by adminwww | Jul 8, 2024
Allen Watts Upfield owned Upfield’s Stores (now Forrest Place) on Durbans Road overlooking the green. The owner of another grocer’s and general store, Thomas Garrett, was in business for some of the time that Allen Watts Upfield ran his store across the green. ...
by adminwww | May 29, 2024
Today, Allen Watts Upfield is remembered in the village by Upfield Villas, the row of houses he built on the southern side of Weavers Hill on Durbans Road. But in his lifetime he was a successful businessman, owning Upfield’s Stores and a number of properties in the...
by adminwww | May 29, 2024
Mabel Archdall Vicars, who lived at Old Tanyard Farm during and after the Second World War, was born in Clapham in 1868, the daughter of a prosperous fancy-embroidery manufacturer. She was the third of four children born to William and Elizabeth Archdall Vicars. Her...
by adminwww | Oct 24, 2017
More detail about Village Garages Last month I described how Graveley Brothers, the precursor to James Pearce’s business, started operating from Butts Works soon after the end of the First World War and continued through the Thirties. The company also serviced...
by adminwww | May 14, 2017
Newpound Bonfire Society Bonfire societies have been quite common in Sussex over the years and many still operate today. Among those societies that have ceased is the Newpound Bonfire Society. It was founded in 1938 and based at the Bat and Ball, Newpound. It was...
