Virginia Water, Station Parade c.1960
Photo ref: V4076
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Photo of Virginia Water, Station Parade c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Virginia Water

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 Virginia Water

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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?