Frimley memories
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Distant Memories
I had returned to UK from Queensland to visit my mother who was ill and waiting at the platform entrance at Waterloo station when a former colleague from Post Office Overseas Telegraph came up to me and we began a conversation as if we had just left work together, I went with him to his house in Frimley on the Green and met his wife where I found out he was considering early retirement and had a trip planned on one of the Queens to New York and back to celebrate, we downed a bottle or two of his home brew and I left for Eastleigh the following morning, completely forgetting to exchange addresses (mum's illness was weighing on my mind) I am heading back to UK in December 2011 for my eldest son's wedding and will be trying to trace a few old names if I am lucky enough, Terry and Maureen Maynard are you still there in Frimley on the Green Surrey?
Deepcut Village
This image is actually taken from Deepcut Bridge Road, around the junction of Woodend Road, with the barracks away to the left. Blackdown Road is a few hundred yards behind the photographer here. The shops in view are now a hairdressers, and fast food places!
29 Station Rd, Frimley
Would anyone have a photo of 29 Station Road, Frimley? If it's still standing, that is. I was born there in 1951. I'm now a resident of Australia and would like to see it. If you can help, please send to qp2742@yahoo.com.au
Many thanks.
Ian.
Frimley, The Grove
My father was born in Frimley and lived at No 8 The Grove till he married and moved to Dartford, then Wastwater and finally emigrated to South Africa after the Second World War. I visited my late grandparents, Mr H H Finch and Mrs B E Finch, in the early 1970s and had a really good time, visited the White Hart with my grandad, and the local hospital to see my grandmother.
I have very fond memories of The Grove and Frimley village, and it was great finding a picture of it on the internet.
Jane
Memories of Bedford Lane.
This cottage is in Bedford Lane. I lived in the house called Connemara which is still in Bedford Lane. My father Samuel Frederick Richardson and his brother George were both bricklayers. Both were demolishing the cottage and they were burning the thatch. My brother John was playing dare. He walked through the outer edge of the white ash and dared me to walk through the middle. Unfortunately I did and was very badly burned. Mother rushed round all the houses, collecting tea leaves to put on my legs. In those days people didn't empty their pots every brew. They just topped them up with a little more tea and hot water. To this day, I do not know where Mother got the idea of the tea leaves. It certainly worked. Just a few little scars and they are hard to find. After demolishing the cottage, they built a red briick pair of houses. A Mr Fairminer... Read more
Ancester
My ancester James King and his newborn son Frederick King lived at Frimley Bottom. James was a farm labourer. Has anyone got any information please
Living in Frimley
I was born in Frimley in 1957. We lived in a bungalow along the Frimley Green Road. I loved Frimley as a child, it was mainly farmland even then. I particularly remember the Manor House opposite St Peter's Church. I remember going there once with my Father and we went into the hallway which was absolutely fantastic. When it was being pulled down I remember sneaking into the house with my friends and pretending there was a ghost after us! I would be really interested if anyone has a picture of the Manor House as it was a lovely old place.
Wilsons Estate
We lived in Field Lane from 1961 until 1990 something, the tin shed located at Lakeside school was to house motor vehicles from the Wilson estate which is now the Alphington Avenue area with the lovely lake. I remember larking around in the old house when it was in a state of disrepair waiting to be demolished. I also remember when Lakeside school was built, you could look out of the windows over the playground and look at the fields up to Burrow hill, but again another development was built on the old farm in the mid 1970s. I would welcome any more information on the Wilson Estate.
Stream Cottages
My grandparents lived at Stream Cottages and were there during the 1911 census. My dad was born there in 1917. I still remember visiting there as a child in the 1950s. There was a scullery and, in the dining room, a door that led to the stairs. There was an outside toilet at that time.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who remembers my grandad, Edward Charles Gannon who died in 1958. He worked at a newsagents/sweetshop in Frimley in the 1950s. I believe the owner/manager was Mrs Burdett.
Prior to that grandad was a coal merchant. I believe his brother John Percival Gannon was also a coal merchant.
Frimley School
A relative of mine, Francis (Jack) Dillon attended Frimley School in the period 1907-1911. He went on to become a radio producer for the BBC and has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography recording his attendance at the school.
By the time of the 1911 Census, Jack was 'adopted' by a family living in London.
I know his parents separated and his mother was in service so am curious to find out with whom Jack was living in the period when he attended Frimley School. Presumably he was with Gannon or Cooke relatives in Frimley.
I would be interested to hear of any school records for Frimley School during that period to see if they can shed any light on the subject.
Changing Times
We moved to Frimley from Sutton as part of the London overspill. I was 2 when we moved into a house in Ansell Road. I remember my childhood with fond memories. I remember an old pig sty where Stonehouse Rise is now, I had some great adventures over there. The bottom of Brett Hart Road was just a dirt track and many a day we would wander down to Jack Pond Hill in the woods passing an old tin shed which became the site for Lakeside School. Although Jack Pond Hill is still there, the woods have been reduced dramatically. I remember opposite St Peter's Church there was a big manor house which was boarded all the way around, now the site of the upside down houses. Alphington Avenue was just woods. My mum still lives in Ansell Road nearly 50 years later. I do remember as we were growing up that I could name every family on both sides of the road going down towards the shops, and although... Read more
Mytchett And Ash Vale County Primary School
I was born in Liverpool in 1952 and later with my parents, Ken and Ivy Jenkins and my younger brother Kevin in about 1960, moved into one of the two 'new' semi's built across the road from the Miner's Arms. I went to the Ash Vale County Primary School and was a member of the Frimley Green cub group which met in a building behind St Andrew's Church opposite the community hall just over the bridge from our house. My cub mistress was Barbara (Walsh?) who lived across the road from us and worked at the chemist shop at Frimley Green. My head master was the strict Mr Watkins and my last teacher there in 1963 was Mr Hill. We migrated to Australia in 1963 (aged 11) and have taken advantage of all that this great country (Oz) had to offer. I've been back to Mytchett twice and even ran into an old school mate by what was 'Day's Store' in 2000, I think his name was Alan Hill(?). I... Read more
Early 1960s in Camberley
I remember the highlight of the week was Saturday night at the Agincourt. A guy called Bob Potter was running the entertainment there. The clothes shop called Esquire was the "in" place for the fashion of the day. Another popular place was the A30 roadhouse at Blackwater. It was very popular with bikers. Does anyone remember the lady who used to walk along the London Road pushing a pram and surrounded by dogs? She was named Camberley Kate. Happy days. I am now living in a beautiful part of the country, Dorset, but I have happy memories of my teenage years in Camberley.
Memories of Surrey
My Grandparent's Home
I received information from my cousin Leslie about this photo. Now that I have found it I am delighted. My grandparents were Thomas Benjamin Fairminer (1881-1954) who married Louisa Florence Smith (1880 - 1944). They raised 11 children, some of them at Bedford Lane. Their birth dates range from 1900 to 1924. My mother Florence Louisa (known as Ciss) was born in 1905. I remember visiting Bedford Lane as a very young child, one of my mother's brothers, Alfred, lived a couple of houses down. A Mr D F Richardson shared information about this photo in April 2006. He says that he went to school with one of Mr Fairminer's sons, who must have been one of my uncles. I wonder which one it was? I am researching my mother's family and this is a lovely piece of information for me to include. During my research I have been able to get in touch with a number of cousins, many of them and their families still live in Frimley Green... Read more
Blast From The Past.
Wow, did that ever shake me to the core. The names Richardson and Fairminer, Long and a few others sprang to mind as fellow pupils at the local Primary School. In those days I lived in Worsley Road. I can remember fishing the Basingstoke canal at Frimley Green and seeing the last barge go by which I beleive was scuttled just before the flight of locks. I have lived and worked in the area for a number of years but now retired, live just outside Basingstoke. Any past friends and aquaintances are welcome to contact me. My email is chipieman@msn.com and I look forword to reading more.
Barrow Hill School, Frimley
I come from Battersea, SW London. My mother sent me to Barrow Hill School when I was 8 years old, I stayed there for 3 years. We lived in dormitories. The head master at that time was Mr Churchill. I had a nice time there, sports day was good. My mother used to come and visit me. There were places there where we used to venture out. The army used to leave all their ammunition lying around, it was out of bounds to us kids. It would be nice to have some pictures of the old school then if anybody has got any please email me.
Frimley Green Memories
My Dad was Charles Cheyne, the village chemist in Frimley Green - famous for his cough medicine - the report in the local Camberley News when he died in 1963 reported "It was dark brown in colour and had no name. Word spread far and wide about Mr Cheyne's cough cure, and soon people were sending for his medicine by post from as far away as Gibraltar and Holland." My Mum was Joan Jarman - the local District Nurse, and one can only guess how she and my dad got together - bearing in mind their professions! I have lovely memories of living over the shop - and particularly our telephone number there - Deepcut 5! Dad had moved to Frimley Green in 1928 and opened his own chemist shop at 261 Frimley Green Road - it is still a Pharmacy today, but owned by a large chain rather than private. I would love to hear from anybody who remembers my Mum or Dad, and the time when Frimley Green... Read more
After The War
I lived at 257 Frimley Green Road- where Warrens' garage now stands - 1942 to 1954. There was an air-raid shelter on the Green which we watched being demolished. Every Nov 5th there was a gigantic bonfire on the Green, fired by paraffin donated by Percy Warren; squaddies would come down from Deepcut and add to the tumult, one year detonating the Gents at the Rose & Thistle. Whenever I'm in the south I have a wander round the village, which has changed remarkably little; even The Mons is still there (or was in 2006) run by Mr Clapshaw, later by Mr Heap, who was one of the few shopkeepers who didn't object (usually with good reason) to the village boys. My friends were Anthony Harrison, Geoffrey & Mervyn Ellis, Chris Dawes, the Warren twins, Ron ("Freckleface") Riley...any of them still alive?
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