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Historic maps of Little Sandhurst and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Little Sandhurst maps
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Memories of Little Sandhurst
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Running
My best memory of Little Sandhurst was being able to run freely through Wellington College woods as I was an avid fan of athletics and still am. I lived in Edgbarrow Rise and can remember people like Peter Searle, John Irwin (now deceased), Peter Barber (now deceased), Derek and David Wood and many more. My mum used to work in the local post office and her name was Maria. I went to Scotland Hill school, the old one where the headmaster was Harold Shanks and my teacher was Mrs Huddle and I do believe she is still alive. I frequently return and am amazed that there are no shops, post office or butchers. It has become too populated.
Berkshire memories
Tea Under Fire.
During the Second World War I was sometimes taken by my mother to stay with her grandmother, Mrs Bevis, at the house called Rivermead, about 100 yards downhill from the church, by a sharp bend to the left. Mrs Bevis must have rented it early in the war, having left her home in Jersey before the occupation of the island. I was about 4, when the Germans were still in the ascendent, and we were enjoying tea out in the garden when we heard a small plane, rather low, and idly looked up. "It's one of theirs !" It was; and it appeared to be languidly circling around us. We rapidly abandoned the tea-table and scuttled indoors as fast as my tiny legs and Big Granny's bigness would allow. In my memory she was nearly spherical, and I remember the sight as I followed her, dragged by my mother. Scarcely were we in the... Read more
Childhood Memories
This is the street where I was born in 1940, our house is just out of sight, but when I left school in 1955 I worked for a short while in the shop adjoining the post office. Sadly my father, who was in the Army, was posted to Colchester, Essex and so we left Sandhurst in June 1955. But it was a lovely place to grow up in and will always be home to me. I still have family living in the area.
Wedding Day
St Michael's Church, where I was christened in 1940, I was married there in June 1960. A beautiful church set in the countryside just out of the village.
Grounds of The Royal Military Academy
While I was growing up in Sandhurst, the grounds of the College was open to the public and we could walk from the village of Sandhurst through to Camberley. This building with parade ground in front is famous for the white horse which always entered the building up the steps when the passing out parades had finished. In front of this building are beautiful grounds with a big lake which was often the place to have picnics in the summer, and in winter - if frozen - we would skate over it. Shame now due to security risks etc, that the grounds are closed to the general public. Such a shame - I am glad I have the memories still.
Little Sandhurst Shop
This is more or less as the centre of Litle Sandhurst appeared in 1958 - very little changed from 1939. We lived on the other side of this photo at a row of houses called (I don't know why!) Gibletts Folly. To the left of this photo is the bottom of Scotland Hill, which towards the top was very steep and the tarmaced road stopped before the top, replaced by a stony track. At the very top was Scotland Hill School (since demolished) where, in 1958, Mr Shanks was the headmaster. The shop in the centre of the village provided all the groceries you needed. A bus stopped out side but I think it only ran twice a week. We had to walk over to the main road, or walk the mile to Sandhurst Railway Station (trains to Wokingham) on other days.
When the dinner ladies went on strike at the school, we had to get dinner at home. The strike stopped, but my brother and I were happier... Read more
Broadmoor
In 1958 I was a bricklayer working for Sargents of Bracknell, we were putting bathrooms on staff houses at The Terrace at Broadmoor. We could not work because of bad weather and I saw the Broadmoor staff going to work all wrapped in warm clothes so I went over and applied for a job. The man on the gate said "Can you fight?". I said I could hold my own. I got the job. I did 3 years as a pupil nurse then became a registered nurse for a further 7 years, when I left and brought my family to Australia. I enjoyed my 10 years at Broadmoor and made many friends and would love to hear from any of them.
