NEWHAVEN - A MOMENT IN TIME
A Sunday morning photographic stroll around town in early Spring 1989
By Derek Longly
After being away from my family's home town for most of my life working overseas and living in various other parts of the UK I was pleased when I was finally able to move to live in Newhaven and thus 'return to my roots' in late 1988.
In the early Spring of 1989 I set out one fine sunny Sunday morning to record my impressions of the town, to see some of the changes that had taken place and also trace what remained from my memories of early visits as a youngster back in the 1950's.
As an impression of the town and how it appeared on that occasion some twenty two years ago here are some of the photographs that I took during my exploration.
Cantell's Yard
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Upper High Street
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Lower High Street - with Happy Stores before the Library moved to the building
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Low Tide from Denton Island
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The Bridge Hotel & National Westminster Bank building
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Compass Point in the new Shopping Centre
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St Michael's - where my parents were married in 1933
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Panorama toward Mount Pleasant
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View toward St Michael's
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Merchant Seamen Memorial
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Lifeboat before getting her new Station
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Fishermen's Shop on quayside
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View over the Marina before new flats constructed
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The Hope Inn & Fort
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Car Free Seafront
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View upriver from the Yacht Club
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