Shamley Green, The Green c.1955

Photo ref: S103006

Photo of Shamley Green, The Green c.1955

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A community of Cokelers, a religious group otherwise known as the Dependents, once lived in the village. Founded in the 1850s, they established a number of small religious communities on the Surrey/Sussex border. Cokeler women wore black straw bonnets over their plaited buns. They had three religious services every Sunday with more in the week; they were extremely business-like, and very kind to everyone in need.

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A Selection of Memories from Shamley Green

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 Shamley Green

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Shamley Green School

My father Fred, went to this school many years ago. He remembers the swimming pool that was at the far end of the playing field (now coverd by weeds and trees), the boys would swim in the summer months. Sadly there was a boy who died in the pool. The dinner hall was then the toilets that would freeze up in the winter, along with the pool! I also went to the school in the 1960s, I remember ringing ...see more

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Added 01 September 2011

My Childhood Garded Part Iv

If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the garden. To the right immediately after the archway, another path led behind the rose-covered trellis, which then turned left and led up alongside a hedge, which divided my parents' property ...see more

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Added 15 January 2010

My Childhood Garden Part V

Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then stored in the autumn. We then enjoyed the fruit well into the winter months cooked or eaten in a variety of ways. My mother could bake an apple pie to die for and this was frequently our ...see more