Grayshott Village Archive

The Village Archive committee would like to take this opportunity to wish all Friends and readers of our website a very Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

Friends evening

Our new venue at the  Grayshott Social Club  has been very successful with Stephen Penny very much enlightening us on the history of the Village Hall.  Many interesting facts have been revealed, from problems of the sanitation, to the diversity of uses the hall has been put to over the past 110 plus years. Many thanks to Stephen .The room available has given us much more space with individual tables etc., any further ideas for future meetings and comments will be most welcome.  Refreshments have again been kindly provided by Jan Bebbington, with wine by the Social Club.

Future projects and new information

Several items of interest have come to light in recent weeks. “Outline proposals for a Cottage at Grayshott“  designed  by Ballie Scott, but was it ever built and if so where is it.  The drawing will appear on  this website in the near future.

Other drawings and correspondence has surfaced regarding alterations made to Grayshott Court (originally Heather Lodge, the first I’Anson residence) from 1900 onwards. We look forward to seeing this in due course.

A letter has been received from a person researching his family history to find out that a great grandfather in the 8^th Rifle Brigade was billeted here in Grayshott in the earlier months of  the Great European War. This would have been at either the Village Hall or  the School. The suggestion has been made that there should be a plaque, possibly at the Village Hall, to commemorate  those who were billeted here November 1914 – April 1915. Another positive action the Archive can do in respect of the forthcoming 100^th anniversary of the commencement of the conflict.

John Hill is continuing with his project which he is undertaking in connection with the Archive. John has now researched all the names that appear on the village war memorial and associated  material that goes with this and is now looking at ways of turning this into a published book.

Progress is a little slow on the booklet of photographs titled ‘Grayshott Village’ and will comprise of about 60/70 images of Grayshott from the 1890s to the 1960s.   This has now become a reality and will take the form of an A5 size booklet. We are at present collating suitable images and if anybody has something they think may be suitable for inclusion please contact us.

Tracey Sharpe, our new secretary,  is keen for the Archive to expand appeal to more local people, in particular those moving to the area in recent times. We are interested in gathering more information on the history of what have become housing estates around the village. Also we would like to talk with more of our long standing residents to record  more of village life.

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 who of course is adding new titles.  All are stocked at Grayshott Pottery.

 

Richard Peskett

 

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Our new venue at the Grayshott Social Club has been . . . . . . . .

July / August / September 2013

 

Friends evening

Further to the problem that we have outgrown our venue at Grayshott Pottery, as an alternative for the next Friends evening the Grayshott Social Club have agreed that the meeting can be held there. Stephen Penny has kindly agreed to come along and give a talk on the history of the Village Hall. The meeting will take place on Thursday November 7th. Neil Jaques and myself went along to the club recently to give a similar illustrated talk on the history of shops in Grayshott, as at our last Friends evening, to the Buy in Grayshott organisation. The room available gives us much more space with individual tables etc. Refreshments will be as previous, there will also be the opportunity to make use of the bar. I hope this will prove to be a suitable new venue for our meetings. Final details to follow next time.

Future Projects

John Hill is continuing with his project which he is undertaking in connection with the Archive. This is in connection with the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the First World War next year. John is researching all the names that appear on the village war memorial and associated material that goes with this and it is hoped that some kind of publication can be produced.
It has been decided to go ahead with the booklet of photographs titled ‘Grayshott Village’ and will comprise of about 60 to 70 images of Grayshott from the 1890s to the 1960s. This has now become a reality and will take the form of an A5 size booklet. We are at present collating suitable images and if anybody has something they think may be suitable for inclusion please contact us.
Tracey Sharpe, our new secretary, is keen for the Archive to expand appeal to more local people, in particular those moving to the area in recent times. We are interested in gathering more information on the history of what have become housing estates around the village. Also we would like to talk with more of our long standing residents to record more of village life. More on this at our next Friends evening.

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 who of course is adding new titles. All are stocked at Grayshott Pottery.

Richard Peskett
Grayshott Village Archive
 

Note: 

Further to the problem that we have outgrown   . . . . . . . .

May / June 2013

Friends evening

Another successful Friends evening was held at the Pottery on May 7th with over 50 people attending. The subject of Grayshott shops and their history proved to be of universal interest. Jan Bebbington again provide an excellent selection of snacks. Used for the first time was a new digital projector which the Archive has purchased, with this it is hoped that we will be able to expand into giving more talks in connection with other organisations. Already we have received a request from the BIG campaign to present the Grayshott shops history at their next meeting, Grayshott social club on July 23rd. at 6pm. If you missed this one please come along.
As those of you who attended the meeting will have realised that with gradually increasing attendance at our meetings we have literally run out of room, so we are actively looking at the option of a larger venue.

Annual General Meeting

This took place on May 15th with a reasonable attendance. One major change within the Archives organisation is taking place, Brian Tapp is standing down as Secretary of the Archive and we are most fortunate that Tracey Sharpe has come forward to take his place. Tracey lives in the centre of Grayshott and has lived in the district for many years. Many thanks go to Brian for all is sterling efforts and work he has contributed to the Archive.

Future Projects

John Hill has come forwards with a new project which he is undertaking in connection with the Archive. This is in connection with the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the First World War next year. John is researching all the names that appear on the village war memorial and associated material that goes with this and it is hoped that some kind of publication can be produced. More on this next time..
As briefly mentioned last time 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. This has now become a reality and will take the form of an A5 size booklet. We are at present collating suitable images and if anybody has something they think may be suitable for inclusion please contact us.

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: 

Another successful Friends evening was held at the Pottery . . . .

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

Note: 

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 . . . . . .