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Cuckfield Connections

A personal journey of discovery

Oct 12, 20183 min read

Boer War and Cuckfield: Enthusiastic send off for local man Frank Bleach

Oct 11, 20186 min read

War and Cuckfield: the town celebrates the Relief of Mafeking

Sep 8, 20188 min read

Tragic error leads to death of Cuckfield infant

Aug 17, 20188 min read

Dialect confusion and the earliest Cuckfield cricketing heroes

Aug 16, 20187 min read

General Wolfe, Haywards Heath Eccentrics and local superstitions

Aug 15, 20188 min read

Education in Georgian and Victorian Cuckfield

Aug 14, 20188 min read

Tragic deaths and teaching Cuckfield children to swim

Aug 13, 20188 min read

Reflections in Holy Trinity Churchyard: 1888

Aug 10, 20186 min read

The Cuckfield siege concludes

Aug 9, 20189 min read

Outbreak of Riots in Cuckfield

Aug 8, 20187 min read

Victorian reflections on Brook Street

Aug 7, 20185 min read

Victorian Rambles: Whiteman's Green and the Iguanadon find

Aug 6, 20184 min read

A Victorian Cuckfield ramble continues: along Stairbridge Lane, and a tale of fire in Ansty Cottage

Aug 5, 20186 min read

Victorian reflections on a walk through the ancient village of Bolney

Aug 3, 20185 min read

Saunterer's observations on Deaks Lane

Aug 2, 20184 min read

1887 'The Saunterer' walks by Ockenden House and Cuckfield Park

Jul 10, 20182 min read

"I want to speak with you about your ferrets!"... smart P.C. catches mammal thief in America Lane

Jul 7, 20182 min read

Brawl at the Half Moon in Balcombe 1839: Railway workers tried and sentenced

Jul 2, 20185 min read

1932 - Haywards Heath's 'Artistically striking' Second Cinema opens

Jul 1, 20182 min read

1911 - Motor garage converted into high class theatre for 'pleasure seeking' locals

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