Wood Hatch, Western Parade

A Memory of Reigate.

This photo is of the shops in Western Parade, Woodhatch, Reigate. Also in the picture, partially obscured by the trees, is The Angel public house. Woodhatch is a suburb of Reigate, about 2 miles due south from the town centre and separated from Reigate by the "Infamous" Cockshot Hill. In the early fifties cars would break down regularly in the summer on Cockshot Hill due to over heating, most cars did not have a water pump or heater in those days.
I lived from 1952-1967 in Blackthorn Road which in this photograph would be about 500yds behind and slightly right of The Angel pub.
Woodhatch became our local shopping place when the Butcher's in Meadvale closed.