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Frimley Green memories

Frimley Green memories

My Dad was Charles Cheyne, the village chemist in Frimley Green - famous for his cough medicine - the report in the local Camberley News when he died in 1963 reported "It was dark brown in colour and had no name.  Word spread far and wide about Mr Cheyne's cough cure, and soon people were sending for his medicine by post from as far away as Gibraltar and Holland."  My Mum was Joan Jarman - the local District Nurse, and one can only guess how she and my dad got together - bearing in mind their professions!  I have lovely memories of living over the shop - and particularly our telephone number there - Deepcut 5!  Dad had moved to Frimley ...read more here
Contributed by Elizabeth Keleher

Surrey memories

Frimley Green memories

My Dad was Charles Cheyne, the village chemist in Frimley Green - famous for his cough medicine - the report in the local Camberley News when he died in 1963 reported "It was dark brown in colour and had no name.  Word spread far and wide about Mr Cheyne's cough cure, and soon people were sending for his medicine by post from as far away as Gibraltar and Holland."  My Mum was Joan Jarman - the local District Nurse, and one can only guess how she and my dad got together - bearing in mind their professions!  I have lovely memories of living over the shop - and particularly our telephone number there - Deepcut 5!  Dad had moved to Frimley ...read more here
A memory of Frimley Green contributed by Elizabeth Keleher

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

Memories of Bedford Lane.

Frimley Green, Old Cottage 1906

This cottage is in Bedford Lane. I lived in the house called Connemara which is still in Bedford Lane. My father Samuel Frederick Richardson and his brother George were both bricklayers. Both were demolishing the cottage and they were burning the thatch. My brother John was playing dare. He walked through the outer edge of the white ash and dared me to walk through the middle. Unfortunately I did and was very badly burned. Mother rushed round all the houses, collecting tea leaves to put on my legs. In those days people didn't empty their pots every brew. They just topped them up with a little more tea and hot water. ...read more here
A memory of Frimley contributed by Mr DF Richardson

Extracts From Frimley Green & Surrey books

Frimley Green, 1906

We go along the Frimley Green Road, and arrive at Frimley Green, with Wharf Road to the left of the picture. The shop and the house next door have been replaced by a modern parade of shops.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".

Frimley Green, Old Cottage 1906

This cottage was believed to have been in the Guildford Road, and not demolished until the early part of the 20th century. It was typical of the many older buildings in the area in this largely rural village, which contains some 15th- and 16th-century farmhouses.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".

Frimley Green, Old Windmill 1906

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps. Today it is amid the rifle ranges and military control of high, heathy west Surrey.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".

Frimley Green, the Canal 1906

The Basingstoke Canal, constructed between 1788 and 1794, was supposed to be part of a waterway linking the Thames with both the English and Bristol Channels. However, the dream fizzled out in rural Hampshire, and slowly the canal fell into disuse, although there was still some traffic on its Surrey stretches up until 1949. Here at Frimley and just visible in the distance is the aqueduct that takes it over the railway line.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".

Frimley Green, the Lock 1906

A peaceful view of Frimley Lock, the last of the Deepcut locks flight, which total 14 in all. The Basingstoke canal of 1794 linked the Wey and Godalming Navigation (the River Wey) with Basingstoke. It declined after 1838 and the coming of the railway, and became derelict until it was restored after 1973.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".