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just down the road from us
Our family lived in the village of West Horsley all of my life, I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard of Effingham. Mum sadly died in 97, dad moved to Gosport and died 2002, and our house which we had an extension built on, games room and bathroom above garage and utility, was split back into two, and the extension made into a one bed residence that sold for 245.000 amazing!!!! Very fond memories of walking down to the football field and collecting logs for bonfire night, and playing over the fields, up the farm ...read more here
Contributed by Loraine Roles
School-Maternity Home-School
During WW2 the pupils were evacuated and the school turned into a temporary Maternity Home.
The Doctor attending the home was only part-time, but always on call.
The Doctor lived a few houses away and at night time he hung a length of string from a bell next to his bed and out of his bedroom window. So a nurse could run to his house to raise him if he was needed.
Such was the case at 2:30am on the 10th of June 1942.
I was born shortly thereafter.
John E. Hutt, now living in Lewiston, NY, USA.
Contributed by john hutt
Surrey memories
just down the road from us
Our family lived in the village of West Horsley all of my life, I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard of Effingham. Mum sadly died in 97, dad moved to Gosport and died 2002, and our house which we had an extension built on, games room and bathroom above garage and utility, was split back into two, and the extension made into a one bed residence that sold for 245.000 amazing!!!! Very fond memories of walking down to the football field and collecting logs for bonfire night, and playing over the fields, up the farm ...read more here
A memory of Ripley contributed by Loraine Roles
School-Maternity Home-School
During WW2 the pupils were evacuated and the school turned into a temporary Maternity Home.
The Doctor attending the home was only part-time, but always on call.
The Doctor lived a few houses away and at night time he hung a length of string from a bell next to his bed and out of his bedroom window. So a nurse could run to his house to raise him if he was needed.
Such was the case at 2:30am on the 10th of June 1942.
I was born shortly thereafter.
John E. Hutt, now living in Lewiston, NY, USA.
A memory of Ripley contributed by john hutt
Extracts From Ripley & Surrey books
Ripley has an attractive wide
thoroughfare, as we can see
here. The pub sign is for
the Ship, always, it seems,
a locals’ watering hole as
opposed to the other inns
and cafes that have catered
for travellers on the London
to Portsmouth road. Tedder’s
stores can be seen on the
right, another shop selling
everything - in this case
groceries, china and glass,
and Glen Spey whisky at 3s
6d a bottle.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
This broad expanse of the old Portsmouth Road is lined with pollarded trees. Twenty-five miles from London, the village was an important staging post in the great days of horse-drawn coach traffic, and both Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Nelson passed through here. The invention of the safety bicycle in 1888 saw the village become a mecca for cycling enthusiasts, who rode here from the metropolis on a day's outing. Up to seven thousand a year came to devour a well-earned tea in one or other of the local hostelries, before returning to the city.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of
coaching inns in earlier days. In 1955, of course, the A3 still passed through the centre, but nowadays the traffic
is still heavy, despite the by-pass. The trees have now gone, and the Cedar Hotel (left), one of the former
coaching inns, is now the Cedar House Gallery; the Snack Bar Café (centre right) is a car dealer today.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".
Although still labelled Dunton’s, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy
family. Sailing dinghies were becoming popular, and sailing clubs were established on both sides of
the river. The number of small cruisers moored on the opposite bank indicates the increasing use of
motor boats for pleasure from this time onwards.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
This shows both sides of the river. The punt crossed the Thames to a slipway to the right of Dunton’s
boathouse, and the fare was 1d. Thence it was a short walk to Shepperton Lock, where one could watch
the progress of craft up and down the Thames to Chertsey or Walton. The beach in the foreground seems
to be a result of inadequate dredging. It provided extra space for spectators when regattas took place.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".