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Swanmore, The New Inn c.1965
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A Selection of Memories from Swanmore

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 Swanmore

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Seeing the photo of the Upper Swanmore Road, reminded me of people I knew all the way along that road to my grandmother's house at the 'top', Jervis Lodge. There was Kitty Clive in the first house on the left, the St Maurs in the large house a bit further up, the Stannings on the right in a more modern house with land for horses. Ronald Paterson was vicar and we used to go as children to the vicarage to play and ...see more
At the time of the 1881 census The Bricklayers Arms and Terrace was owned and operated by my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Bevis, maiden name Pouncy, who was enumerated as a widow and "Licensed Victualler", or seller of spirits. My great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Hollis, maiden name Gulliver, and my grandfather, Owen Pouncy Hollis, were also living at this address.