By Arthur Woodgate On 16 October 1917, I was taken to the Lion Street School and settled in a class taught by a Miss Jordon. Miss Longley was the Headmistress and with a long wooden corridor she could be heard coming with loud creaks all over our infant school.
Tag: Royal East Sussex Hospital
Royal East Sussex Hospital appears here as part of the magazine’s continuing record of local organisations, community effort and the people who kept things moving. Stories such as “Fun in St. John”, “Stuck in the Mud”, “The Stewart May Empire”, and “Hastings Pier- The Early Days” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Between the Zeppelin and the Doodle Bug
By Arthur Woodgate On 16 October 1917, I was taken to the Lion Street School and settled in a class taught by a Miss Jordon. Miss Longley was the Headmistress and with a long wooden corridor she could be heard coming with loud creaks all over our infant school.
Fun in St. John
By Arthur Woodgate Each year we in St. John, had an annual dinner, when it was organised just to have fun, so we proved. The old saying “That all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. Being store keeper, it seemed it was my job to organise the dinner, so I did … Continue reading Fun in St. John
Hastings Pier- The Early Days
Illustrated with pictures from Ion Castro’s collection Hastings Pier was opened by the Earl of Granville, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports on the fifth of April 1872, which coincidentally was the country’s first ever Bank Holiday. Work had started on the pier on the 18th of December 1869 by the famous engineer Eugenius … Continue reading Hastings Pier- The Early Days
The Stewart May Empire
Part Five By Arthur Woodgate Bill Smith was the first Bailiff of Sharvels in my time there. He was a local man but the managing of Sharval’s Farm was rather bigger than Crutches as it included Flackley Ash, Shepherds, Butchards and The Hutches. All this included more property and responsibility, so specialist people began to … Continue reading The Stewart May Empire
Stuck in the Mud
A man was stuck in the mud up to his chest in the river-bed near the Monkbretton Bridge on Sunday May 25th.