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Faygate, West Sussex
Faygate maps
Historic maps of Faygate and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Faygate maps
Historic map of Faygate
Illustrated Victorian map of West Sussex
Historic Map of any Faygate postcode
Faygate books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Faygate and the local area. View all Faygate books
Sussex County Memories
Paperback
$30
Sussex Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
Villages of Sussex Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
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Memories of Faygate
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My Grandfather was station master at Faygate station for quite a number of years. He and my grandma lived in the house right on the platform and they had a garden opposite where he grew vegetables and kept chickens. His name was Frank Allen. I have many memories of playing on the little bridge that used to be over the railway... [more]
Shared on 13 March 2008
West Sussex memories
My parents bought Strathmore which was a large house with 4 1/2 acres of garden just opposite the village shop on the road to Charlwood. We lived there as a family until about 1965, Peter Butterworth was a neighbour. Both my sisters Anne & Carolyn were married in Ifield Church. Friends who also lived in the village were John Reynolds and... [more]
Shared on 10 September 2008
I will never forget Rusper Road, Littlehaven
When I got married to my beautiful girl I stayed with her family for two months till we found our own flat. What a nice place the Littlehaven area is, I will never forget it for the rest of my life.
Shared on 11 December 2009
I WAS MARRIED IN ST MARY'S CHURCH IN THE YEAR 1997
I am just looking this picture of St Mary's church and tears are coming to my eyes as I remember the wonderful waiting that I had in this church. I am from Greece but as I fell in love with this lovely girl from Littlehaven I came to England in 1997 and I got married to her. But what shall I say?... [more]
Shared on 11 December 2009
This was the year that I started work in Jacksons Cycle shop in West Street aged 15
Jim Hayler
Shared on 05 July 2009
This photo shows the old post office that was run by my Aunts Alice and Edie and Uncle Harry in the 1920s. I lived next door in number 57 till I left in 1939. Jim Hayler
Shared on 05 July 2009
From 1962 to 1966 I worked in the drawing office of Horsham Urban District Council. This was in the first floor extension to the right of the picture. This was my first job and my boss was Deputy Engineer and Surveyor, John Sheldon, and the big chief was John Ridd, Engineer and Surveyor. I used to park my motor-scooter in the... [more]
Shared on 25 February 2009
I think this was in the 1960s, whilst I was working for the Flight Simulator Firm in Crawley, REDIFON LTD, part of Redifusion Ltd.
I became part of the team puttting on a charity show at this theatre for the Red Cross. It was called "MIDNIGHT MATINEE".It was a great event with Petula Clark, Arthur Haynes and many others. In the... [more]
Shared on 20 January 2009
Extracts From Faygate & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Faygate, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Sussex Photographic Memories
A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest. Charcoal-making was a forest industry until the 1960s, and was carried out on sites within the forest. There were two brick works in the village. A road of brick... [more]
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Villages of Sussex Pocket Album
A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest. Charcoal-making was a forest industry until the 1960s, and was carried out on sites within the forest.There were two brick works in the village.A road of brick cottages is seen next to the Wesleyan... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Sussex Pocket Album.
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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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