Fareham, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: F103012
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The Roundabout Hotel on the Delmé Roundabout used to be St Edith's Industrial Home for abandoned or orphaned girls run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Fareham has been dubbed 'Virtual London' by the IT industry because of the high tech Internet-related activities of firms that have relocated here. According to a survey by the business analysts Dun & Bradstreet in 2002, Fareham was the fourth most profitable place to do business in the country.

Memories of Fareham, High Street c1955

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I too remember market day. I came from the city of Liverpool and my dad's mum and dad's nannie and grandad Mullins lived in North Hill, each year we came for our holidays and we loved it, farmers' day was a real treat. I loved Fareham and always wished we could live there.
I can remember watching in awe as the cattle was walked to the market (now a car park) through the High and West Street..pigs, sheep, cows, chickens etc and standing up on the temporary fencing reaching over to stroke the sheep, hearing the market auction man selling the cows...to this day I never understood a word he said...but they all got sold somehow...I can still remember the smell...no ...see more