Nostalgic memories of Stanwell's local history
Share your own memories of Stanwell and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 24 in total
I lived at Hithermoor Farm,Stanwell Moor from birth in 1951 until 1973.We farmed part of the Reservoirs and a large chunk of Greenhams Gravel Pit land. Many happy memories.Started school at Shortwood,Staines in 1956 with Mrs McLoughlin as teacher.Then school moved to Lord Knivets at Stanwell with Mr Fox and Mrs Staples.I always remember Mrs Lavender,the Caretaker giving us boys conkers.After about a year,moved ...see more
My goodness, some of the articles brought back so many good memories.
I lived at Riverside Place and went to Lord Knyvitts School around 1957. The milk that iced up in the morning at school and the newspaper I was required to tear up for toilet paper, who knows how the toilets didn’t block up especially in winter when the water in the bowl iced up. I married at St Mary’s church too. I left Stanwell for pastures new ...see more
Wow !! what a trip down memory lane, i read all the memories and can relate to most of them. We moved to Stanwell in the early 50's after my Father got a job at BOAC , my mum ended up at BEA at Hatton Cross. We lived in Everest Road, just off Clare Rd, the only house there for a while until they built the rest of the estate. I ended up ...see more
What was the name of the hardware store in Clare road back in th 60s?
I was about 4 when my parents and baby sister came to live in Stanwell in 1954. We lived on Town Lane in a house (long demolished) opposite the road leading to the church. I have many very happy memories of the few years we lived there. We moved in 1961/62. I remember 2 blacksmiths, Rayners shop where I tried marmite for the first time, Dr Venables , the town hall and doing some shows there, the woods and pond ...see more
A family home where friends and family loved to gather lovely memories of cousins and man aunts and uncles waiting for nanny Mabel to come back from shops with special treats there was always a family member or friend there and of course noisy Concorde!!! Picking apples from the tree learning to cook and muck in fantastic memories of a real family home
I lived in Stanwell in the1950's from the time I was born until I was 13 when we moved to Ashford. We lived is Selwood Gardens, near to the Iraqi estate. The Iraqi estate was mystery to us. There were always swarthy gentlemen driving Rolls Royces - at a time when no one else had a car. After King Faisal was killed, the wonderful old mansion went to ruin and became a gravel pit.
Selwood ...see more
Born in Wrens Ave, Ashford we moved to Lauser Road Stanwell in 1959 I attended Town Farm School but spent a year at the old village school Lord Knyvett's which had shelters in the playground and other kids used to say their were dead pigs inside, why? Like many here I used to watch the horses being shod at the blacksmiths next to the village hall. I used to go to the twin rivers to fish for sticklebacks and one of my ...see more
During the summer of 1948 my family moved to a new council house in Station Crescent, Ashford near my mum's parents. We used to go on a walk to dad's parents in Viola Avenue. The route was as follows; along the footpath between the 'pit' and 'pursers' field, across Staines common to the gate opposite the crooked billet, passed the Country bus garage towards the police station, across the road then along the ...see more
We had to leave our prefab because of the deep snow and ice, and walked to stay with my aunt and uncle in Village Way, Ashford until the snow thawed.