Born In Farnham
A Memory of Farnham.
I was born in Farnham, actually Lavender Cottage, Rowledge, a nursing home I believe, in 1944 and my family lived at Thorndhu (now no. 8 I think) Broomleaf Road backing onto the railway line. My mother and brother lived there during the Second World War and an air raid shelter was built in the back garden. I now live in Montreal, Canada. My father, born in 1909, resided in his youth at Hillside Cottage, Compton - but I can find no trace of that address now. His name was Leslie Blunden Gains and he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Blunden. His mother Lester Blunden was working in service somewhere at that time. The house in Broomleaf Road was built by Alfred Hone (Landscape Company) in 1936. I left Farnham in 1948 but returned with my brother in the 1980's to try trace our family - no luck. Fond memories nevertheless.
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