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Sedlescombe, The Village Pump c.1955
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Sedlescombe is a hillside village near Battle, with a large green. A local mill made the best gunpowder in Europe. An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in 1876. They were thought to have belonged to King Harold, and hidden during the Battle of Hastings. Some are displayed in Hastings Museum. Durhamford Manor is a large 15th-century half-timbered house. Manor House is a 17th-century half-timbered house that has been converted into cottages. The nearby Pestalozzi village is a development of the Oaklands Estate; it is a sociological experiment where children of all nations are brought up together. The pump house, dated 1900, was a centre of village life before piped mains water supplies. An iron cage protects the ornate lead pump head.

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Merrion House School
I was interested to read the comments on Merrion House. I was a pupil between 1959-1963. Life even in those days was somewhat spartan, but I do not remember swimming in the pool. The tuck shop was always a special occasion,being open just once a week. Mrs Brummell-Hicks unfortunately died my first year and that made quite a difference to my schooling. I remember a delightful master called Mr Crow but the ...see more
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Merrion House Prep School.
I was a border at Merrion House around 1944, whilst Mr Brummell Hicks was Headmaster with Mrs Brummell Hicks, who kindly gave me free piano lessons whilst I was at the school. We swam in a smelly pond which was also the schools water supply, it stank as we used to shower under it, all supervised by Mr Brummell Hicks! I also remember the honeycombed sold in the tuck shop.
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Merrion House
I was a boarder at Merrion House prep school from 1944-1946 when the school was run by Mr & Mrs Brummell-Hicks. It was quite a small school with only two 'houses': the Watsons and the Gerrards. I was a member of the former. I remember particularly the honey comb toffee sold at the school tuck shop and the fact that we all had cheque books with which to draw our pocket money. If there is anyone out there ...see more
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Merrion House School During Ww 2
I think it was 1944 when I visited my brother Brian at the boys school known as Merrion House, run by Mr. and Mrs. Brummell-Hicks under a spartan but friendly and encouraging regime. Doodlebugs(V1's) aimed at the LOndon area would fly virtually between the chimneypots of the building which stood on something of a bluff. I combed local fields with my brother for crashed German bombers, and played each day in a decommissioned Dornier!l I think I was five at the time. Michael Gould
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