The Cricketers Arms
I too remember the Cricks. The outside toilet was a plank of wood with a hole in it. The post office was the second to end thatched cottage, which is opposite Stoneham Lane. At the top of Chestnut Avenue, past the BMW garage was Jean Lanham's kennels, Clausentum, and I believe she bred boxer dogs, 'cos iIm sure that's where we got ours from. This was after the nissen huts were demolished. I lived in one before the Nightingale Avenue estate was built (The Avery), and after we were all shipped out onto that estate, the Polish refugees were moved into them. We used to play in the Chestnut woods for hours and if we came home before tea time we were in trouble!! Happy days.
Comment from Jacqueline Jackson on Monday, 6th December 2010.
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The Polish refugees also strike a memory as one was enlisted to assist my father 'Harry' who was a plumber. He was a most accomplished artist and our house along with many others was adorned with the country scene that he painted on sawn cross sections of trees. After the war I met another Polish refugee through the Fireflys Boys Club on spare land in the Fire Station complex at the end of Factory Road, off Nutbeem Road. Even after all this time his name remains with me, Jaroslav Jarecki. He was without doubt the most accomplished table tennis player I had ever played against, especially so since he suffered extreme asthma and in order to save breath he took up a stance at the end of the table using the penholder style, rarely moving his feet during a game. My son is getting married at Christmas in 2011 in Elgin to a Scottish lass he met in Australia and I will be travelling back for the nuptials. I only hope I have time to detour around Eastleigh and Chandlersford and see the many changes to the town (already seen on Google maps) but I doubt if many old faces will be available except perhaps Tony Lawford who was at primary school with me and is known to Francis Frith colleagues for his many photos of Eastleigh and district.
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Hi John
It's great that you want to come back to see Eastleigh, but don't get too excited. Maybe my age now (64), and although I came back to Eastleigh and brought my children up there, one still living in Fair Oak, I feel very saddened at how Eastleigh is now. I was once very proud of my roots, but the place has died. No factories, just empty shops, and a very depressing feel to the place. I do visit every couple of months, just to see if I bump into anyone I knew, and invariably I do, but even they, the residents still there, don't like what it's become, so your wonderful memories are in your heart and maybe that's the place for them.
Comment from JACQUELINE JACKSON on Friday, 14th January 2011.
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Hi Jacqueline, I am pleased to see your name on yet another entry again and indeed memories are so often all that is left of another time but they are I believe so important, maybe only to those who remember, but important nevertheless. I am still of a mind to detour to the old haunts or at any rate where they used to be but with an extra 10 years on your memories I feel I will need a guide, although the station area looks relatively unchanged, and the Brookwood Road cemetery will only be different by its size. A newly found internet friend recently returned and posted a few pics for me, John & Gloria Sibson, Chandlersford people now living just down the road from me on the Gold Coast of Queensland, again only Chamberlayne Road School and the Desborough/Factory Road Baptist Church seemed to have registered no changes. Internet has also come up with Mr Blackman's grandson, he ran the lollie/icecream shop in Factory Road just along from the High Street corner. Maybe even time for a drink at the Cricketers.
Comment from John Scott on Friday, 14th January 2011.