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- 1860: 250 people entertained in The Talbot
The singing was excellent, and the instrumental pieces capitally executed, the performers being highly
- 1877: Singers caught out and fined
the concert, these singers received a letter from a London solicitor, demanding a fine of £2 each for singing
- 1987: The Great Storm
It's impact on the local area was devastating and resulted in an extraordinary recovery operation swinging
- Detested but essential turnpikes ... 1
For every Drove of Calves, Hogs, Swine, Sheep or Lambs, the sum of Fivepence per score. No 41, 2011 (P39) http://sias2.pastfinder.org.uk/sih_1970_2008/41-2011.pdf Illustration: Rebecca Riots
- Iconic buildings of Haywards Heath - 1911 The King Edward VII Memorial Eliot Cottage Hospital
The bathrooms, which open out of the main wards, are to have baths of the swing type, so that the position
- 1910: Workhouse cake, cards and carols
entertainment program, but it being Sunday, is it this year the evening was devoted to carol and hymn singing
- 1937: When Cuckfield faced the music
that at the Restoration in 1660 the parsons found themselves without any means of accompanying the singing
- 1950s-70s: Jack Norris Snr - with skills admired by pro musicians
The Cuckoo Oh the cuckoo she is a merry bird she sings as she flies And she brings us good tidings and she tells us no lies And she sucks the little birds eggs just to keep ’er voice clear And she only sings He could sing the commonly known "Cock O' The North" and "Keel Row", and a schottische [a round dance But it does make it difficult to sing the song with a straight face afterwards. Click to hear Jack Norris sing Gown of Green, with Jack playing the melodeon and singing.
- 1806-1892: The unlikely schoolmaster ... 4/5
Throughout the whole of the Sundays the village children ran riot.
- June 3 2022: Then and now in Cuckfield ...
cuckfield-baker-samuel-willett-music-smugglers-and-dishonest-nightwatchmen https://www.cuckfieldconnections.org.uk/post/1891-local-musicians-cold-shouldered-our-brilliant-singing-baker
- 1977: Personal reflections of growing up in Cuckfield 'between the Wars' Part 1 - family
The one most like Mum, the one who sat on the stairs singing “Tell me the Old old story.” but if the obviously I cannot remember the first World War, apart from being told that I sat on brother Ben’s, lustily singing
- 1945: 23,000 'fun' passes for troops
Miss Betty Freedman led the singing of a number of favourite choruses, and Mr Jack Freestone (Haywards were served in the lobby, under the direction of Mrs Quickenden, and the proceedings ended with the singing











