1999: Perfect send off for actress and comedienne Angela Fox
The Argus. 11th December 1999 Sons' perfect last act for Mrs Fox Actor Edward Fox moved a congregation of more than 200 at his mother's...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Sep 5, 20218 min read
1950s-70s: Jack Norris Snr - with skills admired by pro musicians
The Cuckoo Oh the cuckoo she is a merry bird she sings as she flies And she brings us good tidings and she tells us no lies And she sucks...
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Sep 4, 20213 min read
1848: Cuckfield inhabitants say farewell to much loved church rector with a fine memento
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 21 September 1848 CUCKFIELD The Rev. H. Fearon, after many years residence at Oakenden House, having been...
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Aug 29, 20216 min read
Cyril's very rare red car goes to a caring new home
I know that many local residents of Cuckfield will vividly recall Major Cyril Pike’s red sports car. For decades it was either regularly...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
JP's side with the smugglers
'Watch the wall my darling while the Gentlemen go by' A Smugglers' Song' by Rudyard Kiplng The words of Kipling's song above seem to have...
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Aug 17, 20214 min read
1569: Woman gives birth to cat and 'two wives apiece' in Cuckfield
This could be a headline written by a red top tabloid. But very strange things went on in Tudor times - some have been acted out in the...
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Aug 16, 20212 min read
1855: Muffled peal of respect for leading change ringer at Cuckfield
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 29 March 1855 CUCKFIELD CHURCH BELLS Our change ringers rang a muffled peal, on Tuesday last, to the memory...
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Aug 13, 20211 min read
1785: Regent forgives coachmen for accident
Lewes 8 August In the last we mentioned that the Prince of Wales did not show the least marked displeasure at the conduct of the post...
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Aug 11, 20215 min read
40s-60s: Jack Norris Jnr's Tale
Jack Norris who is now 85 and lives in Burgess Hill has many happy memories of his time living in Cuckfield for some 20 years (until...
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Aug 6, 20211 min read
1785: Prince Regent's exhausting day
The energy of the Prince of Wales at the age of 23 has to be admired here. London to Brighton twice plus two social events. That was at...
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Jul 30, 20211 min read
1542: A naked man's dilemma
When it comes to fashion, not a lot changes! The sixteenth century Cuckfield writer Andrew Boorde tells us that choosing fashionable...
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Jul 28, 20212 min read
c1850: The crimes of the Cuckfield Gang
My father tells me that about 50 years ago these robbers were caught and brought to justice. For a long time they had robbed and...
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Jul 27, 20211 min read
1984: A glimpse into the past - Mrs Brigden's High Street shop in the 1880s
Nurse Stoner, writing about Cuckfield in the 1880s when this photo was taken, says that Mrs Brigden kept the shop. This is evidently the...
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Jul 23, 20213 min read
1869-1952: Edith Bevan Cuckfield suffragist
The Cuckfield Women’s Suffrage Society (CWSS) was co-founded by Edith Bevan and held its first meeting in the spring of 1909 at the home...
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Jul 22, 20216 min read
1909: Christabel Pankhurst's reply to Cuckfield's members
In this posting we learn of the outcome of the earlier posting of the bold proposal made by Mrs Strickland who voiced the opinions of the...
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Jul 21, 20215 min read
1909: Cuckfield addresses suffragette national meeting
The Cuckfield Women’s Suffrage Society (CWSS) was cofounded by Edith Bevan and held its first meeting in the spring of 1909 at her...
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Jul 12, 20219 min read
1900: Cuckfield War Hero welcomed home, describes frontline experiences
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 May 1900 HOME FROM THE WAR, CAPTAIN SERGISON ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED AT HAYWARDS HEATH AND CUCKFIELD....
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Jul 11, 20212 min read
1530: Andrew Boorde's home medical advice ... III
Boorde and his ‘Breviary’ Andrew Boorde, sometimes written ‘Borde’ or ‘Bored’ (indeed, he used to call himself Andreas Perforatus), was...
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Jul 9, 20213 min read
1530: Sage travel advice from Andrew Boorde ... II
Andrew Boorde, who was born in or about 1490 at Cuckfield in Sussex. began life as a monk and was afterwards nominated suffragan Bishop...
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Jul 7, 20214 min read
1530: Dietary advice from a C16th century Cuckfield man ... I
Two meals a day How strange it is that we can read the dietary advice from a Cuckfield man in the early C16th - and that some of what he...
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