Memory Lane – Knaphill History, The Brookwood Hospital

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Editor

When we look back over the history of Knaphill we find that the ‘Brookwood Hospital’ played a vital part in the development of the village. In the 1850’s local settlement was at the bottom of Anchor Hill, near the thriving nurseries, but the building of the ‘Brookwood Lunatic Asylum’  (completed in 1867) brought major changes. [...]

Knaphill History, Memory Lane – WOMEN at WAR

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Editor

The history of Knaphill owes a great deal to the people who live here; to long established residents and some more recent arrivals.  KRA’s Memory Lane articles are based on the stories of real people who have made their home in Knaphill. When we were preparing the article ‘The Men and the Boys’, some of [...]

KRA Memory Lane Series – The War Years in Knaphill 1939-45

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Peter

As part of the KRA’s Memory Lane series in our Newsletters we have met many local residents and they have kindly shared with today’s readers their memories of Knaphill’s past. At this time of Remembrance we are putting a special series of Memory Lane articles on the website that recalled the wartime memories of many [...]

Knaphill’s own Oktoberfest – a splendid afternoon of Steam Trains & Fair Organs

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Editor

On October 17th, Mizens Railway on Barrs Lane, Knaphill hosted the third annual Steam Trains & Fair Organs Oktoberfest! The wonderful afternoon was organised by Paul Kirrage, a local enthusiast and collector of vintage mechanical musical instruments and The Woking Miniature Railway Society (Mizens Railway). Although originally conceived three years ago as a get together [...]

Book signing by local author Helena Harper

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Peter

Local author Helena Harper will be signing copies of her latest book at Waterstones in the Peacocks Centre, Woking, on Saturday 25th September between midday and 3.00 pm and would love to say ‘Hello’ to any fellow Knaphill residents who are in town on that day. Helena’s book, entitled: Family and More – Enemies or [...]

Local History, Memory Lane – Knaphill

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Peter

Welcome to Memory Lane Knaphill, a special view of Knaphill’s history. Over the years the Residents’ Association have met many of Knaphill’s ‘senior citizens’. Based on their memories of the Knaphill of their youth, KRA put together a series of articles in our quarterly Newsletters called Memory Lane, Knaphill. These articles look at the history of Knaphill through the [...]