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Yes. It is the 60th Anniversary of the course closure today.
Great footage by Leonard White.
Leonard’s father was a bookmaker and a racehorse owner.
One of the trainers of his father’s horses was Lewes trainer, D. Butcher.
At about four-years-old, Leonard sat on his first racehorse, but he was off again in seconds.
Leonard attended local races with his father at Lewes, Plumpton and Brighton.There were a few films produced of Lewes Racecourse, when it was active. The films that are being shown are by Leonard White and another was researched from Screen Archive South East.
We have been researching the Lewes Racecourse, in depth for a number of years now and we were going to put our website online this year, but we are still filling in the gaps. We have agreed that we should complete as much as possible and make sure that the information is correct, before showing the website to the public. It has been a nightmare documenting some of the racecourse’s history as various sources document different results for the same race and all of this has had to be mentioned to make sure that the races have been thoroughly documented.
We have covered over 63 topics on the Lewes Racecourse, so far, and we will eventually be sharing a huge amount of information with the public. It has been a very interesting journey and we are looking forward to sharing the archive with everyone in the near future.
Please note that we are nothing to do with the group who have posted the video.
The Official Lewes Racecourse Archive can be found at https://lewesracecourse.org.uk
Please feel free to contact us if you would like any information on the Lewes Racecourse. It’s free!
Researching and documenting the Lewes Racecourse's history.
Here is a tiny glimpse of the history that we are continuing to archive. https://nevillresidentsassociation.co.uk/page.php/lewes-racecourse
Thanks to Nevill Residents Association for working collaboratively with us on this page.
Thank you for your patience whilst we continue to work on our website.
Researching and documenting the Lewes Racecourse's history.
Don’t worry. lewesracecourse.com is not lost forever. I am the founder of the site and we have taken the site down temporarily whilst we update it. We are adding more content than ever before.
In the meantime we are showing colour film footage of the last days racing with the permission of the late producers family.
Researching and documenting the Lewes Racecourse's history.
