Ardingly, High Street c.1960
Photo ref: A207036
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Photo ref: A207036
Photo of Ardingly, High Street c.1960

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High Street c1955. Ardingly, pronounced Arding-lie, is situated to the north of Haywards Heath and is famous in Sussex as the setting for Ardingly College. It is also the home of Wakehurst Place, which is administered and maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens. The garden is often described as one of the most beautiful in England. This photograph shows the village Post Office and an old red telephone box.

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A Selection of Memories from Ardingly

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 Ardingly

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Anyone on this site ever worked at Ardingly during the above years. If so would you know of a James (Jock) Storey during this time. He is my birth father and I am trying to find out information about him as I was adopted in 1951. Ardingly have no record of him in their archives and I just wondered if anyone on this site knew of him. He married Evelyn Burlong from Lindfield in 1948 and they lived in ...see more
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 parents were Bartley William Charles Tester and Gladys Evelyn Tester. His father was a stonemason who carried out a number of pieces of restoration work in Sussex throughout his long ...see more