Places
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Memories
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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
Childhood Memories
My granny used to live in Hole House, Lane Little Leigh, her name was Ellen Frances Hough, and I remember she used to live next door to Mr and Mrs Astbury. My dad used to take me there on a Friday night and pick me up on a ...Read more
A memory of Little Leigh in 1961 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
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
Re Tony Bros Ice Cream
I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog ...Read more
A memory of South Harefield by
Visiting My Father's Birthplace
In 1972, when a mere slip of a boy of 40 summers, my late wife, two children and I flew from Australia on our first trip to Europe. Whilst in London, we travelled by train to visit my cousins Peter & Val ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth in 1972 by
Grange Wood
Many happy years playing in Grange Wood and surrounding fields and walking through the fields up to Acton Bridge. Picnics with jam butties and water. Bike rides up to Cuddington and Hartford. Long summer holidays when the tar melted ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham in 1967
Captions
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Anstey lies in the eastward part of the parish of Alton. At the time of this picture, the house was newly built by Gerald Hall, son of Henry Hall, owner of one of Anstey's breweries.
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area.
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.
Beyond that was Trickey's Domestic Stores - 'the handiest shop in Alton'. They sold varnishes, distempers, Fairy and Twink dyes, Tintex colour remover and wallpaper.
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.
Today Alton is one of the country's leading tourist attractions.
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 family remained here for about 30 years before moving to Culverton House.
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. It was also AA approved, and appeared in the AA Handbook for 1972, when it had 2 stars.
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 second shop down on the left at 55 High Street is Stoodley & Sons, the jewellers, established in 1861 and still trading in Alton today.
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area. It was rebuilt in the 15th century, then badly damaged during the Civil War, and rebuilt again.
Adjoining the bridge is the Cricketers, owned by Crowleys of Alton, which closed as a public house the year the photograph was taken.
The scenic A32 runs through Droxford, which lies between Alton and Gosport. The first shop on the left is the post office – it has now moved.
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.
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area. The original castle is thought to have been built by Bertram de Verdun, who also founded the Cistercian abbey at Croxden.
Chawton is two miles from Alton. The A31 changed to a local access road when the bypass was built in the 1970s, and Chawton is now bypassed completely.
The cottage next door is part of the Dorfold Hall estate, which lies between Acton and Nantwich amongst the trees beyond.
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.
Yet until the 16th century it was just a chapel of ease for nearby Acton church, which was considered to be far more important.
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.
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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