Little Bookham, Common 1906
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Photo ref:
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Behind the signpost directing travellers to Dorking and Guildford is the lych gate leading to the churchyard of the small Norman church with its shingled spire. Among the tombstones is a venerable yew tree, which also dates back to the 13th century.
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A Selection of Memories from Little Bookham
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 Little Bookham
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My parents bought the then new property of 14 little Bookham street sometime in the mid 1950's when I was a very young child. I went to school in East Horsley and one of my memories was being brought home on a Saturday lunchtime by a friends father a Mr Crabb who would go into the Windsor Castle and leave his son John and I outside next to the off sales ...see more
I remember Mr Colwill & his son, I used to keep my horse on the land below the hotel owned by the local coal merchant. As I met more locals we used to have parties in the old ball room with Nigel Portman-lewis, Jon Emuss, Gay Sutch & so many more. A super gang of teenagers. My parents came back to Bookham to look after ageing family at the Old croft where we also had parties, ...see more
In the late 1950s my brother and I enjoyed many happy days at the open air swimming pool in Bookham. I moved out of the area in 1977 and returned in 2005. I was wondering what happened to the pool and where was it was located. Does anyone remember?
Like many of my student friends from the area, we all worked at Booham Grange under the watchful eye of Jimmy Sale and his wife Valma, then later on the hotel was managed by his nephew Mike and his wife Jan. We worked on Probus lunches in the restaurant, and many, many weddings. It was a favourite watering hole of the local constabulary, as well as being ideal for the Christmas parties. Rotarac and Rotary ...see more
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