SUSSEX OUSE RESTORATION TRUST - PUBLIC MEETINGS

Social Meeting - Thursday 30th October 2008

The Grange, Lewes

The Autumn 2008 Meeting of SORT took place in the Newton Room of Southover Grange in Lewes on the evening of October 30th at 7.30pm. Members of IWA Kent & East Sussex branch (IWAKES) joined SORT for a very interesting talk from Nick Kelly on "The Lost waterways of Southern England".  Nick's definition of "Southern" and "England" stretched somewhat as we roamed from Cornwall across the whole of the south before moving up through East Anglia and finally settling in Northern Ireland!  But we can forgive him that for his excellent slides and wealth of knowledge on all things waterway-related.

The entrance to Southover Grange is in Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1TP.  There is a Streetmap link here.  There is parking in surrounding streets or in the school car park immediately opposite the venue. Lewes station is only a short walk away to the east.

Thursdays and Week-ends from May to mid-September

Restoration work parties at Isfield Lock

By kind permission of landowner John Sclater, conservation / restoration work will restart at Isfield Lock on various week-ends from late April until mid-September 2009, plus a few Thursdays. Following completion of the removal of the bottom gate remains and all the silt from the lock in 2007, work in 2008 concentrated on the conservation and renovation of the East wall.  Good progress was made with this task and 2009 will see this work continuing with the possibility also of a start being made on the wing walls north and south of the Lock on this East side.

Further detailed lists of dates will be published here once they are set. We will be delighted to see any new working members there on these dates, but please contact our volunteer coordinator Ted Lintott, via e-mail at tedl @ talktalk.net, or by telephone 01444 414413, before you come along so that we can give you precise details of times and location.