Land Army Girls in WG

Land Army Girls in WG

Some WG Land Army Girls in World War Two The Girls were paid 28s per week, 14s of which went on bed and board.  They worked a 48 hour week in winter and 50 hours a week in summer and, until the introduction of the Land Girls Charter in 1943, did not get holiday. The...
The Henry and Effie Squires Collection

The Henry and Effie Squires Collection

The Henry and Effie Squires Collection A poignant collection in the History Society’s archive is the Henry and Effie Squires Collection.  Comprising over 270 photographs and some items of memorabilia, only a handful of the photographs carry any identification of their...
Lady Maxse’s Font or a Stone Bowl?

Lady Maxse’s Font or a Stone Bowl?

LADY MAXSE’S FONT or A STONE BOWL FROM WISBOROUGH GREEN? In August 1929, Sussex Notes and Queries published an article from Lady Maxse of Fittleworth, about a stone basin which she had recently purchased.  She asked for suggestions as to its date or purpose. The...
F S Gray and T P Walsh

F S Gray and T P Walsh

F S Gray and T P Walsh There are two Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones in St. Peter’s churchyard marking the last resting place of soldiers who died on the Home Front in the Second World War (there is a third, for a First World War casualty).  These men...
Private Stanley Sheppard

Private Stanley Sheppard

 – 6094015 PRIVATE STANLEY ALLAN HERBERT SHEPPARD When this series of articles started in 2019 the intention was to publish short biographies of each of the Wisborough Green men who are remembered on the village war memorial on the 80th anniversary of their...