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West Molesey maps
Historic maps of West Molesey and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all West Molesey maps
West Molesey photos
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West Molesey area books
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Memories of West Molesey
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Molesey 'Mole's Eye'
I believe the town got its name from the merging of the rivers Mole, Ember & Thames (forming the shape of an eye - hence 'Moles Eye'. I was born at the Bearsted hospital in Hampton in 1949 and from Kingston in 1951 came to live in Molesey in a brand new house until I left the town to get married in 1972. I went to Cherry Orchard infants, Church Rd for boys and later Rivermede in West Molesey, finally I ended up at Ray Rd School where I left in 1963. There used to be two cycle shops in Molesey, one was run by an older French lady until it closed and the other was WS Patching which finally closed some years ago, I got to know David Patching personally through a church we both went to. There was a flower shop in East Molesey that was known as the Button Hole and became associated in a small way with one of the Great... Read more
Seems so Long Ago
I have so many fond memories of West Molesey. Although I can't remember the exact year - we moved into Molesey when I was very small. My dad - Mick Darragh - was a butcher in the shop directly opposite St. Peter's church and we lived above the shop. I remeber the Fish and Chip shop run I believe by George and his wife??? and Bata shoe shop run by Bob. To the rear of the shops was a large area which we called the allotment (which subsequently became The Summers and Langdown Care homes. I went to Sunnymede infant school and later Runnymede Junior School. I remember Ray Road - but I actually went out of area to Rydens. Some years after moving to Molesey, we moved into a new house in Down Street - where my Mum still lives. My most powerful memory of Down Street was the year when we got flooded (sorry - not sure of the actual year). The Army... Read more
A Touch of Nostalgia
I can remember going to school at Molesey County Secondary Boys School, I can remember a few of the names of the kids in my class. I also remember the Pond Stores in Beachamp Road where you could buy 2 Park Drives cigarettes in a pack and nip behind the cycle racks in Ray Road. Although I resided in East Molesey I was of that breed what they did in West Molesey we could do better. I remember a David Fairminer, he must be a relative of Trevor. I can remember also a chap called Roger luff whose dad was the local baker with his own shop near the corner of Kent Road next to Collisons the opticians. Myself, I entered the R N and served in subs and surface ships and saw a bit of the world and managed to crawl up the hawse pipe and achieve commissioned rank. So there was life outside Molesey after all. Colin A
Further Shops Opposite St Peters Church
There was a cycle shop (but I am not sure when this opened), there was a hardware store near to the vicarage. Goulds Phamacy was on the corner between Stevens sweet and newspaper shop and the Butchers. A tobacconists was the other side of the Stevens's shop. There was also a Café, a Bata shoe shop, a ladies hairdresser, a community club? (My late Mother used to play bingo there). The last shop in the parade I cannot remember what it was or sold in those days but later it became a DIY type shop selling decorating items and such like. Yes I well remember Father John Yeend, a great man, his death was such a loss to the West Molesey community. I was born in Bearsted Maternity Hospital opposite Hampton court Green in November 1950 and lived in West Molesey from 1950 to 1973. I went to the 3 local schools there. (The infants school on the corner of the High Street and Priory Lane, the Junior school next... Read more
West Molesey in The 1960s
Can anyone remember the shops opposite St Peter's Church, West Molesey or did you work in them? To name a few: Mitchells greengrocer, Tesco the Modern Grocer, Marchall H Dixon, butcher, Stevens newsagent, Regent Fisheries, next to the Royal Oak pub, Millers Confectioner. It would be interesting to hear from you. I worked at and managed Tesco in the 1960s or perhaps you may remember the vicar, Father John Yeend, it would be good to hear from you.
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Molesey Pictures
My nan was the usherette at Molesey Picturehouse.She then became manager and stayed there until it was knocked down. This was next to Roberts radio. Does anybody remember her?
Feltham Avenue Near Hampton Court Bridge
I cannot be certain but I have vague recollections that there was an iron arch with gates in this road. It could be from my imagination but I often have flashbacks about cycling with friends to Feltham Avenue and cycling through the gates. Does anyone know if this arch was in this road or was it a dream?
