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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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