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High Street at Redhill
As a 16 year old, I was a boarder from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia at Saint Joseph's Convent, 122 Ladbroke Road. With me there were around 25 girls ranging from the ages of 4 to 17 years old and at least from 10 different countries from around the world. As far a Kenya, the Sood sisters, from Hong Kong the Leung and Ho sisters. And Jackie Lemaitre and Beatrice Velez, both from Cartagena de Indias and childhood friends. I would call our little boarding girl group a small NATO. In my first year at St Joseph's I was in 4th form. Coming from Cartagena de Indias, a very tropical and warm city, my first winter clothes were purchased at High Street. My friends Jackie Lemaitre and Beatrice Velez, both childhood friends and studying at St Joseph's with me, were my "personal shoppers". My first ever winter warm boots and gloves, etc. I remember going to the Post Office, to send letters and pictures home. I remember... Read more
Saturday Nights Out in The Market Hall
This is the place where I went to watch bands from about 1958 until they stopped in the 60's. First Saw Johnny Kidd & The Pirates here, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and later The Searchers, The Hollies, Brian Poole & The Tremoloes, Freddie & The Dreamers. Many of the local Bands used to play here as well. I lived for music then & still do, playing some Bass now and running Jam sessions up in Norfolk where I live now. Went to Reigate Priory School and later Redhill Tech. Used to spend my dinner hours when I was at the Tech in the snooker rooms above Burtons The Taylors. Great times!!
Swimming With The Fish
I would go swimming In this lower lake at Earlswood Common from about the age of 8 with a few friends. No adults were present or needed, we had all been taught how to take care of ourselves and help our friends. Even so, parts of the lake were about 8 feet deep in places so the rule was "stay in the shallows if you can't swim". We didn't take a towel just stripped off to our underpants and dived in and when we came out just waited for the wind and sun to dry us off. In the big freeze up of '63 we used have slides of about 50 metres on this Lake!!
Saturday Nights
What memories this building holds. It gave the opportunity for a lot of teenagers to have their first Saturday night outs. It usually cost 1s 6d entrance fee unless there was a fairly well known group appearing that night then it was 2s 6d. I attended Redhill Tech (my surname then was Watts) and worked on a Saturday in Woolies on the sweet counter and most of the day was spent chatting to various friends who used to come in and there would be great excitement in waiting for the evening to arrive.
I would rush home, wolf down some tea and then spend about 2 hours trying on outfits, usually wearing the first dress that I had put on. It was such an exciting time, minis were just coming in and there were clothes that were actually designed for teenagers and not trying to make them look like mini adults. One of my favourite dresses was a mustard coloured dress with black buttons and mock drop collars, oh I... Read more
Redhill Swimming Baths And Town
Does anyone remember the old swimming baths at Redhill? I started swimming there in the 1970s when it was still a Victorian building. The steps in the pool were of stone and the changing rooms were around the poolsides with wooden doors. You could pay to have a slipper bath! There was a young lady who gave you a box to put your clothes in and you had to remember the number on it to get it back after your swim. Sometimes we saw cockroaches scuttling on the floor. I joined the swimming club 'The Marlins' and trained every Thursday with Mrs Ditzel. She seemed rather fierce at the time but she was just trying to get the best out of us. I also remember certain little shops along Station Road, a lovely old-fashioned chemist and a children's clothes shop called Hancock and Bean. There was a nice boutique near there which sold Mary Quant clothes which my mother used to love. I was really sad when Redhill changed so... Read more
First Typing Lessons
As a 16 year old, I was a boarder from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia at Saint Joseph's Convent, 122 Ladbroke Road. With me there were around 25 girls ranging from the ages of 4 to 17 years old and at least from 10 different countries from around the world. As far as Kenya, the Sood sisters, from Hong Kong the Leung and Ho sisters. I would call it a small NATO. In my first year at St Joseph's I was in 4th form. At the Technical Institute the boarders used to take some of the subjects taught there. One of the preferred lessons were typing lessons. On Saturdays and some evenings, we would take typing lessons. I remember walking to the Institute with my friends Christine Ngobi and Jackie Lemaitre. I do not remember the address of the Institute or if it was within walking distance from St Joseph's. A few days ago and looking at old Redhill pictures, where I spent two years, I found this... Read more
Redhill Childhood And Beyond
I was born in Colesmead Road Redhill, one of seven children. I had a wonderful childhood with fantastic parents, relatives and friends and even the school teachers from Merstham Primary and Bishop Simpson C/E. I am Helen and my maiden name was Coombs, born in 1952. Dad worked at Fullers Earth and he and mum and us were all involved with the British Legion in Redhill. Lovely dances, all age groups together, so much fun and laughter and talent on the stage! I would love to hear from anyone out there that recalls me or my family. Mum still lives in the house that I was born in, and we often talk of all the old memories, we usually end up laughing. As a family we spent lots of time on the reck opposite our house, or in the bluebell wood at Gatton. Earlswood lakes was always a great place to go for a picnic and a boat ride, to meet neighbours and... Read more
Co-Op
If I remember correctly, the buildings on the right hand of this photo was the Co-op, somewhere there was a butcher, there was always sawdust on the floor, they had the tubes that used to take the money away shooting around the shop it made a strange noise. I think next door was the clothes and furniture, you could walk around glass windows in a square without actually going into the shop. Further down the road I think that then became Brighton Road was La Trobes on the left hand side, I think you used to step down into it, an amazing place for young children, toys of all sorts and sizes. I have so many fond memories of Redhill in the fifties and sixties, these photos have just made me remember so many of them, wonderful, fantastic photos, thankyou
Rose Cottage
This picture named Redhill Hospital 1908 is in fact the porter's lodge at the main entrance. When I nursed there in the 1970s we all called it "Rose Cottage" as apart from housing the switchboard and the porter's lodge it also housed the Pathology lab and the mortuary! Rose Cottage is a fairly often used term for a mortuary in a lot of hospitals. So if you hear a nurse or doctor say "They will soon be going to Rose Cottage" you will know what they mean. I just hope they will not be talking about you! Out of interest the children's ward was above the laundry in the former workhouse, a very spooky place to do night duty in as apart from the (hopefully) sleeping kids you never felt alone!
Monson Arms
I was born next door to the Monson Arms at 43 Green Lane, Redhill, my father built the house - we were the Brunt family. I used to go and get my bottle of pop and I swallowed a threepenny bit in the off-licence which was at the front of the pub. The owners used to own a dog called Gus - he was a Boxer - and they had two children called Howard and Beverly Stanley. I used to also swim at Redhill pool and was a member of the Marlins swimming club. I went to St Matthew's and also Bishop Simpson. I was one of 6 children - my mum used to work in Taylor's, the fruit and veg store. I remember the Co-op and when they used to have the PG Tip monkeys in there.
Like the young cool girl who remembers the Hollies at the Market Hall on a Saturday night, I too found live music there. I think me and a school mate (from Radnor House School for boys) called Hank Jell, so named after Hank Marvin, attended on its opening night. We saw Nero and the Gladiators supported by Tony Rivers and the Castaways. The next year or two we saw Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, Johny Kidd and the Pirates and Joe Brown and the Bruvvers etc. I had two choices to get home, either take the last bus to Dorking at 10p.m. or stay 'till the end and thumb a lift. By the end of 1963 I had an Ariel 200cc motorcycle, no more thumbing! I too drank in The South Eastern, a teacher at Radnor House saw us outside the Market one Saturday night and suggested we wear our school blazers, now how would that get us a whisky in the South Eastern at the age of 15?!
Training in Redhill General
I too trained at RHG from 1963-1966 and I don't think any training these days could surpass the excellent training I received there. It was hard work but fun and I learned a lot and met some lovely people along the way. I ended up as a sister on ward 20 at Smallfield hospital and left in 1968 to go to live in Italy for a year - where I met my husband to be whilst on holiday.
Fate has now brought me back to live in Redhill in 2008 - even though I still work in London. I am very shocked at how Redhill has changed beyond recognition and not always for the better. I often think of my colleagues from those times and have recently visited the housing estate where the hospital once stood. There are still many lovely parts to this area and I frequently enjoy sojourns to Reigate and the surrounding towns.
I would love to hear about other people's memories of... Read more
Redhill General Hospital
The picture is of the old East Surrey Hospital and I can remember my mother being an in patient there for many weeks around 1954--- as children we were not allowed in to the wards and I can remember waving to my Mum through a window.
I did my nurse training at Redhill General-- starting as a pre nursing student in 1965 and qualifying in 1970. We went between the two sites -- the other one being Smallfield Hospital in Horley which was an old war time hospital. I trained in the days when every hospital had a Matron and there was very strict discipline. we wore starched caps and aprons and the stiff collars were very uncomforable.
The ward at Redhill were named after places in Surrey--- the medical wards were Chipstead and Chaldon. Surgical wards were Bramley and Brockham and the childrens ward was in a part of the hospital that was the old workhouse--- The Spike. The isolation ward was also very... Read more
Rhythm Record Shop - 1960's & 1970's
I went to a residential care home today to capture memories for a project. The chap I chatted with used to own and run Rhythm's from about '65 onwards to the late 70's I believe. A lovely chap.
I thought I'd come online and see if I could find any old photographs, or memories online for him. He spoke most fondly of both the music and the customers who he can recall clearly.
Does anyone have any recollection of Rhythm's during this time and any memories to share, any photos too would be wonderful.
The Nursery, St Annes, Redhill
I was in a children's home here and fostered to a lovely couple, Mr and Mrs Smith, at Little Stone Cottage, Haslemere. My natural mother wanted me back and I never saw them again. I recently found this information out in my medical records. I was also under Redhill County Hospital in 1960, I was 2 years old. I was returned to my natural mother when I was about 8. I would love to know more about my foster parents as I had a bad time with my real mother and her partner. Can anyone help me please?
Childhood Memories
How lovely to read all these memories and what a lot I had forgotten over the years! I too, was born in Thornton House (1951) in Warwick Toad, I never realised that it used to be a school. In later years it was turned into flats and I returned there to visit my Great Aunt. We lived in Alpine Road, a few doors down from where Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber) had lived, then in 1956 we moved to Westway Gardens. I attended Frenches Infant School,(now being turned into flats), Merstham Primary (where we were taught Scottish Dancing by Doris Cox) and then Bishop Simpsons. I also learnt to swim at the Redhill Baths. I remember queuing on a Saturday and to relieve the boredom of what seemed a long wait to go in, we all used to scrape away at the wall outside with our sixpences, until it looked like it had been attacked by giant boring worms! I also remember those awful cardboard boxes to put your clothes in which always seemed... Read more
Monson Road Laundry
From 1964 to 1968 I worked many of my school holidays at the laundry in Monson Road. I earned 2 shillings an hour at first, but by 1968 was making four bob. It was hard work. We dealt with those endless roller towels that they used to have in all kinds of workplaces: hairdressers, fish and chip shops, public toilets, London Airport, and a small amount of household laundry. It was mostly a female workforce with a male manager, Arthur, a couple of lads on the heavier jobs, and one public scholboy (me) doing a variety of monotonous jobs. Later on they took on two or three other schoolboys in the holidays. We had a part-time woman, Kitty, aged about 70, who smoked a clay pipe. Now that was something for a 14-year-old boy to see. There was a shop next door, Mrs Geal's, where you could buy pop, cakes and fruit. Cream horns wre ninepence, ditto peaches.... I have a lot of memories of this place, but... Read more
Cromwell Road
I was born in Cromwell Road, Redhill in December 1929. Still have fond memories of my childhood, and friends Harry and Leslie Tarrant, Bernard Dyson, Donald Lawrence. I went to Cromwell Road School and used to buy sweets at the sweet shop across the street. 'A ha'penny worth of what you get the most of'. The old cinema at the bottom of Chapel Road, called the Pavilion I believe. My name was Pauline Pitman then. Anyone alive who remembers me?
Olympic Torch 1948
I was born in 1940 in Gillingham Kent , my Dad used to work for Short's the aircraft builders. We moved to Redhill when I was a baby. One of my earliest memories was seeing the Olympic Torch runner coming down Redstone Hill in 1948.
Can anyone tell me his name?
I also remember seeing tanks thundering along the A25, the noise that the tracks made on the road was amazing, this must have been soon after the end of the war I suppose.
We used to watch the Veteran Cars go through Redhill on the London to Brighton run every year ( still do )! On a Sunday evening in the Summer we all used to go and watch the traffic jam coming back from the coast ! we must have been hard up for entertainment ! mind you we didn't have a TV then !
Redhill in The Fifties
Some of my memories as a small boy shopping in Redhill with my Mum .
I remember Latties the sweetshop with big jars of sweets on shelves up to the ceiling! just along the road was the Arcade and the fishmongers where Mum bought 'fishy pieces' for our cat. Around the corner was Kennards the furniture shop and the model shop, Quintons I think it was called. We used to walk through the tunnel under the railway to the bottom of Redstone Hill. In my teens I saw Tommy Bruce at the Market Hall , (must have been my first live show ) ! ! can remember Rhythms the record shop across the road, it seemed to be run by two ladies then . There was the Co'op up the road where they put your money into a tube and it came back with the change ! My folks bought me a new... Read more
Born in Redhill And I Need Help
Hello
I am seeking your help and advice.
My name is Jason Clarke. I was born at Knighton Road in Redhill in 1959. My father Ronald Sidney Clarke died as a result of a road traffic accident in Bridgewater in Somerset in 1962, and the family moved soon after this happened. I'm trying to locate anyone who knew us, in particular my father's relatives
my mum Joyce Clarke (nee Phipps) lived in Merstham at Ketton Green from her teens
I know my parent at some time lived in the Batts Hill area and later moved to Knighton Road in approximately. I have so many unanswered questions and would love to put some pieces of the jigsaw together.
I am also looking for Graham Fitzpatrick who was the same age as me and lived in Knighton Road at the same time.
Redhill Pool, Hair Spray And Teddy Boys.
I remember the pool at Redhill and the cardboard boxes for our clothes. Oddly I was only thinking of it last week when I was locking my clothes up at the gym, I was wondering how they tracked our clothes when we were kids. The pool had a balcony upstairs where parents used to watch us perform - we mucked about most of the time. I can remember my mum and her friend, Mrs. Smith, laughing their heads off after I'd called out proudly, "Watch me, Mum" and promptly did a belly flop. I also remember the Teddy boys outside the Coffee Bar on Portland Drive, we were school kids then and we'd watch them from over the shops, we were scared of them. I remember buying that Hair Spray from Miss Ann's Hairdressers on Portland Drive, it went on thick (it was like paint) and perfect for back combing the hair. I remember Saturday morning pictures in the winter months. Playing in the... Read more
Redhill 1961
I remember the Teddy Boys and 'winkle pickers'. Our baby-sitter used to rock and roll in the living room, and us kids used to laugh because we could see her underwear when her flared skirt twirled! She used to paint our nails for us with pink varnish, and lacquer our hair with squeezy bottle Rosedale Hairspray which only cost a few pence in Woolies. She also used to dye her hair black with a powder sachet called Tonrinse. What a mess it made in the sink. It was a case of stirring the powder into the water and pouring it over the hair! My friend Margaret lived in Holmesdale Road, and her two foster mums used to run a little sweet shop there. They demolished those houses and replaced them with maisonettes.
Redhill in Days Gone by
I was born in Redhill and attended St Matthew's School and then Bishop Simpson Girls' School. I left Redhill in 1977 when I married and moved to Melbourne, Australia (my maiden name was O'Donovan).
I have been back to Redhill several times. I last visited in 1999 and could not believe how much Redhill had changed. My favourite store (Pendereds) had gone. I spent most of my time and money in that store. I can remember shopping in Redhill, visiting all the clothes stores for the latest fashions. I remember the Market Hall on a Saturday night, watching the different groups performing. I remember the swimming baths behind the police station on London Road and the sports ground on the opposite side of the road. I remember the Odeon and going to the Saturday morning movies, which was great fun.
I worked at Foxboro Yoxall until I moved to Melbourne and thoroughly enjoyed my time there and was saddened by its closure.
Redhill, 1963-1989 And Shaws Corner!
I was born in Redhill General Hospital in 1963 and lived in Redhill until 1989 when I moved to Crawley and got married. I went to St Matthews School in Station Road, then Springvale finally St Bedes (for one year it was Bishop Simpsons)
I visit Redhill now and then and am sad to see what a dump it has become. All the great buildings have gone only to be replaced by modern architecture. Theres no character now. I remember the old Odeon cinema, Rhythms and Cloakes the record shops, the Market Hall, Pendreds clothes shop (I wonder how much I spent there!!!) I used to go to St Matthews disco on a Sunday night and the Noke Drive youth club on Tuesdays.
My current interest in Redhill ,that led me to this website, is I am compiling a family history on the Shaws who lived, worked and gave their name to Shaws Corner. So anyone with any info or who is also a relative, let me know! Also anyone... Read more
Redhill 1970''s And 1980''s
I have lived in the Redhill area since I was born in 1969 at Redhill General Hospital- which now like most of the original town has since been demolished. I lived in Colman Way and spent my school days at Wray Common First and Middle Schools before attending secondary school at St Bedes before leaving in 1985. I was also a member of the local Sea Cadets based at T.S. Ark Royal in Hooley Lane which I enjoyed immensely (in fact my daughter now attends). I then went on to full time employment at Foxboro Yoxall-based in Wiggie Lane (great place to work!), unfortunately the firm closed down in 1990 resulting in everyone being made redundant. As a child I can remember the old Market Hall still standing and Saturday mornings were spent at the CO-OP doing the weekly shop with my Mum and two sisters whilst my Dad strolled round the corner to Inkpen's the bookies to for a couple of bets.
I can also recall as a young... Read more
Redhill, 1970's
I was brought up in Redhill from 1969 to 1983. Was known as Kay Trevillion then. Redhill has changed so much since those days, what a shame!!! I now live in West Sussex. Left Redhill area when I was about 15, but still attended Redstone School, Noke Drive until age 16. Used to travel from Horley to Redhill every day by train to attend the school. Went to Earlswood First, then Brambletye Middle, then on to Redstone. Attended Redhill Tech College, which was at Gatton Point. Nice to see T.S. Ark Royal is still there. I have fond memories of buying my records at Rhythum Record Store on a Saturday. Earslwood Lakes was another favourite, especially in the summer (when they had boating and the small paddlng pool was there (now sadly gone). Visit Redstone cemetery a few times a year as most of the family are interred here, that never changes, thank God!!!! I do not enjoy going to Redhill now as it's just not the same.
Working in The Rhythm Record Shop
Hello everybody!
I am Graham Cross - I used to work in the record shop 'RHYTHM Agencies' of Redhill (1961- 68, I started at 16 yrs old) as a musical instrument repairer and l also served in the radio & TV department whilst helping out in the downstairs Record part, more towards the end of the decade. I was the tall one, dark brown hair - towards the end I had a gingery beard - and sometimes played the Hammond Organ in the window of TVs and guitars. I had a friend who worked round the corner in Currys who was an organist/keyboard player...Roy Lynes who went on to be the keyboards in the STATUS QUO!!!! I used to go to the Market Hall every Saturday to see bands ...the Who...Hollies...Herman's Hermits and TWINKLE!!
I now live in Scotland and am just coming up to 62!!...IS THERE ANYONE THERE???!!
Yours, Graham.
Born in 1941- Redhill A Wonderful Place to Have Grown Up.
I was born and raised in Redhill. It was a wonderful childhood and many great memories. I was born in 1941 at Thornton House. We lived on Ladbroke Road, and remember the fish and chip shop, Mrs Fentons Store, and Mr.Winchesters shoe repair. I attended St. Matthews School then attended Frenches Secondary School, then to Pitmans College in Croydon. After school I worked for the Federation Mutual Insurance Co, the Monotype and Zonal Films which was located on Wiggy Lane. We spent so many hours at the Redhill Swimming Baths, and had a ball.
I moved to the US in 1961. When I returned to Redhill, Oh what changes. So many of the childhood things gone. Thank you for this site, it had so many interesting photos etc. I remember my grandmother selling poppies on the Street in Redhill and Reigate. and seeing Petula Clarke perform at the Town Hall back when. Also the old Rhythm Store where we spent Saturdays listening... Read more
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Earlswood Brickmakers
This photograph was added to the Frith Website in 2006, I believe.
However, I think it was taken towards the West end of Earlswood Common. I think it is of my Great Grandfather's home, Mackrells. GGF William Brown was a master brickmaker. The family firm was at Mackrells for over 100 years, making bricks and pottery items.
William was Mayor of Reigate towards the end of the 19th Century.
Sadly, the house has gone. It was replaced by Council flats and a close of houses in the 1960's. The name lives on. The flats are grouped around a close called Mackrells.
I would love to share memories etc with anyone who remembers the family & brickworks. Any photos??
The Kiln
This most likely stood in my family's New Pond Brickyard. The family firm was W Brown and Sons. The New Pond yard existed from 1813 to about 1938.
Meadvale as A Living Village
When we first moved to "the estate" in the early fifties I would have to catch the bus into Reigate as I went to school in Holmesdale Road. The school I have forgotten about but what is memorable was the smell of the fresh baked bread coming from the bakery across the road from the bus stop. As kids we would go in and the lady (cannot remember her name) would give us nubbins of left-over dough that had been baked for that very reason. In those days it was a thriving place of commerce with a Butcher, Baker, Newsagent, Hardware store, Grocer, Shoe, Electronic shop and Post office. I still visit when I can as I still have family there. However I left for America over thirty years ago. My life-long friend was apprenticed to Friths and we would carry around a half plate camera taking all kinds of photographs some of which may be in... Read more
The Top Shop
This was the year I started school and my mum took me into the top shop after school for some sweets for being a good girl at school (I think it was called Berrys) and every Saturday my nan came over and gave me sixpence to spend at the top shop for sweets and they would have to last the week. AsI grew older my mum let me go on my own, I never moved from the village and I could do all my shopping there as well. We had shops - a butchers (owened by Mr Harriot), a bakers (sorry, can't rember the name), a post office (owned by Mr and Mrs Barnard), another sweet shop (owned by Mr and Mrs Paine), a delicatessen (owned by Mr and Mrs Deerman), a greengrocers (owned by George and Jack Samuels) and a few more shops that I can't remember and the top shop which changed owners frequently, the one I can remember is Mr and Mrs Welfare as Mr Welfare looked... Read more
MEADVALE GARAGE
My father Stan Long started Meadvale Garage in the thirties, I'm not sure of the precise date.
When he purchased it, it was a derelict rat infested old builders yard and stables.
He and my mother "May" together with my uncles "Les" and "Eddie" both worked hard on getting rid of the rats, digging holes for the petrol tanks and pits.
Dad built it into a typical village garage, serving petrol, paraffin, used cars and repairs. Most of the local village businesses were his customers. There was Harriot's the butchers, the two brother Samuels, the green grocers, George Payne the sweet shop and newsagent, a bakers, a shoe shop Mr. Mrs King, the Old Oak pub Mr Herford (and later Ted Reeves), the post office Mrs Barden and later Mr Ilyffe, the wool shop Mrs Warren. Earlier there was a dairy run by Mr. Mrs Hawkins (I think).
Peter Long
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