Almanac: Parker pens a legacy And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: November 1st, 1863, 152 years ago today ... a day to write home about. For that was the day the future fountain pen ...

A world-famous pen manufacturer is facing closure - with the loss of up to 180 jobs. Workers at the Parker Pen factory in Newhaven were told the factory could be closed by this time next year.

An East Sussex project is being given funds by Historic England to "celebrate working class heritage". Press Play Films is creating Parker Pens: The Working Class Oral Histories of Newhaven Town ...

Queen Elizabeth used the same pen for several decades and awarded Parker a royal warrant in 1962, as did Charles, then Prince of Wales, in 1990. That has now been renewed, as have those of 145 ...