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Walton-On-Thames photos

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Walton-On-Thames maps

Historic maps of Walton-On-Thames and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Walton-On-Thames maps

Walton-On-Thames map

Historic map of Walton-On-Thames

Surrey map

Illustrated Victorian map of Surrey

Walton-On-Thames map

Historic Map of any Walton-On-Thames postcode

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Walton-On-Thames books

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Surrey County Memories
Paperback
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Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Camberley Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Walton-On-Thames books
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Memories of Walton-On-Thames

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Restaurant in Walton On Thames High Street

As a child we used to go to eat at a restaursant in Walton on Thames High Street, it was where Zio Toto's now is roughly, and in the 1960s it was United Dairies. I'm thinking it was maybe French or something along those lines and I am desperately searching for the name of it - can anyone can help?

Shared on 07 July 2009 by Sally Norfolk.

United Dairies Walton on Thames

I remember the restaurant at the United Dairies in Walton where I used to have lunch.

Shared on 13 July 2008 by Peter Coleman.

Saturday morning

This is one of the picturehouses that we could choose from on a Saturday. Many a happy Saturday morning was spent here with lots of children, with not a lot of pocket money!

Shared on 02 September 2006 by Terry Cracknell.

Saturday morning

What fun was had by many children on a Saturday morning by going to the picture house. There were two in Walton so we were spoilt for choice. The ladies that looked after us all did a grand job. I was allowed to get the 218 bus from the barley mow bus stop. l felt really grown up - l could... [more]

Shared on 13 June 2006 by Terry Cracknell.

Surrey memories

Molesey road

Not many cars about, not like now.  What a wonderful happy place to live where everyone said 'Good morning', unlike now where everybody is too busy with life to take time out and smile.  All we do is moan about this and that, smile it will make a difference to everyone. Bring good old Hersham back to being a fun place... [more]

Shared on 29 January 2007 by Terry Cracknell.

The Launderette

I remember this picture very well. Just down the road from Woolworths by the white car, was a Launderette (maybe it's still there). This Launderette was the first one ever introduced to the UK from America in 1959. As we had no washing machine or dryer, this place certainly changed our lives. I can remember one day I was with my... [more]

Shared on 23 March 2009 by Dudley Piggott.

My Grandma & Aunt

Some years ago I gave my mother a book of Old Weybridge photos for Mothering Sunday as this is where she was brought up.

Imagine her surprise, on seeing this picture of Queens Road in Weybridge, to realise that the two people on the far right were her mother and younger sister, Edith & Lesley Johnson. She recognised her... [more]

Shared on 29 June 2006 by Gill Hicks.

Childhood days at rivermead island

Rivermead Island takes me back to my childhood through the 1960s, I remember the outdoor swimming pool, BRRR!  Paddling in the Thames, a real family place to go on summer Sundays, school holidays.  My first school was just across the road, Beauclerc, which was shut and pulled down. The big white building was owned by a Major Morris, offices downstairs, flats... [more]

Shared on 04 July 2009

Extracts From Walton-On-Thames & Surrey books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Walton-On-Thames, inspired by Frith photos.

Down the Thames Photographic Memories

Downstream, past Weybridge, the Desborough Cut of 1935 by-passes a winding loop, to reach Walton-on-Thames. Beyond Walton Bridge is this boathouse and its harbour inlet off the river, here charmingly informal. It is now Walton Marina, with an emphasis on cabin cruisers rather than punts. The building survives, clad in plastic weatherboarding, but the banks have been sheet-piled and denuded of... [more]

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Down the Thames Photographic Memories

As Jerome K Jerome observed, 'only the tiniest corner of it (Walton on Thames) comes down to the river'. Here, as we look downstream by the former ferry and towpath, working barges mingle with leisure rowing boats for hire. Beyond is the Swan's garden, then boathouses (now the Boathouse Gallery); the sheds have been replaced by The Anglers pub, probably built... [more]

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Canals and Waterways

Here we see girls with fishing nets at a popular Thames-side location. The Swan has been on this spot since 1770. The recreational aspect of the river in the foreground is in stark contrast to the huge lighters tied up beyond.

This is an extract from Canals and Waterways.
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