People and Historical Events of Reigate and Redhill

Events and groups from the past

• Mayors of the Reigate and Banstead Borough
• Lady Somerset, Frances Willard and Duxhurst – A Reigate Dynasty and the Temperance Movement
• Eliza Cook and Mill Street – A Victorian poetess
• People of 1887 – Pictures & profiles from Queen Victoria's Jubilee year
• Maltsters, Blacksmiths,Whitesmiths of Redhill and Reigate
• Cartes de visite and Cabernet Cards by local photographers – Victorian photos of people of Redhill and Reigate
• The King George V Jubilee 1935 – Events in Redhill and Reigate
• The Home Guard – The World War 2 local units
• The crash of a Flying Fortress on Reigate Hill in 1945 and the 2002 memorial to its crew
• The Jack Streeter Band – A local dance band playing from the 1920s - 1950s
• The Redhill Town Band
• John Linnell – A Redhill Artist
• Joseph Dakin – A Redhill Artist
• The Borough Police Force – History and archive photos
• The History of the Telephone Service – Redhill, Reigate and surrounding area
• The Photos of Victor Izard – Pictures from the 1950s by a local photographer.
• The Olympic Torch Relay – July 2012 – Redhill and Reigate

Families of Reigate and Redhill

• The Jupp Family of Redhill – A local family from Linkfield Street
• The Pook Family
• The HullJohn Family – Of The Mount, Pendleton Road, Redhill
• The Jinks Family of Redhill – Connection with St John's School
• The Thorndale Family – Information from Steve Thorndale
• The Shaw Family – Gave its name to Shaws Corner, Redhill
• The Stonehouse – Home of the Mordan and other families of Reigate
• www.chaletschool.org.uk – Phyllis & Sydney Matthewman & Elinor Brent-Dyer
• The Henderson and Chattington family Also Dawes, James, Cooling, Ronald, Skingley, Wells and Woods
• The Wright Family of Redhill – From Redhill to Jersey
• The Fueggle Family – Of Reigate and Redhill
• The Burtenshaw Family – Coach builders of Reigate
• The King Family – An early connection with Reigate police force
• The Mordan Family at The Stonehouse – A well known Victorian family in Reigate
• The Tanner Family – Jewellers, watch and clockmakers of Station Road, Redhill
• The Laker Family of Redhill
• Oakwood House, Redstone Hill – A History by Don Burgess
• The Laker Family of Redhill – The Railway Hotel, Redstone Hill
• The Hill Family
• The Palmer Family of Reigate – Bessie Palmer's postcards
• The Burrage Family of Redhill – A family of writers
• The Trower Family – Farmers, Corn Merchants, Brickmakers and Gentlemen of Wiggie
• The Linter Family – And its business in London Road, Redhill
• The Dewdney Family – A Study by Peter D Dewdney

Reminiscences of Local People

• The Sad Story of Charlie Fuller – A shortlived Reigate trader
• Surrey Schooldays by Raymond Fry – 1938-1945. An account of the war through a boy's eyes
• A Meadvale Boyhood by Jack Moore – 1906-1914 Life as seen before World War 1
• My Life so far – by Charlie Holloway Memories of a good life 1927-
• Twenty-Two Years in the Fire brigade 1939-1961 by Jack Moore – London, Reigate, Redhill, Oxted, Banstead
• Redhill in the Inter-war years by Kathleen Knight – High Street, shops and style="padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0" people 1918-1939
• Redhill Tannery 1934-62 - From Cow Hide to Leather – As told by Mr Sidney Harvey
• Boyhood in Redhill – David Young, Pennsylvania, USA, Living at the White Lion, Linkfield Streeet, 1941-50
• Redhill in the mid-1850s The Recollections of Mr T.R.Hooper – Life more than 150 years ago
• The Reminiscences of Mr and Mrs McMillen – 1855-1908
• Redhill Police Station in the 1960s – by Dave Vigar
• Jimmy Bridger – Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper for more than 50 years
• John Roberts – Redhill shopkeeper for more than 50 years
• The Police Orphanage in London Road – History, pictures, reminiscences