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Songs from the collection of W.P. Merrick, by W.P. Merrick, Lucy Broadwood, Frank Kidson and J.A. Fuller Maitland, published 1901 in Journal of the Folk-Song Society (vol. 1, no. 3, article, pp.66-138)

The text of Sussex songs as sung by Henry Hills, a farmer from Lodsworth near Petworth, who died in 1901 age 70.

Sussex songs, by W. Percy Merrick and Lucy E. Broadwood, published 1904 in Journal of the Folk-Song Society (vol. 1, no. 5, article, pp.268-274)

The text of Sussex songs as sung by Henry Hills, a farmer from Lodsworth near Petworth, who died in 1901 age 70.

Memories of childhood days, by Trevor Hill, published March 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.154-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

These memories of the early twentieth century were tape recorded in 1969 by the late James Rowland Hill (1904-1975). This story is an edited version of that tape by his eldest son

Great-uncles in the Great War, by Sue Martin, published December 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 4, article, pp.196-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508971] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

War 4 August 1914! The following day great-uncle Robert HILL reported for duty at the barracks of the Royal Sussex Regiment in Chichester. The Chichester Observer (12 August 1914) described: "It was nearly 10pm when at last they left the barracks but large crowds awaited them in North and South Streets and all the way down they were greeted with cheers. This batch numbered just 400. Another left on Thursday". Robert was a reservist so he had been mobilised immediately. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion.

The blacksmiths of East Dean, by Tony Rowswell, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.223-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Following my previous article on the FLEET blacksmiths in Sussex (SFH September 2006), another short article has come into my possession on the blacksmiths of East Dean, near Eastbourne in East Sussex. It is thought to have been written in longhand in the early 1960s by Mrs P Hughes who, with her architect son, refurbished The Forge Cottage about that time. It was recently transcribed by Esther Worsfold of East Dean who has also made invaluable contributions to this article.

Family stories: how accurate are they?, by Trevor Hill, published March 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 5, article, pp.219-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508846] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Back in 1963 my 90-year-old grandmother lived in Hailsham with her son and his family and so I visited them and collected what family information they could remember. I remember my grandfather James Thomas HILL, and know that he had been a gardener in Upper Dicker, but he died of cancer in 1942 so I could not tap into his memory. From the family I learnt that he was born on the 20 December 1871 in Westminster and that when he was ten he had moved to Crawley in Sussex where he was a choirboy in the Parish Church. By 1903, when he married Sarah Jane CHILTON, he had joined the congregation of the Strict and Particular Baptist chapel at Lower Dicker. We all have our own particular view of the world and for Sarah Jane morality was seen through the eyes of a Strict and Particular Baptist. It is not surprising therefore to discover that some of the information from my father about some of his cousins being on the stage in Brighton was carefully swept under the carpet. Among my Calvinist ancestors theatres, cinemas, dance halls and public houses were all regarded as 'dens of sin'.