Nostalgic memories of Byfleet's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 44 in total
On the far right of the picture is Reg. White's Vauxhall (Victor?), parked in front of his fish and chip shop. He and his wife Peg., produced some of the best 'health food' in the business!
I used to wash and polish his car every Saturday morning for 2/6d.
I remember 'Granny Bowey' who lived in this house and I knew her grand-daughter Ann Wharton. We lived in Coachman's Cottage High Road from 1946 to 1961 and I attended the 2 Primary Schools in Byfleet as well as West Byfleet Secondary and Fullbrook Secondary Schools. I have enjoyed reading other people's memories of Byfleet on this website. Happy Days.
My Grandfather Benjamin Thomas Neville was a Fireman here after the war.
I recall going on long Sunday afternoon walks out past St. Mary's Church or Mill Lane and over to Wisley via the Pig and Whistle pub or Pyford at the Lock, and coming home we would have ice creams here at Candy Corner on hot days.
Stoops Bridge ! Ah! what fun we had here. My dad bought us canoes - we used an old pram chassis to haul the canoe up "Conquer Lane or Arch" or carried it out the back of Winern Glebe, thro the Allotments and into the field seen, just the other side of the bridge. Many hours were spent fishing here, catching "live bait" of Tench; Gudgeon for dad and earning Thruppence for each fish - later with inflation 6d or a Tanner! I ...see more
Invicta Cycles was the bike shop in the village and at the front/right of this photo - where the White/Ford/Zodiac car is. I put a deposit down on a Lilac/Pink Raleigh bike and paid some off each week from my paper round monies.
The shoe shop and Miss Moores was the last shop, past Invicta on this parade. She was a grand lady of many years! Every time I needed shoes, Dad would ask her for boxes and say if I did ...see more
I recall this being a "set" for "Z CARS" in the 1960's. A few episodes were filmed here. Most weekends/some evenings after school, I would go to the library - which was and maybe still is, along the right hand side of this main building, to its own entrance.
My Great Aunt (Grandmothers sister) lived here immediately on the LEFT of this photo at "Ardwyn" in the High Road, opposite the entrance to the Village Hall car park in 1950s/1960s. Her husband was Fred Bowey and one of their daughters was Freda (her children Anne, David) and Nancy. My Aunt was nee Flippence.
To the right of this photo was the Fish & Chip shop, then a Hairdressers, then Rannies the chemist ...see more
My brother Carl Neville and his wife Maureen livce here now, at Pitman House, on the right just past the then garage (now Office Block and 24/7 store) which is still in 2011, as was in 1965 (but a new kitchen!). Liptons the Supermarket (which was to the left of this photo) is long gone and in its place McCarthy Stone and other over age 55 retirement homes. The houses from the roundabout, to a few before my brothers ...see more
St. Mary's Church on 25th July 1970, Graham and I got married, all of our friends married around that time in the lovely old church. St. Mary's, is still one of the most beautiful churches in the Surrey area.
Plough Corner always makes me smile, remembering the floods in the 1960s, Byfleet was cut off everywhere except where I lived in the Dawson Road end. My boyfriend lived in Rectory Lane. Imagine, everything was cut off, there was water everywhere, the river way had burst it banks... My now-husband's dad managed to make his way to The Plough through all of that terrible time, we still laugh about it now, "How Bob got to the Pub" ...bless him x
