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BOOKHAM paper Phone: Bookham 2671 isy<our CONFECTIONERS (bounty TOBACCONISTS paper STATIONERS & TOYS LYONS ICE CREAM DENIS RANSOM i§>um p gtobertteer CHANCTONBURY (Corner Grove Side) \ for news, comment, sport, pictures \ Guildford Road ( and advertising < BOOKHAM 2115 Tile-Top Tables Trays . Stools Chair Caning Stool Seating SATURI)AY 4d WEDNESDAY 2d Picture Framing by a craftsman 4 THE BOOKHAMS BULLETIN Quarterly Journal of the Bookham Community Association No. 115 WINTER, 1962 30th year House. The Tithe Barn was OBITUARY EDITORIAL situated in the first lane on what Major-General Ivor Hughes There are no highlights in the are now Lower Road gardens, and The late Major - General history of the Bookhams. No other barns were sited in and Hughes, who resided in Bookham, outstanding personalities, with the around them. was a very distinguished and im exception, perhaps, of Fanny It would be helpful to students portant public figure. He was Burney, lived here; no exciting of local history if anyone trench appointed Sergeant at Arms in events are recorded. It is a replica ing their gardens in this vicinity the House of Commons in 1957 in miniature of the growth of recorded any foundations of old and, as Sir Iain Macleod, told England. It is the story of the buildings they came across, so Parliament on November 7th he ordinary people of the country. enabling fixed points to be had devoted himself to the service We are privileged to have all this established. It is important, too, to of the House since his first preserved in the scholarly and list articles found in digging appointment as Assistant in 1935. well-documented articles of Mr. operations which would build up Sir Iain went on to say that since John Harvey, of Half Moon a picture of the activities which 1935 he had never missed a day’s Cottage. went on in and around the Manor. attendance at the House when his We are now indebted to him for Anyone interested to see the Plan, duty required him to be there. supplying us with an estimated or able to give details of objects Only once had his service been Plan of Bookham Court, one of found in the neighbourhood, broken when he left to serve with the Bookham manors, which was should apply to the secretary of distinction in a world war for the destroyed by fire many years ago the Community Association. second time. The Leader of the and about which there is some Opposition, Mr. Gaitskell, said of curiosity today. The plan has been him; He was a kindly and modest taken from Thomas Clay’s Survey The Bulletin has entered on man who never used his very con of 1615, superimposed on the siderable powers in an unpleasant Ordnance Survey of 1934. The its thirty-first year and we way, but looked on himself as presumption is that the manor thank the new adverisers as somebody who was serving all of house was adjacent to Park View, well as the long-standing ones us. It was for this reason that he within the gardens of the three who continue to support us. won our confidence and respect nearby houses in The Park. There We ask our readers to patro and friendship. Mr. Grimond, for was a Lane to it from the present nise them, wherever possible, the Liberal Party, said that Lower Road, running alongside Major-General Hughes had been the Churchyard to a Gatehouse, to show appreciation of. their a personal friend to all members. and another Lane from Church generosity. The sorrow and respect of all Road, nearly opposite Sole Farm M.P.s was summed up by Mr. C b A GOOD SELECTION OF USED CABS WORTHY OF INSPECTION THE TRUSTWORTHY FRIENDLY AGENTS for Austin - Standard - Morris - Hillman - Triumph Renault (distributors) - Citroen - Sunbeam - Humber Riley - Ford - Rover - Singer - Reliant - Vauxhall Panhard - M.G. - Armstrong Siddeley 1-3 DORKING ROAD 18 WATERLOO ROAD 36-38 ACRE LANE 85-97 CRESCENT LANE EPSOM 3901 EPSOM 3554 BRIXTON 4011 CLAPHAM S.W.4 --------------------- * ---------------------- MOTOR SCHOOL Approved by the Royal Automobile Club The Original ‘Nervy Pupil Specialists’ Panned, speaking for the back and garden (noted as the home of from making their contributions benchers: We came into contact Fanny Burney, the novelist) was now. Donations, especially by with him more because we the scene of many garden parties covenant, will be gratefully re needed him more. He was prob and fetes organised by local clubs ceived. The Treasurer of the ably the most esteemed Sergeant and groups. Community Association, Mr. of Arms this House has ever had. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION R. W. Saunders, will be pleased We are sorry that he did not live COLUMN to answer inquiries at Lloyds to receive the accolade from Her The winter season has brought Bank, High Street, or 228 Lower Majesty, but we all of us give the new life to all our Clubs and they Road. accolade to him today. are going well, but the secretaries, BOOKHAM COMMON The Queen has granted to Mrs. whose names are in the Directory, An important public meeting, Hughes the title and precedence will welcome new members. The very well supported by local she would have enjoyed if her prospect of extensions to the Barn residents, was called in October husband had lived to be invested Hall has invigorated our active by the National Trust Bookham as a Knight Commander of the members and they are working to Commons Committee. Its purpose Royal Victorian Order. raise funds. The Scottish Dancers was to inform the village of the Mrs. Gertrude Emuss made a profit on their Barn Hall work done by the Committee to Mrs. Emuss was a great person Ball of £27 14s.; and they are maintain the Commons and the ality and will be missed in the vil organising coffee mornings, the need for voluntary help and lage where she lived and worked proceeds from all these to go to much greater financial support. for so many years. One never wards the Village Day Raffle The opening address was given thought of her as 81 because her which, they hope, will be a by Dr. A. M. Easton, Chairman sharp intelligence, her acute bumper one. The Old Time Dance observation of the life about her, Club, also, put on small raffles at and her capacity to adapt herself their meetings which will assist to changing conditions placed her towards the Bottle Stall which is with the younger generation. their responsibility on Village L. S. HALL During the War she was untiring Day. The 1962 event raised £235 11 Blackthorne Road in her work for evacuees. She was 8s. 5d., and we were very pleased Tel. Bookham 3194 especially interested in the Nurs with this, but we need to do much ing Association, of which she was better if we are to reach our Secretary for over 30 years and, target of over £1,000 to start the ■a even after its services dwindled proposed extensions.