We used to live in the flat above the bakery around 1950 and I can remember them giving me hot doughnuts fresh from the bakery at the rear of the shop. Ben Funnell was a really friendly chap.

Think you have the wrong Funnell family there Terry! Ben and Ada Funnell's shop was two shops down from the " late " Woolworth shop and their son Michael also worked with them. They later moved to a new bakery shop in South Coast Road, Peacehaven.

If John and Terry are talking about the bakers just down from Woolworths, then this is the shop where my brother (also Terry) had one of his first jobs!

He stayed in baking for most of his life after this job. He used to meet me on my way to dance class at Seaford, with a bag of fresh doughnuts. I was always popular when I arrived with a large bag of sugary doughnuts. He sometimes substituted these for Lardy cake!!

Does anyone have any more information about the bakery that we could use for a local history study at Grays school? A photo of the White Hart includes Funnell's Bakery. There's a horse being fed and a young child at the front. Is there maybe anyone who worked as an errand boy or who might know about the deliveries? We'd love to know!