In a previous blog post we shared our plans to create a display of poppies in our reception area to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. We appealed to staff, volunteers, researchers, friends and relatives to contribute handmade poppies to be part of this display. We received an overwhelming response, with over 600…
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Family History Fun Day – A genealogical extravaganza for all the family!
Come along and join us at Horsham Library on Saturday 21 October, 10:00- 4:00pm for a West Sussex Libraries Family History Fun Day! There will be an opportunity to meet experts from Sussex Family History Group, West Sussex Record Office, Times Digital Archive, Guild of One Name Studies and others. Information Librarians and Archivists will be available to…
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Archive of Leonard Keir Hett of Ardingly, architect
Leonard Keir Hett was born on 9 September 1887 in Ewell, Surrey. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1905 to 1907, becoming a member of RIBA in 1910. He was admitted ARIBA in 1911 and FRIBA in 1920. All of the papers from Hett’s working life were deposited at…
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Merry Christmas!
Wishing all of our friends and followers a very Happy Christmas from everyone at West Sussex Record Office! We've found this festive image from the archives which (appropriately!) was taken in the year in which we opened. It shows a Pantomime Party trip in January 1946 with mothers and children lined up beside their charabanc…
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