Mayfield, The Village Sign c.1955
Photo ref: M242049
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Photo ref: M242049
Photo of Mayfield, The Village Sign c.1955

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High Street c1955 Mayfield's attractive High Street, with its raised brick pavements and fine architec- ture, speaks of the days when Mayfield was an important iron town. It is said that St Dunstan worked as a smith here, and that this is where he had his famed meet- ing with the devil whom he caught by the nose with his red-hot tongs.

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A Selection of Memories from Mayfield

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 Mayfield

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I worked at Mayfield College from 1968 to 1971. I have many good memories of the people that I worked with. There were 2 men that lived in the lodge whose names were Norman and John, they were helpers in the boys refectory, they were then reaching retirement age but they were people that would help any one as much as they could. The brothers were very nice people, they were friends to everyone, I always remember ...see more