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Christmas in the Snow
My maternal grandparents owned "Old Timbers", the 15th century cottages in the High Street (numbers 55-59, I think) from the early 1950s to around 1970 or 1971. They actually lived in one of the cottages from 1960 to around 1966 or 1967. My family spent many happy summer holidays with my grandparents during the mid 1960s, but my favourite memory was the Christmas of 1964 when we travelled by train to spend that holiday with them.
It started to snow as we journeyed and I remember the train journey was long drawn-out. We had to change several times - I particularly remember sitting in the waiting room at Tunbridge Wells - in order to get there in the evening. It ...read more here
Contributed by Colin Harnett
Visits to my Uncle at Robertsbridge
As a small child I would travel down by train with my nan and stay at my Uncle George Bowen who lived in Langham Road,
Most important thing before boarding the train in London was to get in the right section for Robertsbridge, the platform was too short for the train - get in the wrong place and you would be outside the actual station.
His sister Ethel got on the wrong section on one occasion and found no platform so tried to get out and ended up falling out onto the railway line - she was always doing silly things like that.
We would walk along from the station and along a stony road, soon knew if ...read more here
Contributed by Geraldine Todd
East Sussex memories
Christmas in the Snow
My maternal grandparents owned "Old Timbers", the 15th century cottages in the High Street (numbers 55-59, I think) from the early 1950s to around 1970 or 1971. They actually lived in one of the cottages from 1960 to around 1966 or 1967. My family spent many happy summer holidays with my grandparents during the mid 1960s, but my favourite memory was the Christmas of 1964 when we travelled by train to spend that holiday with them.
It started to snow as we journeyed and I remember the train journey was long drawn-out. We had to change several times - I particularly remember sitting in the waiting room at Tunbridge Wells - in order to get there in the evening. It ...read more here
A memory of Robertsbridge contributed by Colin Harnett
Visits to my Uncle at Robertsbridge
As a small child I would travel down by train with my nan and stay at my Uncle George Bowen who lived in Langham Road,
Most important thing before boarding the train in London was to get in the right section for Robertsbridge, the platform was too short for the train - get in the wrong place and you would be outside the actual station.
His sister Ethel got on the wrong section on one occasion and found no platform so tried to get out and ended up falling out onto the railway line - she was always doing silly things like that.
We would walk along from the station and along a stony road, soon knew if ...read more here
A memory of Robertsbridge contributed by Geraldine Todd
Extracts From Robertsbridge & East Sussex books
Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a
port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were
made in the area. Bodiam Castle was constructed in
1388, the last castle to be built in England for coastal
defence. In the picture we can see the 14th-century Castle
Inn on the right and Bodiam Stores on the left.The scene
is similar today, but the shop is now a tearoom.
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".