Nostalgic memories of Smallfield's local history
Share your own memories of Smallfield and read what others have said
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 30 in total
The picture, named The Parade, fails to identify The Parade. The window blinds that can be seen through the foliage to the left is where The Parade actually is. It's a short piece of road that held four shops, the first a sweet shop, then a grocer who's name was Hugget, there were two boys Ernie and Maurice and one girl Hilda. Next came a grocer by the name of Kemp, a tall thin man wih a small thin wife; in ...see more
Chapel Road. The Ebenezer Chapel towards Outwood on the right is where the name was derived from. The Ebenezer Chapel was the most important building in that road. In the picture and to the right the road leads to Horley and was either Horley Road or Smallfield Road. Just around that corner there was a bus stop for the 424 bus, it was also where there was a good apple tree that overhang the road. It is where ...see more
I lived in a bungalow in Broadbridge Lane (Redehall End) from my birth in 1957 to 1983. I always thought it was a great place to live, with a huge garden to play in, plus the surrounding woods and fields. During the school holidays my friends and I would be out all day on our bikes, often riding up to Outwood to have the thrill of speeding back down Scotts Hill.
When I was 6 I started horse ...see more
I was born in 1942 at 7 Council Cottages, next door to the Stennings. I used to love fishing in Dawsons Lake at Redehall which was an empty mansion at the time. I have a wish to go back there one day and fish again, but I imagine that it is very private property these days. Then, you could leave our house, go over the mound, across the field to the lake. Wow Memories .
Please can anyone tell me about the history and location of the undertakers in Smallfield? Also does anyone know what used to be where Churchill Rd (off Chapel Rd) was, Careys Wood and Gorse Drive, a relatively new housing estate?
My husband and I moved to Smallfield nearly two years ago. The noise on Redehall Road is quite a change from the peace and quiet of Cumbria! I am presently writing a book about Veteran's Memoirs' of the Italy Campaign (the Forgotton Campaign) 1943-46 and as Canadians entered the War with us in 1939, several have now contacted me and are telling me about the Canadian Hospital in Smallfield. Is there anyone in ...see more
Hello Bill, my mum went a very fetching shade of red when I read her the mesage about you calling your daughter after her and that you 'liked' her... All of the things you have added to this site have brought back lots of memories for my parents and I am trying to get Dad (Peter) to write some of them down for me to add to the site. Thanks to everyone who is contributing.
Anne Waller
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The only tools needed were a saw, a hammer and some nails. There were two basic things a home made wooden toy was required to do: (1) Be able to be pulled along by a string, provided it had ...see more
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. One of the first indications in the village relating to war was the erection of a telegraph pole, on the top of which was a platform and a circular metal object about the size of two buckets, called a siren, at each end was a circular slotted opening out of which came the creepy but familiar wailing sound. This siren ...see more
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. Shops and services were limited but adequate. Village hierarchy although unwritten was arranged in a manner that suited most people; the traders held most sway by the nature of their businesses, builders and farmers controlled most of the land. Starting from the centre of the village. The first shop in ...see more