Ash Vale
Ash Vale maps (2 available)
Map of Hampshire
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Ash Vale books (31 available)
Camberley Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Camberley Pocket Album
Paperback
Surrey Living Memories
Paperback
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The Greyhound
This used to be our local pub. Many a night spent throwing money at the jukebox and into the pool table. I was sprung for being 16 but still allowed to buy lager (cheers!!) LOL!!
It's a chain pub now and has some kind of Big Steak restaurant attached. Such a shame.
A memory of Ash contributed by Tracey James
Apsley Cottage.
My father's family lived in the cottage with the arched windows next door to the post office. The house was named Apsley Cottage. My grandfather Henry Briggs was a career soldier in the Royal West Surrey Regiment. He served in the regiment from 1896 until 1919. He was also a range warden of the Ash ranges. I spent many happy days in the cottage during my school summer holidays.
A memory of Ash contributed by jim briggs
Fond memories
At the age of nine, I had to come and live with my mother's parents, Albert and Emily Warner, at 3 Church Path (pair of cottages now pulled down, but their well - (what wonderfully tasting water, drawn up with a bucket) still remains now in the front garden of the house occupying part of the site. The reason for my evacuation from Colgate, near Horsham, was that the flat we all lived in caught fire very early one morning and all we escaped with was one horseshoe shape door stop and our lives! The Warner's were a very green fingered family. I recall big purple plums the size of a light bulb, raspberries, yellowberries, strawberries, very sweet apples, blackcurrants and ...read more here
A memory of Ash contributed by Ray Attwood
Mytchett Road.
My aunt and uncle used to own a large old house in Mytchett Rd. It had a long driveway leading down to an orchard and fields, where my cousins and I would spend many happy hours. In one field was a large pond with a willow tree on the bank.The geese, led by the gander, would often walk down the drive and round to the pond. Occasionally they would take a short-cut through the bushes which led to the pond, the one time we were sitting in there! The gander wasn't exactly 'friendly', so there was only one way out for us, straight into the pond! The pond and the fields have long gone, but the willow tree still stands in ...read more here
A memory of Mytchett contributed by julia clarke
Extracts From Ash Vale & Hampshire books
Four small children watch the photographer with interest as he immortalises this stretch of Wharf Road. The creeper-covered frontage of Balmoral Cottage on the left was the home of William Finch and his wife at this time. She died in 1922 at the age of 93. The building was later demolished. Beyond are Osgood Cottages, and the George and Dragon pub, which had just permanently closed for business, with its hanging sign removed from the frame (left). The pub had been opened by John Wooland, who owned the neighbouring cottages.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
This view looks southwards along Shawfield Road with two complementary shops on each corner. The Brinkworth Stores, on the right, sold groceries and provisions. It was also the post office, William Brinkworth having been appointed postmaster in 1897. On the opposite side of the road, Hillary's Popular Stores was a draper's and outfitter's, and also sold footwear, postcards, newspapers and toys. It was run by Arthur Hillary, who was a Special Constable and, during the Second World War, an ARP Warden.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown
Hill. The shop just behind the lady, on the right, was that of S Workman, who
sold fancy goods; it is now an estate agents. We have now completed our look
around Camberley, and by taking the road back to the London Road, we can
return to Camberley itself, and our starting point.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
The bakery of Mr Christmas stands at the junction of Kennel Lane
and Church Road, to the right. The shop on the right is that of
Boyce the fishmongers. If we take the road to the left we come to
our last picture.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
This is now called Kennel Lane, and the
building is that of the Windlesham Institute.
The road to the right is Hatton Hill Road,
and leads to the London Road.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".