North Warnborough, King John's Castle 1903
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Odiham Castle, situated in a bend of the River Whitewater in North Warnborough, is the only castle in England with an octagonal keep. The construction of the Basingstoke Canal in 1794 cut through the castle's outer defences to the south.
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A Selection of Memories from North Warnborough
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 North Warnborough
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at the age of 4 I moved to the cottage by the ford in the October,. there hadn't been anybody living there for quite q while so there were a lot of weeds and long grass and stinging nettles to get through before we could get inside. the back scullery had hardly any floor so was mostly dirt, and only an old turtle boiler, what was a delight was , we had a bed room each, and an upstairs ...see more
Mum and Dad (Charlie and Annie Ruddick) lived at 5 Malt cottages (opposite The Anchor)from the mid sixties.I spent many a long and happy day in the summer with a bag of sandwiches and a bottle of squash at my "Beach" The Ford.Best friends were the girls and boys of the Keene family from Odiham,Linda Rees,Cheryl Pye and Heather White.Mum and Dad passed in 1999 and 2001 respectively,but i still go over and take my 3 grandchildren for a paddle. Happy memories
A few years ago, along with two of my daughters, I came to look for Laurel Cottages as my mother had lived there up to her death in September 1942. My mother, Mona Braithwaite, was a cook and lived at 9 Laurel Cottages. Whilst visiting Plymouth she was buried under a building for two days but survived and was taken first to Basingstoke hospital and then transferred to the Royal Berkshire hospital in ...see more
My husband and I took his father, Ken Benwell, back to North Warnborough today, for his 90th birthday. He was born on 25th April 1919 and lived there until he was three years old. He then moved to Suffolk with his parents. He has never been back since. He recognised Perrys Cottages straight away, as the place where his grandparents once lived. He also remembered the football field, which backed onto the ...see more
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