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Fond memories
At the age of nine, I had to come and live with my mother's parents, Albert and Emily Warner, at 3 Church Path (pair of cottages now pulled down, but their well - (what wonderfully tasting water, drawn up with a bucket) still remains now in the front garden of the house occupying part of the site. The reason for my evacuation from Colgate, near Horsham, was that the flat we all lived in caught fire very early one morning and all we escaped with was one horseshoe shape door stop and our lives! The Warner's were a very green fingered family. I recall big purple plums the size of a light bulb, raspberries, yellowberries, strawberries, very sweet apples, blackcurrants and ...read more here
Contributed by Ray Attwood
Apsley Cottage.
My father's family lived in the cottage with the arched windows next door to the post office. The house was named Apsley Cottage. My grandfather Henry Briggs was a career soldier in the Royal West Surrey Regiment. He served in the regiment from 1896 until 1919. He was also a range warden of the Ash ranges. I spent many happy days in the cottage during my school summer holidays.
Contributed by jim briggs
The Greyhound
This used to be our local pub. Many a night spent throwing money at the jukebox and into the pool table. I was sprung for being 16 but still allowed to buy lager (cheers!!) LOL!!
It's a chain pub now and has some kind of Big Steak restaurant attached. Such a shame.
Contributed by Tracey Barden
Surrey memories
The Greyhound
This used to be our local pub. Many a night spent throwing money at the jukebox and into the pool table. I was sprung for being 16 but still allowed to buy lager (cheers!!) LOL!!
It's a chain pub now and has some kind of Big Steak restaurant attached. Such a shame.
A memory of Ash contributed by Tracey Barden
Extracts From Ash & Surrey books
The Greyhound was
once the only pub in
Ash. By 1861 there were
16 pubs here, and it is
reckoned that at least
17 other hostelries have
come and gone within
this parish. The fascia of
the pub seen in this view
has now been altered,
and other changes here
include the addition of a roundabout.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown
Hill. The shop just behind the lady, on the right, was that of S Workman, who
sold fancy goods; it is now an estate agents. We have now completed our look
around Camberley, and by taking the road back to the London Road, we can
return to Camberley itself, and our starting point.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
The bakery of Mr Christmas stands at the junction of Kennel Lane
and Church Road, to the right. The shop on the right is that of
Boyce the fishmongers. If we take the road to the left we come to
our last picture.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
This is now called Kennel Lane, and the
building is that of the Windlesham Institute.
The road to the right is Hatton Hill Road,
and leads to the London Road.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".
Turning right into School Lane, we find the old Village School
on the left, which opened in about 1814, and is now known as
Windlesham First School. The lane leads to Windlesham village.
An extract from from"Camberley Pocket Album".