East Grinstead, Lewes Road 1907
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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East Grinstead, a Wealden market town founded during the early 13th-century woodland clearances, was recorded as a borough by 1235. For centuries the town's High Street and the area in front of the church was used for markets and fairs. These cattle walking down the Lewes Road were probably heading for the weekly cattle market.
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A Selection of Memories from East Grinstead
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 East Grinstead
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I was sick with Chickenpox that Saturday when the bomb fell on the cinema.
I stood p to look out of the window to see the smoke.
I was at Aston House school 1943 to 1948
I started writng memoirs for my children
Remembered the Miss Holts
Anyone else who was there at that time/
In 1950, I started school at Chequer Mead. I had walked there from Copse Close, near Queen Victoria Hospital. We each had a desk and a slate to write on. My big sister was in the ‘big’ school, next door as she was fourteen. I used to stand and watch her play netball at playtimes. Miss Rowe was my favourite teacher and I cried for hours when I had to leave to go to the new Junior school at Blackwell. Lovely lady and great teacher.
As a five year old, and for the next six years, I walked up Blackwell Hollow to go to Chequer Mead school. Sometimes, I was accompanied, but quite often, I went on my own. I lived near Queen Victoria Hospital, so it was quite a walk for a little one. Unbelievable today, but of course, the roads were less busy, and life was much slower.
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