In the mid 1960's places in Surrey had Hampshire addresses. e.g. Frimley, Aldershot, Hants. This had a number of advantages in that insurance, car, house and contents were cheaper with a Hants address. For some years after the change to Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, many continued to use the Hants address for the obvious reasons. Regards Colin -----Original Message----- From: hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Read Sent: 02 March 2007 13:21 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names A lot of Hampshire places have a guildford postmark though. regards Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > Yes it WAS in Hampshire at Aldershot but it is right on the border but on > in > the Surrey side Moya. > The Post Code is Guildford. > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Page" <marp2@onetel.com> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Was it ever in Hampshire Alan? > I am not sure just how close to the border it is, but I always seen it > mentioned in conjunction with Aldershot, so assumed it was in > Hampshire at sometime. > > Moya Page > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan McGowan" <mcgoa@lineone.net> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:54 PM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Ash Vale is in Surrey. > > Alan McGowan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pmc248@netzero.net> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Hello, > Shouldn't Ashe Vale be on the list, Cheers, Pam. > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. > SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity > (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 000720-0, 03/01/2007 > Tested on: 3/2/2007 11:16:24 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And its still just as confusing now Colin!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin M. Andrews" <colin@chubsandrews.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names In the mid 1960's places in Surrey had Hampshire addresses. e.g. Frimley, Aldershot, Hants. This had a number of advantages in that insurance, car, house and contents were cheaper with a Hants address. For some years after the change to Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, many continued to use the Hants address for the obvious reasons. Regards Colin -----Original Message----- From: hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Read Sent: 02 March 2007 13:21 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names A lot of Hampshire places have a guildford postmark though. regards Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > Yes it WAS in Hampshire at Aldershot but it is right on the border but on > in > the Surrey side Moya. > The Post Code is Guildford. > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Page" <marp2@onetel.com> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Was it ever in Hampshire Alan? > I am not sure just how close to the border it is, but I always seen it > mentioned in conjunction with Aldershot, so assumed it was in > Hampshire at sometime. > > Moya Page > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan McGowan" <mcgoa@lineone.net> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:54 PM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Ash Vale is in Surrey. > > Alan McGowan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pmc248@netzero.net> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names > > > Hello, > Shouldn't Ashe Vale be on the list, Cheers, Pam. > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. > SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity > (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. 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