Haywards Heath, St Wilfrid's Church And The Schools c.1950
Photo ref: H252001
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Photo ref: H252001
Photo of Haywards Heath, St Wilfrid's Church And The Schools c.1950

More about this scene

Except for the different traffic flow, this scene is virtually unchanged. (Courtesy of West Sussex County Library Service) Invariably, there is some sort of collective activity amongst the regular customers of a pub. Today, quiz nights are particularly popular, whilst in the past there may well have been a pub darts team, sports team or, as we see here, a tug of war team! (This team lost in the final against the City Police).

Memories of Haywards Heath, St Wilfrid's Church and the Schools c1950

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Haywards Heath, St Wilfrid's Church And The Schools c.1950

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I was aged about 10 or 11 years old and went to a large school, it was like a big mansion with a farm attached to it. The headmaster was named Mr Mann, and his wife also helped run the school. I can't find the school on the internet and would appreciate some info as this is my childhood I can't really remember.
I lived in Haywards Heath between 1948 and the early 1960s. I lived the other side of Victoria Park and walked each day through the town to St. Clair School. I seem to remember that there were some stables on the left of this photo in the foreground and often used to stop and talk to the horses.