Denmead memories
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I Was in The Very First Intake in That School.
It had just been built and I was in the class of 1960. I struggle to recall the teacher's names but I'm pretty sure there was a Miss Lynn and there was definitely a Miss Kill. She was my first love at age five. By a quirk of the internet I met online a 'girl' from my class, now in her 50's, who was still in touch with Miss Kill and I was able to get a message to her. Incredibly, some 48 years and a thousand plus pupils later she still remembered ME! I remember running across that grassy area in the picture on a very stormy day at around the time the picture was taken. I was (almost) convinced that if I ran fast enough into the wind it would pick me up on my Mackintosh wings and I would fly. I remember it very clearly.
Restall's Store
My Mum, Eileen Waight, walked past Restall's on her way to school c1928. Her mother bought her groceries at the store.
Ivy Cottage
When I was a child I was shown round Ivy Cottage and the farmland in Thompsons Lane by my late Grandmother who had inherited all the land from her auntie. Thompsons Lane was named after the family. I believe that most of the land is now a housing estate apart from one field left. Does anyone remember how it used to be?
Happy Childhood 1942-1953
My name is Howard Johnson. I lived in Thompsons Lane. I went to Old School 1945-53. Mr Cleary was my first headmaster, replaced by Mrs Jones. Teachers were Mr Mogeridge, Miss Pitt, Miss Abbot. I was in the football team with Trevor Kilner, W Wildsmith, Peter Knight, Dave Rocket, John Clark (all I can remember). I worked as a boy on Carpenters Farm (now renamed I think). Mr Player was the farmer. Farmer Bendall used to fly an Auster aircraft from a field near the school. In the bad winter of 1947 I collected over 100 German incendary bombs hung up in hedges, local policeman collected them and threw them in a pond at the top of Thompsons Lane, there is a house now on the site I think. I could go on and on, but I wouldn't have changed my childhood for anything. I am now 66yrs old and farming on the Isle of Wight.
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The Tuck Shop
Further down East Street there used to be a little sweet shop, if I remember it was called (or known as by us school evacuees), 'Miss Mays'. It was a 'tuck shop' for us as we used to run down a path from near the school to get there and spend our 'penny'.
I have returned many times since I was living at Upper Chidden Farm, though the farm has changed hands of course. I was still made welcome and taken into the farmhouse to see the changes. I spent a wonderful time in this area
Tuck Shop
I remember a little shop where we popped in to buy a pennyworth of sweets before catching the school bus that took us to Cowplain girls' school. At the time I lived in a farmhouse along the main street, I can't remember the address, but have driven past there recently and it has all changed, it looks like it is now one big house. I cannot remember any names of other children who caught that school bus, but I would love to hear from anyone who went to that school in 1954-1956.
Happy Days
I got married in 1955 and moved into 2 Forge Cottages, Hambledon and I was a conductor and worked for Southdown Bus Company.
Hambledon PO
I was the last Postmaster to run Hambledon PO. I am very sorry to say that apart from a few very kind people in the village, no one offered any help or support when I needed it. All I mostly received was criticism from the villagers. One of the sad things about living in England is the constant talk about community spirit, I can tell you, I found it lacking in Hambledon.
Baptist Church
The building with a clock tower on the right was the old Baptist church. It was knocked down in the early 1960s in order to widen the road (which was of course the main Portsmouth to London road in those days) and was replaced by the modern baptist church about half a mile further north along London Road (between Avondale Road and Billet Ave).
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