Sussex Exclusive Magazine. Issue 7
A delightful dive into the very best Sussex has to offer. Enjoy 48 hours in Chichester and Rother exploring vineyards, castles and Medieval towns, try fantastic local cuisine and foodie experiences, discover ancient bluebell woods and wild garlic, learn the best places to go bargain hunting or visit one of the county's legendary landmarks. From the weird and the wonderful to the sublime and luxury, enjoy 96 pages about one of the most beautiful and bountiful county's in England.
A delightful dive into the very best Sussex has to offer. Enjoy 48 hours in Chichester and Rother exploring vineyards, castles and Medieval towns, try fantastic local cuisine and foodie experiences, discover ancient bluebell woods and wild garlic, learn the best places to go bargain hunting or visit one of the county's legendary landmarks. From the weird and the wonderful to the sublime and luxury, enjoy 96 pages about one of the most beautiful and bountiful county's in England.
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The<br />
1 Chile<br />
2 Palm Sunday<br />
So You Think<br />
You Know Easter<br />
3 Pride and Prejudice<br />
4 The General Post Office<br />
5 Ascension Day<br />
6 Fatal Attraction<br />
7 5th Avenue<br />
8 Mary Magdalene<br />
9 Romeo and Juliet<br />
10 Fabergé<br />
How did you do?<br />
DIALECT QUESTION<br />
B) The bar on which the traces of a<br />
horse are hooked, and by which he<br />
draws his load<br />
Adam Jacot de Boinod was a researcher for the first<br />
BBC series of QI compered by Stephen Fry, and is<br />
the author of three books including ‘The Meaning<br />
of Tingo’.<br />
Last Word<br />
Old news, <strong>Sussex</strong> customs<br />
and superstitions<br />
The last word in this edition goes to The <strong>Sussex</strong> County <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
(April 1933 edition) which has the following entries:<br />
Customs and superstitions<br />
‘When bread was generally baked by the <strong>Sussex</strong> cottage wife it was considered essential<br />
that the “withe” or band of the faggot used to heat the oven must not be burnt or the<br />
oven would not get hot.<br />
Another belief was that if elder wood was burnt in the house there would shortly be a<br />
death in the family.<br />
It was also said that if a dog barked about the house at<br />
night a death in the family would follow.<br />
A popular saying was:<br />
“Buy a broom in May,<br />
Sweep your friend away,”<br />
Which meant that the death of a friend would follow the<br />
purchase of a broom in May.’<br />
And in other news<br />
Meanwhile, in Shoreham, they were celebrating a great day on the 15th March when<br />
H.R.H. Prince George opened the lock at Southwick at the eastern arm of the harbour<br />
and named Shoreham’s new lifeboat. While Southern Railway had announced that<br />
they had converted their Newhaven Dieppe cross-Channel boats from coal to oil with<br />
a view to reducing harm that was being done to seabirds who were increasingly getting<br />
covered in crude oil.<br />
And in Broadbridge Heath, there were protests against the erection of wooden<br />
electricity poles, with one resident complaining “they were an aerial ugliness and<br />
an abomination”. Apart from appearances, he suggested that this system (of<br />
installing electricity) had led to property deterioration. Fellow residents<br />
however, decided that they wanted electricity after all!<br />
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