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My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Wow! I had almost forgotten about this pool. I have already recorded memories of swimming in the rivers at Bishopstoke, but when there was an epidemic of Polio we were all stopped from going into the river and went to the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1953 by Barbara R Bryan

During 1957, at the age of 13 I was 'sent' to live with an elderly Aunt in Burnetts Lane. I attended the local school and made many friends in the area. My Aunt's name was Fanny Godwin. Her neighbours on one ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1957 by David Andersen

I remember lots of the names on the memory of Horton Heath. My grandparents were the Craggs and lived at Horton Heath as well. I went to school in Fair Oak. It was a long walk from Horton Heath. I ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1952 by Ingrid Boere

I was living at Bishopstoke and working as a lad at Cunliff Owen Aircraft during that cold war time winter when a friend that lived in Fair Oak told me that Fishers pond was frozen over and people were skating on it.  I ...Read more

A memory of Fisher's Pond in 1943 by Frederick Cannock

55 years on I still remember the infant school in the village. The toilets were outside at the end of the playground with very cold seats in the winter - pre the flushing variety!! (or does my memory serve me ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1953 by Susan Sandy

My memories are very recent. I have just been visiting Eastleigh England (2011), my husband's grandfather lived there in the 1930s. The town and surrounding areas were just what I thought a English village should be. But is there ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 2011 by Jenny Gough

It was that cold, cold winter of 43/44 during the war that I remember so well. Please forgive me for I was not a Fair Oak boy but my memory is from there. I lived in Bishopstoke as a lad before, during and after ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1943 by Frederick Cannock

My parents had a large pig farm at Fair Oaks during WW2 - does anyone by any chance have any photes or memories, please?

A memory of Dennington in 1940 by Barbara Bryant

My memory of Owslebury goes back to the hot summer of 1937. I lived in Bishopstoke at that time, being a lad of nine years old. My father had just bought our first car, not a posh one and looking back I doubt if it would pass an ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1930 by Frederick Cannock