Publications
Recollections of Shermanbury and More, by Elizabeth Chase, published 4 January 2015 (69 pp., Henfield Museum) accessible at: Henfield Museum & West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The childhood memories of Elizabeth Chase of Shermanbury and Henfield in the 1930s and 1940s
Elizabeth was brought up in Shermanbury by her grandparents. Her father was E.G.Chase who had a building business based in Station Road Henfield after the war. The book has chapters covering childhood in Shermanbury, history of the cemetery and chapel, the seasons, shops and shopping, everyday life, family businesses, travel and transport, the war years, local characters, snippets of history etc. Mentions are made of St.Giles Church, Ewhurst Manor, Shermanbury Grange, Shermanbury Place. There was only a post office at Shermanbury, so most of the shopping was carried out in Henfield. The memories include shop names which old Henfield residents will be familiar with.
Elizabeth was brought up in Shermanbury by her grandparents. Her father was E.G.Chase who had a building business based in Station Road Henfield after the war. The book has chapters covering childhood in Shermanbury, history of the cemetery and chapel, the seasons, shops and shopping, everyday life, family businesses, travel and transport, the war years, local characters, snippets of history etc. Mentions are made of St.Giles Church, Ewhurst Manor, Shermanbury Grange, Shermanbury Place. There was only a post office at Shermanbury, so most of the shopping was carried out in Henfield. The memories include shop names which old Henfield residents will be familiar with.