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Ditcham maps
Historic maps of Ditcham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ditcham maps
Ditcham photos
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Buriton| South Harting| Compton| Butser Hill| East Harting| Petersfield| Finchdean| Sheet| West Marden| Clanfield| Blendworth| Adhurst St Mary| Steep| Langrish| Horndean| East Meon| Rowland's Castle| Trotton| Didling| Stoughton| Froxfield| Liss| Cowplain| Chithurst| Rake| Waterlooville| Iping| Milland| Denmead
Ditcham area books
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Memories of Ditcham
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Hampshire memories
Vicarage Evacuee 1939-1945
When I was 3 years old, it was the beginning of the Second World War. My parents lived in busy warfilled, threatened Portsmouth, and decided that I would be safer far away. My mother had joined the WRENS and my father was required to work rather than be called up. So at age 3, I was sent to the Vicarage at Buriton and I stayed there until the war ended when I was 9 years old.
Swiss Cottage
My Grandparents lived in Swiss Cottage for many years. We used to stay there as children. When we first went there was no electricity and limited water. We had to go to bed with oil lamps and all food was cooked on the Aga in the kitchen. I loved it there. My sister and I would spend hours wandering in the Queen Elizabeth Forest. We also spent a lot of time feeding the pigs in the pig farm at the end of the garden.The house was actually two houses the (I don,t know if it is still.) We didn.t like the house next door as much as my grandparents. It was a geat place to visit and I wish that they had stayed. Magical.
Luxford Cottage
The cottage in the photograph is known as Luxford Cottage and owned by Hampshire County Council. It was formerly known as Keepers Cottage.
Churcher's College - Petersfield
I was a at school as a boarder at Churcher's College from 1945 to 1951. The immediate post war years in England were a time of great hardship and rationing. I remember vividly the bad winter of 1947, when Heath Pond froze over and we all went ice skating on it. I remember the hilarious scenes of ducks trying to land on the ice and skidding out of control. The following are a portion of my memoirs of life at Churcher's during that period.
CHAPTER THREE
School Years - Churcher’s College - 1945 - 1951
In September of 1945 mother and I travelled down to Petersfield so she could enroll me in school. Churcher’s College was founded in 1722 by the will of a Richard Churcher who made his fortune in the East India Company and left money to educate a number of boys in the Village of Petersfield. His very specific intentions were expressed in his Will. The College was to provide free board and lodging... Read more
Home of Gt.Grandparents
This is May Cottages and the home of my gt.grandparents James and Jane Childs. James was a shepherd on the Adhust Estate for John Bonham Carter and Jane looked after the sick and the poor here for 36 years. She also raised 6 of her own children including my grandfather William Childs.
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.
