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On 7 Apr 2011 at 11:31am Nevill: when it was buil wrote:

I was brought up in one of the first houses to be built on the Nevill. I have tried to locate photos of the Nevill during it's construction but have never managed to find any. Anyone seen any?

On 7 Apr 2011 at 11:37am 'ere be monsters wrote:

Did they have cameras then?

On 7 Apr 2011 at 11:41am nevill res wrote:

Of course, 1920's

On 7 Apr 2011 at 11:52am Cameraman wrote:

have you tried in the photography shop near the bottleneck? They have a large archive of old photos of Lewes I believe

On 7 Apr 2011 at 12:24pm Ed Can Do wrote:

Yeah, Reeves definitely have some. I bought my parents an old photo taken from the castle looking out over the paddock towards where Neville is now before it was built from Reeves, they have quite a collection.

On 7 Apr 2011 at 12:48pm Disgusted of Malling wrote:

Thank you

On 7 Apr 2011 at 12:51pm Paul Newman wrote:

I think our next door neighbour `s father worked on its construction , was it really built in the 1920s , that must make it one of the very first new style houses .
I `d have said 30s as the earliest which is still pretty old for that kind of estate ? Only guessing though

On 7 Apr 2011 at 1:26pm Cameraman wrote:

I can remember when the houses on The Gallops were built but that wasn't so long ago in comparison.

On 7 Apr 2011 at 4:28pm bastian wrote:

there is a book by kim clark called lost lewes,pg 60 has aphoto of the nevill in its first stages

On 7 Apr 2011 at 4:50pm Long Johnson wrote:

Have a look at nevillresidentsassociation.weebly.com/old-views.html

On 7 Apr 2011 at 6:54pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

My house was built in 1936, possibly one of the later additions to Nevilland.

On 7 Apr 2011 at 9:36pm Harold wrote:

I think you will find the first buildings were five small houses scattered across the area that is now the estate, I believe they were built by a Mr Beck, one is up a lane behind Northway,also one is in Crossway, not sure about the others, the estate was built by the Ringmer building works if that helps.

On 8 Apr 2011 at 12:09am Webbo wrote:

This is my favourite, it really reminds me of that film Poltergeist for some reason

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On 8 Apr 2011 at 8:04am Disgusted of Malling wrote:

many thanks. love the photo webbo

On 8 Apr 2011 at 9:46am Cameraman wrote:

Shame on the Nevill postcards you can't click to view a bigger version. And on the row with Hamsey & Firle Crescent - talk about play spot the difference