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Surrey memories
Shalford in The 1960s
We moved to Shalford's new country estate "Somersbury Drive" as a young family from Eltham in London in 1959. My parents said that when they first saw Shalford there were still cows grazing on the village green. For them it was the remote countryside. I recall a concert in about 1960, in the newish village hall, where I later attended Brownies, at which my mother sang some songs, in a very glamorous evening gown. Although we moved away from Shalford when I was 11, part of me still belongs there. I still love each old tree on the Green. All the overgrown areas through which we walked on the way home from Brownies are unchanged. Nothing has changed in Shalford in last 50 years, except the names of the shops. It is not a village that develops much due to its design. It will be the same in 100 years. At five, I used to take the Tillingbourne bus which we called "the brown bus" because it was... Read more
Rural Childhood
So many memories to choose from. I will try to keep it brief! My dad (Bob/Lofty) and Mum( Diana/Di were rehoused in Tillingbourne Road (1960), when their previous home, on the site of the old Chilworth Gunpowder Factory, was deemed uninhabitable by the Guildford Council. We were lucky in that our new home was still on the Tillingbourne Stream bank, just further along towards Guildford. From our back garden in Shalford we could clearly see the old Mill, Shalford Church and Guildford Cathedral. At this stage I was the youngest of 3 children, with two older sisters, Susan and Jacqueline. We would eventually be joined by Tracy and Malcolm, a very happy family. We all grew up with the lovely Tillingbourne, the Ffelds, woods and the Chantries as our playground, unbeatable. I spent many, many days and nights fishing for Chubb, Roach,Pike etc, kayaking, climbing the old Oaks, making dens and playing war games in the many pill boxes along the defensive line, these were built by Italian POWs in... Read more
Well, It's A Start
Disappointed by a lack of reminiscenses here I, only this evening, asked a man (who turns out to have lived in the white house in the top left of the picture since 1917) if he had any memories. I'm afraid all he came up with was the aggrieved memory that the timber merchant (situated where Jackson & Gocher is now) used to let his horse 'drop his guts' right outside his front door 'every (expletive deleted) day'.
It's a start anyway and I'll try again next time I bump into him!
Deja Vu...!
Seeing this photograph made me feel as if I'd walked down this street only yesterday, when in fact the last time was well over 30 years ago now! I attended Broadwater School form 1970 - 1975, and walked home to the top of Frith Hill every day. At the time I had the hots for one of the guys that worked in Gocher's as an electrician, and I always hoped he'd drive pat me in his little blue van and give me a ride home!!! Those were the days!
St Johns School
I went to the school between 1965 -1968, the family then moved to Coventry. My name was Angela Holley and I would love to see any interior photos of the school. I do visit Farncombe a couple of times a year and take a walk down memory lane. As it is now a day centre I always wonder what it is like inside. Any photos would be lovely to see.
Ivybank Childrens Home
I thought I would leave a message here also, I was a child at Ivybank Children's Home in Nightingale Lane. Sadly though I don't think it is there any longer. We were an all-girls children's home, with a range of ages from 5 years to 16 years. The home was run by Auntie Bonnie. Ivybank had a massive green front door, and lots of grounds, which ran down literally to the fence by the railway line into Godalming. I remember St. Johns School which I attended, and also the church. Does anyone here remember the Chocolate Box Sweet Shop, or the steam trains, and standing on the iron bridge in Farncombe and holding your breath until the train had passed under...?
I would love to find someone with a photograph of Ivybank.
1960s
Yes I remember the Chocolate Box sweet shop. I went to the Infants School and my mum worked at the wood yard part time. My grandparents lived at 1 Tottenham Road and I used to go there after school. Sometimes I enviously watched the tap dancing across the road at a community hall. We lived at Binscombe Cresent and Long Gore. There was a bakery as well below the train station.
