Worthing History since 1945

Worthing history - key dates 1945 to the present day

1949
Worthing Pier reopens after being deliberately damaged during the war as a security measure and the Promenade is extended westwards to Goring.

1957
Worthing attracts bad publicity and a degree of national hilarity when council officials try to enforce a ban on jiving at the Assembly Hall.

1958
More rioting - this time by teddy boys and other rampaging teenagers.

1959
The area around the Bandstand is converted to Worthing Lido.

1968
The Old Town Hall was demolished.

1970
The Guildbourne Centre built.

1971
The national census reveals that Worthing's population is the oldest in the UK.

1979
Worthing Council tries to ban Monty Python's Life of Brian, attracting more national mockery.

Datsun UK sets up a works in Durrington.

1984
The Rivoli Cinema demolished.