Nostalgic memories of Merstham's local history

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London To Brighton Vintage Car Rally

When I was a child in the 1960's/70's, my parents and I would stand on this corner as a good vantage point to watch the London to Brighton rally. It was many years before I was old enough to venture inside The Feathers and sample their food and drink!

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Added 06 November 2012

Taynton Drive

I lived opposite Albury Manor School, in Taynton Drive, from c1964 to 1981. I never attended the school as I passed my 11-plus and went to Reigate County School for Girls. However, my mum used to go to evening classes there and I learned to swim in their outdoor swimming pool - brrrrr! The Brown family used to live in the house on this corner - you can see the hedge round their garden in the foreground. I ...see more

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Added 06 November 2012

School Hill

This looks like School Hill. If you go up the hill, you reach the Golden Wheel on the right and the war memorial on the left at the junction with the A23, London to Brighton road. If you go down the hill, you go under the first railway bridge and reach the beginning of South Merstham; under the second railway bridge you soon enter the 1950's council estate. I attended Albury Manor infants school for a year (c1966) ...see more

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Added 06 November 2012

Olde Tyme Dances Village Hall

I remember the Village Hall "Olde Tyme" dances held once a month on a Saturday night. At seventeen you might think these would be too sedate for a teenager, but with my Dad's old suit borrowed on the way out, and lively group of friends, dances like "The Lancers" or a "Quadrille" could be anything but sedate. Although frowned on by our elders, eight youngsters going round in a tight circle with ...see more

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Added 12 April 2012

Welcome To Your Last School.

On leaving Furzefield Juniors, summer of 1958, you had your school holidays and walked to the other side of Merstham Estate to begin your stay in Senior School. Either on your first day or second, depending on how you either looked or hid, you were christened by being tossed into the stingy nettles. And as all first years wore shorts, it was 'Welcome To Albury Manor' we hope you enjoy your stay here with us! Headmaster A.E.Gibson, Headmistress Mrs.Atkins. More to follow.

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Added 19 March 2012

Christened

I was Christened here in 1960.

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Added 13 March 2011

Christened

I was Christened here in 1960, we lived at Bankside London Road. I remember walking from Reigate Hill down Gatton Bottom which comes out by the church when I was about 7 with my grandmother, it seemed to take forever.