Walton On The Hill Also In The 40s And 50s

A Memory of Walton on the Hill.

Serendipity finding this site. Unfortunately I do not remember Alan cooper but we must have been contemporaries. Like you Alan I started my education at St Hilda's in 1949. However I continued it at Breech Lane Primary until 1957 when I took the 406 in the opposite direction to Glynn Grammar at Ewell.
I well remember the Police Houses, being born in and brought up at 5 Chequers Close. My mother sometimes used to help out at the little shop opposite the Chequers where the 80a terminated and next to the converted railway carriage or shepherd's hut that served as a tea stall and rest for its Driver and Conductors. In Chequers Close also lived Stephen Gale who I lost touch with after I moved away but may well be known to Francis Frith as he worked for them in Reigate and was instrumental in saving the irreplaceable Plates and negatives that form the collection. I was also contemporary with Judith Gillendar, David Kiff and Barbara Elliot. Love to catch up with anyone who remembers them.

Plenty of great memories of fishing the pond and collecting Hot Cross buns at the Bakers. Married my wife Mary (nee Sullivan) a Tadworth girl at the Congregational Church by Rev Smart. This year our Golden anniversary.





Added 22 April 2016

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