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Historic maps of Crookham Village and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Crookham Village maps
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Velmead Farm,Watery Lane
My Father was cowman on this farm, we lived in the tythe cottage for about 6 years and I started school there. My teacher was Mrs War, her husband was the foreman of Velmead farm. We walked across the fields to school. It was a lovely idilic place to live as a child, we had so much freedom. I remember soldiers with thier wives walked past the house at weekends and talked to us children and give us pennies. At the time I had 2 sisters older than me and 3 brothers younger. We had a well in the garden for our water supply; father would draw 2 buckets in the morning before he went to work and 2 more when he came in mid-day for his dinner, and then again at teatime. Life was very hard but we knew no better. There was a cafe on the corner of the first road we came to, over the fields which were owned by the Potter family. One... Read more
Claremont - Aldershot Road
The house on the right hand side of this picture was called Claremont. We lived
there in the early 60s. There were two cottages to the side. In one of those cottages lived a girl called Elizabeth Holland, she used to babysit us. They had the most wonderful vegetable garden. We had fires in all the rooms, but also had paraffin heaters. I would go to the garage which you can just make out in this photo to buy paraffin. The Verne was just to the left. This was a most exciting walk, as there was a newsagents where I could buy comics, Bunty, Judy and Princess. The butcher shop always had bones for the dogs. Further on down Aldershot Road was a fish and chip shop - delicious. Then you would hit some Army buildings. That is where we went to church. Father Scantlebury, he gave us ice cream cakes when we had out first communion! A little further on was the racecourse. Going the other way was the... Read more
A Canadian in Wartime
My father must have arrived in Church Crookham around 1942. About a half dozen Canadian officers were quartered in an extremely 'modern' house, called The White House. My father, a young Captain, always spoke of that house with something approaching awe. For some reason, the sanitary fixtures fascinated him: wash basins in individual bedrooms, something unknown in North America. His bath had tiles embossed with dolphins, I remember him saying.
Even for the officers, transport was generally by bicycle and he became an intrepid cyclist, whereas at home he had always had his own car as a teenager (a Ford Model A, with rumble seat).
Mostly he recalled the kind welcome of the English people: it seems Canadians were preferred to the rather rambunctious Americans.
My Hometown
I was born and raised in the Fleet area. My dad (Leonard) had a shop in the High Street, and I used to be friends with Christine who lived at the very top of the High Street, her dad also had a shop. I knew this area well and I remember the milkbar where we went for milkshakes. We used to go to school in Farnborough by steam train, we had to walk down to the station and catch the train to Farnborough, lovely when it was good weather, but not so nice in the rain and snow! I have many lovely memories of this area, and I still miss it so much, it was friendly and everyone knew everyone, vastly different from today! I remember going to Woolworths every Saturday to get some toys or sweets for my brother. There also used to be a sweet shop called "Ye olde tuck shop" which was on the way to the station, we enjoyed going in there. I remember the time... Read more
Where I Work
I actually work at Solent dry cleaners now so it's very strange seeing it as it was 46 years ago. I have just told my boss about this photo too x.
Family Home
This beautiful house was owned by my grandparents many years ago and was the first place I lived, such a crying shame it is now flats, a piece of family history gone....
DOVAS COTTAGES & THE SHOE REPAIR MAN
My nan, Beatrice Wareham used to live at Dovas cottages and we used to come and spend our summer holidays with her. My Aunt Jane and Uncle Mickey Hevele lived at The Borough and my cousin Elizabeth used to work for Mr Birch. My Aunt Jane still lives in the village. I can remember going to the shops with my nan and passing the bootmaker. I seem to remember my mum (Rhoda McGonigle) nee Wareham saying she went to school with him and his name was Albie Ralphwe. We used to pop in and I loved the smell of the leather in the shop. I can remember the village stores with the tins of biscuits set out at the front on display. My mum's family all lived in Crondall my Uncle Charlie, Auntie Ciss, Auntie Jane and my Uncle Mickey (Jane's husband) used to work at a local farm in the grain dryer. My Aunt Ciss's family all worked at Roke Farm and some still do. I can remember my mum... Read more
