Brighton’s ‘lost’ neighbourhood: The Chalk Pit Furlong.

Rottingdean Whiteway Centre

Special Event

Brighton’s ‘lost’ neighbourhood: The Chalk Pit Furlong.

Day Friday
Date31st January 2025
Time 19:30 - 21:30
Presenter Dr Geoffrey Mead
Cost £12.00
Room Main Hall
Availability 49/50 Places
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Event Description
The Chalk Pit Furlong is an area of Brighton which is well known to residents and visitors alike…but not under that name! Hidden in plain sight in the heart of commercial Brighton, is a ‘lost’ past community of cottages, workplaces, smithies and taverns
Presenter

An Associate Tutor with the Geography team at the University of Sussex from where I thought I had retired...10 years ago! I specialise in the landscapes of SE England, in both urban and rural areas and I did my doctorate in the suburban growth of the interwar period. I taught adult education for nearly 30 years at Sussex where I worked in the Landscape Studies degree team and was Convenor for Local History. I give talks across SE England to a wide range of groups, from universities to local history societies, WI groups , U3A, Probus and Round Tables. I teach also for the Workers Educational Association and run weekly classes at local community centres. The most requested from my range of talks are those that combine social history, geography, geology and a 'sense of place'.