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Pyrford School in the 1950s
Like Ron Hardie I also went to Pyrford Elementary in the late 1950s before my parents moved to Canada. I still go back to my old childhood home whenever I'm in England. I still remember Mrs Dean the headmistress, the classroom in the village hall just to the left of the main entrance and the covered playing areas in the two playgrounds.
Pyrford has grown drastically but Teggs Lane is still there as is the Village Hall, the school, and my house on Lovelace Drive, the playing fields and the remainder of Woking Common. Basically it is still as I (want to) remember it. Pyrford in the 1950's was a perfect place to grow up in I remember exploring the ...read more here
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The 50's at school
I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to roam in, there were farms that didn't care about kids wandering in and asking questions(guiness Dairy Farm in particular), we went out at 9 in the morning and came back when we were hungry, not a care in the world!!
As we got older and braver we ventured further afield - fishing at pigeon hole bridge, swimming at sandybanks and even camping by the river!! We found old derelict barns (will be houses ...read more here
Contributed by Ron Hardie
PYRFORD HOSPITAL
I well remember Rowley Bristow Hospital as I became a patient in Rudolf Ward (under Sister Morris of Byfleet) the day before I was due to sit my O levels in June 1956. Fortunately, I was allowed to sit them in hospital and each day I was wheeled into a small room, between the two rooms that made up Rudolf Ward, to take them. I spent some 5 weeks there and the experience made me realise how very fortunate I was insofar as I did not have to have an operation and lose any of my limbs as did some of the other patients. The patient care there was exceptional with splendid nursing care under a matron who was a legend. ...read more here
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Pyrford School in the 1950s
Like Ron Hardie I also went to Pyrford Elementary in the late 1950s before my parents moved to Canada. I still go back to my old childhood home whenever I'm in England. I still remember Mrs Dean the headmistress, the classroom in the village hall just to the left of the main entrance and the covered playing areas in the two playgrounds.
Pyrford has grown drastically but Teggs Lane is still there as is the Village Hall, the school, and my house on Lovelace Drive, the playing fields and the remainder of Woking Common. Basically it is still as I (want to) remember it. Pyrford in the 1950's was a perfect place to grow up in I remember exploring the ...read more here
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Extracts From Pyrford & 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".