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Danehill maps
Historic maps of Danehill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Danehill maps
Historic map of Danehill
Illustrated Victorian map of West Sussex
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Danehill books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Danehill and the local area. View all Danehill books
Sussex County Memories
Paperback
£15
Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
East Grinstead Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Danehill
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My Mother had come from London to visit her brother (Jack Hames) who was working at Danehill Lodge, the name 'Pepper' were the people living there at the time. A lovely wooden gate was the entrance to the garden and house. I remember a large kitchen with a billard room somewhere near. They had a friend who had the nickname of... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2006
West Sussex memories
during www2 - were you called ''Blackie''
We had many summer holidays in this lovely village. My aunt and Uncle had moved here from Danehill, and lived firstly in the Reading Room. Jimmy Edwards lived in the village and he often opened the gymkanas in the summer. My brothers used to stay with the Auntie and Uncle, while I stayed one year with the Griffiths. Who owned the... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2006
I have just read Juliet Baxter's memories about Woodstock. My mother bought Woodstock in 1946 for her mother to live in. She lived there and bred dogs until the 1960s. I have many happy memories of staying there as a child.
I have lots of photographs of Woodstock, including a postcard from, I think, the 1930s. I went to see... [more]
Shared on 15 September 2009
I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country house in Horney Common and put the mothers and children there for the duration of the war. It was... [more]
Shared on 22 August 2009
Extracts From Danehill & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Danehill, inspired by Frith photos.
Haywards Heath Living Memories
At the western apex of Muster Green is the war memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish granite slab, which was unveiled in 1921 (the same year as the church clock) - both ceremonies were performed by Lord Leconsfield. The memorial bears 167 names. It is interesting to compare the height of the hedge with the one in photograph H252583. This site is always a focal point each 11 Novemeber, when the fallen of... [more]
This is an extract from Haywards Heath Living Memories.
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Haywards Heath Living Memories
The post office and general stores are still at the same site today at the summit of the hill and near the crossroads (though the proprietors have changed). Today the road traffic is much busier, so pedestrian-operated traffic lights are now installed here. The road junction to the right leads to the Common.
This is an extract from Haywards Heath Living Memories.
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Haywards Heath Living Memories
This photograph was taken from the platform of the railway station and emphasises the station`s elevated position. The building on the left with the decorative heraldic badge between the upper windows is the Burrell Arms pub. Both the pub and the nearby shops were always useful to the increasing number of people who used the transport links here. The single-storey building standing on the right of... [more]
This is an extract from Haywards Heath Living Memories.
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