My Early Years In Eastleigh

A Memory of Eastleigh.

I was born at 15 Factory Road in 1936 and left to work in London in 1954. I cannot recognise the shops in the High Street photo. 'Detective' tells me that the view must be from the Factory Road/High Street corner, looking down towards Leigh Road, I do not recall any trees in the street. The left hand corner was Stubbingtons furniture, Greens greengrocers, The Salvation Army chapel (Mr (Major) Stubbington)) was in charge there, opposite was the Post Office and coming back up high street a newsagency, a 'ladies' shop, Mrs Luffman's confectioners (the story went that she was advised during wartime of the death of her son or husband, I'm not sure which, and instinctively put her hand to her head and when waking the following day discovered a palm sized patch of grey hair), a bit further up the local fish and chip shop, what was on the corner, a clothing shop perhaps? Then Blackman's confectioners and ice cream, a greengrocers, and after the war a re-opened men's hairdresser, a couple of houses and, on the corner of Market Street, a haberdashers. The only reason I have for thinking it is taken looking towards The Rec is because I was born in number 15 and that would be on the opposite side to the number 39 in the picture which must then be High Street and further down to Leigh Road would be the start of numbering.