tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post2037802260867624081..comments2023-02-19T11:09:34.995+00:00Comments on Peter Symonds' School Nostalgia Corner: What Memories?!Doug Clewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161329377810660760noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-49991661033084876912011-02-06T10:48:14.000+00:002011-02-06T10:48:14.000+00:00Living as I did during the War in Factory road wit...Living as I did during the War in Factory road with Pirellis factory at one end and the Railway Junction at the other, one particular occasion comes to mind whilst we were swinging from a rope on the lamp post outside Hann's dairy, my older brother gathered us (3) up and pushed us under the privet hedge as a lone plane continued to use up its ammunition after leaving the railway and heading to Pirellis, I do not recall any outcome to the event except a lack of enthusiasm to play there since shortly afterward my brother joined the Artillery.john scotthttp://scotty1500.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-19423494208329305882011-01-10T14:39:07.000+00:002011-01-10T14:39:07.000+00:00The pilot of a Junkers 87 Stuka would line up his ...The pilot of a Junkers 87 Stuka would line up his aircraft so that his bombs would straddle the level crossing on Mount Pleasant Road in Southampton at the point where the railway line fanned out into about ten sidings making it a prime target. In June 1940 we were evacuated from the Channel Islands to the house next to that crossing and although I was only four I remember the air raids and the screaming whistles on the planes and the thunder of the bombs around us. Mercifully we didn't stay long, moving to the peace of Rippondon House on Bereweeke Road next to the outer playing field where the Townsend family kindly took my mother and her two boys in.james wisharthttp://jameswishart.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-20898302751080041452011-01-08T11:46:11.000+00:002011-01-08T11:46:11.000+00:00Re: the comment about 'cinder verges' on C...Re: the comment about 'cinder verges' on C/Fs 'back' streets for military vehicles, I seem to remember many of these roads still unsurfaced years after the war with some having wide concrete verges, presumably laid to take the weight of tanks and other heavy vehicles parked up waiting for the off. The concrete was still there in 1960, although the roads themselves by that time had been surfaced - see the postcard of Hiltingbury that I've uploaded to my 'Pip's Pics.' album.<br /><br />'Pip'John Piperhttp://pip5358.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-61193850214741784152011-01-08T10:56:04.000+00:002011-01-08T10:56:04.000+00:00An aunt of mine had one of those early Biros - it ...An aunt of mine had one of those early Biros - it leaked dreadfully!<br /><br />Does anyone know of the strafing of Park Road by a returning lone German raider? Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I have no memory of this. I was told about it by my parents, and I don't know exactly when it occurred. Apparently my father answered urgent knockings at the door to find a quaking passer-by demanding shelter having seen bullets thudding into our front lawn. He let him in, of course, but hadn't the heart to mention that our bungalow's thin asbestos roof slates and plaster ceilings would afford little protection from such aerial attack! <br /><br />I've just noticed that the incident is mentioned in the excellent book on Chandler's Ford by Barbara Hillier, a classmate of mine at primary school, and I quote "A German aircraft flew from a Northerly direction through the village, machine-gunning as it went. It finally flew off towards Eastleigh" <br /><br /><br />'Pip'John Piperhttp://pip5358.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-71551160053750765072011-01-07T17:06:37.000+00:002011-01-07T17:06:37.000+00:00Further to my previous, when the Yanks went to Fra...Further to my previous, when the Yanks went to France,their dumps contained strange thing called Biros.The Hiltingbury camps after the war became DP camps, mainly Poles. I did a couple of years at Christmas doing parcel posts in that area.<br />Inadvertently in 1944 we managed to get to Netley to see a family friend and saw all the ships ready to go to Normandy.We were stopped on the way back & told we shouldn't have been allowed to enter the area. On the next visit there was nothing left to see.<br />Strangely enough I only found out about 15 years ago that my father is buried in Netley War Cemetery. Parents didn't talk about some things to their offspring.John Daveyhttp://mickdavey.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-15160007420406644062011-01-07T13:27:00.000+00:002011-01-07T13:27:00.000+00:00It really is amazing how memory breaks into double...It really is amazing how memory breaks into double time then relapses into dead stop mode, I have little to add to the Chandlersford area except a brief '53 stint delivering telegrams, but I have contact with a John and Gloria Sibson now residents of the Gold Coast here in Queensland they have just been back to Chamdlersford for a couple of months and sent me some pix of Eastleigh etc, needless to say many changes have been made, but since my eldest is getting wed in Elgin Morayshire in December I will most likel;y make a detour and see the changes for myself. For anyone who wishes John & Gloria's email is j.g.sibson@bigpond.com Further on Chandlersford last year John & Gloria lent me a couple of books (historical data) on Chandlersford & the development of the Eastleigh railways - fascinating reading.john scotthttp://scotty1500.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com