NEWHAVEN FOLK IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION

Can you put some names to the faces?

By Mark Tovey

Here is a selection of photos from the collections of Mrs Warnes and Marcia Tovey [nee Stapley]. All feature Marcia [my Mum] but in each of the photos there are faces I don't have names for. Are there any eagle eyed old Newhaveners with long memories or anyone who recognises a relative or two who might be able to identify any of them? Any help greatly appreciated.

Note for photo No.1: This was taken at the Rose Cottage Inn, Alciston. I know the people from left 2,3 & 4: Marcia Stapley, Edwin Warnes [my Uncle], and Bert Lillywhite. The photo comes  from an Easter Friday outing when folks from Newhaven would walk from Denton to Berwick, so this would likely be a photo from one of the earliest of these walks [see my separate page on Bert]

 

Photo:No. 1: Taken at the Rose Cottage Inn, Alciston, circa 1947

No. 1: Taken at the Rose Cottage Inn, Alciston, circa 1947

Photo:Photo 2: of the 8 people, I can identify: Marcia Stapley [2], Albert Warnes [3], Mary Warnes [5] & Edwin Warnes [8] but don't know the others. Taken mid 1940s

Photo 2: of the 8 people, I can identify: Marcia Stapley [2], Albert Warnes [3], Mary Warnes [5] & Edwin Warnes [8] but don't know the others. Taken mid 1940s

Photo:Photo 3: of the 8 people, I can only identify Marcia Stapley [4th from left]. Circa early 1950s

Photo 3: of the 8 people, I can only identify Marcia Stapley [4th from left]. Circa early 1950s

Photo:Photo 4: unknown woman on left, Marcia Stapley [right], early 1950s

Photo 4: unknown woman on left, Marcia Stapley [right], early 1950s

Photo:Photo 5: Marcia Stapley [3rd from left]; others unknown. early 1950s

Photo 5: Marcia Stapley [3rd from left]; others unknown. early 1950s

Photo:Photo 6: Marcia Stapley with unknown male. In view of Denton Island Bridge, circa late 1940s

Photo 6: Marcia Stapley with unknown male. In view of Denton Island Bridge, circa late 1940s

Photo:Photo 7: Marcia Stapley [2nd left], others unknown. North Quay, circa late 1940s

Photo 7: Marcia Stapley [2nd left], others unknown. North Quay, circa late 1940s

Photo:Photo 8: L-R: unknown, Marcia Stapley, Edwin Warnes & possibly Alice, a cousin of Marcia/Edwin? Denton Island Bridge, circa late 1940s

Photo 8: L-R: unknown, Marcia Stapley, Edwin Warnes & possibly Alice, a cousin of Marcia/Edwin? Denton Island Bridge, circa late 1940s

Photo:Photo 9: Marcia Tovey [nee Stapley] is centre, other 2 dinner ladies unknown. Tideway School kitchen, circa 1972

Photo 9: Marcia Tovey [nee Stapley] is centre, other 2 dinner ladies unknown. Tideway School kitchen, circa 1972

This page was added by Mark Tovey on 21/07/2019.
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Hi Mark

Picture no 4. The person with your mum is my aunt Doris. She is the sister of Bob Simmons. Her married name was Doris Avis nee Simmons. She left Newhaven during WW2 and lived in Waltham Abbey, Essex for many years. When she was widowed she came back and lived in Peacehaven until her death about 2014.

Regards Carole Knott.

 

 

By Carole Knott
On 21/07/2019

Hi Carole,

Thanks for identifying Doris and providing some information on her, which is always nice to have. That's one person named, another 24 [approx] to go!  Regards,  Mark

By Mark Tovey
On 23/07/2019

I can't identify anyone in the old photos but, in photo 9, the lady on the left of the picture is Mrs. Rita Turner, who died last year.  On the right is Mrs. Kerr, who was widowed early in life, and later became Mrs. Samuels, her new husband also being a widower.

As I understand it, the walk over the Downs to Alciston started long before the War, and was followed by a skipping competition outside the pub, for those who still had the energy!

By Bruce Macphee
On 25/07/2019

Thanks for identifying the other Dinner Ladies, Bruce, and for the interesting details about the walks to Alciston. If Bert Lillywhite didn't initiate the walks, does anyone know who did? Regards, Mark

By Mark Tovey
On 26/07/2019
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