Churt
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Churt books (24 available)
- 7 photos on Churt appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Churt
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Churt memories
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lloyd george
My grandmother was one of Lloyd George and Lady Lloyd George's land army girls. My family were very close to them.
Contributed by Samantha lloyd-kavanagh
Wayside cottages
My great grandmother Lilian Clark was born and brought up in the right hand cottage. The last family member to live there was my great uncle Frank Clark who died in the mid 1980s.
Contributed by christopher grant
Number 19a Bus from Bognor Regis
Brings back memories of watching the driver remove the 'Limited Stop' board from the front of the Bus and to change back to Number 19. Use to live above Strattons Shop; my Bedroom use to overlook the Bus Stop and Overtons Garage.
Contributed by Charles Burton
1st Home
My parent's (and myself) first home - above Strattons shop - mother's maiden name as my mother's father & brothers were joint owners of the business. Head branch was in Beacon Hill where my mother was born. I myself was born not far away in St George's Wood Nursing Home, Grayswood (1959). Moved in 1966 and have been in Frensham ever since. The photo itself may prove interesting as it may prove that one of the two people in conversation, may be my mother.
UPDATE - 28.06.2006
Confirmed left hand person talking is my mother and in the doorway of Stratton's Shop is the tall form of my cousin Jim Stratton.
Contributed by Charles Burton
Strattons Shop/Flat 1965 on.
My mother and my step-father lived in the flat above Strattons from about 1965? They loved it there and were very upset when they had to leave. Their names were Alec and Pam Munday. He worked as a plumber for Strattons. He died about ten years ago but my mother lives in Godalming now. My aunt Wendy Jones still lives in Churt in Green Hanger, and my uncle Danny Jones works in the Crossways Pub sometimes. We all used to live at Churt House Cottage off the Farnham Road for many years. I and my sister Susan went to the primary school in Fresham.
Contributed by john hibbert
Extracts From Churt & Surrey books
Martin's General Stores, on the right, also served as the local post office for this pretty village south of Frensham Ponds, which William Cobbett failed to reach one stormy night in November 1822 after his guide became lost.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
The miller looks out over the pool of this old Surrey watermill at Barford, an isolated part of Churt village. Formerly there were at least three mills - one of them was a paper mill - including this corn mill, which worked until the First World War.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".
Today the inn sign of this
well-known local landmark
features the former prime
minister David Lloyd George,
who made his home close
by at Bron-y-de in 1921. In
his later life he successfully
farmed and grew fruit on his
land, and during the Second
World War sold his produce
from his own shop.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
In this inter-war view the camera does not quite freeze the car. The scene is one mile east of the village - the sign shows Lloyd George, who came to live in Churt in 1921 and left in 1944, the year before his death. His house, Bron y de, formerly stood nearby.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".
Nestling deep in a wooded valley, the tranquillity of this view is a world away from the busy A287
that runs through here today. A sign on the wall of the post office informs customers that a public
telephone can be used here.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".