John Sweeney: talking at the Dorset Arms in East Grinstead.
John Sweeney talking at the Dorset Arms in East Grinstead. The reprise of the now famous Exploding Tomato.
This is a stitched together, lightened and audio adjusted version of several cell phone videos.
Places to see in ( East Grinstead - UK )
Places to see in ( East Grinstead - UK )
East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex district of West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders. East Grinstead lies 27 miles (43 km) south of London, 21 miles (34 km) north northeast of Brighton, and 38 miles (61 km) east northeast of the county town of Chichester.
Nearby towns include Crawley and Horley to the west, Tunbridge Wells to the east and Redhill and Reigate to the northwest. The town is contiguous with the village of Felbridge to the northwest. Until 1974 East Grinstead was the centre for local government - East Grinstead Urban District Council - and was located in the county of East Sussex. East Grinstead, along with Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill, as part of the former Cuckfield Rural District Council, came together as Mid-Sussex; moving to the jurisdiction of West Sussex County Council. The town has many historic buildings and is located on the Greenwich Meridian. It is located in the Weald and Ashdown Forest lies to the south-east of the town.
Sackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1609 with money left by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset. Throughout its history it has provided sheltered accommodation for the elderly. The mansion stands in a parkland setting. In 1968 the East Grinstead Society was founded as an independent body both to protect the historically important buildings of East Grinstead (and its environs) and to improve the amenities for future generations.
In 1968 the East Grinstead Society was founded as an independent body both to protect the historically important buildings of East Grinstead (and its environs) and to improve the amenities for future generations. On the outskirts of the town is Standen, a country house belonging to the National Trust, containing one of the best collections of arts and crafts movement furnishings and fabrics. Off the A264 to Tunbridge Wells, there is a 1792 historic house called Hammerwood Park (the first work of the future architect of the United States Capitol) which is open to the public twice a week in summer. East Grinstead House is the headquarters of the (UK and Ireland) Caravan Club.
Local attractions include Ashdown Forest (where the Winnie-the-Pooh stories are set) and the Bluebell Railway, a preserved heritage line with steam locomotives. The town is also the site of Queen Victoria Hospital, where famed plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe treated burns victims of World War II and formed the Guinea Pig Club. A statue of Sir Archibald McIndoe caring for an injured airman was erected in June 2014 outside Sackville College and was unveiled by HRH The Princess Anne, the Princess Royal. The town is well located to visit Chartwell the country home of Sir Winston Churchill, Hever Castle home of Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn, and Penshurst Place home of the Sidney family. Kidbrooke Park (today Michael Hall School), a home of the Hambro family, was restored by the noted Sussex architect and antiquarian, Walter Godfrey, as was Plawhatch Hall.
East Grinstead has been a railway terminus since 1967, after the line from Three Bridges, to Royal Tunbridge Wells was closed under the Beeching Axe, a rationalisation of British Railways' branch lines based on a report by Dr Richard Beeching, a resident of the town at that time.
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East Grinstead Scientology Protest 31/05/08 (Part 2)
On Saturday the 31st of May 2008, Anonymous and the Old Guard paid a visit to the home town of Scientology in the UK.
Bindon Bottom B&B, West Lulworth, Purbeck District, United Kingdom
Bindon Bottom B&B is the perfect base for a variety of walking routes, including the South West Coast Path, the Lulworth Ranges or just short Lulworth Cove & Durdle Door walks. This region known as The Purbecks has its own micro climate and has some of the highest sun hours and average temperatures in the country. Its coastline is recognised as nationally important for its wildlife and marine species. The geology is equally important and impressive, with visitors coming from around the world to study its rocks and fossils.
Bindon Bottom B & B является идеальной базой для множества пешеходных маршрутов, в том числе на юго-западе побережья Путь, Lulworth Диапазоны или просто короткие прогулки Lulworth Cove & Durdle двери. Этот регион, известный как Purbecks имеет свой собственный микроклимат и имеет одни из самых высоких солнечных часов и средняя температура в стране. Ее береговая линия признана национально значимых своей природой и морских видов.Геология не менее важно и впечатляет, с посетителей, приезжающих со всего мира, чтобы изучить его пород и окаменелостей.
I talk to Melcombe Regis Rotary, Weymouth. Dorset, UK
I talk to the Melcombe Regis Rotary about my past and Zzipp Media at the Hotel Prince Regent, Weymouth on the 18th March 2015.
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In The Ship, East Grinstead.
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TWO CHOICES AT THE CROWS NEST, EAST GRINSTEAD 12.12.09 THREE
Sound distorted, behind speaker line up - needs high volume
Rock Docteurs at the Sussex Arms, East Grinstead - Somebody Told Me
One of our many performances at the Sussex Arms in East Grinstead.
Somebody Told Me was the debut single by American electronic rock band The Killers. The song is featured on the group's debut album Hot Fuss and was written by Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Mark Stoermer and Brandon Flowers.
TWO CHOICES AT THE CROWS NEST, EAST GRINSTEAD 1212.09 ONE
Sound distorted, behind speaker line up - needs high volume
Brighton & Hove Chess Club 5th Team v East Grinstead 2nd Team (17th February 2009, East Grinstead)
a short film about our team's match in the Mid-Sussex Chess League
Result: Brighton & Hove won the match 4.5 to 0.5
The Cult in Your Backyard - Part 4
20th October 2012
East Grinstead, United Kingdom
Ex-members of the Church of Scientology discuss their experiences in the cult.
* * * Update - missing off the end credits was John McGhee (sitting in the middle) * * *
The Swan Inn, Fittleworth, West Sussex
The Swan Inn, Fittleworth, nr Chichester, Pulborough, Arundel, Brighton, West Sussex. swaninn.com
RAPIER shouts.
a few clips of the know retired wmfs dennis rapier belived know serving in N.I
Worth Way Trail ~ Disused Railway Line
Walking part of the Worth Way, Back on 26th May 2016...
East Grinstead to Home via Crawley Down Section.
The Worth Way is a 7-mile (11 km) footpath and bridleway linking the West Sussex towns of Crawley and East Grinstead via the village of Crawley Down. Mostly following the trackbed of a disused railway, the path is an important wildlife corridor. It is part of the National Cycle Network.
The Worth Way follows for much of its route part of the course of a dismantled railway - the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line - which opened in 1855 and closed in 1967 as a result of the programme of closures put forward by East Grinstead resident and British Transport Commission Chairman, Richard Beeching.
By 1977 West Sussex County Council had purchased almost four miles (6.4 km) of the line, mostly in the parish of Worth. On 10 July 1979 much of the route was officially reopened as footpath and bridleway.
The reopening came, however, too late for two sections of the route which had already been lost to development by 1979. Firstly, a small commercial and residential development was built over the site of the former Grange Road railway station in Crawley Down and the trackbed leading eastwards from there has been built on. To avoid this, for a distance of approximately 1,000 m, the Worth Way travels over local roads within a housing estate from just east of B2028 Turners Hill Road to Cobb Close where it rejoins the former railway bed alignment. Secondly, at Compasses Corner (formerly Compasses Crossing level crossing) on Wallage Lane the trackbed as far as the M23 has been reused as a landfill site, the original railway alignment being marked by a line of trees. Here the Worth Way continues along Turners Hill Road for 150 m before turning off to join a bridleway which passes through a farm to reach a bridge over the M23 which leads into the urban sprawl of Worth, now a suburb of Crawley, following local roads to rejoin the railway alignment near Church Road.
A final minor diversion occurs near Rowfant railway station (still standing) where the former goods yard is in industrial use and the route briefly diverts to the road.
Officially designated a Site of Nature Conservation Importance in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, much of the Worth Way forms an important wildlife corridor supporting a wide variety of fauna and flora. The former railway cuttings and embankments have been progressively colonised by trees, notably silver birch, ash, hazel and sallow, which have developed into mature woodland. In addition, in areas where chalk was used in the construction of the railway line, chalk-loving plants such as guelder rose, common spotted orchid, twayblade and wild strawberry have flourished. The trees and plants attract in turn a variety of wildlife, including over two hundred species of insect which feed on the sallow. Butterflies are also common, with brimstones in spring, the white admiral and speckled wood from June followed by meadow brown, ringlet and skippers in high summer.
The Worth Way habitat is also home to a variety of birds, mammals and reptiles. Nuthatch and chiffchaff are often spotted in the trees, whilst the kingfisher has been seen at Crawley Down Pond. Adders, grass snakes and the common lizard bask in sunny glades along the old railway line, and the adjoining farmland provides a habitat for roe deer and foxes. Bats can sometimes be spotted near dusk.
The trail is managed by two local authorities - Crawley Borough Council (in respect of the section from Three Bridges to the M23 and West Sussex County Council (the remainder of the route). The sympathetic management of the route seeks to maintain a mosaic of differently-aged trees and shrubs whilst retaining the open areas; this is achieved by coppicing in rotation - cutting trees and shrubs back to their base - to benefit plants such as primrose and insects. The subsequent regrowth then provides nesting sites for birds. Open areas are regularly cut, preventing scrub from encroaching and encouraging species which thrive on open conditions. Ditches along the way keep the path dry and are important to wildlife. The Crawley Down Pond is managed by a local environmental group which initially began in 1999 with three or four members of the public collecting litter; it has now grown into a more substantial and organised collective which meets every third Sunday of the month (weather permitting) between September and May. Recent activities have included the installation of a new bank to prevent flooding.
Litter picks along the length of the Worth Way have been organised annually by Crawley Borough Council as part of their Let's FACE it campaign to clear fly-tipping and refuse dumped along the trail.
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Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst, Kent, England
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Pulborough vs East Grinstead
Pulborough played East Grinstead away
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Coppertone Part 2 (Bridge Bar, East Grinstead)
Band made for fun to play covers for one show only.
Vote for Steve Cairns
Vote for Cairns
Ashdown Morris Mens Squire
Duncton Village - A Visit to the Cricketers Pub
My on-going study of the rural village of Duncton continues with a visit to the public house. Originally called The Swan, it is now the Cricketers, the only pub in the village.
Ruth Bolt shows me round and tells me some of the history of the place and how the road that now runs to the front of the building originally ran behind.
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