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Netley Football Club
I was born in Netley Abbey in 1962. My dad and uncle were joint managers of Netley F.C. who had their ground at the rec down by the waterfront. I was only 11 when my uncle died and 12 years old when my dad died so the memories I have are very few and far between. I do remember that when we had football matches, I used to run on the pitch at half time with the orange quarters and I used to stand there and cheer them on with my wooden rattle, religiously. At the end of matches we usually congregated in the Red Lion public house along Victoria Road. I also remember that my dad and uncle built changing rooms on the field and it had a tree stuck out of the middle of it, if I remember rightly it was because they weren't allowed to cut the tree down. There was also a time when one of our players broke his leg in a tackle and... Read more
Playing Football
I remember the person who broke his leg that day was Bernie Lowe as I was playing for the team Hound United against Netley FC on that pitch. I also remember your father as I played for them for a season with I think your brother Arthur. I played also for Netley Sports for a number of years and still come back now to the village. I have very fond memories of the village when to me it was the best place to live then. I still meet up with people now like Dick Donahoe, Jeff Foyle, Alan Wadd and Bob Crompton. I have so many memories of the village and how it has changed over the years. I moved there with my family in 1959 or 1960, went to Butlocks Heath School and then to Hamble County Secondary School. Going back over the years I can remember watching players like Dave Murphy, Ivor Howells, Trevor Turner, Pat Rafferty, Chris Queen who I believe had trials with Chelsea, Steve Budden,... Read more
Watercolour Painting
I grew up in Warsash (Fleet End) in the 1950s and a friend of mine lived in one of the cottages shown. His aunt produced hand-painted watercolour postcards, one of which I possess. It was obviously painted from this photograph, as it shows in almost every respect an identical view. The only things different are the omission of the roof and chimney of the Royal Thames Yacht Club house and the telegraph pole on the left. The boat shown on the river could possibly be the Moyana, the sail training vessel of the School of Navigation, which sadly sank in a storm in the late 1950s, and was often moored in approximately that position.
Working in Warsash in The 1960s .
My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old motorcycle workshop previously owned by a Vic Collins, a local celebraty at the time. Vic was a speedway star of the 1940s and 50s. My father decided to relocate his plastics and paint works called Polybond Limited from Southampton to Warsash and this premisis fitted the bill. Our nextdoor neighbours were the local undertakers run by Win Newbury. At the rear of the single story bulding there were old nissan huts and the remains of an old gravel pit. Plenty of room to expand. The workforce were all employed locally. I started work there after I left school in 1961 and started at the bottom. I opened my first bank account at Martins Bank which then stood opposite the Clock Tower. Our customers came from near and far i.e the boatyards,... Read more
A SPECIAL DAY
I have fond memories of the church as I got married in May 1973. I will never ever forget the beautiful atmosphere inside.
I keep saying I will go back and visit it but I do not know if it still open and being used, can anyone tell me?
Kind regards
PAULEEN
Visits by The Family
I can remember that my family visited the Fox and Hounds frequently earlier than this date, but this was the first date I was legally allowed to partake of the amber fluid. I can remember the old artifacts, like biscuits from the Crimean War that hang from the rafters. Various pottery, clay pipes etc., a marvellous cross section and history of the river Hamble and the area. I was so sad when later in life I had migrated to Australia and subsequently visited in the 1970s and 1980s to see that the artifacts had been removed and quite frankly the whole ambience of the place had changed. It had become commercial. Now I do not blame the owners or the management, it was just a sad reflection on my part of a Britain that was no longer there, of childhood memories and feelings for history which seemed to be had been absorbed into the modern era.
The Fox And Hounds
This is how I remember "The Fox". I walked past it twice a day from 1966 to 1971 on my way to and from school. I remember the seats outside made from large beer barrels and the licencee's name, J. Taylor?, above the door. I also remember the Lone Barn being constructed from bits of old timber that arrived on lorries. Christine (nee Thompson)
