School closures, Milk traders and Fletching CC
100 Years Ago
Sussex Agricultural Express
29 February 1924
CLOSING OF SCHOOLS
The following Schools were closed by the Council on account of the incidence of non-notifiable diseases. Five Ashes (chicken pox). Fletching and Poundgate (mumps). Hadlow Down and Twyford (whooping cough).
No systematic inspection of schools has been made, but numbers have been visited and defects remedied on intimation to the School Managers. The general health of the scholars has been good.
MILK TRADERS
The condition of large numbers of sheds and yards throughout the district is far from satisfactory. but in view of the magnitude of the work, a gradual progressive policy is the only practicable one at present, and upon this line has the work been pursued. Much improvement has been effected in the housing of herds, but such antipathy as is extant to the grooming of cows and the cleanliness of the milkers hands and clothes largely negatives such improvement so far as clean milk is concerned. One hundred and twenty six non-registered traders have been discovered, and registered during the year. The Council in no case found it necessary to prosecute
120 Years Ago
Sussex Express, 27 February 1904
FLETCHING. AGENT FOB THIS PAPER — Mr. J. J. Hales
RING MATCH — On Monday evening a party from Nutley visited the Griffin Inn, and played a ring match of eight couples with Fletching, Nutley scoring 10 games to the Fletching six. After the match the remainder of the evening was spent in merriment and songs by the company.
CRICKET CLUB — On Thursday evening the general meeting of the Fletching C.C. was held at the Reading-room, the chair being taken by Mr. T. Ireland, and among those present were Messrs. J. P. Hale (vice-captain), J. W. Fuller (secretary), W. Martin, T. Bellingham, W. E. Moore, J. Ireland, C. Relf, E. Stimpson, and S. Pitman,—The Secretary, Mr. J. W. Fuller, read the balance-sheet, which in every way presented a satisfactory financial condition of the club.
Mr. G. M. Maryon-Wilson, J.P., C.C, was unanimously re-elected to be president and captain for the coming year, while Mr. J. P. Hale and
Mr. W. Fuller were respectively re-elected vice-captain and secretary.
Two regrettable local incidents had caused a change in the constitution of the patrons of the club, i,e., the retirement from the district of Captain A. Christy and the sad death of Mr. Guy C. Hardy, of Danehurst; both these gentlemen were worthy supporters, and in their place were elected Mr. L. A. Dolman and Mr. J. B. Lind.
A letter was read from the President affording the club their usual privilege of playing their annual match on his private ground at Searles.