Pilgrim Wood Children's Home

A Memory of Guildford.

I have very fond memories of Pilgrim Wood from 1980. The children would make rope swings in the woods, pets were smuggled in on occasion. Not such a nice walk all the way up Sandy Lane, and children had to share bedrooms, but I remember mostly the fun and good humour. One of the staff had been resident as a child and recalled a time when clothes were communal, and when each child, even the 4 year old, had tasks to do, but by 1980 things were somewhat different thankfully.