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Epsom, High Street 1928
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The western section of the High Street (viewed here from the forecourt of The Spread Eagle) is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48. With public lavatories at its base, it replaced an earlier watch tower, and provided a focal point for the market stalls clustered beyond. On race days this intersection was crowded with pedestrians and traffic making their way to the racecourse on Epsom Downs.

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A Selection of Memories from Epsom

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 Epsom

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The Gate Posts To Nork Park.

These were the original gateposts that marked the entrance to Nork Park. These originally where placed at the entrance to The Drive, that leads to Nork Park. Later in the 1930's, they where moved to their present site at Ruden Way when the Nork Estate and Country House was sold. Luckily, two of these posts remain in the same place today. This is the view I wake up to every morning! EpsomHistorian.
Epsom, Ruden Way from Fir Tree Road c1955
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Added 16 March 2020

When I Was Just A Lad Back In The Sixties.

Ebbisham Hall for dances. White Hart next door. Spread Eagle opposite. Eclipse pub West Hill. Nelsons open air pool. Snooker hall above Burtons. Cafe in South Street. Arthur Wheeler Waterloo Road where I bought my first bike. And I loved the racing.
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The Cabin Shop In Epsom
Who remembers the Cabin shop in the alleyway between Longrove Rd and Horton Hill. Mum sent me shopping there many times with a list. Quite scared sometimes as there were a lot of mental patients wandering around the alley. Cute little shop though . Barbara Sainsbury
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The Sherwood Pit
During the war I attended Sherwood Boarding School on Church Street and Downs Road. Behind the house was an abandoned and overgrown chalk quarry (The Pit) with an old cottage, our arts and crafts classrooms. The cottage is gone and it is now called "Elizabeth Welchman Gardens" On Saturdays we also went to the Odeón morning matiné. One of our group would pay to get in then open the side door for the rest of us! ...see more
Saturdays in the cinema
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