…Or know someone who is? The current year 3 are looking at the history of the local area, and as part of the study they would like to invite someone in who went to the school many years ago and…
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Volunteers from The Knaphill Residents’ Association (KRA), Mizens Railway and local community groups had been working for months to prepare for the Knaphill Village Show on 16th July, so we were not going to let the grey skies and a…
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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…
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Category: Memory Lane
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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…
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