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Tracing my Family Tree
Hi i am trying to trace my family tree, I am looking for Kate Collins, her father was Edgar Collins and her mother Mary Collins. Kate was a maid in service to a Lord Cutlip/Cudlip and later married William James Gibs, if anyone can help please contact me, thanks.
The Local 'Copper'
The policeman seen standing on duty outside the public house has been indentified as PC 65 H R Hood. He was the village 'Copper', spending 15 years of his service in Cadnam. This was a favourite traffic duty spot in those days, as this was the main crossroads of the Southampton to Bournemouth and the Winchester to Lymington highways. Even though in those days there was less traffic, it was never the less a very busy road with many hazards.
Overnight Stay...
I stayed at Twin Oaks one night in October 2008. I arrived very late after escaping from some motorway works madness, but my hostess was very welcoming and supportive. She explained that the twin oak at the front of the building is much admired, especially by the Francis Frith company photographer when this photo was taken. I was visiting because my g g g grandfather was living in Cadnam in 1841. James Peckham, son of Moses, was born at Sherfield English nearby, and he and his family lived in the area for decades. His daughter, Sarah, married a Henry Humby and they lived in Bartley. I was told that there are still Humby's living in the area, but time did not allow me to follow up on that lead. The Sir John Barleycorn situated opposite Twin Oaks, is a fine building with attractive premises and fine fare on offer. It is well used by the locals. I visited The White Hart Inn whose original building is still distinguishable beneath the... Read more
Calmore
Does anyone else remember old Mr Brown who lived up the lane from St Anne's Church? He couldn't read or write. He had a cow that followed him about. He'd never been to Southampton even though it was only 7 miles away. He used to sit outside his front gate in the sunshine and wave his walking stick at passing traffic. He told me he wanted to be "an old rooster, who sits where he likes". I loved that old man, but I never really knew him.
Calmore, my Childhood.
I grew up in Old Calmore at Croft Farm. My parents, Cyril and Winifred Pass, bought the property when they returned from India in 1947, and we lived in the 'pump house' until the bungalow was built in 1949. My earliest clear memory was moving in on my third birthday, carrying the pots and pans up through the field on that freezing day in February.
The old pre-Tudor barn on the smallholding was built from solid oak timbers from the old sailing ships and held together by wooden cogs. My three brothers and I would spend hours making dens in the straw and hay or climbing on the roof to see the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth' ships in dock at Southampton, with their majestic funnels hinting of faraway places. Later, I would watch the migrant ships take turn in port as I would dream of the day when I too would be on my way to adventure in Australia. (That happened in 1966).
Croft Farm had a... Read more
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