Fordingbridge
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Coxstone Lane.
I was born in a bungalow on the corner of Coxstone Lane in 1962 and my nanny lived in a thatched cottage called Brookside in Coxstone Lane. I had some very dear friends on that lane, I would love to know what happened to them all.
A memory of Ringwood contributed by san blake
Ringwood High Street
I rember walking up to the High Street as a small child, there was a shop, I think it was a hardware or ironmongers, at Christmas time the shop was always lit with lovely fairy lights. There was also a supermarket called Pricerights and another shop called Coxs and Hicks which sold a full range of clothes and soft furnishings, wool, material, all that kind of stuff.
A memory of Ringwood contributed by san blake
Walking 3 miles to school
My mum Barbara Wiltshire [nee Pritchard] was brouhgt up here with her 11 brothers and sisters. She is always reminding us that she had to walk 3 miles to school and one of her brothers used to bunk off and hide in the woods until it was time to come home, sadly she has dementia now, which took hold of many of her brothers and sisters also, but she still vaguely remembers when she sees the name and photos of Burley. It's so sad to see her memory gradually fading though, if anyone has any photos we would be grateful.
Lyn Cook
A memory of Burley contributed by lyn cook
memorys
Came to Minstead for a weeks break to help my wife rest and recover from breast cancer.
Stayed in a very nice thatched cottage.
We live in a village in Saddleworth that is beautiful, but Minstead the village the people and most of all the church just made it so nice.
Just to sit in the garden of the Minstead cottage at night and look at the stars in the calm night was so nice.
Although it can't cure my beautiful wife's dreadful cancer, it did help just to walk down tree and flower covered lanes and be in such a peaceful place.
My wife has always had horses but had to let them go due to her illness so to ...read more here
A memory of Minstead contributed by philip howard
Extracts From Fordingbridge & Hampshire books
Fordingbridge is now a busy market town, though in former days it was an important industrial centre, renowned for the manufacture of sailcloth and canvas. Today it is popular with tourists who wish to explore the New Forest and the downlands of Dorset.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
There is a sad epitaph to John Chubb in the churchyard, who died young in 1784: ‘Death like an overflowing stream sweeps us away: Our life’s a dream: An empty tale: A morning flower cut down and withered in an hour’.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point. The bridge, built originally in the 14th century, is now a scheduled ancient monument.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
People have lived in the vicinity of Fordingbridge for millennia. Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Danish warriors would all have known this neighbourhood.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
In earlier days this route marked the only highway in and out of the Forest from this direction. During the period of ‘Fence Month’ - fifteen days either side of midsummer - the lord of the manor was instructed by to keep a watch on the bridge and challenge anyone entering or leaving the New Forest.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".