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Shoreham Fort

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Victorian Fortification built in 1857 as a prototype to the Palmerston Forts, now a Scheduled Monument and looked after by the Friends of Shoreham Fort, Charity No1147869. A diverse and unique history including the Charge of the Light Brigade, WW1 and WW2

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Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of a territorial battalion facing Nazi Germany.
Through rare photographs and accounts, witness a powerful testament to courage and survival during the darkest days
May 1940.

Eventbrite Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tin-hut-ta...

08.04.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last year’s launch of our Tin Hut Talks series was a huge success and are starting again this month.

Dorothy Saul-Pooley is returning, bringing the experiences of the β€˜Attagirls’ on 20th March. Door open at 18:30 and the talk starts at 19:00.

Only Β£8.00

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tin-hut-ta...

08.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is going to be a big one and such a great chance to find out what we’ve been up to and how you can help too :)

04.02.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wouldn’t it be great to see Shoreham Fort when it looked like this :)

11.01.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A bit blowy at the fort today but it didn’t stop the volunteers working :)

23.11.2024 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you believe it was a year ago that we were awarded the Kings Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE :)

17.11.2024 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where did the aircraft take off to do this please?

02.12.2023 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Sarah, do you know if there is one of these available for Sussex at all please? And how lucky were you, sleeping to noise of jets 😊

16.11.2023 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember this all being in Eastbourne Redoubt, was a fantastic museum 😊

16.11.2023 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Al, we’d love to give you a tour of Shoreham Fort, what’s the best way to contact you please or can you email us at enquiries@shorehamfort.co.uk please. We have such a diverse and unique history that we’d love to share with you 😊

16.11.2023 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Friends of Shoreham Fort have a 'little' announcement we would like to share.

We're not going to hide it, we are all a 'little' bit proud...

KingsAward VS / King's Award for Voluntary Service / Department for Culture, Media and Sport

#KAVS2023 #feelingproud #ALLvolunteers

16.11.2023 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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