Mostyn Crabtree Lane

A Memory of Great Bookham.

My maternal grandparents lived at Mostyn, Crabtree Lane. Mr & Mrs William (Bill) Jones. He was a builder; in the 1920's he worked in London and used to come down to build Mostyn at weekends, they finally moved in I think in the late 20's. It had a large garden that ran down to the back of Dawney Road. He had a large workshop where he did his carpentry. There was a lovely tennis court and orchards which was later sold and has now been built on. He built many of the houses in the area and owned several that various members of the family lived in. I remember Saltwell where my godparents lived in the late 40's before they took over the greengrocery on the Leatherhead Road. I remember walking to the large recreation field where cricket was played. We used to climb the conker trees near the swings!