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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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Jun 13, 20211 min read
1873: Bear's bullocks and fair pleasure
The Pleasure Fair on Tuesday was but the ghost of former days, the visitors and amusements being equally scanty. Cheap Jack, with his...
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May 30, 20211 min read
1871: Mud ankle deep and ice accidents
Since 9 o'clock on Saturday night rapid changes in the weather, together with a variation in the wind, has been apparent in this...
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Apr 21, 20215 min read
1800s: The great stink of Cuckfield
Some people must relocate to the rural idyll of Cuckfield, with its delightful and quaint village centre, perhaps imagining that, long...
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Apr 4, 20218 min read
1981: A delightful summary of Cuckfield's past and a snapshot of contemporary life in the old town
How Prinny caused a stir in Cuckfield Vida Herbison and photographer Roy Vandyke visit Cuckfield - favoured for Inns by the Prince Regent...
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Mar 24, 20214 min read
1850s: Fascinating Cuckfield recollections
We believe* that these are the recollections of Thomas Norris born 1849, son of Thomas Snr who was schoolmaster of the National School...
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Mar 2, 20213 min read
1843: The Womens' lot on our farms
The 1834 Poor Law Act resulted in the setting up of an enquiry into the conditions of employment of women and children in agriculture....
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Feb 24, 20213 min read
1843: Eight shillings a week
The 1834 Poor Law Act resulted in the setting up of an enquiry into the conditions of employment of women and children in agriculture....
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Feb 22, 20214 min read
1843: Eight year old farmworkers
The 1834 Poor Law Act resulted in the setting up of an enquiry into the conditions of employment of women and children in agriculture....
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Feb 15, 20216 min read
1674: How we make iron in Cuckfield
It seems extraordinary that a seventeenth century account of what was involved in making iron in Cuckfield should still exist in the 21st...
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Feb 12, 20213 min read
1992: Four Cuckfieldians remember childhood experiences in the old town
Ron Knight remembers… I can remember as a small child Saturday night being rather special. All through the summer the Cuckfield town band...
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Feb 7, 20214 min read
A Bowyer's widow abducted in ironmasters' feud
This is taken from an article by Margaret Holt, taken from the Spring 1993, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group Newsletter, ...
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Jan 28, 20213 min read
19th century: All the shops you need
In this article by Margaret Holt, she looks back at how people fared in Cuckfield and the local area two centuries ago. Local history can...
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Jan 15, 20213 min read
1967: Cuckfield recalled by a 75 year old Cuckfieldian - Four butchers, five bakers, four shoe shops
My earliest recollections In a short account written in 1967, Olive (Mabel) Askew of Glebe Road, Cuckfield recalled Cuckfield from...
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Jan 2, 20212 min read
1864: Wonderful fare and 12th night cakes on offer
Christmas Fare Our tradesman's shops begin to put on the show for Christmas. Among the butchers, Mr Thomas Jenner has a splendid show of...
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Dec 19, 20201 min read
Order early for Christmas
£1 in 1883 = £70 today I shilling = £3.30 today 1 penny = 28p today £1 was 3 days wages for skilled tradesman From Mid Sussex Times...
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Jul 27, 20201 min read
1926: Haines and Sharp Tailors and Outfitters opens in South Road Haywards Heath
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 June 1926 HAINES & SHARP, Tailors and Outfitters, Beg to announce they have opened New Premises in South...
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Jul 24, 20202 min read
1938: Celebrating Cuckfield teacher, clockmaker and local historian Hubert Bates
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 March 1938 UP AND DOWN THE COUNTY By ‘The Roamer’ Mr. Hubert Bates, of Cuckfield, looked me up few days ago...
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Jul 22, 20209 min read
1911: Many rare and magnificent things on view at the Cuckfield Industrial and Art Exhibition
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 February 1911 CUCKFIELD INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION There is every prospect of the Cuckfield lndustrial and Art...
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Jun 29, 20203 min read
1929: How the Gatland Clock came to The Queens Hall ...
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 16 July 1929 THE CUCKFIELD CLOCK. We are pleased to be able to announce that the inhabitants and friends of...
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