Wartime Memories

A Memory of Eastleigh.

I remember going down to the Rec a million times, but mainly remember the soccer ground on the right, the bandstand, the back of the WVS where I had lunch for a few pence because Mum was at work in Pirelli's, and the the 'invasion' when the Yank troops were camped on the Rec. We would wander on the Leigh Road pathway hunting for 'lost' coins, a very lucrative foraging trip, and occasionally a comic or two. I also remember the speedway track (bicycle) and practising what is now mountain biking on the 'out of bounds' bomb sites.