Ibsley
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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
visits with my auntie Joan
I loved this charming village, I remember the 'fishmonger' and the 'greengrocer' bringing their wares from door to door with their 'horsedrawn' carts (yes, even in 1956). I used to walk her dog with auntie Joan to this very post office to mail letters and get 'bits and pieces". Auntie Joan always loved the small country places, she lived in many places like this because of her husband's work.
I had the privelage of visiting all her 'little hidaways' throughout England and Scotland.
A memory of Bransgore contributed by deborah rowsell
Extracts From Ibsley & Hampshire books
The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea. Napoleonic prisoners-of-war planted an avenue of elm trees here, which survived until the devastation of 20th-century road widening.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
Former inhabitants of Ibsley must have been generous souls. Early church registers reveal that collections were made ‘towards the redemption of the poor slaves out of Turkey’, ‘for the redemption of all captives’ and ‘for the distressed Protestants beyond the sea’.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
This famous firm was developed from a combination of various
Romsey breweries in the latter part of the 19th century, when
rail transport made it possible to carry beer over considerable
distances. Strong’s became one of the main employers in the
town for about a hundred years, but the need for modernisation
caused brewing to cease in 1981; the operation, by that time
part of Whitbread Wessex, was finally closed in 1990. Part of the
site has been cleared, but the main buildings, some converted
to offices, remain — the heritage of late 19th-century and early
20th-century builders.
An extract from from"Romsey Town and City Memories".
With nine mill sites in the town, many enterprises used water to
power the machinery necessary for their businesses — corn, paper,
and cloth-fulling mills, saw mills, and tanneries. Most written material
about Romsey’s mills seems to relate to problems in obtaining that
most important item — water. Romsey’s mills depended on the
river Test and its branches for their power. Competition was keen,
and resulted in many legal disputes arising from millers upstream
diverting the water from those downstream.
There was a series of disputes in Tudor times at Sadler’s Mill: its
owner suffered from the work of millers upstream, who
‘with divers and sondrie lewde and desperate persons ... erected a
pilinge over athwart the mayne Channel of the Ryver and thereby
stopped turned and diverted the said Mayne River of Terste out of
his aunciente and common Course ...’
Troubles of this kind continued through the following centuries,
providing the legal profession with a steady source of income. As
late as the early 20th century, wooden stakes were still being placed
incorrectly to control the water flow. At that time, photographic
evidence was offered in court; an unfortunate river keeper was shown
standing in the faulty area to demonstrate the depths.
An extract from from"Romsey Town and City Memories".
All these roads are similar. The rough
roads have all been paved. Almost all
the houses are detached, and often
individually designed. The Local Area
Committee of the Borough Council is
doing its best to maintain the special
ambiance of the district. However, it is
a sad fact that developers are begin-
ning to nibble at any open spaces for
the building of flats. There is a Tree
Preservation Order covering this area,
which we may hope will prevent the
destruction of most of the trees.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".