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Quiz answers for Yesteryear quiz
Published: Friday, 05 February 2010 01:23

1. A single line of railway track was laid from Caterham Junction, now Purley Station, to South Metropolitan District Asylum (later St Lawrence's Hospital, now Oaklands House) to carry the materials to build the asylum. In places the gradient was 1 in 30.

2. The first cinema in Caterham, the 'Electric Theatre'. It was formerly a coachbuilders.

3. Caterham Hill Library opened at 53 High Street (now Budgens Supermarket) in 1938. In 1945 it moved to Westway, and in 1964 to its present building.

4. A cell from the Guards barracks dating back to 1877.

5. To play baseball in!

6. A total of 25.

7. 11-13 Godstone Road, now occupied by Caterham Valley Computers.

8. Between the barrack blocks in Caterham Barracks, so that all the guardsmen could see it.

9. By the entrance to Waitrose in Station Road. Waitrose opened in November 1982.

10. The steep and unlit Waller Lane.

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