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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
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. (Editors note: Thank you for this information - we have updated our records and the image name has been changed.)
Superb Picture of The Old Factory
I started work at LDN in 1956 in the accounts dept. working with Hugh "Mac" Andrews, Laurence Forbes Ritte, Janet Kenward, Mike Chandler - I can't remember what he did!
I joined the army in 1958 (National Service) and returned to LDN in 1960. I recall Barbara Harling on the switchboard, Joyce Bellingham in accounts? Mr & Mrs Fair who lived near the Diamond, also "Ricky" Ricmond! Jack Thomas (Manager of Holland Rovers FC), his wife's name I can't remember. Returned to LDN in in 1960, worked in the wages dept./Shipping Dept. Names I remember from that time - Frank Clatworthy, Fred Street, Peter Young (Company Secretary). Following the transfer of LDN to Foster Transformers at Wimbledon in 1965 I then moved to International Rectifier next door. Alas the old factory (LDN) is no more. Following an arson attack last year the building has been demolished. If anybody reads this maybe we could have an LDN reunion?
Hurst Green Halt
I purchased a ticket from John Peerless at the Hurst Green Halt ticket office in February 1958 on my way to do national service. On the same train was Dave Newman also starting his National Service. February 1960 we both returned on the same train from London!! to Hurst Green Halt.
Ajax Factory
My dad worked here for a while I think, about 1966 ish. The one thing I remember as a little girl was the fantastic Christmas parties which were held for the children of the workers. They will live in my memory forever.
Pocket Money
I was born in Holland, Surrey in 1961. I have a lot of memories of the post office, especially the vast array of sweets, which we spent some of our pocket money on. It was a lovely shop, our magazines were picked up here every Saturday - Dandy, Beano and Topper, of course none of us kiddies were allowed to read them until my dad had finished with them. There was no hedge there, as I remember.
My Childhood in Godstone 1944 - 1959
I was born in Eastbourne Road, in a house opposite the sand pits and the common. My name was Wendy Mitchell. With my sisters and brother I would spend hours picking bluebells and primroses and climbing trees there. At the bottom of our garden across a small field was Leigh woods which had a stream running through it. We would cross the stream via a fallen tree at what was known as Diana's fountain and we would play in the stream on hot summer days and collect chestnuts in the woods there later in the year. I'm sure that it is probably still much the same there today and that the same things are done by children today. I walked up Church Lane to school each day and sometimes after school I would walk down The Bay to the village to buy sweets or a comic in Fitters opposite The Green or in Bookers the newsagent. Next door to Barnards, who I think also delivered coal, was a fish and chip... Read more
