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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Surrey => England => Surrey Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Dijon on Monday 26 September 11 10:26 BST (UK)
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Does anyone have any photos of the old LLoyds Bank Training Centre in Hindhead, Surrey?
My husband had some training there in 1959.
I know that it was demolished and new dwellings built there.
Thank you,
Dijon :)
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Have you tried Francis Frith
http://www.francisfrith.com/hindhead/#utmcsr=google.co.uk&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=google.co.uk
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Hello Rosie,
Yes, it was the first site I looked at but I don't what the building was before LLoyds Bank owned it.
Dijon.
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I can only remember being driven past the road side sign for it and have no recollection of the building (about the same time your husband was there ;D ) so am afraid I can't help you there. If I recall it was behind the trees.
I wonder if the Surrey History Centre will be able to help.
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I too attended the Lloyds Training Centre on various occasions between 1985 and 2002. The Francis Frith site mentioned below does have old photos of the building on it. Before becoming the Lloyds Training Centre (in around 1950) the property was known as The Beacon Hotel. The photos on the site below seem to be much older than this but even when I attended courses there in the 1980's the main building had not changed greatly (nor had the bedrooms!). I believe the site has now been redeveloped into housing but from photos I have seen they appear to have used some of the old buildings as a base. I feel sure that the Lloyds archivist department would be able to supply some photos if you asked nicely.
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I attended the Training Centre during the late 70s and early 80s and took some pictures while there, including some interiors. There is also one of Moorlands House where, at the time, the actual instruction took place, the Beacon being used for accommodation and dining. If photos from this era would be of interest, please follow this link: http://flickr.com/gp/brianjenking/m8E6MK/
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Hi, I've picked up some negatives (accidentally) from a bric a brac, and within them are some pics of the training centre sign, and possibly the centre (I'm not sure what it looks like).
The pics were taken beteen 61-62 as thankfully the cannisters are labelled with dates. If anybody knows who the pics are of, I'm trying to reuinted them with family.
All the pics including the Lloyds pics are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.902732943147278.1073741838.403186669768577&type=3
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I was there in 1971, met some great people from around Britain
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I have a few pictures from Hindhead, see; https://www.flickr.com/photos/59662214@N06/5825321656 https://www.flickr.com/photos/59662214@N06/27583576793 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3465702
I had placed a lot more on the Friends Reunited website but it seems they've given up so we're no longer able to reunite. If anyone is interested I can probably dig them out from dusty old files. I was at Hindhead in the summer of 1966 (when the World Cup was taking place) and again about 1976.
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I have just discovered this post. My father founded the training centre at the Beacon in the early 1950s and we lived there until 1954/5 when he moved on in the bank and ceased to be Principal. I have quite a number of photographs taken from a volume presented to him when he left. If anyone is still interested I can email them or, if I can find out how, put them on here.