Your History

Bob Doe - The quiet hero

November 12th, 2011

bob_doe“We do not want to be remembered as heroes, we only ask to be remembered for what we have done” – Bob Doe More »

The Biggest Aspidistra in Crowborough

March 9th, 2010

ecAs you travel over the forest, just past King’s Standing you come across a fenced off area now owned by Sussex police. However, behind the barbed wire lies the story of how Britain managed to flood Germany with fake transmissions during World War II.
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The Burnt Oak Crash of 1916

February 11th, 2010

Thankfully train crashes are few and far between in Crowborough but one such incident occurred on 5th April 1916.
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From Crowborough to Soho

January 9th, 2010

prdribergtThis is the story of a man born and raised in Crowborough who went on to become a leading journalist and politician in the swinging sixties, but he also had a shadier side to him and was well known on the london sex party scene and was also suspected of being a Russian spy. This is the story of Tom Driberg.
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Your History

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