Wedding of Irene May Chatfield and Jack Ward, East Grinstead, West Sussex, December 29, 1943 My mother, Irene May Chatfield, was born and raised in East Grinstead and lived there during the war.

Last week, 7,000 people – including Tom Cruise – descended on the West Sussex town for an event that divides local opinion In the nearly 30 years that Diane Juchau has lived in East Grinstead, not ...

Seventy years ago, more than 100 people lost their lives in East Grinstead when a German bomber dropped a stick of bombs on the centre of the town. The cinema suffered a direct hit - and many of those ...

Nearly four years into World War II the quiet Sussex town of East Grinstead had largely escaped the direct consequences of the conflict. But on 9 July 1943 a lone German bomber pilot, separated from ...

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EVERYTHING about East Grinstead seems rather ordinary. The road from the station into town is lined with a timber merchant, a dog salon and launderette. The black-and-white striped Tudor high street ...

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Scientology, Opus Dei and the Mormons are among the many curious groups with a presence in this sleepy Sussex town – but why? Simon Parker is a multi-award-winning travel writer and filmmaker, and The ...

Wedding of Irene May Chatfield and Jack Ward, East Grinstead, West Sussex, December 29, 1943 My mother, Irene May Chatfield, was born and raised in East Grinstead and lived there during the war.