Edwardian Gallery

Miniature Railway, Bognor, 1909

This railway of 10.25in gauge ran for one summer season. The builders of the Locomotive named "Winnie" were Robert Alexander Briggs and his son (seen driving) Robert Westrope Briggs. Mr Briggs senior was an eminent architect of theatres and retired to Shripney near Bognor in 1913, bringing with him Winnie which he operated on his private garden railway. In 1963 Mr Briggs presented Winnie to the Chichester Model Engineers and she still steamed on a regular basis.
Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: PH 3278

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Sheep-washing in the River Arun, Peppering Farm, near Burpham

Sheep-washing in the River Arun, Peppering Farm, near Burpham, c1908. Two men (foreground) stand in barrels in the fenced-off washing area at the side of the River Arun as other workers prepare to put more sheep into the water (background). A herd of sheep is penned behind hurdles in the hillside in left background. Walter Gardiner Photography Collection PP/WSL/WGNG000226. WSCC Library Service Photograph and Picture Collections

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Midhurst: Cowdray ruins, 1905

A view of the ruins from the park. Cowdray House was destroyed by a fire in 1793.
John Fletcher Collection
West Sussex Record Office, Ref No PH 26114/60

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Architecture, Edwardian, Rural, Sussex, West Sussex