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South Merstham maps
Historic maps of South Merstham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all South Merstham maps
South Merstham area books
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Memories of South Merstham
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1977 / 1982 Nutfield Road.
Hi everybody, I lived in Nutfield Road for 5yrs.Having returned to Merstham after arriving at the LCC Estate in 1952. My first memory of St Merstham was when as a 5yrs old going to the Sweet Shop from the LCC Estate to buy some sweets, as Portland Drive had no shops at the time and being asked by the man who worked in the Sweet Shop if I was from the Estate.When I told him I was he told me to clear off as he did not serve people from there. When I moved to Sth Merstham in 1977 very close to the Sweet Shop I was welcomed with open arms as I was from Sth Merstham. How times had changed.
Merstham Memories
As a child, I remember the staff in the Co-op store asking me if I would like to see some kittens, which they produced from a cardboard box kept underneath the counter!
The shop is now a Hairdressers.
The Morris Traveller car (registration XPD600) shown in the photograph belonged to my Grandfather, Jack Deverill, who lived in Melton Road.
South Merstham Tennis Ground
This was built upon to become Orpin and Melton Roads.
My Grandfather, Jack Deverill, bought a house in Melton Road ( Rubijean) and had a thatched Summerhouse built on the site of the old tennis pavillion
Post Office on The Corner of Endsleigh Road
I was a postman in the 1960s and collected the post from this post office.
Surrey memories
Olde Tyme Dances, VILLAGE HALL
I remember the Village Hall "Olde Tyme" dances held once a month on a Saturday night. At seventeen you might think these would be too sedate for a teenager, but with my Dad's old suit borrowed on the way out, and lively group of friends, dances like "The Lancers" or a "Quadrille" could be anything but sedate. Although frowned on by our elders, eight youngsters going round in a tight circle with linked arms, could have the female partners sailing well above the floor. The other dances were fine, with some being progressive, where you danced with every woman in the hall. So many of those fun people have unfortunately now gone, but are not forgotten. Sometimes the Surrey Mirror would publish a photo of all present the following week. I wonder if anyone else remembers dancing to the live band, or even has a photo?
Portland Drive, Merstham
It's where I have been living for the past 8 years.
Christened
I was Christened here in 1960, we lived at Bankside London Road. I remember walking from Reigate Hill down Gatton Bottom which comes out by the church when I was about 7 with my grandmother, it seemed to take forever.
