My Youth

A Memory of Redhill.

I lived in Redhill in the late 60s and early 70s. My family lived in Batts Hill,the hill behind the Monsoon Arms pub.My parents Pam & Arthur Brown managed the fish & chip shop along from the cinema. I worked at Automatic Tooling at The Holmethorpe Industrial estate. until I got pregnant. I use to go to the midnight movies and we use to cause a bit of harmless trouble.My Grandmother Rose Gainsford lived at Colesmead [ Ithink ]. She bought up 10 kids almost entirely by herself all through the war. Mum use to tell me that she would hear the airraid siren. Scream at to kid to get under the table give them bread and dripping and tell them to stay there until the all clear.They were a poor family but a happy one.
I have visited Redhill and now it is a town without a sole. When these developers build indoor malls it kills the community.

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