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Memories of South Warnborough
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60 Years Ago
In 1950,1951 and 1952 I spent two months summer holidays/year at the Lodge. The house belonged then to Mrs Webster. Her daughter Annet had married Mr. (first name forgotten) Nickisson. Together they ran a riding school. I was supposed to learn english but in fact I learned little english but received a very good training in horse back riding. They had a daughter Annabelle with whom around 1960 I went once fox hunting. Does anybody have an idea if Annabelle is still alive and where she lives ? I would welcome any help finding her. 60 years later, these summers spent in Hampshire remain amongst my most cherished memories and, looking at the pictures of the village on Google maps, I noticed that little has changed in Sth Warnborough.
Hampshire memories
Lord Wandsworth College - John Edgar Smith Born 27 March 1922
I wonder if you may have known John Edgar Smith (School No. 293) in the 'thirties'?
My beloved John always spoke very fondly of his years at Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, as . . . 'some of the happiest years of my life'!' Because his father had died, before he was born on 27th March 1922, John became eligible for a scholarship at the college from the age of possibly, eight or ten years. (uncertain of date) Throughout the long years, he maintained his friendships with many old boys, writing long letters, some 12 to 14 pages, once or twice yearly.
Time, as it always will . . . had reduced those numbers to just a handful. When we first met in 2006, he was still corresponding with at least three of them. I recall him telling me how he attended his last school reunion, when he visited Hampshire with his daughter Jenny, in 1998.
Sadly, John is no longer with us, having suffered... Read more
Manor Farm
I plan to create my own memories of Long Sutton one day, but in the meantime does any one have any knowledge of the Harris family who originally came from Manor Farm (1800's) most of whom moved to Winchester in the 1900's? James, born in 1816, was my Gr Gr Gr/father and we have no knowledge of any of my family prior to my Dad. Any photos of Manor House or Manor Farm would be fantastic. I moved to South Australia from Surrey so all my research is a bit tricky! Rena
Greywell
I have many fond memories of greywell. My grandad William Edwin poulter was born there in 1908. He built his bungalow coomberry. And used to bell ring at the church. He lived there till he was about 90 before moving into a home and sadly died in 2003 .
Vine Cottages
I recall going to a Queen's Coronation party in the village hall, where we were all given a coin and a mug. My mother used to work at the Fox and Goose pub, the owner's son, myself and another girl played in a field at back of pub we slid into a dell he ended up in a bees nest and got badly stung. We lived at 4 Vine Cottages for a few years, my father worked for Lord Dorchester on the farm there. One year there was a May fair and a maypole was erected, I danced round the maypole with other children. I recall walking to the post office across the field along a footpath that came out by a stream. We left village for Rowlands Castle but returned this time living in the house on Greywell Hill Farm.
Greywell Hill House
We returned to Greywell after a time away, my father worked again for Lord Dorchester however this time we lived in the house near the farm instead of the village. We were sure that it was haunted as we could hear noises in the bedroom. We had a lot of things happpen while living there. The snowdrops were wonderful and grew in great clumps in our garden. Over the fence was a mesh wired building used to hang the pheasant, deer and rabbit.
My father had an old tobacco tin which held mole tails, he was paid for every mole he caught in the big house lawn. I was allowed to fill the thick lipped milk bottles in the dairy and had a favourite cow called Fairy, I would sit in the manger and talk to her while she was being milked.
I recall my mother cleaning at the big house and I went with her, I wandered the house and one incident of me opening a... Read more
Bad Day at The Hunt
The chalk pit at Odiham looks much the same today as it did over 100 years ago, except that most of the buildings are no longer there. An old story I heard in the The Bell Pub, mentioned the local hunt gathering in the Bury Square on boxing day some years ago. They left in the direction of the Chalk Pit on a foggy morning, only to lose half of the poor hunting dogs over the shear face of the cliff. It seems the wily old fox had the better of them on this occasion.
