THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles were created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K.    Everyday stories about real people.

VILLAGERS PAST AND PRESENT

Copyright Valerie Martin 2010

In chronological order —
 1808 — Letter to America
1808 — The Hawkins Family of Findon
1853 — Findon Youth Loses An Arm
 
The Winton Family —

       1873/1973 — Winton's Celebration
       1906 — September Wedding Bells
      Ida Remembers Wintons
      Findon in the 1920s
      1912/2002 — Ida Sanderson
 
 1881 — Whatever Happened to George?
1883 — Miss Schroeter's Findon
1886 ― The Mystery of Ye Old Findon Village Shoppe
1883/1981 — The Life in Findon of Frank Ernest West (Bob & Roger Blackwell's Grandfather)
The Burtenshaws — Ruth (1824 -1909) and Harry (1826 - 1902)
1891 — The Mystery of Ben Blaker
1901 — Toboganning on Church Hill
1912-1993 — Norman's Findon
c.1927 — William (Bill) Wall of Findon - and Findon's Most Mysterious Fireplace
 
Gladys Lambourne —
      1929 — Gladys Lambourne and Rose Cottage
      Growing up in Findon
      The 1930s in Findon
      Moving House in 1942
      Gladys and the Vacees
 
Bill Day Remembers
1930s Findon Remembered by Barbara Lawrence née Winter
1930s More Findon Remembered by Barbara Lawrence
1930s — Mrs Francis Remembers
1930s — Bunty Remembers
The Findon Transport Café
1933 — Findon Policemen of the Past
 
Nurse Joan Day —
     1935 — A Nurse Remembers
     1935 — My First Day in Findon
 
Late 1940s — Roger the Butcher's Boy
1945/50 — Shooting Party Mystery
1950s — Bruce Remembers Findon
 1957 — The Teeth of the Findon Watch Dog
1960s — Alf Pelling

1966 — Findon Bypass Burn Up

 1963 — Who Started the Findon News? Read All About It
1970s — The Findon News Hound
Findon in the late Seventies
The Voice of Findon  — Mick Ockenden
1995 — The Skeeter and the Scout
2002 — Travellers on Church Hill
2003 — Findon's Toastmaster
2007 — Questions and Answers

 

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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — www.findonvillage.com is a continually growing record created by Valerie Martin in January 1999 exclusively for documenting life in Findon.

E-mail: valeriemartin@findonvillage.c