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Rowland's Castle| Westbourne| Finchdean| Emsworth| Warblington| Havant| West Marden| Southbourne| Blendworth| Horndean| Nutbourne| Langstone| Stoughton| Funtington| Cowplain| Compton| Waterlooville| West Ashling| Purbrook| Farlington| Clanfield| Bosham| Drayton| Denmead| Fishbourne| South Harting| Butser Hill| Itchenor| East Harting| Dell Quay
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Rowlands Castle Brickworks
Rowlands Castle Brickworks originally established during the 1880’s, and must have been the biggest employer at the time, next to agriculture. Not all the workforce came form Rowlands Castle, but from local villages in the surrounding area, the site itself was a large sprawling layout, the clay pits took up most of the land. During its hay day as many one hundred people were working there, the work would have been hard manual labour, before electrification that relieved some of the hard work; there is evidence pottery production in the area going back to the Romano-British period.
Most of our family had work at the brickyard in the past; there was factory work in the local towns which of course these paid more. My Uncle Frank and Geoff were there along with my cousin Dave Jacobs, my Uncle Douglas also worked there for a short time driving the Lorries. Dad worked there as lad, before joining the Navy. One of his first jobs was barrowing coal from the wagons... Read more
North Street, Emsworth And The Silver Family.
I was born into the Silver family at Palmer Cottage, 25 North St in 1928 and attended the Council School and then Manor House School Havant in the mid 40s until joining the Grenadier Guards in 1946. I was the Drum Major of the local Army Cadet Force serving with "Crusher" Crosby, Phil Collins (Westbourn), Ray Tribe (Bear Hotel Havant). Old council School pals: Nobby Wooden, Fred Heath, Eric Marshal, John and Roger Silver, John and Joyce Windybank and at Manor House, Ann Williams, Dinkie Bartholamew, Ray Tribe, Dave Hewitt (Waterlooville), Chum Cheeseman and Angels Eames nee Silver both of whom are my cousins and just missed one of Harry Stroud's daughters!!!!! Believe 25 North St is now a hairdresser's but part of the stables and cartsheds are still there. Oh yes, I was a choirboy for some years, Frank Wren the master, Bawtry Williams the organist and the Curate was the Rev King and the vicar Glenn. Some other choirboys were 2 x Priors, 2 x Eames and Markwick... Read more
The Chocolate Box
My earliest memory of Emsworth was a sweet shop called The Chocolate Box in the Square, Emsworth (now Heidi's). It was owned by my grandfather Bertie Holland from 1924. It was later taken over by his daughter and son-in-law, Jim and Blanche Greer. When Bertie retired from the shop (which sometimes had a queue of people outside for the hand-made ice cream) he, and my grandmother Connie, moved to a house at 3 (now numbered 2) Bath Road, Emsworth. I believe it was called Riviera Gardens originally. When my mum, Joyce, left school, she completed a four-year apprenticeship in tailoring with a tailor (Mr Doling) who lived in Bath Road. This long apprenticeship was a blessing, however, as she could make absolutely anything, and made all our clothes and also did alterations for Corbins Men's Outfitters in The Square and for private clients. Mum also belonged to a dance school when she was young. I know she really loved this. I think the dance school was Miss Harris's in Havant... Read more
Seaview Terrace
My grandfather Edward Dridge was apparently a fisherman of some note (3 boats), who passed in 1938. My father Earl,b. 1908-d.1981 was born in the home on Seaview Terrace. We have family pictures showing the home but I cannot locate any mention of that street(?) via the usual routes. Possibly someone on this site could clarify. Thanking you in advance . Earl
St James's Church of England Primary School, Emsworth
I was born in a little hamlet called Ratham nr Bosham but moved to Southleigh Farm, Southleigh Road before the age of 2... Come school time it was the local Church of England School then in Emsworth itself. We had to cycle nearly 3 miles to school, we would park our bikes up at an "uncle's" house, then go to see Mr Williams for sweets in North Street... I seem to remember we could have 1 penny per day or a comic per week - obviously we would choose a pennies worth of sweets which always seemed to buy a lot - then mum would pop in to see Mrs Cutts in the wool shop, whilst my brother Raymond Kingshott and I would cross the road to got up the Church Path past the church, through the Lych gate and into school... The teachers that I can were Mrs Langford, Miss Smith-Wright and Mr Stevens (Stephens) and finally Mrs Handford who was the headmistress... I do remember the christmas party... Read more
The Watermeadows of Warblington
Just to the southeast of St Thomas a Becket church there are some lovely watermeadows reaching almost to the sea shore. A small beck, or stream, runs N-S down one side. One summer's day in 1942 or 43, I went on a picnic there with the Shoesmith family of North Streey, Havant. The sun shone, the larks sang high in the cloudless sky. It was one of those unforgettable magic days of childhood, when everything was fresh and perfect, and the war was half forgotten. With my companions, John, Stuart and Angela Shoesmith, I played in the stream while Mr Jack and Evelyne Shoesmith made our picnic tea, seated on rugs on the lush grass. Somehow, one of us found a baby animal, which we assumed was an otter. It seemed quite friendly, and we took it into the water, thinking it would be in its element. But it didn't seem very keen, and Jack Shoesmith gently took it from us and released it back into the wild whence it... Read more
St. Faiths
I was christened in this church in 1959. I was 13. I was a member of the church youth club that used to meet in the church hall in The Pallant every week. We played snooker, & table tennis, together with running a Sunday league football team. The guiding light then was the Rev. David Slater, who also played in our team with us, despite the need to wear spectacles at all times.
I remember the beautiful church, and I remember being allowed to take a brass rubbing, of a figure to the left of the altar, which I was able to proudly show my teacher at Purbrook Co. High School. This was probably in 1960.
I have very happy memories of the church, not least some of the great sermons, and not least, after Sunday morning communion service, when many people gathered at the Church Hall for a cup of tea and a hot buttered bun.
