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Crawley Town Walk Guide
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Villages of Sussex Pocket Album
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Hailsham Photographic Memories
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East Sussex memories
Taken from the spot I grew up:
It took me a while to recognise the angle of this photo as from almost exactly the position my parents house was built on! Where the road ahead divides, another road to the left was later added, leading to my father's fruit farm which I grew up working on.
The view in the photo is unhindered by the present housing developments of St Mary's Close and St Mary's Lane, as well as this year's (2007) new development on the old council yard. The piece of land in front of the camera is where Marlpit Gardens now stands.
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by Anne Lynch
Singehurst Pond
Singehurst pond was the place for both girls and boys to go fishing with their bags of dampened bread and makeshift fishing rods. Throughout the season we caught loads and then returned our catch at the end of an outing, sometimes staying out all day. It was an excuse to meet up with friends and other village children with the same idea.
This was memorable, but more so were the occasional winters when the water froze over to several inches thick, and all the village children (and some adults) made their way there to slide on the ice. My friend, Julia, and I did whenever we could. The ice creaked continuously and ominously, but we were ever ...read more here
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by Anne Lynch
Ticehurst
My name is David Effer and we lived in Ticehurst from 1954 to 1968 when we left for Australia. We lived in Springfields and I had 4 brothers and two sisters. My father worked at Ticehurst House as a chef. Mum and dad have passed on now and one sister lives in Sicily.
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by DAVID EFFER
Childhood memories
This view brings back many childhood memories, I was born in the cottage on the right hand edge of the picture, in 1947, growing up on the farm there, and have lived within three miles of the area for the majority of my life.
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by Colin Boylett
Extracts From Flimwell & East Sussex books
Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its
church, St Augustine’s, was built in 1873. Seacox is a French
chateau- style house built in 1871 for the Goschen family,
who were great benefactors of the village; they built a number
of cottages for estate staff. Sir Edward Goschen was British
Ambassador in Berlin in 1914 when the war began. Seacox
Park has a magnificent collection of trees and shrubs.
An extract from from"Villages of Sussex Pocket Album".
Before 1902, Bexhill was
governed by an Urban
District Council. However,
with the rapid growth of
the resort, it acquired
borough status; its area
extended from Pevensey
Sluice to Bulverhythe.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
Band performances were held mostly at the Colonnade after it was
opened in 1911. Popular tunes of the day were played by resident and
visiting bands to amuse the visitors, who lounged in the surrounding
deckchairs. On Sundays there would be a programme of sacred music.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
The coastal scenery around
Bexhill may not be the most
spectacular along the
southern coast of England,
but it does offer many
pleasant walks - beneficial
to those who come to the
area for health reasons.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
This rare photograph shows the interior of the convalescent home at the end of Queen Victoria’s reign. The
opening of this home gave the developing town of Bexhill a great boost as a leading health resort.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".