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Retta Casbard

There is sad news that Retta Casbard has died. She had a stroke in early June and never really recovered. Retta was an indefatigable worker for the Albury History Society. She researched a number of talks, looked after and answered queries on the archives before they went to the Surrey History Centre and, most importantly, was Programme Secretary, putting our programme together for many, many years.

St Mary's Church Blackheath Church Blackheath Church

Stephen Chater guided us around ancient St Mary's Church in Stoke d'Abernon, followed by a visit inside the Jacobean manor Slyfield House.

Blackheath Church Blackheath Church

The background and history of unique 1893 wall murals at St Martin's Church in Blackheath made for an enjoyable Society visit with expert Olive Maggs.

Programme of meetings and visits for 2016  Meetings are in Albury Village Hall at 8 p.m.   AHS Programme & reservations 2016 A5 folder PDF

Tuesday 15 March
 AGM plus The Tillingbourne Valley  An illustrated talk by Michael Miller, author of The Tillingbourne Valley.  Poster
Tuesday 19 April Restoration of Longhurst Lodge  Bringing to life the derelict Lodge at Baynards. An illustrated talk by Vanessa Ford-Robbins & Nik Huddy. Featured on Channel 4's Restoration Man.
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Tuesday 17 May Bob Casbard and the Brooklands Wellington  Bomber recovery from Loch Ness to restoration and display. Bob's Brooklands Museum colleague John Lattimore reminisces. Recovery video. R for Robert at Brooklands.  Poster
Wednesday 1 June
Blackheath 11am		 Visit to St Martin's Church, Blackheath  Guided tour of the Anna Lea Merritt murals by Olive Maggs. Optional refreshments afterwards at the Percy Arms. Reservation essential.  
Friday 8 July
Stoke d'Abernon10am  
Visit to St Mary's Church in Stoke d'Abernon & Slyfield House  Guided tour by Stephen Chater (Churches Conservation Trust) of this interesting church and the nearby Jacobean manor house. Reservation essential.  
Tuesday 20 September Surrey Villages Then and Now   An illustrated talk by author David Rose on local villages over the years.  Poster
Tuesday 18 October Clandon House from the Ashes  A National Trust speaker on losses from the 2015 fire and rebuilding plans.
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Tuesday 15 November Trails & Tales of the Tillingbourne Valley  Anne Sassin describes the Heritage Lottery funded project and the new Shere Museum Tillingbourne Gallery. Followed by mulled wine & mince pies.

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Albury Memories CD Albury Hall 16 September 2014  The Albury Memories CD, recorded in Albury Hall on 16 September 2014, is £4.
King's Bakery and Albury Garage in The Street are some of the places discussed:
Kings Bakery in Albury   Albury Garage

Albury History Society, alburyhistory.org.uk, was founded in 1971 with the aims of promoting interest and research in local history. Between March and November each year we have a programme of illustrated talks and visits to places of historical interest. Honorary Secretary: Margaret Clarke, 01483 202 294, m.andm.clarke@gmail.com.

Pugin chimneys on listed houses in Albury  Wikipedia has entries on Albury, Albury Park, Farley Green, Newlands Corner, the Tillingbourne, Law Brook or Postford Brook and Silent Pool.

Saxon Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Albury  The Exploring Surrey's Past article about Albury is here: exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/places/surrey/guildford/albury.

Saxon church of St Peter and St Paul in Albury Harry Merritt with the heavy Saxon Church door key, Albury, 1965  Some history of the Saxon Old Church, Barn Church, Irvingite Catholic Apostolic Church and St Peter & St Paul is at Albury Churches: here.

Albury Saxon church plan of changes over the years Albury Old Church porch  A detailed history of Albury and Weston Street at British History Online is here: british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp72-77.

Domesday Book Albury Surrey  Albury appears in the Domesday Book, with 22 households in 1066, here: opendomesday.org/place/TQ0447/albury.

Old map of Albury  Several historical maps, some history and William Cobbett extracts from the University of Portsmouth are here: visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2719.

Albury photographer James Edward Percy Lloyd J Lloyd Percy Lloyd Photographers Albury Post Office Percy Lloyd postcard of Albury Street  Albury photographer Percy Lloyd introduced postcards to Britain, here: penny-plain-tuppence-coloured; son interviewed: audio.

Old School on Albury Heath in BBC Domesday 1986  The BBC Domesday project of 1986 includes The Old School, Albury and Farley Heath, Tillingbourne Trout Farm and White Lane Farm.

Albury History Society Farley Heath Roman Temple model  AHS has this model of Farley Heath Roman Temple, Friends of the Hurtwood have a few details, while a 147 page Surrey Archaeology paper is here.

Samian bowl - Farley Green Roman Temple  The story of this Samain bowl find is in Surrey Archaeological Collections of 1932 and a 1939 summary of Farley Green Temple appeared in Nature.

A Topographical History of Surrey by E.W. Brayley  Much about 1841 Albury, the Roman site on Farley Heath and surrounding villages appears in A Topographical History of Surrey by E.W. Brayley.

Irvingite Catholic Apostolic Church in Albury Albury Surrey Trust House Drummond Arms in 1922  Seventy old photographs covering Albury, Silent Pool and Newlands Corner from 1890 are in the Francis Frith collection, here.

Newlands Corner and Albury geological map  Bargate Stone, Hythe Sand, Gault Clay and Upper Greensand are explained in a PDF, Newlands Corner - Albury Geology Trail, by Surrey RIGS.

Weston Wood Albury Bronze Age burnished bowl Weston Wood Albury Bronze Age research dig in 1963  Bronze Age Weston Wood research digs by Joan Harding in 1963 details are here, in a Surrey Archaeology paper and audio 023.

Albury Park Barrow table mound round barrow  Megalithic Portal lists Albury Park Mound, Weston Wood Tumulus (demolished), Albury Fishponds Stone, Tyting Farm Barrow, St Martha's Circles and Lid Well.

Albury Mill and Paper-Mold Manufactory near Guildford in Surry1830 model of Albury Mill: James Warner executed for attempted murder and arson  AHS has this 1830 court model of Albury Mill, when James Warner was executed for attempted murder and arson in the Swing Riots; page 23 here.

Chilworth Gunpowder Mills scheduled monument map Chilworth Gunpowder Works, 1885 incorporating mills viewed from above  Scheduled monument Chilworth Gunpowder Works [video] had WW1 anti-aircraft guns and employed 600, details in Wey River,and a walk by Glenys Crocker.

Albury Pigeon House pre-1979 before restoration Albury Pigeon House after 1980 restoration  Albury's unusual octagonal Tudor Pigeon House in Weston Yard (for saltpetre in gunpowder) was restored by Dr Maurice Burton, 1979-1980; talk.

Dr Maurice Burton at Albury Pigeon House on 27 June 1987 by Trevor Brook Loch Ness Elusive Monster by Dr Maurice Burton 1961 Rear of Weston House in Albury in 1975  Maurice Burton, zoologist, Elusive Monster author and New Scientist writer dismissing Loch Ness monster claims, lived at Weston House.

Silent Pool  Surrey Life has articles on Silent Pool Albury Park Mansion and Albury.

Albury Tunnel beneath Silver Wood by John Evelyn  Albury Park gardens, terrace, tunnel under Silver Wood and 'Roman Baths' created by John Evelyn around 1665 are described in London's Lost Gardens.

Pencil and watercolour drawing of Albury Parsonage by John Hassell circa 1800 Some watercolours of Albury by John Hassell from about 1800 are here: exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/people/artists/john_hassell/albury.

Swans, lake and vineyard in Albury circa 1645 by Wenceslaus Hollar A lake, vineyard, swans and an arched building are depicted in a 1645 Wenceslaus Hollar print of Albury at the British Museum.

Flying gold dove suspended over the font at Albury Catholic Apostolic Church  The AHS talk about the Irvingites, Albury and the Catholic Apostolic Church, by Dr Tim Grass is here.

Wartime pillbox on Albury Downs  A map of North Downs wartime GHQ Line defence pillboxes, with some design details, is here: exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/surrey_pillboxes.

Armoured car in Albury, 1940 Helen Lloyd's car in the river Tillingbourne on 19th April 1941  The Mass Observation diary of Helen Lloyd at Weston House describes anti-tank defences... and how her car went into the Tillingbourne.

Mathematician William Oughtred of Albury  1600s Albury rector William Oughtred, inventor of the slide rule and 'x' for multiplication, has a plaque in the Saxon Church and a biography in Geek Atlas.

Shere and Albury Volunteer Fire Brigade turn-out in the country in 1899; building plaque: S&A V.F.B 1885  British Film Institute has 1899 footage by Charles Goodwin Norton of Shere and Albury Volunteer Fire Brigade leaving the fire station in Shere on a turn-out: video.

Curious Albury by Eric H Rideout and Karin A Brown, 1980, booklet cover Drummond Arms Hotel & Brewery advertisement  Maps and details of Albury, Weston Street, Brook, Little London and Farley Heath are in the 1980 booklet Curious Albury by Rideout and Brown.

Albury Park by Helen Northumberland booklet cover The Dining Room with panels of Soho tapestry from Northumberland House Frith postcards of Albury Park Evelyn gardens  A comprehensive 1951 guide to the Park and 'gardens which, without exception, are the prettiest in England' is Albury Park by Helen Northumberland.

Montgomery Memorial cairn and Albury Trust bench on Albury Heath Montgomery Memorial Plaque on Albury Heath  Albury Trust erected Albury Heath's Field Marshal Montgomery Memorial, commemorating the review of Canadian troops in May 1944 prior to D-Day landings: audio.

Gavin Maxwell's mother's mink (not rabbit) farm at Albury Park circa 1927 Gavin Maxwell loads a harpoon for shark fishing  Country Life has old photographs of Albury, including the Chinchilla rabbit farm at Albury Park run by Gavin Maxwell's aunt, in 1927, here.

Thomas_Robert Malthus by John Linnell Principle of Population on Human Happiness by Thomas R Malthus Elias Ashmole (Ashmolean Museum) by John Riley  From 1787 Thomas Malthus, whose Principle of Population inspired Darwin, lived in Weston House, occupied earlier by Elias Ashmole.

Albury House in 1792 by Anthony Devis Hilltop mushroom hut in Albury by Man Mushroom Anthony Devis  Albury House in 1792 and hilltop hut by 'Man Mushroom' Anthony Devis, an early umbrella user, described in great-grandson Martin Tupper's autobiography.

Albury Duchess Memorial Cross for Louisa Drummond/Percy opposite Albury Church by Evelyn Hellicar Albury Memorial Cross inscription: To Louisa Duchess of Northumberland died Dec 18 1890. Buried in Westminster Abbey. This cross is raised in grateful remembrance  Evelyn Hellicar's memorial cross to Louisa Percy, Duchess of Northumberland and Henry Drummond's daughter, is opposite the church of St Peter and St Paul.

Albury Memorial Library, Albury Street, beside Albury Hall in 1975  Albury Memorial Library was built after WW2, while church WW1 and WW2 war memorials, lists of names and biographies are at They Gave Their Today.

J Lloyd Albury Post Office clock now in the Village Hall Old Post Office in Albury Street Albury Village Hall in 1975  Lloyd's clock from the Albury Old Post Office now displays alongside panels of war dead inside the Village Hall, in The Street.

425 Dorking bus crashes into Albury Village Hall in January 1982  Originally Albury National School, from 1833 to 1894, some improvement works took place after a Dorking-bound bus crashed into the Village Hall in January 1982.

Harrowhill Copse/Harrow Hill/White Cottage bungalow at Newlands Corner by Clough Williams-Ellis for John St Loe Strachey. c1975, seemingly rebuilt in brick A Pisé Example Revival of an Old Method, bungalow at Newlands Corner by Clough Williams-Ellis: Architectural Design Compilation, 1926  Clough Williams-Ellis designed a pisé bungalow at Newlands Corner, built with rammed earth for £101 in 1919, and Albury Park's Half Moon Pond.

1935 Albury Womens Institute screen designed by Miss Joan Drew, framework by Lady Eustace Percy: Albury in 1899 with cab and governess cart; The Old Church A.D.1000 Rejoicings in 1815; Tillingbourne Flower Show in 1875, Founded 1860; Brook Farm in 1890 with water wheel. NFWI Horticultural Hall Exhibition Gold Star 100%  In 1935, 36 Albury WI members embroidered a screen depicting a cab, governess cart, Tillingbourne Flower Show and Brook Farm in 1890 with a waterwheel.

Percy Lloyd postcard of Albury Old Mill. These waters were drained in 1926 by police searching for Agatha Christie after her abandoned car was found at the chalk quarry up Water Lane, towards Newlands Corner Early electricity generator at Albury Old Mill  The estate generated electricity at Albury Old Mill, using the miller's old turbine and the flow of the Tillingbourne, described by Alf Howick: audio.

Police search the head race at Albury Old Mill after Agatha Christie's disappearance 1,000 police and 15,000 volunteers searched around Newlands Corner for Agatha Christie in December 1926 after her car was found abandoned near Water Lane chalk pit. This is a volunteer or police vehicle Searchers for Agatha Christie relax for lunch at Newlands Corner  The Mill was dredged in 1926 as police and volunteers sought Agatha Christie after her car was abandoned by Water Lane chalk pit.

SIHG Study of Albury Estate Water Supply Water Pump at Vale End, Albury Poncelet water wheel at Vale End pumping station, Albury  SIHG won 2007's Margery Award researching Vale End pumping station's unusual Poncelet waterwheel which filled a reservoir up Albury Warren.

New Road Pump House Albury New Road Pump House bevel gears Albury New Road Pump House interior  Park Gate pumping station at the bottom of New Lane fed water from the Tillingbourne to Albury Park and occasionally for the village.

Trees at Albury Park by R. Charles Walmsley FRICS, 1973 Home Farm Buildings, Turbine, Howard Water Course and works by Green & Carter The Tillingbourne River Story, Shere, Gomshall & Peaslake Local History Society, 1984  Booklets list Trees at Albury Park, with an 1880 water turbine, mills and waterways in Home Farm Buildings and The Tillingbourne River Story.

Albury Carpenters Yard with Pigeon House to the north east by Alf Howick Albury carpenters workshop by Alf Howick  Albury Pigeon House in Weston Yard is visible beyond the estate Carpenters Yard and its workshops.

Horses hauling tree trunks in Albury by Alf Howick Old photograph of Albury Sawmill with traction engines and steam power Albury Sawmill abandoned by Alf Howick  Both a sawmill, shown with steam power for the machines and later, abandoned, and a brickworks existed beside the sand pit and A25.

William IVth public house in Little London, once the Garibaldi, in 1975  Until WW2 the William IVth pub in Little London was the Garibaldi, after the Italian patriot given Freedom of the City of London in 1864.

Cottage and Brook Stores Holt's Shop at Brook  Holt's Store at the foot of Brook Hill, between Farley Green and Albury, delivered milk and operated until the late 1970s.

Watercress beds at Ford Farm on Albury Heath in 1975  From 1854, watercress beds, including Postford and these at Ford Farm, grew 400 tons a year along Law Brook and the Tillingbourne; more.

Catch Points sign from Brook Crossing in Albury found on embankment by Dan Brown Brook Crossing Box on 5th November 1955 South Eastern & Chatham Railway sign from Chilworth & Albury Station found in pond by Dan Brown  Brook Crossing had catch points and a wooden Box while South Eastern Railway operated Chilworth and Albury Station.

Lockner near Chilworth railway North Downs Line memorial pheasant topiary Jesse's Seat for guard Henry Wicks, killed in 1892: 'The Chilworth Chicken' Chilworth & Albury Station circa 1960  Jesse's Seat, a topiary pheasant at Lockner, marks the 1892 death of guard Henry Wicks. North Downs Line history by Alan Edwards is here.

Bottings Mill at Albury C A Botting and Sons Ltd Albury Mill GU5 9AA business card C A Boting andSons Albury Flour Mill model  Bottings Flour Mill in Mill Lane is described in Milling in Albury and also appears in videos VTS 01 1, VTS 01 2 and audio 082.

Naturist/nudist Surrey Downs Sun Club logo and welcome sign at Edgeley Park, Farley Green in 1995 Swimming pool at nauturist/nudist Surrey Downs Sun Club, Edgeley Park, Farley Green, Albury in 1995 Bildormarian and other chalets at naturist/nudist Surrey Downs Sun Club, Edgeley Park, Farley Green in 1995  From 1941 to 2011 the naturist Surrey Downs Sun Club had a clubhouse, swimming pool and chalets at Edgeley Park in Farley Green.

St Martha's Church is floodlit over Christmas, Tyting Society St. Martha's camouflaged by branches of trees in 1914 to prevent it's being a landmark to enemy Zeppelins.   Albury Estate workers covered St Martha's Church with fir tree camouflage during the First World War to stop its use as a landmark by Zeppelins.

Martha's Hill ruin in 1763 drawn by Francis Grose and engraved by R.B. Godfrey St Martha's Chapel in 1819 in Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet   Long a ruin after a 1745 gunpowder explosion, St Martha's, probably a corruption of Martyr's Hill, was once owned by Newark Priory. History here.

St Martin's Church in Blackheath with Anna Lea Merritt murals Window in loving memory of asbestos manufacturer John Bell in St Martin's Church, Blackheath  St Martin's, Blackheath, by Charles Townsend has unique Anna Lea Merritt murals, described by Olive Maggs, and a window to asbestos maker John Bell of Lockner.

Shere and District Rural Preservation Society SDRPS leaflet cover The Story Of Merrow Downs And St Martha's Chapel  From 1931, Shere and District Rural Preservation Society published leaflets: Farley Heath & Roman Temple; Merrow Downs & St Martha's Chapel; Stephen Langton & Silent Pool.

The Tillingbourne Valley an illustrated map by John Flower, 1986 version  Cartographer John Flower of Farley Green created this first version of his illustrated map of The Tillingbourne Valley in 1986: PDF.

Barn Tea Rooms at Newlands Corner c1975 Silent Pool Cottage Tea Room and the Shere Bypass, Albury c1975 Ponds Cottages, Little London c1975  Newdigate Burne, Angel-in-Charge at Albury Catholic Apostolic Church, wrote in 1897 parish magazines of road changes and the coming of railways, here.

Social History of the Parish of Albury document  A four page Social History of the Parish of Albury over the past 40 years, by Albury History Society, is here.

Hurtwood Control ranger Robert Ware saw the Surrey Puma  About The Hurtwood of 1991 documents 1970s stories of the Surrey Puma, spotted a dozen times by the Ranger, Bob Ware.

Albury millennium Son et Lumiere programe and ticket Cast of Albury Son et Lumiere: Penelope, Keith James Bolam, Kate O'Mara  A Millennium celebration, one thousand years in the life of Albury Son et Lumière was staged on the lawns of Albury Park Mansion in 2000. Script.

Weston Yard in Albury Conservation Area publication by Guildford Borough Council 1989   The Albury Conservation Area map and illustrated brochure produced by Guildford Borough Council in 1989 is here.

Albury Parish Council logo  Albury Parish Council has a brief history of Albury: albury.org.uk/about/history.

Tillingbourne Tales Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Project map  Albury is included in Tillingbourne Tales HLF Project, researching the valley's unique industrial past which has stamped its character on communities, here.

Over the years, Albury History Society has built up an extensive archive of historical material going back to the 16th Century which is housed at the Surrey History Centre in Woking. These records have been catalogued and are available for visitors, whether for research or general interest. Their National Archives record is here: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F216050.


List of around a hundred Albury History Society audio and video recordings, from 1947 onwards, available for downloading:
001 Mrs Win Browne, Albury Friendship Club, March 1981, 24min.mp311-Mar-2013 16:14 54M
002A Mr Vic Woods (81) builder, Recollections of Albury with Bob Casbard, ~1981, 45min.mp311-Mar-2013 17:20 103M
002B Albury Bygones evening using the archives, Bob Casbard, AVH 9 September 1981, 46min.mp311-Mar-2013 19:26 106M
003 Augustus Pugin by Clive Wainwright, V&A Museum, AVH 31 October 1979, 58min.mp312-Mar-2013 19:00 133M
004 Evening of Reminiscence at Weston House, identities at end, 10 September 1980, 1H35min.mp313-Mar-2013 12:19 216M
005 Timber Framed Buildings of Albury by Miss Carol Martin, AVH 22 October 1980, 1H15min.mp313-Mar-2013 14:08 172M
006 The Ground We Tread by Mrs Blatchford, AVH 20 November 1980 1H30min.mp313-Mar-2013 16:58 206M
007 Pigeon Houses by Dr Maurice Burton, AVH, 22 April 1981, 1H2min.mp314-Mar-2013 08:12 141M
008 A Craftsman and His Tools, Vic Wood interviewed by Dr Burton at Heathmead, Little London, undated, 31min.mp314-Mar-2013 09:22 72M
009 Miss Helen Lloyd with senior citizens of Farley Green, Recollections, identities at end, 11 June 1974, 52min.mp312-Mar-2013 20:12 118M
011 Smugglers of Albury by Mrs Jean Kirby, read by Bertram Caton, Study of Weston House, Version1of3, 28 April 1982, 1H2min.mp313-Mar-2013 22:02 142M
012A Mrs Etherington and sister Francis Swanfox, Recollections of Life in Albury, Weston Yard Cottages 23 August 1982, 1H18min.mp315-Mar-2013 09:40 178M
012B Proverbial Philosophy by Martin Tupper, The Songwriter's Guide to Victorian Sensations, BBC Radio 4 extract, July 1983, 6min.mp315-Mar-2013 08:29 12M
013 8th Albury Old Church Evening, Albury through the Ages, 19 June 1982, 1H17min.mp317-Mar-2013 10:10 175M
014 Smugglers of Albury by Mrs Jean Kirby, read by Bertram Caton, Master Version3of3, 1999, MD 39min.mp313-Dec-2012 09:39 88M
015 Martin Tupper by grandson Rev Martin Tupper, AVH 27 April 1983, 55min.mp315-Mar-2013 12:08 125M
016A The MAY family from America, Weston House 17 July 1984, 43min.mp315-Mar-2013 13:37 98M
016B Dr Maurice Burton 90 presentation by Geoffrey Elms, Weston House garden, Recorded by Trevor Brook Sunday April 10 1988, 10mins.mp315-Mar-2013 13:33 22M
017 Mr Stanley Lloyd son of Percy Lloyd, with Bertram Caton & Bob Casbard, 21 January 1984, 1H19min.mp315-Mar-2013 18:31 181M
018 Recollections of Dr Maurice Burton with Bertram Caton & Bob Casbard, Drawing Room, Weston House 23 August 1984, 1H44min.mp315-Mar-2013 21:04 238M
019 Tales of a Family by Ralph Dabner, AVH 18 April 1983, 22min.mp315-Mar-2013 22:17 50M
021 The Surrey Musters by Mrs A Patterson, AVH 21 March 1984, 59min.mp316-Mar-2013 11:42 134M
022 Gypsies by Denis E. Harvey, author of English Gypsy Caravan, AVH 19 October 1983, 1H50min.mp316-Mar-2013 10:33 251M
023 Bronze Age Settlements in Weston Woods by Mrs J Harding, Shere VH (repeat of AHS 1977 talk) 10 January 1984, 58min.mp316-Mar-2013 12:58 131M
024 Chilworth Gunpowder Works by Professor Alan Crocker, AVH 17 October 1984, 1H38min.mp316-Mar-2013 14:49 223M
025 Montgomery Plaque Unveiling by Albury Trust, Geoffrey Elms, Bertram Caton, Maurice Burton, Albury Heath 1 September 1984, 15min.mp316-Mar-2013 15:13 33M
027 J C (Jack) & Dorothy Jeorrett with Bertram Caton & Bob Casbard, Fairlee, Farley Green 14 March 1985, 50min.mp316-Mar-2013 17:01 172M
028 11th Albury Old Church Evening, Picture of a Village, 22 June 1985, 1H5min.mp317-Mar-2013 12:35 149M
029 A History of Guildford by Bertram Caton, AVH 17 September 1986, 1H25min.mp317-Mar-2013 16:34 193M
030 12th Albury Old Church Evening, Drummond bicentenary and Albury moves to Weston, 22 June 1986, 1h5min.mp317-Mar-2013 14:13 150M
031 Albury Then and Now by Bob Casbard, AVH 19 October 1986, 1H27min.mp317-Mar-2013 18:57 198M
032 The Mills on the Tillingbourne by Dr Peter Brandon, AVH 19 November 1986, 1H45min.mp317-Mar-2013 22:37 240M
033 A History of Christmas Cards by Dr Maurice Burton, AVH 21 October 1987, 59min.mp318-Mar-2013 10:56 136M
034 The Hamlet of Weston by Dr Maurice Burton, AVH 9 December 1987, 1H27min.mp318-Mar-2013 12:37 199M
035A Albury House by John Foulsham AVH 18 March 1987 46min.mp318-Mar-2013 14:12 105M
035B AHS Annual General Meeting, AVH 18 March 1987 17min.mp318-Mar-2013 14:22 39M
036 13th Albury Old Church Evening, Keith Abrams Musicians, Verse and prose The Four Seasons, 20 June 1987, 1H1min.mp318-Mar-2013 15:19 140M
037 A Baker's Tale by G King with Bertram Caton & Bob Casbard at Broomfield, New Road, Gomshall 21 January 1983, 50min.mp318-Mar-2013 16:19 114M
038 14th Albury Old Church Evening, Village Life, 18 June 1988, 1h18min.mp318-Mar-2013 22:44 179M
039 The Paper Mills of Surrey by Prof Alan Crocker, AVH 16 November 1988, 1H30min.mp320-Mar-2013 18:47 206M
040 Albury Memories by Alfred Howick, April meeting, Recorded Blythwood, Shophouse Lane, Farley Green 9 March 1989, 37min.mp319-Mar-2013 07:50 84M
041 15th Albury Old Church Evening, Helen Arnold - Harp, Country Life-, 24 June 1989, 1H20min.mp319-Mar-2013 10:01 182M
042 Albury Charities by Anne Patterson, AVH 22 November 1989, 54min.mp319-Mar-2013 16:21 122M
043 Extracts from Anthony Browne's Diary by Win Browne, used AVH 21 March 1990, 18min.mp319-Mar-2013 17:08 42M
044 16th Albury Old Church Evening, Dr GA Hornett Piano Vivian Jones Flute Bernard Longley Baritone, 25 June 1990, 1H44min.mp320-Mar-2013 08:07 238M
045 A Postman's Knock by Albury postman Leslie Quantrell BEM, AVH 17 October 1990, 53min.mp320-Mar-2013 09:04 120M
046 17th Albury Old Church Evening, Quatre Sax Group John Henslet Jeff Nages David Whittle John Young, Flowers and Flowering, 22 June 1991, 1H4min.mp320-Mar-2013 10:49 145M
047 Four Clerics of Albury by Retta Casbard, AVH 18 March 1992, 40min.mp320-Mar-2013 11:38 90M
048 18th Albury Old Church Evening, David Hansell Jenny Hansell, Courtship & Marriage Bertram Caton Astley Jones, June 1992, 1H38min.mp320-Mar-2013 16:12 224M
050 Recollections of Albury Estate by Charles Ward, AVH 17 March 1993.mp321-Mar-2013 10:32 121M
051 Albury Home Front Trevor Brook Win Browne Jenny Fairhurst Margaret Elston Mary Instone Gallop Derek Keen Doris Tebenham Kim Taylor Retta Casbard, November 1992, 56min.mp321-Mar-2013 11:40 128M
052 Henry Drummond of Albury by Retta Casbard with pauses for slides, 16 March 1994, 43min.mp321-Mar-2013 15:56 98M
053 20th Albury Old Church Evening, Camerata Oriana, Reminiscences- Bertram Caton Sally Caton Roger Taylor, 12 June 1994, 1H14min.mp321-Mar-2013 19:20 168M
054 Percy Lloyd - Albury Photographer by Retta Casbard, talk with slides, Rec Blythwood, Shophouse Lane, Farley Green 15 March 1995, 12min.mp321-Mar-2013 19:42 27M
055 19th Albury Old Church Evening, Arnaud Quartet, History of the Old Church by William Foster, June 1993, 53min.mp321-Mar-2013 22:32 121M
056 21st Albury Old Church Evening, Primrose Four Consort Ldr Freddy Hilll, Bridging the Centuries by Retta Casbard Sally Caton Daphne Foulsham Geoffrey Elms Bill Folkes Roger Taylor, June 1995, 1H4min.mp322-Mar-2013 08:10 146M
057 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Margaret Huffener, 29 September 1992, 32min.mp323-Mar-2013 13:51 72M
058 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Keeper of the Brasses Kathleen Merritt, 28 September 1992, 32min.mp323-Mar-2013 13:56 73M
059 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Harvest Luncheon and Church Sale organiser Mary Rose Litler Jones, 29 September 1992, 19min.mp322-Mar-2013 21:59 44M
060 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Margaret Tupper, 27 August 1992, 29min.mp322-Mar-2013 19:49 65M
061 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Win Browne at Kylekin, Brook Lane, Little London 4 September 1992, 29min.mp323-Mar-2013 14:10 66M
062 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Godfrey Jillett (72), 26 August 1992, 30min.mp323-Mar-2013 11:14 68M
063 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Elsha King (79) at The Little House, Heath Lane, Albury 31 August 1992, 34min.mp323-Mar-2013 11:17 78M
064 Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Gerard Sherman, Catholic Apostolic until 1946, 25 August 1992, 24min.mp323-Mar-2013 11:19 55M
066A Albury Church Sesquicentennial, Astley Jones interviews Captain of the Tower Bob Knights, 4 October 1992, 14min.mp322-Mar-2013 16:32 32M
066B Albury Church Sesquicentennial, BELLS aRinging Chamber bEntrance Porch cChurchyard SERVICE aHymn bNicene Creed cHymn dOrgan Playout, 4 October 1992, 24min.mp322-Mar-2013 16:41 54M
067 Time to Reflect - Albury Church Sesquicentennial 150th Anniversary by Astley Jones & Trevor Brook, October 1992, 34min.mp322-Mar-2013 10:30 76M
068 Albury Park Mansion by resident Malcolm Lister with slides, 20 March 1996, MD 33min.mp330-Mar-2013 14:31 75M
069 John Evelyn of Wotton by Retta T.L. Casbard, 17 April 1996, MD 59min.mp312-Dec-2012 11:50 135M
070 22nd Albury Old Church Evening, Jane Sims Violin Andrew Coleman Cello, Roots- Bill Folkes Bertram Caton Sally Caton, 8 June 1996, 1H4min.mp322-Mar-2013 15:40 147M
071 A Pitch Hill Childhood by Albert Carter, undated, MD 47min.mp313-Dec-2012 08:37 106M
072 Hearth and Home by Retta Casbard, Feb 2000, MD 43min.mp312-Dec-2012 20:04 97M
073 Address of Alderman C.E. Bunton, Mayor of Albury, NSW, Australia, on Albury becoming a city, 78 RPM, 10 April 1947, MD 8min.mp312-Dec-2012 11:48 18M
080 Life and Times of AHS Founder Helen Lloyd 1899-1977 by Mrs M Elston Intro Dr M Burton 22 November1978, SR001, 59min.mp330-Nov-2012 15:20 135M
081 Smugglers of Albury by Mrs Jean Kirby, read by Bertram Caton at Shere HS, Version2of3, 10 May1983, 39min.mp330-Nov-2012 16:48 90M
082 Bottings Mill Albury, Visit, Part1 vintage wooden machines, Part2 new pressure extruder, Recorded by Trevor Brook 12 July 1988, 1H9min.mp314-Dec-2012 09:42 158M
083 Albury Passion Play, names needed, Master, 1995, 48min.mp323-Mar-2013 15:58 109M
084 Albury Heath to Luneburg Heath, Bertram Caton, xx, xx, Trevor Brook, xx, Bob Casbard, xx, Retta Casbard, undated, 23min.mp313-Dec-2012 10:58 51M
086 Australian Connection Albury 50th Anniversary, undated, MD 14min.mp312-Dec-2012 17:14 32M
087 Mrs Nursey (96) interviewed by Bertram Caton and Bob Casbard, April 2000, MD 53min.mp312-Dec-2012 10:31 121M
088 Albury At War, Presenter Trevor Brook, undated, MD 56min.mp311-Dec-2012 20:22 128M
089 Albury War Memory, name needed, July 2005, MD 25min.mp311-Dec-2012 17:40 54M
100 Albury Memories, AVH 16 September 2014.mp322-Sep-2014 11:03 117M

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