Reigate, Smoke Lane 1906
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Memories of Reigate, Smoke Lane 1906
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In the 1950s I lived in Broadhurst Gardens and every day walked with friends through this twitten to get to North Bank School in Smoke Lane. The lane was dark and overgrown on one side and on the other side backed onto the Crusader Insurance land. This side was fenced but there were gaps that we could peep through to see bright sunlight and the glorious view to the south of Reigate. In winter we would meet the lamp lighter ...see more
I used to walk down this alleyway to school. There is a sandbank on one side leading to the housing estate that I think is called Woodlands (It used to be referred to as the Wates estate). We used to ciimb up on to the bank in order to slide down it!
The narrow section at the top (the rest of it is a driveway) was a great place to go too fast on a bike, hoping that no pedestrians were coming in the other direction.
The picture shows the alleyway that runs between Cockshot Hill and Smoke Lane, I used this cut through to take my children to school in the 1990's. Today (2006) the cottages shown are still there.
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