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The Burnt Oak Crash of 1916

Thankfully train crashes are few and far between in Crowborough but one such incident occurred on 5th April 1916.
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The Chicken Run Murder

normanthorneIn December 1924 Crowborough hit the headlines in the national papers when a young lady called Elsie Cameron went missing. Elsie had been to visit her fiance Norman Thorne in Crowborough but she never returned to her home in London. The case became known as the chicken run murder.
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Crowborough Smugglers

Smuggling Poster

Smuggling Poster

Crowborough has long had a history of smuggling. Ashdown forest provided innumerable places of concealment and many people were engaged in the illicit traffic.
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