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Memories of Bishops Waltham
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Chip Shop @ The Mafeking Hero
I grew up in Waltham and have many memories of my years spent there. I loved this picture because I lived on Ridgemede , which was just down the road from the pub & we used to go and get fish & chips from the chip shop on a Saturday evening. The chip shop was in the part of the pub that extends out, with the black little door! Nice little trip down memory lane
The Palace Ruins Bishopswalthem
We have 2 small vase and an ink well in pink with a picture of The Palace Ruins Bishopswalthem on the front of each. My father William John Aburrow was born in Bishopswalthem and used to tell me about the tunnels under the ruins. We are thinking of giving the vase and ink well to the museum at the ruins.
The Grapes, St Peters Street,1871
My grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Higgs, was widowed in 1869, when her husband, John Russell Higgs, was drowned at sea. Her brother Silas Short was working at the brickyard in the town so she and her 2 children, Annie and Arthur (my father), moved to Bishops Waltham to be near him. Elizabeth ran the "Grapes" as it was then called for about 6 years before moving to Sussex.
I never knew my grandmother but I was very moved to find the lovely little pub and enjoyed having a drink there with my family.
Jo Berryman (Higgs)
The Old Brickyard And Employers
reletive used to work at the brickyard in claylands rd
'Old Wood' From 1800's
I own 2 pieces of oak furniture which my great grandfather made from the old ruins of the Palace. They lived in Bishops Waltham and I believe (informed by my father of 87) his family owned 2 local mills.
Hampshire memories
Bull Lane
I can almost see Bull Lane from there. We lived in 'Summerfield' half way up that lane.
I remember Mr Wilbey's Ironmongers. He had a massive walrus moustache, and a shop that was a genuine museum in itself. There was Woodwards Store halfway up the main street, and I think W.C.Chase ran the Post Office Stores in this picture. There was another shop almost opposite , and the number 69 bus to Fareham ran from a few yards further on. I remember waiting for that bus with my friends as we all went to various schools in Fareham. Several of us to Wykeham House, a few to the Girls Grammar, and the rest to Prices.
Forest Road
My grandparents lived at 1 Northcott Villa Forest Road. Opposite them was Hector Coombs the shoe mender. My grandparents didn't have electricity, and my grandfather's radio ran on an accumulator. We used to take this to be charged, and collect the charged one. Also somewhere down Forest Road was a bakers, we either walked to collect the bread or it was delivered in a green van by a girl I think she was called Eileen. I remember Mr Wilbey, and the Woodwards. Also there was a man called Mr Rumbold who worked with my grandfather. I am currently researching my family tree, and will be visiting Waltham Chase in June. This will be the first time I have been back in 30 years.
