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Godalming, High Street 1895
Godalming, High Street 1895 Ref: 36154
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 Godalming, Old Boarden Bridge 1906 (ref: 57056) |
Last Public Hanging
I think it took place in 1818 opposite the church and what is now the Phillips Memorial, on the other side of the river . ( Llamas Lands?) The depression made in a horse shoe shape was where the crowd stood to watch the event! Each year, the Horseshoe, as we called it, flooded and froze and we all gathered to scate and slide on it. Was the Boarden bridge the only one there at that time? Still a ford, I think. Posted: 12/01/2008 18:22 by Michael George |
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 Godalming, Holloway Hill 1910 (ref: 62245) |
Year: 1944
Doodlebug 1944 ish.
Hidden by or almost visible in the trees beyond the large house on the left is a small cottage or lodge, opposite the beginning of Busbridge Lane just visible behind and to the right of the people in the road. One morning during the war (WW2) a stray Doodlebug (Flying bomb) landed and exploded opposite this cottage and destroyed it. Minutes before, the occupants, adults and several children had left and gone down to school in Godalming. I lived in Duncombe Road and we had broken windows and a cracked wall in our house. Posted: 11/01/2008 23:06 by Michael George |
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 Godalming, Peperharow Road 1907 (ref: 57621) |
Year: 1946
Boyhood memories of Peperharrow road.
It was the summer of 1946 and we used to go swimming in the river at a spot called "The Ginny" which was up the road a little (towards the camera) on the opposite side of the road to these houses. This part of the river was used as a swimming pool by Charterhouse school. We, that is children from Busbridge School aged 10 to 11 years, were about to start at Meadrow Secondary School at the end of the holiday. Sadly , my friend Billy Ranger drowned whilst swimming here, we had planned to start the new school together (for mutual support). Billy was a lovely character and lived in one of Tuesley Cottages between Quarter Mile Road and Minster road. He had two older brothers , one a plumber and the other, a well known blacksmith. The dental technician I was with , as an apprentice , lived in one of those tall houses pictured on the left of the photo. Posted: 11/01/2008 22:45 by Michael George |
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 Farncombe, Farncombe Street 1905 (ref: 53233) |
Well, it's a start A memory of Farncombe, Surrey Disappointed by a lack of reminiscenses here I, only this evening, asked a man (who turns out to have lived in the white house in the top left of the picture since 1917) if he had any memories. I'm afraid all he came up with was the aggrieved memory that the timber merchant (situated where Jackson & Gocher is now) used to let his horse 'drop his guts' right outside his front door 'every (expletive deleted) day'. It's a start anyway and I'll try again next time I bump into him! Last edited: 18/06/2008 10:48 by Andrew Fuller |
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Year: 1959
The Dunn family and the Hancock family A memory of Hurtmore, Surrey My family moved to Hurtmore from Kent in 1959. From the first day I loved the place. We lived at no. 6 Quarry Road. Mr and Mrs Hancock lived a few houses away. I started school at Rodborough which was up Rodborough Hill on the Portsmouth road, an old army camp I believe. I was only there a few months as the new school opened in Milford. In the 1960s youth clubs were the "thing" and I attended quite a few, Shackleford being one, and Milford also. The bus sevice from Godalming was pretty good, I did however miss the last bus frequently which didn't bother me as I liked walking! The last part of the trip home was usually in pitch darkness as there were very few street lights. I knew the way so well and I was never frightened. It has been many years since I was in Hurtmore but I go there in spirit very often. My parents moved to Cornwall and I left for Canada. England will always be home to me and many times my parents would meet me at Heathrow and take me "home". Mr and Mrs Hancock would welcome me and my kids and we would have a wonderful time catching up on all the local gossip. If I could have my heart's desire it would be to return to those far off days when everything was 'perfect'. I was never bored. (Too bad, we can never go home again, can we...) Last edited: 27/10/2008 09:59 by Anne Docherty |
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