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Happy Days
In 1945 I was stationed in Esher racecouse, as a Welsh Guard who had just completed 3 months of hard discipline in the guards depot in Caterham. The difference in Esher to the depot was remarkable, N.C.Os were suddenly human beings who treated men as men, not objects. I can say in the 3 years I was in the army that the time at Esher was the most enjoyable. I was also friendly with a girl named Mary Edwards. She live in a road opposite the racecourse, I believe it was named Madresfield Road. I was 18 years of age then,I am now 83, so that would make Mary,about 81 years old now. Perhaps older people can remember the influx of Welsh guards to the town, especially on Friday nights.
Happy Days
Mary Edwards was my sister, she would have been 15 at the time. We lived in Sandown Road, Esher, in a house called Madresfield, where I was born. Sandown Road was a private road, off the A3 Portsmouth Road, opposite Sandown Park and next to the Council Offices; my father was the Clerk and Solicitor to Esher UDC. Mary, who became an air stewardess with British European Airways, married an Australian in 1956 and went to live in Australia; she visited Esher in 1961, the year my father retired. She had five children, four boys and a girl. She loved the outdoor life there but sadly died in 1977 in Adelaide. I remember the Welsh Guards being stationed in Sandown Park; I was a schooboy at the time at Newlands College in Claygate.
The Parade in 1950s
I lived in a flat over 12 The Parade (then a Garden Shop) until I was ten years old, from 1944-1954. Our gate was on the alley round the back. At the Hare Lane end of the alley were hung 'pig bags' - sacks where people put scraps to feed pigs (post-war, so still on rationing!). The other end of the alley went through to one of the brickyards that were then still around Claygate. A rag-and-bone man came along The Parade every week, perched on a horse-drawn shallow cart; we called him the 'Yak-Yoh man' because that was what his 'ragandbone' cry sounded like.
Old Bakery - High Street
I'd be interested to know more about the Old Bakery on the High Street - I believe my great-grandfather, Arthur Brown, worked there at some point. The Brown family lived at 5 Rose Cottages, Station Road and also at 6 Foley Cottages, High Street (from at least the 1940s to 1961). I've found Rose Cottages, but I'm still trying to locate Foley Cottages - can anyone help?
I Lived at 1 High St Claygate
My name is Michael Smith, I went to Esher school in the 1960s, I have lots of memories, anyone remember me? Please email m5076@quickclic.net
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