1950: Council makes light of rumours
Dr GB Tait asked members of Cuckfield Rural Council on Tuesday whether there were any truth in the rumour that although electricity had...
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Cuckfield Connections
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
1881: Ladies distribute tons of coal
Once more our [Cuckfield] ladies have come to the front and distributed no less than 135 tons of coal amongst the poorer classes of the...
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Sep 10, 20238 min read
1926: History-making fossil find
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 October 1926 CUCKFIELD , LITERARY SOCIETY. Sir Arthur Smith Woodward on The Iguanodon. A large number of...
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Sep 7, 20231 min read
1910: Beaten up but saved by a mail coach
A Brighton Road Incident A mysterious highway outrage occurred in the early hours of this morning near Cuckfield, Sussex. The mail...
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Sep 3, 20232 min read
1909: Cuckfield supports women's suffrage
Women and politics A large and fashionable company responded to the invitation of Miss Bevan and Miss Payne to attend on Saturday a...
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Sep 1, 20231 min read
1909: Collision on the Cuckfield Road
The other week, two traps, one travelling to, and the other from the Station, collided near Butler's Green, and a lady occupying the one...
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Aug 31, 20235 min read
1980: Cuckfield resident recalls pre WWI
Maisie Wright recalled in 1986: 'A few years ago, the West Sussex Record Office organised an oral history project. It concerned the...
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Aug 30, 20231 min read
1909: 20mph too fast?
Cuckfield is evidently feeling, more and more, the altered condition of affairs. Motorists, who are supposed to bring back prosperity to...
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Aug 29, 20232 min read
1980: Ansty recollections life pre WW1
Oral History from Cuckfield From 'West Sussex History Journal and newsletter of the West Sussex Archives Society: September 1986 Maisie...
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Aug 27, 20231 min read
1866: Local man injures his leg in cart upset
Sussex Advertiser - Wednesday 13 June 1866 Accident.—On Friday, as Mr. John Agate of Slaugham, his son-in-law, Mr. Watson, were driving...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
1882: Extensive damage in Cuckfield caused by a raging storm
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 02 May 1882 On Saturday this town also shared the result of the terrific rage into which Nature was pleased to...
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Aug 15, 20233 min read
1861: Fire destroys Bolney Vicarage
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 17 January 1861 BOLNEY. Destruction of the Vicarage by Fire. A destructive fire broke out on Monday morning,...
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Aug 12, 20232 min read
1882: Fire brigade takes Cuckfield by surprise
We gather from a daily contemporary that the old-fashioned town of Cuokfield was taken by surprise on Saturday evening, shortly before 9...
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Aug 5, 20231 min read
1882: Tricycle accident at Place Walk
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 April 1882 Tricycle Accident. Leonard Gibb, a lad, met with an accident on Wednesday afternoon. It seems...
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Aug 4, 20231 min read
1906: Drought, explosions and Brighton takeaways
A water famine has brought about an extraordinary state of affairs in the area depending on the Cuckfield Rural District Council, Sussex....
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Aug 2, 20232 min read
1881: Oh dear locked in the belfry, etc
Gossip Corner The union of May and December seems to be 'the rage' just now. At Brighton a bachelor of 87 summers has been united with a...
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Jul 22, 20233 min read
1936: 'Clever' rat problem in Glebe Road
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 January 1936 Chicken in Gardens. The Sanitary Inspector reported that, owing to the tenants of some of the...
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Jul 19, 20231 min read
1937: Snog inhibitor
Is it true that amorous couples who travel on the railway between Brighton and Haywards Heath object to the lights in Clayton Tunnel ?...
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Jul 18, 20231 min read
1936: Wealdsmen enjoy long Mid Sussex ramble
West Sussex County Times - Friday 21 August 1936 WEALDSMEN’S HANDCROSS RAMBLE Real summer weather favoured the Society of Sussex Wealdmen...
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Jul 17, 20232 min read
1890: Blazing tar barrels in the High Street
Guy Fawkes Day was not by any means forgotten, the Cuckfield Bonfire Society carrying out a very successful demonstration. The officers...
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