Chichester Local History Society
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future
A discipline that applies scientific, mathematical, and practical knowledge to design, build, maintain, and improve structures, machines, systems, materials, and processes for the benefit of society. It encompasses a wide range of fields including civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and computer engineering, among others.
For the summer visit on July 10, members of the Chichester Local History Society enjoyed a tour of the new reception area nearing completion at the Planetarium and were then given a tour of the starlit sky from the North to the South Pole by Dr John Mason. The expansion and improvement to the Sir…
By Bob Wiggins During Richard Child’s excellent talk on 15 April about the intertwined histories of the Freeland, Raper & Tyacke families, there were occasional references to the state of sanitation in our City. This made me recall the meeting of ‘The Drainage Party’ which took place in the Unicorn Inn on September 11, 1889…
The Chairman’s Occasional Blog The news that Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 has been restored, with the hope that it may run again on Coniston Water, has a link to Chichester, albeit tenuous. Donald’s father, Sir Malcolm Cambell, first broke the land-speed record for a car on Pendine Sands, near Tenby in South Wales in September…