Alton, High Street c.1955
Photo ref:
A39055
Photo ref:
A39055
More about this scene
On the right, above the street, is the sign of the Royal Oak. At about this time, the occupier was W J Pilbeam. Opposite are Timothy White and Taylors Ltd at 62 High Street, and Smeeds, who were wine and spirit merchants. Woolworth's arrived in the town between the wars, and have now moved further west along the High Street.
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A Selection of Memories from Alton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Alton
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Straight from school at 17 and a half, I started training at Treloars in 1948.
The Managers had managed the transfer to the NHS very efficiently! As Lord Burnham was Chairman of the Board [and also of the Daily Telegraph! ] we we well provided for. I remember that we had a free taxi from the railway station if returning from a day off after dark!
The picture shows the Nurses Home. We were under strict discipline, and ...see more
Starting when I was eleven I was a patient over 5 years for three spells, 2 years, 18 months and 9 months with an infected hip joint which became a deep routed abscess. Many different ‘ new’ antibiotics were tried to no effect. In my first spell I was bed bound for 21 months and spent virtually all my time on the terrace, day and night, summer and winter in an effort to get clear the infection. New ...see more
I am trying to find my Grandparents who lived in or around Alton. They were John Power and Martha Power (formerly Martha Brown). My father John Robert Power was born in Alton 18th November 1926 at 7, Tower Street Alton. He unfortunately passed away in 2007, he tried on several occasions to find his parents (John and Martha) without success. He was fostered to a family headed by Edwin George Bann Senior who lived ...see more
I remember "the laughing cat" around 1959/60 when it was a coffee bar, I was a patient at the nearby hospital when on occasion I would pay it a visit with a nurse I was friendly with on her afternoon off where we would hang around and play the jukebox, it was good to get away from the hospital confines for a while. Mick Higham
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