Sussex Christmas

FRAN DOEL MA & Dr Geoff Doel lecture in Cultural Studies for the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kent and have lectured extensively in adult education at various universities on literature, medieval and traditional culture. They are the authors of several books on aspects of traditional British Culture, including Worlds of Arthur and Robin Hood, both published by The History Press.Dr GEOFF DOEL has thirty years’ experience of researching and lecturing on folklore for the universities of Kent & Sussex, Birkbeck and Goldsmiths Colleges and the City Lit. He has a PhD on Thomas Hardy and alongside Fran Doel MA, has lectured extensively in adult education at various universities on literature, medieval and traditional culture. Together, they are the authors of several books on aspects of traditional British Culture, including Worlds of Arthur, Robin Hood, and A Dorset Christmas all published by The History Press.

• TitleCopyrightContentsThe AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionA Sussex Christmas Good King WenceslasChristmas DecorationsCandlemas Day, 2 FebruaryA Chichester Christmas MiracleThe Winter ‘stage’Crowborough and Uckfield’s Air-Raid Siren Problems, Christmas 1939Christmas Ghost Stories and HauntingsHastings Fishermen’s Christmas CustomsChristmas in Hastings WorkhouseThe Pumpkin RumMidwinter Storm Destruction of Eastbourne Pier and the Brighton Chain PierThe Christmas PostmanLord of Misrule at ChichesterThe Sinner’s RedemptionThe Wintertime Collier BoatsThe Up Park AlarmistHistory in a House – St Mary’S, BramberThe Chichester Boy BishopsA Church Quire Visits the Gentry on Christmas Eve, 1847Michael Turner’s EpitaphBrighton Pavilion Under SnowThe Christ Child in SussexThe Christmas HuntThe Song of the FoxesSussex Mummers and TipteerersThe Compton TipteerersChristmas at Cold Comfort FarmPlum Pottage and Plum PuddingChristmas in the First World War With the Royal SussexTwelfth NightThe Avalanche on the South DownsChristmas in the Lewes Children’s Homes, 1933A Home ComingMemories of a Petworth Christmas Dinner, 1812Sussex Christmas AleGreat Frosts in SussexChristmas in Brighton Hospital During the Second World WarEddi’s ServiceThe Mote in the Middle DistanceA Wartime Recipe For Almond ShortbreadThe Sussex WassailApple Wassailing – the ‘Duncton Howlers’When Christmas Was Cancelled and Witches Were AbroadEpiphany and a Time of GivingTucks Christmas Cards, 1940S-StyleThe Pelham DoleChristmas Term at Lancing CollegeThe Murderers’ TableMidhurst Mail RobberyBeeding Christmas Dinner Dole, 1874Christmas Church Music in the PastSoft SnowThe Trees Are All Bare Bibliography