EAST DEAN & FRISTON LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

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Aerial view 01 - 1935Bardolf Hall re-opening 1926Belmont, Downlands EstateBill Armiger in school playBirling Donkey WheelBirling Manor 02Birling Manor 03Birling Manor BarnBirling Manor FarmBirling Manor sheepBonfire Boys floatBonfire BoysBowling Club players 1944Capt & Mrs Davies 1950Caroline & William West with son Jessie outside home in the Fridays WW1Charlie CummingsChurch & cottages on Gilberts DriveChurch choirChurch, Little Hill & DipperaysCottages on Church Green, March 1944Cricket with old pavilionDamsel & Diamond in Horse Field - late 40s or early 50sDavid Breach, Shepherd 02Deanside & Peak DeanDeansideDelphine'sDene Lea Tea Gardens 01Dene Lea Tea Gardens 02Deneside with WW2 reference 02Dennetts Stores, Delphines, A Raylor ButcherDick FowlerDownlands EstateDowns at East Dean 1948Downsview LaneEast Dean & Friston HillEast Dean 21 Platoon. Wreath laying at War Memorial 1940East Dean 21 PlatoonEast Dean Auxiliary Fire Service 1939-40 02East Dean Church interiorEast Dean Church with cattleEast Dean Cricket TeamEast Dean Forge 02East Dean Forge 03East Dean Forge 04East Dean Garage 1969East Dean Home Guard 1940 01East Dean Home Guard 1942East Dean School group photoEast Dean School photo 1907East Dean Service StationEast Dean VicarageEast Dean allotmentsEast Dean from Downs View LaneEast Dean from the DownsEast Dean from the MountainEast Dean looking westEast Dean with Friston Mill, 1897 Jubilee - Reeves W0362East DeanEliza Collins 1842-72 Darbies CottageEstate house Charwynn (now South Saxons)Estate house Heath Cottage (The Ridgeway)Estate house Southease (The Ridgeway)Estate houses (Deneside)Fireplate SunFireplate horseFrank & Ethel BridgeFridays 1922Friston & Downlands Estate 01Friston Church interior from a glass slide - Kevin GordonFriston Field 1930sFriston Hill 1931Friston Mill 01Friston Mill 04Friston Place 02Friston Place Donkey WheelFriston Place Old Well HouseFriston Place, east sideFriston Pond with huntFriston Pumping StationFriston Water TowerFriston WaterworksFrom Friston Hill 01Gilbert Institute & cottagesGilbert InstituteGilberts Drive 02Gillam_Angela (on right) East Dean HuntGillam_Bernard (third fro left standing) not sure if East Dean Cricket or not-1Gillam_Bernard with BullGillam_Graham on elephantGillam_Valerie (far left just under notice board)Gillam_Valerie May QueenGoldsmith family stacking cornGore Farm 1926Gore Farm 1947Gore Farm House 02Gore Farm House 1908Grace Armiger's wedding Friston PlaceGrayson's Bakery 1927Harry West newspaper storyHome Guard East Dean platoon 21Horse Field cricket with cowsHorsefield with Damsel & Diamond 1950Horses & Wagon on Upper Street 1960Hounds at Tiger 1914Jessie Kemp WheelwrightKate Ellen Rugg Women's Land Army in East Dean WW1Last Team of Oxen at Birling Manor with Oxman BartonLast day of schoolLittle FristonLittle Garth 1972Little Lane CottagesLooking down Deneside 1945-50Looking up Deneside 1945-50Lower Street 1910Lower Street Pear Tree Cottage Gilbert InstituteLuther Hills 03Main Road to Eastbourne 1920Major Maitland & staff at Friston Place 1925Mark Fuller road menderMaurice Frank Martin Bowling Club roller 1944Maurice Hopkins in Weller's & PO 1977Men drinking teaMesserschmitt Bf 109 crashed near East Dean 30 Sept 1940Miss Lintel's Concert Party - 1916Mr & Mrs Armiger, Old Vicarage Cottage, FristonMr Charles Frederick Russell on horse drawn TedderMr Drew & George PatchingMr Drew & Miss Baxter & school -1920New Estate allotments & tea roomNew House FarmOld Coach Road from West Dean to Friston PlaceOld Forge East Dean 2Old Forge East Dean 3BOld Forge Restoration 01Old Gore Barn exterior 1925Old Parsonage 1950Old Vicarage & Pond FristonOld Village Hall opening dance July 1929Old Village HallPeak Dean Barn 1961Police Constable George Mighall 01Post Office pu 1907Queuing for bread 1962Ray Kemp with oxenRay Kemp's cottageRay KempRecreation Ground before 1953Remembrance Day procession 1957Rev Evans at the Anchor Rye 1908Rev George PinnockRev J W Parrington & familyRev J W ParringtonRussel Twins outside stablesSchool houseSelwyn MonumentService Station & new Estate buildingsSheep at Friston Pond 1938Shepherd Stephen Blackmore (1832-1919) & wife about 1900Snow in East Dean 1958St James the Greater FristonStan Fuller with rabbitsTelegraph House 1910The Gore 1928Tiger Inn & War MemorialTiger Inn & village green 1910Tiger Inn - David FowlerTiger Inn 1895Tiger Inn FowlerTiger Inn coach partyTractor pulling Reaper BinderUnderhillUpper Street East Dean wagon & dogUpper Street Post OfficeView from Went HillView of Downs showing East DeanVillage Green 1917 Billet 01Village Green 1928Village Green 1930Village Green 1952Village Green 1970 - 01Village Green Easter 1958Village Green War Memorial 01Village Green with Naval VoluteersVillage Green with Old Cars & HuntVillage Green with children playingVillage Green with sailorsVillage near Birling GapVillage shop 1928Village view 1897War Memorial & Little HillWarren Lane and DenesideWaterworksWayside nos 1-4, 1954Weller's Stores 1977Wellers StoresWent House Went Way 01Went Way in village 1970 - 01Went WayYMCA Cateen ladies East Dean WW2View from top of Hillside 1935Village green 02Village green 05Village green 06Village green 07Village green 08Village green 09
The collapse of Friston Windmill in 1926 (no sound)
More details of the various windmills built at Friston can be found in booklet 1.