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 Banstead, the Station c1965 (ref: B391114) |
Year: 1930s
Banstead Residential School, Fir Tree Road
I was at the school from 1929/1939. My name is Stanley Thomas, I would like to be in touch with anyone who was there at the same time. When the Second World War broke out we were evacuated to Reigate, Surrey. I remember Reginald Boulton, David Seeley, William Lee, Cyril Seeley. If any of you are still about, please get in touch. The head master was C L G Raynor, the house mother was a Mrs Bell of C Cottage. I now live in West Sussex. My e-mail address is classicnats@talktalk.net Phone 01903877106. Last edited: 11/08/2008 16:28 by First Name Last Name |
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Banstead, the Station c1965 (ref: B391114) |
Year: 1953
banstead station
I well remember Banstead station in the 1950's. I used it to go to school in Wallington from 1953 to 1959 and then to go to College and then to work in London. At this time I lived in Nork and of course in those days the trains were all steam trains. My father used to go to work by train in the 1940's and always said that at 8.00am , standing on the platform waiting for the London Bridge train, you could hear a nightingale sing. Sadly as the station became busier, this ceased, but it was always one of his abiding memories of Banstead Sation. Posted: 07/10/2007 11:38 by Helen Perry |
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Banstead, the Station c1965 (ref: B391114) |
Year: 1930s
Catching a train
After visiting my aunt and uncle who were the Matron and Superintendant of the Banstead Residential School, which was adjacent to the railway line, my mother and I would hasten along to the station to begin our journey home. If a train was drawing into the station on the way towards London mother would call down to the station staff on the platform, which was well below the footpath, and the train would be held until puffing and out of breath we could continue to the station and run down the stairs. What a service. Today the staff would strain to keep to the timetable! The schools have long since been demolished and a housing estate has taken their place. Posted: 10/07/2007 16:23 by Daphne Poynter |
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 Banstead, War Memorial c1955 (ref: B391032) |
Year: 1947
Banstead War Memorial in its original position
This card shows the Banstead War Memorial before it was moved to its current positition in the 1990s. Sutton Lane was very narrow in earlier times and conductors used to have to get off the bus to check that there was not another one coming the other way. Often the buses had a hard time coming up the hill from Sutton and an old watering can was kept by the Woolpack to enable the driver to top up the radiator. If you would like to know more about the history of Banstead, check out the Banstead History Research Group website. You will also find an ongoing project to research the history of the memorial and the stories of the men listed on it. I would particularly like to find any information about the rededication of the memorial after WWll. Please contact me via this site or the Webmaster link on the BHRG web site. Thank you. Last edited: 18/10/2007 16:20 by Lewis Wood |
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 Banstead, High Street c1965 (ref: B391122) |
Year: 1956
Moving of the war memorial
Note in this photo that the war memorial has been moved back and the wall lowered. Flats have been built on the Banstead house site. You could always see the green houses over the high wall from the top of the 164a bus. The corner shop, which I think used to be a bakery (top left) has gone and the road widened. The bus always used to mount the curb on this corner when turning towards the downs and Greenacre school roundabout. Posted: 06/06/2006 17:17 by Heather Lee |
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 Banstead, the Roundabout c1965 (ref: B391109) |
Year: 1967
Bassett House
The large oblong building on the left was Bassett House of which the ground floor was Waitrose. The Bassett Family lived at Hunters Lodge, Banstead and the three children grew up to represent England. Sheena in running and swimming marathons and Pippa and Karen won bronze medals for the British team in the horse four in hand World Driving trials They are both short listed for this years team [2006] and Karen is the leading lady driver in GB and the World. Posted: 06/06/2006 17:09 by Heather Lee |
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 Banstead, High Street c1965 (ref: B391102) |
Year: 1948
Opposite the school
Does anyone else remember the chain railings and posts, painted black and white around the green in front of these shops? I used to jump over them as a small child. They enclosed all the grass area. Posted: 06/06/2006 17:01 by Heather Lee |
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