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Woolston, Floating Bridge c.1960
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Queues wait to board this floating bridge that had run since 1836. In 1977 it was replaced by the Itchen toll bridge. The Vickers Supermarine factory was nearby; here the Spitfire, designed by R J Mitchell, was built. The factory was destroyed by bombing in 1940, and under the new bridge is a memorial to R J Mitchell. Until the 1930s flying boats left here for the Channel Islands.

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A Selection of Memories from Woolston

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Looking For Old Friends
I lived in oakbank road next to the.church
The Floatie
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Added 03 February 2020

Looking For Relatives Of Hamish And Lydia Mac Donald, They Lived At 1 West Road

My daughter and I are doing a Family Tree. We are looking for relatives of Hamish, Lydia MacDonald and son Alan Hamish MacDonald who also at times lived in Australia. We are also looking for information on George MacDonald, my great-grandfather, a one time alderman who passed away while visiting my grandfather Gordon and my grandmother Helen Mabel in ...see more
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Glandville's Newsagent
The newsagent in Victotia Road, Woolston back in my days as a paper boy, 1973-75, was Glandville's in between Woolworths and the off licence by the London Arms. I had the Peartree evening round, also Woolston morning covering the Archeries and Portsmouth Road area... not forgetting Sundays as well.
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Hilton House, Western Shore
Does anyone have any pictures or information relating to Hilton House set in Westwoods? It's demolished now. The story goes... an old lady lived there and the house was pulled down 1935 (ish); Watneys aquired the site but due to a planed one-way system sold it to a developer who failed to get planning. I seek to find images and information please. Kind regards.
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