Churt, Pride Of The Valley 1928

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My grandparents lived here and i have many fond memories of stock farm and churt - walking on hankley common with grandads st bernards. Love seeing this pic

My grandparents, George and Bertha Unwin lived and worked in Churt Between 1913-1924. They married at St Johns Church on Christmas Eve 1913. My grandfather was chauffeur to a Mr Shattock at Bookham's and they lived at Bookham’s cottages. After the death of his employer they moved to 2 Council cottages and then moved to Bournemouth presumably because of work. My grandmother loved Churt and always talked about it, ...see more

I was born in 1933 in the house attached to Overton Garage and i spent my first twenty-one years in the same house. I went to the village school, was a member of the Church choir and a scout in the 1st Churt Scout troop.After I completed my National Service I lived in Grayshott with my wife Janice nee Wonham, who had also lived in Churt and I was scoutmaster of 1st Churt from 1956 to 1960, during ...see more

My mother was born in Churt and grew up at Number Four Sandy Lane. She worked for a time at the Pride of the Valley during the war and lived upstairs in one of the rooms. While working at the Pride, she met and later married a Canadian soldier who was stationed at Aldershot. He returned to Canada in 1943. She followed on the Empress of Scotland, becoming among the early of thousands of war brides. She is now 97 and ...see more