Farnborough, The Alma 1913

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I lived in farnborough for first 28 years of my life, got married and had 4 children there. Grew up on the Sinehurst Estate then moved to Grange then Hawley estates. Went to Farnborough Grange Schools when they were still terrapin huts. Remember ballet lessons at the Jubilee Hall, the Tumble Down Dick when it was full of hippies. When I was young we used to walk to Frimley, it was then a lovely quiet ...see more

I have great memory's of farnborough in the 60s I was in the Royal Engineers stationed at Cove, had a girlfriend that lived in Melrose Avenue the road opposite the shops shown in the photo of the shops on the Pyestock estate Mike Batten

My name is Marilyn and I lived in Rectory road, Farnborough and enjoyed some very happy days there before moving to Australia. I used to walk to Frimley green to visit my Aunty Rosemary and my Nanna. And in the other direction I used to walk to Salisbury Grove, Mytchitt to visit my other Nanna & Grandad. I loved my Grandad, I can still remember sitting on his lap and being fascinated with how he lit his pipe. ...see more

well Farnborough how I knew it and now to this date. tumbledown dick has changed over the years it has now been changed to fast food area. many shops have gone rent prices gone up. bowling arena coming soon and new cinema. post office in queensmead now within Asda Iceland closed. princemead is expanding