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Woking maps
Historic maps of Woking and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Woking maps
Woking Jigsaws
We have just a few copies left of a 1,000 piece Jigsaw of Woking. The featured photograph is The Broadway 1902, Woking.
Why not create your own Jigsaw for Woking from 4 favourite Frith photos of the area? Available as 520 piece or 1,000 piece Jigsaws, you can choose any four Woking photos, or choose photos from other places too.
Woking area books
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Memories of Woking
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It Looks so Lovely as it Was Then!
Most Woking people will tell you 'they've' ruined a nice little town with modern developments! And I agree! Looking back on how it was, it looks such an nice country town way back in the 60's and before.
I have lived away from it for twenty years, but when I go back I'm struck by how affluent an area the Woking district is! Its so lovely to look back on these photographs of times gone by! All the places in these pictures bring back memories.
The Little Square to The Right
When I lived in the town centre, in Middle Walk I used to go on a Sunday afternoon and sit in the little square to the right of this picture. Peaceful times.
Being Pushed Into The Pool!
I only went to the pool a handful of times as a child, but have happy memories in spite of being pushed into the deep end (which led to years of fear of water which I happily conquered in my 30's!). I remember the surrounding parkland being lovely. I agree with the person who said the new pool wasn't quite as nice, although I spent many a good time in the Leisure Centre doing circuit training in the gym in the 1990s!
The Wheatsheaf Pub
Crossing the bridge from Woking town into the road where the Wheatsheaf was (and parkland, opposite it) always seemed like going to the posher end of town! It was more classy there with bigger houses surrounding the green! Nice memories!
Walking in The Woods
When I was a small lad, my uncle Ted, me and his dog 'Petra' would go for walks in the
woods. We would often stop here and look around. I always thought it was haunted
and was initially quite scared to be there... but over time i got used to it. We'd also
walk over to the sandpits. I remember the burial ground being a lot more overgrown than this picture shows tho'. Now I live in Central USA and miss Woking very much.
I was born there in 1959. A side note.. my great Uncle Martin started the Martinsyde motorcyle and aircraft Co. Before Lion works was there, but on the same lot.
Dancing to Bob Potter's Band at The Atlanta
My name is Shirley Hamilton, maiden name Patten, I lived at Hammond Road, Horsell and as a teenager often danced at the Atlanta in Woking, it was the place to go, my friend Deirdre Jennings and I would sneak off on a Friday night. I remember it was like dancing in a giant goldfish bowl, the walls had fishes painted all around. Bob Potter was the attraction, he had a really good band. As I got older I became a hairstylist, doing my apprenticeship at Meads hairdressers and newsagents in Horsell. When I left there I was employed at the very top of the Atlanta on the left hand side of picture in a hairdressers and me and my colleague and friend Christine Campbell would hang out of the window in our lunch break to listen to Bob Potter and his band practicing, it was a great time for me. I have many happy memories as I am now 64, living in West Sussex but born in Woking, spent all... Read more
My Old School
I was one of the first students to attend Woking Grammar School! My first term was spent at the old school in Nissan Huts, but we moved into the new building in January 1958, I believe. What a beautiful building it seemed at the tiem, with Domestic Science rooms, a gorgeous gym, and a marble-floored central corridor. The headmistress at the time was Miss Hill, who was very stern, and we were all in fear of her as she sat up on the stage in the Assembly Hall. The playing fields were enormous and I remember the classrooms being light and airy, with piping hot radiators! At break times, we would go to the tuck shop and buy chocolate bars and iced buns! I was so sad to hear that the building was demolished - can it be true! I have lived in Canada for the last 41 years so I have no idea what happened to the school. But I have happy memories of the place, and I always... Read more
Sparrows Park
Small gardens in central Woking always known to me as Sparrows Park in those days, before the War Memorial was moved. This picture shows the modern redevelopment of the buildings behind the War Memorial.
