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This month we heard from Sue Lloyd who lives in Swansea and is a regular reader of Outlook. Sue is a descendent of the Budd market garden family that lived in Nursery Cottage on Church Lane. Sue sent us the photograph below of the wedding of her grandmother Marguerite May Budd to Arthur Roland Chandler

In the mid 1990’s I had a bit of look in the Record Office in Chichester- so before computers and somewhat laborious . I found the property first listed in the records for Land Tax in 1780. The 1841 Tithe Survey describes it as Beer Shop, Orchard and Buildings. The pub sign still exists- The

My grandfather was George Henry Ayling brother to William James Ayling known in the village as ‘Winkle’ or ‘The Bun King of Lickfold’. His father was George Ayling who was the village postman and a shoe maker: I’m told that he died of a heart attack whilst emptying the post box at Halfway Bridge. His

I have a great grandfather named Henry Hills who started a family in Maitland NSW c.1870. I was delighted to read recently of a Lodsworth man of the same name who was a collected singer. I would love to know whether my Henry was related to that Henry – b.1820 or 1830. He even wrote

I am looking for a copy of the book mentioned above and would be grateful if you could let me know if these are available to buy and where I would be able to purchase one please. Ian McDougall

The Fernhurst Society is delighted to be welcoming Admiral Sir Ian  Garnett as their speaker on Thursday November 29 in Fernhurst village hall. The subject is most apposite for November, 100 years after the end of World War 1, as Sir Ian is speaking on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission of which he was both a

I’ve been meaning to write this email for some considerable time and have now been prompted by a visit to Lodsworth on Tuesday. Over the years I have noticed the degradation of a sign on the wall of St Peter’s Well Cottage immediately abutting Vicarage Lane.  If I recall correctly this sign, which I believe

Dear LHS, I have been researching the artist Harold Speed (1872-1957) and recently read that he lived from 1908 until 1915 with Charles Sims and his family at Woodmancote Cottage. Do you happen to know if there is any truth in this? It seems unlikely considering that Speed was at the time busying himself painting