Celebrating the life of Kate Ward, or Camberley Kate, as she is affectionately nicknamed
Thankyou so much to David Skilton for this little gem.
A heartfelt tribute penned in the newspaper of the day, in remembrance of Kate at the time of her passing.
By E.J. Inglis of Upper College Ride.
And even the paper acknowledged her as the country's best known dog lover at the time.
We believe this photo to be Kate's dogs, photographed by https://www.elliotterwitt.com Elliot has captured everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Ronald Reagan on camera!
New photo we've found. x
Kate's legacy continues.
Check out Power Of One's video.
Another great photo of Kate. Not many people realise she rescued as many cats as she did dogs.
Circa 1962.
Kate at home with a few of her dogs. Note the subject of picture on the right.....đ„°
New unseen photo of Kate in her back yard with her furry friends. Thanks to Camberley: Photographs from the 1880s to the 1980s.
Article about Kate on Howstuffworks.com
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/camberley-kate.htm?srch_tag=5cpligc67u54tf5phejrzb3hnutkfurn
She took in her first stray dog in 1943 and became a legend for her pioneering efforts in dog rescue. Meet "Camberley Kate," the fierce canine advocate who had a heart of gold.
Kate has now been remembered in California. Great article in Coastal Canine magazine. Her legacy goes on. x
https://issuu.com/coastalcanine/docs/cc_summer_2022/52
Coastal Canine Summer 2022, Fleeing Ukraine, Patron: Ukraine's Little Angel, June and Waffles: Unlikely Siblings by Dina Ruiz Eastwood, Homer and Skyler: Surf's Up, Strange Bedfellows, Adoptable Art By Morgan Eastwood, Camberley Kate, Angel to Stray Dogs and Cats by Belinda Jones, Carie Broecker
Few more photos of Kate that you may not have seen before.
A great article about Kate:
The Story of Camberley Kate: A Dog Rescuer Extraordinaire.
By Protect All Wildlife
https://protectallwildlifeblog.com/2021/03/21/the-story-of-camberley-kate-a-dog-rescuer-extraordinaire/
Kate Wardâs nickname âCamberley Kateâ is said to have been given to her by historian Sir Arthur Bryant in his book âThe Lion and the Unicornâ. It became the title by which she became known to everyâŠ
Gave Kate's resting place a little bit of a spruce up and clean today, with some help from Tracey Mac Hall and a small furry friend.
Few more of Kate from Google.
We've discovered you can purchase this print of Kate, taken from a photograph by Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972) for an article on English eccentrics, 'Happy Extremists', published in the 'Sunday Times Magazine', 18 October 1970.
"Kate Ward, at the age of seventy, ran a one-woman dog rescue service from her cottage in Camberley, Surrey."
https://www.ssplprints.com/image/122826/ray-jones-tony-kate-ward-camberley-kate-and-her-dogs
New photo of Kate has come to life c/o Gill Been, Camberley, Frimley & Bagshot & surrounding areas, Some Serious History.
The model of Camberley Kate and Her Dogs has now been moved from Heatherside Corner, to the office of Camberley Printers Ltd, 357 London Road, GU15 3HQ.
On the Osnaburgh Hill slip road, on the A30, opposite St Michael's Church and graveyard, where she is laid to rest.
She and her dogs are viewable through the front window.
Sadly, due to Covid-19 precautions, we are unable to allow visitors in to the building, to have photos taken next to her, but you can come and see her through the window and have photos at ground level for the littlies (or biggies!), if you wish.
Parking, for those driving, is available along the slip road.
Viewable during office hours Monday to Friday.
(Sadly the security shutter has to remain down, for obvious reasons during the weekend)
If you dont look at anything else on this page, you have to check out the amazing photos of Kate on Camberley Memories.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/camberleymemories/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1514982165381675
For those of you who would like to know how our Heatherside Kate was made....
She started life as an addition by LostPALS, to the Easter Weekend Heatherside Scarecrow Festival as the Dog Poo Fairy.
But as she had so much support and interest, we decided when we took the DPF down at the end of the festival, we would recycle her, and put her back up as a well loved local character, to give people something to look out for and make them smile.
So she went from being some washing machine pipes, some old pram wheels, bits of timber, a garden pressure spray bottle, and a VERY large box of toy dogs, to what you see now.
We hope you enjoy seeing her on your daily exercise. đ
Photo we havenât seen before.
Thank you to everyone who has liked this page so far.
Please add your memories of Camberley Kate on this thread for everyone to read. x
Tiny photo we've just come across of an extraordinary lady.
218 London Road, near The Lamb pub, both sadly now no longer.
"Film Stills: The photographs are of a film crew filming Kate Ward of Camberley in approx the 1960's. Kate is seen with her dogs & a hand cart with 'Ward Stray Dogs' painted on to it
Date Approx: 1960's. She never turned down a stray. She lived in a small terraced cottage in the Yorktown area, on the London Road, Camberley
Someone built her a green wooden cart, so that she and her pack of stray dogs, could make the four mile round trip to the town centre, every day, to collect donations Kate's fame spread far and wide. She featured in newspapers as far afield as Australia and the USA. Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret's husband even made a film about her with Desmond Wilcox."
Kim Stallwood remembering Kate Ward
https://soundcloud.com/kim-stallwood/camberley-kate-ward
Listen to Camberley Kate Ward by Kim Stallwood on
Kate remembered in Growl: Life Lessons, Hard Truths, and Bold Strategies from an Animal Advocate
Still available to buy.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OLzBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=camberley+kate&source=bl&ots=jxPV5VuBOW&sig=ACfU3U0B5_M55mrNu0kc62AB0Z5KFRpAUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj52bDI_pXpAhWQFcAKHVBSCZs4FBDoATAJegQIChAB =onepage&q=camberley%20kate&f=false
For four decades, Kim Stallwood has had a front seat in the animal rights movement, starting at the grassroots in England and working his way up to leadership positions at some of the best-known organizations in the world, including Compassion In World Farming, the British Union for the Abolition of...
"Memory held clearly and dearly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpQFqn5zvs
A small piece of film shot in colour in 1954 of Camberley Kate. Taken from John King's "Camberley & District 1938 - 39". The full dvd can be found at Vicpine...
BBC 1975 Nationwide
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=582291245477243
"For eight and half years, we were inseparable".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-cBZSag24
Camberley Kate 1975
Hound Dog Photography: The Tale of Camberley Kate
https://hounddogphotography.co.uk/the-tale-of-camberley-kate/
The tale of Camberley Kate, a dog lover that started dog rescue in Camberley, Surrey during the War and helped over 600 dogs during her lifetime. Come celebrate Camberley Kates life.
The Unusual Life of Miss Kate Ward
http://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/03/12/unusual-life-miss-kate-ward-social-paradox/
Grumpy Vegan on Kate
http://grumpyvegan.com/blog/2006/06/28/29/
Camberley Kate by Kim W. Stallwood Posted on June 28, 2006 Camberley Kate and her canine entourage.Although her name was Kate Ward everyone knew her as âCamberley Kate.â She was born in Middlesborough, north east England, in 1895. As both her parents died before she was 10, she was raised by a s...
Fabulous photos of Kate on Camberley Memories
https://www.facebook.com/pg/camberleymemories/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1514982165381675
Looking after stray and rescued dogs the rather odd Camberley Kate was regularly seen walking them around the town. All towns have at least one eccentric resident who is known throughout the area and Camberley is no exception. Kate Ward, or Camberley Kate as she is affectionately nicknamed was well known to residents until her death in the 1970s.
Kate was a dog lover who rescued any stray pup that was sent her way and estimates indicate she cared for more than 600 dogs in her lifetime. Although she may be gone, her memory lives on around the globe. Kate was born in 1895 in Middlesbrough but by the age of 10 she was being raised in a strictly religious home by her aunt. Aged 19 she left domestic service in Bradford and moved down south.
Records don't show why she moved to Camberley but it is possible she went to work as a servant for the Royal Military Academy on the London Road, as many other girls of her age did at the time.
She bought her first house in the town for ÂŁ600 in 1943. This was to become home to the first of many rescued dogs; a lame greyhound who was destined to be put down by the vet. She took it home and from then on became dedicated to looking after strays. She never turned down a stray.
She lived in a small terraced cottage in the Yorktown area on the London Road, a few doors down from The Lamb pub (now demolished). Someone built her a green wooden cart so that she and her pack of stray dogs could make the four mile round trip to the town centre every day to collect donations and sell postcards with her picture on. More importantly perhaps, the trips allowed her to collect more strays from the Police Station.
Woe betide anyone who tried to take a photo of her without making a small donation towards the upkeep of her beloved dogs! Kate could be quite feisty on occasions. Residents recall tales of Kate giving someone a good and loud telling off for taking, what she saw as liberties! Other funding to support her came in the form of legacies and public generosity, although apparently she mentioned a "gentleman" who supported her financially too.
A local vet called Geoffrey Cradock, supplied Kate's charges with the necessary veterinary care from 1954 until her death in 1979, aged 84. According to him...
"All the dogs were incredibly healthy and they lived to a ripe old age. She had great humour, great character and great determination. I shall miss her very much indeed".
Kate on the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8211000/8211876.stm
Surrey Heath remembering Kate Ward.
https://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/residents/sport-leisure-parks/surrey-heath-museum/camberley-kate
âCamberley Kateâ Ward : âA Very Extraordinary Ladyâ Kate Wardâs nickname âCamberley Kateâ is said to have been given to her by historian Sir Arthur Bryant in his book âThe Lion and the Unicornâ. It became the title by which she was known to everyone. Kateâs early history is somew...
Celebrating the life of Kate Ward, or Camberley Kate, as she is still affectionately nicknamed, well known to local residents, until her death in the '70s.
Living in a small cottage at 218 London Road, she was a dog lover who rescued any stray pup that was sent her way and estimates indicate she cared for more than 600 dogs in her lifetime.
A little known fact about Kate, was that she also rescued many abandoned cats.
This page has been set up by local pet support group, LostPALS, to celebrate her life and achievements.
218 London Road
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