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Bull Lane
I can almost see Bull Lane from there. We lived in 'Summerfield' half way up that lane.
I remember Mr Wilbey's Ironmongers. He had a massive walrus moustache, and a shop that was a genuine museum in itself. There was Woodwards Store halfway up the main street, and I think W.C.Chase ran the Post Office Stores in this picture. There was another shop almost opposite , and the number 69 bus to Fareham ran from a few yards further on. I remember waiting for that bus with my friends as we all went to various schools in Fareham. Several of us to Wykeham House, a few to the Girls Grammar, and the rest to Prices.
Forest Road
My grandparents lived at 1 Northcott Villa Forest Road. Opposite them was Hector Coombs the shoe mender. My grandparents didn't have electricity, and my grandfather's radio ran on an accumulator. We used to take this to be charged, and collect the charged one. Also somewhere down Forest Road was a bakers, we either walked to collect the bread or it was delivered in a green van by a girl I think she was called Eileen. I remember Mr Wilbey, and the Woodwards. Also there was a man called Mr Rumbold who worked with my grandfather. I am currently researching my family tree, and will be visiting Waltham Chase in June. This will be the first time I have been back in 30 years.
Coming Home
I recently visited, Bishops Waltham, Waltham Chase and Shedfield. Bishops Waltham town centre was how I remembered it from the 1970s. Waltham Chase had changed quite a bit, I was sorry to see how un-kept the house my grandparents lived in had become. I had intended to take a photograph, but decided my memories would have to do. There was a new road, which went from Forest Road back onto the main road to Wickham. I also visited my grandparents' graves at Shedfield, it took a while to find the grave as the marker had been pushed into the ground and the vase had sunk, but it was soon sorted.
Great Great Granparents
I have been renting a property in Beaucroft Road, Waltham Chase for just over a year. I always knew my family came from Southampton and we always assumed all past generations did as well until a cousin of mine recently researched the family tree to find that our great great grandmother grew up in Waltham Chase, the family name was Glover! They lived in the house which is opposite the Black Dog pub, the house was called Maybank but is now called Vine Cottage and the current owners run a pine furniture buisness from one of the outbuildings. If anyone knows any history of the house or Glover family I'd be very interested to hear all .
Family From Wickham
Hi, I have pictures of the cottages in Bridge Street ,I think it is 9 BS, where my father's grandmother Emily Pratt lived, she was born in 1856 and died 1914. We have a lot of family ties to this area as most of my father's side of the family came from Wickham, they lived and worked as market gardeners and also lived in Trampers Lanes in the School Cottages. Most of the Foots, Houghton and Pratts are related in one way or another. I have many found memories of my father saying where his grandmother lived and he loved taking us to Wickham market for a treat in the car when my brothers and sister were small. Tracing my family tree has been found in Wickham, as in your photo my grand's house is the one that is just covered by your logo. Most of the family are buried in the church that you can just see the spire of in your photo.
The Childrens Home
In the early 1970s my brother and I were put in the children's home at the bottom of Dairymore, I remember a stream just outside, a lawn area with a tree and it being opposite the school. We would really love to see some photos of that time and/or here from anyone who may have been at the school, gone to the children's home or have memories about Wickham in the early to mid 1970s. The 'Aunty' who ran the part of the children's home we were in was Rosemary Green. The two sides of the home were known as Dairymore and Springfield.
Pre Schoo.
I used to go to a pre-school in Wickham that got turned into tendy flats/houses. It used to be just down the hill from Clarkes and had an old house with the most wonderful almost 'secret' garden ajoining the school and the old lady that owned it used to let us go and play underneath the huge old apple tree in it.
Also remember my mum buying me a pink sugar mouse from 'Caces' bakery every Friday afternoon.
