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Farfields School
I suspect either caption "Basingstoke Boarding School" or "Fairfields School" is correct, depending on your time period. I attended this school in the 1960s & 70s when it was aan ordinary (non-boarding) Infants & Junior school called Fairfields, and yes I remember Mr. Thomas, the headmaster, as an authority to be feared.
But the building was much older than that, and I remember seeing a keystone with "1898" written on it. Quite likely it was a boarding school in its early days.
Contributed by Colin Moden
Fairfields School
Is this caption right? 42064 seems right - this is the Board School established under Act of Parliament. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm.
I believe that John Arlott went there, and Ruth Ellis. My children went there, both as Infants (nearest building) and Juniors (up to age 11) between 1973 and 1981. This was the last of the "old schools" in the town, where children were expected to learn, not play. It seems to have served the children well, judging by exam results in later life. This changed when the Headmaster Mr Thomas retired.
Contributed by C w
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Farfields School
I suspect either caption "Basingstoke Boarding School" or "Fairfields School" is correct, depending on your time period. I attended this school in the 1960s & 70s when it was aan ordinary (non-boarding) Infants & Junior school called Fairfields, and yes I remember Mr. Thomas, the headmaster, as an authority to be feared.
But the building was much older than that, and I remember seeing a keystone with "1898" written on it. Quite likely it was a boarding school in its early days.
A memory of Basingstoke contributed by Colin Moden
Fairfields School
Is this caption right? 42064 seems right - this is the Board School established under Act of Parliament. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm.
I believe that John Arlott went there, and Ruth Ellis. My children went there, both as Infants (nearest building) and Juniors (up to age 11) between 1973 and 1981. This was the last of the "old schools" in the town, where children were expected to learn, not play. It seems to have served the children well, judging by exam results in later life. This changed when the Headmaster Mr Thomas retired.
A memory of Basingstoke contributed by C w
Extracts From Basingstoke & Hampshire books
The imposing red brick house of c1500 on the
right (now The Old House and Queen Anne
House) was a wealthy merchant’s jettied house
prior to its refronting and dividing in the 18th
century. Further along is Waterloo House (with
the blinds), where Miss Jenkins sold gloves and
corsets in addition to her dressmaking and
millinery business. Next door is Mr Purkess, a
baker and grocer.
An extract from from"Odiham Then and Now Photographic Memories".
The former plaster on the external walls was removed by
misguided restoration work in 1889, which has exposed the
unknapped flint. This would have come from the local chalk
downs, and the stone for the windows, tracery and doorways
perhaps came from Bentley, some five miles to the south.
An extract from from"Odiham Then and Now Photographic Memories".
Chamberlain Gardens occupy part of the land given to the parish
by the Misses Chamberlain, who lived at Bury House. On the left,
the Vicarage was built in 1989-90. To the right, Benford Court was
opened in 1980 and is part of the almshouse complex.
An extract from from"Odiham Then and Now Photographic Memories".
Stoney Cottage, the jettied, timber-framed building on the left,
was saved from demolition and restored to one dwelling c1965.
In the distance, glimpsed on the right on the corner of King
Street, is the former forge, now a private house. Opposite, the
Oast Garage opened in the mid 1950s.
An extract from from"Odiham Then and Now Photographic Memories".
Built on the side of a hill, Greywell
Hill was purchased in 1787 by the 1st
Lord Dorchester, formerly Sir Guy
Carleton, who was the first Governor
General of Canada. He bought the
manors of Greywell and Nately
Scures from the trustees of the Earl of
Northington. A considerable number
of possible male heirs died fighting
for king/queen and country, and the
title became extinct. However, as a
result of petitioning, Queen Victoria
recreated the title in the female
heiress, but it became extinct again in
1963. Greywell Hill is now the
residence of the 7th Earl of
Malmesbury, whose mother was the
daughter of the 2nd Baron Dorchester.
An extract from from"Odiham Then and Now Photographic Memories".