admin, Author at Leatherhead & District Local History Society Archive https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/author/admin/ Covering Ashtead, the Bookhams, Fetcham, Headley, Mickleham & Leatherhead Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:03:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-SwanLogo_3_003-2-32x32.jpg admin, Author at Leatherhead & District Local History Society Archive https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/author/admin/ 32 32 Allan, Constance https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/mrs-constance-allan/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:14:25 +0000 https://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1740   CONSTANCE ALLAN (1911- 1997) Constance Allan was part of the family that ran The Woodman pub in Ashtead from…

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]]> Anderson, Arthur & Ivy https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/arthur-ivy-anderson/ Thu, 24 May 2018 13:51:21 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1512 Arthur Sidney (1898-1988 ) & Ivy Maud Anderson (1898-1998) Ivy Weller was born in Leatherhead, the daughter of a rose…

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]]> Anderson, Michael https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/michael-anderson/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:32:09 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1019 MICHAEL ALEXANDER JOHN ANDERSON (1930 – 2023)  Michael Anderson was a familiar face in Leatherhead district where he has held prominent…

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]]> Browning, Maurice & Lily https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/mr-mrs-browning/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:22:28 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1011 MAURICE HENRY BROWNING (1906-1993) & LILY FAWNIA BROWNING (1903-1995) Maurice and Lily Browning were living in Leatherhead during the Blitz of World…

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]]> Campbell, Gina https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/gina-campbell/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:26:35 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1013 GINA CAMPBELL (1946 – ) Georgina Campbell, only child of Donald Campbell, was born 16 September 1946. Three years after this…

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]]> Canning, Hilda Mollie https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/canning-hilda-mollie/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:23:09 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1952 Hilda Mollie Canning (1920 – 2020) Mollie Canning is the eldest interviewee in the series. She first came to work…

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]]> Cree, Mary https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/mary-cree/ Thu, 24 May 2018 14:06:14 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1520 MRS MARY CREE (1921- 2023) Mrs Mary Cree was born 96 years ago in the same family home she still occupied…

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]]> Dench, George https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/george-dench/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:28:09 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1015 GEORGE DENCH (1905 – 2001) George Dench is believed to have been the longest serving chorister in any English parish…

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]]> Fuller, David https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/fuller-david/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:24:47 +0000 https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/?p=3642 DAVID FULLER (1948-) David Fuller ran an exclusive men’s outfitter shop in Church Road, Great Bookham for more than 52…

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]]> Green, Elsie https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/elsie-green/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:19:28 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=676 ELSIE GREEN, MBE (1904-1997) Elsie Green, MBE was Director of the Polesden Lacey Open Air Theatre for 36 years. She…

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]]> Hooker, Bernard https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/bernard-hooker/ Thu, 24 May 2018 13:55:24 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1514   BERNARD STUART HOOKER (1897-1983)  Bernard Hooker, president of the Leatherhead Operatic Society, was the son in law of the…

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]]> Hylands, Ted https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/ted-hylands/ Sat, 19 May 2018 18:29:17 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1428 EDWARD HAROLD HYLANDS (1926-)  Ted Hylands is still a working gardener at the age of 91. He has lived in…

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]]> Keswick, Helen Kathleen https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/helen-kathleen-keswick/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:30:00 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1017   MISS HELEN KATHLEEN KESWICK (1903-1997) Kathleen Keswick was the youngest daughter of William Keswick, MP and Lord of the Manor…

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]]> Marshall, ‘Smiler’ https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/smiler-marshall/ Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:58:30 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=966 ALBERT ‘SMILER’ MARSHALL (103) (1897-2005) Albert ‘Smiler’ Marshall was Britain’s last surviving cavalryman from World War One. He volunteered for…

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]]> Martin, Kate https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/kate-martin/ Thu, 24 May 2018 14:03:02 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1518 KATHLEEN MEGAN MARTIN (1934- ) Kate Martin and her husband John have lived in Bookham for nearly half a century…

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]]> Mizen, Edward & Ida https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/edward-ida-mizen/ Tue, 29 May 2018 12:37:13 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1590 EDWARD OAKLEY MIZEN (1894-1985) & IDA MARY MIZEN (1904-1997) Edward Mizen’s family farmed large areas of land in Mitcham and…

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]]> Pearce, Eileen & Brown, Hazel https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/eileen-pearce-hazel-brown/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:18:50 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1009 EILEEN PEARCE (1944 – ) & HAZEL BROWN (1931 – )                 Mrs…

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]]> Rice-Oxley, Frank https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/frank-rice-oxley/ Thu, 24 May 2018 13:59:11 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1516 FRANK RICE-OXLEY (1928 – 2023)  Frank Rice-Oxley was married to local historian Mary Rice-Oxley, a founder of the Leatherhead &…

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]]> Sayers, Kate https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/sayers-kate-2/ Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:56:23 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1916 ALEXANDRA KATE SAYERS (1902-1990) Kate Sayers was the daughter of Charles Brewer, a mainstay of the Leatherhead Brass Band in…

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]]> Tims, Ed & Moira https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/ed-moira-timms/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:35:29 +0000 http://ldlhsarchive.co.uk/?p=1021   ALRIC EDRED TIMS (1927 –  2022) & MOIRA TIMS (1926 – 2019) Ed and Moira Tims have lived in Fetcham…

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