Tongham
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Tongham books (24 available)
- 3 photos on Tongham appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Tongham
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All my growing years
I remember growing up in the village of Tongham, met my husband and still going strong. Prepared for many years of memories from school to moving, still visit occasionally, hasn't changed too much except for new builds. The cardinals remains virtually untouched. 1974-1988
Contributed by jacki gatfield
Tongham shops
I remember going into all these shops when I was a toddler. I loved watching the sugar and flour being taken from bags stood on the floor or counter. Everything was in sacks or bags and on display. It was so interesting going shopping back then taking our time in each shop catching up on the village news. What a lovely time to grow up in!
Contributed by Penelope Dale
Surrey memories
All my growing years
I remember growing up in the village of Tongham, met my husband and still going strong. Prepared for many years of memories from school to moving, still visit occasionally, hasn't changed too much except for new builds. The cardinals remains virtually untouched. 1974-1988
A memory of Tongham contributed by jacki gatfield
Tongham shops
I remember going into all these shops when I was a toddler. I loved watching the sugar and flour being taken from bags stood on the floor or counter. Everything was in sacks or bags and on display. It was so interesting going shopping back then taking our time in each shop catching up on the village news. What a lovely time to grow up in!
A memory of Tongham contributed by Penelope Dale
Extracts From Tongham & Surrey books
Now being gradually subsumed into Aldershot's 21st-century sprawl, Tongham was once an important part of the brewing business in the Blackwater Valley, as the chimney of the oast house at this crossroads indicates. The White Hart pub, which also stands here, was rebuilt in the 1930s.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
The village stands at
the foot of the Hog’s
Back close to Aldershot,
but it is actually in the
parish of Guildford.
Today, Tongham is
home to a thriving
local business - the
Hogs Back Brewery.
Started in 1992 with
an output of just 10
barrels of beer a week,
it now produces more
than 100. Its ales can be
tasted in pubs across
the south of England.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
Parts of Tongham
still have a rural feel,
especially at the
crossroads. The White
Hart pub (right) still
stands on the corner, but
this row of ramshackle
shops on the left, that
once included a draper’s,
a tobacconist and a
motor-garage and cycle
works, have now all gone.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
Three of Church Street’s five pubs are in this photo - the Corn Meter extreme left, the Star
centre left, and the Live and Let Live just beyond the archway on the right. The arch led to
the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a
temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.
An extract from from"Godalming Town and City Memories".
In Edwardian days cyclists frequented Godalming, especially at weekends. There was a demand
for teashops, and Church Street had three - one is on the left here. Also very popular was the
sending of picture postcards, which served people much as the telephone does today - Eatons
paper shop, on the left, claimed to have the largest selection.
An extract from from"Godalming Town and City Memories".