Rudgwick, The King's Head c.1955
Photo ref: R305009
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Photo ref: R305009
Photo of Rudgwick, The King's Head c.1955

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The King's Head c1955. The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary. The King's Head bears the sign 'United Ales & Stout - Wines & Spirits'. Before the Beeching axe fell, trains stopped at Rudgwick, on the line between Horsham and Guildford.

Memories of Rudgwick, the King's Head c1955

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This isn't a memory ......more of an appeal perhaps to any historian in Rudgwick. My mother, Una Griffin aged 15 and her sister Patricia aged 19 arrived at Liverpool from Bombay on the 5th June 1944. The were daughters of Jim Griffin, an army officer. Their mother, Annie Griffin had died aged 41 in December 1938 in Poona. On the Incoming Passenger List of the "Sibajak" they described their address in the ...see more