The village children on the ... Peter White from
Seaford posted this comment on
Monday 22 May 2023 10:12:52.
This was my photo. I was in the same school class as Deborah Woodman's brother Tim and went to birthday parties in their house in Somerset Road. Valerie Pink is in the photo-- still in touch with her, also member of the DeLittle Family whose parents are in this picture; all of Meadvale. Little girl out-front lived in Copse Road. |
The village children on the ... Deborah Woodman from
Napier, NZ posted this comment on
Sunday 21 May 2023 10:21:03.
I found my 3 year old self and brother Tim, aged 5 both looking serious |
Reigate County School annual magazines. 1939 to ... Ruth Brooks-Hill from
Southampton posted this comment on
Tuesday 16 May 2023 09:47:58.
I was there from 1958...Can anyone remind me of the names of the Houses?
I was in Grasmere |
St. Joseph's Convent, Redhill, Surrey. The ... María Victoria Garcia Azuero from
Cartagena, Colombia posted this comment on
Monday 08 May 2023 21:21:21.
The chapel was beautiful. My cubicle was right next to the hall which communicated our cubicles with the choir’s chapel. I suppose in another era, boarders could go down to mass from the cubicles. I loved to go the chapel and just pray, through that door, without being caught by sister Bernard. |
St. Joseph's Convent, Redhill, Surrey. The ... Maria Victoria Garcia Azuero from
Cartagena, Colombia posted this comment on
Monday 08 May 2023 21:20:54.
Apologies. Reverend Mother was Bernard. Sister Pascal took care and slept on the third floor with all the boarders. She would draw the curtain without any notice. Just to check and see you were busy.
Sister Jerome would do the same. One time I had a nasty cold. And one of the boarders brought me a tray with food. I was very hungry. As I am eating dinner, all of a sudden, I hear footsteps and the curtain is being drawn sharply. Says sister Jerome: you are not ill at all, if you are eating. Tomorrow, down to class! |
St. Joseph's Convent, Redhill, Surrey. The ... María Victoria Garcia Azuero from
Cartagena, Colombia posted this comment on
Monday 08 May 2023 21:11:49.
The chapel was beautiful. My cubicle was right next to the hall which communicated our cubicles with the choir’s chapel. I suppose in another era, boarders could go down to mass from the cubicles. I loved to go the chapel and just pray, through that door, without being caught by sister Bernard. |
St. Joseph's Convent, Redhill, Surrey. A ... María Victoria Garcia Azuero from
Cartagena, Colombia posted this comment on
Monday 08 May 2023 20:57:23.
I bordered from 1965-1967. It looks quite the same. Except there was a wall in between cubicles. For more privacy, a sink, wardrobe, chest of drawers, night table. |
Do you know anything about this occasion? A B from
Salfords posted this comment on
Tuesday 02 May 2023 17:05:49.
Organsised by the pub at shaws corner 'The Hatch' charity landrover pull around Reigate raising money for help for heros |
Woodhatch House, Reigate. Circa 1910. Christine Stringer from
Nelson,New Zealand posted this comment on
Wednesday 26 April 2023 11:37:29.
I am Richard Pugh Evans’s Great Niece. Interested to find out more about him and any recollections |
This is a picture by H. Snook, Lesbourne Road. Robert Knight from
Derby posted this comment on
Tuesday 28 March 2023 16:40:11.
This is the open air swimming pool in Bancroft Road |
Preparing the site for the building of Safeway's ... Robert Knight from
Derby posted this comment on
Tuesday 28 March 2023 16:16:38.
This is Knight's yard, his shop on the left, Carnia florist on the right. Just off the edge of the LHS was a corbelled chimney sticking out, one of the first Safeway vans hit it and it fell onto the cab. |
Knights of Reigate - horse drawn bus. Unknown ... Robert Knight from
Derby posted this comment on
Tuesday 28 March 2023 16:06:21.
1983 100th anniversary of founding of Knight's of Reigate by my great-grandfather James. The restored horse bus did actually run between Reigate & Redhill. |
 Ivy Bank School, Oakhill, Reigate. Boarding and ... Anthony ( Tony ) Wiggins from
Benimeli, Spain posted this comment on
Sunday 19 March 2023 14:03:58.
I was most interested to come across this article. I have very fond memories of this little school. I was there from 1950 to 1956 and remember both Josephine Watson and Gillian Mann. The name Vanessa Chappell also rings a faint bell. I would be interested to find out the surname of Christine Iqbal when she was there as I remember a Christine but that was not the surname ( possibly Wheeler ). Thanks to Colin in his message reminding me of Mrs. Manders who I seem too remember was very nice .
If anybody would like to contact me I would be most interested to hear from them to discover what their lives held for them after leaving the North Bank School.
I left and went on to Oxted County Grammar School and married the girl I travelled with every day on the bus from Reigate to Oxted. Still married after meeting at the tender age of 11 and happily living out retirement in Spain.
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Fete at the fire station. Unknown date. Mervyn Edwards from
Winchester posted this comment on
Tuesday 31 January 2023 19:28:38.
I used to attend Holmesdale School in Holmesdale Road. I lived in Warren Road which runs down to what we called 'Spurgeons'. In about 1948 our school was scheduled to be redecorated. It was decided to minimise disruption to the school that our class would be relocated for the period of the redecoration to the sports pavilion shown in this photograph. I remember it was rather cold and each day we had to walk from school to this pavilion and back. |
Earlswood incident by flying bomb. June 19th ... Annie Kevans from
France posted this comment on
Friday 13 January 2023 15:34:12.
Does anyone know where I could find photos of the damage from a bomb that fell on the 5th of January 1944? My grandparents lived in the house with my mother and aunt who were children at the time. I have some letters written by my Granny the day after the house came down and I would be very interested in seeing photos taken at the time. Thank you. |
Betchworth, "Hartsfield".1910. J. Skinner. Kim Stubbings from
Betchworth posted this comment on
Monday 09 January 2023 14:23:21.
Hi, I'm currently looking into the history of Hartsfield Manor and Hartsfield Lodge in Betchworth and wanted to know if anyone has any memories connected to this estate or any pictures. Many thanks |
The village, Meadvale. 1965. F. Frith & Co. Ltd. Keith Smith from
Bracknell posted this comment on
Friday 30 December 2022 19:23:33.
Brings back good memories of when I was in a foster home, Blackthorn Road, Meadvale, between 1961 and 1970, such happy times. Went back there a couple of years back, not one shop left, so sad |
Ivy Bank School, Oakhill, Reigate. Boarding and ... Colin Love from
Bottesford posted this comment on
Friday 30 December 2022 15:48:13.
I attended North Bank School and remember Miss Raynor and Mrs Mander. I recall that every morning we had to parade around the hall whilst Miss |Raynor played boring piano - so I organised a pupil collection and went with two shillings to the music shop Rhythms, and returned with some more 'uplifting' music (perhaps Blaze Away) - it brightened the beginning of the day! It was my first rebellious act of protest - many more followed in adult life. |
Thatch Cottage, Linkfield Lane, Redhill. Unknown ... Jill Goulder from
Lewes posted this comment on
Thursday 15 December 2022 14:31:02.
Hello Richard Hooper - so lovely to hear from you about my great-aunt Sylvia Lloyd's school! though of course she'd long retired when you were there. So the school was demolished in the early 1970s - a shame, but understandable as the grounds were needed for housing. Many thanks for posting! |
Derelict School. 6th June 2004. Graham West from
Worthing posted this comment on
Monday 12 December 2022 21:17:10.
This was the first school that I went to from 1952. I remember getting a Coronation mug while I was there, also, the outside toilets with Izal toilet paper, a man building experience at the age of 5!! We lived in Merstham and took the bus there and back. |
Reigate St. Mary's Preparatory School. ... Christopher Frederick Keen from
Calne posted this comment on
Tuesday 25 October 2022 12:08:38.
I've only just come across this website so sorry for the five-year wait, Peter! We were teammates in the RSM football team (I played at left back) and was the scorer for the cricket team. I have photos of those teams and of the end-of-year photos. I could scan the team photos but not the school photos - too wide! |
An aerial photo of Merstham House, the seat of ... CynthiamKirby nee Bramham from
Norwich posted this comment on
Thursday 20 October 2022 18:40:08.
I was evacuated age 4 to Merstham and lived in Merstham House from September 1939 ~ summer 1940. My older sister has died and we lived there with June and Francis. Does anyone else remember this period? |
Wonham Manor. 1906. Linda Hudson from
BOURNEMOUTH posted this comment on
Thursday 20 October 2022 10:42:50.
Jason Hughes would it be possible to have a contact number or e-mail address so I can contact you to arrange a visit as I live in Bournemouth and I do not want to risk travelling from Bournemouth if there is no-one there. Many thanks. |
Wonham Manor. 1906. Linda Hudson Hudson from
BOURNEMOUTH posted this comment on
Sunday 16 October 2022 10:52:50.
Jason Hughes, I stated a while ago now that my husband and myself both worked at Wonham Manor in the late 70s (him as the chef and me as the housekeeper) and I was wondering if it would be possible if I could visit the manor with my daughter (who was a young child whilst we worked there).
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Earlswood incident by flying bomb. June 19th ... Laura Crawford from
Bradford posted this comment on
Thursday 15 September 2022 09:03:19.
My mother and grandmother were evacuated from Eastbourne to Redhill and she was very emotional when she saw it.
In the background of the photo is a terrace of four badly damaged houses, it was in one of these my mother lived - she could even identify her bedroom.
She has tried to find/purchase a copy of the photograph but with no success and has given up.
Any assistance in how I might be able to purchase a copy of the photograph for my Mum would be much appreciated. She is still terrified during thunderstorms as it reminds her of the explosion. |
"Cleveland", Beech Road, Reigate. Unknown date. Jocelynne Rowan from
CHELTENHAM posted this comment on
Saturday 10 September 2022 18:19:17.
My parents and I lived here, in a first floor flat, in the early 1960s. I remember walking up the garden and going through a small gate to get onto the hill. There was a fire escape from my bedroom window into the garden below, and a rubbish shute from our bathroom into the bins in the basement, which I thought was fascinating! |
The Swimming Bath, Reigate. 1906. A. & G. Taylor. Bruce Richardson from
Wirral posted this comment on
Saturday 10 September 2022 09:32:04.
I swam many many miles in this pool to get all the badges. Mr Stringle was the teacher. It did not have the wooden cublicles then, there were changing rooms off to each side. You had a box made of hardboard to store your clothes and there was a booth where you handed the box over which was in place of the white wood panel in the centre of this picture. |
Wonham Manor. 1906. Walter White from
Albuquerque, New Mexico posted this comment on
Tuesday 06 September 2022 13:49:31.
I remember being in Betwchworth in 1987 and have cycled passed wonham manor many a time since im 52 now and have moved to the USA. IM COMING 2027, SEE YOU SOON ;) !!
http://www.savewalterwhite.com/ |
Paleys Malthouse, Slipshoe Street. Unknown date. ... Jim Clark from
Reigate posted this comment on
Thursday 01 September 2022 14:27:47.
This malting house is now Somers Hall, built 1885 by Lady Somerset and is occupied by 30th Reigate Scout Group. This picture is therefore pre 1885.The end building is is now Slipshoe Dentist Surgery. Not sure when the building the other side of the dentist was demolished to widen the road |
An aerial photo of Merstham House, the seat of ... CynthiamKirby nee Bramham from
Norwich posted this comment on
Wednesday 17 August 2022 22:25:24.
I was evacuated age 4 to Merstham and lived in Merstham House from September 1939 ~ summer 1940. My older sister has died and we lived there with June and Francis. Does anyone else remember this period? |
