Nostalgic memories of Virginia Water's local history

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hi,i was a nurse at st peters hospital,chertsey,i lived at lindsey smith house,nursing comodation ,in the 80s ,brings back memories,best part of my life ,nursing.
I remember this totem pole. There was also an obelisk to, "Butcher" Cumberland. As I recall it was placed in front of a bank of rhodedendrons which was part of Windsor Great Park.
i started as a cook then as plumpers mate in the late 60s ive been up the tower witch was the holding the water tanks.the padded cells were in the basment at the front of the building,they still had some of the padding.at the time my mum worked in the laundry down the hill.there is a tunnel witch runs from the sanatorum to the laundry at the bottom of the hill.my family lived in verginia water for some time by the name of jonson and my dad everest lived in hurst lane
Was the Holloway Sanatorium once known as Zachary Murton Home, or was this another establishment?
My family lived in Greywell House from 1955 when I was 9 until about 1965/66. I attended Runnemede House School in Rusham Park Avenue in Egham for a few years then moved on to St Brigidine's Convent in Windsor. I would like to know if Greywell House still exists and if anyone has any memories of their own of the house, the grounds, which incorporated the gardener's cottage and the old stables which ...see more
I was the hairdresser from 1969 until 1980 due to the closure, I loved my job at the hospital.
Because there have been dishonest, fraudulent replies to my memories, for future correspondents I shall ask certain specific questions regarding Holloway Sanatorium that only a person who had worked there would know. PH.
I moved to Sandy Lane, opposite Lindsey Smith nurses' accommodation in Virginia Water. There were twelve of us auxillaries from Scotland as far as Kent. We all used to go out to the local pub by the station, The Trotsworth, and ask for a glass of water if we were feeling the pinch. We had a minibus that took us to work at St. Peter's Hospital. Unfortunately The Holloway ...see more
The ballroom had huge paintings on the walls. In particular I recall one of Sir Walter Raleigh. The patients' dining room had those lovely murals. We were issued a key which unlocked all of the doors in the hospital and Lindsay Smith House. Dr. Nugent lived in the staff cottages across the street. I babysat his daughter Helen. He emigrated to Australia. Ann O'Reilly, one of my "set", married Jimmy ...see more
On August 13, 1961 I took up residence as a student nurse in Lindsay Smith House across from the hospital. It was the day the Berlin wall went up, and, as I recall, the day before the grouse shooting season began. I was 19 years old. Miss Goodyear was the Matron. Miss Lemon was Assistant Matron; Miss Mitzi Tauber was Assistant Matron (rumoured to be the cousin of Richard Tauber the singer); Miss Cottingham ...see more