Nostalgic memories of Three Bridges's local history
Share your own memories of Three Bridges and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 19 in total
I moved to Three Bridges when I was 4 years old, in 1958, with my parents and twin brother Andrew. We lived in Mill Road.
Heavens how it’s all changed. Gone are the open spaces at the bottom of the road, where we used to play cricket by the main road! Yes, it was safe to then. If we heard a car in the distance we stopped playing.
Played football on the ice of Crabbett Road too in the winter of ...see more
at the stroke of midnight every locomotive "on shed" at the loco shed that had any steam left in its boiler would have the whistle sounded[ it does not sound much until you hear 20 or so loco whistles at the same time !
In the late 1950's I had an after school/Saturday job with Geddes. I had a pushbike with a basket and used to deliver medicines around Three Bridges & Worth; In addition I used to wash bottles, as in those days liquid prescriptions were made up by the chemist using returnable glass bottles.
Mr Geddes was very precise and every delivery was wrapped in thick white paper and sealed with sealing wax !
My mum's aunt and uncle, Tom and Polly Stepney, lived in Three Bridges on what was always referred to as "the farm". A couple of years ago I visited with my husband and we tried to find where it was. After lot of searching we believe it was in Woolborough Road (before it was obliterated by the sprawl of Crawley.) Uncle was an agricultural labourer. He worked on a nearby farm, I think, and had two large cart ...see more
Trying to get in touch with Richard Hounsome. He seems to know me , but sorry I do not remember him . If he was to get in touch with me , maybe I would remember ! I lived at North Lodge , Now Barclay's Bank , across the street from the Kowatch boys.
I have recently moved to North Road in Three Bridges into one of the original railway cottages, I can see that the house was there in a map of Three Bridges dated 1874 1:2500 scale. I am really interested in the history and would love to find some old photos of North Road from that time. There are some pics of Three Bridges on this website but none of North Road, would love to hear from anyone who could help. ...see more
I hate to admit this Richard, the name I remember, but I can't put a face to the name! I don't know how it works on this site, but I would love to hear from anyone from Three Bridges!
St Francis school was on the Three Bridges to Crawley road , just past the soccer ,(sorry , football ) , field) . Almost across from the Franciscan Friary. I would love to see pictures of the old school , if it is still there ! I remember a pathway near the school that led right into the main area of Crawley ! I would really like to hear from people that maybe went to that school in the early fifties !
I lived in No.29 New Street. I remember playing with Jeff & Billy Kowach, Alfie Manzoli (who lived in the now Barclays Bank), John Denman (also of New Street), Richard Freakes, Graham and Michael Goring. We used to play in the woods opposite Barclays Bank and go up the cinder track over the bridge to the Hawth woods. We used to have great fun; Three Bridges was a very small community ...see more
You can see two shops with their awnings to the left of Barker's Garage. The first shop was a newsagent/tobacconist run by Harold and Esther Dack. Esther was my mum's best friend. I remember going in there, aged about 8 or 9, to buy a "pink cone", ie an ice cream. The assistant misheard me, and after a certain amount of searching handed me a pink plastic comb. I was so speechless and embarrassed ...see more