In a message dated 23/03/2007 13:31:47 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: No there was no gunpowder factory in Bartley as I lived there as well but............... In a small glade near Eyeworth Lake was the Schultz Gunpowder Factory and this brought employment to Fritham, it was built to produce ammunition for sporting guns mainly and most of the inhabitants worked there, the Schultz company eventually took over the tin chapel and a new brick building was built in its place. The gunpowder factory closed a few year after 1912 and the the village went back to its carefree life again. SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the IOW and Hampshires Villages,Towns and Churches There is little sign of the gunpowder factory now except a flat patch of land and, at the end of the track, a special postbox installed by the company for the postman to deliver and collect mail from. Presumably so he didn't have to come too close to the factory. The post box is just by the Royal oak pub. Regards, John Parker Romsey, Hampshire, England E-mail: [email protected]
Must be for letter bombs then David!! Chris There is little sign of the gunpowder factory now except a flat patch of land and, at the end of the track, a special postbox installed by the company for the postman to deliver and collect mail from. Presumably so he didn't have to come too close to the factory. The post box is just by the Royal oak pub. Regards, John Parker Romsey, Hampshire, England E-mail: [email protected] ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000728-0, 03/26/2007 Tested on: 3/26/2007 11:45:13 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com