Berwick, Drusillas Park, The Cottage c.1955
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Photo of Berwick, Drusillas Park, The Cottage c.1955

More about this scene

Fronting the road, beyond the outbuildings in the two previous views, is the 17th-century cottage where the zoo park started some seventy years ago; its outbuildings became the gift shop and tea rooms. The lane leads to Alfriston further down the Cuckmere River, a popular tourist village with its Clergy House. The ground floor of the cottage was used for tea rooms, but nowadays serves as the zoo offices.

A Selection of Memories from Berwick

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Berwick

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I was a Dutch student of English and spent my summer holidays at a farm at Berwick in the years 1959-61. The farm was run by John and Chris Buckland, their phone number was RIPE 393. I can't remember the name of the farm (if it had one) or the name of the road, but I do remember the road led to the railway station. Also, if memory serves me, when one went from the farm to the station one could enter a lane on ...see more