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St. David's, Wray Park Road, Reigate
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1 oldmerstham.com image number 6098
Aeroplane hull being delivered to Reigate Fire Station for training purposes. circa 1985. Taken at top of Colesmead Road. With thanks to C. Chatfield.
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Aeroplane hull being delivered to Reigate Fire Station for training purposes. circa 1985. Taken at top of Colesmead Road. With thanks to C. Chatfield.
Comment 1
Anthony Catherall from
Epworth posted this comment on
Wednesday 27 May 2020 15:17:58.
I was the person who negotiated the purchase of this Trident aircfraft from British Airways. I also arranged tand escorted the transportation (seen here) to the fire brigade HQ at St Davids Reigate on the 28 June 1987.
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3 oldmerstham.com image number 6096
Aeroplane hull being delivered to Reigate Fire Station for training purposes. circa 1985. Taken at top of Colesmead Road. With thanks to C. Chatfield.
4 oldmerstham.com image number 5954
Reigate, "St David's". Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
Comment 1
Beryl Allen from
Bexley North NSW Australia posted this comment on
Friday 01 May 2015 08:42:00.
This is were I went to school during the war. There was a Swimming Pool at the back, and an Orchard with lots of Apples, Plums, Pears, and school gardens that we tended to. The front Lawn is were we use to play or receive our Families. Lots of happy memories here. I have Googled Earth this, and find that the Swimming Pool has gone and also the Orchard. Sad to say. We also had Air Raid Sheltes in the back, were we use to sit on top and watch the "Doodle Bugs" and Rockets go by on their way to London. It was a Boys school before we took it over in 1939/1940
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5 oldmerstham.com image number 5955
St David's Reigate. Unknown date. Doyen Series.
Comment 1
Philip Pegler from
Worcester WR1 1RG posted this comment on
Wednesday 09 January 2013 14:50:00.
These next 6 pictures show Spurgeons sports'fields where I was fully occupied 1939-49.By the time I left the lower (boys)field was so over used that we had to play football and cricket matches on the field by the pavilion.
Ironically in 1953/5 I was a fireman in Worcestershire and I saw a photo of a helicopter landing on our cricket pitch in The Fire Brigade Union magazine as by then the grounds were the property of The Surrey Fire Service.That picture was in consequence re printed in our Within Our Gates magazine.Is it possible to re-create that in this series?
Comment 2
Beryl Allen Nee Brewer from
Bexley North NSW Australia posted this comment on
Friday 01 May 2015 09:36:00.
Hi Phillip. What "House" were you in? My Brother was Bernard Brewer. would you have known him?
Comment 3
Debbie Timmins from
New Malden posted this comment on
Monday 19 June 2017 21:22:03.
My dad grew up in spurgeons children home in Reigate, from 1943 to 1954'
The final year he moved to Birchington home. His name was Anthony (Tony) Preston and his brothers David and Robin and sister Sandra all lived there too. Does anyone remember my dad?
Comment 4
Pamela Lee nee Mealin from
Chelmsford. Essex posted this comment on
Saturday 09 September 2017 14:10:00.
I was in Spurgeons Reigate 1942--1953 then at Birchington when the Homes moved there. Left 1955.happy times for me. Had good upbringing
Comment 5
Anthony Popplewell from
Now live in Spain posted this comment on
Monday 13 November 2017 17:40:16.
I was at Reigate and Birchington from 1949 to 1957
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6 oldmerstham.com image number 5956
St David's, Reigate. 1911. F. Frith & Co. Ltd.
Comment 1
Philip Pegler from
Worcester WR1 1RG posted this comment on
Friday 11 January 2013 17:19:00.
Following my comments on previous photograph;after careful thought I realise that this is the only dated picture.we at Spurgeons certainly used these sports fields during the war years but we only wore whites for matches.The players shown must have been of a private school who vacated the site in 1939.
Comment 2
Philip Pegler from
Wocester WR1 1RG posted this comment on
Thursday 14 February 2013 20:06:00.
My Comment 1 is born out by the fact that the wall creeper on the main house was no longer there in the war,so picture must have ben taken when a private school occupied the site,prior 1939
Comment 3
John Parkes from
Horncasle Lincs posted this comment on
Wednesday 07 October 2015 15:10:00.
Hello Phillip, if l remember rightly,we both played in the school team in 1945/46 with Dereck Gardner and John Jones,our bigest rivals were Redem School of Purley.the last game l played before I left we declared
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7 oldmerstham.com image number 5957
Playing Fields Upper Game. Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
8 oldmerstham.com image number 5958
Playing Fields Lower Game. Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
9 oldmerstham.com image number 5959
The Dingle Lower Game. Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
10 oldmerstham.com image number 5960
Playing Fields from Study. Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
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