Nostalgic memories of Laleham's local history
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I don't have a memory of Laleham, but I would like to find out something about two of its nearby residents. Donald Jewson was president of the Laleham Skiff and Rowing club for many years until he died in 1956. Does anyone have any knowledge of him or of the Laleham Skiff and Rowing club, or of someone who might know?
The reason I am interested is that Mr Jewson bought the first MG car in 1923 and as ...see more
I think I was about 4 when I went to the convent school in 1940. We lived in Southampton and the bombing was dangerous. I remember the picnics on the river, the nuns tucking their habits up to milk the cows and give us a ride on the pony. When there was a raid we slept in the crypt and pretended to be ghosts. We were well cared for and much loved..when there was a chicken pox ...see more
I have written a long memory under the title The School of the Holy Child, Laleham Abbey, if anyone is on this page and would like to read it!
heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed by my sister Tania the following year.
Names I remember: Gillian Yarham (thanks to another post; a dark-haired girl with black eyes), and my classmates: Rhona Gracie, Elizabeth ...see more
I and several friends used to go fishing at Laleham some forty or so years ago and the memories are pleasant ones indeed. I seem to remember stopping off on the way back at a pub near turning to the river called The Horse Box but i have been unable to locate it since. I do remember there was a stuffed fish mounted in a case on the wall. It was a quaint little pub and I wonder what became of it or has it been re-named? I would be interested to hear from anybody who may remember.
I attended Laleham Abbey when I was 7 or 8 so that would put it c1953. I remember bonfire night on November 5 and eating hot potatoes, the nuns reading us Winnie the Pooh at bedtime, lining up for the cod liver oil and malt on a cold winters morning and having winter green rubbed on our knuckles and toes. I can still conjure up the smell of all of these things and my husband and I still take cod liver oil but in ...see more
I was sitting on the riverbank seat at the end of Blacksmiths Lane with another girl and three boys, we were laughing and chatting one summer evening at about 8pm. Suddenly and simultaneously, we saw a hooded monk like figure dressed in brown, 'float' off the misty river about 40 yards away. We all stopped talking and stared in silence and amazement. The ghostly figure came up the bank, crossed the narrow road, up ...see more
I was a pupil for two years at Laleham Abbey. My maiden name being, Elsa-Marie Burberry - Elsa.
I was friends with Phyllis Baker who I remember as having beautiful auburn-red hair and who I think came from Totteridge. Other friends were Tania Morley, who was the best ballet dancer. And Caroline Hood, who I think was blonde. There was a pupil named Louis who seemed to see visions of Our Lord quite a lot. ...see more
I was a pupil here for about 4 or 5 years up to 1952. I loved it there and have such happy memories. There were two sisters in particular who were so kind and understanding - Sister Constantia and Sister Pauline Mary. The quadrangle remains in my memory with the huge tortoises which I was told were about 100 years old. If anyone remembers me my name was (then) Pauline Brenda Flenley, I was known ...see more
I moved in to Northfield Road when I was 3 months old, as I grew up I made a lot of friends, I lived there until I got married in 1976 .
As a child I had so much fun there, myself and my friends used to play in the circle or we used to be in each other's houses. Life was so much simpler and they were carefree days. Unfortunately I have since lost touch with a very special friend, Valarie Randolth, and her brother ...see more