Five Ashes, The Five Ashes c.1960
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The village is named after five ash trees on the green. Twits Gill was once the home of Sir Austen Chamberlain, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1903 and Foreign Secretary in the 1920s. He assembled a vast collection of rock plants from all over the world. At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

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A Selection of Memories from Five Ashes

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We lived at Stone Cottage, and then Stonehurst on the road between Five Ashes and Jarvis Brook for 7 years whilst I was a child. Wonderful freedom absorbing the Wealden countryside. We used the grocers shop, run by Mr Gagen, in Five Ashes. Rationioning was almost over by then. Also the pub a little bit - I do remember the 5 Ashes. The village bobby had a house on the edge of the village on the way to ...see more
My great aunt Alice was a teacher at Five Ashes village school in the early years of the 20th century. She was born in New Brompton, Kent on 29.8.1879 and died 23.12.1966 and is buried in the village. She married Fred Eastwood on 4.8.1903. Sam Hocking was the headmaster; he came from Camborne in Cornwall. If anyone still living in the village remembers Alice, or who knows of her grave, I would love to hear from them.