Appeal to find descendants of Mr T.V. Barford
Can you help find the Barford descendants? Tony Gerrard & Susan Meadows moved into their house ‘Foscote’ on Maresfield Park in 1978. They bought the house from an elderly Mrs Barford. Unbeknown to them an old metal suitcase sat in a hidden corner of their loft. Within the suitcase was
WW1 & WW2 and #WorldBookDay
Here is one of our visitors reading in our 1940s Living Room for #WorldBookDay Come and experience our “Lest we Forget” exhibition exploring life during WW1 & WW2 open NOW. Last few days before it closes this Friday. Open 10am-4pm. See here for good reads for children on WW2: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/08/what-are-the-best-childrens-books-on-the-second-world-war-ve-day
Love Letters From The Front Line, 1915
Look at these amazing letters written by a WW1 soldier from the front during 1915 to his sweetheart in Uckfield. These have been kindly loaned to us by a local private collector for our forthcoming exhibition on the World Wars entitled ‘Lest we Forget’. Come and read these and see
