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Sanctuary Guide
Nancy Price :
Actress, Authoress .
Born: Lillian Maude, 3rd February 1880 in Kinver. Worcestershire. UK.
Died 31st March. 1970 Worthing West Sussex.
As well as the theatre, she played in many films and at one time she managed the " LIttle Theatre " in the Adelphi off the Strand. She made a speciality of the part of Grandma in Whiteoaks. For this part, she acquired a parrot which perched on her shoulder. The parrot lived for many years and was usually with her when she walked around Worthing. She also wrote many books, including her Autobiography " The Gulls Way".
Her hobbies were Bird Watching, Archaeology and playing the banjo. She lived in a bungalow called " Arcana " Heather Lane, High Salvington, Worthing. This has since been demolished and replaced by a house, ( No.18 ).
Her love of wild birds led her to campaign locally for Worthing Borough Council to acquire an area of downland behind her house [stretching from north of Cote Street to Honeysuckle Lane] as a Bird Sanctuary. Later, a plaque as a tribute to Nancy Price was placed on a seat at the side of Honeysuckle Lane, overlooking the Sanctuary. During her lifetime she would sit at this place to admire the view, as many of us have since then. She also led the campaign to have the Warrior Bird Memorial erected in Beach House Park.
During her final years, she was often to be seen feeding swans on Patching Pond. When the swans died through ingesting fishing tackle discarded by anglers, she started the campaign to persuade anglers to stop using lead weights and avoid leaving loose tackle in the water.
Sanctuary Guide
Nancy Price :
Actress, Authoress .
Born: Lillian Maude, 3rd February 1880 in Kinver. Worcestershire. UK.
Died 31st March. 1970 Worthing West Sussex.
As well as the theatre, she played in many films and at one time she managed the " LIttle Theatre " in the Adelphi off the Strand. She made a speciality of the part of Grandma in Whiteoaks. For this part, she acquired a parrot which perched on her shoulder. The parrot lived for many years and was usually with her when she walked around Worthing. She also wrote many books, including her Autobiography " The Gulls Way".
Her hobbies were Bird Watching, Archaeology and playing the banjo. She lived in a bungalow called " Arcana " Heather Lane, High Salvington, Worthing. This has since been demolished and replaced by a house, ( No.18 ).
Her love of wild birds led her to campaign locally for Worthing Borough Council to acquire an area of downland behind her house [stretching from north of Cote Street to Honeysuckle Lane] as a Bird Sanctuary. Later, a plaque as a tribute to Nancy Price was placed on a seat at the side of Honeysuckle Lane, overlooking the Sanctuary. During her lifetime she would sit at this place to admire the view, as many of us have since then. She also led the campaign to have the Warrior Bird Memorial erected in Beach House Park.
During her final years, she was often to be seen feeding swans on Patching Pond. When the swans died through ingesting fishing tackle discarded by anglers, she started the campaign to persuade anglers to stop using lead weights and avoid leaving loose tackle in the water.