10 - Viva Lewes

Photo by Emma Chaplin
IAN SECCOMBE’S POINT OF VIEW
BITS AND BOBS
AW432, a 10 horse-power two-seater 1904 Vulcan, heads south from Ansty on the B2036 during the 2009
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Every November the Run commemorates the Emancipation Run of 14
November 1896, which celebrated the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act. This raised
the speed limit for ‘light locomotives’ to 14 mph and abolished the requirement for these vehicles to be preceded
by a man on foot.
SMOKE HOUSE
If you like your food smoky, then David Stechler, who runs
The Smokehouse Lewes, is an excellent person to visit. In
fact, you might have caught a whiff of his work when standing
on the London-bound platform of Lewes Station, since his
garden backs onto it and that’s where he smokes his almonds,
cashews, garlic, salmon, trout and mackerel. He does this
using oak chips inside a refurbished �ling cabinet. His �sh
comes from Terry’s in the Riverside, his garlic is sourced from
France, and his nuts are from In�nity Foods. He also makes
pâté with the smoked mackerel. Both the Real Eating Company
and the Pelham Arms use his produce. You can buy his superbly aromatic and �avoursome goods from
both the Friday morning Lewes Weekly Market in the Market Tower near the Needlemakers, as well as at the
monthly Farmers’ Market, on the Precinct, mornings of the �rst Saturday of every month (in August, on 6th).
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