COMMENTS 2020

April 2020

By John Hills

OLD FOOTBALL CLUB PHOTOS (View page)

"Having the names of the boys in the match, can any Newhavener put any of those names to the top photograph?"

By: Glenn Sheppard          Added: 29/04/2020

THE HOPE INN (View page)

"I hope someone can confirm this memory! I‘m sure the kiosk used to have a lovely coffee ice cream in a cornet when I was child (b.1952..."

By: Val Lidster (nee Vinall)          Added: 29/04/2020

DENTON VILLAGE IN 1950 (View page)

"Thanks John, I can see which one it is now. The tree was pretty big when we were there as I remember, its a Sycamore I think. I have some ph..."

By: Terry Howard          Added: 28/04/2020

BILL AND TED NAYLOR (View page)

"Ted Naylor, was my godfather, my gran and mum lived on Eastbridge Road, used to get hot cobs from the local bakers early in the morning."

By: Jeffrey Hayward (Palser)          Added; 27/04/2020

ENGINEER PUBLIC HOUSE (View page)

"Went to this pub in 1972, age 16, get it down ya, it will do you good,......bring it up lad, it will do you good a short time later, staring..."

By: Jeffrey Hayward (Palser)          Added: 27/04/2020

DENTON PARTY TIME (View page)

"4th girl on the left in Margaret Winton, second left is me I think. About 1953/4"

By: Elaine Gillard          Added: 25/04/2020

DENTON VILLAGE IN 1950 (View page)

"So pleased I saw this page, Jack and I were your neighbours in 29 and John eventually moved in the other side of us. Jacqueline Patten ..."

By: Jacqueline Patten           Added: 24/04/2020

HIGH STREET - 1971 (View page)

"Yes John, I think we must have done the roof around the mid sixties. The reason I remember doing the roof was that George missed the nail..."

By: Terry Howard           Added: 23/04/2020

DENTON VILLAGE IN 1950 (View page)

"Amazing photographs John, Acacia road as I have not seen it since dad took us out there and showed us where our new home was going to be. Ou..."

By: Terry Howard           Added: 23/04/2020

HIGH STREET - 1971 (View page)

"I think the white building on the left was called the Wool shop (John will correct me if not, happy for him to do so) when I was an apprenti..."

By: Terry Howard           Added: 22/04/2020

DENTON TERRACE / RAILWAY INN (View page)

"I think Denton Terrace was owned by the railway. It was one of the first jobs I had to arrange when I joined them. I used to have the name p..."

By: Alec           Added: 22/04/2020

MRS BURGESS, ELPHICK ROAD (View page)

"Can anyone tell me what the name was of the sweet shop at the end of Elphick Road by the stairs? and is there any photos..? so many fond mem..."

By: Parbej Hashim           Added: 22/04/2020

HARBOUR SCENE WITH SMALL CRAFT (View page)

"The clinker vessel on left of this picture is indeed Cock Robin, which was owned by Funnells the Bakers, who had a shop in the High Street f..."

By: Chris Young          Added: 21/04/2020

RAILWAY AND WEST QUAY SHIPPING (View page)

"I think you will find that Trawler was the MFV Denrow, which sadly sank offshore after springing a plank, RNLB and Trinity house vessel atte..."

By: Chris Young          Added: 21/04/2020

NEWHAVEN FOOTPLATEMEN (View page)

"In the first photograph the 3 men on the left are wearing their Sussex flat caps. They were very popular in the 1st half of the 20th century..."

By: Terry Howard           Added: 19/04/2020

HARBOUR LOCOMOTIVES 1930 - 1960 (View page)

"Hi. Andrew  The amount of engines in the shed varied,  summer time being the most. As I have previous mentioned when I was on duty..."

By: David Brady          Added: 18/04/2020

THE HOPE INN (View page)

"I can remember the Hope looking like that, and it wasn't so different when they extended the front near the doors. (Not so keen on the &..."

By: Andy Gilbert           Added: 18/04/2020

NEWHAVEN HARBOUR FROM THE AIR. (View page)

"Looking at the first photo, there's another photo taken at the same time in Peter Bailey's book "Newhaven-Dieppe Service". It's ..."

By: Andy Gilbert           Added: 14/04/2020

HARBOUR PHOTOS FROM 1958 (View page)

"Remember watching these 'Dieppe Screw' called ships when as a young lad would cycle to Eastern breakwater, Rennes, Nantes, & Bre..."

By: Chris Young           Added: 11/04/2020

HARBOUR SCENE WITH SMALL CRAFT (View page)

"Interesting that there's no number on the RAF pinnace, we often had 1380, 1389, 1390 or 1392 around that time. I think 1389 might have ..."

By: Andy Gilbert           Added: 10/04/2020

BERT LILLYWHITE (View page)

"What fantastic memories that has brought back to my sisters and l, as only this morning we were only talking about it. Bert or Mr..."

By: Jean South           Added: 10/04/2020

DENTON VILLAGE 1960 (View page)

"Just as I remember it  John. My family moved to Denton in 1957 . At the top of the photo you can see the Planney which was our playground. I ..."

By: Terry Howard           Added: 03/04/2020

AROUND THE HARBOUR (View page)

"Picture 5, on the west quay stage, inside is Dickie Buds dory, next i think is Dave Scotts Tiza, outside beach boat is possibly the Harvest ..."

By: Nigel Bray           Added: 02/04/2020

ALBERT SHEPPARD FUNERAL 1909 (View page)

"That's what I initially thought too, but an old newspaper article unearthed by Carolyn Proud suggested that the funeral procession was h..."

By: Andy Gilbert          Added: 02/04/2020

ALBERT SHEPPARD FUNERAL 1909 (View page)

"On closer inspection in the centre of the picture, there is a vicar in white leading 8 cadets pulling a gun carriage with a coffin which is&..."

By: John Hills           Added: 02/04/2020

ALBERT SHEPPARD FUNERAL 1909 (View page)

"A little research by Carolyn Proud on the Facebook group where the photo popped up revealed that the caption on the photo is most likely inc..."

By: Andy Gilbert           Added: 02/04/2020

ALBERT SHEPPARD FUNERAL 1909 (View page)

"It seems Albert George Sheppard was only 22 years old when he passed away in early 1909."

By: John Hills           Added: 01/04/2020