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The Old Post Office Banstead High Street
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The Old Post Office Banstead High Street

The old Post office. The building was purpose built in the mid 1930s. Note the petrol station next door and the lack of buildings past that at the western end of the High Street. The building is now The Post restaurant owned by Tony Tobin of Ready Steady Cook fame.
Picture added on 25 October 2009 at 08:59
Comments:
When first opened, the new Post Office must have seemed very luxurious to the people in the village; there were a few steps up from the pavement to lead one in through the almost temple-like entrance. Even when closed, the strong wooden door had a solid and official look about it.
Immediately inside was a small lobby with two telephone boxes, side by side.......
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Added by Wendy Henningsson on 15 February 2010
During the war the garage was used as an engineering shop producing parts for the war effort- A Mrs. Langley operated machinery in there. Her son Brian was in my class at the Junior School
Added by Ray Foster on 26 September 2010
The garage was known as "Watkins Service Garage".
Added by Linda Nibbs on 21 March 2011
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