An amateur photographer, he was bitten by the idea of a photographic record of the place where he had lived for 34 years. He started on 1st January, had taken his first picture by 9.13 am and a further 50 (including all the Churches) by the end of that day.

The Street, 8th February 2000, 4.12pm

Soon he developed a strategy, which was to take a few each week of different places but in different seasons and weather conditions. He was expecting fog and snow, but the floods were a bonus! There are pictures of every road and street in Ashtead, sometimes several; and of all the shops, sometimes of the same shop in different guises when it changed hands during the year.

St Giles' Church and old yew tree, 6th June 2000, 1.14pm

Albert says "I was surprised by what I found that I didn't know existed", so if you get a chance to see the collection you are bound to see something new. The Residents' Association are hoping to publish the collection soon, and at the moment it is being scanned and indexed so that it will be available electronically.

Please check out our new website for all the latest information sgsgashtead.com