Mr R Crosby Cook and his wife Elizabeth Porteous,

Raymond Crosby Cook b 1912 was a Royal Acadamy Schools student from 1929 to 1934.  They lived at The Forge on the village Green during the war, leaving in 1956 when David & Judy Maitland came to live at the Forge.  They were both successful artists, Mr Cook painting ‘The Epilogue’ a derelict tank landing craft washed up on the south coast.  He painted Inn Signs, winning the brewers exhibition competition in 1947. He painted the sign for the White Horse in Hascombe.  He specialised in watercolours & Elizabeth specialised in portraiture.  His studio was the wheelwright’s cottage.   He painted the village Pond, showing the now demolished Pond Farm Barn on the right & Hillplace Farm in the distance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original Inn sign for the White Horse at Hascombe is now inside the pub, above the fireplace.

The original sign has been replaced outside with a new design.

 

Peter Evans Cambell b1917  d1998

In about 1956, Peter & his wife Helga Ingeborg moved into 116, Frog Grove Lane. Peter, born in India, son of a Yorkshire clergyman, joined the army in 1936, Royal Artillery & Sandhurst Military Academy, joined the Indian Army in the 2nd Battalion Baluch Regiment.  This battalion moved to Malaya where Peter became a Japanese prisoner of war. He escaped from Singapore but was captured in Sumatra.  He met Helga after the war in Germany where he was stationed with the Royal Artillery.   Their market garden in Frog Grove Lane was a busy vegetable smallholding; Peter making early morning trips to Covent Garden and local distributors. In 1969, after a stroke, he built what became the Campbell Cattery.

Linda & Maurice Cannon

They ran the village shop & Post Office for 16 years prior to 2003.  In 2003 the Countryside Agency, through their ‘Vital Villages’ programme, contributed £11,600 towards the £26,000 cost of refurbishing the Londis store.

Jean Carey nee Murphy  b. 1928

Lived at No 1 Broadwood Cottages, next to the church & then No 1 Elm Tree cottages White Hart Lane until 1937. Went to the village school 1933 until 1937.

John & Kate Carey

Children in photo from left: Kate, Bob, Bert, Joe, Eddie, Jack Emily, with Kate, Arthur & John seated.  John lived on Oak Hill & worked at Denniss’, no dates.

 

Thomas Frederick Chandler b 1927 d 1990

Tom moved from Worplesdon to Wood Street Village in 1952. He lived at Woodlands Farm.  A great motorcycle enthusiast, racing at Brands Hatch, started his motorcycle business in the village in 1965. His business snowballed when he started repairing lawnmowers and the business was renamed ‘Chandlers Lawnmowers’.  He owned a large collection of vintage mowers which he displayed at shows and charity events.

The Clifton Family: 

Refer to the Yellow Book for more information.  First referenced in 1582 Robert Clifton received a house and land from Richard & Margaret. By 1622 there were four clifton familiers living in Worplesdaon.  Anthonie owned a field in Wood Street called ‘Inholme’ which later became part of Nightinggale Farm.

Charles Edward b 1874 & Rosa Jane Cole b 1875.

Charles & Rosa lived at Victor Cottage c1911 Pinks Hill.  This was one of four cottages adjacent to what was Acacia Farm and was renamed Acacia Cottage.  They had two children Leslie Charles b 1903 was ex-Army & Doris Elizabeth Mary b 1900.

 

 

Phobe Cooper b 1932  d 2006

Phobe, known as Bebe, lived in Frog Grove Lane, although born in Hounslow, the second youngest of 10 children. Passing her 11 plus she left school to work alongside her father in the family business City Metals based in Stoughton Road.  She married Frank Cooper at the age of 19 & they founded F. Cooper & Sons Demolition Contractors. She was a member of the Romany History Society & had three children, Shirley, Eileen and Frank and was devoted to her family.

Walter Cooper b 1905  d 1986

Walter moved to Wood Street in 1959. He served on the parish Council for 22 years receiving a certificate of appreciation in 1983 for his 20 years’ service. Helped create the football pitch at Backside Common, Founder member of the Gleaners & member of the cricket club.

Mr J Cooke b 1928

Lived in Wood Street since 1928, in Broomfield Close next to what was the Drummond Bros site,  Attended Wood Street School 1933 to 1942 when Mr AE Goddard was the Headmaster & Miss Bowler & Miss Barnes were teachers.  He was apprenticed to turning at Drummond Bros.  He recalls Tom Denton’s bus to Guildford, the Maypole dancing, May Queen Processions & competitive flower shows.

Daisy Elizabeth Alice Cousins. b 1914 d 2012

Daughter of Walter Willian Cousins & his wife Daisy Selina Cousins nee Tanner.

Daisy lived at 2 Elmtree Cottages. She took the 1^st Wood Street Girl Guides until 1942.  During the war she was in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force & spent time in Manchester & Bicester.  She was in Bicester on VE Day & hitch hiked to London.

Bette Lock nee Cousins b 1921

Bette married Jin Cousins, Daisy Cousins brother.  She first lived at 10 Broadwood Cottage, now Oak Hill, opposite the school. Then 79 The Oval (was 51 Pound Hill) then from 1950 for over 50 years at 15 Baird Drive.  She had 5 children between 1948 & 1962. She was the secretary of the ‘Young Wives Club’ 1948 to 1956 & member of Wood Street Village Association for 27 years.

The Cox Family

Refer to the Yellow Book for more information.   In 1590 he bought the freehold of Nightingale Old Farm and the Cox family maintained the ownershiop of this farm for over a century.

Mrs Ethel Crick

Ethel was the Postwoman in Wood Street from 1926 to 1947. She had a 4 ½ mile round.  She had no post office uniform, just an armband and hat.

 

Derek George Crooke. b 1924 d 2010

Derek’s great grandfather Thomas, had bought two cottages and four adjacent fields, one over the railway, in the 1890’s.  He rented Passengers and adjacent fields for £40 /year until he was able to buy it when the Wanborough Manor Estate was sold in 1912 and sitting tenants were given a preferential right to buy.  Derek’s father, Charles, was born in one of the cottages in 1907, Fir Cottage, now pulled down in the 1930s. Derek’s grandfather Henry Harry Crooke & his wide Annie nee Butcher, owned & farmed Passengers Farm in Wood Street.   Derek moved into Passengers Farm with his parents, brother & sister in 1948 when Thomas died

 

Mrs Dora Cooke b 1895, d 1999

Dora celebrated her 100^th year in 1995.  She lived most of her life in Wood Street and worked in service to a family in Godalming and as an office cleaner. She married Albert Cooke in 1922.  She was well known in Bingo & Whist circles and travelled extensively with her good friend Polly Hammond. In 1998 she became a great, great grandmother.    Photo of young Dora as a teenager at Old Gables, the home of Mrs Adair with John Cooke, Mrs Adair & Joan Cooke (later Joan Davie)

 

 

The Crosse Family.

Refer to the Yellow Book for more information.  Robert Crosse, buried in 1596 recorded hs place of residence, Wood Street.

 

Marion (Madge) Choate  b1920  d 2008

Educated in Guildford, married to Reginald, they moved to Wood Street from Blackheath. During the war she worked for the Admiralty doing secret work based in West Yorkshire.  She served on Worplesdon Parish Council, was a school governor & member of the local Wood Street Village charity, the Gleaners. ( see seperate section)

(The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet, painted in 1857, depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest.)

 

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