Street party in Southview Road, Southwick. Pic S RobardsStreet party in Southview Road, Southwick. Pic S Robards
Street party in Southview Road, Southwick. Pic S Robards

Southwick residents celebrate end of lockdown with a ‘brilliant’ street party

A group of residents in Southwick have got together to celebrate the easing of lockdown restrictions.

People living in Southview Road originally planned to have a street party after the first lockdown to celebrate getting back to normality – but then the UK went into a further two lockdowns before they could all get together.

It finally took place on Saturday (September 18), with residents holding a raffle, which raised £166.37 for Cancer Research. There was also music from a local brass band, ‘Zumba with Jo’ got everybody up dancing, Lee Pryor, the lead singer of Whole Lotta Led, a professional tribute band to Led Zeppelin, did an hour of acoustic numbers, and a DJ played everyone’s favourite tunes into the evening.

Fran Pryor, 73, was one of the many people who joined in the celebrations. She said: “It was brilliant. The party was very successful and it was so nice seeing the children play together.

“Everybody made a dish to bring to the party, someone made a huge pot of homemade paella, and there was homemade curries, everything was made from scratch, it was lovely.

“We had a great big spread of food which was nice, it made a change from the Tesco’s sausage rolls that you normally get, everyone really did well with the food.”

Fran Pryor, 73, was one of the many people who joined in the celebrations. She said: “It was brilliant. The party was very successful and it was so nice seeing the children play together.

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