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This is Newhaven Baptist Church in Sussex, the picture taken probably just before the second World War. My father was minister there from 1937 until the end of 1942 when we moved to East Acton in London. I have very few memories of Newhaven and I am not sure I can remember being in the church building, though I must have been many times. The congregation was not large, but it was often swollen during the war by soldiers. At least in the early period of the war Newhaven was in a restricted area and relatives had to get a permit to come and visit us. During the latter half of 1940 father remained in Newhaven on his own, while my mother, brother and I stayed in Bournemouth. We returned when there was more bombing of Bournemouth than of Newhaven!
