 |
|
 |
||
|
Bramley History Society The BHS was formed in 1994 to research and record the history of the Civic Parish of Bramley, Surrey and its environs, and to promote a wider awareness of matters of historic interest in the area. The Bramley Record, our magazine, is published twice a year for members, with various articles about local history, people and events past and present. We now have well over 150 members, and hold four meetings each year with an invited speaker. Read some wartime stories about Bramley on the BBC Peoples War web site web site or click here to see a list with direct link The XII Manitoba Dragoons were based in Bramley, from November 1942 to June 1943, our Tribute Booklet is located here. |
Parts of the village have not changed much roll your mouse over to prove it! |
|||
|
Our new book "Bramley's Home Front A Surrey Village during World War II" is now available - all enquiries to sales@bramleyhistorysociety.org.uk Price £7.50 plus 75p P & P ISBN 9780952840114 |
|
Introduction The village of Bramley lies on the A281 three miles south of Guildford in Surrey. In the 1931 census its population was 2023, and it was then part of Hambledon Rural District. 2005 saw the sixtieth anniversary of the end of WWII In tune with the general national commemorations, Bramley History Society mounted an exhibition at the Bramley Fête. A great deal of work was done by committee members, gathering memories, and copying newspaper and official publications, to preserve details of those people left at home to cope with shortages, restrictions and the dangers of the Blitz and later bombings while the younger men went away to fight. It seemed a waste of effort that all this work should be just stored away in the archives, and so the idea of this book was born. If ever there was a civilians’ war, this was it The rise of air power since World War I brought, not just news of death and destruction, but the actualities right into our village. This book attempts to give a picture of civilian life in Bramley during and after World War II. ‘The Home Front’ was a Government slogan. Inevitably, with over 80 people interviewed, it has been possible only to use extracts in this book, but all the full transcripts of peoples’ memories are stored in the Bramley History Society archives. There are many books about World War II that run from 1939 to 1945, but this booklet is only partly chronological. It starts with the outbreak of war, and ends with the peace, but in between memories are generally given under subject matter, and so overlap. Memories are fallible, and we have received varying versions of events. Wherever possible, checks have been made with official records. |
||
|
|
||||
|
Read more about Bramley at British History Online |
||||
|
|
The Guildford and Horsham Direct Railway - 1865 to 1965 All material on this site is copyright © 2007 |
 |
||
|
|
Eric Hill & Bramley History Society |
 |
||
