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r_text[0] = "In Pre-Roman times Selsey was the land of the Atrebates and was probably the centre of local civilisation. How times change!";
r_text[1] = "In 477 AD Ella and his followers landed here and created the land of the south Saxons (Sussex), establishing his capital in Selsey";
r_text[2] = "In 680/681 AD St Wilfrid arrived to convert the south Saxons to Christianity.  He taught the Selsey people to fish, (or so we believe)";
r_text[3] = "The venerable Bede recorded the life of St Wilfrid and was the first to record the name 'Selsey'";
r_text[4] = "It wasn't until 1809 that Selsey was linked to the rest of Britain by an earth bank at the ferry.  It explains a lot!";
r_text[5] = "In 1861 the first lifeboat, 'The Friend', was stationed at Selsey.  Before that we had 'The Galley', rowed by 22 oarsmen";
r_text[6] = "In 1865 St Peter's church was moved from the Church Norton to the high street, leaving the chancel at Church Norton";
r_text[7] = "Selsey had a train! In 1897 The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway was built, linking us to Chichester";




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