Mottistone

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Going to school

I walked past these houses every day to and from school from 1956 to 1959 when my family lived at Marsh Green.
A memory of Brighstone contributed by Bronen Hebblethwaite

Our House!

Our house is the second left and I was about 8 when this was taken. The field in front of the houses is now the site of the Methodist Chapel.
A memory of Brighstone contributed by Andy Thompson

Captain Macpherson

My late mother told me that she was related to Miss White, daughter of the Rev. Richard Walton White. His daughter left the manor and or land to Captain Macpherson in 1911. Although we have no claims on this family, we have no first names of Miss White or Captain Macpherson's nephew for our family tree. Any historical history and or photographs would be great.
A memory of Shalfleet contributed by sylvia ross

Hook Hill

In 1960, when I was 6, we moved into Longhalves, a detached house on the left of Hook Hill going up, and just on the brow of the hill. The road then was narrow and dangerous, and in about 1964 they took 3 - 4 yards off our front garden to widen the road and make a footpath. Opposite the main gate to Longhalves was Asher's field. Mr Asher kept cows on there, and we used to walk through the field across the marsh and the old railway line (closed even then), and onto Afton Road. The railway station was derelict when we moved in, but within a few years became a spring factory. Next to Longhalves on the uphill side ...read more here
A memory of Freshwater contributed by Peter Adams