Mytchett, Surrey

Burrow Hill - Today

Burrow Hill School is now derelict. It closed in 1998 and I have just walked past the boarded-up site this afternoon. Although I have lived in Frimley Green since 1993 and seen one of its main buildings from within a housing estate at the bottom of the hill, I have never known what that building was. Entry into the school is... [more]

Woodlands dormitory pranks

I was at Burrow Hill school from 1952 until 1956. I was sent there due to acute asthma and bronchitis. I have lots of fond memories of my time there and remember a boy called Alan Whittaker and a boy called Edward, surname Adrian I think. I also remember Mr and Mrs Reece and Mr and Mrs Cleaver who took over... [more]

Burrow Hill School

My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful year I was there,
I remember the headmaster Dai Reece and his wife Ida, teachers Mr Allen, Mr Stevenson and... [more]

Burrow Hill School

I was there for two terms in the mid 1950s, it is so long ago that I can't be sure of the year. I remember headmaster Mr Rees and his wife, and teachers Mr Bellis, Mr Jarman, Mr Horwell, Mr. Stevenson,  Mr Allen and housemothers Miss Rempy and Miss Harwood. The houses were Orchard, Gardens and Woodlands. We watched the Farnborough... [more]

My Grandparent's Home

I received  information from my cousin Leslie about this photo. Now that I have found it I am delighted. My grandparents were Thomas Benjamin Fairminer (1881-1954) who married Louisa Florence Smith (1880 - 1944). They raised 11 children, some of them at Bedford Lane. Their birth dates range from 1900 to 1924. My mother Florence Louisa (known as Ciss) was born... [more]

Hatches

I remember paddling in the stream and enjoying lazy days of peace and quiet. The hatches were then grazing land with cattle. You then could see the abbey and grounds in the distance, we then watched them dug out and they made way for gravel pits. A little lad drowned in the lakes.

Burrow Hill school

I was at Burrow Hill for 18 months, having been sent there because of poor conditions at home. It was the happiest time of my life. We lived in dorms that were built for wounded GI's during the war. They were built on stilts and had stable type doors. We used torches at night to move from building to building as... [more]