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 Great Bookham, High Street c1955 (ref: G51034) |
Year: 1960
Lower Road
My parents were married in St Nicholas Church in 1960 - Valmai Daily (my mother) grew up at 234 Lower Road with her brother, Adrian and parents Dot and Drew. My Grandfather was a local electrician who spent all his free time at Effingham Golf Club and my grandmother (having retired from midwifery) was for many years the nurse at The School of Stitchery. I spent many of my early years in Great Bookham and then every school holiday when I went 'to work' with my Grandmother at The School of Stitchery and made many friends there. Names I can remember are Ellen & Ron Young (friends of my grandparents) and children I used to play with in the holidays were Phillip and Susie (also from Lower Road) and Michael and Jenny (I believe from Townsend Close?). The garden at 234 Lower Road used to be very long and narrow and after my Grandfather died the bottom half was sold off and I believe two bungalows were built there. Posted: 20/05/2008 14:38 by Jane Corby |
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 Great Bookham, St. Nicholas Parish Church c1955 (ref: G51042) |
Year: 1944
December 24
My parents, Rose Marston and Roy Sopp were married in this church! I have the wedding photo of them standing in the side entrance. Posted: 19/05/2007 21:09 by Eunice Livingstone |
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 Great Bookham, Common 1904 (ref: 51591) |
The Webbs and the Martins
I remember this house on the right and think it was called The Grange. (Not the same as the Hotel also called The Grange.) I knew it in the 50's when Mr & Mrs Webb lived there with their son John. Mrs. Webb was the person who first took me riding up at the Carter's stables on the Dorking Road. Later in the 60's I remember the Martins lived there - Steve and Tim. Last edited: 26/01/2007 20:16 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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 Great Bookham, Leatherhead Road 1904 (ref: 51517) |
Bookham Cottage
The fence on the right is the end of the boundary of Bookham Cottage. This was a pretty cottage-style house set well back from the road. In the late 20s it was bought by Herbert Allen my grandfather. The gardens were to the back of the house and (from the photos I have seen) very beautiful. Today the land, of course, has been built on. The access road to the estate is called Allen Road after Herbert Allen. Last edited: 15/01/2007 02:37 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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 Great Bookham, High Street c1960 (ref: G51079) |
Grange
My grandfather set up this shop on the right. Last edited: 26/01/2007 11:18 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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Great Bookham, High Street c1960 (ref: G51079) |
Grocers shop
This shop on the right, was first opened by my Dad's father, Henry Absalom, it was next door to a sweet shop his wife Ethel ran. Ethel started a little shop from much further down the High Street during the 2nd World War when Henry came down from London to work as an armaments worker at the factory opposite the station. She ran her shop originally from her front room from a tiny house further down on the right. Then they had a little shop which was later a fish shop and I think might now be a computer shop. Eventually they opened the sweet shop, the grocers and the chemist which was run by someone else (I cannot remember his name). Perhaps someone else can help me out. Last edited: 15/01/2007 02:38 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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 Great Bookham, Lower Shott c1955 (ref: G51048) |
My Dad's shop
My Dad ran a grocers shop in this parade in the 60's. Last edited: 15/01/2007 02:38 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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 Great Bookham, Upper Road 1906 (ref: 54601) |
Year: 1964
Grove Cottages
I remember Grove Cottages and the families who lived in both No 1 & 2 in 1965. My parents were friendly with the Davies in No 2 and as a teenager I visited No 1 on many occasions along with all our crowd. The LeNoble family made us all very welcome and the cellar was a great meeting place for all us youngsters - happy memories. I was born and grew up in Bookham. My family owned family grocers shops in the High Street, on Dawnay Road and on the Grove estate. My grandmother owned the sweetshop which is little changed today. Last edited: 15/01/2007 02:39 by Paula Clements Nee Absalom |
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Great Bookham, Upper Road 1906 (ref: 54601) |
Year: 1944
2, Grove Cottages, Leatherhead Road
My brother Ray and myself lived at this address, depicted on the right of the photograph, with our parents, Alec and Doris, known as Dot and Davie. During the war a child from 1, Grove Cottages crawled through the fence and was killed on the road outside by a passing coach. Just beyond our house, which used to be a public house called The Saracen & Ring, a flint and brick wall was demolished, almost opposite The Victoria Hotel, by a Bren-Gun Carrier on the way to Normandy with a convoy of military vehicles. The wall was never re-built. Last edited: 03/01/2007 22:30 by Tony Davie |
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Great Bookham, High Street c1955 (ref: G51034) |
Year: 1943
My home
I lived with my parents and brother, Ray, at the top of the High Street at 2, Grove Cottages, Leatherhead Road. I lived there until I married Jean Rumming from Hersham, Surrey in 1960. This used to be a public house later closed down by Mrs Christie. The Royal Oak public house is on the right. We both belonged to St. Nicholas Church choir at the bottom of the High Street. High Court Judge Tucker lived just beyond the Oak and employed a lady gardener. I was a resident constable, PC 745. Henry Williams lived on the Lower Road, towards Fetcham, PC549 and John Carr. PC574 lived on the Lower Road towards Preston Cross. His police house had a fully operational candle-stick telephone for his use. My brother lives in Woodlands Road, Little Bookham. Last edited: 03/01/2007 22:36 by Tony Davie |
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