LATEST

(8 Jul 25)

The Bognor Heritage Boards

A collaborators get together will be held

at 6.30-8pm on Friday 18 July 2025

at The RAFA Club, Waterloo Square

Agenda

Intro by JAP

Briefing by Matt Gover

Open Discussion and Ideas

Next Steps

 

We hope you can join us, but if you can't make it this time we'll keep you posted.

 

The hoardings on the Waterloo Square side are likely to be made available for the project.

 

There are 27 panels measuring 1.2 x 2.2 metres each.

 

https://www.creativebognor.com/our-projects/the-bognor-heritage-boards

 

We’re inviting sponsorship of £500 for each of the boards to cover the cost of materials and production.

 

List of Collaborators 

  1. Matt Gover
  2. John Parsons
  3. Kez Dunnaway, Bognorphenia
  4. Nic Dunnaway, Bognor Community & Youth Centre
  5. Nick Wren
  6. Sandra Daniells
  7. John Ives
  8. Martin Snook
  9. Ben Cavanagh
  10. Pauline Cory
  11. Corinna Holyoake
  12. Nick Prosser
  13. Clive Mott
  14. Paul Boniface, Sussex Underwater
  15. James Phillips, Gallery Bay
  16. Naomi Pitkeathly
  17. Tina Cockett
  18. Wendy Smith
  19. Vanessa Mills, Fisherman’s Heritage
  20. Hilary Gavin
  21. Sarah Boote Cooke
  22. Jan Malpas
  23. Christine Warden
  24. Caroline Keenan
  25. Jules Stallard, Saltwater Creations
  26. Beccy at Artswork
  27. UCANN Spray
  28. Flashback Bognor
  29. Bognor Museum

Suggested Themes

  1. Intro
  2. Palaeogene period (56-34 million years ago)
  3. Roman (CE 1-300)
  4. Anglo-Saxon (AD 680-)
  5. Sir Richard Hotham (1722-1799)
  6. William Blake (1800-1803)
  7. Napoleonic War (1803-1815)
  8. Victorian Seaside Resort (1800’s)
  9. The Railway
  10. The Pier
  11. Theatres & Cinemas
  12. Films of Bognor
  13. WWI (1914-18)
  14. King George V (1929)
  15. Butlins (1932-)
  16. WWII (1939-45)
  17. The Darker Side of Bognor
  18. The Shoreline Club (1960’s)
  19. Fisherman’s Tales
  20. Sussex Underwater
  21. Youth Culture
  22. The Future
  23. Outro