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Pilgrim Wood Children's Home

A Memory of Guildford.

I have very fond memories of Pilgrim Wood from 1980. The children would make rope swings in the woods, pets were smuggled in on occasion. Not such a nice walk all the way up Sandy Lane, and children had to share bedrooms, but I remember mostly the fun and good humour. One of the staff had been resident as a child and recalled a time when clothes were communal, and when each child, even the 4 year old, had tasks to do, but by 1980 things were somewhat different thankfully.

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my chores were cleaning all the bathrooms as i think i was one of the oldest there at the age of 9, I am still very fussy about my bathrooms lol
By Diane Byers on Mon Nov 23rd 2020, at 3:26 pm
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I left school at the age of 15, my first work friend lived in Pilgrims Wood Childrens home, Sandy Lane, Guildford, ( she's no longer with us ) also her three younger siblings lived there. We both started work in a department store, in the same department
By Diana Holt on Tue Apr 15th 2025, at 11:26 am
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See previous comment.
I forgot to mention that myself and my work friend started working at the department store, August 1971
By Diana Holt on Tue Apr 15th 2025, at 1:14 pm
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