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Danehill Lodge
My Mother had come from London to visit her brother (Jack Hames) who was working at Danehill Lodge, the name 'Pepper' were the people living there at the time. A lovely wooden gate was the entrance to the garden and house. I remember a large kitchen with a billard room somewhere near. They had a friend who had the nickname of 'Blackie', tall blond man, very happy memories of these visits. Does anyone know of the 'Peppers' Not sure if 'Blackie' lived in Danehill or Fletching. If he worked on the land or was home on leave from the war. Is Danehill still standing? email: Hewitt245@aol.com
Contributed by Helen Hewitt
West Sussex memories
Danehill Lodge
My Mother had come from London to visit her brother (Jack Hames) who was working at Danehill Lodge, the name 'Pepper' were the people living there at the time. A lovely wooden gate was the entrance to the garden and house. I remember a large kitchen with a billard room somewhere near. They had a friend who had the nickname of 'Blackie', tall blond man, very happy memories of these visits. Does anyone know of the 'Peppers' Not sure if 'Blackie' lived in Danehill or Fletching. If he worked on the land or was home on leave from the war. Is Danehill still standing? email: Hewitt245@aol.com
A memory of Danehill contributed by Helen Hewitt
during www2 - were you called ''Blackie''
We had many summer holidays in this lovely village. My aunt and Uncle had moved here from Danehill, and lived firstly in the Reading Room. Jimmy Edwards lived in the village and he often opened the gymkanas in the summer. My brothers used to stay with the Auntie and Uncle, while I stayed one year with the Griffiths. Who owned the Farm machinery place at the fork in the road just on the edge of the village. A lovely young couple. I remember they had a little girl younger than me. Also alovely lady who came in and helped with the house, who was very kind. I peeked into the office one day and watched the secretary typing, I was fasinated ...read more here
A memory of Fletching contributed by Helen Hewitt
The Butterbox
Spent many happy days as a small boy living at the "Butterbox" a wondeful place to live and explore, went to school in the village and used to spend a sixpence every Friday in the sweet shop
A memory of Scaynes Hill contributed by JULIAN HARMAN
Extracts From Danehill & West Sussex books
At the western apex of
Muster Green is the war
memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish
granite slab, which was
unveiled in 1921 (the same
year as the church clock) -
both ceremonies were
performed by Lord
Leconsfield. The memorial
bears 167 names. It is
interesting to compare the
height of the hedge with the
one in photograph H252583. This site is always a focal point each 11 Novemeber, when the fallen of all conflicts are duly remembered.
An extract from from"Haywards Heath Living Memories".
The post office and
general stores are still at
the same site today at the
summit of the hill and
near the crossroads
(though the proprietors
have changed). Today the
road traffic is much busier,
so pedestrian-operated
traffic lights are now
installed here. The road
junction to the right leads
to the Common.
An extract from from"Haywards Heath Living Memories".
This photograph was taken from the platform of the railway station and
emphasises the station`s elevated position. The building on the left with the
decorative heraldic badge between the upper windows is the Burrell Arms pub.
Both the pub and the nearby shops were always useful to the increasing
number of people who used the transport links here. The single-storey building
standing on the right of the photograph is where the bus station was built in
1954. The traffic roundabout had only just been completed, hence the title of
this photograph. This view has changed very little during the past 50 years.
An extract from from"Haywards Heath Living Memories".
markings had been introduced. Most if not all of these cars would have been made in
Britain, and may have been purchased through one of the town`s car dealerships, Caffyns,
Wadham Stringer or Dinnages.
An extract from from"Haywards Heath Living Memories".
Muster Green is another open space maintained by the local council, and
it flanks the A272. The name is said to originate from the mustering of
troops during the English Civil War in the 17th century, but it could equally
originate from a much earlier 13th-century charter allowing animals to be
gathered (mustered) for two annual fairs in April and November, with a
special mention that pigs could be mustered. Markets and fairs have
always played an important part throughout the country, and Haywards
Heath is no exception. The road heading into the distance is Boltro Road,
which leads down to the railway station - the railway line is off to the right
of this photograph.
An extract from from"Haywards Heath Living Memories".