Portslade history podcasts

Episode one. Hannah Brackenbury: multi millionaire.

Hannah Brackenbury was a Victorian lady with an inherited wealth of around £30 million. She gave much of it away to charities, including building a school in Portslade, and an entire college at the University of Oxford. We explore how she got her money, how she spent it, and was there something more devious going on.

Episode two. The Great Storm of 1987.

A once in 200 year storm ripped through Portslade and the south of England. Winds of up to 120 mph tore down 15 million trees, roofs and beach huts. Fire fighter Ian Barratt recalls rescuing a woman from a collapsed chimney, roofer Julian Coulter talks about building devastation, and Brighton Museums describe the horrendous damage to the Royal Pavilion.


Episode three. Portslade's old brewery.

Award winning beer, war time army base and French manufacturing giant. Portslade's old brewery has had a varied, turbulent and exciting 142 year history. This podcast explores the enterprising people who turned a quiet corner of Portslade village into a epicentre of enterprise. But what next for this historic building?

Episode four. When Christmas was banned in Portslade.

If a year seems a long time to wait for Christmas, imagine if it was banned. We go back to 1640 Portslade when Christmas was less ho-ho-ho, and more no-no no!

St Marye's Convent documentary.

Mystery and screcracey surround the convent during its 90 year stay in Portslade. We discover what went on behind the closed doors with interviews with former staff, altar boys and health visitors to the convent. Contains never seen before photos.

The Portslade Pub Crawl - 400 years of beers

18 pubs in 22 minutes, as we travel back 400 years to discover all the pubs that have ever existed in Portslade since 1650.

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