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- 8 photos on Hindhead appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Hindhead
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9 months of my life spent here
I was a boy sargeant soldier at Arborfield AAS when I came down with a serious illness and rushed into Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot and when I defied the odds and lived , it was discovered that I had pulmonary TB of the right lung. I was transferred to Connaught Military Sanatorium at Hindhead ,Surrey which I believe is the hospital featured in the photo ref.67886 although I do not recognise the angle it is taken from.
I got to know many of the patients and staff and although the hospital by this time was already condemned I received very good and kind treatment and the male orderlies competence and kindness motivated me into becoming a male qualified ...read more here
Contributed by clifford charlesworth
Surrey memories
9 months of my life spent here
I was a boy sargeant soldier at Arborfield AAS when I came down with a serious illness and rushed into Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot and when I defied the odds and lived , it was discovered that I had pulmonary TB of the right lung. I was transferred to Connaught Military Sanatorium at Hindhead ,Surrey which I believe is the hospital featured in the photo ref.67886 although I do not recognise the angle it is taken from.
I got to know many of the patients and staff and although the hospital by this time was already condemned I received very good and kind treatment and the male orderlies competence and kindness motivated me into becoming a male qualified ...read more here
A memory of Hindhead contributed by clifford charlesworth
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.
A memory of Churt contributed by john hibbert
lloyd george
My grandmother was one of Lloyd George and Lady Lloyd George's land army girls. My family were very close to them.
A memory of Churt contributed by Samantha lloyd-kavanagh
Extracts From Hindhead & Surrey books
The Hindhead crossroads were named after this hotel, which at one time had been an isolated hut on the Portsmouth Road from which bilberries or whortleberries were sold to travellers. The berries, which still grow in this area, were used as a source of dye.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
Beacon Hill was developed
in the late 19th century for
those who were in service to
the wealthy folk who lived at
neighbouring Hindhead. Well-
known persons came to enjoy
the air, that was thought to be
on a par with Switzerland; they
included George Bernard Shaw
and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
The main crossroads at Hindhead, with the A3 London to Portsmouth Road descending the hill, is still recognisable today although the delightful and quaint cupola surmounting the post office on the corner has recently been removed.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
This view and 61432 on page 36 presage the changes to come in the 20th century. By 1924 the motor car has made its appearance, along with a parade of new shops on the left-hand side, and an AA patrolman is already on hand to assist traffic. By the end of the century, this crossroads had become a bottleneck, with traffic lights and filter systems installed to cope with the constant stream of cars and juggernaut lorries passing through Hindhead.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
This view looks east along the A3. While The Devil’s Punchbowl, just east of Hindhead, is spectacularly beautiful,
the central crossroads in Hindhead itself pictured in this view is utterly blighted by traffic. The A3 London to
Portsmouth road crosses the Farnham to Chichester road here, and then, as now, the crossroads are traffic-light-
controlled.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".