Nostalgic memories of Redhill's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 21 - 30 of 48 in total
As a 16 year old, I was a boarder from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia at Saint Joseph's Convent, 122 Ladbroke Road. With me there were around 25 girls ranging from the ages of 4 to 17 years old and at least from 10 different countries from around the world. As far a Kenya, the Sood sisters, from Hong Kong the Leung and Ho sisters. And Jackie Lemaitre and Beatrice Velez, both from Cartagena de Indias and ...see more
As a 16 year old, I was a boarder from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia at Saint Joseph's Convent, 122 Ladbroke Road. With me there were around 25 girls ranging from the ages of 4 to 17 years old and at least from 10 different countries from around the world. As far as Kenya, the Sood sisters, from Hong Kong the Leung and Ho sisters. I would call it a small NATO. In my first year at St Joseph's I was in 4th form. ...see more
I would go swimming In this lower lake at Earlswood Common from about the age of 8 with a few friends. No adults were present or needed, we had all been taught how to take care of ourselves and help our friends. Even so, parts of the lake were about 8 feet deep in places so the rule was "stay in the shallows if you can't swim". We didn't take a towel just stripped off to our underpants and dived in and ...see more
This is the place where I went to watch bands from about 1958 until they stopped in the 60's. First Saw Johnny Kidd & The Pirates here, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and later The Searchers, The Hollies, Brian Poole & The Tremoloes, Freddie & The Dreamers. Many of the local Bands used to play here as well. I lived for music then & still do, playing some Bass now and running Jam ...see more
I was in a children's home here and fostered to a lovely couple, Mr and Mrs Smith, at Little Stone Cottage, Haslemere. My natural mother wanted me back and I never saw them again. I recently found this information out in my medical records. I was also under Redhill County Hospital in 1960, I was 2 years old. I was returned to my natural mother when I was about 8.
I would love to know more about my ...see more
How lovely to read all these memories and what a lot I had forgotten over the years!
I too, was born in Thornton House (1951) in Warwick Toad, I never realised that it used to be a school. In later years it was turned into flats and I returned there to visit my Great Aunt. We lived in Alpine Road, a few doors down from where Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber) had lived, then in 1956 we moved to Westway ...see more
I was born in Colesmead Road Redhill, one of seven children. I had a wonderful childhood with fantastic parents, relatives and friends and even the school teachers from Merstham Primary and Bishop Simpson C/E. I am Helen and my maiden name was Coombs, born in 1952. Dad worked at Fullers Earth and he and mum and us were all involved with the British Legion in Redhill. Lovely dances, all age groups ...see more
From 1964 to 1968 I worked many of my school holidays at the laundry in Monson Road. I earned 2 shillings an hour at first, but by 1968 was making four bob. It was hard work. We dealt with those endless roller towels that they used to have in all kinds of workplaces: hairdressers, fish and chip shops, public toilets, London Airport, and a small amount of household laundry. It was mostly a female workforce with a ...see more
If I remember correctly, the buildings on the right hand of this photo was the Co-op, somewhere there was a butcher, there was always sawdust on the floor, they had the tubes that used to take the money away shooting around the shop it made a strange noise.
I think next door was the clothes and furniture, you could walk around glass windows in a square without actually going into the shop.
Further down the road I think that ...see more
I was born in Cromwell Road, Redhill in December 1929. Still have fond memories of my childhood, and friends Harry and Leslie Tarrant, Bernard Dyson, Donald Lawrence. I went to Cromwell Road School and used to buy sweets at the sweet shop across the street. 'A ha'penny worth of what you get the most of'. The old cinema at the bottom of Chapel Road, called the Pavilion I believe. My name was Pauline Pitman then. Anyone alive who remembers me?