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Reigate, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: R20067
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Reigate town is considerably more attractive than Redhill, with which it is now merged by development. It contains some good townscape, but it is somewhat traffic- blighted, more so now than in this 1950s view, which looks east along the High Street towards Market Square. The building with the clock turret and cupola is the old Town Hall of 1728. The town was of some significance in the Middle Ages with a castle, a borough charter, a fine parish church and an Augustinian priory.

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Memories of Reigate, High Street c1955

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. These memories are of Reigate, High Street c.1955

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I remember this restaurant well, my mother used to work there as a waitress part time. In 1950 when I was six years old, after school finished in Holmsdale Road I would often walk to the Dinner Gong to meet her and we would go into the Priory park before walking back to our house in Deerings Road. The Dinner Gong later became a very classy Chinese Restuarant, the food was really superb, and I used to eat there a lot in my late teenage years and early twentys.