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Hants & Sussex buses and coaches operated by an Emsworth businessman whose career spanned almost 60 years

Fundraising activity in November 1924 to raise money for a Parish Hall in Emsworth

Work in partnership with the local community by the Arun & Rother Rivers Trust trading as Western Sussex Rivers Trust. This is a 10-year restoration plan for the River Ems.

Life of the first Langstone Bridge built in 1824

Memoir written in 1925 that included details about Emsworth fires.

Work of the Emsworth fire station team located on the ground floor of the Museum building

The growth of the Rowlands Castle Brickworks

Wodehouse's love of cricket found an outlet both as a player and a writer of cricket-themed stories

Percy Jeeves was a professional cricketer whom Wodehouse saw play in 1913 and he then immortalised the name in his Jeeves and Wooster stories.

History of the Emsworth Sailing School from its inception by Crab Searl in 1958 to 1988

A Special 50th Anniversary Edition about Local history and the Trust

Local history sustained by local people for some 50 years. The Trust President reflects on this achievement

David Rudkin, Trust founder and first chairman, as depicted from a son's perspective

Descriptions of Museum life over the past 50 years

Life of Michael Kennett, second chairman of the Trust and a proud Emsworthian, as recalled by his son

Strahan Soames, author and third chairman of the Trust, from a daughter's perspective

A maritime story about the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation

An historical story about the 'likely' interior of Warblington Castle

The present curator details the professionalising of the Museum

Educating the public on local history and the Trust using the global reach available with digital technology