Nostalgic memories of Reigate'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 11 - 20 of 44 in total
Today was my first time of going for a walk up Reigate Hill and it was thoroughly amazing. I'm 43 and never seen the beautiful views that can be seen over Reigate. Now I have a wonderful man who takes me to wonderful places, I look forward to seeing more stunning places like Reigate Hill, which he grew up playing on.
When I moved to Cornfield Road in early 1990, Cornfield Store at the corner was still an old style corner shop but only for a year or so.
I lived in Raglan Road and Wray Common was my playground! There was a little stream, lots of conker trees and one spot that was especially good for playing cricket (girls did that sort of thing in the 60s). There was a large house, I can't remember the name, by the post box at the beginning of Gatton Road, one day they were selling off the contents and my friend and I went home with loads of ...see more
I lived in Smoke Lane, Reigate, for the first 13 years of my life and have very happy memories of that time. I attended North Bank Preparatory School in Smoke Lane from 1952 until 1958 and then Reigate Priory County Secondary School from 1958 until 1964. It was a wonderful area where all the children could play safely in the local woods and we could ride our bicycles along the roads without fear of traffic. ...see more
I used to go to the Bell Street Evangelical Free Church during my teenage years in the 1950's. I joined a group called the Campaigners and in the summer months we used to play games in the Priory Grounds opposite. The minister was the Rev'd Bobs T. Lamb. Later, the church closed down and we became a bit nomadic, meeting in an old church in Lesbourne Road, in a nissen hut near or on Castlefield Road, and we ...see more
My mother worked in the Coop here during WW2.
My parents built No 20 - it was a plot covered with trees & brambles. My father, Cyril Russell, turned it into a wonderful garden. The road in 1949 was unmade with few lights - when it was tarmacked there were a crowd of youngsters & we roller skated down the paths of new tarmack leaving our marks! By Paynes shop in the village there was a shoe shop & beside that a dairy - milk brought round on a ...see more
I attended the Priory, as most 'South Parkites' did, I was born and grew up on Lyndhurst Road. There was only two people who owned cars on our street back then, Mr Jeffries a bus driver at Lesbourne Road garage and Mr Sageant a self employed window cleaner. We always had plenty of room to play in the street if we weren't 'up the park'. I have warm memories of growing up in South Park, there was a small parade of shops in ...see more
I remember Mr & Mrs Les Long and their daughter's Linda & Anne, they lived next door but one to my parents. Linda used to help me with my homework. I used to walk through the alley's to St Johns school in the early 60's.
I used to walk down this alleyway to school. There is a sandbank on one side leading to the housing estate that I think is called Woodlands (It used to be referred to as the Wates estate). We used to ciimb up on to the bank in order to slide down it!
The narrow section at the top (the rest of it is a driveway) was a great place to go too fast on a bike, hoping that no pedestrians were coming in the other direction.
