Pendeen School

A Memory of Waterlooville.

My sister Pat and I went to Pendeen school - Miss Harris was the head teacher until Miss Boniface took over. Our grandparents lived in the house behind and above the National Provincial Bank on the corner of Hambledon Road. I was born in a house on the Hambledon Road just outside of Waterlooville. There was a large Municipal Restaurant behind the Curzon Cinema. One of my class mates was Hilary Goddard whose father worked for Gauntletts Dairy. The Hall at the bus stop was a British Legion Hall and I remember the heavy Scales outside. The fish and Chip shop was called and run by Wheatleys - many times I was treated to a bag of "pieces" after a visit to the cinema. My family were all born and lived in the Waterlooville, Denmead, Hambledon and Lovedean area, my mother, sister and I lived in Lovedean during the war years whilst my father was away at war.