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Felpham, West Sussex
Felpham maps
Historic maps of Felpham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Felpham maps
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Felpham books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Felpham and the local area. View all Felpham books
Sussex County Memories
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Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories
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East Grinstead Photographic Memories
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Memories of Felpham
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Living on Elmer Road, Middleton-On-Sea, 1962 - 1974
I lived there as a young child from about the ages of 2-14 years old (1960-early 1970s). As a young child Elmer Road seemed to be at the end of the world. The main road heading east hit a dead-end and went nowhere. For years our world seemed, to me at least, to be the stoney beach, the... [more]
Shared on 03 November 2009
I can remember as a small boy having a holiday in Bognor and staying in an old railway carriage.
Peter Wilson.
Shared on 19 September 2009
My parents George and Phyllis Stroud ran the Hotham Club in Waterloo Square - now the HQ of the RAFA Bognor branch. After National Service I worked first for Lec Refrigeration as a welder and then as a porter at the War Memorial Hospital. I had a flat over the hydrotherapy pool and was also in charge of the mortuary. When... [more]
Shared on 16 April 2009
military Music on Promenade and in Park
My National Service was spent in The Alamein Band of The Royal Tank Regiment which for 3 seasons, 1949 to 1952 played at Bognor Regis for two months on the promenade bandstand in the afternoons and in Hotham Park in the evenings. On one occasion we played in the theatre as part of a midnight matinee held to... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2009
Our family moved from Bognor to Yapton in 1951 just before my 10th birthday. I was only 13 and attending Chichester High School for Girls when I started working weekends at Hobbs Farm, Bilsham Corner. It was a pedigree Jersey dairy farm and we used to bottle gold top milk with cream that came half-way down the glass pint. The milk... [more]
Shared on 19 March 2008
i have very fond memories of visiting my grand parents in yapton, who lived opposite the church in the cottages.my grandfather Roy, i believe was the villiage carpenter and my nan alice was helper in the church, and also worked at the dentist along the lane.grandad also rang the bells on occasions. There were some good times i remember as... [more]
Shared on 06 December 2007
My family moved to Yapton, from Folkestone Kent, because my husband had a job there. It was a difficult time but I was expecting a baby and I had a 3 year old son so it was also an exciting time for us.
Over the years we grew to love the area we lived in, the children went to school nearby... [more]
Shared on 06 February 2007
I think it was about 1959 when a new Vicar arrived in the village of Yapton he was the Rev. Nelson. I was 12 at the time, His wife who we only knew as Mrs Nelson decided to start a church choir. So with a few of my cousins and girls I went to school with off we went to see... [more]
Shared on 23 May 2008
Extracts From Felpham & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Felpham, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Sussex Photographic Memories
We are east of Bognor Regis. The poet and biographer William Hayley lived in the Turret. In 1800 he invited his poet friend William Blake to come and live in the village, where he stayed for four years. The medieval church of St Mary can be seen in the background of the picture. A four-wheeled cart is pulled by two horses... [more]
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Villages of Sussex Pocket Album
We are east of Bognor Regis.The poet William Blake lived in the village for four years.The medieval church of St Mary can be seen in the background of the picture. A four-wheeled cart is pulled by two horses in tandem and appears to be loaded with brushwood faggots; all of the action is halted whilst waiting patiently for the photographer.There is a fine flint garden wall... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Sussex Pocket Album.
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Worthing Town and City Memories
The buildings on the corner of High Street and The Broadway were named Warwick Mansions. This commemorated the fact that in 1901, they were erected on the site of old Warwick House, which had been demolished a few years earlier. The trees and flint wall in the photograph marked the southern boundary of the Warwick estate. These were retained as a feature when part of the... [more]
This is an extract from Worthing Town and City Memories.
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