I was born in Elland, Yorkshire in November, 1955. In the winter of 1957, we relocated to Grimsby in Lincolnshire. There was thick snow on the ground and so we took the train. Apparently I caused quite a stir on the trip to Grimsby. All I can remember is eating crisps and switching the lights on and off in the ...
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The 1st Totteridge Scout Band (I'm in the back row 3rd from the right) As with all English towns and villages, Cranleigh has seen enormous growth and change over the years, none more so than recently. What is so heartening is the knowledge that whatever challenges our village has faced, Cranleigh’s community never ...
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I was born in Liverpool, in 1951 in a house overlooking Sefton Park where we used to watch the Billy Smart’s Circus. I have a younger brother Maxwell, who has lived in Stockholm for over 30 years. He teaches English as a foreign language to accountants and lawyers and also works as a translator for government and ...
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Left to right, me and my son Miles negotiating a tricky section at the first round of the British Championship this year I’m a Cranleigh lad, born in Mount Alvernia Hospital, Guildford, when my parents were living in Mead Road. I was born in 1963, a memorable year when President Kennedy was shot and the beginning ...
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I was born in Tain in Ross-shire in 1936, in Scotland. Tain is a small town (population approx 4,000) in the Ross and Cromarty area, close to the scenic Dornoch Firth and boasts a number of attractions including Glenmorangie distillery and Balblair distillery. Inverness is about a 45 minute drive south. I was the ...
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I’ve lived in Cranleigh for nearly twenty-one years now and work as a professional singer, singing teacher, vocal and performance coach, I run the Cranleigh Community Choir (which is just entering its fourteenth year) and I’m the Artist Manager for Eleanore & the Lost. For a very long time I’ve also been doing ...
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Me in my first hand made 'go kart' made out of an old Suffolk Punch lawnmower engine stuck on the back. It had no brakes! I was 8 years old when I started to build it I was born in Guildford and grew up in Ewhurst where my parents had a house on Pitch Hill. My first school was Ewhurst Primary then I went to ...
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Who you gonna call . . . ? Christopher Sutton has a passion for creating models and props. We met up with him recently to hear about how this passion came about and his training and experience so far. I’m a Sussex boy, born and bred, living in Southwater all my life. I have one brother and two dogs! My ...
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I’m not a Cranleigh girl, I was born in East London ‘within the sound of Bow bells’ which considering my ‘Surrey’ accent is a bit ridiculous. I lived there all my life until I finished university and it was my husband’s job that brought us to live locally, near Cranleigh. My father was a country boy from ...
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I was born in Guildford, and lived in Cranleigh for 19 years. My family lived in Woodlands Close, which is up Woodlands Avenue. My mother still lives in Cranleigh, in Summerlands, so I often return to Cranleigh to visit her. I went to Park Mead School then went onto Glebelands, which feels like a lifetime ago ...
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