Nostalgic memories of Upper Wield's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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i went to st nicholas school in the mid 70s i lived in chute forrest at 6 orchard cottages.have fond memories of mrs KINGS "bonfire day soup" and mr and mrs MAJORS were the teacchers. was good pals with david cherrington,rowan casson, hayley rolfe,christopher soper,linda soper,lucinda rolls,linda and keith webb lee merrit and karen merrit and ivor rainsford and gary king as well as andy king.i would love to find out the year i left chute so if anyone can remember i would be very grateful.
I lived in Chute from 1952 until 1970. Chute School from 1955 until 1962. I went to Chute of E School at the age of 4. I remember it well. A good school with strict teachers. Miss Haggar was Headmistress and Mrs Cane taught the infants. I left at 11 to go to a girls school. Our other Headmaster, who took over at Chute, was Mr Mason - he had 3 sons, Malcolm, Alan. and Andrew. I wonder what happened to ...see more
I remember well the school, the huge playing field and the long walk there and back, sometimes having to wait for the cows to get out of the way. I still have a school photo of the pupils and the teachers. I lived in a cottage not far from the well which is not used any more, the thatched cottage I lived in with my mum and two brothers was burned down and in its place a modern-type house has been built. ...see more
I went to Chute school, starting in 1952 as a four year old. Many happy times at the school until, at the age of 11, I left to go to Andover Grammer. That was an enormouse school as in all my days at Chute St Nicholas there was never more that 30 kids in the whole school. I would love to hear from anyone who was at Chute between 1952 and 1959.
and so was my mum, her dad, his dad, his dad, etc etc. I was born in Upper Wield in 1949. The churchyard is full of us Giles'