My Early Years

A Memory of Waterlooville.

I was born 1942 in a wool shop at 300 London Rpad, grew up in Stakes Wood, granny tree, blue bell woods etc. Idylllic childhood . I went to Stakes Hill Rpad primary school 1947 to 1953, Mrs Nelson my teacher. Elsie Patterson Pat and Christine Moat, Alan Barnet, Ernest Bow, Dave Fuller were some of my class mates. South Africa Lodge orphanage in Stakes Rpad. Couple of bomb craters. We used to fish in further along Stakes Road. Sweet shop corner of Stakes Road. Used to herd cows with Stuart Smith over cross roads. These are just a of my memories of Waterlooville at its best.
Nigel Butlin