Growing Up In Fareham.

A Memory of Fareham.

I was born at Parkgate, and came to live in Gudgeheath Lane, Fareham in 1940 at the age of 2. Gudgeheath lane was a proper lane in those days, nothing like today. I played in the cornfield and woods and went to Funtley School. The Hammond Road housing estate was built in 1948, and the woods and cornfield were no more. I eventually went to Purbrook Grammar school, and in my teens went to the Fareham youth club, which was above Stacey's in West street. I wonder if anyone remembers it. I left Fareham in 1955, when I was nearly 18, to live in Portsmouth.

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