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1881: Prolific cabbage thief strikes at Whiteman's Green

  • Writer: andyrevell
    andyrevell
  • May 16
  • 1 min read

The Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday December 6 1881

Garden robberies at Whitemans Green.



Lamb beerhouse (in the foreground) 1900
Lamb beerhouse (in the foreground) 1900

On Saturday night the garden of Mr T. Haylor, of the Lamb beerhouse, was robbed of about 30 heads of fine Savoy cabbage, and on the same night the garden of a labourer, residing near, in the Braynes Mead cottages, was also stripped in a like manner, many of the cabbages being torn up by the roots.


 
 
 

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