Category: Copthorne Archive

Into the Archive Among the many photos and documents received from Pam Norman is a fascinating postcard dated 1907, inscribed in beautiful handwriting “Wishing you a very happy Christmas, from George to Aunt Tilly”....

Our new oral history project is underway! Many thanks to Jacquie Barwell for generously donating the audio recording equipment. If you’d like to record your memories of Copthorne – no matter how many years...

Into Into the Archive: We’ve received several Deeds recently, which make very interesting reading. Two from James Denman, dated 1888 and 1898, written in beautiful copperplate handwriting, relate to the transfer of land on...

Into the Archive James Denman has shared with us a letter from the BBC to Mrs Ann Denman (who many will remember as the proprietor of Anne’s Stores on Copthorne Bank, and later at...

OUR LATEST EXHIBITION – the Archive team had a lovely time at the Carnival and those who visited our stand enjoyed our display, appropriately titled “Around the Village Green”, which featured the old Vicarage...

COME AND SEE US AT THE CARNIVAL ON 24TH JUNE. We’re sharing a marquee with the CVA, so look out for our flags fluttering in the summer breeze, we hope, not drooping in the...

Are you new to Copthorne? If so, you’ll be interested in the book ‘Copthorne, the story so far’. Produced by the Copthorne Village Millennium Group in 1999, the book contains over 200 fascinating pages of...

Copthorne Village History Archive CD (Vol 1) is now on sale. Please contact us if you’d like a copy (email as above, or 01342 713807). £5 collected or £6 including postage and packing. Into...

Copthorne Village History Archive CD (Vol 1) is now on sale again!. It was a sell-out last year, so please contact us if you’d like a copy (email copthornearchive@gmail.com or 01342 713807). £5 collected/delivered...

What a busy couple of months we’ve had! 55 local artists aged from 22 months upwards entered the Royal Portrait Competition, which made a wonderful display at the Copthorne Hotel’s royal birthday party on...