East Clandon, The Village 1904
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Fifteen children have been neatly assembled by the photographer in front of the brick and half-timbered cottages that comprised this small village – it was originally called Clandon Abbots. Their cumbersome clothing, and their hats, must have made normal childhood activities restrictive in the summer sunshine, and they would no doubt have relished a glass of R White's lemonade, which is advertised on the sign affixed to the wall behind them.

A Selection of Memories from East Clandon

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from East Clandon

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My name then was Babs Collins and my memory goes back to World War II, when I and others from my school in Victoria, London were evacuated to both East & West Clandon. We had been moved very hurriedly in July 1940 from Brighton where our school was first sent to in 1939.  This second evacuation was because the Germans had begun to bomb the south coast preparatory to invading us after ...see more