June Coulthard of Halley Road East Sussex writes:

I have just received a couple of cuttings from your paper about Handley's Brickworks and it really took me back.

I started my life in Anthony Road. My grandfather, Jack Perry, was a well-known character who worked for Mr Handley, as did my dad Charles Wilkinson and also my uncle, Bill Gant, who was a lorry driver for 15 years.

My mother, Winnie Wilkinson, my aunt Elsie Gant and Rose Collingwood all worked in the canteen. During the War I was evacuated, and when I came home at the age of 14 I worked in the local post office. We then lived in Meadvale Road, opposite the Gower family, who we knew.

Thank you so much for bringing back so many happy memories.

Through working in the post office I got to know Mr Handley and his son Edward.