Remembrance Sunday and the Village Hall

As you may have guessed, if you are a reader (avid or not), this post is late but I give you a recollection of last week's Remembrance Service.

The service was held in Whatlington Village Hall, next to the River Line, as the village church is still out of action due. But seats were arranged in a semi-circle with the table acting as an altar near the stage. Some of the congregation members would have remembered the Second World War, one patrolled the cliffs at Fairlight (near Hastings) with the Home Guard.

The service sheet for Rememberance Sunday had a list of the dead from the Whatlington War Memorial for both World Wars. The first person on the list will be familiar to those who have read Charlotte Moore's book about her family house - Hancox: A House and A Family.

1914 - 1918
Gillachrist Moore
Alfred Foster
Arthur Hyland
David Hyland
Frederick Potter
Edward Brooman

1939 - 1945
Anthony Cundy
Charles Masters
Leonard Masters

But can anyone tell me anything about the other people on this memorial. I hope to add a picture of the memorial at some point, does anyone have one.

After the service, I got talking to a couple of the parishioners and started to ask questions about the village hall. How long had the original building been up? There is a sepia photograph of the hall as well as the mill and the mill house. This photograph is found above the service hatch. So let's try and find out when the hall was built.

There is a wooden plaque hung on the wall that lists the Whatlington Parish Council Chairmen:

L. Welstead 1894
H. L. D. Overy 1898
W. W. Adamson 1905
H. F. Buller 1907
J. H. Pound 1909
W. M. Goldsmith 1910
Rev. F. J. Browell 1945
W. W. Deeprose 1949
W. L. T. Lane 1958
W. W. Deeprose 1965
D. J. C. Elliott 1972
R. J. Fuller 1987
R. K. Fisher 1995

I know a reasonable amount about three people, on which I will add later posts, and I possibly know two other names and potentially one name in the late 1800's. But what do other people know.

One last thing about the village hall, for the meantime, by the door leading to the kitchen door is a tray wired to the wall. On talking to one of the parishioners, I was told that it could be described as a tray that may have a design similar to work of Romany Gypsy origin. Does anyone know what the significance is for this tray?