Memories Of A Long Time Ago

A Memory of Eastleigh.

I remember queueing on a Saturday morning in the lane between the smell of the corner bakery and the Saturday morning flicks at the Regal when mum could afford it, old school friends Len Meek (his dad worked on the Queens), Cliff Holloway (his dad was a builder), Harry Hann (his dad owned Dorset Dairies next door to my birthplace at 15 Factory Road), the Baptist Church on the corner, Brehault the photographer, Chamberlayne Road School, I saw pictures of it recently and it looks much the same except air-raid shelters have gone, Blackman's sweet shop, next to a greengrocer and then a returned soldier cutting hair as if he had never been away, Mrs Luffman's sweet shop round the corner in High Street, further down to Torbocks and the Post Office, back to Market Street and I can remember Burton's tailors, they made me my first suit when I returned from National Service in 1957, wasn't there a Jewellers too - Ruffs? Thank you for your website, I am enjoying myself immensely surfing around. I am about to post your address on Peter Symonds's Old Boys site (more nostalgic memorabilia), many of whom are also residents of Australia and New Zealand, after I have gone through a few more photos.