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Cuckfield Connections
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1915: Cheery letter to Cuckfield from the front line 'I for one am happy here'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 December 1915 BEST-FED & BEST-CLOTHED ARMY IN THE WORLD. A CHEERY LETTER TO CUCKFIELD. GERMANS SHOUT TO OUR...
Aug 3, 20213 min read
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1914: Cuckfield Home for Belgian refugees
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 27 October 1914 THE CUCKFIELD HOME FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES. To the Editor of THE MID SUSSEX TIMES. Sir - I...
Jul 18, 20213 min read
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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....
Jul 12, 20219 min read
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1917: A strange tale of love and flight in the Civil War
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 31 July 1917 GLIMPSES OF THE PAST : GLANCES AT THE PRESENT. (ALL RIGHTS Reserved]. WHY LETTICE BOLTED. Here...
Jul 6, 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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1861: 100 Troops 'well behaved' during overnight stay in Cuckfield
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 22 August 1861 CUCKFIELD. On Friday last, about 100 men and horses, including five officers of H.M.’s 18th...
Jun 19, 20211 min read
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1900: Cuckfield at the Centre of an ill-fated military experiment to 'repel enemy incursions'
In 1900 26th Middlesex (Cyclist) Volunteer Corps was 'the only unit in Britain devoted entirely to the development of cyclist tactics'....
May 24, 20215 min read
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1415: Was Sergison Arms a gun depot?
Sussex author Thurston Hopkins in his book 'The Lure of Sussex', makes some observations about the Sergison Arms and Muster Green which...
May 23, 20212 min read
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1919: Blinded POR veteran remembered by Cuckfield locals
From today’s vantage point, it’s hard to grasp the incredible scale and brutality of the First World War. It’s difficult to empathise...
May 22, 20211 min read
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1950: Cuckfield Sign presented by WI in grateful thanks for preservation of the town
CUCKFIELD SIGN GIVEN BY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE FRIDAY’S CEREMONY AT WHITEMAN’S GREEN Mid Sussex Times April 19th 1950 “So we arrive at the...
May 17, 20212 min read
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1998: The Middy commemorates the heavy WW 1 toll suffered by Cuckfield
The MIDDY November 19, 1998 Heavy toll suffered by a village A memorial to the post office rifles A visit to Cuckfield churchyard will...
May 8, 20213 min read
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1915: A young Cuckfield soldier's first experiences in France
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 August 1915 LIFE IN FRANCE CUCKFIELD SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCES. A young Cuckfieldian belonging to a unit...
May 2, 20212 min read
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1892: The Battle of Cuckfield ends in 'stalemate'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 April 1892 THE BATTLE OF CUCKFIELD. Favoured with fine though cold weather this battle of the local...
Apr 20, 20213 min read
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1914: Signals technology tested in Cuckfield
This photograph from the Imperial War Museum shows Signal Section of the 2/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) who are...
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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1928: Army games in Cuckfield have a serious purpose
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 20 September 1928 MANOEUVRES PROGRESS. Great Attraction for the Holiday-makers. CUCKFIELD, Wednesday...
Mar 30, 20211 min read
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1805: Pilfold's Trafalgar brilliance minute-by-minute
Captain John Pilfold lived in Cuckfield High Street in Marshalls from 1806 until 1813 when he moved to Lindfield. On arrival in the...
Mar 29, 20216 min read
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1992: Angela Fox reflects on what the Canadians did for Cuckfield in WW2
How the Canadians outfoxed the locals Canada made a massive contribution to the Allied war effort in the Second World War, which is often...
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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Growing up in the laundry through the war years
Here is more from Jim Twiner's account from an interview by the local WI. This further describes his years in the village during the...
Mar 22, 20216 min read
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1925-1991: Cuckfield - they also served who only stood and stared
In a meadow in the south of the village stands a memorial stone placed there to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Royal...
Feb 18, 20212 min read
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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...
Feb 12, 20213 min read
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