Nostalgic memories of Crowborough's local history

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I was a teacher at Walsh Manor Home Office School in the early days of the school. Mr Laycock was Headmaster, Mr West was the deputy and Mr Arrow was the other teacher. The Housemaster was Mr Stewart. Lord Longford was one of the school governors. The first boys to arrive came from the London area, although I remember Derek Cooper who I believe came from the Brighton area. Various activities were undertaken ...see more
My grandparents, George and Hilda Topp, where landlords during the 60's and early 70's. Does anyone have any memories of them.
............Its gone !!
I was working late, around 2003..... I heard fire fighters & police fighting the fire which burnt the hotel to the ground. It had stood empty for some time which was sad.... but thats Crowborough for you........ We await for the 14th terminal for Heathrow to be built on Ashdown Forest to put the icing on the cake!!......watch this space, I shall be back in the 22nd century to haunt parliment !!
I just got a nice colour postcard showing the Red Cross Hotel. It shows the name of the hotel as"Deverall's Family Commercial Hotel", whereas the Frith photo shows the name "Reed's Family Commercial Hotel". The postcard was sent in 1907 to a Mrs Holder of Newhaven, Sussex. Does the hotel still exist? John Marsh, Peterborough, Canada, June 2012.
Reading past memories of Walsh Manor brings back memories of mine. At about 1937 we moved in to the cottage at the manor as my grand parents part-ran the manor with a Mr Lindred. The manor then was a home for severely disabled and disfigured people from London hospitals. My father ran the farm my mother was head cook at the manor and my eldest sister was a nurse there. It was lovely on the farm where as kids we all ...see more
This certainly brings back some memories. I can remember my father plus a number of other people going to the Clock House Dairy in the High Street, to collect the milk, during the bad winter of 1963 when the snow prevented the milkman from delivering it. I would love to hear from anyone with whom I have subsequently lost touch, Evelyn Nicholson, nee Constable.
Although we have only lived in Crowborough for 31 years, we discovered through research that our cottage in Green Lane is one of the oldest. Does anyone have any photographs of Green Lane? We would be interested in seeing these.
I have posted a memory under the other place about Whincroft. Please ring 01892654892 if you want to talk about Whincroft days!
I have been researching my early schooldays and my first memory is of a sweeping staircase up to a landing where I was been held by matron whilst my mother seemingly abandoned me. She was unmarried (the horror) and at the time it was a girls' school that took a few boys under 7. As my mother could not have me at home, I was packed off to boarding school. I remember there was a brewery close by and every time I smell ...see more