J B Priestley: A Talk

How many times have you driven along the Military Road and glanced up at Brook Hill House wondering what it must be like to live there.

J B Priestley: A TalkAt the end of next month you might be able to find out when film editor Tom Priestley will share memories of, and show a film about his father, the famous author, playwright and broadcaster JB Priestley, who lived in Brook in the 1950s and 1960s.

The event takes place at Seely Hall in Brook, starting at 7pm and concluding by 9pm.

Tickets £2.50 in advance (none sold on the door) ring 07784 733920 or email brookvillagehistory(at)yahoo.co.uk

“¦Lower and nearer, a glimpse of a tiny church and the ruin of a large manor house.

Further off, but dominating the scene, is the long chalk cliff that ends in the Needles.

And full in the middle panes of my window is that flashing mirror, that blue diamond or that infinite haze, that window for the mind, which is the sea.