G. SIMS - BOOK
Who is/was he/she?
My father has recently acquired a hardback book in A4 format entitled "Historical Notes Newhaven - Dieppe Vol 1" consisting of printed copies of handwritten notes about items relating to Newhaven, Sussex. The notes are attributed to G Sims with a home address in Newhaven. The spine of the book also reads "pages 1-300" which indicates that there may be other volumes OR that it was intended to print further notes. The book has no indication of the printers or the date of printing, so can anyone enlighten me as to who G Sims is/was and whether in fact there were any further volumes printed? My father who is 84 years old was born in West Sussex and now lives with me here in the Midlands so very unlikely he will now ever visit Newhaven.
George Sims worked at the Marine Workshops at Newhaven as a naval architect. He was also a prolific and very accurate historian and note-maker. There is a lot more that he wrote, and more information on him, but you'd need to visit Newhaven Museum to see it. Andy-Editor