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Annie Charlotte Funge

Ever since I was a young boy I had an interest in knowing where my grandmother was born. She was born 1883, the youngest daughter of James William Funge and Annie Hayward.
Sadly she passed away in Christchurch, NZ in 1963, reaching there as a war bride in 1918 after marrying my grandfather Percy Gourdie, at Wadhurst Parish church 27 April 1918.
In 1966 I started working as a shipping clerk and my goal was to travel to England and visit Cousley Wood and see my Great Aunt Frances Funge whom I had heard so much about.
In 1968 we learnt from her nephew Raymond Ralph she had died after illness. In August 1968 I left NZ arriving ...read more here
A memory of Cousley Wood contributed by John Gourdie

Miss Frances Funge

Miss Funge was my great aunt. I stayed with her and her friend Miss Nellie Payne, as a child, in summer holidays. She lived in School House, Cousley Wood. She taught in the school for 50 years, starting at the age of 16. She also played the organ at the Cousley Wood Church from when she was 18. I spent a lot of time at the farm next door, run by Mr Hobbs, where I learnt to milk a cow!  Very many happy days were spent there. Aunty France (as I called her) was firm but very, very kind. In School House there was no gas or electricity, just one inside cold tap, and also an outside toilet. Cooking was done ...read more here
A memory of Cousley Wood contributed by Geraldine Ralph

Wonderful memories.

I had the pleasure of working in Ticehurst, for a couple of years, back in the seventies. They were wonderful days for me.
I shall never forget some of the village 'characters' such as Tom the Baker, Wally Palmer and Doctor Childs...wonder whatever happened to them?
Take care of this precious village...I for one just love it.
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by Sue Fischer

Taken from the spot I grew up:

It took me a while to recognise the angle of this photo as from almost exactly the position my parents house was built on! Where the road ahead divides, another road to the left was later added, leading to my father's fruit farm which I grew up working on.
The view in the photo is unhindered by the present housing developments of St Mary's Close and St Mary's Lane, as well as this year's (2007) new development on the old council yard. The piece of land in front of the camera is where Marlpit Gardens now stands.
A memory of Ticehurst contributed by Anne Lynch