This week’s picture from Reeves was taken in 1924, and features an annual event known in the politically incorrect parlance of the time as ‘the cripples’ outing’. Well-to-do members of the town would make their cars available for less-fortunate Lewesians for a day’s drive in the country. The cars - splendid open-top affairs, are parked in front of what is now the Charcoal Grill and Caffe Nero. We particularly like the Al Capone-style gangstermobile towards the back of the ‘grid’. It is said that the shop front of Lowdell Cooper was later transported to Hull, where it was later destroyed in a Nazi bombing raid. Reeves have an extensive archive of photos in their collection, which you can browse through at 159 High Street where the business has been running for four generations since 1858. If you know anything more about any of the photos we publish, don’t hesitate to contact us.