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Hollywater maps
Historic maps of Hollywater and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hollywater maps
Hollywater photos
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Passfield| Bordon| Lindford| Griggs Green| Headley| Bramshott| Greatham| Headley Down| Liphook| Kingsley| Hartley Mauditt| Rake| Selborne| Liss| Grayshott| Churt| Waggoners Wells| East Worldham| Hawkley| Hammer| Lynchmere| Milland| Hindhead| Binsted| Shottermill| Beacon Hill| Haslemere| Newton Valence| Upper Farringdon| Isington
Hollywater area books
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Hampshire memories
Bordon Army Fire Station
I was stationed at Bordon Fire Station and was a Corporal in the army. I have many photos taken at the station, I was in charge of the cook-house and was in charge of the bar on the station. I attended many fires - the biggest was the Honky Tonk - its army name. It burnt to the ground. We were given its wrong name, the night was very foggy, the address we were given was The Bagshot and Bordon Soiders Home. We set off and went to Bagshot - we had no radio or other way of getting Information - we phoned Bordon when we got to Bagshot Army Camp and were told to come back to Bordon. When we got back, the National Fire Service were there. We had to watch the fire burn out as there was a limited supply of water. Incidentally, the sixpenny bits in the one arm bandits were fused together. I also attended the Forest... Read more
Weyford Junior School
This photo is of the temporary classrooms and main building of Weyford Junior School where I was a pupil from 1964 to 1969.
The Mill
My mum used to take us all (seven of us) to the mill to paddle. It was always freezing, some would even be brave enough to swim. There was always a strong smell of pond weed, but we had great fun. When it was warm enough we used to pack a picnic and walk to Frensham pond which was a great treat. That was about 40 years ago now but I remember it like it was yesterday.
Bordon
This was a lovely quiet village when I first came here. Unfortunately, it is becoming run down and untidy. Pity, really. We seem to be having all the throw outs from other places. When the army goes (if they go), this will be a dumping ground for all types of undesireables.
Living at The Mill
My father got a job in the mill in about 1950 and we moved into Mill House which is actually a part of the mill itself, on the right as you stand facing the building. I don't know what Bordon is like now, but in my day it had its share of the dregs, but so did everywhere. It was all very local and everybody seemed to know everybody else, apart from Army people. We moved to Lindford after a year or so, which was then a nice little place where nothing seemed to happen. In those days Robert and Peter Ellis ran the mill and it always seemed to be busy, as did Bordon itself. I recall the greengrocers and the chippy on the corner, ad Frisby's shoe shop on the opposite corner. Along the main street was a jewellers, a newsagent a photographer plus sundry others. In the 1940s there was a tea shop which subsequently disappeared, but later I recall listeniong to the juke box in the... Read more
The Mill
As a boy myself and my friends would gather our fishing rods and tackle and bike to the mill for a day’s fishing, I caught my first trout standing on the big outlet pipe from the mill, another time we were there and one of my friend fell in off the big pipe, I can see him now bobbing across until he reached the ford.
The mill was also the place my sister and I would sneak off to on a Sunday so we didn’t have to go to Sunday school, we would take some bread and feed the ducks.
I Moved to Canada But Still Remember.
I was in Mill Chase school and I remember students' names like Dennis Osmond, Bill Phillips, Bill Pike, Christopher Bowers, Sam Moory and Susan Moory, Sandra Dent, Sandra Johns and Elizabeth Coyte. How I would love to hear from anyone of these or anyone from that great time at Mill Chase. E mail me please, Steve at norththompsonradio@hotmail.com, I own a radio station now in Canada and and am thinking of visiting Borden, Bramshot, Liphook in the next year. I would love to see anyone from that great school. I miss you. Steve
