COMMENTS 2021
February 2021
By John Hills
NEWHAVEN CONVENT (View page)"My Grandfather, Harry Whitaker, bought Highfure in about 1945 and my Grandparents, my Parents and I moved down from Sheffield in 1946. I the..."
By: Guy Coleman Added: 28/02/2021
NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PART 1 (View page)
"Would the editor mind giving my email address to Rob please so we can have a chat about the old days without clogging up your page. Sorry f..."
By: Roger Riseborough Added: 26/02/2021
NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PART 1 (View page)
"Yes Rog the very same!"
By: Rob Vinall Added: 26/02/2021
NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PART 1 (View page)
"Is that Rod Vinyl, lead guitar and e type jag owner? "
By: Roger Riseborough Added: 26/02/2021
H. COLGATE & GRAY (View page)
"I too, would like to find out more, about Henry (Harry) Breeds, my Great, Great Grandfather. I have got a copy of his death certificate, whi..."
By: Roy Added: 26/02/2021
NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PART 1 (View page)
"Hi Roger, don't have any info on the girls, but I think I remember shooting rooks nests with your dad ! Note From Editor:- Completely a..."
By: Rob Vinall Added: 25/02/2021
NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PART 1 (View page)
"Big surprise to see this web site, a big step back in life to see the teachers and mates from those days. left during 1963 by the way. ..."
By: Roger Riseborough Added: 25/02/2021
HSL124 (View page)
"Would it be possible please to combine this page with the RAF AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT No. 124 chapter. Thank you. I have ADDED a link ab..."
By: Philip Manchip Added: 23/02/2021
RAF AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT No.124 (View page)
"Hi Paul I trust that you still visit here? Never did receive your email unless it went via junk mail. Yes I’d still like to meet up ma..."
By: Phil Manchip Added: 21/02/2021
PRIDE OF BRUGES (View page)
"Thanks for that information, Andrew. I suspect that you are correct, P&O had no real interest in Newhaven-Dieppe - it was merely competi..."
By: Andy Gilbert Added: 20/02/2021
PRIDE OF BRUGES (View page)
"The Pride of Bruges didn't have an internal ramp to access the upper vehicle deck. One was ordered and manufactured, but not actually in..."
By: Andrew Added: 19/02/2021
NEWHAVEN BRIDGE (View page)
"Mind you as a child walking up Church Hill to Northdown Road, it sometimes felt that steep."
By: Terry Howard Added: 14/02/2021
NEWHAVEN BRIDGE (View page)
"Yes, some early depictions of the town showed considerable artistic licence! I can only see the church and windmill (Waterhall Mill?) as be..."
By: Andy Gilbert Added: 13/02/2021
NEWHAVEN BRIDGE (View page)
"I would imagine some artistic license was used in creating this print and etching, but, apart from the church and windmill, can we identify ..."
By: Rob Patten Added: 13/02/2021
VJ DAY 1945 (View page)
"Just found this very interesting site. I used to live in Sussex Place in the '40s and I have the same photo in my family album. My mothe..."
By: Derek Parks Added: 11/02/2021
NEWHAVEN BRIDGE (View page)
"The hills seem to have shrunk since then."
By: Ron Herriott Added: 11/02/2021
THE FIELDS BETWEEN COURT FARM ROAD AND TIDEWAY SCHOOL (View page)
"Yes Terry, in my day it was across the muddy field towards Taff Davies's house, turn left down towards the clifftop, through the bushes ..."
By: Rob Patten Added: 10/02/2021
THE FIELDS BETWEEN COURT FARM ROAD AND TIDEWAY SCHOOL (View page)
"Good grief Rob, just the thought of those cross country runs makes me shudder. They were always cold and muddy as I remember."
By: Terry Howard Added: 05/02/2021
THE FIELDS BETWEEN COURT FARM ROAD AND TIDEWAY SCHOOL (View page)
"Val, I would suggest that 'your' fields are on the side of the school towards Peacehaven, where the cross country runs used to take ..."
By: Rob Patten Added: 04/02/2021
RAF AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT No.124 (View page)
"Hello Paul, no I'm afraid can't see your father's signature although some are not clear. All the signatories appear with the not..."
By: Roger Collier Added: 02/02/2021
RAF AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT No.124 (View page)
"Thanks for the information on the engine Roger, great story and glad it is still running. I wonder if my late Father, Jack Leigh signe..."
By: Paul Leigh Added: 02/02/2021
THE FIELDS BETWEEN COURT FARM ROAD AND TIDEWAY SCHOOL (View page)
"Is this the same field I photographed 1968/9 (one of a series under EDUCATION, TIDEWAY SCHOOL on this site)? It shows the boundary between t..."
By: Val Lidster (Vinall) Added: 01/02/2021
RAF AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT No.124 (View page)
"Right. When I was a young man I owned a Brickworks at Marks Tey, near Colchester. Among the many rambling buildings was one used for steel s..."
By: Roger Collier Added: 01/02/2021