This postcard of Borough Road, Deanery Road and Frith Hill was published in both colour and sepia versions. It is interesting to compare the picture with one which dates from 1900 in Mr. Janaway's book about Godalming¹. On the left, just beyond the bridge, is a house that wasn't in the earlier picture and the trees grew considerably in the intervening years. Look carefully and you can just see a horse and cart outside the Charterhouse Arms on the corner of Deanery Road and Chalk Road. In 1913 Harry George Mayne was the publican².

Cycling was a popular pastime and before the first war Godalming and Farncombe were awash with cycle dealers and agents. In Godalming Ernest Arthur Edgington was in business on Bridge Street, Frederick Scott was at 85 High Street and Mrs. Edith Rutherford had premises at both 15a High Street and 33 Bridge Street. In Farncombe were James Harlock, who was a dealer at 4 St. John's Street, Edward Hinder at 21 Summers Road and the Weale Brothers at 48 Meadrow². As well as the lady in the foreground there are four other cyclists using the road - seen closer to the junction.

This card was sent from Daisy lodging at a house on Croft Road on 26 Jan 1915 to Mrs. Barrett in Sherborne and part of message reads, "I have got very nice lodgings (Army people). This is ever such a pretty place. I wish you were coming for a time we had nice meetings yesterday it is a nice corps. I saw A. there was plenty of soldiers in".


Also see, in another section of this website:
Godalming, Surrey : A Personal View
Godalming, Surrey : Murder, Trial & Execution, 1817-18