Milford
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- 4 photos on Milford appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Milford
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Milford memories
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Chapel Lane, Milford
In 1944 a bomb dropped not too far from our home in East Barnet, Hertfordshire, so Mum and I went to stay with her Mum and Dad, Alice and Bill Tulett at 3 Chapel Lane, Milford (now No.10 I think) where Mum was born in 1907. Bill used to be the local baker and worked for a Mr E A Fullbrook but was retired by then as he would have been 78 in 1945. Next door lived Mrs Collins, the other side I think were called Elliott and further down the lane lived a Mrs Popple, a name which I thought quite strange at the time.I remember the landgirls working on Secretts farm which was on the other side ...read more here
Contributed by Barbara Owen
Church Road shopping parade
This is Church Road, 200 yards north of the church, not Haslemere Road. The building on the left of the photo is now a club. In the 1950's we children used to call it "The Wobbly Man's Club".
Contributed by Mike Taylor
Mousehill Green
This picture is of Mousehill Green, Milford. You haven't a title for the picture, so I thought I'd let you know. I remember it from 1953 onwards, but this picture obviously predates that.
The green was often used for fairgrounds. The shop by the road was the Delicatessen, now a craft shop I think, not sure though.
Contributed by Mike Taylor
More Royalty at Milford
Further to Mr. Mike Taylor's story about being taken to see HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother passing through Milford on her way to King Edward's School at Witley. I was a pupil at King Edward's during the time of her visit, and whereas Mr. Taylor's story implies there may have been a number of visits by Her Majesty, I only recall the one, which I believe to have been in 1956. Mr. Gordon Humphries MA was the Headmaster at the time, and it was the only occasion upon which we pupils had seen him at all flustered. HM had lunch with us in the dining hall, and the two things that stick in my mind about the day was meeting ...read more here
Contributed by Mycroft Holmes
Royalty at Milford
In 1962 I was in Cledwyn Evan's class at the primary school. In the Summer terms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to visit King Edward's School in Witley, and Mr. Evans led his class to the roundabout to see her go by. He was enthusiastically ragged about it by the other teachers!
We all stood just by the walnut tree on the left of the picture. We waited, but not for long. The Rolls-Royce came whispering up to the roundabout and sailed past us. Then I saw the Queen Mum lean forward to tell her driver to pull up, and he reversed the car back to us. Mr. Evans gulped, she waved and smiled at us through the window, then ...read more here
Contributed by Mike Taylor
Extracts From Milford & Surrey books
Eric Parker was quite dismissive about Milford, describing it as ‘less a village than a road’,
and having ‘some pollarded elms and dusty jasmine’. He also believed that its future would
belong to Godalming. He may be right on that point, yet some attractive buildings survive;
this scene has hardly changed at all.
An extract from from"Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories".
From Brook the route heads to Milford, formerly partially on the A3 London to Portsmouth road but now,
mercifully, by-passed - but the traffic is still heavy. This view is taken on the Portsmouth Road, now the A3100,
with Church Road, the A286 Midhurst and Chichester road, heading to the left of the painted brick shop on the
corner, which is now an Alldays store. Lloyds bank has gone, and its premises are now called Bargate House, and
the tall lime tree in the garden of Vine Court (left of centre) is no more.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".
This photograph is included partly to show how farming has
changed in the last half century. In 1955 Frith’s photographer
could still find farm horses at work, but they were becoming
sufficiently uncommon to warrant a photograph. This scene near
Milford shows a fertiliser spreader being hauled by a single horse.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".
Three of Church Street’s five pubs are in this photo - the Corn Meter extreme left, the Star
centre left, and the Live and Let Live just beyond the archway on the right. The arch led to
the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a
temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.
An extract from from"Godalming Town and City Memories".
In Edwardian days cyclists frequented Godalming, especially at weekends. There was a demand
for teashops, and Church Street had three - one is on the left here. Also very popular was the
sending of picture postcards, which served people much as the telephone does today - Eatons
paper shop, on the left, claimed to have the largest selection.
An extract from from"Godalming Town and City Memories".