The pictures that follow are a miscellany of the past 70 years, showing regular life in Cranleigh and a few highlights.
Coronation procession along Cranleigh High Street, 2 June 1953An aerial view of Rowland Road from the west in 1953, with Victoria Road on the right (courtesy of K. Phillips)Cranleigh Show, 1954An Aldershot & District bus parked on the railway station forecourt in the 1950sGlebelands School, opened 1959The Nursing Mirror had a feature on the Village Hospital in 1959: here the patients are enjoying the sun on the verandaHitherwood new estate, 1960s (Women’s Institute Scrapbook, 1965)Programme of the Cranleigh Lawn Tennis Tournament, 1965The floods of September 1968 on the CommonThe opening of the Swimming Pool, 1970The demolition of St Andrew’s church on the Common in 1973 (photo, Ollie Copus)The Band Hall was opened by Sir Harry Secombe in 1986The Regal cinema, Guildford Road, in 1992The Fountain in the 1990sStockland Square, about 2000New Baptist Church, Guildford Road, 2009The new Medical Centre, 2012The Centenary Garden, opened in November 2018Distanced queuing during the lockdown, 2020The Village Hall as a vaccination centre during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 (courtesy of Cath George)The last Arriva bus, 2021
