GALLERY: Warwick Street is 200 years old
HUNDREDS of people flocked to Worthing town centre on Saturday (August 2) to celebrate Warwick Street's 200-year business birthday.
Warwick Street has been the home of local business for 200 years. Henty's Bank – now the Vintners Parrot – was the first business to open in the street in 1808.
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To mark the special milestone, the Worthing Town Centre Initiative and the Revolutionary Arts Group joined forces to hold a birthday party on Saturday.
Singers, a stilt walker and exhibitions were just some of the attractions held in Warwick Lane, Warwick Street and Stanford Square.
Organiser Dan Thompson said: "It was a great day. We had a slow start but once the rain cleared, the crowds were certainly out.
"It was wonderful to see Worthing's best shopping street so bustling, and an example of what can happen when the Town Centre Initiative engages with organisations like the Revolutionary Arts Group."
Mr Thompson said families were kept busy with a treasure trail and activities laid on by the Worthing Craft and Sussex Needlecraft Centre.
The unusual Caravan Gallery, featuring an exhibition of photographs from around the UK by artists Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale, was also popular.
And music was provided by jazz and blues performer Adrian Crick, singer-songwriter Russ Bravo, and calypso troupe The Bamboo Band, which sang Happy Birthday to end the day.
Warwick Street is named after George Greville, the 4th Earl of Warwick, who moved to Worthing in 1789 and started the town's growth as a seaside resort.
*Motorhead recorded an album in what is now Ask restaurant.
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