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Queen Elizabeth II's links to Romsey (opens the original)
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I don’t generally write about myself, but after attending the unveiling of the Queen Elizabeth statue by Romsey Abbey, I have decided to make an exception. Before going any further, I would comment that Test Valley put on a good show to launch the statue by Amy Goodman. The weather was right, the great and the good were present, as well as lots of us hoi-polloi and Michelmersh Silver Band. I would add that I am a monarchist, having seen some of the awful people we might have got stuck with if we
How a Broadlands orchard became the home of Romsey’s Crosfield Hall (opens the original)
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The land on which the Crosfield Hall stands with its surrounding car park was anciently part of the Broadlands Estate which surrounded the site of the Crosfield Hall and continued northwards to the gardens at the rear of The Hundred. In 1845 this land, known as The Orchard, was let to William Jeffery as part of a house and garden. The house which adjoined Palmerston Street is long gone. How rubbish collection has evolved over the decades in Romsey The mystery of a medieval street that vanished a
How rubbish collection has evolved over the decades in Romsey (opens the original)
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One group of men who have my greatest respect is that of drivers of bin lorries. They manoeuvre large vehicles down crowded or narrow streets and have to stop sometimes in places where they block other traffic, but usually only briefly. Romsey had a waste collection service from the 1930s. Whether it was then or later, the bin lorries were parked in the former brewery of Jesser and Cressey, down a narrow turning off The Hundred, which building has been replaced by Cressey Road. The changing face
The changing face of Romsey's Church Street over the past 100 years (opens the original)
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The centre part of Church Street underwent an almost total makeover in the later part of the twentieth century. Guard’s Shop, formerly the town’s department stores, was in three then two parts, one on either side of the street. The western branch, which was the gentleman’s outfitters and shoe shop, was pulled down and replaced by the magistrates’ court. The changing childhoods in Romsey through history Why net curtains were once so popular with homeowners The travels of William Toldervy to Romse
Why net curtains were once so popular with homeowners (opens the original)
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When I was a child, growing up in London, before the Clean Air Act of 1956, our front curtains trapped so much dirt that they needed washing monthly. I suspect Romsey curtains did not get anything like as dirty. Net curtains were used to give privacy to rooms that outsiders could see into. By the 1960s, some people were using blinds of various sorts as alternatives, but none of them can be tossed into the washing machine with the ease of net curtains and is much more trouble to clean. A study of
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