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Royalty at Milford
In 1962 I was in Cledwyn Evan's class at the primary school. In the Summer terms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to visit King Edward's School in Witley, and Mr. Evans led his class to the roundabout to see her go by. He was enthusiastically ragged about it by the other teachers!
We all stood just by the walnut tree on the left of the picture. We waited, but not for long. The Rolls-Royce came whispering up to the roundabout and sailed past us. Then I saw the Queen Mum lean forward to tell her driver to pull up, and he reversed the car back to us. Mr. Evans gulped, she waved and smiled at us through the window, then suddenly they were off towards Witley. I noticed Mr. Evans was very red faced!
Burgess Stores Mousehill Green
Having been born and living in Milford till I was 18/19 years old I remember this shop, probably from 1969 when I was about 5, my mum used to do the delivery driving for them at one time. I loved going to the shop. I used to walk just across the road as we lived in the cottage opposite the pub (White Lion). I had a best friend who moved there after Mr and Mrs Blake left, Stephanie Parsons was her name, we used to play in the rooms above the shop, and had a real good time.
My Home Daneville Cottage
I remember so many memories of Milford especially living in our cottage, it was opposite the pub that my parents worked in, my mum was a cook and dad was the manager, we knew everyone in Milford in them days. The A3 was a very busy road, we lost quite a few cats to the road. The sad thing was that a few years after my dad died my mum decided to sell and we moved not far, only to Godalming, but having lived in Milford and the cottage till I was 18/19 years old I couldn't seem to settle in Godalming, there were no memories like Milford. I got married and moved away but in 2008 we moved back this way and I took my children around and showed them the schools I went to, although the junior school has gone to make way for houses/flats, I then took them to my home, bringing back so many memories again.
Milford Chest Hospital in The 50s And 60s.
My dad was taken suddenly from our home one day when I was at school. I returned home to find my elder sisters and mother in a state of distress. They told me daddy was in hospital and that we would all have to have an x ray and injections. A man in white overalls came and sprayed all my dad's clothes and also his cup and plates. That was the beginning of 6 years of visiting Milford Chest hospital. Dreadful in the winter as we always walked from the train along that very long track. But it was worth it. Milford chest became his second home, with stays lasting up to 2 years at a time, he was resident there more than he was at home. I remember the first time he came home after an 18 month stay. I saw a man who was literally held together by skin. There was no flesh or fat on him, TB... Read more
Royal Fly-By!
Mr Evans did the same thing with our class - would have been about 1958? I don't remember who the royal was and I don't think they paused. Just a fly-by I think - but certainly more exciting than arithmatic!
Burchett Cottage
My great-grandfather lived in Burchett Cottage, Millfield. Can anyone tell me where it was or if it's still there?
Mousehill Stores
I was around 5 years of age when my family moved into Mousehill Stores, which would make it 1973. We lived there until I was 9 years old and I still have great memories. I remember steep wooden stairs from the kitchen to an open room above the shop this area was another store room and I can remember hooks still hanging from the beams. The hatch for deliveries still worked and opened out towards the the main road although it wasn't used for that any more then. We would walk across this room to an entrance that lead to the living area, 3 bedrooms one living room and the bathroom a couple of these rooms had a deep step into them. Before we moved into Mousehill Stores, it was being run or owned by Mr and Mrs Arthur Blake. Bella was Arthur's wife's name. The Stores were then known as Burgess Stores. The name changed to Mousehill Stores when it was taken over. My sisters and I used to collect the lemonade... Read more
My Stay at Milford Chest Hospital
I spent nine months at this hospital from August Bank holiday 1954 till April 1955 after having a mass x-ray earlier that year. I was only 17 years of age at that time and the photo brings to life the time I spent there along with the memories, and not all bad by any means. I am now 72 years of age, worked a full manual life in the building industry, run marathons, and still play Badminton and Tennis and can hold my own against youngsters, so much for the TB I had, or maybe the help I had at that hospital all those years ago. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who was there at that time. Is the building shown the men's ward? I think it is.
More Royalty at Milford
Further to Mr. Mike Taylor's story about being taken to see HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother passing through Milford on her way to King Edward's School at Witley. I was a pupil at King Edward's during the time of her visit, and whereas Mr. Taylor's story implies there may have been a number of visits by Her Majesty, I only recall the one, which I believe to have been in 1956. Mr. Gordon Humphries MA was the Headmaster at the time, and it was the only occasion upon which we pupils had seen him at all flustered. HM had lunch with us in the dining hall, and the two things that stick in my mind about the day was meeting this tiny, smiling lady, and that we had something called 'vol au vents' for lunch. These latter were considered by us to be a complete denial of the human child's right to a square meal! To this day I find it difficult to picture royalty eating without envisioning their... Read more
Mousehill Green
This picture is of Mousehill Green, Milford. You haven't a title for the picture, so I thought I'd let you know. I remember it from 1953 onwards, but this picture obviously predates that.
The green was often used for fairgrounds. The shop by the road was the Delicatessen, now a craft shop I think, not sure though.
Church Road Shopping Parade
This is Church Road, 200 yards north of the church, not Haslemere Road. The building on the left of the photo is now a club. In the 1950's we children used to call it "The Wobbly Man's Club".
Chapel Lane, Milford
In 1944 a bomb dropped not too far from our home in East Barnet, Hertfordshire, so Mum and I went to stay with her Mum and Dad, Alice and Bill Tulett at 3 Chapel Lane, Milford (now No.10 I think) where Mum was born in 1907. Bill used to be the local baker and worked for a Mr E A Fullbrook but was retired by then as he would have been 78 in 1945. Next door lived Mrs Collins, the other side I think were called Elliott and further down the lane lived a Mrs Popple, a name which I thought quite strange at the time.I remember the landgirls working on Secretts farm which was on the other side of the road. There was a grocers shop, I think called Dowser's; Mum used to give nicknames to some of the assistants, like Grumpy, Mopey and Cheerful. Although I wasn't quite five, they let me start school at Easter 1945 at the little school along Church Passage.... Read more
Memories of Surrey
Sandhills
This is where I was born in 1950. I remember being pushed in my pram into Witley to the Post Office. Although I was only a baby I remember the peace of the area. It was a wonderful place to be born.
1950 Year of my Birth in Witley
I was born in Sandhills, Witley in 1950. Witley is still a very picturesque village.
Jasmine Cottage, Petworth Road
In 1956, my family moved into Jasmine Cottage which stands behind the wall on the left of this picture. It was (is) the centre cottage of 3 in one old building. There was a family that lived in the house on the right, where I got my first sight of a television. The program that was on TV when I first saw it was a Test Match, (cricket). The White Heart pub was just up the road on the right and if you turned left, opposite the White Heart, the church was on the right and the village school was on the left. I went to that village school before becoming a boarder at KES. I now live in Kentucky, USA
One Very Good Pub in England
One of My Employments of Yesteryear: Did you know that this public house has a corner where George Elliot used to write some of her famous books? Situated right opposite the War Memorial and next door to where Harry Swallow, who I believe was the head master of Witley School. I used to work there as a waitress in the 1950s and loved being part of Arthur Newland's team...a great boss to work for.
Those Were The Days
I worked at Enton Hall in Witley, and often saw actresses and actors who were there for treatment, ie. Anthony Newley, Rita Hayworth etc. On one particular morning I arrived to clean Anthony Newley's chalet and found that some young girl, or girls, had plastered his door with a million lipstick kisses...to say that he was not amused would be an understatement? The proprietors were Norman Jarvis and Mr Reddell.
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