Fletching

ART GROUP: The group meets on Wednesday at 1pm.

MARTIAL ARTS: Kobudo Martial Arts is on Thursday at 5.00pm

PILTDOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION: Meet the Residents day at Piltdown Golf Club on Sunday September 11. Golf from 1pm (green fee £20pp) followed by a barbecue (£14 adult, £7 for under 12s). Cheques to Chris Sainsbury, East Moons Cottage, Sharpsbridge Lane, Piltdown TN22 3XG, or by internet to Sort Code 40-45-32, account 41519514.

100 YEARS AGO: Sussex Express 1 September 1916. Fletching. Agent for this paper Mr Parkes, Post Office, Fletching.

Promotion. Mr Leslie George Stevenson has been promoted to Second-Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. He is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs George Stevenson of St. Mary’s, Fletching, and joined in February 1915. After a fortnight he was sent to France as 2nd class air mechanic, but was soon after promoted to the non-commissioned ranks. Mr and Mrs Stevenson have a younger son in the Navy. Lieutenant Stevenson has the best wishes of his Fletching friends for his future success. Leslie George Stevenson was born in Fletching in 1895. His father was a joiner.

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