1950s Gallery

Summers day scene of cricket in Priory Park, Chichester

Charity cricket match, 12 August 1956. Spectators sat on the banks of the city wall viewing the game. Chichester Cathedral spire visible in the background
Chichester Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 0652/2

© West Sussex County Council

1950s, Charity Event, Chichester, Cricket, Cricketers, Priory Park, Sport, Sportsmen, West Sussex

Making torches for Guy Fawkes celebrations

Portfield Bonfire Society, Chichester, 27th October 1956. 200 people, members of Bonfire Societies from Beeding and Bramber, Shoreham, Littlehampton, Patching and Chichester, formed a procession at the Cattle Market, which passed through Market Avenue, South Street, East Street, the Hornet and Oving Road to Florence Road playing field, where they threw their torches onto a bonfire and danced around it.
Chichester Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 730/1

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School children during an art lesson, Lancastrian Infants School, Chichester, May 1956

School children during an art lesson, Lancastrian Infants School, Chichester, May 1956
Chichester Photographic Society Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS0567-20

© West Sussex County Council - All Rights Reserved

1950s, Chair, Desk, Education, Learning, Paints, Picture, Pupils, Uniform