Peper Harow, the Park 1907
Peper Harow, the Park 1907 Ref: 57605
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Milford, the By-Pass 1935
Ref: 86776A
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 plates being full of little crusty puddles of French goo. (Stop Press! Mike's story refers to the year 1962, and as I had left school by then, I suppose it means my memory does in fact refer to an earlier Royal Visit.)
Shared on 20 January 2008
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. There were only two classes and the teachers seemed very old to me - maybe they were as many younger teachers would have gone into the forces. Milford wasn't the safest place to be as the German planes often flew over on their way to London, and there were army lorries thundering along the London-Portsmouth Road. The entrance to Church Passage was just across the road from the end of Chapel Lane. Of course, Mum took me to school and met me, but one day, she was a bit late and I was already at the end of the passage when she got to the end of Chapel Lane. I told her not to come across the road as I wanted to cross by myself! I don't remember any bombs dropping, but I do recall being in bed one night and hearing a loud thump. The window shattered, scattering glass over the bedspread and Mum rushed up to see if I was OK. Apparently, there had been an explosion at an ammunition dump near Witley. When peace was declared, Mum tiook me to Godalming and managed to find some red, white and blue hair-ribbon and a blue dress with red, white and green spots, the most patriotic thing she could find! Some of the people in Milford were quite amazed by this, and I don't recall any big celebrations, until we came back to East Barnet and had a bonfire in the road and a street party. If anyone else has memories of the war years in Milford, I would be really interested to hear them - or memories of families living in Chapel Lane between 1907 and 1953.
Shared on 06 November 2007
Milford, the By-Pass 1935
Ref: 86776A
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!
Shared on 09 March 2007
Milford, Haselmere Road 1906
Ref: 53569
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".
Shared on 09 March 2007
Milford, Mousehill Green 1927
Ref: 79650
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.
Shared on 09 March 2007
