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Claremont - Aldershot Road
The house on the right hand side of this picture was called Claremont. We lived
there in the early 60s. There were two cottages to the side. In one of those cottages lived a girl called Elizabeth Holland, she used to babysit us. They had the most wonderful vegetable garden. We had fires in all the rooms, but also had paraffin heaters. I would go to the garage which you can just make out in this photo to buy paraffin. The Verne was just to the left. This was a most exciting walk, as there was a newsagents where I could buy comics, Bunty, Judy and Princess. The butcher shop always had bones for the dogs. Further on down Aldershot Road ...read more here
A memory of Church Crookham contributed by jane webb-sankey
Chalk Pit & the Hunt
Julian's hunt story is almost right. I was living at the Chalk Pit at the time, and still do. It was about 1981, on a Saturday lunchtime, when the hunt came over the top, but it wasn't on Boxing Day. The hounds were chasing Hares. The leader of the hunt knew there was a main road so directed the hunt across the field. The Hare was chased through a hole in the hedge at the top of the Pit, and the dogs followed through. From about 34 dogs they lost 18. Mr Cleverley, the local vet, had the sad task of ministering to the injured dogs. To my amazement the Kennel Maid knew every dog by name, and sat in our ...read more here
A memory of Odiham contributed by Sally Tunstell
Bad day at the hunt
The chalk pit at Odiham looks much the same today as it did over 100 years ago, except that most of the buildings are no longer there. An old story I heard in the The Bell Pub, mentioned the local hunt gathering in the Bury Square on boxing day some years ago. They left in the direction of the Chalk Pit on a foggy morning, only to lose half of the poor hunting dogs over the shear face of the cliff. It seems the wily old fox had the better of them on this occasion.
A memory of Odiham contributed by Julian Hight
Binsted School
I can still remember the day I started school. My Mum walked me from Isington to Binsted, I didn't know exactly where I was going and when we got to the school we had to go up these steps that were overhung with trees, it reminded me of a green tunnel.
I was shown my coat peg - it was a red ball! Then my Mum left me, she never told me where she was going or why I wasn't allowed to go with her. I felt really lost and lonely. My cousin Dianne helped me make friends that day and she kept an eye on me until my Mum came to pick me up.
A memory of Isington contributed by Linda Cox
Extracts From Crondall & Surrey 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".