Worthington-Simpson supplied a third triple-expansion pump in 1939/40, and the boilers for the engines were upgraded.
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Florence Aylward (1862–1950), a composer known for her ballads, was the daughter of a Rector at Brede and was born at the Rectory.
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Florence Aylward (1862–1950), English composer known for ballads, born at Brede rectory
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Frederick Douglas Miller (1874–1961), English photographer born in Brede, who set up the "The Mid-Sussex Photographic Studio"
Ferdinand Richardt, the son of Johan Joachim Richardt and Johanne Frederikke née Bohse, was born in Brede, north of Copenhagen in 1819.
At this point the A229, prior to the 1990s, followed a route south of Hawkhurst, following the course of a Roman Road passing to the west of Bodiam and through Cripp's Corner and Sedlescombe before meeting the A21 just south of the River Brede.
In 2007, Brede supported Tim Walz for U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district: Rochester's district.