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Choir Practice in this Churchu
My friends and I were all in the choir here - I think it outnumbered the congregation usually. We had to share a vicar with Ludgershall. Choir practice was on a Friday evening. When the War ended in 1945 they were desperate for bellringers so us kids all got to help. It was not much of a holy peal though.
I spent many happy sumer days sitting on the ivy covered wall outside waiting for Sunday School to start. My father's funeral service was conducted here in 1947 as the Military Cemetery does not have a church closer to it. The vicar's name was a Mr. Miller He was a lovely Christian man and always came to the wedding receptions ...read more here
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Flooding in these cottages
I lived with my parents in Zouch Avenue nearby but did go to school with a girl who lived in one of these cottages. The River Bourne is/was directlyopposite and every winter it overflowed, ran across the road and flooded the downstairs of these cottages. The pianola lived permanently on a pile of bricks. The way upstairs here was a ladder in a cupboard. I did envy that child as I was only about 5 myself. The same families through the generations seemed to occupy these cottages but they were all pulled down when I last visited. They also had outside bucket toilets and every Wednesday afternoon the emptying lorry came and the smell standing at the bus stop opposite was ...read more here
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Friends in North Tidworth
My best friend Barbara Harris, who I have not seen since I was 14 years old.
Finally last week we re-united, thanks to my Auntie Olive who lives in Andover now.
The years just rolled back an I recognised her and she recognised me, we could not stop hugging and looking at each other.
This is a friendship which has survived an absence of 40 years.
A memory of North Tidworth contributed by Linda-Jane Scott
Jean & James H Whitwell
Hi Joan,
We're trying to locate Susan Whitwell born 1960 while living at 32, Zouch Avenue, can you help?.
David Thompson
A memory of North Tidworth contributed by David Thompson
Extracts From Tidworth & Hampshire books
Swindon - ‘swine down’ or ‘pig hill’ - is
Wiltshire’s largest settlement; it grew
from the two villages of Old and New
Swindon of about 2,000 inhabitants
in 1900 to its present size of about
100,000, and it is still growing rapidly.
Christ Church is by Sir G G Scott, of
1851, and replaces Holy Rood in the
grounds of the mansion owned by the
Goddard family - their history there
traces back to 1560. Christ Church is
largely built in late 13th-century style;
it has a west tower and broach spire,
and lavish furnishings inside, including
an ornate coloured reredos, and
plenty of stained glass.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
This is a typical lodge house
of the Ailesbury Estate variety;
it bears Gothic features such
as the ornate barge-boards
and detailing to the eaves.
This lodge has fish-scale tiles
that were popular in the later
19th century. Labourers work-
ing nearby have obviously
been drafted in to add a rustic
charm to the picture.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
This fine old 17th-
century farmhouse, built
in a mixture of materials,
stone, brick, tile-hanging
and long straw thatch,
is typical of the area
around Marlborough.
It was known as Brown’s
by 1718. By the middle
of the 20th century it
was being used as an
outhouse, and it was
demolished in 1961–2
to make way for more
modern farm buildings.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
We are looking towards
Back Lane. This is a street
mainly of 16th- or 17th-
century timber-framed
cottages. In the garden of
No 2, on the bottom left of
the picture, a plague pit was
found with the remains of
five skeletons, a legacy of
the Black Death in 1348-
9. The lady wearing a flat
cap looks like she means business!
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
Thought to have
been built in the late
17th century, this fine
old mill house, once one
of ten in the Ramsbury
area, was turned into
a dwelling as late as
the 1960s. Now called
Moon’s Mill, it was
previously known
as Upper Mill in the
18th century, Gibbs’
Mill, and Edwards Mill in
the mid 19th century.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".