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The furniture legacy from this period can be found mainly in the western part of town: many are relatively small two-storey structures up to 100 feet long, and date mostly from the first two decades

Surrey Yeoman (see 46016 overleaf), the Bull's Head (Rose Hill, which we can see in 54666, right, with its entrance on the corner of the High Street and just behind the Bull's Head), the White Hart

Next along were a range of old cottages, which were replaced around 1900 by the Little White Hart Hotel.

An important part of the family tradition is the tailoring of racing silks, the colours worn by jockeys (though today's silks are made of nylon).

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

This fine study of a horse and cart at Handley Pond portrays a rural scene that could have been observed at any period during the last several centuries.

An old street trader has pushed his hand cart into the middle of the street and nonchalantly weighs out vegetables regardless of passing traffic.

This picture clearly shows the split- level look of the Walk, as it was known until Edwardian times, with the Cart Road being the lower terrace from Cobb Gate to the sands beside the

Even the postman is using a hand-pushed cart to make his deliveries.

Again, only horse-drawn carts can be seen and all seems quiet.

The horse-drawn cart was a common mode of transporting fish from the beach.

This fine study of a horse and cart at Handley Pond portrays a rural scene that could have been observed at any period during the last thousand years.

The steps up to the village pump were built so that water churns could be filled from a cart.

On the right is horse-drawn cart of the Royal Mail.

Electric tramcars compete with a horse and cart in this crowded street.

An evocative picture of the signpost and a cart at this scattered hamlet in the wooded hilly Weald south-east of Wadhurst.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull. Note how the dark ashlar is picked out by severe white mortaring.

Village boys stand at the edge of the pond in Horseshoe Lane, which was used for washing carts - note the floating board.

Although there were many shops in this road few people are visible in this scene, though a cart turning into the High Street brings it to life.

Here we have a leisurely scene outside the Rose and Crown - perhaps the barrel on the cart is being delivered there.

This is a quite charming view of an old donkey cart and a rough road surface. The road is made up today, but it is still as narrow.

At low tide the cart ride was necessary before and after the trip to get across the creeks between the dry sand and the edge of the sea.

A hard way to make a living at this time was ferrying holidaymakers to and from pleasure boats out in the bay.