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Memory of Clayton
My parents, Alan & Jennifer Ross, moved to Clayton in 1954 when I was one year old and lived there for the next twenty five years. For most of that period Jack & Jill were owned by Henry Longhurst, a celebrated golf journalist of his time and, since my father was writing about cricket in those days, they knew each other as fellow sports journalists. I remember visiting the windmills as a child and, later in life, when I drove down to Clayton for the weekend, the sight of Jack and Jill on top of the Downs always made my heart lift as I approached the end of the journey. The Longhursts lived in Jack, the black mill ...read more here
A memory of Clayton contributed by Jonathan Ross
My family
My memory is of going to my granny and grandad Fish, it was a big family of them, I know I have an aunt still there called Valerie Newman (I think) and my aunt Rosemary who had 3 daughters. I would love it if anyone knows them or knew my dad, Richard John Fish. Do get in touch with me as whilst I remember going there it is a very hazy memory.
A memory of Small Dole contributed by janice dow
Fond childhood memories of Hurstpierpoint.
In 1964 my family, BOAKES, moved to Hurstpierpoint and opened a jewellers shop at 54 High Street. We lived above the shop premises, myself Susan Boakes, my parents, Gordon & Irene Boakes and my younger brother, Stephen Boakes. My grandmother Ellen Suckling also lived with us. We lived there until the sudden death of my father on 23rd November 1967. The business was then sold to the Callagan family who continued to run it as a jewellers. My mother Irene passed away on 18th August 1999 and they both now have their ashes interned in the Garden of Rememberance at Holy Trinity, Hurstpierpoint. I went to school along with my younger brother at St. Lawrence, Hurstpierpoint and then both went on ...read more here
A memory of Hurstpierpoint contributed by SUE WITHERDEN
Hassocks Primary School in the 1950s
I was at the school from 1948 until 1955, at which point the 11+ sent me to Hove County Grammar. Starting in 1948 in Miss Wood's class I ended with two years in the top class with Miss Nichols. In between I was taught by Miss Lamper, Mr Kilby, Mr Bennett and Miss Bolter. Mrs Lake was headmistress. There was playground segregation in those days, the front playground in the picture being the junior boys playground. Girls and infants had the two back playgrounds. The picture shows the school after some work has been done to the central frontage. Up to the fifties the two side arches to the main front arch had concrete ...read more here
A memory of Hassocks contributed by William Lovell
Extracts From Poynings & East 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".