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Whitethorn Morris at the Win Mayfest 08
May 2008, and the city of Winchester hosted a festival of music and dance, with the streets closed to traffic and thronged with entertainers, market stalls and happy crowds.
I was part of the band playing for Whitethorn Morris at this event and enjoyed my visit to Winchester. As I walked from the station I passed by the clock in the High Street shown in this Francis Frith view of 1896. Its still there and exactly the same!
My wife Elizabeth danced, and I played my piano accordian for most of the day, including a long procession of all the entertainers from the Cathedral Green and up the High Street. It was a really happy ...read more here
A memory of Winchester contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Girls of St Margarets
Hello people, my time at Kings Worthy as a young girl - remembering dancing at our local social club where the locals made us welcome. A beautiful place, I remember the park where I made lots of friends. Girls of St Margarets that I can recall, I often wonder what became of them: Angie from Hawley, Hants. Dawn with a hamster. Sonia who dedicated time to the handicapped home along with myself for a while, and Debs from Aldershot. Hope you see this girlies. x
A memory of Kings Worthy contributed by Caroline Allan
The Volunteer Inn
Volunteer was built in 1703 and as far as we can find out, it possibly became a pub in 1840s. It ceased trading in 1973 when it was sold by the brewery to the Gray family. The Grays converted it back into a house.
We bought Volunteer in 2001 and it still looks much the same from the outside.
The door between the two windows (beneath the pub sign), used to lead into the Saloon Bar, which is now our study; the door was replaced some years ago with another window. We are currently renovating the property back to its former glory. Local people have told us various stories from years gone by when this place was a Pub!
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A memory of Twyford contributed by Penny Smith
In Memory of my Grandfather John Young
With many Thanks to Larry and Gill who have now enabled me to find the "Resting place" of John Young who died in 1917 {WW1} As far as we know his Widow Mary travelled to Hursley from Barking and he was buried at this Church Cemetery. I am in hopes that I may one day visit the grave, till then RIP dear granddad.
Edna x
A memory of Hursley contributed by Edna Reynolds
Extracts From Weeke & Hampshire books
A quarter of a century apart, this and the previous
view of the High Street show how little it changed
throughout the 20th century, with the exception of
traffic problems and an increased number of tourists.
Apart from the introduction of a pedestrianisation
scheme and some new shop fronts, it remains much
the same today.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
Beyond the water meadows of the River Itchen is the Iron Age
hillfort of St Catherine’s Hill, the site of a maze which perhaps
was used by penitent local monks, who would be blindfolded as
they attempted to trace its paths. The view from the hill is one of
the finest in Hampshire.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
Westgate dominated the western defences of the old
city. It dates originally from the 12th century, and
was reinforced during the Hundred Years War in
anticipation of an attack by the French. The entire
structure stands on the site of an earlier Roman fortification.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
A walk from the Square brings the visitor across a green and open
space to the Norman Cathedral. Tourists come from all over the
world to visit this architectural and spiritual gem.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
Looking along Broadway with the statue
of Alfred the Great clearly visible, this
view shows Winchester Cathedral in all
its glory. Notice the army barracks on the
hill beyond.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".