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Mayfield Farm/House, Is Now The Flight Tavern
Has anybody any history of Mayfield Farm/house around 1935, like who owned it, and what type of farm it was, I have since found out that my Dad's sister [Joan] drowned in the fishpond when she was 18 months old, My Dad's[George] Dad also [George Addy] was a farm hand there with his wife Doris, who lived in The lodge on Mayfield farm, they moved from Woodchurch in Kent. Any whiff of anything would help.
Hyders Bungalow Charlwood Road
Trying to find information about Hyders bungalow, Dorothy & Charles lived there in the early 1940's.
Any information would be extremely grateful.
Yvonne Green
Schooldays And Teens.
Lowfield Heath School. 21 pupils. Head Teacher, Miss Ryde, and assistant Miss Ivy Walder. Miss Walder later married Bob Riley. Where are some other pupils now? I remember Margaret Dudman, David Slaughter, Barbara Banks, Brenda Cheal. Later on the Old Tyme dances at the W.I. hut. Has anyone got old photos of those? Further south on the A23 the Ventura Cafe, and of course the Blue Pencil Cafe. I could go on, but some of you must be out there with some photos. Unfortunately photos taken by Surrey Mirror newspaper of those times 1945-1956 were destroyed in the fire at Ladbrook Road office, Redhill. I didn't own a camera then, but now realise how the memories could have been stored. Tony Tester.
Barmaid
I worked as a barmaid in the Fox when Three Bridges had the bad flood and the pub was flooded, it was an old fashioned pub in those days with a public bar and saloon bar with darts on a Friday night, good old fashioned fun.
The Fox
My parents managed the Fox for most of the 1950' and '60's. My love of railways came from the Loco crew who drank there and gave me (unofficial) footplate rides!
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