Bayham
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Crawley Town Walk Guide
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Villages of Sussex Pocket Album
Paperback
Hailsham Photographic Memories
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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 Bayham & East Sussex books
It is now time to leave
the town and what better
way than by train? This
station, the town’s third,
was opened in 1882 and
included accommodation
for the stationmaster,
who in 1911 was William
Langley.
An extract from from"East Grinstead Photographic Memories".
opticians; International Stores,
grocers; Freeman, Hardy & Willis,
shoes; Kerry, ladies’ fashions; and
Lovibonds, wine merchants.
An extract from from"East Grinstead Photographic Memories".
In this unusual view
looking south-west,
taken apparently from
an upper window of the
Crown Hotel, we see
the ever present line of
parked cars, the newest
of which, 6503MC, was
registered in Middlesex
in 1961.
An extract from from"East Grinstead Photographic Memories".
Looking north at the junction of the Crawley and Godstone roads we see the Star Inn, a much re-built 17th-century
timber framed house, although little altered since the 19th century. The Felbridge Garage was converted from a
smithy. An open top bus is heading for Lingfield, Godstone, Caterham and Croydon.
An extract from from"East Grinstead Photographic Memories".
Little change to the Star but its car park has been extended, and a new restaurant has appeared - since demolished
and replaced by an even bigger eatery. The garage’s tea shop has been gutted and altered to a car showroom.
There is a great increase in street furniture such as lamp posts, flagpoles and traffic islands, whose black and white
paintwork is a hangover from wartime blackout conditions.
An extract from from"East Grinstead Photographic Memories".