Places
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Memories
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Alton 2003
A quite recent memory but I visited in 2003 thanks to the kindness of my relative Josephine Dixon [dec.]. We are both related to the Byatt and Collis families from Alton. It was great to see where our family lived and ...Read more
A memory of Alton in 2003 by
The Cafe School
We moved to Alton from Somerset in November 1958. The primary school was closed for refurbishment. Mr. and Mrs. Carnwell who owned the garage and cafe played host to the village school, it all seemed quite strange to ...Read more
A memory of Alton in 1958 by
Happy Days 1950s And 60s
I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham by
2008 Holiday
I visited the church in 2008 with my mom, and husband, as this is the church where her dad Albert George Blythe married her mom, Matilda Elkin. It was a beautiful church, so peaceful and quiet. We walked around and saw some ...Read more
A memory of Acton in 2008 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
The Boat Club, Acton Bridge
Laurie, I remember vividly those days as if they were yesterday, strange to see the Jan mentioned which dad bought from the Faircloughs which was moored at Widnes Docks.Do you remember our trip down the ship canal ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge by
I Met And Then Married My Blind Date At Alton
I remember as a 16 year old that I was a patient in the Lord Mayor Treloars Hospital, ward 1. I was considered to be a long term patient who was having knee surgery. I had to stay in bed for six weeks, ...Read more
A memory of Alton in 1975 by
Lord Mayor Treloarcripples Hospital And College Hayling Island
I spent some six months at the Hayling Hospital in 1950, receiving treatment for TB of my neck glands. I was originally at the Treloar Hospital in Alton and returned there at ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1950 by
Lindsey Cottage And The White House
In 1949 my mother and I moved to Bentworth when my mother became the Health Visitor for Alton. We first stayed at rooms in the White House which was diagonally across from the Dugdales in the Big house at ...Read more
A memory of Bentworth in 1949 by
Very Fond Memories Of Lmtoh Ward 5
I was in St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, and was transferred to Lord Mayor Treloars Orphopaedic Hospital, Alton because the surgeon was a good friend of the main Consultant Surgeon at Alton who was, I think Mr ...Read more
A memory of Alton in 1959 by
Captions
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Beyond that was Trickey's Domestic Stores - 'the handiest shop in Alton'.
No doubt it looks tame to the present generation reared on the terrors of Alton Towers, but to a boy in the 1950s it was quite scary enough.
The ivy-covered house on the left was Rawdon House, occupied by Dr George Mellersch Jones, MA, MRCS,LRCP Lond, surgeon, medical officer and public vaccinator for No 2 district of the Alton Union.
Today Alton is one of the country's leading tourist attractions.
This part of Alton includes various 18th-century buildings as well as some from an earlier period.
At the entrance to the Alton House Hotel, on the right, is a sign showing that it was RAC approved.
Anstey lies in the eastward part of the parish of Alton.
Adjoining the bridge is the Cricketers, owned by Crowleys of Alton, which closed as a public house the year the photograph was taken.
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area.
The second shop down on the left at 55 High Street is Stoodley & Sons, the jewellers, established in 1861 and still trading in Alton today.
The second building on the left has a sign showing it to be the office of 'The Hampshire Herald and Alton Gazette' at 9 Normandy Street.
In 1964, there was a sale of the furniture and other contents by direction of the Alton Group Hospital Management Committee.
The scenic A32 runs through Droxford, which lies between Alton and Gosport.
Just before this picture was taken, the County Licensing Committee of Quarter Sessions decided that it, along with four others in Alton, would be closed.
By the time it was bought by Sir George Samuel Brooke Pechell in 1867, it had become Alton House.
The 19th-century hop kilns in the background formed part of King & Palmer's brewery in King Street, which was bought by Crowleys of Alton in 1895.
No doubt it looks tame to the present generation reared on the terrors of Alton Towers, but to a boy in the 1950s it was quite scary enough.
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area.
Chawton is two miles from Alton.
The cottage next door is part of the Dorfold Hall estate, which lies between Acton and Nantwich amongst the trees beyond.
The police station was demolished after the opening of the new station in Acton Road in 1967 - the site is now a wooded traffic island.
Yet until the 16th century it was just a chapel of ease for nearby Acton church, which was considered to be far more important.
A niche above the gateway once held a figure of the Virgin Mary and below, much worn by the passage of time, is carved a lion's head.
A grave near the fence commemorates Harold and Mary Worth, killed by enemy action on 23 December 1940 at Acton Farm.
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