Boltro Road Businesses

A Memory of Haywards Heath.

I remember from the mid 1970's I was planning to have a career as a Town Planner (ended up training as an RMN at St Francis) and was always writing studies on post war Haywards Heath. Needless to say, I was delighted to come accross the offices of the architect Douglas White who designed the very distinctive classic, of their time, houses on what was originally called the Harlands Farm Estate as well as others such as; Fairfield Way, Mytten Close, Ashenground Close and Lincoln Wood.He lent me his original sales brouchures which had wonderful drawings in and even more wonderfull prices of 1958 sales of the first Harlands Farm houses and chalets. I seem to remember there were plans in the original scheme for a parade of shops where the big office blocks eventually went up on and along with Oakfield House in Perrymount Road brought employment in the town into the 20th centuary....