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Down House School Northiam Sussex
I spent many a happy term at Down House Boarding School at Northiam from 1946. Is the big house still there?
Please email richard@marskebythesea.co.uk
Memories of East Sussex
Happy Memory
I remember my mum and dad taking me to see Mr and Mrs Farley, they lived in a lovely house with apple trees,I also think there were chickens, because I seem to remember collecting the eggs, I especially remember their daughter Mary, she was very pretty, with freckles like myself. My dad's name was Reginald Green, he worked at Rye council along with Mr Farley.
Girl Born in Village in May 1925 - Martin Family
My late mother-in-law was apparently born in the village in 1925, but was unable to be kept, so was raised by the Martin family in Hastings. Did they also have any connections with Staplecross? Mum's family folklore believes the name Post and possibly Butchers Shop may hold a connection.
Mum was raised as Audrey Ruth Martin but the family understand that it is possible at least one of these names was NOT given.
Can anyone throw any light on a family mystery?
Thank you.
John Wells
Happy Days
I have many fond memories of Bodiam and the Castle, from when I was 1 year old in 1943, until I was 15. Along with dear Mum and my two sisters, our whole extended family on my mum's side consisting of several families would move to Bodiam, to our tin huts to go hop picking. We used to pile into a number of open backed lorries for the journey which used to go through the Blackwall tunnel and along the A21 to East Sussex and Bodiam singing all the way. Great excitement for all us kids. On arrival each family was allocated their own tin hut which were painted green outside and whitewashed inside. Many families would bring wallpaper to cover over the whitewash. Any one who has been hop picking as a child will tell you it was probably the best adventure they ever had. In the six or seven weeks we spent there the weather was usually hot, sunny and carefree. The only exception being when... Read more
Carole's Memories.
I was born in the house that lays back just out of view in this photo. The house was built in 1954 and our family were the only people to live there up until my father's death in 2008. I was born in the house, as were both my sisters. At that time the house was a tied cottage to the farm called Sharvels that was at the bottom of Cock Hill. In later years the farm was sold to Crown Properties and then later still the property was taken on by the local housing authority. There was a butcher shop to the left and another two doors up to the right that also had a dairy. A couple of doors down was the post office. There were five other shops in the village, Anthonys stores and Hales stores at the bottom, Jempsons and another at the top end which we called the Top shop but I cannot remember another name. There was also Farleys Garage. Only Jempsons... Read more
Merrion House School During WW 2
I think it was 1944 when I visited my brother Brian at the boys school known as Merrion House, run by Mr. and Mrs. Brummell-Hicks under a spartan but friendly and encouraging regime. Doodlebugs(V1's) aimed at the LOndon area would fly virtually between the chimneypots of the building which stood on something of a bluff. I combed local fields with my brother for crashed German bombers, and played each day in a decommissioned Dornier!l I think I was five at the time.
Michael Gould
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