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Grounds Of The Royal Military Academy
While I was growing up in Sandhurst, the grounds of the College was open to the public and we could walk from the village of Sandhurst through to Camberley. This building with parade ground in front is famous for ...Read more
A memory of Sandhurst in 1940 by
Born Next Door
I was born in the flat above the shop to the right and and just out of sight of the photograph in 1944. Home births were the norm in those days. I lived in Camberley and went to France Hill Secondary School. I remained in Camberley ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1944 by
Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!
Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We went ...Read more
A memory of Camberley by
De Brome 1957 To 1962
De Brome now seems such a long time ago , all we have have is memories of how things were. How schools now are, from the former years we enjoyed or did not. I often wondered how all the kids we new then are doing with their ...Read more
A memory of Hanworth by
England Assignment
I worked for Boeing and spent from 1979-1981 living in Camberley, but our office was just around the corner in 21 Kingswick House. A trip to the Three Jays for lunch (Ploughman's lunch or Shepherd's pie) was a regular stop
A memory of Sunninghill by
Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley
Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy part ...Read more
A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by
Early 1960s In Camberley
I remember the highlight of the week was Saturday night at the Agincourt. A guy called Bob Potter was running the entertainment there. The clothes shop called Esquire was the "in" place for the fashion of the day. Another ...Read more
A memory of Frimley by
Camberley 1945 53
To Andre Goddard. I read with interest your literary piece about Camberley. I also share many of the memories that you evoked. I lived in Obelisk Street for a year or so with my grandfather before moving to Crabtree Road. I was at ...Read more
A memory of Camberley by
Growing Up In Camberley
I was born in 1939 in Camberley and lived there up to 1960. I loved the freedom as a child, we lived in Abbott’s lane on the frimley road and as a child had easy access to watchets woods and the Collage Grounds plus all of the ...Read more
A memory of Camberley by
Cambridge Terrace Shops
Bush Hill Park had so many interesting characters back in the 70's when I was young. I loved going to the shops in Cambridge Terrace, just off Dehli Road. My favourite one was Stewart's, the sweet shop, owned by Harry ...Read more
A memory of Bush Hill Park in 1972 by
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Standing on a plateau overlooking the Arun Valley, Amberley is often described as 'the pearl of Sussex' and 'the loveliest village in Sussex'.
Amberley straddles high ground to the south of Stroud, amid glorious Cotswold scenery.
The Parish Church c1960 Dating mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries, the church at Amberley retains several striking Norman features.
Amberley Castle, which lies on higher ground above the River Arun's flood plain, is in fact a fortified manor house constructed between the 13th and 16th centuries by the Bishops of Chichester as part
Like most of the villages in this area, Amberley played its part in the cloth making industry, but the larger houses built on the higher level of the steep hillside were well away from
Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.
Much of the action was set here and at nearby Amberley Court.
This Cotswold stone hostelry takes its name from the nearby village of Amberley, which boasts a number of literary associations.
Those of you familiar with Amberley will see that this picture pre-dates the restoration of the battlements on the 14th-century gatehouse.
With its fine chalk cliffs at Amberley, this is possibly the most scenic of all the river valleys in Sussex.
Amberley Castle, seen on the right, dates back to Norman times and was strongly fortified in 1377.
and tidal River Arun.The church of St John the Evangelist has a shingled broach spire; flint and stone are used for walling and buildings.A ferry with landing steps connected with a foot- path to Amberley
We are in a marshy area—Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun.The castle was a fortified manor of the Bishops of Chichester; it was crenellated c1377 to defend the coastal
It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.
A ferry with landing steps connected with a footpath to Amberley on the opposite bank.
It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.
The tour has to reach Bury by road, but until the 1950s you could get from Amberley to Bury by ferry.
We are in a marshy area - Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun.
We have now completed our look around Camberley, and by taking the road back to the London Road, we can return to Camberley itself, and our starting point.
Abberley Hall is part of an estate dating back to the Norman Conquest, when King William gave it to his supporter Todeni.
On our way back to Camberley we arrive at the Dukes Head public house.
The road rises quite steeply towards Camberley, and there is a lack of road markings.
Camberley grew up at the gates of the Military Staff College which opened in 1862.
This led to School Lane, the home of the Camberley Infants and Primary Schools, which disappeared when the new town centre was constructed.
