Cosham, High Street c.1960
Photo ref: C782049A
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A Selection of Memories from Cosham

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 Cosham

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I was born in 1938 and my maternal grandparents lived in a tiny shop on Havant Road, Cosham. I remember I used to write to them occasionally which is how I remember the address. I can't ,though, recall the number. Their name was Owen. I know that when my mother and I travelled on the No. 31 bus from Fishbourne to visit them my mother always gave the destination as "The Red Lion" and I do recall that the shop ...see more
I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. The cottages had a living room and a kitchen with a small yard and covered porch to the W C. Upstairs were 2 bedrooms and they brought up 4 children there. Outside the back was a sloped ...see more
I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. The cottages had a living room and a kitchen with a small yard and covered porch to the W C. Upstairs were 2 bedrooms and they brought up 4 children there. Outside the back was a sloped ...see more