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Blackheath maps
Historic maps of Blackheath and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Blackheath maps
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Blackheath books
Displaying 3 of 9 books about Blackheath and the local area. View all Blackheath books
Surrey County Memories
Paperback
£15
Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Camberley Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Blackheath photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Blackheath
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My Nan and Grandad often took myself and my twin sister to visit his mother and brother to BlackHeat, Lamb Lane, to their Local Shop. Wow, sweets galore! Lovely smelling cooked meats, it was great! I always remember the walk from the statino near some playing fields, then walking into the shop and seeing my Great Grandmother standing there with her... [more]
Shared on 01 September 2006
My gran owned the pub at Blackheath which was called the Forest King, it was on the edge of the cricket pitch. There was also another pub called the Volunteer on the next road. Does anybody remember them?
Shared on 14 February 2008
It has been almost 50 years since I have seen the inside of this church. My mother; Molly Risbridger) was married in this church to a Canadian soldier Mr. Ken Lloyd Maxted. I am their son Robert Glenn Maxted. Happy Anniversary! 2007
I love you Mom and Dad,
Your Son,
Glenn
Shared on 19 September 2007
Surrey memories
I started my first job at 16 as a trainee food and wine waiter at the Percy Arms in 1960, and I lived in rooms above the hotel, in those days it was a first class restaurant. The head waiter was a guy called Bernard. The owner was a lady and she used to have dogs that would wander around the... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2008
Extracts From Blackheath & Surrey books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Blackheath, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
The village can be reached from a number of directions, but each one is a minor road, and consequently it remains a quiet spot. The colours of the heath are indeed dark in places, certainly when the heather is not in flower. The village war memorial is situated deep into the heath, served only by a footpath.
This is an extract from Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories.
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Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
In 1929, the Dublin-born crime writer Freeman Wills Crofts came to live in Blackheath. His books were once as popular as those of Agatha Christie, although nowadays few people know of him or his work. Titles such as 'Murder at Guildford' and 'The 12.30 from Croydon' were penned at Blackheath. He was an accomplished musician, and played the organ at St Martin's Church (centre right).
This is an extract from Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories.
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Godalming Town and City Memories
Three of Church Street's five pubs are in this photo - the Corn Meter extreme left, the Star centre left, and the Live and Let Live just beyond the archway on the right. The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street. ... [more]
This is an extract from Godalming Town and City Memories.
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