VIDEO - Edwardian news for Bexhill High

STUDENTS from Bexhill High School braved freezing winds to dress in Edwardian bathing costumes for a media and history project with a twist.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Mar 2008, 10:00 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:15 BST

A Year 11 group recreated the first example of mixed bathing in Bexhill at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The event was filmed and presented in the style of a modern-day television news report.

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The Rother Special News Report project has been organised by East Sussex-based film and music charity Sound Architect and made possible thanks to a 35,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and funding from Rother District Council.

Films will show how the area developed throughout the centuries to become what it is today.

Students from Robertsbridge Community College are also taking part in the project.

Pupils involved have chosen specific areas for research and their reports will cover such things as changes in the landscape and settlements, local industrial history, fashions, culture and social and economic progress.

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Rachel Lewis, project manager at Sound Architect, said: "This is a really exciting project and we are delighted to be working with such enthusiastic pupils and staff from the two schools.

"The project really will bring history to life and to the big screen."

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