In the 1950's there was still a large pond in front of the church. I remember going up there with other boys from St Nicholas Juniors (Portslade) and wading through it knee-deep (our legs weren't very long then).  My mother remembered a large box tomb in the churchyard which was covered with coloured mosaic, although even then many of the tiles had been pulled off.  It was apparently the grave of one the lawyers who acted for the defendant in the celebrated 'Tichborne Claimant' case.

I was born in Sherbourne Close in 1957 and moved to Hangleton Way into one of the 'new' houses opposite the barn. As a young lad I would play in the graveyard of the church and play football on the green and climb the tree by the gate to the church, think that it was an elm tree. I remember Fr Taylor well, I think i was one of the banes of his life. we used to play for hours around the church and in the fields beyond,good times i think.

I love this church. Unfortunately my father passed away in July (Ray Pook), my brother, Richard, and I are having his ashes buried there. We both know that this is what he would have wanted.