Horsham, St Mary's Church 1891
Horsham, St Mary's Church 1891 Ref: 29712
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Memories of Horsham, St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church at the foot of the Causeway
The church has been extended in recent years by a 'block' (blot?) on the nearest corner of this photo. Although a nice building in its own right it does not fit in with the style of the church. St Mary's C of E primary school now occupies a site to the right of this image. To the extreme left is a plot in the graveyard devoid of headstones. This is where the bodies of hanged convicts were laid to rest. Another gravestone at the front of the church lays North/South, not the usual East/West. This is the grave of a Muslim, later Catholic woman named Helena Bennett of Indian descent, abandoned by her French husband the Comte de Boigne. She died in 1854.
Shared on 24 September 2006
Horsham & local memories
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Horsham, West Street 1936
Ref: 87228
This was the year that I started work in Jacksons Cycle shop in West Street aged 15
Jim Hayler
Shared on 05 July 2009
Horsham, Rusper Road c1960
Ref: H119154
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
Horsham, Council Offices c1955
Ref: H119073
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 stable block at the rear of the building. A source of amusement was to launch paper planes down to the school girls who used to sit on the park benches below!
Shared on 25 February 2009
Horsham, the Capitol Theatre 1924
Ref: 75337
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 audience was Lavinia, the Duchess of Norfolk. I was on the lighting equipment. Arthur wasn't happy with me. During a sleight of hand trick he wanted the lighting dimmed. Well, the controls were opposite to what I had been used to! The auditorium was flooded with light at the critical time. Arthur made a joke of it, as though it was intentional!
Shared on 20 January 2009
Horsham, Christ's Hospital, the Avenue 1907
Ref: 58197
from house to dining hall and chapel.
This is the view looking east from the "house" I was in, PEELE A.
We used to march into the dining hall, seen beneath the tower on the left, for our meals. We had a standard bearer carrying the house flag heading the squad.
The building on the right in the foreground is the school chapel.
The trees cannot be very old for the school was opened in 1902, having come down from London.
Shared on 20 January 2009
