Gamekeeper
My great grandad worked as a gamekeeper on the Tilgate estate. He moved with his family from Suffolk to Crawley in the 1880s.
I have many happy memories of visiting my grandparents at Tilgate estate. They lived in the house next to the walled garden. I used to help pick the peaches and strawberries that my grandad grew. They were sent to London to be sold.
The estate was beautiful in those days. It is now a public park...
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This is the first time I have ever seen such a wonderful photo of Tillgate Mansion. It means a lot to me because my Father, Peter, spent part of his youth living here as a tenant sometime in the late 1950's with his family (Tayman of the Crawley area) and when he was courting my Mother, Elizabeth Robinson, they spent many happy hours walking the estate.
Dad regaled me with many tales of ghosts and I can see why! It is such a shame they tore this place down, it was magnificent - all I have ever seen were some steps when I visited the site and some old photo's long since lost...
Dad used to play by the lake and took me there when I was a little girl.
Thank you so much for posting this picture...Blessed be. Pixi in Australia.
Comment from Zaryn Hammersley on Tuesday, 29th July 2008.