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South Godstone photos
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South Godstone maps
Historic maps of South Godstone and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all South Godstone maps
South Godstone area books
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Memories of South Godstone
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Langham Road?
There is no Langham Road in South Godstone - I live in the same road as illustrated. It is LAGHAM Road. - no 'n' in it.
Grandparents in Service
My paternal grandparents used to work in service at Wonham while my father was a young boy in the years before WW2. I believe my grandmother was a cook and my grandfather was a driver/handyman. I think my father told me the house was at that time a girls school and he remembers being allowed in to read in the school library. He said the school mistress was called Martha (?) Sterndale-Bennett. My father said that the house suffered a fire at some point and my grandfather rescued a number of items from the house during the fire. He was allowed to keep a few of the antiques from the house as a thank you from the owners. He also was given other pieces of furniture etc in leiu of payment for his work on the estate. Sadly a lot of this was lost from my family when sold, following my grandfather's death, but I still have few little pieces, including letters and photos from their... Read more
Surrey memories
My Wedding
I was married at Blindley Heath Church in June 1961, it was a lovely warm sunny day. We had our reception at the Red Barn, it was superb and it only cost 7 shillings and sixpence a head. Those were the days.
My Childhood
I can remember walking from the village school to Gibbs stores with my mother so that she could place her weekly grocery order and pay for the last week's delivery. She did this on a Monday and the goods were delivered on a Friday.
Childhood
I lived in Danemore Lane just a few yards from Anglefield Corner from 1939 until I was married in 1961. I remember having to wait for ages to cross the road at weekends because there was so much traffic. As my father was a special constable he would be on duty to direct the traffic at weekends.
63-81
I lived on Carlton Road, across the A22 from Danemore Lane, close to Anglefield Corner from 1963 to 1981 and have very fond memories of a fun childhood, lots of friends, and a lot of fields, streams and lakes to play in. I went to Oxtead County, and then did my apprenticeship at Monotype in Salfords while going to Redhill College. In 1981, I moved to the USA and worked at Honda of America in Ohio. I now live in Arizona as a Flight Instructor, and wonder if one day I'll ever get back to where I grew up. Gibs Store, Godstone Pond, Fiedlers Lake, 'The Stream', and Julie Amanda, all spark good feelings of a great life, and a terrific place to live.
1960
I was living in Edenbridge and every Saturday night our group of Young Farmers went to the Red Barn to dance and get together. Those nights were some of the best times I ever had. I married and moved away a couple of years later, last month I revisited the Red Barn - it has certainly changed, but so have I!!
