COMMENTS
July 2019
By John Hills
RACING PIGEON RELEASE NEWHAVEN (View page)
"I'd had thought the railway sidings at the North Quay would have been one location where you could 'park' a train of carriages a..."
By: Andy Gilbert Added: 31/07/2019
NEWHAVEN FOLK IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION (View page)
"Thanks for identifying the other Dinner Ladies, Bruce, and for the interesting details about the walks to Alciston. If Bert Lillywhite did..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 26/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Anne, I'm pleased to have shared the photos with you and Carole. Yes, I agree, your Dad and my Mum looked very happy and although th..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 26/07/2019
FIND RELATIVES (View page)
"Probably not a lot of help but I worked with a 'John Akins' when we were both Draughtman at Thorn Electrical on Denton Island in aro..."
By: Paul Blackman Added: 26/07/2019
NEWHAVEN FOLK IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION (View page)
"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. ..."
By: Bruce Macphee Added: 25/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Carole and Mark, thank you so much Carole for sending us the photos they were so lovely to see. Mark my Dad looked so happy in them..."
By: Anne Murphy Added: 25/07/2019
NEWHAVEN FOLK IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION (View page)
"Hi Carole, Thanks for identifying Doris and providing some information on her, which is always nice to have. That's one person named, a..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 23/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Mark, I'm afraid I have never seen any photos of your Mum or Mrs Warnes, this is the first photo we've ever seen of our Dad at th..."
By: Anne Murphy Added: 23/07/2019
NEWHAVEN FOLK IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION (View page)
"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 Simm..."
By: Carole Knott Added: 21/07/2019
NEWHAVEN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS (View page)
"The two boys where David Payne and Graham Fisher I just remembered the names and saw I had them in the wrong order. I do also remember Sue B..."
By: George Punter Added: 21/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Ann, thanks for your message. Sorry to hear that your Dad recently passed away. He certainly appears a lovely chap from the few photos I ..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 21/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Mark, Bob (Robert) is our Dad, I have an older brother Robert and an older sister Clare. Our Dad was the loveliest, most wonderful m..."
By: Anne Murphy Added: 19/07/2019
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (Edit | View page)
"Just as a matter of interest at the time that the Aromanches was running there was also her sister ship the Londres, of which I could not fi..."
By: Dave Lobb
Created: 19/07/2019; Added: 19/07/2019
NEWHAVEN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS (View page)
"In the 1970 - 1974 I taught “Craft ,Design and Technology” at Tideway School. I have just found these pages and it is wonderful ..."
By: George Punter Added: 19/07/2019
WHEN A TUG RAN AMOK! - 1971 (View page)
"I worked on her for Batty Towage and salvage of Broadstairs.. I used to sit on a bench between both engines and would only start engines whe..."
By: William Kevan McNeil Added: 17/07/2019
BERT LILLYWHITE (View page)
"I went on a few of these in the mid 60's. We always walked there over the fields and then back via Seaford. I'm sure that I couldn't..."
By: Ron Herriott Added: 13/07/2019
DENTON JUNIOR SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. (View page)
"Just a bit of sad news for Graham Godfrey , Tony Macniven-Young died of a heart attack last week. I loved playing cricket under Tony
..."
By: Terry Howard Added: 13/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Mark yes that is no problem. Best Wishes Carole Mark's email has been forwarded to you Carole. John -- Editor"
By: Carole Knott Added: 13/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi, would you mind passing my email address onto Carole Knott to see if she would mind making direct contact with me regarding her memories ..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 13/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Carole, thank you for sharing your memories of my Nan and also identifying yourself in the group photo on the page about her. I'm rea..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 12/07/2019
MARY ELIZABETH WARNES - 1900-1973 (View page)
"Hi Terry, thanks for posting your reminiscences. Yes, you are correct, it is Whitesmith! In the family, we referred to Nan's home as..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 12/07/2019
NEWHAVENS' BEDFORD FIRE ENGINE (1977 - 90) BEING RESTORED (View page)
"Andy, yes I am. I have sent an email to an address I plucked off a Fire Engine photo website, hopefully you are the same person. ..."
By: Alec Paddy Added: 12/07/2019
NEWHAVENS' BEDFORD FIRE ENGINE (1977 - 90) BEING RESTORED (View page)
"I’m still interested to if you are considering selling the fire engine!"
By: Andy Mills Added: 11/07/2019
SPITFIRE CRASH (View page)
"Hi, I have been made aware of this incident by my father, Ian Tubb who, as a six year old witnessed it when picnicing with his mother and si..."
By: Jacqueline Bird Added: 10/07/2019
SCC NEWHAVEN UNIT (Sea Cadet Corps) (View page)
"Hi Colin Yes George Simmons mentioned in above photo was a Royal Marine and his middle name was Douglas. He lived in Riverside which sadly ..."
By: Carole Knott Added: 10/07/2019
SCC NEWHAVEN UNIT (Sea Cadet Corps) (View page)
"I'm looking for anyone who knew my uncle who did his national service probably late 40s on HMS Dieppe, the ship was involved in an accid..."
By: Helena Richmond (nee Banfield) Added: 10/07/2019
EAST SIDE ROVERS (View page)
"The person 4 from left back row is Charlie Robinson who was a friend of mine for many years who moved to Cornwall to run a pub with his wife..."
By: Keith Hollingdale Added: 10/07/2019
MAISIE FLOWERS & ROBERT STONEHOUSE (View page)
"Where does Michael Flowers come into the family? He came and worked with us as a carpenter at Bannisters Builders. He told us he had a ..."
By: Terry Howard Added: 10/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Mark Yes Bob was a catholic. I remember the breakup of the relationship but never knew the reason. Bob married an Irish girl and ..."
By: Carole Knott Added: 09/07/2019
MARY ELIZABETH WARNES - 1900-1973 (View page)
"Its funny how life throws up coincidences. I had a few dealings with people in Whitesmith ( I am pretty sure it is Whitesmith and not Whites..."
By: Terry Howard Added: 09/07/2019
MARY ELIZABETH WARNES - 1900-1973 (View page)
"My mother used to take my brother and I down to this shop for sweets which as far as I can remember were gobstoppers. We lived in a flat jus..."
By: Terry Howard Added: 08/07/2019
MARY ELIZABETH WARNES - 1900-1973 (View page)
"Lovely to see all the old photos. I believe I am the little girl in the front of the group. My mums family were good friends with Mrs Warnes..."
By: Carole Knott Added: 08/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"Hi Carole, Thanks for your post, that's really interesting to learn Bob's surname, and I'm sorry to hear he's now recently ..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 08/07/2019
VINALL FAMILY (View page)
"It's often better to create a new page with new photos. You can always add a link to the original page in your new page, or one o..."
By: Andy Gilbert Added: 07/07/2019
PEGGY & CHARLIE VINALL (View page)
"I remember Marcia Warnes and her family from my childhood. Her boyfriend Bob Simmons in the photograph was my uncle and has very recently pa..."
By: Carole Knott Added: 07/07/2019
VINALL FAMILY (View page)
"Hi Val, I saw your post and was hoping to add a couple of photos to this page in reply but that doesn't seem possible, so I'll ende..."
By: Mark Tovey Added: 05/07/2019
NEWHAVENS' BEDFORD FIRE ENGINE (1977 - 90) BEING RESTORED (View page)
"Hi are you still considering finding a new home for the Newhaven TK? I live in Eastbourne and would be seriously interested in showing and p..."
By: Andy Mills Added: 05/07/2019
HARDWICKE GRANGE ARRIVING AT NEWHAVEN (View page)
"Andy, I don't think the last 2 pictures are taken on the same day but I do recall the ship entering harbour bow-first (as the pictures a..."
By: Stephen Morris Added: 04/07/2019
NEWHAVEN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES: USED BY MOST - SEEN BY FEW. (View page)
"Does anyone recall Doreen Baldwin - operator on the manual exchange in the 50s and 60s. She was a friend of my mother."
By: Adrian Added: 02/07/2019
HARDWICKE GRANGE ARRIVING AT NEWHAVEN (View page)
"Hardwicke Grange was a really handsome ship and visited Newhaven on a number of occasions. I don't think her sister ship Royston Grange ..."
By: Andy Gilbert Added: 02/07/2019