Historic photos bought for £12,500

Costing 12,500, it has been described as the finest and largest collection ever acquired by the service.

County local studies librarian Martin Hayes said: "It has taken us more than a century to assemble the current county photograph and picture archives.

"This one acquisition means that we have tripled the already extensive collections overnight and they now total more than 170,000 images."

For the full story and more photos, don't miss the West Sussex Gazette's November 28 edition.