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I was born in Spring Hill nursing home in 1933, corner of Hill Lane and Howard Road, and I used to take short cuts via the bomb site on the way to school, sometimes I would find a coin or two.
We lived near the Dell football ground and all Dad's friends would park their cars in our front garden while they went to the match. We could hear the roar of the crowd and after the match Dad would invite his mates in for tea and cake, and hold a"post mortem" about the match.
My cousin found her car blocked one Saturday and had to wait for the match to finish before she could drive home.
I remember at the ...read more here
Contributed by miriam wolff
The White family of 9 Westgate street.
My family lived at number 9 Westgate street.
Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!!
A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of the boys, Walter, moved to 14 Chandos street, Southampton, and then onto the York Tavern, Middle Street. they had a son Thomas White, who's son Walter went on to eventually took pub on with his wife Elizabeth.
I am doing our family tree together with my Father, Arthur ( SAINSBURY), and photos of Westgate Street prior to the one's on this web page would be of great interest. Likewise, any books that we could obtain re this Street would be great.
Does anyone ...read more here
Contributed by jackie wild
Hampshire memories
The White family of 9 Westgate street.
My family lived at number 9 Westgate street.
Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!!
A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of the boys, Walter, moved to 14 Chandos street, Southampton, and then onto the York Tavern, Middle Street. they had a son Thomas White, who's son Walter went on to eventually took pub on with his wife Elizabeth.
I am doing our family tree together with my Father, Arthur ( SAINSBURY), and photos of Westgate Street prior to the one's on this web page would be of great interest. Likewise, any books that we could obtain re this Street would be great.
Does anyone ...read more here
A memory of Southampton contributed by jackie wild
Old memories
I was born in Spring Hill nursing home in 1933, corner of Hill Lane and Howard Road, and I used to take short cuts via the bomb site on the way to school, sometimes I would find a coin or two.
We lived near the Dell football ground and all Dad's friends would park their cars in our front garden while they went to the match. We could hear the roar of the crowd and after the match Dad would invite his mates in for tea and cake, and hold a"post mortem" about the match.
My cousin found her car blocked one Saturday and had to wait for the match to finish before she could drive home.
I remember at the ...read more here
A memory of Southampton contributed by miriam wolff
Extracts From Southampton & Hampshire books
On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God’s House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old
town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe. A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s,
which was intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.
Following the Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port, and the walls and other buildings are a
permanent reminder of Southampton’s wealth and prosperity in those days.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Southampton’s walls and defences were built from stone
brought across from the Isle of Wight.This must have been a
huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter
miles of walls, seven gates and 29 towers. Following the
Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port,
and the walls and other buildings are a permanent reminder of
Southampton’s wealth and prosperity in those days.
An extract from from"Southampton Pocket Album".
Southampton’s walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight. This must have
been a huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter miles of walls, seven gates and 29 towers.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God’s House
Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the
earliest artillery fortifications in Europe. A ditch ran alongside the
building until the 1850s, which was intended to link Southampton
with the Andover Canal and the River Test.This used to be the
home of the town gunner, with the guns and powder stored here.
During the 17th century, when it was the town jail, prisoners of
war were held in custody here.
An extract from from"Southampton Pocket Album".