Okewood Hill, The Punch Bowl 1906
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A Selection of Memories from Okewood Hill
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 Okewood Hill
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I can still remember as a young lad of 15 going to see my grandfather, Stan Crompton, at work in his little cobblers shop in his garden at 5 Chenies Cottages,Oakwoodhill and the smell of freshly worked leather. Also I remember him entering the annual flower show at the cricket ground each year. In his earlier years he had been the gardener and my grandmother Annie Crompton had been the cook to the ...see more
The village is also known as Okewood Hill (or Okewoodhill). The name derives from a local stream called the Oke. This photo is of the Punchbowl Inn - the location of the Boxing Day Meet of the Surrey Union Hunt.
These cottages are now known as Ryders, but it appears that in Edwardian times the place (or maybe this corner) may also have been known as "Seven Trees Well": I have a postcard with this picture on it sent on 7th May 1906 to a Mr. Jackson in Victoria Street, London; written on the reverse is "do you remember this place (7 tree well)..." There is indeed a well here - just out of shot to the right. It is said ...see more
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