by adminwww | May 29, 2024
Today, Allen Watts Upfield is remembered in the village by Upfield Villas, the row of houses he built on the southern side of Weavers Hill on Durbans Road. But in his lifetime he was a successful businessman, owning Upfield’s Stores and a number of properties in the...
by adminwww | May 29, 2024
Mabel Archdall Vicars, who lived at Old Tanyard Farm during and after the Second World War, was born in Clapham in 1868, the daughter of a prosperous fancy-embroidery manufacturer. She was the third of four children born to William and Elizabeth Archdall Vicars. Her...
by adminwww | Oct 24, 2017
More detail about Village Garages Last month I described how Graveley Brothers, the precursor to James Pearce’s business, started operating from Butts Works soon after the end of the First World War and continued through the Thirties. The company also serviced...
by adminwww | May 14, 2017
Newpound Bonfire Society Bonfire societies have been quite common in Sussex over the years and many still operate today. Among those societies that have ceased is the Newpound Bonfire Society. It was founded in 1938 and based at the Bat and Ball, Newpound. It was...
by adminwww | May 14, 2017
Prosecuting Society On 21st February 1820, a special meeting was convened at the Three Crowns to record an interesting case that had occurred at the inn only three days earlier, viz. “Whereas two persons, one answering the description of a horse dealer and the other...
