Category: Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday: 1941 trip in the automobile

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Courtesy of Lynn Mills.
1941, day out in the automobile ‘near #Oxted‘. We’re pretty sure this is taken from outside The Boys Home at #Titsey Road approaching #Limpsfield Village.
“It’s one of my favourites from my grandfather’s album,” says Lynn. “He mainly photographed views, but that one’s special, because it includes my Mum, uncle and grandmother in the picture, together with a friend. They were living in Selsdon at that time, so would’ve gone down Titsey Road to be ‘near Oxted’.

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Flashback Friday: 1976 Limpsfield Infant School fete

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This was taken at Limpsfield C of E Infant School summer fete. Pretty sure this is the summer of 1976, because the grass up on the cricket pitch/common is completely parched! When did it last look like that?    Do you recognise yourself in the photo?

From my very hazy memory, L to R are (I think): Angus Brown, Nicci Parry, unknown boy, Victoria Wilton, Caroline Elson, Samantha ??, me (Sophie Martin) and Will Turtle! Can you fill in the gaps?!

Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart & St Andrew’s

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We love this photo of a family wandering along the Kent Hatch Road in the sunshine.   It shows the huge growth of trees in the Limpsfield Chart area over the last 100 years… Kent Hatch Road and Limpsfield Chart used to be so open and airy!   Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart & St Andrew’s” →

Flashback Friday: The Bull, Limpsfield

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“Wot, no hanging baskets!?” The Bull on Limpsfield High Street used to be a hotel as well as a public house and has welcomed many, many generations of Limpsfield residents through its doors. Continue reading “Flashback Friday: The Bull, Limpsfield” →

Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart Post Office

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Who remembers shops on Limpsfield Chart?

I rode my bike up Trevereux Hill to the little shop on Post Office Row (think possibly after Joyce had gone although I’m sure it was still called Joyce’s)… Before that was the post office and shop, there was an actual post office on the corner (main picture). Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart Post Office” →

Flashback Friday: Limpsfield High Street and Bookshop

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We love this amazing photo of Limpsfield High Street pre-dating cars!    They didn’t even drive on the left then ;)

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Limpsfield High Street – Redfern, the bookshop and Berry House, Miles House.
Photo from family history archive: http://hyslopmaxwell.com/places – probably from 1890s
Hyslop Maxwell Family Archive Limpsfield http://hyslopmaxwell.com/places
The Limpsfield Bookshop, Berry House and Miles House

Got any good Flashback Limpsfield photos? Please scan (jpg) and email to hello@limpsfieldsurrey.com with a brief description and date if you have one.  Any era goes, as long as it’s in Limpsfield and it’s a flashback! 

Flashback Friday: The Lord Rodney, Limpsfield

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Now you’ll find Rodney House and Rodney Cottage, but just off the high street before Pebble Hill (and opposite Sylvan close) used to stand the Rodney Inn / Lord Rodney pub. It started life as the Coach & Horses and changed names back and forth until the 20th century when it ended up as the Lord Rodney.

It lost its license in the 1920s and is now Rodney House. For the full history, click here for Wasfu Man’s blog entry on Limpsfield pubs.

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Flashback Friday: Detillens Lane, Limpsfield

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Look at this quiet leafy lane. Not really that long ago, and actually not really that much has changed except for fencing and the lack of parked cars ;)

Flashback Friday: The Plumbers Arms

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Recognise this junction? Now the Limpsfield High Street/Pebble Hill/Wolfs Row traffic lights, it used to be the site of The Plumbers Arms.

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The Plumbers Arms in the 1950s – corner of Wolf’s Row & Pebble Hill (A25).