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Brightling Old Photos

The following 4 photos were given to Jane Beard by Jeff Green who lived in the wheelwright’s cottage in the 1930s.   They are likely to have been taken in the 1930s

Chester French
Brightling School 1930’s
Back row L to R
Jeff Green, ?, Gordon Baker, Derek French, Jimmy Groombridge
Front row L to R
Pat Croft (Riverhouses), George French (holding shield), Desmond Baker, Ernie Croft (Barn House)
Bert French outside the old wheelwright’s house (now Brightling Place Farm)
Outside the old wheelwright’s workshops with old chestnut tree (still there in 2020)

The following pictures are copies of those which hang in the Village Hall.