Watch out! Tanks about!
In 1939, following the declaration of the Second World War, thought was given to the real possibility of a German invasion of our shores. When The Channel Islands were invaded … Read More
Category: Local History
Horton Light Railway – A Potted History
Having been closed down and dismantled just four years before my birth, the Horton Light Railway always held a certain fascination, for me when growing up in the area, and … Read More
Borough History: Elizabeth Whitrod
Courtesy of the Friends of Horton Cemetery we republish researched stories of the 9000 patients of the cluster of psychiatric hospitals formerly located in the Borough who were buried in the neglected … Read More
Notable Residents of Epsom & Ewell – Robert Honey Fabian
From 1972 until his death in 1978 Robert Fabian lived out a quiet retirement at 40 Fairfax Avenue in East Ewell. Twenty years earlier he had been the most famous … Read More