The Argus | Archive | 2001 | September | 1


I was here for tidal wave

From the archive, first published Saturday 1st Sep 2001.

Our family was on the beach when the Brighton tidal wave struck in 1929. I was aged six months.

My brother was eight years and my sisters were nine and 13. Our mother quickly picked me up and all ran off the beach to safety.

I have always understood the tidal wave was caused by an earth tremor on the Chichester Fault, which lies under the sea off the coast near the Chichester Harbour.

-Denise Bennett, Portslade

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