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Nostalgic memories of Fetcham's local history

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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 - 17 of 17 in total

Fetcham In The Forties And Fifties
This parade of shops is in my memory for ever - my family moved to Orchard Close - which starts just beside the post office on the right of the picture - in 1946. My brother was five and I was six months old. We were there for twenty years. Every day, until a supermarket appeared in Leatherhead in the early sixties and we got a fridge, my mother would walk down our road and buy the food for ...see more
Fetcham, Post Office c1955
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Added 08 November 2010

Ascot House
I started at Badingham College at the age of just over 11 years, joining the Ascot House. I was extremley home-sick away from my home in Leeds, Mr O'Brian saw me through those first months, handing the responsability to Mr Saxton. The remaining years were the most pleasant years of my young life, of which I did not appreciate until demob day.
Fetcham, Badingham College c1955
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Added 05 October 2010

Youngest Boy In School
I also remember Badingham. For over a year I was the youngest boy in the school and I too got lost just after starting, getting the 708 bus back iinstead of the 718. I also remember the mill pond and breaking my wrist while playing in the colts rugby team in an away match and was rushed to Epsom District hospital where I had an operation to re-set it. I rarely went home at out weekends as in those days it ...see more
Fetcham, Badingham College c1955
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Added 26 September 2010

The Splash & Timber Bridge
My family, the Whitehouses, moved to Mole Road, Fetcham c1956 and as children my sister and our friends spent many happy hours playing 'down the river'. I remember the rickety bridge, frequently with more than one plank missing, swimming, and riding bareback through (sometimes jumping) The Splash to the blacksmith at Prewitts Farm (the older brother working the bellows with his elbow & spitting into ...see more
Fetcham, Footbridge over River Mole c1955
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Added 26 April 2010

Rickety Bridge, River Mole At Fetcham And The Splash.
I remember the rickety bridge over the River Mole here, when I was very small my mother used to take me over it to eat sandwiches by the 'splash' and go for a paddle. The bridge was really scary with wobbly planks and I was afraid of falling through where the missing one was. When I was old enough to go on my own I learned to swim in the river, hanging on to the water weeds and ...see more
Fetcham, Ford on the River Mole 1928
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Added 05 February 2010

Many Happy Memories
This was the year I started school at Badingham College and I was there until 1964.I remember walking into Leatherhead for the first time but then forgetting the way back to school and having to hitch a lift back. I wasnt good at games although I enjoyed our long distance runs over the local downs and, when I was old enough to keep a bike at the school, I enjoyed visiting local places such as Epsom. I wonder if any former pupils from this period will remember these days.
Fetcham, Badingham College c1955
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Added 24 November 2009

Trips To The Blacksmiths
In the 1950's I used to ride my pony from the Leatherhead Road in Gt. Bookham through Fetcham to Leatherhead to get to the blacksmiths.  The blackmsiths was a proper big old forge at Prewetts Dairy off Randals Road. I used to have to lead my pony over this rickety little bridge. It had wobbly planks and there was one missing one time I crossed it. It was probably a 9 mile round trip just to get the pony ...see more
Fetcham, Ford on the River Mole 1928
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Added 26 January 2007