The railway comes to Haywards Heath

With railroad plans for Haywards Heath came concern for stagecoach horses put out to grass as in this Victorian cartoon displayed in Cuckfield Museum. The smell of horse dung gave way to the smoke smell and sound across the adjacent Heath when our railway opened 12 July 1841. More at https://lifeinhaywardsheath.blogspot.com

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