East Clandon, Alexandra Hospital 1913
Photo ref: 65233
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Photo ref: 65233
Photo of East Clandon, Alexandra Hospital 1913

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The atmosphere of this photograph is almost unbearably tragic, but is relieved by a nurse playing the piano in the background, whilst boys on crutches sing. A child on the right has a reading lesson and a caged parrot is in the left foreground.

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A Selection of Memories from East Clandon

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from East Clandon

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My name then was Babs Collins and my memory goes back to World War II, when I and others from my school in Victoria, London were evacuated to both East & West Clandon. We had been moved very hurriedly in July 1940 from Brighton where our school was first sent to in 1939.  This second evacuation was because the Germans had begun to bomb the south coast preparatory to invading us after ...see more