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Horror in the seas, and Halloween fun in the town. What are you up to this weekend?

The town keeps changing — but the people are trying to take back control. Plus all the news you need and all the events in town in the build up to Halloween.

A new book about Shoreham's fishing past, a new crossing for Shoreham's future — and a new group, bringing together the local community. Another busy week in SbS.

The petrol crisis is here, but let's ignore it and concentrate on the incredible range of events this week in Shoreham.

Big new developments? Cycle lanes? What's next for our town? Plus: good news from a local primary school, and a round-up of events over the week to come.

Rebooting our weekly round-up of news and events for people in Shoreham by Sea and Shoreham Beach.

The centre of Shoreham-by-Sea was full of the stars of the big and small screen, fundraising for the Adur Special Needs Project

The first in a series of weekly newsletters celebrating what's happening in Shoreham-by-Sea and Shoreham Beach.

Our local community arts venue is raising cash to reopen better than ever.

Staff at a local supermarket test positive for coronavirus, and other news from Shoreham-by-Sea.

A week's worth of news from Shoreham by Sea, Shoreham Beach and beyond.

Dramatic scenes in the town centre on Saturday night - and a political fight over the future of the Shoreham Beach Neighbourhood Forum

News you might have missed from the week just gone.

A digest of Shoreham-by-Sea news you might have missed in recent weeks.

Another café is open to serve you for delivery and collection during lockdown.

The VE Day bank holiday is done - but Shoreham Life goes on in lockdown. Here's the latest stories from around the town.

Bringing back the blog, as a way of helping with Covid-19.

A video of the Shoreham by Sea Christmas Tree Festival in 2018.

A stormy morning down on the beach

After much controversy, a music festival [http://www.wildlifefestival.com] is going ahead at Shoreham Airport. This morning, early ticket sales went ahead for Shoreham by Sea residents – and the queue was up to two hours long. > Quite a queue already for @WILD_LIFE_FEST [https://twitter.com/WILD_LIFE_

The Sussex Pad sat just outside Shoreham-by-Sea for centuries. But what happened to it after it closed for good in the 2010s?

Basepoint Business Centres bought the Ropetackle building a couple of years ago, and have rebranded it under their name, as you can see in the above video. Some people are up in arms, and Mike Mendoza has started a petition to have the change reversed [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/

* * * * Workmen are busy replacing some of the shattered panels on the Adur Ferry Bridge.

Bloomfield Digital [http://www.bloomfieldigital.co.uk] shot this short video of filming underway on The Woman in Gold at Shoreham Airport on Thursday.

We’re right in the middle of the annual Adur Art Trail [http://www.adurarttrail.co.uk/art-trail], which runs until June 15th. Well worth checking out this weekend, if you have the time. I had the chance to pop into St Mary de Haura on Thursday, and enjoy some

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wwii-shoreham-airport-2.jpg] Today, Shoreham Airport has become part of the Third Reich. The main public parts of the building have been redressed to make it look like a small German airport of the World War II period, as Dame Helen Mirren descends

* * * * I had the chance to pop into Tom Foolery [http://tomfoolerycoffeecompany.com], the new coffee shop that’s just opened on the High Street. Some might say that Shoreham is not short of coffee shops, but I’d disagree. Shoreham is rich in cafés, and many of those do good

Well, I suppose we all knew it would happen. I wonder how long it will take to be repaired?

* * * * * * * * * * * * It was a gorgeous winter’s day for the market yesterday…

The old Shoreham footbridge is being demolished. Here's some photos of its final day.

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/shoreham-beach-hut-turned-high-tech-by-virgin-media/virgin-media-pimps-gadget-beach-hut-1/] Virgin Media’s gadget-filled beach hut on Shoreham Beach Virgin Media have taken one of the Beach Huts on Shoreham Beach – and filled it with gadgets. The Virgin Media site is a l [http://www.virgin.com/media-and-mobile/news/pimp-my-beach-hut-with-virgin-media] ittle sketchy

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/rockpooling-on-shoreham-beach/dscf2662/] Rockpooling on Shoreham Beach Steve Savage has written up last weekend’s tidepooling event on Shoreham Beach [http://sussexmarinejottings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/friends-of-shoreham-beach-annual-tide.html] .

Work is finally underway on the new footbridge. By Thursday, the carpark on Riveside Road is closed, as is most of Lower Beach Road. Instead, there’s a new path through the car park: [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/work-starts-on-the-new-shoreham-footbridge/the-new-path-to-the-shoreham-footbridge/] The new, temporary path to the Shoreham footbridge

New opening ahoy on East Street and Ferry Road.

The closed hotel has been acquired by the local private school.

An impressively large buoy washed up on Shoreham Beach over the weekend.  I can’t help wondering what it was marking, which it isn’t any more…

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/04/shoreham-coastguard-on-the-web/coastguardsite/] The Shoreham-by-Sea Coastguard website Our local coastguard have a rather lovely website under development. Check out the Shoreham Coastguard [http://shorehamcoastguard.yolasite.com/].

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/03/boardwalk-update/img_2572/] Boardwalkin' There’s a post on the Shorehambysea.com [http://www.shorehambysea.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4148&st=0] forums from a beach resident claiming that the Land Registry have found for the complainants in the issue of the boardwalk

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/02/the-poetry-of-shoreham-beach/c5753a005be211e1abb01231381b65e3_7/] Sunset over Shoreham Beach Lovely poem about Shoreham Beach [http://carolinespoetryblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunrise-on-shoreham-beach.html] . Here’s a taster: > I am alone. The beach is mine. Only one other solitary dog walker in the distance.

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Walking home last night, I headed along the beach for the first time since I came back from holiday, and found a boardwalk under construction: [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/12/shoreham-beach-boardwalk/boardwalk1/] Boardwalk junction [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/12/shoreham-beach-boardwalk/boardwalk2/] The beginning of the boardwalk from the

The Shoreham Herald is reporting that the council has a new bridge design in mind [http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/local/shoreham_footbridge_design_submitted_by_west_sussex_county_council_1_3019191] : [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/09/troubled-bridge-over-adur-water/attachment/3357479390/] Yes, in future, short people will have a

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