Banstead Village

Emily Farley in the pinafore dress, was born on the 15th of January 1895 at Mint Cottages just down Park Road in the distance. Emily was married in 1919 to George Garbutt, a Canadian soldier in WWI who was decorated with the Military Medal. They moved to Saskatchewan Canada and farmed until his death in 1944.

In 1946 Emily married Horace Payne in Calgary, Canada, and lived there until her death in 1986. Her sister, Rose Farley Finch, continued to live in Mint Cottages until her death in 1986.

Emily's brother, William, was a WWI casualty and is one of the 'Men of Banstead' listed on the War Memorial just a hundred yards from where this photo was taken.

This is one of the best historical photographs of the Old Well that I've seen - and what really makes it come alive for me, all these decades later, is the fact that we know who the children are. That must be remarkable for a photograph of this age. It's interesting, too, how the photographer has placed his models (in a not dissimilar way to those in picture #59, although the children are much younger outside The Mint than they are here).

Absorbing information from Linda Payne, too - particularly regarding William Farley, one of the Men of Banstead.

Maggie Muggeridge, standing closest to the well, was born on the 2nd April 1895 at the Mint Cottages.

Note from LNW: Nicola has sent us a fuller story (forty pages and numerous letters) which we hope to publish as one of our local history publications.

UPDATE: 7 August 2024. Book now available.

See picture #830 for details

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