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Cove Farnborough Hants
I was born in Farnborough and lived in Pinehurst Cottages until the age of six. My father, Charles Dunbar was an engineer at The Royal Aircraft Establishment. Later we moved to 166 Keith Lucas Road and later to 16 Fowler Road in ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1950 by
Busk Crescent
Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1945 by
Burrow Hill School
I was there for two terms in 1954. I remember headmaster Mr Rees and his wife, and teachers Mr Bellis, Mr Jarman, Mr Horwell, Mr. Stevenson, Mr Allen and housemothers Miss Rempy and Miss Harwood. The houses were Orchard, ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green by
Crescent Way 1963 To 1968
My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue. I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember many of my ...Read more
A memory of Petts Wood in 1963 by
Crescent Way Orpington Kent 1960 1968
My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue. I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember ...Read more
A memory of Orpington in 1965 by
Burrow Hill School
My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by
Childhood Memories
I was born at home in a house within a housing estate called East Park, I think it was No 39, in Old Harlow and then we moved to No 38 Chippingfield, Old Harlow. My elder brother went to Mark Hall School and my other brother and I ...Read more
A memory of Harlow in 1964
Burrow Hill Today
Burrow Hill School is now derelict. It closed in 1998 and I have just walked past the boarded-up site this afternoon. Although I have lived in Frimley Green since 1993 and seen one of its main buildings from within a ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green by
The Farnborough Puddle
I used to love The Puddle, I used to go there every weekend during term time from when it opened at Easter every year, until in closed in October. I would try to go every day during the summer holidays, but I didn't ...Read more
A memory of Farnborough in 1964 by
46 Bridge Road, Cove
46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1943 by
Captions
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Farnborough is home to much modern architecture; some might say it was bland and characterless. There are three massive shopping centres here.
The town of Farnborough has grown enormously over the years, mainly because of its close proximity to Aldershot.
This photograph depicts local residents out shopping in Farnborough.
This photograph depicts local residents out shopping in Farnborough.
The town of Farnborough has grown enormously over the years, mainly because of its close proximity to Aldershot.
The large grassy area behind the trees on the right is Queen's Parade through which runs the Aldershot-Farnborough boundary.
Easily the oldest building in Farnborough, the parish church of St Peter dates from about 1200, although there is evidence to suggest a Saxon church may have occupied the site before
The lychgate was constructed in 1907 in memory of Major and Mrs Holt of Farnborough Grange.
Cove is a suburb of Farnborough, famous for its international air show and remembered as the final resting place of Napoleon III, who was dethroned in 1870 and escaped to exile in England, where he died
Fleet is only 40 miles from London, and is located next to Aldershot and Farnborough; the Basingstoke Canal runs across the town. Today the population stands at 26,000.
Children and pub customers pose for the camera outside the pub in this photograph of Farnborough taken a year before the outbreak of the First World War.
Today, with increased housing development, North Warnborough has almost joined up with Odiham. A new bypass has helped to reduce the high volume of traffic running through the village.
South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.
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