More About Us
Our interests cover all aspects of local history including archaeology, genealogy, pictorial past, sociology, folklore and a number of other specialist strands. Personal research into our local heritage is encouraged.
Some Members of Pastfinders on their recent Classic Southdown Bus Trip
Since our first meeting in 1996, we have investigated a variety of community subjects and events and our displays at Lancing Library and elsewhere have included local education, literary characters, wartime, mills and highways & byways. We have regular discussions, talks by members and outside speakers, guided walks and a summer visit to the downland barn at Lambleys. At Christmas we hold a a social event.
This is a picture of our 1950s Local History Display at the Sir Robert Woodard Jubilee Fete on Saturday 26 May 2012
Members, individually, hold a number of archives – old documents, books, images, maps, ephemera and many other sources - which they are generally prepared to make available to each other for study and research