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Billingbear maps
Historic maps of Billingbear and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Billingbear maps
Billingbear photos
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Billingbear area books
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Living in Binfield 1946-1971
I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”. It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the site.
At the age of 30 I finally left Binfield but the memories of growing up there have never left me, nor the love of the countryside which living there instilled in me. I have listed just a few of the people that lived and co-existed in the village during my time there, I could still list many more tales, some good, some very sad, if anyone is interested.
POP RAPLEY was a small round man who lived in Red Rose Hill opposite the White Horse pub. He was always dressed in corduroy trousers, highly polished leather gaiters and brown boots. I think he earned a living by hedging and ditching and gardening jobs. One day, roughly 1949, Bill (Blocker) Sergeant, who lived next door to... Read more
Stag Motorcycle Club.
About this time I was a member of the Stag Motorcycle Club, our headquarters was the Stag and Hounds, it was a wonderful time in my life, it was a great club. I recall with great affection a few of the fellow members - Bert and Mervin Higgs, Jerry Church, Johny Holliman, Wally Stevens, and many other very special people with great affection. Ron Ponsford.
South Lodge
My husband's family lived at South Lodge from 1935 until 1960 and he often wonders about when the lodge was built? There is/was a date of 1726 on the wall. We now live in Australia. If anyone knows or can tell us where we can find ou more, we would be very pleased. Ann
Hot Summer Days
The group of three boys on their bicyles reminds me of hot summer days riding back from the Forest school to my home in Wokingham. We would often stop here - outside the hardware shop (Husseys?) and have a last chat before going our separate ways - clearly there was not much traffic about! In fact I could well be the boy on the left but if so I cannot recognise the other two.
At this time Wokingham had a Boots chemist - just on the right, which also had a lending libray run by Boots on the first floor and a second chemist called Tomothy Whites and Taylors the other side of the market place - the shop with the white fascia strip behind the group of boys.
Grosvenor School
At the time this photograph was taken the building in the background on the right housed the Grosvenor School. At some stage it became a surgery for a local doctor but I don't know when? By the 1950s it had grown to a surgery with several doctors, including a Dr Merrick.
California in England
This holiday camp was known as California in England and was owned by the Cartledge family. Mr Cartledge ran the holiday camp and Mrs Cartledge ran the Red Puppet cafe in Wokingham's Peach Street for some time, where a group of boys from the Forest school and girls from the Holt would meet for coffee on the way home from school.
My Great Grandparents House
My great grandparents lived in one of the houses you can just see at the right hand side right at the end, they are lovely black and white houses and are still there, offices now I think.
