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Post War Selsdon
Forgive me if I've posted this before, but does anyone remember the Reid family from 113 Benhurst Gardens (that's me) or the Blounts that lived next door (I think) who went off to New Zealand. There was also Mrs. Warren around the corner (Elm Grove I think) who ran a nursery school which both my brother (Peter) and I attended.
Contributed by Susan Reid-Povall
Was this Selsdon Primary?
I'm going back a long way and my memory is dim as I would be only five years old, but I THINK this could have been Selsdon Primary School at one time. Does anyone know?
Susan Reid-Povall
Contributed by Susan Reid-Povall
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Post War Selsdon
Forgive me if I've posted this before, but does anyone remember the Reid family from 113 Benhurst Gardens (that's me) or the Blounts that lived next door (I think) who went off to New Zealand. There was also Mrs. Warren around the corner (Elm Grove I think) who ran a nursery school which both my brother (Peter) and I attended.
A memory of Selsdon contributed by Susan Reid-Povall
Was this Selsdon Primary?
I'm going back a long way and my memory is dim as I would be only five years old, but I THINK this could have been Selsdon Primary School at one time. Does anyone know?
Susan Reid-Povall
A memory of Selsdon contributed by Susan Reid-Povall
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Nestled in the rear slopes of the North Downs, the village derives its ancient name from the Saxon word ‘wudmeresthorn’, meaning ‘thornbush by the boundary of the wood’, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. This 1930s mock-Tudor shopping parade still stands on Rectory Lane as it winds its way south to the junction with the Chipstead Valley Road, where the buildings of the Woodmansterne Treatment Works, belonging to the Sutton and East Surrey Water Company, are just visible.
An extract from from"Around Cheam, including Sutton, Ewell, Banstead and Epsom Photographic Memories".
Much of Banstead High Street was rebuilt during the 1920s with a series of shopping parades. The leafless lime tree in the middle distance occupies the spot where the village pond once existed, while All Saints’ churchyard is concealed behind the trees on the extreme right.
An extract from from"Around Cheam, including Sutton, Ewell, Banstead and Epsom Photographic Memories".
The station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs, opened in 1865, and the white stuccoed house, now a builder’s offices, dates from around the same time. The small confectionery kiosk was one of a trio servicing the requirements of commuters, with other branches at Sutton and Epsom. The roof of the station no longer bears the white lettering, and the building is almost a mile from the town centre itself. The road almost immediately makes another sharp bend over the railway line below, before passing the Cuddington Golf Clubhouse and continuing on to East Ewell.
An extract from from"Around Cheam, including Sutton, Ewell, Banstead and Epsom Photographic Memories".
Originally founded for ladies in the autumn of 1890, the club admitted gentlemen to membership within a year, and from a tin hut close to Banstead Railway Station it moved to this site in Burdon Lane nine years later. A putting green was added in 1923, and further major development took place in the years after this photograph was taken.
An extract from from"Around Cheam, including Sutton, Ewell, Banstead and Epsom Photographic Memories".
Situated on the corner of Sandy Lane, these courts, flanked by suburban houses, now form part of Cheam Fields Club. The pavilion in the background, although substantially altered, has also survived to the present day.
An extract from from"Around Cheam, including Sutton, Ewell, Banstead and Epsom Photographic Memories".