Nostalgic memories of Byfleet's local history
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On the left is Duncan Hamilton's Garage where as youngsters in the late 50's we would drool over the Jaguar Sports cars which they prepared and sold. My dad had SSL Engineering which was opposite the garage in Royston Road. To the right of Candy Corner was the barbers where we had our hair cut with a liberal sprinkle of Bay Rum!
Back in the 50s...The Rag and bone man use to call down the rd ..The pe-fabs .. The corner shop ..Old air raid shelters ..The alley that ran behind the houses Kids could play safly in the street I remember many niebours then like The Atwells the Trumps....Adamson ...Kieths...Brezloe ..Lewis's......Coles.. Happy memorys My family were the Goddards ...
I was born at 11, Church Road, Byfleet - the gardener's cottage, tied to 'Wey Barton', Mill Lane. That was then the residence of the Coles family, to whom my grandparents, Bert & Nellie Bird, were in service. We lived with them until 1949, when the 'Big House' and all was sold. Later, in the 60s or 70s, demolition followed, but the new development of houses retained the 'Wey Barton' name. ...see more
I also remember your father. It happens that when he joined his father as the local doctor I was his first baby case when he joined the practice. Before the 2nd world war Clockhouse was owned by someone who trained police dogs. Mundays was the name of the café next door to Elkins. Boutells was the name of the undertakers next to the village hall. Next to Lloyds bank was one of the 3 bakers in the village the other ...see more
I grew up in Bristol for the first 5 years of my life, then moved to Byfleet, and lived there for a short time until I was 10. We emigrated to the states because my Dad, who worked for Brown and Root at the time, was offered a chance to relocate to Texas, family and all, for a new job. So we moved.
But, I remember my time spent in Byfleet, I walked to ...see more
I recall spending hours in the local rec playing football with my mates and then us all calling into Candy Corner to buy fizzy drinks or ice creams on the way home - great days
I had my first bike from the bike shop in Byfleet. First I rode around on a second hand bike which was just a bit too big for me and I rode it up and down Rutson Road and Unwin Avenue (I think). Then for my tenth birthday I got a Raleigh bike....red....from this shop. How I loved that bike and rode it for the next ten years literally! It took me to Oakfield school in Pyrford (1957-1963) then Woking Grammar School ...see more
We used to live at 96, Church Road where I lived as a youngster between 1956 and circa 1962 when our family moved to a new house in New Haw. I was 11 years old when we moved there from Rodborough Hill near Milford.
The canal was always a fascination for me and I would often go along Conker Arch by foot or cycle to go along the canal and adjoining fields and woods. Sometimes, along with a friend or two, I would have a ...see more
I was born in Victoria Hospital, Woking in 1958. My first home was Tewkesbury Close, then Chertsey Road. My grandparents owned the BP garage in Chertsey Road and Berrys Lane was named after them - my family name. I went to Kings Head Lane School then St Marys where Mr Robinson the Headmaster had only one arm. I don't remember very much about my life in Byfleet, I did work in Pipers Hill during some summer ...see more
I believe I was born in this house when it was an emergency hospital during the war. No idea what my mother was doing in Byfleet as she (a Canadian) had been evacuated from Malta en route to her home. Does anyone know if this house is still there and if so, exactly where it is on Highfield Road? Many thanks in advance.