Latimer, The Water Splash 1897
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Back inthe Chess Valley we reach Latimer, a very pretty village with a triangular green and, uphill to the west, Latimer House. In fact much of the village was cleared in the 1750s to provide the grounds of Latimer House. Edward Blore rebuilt Latimer House in the 1830s, now offices for Price Waterhouse Cooper. In this view from the river bridge Latimer House can be glimpsed throught the trees. The water splash is the weir which dams the park lake in which fishermen cast flies for trout.

A Selection of Memories from Latimer

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 Latimer

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I was posted to Latimer in 1968 where I met the woman I loved for 53 years. We met on the first day I was posted there, her name was Private Barbara Peckett. I lost her to cancer in October 2022. Latimer was a great posting and all the joint service personnel got on really well. The village was beautiful. I have many fond memories of this place - it was the best posting I had in my 12 years in the Royal Navy.
Posted to JSSC Latimer in 1962. One of the first RAF cooks to arrive and to take over the OR's Mess from the Army. It was my first time on a multi service camp, but not the last. I remember that there were very few buses into Chesham and no transport to the tube station in Little Chalfont. The co op hall in Chesham for the dances 4 times a week and have a few beers in the Lamb over the road, it was a proper 4 ale and spit bar ...see more
I was a member of the small printing unit at JSSC during my National Service. Our job was to print the material for the Combined Services Officers course on Atomic Warfare. The Officers were from all the Commonwealth countries and mostly from the higher ranks. The Commandant of the camp was Lt. Col Acland and the Adjutant was a Major Reynolds. The officers were billeted in Latimer House and the other ...see more
My army father was posted to the staff college in Latimer after his 3 years in the Korean war. One of the happier parts of my childhood in a lovely little rented cottage adjoining a farm with a big barn where we could play, there were chickens and horses for us to enjoy. Think it was on the road out of Chesham? School was called Longmeadow, and we often went to Chesham to feed the ducks and I also remember the model ...see more