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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery





1934: A treat for local children when the Wallsy Man comes into Cuckfield
In 1934 local Wallsy man, Mr Cantello, takes payment for a Snowfrute from six-year-old Maurice Revell while Edna and Albert Avery and...
Jul 2, 20211 min read
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1988: Dr Conrad Farr a keen horseman and angler
Conrad James Farr MRCS, LRCP, FRCOG Dr C J Farr, formerly consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Cuckfield, Sussex, died suddenly...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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1855: Noble peer's funeral in Cuckfield
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 29 March 1855 FUNERAL OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD ERSKINE The remains of David Montagu, Baron Erskine in the...
Jun 28, 20214 min read
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1827-77 George Waller VC, much respected Cuckfield army instructor
Colour Sergeant George Waller earned his VC in India, and then returned home to become instructor for the Cuckfield volunteer battalion...
Jun 25, 20216 min read
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1950s: Cyril's comedy and singing earned a passage to Australia
Cyril Phillips was a man with a moderately good singing voice, amazing memory and a gift to entertain. For a time, we don't know how long...
Jun 22, 20216 min read
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1928: Queen Victoria's Usher buried in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 January 1928 DEATH OF THE EARL OF MUNSTER FUNERAL AT CUCKFIELD. A prominent family with Cuckfleld...
Jun 20, 20213 min read
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1957: Hostility and praise at Cecil Sharp House
Bill Hawkes was the father of 'our oldest paper boy' Charlie Hawkes and was a talented musician performing into his 80s. His recorded...
Jun 17, 20216 min read
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Henry Kingsley's last words on Cuckfield
Peeps Into The Past The Mid Sussex Times, 2 June 1931 No lover of Cuckfield can pass down the Church Street without giving a grateful...
Jun 11, 20216 min read
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1863: Great Celebrations as Walter Burrell takes up residence in his ancestral home
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 26 February 1863 CUCKFIELD. RECEPTION OF WALTER BURRELL, ESQ., AND FAMILY. The arrival of W. W. Burrell,...
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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1807: Sergison fails to become MP in corrupt election
[John] Fuller fought the fiercest election contest ever known in the county [of Sussex] in 1807, when he supported the Tory interest...
Jun 3, 20212 min read
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1930: Celebrating the 'mother to Cuckfield'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 March 1930 Something to talk about Reference was made at a Nursing Association meeting in Mid Sussex last...
May 31, 20215 min read
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1848 - A detailed account of 'wicked' Dame Sergison- the Cuckfield Park ghost
Cuckfield Park MYSTERIOUS BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY IAN · PUBLISHED MAY 14, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 21, 2018 Cuckfield Park is a private...
May 26, 202110 min read
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1906: A former court beauty dies
Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 December 1906 The death is announced of Mrs [Catherine] Sergison, in her ninetieth year. She was the...
May 25, 20212 min read
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1919: Cynthia Sergison marries Northern Ireland PM to be
On June 3 1919, he [Viscount Brookeborough] married at St George’s, Hanover Square, Miss Cynthia Mary Sergison, second daughter and...
May 21, 20212 min read
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Cyril's MG: theft and amazing discovery
There are a couple of curious tales about Cyril Pike that we have managed to piece together concerning his MG car which not only later...
May 12, 20216 min read
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1906-1986: Memories of Charlie Hawkes - the oldest paper boy
Police found Mid Sussex’s oldest paper boy’s stolen bicycle. Charlie Hawkes, 78, had been delivering papers in Cuckfield for 48 years....
May 9, 20212 min read
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1916-2002: Amusing recollections about Cyril Pike
The Address given by Stephen Cockburn at Cyril Pikes Funeral 17 January 2002 First an announcement! We did expect that a large number of...
May 7, 20219 min read
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50th Anniversary exclusive
50 year anniversary of Cuckfield Sealed Knot and Battle of Cuckfield It’s 50 years since the Battle of Cuckfield and the formation of the...
Apr 29, 20214 min read
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1890: A big society wedding for a Sergison daughter
Marriage of Mr JHK Bailey and Miss Sergison, from the Monmouthshire Beacon, Saturday 16 August 1890: In the quaint old parish of...
Apr 23, 20214 min read
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1915: Cuckfield man goes down with the Lusitania
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 14 May 1915 LOST ON THE "LUSITANIA."—We regret to state that among those who went down on Friday on...
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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