Cowplain, Shopping Parade c.1965
Photo ref:
C576029
Photo ref:
C576029
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A lady makes a phone call in the red telephone box. These were installed all over the UK in the 1950s. Cowplain developed because of the main road from Portsmouth to London; its name means 'a clearing for cows'. It is not far from the Forest of Bere, where there are plenty of oak trees, like those on the right of this photograph.
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Memories of Cowplain, Shopping Parade c1965
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My family moved to Spinney Close in 1965 and I went to Hart Plain School briefly before we moved to Crookhorn Secondary. I remember we hoped it would be called Oaklands but I believe that name was already taken by the Catholic School. The first day was complete mayhem as none of us knew the layout of the building I was situated in the portacabin with Miss Moxham as my Form Teacher. I remember being taught shorthand ...see more
I've lived in Cowplain since 6 yrs old in 1968. To an earlier post above, on the corner of Durley Avenue and the main London Road, Cowplain, was a toy shop on one half - and was a radio & TV shop in the other half (a Grundig & ITT agent I recall!)....and was called CWJ Tumber - Charlie Tumber if I remember right (very unusual surname which is why it sticks in the ...see more
My nan lived in Crestland Close. We shopped on the main street and bought lardy cake from the bakers/cafe next to the Post Office on King's Road. My grandfather had a Pyrenean Mountain Dog which used to go shopping along this street and went for a pint with him in 'The Spotted Cow' and 'The Crow's Nest' in the 1970s.
I went to Padnell Junior School and have very fond memories of the 'Rec' and 'Joey's Field'. ...see more
Like David, I remember Carters' Sweet Shop. I was a regular customer in the early to mid 1970s, when I attended Padnell Infants and then Padnell Junior School. Mr Carter handed it over to his daughter, who I think was called Alison, but the shop eventually closed in the early 1980s. I also remember the fishmongers van which used to park once a week on the corner of Kings Road in front of what I think was then the ...see more
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