Thames Ditton, High Street c.1955
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Photo ref: T103011
Photo of Thames Ditton, High Street c.1955

More about this scene

The best part of Thames Ditton architecturally is north and west of this viewpoint, which shows the post office at the High Street's junction with Ashley Road. The lime tree on the right has been replaced by another, and the post office is still here, its roughcast now painted white. Leonard North's garage has gone, to be replaced by a pair of Surrey vernacular-style cottages. The parade to the left survives. Beyond are two of the big houses that line the north end of the High Street, mostly late Georgian and earlier 19th-century.

A Selection of Memories from Thames Ditton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Thames Ditton

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1946 to 1951 - my father was the vicar at St Nicholas Church. The vicarage was a huge place in nearly two acres of land, with a quarter of it wild and rambling. Loads of trees and bushes to make a delightful hunting ground for me and my grubby urchin friends! Playing on Giggs Hill Green, shooting off arrows from commercially available bows (illegal now, of course) and cycling all the way to Oxshott ...see more
We moved south from Chadderton near Oldham in 1965. My mum had taken over running the corner shop that had been bought by Comerford's in their quest to own the entire block. All but one house has succumbed to their buying and even when we eventually left in late 1969 the neighbours were holding out. I was 10 years old and I went to St Mary's in Long Ditton and my brother to Ditton Hill ...see more