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- 7 photos on Bisley appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Bisley
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The Ranges
My friend Lindsay Stagg lived opposite the ranges & I spent many happy hours with her on the commons near by. Wonder where she is now.
And Anne (Bones) Johnson lived in Port Lane.
Contributed by Gillian Allardyce
Surrey memories
The Ranges
My friend Lindsay Stagg lived opposite the ranges & I spent many happy hours with her on the commons near by. Wonder where she is now.
And Anne (Bones) Johnson lived in Port Lane.
A memory of Bisley contributed by Gillian Allardyce
Married Quarters, Inkerman Road
My dad was a military policeman stationed at Inkerman Barracks and we lived at No. 1 MSQ Inkerman Road. It was great fun there, the woods over the road, next to the Victoria Cafe (all now gone). To the side of No. 1 was Herbert Crescent, to the back was an army stores depot and at the other end of the road was the Barrack Path. This was the way to St John's School. I remember the hill up to Knaphill and having my haircuts at the top on the right. We had wonderful times as kids climbing those 2 or 3 trees on the green at Herbert Crescent. My mum, rest her soul, once saved me from being hanged by ...read more here
A memory of Knaphill contributed by John Burbridge
Knaphill & Inkerman Barracks
I was born in Nursery Road, Knaphill, and left Winston Churchill in 1972 and my first job was with RFDGQ with my friend Maureen Truman. I remember Valerie, Tony & Noel, and the boss was a lovely gentleman but sadly I have forgotten his name. I used to hang out around the barracks & know those houses. On route to school via Beechwood Road, I used to walk along the top of the high wall of the barracks...sure we were not supposed to! The barrack land where we did our cross country, is now full of houses.
A memory of Knaphill contributed by Gillian Allardyce
Extracts From Bisley & Surrey books
If we follow the signs, we come to the National Rifle
Association Offices and Ranges, known the world over.
They opened in 1890, and a station was built at the end
of a spur line from Brookwood. The line was removed
in 1954.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
Bisley’s church of St John
the Baptist dates back
to the 13th century, and
it has a 15th-century
porch believed to be
made from a single oak.
Although the village now
has a number of modern
housing developments,
the church still stands in
a rural location.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
Continuing along the road, we come to the turn-off which leads to
the NRA on the left, now called Queens Road. The main road
leads back to Bagshot. The shop and cottages have survived the
ravages of modernisation.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
We leave Frimley and travel to Bisley, on the road to Guildford.
The Hen and Chickens public house is to the right of the picture,
with the road going towards Guildford. This quaint village came
under the jurisdiction of Woking up to recent times.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
This view is of the
famous National Rifle
Association target-
shooting range at Bisley,
where the annual world
championship shooting
competitions are held.
The ranges run south-
east to north-west, with
the targets below the
number boards on the
bund, or earthwork,
behind them.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".