Aolding Painters Decorators

A Memory of Waterlooville.

Just go down Stakes Hill Rd. to where Gino's the hairdresser is situated and the next door semi was the home and business address of A.Olding Painter's & Decorators est. 1880. The Olding's were an old established Waterlooville familly going back generations and if painting and decorating was required it was to this address you called.
Hard to imagine now that these two semi detached properties were homes with neat front gardens and walled gates and families were raised here. Note the interesting and different coloured brickwork which also matches the The Wellington Pub in the London Rd.
Fortunately these 2 semi's are protected from demolishing due to the nature of their interesting brick construction otherwise they would have been flattened years ago to make way for commercial development.
The last of the Olding Brother's (Eric) died this year (2008) at the age of 92. Jimmy Olding died in 1981 but his Wife Trixie is still (just) alive (aged 92)

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