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Emery Down Church

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 I was evacuated to Emery Down from Portsmouth.
I was billeted with a very nice couple who lived in a cottage quite close to the church. The church was the centre of the village community with a thriving congregation and I was soon invited to join the choir, together with the other evacuees.
It is a beautiful little church situated at the edge of the forest adjacent to the village green, my abiding memories will always be the simple sanctity of the services and the pervading perfume of the honeysuckle that surrounded the churchyard.
                                  

Written by Alan Evans. To send Alan Evans a private message, click here.

A memory of Emery Down in Hampshire shared on Monday, 19th January 2009.

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RE: RE: Emery Down Church

This is a lovely church, where my mother was married, where my grandmother is buried, so many memories of my family and friends.

Comment from Lavinia Cooke on Thursday, 25th March 2010.

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