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Life as a young boy in Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS
Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the Past.
Mum had answered an advert for a butcher's bookkeeper at Rottingdean, working for a Mr W.R. Dean who had three shops, Barcombe, Rottingdean and Saltdean.
He apparently required a Manager for the Saltdean branch and suggested to Mum, would Dad be interested. He was, so we duly moved to 14 Westfield Avenue on the Mount Estate at the back of Saltdean Sussex about 7 miles East of Brighton. This was a new estate of small bungalows (still there) originally erected for ...read more here
Contributed by Don Williams
East Sussex memories
Life as a young boy in Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS
Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the Past.
Mum had answered an advert for a butcher's bookkeeper at Rottingdean, working for a Mr W.R. Dean who had three shops, Barcombe, Rottingdean and Saltdean.
He apparently required a Manager for the Saltdean branch and suggested to Mum, would Dad be interested. He was, so we duly moved to 14 Westfield Avenue on the Mount Estate at the back of Saltdean Sussex about 7 miles East of Brighton. This was a new estate of small bungalows (still there) originally erected for ...read more here
A memory of Saltdean contributed by Don Williams
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
Married in Rodmell
I was born in Rodmell on 25th November 1964 at Mill Furlong. I continued to live there until my father built Abergavenny House. I eventually married the son of the Pearce family who bought Mill furlong from my father Terry Denyer. I continued to live at Abergavenny House until I married Steve Pearce in 1986. I have lots of memories of Rodmell but I am sure my brothers and sister have more.
A memory of Rodmell contributed by Liz Pearce
Extracts From Saltdean & East Sussex books
Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses
which had gardens backing onto the beach. The
built-up prom today extends westwards past
the houses, but miraculously they and their gardens survive.
An extract from from"Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories".
A fascinating view across
the Steine showing
Marlborough House, Steine
House and Blenheim
House. All three buildings
are still standing. The mag-
nificent fountain was built
in 1846 for Queen
Victoria’s 27th birthday.
An extract from from"Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories".
Another fine shot of the
tramway construction in
the Steine, looking
directly to where photo-
graph No B2085002
was taken. The extensive
network was completed
in 1904, and trams ran
until just before the
Second World War.
An extract from from"Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories".
Tramway construction is
going on at the junction
of Lewes Road and Elm
Grove. The tracks curv-
ing away to the right ter-
minated by the race-
course. The view has
changed greatly today.
An extract from from"Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories".
This view shows Rottingdean pond. It was once popular
with downland shepherds, but it dried up in 1976 and is
now pumped from the well.
An extract from from"Brighton and Hove Photographic Memories".