Post War Memory

A Memory of Eastleigh.

Reading the other memories I remembered a group of us watching - oh what was his name - an artistic painter, doing up the Chocolate Box opposite the Chamberlayne Arms on the corner of Blenheim Road and High Street, and we watched practically the whole day, fascinated by his art from chalk lines to fully paint shop name. Even when it was finished we failed to notice the spelling mistake. It was later explained to me that such large names from close up on a ladder was very difficult. I can see his long stick with a cloth ball used to rest his arm on whilst painting. His face was badly damaged, I don't know whether it was the war or birth that caused it but I do know that his work was a really professional job despite the spelling.