Eastbourne 70 (Part 1). Looking back at the Tramway's previous home, 70 years on from its opening.

Part One of our Eastbourne 70 series, celebrating 70 years since our predecessor line opened on 4th July 1954, and 55 years since it closed on 14th September 1969, at which point the Tramway moved to Seaton.

This film is a compilation of cine film, showing the development of the line between 1956 and 1969.

Join us across 2024 for some nostalgic reflections on the Tramway's time at Eastbourne. Here's the full schedule:

14th September: This date is the exact 55th anniversary of Eastbourne Tramway’s closure, and we will mark this with a “Then & Now” video, comparing archive images with the site as it looks in 2024.

We then follow this with a series of short films, each looking at a specific year in the life of Eastbourne Tramway, released on the following dates:

21st September: 1954
22nd September: 1955

28th September: 1956
29th September: 1957

5th October: 1958
6th October: 1959

12th October: 1960
13th October: 1961

19th October: 1962
20th October: 1963

26th October: 1964
27th October: 1965

2nd November: 1966
3rd November: 1967

9th November: 1968
10th November: 1969