Fareham, The River c.1960
Photo ref:
F103032
Photo ref:
F103032
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LIKE THE INHABITANTS of many coastal towns where creeks and estuaries were formed, the people of Fareham used the sea to extract salt, which before the days of refrigeration was an essential ingredient in preserving food.
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A Selection of Memories from Fareham
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 Fareham
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Leaving Southampton Road School in 1954, I started working on the outskirts of Titchfield for Sanders & Sons in their tomato glass houses, which was a good working start for me. Well, after 18 months I asked for a pay rise, and was offered an extra 5 shilling a week, Hmm, well I suppose back in the 50s that extra money wasn't too bad.
But alas my mates were ...see more
My name is Rosalind....I was sixteen when I started work at the Ultra Tv factory in Gosport Rd, Fareham.
Well many years have past by, my memory is a bit vague of remembering peoples names who I worked with at Ultra, but I did have a best friend called Margaret Brown, we both worked on the television ensemble line, and as the parts came down the conveying belt we would take them ...see more
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My mum lived at no 19 Derlyn Road.
Her family lived there since the house was built.
George, dad Ada, mother, three boy Derek, Des and Brian also three girls, Vera,Edna ( my mum ) and Rita. They owned the house until my grandma Ada died at the age of 99.
She lived next door to her sister Queenie.
There was I sitting on the Esso petrol pumps of Dad's garage (Croker and Farrell) next to Trinity Church, waving my little union jack and watching the Queen go by. So many happy memories of growing up there, such as tea over the Embassy cinema, watch the Saturday matinées, catching the bus opposite to Portsmouth to see the family, chips in Portland St. after Cubs, (3d a portion!) going to Lysses school and being ...see more
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