Little Bookham, Little Bookham Street c.1955
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Photo ref: L55002
Photo of Little Bookham, Little Bookham Street c.1955

More about this scene

The Bookhams and Fetcham retain old cores amid the great suburban expansion which occurred after World War II; they are in effect western suburbs of Leatherhead across the River Mole. Little Bookham's tiny 12th- century church and manor house lie south of the Guildford Road. North of this east-west road, Little Bookham Street has some older buildings amid the suburbia and wide grassy verges. This view looks across to the general store and post office; its clock, inscribed 'Weale's Coal Order Office', and Howard Weale's shop sign both survive. In the distance there is a green London Transport country bus.

A Selection of Memories from Little Bookham

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 Little Bookham

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My parents bought the then new property of 14 little Bookham street sometime in the mid 1950's when I was a very young child. I went to school in East Horsley and one of my memories was being brought home on a Saturday lunchtime by a friends father a Mr Crabb who would go into the Windsor Castle and leave his son John and I outside next to the off sales window ...see more
I remember Mr Colwill & his son, I used to keep my horse on the land below the hotel owned by the local coal merchant. As I met more locals we used to have parties in the old ball room with Nigel Portman-lewis, Jon Emuss, Gay Sutch & so many more. A super gang of teenagers. My parents came back to Bookham to look after ageing family at the Old croft where we also had parties, a ...see more
In the late 1950s my brother and I enjoyed many happy days at the open air swimming pool in Bookham. I moved out of the area in 1977 and returned in 2005. I was wondering what happened to the pool and where was it was located. Does anyone remember?
Like many of my student friends from the area, we all worked at Booham Grange under the watchful eye of Jimmy Sale and his wife Valma, then later on the hotel was managed by his nephew Mike and his wife Jan. We worked on Probus lunches in the restaurant, and many, many weddings. It was a favourite watering hole of the local constabulary, as well as being ideal for the Christmas parties. Rotarac and Rotary used ...see more