Haywards Heath IV
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the demolition of Haywards Heath mill in 1969. Jenner & Higgs mill stood in a succession of mills tracing back at least to 1638. The site now offices is on the left as you go under the railway bridge from College Road heading for Sainsbury’s. It’s linked to the stream now diverted which powered it. The water wheels gave way to steam, gas and then electric power after 1915. Picture Charles Tucker. There’s a great profile of heroes of Haywards Heath by Hanna Prince in September 2019’s Sussex Living magazine available free at points across the town. I was fascinated to read about the vapour baths Dr Lockhart Robertson used at the asylum to treat depression in the 1860s. In those days the physical restraint of sufferers of mental illness was giving way to a more enlightened therapeutic approach. Do pick up your free paper! Drilling Haywards Heath railway tunnel in 1841 so impacted the contractor he built a house on top of it. This blue