Reproduced by kind permission of Hampshire Chronicle Monday May 23 1803 Portsmouth­ Wednesday arrived here from town, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B., Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Duke of Bronte, and hoisted his flag on board the Victory, of 100 guns. He was welcomed in with incessant ringing of the bells, which continued the whole of the day. Saturday, May 21, Winchester­Last Monday afternoon, the children of the various parochial schools walked in procession to Wolvesey Palace, for the purpose of enjoying a few hours recreation in the delightful grounds, and partaking of tea, but the rain suddenly fell in torrents, and they were in consequence compelled to return to their schoolrooms, and postpone their holiday till a more auspicious opportunity. An interesting event took place at the parish church of Wonston on Tuesday last. Four missionaries to the Roman Catholics, in connexion with the Society for Irish Church Missions, had been waiting for ordination, to enter upon their several stations in the diocese of Tuam. The Bishop of Taum being under the necessity of remaining in London for some time in attendance upon Parliament, rather than delay the work of the Missions, kindly consented to hold a special ordination for these missionaries. Saturday, May 23, 1903 Winchester ­In a letter to the editor, an invalid writes: "Now that the old city is waking up somewhat to modern emergency, as demonstrated by the St. Cross omnibus, we invalids glance more hopefully towards the life-giving breezes which stir on St. Giles's Hill, but which we are helpless to attain to, and we wonder if no lift or electric rail or scientific contrivance can be achieved which, without fatigue or impossible exertion, may waft us to the summit of such a life-giving resort. The lift to the Lees at Folkestone suggests that such is possible and may be made remunerative. To those who cannot walk nor by any means command a carriage, there remains only the modest resource of the pony or bath chair, neither of them very suitable for climbing. It has seemed to me that if the great need of such a desirable enterprise were made known through your widely read columns, it might serve to create it." Portsmouth ­Nelson's old flagship, the Victory, after 138 years' service, was "retired" on Monday from her position as admiral's flagship at Portsmouth. Frimley­Mrs. Sarah Jones, who went through the Crimea campaign as a nurse with Miss Florence Nightingale, was buried at Frimley on Thursday. Mrs. Jones, who was 84 years of age, was the only woman who went out with Miss Nightingale. Her husband, who survives her, also went through the Crimea and the Mutiny with the 12th Lancers. In accordance with the deceased's oft-expressed wish, the badge given her by Miss Nightingale, bearing the words "Miss Nightingale, Scutari Hospital," was buried with her. Christchurch­ The Town Council of Christchurch have decided to have the town lighted by electricity London­Another Druce claimant to the Portland dukedom has arrived from Australia, accompanied by his solicitor. He, too, desires that a coffin alleged by him to be empty should be dug up in Highgate Cemetery, as the first step towards proving his case. Saturday, May 23, 1953 Winchester­ May is fast becoming recognised as the beginning and end of the local government or civic year. Recent legislation has lumped together early in the month of May all County Council, Municipal Borough and District Council elections. At the first meetings of these bodies after the elections come the elections of the civic heads­the Lord Mayors, thje Mayors and the Chairmen of the County and District Councils. A move to postpone them this year to "cover" the Coronation was refused by Parliament, and normal procedure was followed. Practically all the municipal boroughs, in consequence, have been appointing their mayors this week. A 19th-century tower musket was presented to the 60th Rifles, K.R.R.C., on behalf of the Royal Rhodesian Regiment, at the Depot, Winchester. The musket was used in the pioneer days of Southern Rhodesia, and was the type used by line regiments of the British Army a century ago. The musket will be on view in the Regimental Museum. King's Somborne­A large number assembled on the School playground on Saturday evening to witness the crowning. Friday, May 26, 1978 Sparsholt ­Fire swept through a residential block at the Hampshire College of Agriculture early on Tuesday morning. Six farmworkers on the top floor of the four-storey building awoke to find the roof well alight, but they all managed to leave the building safely. More than 30 firemen from Winchester, Sutton Scotney and Stockbridge tackled the blaze, which destroyed a 60ft section of the roof and also damaged office accommodation. All six bedrooms on the top floor were damaged and some of them were completely gutted. The building, built in 1926, was originally the main college block. Winchester­More than 50 members of the Fire Brigades' Union from Southern Region were due to attend a meeting in Winchester yesterday (Thursday) with the National Secretary of the Union, Mr. Terry Parry, and vice-president, Mr. Jack Haworth.The main item on the agenda will be the introduction of a 42-hour week promised at the end of the strike earlier this year. Companies involved in the development of the latest stages of Winchester's Badger Farm housing estate are to be told that their applications for a total of 146 homes will be refused in a month's time unless they come forward with revised proposals. Concerned at the way other parts of the site have been developed, Winchester City Planning Committee recently held a special meeting at which they agreed the need for a co-ordinating architect for the whole area. But correspondence since then with New Ideal Homes and Willett Homes had not brought any results, the committee was told. In the space of a few seconds on Tuesday morning, an 80ft chimney was reduced to 62,000 separate bricks. It was a spectacular end to a Winchester landmark. The chimney, part of the now redundant refuse incinerator at Garnier-road, was brought crashing safely to the ground by what Mr. B. R. R. Bodenham, Contracts Manager for Treloar and Sons Ltd., described as "the old-fashioned method". --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.480 / Virus Database: 276 - Release Date: 12/05/2003

Message From: "Chris & Caroline" To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [HantsLife] Hampshire snippets Reproduced by kind permission of Hampshire Chronicle ~~~~~~~~~~ Thankyou for these, Chris. I always find them interesting. The flowery language amuses me & when the article is about a famous person from the past, it somehow brings them closer & makes me realise that they actually did go about their business in towns or villages that I know so well. All the best M, NZ