The Day a Telephone Exchange died – Part One
It was ten minutes to eight on a normal Monday morning when an enormous explosion rocked the area and the Telephone Exchange was completely destroyed spreading over 200 yards of the …
Reminiscences
David Gray’s Reminiscences of Mayfield and Five Ashes – Part 4
We’re moving slowly up the High Street to Oak Cottage, which was Pound Fold many years ago when it was two cottages. In my day, the smaller east part was called …
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David Gray’s Reminiscences of Mayfield and Five Ashes – Part 3
Above Oak Croft there were a wool shop, a coal merchant’s office and a cycle shop; I think all of them were probably run by Bachelors or the Bachelor family; of …
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David Gray’s Reminiscences of Mayfield and Five Ashes – Part 2
Directly opposite the Baptist Chapel front door is the Corner House which, in the 1800s, was a beer house called The Plough; then, later, our telephone exchange; and then I remember …
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David Gray’s Reminiscences of Mayfield and Five Ashes – Part 1
Awaiting text David Gray, January 2017