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Longmoor memories
Read and share memories of Longmoor and Hampshire inspired by Frith photos
Childhood at Longmoor Camp
My dad was in the army, and we spent most of our time in Germany and at Longmoor Camp. Dad started in the RE Regiment, then later was moved to the RCT Regiment. My father was involved with the closer of the camp. Both my parents loved the area, and settled in Petersfield.
Contributed by jayne hall
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?
Contributed by John Potter
Hampshire memories
The Post Office
My father Oliver Hiinwood was postmaster here from 1903 to 1961. He used to take photographs of the village and send them to Frith's to be developed and then sold the postcards in the shop. The photograph shows the garage where we kept our car and to the side of that was a bakehouse where bread was baked daily. The person walking towards the shop is the Revd Frank Walter Hyne-Davy who was vicar of Nether Wallop.
A memory of Nether Wallop contributed by Mrs Eileen Wilmott
Family connections.
The photograph shows my great-aunt's tea room/restaurant. She was Mrs Matilda Howells, known in the family as Aunt Tilly. I can clearly remember visiting the tea room on many occasions as a 9/10 year old child with my mother Adelaide who was Aunt Tilly's sister. Her husband (Uncle Jack) did all his own baking in a huge wood-fired oven at the rear of the premises and meals for the tea room were cooked in an equally large wood-fired range in the kitchen adjoining.
A memory of Lyndhurst contributed by Leslie Hobbs
Extracts From Longmoor & Hampshire books
This photograph shows a Cessna aircraft as used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in front of an early terminal building, with the control tower and a large hangar on the right. Also to be seen on the left ready for action is a rather primitive fire engine.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".
This is a similar picture to E167025, page 17, but this time with a Jersey Airlines plane (a DC4, the workhorse of post-war air transport). Staff are bringing a gangway and a luggage trolley, apparently after the arrival of the aircraft. The original grass runways have been reconstructed in concrete and lengthened to take larger aircraft.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".
Again we see a Jersey Airlines plane, this time being refuelled and prepared for departure. The route from Eastleigh to the Channel Islands was formerly the most popular journey from the airport with 80% of air traffic. That figure is now down to 20% as a result of the introduction of many new national and international routes by other airlines.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".
Several aircraft are awaiting servicing and departure, indicating the growing importance of the airport. It was originally on the fields of North Stoneham Farm where Eric Moon landed a light aircraft in 1910. Since then it has been used by Sir Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus, air refuelling bases, the Hampshire Flying Club and, in 1918, by the USNAF. In the centre of the picture can be seen one of the large hangars built specially to house aircraft of the USA flying base. They remained in use until recently.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".
Not far from the airport is North Stoneham Church, which has undergone many alterations since it was first built in the 10th century. There are many monuments in the church and in the graveyard to famous people, including Sir Thomas Fleming, who was the Lord Chief Justice who authorised the execution of Guy Fawkes, and Admiral Lord Hawke, victorious in the Battle of Quiberon Bay. In the graveyard are stones bearing indications of the profession of the person buried beneath, such as a violin or books. The ten bells in the tower are often tolled.
An extract from from"Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories".