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Horsell & Woodham Resident 
I have just stumbled on your site and was looking with interest as I moved to Horsell with my family at the age of about 3 in 1956.
My parents eventually left in 1983.
My father was involved with the Bedser Boys Club and my Mother an avid member of the Young Wives group and later the WI. Both my sister and I went St Mary’s School on the Hill and later to schools in Woking.
I currently live in Tropical North Queensland, Australia and wondered if you would like any reflective articles of my memories of the village life.
I am still in possession of photographs of the opening of the Swing Bridge by Mr Benstead (spelling?) and children from St Mary’s School.
Look forward to hearing from you one way or the other.
Regards
Nancy Foyen (nee Evans)
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I’m not too sure where to leave this message but as Nancy’s post has an historical perspective perhap it’s as good a place as any! I lived in Horsell in late 1972/early 1973 and lodged with a lovely lady called Frances Burt in Thornash Road. The recent media focus on the Titanic’s centanary reminded me that Frances had a friend called Kay (which I recall was not her real name) who lived opposite to us in the same road and who had been a child passenger on the Titanic. She would have then been in her 70s I guess so fits the story chronologically but I wondered whether anyone else in the village remembers Frances and Kay or knows any more about this story?
With best wishes,
Lesley Barnard
Hi Lesley , you didn’t by any chance live next to my Ban, Freda Page , holly oak avenue horsell?
Hi Lesley,
How interesting – I’ll post your message on the blog and see if anyone remembers any more – I’ll drop you an email if I hear anything!
Greta
Nancy and Lesley – would you like to upload these comments to Memory Lane on horselljubilation.net?