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Hythe, Hampshire
Hythe maps
Historic maps of Hythe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hythe maps
Historic map of Hythe
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
Historic Map of any Hythe postcode
Hythe books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Hythe and the local area. View all Hythe books
Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories
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Hampshire Living Memories
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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4 Hythe photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Hythe
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This is the photo in the distance of the house where I was brought up (from Dec 1952 to March 1964) with my three brothers, Michael, Alan and twin Roger, N° 1 Abbey Close. Our neighbours were Mr and Mrs Orchard with their two sons Malcolm and Melvin and on the other side Mr and Mrs Jewel with their three daughters.... [more]
Shared on 20 August 2009
Hampshire memories
Dibden Purlieu Newsagents / Mr & Mrs Storey
It was so lovely to see you refer to Mr Storey (Sid) in the earlier post - he was my wonderful Grandad!
Nan and Grandad (Grace and Sid Storey) used to run the newsagents, and as a little girl, I was always in there playing - even now, years after Nan and Grandad have passed on, Grandad's daughter, my Mum... [more]
Shared on 22 September 2009
I can remember Dibden Purlieu just after the Merrimede shops were built and the new shops opposite on the corner were being built (where the Bathroom Acadamy is in 2009). I was abou 5 years old. In those days I could ride my first bike down the un-tarmacked Watermans Lane (which was a dead end, the Wimpey estate was being built)... [more]
Shared on 21 March 2009
S.A.R.C, Florence Road and more....
Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great grandfather Boxall, my nan's granddad, who was Chief Fire Officer for Woolston for many years, he was based... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2006
My Grandparents lived in Oakbank Road, My Aunt lived in Laurel Road. I can remember going to work with my Nan in the evenings. She used to be a cleaner for Knaptons Bookies and Malizias Bookies (Bridge Road).
My Aunt worked at the Home & Colonial along Victoria Road, my Grandfather, Uncle & Brother worked in Thornies, and another Uncle worked... [more]
Shared on 30 October 2006
It was my first ever job and I think I recieved about five shillings a week. The newsagent I think is still there in Victoria Rd. But I'm talking about 1947. The shop was on the west side of Victoria Rd and the last shop before the turning into Portsmouth Rd.
Leaving the shop I went along Victoria Rd and my... [more]
Shared on 18 September 2006
Born in the Dibden Perlieu nursing home in 1943, I then lived in both Blackfield and Fawley. Growing up was a challenge in those days, but we survived. I attended school at both Fawley and Hardley. Summers were spent on the raft at Lepe, fishing for eels in the sluice, or paddling my canoe around to Calshot and back. I worked for KEN... [more]
Shared on 10 November 2009
I never lived in Southampton or have I ever been there However I was friendly with a lad who hailed from Shirley. His name is Don Davies if my memory serves me right. We were stationed at an Ordnance Field Park in Deepcut in Surrey during the year 1952. The unit went to Bournemouth in September and several of us were... [more]
Shared on 02 August 2009
Extracts From Hythe & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hythe, inspired by Frith photos.
New Forest Photographic Memories
In Victorian times Hythe was a mere village on the banks of Southampton Water, but it increased in size during the 20th century largely owing to the availability of employment at the nearby oil refinery at Fawley.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
Located on the western bank of Southampton Water, in the shadow of an oil refinery and heavy industry, Hythe is unexpectedly pretty in places. This picture shows its quaint, narrow High Street with the 450-year-old Lord Nelson pub, originally a customs house, on the left. Note the motor cycle and sidecar in the left foreground.
This is an extract from Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
New Forest Photographic Memories
Hythe was once the port of the New Forest; a settlement survived here after the Conquest, despite the excesses of William the Conqueror. The Forest now begins some distance away, though its heathlands still border the town.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
