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I was born in Spring Hill nursing home in 1933, corner of Hill Lane and Howard Road, and I used to take short cuts via the bomb site on the way to school, sometimes I would find a coin or two.
We lived near the Dell football ground and all Dad's friends would park their cars in our front garden while they went to the match. We could hear the roar of the crowd and after the match Dad would invite his mates in for tea and cake, and hold a"post mortem" about the match.
My cousin found her car blocked one Saturday and had to wait for the match to finish before she could drive home.
I remember at the ...read more here
Contributed by miriam wolff
The White family of 9 Westgate street.
My family lived at number 9 Westgate street.
Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!!
A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of the boys, Walter, moved to 14 Chandos street, Southampton, and then onto the York Tavern, Middle Street. they had a son Thomas White, who's son Walter went on to eventually took pub on with his wife Elizabeth.
I am doing our family tree together with my Father, Arthur ( SAINSBURY), and photos of Westgate Street prior to the one's on this web page would be of great interest. Likewise, any books that we could obtain re this Street would be great.
Does anyone ...read more here
Contributed by jackie wild
Hampshire memories
The White family of 9 Westgate street.
My family lived at number 9 Westgate street.
Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!!
A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of the boys, Walter, moved to 14 Chandos street, Southampton, and then onto the York Tavern, Middle Street. they had a son Thomas White, who's son Walter went on to eventually took pub on with his wife Elizabeth.
I am doing our family tree together with my Father, Arthur ( SAINSBURY), and photos of Westgate Street prior to the one's on this web page would be of great interest. Likewise, any books that we could obtain re this Street would be great.
Does anyone ...read more here
A memory of Southampton contributed by jackie wild
Old memories
I was born in Spring Hill nursing home in 1933, corner of Hill Lane and Howard Road, and I used to take short cuts via the bomb site on the way to school, sometimes I would find a coin or two.
We lived near the Dell football ground and all Dad's friends would park their cars in our front garden while they went to the match. We could hear the roar of the crowd and after the match Dad would invite his mates in for tea and cake, and hold a"post mortem" about the match.
My cousin found her car blocked one Saturday and had to wait for the match to finish before she could drive home.
I remember at the ...read more here
A memory of Southampton contributed by miriam wolff
Extracts From Southampton & Hampshire books
On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God’s House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old
town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe. A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s,
which was intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.
Following the Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port, and the walls and other buildings are a
permanent reminder of Southampton’s wealth and prosperity in those days.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Southampton’s walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight. This must have
been a huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter miles of walls, seven gates and 29 towers.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Many of the buildings in Southampton’s
famous High Street were destroyed dur-
ing the Second World War, more than
30 years after this photograph was taken.
Horse-drawn trams were introduced to
the city in 1879 and electrified in 1900.
The tram on the right carries an advert
for Brasso. On the left is a large sign for
Liptons, the well-known family grocer.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".
Up until the 1930s, specially designed
trams with dome-shaped tops to fit the
arch travelled through Bargate. The
adjoining walls and buildings were subse-
quently destroyed so that traffic bypassed
the gate. Rounded flanking towers can
be seen in the photograph, and two
lions stand either side
of the pointed arch.
An extract from from"Southampton Photographic Memories".