COMMENTS 2021

March 2021

By John Hills

NEWHAVEN WORKHOUSE (View page)

"Yes they were indeed brothers, our great-grandfathers Charles John (known as Jack) and Albert Victor Hubbard."

By: Brenda Hall               ; Added: 29/03/2021

VIEW OVERLOOKING THE HARBOUR 50 YEARS AGO (View page)

"Unusual to have a freighter that far up if she was going to berth near Fisher's, and it looks like her bow is still some way off the qua..."

By: Andy Gilbert               ; Added: 28/03/2021

REX CINEMA NEWHAVEN (View page)

"Hi guys.  Just to let you that I was the projectionist there until it finally closed as a cinema and became a bingo hall. "

By: Thomas Bonnor           ; Added: 27/03/2021

SINGAPORE-REGISTERED FREIGHTER AT EAST QUAY (View page)

"I remember this ship well, she visited a couple of times, as I recall. Although she was not the largest in terms of gross tonnage, at over ..."

By: Andy Gilbert                ; Added: 26/03/2021

MEECHING INFANTS SCHOOL (View page)

"Back row 7th from the left  Karen Reed."

By: Karen Reed                 ; Added: 22/03/2021

RTTL 2772E (View page)

"I have a photo of this and one of the other boats from Summer 1961. It was taken by my father as he and his crew (204 SQN Coastal Command Sh..."

By: Andy Houldsworth        ; Added: 21/03/2021

NEWHAVEN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL (View page)

"After all this time I stumble across this page..... I did wonder what happened to Stephen Orpin and others who just disappeared, I remember ..."

By: Barry Routledge (Master Silversmith). ; Added: 18/03/2021

MEECHING INFANT/JUNIOR SCHOOLS (View page)

"So sad to see the end of Meeching primary school. So many special memories to cherish with the support from teachers to give us great start..."

By: Robert Costen               ; Added: 12/03/2021

MEECHING JUNIOR SCHOOL 1961 (View page)

"Hi, I’m Robert Costen and I am the first boy on the left in middle row. I remember these days well. Can you confirm or name any of th..."

By: Robert Costen               ; Added: 11/03/2021

MEECHING MANOR (View page)

"Was this Newhaven's (Meeching's) original manor house, or was there another larger more impressive building somewhere in the town, o..."

By: Rob Patten                     ; Added: 04/03/2021

OLD GRAYS SCHOOL SITE (View page)

"Hello! so disappointed, literally just found out, but it was definitely part of who I am today, the fact that I came back home to Africa mus..."

By: Catherine Ntaba             ; Added: 03/03/2021

CONVENT (View page)

"This used to be the Library of course, with the children's section where the altar would have stood."

By: Rob Patten                    ; Added: 02/03/2021

NEWHAVEN CONVENT (View page)

"Do we have any details, date, etc, of when the convent was bombed. I was told of one raid by a lone plane that put a stick of bombs in a dia..."

By: Rob Patten                     ; Added: 02/03/2021

1st SUSSEX ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS (View page)

"One of these men may be my grandfather (Bennett) We had a large photo of him, he had a moustache and wore a sword. I was told he was Sergean..."

By: Bob Oakley                    ; Added: 01/03/2021

 

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