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Nostalgic memories of Pease Pottage'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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Convalescence 1960’s Style
My Grandmother was sent to Woodhurst Hospital, Peas Pottage, to convalesce following suffering from Bronchial Pneumonia. At the time we were living in Stockwell, South London, and for a small child it seemed to be a long way from London and in very different surroundings than our city centre flat! Far more imposing and very peaceful, just what you’d hope for when recovering from a serious illness, I ...see more
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Added 21 November 2022

Wonderful Life To Follow
I was a Student at the South London Hospital for woman and Children in 1957 and for a few month working at woodhurst Lodge,at Pease Pottage. Just remenisen and using my Ipad came across the Photo .Stired up lots of memories .
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Added 16 August 2018

Woodhurst 1962
I was a pre nursing student in1962 at the South London Hospital for Women. As part of our course I was sent to work at Woodhurst for 6 months, prior to beginning my S.R.N training. Woodhurst was the convalescent home linked to the Sooth london hosp. Ladies were sent there for a couple of weeks to recover from surgery. They had excellent care from the nursing staff & the local GP called regularly to ...see more
Pease Pottage, Woodhurst Hospital Composite c1955
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Added 07 March 2012

Woodhurst
My mum worked at Woodhurst as a nurse in the late 1960s, early 1970s. We used to go and meet her from work and go to the pub in the village, The Grapes?, and sit in the garden on the swings with a bottle of Cresta pop.
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Added 31 October 2011

Flower Sellers At The Black Swan
My Dad, Sid Sargent also sold flowers at the Black Swan - he grew Dahlias and Golden Rod in our garden at Truggers in Handcross, bunched them up on Sunday afternoon and biked up to Pease Pottage to sell them to the Londoners going home after a day in Brighton. Dad was born at 11 Horsham Road, Pease Pottage in 1920.
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Added 31 October 2010

Flower Sellers At The Black Swan
My father was one of the "flower sellers". Together with our neighbour - Mr. George Lee - the pair of them would bunch flowers from their respective gardens and take them up to The Black Swan on a Sunday evening to sell to trippers homeward bound from a day by the seaside. The flowers were kept fresh in stone jars. I can remember a van being there on the green from which I used to get a packet of Smiths crisps containing that little screwed blue bag of salt.
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Added 26 May 2010