Freshwater, Village 1923
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East Cowes was once the more important of the two towns, though it has now been eclipsed by the sprawling town on the opposite side of the Medina. Its old Tudor fortress has long since disappeared, though the boyhood home of Dr Thomas Arnold remains.
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A Selection of Memories from Freshwater
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 Freshwater
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An uncle, Arthur Garside owned a chemists in Freshwater following his service in the Royal Artillery during World War Two. He made Turkish Delight and would bring one or two trays of lemon and rose flavor when he visited us in Bedfordshire at Christmas time.
Much later in 1972 my parents in law moved to "Rose Cottage" in Copse Lane Freshwater and we would visit them at every opportunity for long weekends and Bank Holidays ...see more
In 1960, when I was 6, we moved into Longhalves, a detached house on the left of Hook Hill going up, and just on the brow of the hill. The road then was narrow and dangerous, and in about 1964 they took 3 - 4 yards off our front garden to widen the road and make a footpath. Opposite the main gate to Longhalves was Asher's field. Mr Asher kept cows on there, and we used to walk through the field across the marsh and the ...see more
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