Three Bridges, The Flood Gates 1906
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The millpond for the old Hazlewick mill was fed by the River Mole, which flowed close to Three Bridges railway station (on the left through the trees). Flooding in the area still occurred despite the provision of flood gates to control the water levels. The old water mill may have closed as a result of the new steam mill, which opened near the station.
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A Selection of Memories from Three Bridges
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 Three Bridges
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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
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