Ruth Thomson: Grown in Lewes

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Following the publication of Grown in Lewes last November, Ruth Thomson, one of the co-editors, will give a talk on where the idea for the book came from, who has been involved and will expand upon two of the topics she researched and wrote about. One is the history of Elphicks, the much loved (and much missed) family-run seed merchant and garden shop that traded in Cliffe High Street for more than 150 years; the other is the rise and fall of the early 19th century Leighside estate, which has been partly incorporated into todays Railway Land nature reserve. Ruth will recount how its owner, Burwood Godlee, left his mark on the Cliffe area of Lewes having had a hand in the building of several of its key landmarks.