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