatchewan province, near to Regina. I was delighted to discover that it was named after the ‘city’ of Bexhill in East Sussex!