Old Images of Worthing, West Sussex

Glimpse history through old images of Worthing, West Sussex, England.

Territorial Army 1928

A very short clip of silent, black and white footage shows a Territorial Army event in Worthing, including a line up of the costumes worn over time by Territorial Army volunteers.

Volunteers Through The Ages (1928) - British Pathé on YouTube

Worthing Pier 1956

A Canadian singer called Alan Hervey visited Worthing Pier in 1956, when he was working in the UK with the Mapleleaf Four singing group.

Here, with the help from some children, he demonstrates a hexagonal fishing kite. You can see lots of the seafront buildings in the background.

https://youtu.be/4D2YZpUFamo

Kite Fishing Aka Kite Fishermen (1956) - British Pathé on YouTube

West Sussex College of Art 1959

The Worthing Museum and Art Gallery Committe donated a collection of vintage dresses, all dating from 1813 to 1890, to the West Sussex College of Art.

Students Dress Up Aka Art School (1959) - British Pathé on YouTube

Worthing Beach 1969

This 1969 newsreel item states that each year hundreds of people drowned around the UK coast.

Sussex Police Constable Dan Barker had invented a simple device to improve CPR techniques. It is demonstrated here by policewoman Jane Morse on Miranda Overington, playing an unconscious patient.

Kiss-Of-Life Invention (1969) - British Pathé on YouTube

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