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Little Chalfont, The Village c.1955
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Little Chalfont, a name given the area by developers in the 1920s, grew up around Chalfont Road Station on the Metropolitan Line which opened in 1889, with a branch to Chesham opening the following year. The station was built amid farmland and spawned much development. This view of the somewhat architecturally amorphous centre has the station, renamed Chalfont and Latimer in 1915, out of view to the right. Swannells is still an estate agents, Bairstow Eves, and the neo-Georgian building on the left is the 1935 telephone exchange.

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A Selection of Memories from Little Chalfont

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Little Chalfont

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Little Chalfont Hot Box Sauna
I remember the Hot Box Sauna, around 1970. It was at Nightingale Corner in Cokes Lane. Very very nice presentation. I remember the receptionist had a picture of herself on a Raleigh Chopper bike in the Daily Mirror. One could really relax, it was all so new in those far off days. There was a Vandermolen stereo with discs that you could listen to while drinking fresh lemon juice, after a steam ...see more
Little Chalfont, Cokes Lane c1955
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St Anselms Church Youth Club Easter Monday Ramble To The Sugar Loaf Inn
Every Easter and Spring Bank Holiday Monday (Whitsun as we used to call it) our youth club from Hatch End's St Anselms Church organised a ramble. In 1963 we had a splendid hike starting from Chalfont and Latimer station with our first stop just up the road at the Sugar Loaf Inn! These were popular activities for many years and I fondly remember so ...see more
Little Chalfont, Cokes Lane c1955
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