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Liss memories
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Liss Infant School
I remember nothing of the school except the day a German plane flew low over the playground. The teachers quickly got us under cover but I could see my mother standing out in a field in a yellow rain hat. I did not know at the time that my father had seen the plane coming in low to strafe us and had run to an anti-aircraft gun (a bren gun?) in a vain attempt to shoot it down. He was at Longmoor Camp. Does anyone else remember this and did the playground actually get shot up? We only stayed in Liss for a short time. We were in a guest house or boarding house I think. The year would have been ...read more here
Contributed by Anne Cross
Hampshire memories
Liss Infant School
I remember nothing of the school except the day a German plane flew low over the playground. The teachers quickly got us under cover but I could see my mother standing out in a field in a yellow rain hat. I did not know at the time that my father had seen the plane coming in low to strafe us and had run to an anti-aircraft gun (a bren gun?) in a vain attempt to shoot it down. He was at Longmoor Camp. Does anyone else remember this and did the playground actually get shot up? We only stayed in Liss for a short time. We were in a guest house or boarding house I think. The year would have been ...read more here
A memory of Liss contributed by Anne Cross
Longmoor Camp.
I lived in Longmoor Camp for quite a few years, I was in the Boy Scouts, I think it was the 1st or 10th Longmoor Scout Group. My dad was in the R A M C and was the staff sergeant at the hospital. I belong to the St Martins in the Field Church Choir and often sung solo, one of my good pals was Derrick "ding" Tarling, I wonder if anybody out there remembers me?
A memory of Longmoor contributed by John Potter
Home of Gt.Grandparents
This is May Cottages and the home of my gt.grandparents James and Jane Childs. James was a shepherd on the Adhust Estate for John Bonham Carter and Jane looked after the sick and the poor here for 36 years. She also raised 6 of her own children including my grandfather William Childs.
A memory of Sheet contributed by Jennifer Bennett
Extracts From Liss & Hampshire books
The coming of the railway and Liss's close proximity to Petersfield and Haslemere made it a popular choice for those looking to live in this area. The names of two pubs, The Crossing Gate and The Whistle Stop, recall those days. By 1871 the parish had a population of almost 1,000.
An extract from from"Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Every building in this photograph was built in the
latter part of the reign of Queen Victoria, as the railway
station of 1858/9 brought about the establishment of
the village of Liss, sometimes called East Liss. At the
end of the road you can see the signal box on the far
side of the railway, beyond the Station Hotel, now the
Crossing Gates pub. To the left, Mark Mitchell confirms
his claim as poulterer judging by the chickens hanging
outside his shop and the cart loaded with baskets and
hampers waiting outside. On the right, a triangular
sign indicates Temperance Restaurant and in the
foreground, Paris the ‘cash grocer’ also has a good
selection of clothes in his window.
An extract from from"Petersfield Then and Now Photographic Memories".
I have no clue as to where
this cottage is nor can I find
out anything about it. Can
a kind reader help on this
photograph? It looks like a
washday Monday.
An extract from from"Petersfield Then and Now Photographic Memories".
The arrival of the
railway one mile away,
sealed the fate of West
Liss. A new village
was born around the
railway station and
with it a new church,
St Mary’s, built in
1892 by Sir Arthur
Blomfield. Over the
years this new church
has led to the gradual
demise of St Peter’s,
West Liss. Its future is
now unsure.
An extract from from"Petersfield Then and Now Photographic Memories".
Only small changes in 70
years, the Railway Hotel
at the far end of the street
is now the Whistle Stop.
Advertisements for Carter’s
Seeds give a clue to the
shop on the immediate
left, it was the Southern
Counties Agricultural
Trading Society (SCATS).
W E Allen was the chemist
and next door, F C Rump
sold cigarettes and picture
postcards. At the far end
of the street on the left is
Noakes hardware shop.
An extract from from"Petersfield Then and Now Photographic Memories".