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Memories
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Growing Up In Easebourne
I went to live in Cowdray House, aged 4, in 1951. My father worked in the accounts office in Easebourne village, and I attended Easebourne Primary School (Headmaster was Mr Bevan) along with Barbara Fisher, who also ...Read more
A memory of Easebourne in 1956 by
West Street Shops
Shops on West Street in the 1960s were left to right: Merritts the butcher next door to Blackiston the butcher, famous for the specialty sausages, also had its own slaughterhouse and in the back garden an Anderson shelter used ...Read more
A memory of Midhurst in 1960 by
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
Willingdon Church Hall
Referring to the photograph ref: W446012 I used to attend Sunday School in the pictured church hall from the mid 1950's to 1960 the teacher being Miss Parris. I also went to Cubs at the Memorial hall opposite the church ...Read more
A memory of Willingdon in 1960 by
Beck Worth House Lindfield
I have a personal interest in Lindfield as my great grandparents lived in Beckworth Lodge on the Beckworth estate my great grandfather was the head game keeper and my Mother lived in Beckworth Lodge for the first six ...Read more
A memory of Cuckfield in 1910 by
Hesketh Park
my name is terry capon i lived in park road dartford opposite the park went to st albans rd infant school then york rd then dartford east born in livingstone hospital 1945
A memory of Dartford by
Where I Was Born
I was born at my grandmother's house in Chavey Down Road. Her name was Mary-Ann Bye. I only knew her, as my grandfather had died many years before. My mum, Edith Ellen Bye was one of five children and we lived in ...Read more
A memory of Chavey Down in 1948 by
Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex
We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in ...Read more
A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by
Wannock Willingdon
We moved from Eastbourne to Wannock Lane, Willingdon in 1963 as my mother felt it would be a nice place for us to grow up at the foot of the Downs. It certainly was, Willingdon School fulfilled us academically & ...Read more
A memory of Willingdon in 1963 by
Reveries Of Blindley Heath In 20's, 30's And Later
I spent my first five years 1924-1929 in Blindley Heath, possibly the nicest years of my life. I may have gone to the school there. I clearly remember Gibb's store when I spent six glorious ...Read more
A memory of Blindley Heath in 1920 by
Captions
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By the 1880s, Eastbourne became 'The Empress of Watering Places', set against the backdrop of Beachy Head.
This view captures well the qualities of old East Bourn, now called the Old Town.
The lay-by where the children posed is still there; to the right is now the Royal Eastbourne golf course of 1887.
On the left is one of the finest stucco terraces in Eastbourne, the Burlington and Claremont Hotels of 1851: worthy of Brighton.
In the foreground trippers have just returned from a two shilling (10 p) boat trip into the English Channel on the 'Southern Queen' and the 'Eastbourne Queen'.
When the railway arrived in 1849 George Cavendish, Earl of Burlington, laid out Terminus Road to link the station to the sea front, and it rapidly became Eastbourne's main commercial street.
Note the characteristic brick pavements of the fashionable 'Belgravia of Eastbourne'.
It has slowly become a dormitory village for the town of Eastbourne, whereas Jevington, hidden away in a dry valley and surrounded by trees, has retained its rural character and is possibly the most scenic
It is on route 92, Eastbourne to East Grinstead.A small lorry waits outside the Ashdown Garage.
We are on the Eastbourne main road, south of Uckfield.
Southend was immensely popular with the lower middle and working classes from north and East London: none of the genteel pretensions of an Eastbourne here.
Meads and the slopes leading up to the Downs and Beachy Head were consid- ered ideally healthy, and convalescent homes and large villas proliferated: it used to be known as Eastbourne's Belgravia.
Continuing south, cross the Eastbourne to Seaford road into the centre of East Dean village with its steep winding lanes.
Hailsham, an old market town, lies about seven miles north of Eastbourne.
We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate.
Eastbourne owes its development to the seventh Duke of Devonshire: after the railway arrived in 1849, he enthusiastically developed his estates here into a huge resort, with nearly three miles of seafront
A southern pavilion was added to the seaward end of Eastbourne's pier in 1888 - late Victorian visitors expected piers to be more than just a promenade or an occasional venue for entertainment.
We are on the Eastbourne to London main road.
The resort's great advantage, rather like Eastbourne with Beachy Head, was the rugged and romantic sandstone cliffs and glens immediately to the east.
We are on the Eastbourne to London main road.
Eastbourne's Grand Parade consisted of three terraces stretching from the Wish Tower to the Pier; it has been described as 'one of the finest of its kind in England.'
Romanesque Italy arrived in Susans Road, Eastbourne, with this remarkable church in yellow and red brick and terracotta funded by a great-niece of the Duke of Wellington, Lady Victoria Wellesley, and
Eastbourne's pier, designed by Eugenius Birch, opened in 1872.
Seaford is home to a number of private schools and has several golf courses, but the town has none of the sparkle and verve of, say, Eastbourne.
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