Normandy in the Press (1955 to 1959)


Normandy in the Press

1955 to 1959

“Normandy in the Press” presents a past view and happenings of the village as seen from selected reports and articles in the local papers. The reader should note that until 1955 Normandy was predominantly part of Ash, Willey Green was part of Worplesdon and a small part of Flexford was in Wanborough.

The researched material held at County Libraries and Record Offices was hand-copied over a number of years by society member Peter Trevaskis. Those notes have been subsequently transcribed by members: Alan Norris, Eira and James Nursaw; Emma Rafferty; Peter Blakiston and Stephen Cranstone.

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure correctness in the copying and transcribing, readers are advised to refer to the original newspaper source for the full account.

Normandy in the Press Index
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1955 January 1st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Wyke and Normandy church choir visited Aldershot Theatre to see 'Dick Whittington'.

1st Normandy Scout Troop visited many of their old friends living in the village just before Christmas, and gave them each a present of logs.

Church attendances - Wyke and Normandy Parish Church
Normandy Congregational Sunday School gave a Nativity Play on Tuesday.

Captain Henry Mendies, Farmer of Longer End Cottage, Normandy found guilty of driving a motor lorry without reasonable consideration. Collision with car of Thomas Marshall, Glaziers Lane, Normandy.
[Report]

Cricket Club Christmas Whist Drive.
1955 January 8th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Flt. Lt. J H Broadneer of Mead Cottage, Glaziers Lane, Normandy has qualified for graduate membership of the British Institution of Radio Engineers.

Christmas party of Wyke and Normandy Parish Church Sunday school.
1955 January 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Party for the over 60's held today in Normandy Village Hall
Services for new members of Wyke and Normandy Mothers Union next week at Wyke Parish Church.

Wyke and Normandy Legionnaires hold children's party in Normandy Village Hall.
1955 January 29th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
One parish now becomes two
When Surrey County Council decided at their meeting on Tuesday to make an order for the division of the Parish of Ash and Normandy into two parishes, Brigadier A C C Willway said he had been asked to express appreciation of the way the matter had been handled.
It was only a little of over six months ago that he was first approached by the Parish Council of Ash and Normandy for assistance as to steps to be taken to bring the matter forward. Those concerned particularly appreciated the way in which the local enquiry was conducted.

1955 February 19th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Bus Skid at Wyke Church
No School Bus
[No details of report.]
1955 March 5th
Surrey Advertiser
Suggested Guard Rail at Bus Stop
Following an accident at the bus stop opposite Wyke Church, when the bus skidded and crushed the foot of a child waiting there, the Parish Council is to support a suggestion by the police that a guard rail be erected.
In a letter to the Parish Council on Monday, Mr P A Woods of Pirbright Road, Normandy suggested that the number 20 bus stop at the 'Dover Arms' together with the Camberley bus stop should be re-sited. He also suggested that a lay-by should be provided for buses to avoid congestion 'at this noted black spot'.
The Council agreed to take the matter up with the appropriate authority.

No school bus for Normandy children
Wanborough area to Wyke School. "Roads not dangerous" statement refuted.
[Report]

1955 March 5th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Jumble Sale at Wyke School, Normandy raised £40 towards sound film projector for school.

38 years with service to Sunday school
Mr and Mrs E Coleman - Normandy Congregational Church and Sunday school

'Normandy is a good example of an unplanned village'
Dispute over proposed new estate - seven acres adjoining Anchor public house.
[Long report]
1955 April 1st
Farnham Herald
Ash parish council meeting
Division of Ash and Normandy
County Councillors' welcome to 'newest recruit' (Normandy)
Meeting at Normandy Village Hall - Monday evening (28 March).
Final arrangements
[Report]
1955 April 2nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The Bishop of Guildford will preach at matins in St Marks Church, Wyke, Normandy.

Colleagues wed.
Colleagues at the Woodbridge Press Ltd, Guildford were presented with a canteen of cutlery and a pressure cooker. Mr Ronald Alec Page, only son of Mr and Mrs Page of Silver Birches, Wood Street to Miss Joan Barbara Chitty, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Chitty of the Hollies, Guildford Road, Normandy were married at St Marks Church, Wyke on Saturday. (Report continues).

Last meeting before Parish Council split.
The last meeting for Normandy as a ward of Ash was held on Monday, Mr A A Cook, Chairman of the Parish Council, who presided, said division was now a fact, and it had been necessary by development which had brought increased population and business to the area, Normandy would have the opportunity of much more intensive application to parish affairs and should gain by the division.
The Chairman announced that a sub committee had recommended that no steps should be taken in regard to street lighting in Normandy.
A plan was submitted of a development of the Recreation Ground. It provides for a medium sized football pitch and a children's playground. Mr P A Woods said the site of the proposed football pitch was often flooded by underground drainage from the adjoining football pitch. The Chairman promised to consider the possibility of using soil from excavations from the new drainage scheme to build up the new football pitch.

Ash and Normandy candidates.
Nominations for new parish councils.
Following the splitting of Ash and Normandy into two parishes, polling for the election of councillors of the new parish councils will take place on April 23rd. The election of parish councillors elsewhere in the Guildford rural districts is on May 14th.
When nominations closed on Thursday there were two candidates for each of the twelve vacancies on Ash Parish Council, but for the seven seats at Normandy there were only ten candidates.
Ash candidates: - Mr E L L Acton, Mr A D Allum, Mr J Barlow, Mr S Bartlett, Mr E S Braithwaite, Mr A J Brooks, Lt Col H N Cole, Mrs M G Davies, Mr W J Davies, Miss M D Fry, Miss A H L Hannan, Mr W G Jeffery, Mr G L Maddoch, Mrs P D Maddoch, Mr J H Morgan, Mr G G Norris, Mr E A Poulter, Mr A H Robinson, Mr R M Streeter, Mr C F R Tiller, Mr R F Tolley, Mr C T Vickers, Mr C Withers and Mrs A Wood.
Normandy candidates: - Miss E E Booty, Mr A A Cook, Dr R P Harwood, Mr H H Kitchen, Mr J S Milton, Mr W R Owen, Mrs D Thorn, Mr A E Townsend, Mrs G Watson and Mr P A Woods.
1955 April 9th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
First meeting of the Parish Council. (Report).

Letter to the Editor.
Why no labour 'team' for elections?
(From)
A Instone, Wyke Heather, Pirbright Road, Normandy.
1955 April 16th
Surrey Advertiser
Normandy Riding Club, 300 gymkhana entries. (Results).
1955 May 21st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Minister rejects 53-house estate - appeals.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government has dismissed the appeal of Rayners (Buildings) Ltd against Guildford Rural Council's refusal to allow the erection of 53 houses on land adjoining the Anchor Inn, Guildford Road, Normandy. They agree with the council that the proposed development on the north side of the road, which is practically widespread, is undesirable. The appeal was the subject of a local planning enquiry on March 1st.
1955 June 4th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Stolen tractor found in Southampton.
The tractor, shotgun and cartridges, which were stolen from Manor Fruit Farm, Normandy, were recovered by the police on Friday last week. The shotgun and cartridges were found in a copse in Winchester, where there was evidence that the thief had spent several days. Later that day the tractor was found abandoned in a street near the centre of Southampton.
1955 June 18th
Surrey Advertiser
Normandy bride.
Miss Joyce Eugenie Mullard to Mr Norman Alfred Bourne at St Marks Church, Wyke. (Report).
1955 June 25th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G Lambert of 1 Elm Hill Bungalows, Miss Georgina Eva Lambert was married at St Marks Church, Wyke to Mr Albert Roy Vickers of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. (Report)
1955 July 2nd
Surrey Advertiser
Death of Mr Bertram Frederick Pratt of Highfield House, Westwood Lane, Normandy.
1955 July 16th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy bride wed in Tudor style gown.
Miss Jeanne Mary Marwick, younger daughter of Squadron Leader and Mrs R A Marwick of 8 Elm Hill, Normandy, was married at the church of the Holy Angels, Ash, on Saturday to Mr Peter Charles Moore, only son of Mr and Mrs C Moore of Canning Road, Aldershot. (Report)

Not inherently dishonest.
Colin Anthony Elkins (21) stated to be lodging at the The Rest, Westwood Lane, Normandy, pleaded guilty at Farnham Magistrates Court on Thursday to stealing a shovel value £1.15s, property of Edward Clarke and another building contractor at Tongham. At the time he was employed by a firm as a labourer on a building site in Tongham. The shovel was recovered from his lodgings. The probation officer said defendant was a member of the Territorial Army, and not inherently dishonest. He was a man who never knew his own parents. He had obtained other employment and his present employers were willing to take him back. Defendant was fined £2.
1955 July 30th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
No houses in the park.
Guildford Rural Council have turned down an application to develop Normandy Park for housing on the grounds that the site is in a rural area and is outside the proposed development area of the village.
1955 August 5th
Farnham Herald
Guildford Rural Council
Wyke Avenue Tenants Protest
(Sanitary arrangements)
[Report]
1955 August 13th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Found scullery was ablaze, Mr T J Booker of Henley Park Farm, Normandy.
1955 August 27th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Stolen handbag found in saddlebag.
A railway detective who stopped three cyclists leaving Guildford Station found stolen property in a saddlebag Detective Inspector Adams told Guildford Borough magistrates on Monday.
Albert Henry Ash (48), leading porter, 11A Walden Cottages, Westwood Lane, Normandy, who pleaded guilty of stealing as a servant of British Railways wall tiles worth 2/- was said by the inspector to have made a statement in which he apologises for the first theft in his five years on the railway.
Detective Inspector Adams said that after questioning, Ash admitted he had lied by saying the tiles were scrap, and had in fact stolen them from a wagon he was helping to unload. Ash was fined £3.
1955 September 3rd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mr W J Brambley.
Mr William James Brambley died suddenly at his home, Normandy Cottage, Pirbright Road, Normandy on Saturday. He was 79.
1955 September 17th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Preparations for Christmas party, badminton club opens season.
1955 September 24th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Annual show of Normandy and District Gardening Association. (Lengthy report)

Mrs A W Milton dies in hospital.
Mrs Milton died in a Wimbledon hospital, aged 66. She lived at Manor Bungalow, Glaziers lane, Normandy.

Dance Club may reform, Normandy Old Time Dance Club.

Mr James Rice, Whins, Guildford Road, Normandy, died last week aged 86. He was a gamekeeper until retirement in 1928. For many years Vice President of Normandy Cricket club. He leaves a widow and one daughter - Mrs E E Roberts.
1955 October 1st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Guildford Rural Council have told Normandy Parish council that they do not feel justified at present in spending money on a separate drainage system in Wyke Avenue, Normandy. Cesspools are to be emptied more frequently in future.
An application to build 13 houses on land behind the Anchor public house, Normandy, has been turned down by Guildford Rural Council, who say the site comprises good agricultural land, and is not in an area proposed for development.

Old time dancing again.
Restart of Old Time Dancing Club - a meeting was organised my Mrs White and Mrs Steel.
1955 October 7th
Farnham Herald
Guildford Rural Council
Ash and Normandy Council Balances
[Report]
1955 October 22nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Road and bus complaint.
A Christmaspie Estate Residents Association has been formed as the result of a meeting held in Dickies Pantry, Normandy, on Monday evening. The unsatisfactory state of roads on the estate, and the need of a bus service for school children were the main subjects of discussion. Elected to the committee were Messrs Eaton, Lloyd, Passingham, D Hill, Oliver (Hon Secretary) R Cuthbertson (Hon Treasurer) and Mrs Brown.
1955 October 29th
Surrey Times
No objection raised by Guildford RDC to the felling of 247 oak, Scots pine, chestnut & acacia trees within Leaping Bar copse, Henley Park. To be replaced with Japanese larch & Douglas fir, underplanted with beech.
1955 October 29th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Guildford Rural Council are not to seek a preservation order on New Cut Cottages, Bailes Lane, Normandy. Their engineer and surveyor reported on Thursday that although the 17th century cottages were of architectural interest, they were in a very bad state of repair, and the cost of preservation would be prohibitive.
1955 November 12th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
A member of Normandy Amateur Dramatic Club, Mr Jeremy Dudley Ashby, only son of Mr and Mrs P N Ashby, of Spindlewood, Normandy, was married at St Johns Roman Catholic Church, Horsham on Saturday to Miss Sheila Yvonne Gibble, youngest daughter of Mr J L Gibble of Lennox Street, Brighton.

Collapsed and died.
A few yards from Wanborough Station, where she had got off a train from Guildford some minutes previously, Miss Daisy Eliza Libbiter of Barn House, Christmaspie, met Mrs Seymour outside her dairy in Culls Road on Sunday evening, and asked if she could come into the house, as she was feeling ill. Mrs Seymour led her inside, where Miss Libbiter immediately collapsed and died.
Miss Libbiter, who was aged 61, was a house parlour maid to Miss Billing at Barn House, having been employed by the family for 29 years. She had been visiting her sister in Guildford on Sunday afternoon and evening.
At a post mortem examination at Farnham on Monday, death was found to have been due to natural causes. No inquest was necessary.
1955 November 19th
Surrey Advertiser
Vokes Ltd, dinner and dance for staff. (Report)

Funeral of Miss B E Libbiter. (Report)
1956 date unknown
Surrey Advertiser
Retirement of Mrs BM Down, teacher at Ash Wyke school (picture).
1956 January 21st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy.
Collapsed on way home.
A retired railway employee, 73 year old Harvey Bonner of Hillbrow, Glaziers Lane, Normandy was found to be dead on arrival at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford on Monday afternoon, where he was taken after collapsing on his way home in Glaziers Lane. Police went to the spot after a telephone message saying that someone was lying in the hedge. A post mortem examination in Guildford on Monday revealed that death was from natural causes. Mr Bonner leaves a widow and a son and daughter.

Motorcyclist fined
Godalming County Magistrates at Guildford yesterday heard a statement in which a Normandy hairdresser said that while overtaking a bus in Aldershot Road, Worplesdon, his motorcycle combination was confronted with a van appearing out of the fog. And although he tried to avoid it the van hit his sidecar head on. The hairdresser, William Charles Corder of Chapel Farm, Guildford Road, Normandy, who pleaded guilty through his solicitor to careless driving on November 30th, was fined £8.

Receiving order.
The London Gazette of Friday last week announced a receiving order in bankruptcy in the name of William Christopher Jon Marlow, The Bakery Stores, Aldershot Road, Normandy.

Photograph by W Dennett, captioned:
Two members of the first Normandy Senior Scouts - Bernard Crooke and David Kimber, received their Queen's Scout badges from Assistant District Commissioner Pollard on Saturday.
1956 February 11th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The Council object
The proposed building of two houses on land adjoining the south west boundary of Rands Plantation, Pirbright Road, Normandy was the subject of an inquiry by a Ministry of Housing and Local Government Inspector at Guildford on Tuesday. The Inspector heard an appeal by Mr A P Bevan of the Elms, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, against the refusal of Guildford Rural Council to permit the building. The grounds for the refusal were stated to be that the land was in a rural area not proposed to be zoned for development, and that the proposed access was inadequate.
1956 February 25th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Surprise for Miss Applebee
Members of Normandy Congregational Church, their friends, the Youth Fellowship and old scholars of the Sunday school enjoyed a St Valentines Social on Thursday last week. Miss G Marshall was MC for a non-stop programme of games and competitions. Refreshments were served by Miss Applebee and other members, and as it was Miss Applebee's birthday, the Rev D Bell (district minister) presented her with a large box of chocolates on behalf of the members. Mr Bell proposed a vote of thanks to the organisers. On Sunday the Sunday school held its anniversary. Mr F Mellings conducted the morning service and Mr Bell officiated in the evening. Both services were well attended by adults and young people.

Church to launch appeal for funds. (Report)
1956 March 3rd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The Missioner for Wyke and Normandy in the forthcoming Diocesan Mission, the Rev A C O Finnell, vicar of Edgware, visited Normandy on Monday and met the committee arranging the activities for the week.
1956 March 10th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mr H Smith
The funeral took place at St Marks Church, Wyke on Wednesday of Mr Herbert Smith of 7 Elms Hill Bungalows, Normandy, who died on Saturday aged 81. The service was conducted by the vicar, Canon G N Selby Lowndes. Mr Smith leaves a widow.
1956 March 17th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The May Queen.
13 year old Brenda White of Maiden Dale, Bailes Lane, Normandy.

Mrs Alice Avenell
The funeral service of Mrs Alice Avenell of 4 Guildford Road, Normandy, was conducted by Canon G H Selby Lowndes (vicar) of At Marks Church, Wyke on Wednesday. Mrs Avenell who died last week at the age of 81 was a widow and leaves a married daughter.

Mrs M E Unwins aged 94.
The funeral service took place at St Marks, Wyke on Monday, of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Unwins, a widow aged 94 of Old Tiles, Glaziers Lane, Normandy who died last week at Mount Alvernia, Guildford. The service was conducted by Canon G N Selby Lowndes (vicar)
1956 March 24th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Christmas Pie Estate Association, annual meeting.
1956 April 21st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Octogenarian's death
Mrs Evelyn Grace Lunn, aged 81, died suddenly on Sunday at her home, Nab Cottage, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, where she had lived since 1938. She came originally from Kent, and lived in Guildford before going to Normandy. Mrs Lunn, a widow for many years, leaves a son and daughter. The funeral service was arranged to take place at St Johns Crematorium, Woking on Thursday.
1956 April 28th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Bungalow rent protest.
At their meeting on Thursday, Guildford Rural Council considered a letter from Normandy Parish Council, in which the latter described as 'disturbing' the proposed increases under the rent repair scheme for Glaziers Bungalows and properties in Wyke Avenue, in that the properties had no electricity supply and no drainage.
The Council decided to take no action on the representations, and to draw the Parish Council's attention to the fact that further increases would have to be paid by the tenants of these properties when electricity and main drainage facilities became available. The Council also decided to urge 'Seeboard' to expedite the provision of electricity to Wyke Avenue properties.

Ash and Normandy Guide
Many people who live in the same neighbourhood all their lives are probably unaware of the most interesting features of their environment. The latest edition of the official guide to Ash and Normandy published (price 9d) by the Home Publishing Co, Croydon with the authority of the Parish Councils is meant for them as much as for new residents. The booklet contains a short history and topographical description of the village and a road and rail map and excellent illustrations. Another section gives some general local information for each parish.
1956 June 2nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mr A G Abbott.
The funeral took place at St Marks Church, Wyke, on Thursday last week of Mr Albert George Abbott of 6 Walden Cottages, Westwood Lane, Normandy, who died recently at Milford Chest Hospital. Canon G N Selby Lowndes (vicar) officiated. Mr Abbott, who was aged 46 leave a widow and one son.

P C McEwen told Guildford Borough Magistrates on Monday that when he told Mr Henry Mendes of Hunts Hill Farm, Normandy, that he would be reported for allowing his car to wait in a 'No Waiting' area in Chertsey Street, Mendes replied 'It's a pity you blokes don't have a days work to do - a good days work would do you good'. Mendes was fined £1.
1956 June 23rd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Minister dismisses appeal.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of Guildford Rural Council acting on behalf of Surrey County Council to permit the building of two house on land adjoining Rands Plantation, Pirbright Road, Normandy.
The Council refused permission on the grounds that the site was in a rural area, which the Council did not intend to allocate for development and that access to the site was inadequate.
At an inquiry held before the Minister's inspection, applicants contended it was unrealistic to say the development at Normandy could be confined to present boundaries as building was scattered and no one could say where the village ended and Ash began.
The whole of the Pirbright Road with the exception of Rands Plantation was built up and three houses on four acres of land would not do much harm on a rural area especially as they would be screened by trees. The applicants also stated that the land was of little agricultural value and that lorries and bulldozers frequently used the access where visibility was good.
Announcing his decision the Minister said he had noted the extent to which sporadic building had spread in this rural area and thought the tendency for such haphazard growth to continue should be checked. It was his opinion that the proposal would only add to this kind of development.
He though the objection to the development justified the refusal of permission quite apart from the doubts raised about the suitability of the access and the desirability of laying out the strip of land with houses one behind the other.

Wounding charge.
John Black, Signals Regiment, Normandy was remanded on bail for a fortnight by Guildford Magistrates on Monday charged with wounding Joseph Patrick Durkin with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

1956 July 14th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
£140 given to church
The Vicar of St Mark's Church Wyke, Owen G N Selby-Lowndes, sat in the porch of his church all day on Saturday to receive gifts in aid of his appeal for the Church Repair Fund. The church roof badly needs repair and the day realised just over £140 towards the £350 required.

1956 July 21st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Herbert Peter Trim of Smiths (Homestead) Caravan Site, Normandy, applied successfully at Guildford Borough Magistrates on Monday for the removal of a disqualification imposed on September 5th for permitting the use of a motorcycle not insured against third party.
1956 August 18th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mr E A Coleman
The funeral took place at Normandy Congregational Church last week of Mr E A Coleman, a resident of Normandy all his life, who died recently at his home, Meadow Way, Guildford Road, Normandy. Mr Coleman, who was aged 75, leaves a widow and a daughter. He was an active member of Normandy Congregational Church, and was for many years superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School. The service was conducted by the Rev D Bell, who paid tribute to Mr Coleman's activities and services to the church.
1956 August 25th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Church roof repairs.
At a meeting of Wyke and Normandy Parochial Church Council, held at Normandy Church Room on Wednesday last week it was decided that the £150 raised on the recent gift day, together with several grants, should go towards the cost of re-tiling the roof of St Marks church and the school house. Both roofs are in urgent need of repairs, and these are to be carried out immediately. The total cost is expected to be about £500, and the Church Council hope that further funds will be secured to cover the expense.
1956 September 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy Badminton Club have again achieved a full membership limit, and are opening a waiting list. At the club's annual meeting in Thursday last week, officers were Mr G Lloyd (Chairman), Miss A I Olly (Secretary) of Dardoni, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Mrs B Milne (Treasurer) and committee members Messrs J Milne, R J Carpenter and R Hammond.
Death of Mr Eric Smith (56) of 3 Waldens Cottages, Westwood Lane, Normandy.
1956 September 22nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy Amateur Dramatic Society held its annual meeting on Monday (17th)
(Report)
1956 October 6th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
School gives thanks for harvest at infant buildings at Wyke School.
1956 October 13th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Beech Lane building plan undesirable.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government has discussed an appeal by Mr G R Battersby against the refusal of Guildford Rural District Council of permission to build fifteen houses on land at Beech Lane, Normandy. The Council had stated that the proposal would be an undesirable expansion of the development in a rural area, not intended for general development.
The Minister states in a letter that, apart from the dampness of the site, and its doubtful suitability for building purposes, he considers that housing should not be encouraged to spread further west at this distance from Normandy village. In general agreement with the local planning authority policy, he does not accept that the development of a frontage of 450 ft can be regarded as mere in filling. On the contrary he says that the proposal would be an undesirable extension of the existing scattered development on the west of Normandy.
1956 October 20th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Met while serving in the forces
Miss Patricia Kathleen (Paddy ) James, daughter of Mr and Mrs T G James, Killarny Cottage, Normandy, and Mr John Quinn of Colchester, wed at St Marks Church, Wyke on Saturday (13th). (Report)
1956 October 27th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
An appeal to the Minister of Housing and Local Government by Mr G R Battersby against Guildford Rural District Council's rejection of his application to build fifteen houses on two acres of land at Beech Lane, Normandy, has been dismissed.

An application to add to the post office and living accommodation at Normandy Post Office, Glaziers Lane, has been turned down by Guildford Rural Council. The grounds are that the extension would be detrimental to the amenities.

Normandy black spot protest.
Guildford Rural Council are to urge the Government to approve the scheme for a sewer extension at Christmaspie Avenue, Normandy. In a report on conditions in the area, the Medical Officer said this part of Normandy was a 'black spot' as far as drainage was concerned. The many complaints received about the conditions were in his opinion, fully justified. The Council are to inform the Ministry of Housing and Local Government that, in their view, conditions in the area are prejudicial to health.

Vokes foreman dies.
Mr Wilfred Henry Peter Hayward, aged 44 of High Gables, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, died on Thursday last week.
1956 November 3rd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
New Special Constable
Lt Col Gordon Blackburn-Kane of Normandy was sworn in as a special constable at Farnham Magistrates Court on Thursday. General Sir Robert Haining (Chairman) said they were glad to see Col Blackburn-Kane in his new role. They had a great opinion of the Special Constabulary, and that it did very good work. (Note, item showed two spellings for Col Blackburn-Kane, alternative was spelt Blackburne).
1956 November 17th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Appeal against building ban
Three acres of land upon north side of Guildford Road, Normandy. (Long report)
1956 December 8th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
A gardener for many years at Normandy Park, Mr Alfred Musk of 6 Pirbright Cottages, Pirbright Road, Normandy, died on Saturday after a short illness. He was 84. Born at Totland, Hants, (Isle of Wight), he had been married 52 years and came to live in Normandy in 1906. He was a member of the British Legion, and served in the Boer War. Mr Musk leaves a widow and son. Cremation was held yesterday at St Johns Crematorium, Woking.
1956 December 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Death of former director of Red Cross personnel and V.A.D commandant at Netley Hospital during World War two - Miss E V Allott of Westwood, died on Friday afternoon (14th), she was 73. (Report)
1956 December 22nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The death occurred at her home, Grafham Cottage, Bailes Lane, Normandy of Miss Hester Agnes Woolgar. She was in her 72nd year. Since the death of her mother in 1919, Miss Woolgar has devoted her life to the care of her many foster children.
1957 February 3rd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
David William Stinton, whose address was given as Langtree, near Bideford, Devon, was committed for trial at Surrey Quarter Sessions by Farnham Magistrates on Wednesday on a charge of stealing by means of a truck, a car valued at £315, the property of Thomas George Jones of Normandy Garage, Normandy, and of obtaining from Miss Jenny Mona McDonnall of London, with intent to defraud, a car valued at £390. Evidence was given alleging that Stinton tendered cheques in payment for the cars, which were returned by the bank.
1957 February 16th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mrs Hartley dies at 72.
Mrs Charlotte Jane Hartley, 72 year old widow, died at her home, 1 Stanley Cottages, Elm Hill, Normandy on Tuesday. She lived with her married son and originally came from Durham. The funeral arranged to take place at St Marks Church, Normandy, yesterday (Friday) was to be conducted by the Vicar of Normandy, Canon G N Selby-Lowndes.
1957 March 9th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Death of Mrs Kirsch, Redruth, Christmaspie Avenue, at the age of 87.

Queen of the May - 13 year old - Jean Sharp of Hilltop Cottage, Henley Park, was chosen for May Queen in Normandy Village hall on Saturday.

Mr George Goodchild (83) died on Thursday (28th February); he lived at 2 Pirbright Road, Normandy.

Sunday morning buses again with effect from Sunday 24th of March. London Transport.
1957 March 16th
Surrey Advertiser
Normandy drainage scheme, Council seek sanction for £313,850 loan. (Report)

Wyke and Normandy
Church roof repairs will cost £400.

1958 January 4th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Export salesman for a London organisation, Mr A R Watson of Tiberton, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, died on Wednesday after a long illness. He was 62, and had lived in Normandy for twenty eight years. He was a keen member of the Normandy Gardening Association, and had served on its committee. He leaves a widow and two children. Cremation will take place at St John's Woking on Tuesday.
1958 January 11th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
The late Mr A R Watson
The funeral of Mr A R Watson of Tiverton (Tiberton?), Glaziers Lane, Normandy, whose death was reported in our previous issue, took place on Tuesday at Woking Crematorium, conducted by the Vicar of Wyke and Normandy, Canon G N Selby Lowndes. Mrs Watson (widow) and other relatives and friends attended.

1958 January 18th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Great day for the over 65s party.

Funeral of Mrs Ringer
The funeral service for Mrs Louisa Harriet Ringer of Oak Ridge, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, took place last week in the Parish Church. Mrs Ringer, who was 73, had lived in the village for 25 years.

1958 February 1st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Lead theft from school
Thieves stripped lead from the roof of Ash Wyke County Mixed and Infants School on Monday night. The headmaster, Mr O T Lewis, said that a fairly large amount of lead had been stolen, in three large strips. The school caretaker discovered that the lead was missing when he inspected the roof on Tuesday to ascertain why rain was leaking through the roof of the girls' cloakroom.
1958 February 8th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Fine for not paying his fare - Leslie Brian Langridge, Strawberry Farm, Glaziers Lane, Normandy.
1958 February 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Minister bars building on outskirts of Normandy
The appeal by Mr G J Garman against the refusal of Guildford Rural District Council to permit the erection of more than forty houses on land at Willey Green, Normandy, has been dismissed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
The Minister's letter stated that quite apart from the drawbacks of permitting development on the scale proposed before main drainage was provided, he thought the Council were right to prevent any 'further straggle of building' on the outskirts of Normandy and Willy Green.
He agreed that this would be out of accord with the rural character of the surroundings. He did not regard the proposed erection of upwards of forty houses on the land as rounding off or in filling, and it had not been shown to his satisfaction that the local housing needs of the village would require more land that that set aside for the purpose by the council.

1958 February 15th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
No further straggle
The erection of a house on land at Willey Green, Normandy, will not be allowed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
Mr G L Jarman sought permission to do so, but his application was refused by Guildford Rural District Council. He appealed and a local inquiry was held. In dismissing the appeal the Minister says 'Quite apart from the drawback of permitting development on the scale proposed before main drainage is provided, the Council are right to prevent any further straggle of building on the outskirts of Normandy.

1958 March 8th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Death of Mrs C O E Faulkner
Mrs Cordelia Dora Faulkner of Woodville, Beech Lane, Normandy, died suddenly at her home last week, aged 58. She leaves a widower. The funeral took place on Wednesday at

Normandy.
Rural District Council and racetrack, report on motorcycle trials.

1958 March 15th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
Appeal dismissed.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government has discussed an appeal by Mr C Braxton against the refusal of Guildford Rural Council to permit building 40 dwellings on land behind Roseville, Westwood Lane, Christmaspie. The reason given was that the development would be premature because of the deficiency in the sewerage services. The development must wait until sewers were laid were laid in a few years time.
1958 March 22nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Church redecoration this year.

Annual Normandy Cricket Club dance.

1958 March 29th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
£11 collected for rebuilding fund for Normandy Village Hall.

Surrey Education Committee accept tender of £3,300 to build new classroom.

Debate about main drainage at Annual Parish meeting.
1958 April 11th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Letter box refused
Normandy Parish Council was told at their meeting on Tuesday that the Head Postmaster at Aldershot had considered providing another letter box in Wyke Avenue, and had decided not to. He said the present arrangements were well within the regulations of distance and cost.
Overflowing cesspools in the Christmas Pie area had caused the residents move to complain to the Council, who decided to support their application.
Another problem was raised to the Council by residents in the area between Hunts Hill Road and the Scout Hut. They had drawn attention to the pond and presence of stagnant water, which they considered responsible for the large number of insect pests. The Council agreed to give attention to the ditches, but were not satisfied that spraying would be a satisfactory solution to a problem, which was prevalent throughout the village.
1958 April 12th
Farnham Herald
Death of Mr Henry Smith, The Homestead
1958 April 12th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Mr Henry Smith of The Chalet, the Homestead, Normandy, died on Sunday at his home after an illness, aged 35. He leaves a widow and four children. The funeral took place on Thursday at Worplesdon Parish Church, the Rector (the Rev the Hon A C V Elphinstone) officiating.

1958 April 26th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
Nurse Collins, now Group Relief Nurse, wishes to notify her previous district people that Normandy and Wanborough are now incorporated with Tongham, all requests for attention should be made to Miss Clothier, 54 Poyle Road. Tongham at Farnham - Tel Runfold 567.
1958 May 2nd
Farnham Herald
Guildford Rural District Council have refused the request of Worplesdon Parish Council to erect a name plate for Bailes Lane, Normandy
1958 May 31st
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
Judgment against Normandy man.
Mr Charles G Chappell of Whyteleafe was given judgment for £22.13s damages with costs at Aldershot County Court on Tuesday against Mr C M Corlett of Elm Grove, Normandy who told Judge P L C Rawlins that a collision between their two cars at Normandy was his fault.
He returned a claims form to his insurance company, said Mr Corlett, but heard nothing further from them and as far as he was concerned it was a matter between the two insurance companies.
In giving judgment the judge told Mr Corlett that the matter now rested between him and his insurance, although it was likely that they would repudiate liability as he had not notified them that proceedings had been taken against him following their failure to settle Mr Chappell's claim for damage to his car.
1958 June 7th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy petition to end Sunday 'scrambles'
Council meeting on Monday

Another record at Wyke horse show

Normandy Badminton Club
The annual meeting of Normandy Badminton Club was held in the Village Hall on Thursday of last week. It was stated that the club had had another successful season. Officers elected were - Chairman: Mr R Carpenter; Hon. Treasurer: Mrs B Milne; Hon.Secretary: Miss A Olley of Dardene, Glaziers Lane, Normandy; Committee: Messrs Dowson, Milne and Richards.
1958 June 14th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
The Haltons score at Village Fete
[Long report]

132nd Anniversary Centenary of Normandy Congregational Church
1958 June 28th
Farnham Herald
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy common ban on horses
Long letter from Paddy Johnston, 2 The Oaks, Pirbright Road, Normandy.

1958 June 14th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy Builder's death.
Mr Charles Frederick Cull of Christmaspie, Normandy, who died suddenly on Tuesday at his home, aged 60, had been in business at Normandy as a builder and decorator for thirty years. He leaves a widow, son and daughter.
Mr Cull served with the Welch Regiment in the 1914-18 war and was wounded. He was a member of the Master Builders' Federation, and of the Normandy branch of the British Legion.
The funeral takes place this (Saturday) morning at Wyke Church at 10 o'clock, followed by cremation at Woking.

£70 for Village Hall rebuilding.
A fete organised by the Normandy Village Hall Management Committee in aid of the rebuilding fund, on Saturday realised approximately £70. (Long report)

1958 June 21st
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
From two rooms in London to Henley Park (Vokes). (Long article)
1958 July 19th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Baby show and fete.
Wyke School open day.

1958 August 2nd
Surrey Times and Weekly Press.
Normandy
Council powerless over motorcycle scrambles.
Correspondence has been received by Guildford Rural District Council from Normandy Parish Council and from residents in the Normandy area complaining of the noise etc caused by the holding of a motorcycle scramble at Normandy. The Clerk reported to the General Purposes Committee that the Council had not statutory power to deal with the alleged nuisance. The Council decided on Thursday to inform the complainants that they regretted that there was no action they could take in the matter.

Salesman not guilty of driving under influence.
After Sydney George Henwell, 42 year old office equipment salesman of Abendon, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, had given evidence at Surrey Quarter Sessions on Wednesday in his defence to a charge of being under the influence of drink when driving. The deputy chairman (Mr Malcolm McGougan) invited the jury to consider whether they had heard sufficient evidence. After a short consultation, the jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of not guilty. Discharging Henwell, Mr M McGougan said he entirely agreed with the verdict.

1958 August 30th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy show. (Long report).

1958 August 30th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Tidying-up.
Following the campaign to tidy Wyke churchyard some weeks ago, volunteers this week turned their attention to the Church Room. The redecoration and painting has been done in the evenings, and the work is now almost completed. On Monday the redecoration of the church itself begins. The firm which is to do this work hopes that it will be completed in about a month.

1958 September 6th
Surrey Advertiser
Normandy Parish Council Topics
Normandy Parish Council received a petition at Tuesday's meeting for the provision of a bus shelter at the bus stop opposite the Village Hall. It was agreed to inquire about the provision of shelters, and to discuss the matter at the next meeting.
It was reported that two boys had admitted defacing the notice boards outside the Village Hall. The Council decided to accept the apologies of the boys and their parents, but if further damage were done they would take action.
In connection with motorcycle scrambles held at Beech Lane, Normandy, by the Aldershot Motorcycle Scramble Club, Guildford Rural District Council had told the parish council that they were powerless to stop these events. It was decided to go further into the matter, and to hold a parish meeting if necessary.

1958 September 13th
Surrey Advertiser
Gardeners of Normandy defeat thunderstorms
Normandy and District Gardening Association
[Report and Results]
1958 October 18th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Death of Mr W M Dermody.
Mr Walter Michael Dermody of Tamar Cottage, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, died in the Royal Surrey County Hospital on Friday, aged 71.

Normandy man injured at Blackpool. Mr Donald Griffin of Harlins, Normandy.

1958 October 25th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Higher standard of living, but a lower standard of life.
Legion claims (National) - Major J T Spinks
Report of Normandy branch of British Legion
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Mr W M Dermody
Mr Walter Michael Dermody, a long standing resident of Normandy died on Saturday. He was 72. A bachelor, who lived at Tamar Cottage, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Mr Dermody had been an employee of Davidsons, the London property firm until his retirement seven years ago. After this he continued to serve the firm as a link between the management and former employees who had retired. Mr Dermody had lived in Normandy for about eighteen years and took a great interest in village affairs, and was a vice-president of the cricket club.
The funeral was at the Church of the Holy Angels, Ash on Thursday.
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Stole from Corporal and Captain
Whilst serving with the Royal Corps of Signals at Normandy, Ian Albert Sutherland stole £1 from the jacket of Cpl. Terry Greening, and a bakelite rule and set of Iraq stamps, together value £1.5s, the property of Capt. Jerome Paul Edwards, between September 23rd and 30th. He appeared for sentence at Farnham Magistrates Court on Thursday, and asked for a number of other offences to be taken into consideration. He was sent to prison for three months.

1958 November 1st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Miss Y W Thery of Mariners House, Guildford Road, Normandy, was refused permission by Guildford Rural Council on Thursday to establish boarding kennels at Welsford, Poyle Road, Tongham. The reason given was that the noise of barking dogs might be a nuisance

1958 November 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Wedding
Fl. Lt. Peter Moore, second son of Capt. W R C Moore and Mrs Moore of Normandy was married at the Baptist Church, Harrogate on November 3rd. Bride was Miss June Hazel Dowman of 1, Coronation Road, Harrogate.

1958 November 22nd
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
A kitchen for 200, and an assembly hall, have been approved by the Ministry of Education for Wyke County Primary School. The estimated cost is £12,000
1958 November 22nd
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Death of Mrs Rice.
A Normandy resident of many years, Mrs Florence Rice of Norborow, Guildford Road, died in the Royal Bristow Hospital on Wednesday, aged 87. She was admitted to hospital two days earlier after a fall at her house.

1958 November 29th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Mrs M Searle.
Mrs Mary Searle of 29A Walden Cottages, Westwood Lane, Normandy, died last week in the Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere.

Saturday 29 November 1958
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Death of two local residents
Mrs F Rice (88) of Norboro, Guildford Road, Normandy
Mrs Searle of 29A Walden Cottages, Westwood Lane, Normandy
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Bed was smouldering
Three fire engines form the Guildford Brigade, attended a fire at Henley Park Farm, Normandy on Sunday afternoon. A bed in one of the front rooms of the house was smouldering. It was carried out onto the lawn. The carpet was damaged. It was thought that an electric wire connecting a bedside lamp may have been the cause of the fire.

1958 December 6th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Three years wait?
At Tuesday's meeting of Normandy Parish Council, the Chairman reported that the proposed scheme for Normandy Cross Roads, and the new car park was not being recommended for high priority by the County Highways Department. He foresaw a delay of at least three years.
It was agreed that the Council should investigate the possibility of an alternative scheme for a car park, for which there was an urgent and immediate need.

1958 December 13th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
St Marks Fair - Saturday 6 December
[Report]
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Vokes to extend at Henley Park
Centralised production at lower cost
[Long report]
1959 January 3rd
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Motorcyclist fined.
Robert David Taylor of 61 Wyke Avenue, Ash, was fined a total of £6 and his licence was endorsed at Farnham Magistrates Court on Monday for driving a motorcycle and not displaying 'L' plates, and for carrying a passenger who was not properly licensed. A police officer said that when he stopped Taylor in Henley Park Road, Ash, he said that he had a licence, but he could not produce it.

1959 January 17th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Feast and music for over sixties party. 132 attended. (Report)

1959 January 31st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Each time he wanted it more and more.
A 19 year old farm worker, who pleaded guilty to stealing a double barrelled shotgun, was alleged to have said in a statement to the police, that he had always wanted a gun like that, but could never afford one.
At Godalming County Magistrates Court at Guildford yesterday, Harold James Warner Sweet of Burnham, Beech Lane, Normandy was told that he could not go through life taking everything he wanted. The bench fined him £10, payable at £2 per week. Superintendent R I C Hagley told the court that the gun had been left in a mill shed on the farm where Sweet was working. Sweet saw the gun and later hid it in another part of the shed. When seen by a policeman, Sweet said 'I saw the gun and was tempted'. In his statement he said that each time he saw the gun, he wanted it more, so he decided to hide it and see if anyone missed it.
Sweet, who had one previous finding of guilt, at a Juvenile Court in 1955, said 'I realise that it was a silly thing to do now, and I am sorry, I have learned a lesson.'

1959 February 7th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Council and Ministry get together
Normandy Parish Council has been pressing for three years for an exchange of land between Surrey County Council and the War Department, so that they can provide a footpath at Dolleys Hill. They asked their Member of Parliament, Mr Harold Wilkinson to investigate the matter, and his reply was read to the Council at their meeting on Tuesday. He reported that negotiations had at last started between the County Council and the department.
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Car Park
Representatives of the British Legion met the Council to consider the revised scheme for the car park. It was agreed to go ahead on the site originally proposed opposite the village hall. It is hoped that work will begin soon.
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Churchyard
The Council decided to make a grant of £25 to the Parochial Church Council of St Marks, Wyke, towards the upkeep of the churchyard.
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Parish Rate
A parish rate of 3d was decided for the year.
1959 February 7th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press.
Normandy youth stole shotgun.
Harold James Warren Sweet (19) of Burnham, Beech Lane, Normandy was fined £10 by Godalming County Magistrates on Friday week for stealing a shotgun.
Superintendent R J C Hagley said the gun had been left in a shed at a farm where Sweet was working and he had hidden it.
Later he admitted 'I took the gun because I have always wanted one like it, but could never afford one'.
(Note in this account difference in defendants third Christian name and second initial of the superintendent.)

1959 February 14th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
A jumble sale, organised by Mrs A James and helpers at Normandy on Saturday, raised nearly £40 for the Guildford New Cathedral Fund.
[Picture]
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Marriage of Mr Michael Anthony Patterson, foster son of Mr and Mrs H J Podmore, 18 Elmbank Avenue, Guildford to Miss Gladys Cawson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Cawson of Railway Cottage, Beech Lane, Normandy at St Josephs Roman Catholic Church, Guildford on Saturday.
[Report]

1959 February 21st
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Parking a car without lights in Woking, cost Bernard Walter Hobbs of Hillair, Bailes Lane, Normandy a £2.15s fine at Woking Court on Thursday.
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Sunday school Anniversary
This week has been the anniversary of Normandy Congregational Sunday School. Both services on Sunday were well attended, and were taken in the morning by Mr C Spenceley of Elstead, and in the evening, a youth service by the minister, the Reverend D Bell. At the social hour which followed, Mrs Maxwell gave a report of the work being done by the Ockenden Venture at Woking.
The celebrations were continued on Wednesday, when a meeting was held with Mr Bell in the chair. Mrs Charles White presented each child in the school with a handkerchief, given under the Attfield Bequest, and book prizes for good attendances to seventeen of the scholars.
1959 February 24th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
£40 for cathedral
A jumble sale at the Normandy Village Hall on Sunday raised about £40 for the Guildford Cathedral. It was organised by Mrs A James, with the assistance of the Master Builder for Normandy (Mr Griffiths) and other helpers.
1959 March 7th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Give us a letter box
Residents of Pinewoods, Normandy are anxious to have a pillar box in the area. - so anxious that they asked the Parish Council on Tuesday to request the GPO to provide them with one.
It was also announced at the meeting that representatives of Normandy Football Club are to meet members of the Council about club use of the new recreation ground.
The Council are to meet the Surrey County Council soon to state their case for the alteration of the parish boundary with Worplesdon, it was announced.
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Home Ground at last
Normandy Parish Council have agreed in principle to the use of the new recreation ground for football during the 1959/60 season. At present the local team play all their home games on Aldershot Park. The club, under its 'youthful and energetic' committee has made considerable progress in the first season, and plans for the future are ambitious.

1959 March 14th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
She will be Queen of the May
Judith Bussingham, aged 15, of Holly Tree, Culls Road, Normandy was chosen as May Queen by Mrs Crocker of Wood Street [now known as Wood Street Village] at Normandy Village Hall on Saturday.
The attendant will be Susan Gole (12) of Lingdale, Culls Road, and Jeanette Andrews (12) of Railway Cottage, Normandy.
1959 March 14th
Surrey Times and Weekly Press
Normandy
Officers of the church. Annual parochial church meeting.

1959 April 11th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke & Normandy
Donald Frank Griffin of Haruna, Glaziers Lane, Normandy was fined £3 at Woking Court on Thursday for travelling at 50 mph through Ripley - a 30 mph restricted area late at night. He denied the offence.
1959 May 8th
Surrey Advertiser
Mrs WJ Henry, connected with Normandy Scout Group for 46 years, has retired (picture)

1959 May 9th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Derek Joseph Ocock of 4th Squadron UK Comcan, Royal Signals, Cobbett Hill, Normandy, the holder of a provisional licence only, was fined £3 by Guildford Borough Magistrates on Monday for carrying on his motorcycle a passenger, who was not a qualified driver and failing to exhibit 'L' plates. In a letter pleading guilty, Ocock said he picked up a soldier who was hitchhiking.

Normandy Old Time Dancing Club Annual Meeting. (Report)

Swings and See Saw.
In about six weeks time it is hoped that children in Normandy will have two pairs of swings and a see-saw in the children's corner now being established in the recreation ground. It was agreed to place an order for the equipment at Tuesday's Parish Council meeting.
A letter from the police was also read to the meeting. It concerned the 'excessive speed' of vehicle along the Pirbright Road, and stated that at the request of the Parish Council, the police had kept a watch on traffic on this road, and especially in the Elm Hill area. As there was no speed limit, there was little that could be done, except with goods traffic. Most of the trouble came from vehicles of people who worked in the area.

1959 June 13th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Mr William Walter Cannon of Derwent, Normandy, was presented with the Imperial Service Medal at Wimbledon on Monday. Mr Cannon entered the then GPO Engineering Department as a boy, and served for over 43 years in various parts of the London area. His retirement was a year earlier than usual because of an accident on duty during a gale in May last year.

Church Anniversary
The 133rd anniversary of Normandy Congregational church was held on Wednesday last week. Service at 4pm was conducted by the Reverend G J Williams of Thames Ditton. After tea, messages of greetings were given by representatives of the Congregational churches in the Guildford Group. A satisfactory report of the years' work was given by the Reverend D Bell (district minister), who presided at an evening meeting.

1959 June 20th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
£70 for hall fund.
Profit from the annual fete for the Normandy Village Hall rebuilding fund, held at the school playing field on Saturday is expected to exceed £70.

1959 August 15th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
£200 for Normandy hall rebuilding fund.
Activities in Normandy Village Hall during the past year have been so numerous that the management committee have been able to hand over £200 to the trustees for the rebuilding fund. At their recent annual meeting Mrs Lilian Mew the secretary, said she hoped that the trustees would 'proceed urgently' with the necessary repairs and rebuilding required.
The accounts presented by the treasurer, Mrs L Steel, showed a balance at June 30th, at over £101. Re-elected to the committee were Mesdames Atkins, Mew and Steel, and Messrs Bussingham, Lloyd, Passingham, Roberts, White, Woods and Richards.

Normandy man married in Wales.
Mr Brian Donald Baldrey, son of Mr and Mrs W G Baldrey of Whipley Farm, Normandy, to Miss Josephine Mary Lewis of Evancoyd, Presteigne, Radnorshire. (Report)

1959 August 29th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
Normandy house allowed.
Mr T O James has been granted permission to build a house on land at the rear of Normandy Garage, Guildford Road, Normandy.
Following an appeal to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government against the decision of Guildford Rural District Council to refuse planning permission, the minister has decided to allow Mr James to go ahead with his proposal subject to the condition that siting, design, external appearance and access to the building are agreed with the local planning authority.

1959 October 10th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
The result of a house-to-house collection in Normandy on Children's day, August 26th has now been announced. Mrs A A Cook and her helpers collected £7.11s.11d.

Mrs R D Dale, Mothers Union Diocesan President, addressed Normandy Mothers Union at their monthly meeting in the Village Hall. About 30 members attended.
Collections amount to over £8 were made at Wyke Parish Church on Sunday during the harvest thanksgiving, and sent to the Bishops Challenge fund. Services were conducted by the vicar and Mr Paul Everington was at the organ. Fruit and vegetables were later given to the Red Leas Children's Home in Glaziers Lane.

(Previous and next item both recorded as being published on the same date in the same newspaper)

Harvest services
Sunday last was harvest thanksgiving Sunday at St Marks, Wyke, Normandy. The services were conducted by the vicar, Canon G N Selby Lowndes, who also was the preacher. The choir, under the direction of their new organist and choirmaster, Mr P Everington, sang special settings to the canticks, both at matins and evensong, and also an anthem by Cecil Cope, 'Pleasure it is'. The descants used in the psalms, and some of the hymns, were the work of Mr Everington.

1959 October 17th
Surrey Advertiser
Wyke and Normandy
A jumble and produce sale at Normandy Village Hall recently to raise funds for the over sixties Christmas party raised £35. The party has been arranged for January the 9th.

1959 November 28th
Surrey Advertiser
Main drainage - two miles already laid.
Good progress is being made in the first phase of the Normandy, Worplesdon and Puttenham main drainage scheme, Guildford Rural District Council have been told. The contractors have constructed two miles of spun iron sewers from 6 to 15 inches in diameter, at depths varying from 15 to 5 feet.

For a year he has been filming Normandy.
Normandy gardeners saw their own village in a coloured cine film on Wednesday when Mr G F Orchin projected a film he had made called 'In and Around Normandy', as part of an informal meeting of Normandy and District Gardening Association.
Mr Orchin is a comparative newcomer to the village and he started making his film about a year ago. It shows shots of people's gardens, of the church, and other parts of the village during the four seasons, occupying about a half an hours projection time. The film, says Mr Orchin is not yet complete, 'I want a few more autumn and winter shots, I think Normandy is a lovely village'.
Mr Orchin was thanked by the Association's Chairman, Captain F Cradock. The rose specialist, Mr A Norman, answered queries earlier in the evening about roses. The hot summer had caused the pest which was the subject of most of the questions - black spot.

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