Little Sandhurst Shop

A Memory of Little Sandhurst.

This is more or less as the centre of Litle Sandhurst appeared in 1958 - very little changed from 1939. We lived on the other side of this photo at a row of houses called (I don't know why!) Gibletts Folly. To the left of this photo is the bottom of Scotland Hill, which towards the top was very steep and the tarmaced road stopped before the top, replaced by a stony track. At the very top was Scotland Hill School (since demolished) where, in 1958, Mr Shanks was the headmaster. The shop in the centre of the village provided all the groceries you needed. A bus stopped out side but I think it only ran twice a week. We had to walk over to the main road, or walk the mile to Sandhurst Railway Station (trains to Wokingham) on other days.

When the dinner ladies went on strike at the school, we had to get dinner at home. The strike stopped, but my brother and I were happier buying bread from the shop in the photo, to replace our school dinners. (Until Mr. Shanks' daughter told my mother - they worked in the same office in Wokingham).

Does anyone have photos of Scotland Hill school?

Chris chrishollins@btinternet.com