Beach House In 1937 Beach House provided sanctuary for 60 refugee children from the Basque region of Spain who came to Britain fleeing bombing and starvation after the destruction of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. They were supported and cared for entirely by local volunteers.

Beach House, Brighton Road, Worthing, United Kingdom

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Festival of Britain: The above clock was given by the Worthing School Children and accepted on behalf of the borough by The Mayor Councillor Mrs Rita E Summers JP (Festival Clock - The timepiece, known as the Festival Clock, was presented to former Mayoress Mrs Rita Summers in July 1952 by local school children along with an accompanying commemorative plaque)

Clock Tower on Worthing Promenade - behind Splashpoint Leisure Centre, 60 Brighton Road, Worthing, BN11 2EN, Worthing, United Kingdom

Keith Noel Emerson 1944-2016 celebrated son of Worthing English musician and composer, founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. "Perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished, keyboardist in rock history"

Worthing Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, United Kingdom

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Keith Noel Emerson
(1944-2016) band member

Centenary. Ellen Chapman first female mayor of Worthing 1920-1922 English suffragist.

Chapel Road, Worthing, United Kingdom

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Ellen Chapman
mayor

Angela Barnwell 1936-1965 Olympic Swimmer. Represented Great Britain at the Helsinki Summer Olympics 1952. Member of Worthing Swimming Club trained at Heene Road Baths

Splashpoint Leisure Centre, Brighton Road, Worthing, United Kingdom

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