North Boarhunt, Southwick Road, Petrol Station c.1965

Photo ref: N185006M

I walked Trampers Lane so many times as a child to see my Grandparents George and Jane Foot who lived in Oak View Cottage, also my dear Great Aunts, the Misses Mabel, Hilda and Hazel Foot, who lived in the cottage adjoining. On Sundays we would attend Boarhunt Methodist chapel which was a little way up the road. Sometimes I would stay with my Aunt and Uncle and with my cousins ...see more

My g.g.g.grand parents URIAH HOUGHTON & SARAH SNELL. Uriah was the sixth child of Uriah Houghton & Ann Linney. He was baptised on September 25, 1791 at St. Nicholas' Anglican church in Boarhunt and spent his entire life in the community. On August 11, 1815 he married Sarah Snell in the neary community of Alverstoke. They settled on Trampers Lane in North Boarhunt and ...see more

I was born at Hawthorne Cottage, Trampas Lane, North Boarhunt on May 7th 1957, it was my grandparents' house, Charlie and Marge Johnson. Their son Rod was my dad, and Joan was my mum, later I had a sister Lynn and a brother Simon. We moved into 6 Birch Hill Cottages and I went to Newtown, Droxford and Porchester Schools. I remember Mrs Mahoney and Mrs Russell at Newtown ...see more

My parents moved to North Boarhunt in 1964/65. We lived at the top of Trampers Lane - sideways to what was then Doney's Garage. Our house was called "Tryfan". I went to Newton Primary School and have very fond memories of this school with the two teachers, (one) was called Mrs Mahoney, and two classrooms. The main  classroom had a coal fire which burned away behind the teacher's desk, and ...see more