Sherfield-On-Loddon, Hampshire

Happy Days

I lived in the village from the age of 9 years to 11 years. My parents were Norman and Dorothy Gower, and my dad was the manager of John Miller's the grocery store, across from the White Horse pub. Our next door neighbours were Mr and Mrs Bullpit who lived in a thatched cottage. Amy, their only daughter, worked for my... [more]

Sherfield Post Office

My wife and I owned Sherfield-on-Loddon post office (pictured far left) from July 1991 until July 1999. In 1992 the shop front pictured was extended out into the garden about 15 feet and a complete refit undertaken. We did, however, retain the hand made sign over the shop front which was renovated and rehung on the new part of the building.[more]

Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories

Fortunately, the busy A33 bypasses this sprawling Hampshire village. A familiar telephone box can be seen on the left - in regular use in the days before mobile phones - and towards the northern end of the main street lies an old milepost which definitely would have been here in the 1950s. It indicates that Reading is 11 miles, Basingstoke 5... [more]

Hampshire Living Memories

The sign in the foreground points to the Army's Central Ammunitions Depot in Bramley Road, which eventually shut in the 1970s. Straight ahead is the White Hart, an 18th-century colour-washed brick building. Still trading, it has toothed eaves and an old tiled roof. Inside, above the fireplace, there are rare pigeon holes for mail. Sherfield on Loddon is 5 miles from... [more]

Petersfield - A History & Celebration

The cenotaph in the High Street commemorates those who died in battle but whose remains lie elsewhere. It is of unusual and classic appearance; it was designed by the architect Harry Inigo Triggs, who had travelled and studied in Italy. The detailing is borrowed from the eight blank panels in the Medici chapel in Florence; on these panels are carved the names of the town's dead of the First World... [more]