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My Young Days at Catherington
MY YOUNG DAYS AT CATHERINGTON, RANDELLS COTTAGE, LINKHORN Born in 1942 in Cornwall, my early years of school were at Clanfield. My holidays were spent at my grandmother’s house at Randells Cottage, my father was in the R.A.F and our family moved from Cornwall into a small house on the causeway. In those days the field opposite was used for the local fete, later it was moved to Catherington in the field beside the Farmers Inn. I remember that when my dad got posted to Egypt in 1950 mum had organized a party for my two sisters and me it was held in the old shed in the field next to the Farmers Inn once used by the Home Guard, all the family of my uncles and aunties came with my cousins, the day after we set off to Egypt from Southampton docks on the ship 'Empire Orwell'. When I used to go to my gran's it was a long walk up Catherington Lane, especially at night with bats flying across the... Read more
Hampshire memories
The Old School
Great to see the old school again,I remember harvest festivals and punch and judy shows in the hall behind,house martins building nests in the eaves.School sports,egg & spoon,sack and wheelbarrow races.Wet clothes drying on the radiators in the winter,Happy days.Lived at 29 Peak road,my father worked at Mercury navy station,now living in Auckland New Zealand.Any more photos of the school or the village please post them.
Childhood Memories
I can remember living in accommodation behind the post office with my parents, also the two thatched cottages were owned by my grandparents along with other properties in the village.
R.A.F. Radar Station Butser Hill
Hi everybody i went to clanfield school it was my first one my dad was in the Royal airforce and i remember he used to take me up there to his work place the radar station and show me cartoon pictures on his radar screen, we used to live in the caurseway my gran lived the cottages on catherington lane her name was linkhorn,has anyone got any photos of the radar station or know someone who was there at the time in the raf. I am doing my family history project.can you help me.
many thanks
yours faithfully
chris. in south yorkshire.
The Red Lion And The Square
My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles unable to make it round this corner. A blocked up archway on the left of the building had a date brick of c1750. In the Square adjacent to the Red Lion was Smith & Vospers, grocers and bakers managed by Mr Mitchell. Across the A3 was the Post Office run by the Hancock family. Baileys ran the general hardware store and Ellis's ran a store next door selling produce from their market garden in Westbourne. Further round the square was Pescotts, the butchers, their slaughterhouse was behind the shop on Blendworth Hill, across from this was the Newsagents run by Maurice Bond and then the Bedfords.
Blendworth Primary School
I started school here in 1954, in the Infants class run by Mrs Pead, after 2 years I moved into the next door classroom which housed children aged 7 to 11. This class was run by Mrs Byrne the Headmistress, and later by Mrs Borrow part time. The Rector William Rees would come and teach 1 lesson a week, I remember throwing snowballs at him over the school front fence! I left in 1960.
HORNDEAN WAR MEMORIAL
I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research.
The two men are recorded as follows
Turner C G
Larcombe F G (possible a Corporal)
I believe that Mr Turner is Charles George 315153 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. He left the Army on 21st April 1919 and lived Lovedean Horndean His wife was Bertha nee Pocock. Charles was born in 1889 @ West Meon.
If I am correct, Charles died during the period Apr 1919 and mid 1920, when the War Memorial was dedicated. I have been unable to find details of any Charles George Turner who died in this period.
Mr Larcombe is a complete mystery. Three Larcombes with these initials are recorded by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (CWGC). One came from Berkshire the other... Read more
