If you give a name & approx date; I have many files containing info on those parishes I can search Tony Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendal Lightin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:23 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Hillary's in Hampshire & Isle of White > Can any one help me with any census, Birth, Married, Deaths for > Catherington, Horndene, Ryde, Portsmouth. If you have any info or can > point me in the right direction I would be very pleased. > > Many thanks > > > Tony > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. > What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus > warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >

Aim for the first politician Seamus Ben. ----- Original Message ----- From: "894moo-poo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] RE: Empire day > Does anyone know who these politically correct tribe are ? > Who is their tribal leader ? > I may need to send a 'gunboat' up the river ! > > Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) > > All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete & Joy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:22 AM > Subject: [HantsLife] RE: Empire day > > > If you march around singing such songs these days Plod would have you in > jail quicker than that for inciting racial hatred or something. > Patriotism is only good in other nationalities > > Pete > > -----Original Message----- > From: Len Strong [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 21 May 2005 06:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Empire day > > All this nostalgia coming through recently, anyone remember May 24th, > Empire Day, when we used to celebrate being part of the great British > Empire on which the sun never set. > At school we used to have a pageant and each dress up to represent one > of the colonies. I was a banana to represent Jamaica. (no comments thank > you). Then we marched round the town singing land of Hope and Glory and > Rule Brittania. Were they the "Good old days? I like to think so. > Len Strong. > > ______________________________ > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire > List Administrators: [email protected] > Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > EMAIL: [email protected] > > FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk > Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET > ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish > church > history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. > Lots > of links to other useful sites > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at > the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > This is YOUR list so please treat it the way you wish yourself treated. > Remember: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION" It comes bundled with the software! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >

Quick witted Seamus!

Les Godden came to FBL in 1945. He had been wounded I believe during the war. He was still trying to recover from shell shock. So we were told. The only female teacher when I was there, was a Miss Cox. Who I understand was a recall teacher, as many of them were during those times. She was very friendly with Mr Eyles. Both of them must have been in their 60s then. Other old teachers there were Mr Blake, Mr Buckle, Mr Lee & Mr Tranter. Mr Lee eventually became headmaster. Mr Tranter was something to do with Portsmouth & Hampshire Athletic Association. As was his wife. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete & Joy" <[email protected]> To: "'894moo-poo'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: RE: [HantsLife] Gunboat That is all too long ago, I left there in 1950, I can only remember the 1st class was Miss Morgans ?? and the last class was Mr Goddens. We used to listen to Larry The Lamb on the class radio. Pete -----Original Message----- From: 894moo-poo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 May 2005 11:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Gunboat Jimmy Clitheroe. I remember Empire Day at the end of the war. We scruffy little boy's sat in the hall of Flying Bull Lane school. Leg's crossed, arms folded backs straight, listening to the Headmaster "Woebetide any boy that misbehaves." So we sat there awaiting a back hander to the back of the head. Or, the cane across the shoulder. That's how we waited for the Radio Relay receiver to be switched on. Of course their were always those that tried to make you laugh or whisper, just as there was always the waiting backhander for the usual suspects. I don't think I have happy memories of Empire Day I 'm sure the Headmaster was a Mr Harvey. A very strict, Victorian Disciplinarian. I suppose he had to be with boys from underprivileged & poor homes in the Rudmore area of Pompey. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Millward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Gunboat We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Jimmy Clitheroe. I remember Empire Day at the end of the war. We scruffy little boy's sat in the hall of Flying Bull Lane school. Leg's crossed, arms folded backs straight, listening to the Headmaster "Woebetide any boy that misbehaves." So we sat there awaiting a back hander to the back of the head. Or, the cane across the shoulder. That's how we waited for the Radio Relay receiver to be switched on. Of course their were always those that tried to make you laugh or whisper, just as there was always the waiting backhander for the usual suspects. I don't think I have happy memories of Empire Day I 'm sure the Headmaster was a Mr Harvey. A very strict, Victorian Disciplinarian. I suppose he had to be with boys from underprivileged & poor homes in the Rudmore area of Pompey. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Millward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Gunboat We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

That is all too long ago, I left there in 1950, I can only remember the 1st class was Miss Morgans ?? and the last class was Mr Goddens. We used to listen to Larry The Lamb on the class radio. Pete -----Original Message----- From: 894moo-poo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 May 2005 11:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Gunboat Jimmy Clitheroe. I remember Empire Day at the end of the war. We scruffy little boy's sat in the hall of Flying Bull Lane school. Leg's crossed, arms folded backs straight, listening to the Headmaster "Woebetide any boy that misbehaves." So we sat there awaiting a back hander to the back of the head. Or, the cane across the shoulder. That's how we waited for the Radio Relay receiver to be switched on. Of course their were always those that tried to make you laugh or whisper, just as there was always the waiting backhander for the usual suspects. I don't think I have happy memories of Empire Day I 'm sure the Headmaster was a Mr Harvey. A very strict, Victorian Disciplinarian. I suppose he had to be with boys from underprivileged & poor homes in the Rudmore area of Pompey. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Millward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Gunboat We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Peter. I didn't see your lips move then, either ! ;-) Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete & Joy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: RE: [HantsLife] Archie Andrews Archie Andrews must have been the only ventriloquists dummy with his own radio show. Nobody ever saw Peter broughs lips move either. Pete -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 May 2005 10:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Archie Andrews Then there was Andy Pandy and Torchy the Battery Boy, Bagpuss, all puppets, what have we got now worked by strings?............Tony Blair? Don't forget the Jennings stories and the little dog Greyfriars Bobby! The Huggets, The Luscombes and Life with the Lyons. During the sixites we had a great programme about life in the South, Jack Hargreaves with Out of Town!! Chris PentonyGraham wrote: >Another name Archie Andrews... >I remember Muffin the Mule >Sooty had those as puppets, wondered what happend to them. puppets I mean, bet mum in all her wisdom gave them away, Muffin was lovely on strings... and Sooty a hand puppet. > >Thanks for the memories.. > >Adele >Clareville > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 ______________________________ ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Does anyone know who these politically correct tribe are ? Who is their tribal leader ? I may need to send a 'gunboat' up the river ! Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete & Joy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:22 AM Subject: [HantsLife] RE: Empire day If you march around singing such songs these days Plod would have you in jail quicker than that for inciting racial hatred or something. Patriotism is only good in other nationalities Pete -----Original Message----- From: Len Strong [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 May 2005 06:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Empire day All this nostalgia coming through recently, anyone remember May 24th, Empire Day, when we used to celebrate being part of the great British Empire on which the sun never set. At school we used to have a pageant and each dress up to represent one of the colonies. I was a banana to represent Jamaica. (no comments thank you). Then we marched round the town singing land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Were they the "Good old days? I like to think so. Len Strong. ______________________________ ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: [email protected] Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: [email protected] FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429

We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di

Jimmy Clitheroe Di? Chris Dianne Millward wrote: >We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? >Di > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Visit Where your ancestors lived..... >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

Shows how good a ventriloquist like Peter Brough was then Pete!! Chris Pete & Joy wrote: >Archie Andrews must have been the only ventriloquists dummy with his own >radio show. Nobody ever saw Peter broughs lips move either. > >Pete > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 21 May 2005 10:39 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Archie Andrews > >Then there was Andy Pandy and Torchy the Battery Boy, Bagpuss, all >puppets, what have we got now worked by strings?............Tony Blair? >Don't forget the Jennings stories and the little dog Greyfriars Bobby! >The Huggets, The Luscombes and Life with the Lyons. >During the sixites we had a great programme about life in the South, >Jack Hargreaves with Out of Town!! >Chris > > >PentonyGraham wrote: > > > >>Another name Archie Andrews... >>I remember Muffin the Mule >>Sooty had those as puppets, wondered what happend to them. puppets I >> >> >mean, bet mum in all her wisdom gave them away, Muffin was lovely on >strings... and Sooty a hand puppet. > > >>Thanks for the memories.. >> >>Adele >>Clareville >> >> >>==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >>Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the >> >> >list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send >virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its >history. > > >>============================== >>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

If you march around singing such songs these days Plod would have you in jail quicker than that for inciting racial hatred or something. Patriotism is only good in other nationalities Pete -----Original Message----- From: Len Strong [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 May 2005 06:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Empire day All this nostalgia coming through recently, anyone remember May 24th, Empire Day, when we used to celebrate being part of the great British Empire on which the sun never set. At school we used to have a pageant and each dress up to represent one of the colonies. I was a banana to represent Jamaica. (no comments thank you). Then we marched round the town singing land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Were they the "Good old days? I like to think so. Len Strong. ______________________________

Archie Andrews must have been the only ventriloquists dummy with his own radio show. Nobody ever saw Peter broughs lips move either. Pete -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 May 2005 10:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Archie Andrews Then there was Andy Pandy and Torchy the Battery Boy, Bagpuss, all puppets, what have we got now worked by strings?............Tony Blair? Don't forget the Jennings stories and the little dog Greyfriars Bobby! The Huggets, The Luscombes and Life with the Lyons. During the sixites we had a great programme about life in the South, Jack Hargreaves with Out of Town!! Chris PentonyGraham wrote: >Another name Archie Andrews... >I remember Muffin the Mule >Sooty had those as puppets, wondered what happend to them. puppets I mean, bet mum in all her wisdom gave them away, Muffin was lovely on strings... and Sooty a hand puppet. > >Thanks for the memories.. > >Adele >Clareville > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 ______________________________

Do we remember Empire Day? You could say we, in Canada, still celebrate it, and it is this week end that we do so. In southern Ontario it is considered the time when winter and frosts are definitely a thing of the past and all sorts of non- hardy plants can be put to bed, and a number of people open up their northern cottages. David Victoria Day In Canada, the celebration of Victoria Day occurs every year on Monday, prior to May 25th. It is the official celebration in Canada of the birthdays of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. Victoria Day was established as a holiday in Canada West (Now Ontario) in 1845, and became a national holiday in 1901. Before Victoria Day became a national Holiday, people had celebrated Empire Day , beginning in the 1890s as Victoria approached her Diamond jubilee in 1897.

Another name Archie Andrews... I remember Muffin the Mule Sooty had those as puppets, wondered what happend to them. puppets I mean, bet mum in all her wisdom gave them away, Muffin was lovely on strings... and Sooty a hand puppet. Thanks for the memories.. Adele Clareville

I think I had a day off school once for this Len, but cannot remember it being celebrated. I can remember the Festival of Britain in London in 1951 my school arranged a trip but the coach broke down outside London Zoo and we spent the day in there instead!! Chris Len Strong wrote: >All this nostalgia coming through recently, anyone remember May 24th, Empire Day, when we used to celebrate being part of the great British Empire on which the sun never set. >At school we used to have a pageant and each dress up to represent one of the colonies. I was a banana to represent Jamaica. (no comments thank you). Then we marched round the town singing land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Were they the "Good old days? I like to think so. > Len Strong. > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

Louis must have been hungry Chris, did he get a Coke with it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: [HantsLife] On this day 20 May > > On this day...... 20 May > > > > *1216:* Prince Louis, the Dauphin of France, landed in Kent to assist > English rebels, and quickly took Sandwich. > > *1339:* A French and mercenary Genoese fleet attacked English merchant > shipping in Plymouth Sound, then landed on the shore to raid the four > small villages that made up the community of Plymouth at that time. > However, word of their presence had reached the elderly Earl of Devon, > Hugh Courtenay, who force-marched his militia to the Sound, arriving just > as the French and Italians were firing the villages. A bloody fight > ensued, with the raiders finally driven back to their ships. > > *1756:* Rear Admiral Byng, who had been belatedly dispatched with a fleet > to relieve the besieged British garrison on Minorca, engaged the French > fleet under de la Galissonniere off Port Mahon. The action was indecisive > and Byng decided to withdraw to Gibraltar with some of his ships having > suffered serious damage. Minorca subsequently fell, and Byng was tried by > court martial and executed the following spring on 14 March. > > *1858:* During the Second China War, British and French ships bombarded > the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peiho River, forcing them to surrender. > > *1900:* During an action with Boers, Lance Corporal Mackay of the Gordon > Highlanders repeatedly braved enemy fire to tend wounded men lying in the > open. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. > > *1915:* Lieutenant Commander Nasmith took the submarine HMS /E-11/ through > the extremely dangerous Dardanelles Straits and began a devastatingly > successful patrol in the Sea of Marmora against Turkish shipping > supporting the Gallipoli campaign. His exploits won him the Victoria > Cross. > > *1941:* Following the fall of mainland Greece, the Germans launched their > largest ever airborne operation in an effort to seize Crete - Operation > /Merkur/. The operation opened with heavy air attacks, followed by the > paratroopers and gliders of the German 7th Parachute Division aiming to > secure airfields at Maleme and the beach at Canea. A second wave headed > for the airfields at Retimo and Heraklion. The paratroopers suffered very > heavy casualties from the defending Greek, New Zealand and British troops; > the German divisional commander was killed and his deputy was seriously > wounded. The fighting hung in the balance for a few days, as the Royal > Navy caught and sank ships carrying German Mountain troops to the island. > But eventually Maleme airfield fell and the Germans were able to fly in > reinforcements. General Freyberg conceded defeat on 28 May and Allied > forces retreated to the south coast for evacuation by the Royal Navy. > Sergeant Hulme of the New Zealand Canterbury Regiment was awarded the > Victoria Cross for repeated acts of gallantry during the week-long > fighting, including stalking and eliminating no less than eight enemy > snipers. Following their losses on Crete, German forces never again > mounted a major airborne attack. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire > List Administrators: [email protected] > Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > EMAIL: [email protected] > > FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk > Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET > ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish > church history, village photographs, and other useful information for > genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Britains first Sandwich bar, Ben!! I think Louis sold it to McDonalds!! Chris Ben Skeates wrote: > Louis must have been hungry Chris, did he get a Coke with it? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:35 AM > Subject: [HantsLife] On this day 20 May > > >> >> On this day...... 20 May >> >> >> >> *1216:* Prince Louis, the Dauphin of France, landed in Kent to assist >> English rebels, and quickly took Sandwich. >> >> *1339:* A French and mercenary Genoese fleet attacked English >> merchant shipping in Plymouth Sound, then landed on the shore to raid >> the four small villages that made up the community of Plymouth at >> that time. However, word of their presence had reached the elderly >> Earl of Devon, Hugh Courtenay, who force-marched his militia to the >> Sound, arriving just as the French and Italians were firing the >> villages. A bloody fight ensued, with the raiders finally driven >> back to their ships. >> >> *1756:* Rear Admiral Byng, who had been belatedly dispatched with a >> fleet to relieve the besieged British garrison on Minorca, engaged >> the French fleet under de la Galissonniere off Port Mahon. The >> action was indecisive and Byng decided to withdraw to Gibraltar with >> some of his ships having suffered serious damage. Minorca >> subsequently fell, and Byng was tried by court martial and executed >> the following spring on 14 March. >> >> *1858:* During the Second China War, British and French ships >> bombarded the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peiho River, forcing >> them to surrender. >> >> *1900:* During an action with Boers, Lance Corporal Mackay of the >> Gordon Highlanders repeatedly braved enemy fire to tend wounded men >> lying in the open. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. >> >> *1915:* Lieutenant Commander Nasmith took the submarine HMS /E-11/ >> through the extremely dangerous Dardanelles Straits and began a >> devastatingly successful patrol in the Sea of Marmora against Turkish >> shipping supporting the Gallipoli campaign. His exploits won him the >> Victoria Cross. >> >> *1941:* Following the fall of mainland Greece, the Germans launched >> their largest ever airborne operation in an effort to seize Crete - >> Operation /Merkur/. The operation opened with heavy air attacks, >> followed by the paratroopers and gliders of the German 7th Parachute >> Division aiming to secure airfields at Maleme and the beach at >> Canea. A second wave headed for the airfields at Retimo and >> Heraklion. The paratroopers suffered very heavy casualties from the >> defending Greek, New Zealand and British troops; the German >> divisional commander was killed and his deputy was seriously >> wounded. The fighting hung in the balance for a few days, as the >> Royal Navy caught and sank ships carrying German Mountain troops to >> the island. But eventually Maleme airfield fell and the Germans were >> able to fly in reinforcements. General Freyberg conceded defeat on >> 28 May and Allied forces retreated to the south coast for evacuation >> by the Royal Navy. Sergeant Hulme of the New Zealand Canterbury >> Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for repeated acts of >> gallantry during the week-long fighting, including stalking and >> eliminating no less than eight enemy snipers. Following their losses >> on Crete, German forces never again mounted a major airborne attack. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 >> >> >> ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >> Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire >> List Administrators: [email protected] >> Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages >> EMAIL: [email protected] >> >> FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk >> Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET >> ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village >> history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful >> information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. 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That was Coombes' yard Brian Spent many a good hour or two in there looking for bits of the car! Like a treasure trove, used to find all sorts in the old cars there the "family" had missed. Found a wallet in there once with £20 in it!! One chap found a dead dog in the boot of an old Austin Maxi!! Sadly all gone now but the rotting hulks in the Itchen by the bridge are still there. Remember once you could see Lady Dockers old yacht there as it had been impounded due to fees for repairs not being paid. Chris Brian Cave wrote: >Len Payne <[email protected]> wrote:"...going past Southern Television in the late 50's early 60's with my little nippers Frick and Frack, howling because Sooty lived there and I could not take them in to see him..." > >Hi Len, > >Ha - how we see things differently from the same place - in those days I was far more interested in the breakers yard on the other side of the bridge, where I picked up spares or better trim etc for my car !! > >Brian > > > > >Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > >Incoming mail is certified virus free >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) >Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >"GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

Then there was Andy Pandy and Torchy the Battery Boy, Bagpuss, all puppets, what have we got now worked by strings?............Tony Blair? Don't forget the Jennings stories and the little dog Greyfriars Bobby! The Huggets, The Luscombes and Life with the Lyons. During the sixites we had a great programme about life in the South, Jack Hargreaves with Out of Town!! Chris PentonyGraham wrote: >Another name Archie Andrews... >I remember Muffin the Mule >Sooty had those as puppets, wondered what happend to them. puppets I mean, bet mum in all her wisdom gave them away, Muffin was lovely on strings... and Sooty a hand puppet. > >Thanks for the memories.. > >Adele >Clareville > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005