Local Interest

A generation of ordinary young men and women were thrust into the most extraordinary of situations when the Second World War was declared.As this important period passes from living memory into history, this is likely to be the last time that these personal tales are told, tales which should never be forgotten.

How the poppy came to be a symbol of remembrance after the First World War

The English see more ghosts than any other nation. comical and scary, like all the best ghost stories, these accounts, packed with eerie detail, range from the moaning child that terrified Wordworth's nephew at Cambridge to modern day hitchhikers on Blue Bell Hill.

In this book, which includes many illustrations not previously published, local historian Alan Green explores not only the history and archetecture of the Five Little Churches, but also the lives of their people and parishes. This book is not just church history - it is a portrait of everyday life in Chichester over thre and a half centuries.