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I was born in Canada, but grew up in Pulborough as did my mother and uncle, Maureen and Frank Darby.
When I knew we were returning to Canada, a place I didn't remember, it broke my heart, and I vowed never to forget the people and sights of Pulborough.
My Grandparents are buried in the cemetery at St Mary's, and I have a brass rubbing from the church. The baptismal jug was donated by the family.
I was home last October for my Uncle's funeral in Beds, but two of my sisters and I had to visit the village and visit people. Sorry it wasn't longer, but the love for Pulborough I have never diminishes.
Contributed by Sheelagh MacDonald
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I was born in Canada, but grew up in Pulborough as did my mother and uncle, Maureen and Frank Darby.
When I knew we were returning to Canada, a place I didn't remember, it broke my heart, and I vowed never to forget the people and sights of Pulborough.
My Grandparents are buried in the cemetery at St Mary's, and I have a brass rubbing from the church. The baptismal jug was donated by the family.
I was home last October for my Uncle's funeral in Beds, but two of my sisters and I had to visit the village and visit people. Sorry it wasn't longer, but the love for Pulborough I have never diminishes.
A memory of Pulborough contributed by Sheelagh MacDonald
Oh!!! What a shame
Today, whilst visiting my mother who lives in the village I decided to park my car and walk through the village, a trip down memory lane. I was disappointed to see that many familar places no longer looked the same, there was a distinct lack of love and care to a number of places. The most prominent change was walking down Church Street, Church House had been altered and although I realise that modernisation has to take place, some alterations seemed out of place. Probably the biggest eyesore that met me at the bottom of Church Hill was the closure of the Elephant and Castle public house, two gates of differing sizes had been erected half way up the hill and ...read more here
A memory of West Chiltington contributed by Carol Spicer
Smock Alley and the Five Bells public house
I used to visit my aunt and uncle in the middle to late fifties. They used to live at the bottom of Smock Alley in a large bungalow. I remember walking up to the post office and cross roads. Smock Alley was just like a cart track. When I last went back a few years ago, to my amazement it was like millionaires row. How things change from your early childhood. We used to go around the corner to the Five Bells, run by a man called Roy. My aunt and uncle's name was Attoe, Stan and Hetty, two children Mary and John. I also remember sisters who lived just above my uncle's. Their surname was I believe Strudwick. Later my ...read more here
A memory of West Chiltington contributed by john tomkins
Extracts From Pulborough & West Sussex books
Along the southern boundary of Pulborough lies the River Arun, popular with Edwardian fishermen and boating
enthusiasts. The river has always been a key focal point here, and is noted for its Pulborough eel. The Roman Stane
Street crossed the Arun at this point and was strongly defended during the Occupation.
An extract from from"West Sussex Photographic Memories".
In common with all lychgates, Pulborough’s ivy-covered, 14th-century churchyard gateway was originally built to
provide shelter and a resting place for coffins prior to the funeral service. The church is mainly Perpendicular in
style, and includes a sizeable 12th-century font. The war memorial stands proudly to the left of the lychgate.
An extract from from"West Sussex Photographic Memories".
The Arun, described as the second fastest-flowing river in the country, had strong tides; by the 1930s, they reached Pulborough, where two old stone bridges crossed the river. The surviving old Swan bridge was built in 1738 to replace an earlier wooden one, and it has been preserved after a more modern bridge and carriageway were constructed alongside it.
An extract from from"Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories".
A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River
Arun. The village encompasses riverside and hillside, and has a
main line railway station.The 15th-century church is on the hill-
side.The photograph shows the view from the side of Stane Street,
which is now very busy.The scene now is little changed, although
the almshouses have been converted into one house.
An extract from from"Villages of Sussex Pocket Album".
The buildings on the corner of High Street and The Broadway
were named Warwick Mansions. This commemorated the fact that
in 1901, they were erected on the site of old Warwick House, which
had been demolished a few years earlier. The trees and flint wall in the
photograph marked the southern boundary of the Warwick estate.
These were retained as a feature when part of the Brighton Road
was widened on either side and renamed The Broadway. A Worthing
Directory for 1919 records the three visible shops at ground level (on
the left of photograph 68989) as Colin Moore, a perambulator depot
(behind the balustrade), Ivens, Kelletts and Childs, chemists and
F C Whittington, bootmaker. Although the buildings remain virtually
unchanged today, the trees and wall were removed in 1928.
An extract from from"Worthing Town and City Memories".