Forges and Smithies This picture of the forge on the Common probably shows Shadrach Trussler and his son Michael The number of people with the surname Smith shows how widespread their job was. The term ‘blacksmith’ came about because iron was the ‘black metal’. Smiths created agricultural tools, weapons, cooking ...
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Cranleigh Arts Centre is pleased to partner and host the Secret WW2 Learning Network, a registered educational charity promoting knowledge and understanding of clandestine warfare in the Second World War. The Network is presently researching the role of selecting and training secret agents played by ‘Winterfold’ ...
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The Vanished Workhouse It may come as a surprise to hear that Cranleigh had its own workhouse. There are no known drawings of it, and it was before photography was developed, but it figures on old maps, and quite a lot is known about it and the inmates. Edward Hassell’s painting of the almshouses in 1830 ...
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New Barn School, in Broadbridge Heath, is a special needs school for around 25 students, all of them on the autistic spectrum. To help students be aware of the desperate situations other people find themselves in when money is scarce, the students were recently introduced to foodbank schemes in their PSHCE lessons. ...
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Now that the centenary of the Great War has passed, the ‘Joy of Cranleigh’ feature will aim to present several Vanished Buildings of Cranleigh... The Vanished Elmbridge School In May 1939, with war looming, Parliament passed the Camps Act. This planned for 50 hutted camps to be built at government expense as safe ...
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Cranleigh’s Village Hall until 1933 (Frith photo of 1904). Election meetings took place here in 1918. On Saturday, December 14th, Christmas shopping was not uppermost in Cranleigh people’s minds. It was election day – the first general election for eight years – and 654 Cranleigh women over 30 were voting for the ...
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Continued from our September issue 'Graffiti Hooligans' Unfortunately the first resistance to German occupation was not well organised: there were groups of men and youths often just 16-17 years of age, armed with guns, acting on their own initiative causing more harm than good. Also they harassed farmers for ...
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How did the people of Cranleigh learn the momentous news of November 11th, without television or even radio? The answer is, in a very low-key manner. The announcement was phoned through to the Post Office and a notice was displayed there. Gradually the news was passed through the village by word of mouth, and flags ...
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Loxwood Primary School is looking for enthusiastic individuals who are committed and willing to give up a little of their time to help with the ongoing running and development of their local school. It is a fulfilling and vital role. The school is based in the centre of Loxwood and currently has 177 children ...
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Cranleigh School’s sanatorium, which could not cope with the number of Spanish Flu victims Ruth and Chris Cheesman of Victoria Road received further news from their prisoner-of-war son Joe, who had been suffering from a bad foot for some months. ‘I came out of hospital a week ago, after a month of it,’ he wrote, ...
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