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Is there anything cuter than five tiny piglets? Sir William Joynson-Hicks, first Viscount Brentford and former Home Secretary, shown on his farm in Newick Park, Sussex, with five little piglets, c1930 ref: ACC 10951/1/2/54 #EYATiny

Our Reading Room map table was custom-built to accommodate the largest map (a tithe map of Rotherfield) we held when we opened in 2013. Since then, we got an even bigger one of Rye which is over six metres long. #EYAHuge

Look familiar? This 1965 proposal for a large seafront tower - known as the Skydeck - is sketched out above and would have loomed large over West Street, Brighton. Ref ACC8761/68 #EYAHuge

Stylish swimwear on the cover of this programme marking the opening of the SS Brighton in West St, 1934. At the time, it was the largest covered seawater swimmingpool in the world #EYAFashion

Strike a pose! Fashion show at York Place, Brighton 1949. From the Argus. #EYAFashion

Flyers from the papers of Stuart Alexander, aka Boogaloo Stu, DJ, entertainer and nightclub promoter c1992-c2017. Most well-known for Brighton's Dynamite Boogaloo & London counterpart Shinky Shonky he's also a performance artist, designer, & musician. Ref: ACC13248. #EYADisco

“Not a prayer meeting, but merely the family (plus the King) trying to solve an acrostic.” This drawing is from ‘The Flyleaf’ a manuscript family circular edited by William Frederick Winckworth of Brighton, c1901. Ref: ACC 6630/14 #EYAFamily

Afternoon tea in the garden at Sutton Hall with silver and cake stand. Elizabeth and her son Francis, and a nursemaid for the baby. From the Sclater family album. Ref: AMS/5643/3/10 #EYAFamily

Lewes solicitor’s clerk Henry Bartlett took up photography as a hobby around the 1890s. The collection of his photographs (ACC 8509) shows life in Lewes over 100 years ago. A surprising number of people chose to be photographed with their pets. #EYAAnimals

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Find out what was on the menu for Christmas dinner at a Brighton hotel in 1959 and what life and love were like for one couple in wartime. The Keep's latest newsletter is out now. You can here it here: ow.ly/L9v550UpVxh or subscribe here: ow.ly/zt7E50UpVxa

A series of correspondence sent to Sussex artist Eric Ravilious has just been made available to view in our Reading Room for the first time since the collection’s acquisition in 2016. The whole series is now open for public access and can be browsed at RAV/3/3/.

Discover how to access The Keep's research service, find out how a Saltdean Hotel celebrated New Year's Eve 1938 and more in The Keep's latest newsletter. You can read it here: ow.ly/fbTt50UAVFg Or you can subscribe here: ow.ly/HRjH50UAVFh

Read about the role the Aspidistra Radio Masts played in WWII and discover what's available in The Keep's research room in The Keep's latest newsletter. You can read it here: ow.ly/cgLL50VfH3h Or you can subscribe here: ow.ly/mTaf50VfH3j

What's in our Matusow collections, what's new in our research room and who was (arguably) Brighton's first Rock ‘n’ Roll band? Find out in The Keep's latest newsletter. You can read it here: ow.ly/O4os50Vy5eI Or you can subscribe here: ow.ly/FfvO50Vy5eJ

This Nutley Women's Institute scrapbook was created to celebrate the WI's Golden Jubilee. It contains photos, newspaper clippings, opinions on local fashions and more. If you want to take a sneak peek back to 1965, the scrapbook can be found at The Keep (ref WI/204/3/2).

The latest treatment in our conservation studio has been on a damaged plan of a well-known Eastbourne hotel - find out more in our latest newsletter. You can read it here: ow.ly/AZSS50VOo3A Or you can subscribe here: ow.ly/Oasm50VOo3E

More photos documenting the construction of road & traffic schemes across the county are now available to order and view in our Reading Room - find out more in our latest newsletter. You can read it here: ow.ly/k2kg50W4GS0 Or you can subscribe here: ow.ly/5tl450W4GS1

Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale was the BBC's sole presenter at the USA Live Aid event. To mark Live Aid @ 40 we had another look at her archive. Find out more in our latest newsletter. Read it here ow.ly/HG4p50Wn7PT: Or subscribe here ow.ly/rExC50Wn7PS