Characters / people 6/9

Jul 2, 20211 min read

1934: A treat for local children when the Wallsy Man comes into Cuckfield

In 1934 local Wallsy man, Mr Cantello, takes payment for a Snowfrute from six-year-old Maurice Revell while Edna and Albert Avery and...

117 views

Jul 1, 20212 min read

1988: Dr Conrad Farr a keen horseman and angler

Conrad James Farr MRCS, LRCP, FRCOG Dr C J Farr, formerly consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Cuckfield, Sussex, died suddenly...

138 views

Jun 28, 20214 min read

1855: Noble peer's funeral in Cuckfield

Brighton Gazette - Thursday 29 March 1855 FUNERAL OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD ERSKINE The remains of David Montagu, Baron Erskine in the...

55 views

Jun 25, 20216 min read

1827-77 George Waller VC, much respected Cuckfield army instructor

Colour Sergeant George Waller earned his VC in India, and then returned home to become instructor for the Cuckfield volunteer battalion...

209 views

Jun 22, 20216 min read

1950s: Cyril's comedy and singing earned a passage to Australia

Cyril Phillips was a man with a moderately good singing voice, amazing memory and a gift to entertain. For a time, we don't know how long...

76 views

Jun 20, 20213 min read

1928: Queen Victoria's Usher buried in Cuckfield

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 January 1928 DEATH OF THE EARL OF MUNSTER FUNERAL AT CUCKFIELD. A prominent family with Cuckfleld...

201 views

Jun 17, 20216 min read

1957: Hostility and praise at Cecil Sharp House

Bill Hawkes was the father of 'our oldest paper boy' Charlie Hawkes and was a talented musician performing into his 80s. His recorded...

136 views

Jun 11, 20216 min read

Henry Kingsley's last words on Cuckfield

Peeps Into The Past The Mid Sussex Times, 2 June 1931 No lover of Cuckfield can pass down the Church Street without giving a grateful...

76 views

Jun 10, 20213 min read

1863: Great Celebrations as Walter Burrell takes up residence in his ancestral home

Brighton Gazette - Thursday 26 February 1863 CUCKFIELD. RECEPTION OF WALTER BURRELL, ESQ., AND FAMILY. The arrival of W. W. Burrell,...

94 views

Jun 3, 20212 min read

1807: Sergison fails to become MP in corrupt election

[John] Fuller fought the fiercest election contest ever known in the county [of Sussex] in 1807, when he supported the Tory interest...

41 views

May 31, 20215 min read

1930: Celebrating the 'mother to Cuckfield'

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 March 1930 Something to talk about Reference was made at a Nursing Association meeting in Mid Sussex last...

109 views

May 26, 202110 min read

1848 - A detailed account of 'wicked' Dame Sergison- the Cuckfield Park ghost

Cuckfield Park MYSTERIOUS BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY IAN · PUBLISHED MAY 14, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 21, 2018 Cuckfield Park is a private...

390 views

May 25, 20212 min read

1906: A former court beauty dies

Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 December 1906 The death is announced of Mrs [Catherine] Sergison, in her ninetieth year. She was the...

61 views

May 21, 20212 min read

1919: Cynthia Sergison marries Northern Ireland PM to be

On June 3 1919, he [Viscount Brookeborough] married at St George’s, Hanover Square, Miss Cynthia Mary Sergison, second daughter and...

71 views

May 12, 20216 min read

Cyril's MG: theft and amazing discovery

There are a couple of curious tales about Cyril Pike that we have managed to piece together concerning his MG car which not only later...

421 views

May 9, 20212 min read

1906-1986: Memories of Charlie Hawkes - the oldest paper boy

Police found Mid Sussex’s oldest paper boy’s stolen bicycle. Charlie Hawkes, 78, had been delivering papers in Cuckfield for 48 years....

165 views

May 7, 20219 min read

1916-2002: Amusing recollections about Cyril Pike

The Address given by Stephen Cockburn at Cyril Pikes Funeral 17 January 2002 First an announcement! We did expect that a large number of...

166 views

Apr 29, 20214 min read

50th Anniversary exclusive

50 year anniversary of Cuckfield Sealed Knot and Battle of Cuckfield It’s 50 years since the Battle of Cuckfield and the formation of the...

369 views

Apr 23, 20214 min read

1890: A big society wedding for a Sergison daughter

Marriage of Mr JHK Bailey and Miss Sergison, from the Monmouthshire Beacon, Saturday 16 August 1890: In the quaint old parish of...

151 views

Apr 12, 20211 min read

1915: Cuckfield man goes down with the Lusitania

Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 14 May 1915 LOST ON THE "LUSITANIA."—We regret to state that among those who went down on Friday on...

81 views

Cuckfield Connections

A personal journey of discovery