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Nostalgic memories of Three Bridges's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 11 - 19 of 19 in total

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I can remember walking to a garage down (or up) the street with an accumulator, to get it filled. I knew a girl who lived just passed the garage, and she had a collection of birds eggs. She kept them in the oven of an old unused kitchen cooker which was on the porch. I don't remember her name, but I do remember her collection of eggs. Her dad helped her with the collection, and she even had an ostrich egg. She lived near ...see more
Three Bridges, The Fox 1905
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Added 08 February 2013

High Street.
The Ironmonger, Mr Wilkinson, just down the street. My dad visited there almost every Saturday. It was his favourite place, and he would always come home with something! Anyone have pictures of the High Street in the fifties? Another store I remember well was Banks.
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Added 02 February 2013

Hornby Oo

I used to live at North Lodge, which I believe is now a Barclays Bank. I went to school at St Francis in Crawley, then to Collyers in Horsham, then to Ifield Grammar School. I moved to Canada in 1959, and have been here ever since. I have been trying to find people that I went to school with, or knew when I was a child. Does anyone remember me? I am writing on this site, because the name David Randall rang a bell! I remember playing trains with him. Wow! A long time ago!
Three Bridges, The Fox 1905
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Added 27 January 2013

Barkers
I remember Barkers well, I used to play with one of the sons of the brothers that ran it; I bought my first adult bicycle from them (a Triumph, which I think was part of Raleigh). One of the family ran the taxi firm outside the station and was I think, captain of Three Bridges Cricket Club.
Three Bridges, High Street c1955
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Added 24 June 2012

Barkers
When I was a kid I had to walk from Pound Hill to Barkers every Saturday morning to fetch a gallon of Blucole paraffin for my dad. Barkers was the local garage/taxl rank. We lived in Pearson Road and then moved to Mill Road, Three Bridges around 1960. You can imagine 8 year old kids nowadays walking the best part of a mile there and back on their own actually out in the fresh air with no hand held gaming device to keep them happy.
Three Bridges, High Street c1955
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Added 04 January 2012

The Fox
My parents managed the Fox for most of the 1950' and '60's. My love of railways came from the Loco crew who drank there and gave me (unofficial) footplate rides!
Three Bridges, The Fox 1905
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Added 18 November 2009

Barmaid
I worked as a barmaid in the Fox when Three Bridges had the bad flood and the pub was flooded, it was an old fashioned pub in those days with a public bar and saloon bar with darts on a Friday night, good old fashioned fun.
Three Bridges, The Fox 1905
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Added 17 March 2009

The Fox
The Fox was demolished in the 1990s and  replaced by a modern pub a bit further back from the main road, now called The Snooty Fox I think.
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Added 11 January 2009

Three Bridges Pound Hill
I lived at Cornerstones which was built for me in 1963/4, this is on Milton Mount Avenue. Both my sisters went to the Convent and then Milton Mount College. I used to fish in the lakes at Milton Mount with my Uncle in 1950/4.
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Added 11 September 2008