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Segensworth West maps
Historic maps of Segensworth West and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Segensworth West maps
Segensworth West photos
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Park Gate| Sarisbury Green| Swanwick| Titchfield| Warsash| Old Bursledon| Bursledon| Hamble| Fareham| Botley| Stubbington| Wickham| Hill Head| Netley Abbey| Shedfield| Calshot| Waltham Chase| North Boarhunt| West End| Fawley| Woolston| Lee-On-The-Solent| Swanmore| Newtown| Portchester| Hythe| Bishops Waltham| Gosport| Southampton| Lepe
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Date of Photo
The car with the 'L' plates is the car my sister learnt to drive, and so the photo must have been taken in a few months from late January 1966. Athough the PO has closed, the Newburys have lived here from at least as far back as 1853 to date.
Long Lost Friends
I stayed with a Mr & Mrs Freeman who lived at 'Westfield', Barnes Lane, Sarisbury Green during 1960, they had a son Christopher who died in a motorcycle accident in 1964. I would love to make contact with anyone who knew this family, I now live in Spain but will be visiting UK in July 2011.
I Lived on Mtb234, by John Dowsett
My parents bought this boat from a Mr and Mrs Bailey who had purchased it at Government auction and converted it into a houseboat. The Baileys later moved to Bursledon. When Dad and Mum got the boat the bows were turned to the sea, this was changed when she was put up on stocks for cleaning and now faces the shore. My life as a young lad revolved around this boat and the River Hamble, I have nothing but fond memories of adventures and fun, and often think of all my family and friends. I believe she was sold for preservation in 1980. I moved to Australia in 1966 with my wife Maureen, I would love to find out where my old home now lies.
Houseboat Mtb234
My aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Arthur Dowsett, moved to Lower Swanwick in 1958 when my uncle retired after working for many years as a signalman for BR. They bought a houseboat, a converted motor torpedo boat, mtb234, which at that time was moored at Swanwick Shore, a little way along from Moody's Boatyard. I spent some time staying with them during school holidays and from Jan 1968 until June 1970 I lived with them while studying at Southampton University. It was cold in winter and hot in summer, but was a fascinating place to live and a real experience! By the time I left in 1970, there were only 2 houseboats left, whereas in 1958 there had been a whole row of them moored along the foreshore. The boat itself had quite a history to it, having been the flagship of the fleet that sailed out of Lowestoft during the Second World WAr in the charge of Commander Peter Dickens DSO, MBE, DSC who wrote the book 'Night Action -... Read more
Swanwick Shore
This shows Swanwick Shore Road about 1 mile away from Sarisbury Green at the bottom of the hill. The road came off the A27 roughly opposite the Red Lion Inn at Lower Swanwick and followed the shore of the River Hamble through Moody's Boatyard. At spring tides, this road was often covered at this point at high tide. My aunt and uncle lived in a houseboat at the end of the road - about 150 yards from the point where the road disappears around the bend to the left. They moved there in 1958 and I lived with them from Jan 1968 until June 1970. I walked along the road everyday to and from either the station at Bursledon or the bus stop for buses to Woolston or Southampton opposite the Red Lion.
Watercolour Painting
I grew up in Warsash (Fleet End) in the 1950s and a friend of mine lived in one of the cottages shown. His aunt produced hand-painted watercolour postcards, one of which I possess. It was obviously painted from this photograph, as it shows in almost every respect an identical view. The only things different are the omission of the roof and chimney of the Royal Thames Yacht Club house and the telegraph pole on the left. The boat shown on the river could possibly be the Moyana, the sail training vessel of the School of Navigation, which sadly sank in a storm in the late 1950s, and was often moored in approximately that position.
Working in Warsash in The 1960s .
My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old motorcycle workshop previously owned by a Vic Collins, a local celebraty at the time. Vic was a speedway star of the 1940s and 50s. My father decided to relocate his plastics and paint works called Polybond Limited from Southampton to Warsash and this premisis fitted the bill. Our nextdoor neighbours were the local undertakers run by Win Newbury. At the rear of the single story bulding there were old nissan huts and the remains of an old gravel pit. Plenty of room to expand. The workforce were all employed locally. I started work there after I left school in 1961 and started at the bottom. I opened my first bank account at Martins Bank which then stood opposite the Clock Tower. Our customers came from near and far i.e the boatyards,... Read more
