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Adur Torpedo
This is the first published Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and District, West Sussex, England
September 1999 : Volume 1 Issue 2
- News
& Events
- Shoreham Airport is located on the western side of the River Adur. A walk runs from the town centre across the road bridge (Norfolk Bridge) and along the towpath adjacent to the airfield.
- LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
- Alchemist
- (Material Resources for Adur District Voluntary & Educational Programmes)
- British Marine Life Study Society
- Marlipins Museum (Sussex Archaeological Society)
- Sussex Japan Society
- Sussex Yacht Club
- SPECIALIST SITES
- An Outline History of the Radar and Radio Installations
- Ray Chandler
- Andy Horton
- Andy Horton (Hulkesmouth Publishing)
- Keith Irving
- Tony Irving
4/5
September 1999 (Sat/Sun)
BATTLE
OF BRITAIN AIR SHOW
17
August - 30 September 1999
Those
Magnificent Men and Women in their Flying Machines
Early biplane taking off from Worthing Beach c. 1911
Photographic Exhibition at the Marlipins Museum
Wildlife Reports
Verdant Mud 1999
In
the prolonged hot and dry spell for the complete month of July, the mud
flats on the part of the River Adur that runs through the centre of Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex, turned green with a rapid spread of the salt tolerant green
plant known as the Common Glasswort,
Salicornia europea.
This plant is collected for food when it is known as Marsh Samphire, and
is meant to be a poor man's asparargus. It tastes like a mouthful of seawater
to me. The plant roots in the estuarine mud in salinities
of about 3.2% but variable from full salinity with an incoming spring tide,
to fresh water running out over the top of the sea water.
Young shoots
This
bright green plant has cylindrical stems with paired branches like the
stems which are the leaves. As the year goes on the stems and branches
turn a slight yellowish hue in autumn. The small flowers are the same colour
as the rest of the plant and are inconspicuous. All the plants occur outside
of the main stream of the river. The seeds need exposure to air to germinate
and will not establish if they are permanently submerged.
Nearer the riverbank, Sea Purslane, Halimione portulacoides, predominates. It is easily distinguished from Glasswort because its conventional leaves have a silvery sheen.
Historical Snippets
- The first commercial aerodrome
in Britain, opened in 1911, (aircraft flew on the Isle of Sheppey in 1909
but the landing field is now a caravan park) is now used almost exclusively
for light aircraft and helicopter flights. There is an Aviation Museum
in an old hangar. Pleasure flights are available. The Art Deco terminal
building was designed by Stavers H. Tiltman.
1938 Passenger air services
in operation from Shoreham Airport to Jersey, Birmingham and Liverpool.
The railway station serving the airport was originally called Bungalow
Town Halt (opened 1910), but renamed Shoreham Airport Station (in 1935),
the first station to serve an airport in England, in 1930.
Link
to Map showing the location of Shoreham Airport in relation to the town
and the River Adur.
Web Sites
Shoreham Lifeboat Station
Shoreham Airport Society
Shoreham Rowing Club
Shoreham Sailing Club
at Truleigh Hill
bySqn Ldr T Howard ToonBA CertEd MBCS CISP RAFVR(T)
Taking the lead with Gill Minter (for Dog Lovers)
FAMILY
AND PERSONAL HOMEPAGES
David Lewis
NEW
Havergal
Brian Society http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/brian
Brian,
Havergal,
in full WILLIAM HAVERGAL
BRIAN (b. Jan. 29, 1876, Dresden, Staffordshire, Eng.--d. Nov. 28, 1972,
Shoreham,
Sussex), English musician
and self-taught composer.
He composed 20 symphonies
whilst living on Shoreham Beach.
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