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Being born at Stanwell Moor living there
The year I was born at Ashford Hospital my mother and father were tenants at the Hope public inn. June and John Nicholson and June's mother Beatrice Porter lived there and brought me up. Mrs Porter had once lived at Cheltham Villas, then the Hope pub. After 9 years here they moved to 130a Hithermoor Road for 10 years and then 19 Benen-stock Road for 10 years which is where I married my husband from, and we were married in Stanwell Church on the green. If anyone is reading this who knew or remembers me or any of the family please email me. We are now living in Plymouth, Devon. Thank you. We have lots of fond memories.
A memory of Stanwell Moor contributed by claire manville
First Day of School
First Day of School
Arriving at Egham Hythe Infants School, aged 5, and being placed in the care of Mrs. Spenser. There I remained for one entire term. Most of the faces in the classroom were new. Some of the names heard for the first time. Rex Aldwinkle, Richard Howard, Christine Addison, Jennifer Shore, Christine Vass. I am amazed that I remember these names as we were only in the same class one term. Mrs. Britton was the Headmistress. Wherever I went she seemed to be there. Was the school really that small? At break I learned about cigarette cards. I am now in my fifty third year of collecting them. I own over one million of them. Brooke Bond had ...read more here
A memory of Egham contributed by Keith O'Brien
Egham
I can remember Mullen's the Chemist, sawdust on the floor in the butchers which I would scoop up in a pile with my feet, the map where you could press a button and it would light up, the steam trains passing as I swung on the swings, Auntie Winnie at the sweet shop, buying second-hand scooters and peddling them home into The Crescent, going to the phone boxes outside the post office, Dr Sam Taylor and his Ford Zephyr - with the blue painted waiting room with just a bench I think (my memory may be playing tricks on me), being lifted to post mail in the letterbox down Grange Road, a plane on fire as I walked home from St ...read more here
A memory of Egham contributed by Deborah Roberts (nee Sellars)
Magna Carta
The text to the Egham photographs calls Egham uninspiring. What it may lack in architectural merit (although there are gems if you look closely, perhaps an architect would care to enlighten the readers) is more than made up for by its place in history as the location for the signing of the Magna Carta by King John in 1215. This took place at Runnymede. There was a major celebration in 1965. This took place on the field just below the American Bar Association Memorial, one of three to be found in Runnymede, the others being the RAF Memorial and the John F Kennedy Memorial. The JFK Memorial was once damaged by the IRA who tried to blow it up. Appropriately the ...read more here
A memory of Egham contributed by Crispin Lancaster
Extracts From Addington & Buckinghamshire books
The church of St Mary was founded in the 11th century and was enlarged and over-restored in the Victorian era, but it still retains its Norman chancel and original windows. Addington Palace, close by, was originally a hunting lodge for Henry VIII; it was rebuilt in 1770 and sold to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1808, who occupied it as a summer residence until 1896. It is now the headquarters of the Royal School of Church Music. Five archbishops are buried in the church or the churchyard, where they are commemorated by a cross erected in 1911.
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".
Turning right into School Lane, we find the old Village School
on the left, which opened in about 1814, and is now known as
Windlesham First School. The lane leads to Windlesham village.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".