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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Jan 29, 20241 min read
1897: Happy swains and rustic females
… For 'memories' going back far beyond the days of the cycle, commend me to Cuckfield Place, standing amid groves and avenues, its grey...
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Jan 5, 20243 min read
1945: 23,000 'fun' passes for troops
Final CRHA Social, gifts for Cuckfield sports clubs The final ‘social’ under the auspices of the Cuckfield Residents' Hospitality...
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Oct 15, 20231 min read
1877: Singers caught out and fined
A short time since, a concert was given at Cuckfield for the benefit of the local Soup Fund, and at it, Mr EH Payne and Mrs. Payne (Miss...
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Oct 6, 20237 min read
1893: Cuckfield festivities to celebrate for Royal Wedding
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 July 1893 AT CUCKFIELD. The Sixth of July, 1893, is a day that will be long remembered by the inhabitants...
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Sep 18, 20231 min read
1960: 'Old Deaks Buster' at Wembley
A Cuckfield donkey 'Old Deaks Buster', who hem won many racing and jumping successes at Wivelsfleld and Cuckfield Donkey Shows, was the...
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
1919: Cuckfield man takes over local flicks
The Picture Theatre, Haywards Heath - Passing into Fresh Hands The Haywards Heath Picture Theatre, so admirably conducted by Mr HJ Shears...
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Aug 7, 20231 min read
1863: Monthly muster of Cuckfield and Lewes corps
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 02 July 1863 THE CUCKFIELD AND LEWES CORPS The monthly muster of the Cuckfield corps took place on Friday,...
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Jul 14, 20231 min read
1844: Cuckfield Fair in decline
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 06 June 1844 CUCKFIELD. Our fair was held last Thursday. For several years past it has been in declining...
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Jul 8, 20231 min read
1923: Council debate the recreation ground
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 May 1923 Mr. Denman presented a cheque for £25 he had received from Mrs. Marriott which she stipulated...
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Jun 16, 20231 min read
1846: Songs and poetry at The King's Head Inn
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 09 July 1846 CUCKFIELD. Mr Garrett, the rural vocalist, paid us a passing visit on Friday evening, and...
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May 20, 20233 min read
1903: Florence wins a bet
Mademoiselle Florence was bet $2500 she could not walk from London to Brighton in 6 days - she not only managed it but did much better...
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May 6, 20231 min read
1911: Coronation mugs for the children at Cuckfield Park
The Cuckfield Coronation celebration will be in Cuckfield Park. The programme consists of a service at the Parish Church, sports and...
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May 5, 20231 min read
Enjoy your Coronation!
Turning the clock back 86 years. Contributed by Malcolm Davison. Visit Cuckfield Museum, follow the link for details...
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May 4, 20231 min read
1937: Cuckfield's George VI Coronation celebrations; now for Charles III
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 May 1937 CUCKFIELD 7.15 a.m. to 10.15 a.m: peal on the Parish Church bells 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon: fishing...
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Apr 23, 20231 min read
1937: When Cuckfield faced the music
‘The Musickers’ In a lecture at Lewes on ‘Sussex Music in thePast’ the Rev. KH MacDermott said that at the Restoration in 1660 the...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
1910: Cuckfield Band raises funds for Horticultural Society
AN ENJOYABLE EVENING was spent in the Queen’s Hall on Wednesday by nearly a hundred persons, the occasion being a Cinderella dance. It...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
1958: Christine twice on TV screen in three weeks
Christine Fraser who appeared at Whiteman''s Green Donkey Derby appeared more than once locally also also twice on TV in three weeks...
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Apr 12, 20235 min read
2008: A State of Independence are we! History reviewed
November 10 2008 CUCKFIELD & LINDFIELD X-TRA by Carolyn Robertson carolyn.robertson@sussexnewspapers.co.uk When the council said no to...
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Apr 11, 20232 min read
1953: Bonfire disaster turned to triumph
As Coronation day dawned in Haywards Heath the fine bonfire in Victoria Park representing the work of weeks, and with which the day’s...
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Apr 2, 20232 min read
1851: Cuckfield goes to the Great Exhibition, leaving a 'deserted village'
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 09 October 1851 CUCKFIELD. This little town on Tuesday week presented the appearance a “deserted village”;...
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