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Memories of Oxshott
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Brown's Grocery & Sweet Shop
1950s generally. My aunt Nora Brown was in charge of the sweet shop at Brown's. My uncle worked with his sisters Sis and Vi in the grocery store. Happy memories of free samples when I went to see my aunt. Happy memories of riding with my uncle as he made deliveries all over Oxshott. I remember the elation when, finally, sweets went off rationing - no more coupons to clip. I was always fascinated by the brass weights and pivot scales that were used to measure purchases. In the 1930s Brown's Tea Room was THE destination for Londoners who took the train to the "Country". Walks in Oxshott Woods and on the Heath, followed by tea and scones at Brown's. How things have changed. I now live in California. I hope the Browns' Corner sign is still there. The regional Council erected it after the last of the Browns had died and the house sold.
Film "THE RUNAWAYS"
I founded an amateur film club in 1959 called Royston Films and the very first short film we made in May of 1959 was called The Runaways all about two lads who decided to run away from home following arguments with their Parents. It was shot on 9.5mm Black & White stock. This short film shows the boys camping in Oxshott Woods and also features Oxshott Railway Station and Brown's Grocery Store. At this moment in time (August 2011) I am in the process of restoring the film, re-titling, re-doing the sound track and adding a Deja Vous experience to the story. It is hoped the film will be ready in DVD format fairly soon.
In 1996 I filmed a "Then & Now" short intro depicting some of the original locations used in The Runaways - this too will also be resurrected and form part of the final production.
During the 1990s we shot numerous dramas and documentaries, picking up several awards along the way.
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Highfield Moles Hill
I'm trying to find any info on a E.J. Elsbury who was living at Highfield , Moles Hill Oxshott in 1957. Looking on Google Earth I can see Moles Hill, but does Highfield still exist? If not what kind of property was it? Does anyone know who E.J. Elsbury was?
Oxshott
My memores relate to 1950 (year of my birth) onwards. My maiden name was Lockett. I was born at The Pines, Sheath lane in 1950 (delivered by John Lytle) and about 2-3 years later my father built 'Whitethorns' on Goldrings Road. It was a wonderful road to grow up in and I had lots of friends my own age and we were always in and out of each other's houses. being out and about was safe and Oxshott Woods was a wonderful place to play.I used to love watching the cricket at the Sports Club. The weather always seemed to be lovely and sunny and we used to lie in the grass and watch. I remember Oxshott Fete very well and I loved entering the miniature garden competition and the miniature flower arrangement competition. Also loved the old fashioned merry go round. I used to enter the fancy dress competition and I have black and white photos of myself dressed as The Queen with a little boy called Peter... Read more
Sheath Lane And Goldrings Road
My great-grandfather bought Heathway in Sheath Lane in 1925. We lived there from 1945 to 1953 when my father built Winterbourne in Goldrings Road on Crown Land with a 99-year lease. I went to Oxshott Primary School and St Andrews Sunday School in the old village hall. I can remember the milkman and the rag-and-bone man driving horse-drawn carts down Sheath Lane, and the walk through the woods to the station, or to Brown's shop in Fairmile Lane. Oxshott Tennis Club had a grand fete every year with a fairground, and in 1951 my mother made us 1851 costumes for the fancy dress parade.
Conliston
Does anyone know of a house called Conliston in Oxshott. Built in the 1930s, it was "one mile from Oxshott Station and Leatherhead Golf Course. Standing on the brow of a hill, facing full south". This house was built by my aunt and her husband and sold in the early 1940s for £3,000. The property was said to be held on a 99 year crown lease. I would be grateful for any help.
Surrey memories
The Parade in 1950s
I lived in a flat over 12 The Parade (then a Garden Shop) until I was ten years old, from 1944-1954. Our gate was on the alley round the back. At the Hare Lane end of the alley were hung 'pig bags' - sacks where people put scraps to feed pigs (post-war, so still on rationing!). The other end of the alley went through to one of the brickyards that were then still around Claygate. A rag-and-bone man came along The Parade every week, perched on a horse-drawn shallow cart; we called him the 'Yak-Yoh man' because that was what his 'ragandbone' cry sounded like.
