The Street c1965, Charlwood
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Memories of The Street c1965, Charlwood
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Charlwood & local memories
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Charlwood Garage The Old Forge
We lived in a 400 year old cottage at the back of The Old Forge, later Charlwood Garage. My brother was born in the cottage in October 1965. I am trying to locate any photographs of the old house behind the forge or any photographs of the Forge itself. The house was pulled down in the 1980s, it had been built on a well and every time it rained we were flooded out, and eventually had to move out. My father, Dennis Creswick, was manager of Charlwood Garage. Does anyone have any photos of the site?
The Ironmongers- The Broadbridge Family!
Currently researching my family tree and found that one of my ancestors married a William Broadbridge from Banstead and they moved to Charlwood. From 1861 - 1901 they owned/ran the Ironmongers which is now the Pine Shop!
I would love to see a photo of it when it was the Ironmongers if anyone has one, or any other info!
thanks
Parson Ancestors
My great great great granddad Samuel Parsons was buried here. You can see the headstone.
The Parsons family lived in the area over several generations and owned a farm.
Charlwood Brickyard
The James family moved to Charlwood for London in 1964 into the house next door to the brickyard. This was supposed to have been built by Mr Dearn from bricks made in the actual brickyard. The ponds were called the Raft pond, the Long Pond and the Castle pond where my brother Don and I used to fish. I seem to remember we caught lots of perch, roach and rudd. Eventually these were filled in as excavated material from building sites was dumped there. Do you recall the motor bike trials that were sometimes held here? Malcolm Dearn was a very good rider in his day but more often used to ride in Scrambles, aka Motocross these days.
Charlwood Brickyard
My parents ran the Rising Sun pub in Charlwood where I lived from 1954-64. I often went fishing and sometimes even swimming at the Brickyard pond which at the time was owned by Mr. Dearn, whose son Malcolm I went to school with. In addition to the pond there were many old workings that used to flood forming a network of waterways, many of which contained fish. I now reside in Southern California and have fond memories of the Charlwood area.
The Lodge, Mayfields Farm
Does anyone know of Mayfields Farm, Lowfield Heath, Charlwood Road, in 1935? I have found out that my Dad's sister {Joan Addy, 18 months old} drowned in the fishpond, around the day of the King's silver jubilee.
The Brickyard, Charlwood
I lived at Lowfield Park Lodge on the Charlwood Road (from the long-disappeared Lowfield Heath) from about 1950 to 1962, and I believe the house was demolished around 1965(???) to make way for the expansion of Gatwick airport.
My dad and I used to fish for carp in what we called the Brickyard Pond about a 5 minute drive from (I think) the pub that Dudley Wickens' dad used to be landlord of ... or have I got it all wrong?
My parents were Mary and George and my sister's name is Anne.
Mary Bailey was Personnel Manager at BMB - also on the Charlwood road from Lowfield Heath as I recall.
Does this ring any bells?.... I would love to have info/photos of the Brickyard and its pond .....and anything else remotely connected.
Many thanks
Alan Bailey
Little Foxes Hotel, Charlwood Road, Ifield Wood
I have been working at the above bed and breakfast for a number of years and am often asked by guests what was here originally.
Is there any one out there that remembers the original building? I believe it may have been a cottage called 'Brambles'
I know from guests who stayed here many, many years ago the original Little Foxes has developed into it's present building in a number of stages.
I am also curious as to why we are on Charlwood Road but there is another Charlwood Road running along the parimeter of the airport - I am assuming this must have been joined at one time.
So if there is any one who can throw some light on to this I would be most grateful.
