Grayshott Village Archive

March / April 2013

Friends evening

The next Friends evening will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, at the usual venue, ‘Jolleys’ café, Grayshott Pottery.  7.30 for 7.45pm.  A subject this time I am sure you will all be able to relate to will be an illustrated talk on shops/businesses in Grayshott from the early times to the present day.  A reminder will be circulated shortly. Also your committee would like to hold an open discussion on the future of the Archive, this being outlined in the paragraph following.

Future Policy and Projects

Your committee has recently discussed at length various possibilities as to both the short and long term future of the Archive. The Archive, having now been in existence for over ten years, has in this time achieved considerable progress in gathering up and preserving records of this village. A long term project of indexing much of this is currently under way. A further project now in hand is to publish a booklet of photographs. ‘Friends’ evenings at Grayshott Pottery are proving to be very popular with some two thirds of the ‘Friends’ membership attending. A good selection of material in the form of articles and photographs is now on our web site with several of these now having viewing in excess of 1000. In the way of articles much of the earlier history of the village has been covered so we are now exploring and open to suggestion of ways to record the village history post 1945. Beyond the normal daily life, the winter of 1962/3 and the storm of October 1987 are important happenings, photographs of these events are rare. In this respect we are in need of help and will be most pleased to hear from anybody who has some spare time and would like to become involved in the archive and its activities.

Annual General Meeting

It is proposed that this will be held on Wednesday, May 15th at Grayshott Village Hall, small hall. 7.15 for 7.30pm. (please note this is a day later than published in the last ‘Notes and News’).

New Photographs

Some family photographs from the Winchester family have been given to the Archive following the death of Derek Winchester.
From Russell Cupitt two interesting photographs of delivery vans in Grayshott, a 1950s Bedford belonging to Harris’s and a 1920s Morris of Tyler’ s, the wine merchants. These will be published in due course.

New Book

The archive is at present looking into the possibilities of publishing a booklet of photographs titled ‘Grayshott Village’ and will comprise of about 60/70 images of Grayshott from the 1890s to the 1960s. More on this next time.

Website

Continues with a good number of visits being made.  More interesting ‘Photos of the Month’ to follow.

Books

Don’t forget there is always a good selection of local history titles available including “The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 – 2007”; “Grayshott, a Hampshire Village” and a good selection of other new titles about walks in the district from Jo Smith. All are stocked at the Pottery and Grayshott Bookshop.

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive

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The next Friends evening will be held on . . . . . . . .

January / February 2013

Friends Evening

The next Friends evening will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, at the usual venue, ‘Jolleys’ café, Grayshott Pottery. 7.30 for 7.45pm. A subject this time I am sure you will all be able to relate to will be an illustrated talk on shops/businesses in Grayshott from the early times to the present day. A reminder will be circulated nearer the time. Also your committee would like to hold an open discussion on the future the Archive this being outlined in the paragraph following.

Future Policy and Projects

Your committee has recently discussed at length various possibilities as to both the short and long term future of the Archive. The Archive, having now been in existence for over ten years, has in this time achieved considerable progress in gathering up and preserving records of this village. A long term project of indexing much of this is currently under way. A further project now in hand is to publish a booklet of photographs. ‘Friends’ evenings at Grayshott Pottery are proving to be very popular with some two thirds of the ‘Friends’ membership attending. A good selection of material in the form of articles and photographs is now on our website with several of these now having viewing in excess of 1000. In the way of articles much of the earlier history of the village has been covered so we are now exploring and open to suggestion of ways to record the village history post 1945. Beyond the normal daily life, the winter of 1962/3 and the storm of October 1987 are important happenings, photographs of these events are rare. In this respect we are in need of help and will be most pleased to hear from anybody who has some spare time and would like to become involved in the Archive and its activities.

Annual General Meeting

It is proposed that this will be held on Tuesday, May 14th at Grayshott Village Hall, Small Hall. Confirmation next time.

Grayshott and Headley Mugs

As yet no news on the origins of these two items.

Website

Continues with a good number of visits being made. More interesting ‘Photos of the Month’ to follow.

Books

Don’t forget there is always a good selection of local history titles available including “The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 – 2007” ; “Grayshott, a Hampshire Village” and a good selection of other new titles about walks in the district from Jo Smith. All are stocked at the Pottery and Grayshott Bookshop.

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive
 

Note: 

Your committee has recently discussed at length various . . . . . .

November / December 2012

 

Friends evening

The successful Friends evening was held on Tuesday, November 6th.  Again with almost 50 people attending the programme related to Grayshott School, its origins and life at the school from the early 1870s with the founding of the school by the I ‘Anson family through to more recent times.  Several of those present were able to relate some first hand experiences and also thanks to those who brought photographs along.  Jan Bebbington again kindly provided an excellent selection of ‘light bites’, we are beginning to think that this is the reason the evenings are so popular!!

1935 Silver Jubilee railings

These have now been restored and are back in place around the tree at the apex of Whitmore Vale Road and Headley Road. Also restored and back in position is the small plaque commemorating the 1911 coronation by planting a yew tree in the churchyard adjacent to Whitmore Vale Road by children of Grayshott School.

Grayshott Clinic foundation and memorial stones

Work has now finished on building the plinth incorporating these two items, one with the time capsule incorporated on the new area of land recently acquired by the Parish Council on the Headley Road frontage adjacent to School Road.

Grayshott and Headley Mugs

Through our good friend Jo Smith at Headley we have seen photographs of two mugs, one with ‘Grayshott’ on and the other ‘Headley’, it is thought they relate to the marriage within families from Grayshott and Headley in 1891 and 1892.

Website

Continues with a good number of visits being made. Please use the system to comment and make suggestions. More interesting ‘Photos of the Month’ to follow .

Books

Don’t forget there is always a good selection of local history titles available including “The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 – 2007” ; “Grayshott, a Hampshire Village” and a good selection of other new titles about walks in the district from Jo Smith. All are stocked at the Pottery and Grayshott Bookshop .

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive

Note: 

The successful Friends evening was held on Tuesday, November 6th.  Again with . . . . . .

September / October 2012

Friends evening and next meeting

The next Friends evening will be on Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 7.30 for 7.45pm. The programme this time will relate to Grayshott School, its origins and life at the school. It would be appreciated if you have any photographs or memorabilia please bring it along.

1935 Silver Jubilee railings and 1911 Coronation plaque

The restoration of both the railings and plaque has now been completed and both are back in their original positions. In particular, the railings will now much enhance the tree and small area of ground at the apex of Headley Road and Whitmore Vale Road.

Grayshott Clinic foundation and memorial stones

Work has now started on the plinth to display these two items, one with the time capsule incorporated on the new area of land recently acquired by the Parish Council on the Headley Road frontage adjacent to School Road.

Picture of the Month

If anybody has images relating to Grayshott other than the usual postcard views of Headley Road /Crossways Road I would much appreciate seeing them and being able to use them for this regular website feature.

Website

Continues with a good number of visits being made. Please use the system to comment and make suggestions. More interesting ‘Photos of the Month’ to follow.

Books

Don’t forget there is always a good selection of local history titles available including “The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 – 2007” ; “Grayshott ,a Hampshire Village” and a good selection of other new titles about walks in the district from Jo. Smith. All are stocked at the Pottery and Grayshott Bookshop .

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive
 

Note: 

The restoration of both the railings and plaque has now been completed and . . . . . .

July / August 2012

Royalty Display at Grayshott Pottery

This display has been very successful and has attracted much interest. The Archive has gained some good publicity in the local newspapers from it. The display will finish in the second week of August.

Grayshott in 1897 and the murder of a Canadian soldier in 1915

Further to the reference in the last Notes and News, the house where the 1897 Jubilee plaque is has in Jack Smith’s book on Grayshott been credited as the house where the murder of a Canadian soldier took place in 1915. This it appears was an assumption that the house ‘Hindhead Chase’ had subsequently changed its name from ‘Arundel’ (the name in the trial report ). Now the 1911 census is available it would seem that ‘Arundel’ was next to ‘Hindhead Chase’ and not the same house. The 1901 census shows two houses in the vicinity ‘Woodside’ and ‘ Nutshell’ (this quite possibly became ‘Arundel’) but the actual location is a mystery. Any further information on these last two houses would be of great interest and hopefully solve a mystery.

Friends evening and next meeting

The next Friends evening will be on Tuesday, November 6th 2012, when the theme will be Grayshott School. Further details next time.

1935 Silver Jubilee railings and 1911 Coronation plaque

The Archive has agreed to undertake the restoration of the small plaque under the Yew tree in St. Luke’s churchyard (near the gate in Whitmore Vale) which commemorates the planting of the tree by Grayshott children for the 1911 Coronation. Also being undertaken at present is the restoration of the railings around the tree on the triangle of land Whitmore Vale / Headley Road. These railings commemorate the 1935 Silver Jubilee. In more recent times these railings have become obscured by vegetation and it was felt that as a focal point of the village it was worthwhile to undertake this work.

Headley Down

The Archive is grateful to Kay and Jim Houlin for the donation of some postcards 1910/20s including views of St. Luke’s church and the crossroads, but also somewhat more unusual views of Headley Down then known as Stonehill before mass development took place. Some will feature in Picture of the Month in due course.

Website

Continues with a good number of visits being made. Please use the system to comment and make suggestions. More interesting ‘Photos of the Month’ to follow.

Books

Don’t forget there is always a good selection of local history titles available including “The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 – 2007” ; “Grayshott, a Hampshire Village” and a good selection of other new titles about walks in the district from Jo. Smith. All are stocked at the Pottery and Grayshott Bookshop.

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive

Note: 

This display has been very successful and has attracted much interest . . . . . .