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Cuckfield Connections
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Jul 43 min read
1983: War Memories on display at Cuckfield Museum
West Sussex County Times, Friday November 11 1983 WAR MEMORIES GO ON DISPLAY Cuckfield may be a quiet Sussex town now, but it livened up...
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Apr 231 min read
1917 Death of two young Cuckfield soldiers
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 03 July 1917 DIED A PRISONER OF WAR. —Mrs. George Murrell, of Braines Mead, Cuckfield, received official...
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Jan 212 min read
1938: Hosting Kindertransport refugees
Correspondence in the public domain shows Cuckfield hosted brothers Heinz and Peter Behrent, who were German-Jewish refugees rescued as...
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Jan 183 min read
1841: Local naval hero from Bolnore
Although we covered this story in October 2020 the following obituary has been found that appeared in national press and gives us more...
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Jan 53 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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Dec 23, 20232 min read
1928: Tanks fight tanks
Thrilling and Awe-Inspiring Battle. (From a Special Correspondent. ) Cuckfield Tuesday The most thrilling battle so far staged in...
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Dec 15, 20231 min read
1928: Woman, 82, wanted to see tanks in action
Cuckfield Thursday: the army obliges. Important battles were fought on both the 1st and 2nd divisional fronts in connection with the Army...
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Nov 17, 20231 min read
1942: Immobilising switch not acceptable
William Edward Baker, Queen's Drive, Hassocks, pleaded not guilty to failing to immobilize an unattended motor-car in Church Street,...
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Nov 12, 20231 min read
1900: Quiet homecoming for Haywards Heath heroes
Southern Weekly News - Saturday 01 December 1900 HAYWARDS HEATH HEROES. During the past few days two Haywards Heath men have returned...
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Nov 7, 20231 min read
1815: The most complete peal ever witnessed
The victory of Waterloo, in June 1815, was celebrated in Cuckfield on 4 September by The Society of College Youths, a bell-ringing...
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Nov 5, 20232 min read
1939: The chilling sound of Cuckfield's Air Raid Siren
This clip on YouTube below by 'Minty GT', simulates the sound of the Cuckfield Siren using the YouTube contributor's own identical siren....
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Oct 29, 20231 min read
1858: Lieutenant Sergison killed at Lucknow
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 11 May 1858 Cuckfield Charles Warden Sergison, of the 93rd Highlanders, who fell in the attack of the Begum's...
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Oct 8, 20235 min read
1882: Cuckfield Rifle Volunteers march to recruit
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 February 1882 2nd SUSSEX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. PUBLIC MEETING AT LINDFIELD. THE VICAR ON THE VOLUNTEERS. On...
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Oct 2, 20232 min read
2023: Cuckfield archers now 50 years on
Cuckfield has associations with archery going back to the battle of Agincourt. The local club which celebrates its 50th anniversary...
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Sep 9, 20231 min read
1918: Gunner Knight wounded
There came home last week from France, on ten days leave, Gunner WS Knight, RFA son of son of Mr and Mrs Knight, of Cuckfield. He has...
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Aug 28, 20232 min read
1945: Brook Street 'famous' say the wardens
Warden’s party at Cuckfield Cheerful hosts to 120 guests The little hamlet of Brook Street, Cuckfield, was en fete on Saturday, June 2....
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Aug 22, 20231 min read
1915: 'Blue on blue' in Newhaven
A startling accident occurred at Newhaven at the beginning of last week, as the result of which a Cuckfield Territorial is lying in the...
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Aug 8, 20232 min read
1900: Relief of Mafeking
Relief of Mafeking celebrations Cuckfield Cuckfield was gaily adorned with flags in honour of the auspicious occasion, and the church...
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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 29, 20232 min read
1916: Used to seeing things blown up
Private G Sydenham, Royal Sussex Regiment, one of the Mid Sussex Staff at the office at the Front, writing to the office last week, said...
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