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Felbridge, West Sussex
Felbridge maps
Historic maps of Felbridge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Felbridge maps
Historic map of Felbridge
Illustrated Victorian map of West Sussex
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Felbridge books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Felbridge and the local area. View all Felbridge books
Surrey County Memories
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Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
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Camberley Photographic Memories
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£10.40
4 Felbridge photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Felbridge
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The Creasey family of Felbridge and East Grinstead
In the nineteenth century my Creasey family were tenant farmers at Gibbshaven Farm near Felbridge. Many of the family lived their entire lives in the area and the church was where they were baptised, married and buried.
It is a beautiful area and many of the family pursued interests in farming, nursery gardening and coach making.
My... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2008
West Sussex memories
Rod Swift remarked about falling in the pond - well I was one of these. Rod must be my cousin's son, as my aunt and uncle lived in the house referred to. Around 1953 on an icy cold day in winter, a crowd of us were going home after school. On passing the pond we knew there was thick ice so... [more]
Shared on 13 November 2009
If you hadn't fallen in the pond, you were not from Lingfield! So says my dad. The building to the right of the cage in this photo was a shop. My memory of this shop only goes back to the mid 1970s. My grandparents' house was behind the shop (the hedge to the right on this photo is the edge of... [more]
Shared on 06 March 2009
Dormansland Railway Station, around 1940
My name is Don Davies, my sister Pam and I were evacuated to Dormansland, early in the war, to escape the anticipated bombing of Croydon, Surrey. We stayed with my uncle and aunt in the railway house at the station. My uncle was the general factotum of the station,from porter, ticket collector etc etc.
Unfortunately I cannot remember his name. I... [more]
Shared on 01 June 2008
I was in the cubs at Smallfield and I remember carrying a flag in a Saint George's Day parade to the Burstow Parish Church. Cubs met in the village hall at Smallfield, the same hall we ate our school lunches in, half a mile from the Smallfield County Primary School. The school was half a mile out Redehall Road towards Burstow,... [more]
Shared on 10 April 2009
When I was about 5 years old I remember my mum picking me up from Smallfield school on her bike, I was in the back on a little seat when a doodlebug roared overhead, and the engine switched off ... My mum panicked, and pushed me off the bike behind a wall, we heard the bang towards Gatwick airport. We then... [more]
Shared on 17 October 2009
I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) in what was then called Brickyard Cottages. Their next door neighbours were the Gunn family. I have so many... [more]
Shared on 29 September 2009
I was born in Horne but we moved into Smallfield when I was about 10 years old. The first two bungalows we lived in were built by my dad - Peter Pocock. They were called 'Pandora' and 'Saran'.
In Smallfield we lived at 10 Kingsmead. I remember that the shops shut at 5 o'clock and on Wednesday afternoons and that the... [more]
Shared on 27 August 2009
Extracts From Felbridge & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Felbridge, inspired by Frith photos.
East Grinstead Photographic Memories
Looking north at the junction of the Crawley and Godstone roads we see the Star Inn, a much re-built 17th-century timber framed house, although little altered since the 19th century. The Felbridge Garage was converted from a smithy. An open top bus is heading for Lingfield, Godstone, Caterham and Croydon.
This is an extract from East Grinstead Photographic Memories.
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East Grinstead Photographic Memories
Little change to the Star but its car park has been extended, and a new restaurant has appeared - since demolished and replaced by an even bigger eatery. The garage's tea shop has been gutted and altered to a car showroom. There is a great increase in street furniture such as lamp posts, flagpoles and traffic islands, whose black and white paintwork is a... [more]
This is an extract from East Grinstead Photographic Memories.
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Coulsdon, Chipstead and Woodmansterne Photographic Memories
The Corner Shop and Station Parade Post Office still provides an invaluable service to residents and passers-by, but an extension has been built on to the end wall for Saab who also trade from the garage premises shown here. George Jones commenced running The Corner Shop in 1966 with his wife, Pat.
This is an extract from Coulsdon, Chipstead and Woodmansterne Photographic Memories.
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