Great Bookham, Dorking Road 1906
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Memories of Great Bookham, Dorking Road 1906

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. These memories are of Great Bookham, Dorking Road 1906

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My husband Gerald and I moved into 1 Grove Cottage 6 years ago. We love living in a house so full of history and often try to imagine what it would have been like during the hundreds of years people have lived here. It's certainly a lot more comfortable now with central heating, running water and electricity instead of the fire on the ground, the well outside and candles to see by. If anyone has photos of the ...see more
I remember Grove Cottages and the families who lived in both No 1 & 2 in 1965.  My parents were friendly with the Davies in No 2 and as a teenager I visited No 1 on many occasions along with all our crowd.  The LeNoble family made us all very welcome and the cellar was a great meeting place for all us youngsters - happy memories. I was born and grew up in Bookham. My extended family owned family grocers shops ...see more
My brother Ray and myself lived at this address, depicted on the right of the photograph, with our parents, Alec and Doris, known as Dot and Davie. During the war a child from 1, Grove Cottages crawled through the fence and was killed on the road outside by a passing coach. Just beyond our house, which used to be a public house called The Saracen & Ring, a flint and brick wall was ...see more