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[[Ted Tinling]] was born in Eastbourne in 1910.
[[Ted Tinling]] was born in Eastbourne in 1910.


An Austrian countess who dressed like a man and kept a number of dachshunds lived in Eastbourne in the 1910s and was suspected of being a lesbian  <ref> pp 33-34 Long Live Great Bardfield: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood (Persephone Books: London) (2016) </ref>.
An Austrian countess who dressed like a man and kept a number of dachshunds lived in South Cliff Avenue, Eastbourne in the 1910s and was suspected of being a lesbian  <ref> pp 33-34 Long Live Great Bardfield: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood (Persephone Books: London) (2016) </ref>.


There was an Eastbourne [[CHE group]] in the 1970s.
There was an Eastbourne [[CHE group]] in the 1970s.

Revision as of 16:03, 16 July 2023

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Eastbourne is a seaside town in East Sussex.

LGBT history

Ted Tinling was born in Eastbourne in 1910.

An Austrian countess who dressed like a man and kept a number of dachshunds lived in South Cliff Avenue, Eastbourne in the 1910s and was suspected of being a lesbian [1].

There was an Eastbourne CHE group in the 1970s.

Dr John Bodkin Adams practiced as a GP in Eastbourne, and is thought to have murdered many of his patients.

Bourne Out is a local LGBT forum.[2]

Eastbourne Rainbow is a group for the over-50s.[3]

References

<references>

  1. pp 33-34 Long Live Great Bardfield: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood (Persephone Books: London) (2016)
  2. http://bourneout.org.uk/
  3. http://www.eastbournerainbow.co.uk/