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Worthing Archaeological Society has celebrated 100 years of research and excavations, dedicated to the history of West Sussex.

An informal meeting, instigated by Marion Frost, was held on January 10, 1922, and the inaugural meeting of the society was held on February 2, 1922, with a lecture on 3,000 Years of Hidden Treasure by Thomas Sheppard.

Such was the importance of the occasion, it appeared on the front page of the Worthing Herald on February 4, 1922. It was said that the true function of the society should be to deal with treasure which had been buried nearby in the past 3,000 years.

Archaeologists remembered with pier windows

Worthing Archaeological Society: 100 years dedicated to the history of West Sussex, including findings of national importance