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Alverstoke, The Village c.1955
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This scene is largely unchanged today, with the lamp-post still pleasingly in the middle of the road, but there are road markings now. At No 47 was Alverstoke Antiques, cabinet makers and French polishers. The house on the left is no longer red brick. It would have been rendered not many years after this photograph was taken. In 1967, a new 4-bedroom house in nearby Gomer Lane cost £3,300.

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A Selection of Memories from Alverstoke

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 Alverstoke

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Little Church Alverstoke

I was at Alverstoke Childrens Home as a baby (I remember the hospital within the grounds and the beach being near by) till I left at 16 (1960ish - a Mr Thomas was in charge then). I remember a boy then named Oliver... playing the organ at the little church (as it was known). I used to sing with the other girls and boys in the choir most Sundays, at weddings etc. If I remember I used to live in the house ...see more
Alverstoke, Little Church, National Children's Home c1960
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Children's Home, Englefield Green
My mum worked at the children's home in 1964ish; we lived in a caravan on the grounds. We had picnics near to Windsor Great Park - please can you provide any information about the home?
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Little Chruch.
I was there from 1963 -1965. I remember the day we wandered off to the church, Anne , Tracy and I. Tracy fell in the fish pond. It was a very scary/funny memory for me, I was about 4 I think. Also Sister Ivy Bell married my father David Peacock at this church in July, 1965.. Lorrell Peacock.
Alverstoke, Little Church, National Children's Home c1960
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St Francis' Church
This little church was called St Francis' and was linked with St Mary's Alverstoke (where I used to go in the 1960s and 1970s). St Francis' was attached to the Children's Home, where Oliver McFarlane who worked on the BBC programme "Blue Peter" had been a resident. There used to be a little fountain in the middle of the pond outside St Francis, with a statue of that saint.
Alverstoke, Little Church, National Children's Home c1960
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