Images Dated 2009

Sgt Babbage lighting a cigarette, Bognor, 26 Aug 1940

On the beach at Bognor Regis close to the pier, the rescued pilot is accompanied by policemen and soldiers. Sgt Cyril Babbage belonged to 602 City of Glasgow Squadron, based at Westhampnett. He was shot down in his Spitfire off Bognor during the Battle of Britain. The pier can be seen in the background; the central section is missing, removed to prevent the Germans from using it as a landing stage.
L'Alouette Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: L'Alouette/A/1/3/21

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Beach and Marine Parade, Worthing

Beach and Marine Parade, Worthing c.1895. View from the pier looking north west. On the right is a three-storey terrace with a canopied balcony on the first floor. The entrance to Montague Street is to the left of this terrace. There is a group of bathing machines on the beach on the left. Boats on the beach, breakwaters, people on the beach and walking along Marine Parade. Walter Gardiner Photography Collection PP/WSL/WGP001208. WSCC Library Service Photograph and Picture Collection.

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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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