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Southbourne maps
Historic maps of Southbourne and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Southbourne maps
Southbourne area books
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Memories of Southbourne
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Stourfield Junior School
Stourfield Junior School was an attractive red brick building with a large playground and a football field in the 1950's. I went to school here between 1954 and 1956 and remember my time fondly.
Long before the days of a "National Curriculum" we were taught by inspiring men who had seen much life during their service in the Second World War. They taught in a style that they knew would work to motivate us. I recall a Mr Brown who gave us craft lessons in which we were using sharp bladed knives to score and bend cardboard - imagine that in these current 21st century days which are blighted by health and safety concerns! I recall a Mr Rideout who drove a three wheeler Bond car - not only did his car have a "wheel missing" but he also had a spectacular limp which we nine year old boys fondly imagined must mean he also had a leg missing!
The Headmaster's office was run... Read more
Thistlebarrow Road
My parents Evelyn and Tom Williams purchased a house on Thistlebarrow Road just after WW2 upon moving from Birmingham.
Carberry Avenue, Southbourne
My parents Evelyn & Tom Williams purchased a home on Carberry Avenue in 1977.
Homefield School, Southbourne Hants
My brothers and I were day pupils at Homefield starting in 1955. My twin and I quickly departed to Grammar School, but my younger brother David was there for three years. Mr Taggart? was the Head Master I think.
Hampshire memories
Manor Farm
I remember hand picking blackcurrants where my mother and father lived and worked for Mrs Rhys-Jones. That was soon taken over by machine and then ended when Mrs Rhys Jones died. The farm was sold and the blackcurrants torn up. My parents still live there and I visit often.
Nutbourne Post Office Stores
My memories of Nutbourne start when we moved to the Post Office in 1966-67, I was aged around 12 years old. I moved to Nutbourne with my father and step-mother, my younger brother boarded at little green school in Compton. My father came to the UK during WW2 from Czechoslovakia and fought with the RAF.
My bedroom was above the shop at the front of the building, at the time we lived there the road in front of the shop was then the main Portsmouth to Brighton road and very busy day and night,. It took me a long time to settle at night because not only did I have the constant noise from the traffic to put with but I also had those horrible yellow street lights outside my window. The people in Nutbourne made us very welcome. I still have good friends from that time. Although since those days I have moved around a bit those days are my favourite times. The original name for the road outside... Read more
QUEEN'S CORONATION
I WAS BORN AT No 2 THE SQUARE IN 1938 AND REMEMBER DECORATING THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE QUEEN'S CORONATION. I MARRIED IN 1959 AND MY FIRST FLAT WAS AT THE CHANTRY IN FOXBURY LANE. I SERVED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FOR 33 YEARS AND NOW LIVE IN DEVON. ONE OF MY YOUNGER BROTHERS NOW LIVES IN NEW ROAD (WHITE HORSE LANE IN THOSE DAYS). MY WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER, MRS HAWKINS, LIVED DOWN WHITE HORSE LANE AND GRANDAD HAWKINS (ALBERT) USED TO OWN THE OLD BAKERY WHICH WAS IN MY DAYS "WATSONS" AND IS NOW THE CO-OP IN WESTBOURNE SQUARE. GRANDAD HAWKINS DIED IN 1930.
