Hewitt's History Files
SO many landmarks have gone; so much has disappeared '“ facts that make all the more precious the photographic collection Dave Johnston's parents put together.
Tragically Dave's dad, Stephen, died of cancer in Chichester in 1952 when Dave was just eight years old, after which the family moved to London for a while.
But when they moved back to West Sussex, Dave's mother, Nellie, continued to take photographs in much the same way her late husband had done '“ just as Dave himself continues to do now.
It's an important task '“ a way of recording change. Take Eastgate Square in Chichester, as Dave says '“ an area which has changed vastly.
For full feature see West Sussex Gazette October 29