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Shops on Warran Way
The shops were built in 1959/60 and the Steele family took possession of the first 2 shops as soon as they were finished. The shop, on the corner of Falmer and Warran, opened as a hairdressers and was managed by my then fiance Lesley, the adjoining shop opened as a laundrette, run by Lesley's mother. The family lived in the maisonette above the shops and I have many happy memories of that era.
Contributed by Geoff Cann
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Shops on Warran Way
The shops were built in 1959/60 and the Steele family took possession of the first 2 shops as soon as they were finished. The shop, on the corner of Falmer and Warran, opened as a hairdressers and was managed by my then fiance Lesley, the adjoining shop opened as a laundrette, run by Lesley's mother. The family lived in the maisonette above the shops and I have many happy memories of that era.
A memory of Woodingdean contributed by Geoff Cann
Day out shopping.
As a child during the 1970s I used to live in Burgess Hill (10 miles away) with my parents and younger brother David. I remember being very small and my mother taking us to Brighton on the stagecoach bus with our next door neighbours. Both women loved to shop and us four children had to go along for the ride.
As we passed Preston Park we always counted the 'pudding trees' (because they were shaped like christmas puddings!) which ran along the side of the road. Also I remember that the rock gardens on the right always looked like a magical place to me as a child and I imagined fairies and such like, but we never got off the ...read more here
A memory of Brighton contributed by angela green
growing up in World War II
I was born to Jewish parents whom had a ladies clothes shop in Kensington Gardens (The Lanes) my Father died in 1941, My Mother now a very young widow decided she wanted us all to live above the shop because of bombs etc, it had 2 rooms upstairs which we used as bedrooms, a small room we used as a dining/living room, with gas fire which she told us if the Germans invaded we would sit in front of it and turn it on, she was terrified as we were all girls and Jewish, NO bathroom, we went once a week to the public baths How Awful UGH!, toilet out side ...read more here
A memory of Brighton contributed by Anita lewis
Extracts From Woodingdean & 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".