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Maps

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1940, Ashdown Forest Ref. NPO627525
1895, Ashdown Forest Ref. RNE627525
1920, Ashdown Forest Ref. POP627525
1898, Ashdown Forest Ref. RNC627525
1897, Ashdown Forest Ref. HOSM69989
1898, Five Ash Down Ref. RNC706307
1940, Five Ash Down Ref. NPO706307
1895, Five Ash Down Ref. RNE706307
1920, Five Ash Down Ref. POP706307
1873 - 1898, Five Ash Down Ref. HOSM45478
1920, Ashdon Ref. POP627520
1895, Ashdon Ref. RNE627520
1946, Ashdon Ref. NPO627520
1901, Ashdon Ref. HOSM36310
1898-1901, Ashdon Ref. RNC627520

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Memories

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Nurses Hostel

Started out as isolation hospital for scarlet fever(?) Used as nurses hostel for nurses from Cliveden, they were taken by coach, was at the back of site, backed onto Aspros( later Sara Lee?) factory, they built Westgate School on e ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill

A Grand Day Out, Glasgow Style.

Those among us of a certian age who can remember the days of the Trams in Glasgow will bring back memories, this is 1952 -1956, my friend & I used to take the No 23 tram from Garrowhill up to the terminus in ...Read more

A memory of Garrowhill by Alexander Paterson

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

The Happiest Days Of Your Life

Brambletye school, well set between the beautiful Ashdown Forest and thriving town of East Grinstead on the Sussex/Surrey border was a paradise on Earth for any schoolboy with an aesthetically romantic (!) ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1959 by Giles Daubney

The High Street Sayer's Store 'nim' And Phyl Alen

My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more

A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by Barbara Tester

Its Panto Time! Oh Yes It Is!

You ever been to a panto? Oh yes you have!!! Remember! You go into a large packed hot old theatre full of sticky shouting children and adults trying to look as if they are not enjoying themselves. The house ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

Camping At Broadstone Warren With The 3rd Sevenoaks

I was a Cub and Scout Leader with the 3rd Sevenoaks Scout Group in the 1970's and remember a hot summer camp in 1975 at Broadstone Warren. It was at the end of July and we took the ...Read more

A memory of Ashdown Forest in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Chesson's Coaches

Hello Patrick, I came across your reminiscences while looking for something else - as you do! I remember Tom Chesson and his coaches, was at school with Veronica Chesson, his grand daughter and also my best friend Jill Burgess. ...Read more

A memory of Withyham in 1961 by Chris Boxall

Southend On Sea In The 50's

Southend-on-Sea in the 50’s At the housing estate in Mitcham where we lived they had a tenants association. Every Friday night, two of the committee would go round to the Elm Court flats in Mitcham, where we ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Carole Baldwin

Leaving School

So! Back to 11 Woburn Place, back to school on Hope Chapel Hill back to Hotwells golden mile with its 15 pubs. The War was still going on but there was only limited bombing and some daylight raids, the city was in a dreadful ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1945 by Arthur Cottrell

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Captions

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Caption For Brockham, The Green 1958

Ashdown's shop is now a house named Ashdown Cottage.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, The Village C1930

We are at the eastern edge of the Ashdown Forest.Waiting at the bus stop is a nearly new open-top Leyland double-decker bus with an out- side staircase.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, The Gateway 1928

Ashdown Forest, the great forest of Anderida, once stretched between the rivers Medway and Ouse.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Ashdown Road C1965

Near the end of Hiltingbury Road, and on a comer with a new Ashdown Road, a public house called the Tabby Cat was built and thrived for some time.

Caption For Forest Row, The Village 1902

An evocative view of wide shaggy grass verges, children and deserted roads characterises this view of Forest Row, the Ashdown Forest village that grew up on the site of Royal hunting lodges.

Caption For Forest Row, 1931

The Royal Ashdown Golf Course opened here in 1888.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, Ashdown Forest, Beaconsfield Road 1928

Chelwood Gate stands at the site of one of the old 'gates' into the medi- eval royal hunting forest of Ashdown.

Caption For Maresfield, Village 1902

This little village on the edge of Ashdown Forest was a centre of the Wealden iron industry.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Crowborough, High Street 1900

The town - the highest in Sussex - stands at the eastern edge of Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Hartfield, The Village 1906

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the River Medway.

Caption For Hartfield, The Village 1906

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the river Medway.

Caption For Forest Row, Hartfield Road 1907

Forest Row, recorded in the early 14th century, lies three miles south-west of East Grinstead on the verge of Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, From Beaconsfield Road 1930

Chelwood Gate, a hamlet on the western side of Ashdown Forest, lies between East Grinstead and Lewes.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, The Village C1930

A small lorry waits outside the Ashdown Garage.

Caption For Horsted Keynes, White Gates C1960

Horsted Keynes, situated on the western edge of the Ashdown Forest, has a green and an assortment of period houses and cottages.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, Beaconsfield Road 1928

We are at the eastern edge of the Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Fairwarp, The Village C1955

The inn's name, the Foresters' Arms, hints that the village stands on the southern hilly fringe of Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Hartfield, The Village 1906

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the river Medway.

Caption For Crowborough, All Saints Church 1900

On the eastern edge of the beautiful Ashdown Forest, the town is now a commuter settlement.

Caption For Forest Row, The Village 1909

A large village on the northern edge of the Ashdown Forest, Forest Row was a popular place in the 14th century when the King and his Lords used it as a base for hunting.

Caption For Colemans Hatch, The Forge And Hatch Inn 1927

A small village on the edge of the Ashdown Forest, east of Forest Row.

Caption For Colemans Hatch, The Forge And Hatch Inn 1927

A small village on the edge of the Ashdown Forest, east of Forest Row.