Doctor John Lytle, Wych House, Holtwood Rd., Oxshott

John Lytle delivered me in my parents house on Sheath Lane in 1950 and was my GP until I married and moved to Ockham. Happy childhood memories of growing up in an idyllic quiet village.

We too went to Dr Lytle! We lived in Sheath Lane in a house called Heathway which belonged to my great grandfather from 1925 and stayed in the family until about 2015. After WW2 my father rented Heathway from my step-great- grandmother until he had accumulated enough capital to build "Winterbourne" on the Crown Estate in Goldrings Road. I went to Oxshott Village School from 5 to 7, (1948-50) then by train (walking through Oxshott Woods!) to Guildford High School. When I was 14 we moved to Guildford. I went to St Andrews Sunday School and sang with Oxshott Choral Society at the Leith Hill Festival. I have many happy memories of Oxshott!

Dr Berridge was the Huitt family doctor. I remember having to walk quite a long way up to his surgery in his house and thought he was rather frightening and very ancient, particularly on the occasion I had a rather ghastly boil that he had to lance. Rose(mary), Carolyn and me, Alison, lived in The Ridgeway off Oakshade Road and went to the Royal Kent School. Our father designed the badge for the new school in Oakshade Road. This was built on land behind our house. I remember being so upset that there would no longer be horses to talk to over the fence. The school was certainly very crowded and my class was billeted out to the Men's Club in Oakshade Road. I was a pretty pesky pupil, carving my initials into my lovely old fashioned desk, swigging beer from the bottles in the carpark during break times..... Can't think why I was removed by my parents and sent to The Rowans in Leatherhead in order to get through the 11+, which I did!