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A Ham Family
My mother and father lived in Evelyn Road - the cul-de-sac opposite the large white house in the distance - mother still there - lived in two of the houses for all her eighty years - married the boy next door (well.. at the top of the cul- de- sac!).
I'm 53 and it is how I remember itn into the early 1960s - Elson the grocer on the right, the shop on the right became the Co-Op, the central shop was Frank Birch the Butcher next to Dunkley's sweet shop where I worked as a lad.
I can see the faces now!
Left in 1980 and back to see Mum a number of times per year.
A fantastic place to ...read more here
Contributed by John Clifford
Surrey memories
A Ham Family
My mother and father lived in Evelyn Road - the cul-de-sac opposite the large white house in the distance - mother still there - lived in two of the houses for all her eighty years - married the boy next door (well.. at the top of the cul- de- sac!).
I'm 53 and it is how I remember itn into the early 1960s - Elson the grocer on the right, the shop on the right became the Co-Op, the central shop was Frank Birch the Butcher next to Dunkley's sweet shop where I worked as a lad.
I can see the faces now!
Left in 1980 and back to see Mum a number of times per year.
A fantastic place to ...read more here
A memory of Ham contributed by John Clifford
Molesey Pictures
My nan was the usherette at Molesey Picturehouse.She then became manager and stayed there until it was knocked down. This was next to Roberts radio. Does anybody remember her?
A memory of East Molesey contributed by terry cracknell
Lawrence and Peggy Berg
My uncle Lawrence married Peggy Smurthwaite in about 1935 and took over the Hinchley Wood Hotel. It was already well-known to him and his brother, Ellis, because he was a partner in the building firm E & L Berg which had developed an estate over the other side of the Kingston Bypass. Though he knew little or nothing of the licenced trade, his wife, Peggy, was the daughter of teh Smurthwaites of the Kingston Hotel (now demolished). They later moved to the Roundabouts Hotel in West Chiltington, West Sussex; while there they began building. After Lawrence's death Peggy continued building, having disposed of the Roundabouts. The Hinchley Wood Hotel has gone, sadly. It was a meeting place for service men and ...read more here
A memory of Hinchley Wood contributed by Ellis Berg
Extracts From Ham & Surrey books
Although still labelled Dunton’s, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy
family. Sailing dinghies were becoming popular, and sailing clubs were established on both sides of
the river. The number of small cruisers moored on the opposite bank indicates the increasing use of
motor boats for pleasure from this time onwards.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
This shows both sides of the river. The punt crossed the Thames to a slipway to the right of Dunton’s
boathouse, and the fare was 1d. Thence it was a short walk to Shepperton Lock, where one could watch
the progress of craft up and down the Thames to Chertsey or Walton. The beach in the foreground seems
to be a result of inadequate dredging. It provided extra space for spectators when regattas took place.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
The Eyot (meaning island) is called after Richard D’Oyly Carte; he strengthened the banks of a small
island in the River Thames below Shepperton Lock, and built this large house upon it in 1889. It was
intended that the building would act as an annexe to the Savoy Hotel in London, which D’Oyly Carte
owned; but no licence was granted, so the house came to be used as a private residence.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
These pillars are situated about halfway between the Thames and the town. They were originally part of the Portmore Park estate, which
belonged to the Duke of Norfolk in the 17th century. By the 19th century the mansion was in ruins, and the estate was bought by Peter
Locke King in 1861. The pillars were acquired by a Mr Ward, who bought Clinton House and land opposite in 1882. When the roads on
the Portmore estate were adopted by Weybridge UDC in the 1890s, following extensive house building, Mr Ward presented the pillars to
the council on condition that they were preserved as we see them in the photograph.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
This view of the parish church is from the north-west. The build-
ing on the right is the Midland Bank; between it and the church-
yard is a narrow passage, now called Church Lane, leading to the
south door of the church. The churchyard was full by the 1870s,
so additional cemetery space was bought and chapels erected in
Brooklands Lane in 1876. There are several interesting monuments
in the churchyard; some of them remain from the earlier church,
when they would have been inside the building. Among these is
the vault, surrounded by railings, containing the remains of the
Duchess of York, buried in 1820.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".