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Reigate County School for Girls / Reigate College, Castlefield Road, Reigate
A total of 11 images. Currently displaying images 1 to 10.
1 oldredhill.com image number 685
Reigate County School annual magazines. 1939 to 1946.
Comment 1
Bobby Cadwallader from
Aylesbury posted this comment on
Thursday 23 February 2017 18:12:00.
These are too early even for me. I was at Reigate County from 1962 -1969 Comment 2
Lesley James from
Tiverton posted this comment on
Sunday 14 June 2020 23:21:58.
Too early for me, too. I was there from 1963-70. Comment 3
Ruth Brooks-Hill from
Southampton posted this comment on
Tuesday 16 May 2023 09:47:58.
I was there from 1958...Can anyone remind me of the names of the Houses?
I was in Grasmere Comment 4
wendy berry from
Somerset posted this comment on
Sunday 08 December 2024 08:30:02.
I was there in 1950s. My maiden name is Ashton. I stayed on to do A level sciences. Anyone else from that era? Comment 5
Jill Elizabeth Bowen from
Caterham posted this comment on
Friday 28 March 2025 17:09:36.
I started there in September 1954, my maiden name was Heasman. Anyone else who started there at a similar time? |
2 oldredhill.com image number 686
The County School for Girls, Reigate.
Comment 1
Geraldine Foy from
Horley posted this comment on
Wednesday 07 April 2010 09:35:00.
Reigate County School Old Girls should also look at the photos of Reigate Lodge in Church Street as the school was built in the grounds of this estate. The Lodge's entrance gates remain as the school's gates. Old Girls may like to contact rcsoldgirl@yahoo.co.uk
if they'd like to receive the Old Girls newsletter. Our archive has many other old pictures, magazines etc. Comment 2
Elizabeth Jenner from
Ottawa, Canada posted this comment on
Thursday 03 June 2010 03:44:00.
Good Picture, brings back many memories Comment 3
Helen Goddard from
Princeton USA posted this comment on
Friday 29 April 2011 02:04:00.
To EJ from Ottawa. Have you read Coin Street Chronicles yet, by Gwen Southgate? Her London grammar school was evacuated to Reigate and shared premises with Reigate County School for Girls. There are some fascinating passages in it about being taught in the caves during air raids, and the long walk down the dark driveway during black outs. Read the reviews on Amazon.com (not so many on Amazon.co.uk), it's a great read. |
 3 oldredhill.com image number 687
Reigate County School. 1940. The Honor Oak School Magazine No. 20.
On September 2nd 1939, 249 girls (out of 450) were in a party which
left the Honor Oak School, Peckham for evacuation to Redhill, together with 81 younger brothers and sisters, 10 helpers, 24 teaching staff and two administrative staff. Subsequently 50 more Honor Oak girls came to Redhill.The Head Mistress of Reigate County School invited Honor Oak to share the use of the County School building. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Reigate County School had possession of the classrooms, and on Tuedays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, Honor Oak had possession. On the other days the girls from the school which was not in full possession attended in relays of about 70 for instruction in physical education, music, etc., in the hall and music room.
The school could accomodate 300, and the air-raid shelters (the caves)
accomodated 440 people.
I have The Honor Oak School Magazine 1940 in my possession - get in touch if you are interested.
Comment 1
Mary Wyllie (Dunn) from
Kingston Ontario posted this comment on
Wednesday 27 January 2010 20:19:00.
It s great to see the old school. I was there from 1944 - 1952.
My house was Canterbury. I would be delighted to get in touch with Maureen McLelland now I believe Mrs Phillips a graduate of Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham.Maureen was one of the most honest people that I know.When marking her french Dictation she would not even allow me to add an accent! Comment 2
Helen B Goddard from
Princeton NJ USA posted this comment on
Tuesday 30 March 2010 05:04:00.
I was at the Reigate County School for Girls from 1957 to 1963. I have just read a wonderful book by Gwen Southgate called Coin Street Chronicles. She was in the Honor Oak school when it shared the County school (before my time) and mentions air raids and moving into the caves. Do read this book: ISBN 978-0-5955-1670-4, available from Amazon.com. Helen B Goddard Comment 3
Daphne Chynoweth n?e Kinch from
Adelaide Australia posted this comment on
Wednesday 27 July 2016 03:00:00.
I was at this beautiful school from 1944 to 1947 when I returned to
London. My friends were Gwen Burrows and Joan Batt. The head Mistress was Miss Aitken, and MissvWalters was the music mistress who introduced me to classical music for which I am ever grateful. I remember going down into the caves under the front lawn when the doodlebugs went over. Comment 4
Simon Virgo from
Crowborough posted this comment on
Thursday 28 July 2016 16:03:00.
My mother was one of the 249 girls.
She struggles to remember that time now.
I will show her the photos.
Where would she have stayed? Comment 5
Jean Welling neeHuyshe from
Eastbourne, E. Sussex posted this comment on
Monday 21 March 2022 17:58:07.
I too was a pupil, and remember Joan Batt! Leslie Prince, and Juci Lazlo, Valerie Knight…
Loved my time there, favourite teachers Miss Craighead, (history), Miss Newberry (German)
yes, it was fun down the caves! |
 4 oldredhill.com image number 688
The County School for Girls, Reigate. Circa 1959. Aero Pictorial Ltd.
Comment 1
Vickie Richardson nee Shaw from
Ryde Iow posted this comment on
Sunday 22 September 2019 22:58:10.
I went there until 1956 |
5 oldredhill.com image number 689
The County School for Girls, Reigate. Circa 1959. Aero Pictorial Ltd.
6 oldredhill.com image number 690
Reigate College, Surrey, 1989. Greenwich Graphics.
7 oldredhill.com image number 6636
Staff of Reigate County School.
April 1946
Comment 1
JeanWelling nee Huyshe from
Eastbourne posted this comment on
Thursday 03 December 2020 12:17:46.
A real trip down memory lane, lovely to see some favourite teachers, Miss Newberry, Miss Drewe etc Comment 2
Marion Howser from
Warmington/Peterborough posted this comment on
Saturday 13 November 2021 22:01:50.
Lots of familiar faces - still there when I was at RCS in the fifties. Comment 3
Pauline Barker from
Jamaica posted this comment on
Friday 01 March 2024 00:22:25.
I loved the photo.I saw Miss Crook Miss Clifford Miss Clarke.Miss Sale.iss Powell..Miss Groves Miss Pound Miss Wakefield.Miss Phipps...My mother was also taught by Miss Clifford and Miss Crook...wonderful memories..I am now 84 yrs. Comment 4
Linda Marcroft nee Jackson from
Reigate posted this comment on
Thursday 04 July 2024 19:06:25.
I was at Reigate County School from 1960 to 1965 and recognise from the 1946 photo the following members of staff.Miss Wakefield(needlework) Miss Phipps (history) Miss Lambell(Greek)and Mrs Huggins(careers) Comment 5
Marianne Hepple from
Auckland posted this comment on
Wednesday 21 August 2024 14:35:09.
Can you point out Miss Newberry. She was Mum's German teacher. She was living in Cambridge in the late 70s/early 80s and we visited her there. |
 8 oldredhill.com image number 6637
Reigate County School. 1945.
Comment 1
Marianne Hepple from
Auckland posted this comment on
Wednesday 21 August 2024 14:07:55.
My late mother is front row left. Jeanne Margaret Watson as she was then. I have been looking into Banstead Wood POW camp, as Mum was friendly with some of the Germans. She won a German songbook at school. She passed her love of the German language on to me |
9 oldredhill.com image number 6638
Reigate County School. Circa 1945.
Comment 1
janet Munro from
Basingstoke posted this comment on
Thursday 08 February 2024 16:37:54.
My Mum is in the last row of this picture - white shirt and tie.
She was at the school from 1942 to 1944 and then 1945 to 1949 ( was evacuated between 1944 to 1945 )
I have the same picture with following names on back :
M Chappell, Audrey Baalam, Claire , Jillian R Dawson, Jane Douglas, Jane Pinock, Mary Stoneham, D Mooore,
Comment 2
David Merritt from
Wallington posted this comment on
Monday 06 May 2024 20:23:52.
My mother is in the photo, second row, fourth from the left.
She described cycling from Sutton to Reigate each day for school, lying on the grass looking at aircraft contrails overhead during the Battle of Britain, and sheltering in the nearby caves in the chalk during air raid alerts. |
10 oldredhill.com image number 6639
Reigate County School. Circa 1945.
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