After 105 years absence, it was an emotional moment to see a brewery dray enter the Brewery Field this Sunday as two magnificent shire horses, Pride and Griffin, were driven in by John Medhurst, their driver for the past 28 years. The Fullers Horse and Dray was the star attraction of the annual Community Open… Continue reading The Brewery Field: Community Open Day 2017
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Hubert’s Street Party Poem – July 2017
From May-Hem in Westminster to July Calm in Westgate Imagine my horror, one fine-seeming day, The 4th one in Feb., as the shorteners say, The Saturday when Jones’s England beat France – It continued old wars, fought with Sword and with Lance. Imagine, I say, in ‘The Apple and Crate’ (sic!), Brian Raincock’s… Continue reading Hubert’s Street Party Poem – July 2017
Within One Mile of Westgate (updated)
New to Westgate? Here is a list of places of interest within one mile of Westgate, kindly supplied by Lois and the late Brian Cope at no 64. Go exploring! NORTH-WEST QUADRANT Baptist Church, Sherborne Road Betting shop, Parklands Bishop Luffa School (secondary), Westgate railway end Brewery Field, behind the Record Office: nearest for dog-walkers Butcher,… Continue reading Within One Mile of Westgate (updated)
Grand Opening of The Brewery Field – June 2016
Hubert’s Street Party Poem – June 2016
‘ELIZABETH the FIRST’ (and her astonishing – but not surprising – to date, 64-year-long reign.) To thank YOU, TOWN-CRIER, I AM glad. How else could SILENCE we have had? TWO REIGNS we’ve had not quite so LONG. But is our HISTORY grasp so STRONG That if I NAME them, I’ll be SLATED?… Continue reading Hubert’s Street Party Poem – June 2016
The Best of Chichester
The Top 10 Local Attractions Chichester Cathedral Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Chichester Festival Theatre Weald and Downland Museum Bishop’s Palace Gardens Bosham Quay Fishbourne Roman Palace West Dean Gardens Tinwood Estate Vineyard Kingley Vale Top 10 Eateries: [Don’t agree? Then submit your suggestions] Namaste Punjab, St Pauls Road Farmer Butcher Chef, Goodwood Estate Brasserie Blanc, Church… Continue reading The Best of Chichester
