Camberley, Cambridge Hotel c.1955

Photo ref: C12025

I lived in Rivermead road for a while in 1963/4… I remember being friends with Denise Davies. And a girl called Julie who lived at the bottom of the road, near Crabtree road… We went to a primary school just round the corner from Crabtree road, but I can’t remember the name of the school. Then went on to France Hill… I remember a friend Susan…think the surname was Brown.. we didn’t go to the same school…but ...see more

I was born in Camberley in 1953, we lived in Caesars Camp road which joined the A30 London Road just along from the Jolly Farmer pub which stood at the junction of Gibbets Lane. The story we were brought up with is that is was so called because that's where the Highway Man "Dick Turpin" was hanged. The Gibbet being another name for the scaffolding that was put up to hang people in those days. The name of the pub ...see more

As a young child I moved to Camberley in the early stages of the war when my dad was called up and posted to the RAE in Farnbrough. We lived in Woodlands Road which was very different to the way it is today. Some of the houses had very large gardens that are now small estates. Across the road was a house full of friendly military police and outside the end of our garden was an unused stable. All of the ...see more

We lived in Lower Gordon Road..... I used to be sent to get my Mother's shopping here. I remember the post office - the lovely cluttery feel... the sweets. The first savings book and the first of my many collections. The tea cards.. which I adored. I remember feeling so grown up being sent to get the shopping. But they would deliver. I was away at School. I remember taking my next two sisters one by one over to the shop to buy a penny worth of sweets..... oh yes first memeories of a shop .