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The Mystery of an unassuming field, a broken white mug and a random postcard. An exercise in persistence, intrigue and satisfaction – Part 2
Submitted by Jules W Welcome back to the mystery! Hopefully, the previous blog highlighting the enormity of the community here in WW1 has whetted your appetite for more? In this post, the soldiers who lived here will tell their story, maybe one of them was in the postcard picture from last time, or was…
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The Mystery of an unassuming field, a broken white mug and a random postcard. An exercise in persistence, intrigue and satisfaction – Part 1
submitted by Jules W What do a field, a mug and a postcard have in common? If this was a question on ITV’s ‘1% Club’ then perhaps a search for how many vowels they have, or which vowel is not evident, or letters in each noun, but this is not a test of IQ! It…
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Where is Chyngton Field and why is it under threat?
CHYNGTON FIELD The field shown in the right foreground of the picture above with sheep quietly grazing is Chyngton Field. It is located at the bottom of the ancient bridleway leading up to South Hill barn, from where you can obtain the iconic view of the Seven Sisters cliffs. It forms part of the gateway…
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Cuckmere Haven battle for survival against the elements
Article by Dan de Belder Cuckmere Haven, situated roughly three miles from Seaford, boasts stunning views of the world famous Seven Sisters. It is in the South Downs National Park, with ownership shared among the National Trust, Seaford Town Council and the County Council; the cottages are privately owned. Cuckmere Haven, whilst renowned for its…
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‘Dancing Sunflowers’
Have you heard of ‘sunflowers dancing’? A report in a national newspaper sent me off investigating. A study carried out by a team led by Yasmine Meroz at Tel Aviv University discovered that what appeared to be random movements within groups of plants can lead to self-organising patterns that optimise growing conditions. The team delved…
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A Distant Sound
It is easy to take everyday objects around you for granted. I have looked again at two of these and seen the connection between them. The first is a framed watercolour above our fireplace. The scene shows a striking Seaford cliff-scape, painted in meticulous detail, with Seaford Head as it was in the nineteenth century.…
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Intriguing pile of earth!
Whilst wandering along the path on Seaford Head towards the coastguard cottages I came across a strange pile of earth with a little hole in the middle. I pondered over this little pile of earth wondering what creature had worked so hard to create it. It obviously wasn’t ants. Whatever was causing it wasn’t worried…
Celebrating Seaford 