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Shalford in The 1960s
We moved to Shalford's new country estate "Somersbury Drive" as a young family from Eltham in London in 1959. My parents said that when they first saw Shalford there were still cows grazing on the village green. For them it was the remote countryside. I recall a concert in about 1960, in the newish village hall, where I later attended Brownies, at which my mother sang some songs, in a very glamorous evening gown. Although we moved away from Shalford when I was 11, part of me still belongs there. I still love each old tree on the Green. All the overgrown areas through which we walked on the way home from Brownies are unchanged. Nothing has changed in Shalford in last 50 years, except the names of the shops. It is not a village that develops much due to its design. It will be the same in 100 years. At five, I used to take the Tillingbourne bus which we called "the brown bus" because it was... Read more
Rural Childhood
So many memories to choose from. I will try to keep it brief! My dad (Bob/Lofty) and Mum( Diana/Di were rehoused in Tillingbourne Road (1960), when their previous home, on the site of the old Chilworth Gunpowder Factory, was deemed uninhabitable by the Guildford Council. We were lucky in that our new home was still on the Tillingbourne Stream bank, just further along towards Guildford. From our back garden in Shalford we could clearly see the old Mill, Shalford Church and Guildford Cathedral. At this stage I was the youngest of 3 children, with two older sisters, Susan and Jacqueline. We would eventually be joined by Tracy and Malcolm, a very happy family. We all grew up with the lovely Tillingbourne, the Ffelds, woods and the Chantries as our playground, unbeatable. I spent many, many days and nights fishing for Chubb, Roach,Pike etc, kayaking, climbing the old Oaks, making dens and playing war games in the many pill boxes along the defensive line, these were built by Italian POWs in... Read more
Chilhood in Farncombe
I grew up in Farncombe. My grandparents lived opposite the railway station and all my other relatives lived in the village. My grandmother had worked as housekeeper to the Phillips family whose son, 'Jack', was radio operator on the Titanic. I attended the local village school and remember the toilets had no doors, only sacking on nails, and the air raid shelters in the playground. My brother-in-law was a stoker on the steam trains and living close to the railway line I used to wait and wave. I attended the Sunday School where we quoted JOHN.3.16 and was baptised in St Johns church. My childhood was tinged with sadness as I was aged 4 when I lost my mother, followed by a family rift. I stilI remember the open fields with an abundance of clover and buttercups where I roamed with my butterfly net, and the stream where you could catch minnows in a jam jar. I was taught at an early age how... Read more
An Evacuee Remembers
A South Londoner, I was 12+ when WWII started in September 1939. I was evacuated with Wandsworth Central School to Farncombe, and remember sitting on the floor in a large hall waiting for someone to 'adopt' me. Eventually, I found myself with the Gorringe family who were the local Builders, Decorators, Undertakers etc, in Hare Lane. I have nothing but very happy memories of my time with them which lasted until 1942, when I returned to my parents back in Wandsworth. This was to a new home, for the old one had been destoyed by bombs. I have nothing left of my childhood except memories and one book. With the Gorringes, I was treated like the fourth son of the family - the junior of Bertram, Keith and Stanley, the three existing sons. In Farncombe, I saw apples growing on a tree, I went ice skating on Broadwater Lake and tobogganing on Bunkers Hill, all firsts in my life. I have many memories of Eddy Leroy, the son of the... Read more
Well, It's A Start
Disappointed by a lack of reminiscenses here I, only this evening, asked a man (who turns out to have lived in the white house in the top left of the picture since 1917) if he had any memories. I'm afraid all he came up with was the aggrieved memory that the timber merchant (situated where Jackson & Gocher is now) used to let his horse 'drop his guts' right outside his front door 'every (expletive deleted) day'.
It's a start anyway and I'll try again next time I bump into him!
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