Nostalgic memories of Eastleigh's local history
Share your own memories of Eastleigh and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 51 in total
My Grand dad Mr Albert Beck was station master through my young child hood in the 50s and we lived at 2 Market Street Right opposite the Parish church,until mum and dad got a prefab at the Hundred when I was 3.
The roads are so empty to what I see these days.Behind the Market street house was a coal yard and I remember a horse neighing and Nan's cat sitting on the wall with the horse looking over.
Torbocks was the ...see more
I spent my first years at 115 Leigh Rd and then moved across the road to 38-40 Leigh Rd-right across from Nutbeem Rd. I remember Stanley Brehaut the photographer. I went to Barton Peveril and then on to Loughborough to run for their athletics team before leaving for the US and now living in Tampa Florida. If anybody remembers me please contact me.jeffkrtg@aol.com
so good to look back on these photos. I studied at the ...see more
I lived in Chandler's Ford but went to school in Eastleigh. First to Cranbury Road and later North End Secondary. Remember the Library well, a small children's section, couldn't wait until I was old enough to use the adult section, so many more choices. The bandstand was in the park. On summer weekends bands played, we would sit on the grass and enjoy.
Sometimes we would buy a platform ticket just to ...see more
I remember growing up when Barton Road was surrounded by a large orchard that myself and my friends would play in. This would be around the mid 70s. Safe and fun, trying to build up a picture and memory of families that lived there around the same time.
I remember getting really excited about putting on a 'performance' at the town hall, when I was around 6 til about 9. We did singing, tap dancing and acrobats, the latter being my best, as I was double jointed (hyper mobile). On the night of the performance my mum, nanny Till, and auntie Gwendoline would be in the front row to watch me do my stuff. Later as a teenager, my friends and I would go to dances ...see more
Yes, I remember this place very well. There was a fishpond just outside of the pavilion with koi and goldfish. Broken paving slabs were all around the perimeter of it, so that you could not fall in!! This was around 1960 ish and every Sunday about 4.00pm, on the other side of the building was room where we youngsters would gather to listen to the top 20 hit parade!! This was the only way we knew what was at the top. ...see more
Can sort of remember it! Was there a bakery on the corner?.. .
It has been a while since I have entered my memory bank, but the impending arrival of my first grandchild from my Australian marriage is reason enough, strangely (or not). I was invited to move to Brisbane to be near my eldest son in 2009 and am currently living in a retirement village in the suburb of Carseldine. No longer as agile as I was I am quite content with family close by and ride a SYM scooter which puts them ...see more
After leaving North End Secondary School my first job was with Hans Dairy in 1949 as a rounds boy, with a horse and cart. At 16 1/2 I had my own round with over 300 customers. We had to clean all our own horse tack and clean the cart. We got up for work at 6am and were on the road by 7am. We had a social club held in the local church which was great fun. I met my future wife when she came to work in the dairy shop with ...see more
I used to be the assistant projectionist at the Regal and The Picture House at weekends. Also worked at Sir Joseph Causton and Sons as a clerk from 1953 to 1958, apart from 2 years National Service in the RAF.