Southwick Society launches Southwick in Lockdown photo competition

Volunteers are unable to open the Manor Cottage Heritage Centre at the moment but as soon as they can, they want to fill it with pictures charting the town during Covid-19.

Nigel Divers, secretary, said: “We are looking for photographs that illustrate life in Southwick and Fishersgate since the onset of Covid-19. Anyone can enter the competition.

“All pictures will be displayed in Manor Cottage when the society is able to reopen it to the public. They will then be added to the society’s archives as part of our social history.

“Entry to the Southwick in Lockdown competition is free. There are three categories, community, humorous and miscellaneous, and competitors can enter up to three images. Pictures must be of scenes in Southwick or Fishersgate, taken between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021.”

There will be prizes for each category and for an overall winner. Entries must be submitted by April 10, 2021.

Pictures can be sent by email to [email protected] with the name and category included in the filename of the images.

Alternatively entries can be printed and posted, with a note of the entrant’s name and contact details, through the letter box at Manor Cottage Heritage Centre, 16 Southwick Street, Southwick.

For more information about the Southwick Society, a registered charity, visit southwicksociety.btck.co.uk